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Show the unrein basin earner about 1000 feet of drain tile which verve to spread the effluent beneath the surface, and the roots of trees and shrubs are able t.o util-- e moisture to good advantage That septic tanks axe reasonably EsUblisktd 1124 permanent is eviuer.ceo 7 t - taai-.Published 1st and 16 th of Each tanks in use which have not cecn opened in ten years some even in Month at Roosevelt, Utah. twenty year. prof. E. J. Steruiman matter at of the agricultural engineering acEntered as second-clas- s Davis, states that the the post office at Roosevelt, Utah, cumulation cf in a tank is under the act of Congress of March very slow and sludge that a tank should 2, 1872. perform satisfactorily for at least years without a .tent loo. Official organ of the As to ci its of septic tank conUintah County Farm Bureau Office: Roosevelt Standard, Roos- struction for the average family, tie materials, including the luu-be- f, Telephone 39. evelt, Utah. cement, sand, rvk and ti 61c Subscription Price, one year should bo over 335 lap costs should not le me e tha;i th wages i&tisn-Vkl- et George H. ITs c two men for two days. The total Harrison. .. .Business Manager cost should thee! r ? not exceed 350 to 260. TMifrvor- with costs and gencesspool Wild Horses and Jack ably the first cost is the only cost erally Menace with a septic tank. Rabbits installation of septic tanks To Ranges of Utah in The rural incorporated areas like the San Fernando Valley, requires a A recent study in Millard county, permit. In many instances such an Utah, has determined that 6 jack application calls for a plan of the rabbits (Lepus calefornicUs deserti--col- propsVty to show the tank location, will consume as much range particularly with reference to the r as a single buildings and property boundaries. forage during a head of sheep. In other sections of Local ordinances also often make ithe state it is estimated that a special requirements. worthless wild horse on the range Since the septic tank offers such year long, will consume as much a satisfactory method of solving a forage as 4 to 5 head of sheep for naal problem in the country, why the average period the sheep are is it that septic tanks have not been grazed on the open range, not con- installed in every new home built The sidering in addition the damage during the past ten years? done Dy the horses through the answer is not difficult. The people grazing of forage plants la the themselves do not realize the adearly stages of growth by their vantage of tbe steps taken and some presence on the ranges yearlong. times, too, local building ordinancthis menace es are not favorable to septic tank Taking stock of western states the installation. the taroughout loss is tremendous, and in several Obviously, the country home own counties of this state the over- er who is interested in a permstocked condition of the open range anent, safe and economical sewage would be very much relieved and disposal plant will do well to conthe use for the 'grazing of valuable sider the septic tank. Plans for its livestock would be much improved construction may be had for the by the annihilation r reduction of asking from the county farm adthse pests. visor. The solution- of this problem lies with the home owner and the home builder. General use of septic SEPTIC TANK IS ANSWER or TO SEWAGE PROBLEM tanks will autimatically solve, at least forestall, any possible need (Continued from page one) for sewer systems in the rural areas. Such are at best exannoyance. It provides a continual pensive and systems often for prohibitive besource of expense to the owner the who is farmer, very generally cause of the necessity for frequent not even interested in cleaning and pumping. Cesspools up with the sewer lines. connecting are capable of contaminating water supplies. They are usually dug to depths sufficient to reach gravel or sands. Soane city ordinances spec- Lettuce Is Ideal Crop ify a minimum depth' of ten feet. for Frame Gardening Depths of 25 to 30 feet to reach sand, are common. The net result is' Lettuce is an ideal crop for frame that the sewage enters the under- gardening. It may either be matured and ground gravel and sand strataunderin the frames or tbe plants may be the with mixes eventually started there and later transferred to ground water. It is true of course, tbe garden. An extra early crop may that some purification takes place, but whether this is sufficient is be growd like this : Plant the seeds in open to argument. The State Board a flat box In the house, if a hotbed is of Health in its Special Bulletin No. not available, harden off the plants 10, says, Sewage Introduced into gradually and transplant to the frames water-bearin- g gravels may infect about ten inches apart just as soon water supplies several hundred to as safe. For a later crop, plant In several thousand feet away, the dis- the frame and thin to stand about tbe tance depending upon the degree same distance apart in the row. The of intervening Alteration-- The im- plants that are thinned out of the portant thing in sewage disposal is frame may be transplanted to the garto first settle the sewage in a sep- den if the weather permits. Big Bostic tank (clarify it) and then run ton is a good variety for frame the water into a leaching system -- UTOPIA THEATRE An Ideal Place r COMING ATTRACTIONS n - Are a) y-'a- . or cesspool Where the sewage water imay soak awdy into loose, ' dry or damp soil. The septic tank offers an ideal Hints method of sewage disposal in the remeets the country because it quirements of public health and and economy. Sheep must not get their coats safety, permanence The sewage enters a watertight soaked to be dried with their body tank, where it is digested through heat bacterial action, the effluent being (then disposed of over a large area High production is important, but soil .hand through tile laid beneatn the In hand with it should go care-:fsurface at depths of 12 to 16 inchmarketing es. Leaching systems usually have' Agricultural ul Utah Roosevelt, di-vsl- ou, Wednesday, Feb. 6 Reginald Denny the speedy comedian in RED HOT SPEED with Alice Day in a edy of the traffic court side-splitti- ng com- Also Chapter 4 THE TIGERS SHADOW Admission Thursday, Feb. 7 25c and 15c China Night Romance of the Underworld With Mary Aster Courage and faith win to happiness from the depths of despair Also Collegians CALFORD ON HORSEBACK Admission- -25c and 15c Friday, Feb 78 Johnny Hines in Chinatown Charlie See Chinatown as youve never seen it before Also Comedy TEACHERS PEST Admission25c and 15c - Saturday, Feb. 9 W. C. Fields, ChesterConklin, and Louise Frazenda in Pillies Punctured Romance You laugh when you see Tillies rescue by the elephants. The lions take to the trenches. The funny safe blowing episode. Our heroes caught in the wrong army and almost shot at sunrise 11 Also TARZAN THE MIGHTY Admission 25c and 15c Sunday and Monday, Feb. 10-1- 1 Big Special STREET ANGEL |