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Show . I SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1924 AMERICAN FORK JATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1K1 bounty and General News Obvotcs Complete-' " ifr; -Boated Trom Ante ' ; lope Island . A complet" clean-up of coyotes on jjtelop Island In the center of Great Salt Uk. ! the result of work don If OoTernment predatory- talmal nunter. The Island, which la II mile long and t milea wide, haa ol It ft herd of three or four hundred beffalo and haa been uaed aa a-range for cattle for many years. - Four years ago, to lessen de-predfttlona de-predfttlona on the cattle, aystematto trapping was undertaken and while a number of coyotes and bobcats were killed many of the predatajy animals remained. In 1921 a hunter was sent to' the Island by the Biological Surrey of the United States Department of Agriculture at a time - when buffalo hunting was going on and good bait material waa arallable. The hunter established a number of - stations' studded and surrounded with small poisoned baits, with unpolsoned baits on the outside, and corered the Island eompletely'ln four days. The poison was left for six weeka, - after, which only one or two coyote tracks were found. Some additional poisoned halts and traps were put out and one last coyote caught. If any bobcats are left, they do not trouble the sheep. "Not a single coyote remains on the Island and. In the J wo years since this, work was done, according to the man ll charge of Antelope Island, not a track has been found. Bheep are now being ranged there In safety, and so far aa known the losses from preda tory animals are ended. o r Dairy Products Profitable Prices of dairy products did not suf fer aa much from the drastic deflation following the post-war period as did other farm products, says the United States Department of Agriculture Butter, cheese, and milk have sold at prices remunerative to farmers. But ter Is bow higher than the general price level. Cheap feed In western butter districts, and high prices and some' curtailment of production in milk districts , hare enabled dairy farmers to weather the storm with less adversity than farmers producing commodities a part of which must be exported. Poultry and eggs have also continued on a fairly profitable basis. Native Of Lehi Ileets Tragic Death While At Work In Provo David Roberts. 35 years of age, a native of Lehi later a resident of Provo, met with a fatal accident last Saturday morning when a .Utah Power ft Light Co. pole, on which he was working, broke near the ' base, causing him to fall about thirty-fivto feet to the froxen ground, fmoturlng his skull and breaking his jawbone. He was rushed to the AM hospital only a few blocks distant wbere lie died an hour and a half later. He la survived by one son Donald, a daughter LaVon, hla widow, Velora Brown Roberts, four brothers and four slaters. o Tlmpanogos Mountain Has Record Fir Tree Ogden, Feb. 5. The largest fire Ires .In the. world is on Tlmpanogos mountain, moun-tain, Utah, according to an article in the American Forest and Forest Life, the magazine of the American Forestry association. A copy of the magazine has been received at the local forest' office. The magazine prints an extended article and picture of tht, tree. The article was written by Prof. . Walter P. Cottara of the B. Y. U. The maga-Sine maga-Sine says further that the size of the trie In Utah county la remarkable remark-able because fir tren do not attain mh great proportions In the high altitude, The Utah county fir is- 110 feet In height and twenty feet in circumference cir-cumference at the base. o 1 ' Small Grains In Utah Badly Mixed The varieties of small-grains commonly com-monly grown In Utah are badly mixed. -These-mlxturea are .causing great losses to the farmers of the- state both directly and Indirectly. The direct lossos due to lower proccvs for the market whent amount to approximately approxi-mately one hundred thousand dollar , annually. Wisdom's Gain Above All. It mny serve n nrntnfort to In all our cnlinriltle nnd nllllitliw. Mint hn who iM&t's Miiytl'inu' mul t't' wisdom wis-dom by It, s ii uti'iifi- hy tin' to L'KMrtJii;.'p. Arbor Day Beecomes ; Occasion For Common- y """ " - T""; lty Improvement Arbor Day has become associated aa over the United States with patriotic and esthetic as well as economic ideas. It is at once a means of doing practical good to the' com munity and an Incentive to civic betterment, bet-terment, says the United States Department De-partment of Agriculture. The planting plant-ing of trees by . school children Is usually accompanied by ceremonies Intended 'both to Impress upon those present the beauty of trees and their effect in improving the appearance of school grounds, streets, parka, and hlghwaya and to lead them to a realisation reali-sation of the value of community national foresight The time of observance of Arbor Day varies greatly in different States and countries, being determined some what by the climatic conditions Some times a day which la already a holi day is selected, as In ' Alabama and Texas, where Washington's birthday has been chosen. In many States of the Union it Is combined with "bird day," - In general the date is early in the year in the South and Is set further along toward summer in the more northern States, beginning in February and ending in May. More than half the States have enacted a law tor the observance of the day. Planting of treea on Arbor Day can provide a direct economic resource only in comparatively treeless regions or where windbreaks and timber and fuel for the .homo and neighborhood uto are needed. Forest plantations whose chief purpose Is the raising of timber for commercial use or the protection pro-tection of watersheds upon " which cities and towns depend for . their water supply must be left to foresters. However, yearly plantings accompanied accom-panied by appropriate exercise serve to keep the people continually reminded re-minded of the value and .necessity of the work of the foresters, and they have such a far-reaching effect on the community spirit and through that on an economic and social betterment that no community can afford to neglect neg-lect Arbor Day. An even more important lesson the damage done to our natural parks and woods by the thoughtless and selfish sel-fish vandal may be taught through a Judicious observance of "the day. What Are is to the forest, this marauder ma-rauder is to the community park and woodlands in the destruction of orna mental trees and. shrubs. The national and State Governments are using every possible means to educate the public in the care of the forest, whose relation to the welfare of man is becoming more and better under5- stood with every passing year of education and cooperation. o 1923 Crops Increase In 1923 farmers planted 341,000,000 acres of the 14 principal crops, ac cording to the Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. Thla waa an increase of more than 2,000,000 acres over 1922. The production of the 14 crops 1 estimated esti-mated to aggregate 265,000,000 tons, or about the same as in 1922 and 11,- 000,000 tons larger than the 10-year average. o - Indiana Leading Cattle States There are now In the United States, according to a statement by the Department of Agriculture, more than 83.000 herds of cattle fully ac credited by the Government aa being free of tuberculosis. Indiana has the largest number of these herds, 4,160. Wisconsin stands next with 3,967, and Minnesota third with 3,075. INCOME TAX IN NUT8HELL WHO Single persons who had net Income of $1,000 or more or gross Income of $5,000 or more, and married couples who had net Income of $2,000 or more or gross Income of $5,000 or more must file returns. WHENT The filing period Is from January 1 to March 15, 1924. WHERE? Collector of Internal revenue for the district In which the person lives or has hla ""principal place of business. HOWT Instructions on Form 1040A and Form 1040; also the law and regulations. WHATT Four per cent normal tax on the first $4,000 of net Income In excels of tho personal exemption exemp-tion and credits for dependents FiCht per t ent nnrmnl tax on balance of not Jwomi. , Rurjnx from 1 P"r cent lo 0 per cpntftn nM Inrime over' $5,00(1 for the vear 1923. Destruction of Kaibab Forest To Be Prevented - z:,z: impossible ' 1 Ogden, Utah, January 31, 1924. The Kaibab Forest and the Grand ! Canyon National Park timber facea a second catastrophe similar to that which overtook the Black Hills of South Dakota twenty years a to when two billion board feet measure of pine timber was destroyed by the bark beetle infestation in - a - abort time, states R. H. Rutkdge, District Forester, District 4, with headquart ers at Ogden,- Utah. Unless effective methods on ; a '' Considerably larger scale can be employed in the near future, fu-ture, a possible 'second Black Hills catastrophe looms up ahead. This would be a tremendous calamity both from the viewpoint of the recreation and scenic assets endangered and the potential million dollar lumber Indus-j try of southern Utah and northern Arizona. . - -' - - ' 1 In 1895, it was first noticed that beetles were killing the pine in tho Black Hills. Three years later 3000 acres were covered; In 1901, they were widespread and doing tremendous tremend-ous damage, so that they swept through the stands of pine and In a short period of years succeeded In killing approximately twO billion board feet of standing timber, both old and young treea. A few scattered trees left here and there are now reforesting re-foresting the area. A tremendoua loss in merchantable timber was sustained sus-tained at the time, which was minimized minim-ized in the Black Hills by the fact that a number of lumber companies were in a position to log the Umber and to utilize much of It for railroad ties. ' Destruethnr - of -the- Kaibab. National Forest Umber at this Ume would be virtually complete aa there is practically no market for this tim ber close at hand and a wide market can only be secured through the con struction of. a railroad In that country, coun-try, a thing which Is not pracUcal at the present time. The stand of Um ber on the Kaibab National Forest amounts practically to two billion board feot and it h quite pcso that unless these bark beetles . are properly controlled In the immediate future the entire . amount may be wiped out with the exception of a scattering of email trees which are not as favorable for breeding grounds for the Insects' as large thick-barked ones. Such outbreaks of beetles occur In stands of western yellow-pine from Ume to Ume and run their course with more or less destrucUveness The beetles always exist In the Umber, Um-ber, but for some reason, not at present understood, they Increase periodically more rapidly than their natural enemies, which in normal times, hold them in check. On the Kaibab Forest they are now swarm ing over largo areas where they never existed In numbers befora and are do-Ins: do-Ins: a treat amount of damage, in spite of ton a 11 scale control measures that have been in effect the last two years. South of Jacobs Lake Ranger Station on the main traveled road a single group of over one hundred anl eighty trees was noted last fall which had recently been killed by these beetles. Destruction of this kind will be sufficient to take away a ireat deal of the beauty of the Forest even though It may not be severe rmough to- entirely, wipe out any large tracts of Umber. The etanj ol dead 'frei will make- a hideous Wot un xhe land scape, and the tourist. Instead of finding find-ing it a green oasis after passing through the desert of southern Utah and northern Arizona," will find it an area of dead snags, utterly unpleasing as a place to stop and camp. Fortunately, we are rather better situated at present,' said Mr. Rutledge, "than they were thirty years ago in the case of Black Hills, as that was the first large outbreak of this beetle that was experienced in the West and nothing was known about methods for its control. At present we know how to control it All that is necessary is to get a sufficient amount of money to do the rather extensive work which is required in holding down devastating outbreaks of this kind. 'Plans are now being made for a vigorous campaign early in the spring." o - " Dumb Anlmatand Color. . Scientists differ In their opinions an to whether dumb auimala sae color.' Experiments havei been performed I with monkeys, cliirWns, rabdlts and rats. In some lntitnren. wl-re the an finals apparently responded more remllly to one ntlnr limn to another. I It thmilif possible lliiiT they were nfeitiMl more liy the dllTcreWP! In i lie InifM.'-Mv of the color tlinu hy the ll,Tei'ift inl..i'i I.Mt't results Irull cute ilint' iiii'mhIv tin nut reudily u tect color llltfrriic. (Explanation of Land " Provo; January. 30. "Although 1 have thought It unnecessary to enter into any explanations regarding the proposed land grant to the Brifham Young University of land adjacent to APen;OroviPreitaeut:HarTif today in 'an interview. "Perhaps, after all, It would be well to' make some plain statements of the conditions as they are,' owing to the fact that many people have a misunderstanding of the situation - For nearly a quarter o! a century the Brigham Young University has been popularizing Mt. Tlmpanogos aad its marvelous scenic features and beauties; it haa been instrumental in urging the construction of a road to Aspon Grove in order that the beaut ies of the mountains might bo enjoyed by all; It has fostered hikes. In fact, it has done so much tc interest people It the famous mountain that the Stewart Brothers under the name of the North Fork Investment Company, presented the Unjvtrslty with ten acres of land adjoining Aspen ,Grve on the east The property line 6t the Investment Company runs north and south at the very east entrance of the Grove. Upon this site, the Brlngham Young University has established an Alpine Summer School that is attract ing attention from all over America. Knowing that Mt. Tlmpanogos Is to become more widely known and more popular than It is today, and knowing that thousands of people would visit Aspen Grove yearly, the University desired to obtain an eighty acre tract of land that could bo pro- served in its native, primeval state; therefore, it waa proposed that the Institution In-stitution attempt to buy the steep hill side south of the Grove, a tract of land utterly unsulted to camping. This hillside was selected because It Is to be used entirely for scientific pur poses,, being, clothed as it Is in'aspen and pine forests, and presenting as It does a splendid study In plant succes sion and relationship. With thou sands of people vislUng the mountain, it was feared that valuable plants, from the scientists' point of view, might be trampled out and lost to the investigator. Aspen Grove is not included in-cluded in the proposed grant the University Uni-versity being aa anxious. If not more anxious than anyone else, to preserte that grove as a camping place for the tourists and the mountain lover forever. for-ever. The University, furthermore, has no desire to buy or claim any of tiie springs of water in tho grove. One of tho few permanent springs aad one of fie largest of tho group fs located on University ground-ground presented present-ed to the Institution by tho Stewarts. In late summer the Aspen Grove springs dry up and tho camper is forced to come upon our property or upon tho property of tho Stewarts for their -water supply. ;- "I am Surprised that the proposition to buy this eighty acre tract of steep THE ....... See r-44 hillside has attacted mity wide-spread attention. Mors than a year ago I was ssked to take tho matter up with tho members of Congress from Utah who Informed mo that there was no reason why ws should not be per tnftted to buy the. proposed ground for scientific purposes.. I had heard no more about the matter unUl It was called to my attention, by the forest Service and by tho articles which ap peared In the Salt Lake, newspapers. 1 have not received a copy of the pro posed bill even yet 'This Institution certainly does not want to do anything that would be contrary to the public welfare. In fact, the while thought behind everything every-thing we do In this matter is with the public welfare In mind. We merely mere-ly wish to preserve that virgin hillsidewhich hill-sidewhich Is unfitted for camping purpose for tho use of future students stud-ents of our Institutions who may wish to study plant conditions aa' their are In wild nature. We wish to keep the plants and the trees Intact for sclentflc research purposes. We want no camp grounds-; we want no additional water; but, on the contrary, wo want to do every thing, in our power to preserve pre-serve plant conditions and to make The Cost of Being Well Chinese doctors are paid' to keep their - r patients well. "When a patient gets sick, the doctor loses his pay. Is that a sensible plan, and if it isn't, why isn't itt . Surely, it's worth more to be well, and - to stay well, than to be or stay anything else. And the cosirof being well isn't half the cpst of being sick. - Riches depend upon good health.- And good health depends upon sanitation. There is the whole thing-prosperity, and happi-ness happi-ness in a few words. The plumber is a sanitarian. That is to say, he carries away all waste, and, in so doing, provides pure water for drinking . and for the daily bath, and pure air to ; breathe. Thus the plumber, like the Chinese doctor, keeps people fromfc getting sick by, -preventing disease. For a people who get rid of waste, who drink pure water, who ,j breathe pure air, and who take a bath a day-H5uch a people is generally pretty well. Unless you have good plumbing in your 3 home, expect to pay the high cost of being sick. Plumbing and Heating TELEPHONE 49J . MAIN BTBEST, EG3 ?-?; ??; &&&&&&&&& UNIVERSAL CAR Forpcaotlnc A Trcmcndouo 739 626 more Ford cars and trucks were pro duced last year than the previous year, an increase of over 50 per cent - In spite of this tremendous increase in production, it was Impossible to meet delivery requirements during the spring and summer month when orders for 350,000 Ford Cars and Track could not be filled. This year winter buying for immediate delivery ha been more active than ever before and in addition 200,000 orders have already been booked through the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan for spring delivery. These facts clearly indicate that the demand during this spring and cummer will be far greater than ever, and that ciders should be placed immediately with Ford Dealers a means of protection against delay in securing your Ford Car or Truck or Fordson Tractor. - Detroit, Michigan A snail deposit down, with wry payiMncs of the balance imnpd, or your enrollment under the Ford Weekly Purchne Plan, will put your order on the preierred liet lor spring delivers. the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer tho mountain so attractive that tao sands of people win visit and cam at Aspen Grove.", , ,: 'i Jl'-- Upon being asked what thaUaJvof verslty is doing to urge the grant. President Harris said. ."Absolut!? nothing. We have made our regno and it rests with Congress as - le whether it is to be granted or tot. We hope, however, that our motive will not be misunderstood, and thai our request will not be further m!r " presented." , o ' ' ' . . eth Extreme Unwise. B who relies solely on wartlko . measures shall be exterminated a who relies solely pa peaceful measurss) shall perish. Sun Tzu. , Why Suffer With GOITRE? . Dr. Malone of .. Memphis. Tenn. writes: "I have used Dr. Uayssen'a MEEK A GOITRE treatments for the past 2Q years with benefits la all caaes so far treated." Some re. port It saved their lives, and nothing noth-ing else helped like this medietas did. Sold by Win. Thornton and Hedqajst Drags and druggist everywhere. . - '! |