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Show SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924 ' AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN' SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, r V F f '.-i 4 ''I' i i jf- - i 1 ''v' -'-; f- Signs Ordered Off Utah County Highway -System, Says E. B. Jones A decided improvement will be noticed thU lummer and is the arly spring along the highways of Utah county, through removal of all signs, signboards, etc., from off the tretches of roads. . Preston Q. Peterson, chairman of the ' state highway commission; County Commissioners James T. Gardner and Fred Matley, and County Engineer Edward B. Jones have just completed an inspection tour" along the road system, and reached the conclusion con-clusion that It would be advisable to remove all signs, signboards, etc., that bare a tendency to disfigure the county highways. - According to County Engineer Jones', notices will be sent owners of these signboards today, to reuove all - signs - back of property lines. Mall boxes,, which Jiave been placed at vary In g distanm from- the roads will henceforth be placed twelve feet from. the edge. of concrete or and recommend the establishment of bituiithlc paving, and will be placed milk aa.a national drink." on"! uniform elglit-foot post,-- and one-half Inch' pipe. v!- lKaia?jAcuitural.nventl6n'"'leld The action of the county tnd state! in Januaryrat Topekit Kansas. " The; officials it is believed win proe an impetus' towards beautlflcatlon of the highways of Utah county. In fact, the motive for Issuing the order .calling for removal of signs back of the property ilne. was a desire to make the highways as attractive as possible" for the "tourist - -who- pase through the county as well as for the residents. Several cities have indicated willingness will-ingness to aid In the work, and will Temove all muncipal signs from the stretches of roads. The placing of signboards along the highways has been termed an unfortunate practice, according to many tourists, who have been impressed im-pressed with the uniform excellence of the county road system -and -the scenic attractions which In certain localities have been marred by slgni. The removal order it is believed will prove an impetus "towards further beautiflcatlon of these highways. o ' Vigorous Campaign For Better Health The message of good health is to he carried to the people of Utah during dur-ing the year 1924 by the Utah Public Health. Association In such a manner as to leave its Impress In every home. Armed with moving pictures, colored lantern -slides, charts, posters, exhibits, ex-hibits, and all kinds of health literature, liter-ature, James H.-Wallls and M. S. Parker, of the above organization will leave Salt "Lake City the coming week for Sanpete County, where thla state-wide educational campaign will be opened. Every place in the state, where the films of slides can be shown, will be visited and lectures given. Among the moving pictures will be the following:' "The Fly as a Disease Carrier:" "The Tournament of Touth," featuring the Modern Health Crusade; "The Value of Sound Teeth;" "Working for . Dear Life," a story of the average man who scoffs at the Idea of periodical health examinations; exami-nations; "The Reward of " Canrage," illustrating the danger of delay in the matter of cancer; "Out of the Shadow,'" dealing with tuberculosis and the value of early diagnosis and. sanatorium treatment ( Over three hundred slides, dealing with all phases of health, contagion and disease control will be carried with the films, and will be shown where It is found to be inconvenient to use the moving pictures. When a county Is visited It Is the intention to organize a health exhibit in a prominent store window at the county seat, while the tour of the county Is being made. Here will be shown the Attract-O-Scope, a new machine recently purchased by the Utah Public Health Association, which will give an automatic Illustrated Illu-strated lecture on "Overhauling the Human Machine." It is the Intention to visit, as far as! possible, all cases of tuberculosis be- fore leaving a county, for the purpose of making social histories of each casej found. For this purpose the physicians j will be visited, and their co-operation. solicited. The Information thus secured will be used by the committee appointed ap-pointed -to tak..thavneeessa.ry steps at the next seimion of the.gisiature to secure a state tuberculosis sanatorium. sana-torium. The trip through the state will be made In the car owned by the association, associ-ation, which has been especially fitted up to take care of the Jlfl'-reni machines, ma-chines, films.' slides, exhibits, etc., to lie carried along. This campaign for a higher stand- ard of health among the people "ol Utah and all other activities of the Utah Public Health Association has been made possible entirely by the sale of Christmas Seals, ln-vUo! the very intensive educational pro gram to be carried out by the association associ-ation this present year, the citizens of the artate will have no occasion to I regret any purchase they made of I those . little philanthropic healtn messengers during the holiday season. sea-son. The Christmas seal has a very Important and humanitarian mission and will no doubt have the Increasing Interest of the people as time goes on. It Inspires and4 carries over a -message of good -cheer and good health; and holds aloof the banner of the double-barred double-barred cross, the world-wide emblem of the fight against tuberculosis. Proposal To Make Milk the National Drink Is Favored "Resolved that we. the agricultural representatives', of the Commonwealth of the great State of Kansas, do favor convention Included prominent:- agri cultural organizations and officials of the State. The resolution was based on the preamble that "our boys and girls are j the men and women of to-morrow, and i healthy physique Is conducive to good clUzenry.!r,Aj0th.fr.ba8ls for the resolution was recognition that the dairy cow is the foster mother and an important financial support . of the Nation. .Tula resolution is believed, by dairy officials of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture to be the first of its kind on record. Dr. C. W. Larson, Chief of the Dairy Division of the department, de-partment, expreBesd the opinion that the proposal to make m'lk a national drink is an. appropriate recognition of "the drink of health," as It as some times called. "Certainly," Doctor Larson remark ed, "milk Is worthy of toe distinction as a national beverage. In addition to Us high nutritive value and health-giving properties as a drink. It yields other valuable food products, including butter, cheese. Ice cream, milk powder, and condensed milk. Its by-products enter into the manufac ture of almost countless products. The widespread distribution of dairying dairy-ing In every State and Its growth in our Island possessions' also" appear to warrant the selection of milk - as a national drink." Gasoline Tax In Eight Months Puts $400,000.00 Qn Our Roads The gasoline tax passed by the last legislature at the suggestion of Secretary Secre-tary of State, H. E. Crockett, has amounted to $399,709.89, from March ath to November 30th, 1923, in addition ad-dition to which the people have paid less tor gasoline this year than they did a year ago. The reduction in the automobile license tax to the individual, individ-ual, lias also resulted in a material increase in-crease for road purposes. The total receipts this year was $824,046.71 as compared with $747,902.50 during 1922,- due to the fact that there were 16,500 more automobiles licensed this year than during 1922. With the low er, license rate and the gasoline tax In effect, Mr.. Crockett believes there will be approximately $1,100,000 more for road funds this year. Another saving to the taxpayers of the State in the amount of $16,950.75, will be from the lowered cost .of license plates, due to the suggestion of Secretary of State Crockett at the last legislature that the size of the plate be reduced. INCOME TAX IN NUTSHELL 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 $2.0on 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. WHERET Collector of Internal revenue for the district In which the person, lives or has his 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 $4,000 of net Income in excess of the personal evemo-tlon evemo-tlon and credits for dependents. Elrht per cent normal tax on balance of net income. Surtax from 1 per cent to 60 per cent on net f-w.r, 3vsr for the year 1923. When To Plant Seeds i In The Hotbed The question about time to plant seeds in the hotbed la 7 difficult Xio answer. Ia the first place, there la no definite time, because of variations vari-ations In kinds of seeds, varieties, vigor of seeds, temperature, air, light and moisture conditions, climate, ant length of growing season. In order to approach a satisfactory answer It Is perhaps best to classify the various vegetables which are planted in the house or In hotbeds according ac-cording to their various requirement. A Hardy , plants set out early In spring before danger of frost Is ve. No. of week from seed Vegetables - lus to setting ou Onions - Beets Head Lettuce T.. Early Cabbage ... Early Cauliflower Kohl-rabl Summer cabbage 9 weens 5-6 weeks 6-6 weeVs 5-6 weeks 5- 6 woeks 6- 6 weeks G week B Tender plants set out after danger of frost la over. "N.o of weeks from seed Vegetables Tomatoes Peppers T..T.r.T.." Eggplants ""Z'.Z Sweet Potatoes Muskemelons .. Cucumbers ..... Lima beans ...... Sweet corn Late cabbage - Ing to setting out weeks :r'i6::weeks 16 weeks ... . 5-6 weeks ....ZZZZ 3 weeks S weeks t weeks ...!...... 3 weeks . .. -7 weeks C Plants set out In summer, mak. Jia. !B0J$.flrjthJ fall. No? of weVksromssed"- Vegetables Ing to setting out Pe-tsal ..-............J..- 4-6 weeks Endive . ..Z.ri weeks To determine when to plant seeds of any of the sorts given In .the above table, first determine when you will set the plants Into the field and then plant the seeds the proper length of lime in advance.- 7 , : If the young plants are properly cared for. and transplanted the In tervals suggested in the above table will give them time to reach the best s'age for transplanting. T, H. Abell, Horticulturist, Utah Agrlcul tural Experlent Station. . o Manure Loses Half Its Value If Not Properly : Stored, Says Expert It has been demonstrated by ex periment that during a period of six months 42 per cent of the value of farm -manure , has. been lost by tbe most common methods of storage The enormity of this waste Is greatly emphasized when one considers that fact that the beneficial effects of manure man-ure Is distinctly noticeable five years after its application to the land. The best method of handling manure l to spread it on the land as soon as It is produced. This is not possible at all times. It often becomes necessary neces-sary to store manure from one to several months during the year, and It Is essential, during such periods, to take proper . precautions to prevent loss. There are (Several methods .used in storing manure. In Europe the cement 'bottomed aanure pit is an Important Im-portant part of the farm equipment. Tbe same is true In the older trucking truck-ing sections of America. But the pit Is not of much value If the manure I dumped Into It loosely. An Important Import-ant point to be remembered la that air must be excluded from the heap, If is also well to' keep It .mder a -root so moisture conditions can be controlled. con-trolled. For farms without pits or sufficient shed room, a good plan Is to pile the manure Into a heap with perpendicular per-pendicular sides, a flattened top with center slightly lower than the side, and to keep It thoroughly compact Tramo It regularly, and during hot summer days add water occasionally to prevent heatln? end fermentation, Guard against storing manure under un-der the eaves of the barn, and never allow It to be thrown carelessly careless-ly Into a loose heap; because such procedure Is not alone wasteful, but makes an unsightly barnyard Peter Nelson, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. . Bucking Fishes. Tits sucking fishes of ths deep seas have their back fin modified into a powerful sucker by which (hey caa fasten themselves to the bottom of Ships or to big ses snlmals and solvs thf, problem of trsnsnnrtatlnn. P reserving Heaey. Extracted hooey can I kept tadeaV lltely If It has been fully ripened before be-fore extracting, and If It la not exposed ex-posed to the moisture of ths sir. It usually crystallizes In a few weeks or mocths. but may be liquefied at any time, and will retain Its flavor and consistency Indefinitely MADE THE ENGLISHMAN GASP Amusing Error Which American Ambassador Am-bassador to England Took With Customary Good Nature. In his book of reminiscences Mr. John Drew, the famous actor, tells this amusing Incident that occurred under his own eye at one of those reconciling reconcil-ing celebrations of the Fourth of Jul which have for yeara been held to' London wlth-both Englishmen and. Americans in attendance. After the two national anthems were sung the supper room opened, and the people flocked In and found seats for themselves.- Lewis and 1 were sitting next to an Englishman who was evidently evi-dently very hungry and very thirsty. Mr. Phelps, the American mlntnter. walked Into the room and looked round over the tables., ne wore side whiskers and to a chance observer looked not unlike a maltre d'hotel. The Englishman, not knowing who he was, ilatook him for one of the wait-, ers and asked him to bring biro a bottle of ApolIInarls. He pointed to a bottle nearby that had been opened. Phelps good-naturedly took the buttle and put It . down In front of the Englishman Eng-lishman and started to walk sway. The Englishman was irate because Phelps hnd not filled his glass, lie reprimanded hliu and aa he did so stood up and called to the retreating figure: "What do yon mean by tltlal And who are you?" Phelps turned and answered: "My name Is Phelps. I am the American minister at the Court of St. James's." The Englishman fell back In his ChaJjf so violently that he knocked ths chair , over backward.--Tenth's Companion. Com-panion. " GAME WAS WITHIN THE LAW Officers Sent te Break Up Peker Party Found Only Harmless Players , sf Bridge. . 8knlklng figures circled cautiously and with light tread-about a houss on the north aide. Close observation disclosed dis-closed that ths figures wore on their left breasts the pointed stars of officers of-ficers loftier law. Inside- ths house the sound of shuffled cards, muffled laughter, and light conversation could be beard. The moon hung low In the sky. All was peaceful. Abruptly, there came a knock at the door o the house. The sounds on ths Inside of the bouse ceased and ths door was opened. Before the startled eyes of tbe police po-lice raiding squad, led by Lieutenant Louis Johnson, were disclosed eight well-dressed women, all smiling graciously, gra-ciously, and all engaged In the pleasant pleas-ant pastime and popular indoor sport of suction bridge. "Aw, we were sent up here to get a poker game," Lieutenant Jotmaon explained. In substance. "We, can't arrest any bridge playera." lodiaa-apolls lodiaa-apolls News. To Be an Orator. The Rev'. -Daniel J. Mannlx, archbishop arch-bishop of Australia, . gave soma sensible sen-sible advice to all young men who aspire to he public speakers. He said he had alwaya desired to be a great orator, but he found that he could not, and now he no longer strives toward this object Ha advises all who aim at a profession wherein tbey must seek to Influence others by their voles, "not to aim for oratorical elegance, but to simply make their language mirror their thought Do not exaggerate,' he continues. "Use critical judgment' The greatest public speakers are not those who Impress yon with the beauty of their performance, but those who convince you by tholr simplicity, dl rectness and sincerity. Seattle Post Intelligencer. Ileal Democracy. - The purchases made by a large, heavy-set woman, apparently of some property and social position, In a small Gratiot avenue shop the other day, go to prove that you never can tell. She asked firmly for. a package of a well- known brand of chewing tobacco. When the shop dealer was enable to supply it she unhesitatingly called for another brand, threw It Into her shopping shop-ping basket and started to leave. Then she spied a pile of magazines and asked for a certain radio publication. This, too, waa unavailable, so she took a substitute. The tobacco may have been, for . her husband and ths radio magazine for her sou, nut spectators watched her purchases with Interest and surpriseDetroit News Safer Then. She didn't really want a divorce, but she did want to air her troubles, and the old family lawyer listened patiently. patient-ly. So she told him about her graduation, grad-uation, her marriage, and poured forth a torrent of details about a husband hus-band engrossed In clubs and business. , "He never remembers my birthday. Ha never remembers our wedding an nlversary- Sometimes I feel like shooting him. Ones I waa young and beautiful." That waa when yon should have done the shooting," Interposed tho lawyer. law-yer. Houston Post. ' Trapped by Stomach. During ths year our bens had a vary bsd habit of laying in the horse man gera. One evening we found a large snake in the manger. During ths dsy he had swallowed an egg u hlch was In ths manger end hsd then tried to cros-to cros-to ths next msnger by way of a knot hols. When half way through he dla covered eggs on the other aide of the partition. These he swallowed and trapped blmaelf very securely. The first egg kept him from going forward and the last eggs laspt him from going 1 back.-Farm Journal SCORE ONE MORE FOR NAVY Damaged Replica of Old Vessel, la Oolteved, Can Be Rtpaired ' by fullers. II Percy C, Madeira, Philadelphia coal magnate, has Joined the ranks of those sh.i have taken np the fad of collect-lug collect-lug ship models. Madeira'! experience with the first, model he bought, a replica of the American clipper ship I Southern Cross, was an interesting one, accoruing 10 ine rcw ior nun. This miniature ship, SO Inches long, the coal operator obtained recently through an ajent at Nantucket, who considered the purchaser lucky in getting a genuine model at a reasonable reason-able figure. Tbe model, w ith all masts and other spars In place and with rigging, blocks, bouts, etc., as they should be, was a handsome picture when It was packed for ohlpnient at Nantucket. Put when the fragile model reached Mmlelra'a home It came out of the pncklng ifH-iarJy wrecked .. It had been poorly packed and rouuhly handled han-dled on the trip. Madeira looked at the hinRs'oTTTrOkt'n spnrs and wreckage and said things about the packer and also the agent at Nantuckc. lie figured fig-ured the model little better than matchwood and that It never could be repaired.- He reckoned, however, without the United Statca navy, ne happened to tell his troubles to a naval officer stationed sta-tioned at League Islund anft soon afterward the officer rang the "coal magnate np and snld he thought he had a man who could repair the wreck. T Gate of Warnlno. . The Long Island railroad, la .1913, waa the first ' to Int roduce - to- ths -United States the black and whits striped railroad gats sow generally used aa a meana of warning auto-moblllsts auto-moblllsts and others of railroad cross- uVulJliUH SATURDAY EVENING - y Another of Those Exciting Games MURRAY A. 0. vs. LEHI A. 0. Murray won the last Game 30-28 Iichi is out for revenge. Y . . . THE GIBSON GIRLS OROHESTOA With their New Singer- Come and hear her. Three of 'You may not have thought M.thisjn just this way. The three greatest health givers" are" mother, doctor, plumber. The mother is given -; first. placer,though the plu You see, it's like this. The mother, gives . health life itself to every human who comes into the world. So, naturally, the more health " she has, the more she can give.. . j The first problem of the race)then, is how to have the healthiest mothers. 7 You might say, "The health of mothers is the business of doctors." But not at first. . The plumber steps ahead of the doctor. For, while the doctor cures, the plumber prevents disease. -r iAnd our health grows better through prevention. preven-tion. ffhc plumber, with his plumbing, gives the mother pure, water to drink and use; he carries away. all disease-breeding. waste; he shortens lier , steps with a sink in the kitchen and laundry tubs in the basement; he adds to her health with a bathroom. ' Taking care of the mothers is taking care of the generation.- You can't do too much for nwtuers...:.:,.:.:;:::;::.;.:. M. S. Lott . Plumbing and Heattaff : v V y TELEPHONE 49J , ' MAIN STEE2T, XSH tTreasurs ttery, ; ... Then wa a legend in the tamCry family that aa aged Slavs had Ul 4 chest sf money and silver before) t&J Union forces Invested ths fiauadersf community ia Alabama during ths Civil war, and that this faithful retalaeY died of apoplexy before he could gsf back to his master. Searches Bad a Intervals for years, brought; no tnet ef the. fortune, Capper's Weekly says" Finally tm present generation of ttj family dismissed It" ss "an old aajaV mi's leL.Ust. wek a dog dlggtadj for a gopher uncovered a trcasvrt) chest filled with gold and silver codas and, the Saunders family plats. Ta old mammy's tale was true after a!L We Itvs In a skeptical age. . Fires Result of Carelessness, ' Fire control on national forest to comes every year Wre effective) through various forms of co-operatisav says the Forest service, United State Department ' of Agriculture, Maa canned Area are still the great hazard! and the great problem. The only way, he says, to reduce-these fires Is ts ImpreHS the habit of care with firs os) the minds of users . and visitors on national forests. In 1021 the total number of mnn-caused fires was 4,400 j yet there is .no mors reason for tho usual man-caused fire on the national forests than there Is for tho grade-cro8e!ng accident Hospitality at Cost My sister end I were tnklaf at first journey away from the old homo to college. Wo hsd a short wait In a large city and went into a hotel, where the solicitous clerk Insisted, upon our resting In a fins slitlni7room jritV jtwo ; bedrooms : ad joining, Afts aa hour or so ws started out"T""""1' -.lAa a. passing thought I asked flat man at the desk, if . there wer any v COStS. ; -T- To my utter amazement and aorrsff he replied. "Eight dollai"-Chicagw Tribune. . . . Ifsa J Kind 7 |
