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Show THE QTfiEO. Topics With the FOR FAMILY USE American Legion for Thla Department Supplied b tha American Legion Nswa Service.) Russel C. Gross of Philadelphia who filled Slacker Bergdoll's place In the army and who was killed In action In France after winning a citation for bravery, will be honored by the Over-broo(Copy LEGION for This Department Supplied the American Legion Newt Service.) by k, frHE "DOUGHBOY OF IDAHO" BEST TO GROW NECESSITIES Specialized Farming Has Created culiar Conditions Poultry Is Quickest MeatSupply to Produce on Farm. Pe- . stiff-Decke- primly dressed recruit which flooded America after the armistice the sculptured representation of e American fighter to the shlrt- Aleeved, delightfully Informal "Dough-fbo- y of Idaho," recently selected by the State's war memorial commission to symbolize Idaho's contribution to the SV'orld war. The statue, work of Avard Fairbanks, Portland, Ore., and Salt Lake City, Utah, artist Is the most illfellke study of the A. E. F. lnfantry-tna- n as the Boche saw him that Amer- - ft f13 Necessary to Save Shipping Costs on Water in Face of Lessened Returns. Penn., post of the American Legion, whose members have decided to name their projected community Striking Status Recently Selected by house for the hero. The Overbrook State' War Memorial Commiepost will also change Its name to the slon, It Lifelike Study. Itussell C. Gross post. It's a far cry Indeed from the The apprehension of nearly 500 draft deserters since the publication of the slacker lists began has Justlfled the position of army officials and the American Legion in their stand favoring the publication of the list. About half of the 60,000 names of deserters have been published and of the 500 men arrested through the publicity of the lists, 200 have been tried and 80 convicted. e William G. Rockefeller, a brother of John D., attended an American Legioa Carnival at Greenwich, Conn., recently. The following day there was delivered to Mr. Rockefeller's garage a shiny new flivver sedan. It cost bin 15 which Is the sum he had paid for entrance tickets. One of the tickets was numbered 18, which proved to be the lucky nnmber. In Florida they look at hot weather as a Btate of mind. It was announced that the American Legion footbnll squad of Jacksonville had begun practice. The team Is coached by Jos Berchan, who was on the coaching staff of the University of Georgia. Ths Jacksonville soldiers expect to have one of the strongest teams in the south. r by the United States Department of Agriculture.) "The American farmer is not going (Prepared to be able this year to pay freight on water," said a department official. "Water makes up a large part of fresh fruits and vegetables. The answer Is. that he must grow his own table food, fie must also study the possibilities of substitutlou. This applies to vegetables, fruits, poultry, eggs and dairy products which must be transferred from commercial channels to home consumption if they are to come within the reach of the average farmer's family. Peculiar Condition Created. "Specialized farming has created conditions of which comparatively few persons are aware. The grain farmer in many Instances buys even his pota- - he can add materially to the variety and wholesomeness of the, farm food supply with scarcely any expenditure except for seeds, and seeds, fortunately: are lower this spring than for several years. Poultry Most Important Meat Supply. "The same may be said of poultry. With the 'ncreased freight rates this ' year, the general farmer's principal meat supply will come out of his poultry yard, either In eggs or in table chickens and other fowls. Poultry U the quickest meat supply to produce, and the farmer will do well to build up a small flock as rapidly as possible. The Increased freight rates on butter and eggs, together with the farm money shortage due to the disappointing returns from last year's crops, will make It advisable for many farmers' wives to return to the butter-makin- g arts which they learned as girls from their mothers and which have been largely discontinued as farmers became specialists. "Fruit is likely to be scarce In large and Important farming regions, but its place can largely be taken by vegetable products. . Two things are clear. In the first place, the average farmer, as it stands now, cannot afford to pay freight on the water which makes up the larger part of both fresh and canned vegetables and fruits. In the second place, under existing conditions he can raise those things cheaper himself than he can buy them, and ho can make many substitutes out of the garden and poultry yard If he sets out to do It. He has the material for the crops, while he Is short of money. It Is not good business to run In debt except for essentials of production." The Department of Agriculture will be glad to give Information and advice to those who wish to diversify food supply. their home-grow- n TEMPORARY PASTURES ARE BEST FOR SHEEP iv jreSU Jm-- .'ill 1 While citizens of Ephrata, Washingwere discussing plans for a public park, which has been talked about for yetfrs, members of the American Legion organized a working crew with wagons, shovels, rakes and picks and converted a vacant lot into a park with lawn, trees and walks, thus putting an end to the discussions. From 10 to 14 Days Is Long Enough on Same Ground. ton, wm Mill w P 1 mt iff" T" t Statue Adopted by Idaho. lean artists have produced, according to both the and those jwbo have sought to Immortalise htm In bronze and stone. The Idaho commission has ordered that all counties of the state have tnemoiials alike In character with the addition that Mr. Fairbanks' "Dough, boy" be the main feature of each bounty's memorial. LEGION MAN UNION OFFICER ballfornla Organisation Adjutant Well Known for Activities With ' t Fellow Laborers. Fred F. Bebergall of San Francis-CO- , who Is now serving his second term as department adjutant of the American Legion In'Callfornla, Is one of the most active Legion officers In his slate. Bebergall also Is for his activities In labor union circles. BcherKairs life Is the history n me In some de tails as that of many successful men Ills father diet when tie was nine years old ami he went to work. He obtained his education at night schools and as be expresses it the "good old college of hard knocks." As a union official Bchergnll has served In Dearly every office of the Son Francisco Typographical Union No. 21, and as assistant secretary of the California State Federation of Labor. He was twice rejected i'or military Service on account of impaired vision, but finally obtained a waiver from the of war and was enrolled In the medical department of the United Flutes army, lie served as a member f I",ase Ilospitnl Company No. 7 In I in nee and til rli i ri;t-- l June 31), 1S1! at Knt Fi.nc:scu i a sergeant, trst class. well-know- n invites the stranger within its Suggestions for the Farmer and Housewife, prepared by specialists in the Department of Agriculture for the people of East Juab County.- - : : t Short atone about people of prominence in our country GROW MORE FOOD Basis of 1 Acre to 25 Animals Is More Satisfactory Than Seeding Larger Areas Smaller Lots Are Convenient. A fond for the erection of a monument as a memorial to the late F. W. Galbralth Jr., national commander of the American Legion, has been started by Hopewood post at Pittsburgh, Pa. The post has forwarded to the national Headquarters of the Legion a check covering Its contribution to such a fund. V ?vj -- The Garden Is Home-Grow- n i- - a Good Source of Food. toes and green vegetables; the fruit Members of the American Ieglon at farmer buys bis dairy products; and even the man who raises milk for Anthony, Kansas, determined to earn condensary or cbeese facto wheat pay creamery, enough money shocking Is to send bis cream or tory likely new for the equipment of their club rooms. They contracted to shock 000 milk away, feed the skim milk or wbey acres of wheat and each evening at to the calves, and not make bis own 6 o'clock they went to the fields and batter. This year. Just as far as posworked until dusk. They erpected to sible for him to alter his system II. a single season, the department offearn about $400. icials advise that he get back to the The Blue and Gray Association of old plan which was aptly described as This means not so Oklahoma has announced that It will living at home. turn over Its reunion grounds and much remaining on the farm as it does deriving every practicable flrod-uc- t buildings at Bridgeport, Oklahoma, to for consumption from the farm. the American Legion of that place on "The average American fanner 1. have The been grounds September used for reunions of Civil war veterans knows onhow to raise other crops than those which he specializes, but it for many years. baa seemed good business, or at least California Is far In the lead of other expedient, to devote his energies to very few or even a single ash crop states In providing legislative reward and buy his necessities. Just as Is men for of service rehabilitation and In other specialized Industries. done Wilthe World war according to Gov. The farmer Is perfectly capable gniln liam P. Stephens, who has signed five of mlxluc his own potatoes, his green welfare Mils Introduced and sponsored garden Htuff. and melons, tomatoes by the American legion department other garden fruits, to take the and of California. place of orchard fruits which In mnny of the oiintr.v have been killed Fifty dollars reward for the appre parts Inte henslon of an army deserter will be aby the of freeze. If the farmer has f.lece ntilly good garden ground used by the American Legion of as a Hardin, Wont., part of fund for relief work. The deserter's arrest was SUPERIOR QUALITY OF LIME caused by the post commander. After crushing a poppy he had purchased and then mnklog disloyal remarks, Ralph Altmau of Melrose, Minn., apologized for t lie act before members of the American Legion post at Melrose. The apology was accepted. baseball team An American at IIhj ne, Iji.. defeated a girls' team In a recent gome, after which both teams were entertained at a tea and dance given by the legion post. Clam Shells. Refuse of Many Button Factories, Art Most Excel, lent for the Soils. Clflin shells, Mch are refuse from factories, make many button-cuttinvery fine lime to add to the soil, njn the soils experiment section of the Iowa Agricultural KxNrlmeiit Sta tlon. if used, they should P gr,mnd They will then provide a product. g idgh-qtiniit- Members of the St. Charles, Mo, of the American lcglon recently held a "hammer and saw meeting at was which a portable dsnce-floo- r erected in three hours. Watch for Cabbage Worme. Watch the cabbnge for cabbage worms. Paris green and n lime dusted over the plants early the morning while the dew Is on the plants will keep the Insects In check. An exclusive section of Rose Hill Burial Park, New Orleans, La., has been set aside for use of Americas posts of the city. Growing Good Cabbages. Continued thorough cultivation la necessary to produce good crops of cabbage. Fifty thousand member Is the of the Minnesota Amerkan Auxiliary for 1U2L Specific Remedy for Bugs. Poisoned bran Is the specific remedy for rat worms sod grasshoppers. Mmt e gt Lio United Statu Departty the ment of Agriculture.) For health and for economical use of the pasturage It is undesirable to keep sheep on the same ground more than from ten to fourteen days, say specialists of the United States Department Agriculture, In discussing the question of raising sheep on temporary pastures. The most generally useful size of lot is one acre to 23 sheep. This area, on an average, furnished In crperiments 14 days' feed. Arranging the size of lots on the basis of one acre to 25 sheep Is more satisfactory than seeding larger areas and using hurdles to permit advance to fresh feed each day. Less labor is necessary, and by going to entirely new ground after ten or twelve days the danger of picking up parasite larvae on ground grazed over earlier e Is prevented. With a lot for 25 ewes, or correspondingly larger ones for larger flocks, It Is an added sdvantage If their length Is two or three times the breadth. With s heavy crop of forage tbst would last longer than was considered safe to hold the flock on the same ground, a short piece of cross fence can readily be put down to divide the pasture into two parts. The smaller lots are also convenient with purebred g flecks to provide for the separate of smaller hits of ram and (Prepared d one-acr- pas-tarin- ewe lambs. Movable fencing Is not likely to be fences satisfactory for the outslde-lo- t UTAH gates to invesugat the possiubues afforded here before going elsewhere. The famous Levari ndge is known mtougbout the world. Tw railroads pass through NephL : : STATE NEWS asDespite the shrinkage In the sessed valuation of property la Salt Lake, the tax levy for 1921 will be less than 11 mills, the levy last year, according to Mayor C. Clarence Neslen. City marshal Lee Isbell of Richfield, who was shot and seriously wounded last Tuesday by Ben Carter, formerly ita inmate of the Utah state prison, Is rapidly making recovery, according to attending physicians at the Klchfield hospital. J. of Sandy was recently awarded a pension of $12 per month dating from December 8, 1018, also the original invalid pension of $20 per month from March 4 ,1917, to date of her husband's death, December 2, 1918. .Nancy COUNTY EAST IUAB -- 1 '(Copy NEPHI, UTAH. S, Tnnm.es News.-. The Home Page of Live (JT NEPHI. county scat of Juab TlJ county, Utah, the greatest dry fanning section of Utah, owns its wn electric light plant, water works and 8' miles pared sidewalks. Two banks, lumber yard, plaster mill, fine schools and a modern boteL l t TIMES-NEW- McMullin e Johnny Wood, 16 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wood who formerly resided in the First ward in Brigham City was nearly baked alive between two grass fires near the Wood ranch home at Promontory Point last week. Approximately 2000 persons were in attendance at the opening of the an- nual encampment of the Utah Indian war veterans at Richfield. The op' ening program, held at the Second ward chapel, was enjoyed by all who were able to get into the building. Inter-Mounta- in Editorial Hilites Selected for Western Newspaper Union Don't "duck" at a flash of lightning, The bolt you nee has spent its force. Bancroft (Ida.) Standard. Also tiie crop of crop forecasts are beginning to flourish to upreeluble ex tent these days. Butte (Ida.) Miner. Our ambassador to fireut Britain a horrible example of .ong-eare- d (Nev.) Star. long-tongue- d diplomacy. Is and Wiunemucca We have always wondered why cartoonists persist in adorning a farmer's chin with long whiskers. Kimbcr-l- y (Ida.) Triine. The proverb about a man reaping as lie sows has no reference, of course, to the amateur gardener. Winnlmuc-c- a (Nev.) Star. And in celebrating its birthday, Sar Francisco again demonstrated its well known ability to "put on a party.' Butte (Ida.) Miner. "Funerals to Be Cheaper." HeadBut what has that got to do with tiie high cost of living? Winne-mucc- a (N'ev.) Star. line. . The complete report of the assessed valuation of Box Elder county, which has just been filed with 'the state auditor s1kws that the value of property In the county Is less than last year, the total this year being against $39,864,6S0 last year, a difference of $1,345,063. e e Two towers for the new government wireless station which is being built at Fort Douglas have been completed. The towers are made of eteel and are each 150 feet in height. The station will be ued for military purposes when it Is completed. Major J. B. Corb-f.commandant of Fort Douglas, states. v, A report completed recently by . Mann, assistant supervisor of Wax-ten forest, shows that at the present ."ate. of consumption Utah has enough linrber to supply its need's for lOfl years. It Is stated that If Utah were ut off from all outside sources, her forests probably would be called npoi o supply 200,000.00 board feet a year Having saved the world for democracy it Is now uii to the victor nation's to save democracy for the world. Norfolk Virginian. The new tariff will give more tection to peanuts, and a lot of gressmen are breathing easier. (Nev.) Star. proconWin-nimuc- That report of the rumor that Czar Lenine has detained Assistant Czar Trotzky in Jail, doubtless has been arresting attention. Butte (Ida.) Miner. Dear old congress is Just itching to perpetrate another national Joke. It wants to investigate war cantracts. Bancroft (Ida.) Standard. W-0- a of the Since announcement of the utate land office at Salt Lake regarding loans In bonds, the office has been swamped with applies ilons for loans, according to information from State Land Commissioner lohn T. Oldroyd. None of the new application will he acted upon. It I staled, until those which have been on file for some time, amounting to about $1,000,000 are disMsed of. new-polic- e Every effort is being put forward by Utah state officials to cut the tax rnte for general state administrativt purposes this year from the 2.4 mill oinximum permitted by the 1921 legislature, end the rate wiileh prevofleo. lMt year, to at least 2.2 mills on the dollar. This cut. If effected, will de. crease the tax revenue for the state general fund ty 8 per cent from what It would be if the maximum levy were tised. 3 e e Msntun. Utah, Is now enjoying the unless the whole area to he used lies luxury of a town waterworks system. In a long strip with side fences, when The work of Installation was rorr.ple only two enu pieces need to be In place ted last week, prsrtlcally every home at one time for the ground being In the town being connected up. In grazed. commemoration of the achievement, a celebration was held on Frl-inKILL GREEN CABBAGE WORMS big public evening in the ward chapel, at which congratulatory addresses were Arsenate of Lead Spray Will Prove delivered siieskers from this city, by to Deetroy Satisfactory a mnxlcal progrVn complemented Various Insects. Following the program everybody re The green cabbage worm can be pulred to the amtiMemeiit boll, where killed with an arsemite of lend spray a bnnqiiet whs served snd darning was In which iatindry soap hus been mixed Indulged In during the balance of the to make It adhere to the leaves. This evening. e e treatment will also kill the cabbage An agreement has been reached by looer and other cabbage wortjge. Nicotine sulphiite or fcerene emulsion the members of the tward of county snd soup should In? used against the commissioners relative ro constructing harlequin cabbage bug and plant lice two miles of hard surface highway beor "splits," tween the cities of Trmnonton and Oar-- , land tills year. The commissioner Unfortunate Farm Home. Thnt tiome Is Indeed unfortnnata had previously received the promise of the mate road commission to supply that does not have a good green lawn snd plenty of shade rtees about It J10.000 toward defraying the expenses of the project. At the meeting the these warm days. agreement of the state road com in Is. slon was accepted by the commission-em- , Watering Garden Plants. One thorough watering Is better for who agreed to refund the sum In garden plants than frequent light caw there la doflclt In the spate's sprinkling. Ann nee at the end of the fiscal ywr This proviso was attached to the promFarm Accounts Help. Farm accounts make the farm more ise of thr state to participate in th OroWt. account. . Anyhow the season is right back to normalcy in the matter of the discussing of what constitutes a proper bathing suit. Butte (Ida.) Miner. Ford is going to manufacture his own parts, but, unfortunately, he seem to have Intention to provide seperate roads for the Fords'. New York Amer ican. A Kansas garage man has posted this sign in his shop ; "Don't smoke around this place; if your life isn't worth anything, gasoline is.". KTniber-l- y (Ida.) Tribune. Most of the states so far report a male population in excess of the female, but the latter sex seems to manage to keep in the public eye. (Nev.) Star. An fiitt rnational organization Is proposed of all the men who fought against 4ierinutiy. When they come to elect a paid secretary another world Wilwar is likely to be precipitated. der. (Ida.) Herald. lee is not til for two reusnis. one neing that he makes better honey than the sugar trust and the other that while a very little chap he can lift a man ten feet into the air. Box Kliler (Ut.) Journal. The man who quits smoking-fo- r his nen I tli lias our best wishes; the man who quite for lack of a quarter buy a nickel cigar with has our 1 syn-path- but, remarks Houston Post, the man who quits for the fun of the fool. thing Is simply a gum-heaThere's no fun In It. Iiilnnd (Ms.) Empire. Inasmuch as It seems to be necex. snry for the Hiltoniobile Industry to release a good many employees It Is tiopiil that lliey nre all good fanners. The country need" gooil furiners.--Wilder (Ida.) Herald. If our wounded sohllers who are hobbling around on canes and crutches while they waft for the government aid that was due tlieni several years ago could eat medals hik! Hue speeches they would at least have something in their stomachs when hungry. Box (Ft.) News. F.l-d- The most neglected insn in the entire realm of uiotordom Is the race, mechanician. Although the driver gets sll the credit It's the "helper" who do the renl work, lie gets 10 per cent of the money In case they win and frt Ixt cent of the Msine If they ddD'l Kock Springs (Wyo.) Locket. " |