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Show THE I NEPHI. county seat of Juab county, Utah, the greatest dry farming section of Utah, owns its own electric light plant, water works an J 8 miles paved sidewalks. Two banks. lumber yard, plaster mill, fine schools and a modern hoteL t t TT JJ 1 line for Thla the American BUSY FOR Department Supplied Legion Newi Service.) Little Ruth Buell Thompson of Lewis-towMontana, Chosen Mascot of the State Department." ePUBLie EYE n, i was a nurse and ber both having served in France. She Is IUith Buell Thompson, 31 months old, and the youngest member of the Woman's Auxiliary of Hpr mother by THE LEGION CAUSE of Washington Woman' Auxiliary Says Worker Will Not Be Found Wanting. Head Mrs. John It. Neely has been chosen Iioud of the Washington State Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion. Born in Washington, D. O, Mrs. Neely later moved to the state of Washington where been she has In club active work of Spokane and the entire state. She is. In addition to being president of the state Legion aux- iliary, head of the strong National Guard auxillury, the mother organization and president of St. John's guild. She Is the mother of five children, ,four sons and a daughter. One son division, A. fought with the Ninety-firs- t E. F. Another was with the Twenty-thir- d engineers, A. E. F. A third was an aviation instructor at Kelly Field. Texas, and Issodun, France. The youngest fought with the embattled Second division A. E. F. "My work In the auxiliary will be a legacy from our beloved sons, who, sleeping In the sacred soil of France, have passed It on to the women of the American Legion," said Mrs. Neely. "It belongs to us by ties of blood. It means a pledge of service to the service men in the name of those they left behind. In the holding of that legacy. God helping, we will not be found wanting." the American Legion at Lewistown, Montana. When the state department of the American Legion of Montana held its annual convention at Lewistown, Baby Thompson was unanimously selected to be the mascot. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. It. B. Thompson, of Lewistown. IS LEGION LEADER IN Men. PARIS Famous New Orleans Ace Heads American Volunteers of French Foreign Organization. at the American Legion Is a valuable asset to any community," says Airs. Auoy "A post of Howe Forest, organized I'll r Is and called "American Volunteers the of French Foreign Germany lie- - fice. an- mm nounced its intention of 'meeting When Legion." "all comers," Bouiigny was one of the first Americans to volunteer his services for France and was decorated four times for bravery with the esqua-drllllie Is a member of Alvln past, American Legion. Boullgny first served with the Second regiment of the French Forelin When transferred to tie Iegion. Lafayette flyers, his Intrepid maneuvering over the enmy lines, eagerness to engage any plane bearing the maltcse cross, contributed many of the thrilling chnpters which comprise the history of that heroic group. He was transferred to the American air fr.rces when tills country entered th He also fight and became an ace. secured numerous remarkable photographs, among them being one of enemy shells bursting over the Rhelms cathedral during the first bombardment of this historic structure. The organization of which Iioulltny Is president. Includes American volunteers who enlisted In the early days of the war. while (heir country was stilt neutral, and Is Intended to Include "the bonaflde Anierican citizens who served honorably at the front with the Legion, for the purpose of keeping fresh the memory of fallen comrades and furthering friendship among those surviving." Cal-lenil- er "Mayoress" Forest Is a friend of man the ind takes a deep nterest in the af fairs of the local Legion post- - The project of the Thayer post Is to erect 'a community house which would be the center of activities for the town and country adjacent. Mrs. Forest has been an untiring worker for this civic Improvement, "and we can always count on her supjtort," declares C B. Adams, the post adjutant. In addition to her Interest In the American Legion, Mrs. Forest Is an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and an officer of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. e IS LEGION LEADER IN SOUTH National Committeeman On of the Most Active Workers in th State. Is Florida Dr. David Forster, of New Smyrna. Fla.. who has been national committeeman of the Anterlcnn LeOn Honeymoon Hike. gion from Florida J. Jackson, who served In Ernest Is one of the Ledivision in France, and who gion's lenders In the First 14 has started the South. He was wounded on times, a honeymoon hike with his bride tins bwn a nationNew York al committeeman across the continent from stopied since the first con- to San Franclscu.on The pair the IKtth day of at Indianapolis vention In ffcictor Forster Is their walk, and paid a visit to the resident surgeon national headquarters of the American of the Forster Legion. sanitarium at New Teaches Americanism. Smyrna. lie was A school In which Americanism conborn October 24, 170, at Fayette. Mo. He received his early education there stitutes the entire curriculum Is a new and his medical training at St. Louis, venture at Genoa, III. The Bayard later doing wtgrsduate surgery In Brown post of the American lgloa large hospitals In the United State has organized the school "for Inxruc-tlo- n In the principles, precept and nod In Europe. He wss organizer and first chief physician of the 8t- - Louis practices In American government." Maternity hospital at 8L Louis, Mo. Educational leaders of the state have He served In the medical corps daring pledged their support the war. What Every Woman Know. When a woinsn ask tier husband for Weather Deck. A "weather deck," In ship building "a little money," tie word that seema to lropreea Mm most la "little "Bo-Uterm, Is a deck with no overhead Transcript. Crk a III . What's in the Paint Can? Senator Kenyon of Iowa has contributed to the agrarian bloc program a bill providing for truthful labeling of paints, oils, turpentines, and The bill provides that varnishes. there shall be shown the per cent of the various ingredients entering Into the compositions of such paints, oils and varnishes. "It prohibits the sale of no combination or preparation and only rerreetly Inquires that the people b formed as to the "composition of the same," Senator Kenyon explained. "Many paints as purchased by the consumer are assumed from the character of the labeling and advertising as being, for example, chiefly white lead when In fact white lead may be the minor constituent or lacking altogether. The oil purchased as linseed may be a mixture of linseed, mineral, fish, soy bean, or other oils. The turpentine may be largely mineral oil, gasoline, or other petroleum products and the general public has no means of knowing whether the paints purchased are made from well recognized and standard materials or- - '.irgely from inferior products." Let the People Vote on War Ruth Buell Thompson. Edgar John Boullgny of New Orleans, famous Ace of the Lafayette ..... and Esqundrille scion of an old SHE'S FRIEND OF THE LEGION French family has been chosen Mrs. Abby Howe Forest, Mayor of to head an associBooster for Thayer, Kansas, ation of veterans tnayor of Thayer, Kan., who holds the distinction of being the first woman la the United States to hold such an of- none flTTEAST Senator Ladd of North Dakota wants the Constitution of the United States amended so that a popular vote will have to be taken before the next war is (or Is not) declared. He has introduced the following resolutions : "Whereas there is no question touching the life and welfare of the people of the United States of such Importance as the making of peaceful relations with other governments ; and "Whereas the right of the people to a voice in the settlement of all Questions of even less importance Is asserted in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Constitution: Therefore be It "Resolved, That it is the sense of the senate that no declaration of war by congress and no act of war by the executive branch of the government of the United States shall be MMftna A Mnnf nmn n ' .JMfaanai taken except to suppress insurrection or repel Invasion, as provided for by the institution of the United States, until the question at Issue shall be submitted to a referendum of the voters of the United States." : M Hardy and the Postage Rates Representative Guy U. Hardy of will Colorado (portrait herewith), have a man-siz- e Job on his hands this winter to fill in his spare moments. Itamseyer of Iowa (chairman), Hardy, Kelly of Pennsylvania, Bell of Georgia and I'arrish of Texas, constitute a committee to investigate postage rates After killing the Hardy and costs. bill, the committee on post offices and post roads passed a resolution calling for a "thorough and complete Investigation of the postal costs and postal rates" on all classes of mail, the committee to report not later than March named 1, 11KJ2. The representatives to were appointed a make the investigation. Hardy and y 'elly are the two ofnewspaper Is president the Brad dock Dally News Publishing company of ISraddock, Pa., publisher of daily and weekly newspapers. Hardy Is editor and publisher of the Canon City Daily and Weekly Record and the Colorado Press. Hardy was bom in Illinois in 1K72. got his education in Illinois and Kentucky colleges, taught school In Illinois and Florida, and settled In Canon City, and bought the Reonrd In 1SH5. He Is known to every countrv editor, since . He has been he was president of the National Editorial association, postmaster and Is president of the Canon City chamber of commerce. He is In a supposedly Democratic a Republican and was elected and men-Kell- 1918-1W- known throughout the world. Two railroads pass through Nephi. : : transit nor do they reach the consumer In so good condition as unwrapped melons. Loading different types of packages may obstruct air circulation and thus seriously retard reIn cars equipped with frigeration. these racks, as well as basket bunkers, salt may be effectively employed to hasten refrigeration. The ability Early Picking Is Reason Given of refrigerator cars to cool melon shipfor Melons Reaching Market ments quickly and to maintain desirable temperatures In transit depends in Inferior Condition. directly upon proper bunker and bulkhead construction, and upon the quantity and quality of the insulating maAVOID BRUISING IN PACKING terial used. so well In CANTALOUPES OF FINEST QUALITY Load Immediately in Iced Refrigerator Cars and Furnish Ample Ventilation Floor Racks Are Also Recommended. by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Fully 10 per cent of the cantaloupes (Prepared Frequent Use of Cleaning ment Is Profitable. ittt ff. if wwm If p e p a y GUINEAS UTUJIZE x LA. fowls utilize nte that esne both hens and turkeys, my poultry Secliil!sts of the United of Agriculture. Htiiles Department Taking a wider rnn:e than chickens, y and yet not wo wide as turkeys, to thickets and weed patches, and committing fewer depredations against field and garden than either rhlckene or turkeys, requiring little feed at any time. Ielng prolific Invent during their season of eggs, ll.af are thought by many to have a richer and finer flavor even than hens' erg, the -guinea fowl la well worth considering- on any farm where a serious effort Is made to convert all waste luto mewf and eggsi- keep-TTAl- unpre-paredne- ss Ktmbe(f BOARD FLOOR WASTE Oi.inea would '' Equip- produced In the western states reach the consumer so green that they are Financial Los Caused by Presence of practically worthless for food. If only Impurities, Foreign Matter or 1 per ceu Here picked and shipped High Moisture Content Eleunripe It would mean transporting and vator Not at Fault. marketing more than 40,000 crates, for more than 20,000 carloads or "four-fifth- s Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture) of the production of the United Willie States are harvested in Colorado, equipment for cleaning and conditioning grain is expensive, country elevators will rind that its use frequently imurures the quality of fh grain urn! increases its market value, say specialists of the bureau of markets, .United States Department ot Agriculture. Sometimes grain come to the elevator in poor condition, often being dirty, dusty, or with high moisture content, and unless the quality Is Improved by cleaning or drying-thi grain cannot be disposed of advantageously. Moreover, grain containing Impurities, foreign mutter, or a high mois'kfJ? ture content Is quite likely to become hot in transit, which greatly reduce! if wistaMasa Its value and results In, Unwrapped Melons Cool Quickly, Thus serious financial frequently loss. If the elevator Mold. Preventing Is not provided with suitable equipNew Mesico, Arizona, Nevada, and ment for this process, such grutn must California, and shipped on a six to be shipped in the condition In whlcli twelve-da- y Journey to middle west- It Is received. ern and eastern markets. The farmer should not place all reDuring three recent shipping sea- sponsibility for cleaning grain on the sons specialists of the United States elevator, it Is believed. It should that elevator d anager Department of Agriculture conducted Investigations In the western produc- do not pay grain prices for he dltt ing sections and chief eastern consum- and water found In a farnie s grain. ing centers, in order to determine the Tlie price should be estahl shed by most satisfactory methods of handling taking Into consideration tie necos- e shipcantaloupes for ments. It was found that too early picking was one of the chief reasons why melons renched the market In an Inferior, tasteless condition. When to Pick Melons. Green melons have a depressing effect on both demand and prices. While It Is necessary that they be picked before they are entirely ripe. In order to provide the essential keeping qualities In transit, they may be picked at a stage of maturity that will afford good flavor as well as keeping quality when they reach consumers, cantaloupes should be picked Just after they will slip cleanly from the stem; that Is, at the full-slistage of maturity. If properly handled and promptly loaded they will carry In satisfactory marcondition, even to kets. Allowance must be made, however, for a certain amount of rough handling and for some delay In transit. As a general rule, therefore, cantaloupes should he picked Just before they reach the full-sl!stage. Such melons possess not only the desirable eating quality, but also the necessary c An ne improvement carrying quality. j. Which May Result From Treating Use Care In Packing. Seed With Formaldehyde a Smu During the operation of packing, Often Stunts th Plant. melons should be placed carefully In the crates, and not dropped or tossed Into place, as Is frequently done. sary exionse of placing the grain In The farmer caused by squeezing can he pre- marketable condition. vented If packers are careful not to who delivers clean, dry. sound grain luiulil receive a premium over the melons when finforce In over-size- d price paid to the more careless farmishing the crates. Cantaloups should preferably not er who delivers grain of Inferior qualbe wrupied. They do not refrigerate ity, siieciallsts say. fowl Pick Up Material Thrt Escape Ar and Turkey Chicken Prolific Egg Layer. ! GRAIN OF SUPERIOR QUALITY IN DEMAND AIR CONSERVES King for Airplane Carriers Senator King of Utah (portrait herewith) Introduced a bill to revise the present naval building program, .... ... la a brief ieech he called npon Secretary I)enby to rid the navy of "old fogies, give It a thorocgh slinking up. and place men In charge of construction who would promptly heed the lest sons of the bombing experiments." Senator King's bill has a threefold purpose. P.rst. It provides for the suspension of building on six of the battleships now tinder way In the 1916 program. Second, It orders the navy department to convert at least two of the six 43,01 KMon battle cro leers now building Into modem airplane r triers. Third, It directs the navy department to enter Into contracts at aoce for four new fleet submarines to eliminate the navy's alleged tinder aeas. "The experiments demonstrate conclusively." the senator said, "that too much Importance has U the capital ship and to3 Utile to aircraft and submarines." JUAB COUNTY j invites the stranger within its gates to investigate the possibilities afforded here before going elsewhere. The famous Levan ridge is and Housewife, Suggestions for by specialists in for the people of East Juab County. : : : Short stories about people of prominence in our country father a doughboy, X'opy NEPHI, UTAH S, Home Page of Live Topics the Farmer the Department of Agriculture prepared YOUNGEST AUXILIARY MEMBER American TIMES-NEW- Free Circu'atlon Underneath Prolongs Life of Lumber Close Opening During Winter. are allowed to circulate nn-ilthem. This tuny be provided for in the founda by mi mis of tion whIN. which should be during the winter. A hoard Moor covInch of fine ered with sand, with scratching iiinterlnl on this makes a good floor. The litter and sand can be removed readily when and fresh materials provided. If the wooden fbiors are constructed within two or three Inches of the ground It Is essential that the foundation walls be constructed In such a way that rats cannot gain access beneath the floor, Hoard floors uminlly tin'e" sir hort-llve- d l ofH-nin- s cld one-quart- " Motortruck Mflfe Useful. Thirty to 35 per rent of the live Corn Too Fattening. stock sold at tbo Indianapolis llvo Wheat and oats are better for old stock market Is transported by moA separate division of the fowls In the summer time than corn. tortruck. The latter Is too fattening and yard Is provided for the nnloae'lnf of for hot weather Be. animals aauled Into tbe yard, |