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Show THE The county teat of Juab Utah, the greatest dry faming section of Utah, owns its wn electric light plant, water works an J 8 miles paved sidewalks. Two banks, lumber yard, plaster mill, fine schools and a modern hotel, t I 1 shell beetles cannot be gathered t' so good sdvantage, but they may be pois oned by sprinkling the plants, while the dew Is upon them, with a mixture consisting of a heaping teaspoonful of d lime parls greeu to a pint of or land plaster. The easiest method of applying the mixture Is to place it Best Time to Kill Garden Enemies In a cheese cloth or thlifc burlap bag and dust the plants by shaking the bag Is Before They Appear in directly over them. Flea Beetles Eat Holes. the Spring. Flea beetles are small Insects that eat round boles similar to shot holes In he leaves of tomatoes, and CULTIVATION IS GREAT AID a number of otherbeans, garden crops. They can be poisoned with the mixture of parls green and lime referred to for Potato Beetles Cutworms, Bugs, Flea beetles, or they can driven potato and. Plant Lice Are Most Trouble-lom- e away by dusting the plants with fins Insects road dust, lime, or with .. Control Measures. very dry, powdery, sifted coal ashes. If the gardener finds some Insect (Prepared br the United State Department with which he Is not acquainted he of Agriculture.) should write to the extension division Weeds and Insects are garden tlie time to kill both Is be- of his state college of agriculture. fore they appear t Careful stirring of the soil destroys the little weed seedlngs Just after the WILD BIRDS DESTROY seeds have sprouted. Likewise, cultiINJURIOUS INSECTS vation keeps the garden In such shupo that Insects do not dud a hiding place, and are not so liable to Injure the garden crops. However, Insects are al- Worth at Least $400,000 Annu most sure to attack certain of the garally to Farmers. den crops and It will be necessury to take precautions against them. Cutworms, potato bugs, flea beetles, and plant lice are the most troublesome Establishment of Communityon Refuv In. get Throughout Country Is garden Insects. Do not give them a crease Useful Suggestions chance to get started. Given In Bulletin. The common cutworm does Its work during the night, cutting off the plants United States Department Just below the surface of the soil (Prepared by (he or Agriculture.) within a dny or two after they are se' The work of wild birds In the destruction of Injurious Insects Is worth ut least $400,000,000 annually to the American farmer and horticulturist. nml In recognition of their valuable iilil nnd charm, and to encourage their I.rcsence, the establishment of commauity bird refuges throughout the country, on farms, bird preserves, and else where, is Increasing. Useful sugges tions for the establishment and maintenance of community bird refuges are contained In Farmers' Bulletin 1239, Issued by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, a copy of which may be obtained free from the depart ment at Washington, D. C "On the average there are In the United States only about two birds to the acre, but where they are protected and encouraged it has been demonstrated that a very great In crease over the normal bird population can be secured. No fewer than 69 pn!rs to the acre Is the number reached In the most successful of these attempts reported. Valuing the services of birds at 10 cents each an estimate ridiculously low, but used to insure a snfe minimum the birds of One or tne Best Known, But Not Al the United States prevent an Increase Reliable of together Ways Bugging In the annual damage done by Insects Potatoes. of more thnn In the gnrden. One of the best ways to "A particular farm may not have, prevent this Injury Is to surround the so large a bird population as It should. stem plant with a tube made of stilt and therefore may not be deriving the paper or light cardboard, extending benefit which Is Its due. The most iin luch or so below the ground and effective means of Increasing the num two or three Inches above. These co- ber of birds Is protection, and protecllars, or cutworm protectors, can be re- tion In Its best sense Is afforded by moved after the danger of Injury Is the establishment of bird refuges." A bird refuge may be established In past generally not until about 30 days after the plants are set In the ground. a smnll way on a farm or through a When Potato Bugs Appear. bird preserve. In the latThe Colorado potato ter case, the plan has proved popubeetles, or "hard shells," come out of lar and successful as a means of esthe ground usually when the potatoes tablishing colonies of game birds, such sre about four or Ave Inches high. as pheasants. These beetles themselves do not do s "Hardly an agricultural pest escapes great amount of harm except that they the attacks of birds," says the bulletin. lay clusters of yellow eggs on the un- "The alfalfa weevil has 45 different der side of the potato leaves. In a bird enemies; the army worm, 43: few days these eggs hatch Into CO; 7; cotton tillbugs, beetles or slugs as they are some- brown-tal- l moth, 31 ; chestnut weevils, called. In the soft shell, or slug 64; chinch bug, 24; clover-roo- t times borers form the potato beetle has an enorclover weevil, 23; codling moih. mous appetite and a colony of them 36; cotton . 41; cutworms. 1)8; will soon strip the foliage from s hill forest tent caterpillar, 32 ; gipsy moth, of potatoes. 40; horseflies, 49; 120; Hand picking Is perhaps the best orchard tent caterpillar, potato method of getting rid of the hard- beetle, IS; rice weevil, 21; 43; seventeen- shell beetles. They may he killed by year locust, 38; twelve-spotte- d cucum either crushing them or dropping them ber beetle, 28; white grubs. 67, sod Into boiling water. The slugs or soft- - wlreworus, ICS." DESTROY CROPS air-slack- - soft-she- ll l. t; PREPARE SOIL FOR GARDENS Work Should Begin as Soon as Con ditions Will Permit Cultivate to Conserve Moisture. In order to have a good garden It la well to prepare the hind as soon as the soil conditions will permit, by first plowing the entire area to a depth of 8 to 10 Inches, applying stable manure broadcast nnd harrowing thoroughly until perfect seedbed la formed. The surface of the tuiptimled as well as the planted land should be cultivated In order to conserve mols. tare. Profit From Little Things. Much of the fun himI much of the profits on the form rittnc from the smaller things, siith ns the garden, the home orchard, the form poultry flock, and bees. Soil for Pop Corn. Any soil that Is adapted for fteM com will produce pop corn. The crop .refers a soil of the sandy lonm type, should be fertile sud well drained it ALSIKE wt-rm- CLOVER FOR FORAGE Ik)t)le1alkl About invites the stranger within its gates to investigate the possibilities afforded here before going elsewhere. The famous Levan ridge is known throughout the world. Two railroads pass through NephL : : edge. Quick punishment followed. for Thta Department Supplied News Service. American GUIDES by Legion BIG PLAN HOSPITAL William Pierce, Minnesota Legion Commander, Keeps Vow Made While Caring for Wounded. A silent vow made four years ago by Aus- a soldier at a French debarkation point will soon be realized by the erection, at Itoch ester, Minn., of a memorial great hospital. ten Chamberlain, the government's speaker In the house of commons, anWilliam J. nounced In parliament thut Montagu now com Pierce, had resigned and that his resignation mander of the has been accepted. American Legion Mr. Chamberluln was studiously In Minnesota's reserved In his statement, but It Is district, aia understood that there Is every pos6 I not have theop-t--- sibility that Lord Reading may have portunlty of riskto resign from the viceroyalty. It is regarded us a deliberate attempt to force ing his life In his the hand of the cabinet by one n. ember assisted by the viceroy. country's defense He was stationed Lord Derby was asked to become secretary of state for India, He de-- at a French port, and It was his duty to meet and receive the Red Cross dined. This made the situation even more complicated. trains from the front, bearing the maimed bodies of American soldiers, rhe sufferings of those bleeding, crippled men left an Indelible mark on his mind. He vowed that he would never forget them and that he would Lord Rlddell's presence at. ' the never cease to labor for their arms conference was explained by the An American Legion memorial hospi title, "chief liaison official of the British delegation and the press." In tal, whose doors will be perpetually man from any plain English he was the head publici- open to any ty agent of the British. And he cer- part of the nation. Is now under way, with William J. Tierce guiding the tainly knew his business as s press The $500,000 needed to agent. And he Is a big man and a project. tws wards and to estabvery smooth party to boot. Here are erect some of his sayings; they shew he lish a Mayo clinic will be raised largely by the showing of patriotic motion kept his eyes and ears open: throughout Mlnnestoa, under "It would take me twenty years pictures the auspices of Legion posts. to know you people. "Americans are not only hospit- IS STRONG FOR LEGION MEN able, but. kindly, and appreciative, :mt which Is a different thing. Mayor of Youngatown, O., May Call "America Is still a young counon the to Clean try, full of interest In Itself and full Up Town. of hope and high aspirations for the future. George L. Oles, the eccentric mayor "At the back of their minds Amer- of Toungstown, O., who was elected icans believe that the Old World Is on last fall on prob the wane and that America Is destined ably the most to take Its place. unique platform "Efficiency Is the American watchword. Every one wants to be efficient ever presented'by "What Is the feeling In America regarding the British Empire? On the a successful candidate, Is meeting whole, very friendly and among many Important sections of the community, with more suc cess In governing his than city some predicted. Beneath his odd ideas and his sen- manner sationif) J t I British Press Agent Knew His Job 100-be- d ' Wyoming to Have Buffalo Bill Statue of presenting them to the pub lic. Mayor Oles seems to possess the fundamental American Ideals that aiake for good government. He Is making a rather thorough Job of the business of cleaning up Youngs-tow"If I have to I'm going to call an the American legion to turn out and back up the police force," he suld. Men get this cleansing Jobslone. and 3one right." Oles places a great deal of confl. dence In the He employs them In the departments of the city government and says that their work Is ntlsfuctory. "The boys seem to have lost that restless feeling and are. If anything, more auxlous to perforin their full duty than men who never served," he asserts. Mrs. Whitney .will pay a visit to Cody In the near future for the purpose of determining which kind of stone will lend Itself most e.Tectlve-l- y to the light and surroundings of the proposed monument. Sixty years ago Buffalo BUI hurst forth into great prominence when he spent thousands of dollars on the Irrigation of lands In Wyoming which he always held "would make the desert bloom." The money which Colonel Cody extended in Irrigating the posed waste lands of Wyoming he made from his W lid West show. sup- - Title Means Little to Chicago Lawyer EnrUloms snd titles mean little to Cyril Woodward Cluhley Armstrong. Chicago attorney and reputed helf to an earldom and a fortune nf a quarter of a million dollars of which he has Jsnt been apprlned. , ninilies of the family. nl while for me to make any claims." I In Another newspaper man has risen American Legion affairs Paul A. Martin, commander of thA Legion In Michigan and editor of a paper in Battle Creek. Newspaper men now rank next to lawyers and doctors In the ranks of those who hold posts of In responsibility the Legion. Martin comes of fighting stock. His father, the late John A. Martin of Kansas, commanded the Eighth Kansas 'regiment 'as colonel. In the eventful service seen by that outfit as part of the army-- of the Cumberland. Martin also comes naturally by his .journalistic: ability, the colonel having been a militant free-so-il editor In the days or the slavery controversy. Thus equipped by heredity, Martin Is carrying on in his territory. He has been In the thick of battle from th start, having organised the Legion post at Battle Creek at the close of the war. In addition to being a fighter and an editor, Martin is an engineer. He served with the Three Hundred and Fourteenth engineers through the St. Mlhlel and the Argonne regions, the Armistice finding him on the banks of the Meuse at Stenay, the crossing of which had- been forced that night. f - BONDY, GOOD LEGION 'KICKER' New York Grievance Officer Has Settled Many Claims With Veterans' Bureau. The divine right to kick Is, a prerogative of the American citizen. The D. f?. soldier used to kick when he didn't like sometrait thing a which d s 1 him from the stolid, satis1 1 fied Prusslan,nd which made hrra a good fighter. f AN Joseph Bondy, as grievance officer of the American Legion and war risk officer for Onondaga county, S. Y., bears thousands of kicks every year and passes them on with added test to the proper authorities. He has settled "thousands and thousands" of claims with the veterans' bureau and proved a great friend to every doughboy with nn ax to have ground. Besides being a high kicker, Bondy Is a skilful! recruiter. New York has the Inrgest Legion of any state In the Union due In a measure to Bondy's Intensive efforts. He has assisted In the formation 'of 57 posts, and has spoken upwards of 200 times In 142 different cities and towns In the stute. n. named. Manure en the Land. The men who spent part of Inst winter luitilmg the manure onto the land, and getting It out -'-here It wll. do its share toward making the 1!r" crop, are going to earn big dividend for their work. MICHIGAN Paul Martin, Newspaper Man, Stats. Commander, Son of Former Gov. . ernor of Kansas. LEGION tta Mrs. Harry I'ayne Whitney, prom inent New York society woman, sculp tress and art connoisseur, is expected to give a notable and Interesting contribution to American art when she perfects In stone the proposed statue of Col. William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody. for which the state legislature of Wyoming has appropriated the cost and which will be erected at Cody, Wyo., In honor of the historical Amer ican figure, after whom the town was IN Sigh In (Copy secretary of state for India. The India government made demands for the restoration of Turkey, thus trying to Olctute a Turkish policy to the home government. Mr. Montagu authorized the publication of the memorandum without consulting any of his cabinet colleagues and without their knowl- LEGION LEADS AMERICAN as premier. Crop Is Particularly Well Adapted for Low, Poorly Drained Soil It Adds Vsrlety. Alslke clover Is especially well adapted for low, poorly drained land on which common red clover refuses to grow to advantage. It does not yield as much forage as red clover on soils that are well adapted for the latter, and, therefore, should not be grown In such places. It should, however, enter Into every pasture mixture If for no other reason than to add variety. Pay for Unprotected Tools The farmer that left his mnrhlnerv nut in the weather all winter will begin to pay, now, for lbs shed be didn't T3ne Another Row in Lloyd George's Cabinet Lloyd George muy hnve to resign Is again the report from London. This time the row In the cabinet Is over E. S. Montagu, (portrait herewith) who, until now, has been EAST JUAB COUNTY (TTT Suggestions for the Farmer and Housewife, prepared by specialists in the Department of Agriculture for the people of East Juab County. : : t Short stories about people of prominence in our country WEEDS AND BUGS Some-Excelle- NEPHI. UTAH S. .Times-News- Home Page of Live Topics 4 NEPHI. Til county, TIMES-NEW- "You see," he snld. "those titles of the British nobility mean little. To my mind the only title worth harlne Is one which one wins with his own endeavor." Mr. Armstrong was notified that his brother, Capt. St. John Hhelver-toof Nalrebl, Africa, had made a request on the Ktnte department at Washington to find Mm. Captain Shelvertoti stated he had not henrtt from his brother for ninny years and that by the law of primogeniture Mr Armstrong had fallen heir to en curl dom and approximately iV),0(l. "I hnve little knowledge as t tht earldtsn I may have coin Into." lit are "There continued. ve some Idea It would not be advl,..iri "f.r Carrying On With the American Legion e e Five thousand Seres of lak.l In Herkimer county, N. y will be reforested by the American IL-los living memorial to men who served In the war. n Is now a buck. Ed. One miind H.' Snyer. formerly lieutenant colonel with the One Hundred an. I Tenth neld artillery, box enlisted a private In the marine corps. The Amerlcnn cemetery at Bony, Prance, will be retained permanently by the War department. In compliantwith a retjue.t made by the American - How six arm bands, snr-- as w orn by tJerwan civilians not In nrtlve during the war. found their av Into ft ragbag at mi auto , tlll l.itheriiijr the American .,i Hint. Mich. They bear the "Vntollnhdiscber HelOilleiis." er-vic-e f!l(-tr- !.'. SEEKING LOST BOY Mother Calls on the ganization to Aid in Finding Her Young Son. Widowed Or- The "lost and found" department of the American Legion usually has to work overtime. Kvery year the legion has hundreds of calls to find some lug-Itm- t person, or to soms Identify ' wiiialerliig unfo- s r rtunate who, mental through war disability, Applications for the Ohio slate h..nA were handled through posts of the American Legion. The posts aided needy soldiers In getting prompt pay- Dients. LEGION ; has forgotten who and what be Is. A new kind of vi't apMul. rrolii a widowed mother, has resulted In a call to every legion state i djutnnt throughout the country to aid In the search for Walter II. Weyrauoh, fourteen years old, who dlsapiearol from his home In New York city last jteJ The bo. about 12." pounds. rl(;1i feet 4 Inches tall, and bus sandy hair and blue eyes. Information as to his whereabouts should be communicated to Ihe heniViinrlers of the Is S i m-I- tit liifllnnnpoMs. Longest Wireless Jump. The longest ulreless Jump cvit re-forded nt sen whs tiiiidi when the enterlnn steaiimliip American the harbor f I'.i'enos Aires, picked tip I n;esaee from u steamer off Mono-nl'- l. 7.(Xl miles distant. The wireless th American l.ccloit ipcrat'.r abi-ar'fi rather snr rl cil to hear "greet-nts- " ftmu llnunll 'it bis ear phones. An nnn-- i ilniel t Mm'ltutl'iii ill lav to the (leortrla talS elniifs inoiis'ite wan by thu American l,cjtmi. Tlie f I nm m-r- |