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Show THE TIMES-NEW- S, NEPin, UTAH " VETERAN Female Purebreds Consumption of Milk Shows Big Increase Showing Increase HAS LOST MEMORY American Legion la Seeking Friend cf Man Suppoaed to Be "Howard Grimae." Physically and mentally normal, with the one exception of amnesia or memory loss, "Howard Grimes," a veteran of the World war, is endeavCopy tor Thla Department Supplied by oring to recall his past history. the American Legion Ncwi Service.) "Grimes" is a patient In the Charity of New Orleans while his hospital HIS IDENTITY IS IN DOUBT comrades of the American Legion are searching for relatives or friends. 6oldier Patient in Toledo (Ohio) Hos Suddenly attacked at a motion picpiUI May 6a Martin Lyona ture theater with convulsions, the or Bert Jordan. missing man was taken to the hosIn his pockets were found pital. Ia Martin Lyons, a patient In the business cards with the name, "HowToledo (O.) hospital for the Insane, ard Grimes," and the title, "state a soldier of tbe United States army distributor for the Alco Rim Tool prior to 1917, or la be the man whose company, P. O. Box 4457, Jacksonville, identity he has at times claimed Bert Fla." Communication to that adJordan, a World war veteran? dress resulted in the discovery that This is the question which has pun-tie-d the box had been closed and that no authorities of the American Le- one in Jacksonville knew of such a gion and other agencies for the relief company. man since the man of the In his clouded memory there are was found wandering about, the streets flashes of the vision of a tropical land, 4t Toledo two years ago. of men in big straw hats and white As Lyons, he has been Identified by clothes, and unshaven faces. The the War department as having served Woolworth building of New lork looms In the army in 1915. Finger prints In his memory. In a diary he keep Aided In the establishment of this identification. When discovered in Toledo he gave the authorities the name of Bert Jordan, said by War department officials to have been an officer of the World war. Cards and letters in the man's clothing bore this name. Since then lie has become paralyzed and lost use of voice and hands, but has Indicated that his correct name was Martin Ee once claimed California Lyons. as his home state, and when found carried a photograph of a Salt Lake City (Utah) restaurant in his pocket Through the agency of the Red Cross It has been determined that such a man was a patient In a Stockton (Calif.) hospital, but was discharged or escaped. He i then thought to have enlisted in the United States army at Alameda, Calif., in 1915, but was dropped two months later as "mentally deficient.". He Is now hopelessly bedridden, due ... i w, jb. to the paralytic affliction, and Is In "Howard Grimes." the Toledo institution, the ward of the : .. women of the American Legion Auxappear notes, columns of iliary, who believe that he is a World figures. engineering His soft hands attest to the war veteran. The injury which caused his illness Is due to a depression of fact that he has not done manual the left side of the skull, but his arm labor for somehe time; if ever. He isa shaves and uses from wrist to elbow shows signs of puzzled that automatically, though he skin grafting. The man claims this telephone has no memory of razors or telephones resulted from service In France. In his past. About six feet in height, the man Is Anyone who recojmizes the man ia of splendid physique, weighing in the asked to communicate with A. M. Das-pit- , 190 of He has neighborhood pounds. chairman of the service dlvlsioz sandy hair, blue eyes and strong, re- of' the Legion In New Orleans. fined features. When found he stated that he was thirty-thre- e years of age, and Indicated since that he has two IN EFFORT TO EDUCATE ALL brothers and two sisters. Any Information as to the man's identity or as Department Commander ox to his family should be sent to Mrs. legion Arkansas Is Carrying Gospel to C. F. Conrad, 1207 East Broadway, Every Section of S'ate. Toledo, O., chairman of the hospital committee of the Ohio department of O. L. Bodenhnmmer, department the American Legion Auxiliary. commander of the American Legion in Arkansas, is making a 'determined TO PREVENT AIRPLANE FIRES effort to aid In bringing about education of men, women and children. Bo-- , John Gose and Other of Committee denhammer has been carrying the goson Aeronautic Invent Fireproof pel of education into every section of Gasoline Tank. his state, and has aroused the Interest of the citizenry in the question. Having lost his right leg and sufOne of the most interesting phases fered severe injuries caused by a the campaign ' has been the work ol burning airplane In the World . war, the Legion leader with the school John Henry Gose of Washington, I). children of the state. At one meetinf C, a member of the American Le- in Fort Smith, Mr. Bodenhammer gion's national committee on aerospoke to 2,000 school children using nautics, with otfler aviators, who had patriotism as his theme. received similar Injuries, set to work "Ten million American-bormen to devise a system to eliminate for and women now In this are country others the dangers that caused their not able to read and write," he told own Injuries. the children. "The American The result was the Invention of a stands for better education as Legion proteca fireproof gasoline tank, containing tion to the future ' citizens of Amerchemical which extin- ica." guishes any fire that may start from a Following the address, a stand of leak In the gasoline tank system. national colors was to the Another flask containing acid is In- school as a gift from presented the local Legion stalled over the engine of the airplane. post This flask releases its acid as soon as At a recent conference of educaa certain temperature has been tional officials of southern states on reached. The invention Is built m Illiteracy, Commander Bodenhammer much the same manner as a thermos declared that Illiteracy stood opposed flask Is constructed. to the development of a patriotic citiMr. Gose entered the service at Fort zenship; that It was detrimental to served He a for time the building of a citizenship of de Myer, Virginia. in a battery of field artillery until he fenders; that It prevented a voting obtained a transfer to the aviation citizenship; and that it Impeded the service. He received training with the progress of a citizenship Canadian Royal Flying corps at Tocourse his and at ronto, completed POST ADOPTS SCOUT TROOP Hicks, Tex. Commissioned a first lieutenant, he went overseas with the Twenty-seconaero squadron. Latet New Jersey Boy, Aided by Men' Organization, Enjoy t,e was detached for service with th Field Day Program. r.rltlsh Royal Flying corps. It was while he whs with the British that he A boy scoot troop, ; composed uttered the accident of Flying at an altitude of between 500 newsboys of Trenton. N. J., wss for and 600 feet, a sheet of flame shot mally adopted by the Klklns Ollphant from underneath the front gasoline post of the American Legion. Thf tank of his plane. Lieutenant Gose boys took great Interest In their scout Immediately put the mnchlne Into a work and were particularly Intent or sideslip to put the. flames out and also joining in the annual scout field day. to make a landing. The plane crashed which was to be held oa an Island In on one wing and the pilot mas pinned the river. in the burning wreckage. Struggling But If the boj left their post to get free from the blazing plane, he throughout the day. It meant considerable financial loss to them, so they broke both legs In the attempt. Meanwhile the Are was horning around his turned to the Legion men for help. legs and body. Eventually, comrades, The Legionnaires solved the problem In a very happy way for all concerned risking their lives, succeeded hi pulling the lieutenant from the plane. Enlisting the aid of a local newspaper What was left of bis right leg had to a special Legion edition was arranged on the day of the meet, and the post be amputated. "My one thought during the 19 members took over the hoys' routes were promised month! I was In the hospital was to and comers. The find a equipment thai the full amount of their regular earn Inge, with the understanding that any would save other flyers from my ow stated. money over would go to the scout fund experience," Lieutenant Oo to purchase uniform for the troop. An organiser of the Americas L Citizens of Trenton supported the ll post at Bristol, Va., Lieutenant tlon and MOO wa earned for the fund. Oone has been connected with tbe organisation since the early In the meantime the boy were down o the river passing scout testa and days of Ita existence. otherwise) enjoying there aelra. SkaI , n g d lt -- 103 Billion Pounds Farms Scrubs Nearly Was Made Use of in 1922. Have Practically Disappeared From Flocks. (Prepared br the United State On American Surgeon Honored in Europe Dr. William J. Mayo, famous surgeon and bead of the Mayo clinic at Rochester, Minn.. Is over In Europe this summer, attending surgical conventions, receiving honorary degrees and enjoying himself generally. Before he sailed be visited Montreal, where he was given the degree of Doctor of Laws by McGUl university. At Trinity college, Dublin, he was made a Master of Surgery; and the University of Leeds gave him the degree of Doctor of Science, In London he attended the surgical congress of the Royal Society of Medicine, and later he read a paper on modern surgery before the International Surgical congress. Interviewed on reported cures for cancer, Dr. Mayo said: "We ofttlmes hear of cures, but absolute cure Is still far r ahead. Few things, however, are improbable. .There may eventually be a cure, but so far as I know, this relief has not been reached. "The span of life In the last sixty years has increased from forty to fifty-tw- o years on the average," said the surgeon, "an increase of twelve years in life's span. As cancer usually strikes the body after forty years of age this probably accounts for the seeming increase of cancer. Heretofore people died of other ailments before forty, or before the time when cancer usually begins to develop." fh i Elected the Third Bishop of Washington In his earlier years a railway accountant, Rev. Dr. James E. Freeman has been elected, at the age of fifty-flvto be the third bishop of Washington, a place of high honor for which his fellow ministers and the Protestant Episcopal church generally think he Is well qualified. In his new position he will be the head of the wonderful cathedral which Is being built In the national capital. Bishop Freeman was born In New York, and after passing through the public schools he spent fifteen years In the legal and accounting departments of the Long Island and New York Central railways. The late Bishop Henry C. Potter of New Tork had ' taken a great Interest In the young man and Induced him to enter the ministry, personally supervising his studies in that direction. In 1894 he 9' Was Ordninpd rfpnrmn nnri tho nart was made a nrleat. nnd nftpr two I years as assistant In St John's church, Tonkers, he became rector of St Andrew's Memorial church of that city. From 1910 until 1921 he was rector of St. Mark's church In Minneapolis, and then went to Epiphany church. Washington. During the years of his ministry Bishop Freeman has done a lot of notable work, has founded and developed workingmen's clubs and has served as arbitrator In various labor disputes. He Is also the author of several volumes of prose and poetry. e, Once Gaiety Girl, Now in Parliament Not so many years ago one of the popular young women of the Gaiety theater In London was Mabel Russell, known as "the girl with the prehensile eyes." The other day, as Mrs. Hilton Phlllpson, she took her seat In the bouse of commons the seat from which her husband, Captain Phlllpson bad been ousted because bis agent bad violated the corrupt practices act in tbe campaign. The former Gaiety girl had count ed a lot on being the wife of a sue cessful politician, and when tbe Captain was unseated, through no fault of bis own, she determined to keep the career in the family. So she went to the Conservative headquarter in London, presented her case to her old friend. Col. Leslie Wilson, chief whip f the party, used her "prehensile eye" and ber famous smile, and woo. the support of the party. In the electlon she was victor over two opposing candidates by a large majority. How In the world did she do It? There were the eyes and the amlle. There wa also the blue crepe moraine frock with Ita plain white Peter Pan collar. There was, too, a kuowledge of men and women, a histrionic ability of no mean order, which, having served its purpose on the stage, wa now to find expression In life. She wore the same frock, the ame Peter Pn collar when she va Introduced Into the house of commons. Lady Astor gave her a reassuring smile, but a Labor member laughed and called acroa to the peer' wife: "Cheer tip. Nancy I" Judd, Explorer of the Chaco Canyon - m Nell Merton Judd, director of the Pueblo Bonlto expedition of the National Geographic society, has resumed e4&exploration of the prehistoric ruin at Chaco canyon. New Mexico. Effort are being directed to determine the water supply of this aboriginal apartment house of WTO rooms, considered to be one of the most Important ruins In the United State. The expedition Is also seeking to learn what forest supplied the beams used : : in the village, aow 40 miles distant from any timber of comparable size. It Is estimated the site has been de-sted lnce year before Columbus came to America. If all rooms were occupied. It housed between 1,500 and 2,000 persons. Mr. Judd, who was born in Nebraska In IRS 7 and was educated In tbe Utah and George Washington universities. Is one of the leading of America. After engaging In exploration In Utah. Arizona na New Mexico, he joined the staff of the Na tlonal museum a aid la ethnology and became successively assistant curator of anthropology and enrator of American archeology. He restored the ancient Pueblo ruin In the Navajo National Monument In Artona for the Department of the Interior la 1917, and has conducted various expedition with marked access - Lw et arche-ologls- ts , & Many ot Agriculture.) Department Did you consume 945 pounds of whole milk in some form ur other last year? According to the United States department of Agriculture nearlv iftt billion pounds of whole milk was used in 1922 In the Droductlon of hnttr cheese, ice cream, milk chocolate and various other milk products, including 47 billion pounds consumed as milk. The quantity of whole milk used in was approximately 99 hmion pounds, which Includes 45 billion pounds consumed as milk. Consumption of milk for househiM1 purposes Increased from 49 gallons per capita In 1921 to 50 gallons iu 1922, according to the department's figures. Consumption by city folk increased two gallons per capita, but lack of any Increased consumption in rural communities pulled down the average Increase for the country as a whole to one gallon. A big Increase in consumption of milk chocolate is shown, 100 million pounds of whole milk being used for this purpose In 1922 as compared with 40 million pounds In 1921. The number of milk cows on farms January 1, 1923, Is placed at 24,429.000 as compared with 24,082,000 cows on farms January 1, 1922. To the average of these two figures Is added 1,250,000 cows In towns, making a total of 25,505.000 milk cows producing approximately 103 billion pounds of whole milk or an average production of 4,209 pounds per cow. Average production per cow In 1921 was 3,945 pounds. (Prepared br the Unltad Slitei Department ot Agriculture.) When farmers adopt purebred sires to head their herds and nocks it is not long before the percentage of purebred females increase notably. This encouraging tendency toward more rapid improvement of live stock has been brought about by the United States Department of Agriculture In tbe "Better Sire Better Live Stock" campaign. Scrubs Dlaappaar. Of a total of more than 300,000 female animals listed by farmers who have agreed to keep nothing but purebred sires, more than 35 per cent are of pure breeding. On these farm scrubs have practically disappeared. For the larger animals the report ahow that only 2.4 per cent of the female are scrubs, and, of course, the males are of pure blood, as that is the basis on which the farms are listed. The poultry flocks owned by these farmers are particularly well bred, only 1.3 per cent of the female birds being listed as scrubs. More than 68 per cent of a total of 610,000 birds are entered on the list as standard bred. Among the herds of swine there are very few scrub sows only 1.1 per cent. Nearly-tw- o thirds of them are purebred. The federal-stat- e effort to Improve the live stock and poultry of the country has now brought In a membership campaign that represents nearly a million head of animals and poultry. Farmers who have become members have sent In Interesting accounts of their experiences In improving their Fertilizers Should Not animals and their bank accounts. Other Be Used as Substitute farmers who are taking part in the "Fertilizers work are invited by the department to should be employed In send In their individual experiences as addition to and not in place of other well as those of community organizagood practices," says tions engaged In the Improvement of Prof. A. T. Wiancko of the Purdue live stock. Definite facts and figures experiment station. "Legumes in the. should be Included whenever possible. rotation, the use of manure or other organic matter, drainage and liming where needed are all perquisites to the most satisfactory use of fertilizCabbage Will Respond Nicely to Use of Lime ers." Results of a long-timexperiment The gardener and orchardist Is on a rotation at the at the responsiveconstantly surprised Purdue station Illustrates this point ness of plant life. Some plants re- The treatment and results were 83 ' anto ' ' one treatment and some follows: spond other, but certain it Is that the Plot 1 Limed 1912 and 1920, six requirements of each kind of crop tons manure on corn crop, 19.2 bushels grown must be studied rather than wheat per acre. to tveat all alike. riot 2 Same as plot 1 with 200 In the study of fertilizer requirepounds per acre acid phosphate on ments by the Ohio experiment station corn crop, 20.5 bushels wheat per "acre. both at Wooster and Marietta It Is an Plot 3 Same' as plot 2 with 200 outstanding fact that cabbage will re- pounds per acre on wheat crop, spond markedly to the use of lime. 28.7 bushels wheat per acre. Where one ton of ground limestone The significant thing about these Is applied to the land each year, and results Is that In. pint 3,. the combinano other treatment is given there has tion of a good rotation, legumes, .lime been an average increase for eight and manure produced conditions reyears of 1 tons of cabbage. , In con- sulting In large returns from the use trast to this the tomatoes have given of a suitable, complete fertilizer. In ton In- other words, as shown by plot 1, the only a little over crease. Likewise, when lime Is used rotation, legumes, lime and manure with either manure or chemicals the produced a favorable condition but Increase from lime Is striking. It Is compared to the others a small crop. a coincidence that lime is also a spe- The addition of complete fertilizer on cific for club-roo- t of cabbage and plot 3 was all that was needed to gives additional reason for applying It push the crop Into a new field of Spinach Is another crop that will profits. give a big return for the use of lime on an acid soli. The difference between limed and unllmed spinach Is Extensive Experiments so great as to lead one to think heavy With Apples for Swine manuring or fertilizing was the cause. The Washington State college has found that cull apples are worth $19 a ton as hog feed. Extensive experiAngle of Campaign to were conducted the past year. Eradicate Tuberculosis ments Pig which weighed 94.8 pounds each An Important angle of the campaign at the start of the experiment gained to eradicate tuberculosis from cattle Is In weight A6.1 pounds each, or an avshown by the figures on the occur- erage of 1.88 pounds per day. Each rence of this disease in hogs. In 1922, pig was fed an average of 4.22 pounds one out of every seven pigs slaugh- of apples and 4.17 pounds of grain per federal under tered supervision day. It was found that the apples A showed lesions of tuberculosis.' saved, per every 100 pounds of gain, good deal of the meat was consid- 4.09 pound of tankage. 31.7 pounds ered fit for food, but more than $2,000,-00- of mlllrun and 94.42 pounds of barley. worth was condemned. Hogs got To do this. 290.6 pounds of apples were the disease from cattle. Every herd fed. As the apples are bulky, containof cattle that Is cleaned up means ing little protein, It Is necessary to Inthe same Improvement In the hog In- clude a little more tankage In the grain dustry. mixture. e . one-fourt- h 0 Reduced Percentage of Important That Floors Hens Classed as Culls in Coops Are Kept Dry The percentage of hens classed as If there are floors to the chicks' culls that is, not capable of produc- coops see that they are kept dry and Take them out occasionally, ing enough eggs to pay for their feed clean. has been reduced In Idaho flocks scrape them and dust with dry earth, from 3 per cent In 1919 to not ex- ashes or sand. If the coops have no ceeding 24 per cent In 1922, according bottom be sure they are moved often to reports to the United States De- enough to always have the ground f partment of Agriculture. This has under them clean. been accomplished by culling campaigns carried on by agricultural exFed Pig Gives tension workers, through which as Properly much as possible of the unprofitable Grunts of Satisfaction stuck was eliminated from the flocks Don't try to stop a pig from squealeach year. ing by kicking him In the side. He Is hungry and will continue to squeal until you give him something to eat If Use Manure Economically you give him plenty of corn, clover to Get Largest Returns nnd slops, he will turn his unpleasant P.est evidence Indicates that manure song of hunger Into a grunt of satisgives largest returns to the ton when faction. applied thin once In each short rotation, or twice la a rotation of more Silo Is Most Excellent than five years. Eight to ten tons to Substitute for Pasture rotathe acre In a three or four-yea- r The silo Is the best known substition, used with an average of 200 pounds of acid phosphate to the acre tute for pasture, and where land is A vafned at more than 10O per acre very each year, give excellent returns. manure spreader Is said to be a time few acres should be devoted to pasend labor saver, particularly in making ture, for this same land put Into good light applications, and It tear up the corn and that put In the silo would manure so It la mixed more uniformly produce six to seven times more feed ith th soii- than If It is left to pasture. |