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Show Vol. 5. No. 38. Midvale, Utah, Thursday, January 30, 1930 HOW PHOSPHATES iNCREASE YIELDS BLAZING TRAILS OF PROGRESS Over 400 Per Cent Return on Investment in Fertilizer Realized on One Field; Wheat Yield After Beets Increased 15 Bushels Per Acre. .. (Editor's Note: Considerable interest was created lu.st week by the publication of an art1cle on phosphate. 'l'he following article by Asa C. Maxson is furm.;hed by ::>hores Loveless, agricultural supenntenuent at West Jordan sugar ractory, and should be closed smdied by every farmer in the county. Other articles pertaining to the . beet industry will &.ppear in the Jo01·nal each week. Be sure and read them.) By ASA C. MA.XSOM (In charge of Longmont, Colo., Experiment ::>tation.) It is generally believed that the soils of the plains east of the Rocky Mountams are surficiently rich in mineral plant food for many years to come. This belief has been strengLhened by reported fertilizer trjals which appeared to show that the addition ot commercial fertilizers does not i.::~crease ct-op production. At this time a statement to the effect that we have many soils so deficient in available phosphorus that certain crops cannot be profitably grown on them need not create any alarm since the deficiency can be overcome by applying phosphate fertilizers at a handsome protit. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potash are the thz·ee most important plant food elements in the soil and the ones most commonly depleted to a point where their renewal by the use of commercial fertilizers becomes necessary. Nitrogen can be added by the growing of legumes such as alfalta or sweet clover and plowing these down. Phosphorus cannot be added by any system of cropping or green manuring. 'l'he rocks and soil forming the earth s crust contain about 0.11 per cent of phosphorus and 2.46 per cent of potash. Therefore, the natural supplies of phosphorus are much , smaller than those of potash. The soils of the great plains contain from .08 to .40 per cent of phosphorus and from .2 .to 1 per cent potash. Many crops remove greater quantities of phosphorus than potash from the soil so it is evident that pho.:;phours will become deficient before potash. Since, as has already beeu stated, nitrogen can be added by growing legumes, it is very apparent that phosphorus wili in all likelihood be the first element to become depleted in our soils. Phosphorus is one of the elements necessary to plant growth. The vital parts of plants are rich in this element. Seeds and grains are relatively rich in phosphorus and contain much larger quantities than the leaves and stems of plants. The germs of seeds are especially rich in phosphorus. Therefore, it seems probable that this plant food is essential to the production of good seed and thrifty seedlings. Phosphorus stimulates root growth especially the development of the fine feeder roots. This gives the plant greater water-absorbing and feeding power and produces a rapid early development of the crop. Phosphorus deficiency is more injurious in dry seasons than wet ones because of the effect that it has on root development. The ripening of small grains is hastened by prosphorus. This would tend to reduce rust losses. Phosphorus produces an especially vigorous sugar beet seedling and early growth. 'l'he tonnage is increased without any loss in per cent sugar and the lowering of per cent sugar caused by heavy manuring is overcome by its use. Phosphorus also has a very marked effect upon beets following alfalfa and sweet clover by overcoming the ill effects frequently observed when beets are grown after these crops. The amount of phosphorus removed from the soil varies with the crop. The requirements of several of our principal crops are given below: Pounds Aalfalfa, 2 tons ................................ 29.0 Wheat, 50 bushels ...................... .-....... 26.6 (Continued on another page) MRS. ALMEDA BATES LATEY DIES IN SALT LAKE CITY Mrs. Almeda Bates Latey died Tuesday of last week at her home in Salt Lake. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harry Bowen of Midvale and Miss Dorothy Latey of Salt Lake, and two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Wooley of Vernal and Mrs. Dalton of Tooele. Funeral services were held Friday, January 24, at 2:30, at the Deseret Mortuary in Salt Lake. Bishop T. F. Greenwood of East Midvale ward was in charge. Singing was furnished by Mrs. R. H. Clayton and Mrs. Earl Tripp, who sang a duet, and Mrs. Ethel Millerberg sang a soprano solo, accompanied by Mrs. W. J. MeNamara. Speakers were Bishop T. F. Greenwood, Alfred Robbins and Albert Glover and prayers were offered by James Glo':'er and Mr. Jennings, all of East M1dvale ward. Mrs. Latey lived in Eas~ Midvale ward for many ye:tr·s and did much gcod among the sick. She leaves a host of friends in East Midvale who are grieved to learn of her passing. Proving superphosphate's v.tlue AGAIN. Barren strip in field not treated balance of field contains good stand as result of ~lddition Df phosphate fertilizer. ' ' . Cla!·ence _Houck preferred to risk the cost of sl!perphosphates for fertilizing his whole beet field this spnng rather than t_o undertake an experiment on .a few rows. Yet, by accident, he made a 1·emarkabie demonstration of the need of phosphates in the soils of fields like his where the deficiency is evidently great. ~ Ipxpecting to tr~~t the entir~ field,_ the qua~ tity ?f pl~osphate he obtained did not quite finish ~he field. The ferbhzer was dnlled with a g_rm n dnll pnor to planting the beet seed. When the beets were seeded the rows were not made 1at the same ang-le as the phosphate drill ran. Consequently in pm-t of his field the beet drill ran in to unh·eated ground. Funeral Services Held For Pierce Larson BEETDICCERS TO IVete~~!~~i~~~ Years lf.IEET BjNCHAM lVI By L. D. SIMMONS Two more Utah towns-Morgan and Magna-are now being served with Utah's new fuel, natural gas. Heavy construction in laying the huge pipeline system in these communities has been speeded up during the past few weeks, in spite of rock barriers and intense cold and storms, and actual delivery in these new towns during the past week numbers them among the fortunate cities now having this new public service . It's a long jump from the spectacular days of the early trail blazers and ~he time when Brigham Young first mtroduced the use of gas in Utah in the year 1872, to January, 1929, when the natural gas companies, under the leadership of Frank McCarthy, L. l•~itzpatrick and Jul_es D. Roberts, f1rst broke ground m the dead of winter to inaugurate the advent of natural gas to Utah. Even as the early pioneers and founders helped eonquer the barren west, plowed the soil, cultivated it, built homes and established our institutions of service, oi learning, of art and of commerce -sturdy men are now pioneering the natural gas utility to its present size. And today the natural gas companies are exerting all e.ffort to help build our commonwealth to that proud position which it is fast atLaining. An expenditure of millions of dollars in constructing the huge Lransportation system to Utah cit1es and towns, and in perfecting existing systems, is a token of the desire 01 these natural gas leaders not only to keep pace with the city's and state's development but to lead out as a community builder of the intermouncain west. But few persons realize what lies back of the actual delivery and use of this fine new fuel in their homes and factories or know the romance, the hardships, the dangers and the .engineering feats that overcame unexpected obstacles, and other elements composing a story of real au,nan interest in making this new vublic service possible. a trip with Mr. McCarthy, vice pr·esident and general manager of the Jinta Pipe Line company, over the :1atural gas transmission line high'"a'9', across the mountains, through ..:anyons and valleys and across Livers, reveals the interesting story of planting and maintaining service in the huge steel tube which wriggles its way from Wyoming and Colorado into Utah, sending this new fine fuel !'acing to Utah homes and factories from holes in the ground hundreds of miles away. We are approaching the fir5t anniversary of the actual construction work which started at the height of one of the most severe winters in the history of this section of the country-January, 1929. Construction of the line is said to be one of Lhe most difficult tasks of its kind in the United States. The main 18-inch line reaches an elevation at the head of Chalk creek, just east of the Wyoming-Utah state line, 7544 feet above sea level. The lowest elevation is 4430 feet on the 14-inch line one mile east of Sunset station, thus crossing country varymg from low marshes to the rocky cliffs of the summit. During the first two months of construction it was neces.sary to excavate snow for an average depth of five feet before reaching the surface of the ground. Frequently, after removing snow from the gt·ound, storms and winds would cause the snow to drift and fill the recently opened excavations. 'l'ht frost was from 9 to 30 inches deep. It is estimated that between the Salt Lake station and the summit of the Wasatch range, a distance of approximately 12 miles, that enough ditch was dug and redug that if la1d end to end would equal 35 miles. Due to the frozen ground and rock it was necessary to break up the ground with portable air compressors ahead of the ditching machines and hand gangs. Eighteen and two-tenths miles of solid rock were removed. At points on the 16-inch line teams and wagons and sleighs took the pipe (Continued on another page) Funeral services were held SaturI Not often does it fall to the lot of day, January 25, in Union ward .4 the ordinary citizen, hard working, chapel for Pierce Larson, who died no l<Jngcr young in years, to wake Wednesday in a local hospital after a up on a cold morning just before lingering illness. Bishop Horace T. By HOWARD GltAY Christmas and find himself a hero Godfre_y was in charge. . When the Beetdiggers meet the after thirty years of peaceful purMusical nu~be;rs were &"J-Ven by a :Miners 0.::1 their home floor next Fri- suit.'!. Hyrum Buckley, formerly of q~artette cons1stmg of M1ss Rachel da~· night, a crucial game of the sea- lhi$ ward, a Spanish war veteran l reeman, 1\.Irs. Ethel Graham, Mr. son for the Jordan division will un- u.nd construc;tion foreman for the ~harle::; Bur~on ~nd , Mr. An-?us doubtedly be played. 0. S. L. railroad, discovered Satur1 ureen:, who ~~ng Tho Deepenmg 'fo date these teams are tied for day ,morning that he was the re'l"nals and I Know My Heavenly lc·'dersb. p iu ·the leao-ne' g"mes cipient of a Christmas gift presented a solo "Lay My "' Father Knows·" ' ., •• • ' •, neither having lost a game so far. by his country. Formerly a cor~ead _Beneath the Rose, was given , Bingham looks as if it might be the por_al in Company F, 34th infantry, >JY M1. Palmer of South Jordan. The favored one in this tilt, however, Umted States volunteers, Mr. Buck,pealrers were the Reverend Goshen since it has lost but two games in ley has, after thirty years almost to ~f Salt- Lake, Mr. Fr~d Palmer of ten years on its own floor, one to the day, been cited for gallantry in ;:,outh Jordan, and B1sh?P Horace Jordan and one to Murray. actio~, whil_e engaged in chasing G~df_rey. Mr. Alfred ~obbins.of East The comparative scores of the two supenor forces of the enemy under • 'hd• ale offered the mvocatwn ll:nd teams in the games played thus far the insurgent "General Tinio" in :t.~r. Ch_arles Burgon of the Umon will indicate that the Miners should northern Lazon, Philippine Islands, 1 ~. shopnc _pronounced tl~e bened~c- be the favored ones, even though December to 19, 1899, through a iOn. Bunal took place m the Mid- they are playing on their own floor. danger~:ms 4 and difficult country, vale cemetery. . Bingham won from Tooele by a hardships and exposure, thereby asMr. Lar~on was born l_n S'Yeden, I score of 42 to 31, from Cyprus by a sisting in the liberation of 22 AmeriMa,Y 4, 18,9, and had resided 1 ~ ~he score of 52 to 28, and from Gants- can prisoners, December 18, 1899. Umted Stll:tes 42 years. Surv1vmg ville with a score of 47 to 13. Jordan The citation, which carries with it are the Wl_dow, Ida L .. Laz:son, one won fronm Grantsville by a score of a silver star, was received Saturday son, Melvm, of Cahforma; two 26 to 24 from Tooele by a score of by Mr. Buckley. da~ghters, Veda :'1-nd Rhea Larson ?f 30 to 22 ,' and from Murray, 19 to 17. Umon; three _sisters, Mrs. A~e Tucker, the regular center for JorStoker of Midvale, ~rs. B~ssle dan, is back from a spell of illness. FORMER UNION 1.\-lAN MEETS DEATH IN AUTO ACCIDENT Hea? eBneath the Rose, was .gJ.Ven A possible line up is given as folNellle Nelson of Los Angeles. lows: Waldron Odeen Walker, 32, of SALT JAKE COUNTY Forwards - Butterfield, Winger, Bluffdale, was killed Monday when Larson and LaComb. REAL ESTATE IN DEMAND Centers-Tucker and Bateman. an automobile he was driving skidded C. C. Crapo, local real estate Guards-Lunnen, Wright, Black on the icy street of Bluffdale and broker, whose advertisement you will and Jensen. plunged over a 100-foot embankment. find elsewhere in this paper, reports His wife, Mrs. Pearl Walker, 29, was that real estate in Salt Lake county seriously injured, suffering four fracis in good demand, especially good tured ribs, and three others in the farm and small acreage with imcar were less seriously injured. Mrs. provements for poultry ranches. Walker's condition is not serious, acFor two years past there has been cording to Dr. Sorenson of Riverton. a lively demand for good locations Early construction of a $250,000 Wanda, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. for poultry. The same thing has been high school at Copperton was ap- \.Yalker; Samuel H. Green, and Mrs. noticed all over the west. In Cali- proved by the board of directors of Bernice Dansie were the other occufornia, particularly near Los An- the Jordan school district meeting pants of the car. geles, there has been a movement of at Sandy Thursday. Plans are being The party was returning from a laborers and small business and pro- prepared by Scott and Welch, Salt visit to relatives in Union when the fessional men from the city to the Lake architects, and construction will machine skidded and went over the suburbs where a few acres of land commence this spring as soon as the high bank. enables them to have the luxury of a plans can be approved and the weathWaldron Odeen Walker was born garden, erchard, a cow, and some er is suitable, according to W. W. in Draper, and for a number of years poultry, and the quiet of a suburban Wilson, president of the board. lived in Uniun ward. He served two district. Some report that they make The building will be of brick, fire- years overseas during the World war. as much from their poultry as their proofed, and designed in accordance Funeral setvices will be held at wages amount to. with modern school building princi- Bluffdale, Friday, January 31. In our own county, men are mak- pals as suggested by S. W. Hart, ing enough from a few hundred California school building specialist, CARD Ol!' THANI{S hens, cared for in their spare time, who was brought here to advise the Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowen and to keep up the payments on their board, Mr. Wilson said Miss Dorothy Latey wish to express home and furnish the family with The move has been planned for their sincere tb.anks through the groceries. some months, and has twice been the columns of this paper for the many This tendency to home ownership subject of suits seeking to restrain acts of kindness shown during the 1.\-L I. A. QUEEN CHOSEN TUESDAY EVENING and independence is commendable. the board from transferring the loca- sickness and death of their mother, Spare time is a wonderful asset if tion of the high school from Bing- and also for the beautiful floral At the dance which was held Tues properly utilized. Very few of the ham to Copperton. tributes. day evening in the amusement hall o: thom:ands who rent ever save money, the First ward, Miss Helen WestlunC:. but every man who establishes his was chosen M. I. A. queen. Eight own home has an estate that will 1 attendants are to be chosen late1 help care for him in old age. The and the group will represent th€ Journal welcomes all prospective ward at the stake entertainment tc home owners. We have good locabe given February 7 at the nevv tions in and around Midvale, good Union hall. water, electricity, good ·roads, good The Journal this week is sending -a sample copy of this scshools, good neighbors. What more 1\ffiS. EARL VAN COTT .:ould be desired? issue to every beet grower in this section of Salt Lake TO GIVE ADDRESS county. A number of interesting articles on the preparaThe regular meeting of the Ladies' SAD DEATH Ol!' YOUNG 1.\-lOTHER tion of the soil and other details in the growing of beets are Community club will be ~eld in the Mrs. Mary Johnson McMellen, wife Community club room!> on East Cenbeing furnished by Shores Loveless, of Elmo McMellan, died Sunday of agricultural superinter street, February 5, at 2:30 p. m. pneumonia, at her home in Murray. tendent of the West Jordan factory of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Mrs. Earl Van Cott, the state chair:5he is survived by her husband, five 1 company, and will appear in the Journal each week during man of child welfare of the state sons, Don, Deloy, Arten, Raymond 1 federation will deliver an address. and Melvin; her mother, Mrs. Carrie 1 the coming season. These articles will be of special benefit A good attendance of all club memto every ·beet grower and no one should miss reading them. Johnson, and a sister, Miss Anna . bers is desired, and visitors are welJohnson of Union. In the past a number of copies Df the Journal have been discome. Mrs. McMellan was born in Union, tributed free each week, but these are being discontinued May 5, 1897, and spent her life in this week, and if you have been getting the paper in the past The Sandy grade school students Union until her marriage to Mr. Mewe would be very pleased to place your name on our mailing Mellan. when she went to Murray to are working very hard on an operlive. She was an accomplished musi-1 list. The price of the Journal is very low, $1.00 per year, etta entitled, "The Lost Lady's cian, posQessing a nice soprano voice as compared with other weekly papers in the state. Send Slipper," which will be presented and w::..:; organist for the C'nion ward in :'.our subscription a~ once, so <ts nJ: io n.i ... ..> a:1y cl' ~ Febt·uary 13 under the direction of I for many years. Her sweet, lovable suger ueet articles. ~ disposition endeared her to all who the grade school faculty, at the knew her. I Sandy Junior High. I l Favors Building of School at Copperton Do You Get the Journal? I L;: -- Weekly-Price 5 Cents Midvale Second Ward Plans First Farewell :MRS. VERDA LANDCASTER The first farewell testimonial of the Midvale Second ward will be given in Goff's hall Wednesday, February 5, for Mrs. Verda Nubold Landcaster, who is to depart February 20 on a mission for the L. D. s. church to the Northern States mission. The program will be as follows: Song by congregation; invocation Niels Lind; solo, Claudius Doty; in~ strumental solo, Bennie Smith· reading, Genevieve Rasmussen; ' duet, Farrel Rasmussen and Isabel Reading; violin solo, Marian Nubold· rip-saw solo, Herman Holmgren; re~ marks by missionary; song, Beehive Girls; benediction, B. A. Rasmussen. The program will be followed by a dance. MIDVALE MAN HURT IN CRASH Joseph Davis, Jr., 44, of this city was seriously injured in an automobile accident at the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad crossing at Wasatch avenue, Friday evening. Davis, who suffered a severe concussion, fractured ribs and possible int~rnal injuries, told investigating officers that his automobile was stru?k by train No. 1522. J. Henry Dav1s, a brother of the· driver was uninjured. ' Train No. 1522, a string of empty freight cars, was eastbound in charge of Conductor Peter Clifford and Engineer J. R. Newman. The crew reported to the road officials that no automobile was seen at the clo~sin!?', and following a close exammatwn of the locomotive and cars at Provo, the rail representatives said no evidence of the crash was unearthed. Jordan Defeats l\lurray By Score of 19 to 17 District Five Standing of Teams. Won. Lost. Pet. Bingham ............................ 3 0 1.000 Jordan ................................ 3 0 1.000 Murray ...................... .... .... 1 2 .333 Cyprus ................................ 1 2 .333 Tooele ................................ 1 2 .333 Grantsville .................. ..... 0 3 .000 Friday's Results Jordan 19,· Murray 17. Bingham 45, Grantsville 13. Tooele 45, Cyprus 39. Gerald Lunnen proved to be the hero in an exciting victory for Jordan over Murray in an overtime game played on the Beetdiggers' court Friday when Jordan nosed out a two-point win, 19 to 17. The first period ended 5 to 4 for Murray and at the end of the half the count stood 9-all. Murray forged ahead to a commanding lead, 16 to 9, at the end of the third period. Jordan rallied and with less than a minute to go Lunnen cornered the basket which tied up the count at 16-all. Just before the expiration of the extra period Lunnen again shot down the floor to cage a long shot, to give his team its victory. Both fives played strong defensive ball. The Murray seconds won the preliminary game by a score of 21 to 14. JORDAN G. T. F. P. C..arson, rf .......................... 2 1 0 4 ·;acomb, lf ........................ 2 4 2 6 -:utterfield, rg .................. 0 6 2 2 ...unnen, rg ........................ 3 0 0 6 .Vright, lg .......................... 0 0 0 0 ~ateman, rf .. ... ................. 0 0 0 0 Winger, c ..................... ...... 0 1 1 1 Slack, lg ..........,................. 0 0 0 o Totals .............................. 7 MURRAY G. Castellic, rf ........................ 4 Clark, lf .............................. 0 Johnson, c ......................... 1 S. Woods, rg ...................... 2 Oliver, lg ...................... . 0 Denaro, lf .......................... 0 E. Wood, lg ....................... 0 Turner, lg ......................... 0 12 T. 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 19 F. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 P. 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 Totals .............................. 7 8 3 17 Referee, Oswald; umpire, Wilson. Strategy: "If you want your old jokes lnughed v.t, tell tllc:n to a girl with dimples."- The Owlet, Hartford Public High School, Hartford, Conn. |