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Show rHE MIDVALE JOURNA L Thursday , April 24, 1930 UTAH BRIEFS Mlllv1!1e-Two 4-H Clubs have been organized, one for beet culture and one for calf work. Richmond-Catt le show on May 1 will be a big event with s~veral hun· USE PETAL FALL dred dollars In prizes awarded. SPRAY FOR FRUIT Wellsvllle-One thousand roses have been planted this year by Farm Bureau ladies. First Step in Production of l<'armlngton-4-I I Sewing Club has been organized. Worm-Free Product. Ogden-Fifth Annual Ogden horse show on June 6 and 7 is attracting a Application ot lead arsenate on the great deal of interest. Idaho horsemen apple tree Immediately following the have promised attendance In large falling of the petals is the first step numbers. Morgan-Lights are In the production of worm-tree fruit, being imsays A. Freeman Mason, specialist In proved at airports throughout northfruit growing. at the New Jersey ern Utah. North Ogden-Calf dubs In 4-II state college of agriculture. work are being enlarged this year. One and one-half pounds of this , Eurekn-ll!ch gold strike is report· powdered material In 50 gallons of ed In the T!ntlc district. water, thoroughly sprayed over the Logan-Rodeo is planned for the tree Is sufficient to kill thP "'"'..._ 24th of July celebration which is to which t~:e~~~-·· lllruugh the . bios· g,,rn end of the apple. To hold applo:! be big event of the summer. Hyrum-A Cache county benntlflscab In check, 12¥.! pounds of dry-mix sulphur lime should be added to this cntion drive Is going forward. Plans solution. This material should not be tor Improving every community In the confused with dry lime-sulphur. Four county have been made. Brigham City-~Iunlclpally owned quarts of eoncentrated lime-sulphur electric light plant !'bows a profit on may be used In place of 12~ pounds operative expenses tor 1929 of' nearly ot dry-mix sulphur lime, If the farmer 30 thousunl! dollars. has not hitherto caused russetlng of Cedar City-'l'omato plants are to fruit or burning of foliage. nrrlve in Gtah by thousands in a short Delay of a few days in applying time from Nevada. this material will defeat the purpose Lewiston-Tests for tubercular an· of the spray, warns Mr. !I-Inson. The lmals are being made by expert~. ealyx cup closes within about a week Richfield-Wate r supply in the Ot· after blossom fall, and thereafter It Is ter resen-olr is showing a good in· Impossible to get the material into the crease. pln<'e where the majority of the worms Ephraim-Egg shipments show In· later do their first feeding. Further· crease and much activity is noted in more, studies of the spores of apple baby chick receipts. scab, which are being carried on at St. George-Pipe for state road prothe college this year, Indicate that the j£ct has been ordered. petal-fall spray will be the critical one !Jalina-J. G. Sorenson, 58, dies for the control of this dread disease, from Injuries received by .'dlllng out as the scab spores are ripening very ot a tree. late this year, and the infection of Heber-Livestoc· k show here on Augleaves and fruit will take place about ust 21 and 22 will feature free ad· the time of petal full. missions. All apple trees should be coated Helper-A concrete Rwimmlng pool with the spray at this time, whether is being sponsored by the Kiwanis they have blos~oms or not. In order to club for public nse. control the scab and tent caterpillars. Kanab-Arizona Is Improving high· The latter are very prevalent tills sen· way connecting route from Flagstaft son. and the small nests can be seen to Knnab. Springville-Kiw anis club of ilelpdeveloping In the crotches of trees at er visits Springville Art exhibit and this time. It aphis are to be seen on the un- each club man brought a high school folding leaves, or if. many gnarled and student as his guest. American Fork-Annual poultry day knotty apples were produced last year, three-quarters pint of nicotine Is to be observed in June. Spr!ngvU!e-City ordinance is now sulphur should be added to every 50 gallons of spray material. Thls ma· in force requiring vaccination of all te•·fal will kill aphis and red bugs, animals In the city pasture. Gunnison-A Boy Scouts' Jamboree both of which cause the deformed Is scheduled for May 3rd. apples. Ephraim--cattle owners urge protection against depredation from purGet Sprayer Ready for loiners of live stock. Lagoon- Annunl sportmens' state Necessary Orchard Work outing will be held here :May 24 and As good advice us can be given on 25th. the operation of sprayer or duster Is Brigham City-Salt Lake, Provo, and this: Test the outfit In advance of Ogden, together with this city have the season. Clean nozzles and disks. made application for the veterans' Overhaul 11' ne<'essnry and put It into hospital provided for by congress. good working order. A delay of a Snit LakE'--"The Message of the couple of days when the season Is Ages," pageant of the L. D. S. church rig!Jt may mean the entire d!lference will discontintwd after May 3rd. between efficient spraying and fallure. Goshen-..'\'ew junior high school is The life cycle o1' Insects doesn't stop to be erected at a cost of $40,000. and wait while the orchardist repairs Eurkea-T. Strange, 2.5, of Salinn, his sprayer or duster. was accidentally killed In a mine. A repair kit-wrenches, pliers, wash· Provo-Dinner Is given In honor of ers, disks. hose, clamp~. spare parts- 40 En~le rank Boy Scouts. should go right alon,g with the sprayer. Spanish Fork·-Battery C of the Supplies that should he procured be· 2?-2nd field artillery passes perfect iu fore the season opens (In addition to annual Inspection. spray materials) Include goggles, Delta-Live stock exhibits nt Delta gloves, drip guards, mask or respi- fair by high school students totalled seventy· two. rator, jackets for horses, etc. Pay~on-He-avy acreage o1' sugar beets Is planted in thts district. Rig Moves Very Slowly Lehi-Boy Scouts open camp in West canyon in Nonstop Spray Plan ley. on the north rim of CedJlr ValIn many cases growers are using the Mapleton-Plans are made for open· nonstop method of spraying. In this !ng additional school !ncilitles. method, the rig moves very slowly P1·!ce-~ew park is to be called along and does not stop at each tree. "Pioneer Evergreen Park,' in bonor of To make this method a success, lt Is Utah pioneers. necessary to have a spray rig that sup· Lehi-The poultry business totallE'd piles a large number of gallons per $262,000 In this city in 1929. minute. · Otherwise the job done will Pleasant Grove-Extensiv e repairs not be thorough enough to be etrectiYe and Improvements are being made at In control of the various pests which the local canning factory. the orchardist must fight. Beaver-Road work has started on Comfort of the opeJ;ator Is stressed, the Milford-Beaver highway. and goggles, respirators and other Helper--Over 1,300 yellow pine and equipment Is recommended for any fir trees have been planted in the Uln· operator where the use of such accestah national forest this year. sories would make the operation more Sallna-l!'orest snp<>rivsors are set· pleasant. tlng out large numbers of western yellow pine trees. Coalville-State road program for Rasp berry Canes Summit county invoh·es expenditure Left to Itself, a young black rasp· of over one hundred thou~and dollars. berry cane grDws upright for a fe\v Hyrum-Drainal !e In local streams inches, then begins to bend. Soon it branches and the branches grow to- said to he from Light reservoir is alleged to be k!lling fish. ward the ground. The nearer the end Payson-Utah county fair prl'mium of the cane the branches appear the list is to be distributed in May. A nearer the ground they are. By pinch· great many new departments are to lng or cutting oft the growing tip In be added. summer, early In the life of the c9-nes1 S't. George-Earning s of the Dixie earlier brancl~ing Is Induced. These Power Company in 1929 total $37,000. early-formed branches are held up betAft. Pleasant-Local Game club will ter, and they have a lon~er time be- be hosts to Utuh trapshooters at the fore frost to increase In diameter and sportmens' annual meet on l\fay 2nd. to develop strong buds. 'l'he result Is and 3rd. a sturdier cane all around. Pay~on-A campaign Is started to beautify the city. *'' By ELMO SCOTT WATSON MBRICA may be the "melt1ng pot of the nations," but there is one day in the year, at lea!!t. when she otters striking evidence that she Is the daughter of Old England and that the descendants ' ot the founders of the nation, despite the Infiltration of other ractal strains during the centuries In which the nation was building, are still conscious of their English aneeetry. That day Is the first of May. To some people who live In America but who have not yet been trans· formed into Americans by the alchemy of the melting pot, May 1 means a day for protest against the prevailing order ot things, for so· called "radical" activities, for calling tor an "uprising'' which somehow .never seems to come orr successfully. For mllllons of Americans May 1 means disorder of another kind, the eeml·annual upheaval In domestic arrangements and change from old fireaides to new, known as "Moving day." But to millions of young Amer!cnns, In our schools and colleges.- May 1 Is a festival day, a time of rejoicing and was rear'd with handkerchiefs and merrymaking, of song and of dance. flagges streaming on the top." And aa they, gaily dressed, weave in The Maypole having been raised, and out with the long streamers at- what follows is resented by a Puritan tached to the top of. a Maypole erected writer thus: "And then fell they to en some level stretch of greensward, banquet and feast, to Jeape and dance they are perpetuating an old cuetom about It, as the heathen people did at of "bringing In the May" which traces the dedication of their Idols, whereof back In an unbroken line to the this Is a perfect pattern, or rather the Elizabethan days In Merrie England. thing itself." In that respect, May day Is almost The beloved festival, called by the unique. Few, If any, of the holidays Puritans "an Impious and pagan which we celebrate are observed In a superstition," was long <'elebrated by manner so closely resembling Its the rich and poor nllke. Chaucer ancient observance as Is this one. It writes: "Fourth goth al the court, :Is one of the popular customs of the both most and lest, to fetch the flowlong ago which persists after others ers frel:!h and blome.'' Stow, in his have long since passed away. "Sui"Yey ot London," 1602, says "In The month of' May Is named for the month of May every man, except Mala, the Roman goddess of fertility. Impediment, would walk into the :Mala was the personification of spring sweete meadows and greene woods ·and wu.s thought to have every blosthere to rejoice their spirits with eomlng wild flower and shrub under the beauty and savour of sweet flowber special care and protection. The ers." · ;Romans engaged In elaborate floral As already indicated, these May• games during the first week of May. pole affairs were obnoxious to the So the May day celebration of a later Puritans. To them the revelers were J)erlod had its roots In the rites orlg· only heathens. So the May day oblnally offered In honor of the god- servances were. forbidden by purlia· dess :Mala. But It was an()ther Ro- ment in 1644, but same Into favor once man festival which brought to May more at Restoration. 4ay the character of the ceremonies A Maypole once set up might rewhich made It dlstlnetive. This was main for many years and annually be the Floral!a, held in honor of Flora, made the focus of popular amusethe goddess of tlowt!rs, when there ments. The cities joined in the celewere gay costume!!, dramatic perform- bration just as eagerly as the country ances and dances. When Clu!stlan!ty folk. Stow, In his "History of Lonbegan to prevail oYer Europe, certain dOl.l," mentions several Maypoles, one pagan customs were retained In a of which stood at what Is now St. modified form and among these was Mary-le-Strnnd, a cTowded thorough· tbe May day celebration. In medieval fare. In his day It was 100 feet high. times it became an imPortant festival The last Maypole erected In London and all classes ot people, old and was of cedar, 1?-l feet high. It was young, participated In it. Among the eet up by 12 British sailors under the Russians there was a spring festival personal supei"Yision of James II, then celebrated by the boys and girls with duke of Yol"k and lord high admiral, a choral dance cnllell "Khoroyod" and near the site of the present church of In Sweden there was also a May day ., St. Mary's In the Strand. Half a cen· celebration with a dance. tury later, It was removed to Wan· But for some reason the festival stead Park In Essex, where it was reached Its highest development ln used by Sir Isaac Newton as part of England and we now think of it as the support of a large telescope which • distinctively English custom. had been presented the Royal society Early In the first morning of May by a French astronomer. the men and the maids of Old England Another celebrated Maypole was would set forth singing for the fields that from which St. Andrew's Underand the woods to gather flowering shaft In Leadenhall street in London boughs, wayside blossoms and any Is supposed to haYe taken Its name. J)retty, fresh green things that might Stow says that It was due to a "high await them. These treasures were or long shaft or Maypole higher than tJsed to "May" the doors of the popu- the steeple (hence undershaft) which lar houses In the T!llage. It Is this used early In the morning of May day eustom which survives in the hanging -the greatest spring festival of Merof May baskets by the children of ry England-to be set up and set with today. flowers opposite the south dO<!i" of St. However the "Mayere" went Into Andrew's." the wood!! primarily to choose the It was in the Elh:abethan days, howtallest, stralglltest hawthorne, to cut ever, that the May day c·elebrat!on It down and, with its greenness still reached Its highest development. freshly fragrant, to bring it Into the What had previously been a simple, publ!c square, there to raise 1t for spontaneous celebration became one the c~nter of their long day's festivity. of much pomp and pageantry. If you They did It with much ceremony. read Sir Walter Scott's "Kenllwvrth," A writer In the Fifteenth century you w!ll learn what a colorful specsays: "They bring home with great tacle It was. veneration; they have twentle or "Enter six young men In leather fortle yoake of oxen~very one hav· jerkins ; follow on six young maids tng a sweet nosegaie of flowers tied leading a sleek cow adorned with to the tip of his horns, and those oxen flowers. Now struts Robin Hood in draw home the May poale. : • cov· Lincoln green, accompanied by Little ered all over with flowers and John, wm Scarlet and the others of llearbee. &.ll.d thus equipped 1t that famous ouUaw band," writes o~ historian of this festival. "After thest walk demcrely the pretty bride maid· ens E'S<'ortlng Maid l\Iarlan, the Queen of the May ; follow other attending girls. Comes a rumbling, creaking sound-the oxen pull the gre-at Maypole to Its place of honor, and after the 'llfay' come a medley ot person· ages the hobby horses, the dancers, the jesters and the crowd. Ah ! The pole Is raised. Every one shouts. The woodmen and the milkmaids dance around !t. The bagpipes play for their steps; the jesters and the hobby horse are busy with bulfoonery; ribald Friar Tuck attracts attention. Now there 1!< a contest with the low bow; a prize of laurel and ribbons is given to the winner, a crown of Ivy to the second." Finally the morris, or morrice, dancers come up to perform. These are an energetic, talented crew. A Purl· tan writer says of' them: "They haYe their hobby horses, their dragons, and other antiques, together with their bandie pypers and thundering drum· mers, then march this heathen company, their pypers pyp!ng, their stumpes a dancing, their bells Ingling, their handkerchiefs !luttering about their heads like mad de men." :Morris dancing Is a difrerent thing from the ordinary folk dJlnc!ng done by all at the May day fetes. Those who did the morris dances were especially trained for It and were known as "the morris men." Each v!IL:1ige of any pretension had its own troupe. The old men took pride in teaching the youngsters the stops between Easter and 'Yhitsunt!de each year. Then on Whit Monday all went out about the <:ountryslde dan(!ing, and got many a piece of silver for their antics. Their fiddler played early In the morning "to entice 'em to dance," and orr they were with "Green Garters" around the pole. The morris men usually had their own fool. SometlmPs, too, they had In their troupe that old-time burlesque figure, the "man-woman," who by ~he fantasy of his costume and the Indecency of his conduct was a constant delight to the broad-minded Eli~abethan audience. Once the morris men have done their turns the' people, whose fete this rightly is, may dance to their hearts' content. Men and girls dance prettily together, doing the same steps that their fathers and mothers did before them. The humblest of the village folk had a share In the day's merrymaking. The chimney sweeps had their own quaint dance to do. May day is the sweeps' holiday. They appear dressed In fantastic costumes, a little legend of the sweeps' dance is that once a great lady lost her baby boy, and some yeura Inter told an old sweep about her misfortunoe. He replied that his sweep, who was at the moment up her chimney, had been a foundling, and when the boy came down she "knawed'n be a mark or summat on 'em," and gave clothes and great cheer to all the sweeps In the towD jl on the next lla.r da,y. Strawberry Runners The runner plants or strawberries should root down, doing this the same season they start. One m11in trouble In getting them to take root Is dry weather. When the season happens to be wetter than common there Is no trouble about the runners taking root. 1.'he best method In making sure of getting plants Is to place a little dirt over the joint where leaves start for a new plant. This holds the runner in place 80 tbat roots naturally start downward, American Fork-Di~trict 2~. of the Lions' clubs will hold their convention here on May 28th. Ilyrum-Sncecss of the local watet project Is helic>ed probable thru ad· ditionnl allottments of water. Logan-Agricult ural ColJel!e will give poultrr, dairy and lamb feeding program on :May 16th and 17th. Salt I,ake-National t•onference of governors of various atntes convenes on .Tune 30th. Provo-New seminary bu!lding cost· fng $13,000 Is opened for classe:o thi1 11E:ek, • FOR. CONSTIPA TION f/!«6~ in .tiiiO!Io~ SAFE SCIENTIFIC Clam Cau~rbt Heron A heron observed for almost a week at «Jape May, N. J., remained 10 motionless on one leg that tishel"men thought It an example ot the taxidermist's art placed at water's edge by a practical joker. It was not until clam diggers neared the spot that the long-necked fowl sougltt 6lgbt with weakly beating wings and It was found to be held captive by an immense clam firmly imbedded In hard sand. Acid ity· Tbe common cause 'of d!gestlve difficulties is excess acid. Soda eaanot alter this condition, and It burn11 the stomach. Something that w!Il neutralize the acidity is the sensible thing to take. That is why physicians tell the public to we Ph!ll!ps Milk of Magnesia. One spoonful of this delightful preparation can neutralize many times Its volume In acid, It acts Instantly; relief is quick, and very apparent. All gas Is dispelled; all eourness Js soon gone; the whole system is sweetened. Do tt·y titls perfect anti-acid, and remember It Js just as good for ch!ldren, too, and pleasant for them to take. Any drug store has the genuine, prescriptional product. pniW PS • Milk . o.~ Magne sta Grimm Stuff, That "Granddad, tell me a tale." "Vrhat sort of a story?'' .. One about n little boy who had a kind granddad who took him to the pictures every Sunday." tiere tr eCOUGHS First dose soothes(,.. alanl/11. Relief GUAR· -~~ ANTEED. a • ~t' A.taU dru~ f'l -with Bosche e's Svi·up ;: >Endot:~ed ·by. · ' .,. ., .. :.; Nurs·e· · f'Just a few words of praise of your medicine. Nothing gave me relief and health as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did. I am a practical nurse and was so rundown that I was unable to work. I used to suffer agonies at times and would have to He down the biggest part of the day. After two bottles of Vegetable Compound I felt better. Now I have used ten bottles and feel fine. I recommend it to many of my patients."-Mr s. Florence John- son, R. R. 113. Chetopa., Kansas. lydia··:~E.>. P.i'nkham's·: _Vegetaijle. G~nwonnd · </ l d•a E. f'.n~h.>~? '\1 ~d:(o .. !.~:,,;,. !\h,.<. W.N.U.,Salt Lake Clt.)'.No.H-193 0. , |