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Show BEAVER PRESS Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers Wlaere Are ttlie Mecoird. 'BijJ Game PLAN WATER SAVING WILL SPEND A FORTUNE NEW LAWS IN EFFECT SIX SLAIN IN AUTO JAMS HAS A PERFECT RECORD RICHFIELD, UT.The annual convention of the Utah Peace Officers association will be lield here in June. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A total of 103 traffic accidents within the limits of Salt Lake City during the month of April Just past took a toll of six lives and resulted In 70 inv-- 7 juries. Miss Eva MT. PLEASANT, UT. Pollsen, 18, a senior at North Sanpete high school has the unusual distinction of a perfect attendance and punctuality record through the twelve years of her schooling. She has never been tardy nor absent since her first day at school, and she graduates this month. Idaho BOISE, IDA. Twenty-fiv- e reserve officers have been recommended for active duty with the PR0NGH0RN forest conservation corps during the ' coming summer. f Two IDA. and BOISE, million pounds of wool will be offered for sale In Portland May 16, Wool Marketing the Idaho-Orego-n has announced. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. State legislation vesting ownership In the public of all Utah's unappropriated underground water and providing for Its administration by the state, may be recommended by the chamber of commerce, it was announced recently. The proposed measure would give the state engineer the authority to pass on applications to drill new wells and to regulate and control the development and use of underground water, much the same as be now does in the case of surface water. By ELMO 8COTT WATSON BINGHAM, UT. The American HERE'S a big game hunt on at Smelting & Refining company will present that's unique in the anexpend between $400,000 and $500,-00- 0 nals of American sport. It isn't in a deep development program, a case of a hunting party, armed starting immediately at properties r with rifles and all the which have just been acquired under other equipment with lease in the Bingham mining region, which the modern NImrod supIt is announced. plies himself, setting out on an BOISE, IDA. New laws enacted expedition to the remote regions where may still be found the relaby the last legislature, now in eftively few survivors of the milfect, include the act repealing the lions of buffalo, moose, elk, deer, "gin marriage" law, the gnme law revision acts, the recall, initiative antelope, mountain sheep and mountain goat, bear and mountain lion which and referendum acts, the meat inonce roamed this continent. Neither are these spection law and the dozens of mihunters going out with the avowed purpose of nor regulatory measures dealing further decimating the numbers of American with school district election?, irribig game. fildistrict elections, gation budgets, Instead they are going out with believe it or ing of official reports and similar not! and pencil and paper (cermatters. not very deadly weapons) and they will tainly BINGHAM, UT. The Utah Cop be concerned not with killing more big game but per company suffered a loss from with animals that have already been killed. mining operations in 1932 6f $1,106,- Which is by way of saying that the purpose of 018.13, after all operating charges this big game hunt Is to find out where are the for cost of production were deductworld's record big game heads, who was the hunter ed, according to the president's rewho secured these trophies, where were they seport. cured, who owns them now, etc. POCATELLO, IDA. It is reportFor four years the New York Zoological soed that Yellowstone will open this ciety has carried on an active campaign to loyear on June 1st cate all the largest heads of American game. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. AppliDuring that time It has established the National cation for $45,000 in Reconstruction Collection of Heads and Horns and has brought Finance corporation together the finest collection of these trophies loans have been received by R. A. In the world, housing them in a fine building Hart, secretary of the state projects dedicated to the "Vanishing Big Game of the committee. Cedar City would like World." to borrow $30,000 from the governIn December of last year It published a book ment to improve its municipal water called "Records of North American Big Game," system, and Richfield is asking for prepared by a committee composed of Prentiss a $15,000 loan to Install water meN. Gray, editor; Kermlt Roosevelt, Madison ters. Grant, W. Redmond Cross, George Harrison, and SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The E. Hubert Litchfield. In compiling this work Eleventh Regional Agricultural Cremore than 35,000 questionnaires were Bent out dit corporation has approved 4799 and the aid of more than 3,000 sportsmen, mu loans to livestock men, far mors and seum and owners of trophies was enlisted. A standard method of measurement was de poultrymen for a total of $19,383,-00it was announced recently by veloped and all measurements submitted for in E. G. Bennett, Ogden, president of clusion In the record were required to be made museums or a repre the federal credit corporation. by one of the sentative of the National Collection of Heads UT. The annual conOGDEN, and Horns. From the several thousands measference sessions of the Methodist ured, a total of 891 trophies were selected for Episcopal church in Utah will be Inclusion In the record, making It a veritable held May 25 to 28. Almanac de Gotha of the monarchs of the plains BRIGIIAM CITY. UT. Reports and mountains. from Washington, D. C, indicate The book was divided Into 13 sections, deal that the construction of the Hyrum ing with all varieties of big game on this conti reservoir key project is assured. nent, and each section was edited by an author-lt- y SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The on the species, among them such nationally conserquota for Utah in the forest known scientists and sportsmen as Dr. George vation array has been set at 2300 Bird Grlnnell, Ernest Thompson Seton, Dr. C men, including one thousand beHart Merrlam, Samuel Merrill. Wilfred II. Ostween the ages of 18 and 25 and good, H. E. Anthony, Madison Grant, E. W. Nel1300 experienced men, who will be son, MaJ. E. A. Goldman, Dr. Thomas Barbour, assigned to camps in naflonal forEdmund Seymour, Thierry Mallet, and C. H. ests and national parks to train Townsend. the younger members of the force. The society Is now planning to Issue another The county quotas are: Beaver 40; of the Records to bring It up to date and edition Boxelder, 73; Cache, 113; Carlmn, during the coming year Its official measurers will 73 ; Dagget, 10 ; Davis, 54 ; Duspend considerable time In various parts of the chesne, 40; Emery, CO; Garfield, country, especially In the Rocky Mountain C5; Grand, 30; Iron, 38; Juab, 50; states, visiting every town to measure trophies. Kane, 15; Millard, 44; Morgan, 11; "We know that many fine trophies must exist Piute, 20; Rich, 11; Salt Lake, 774; In homes, hotels and cafes In the small towns Pan Juan, 34; Sanpete, 70; Sevier, of the Rocky Mountain states and we wish to 48; Summit, 42; Tooele, 39; Uintah, locate and measure as many of them as i 41; Utah, 200; Wasatch, 25; WashBible," says Prentiss N. Gray, editor of the Unc and ington, 40; Wayne, 40, Weber, ords. "It is quite possible that among them we 210. shall find some world's records. Such head? have a considerable monetary value and while BOISE, IDA. Fifty tliousnnd we have no interest In purchasing any heads. shovels, one for each man in the doubtless many persons who possess trophies forest conservation camps in the large enough to be listed In the Records would Rock Mountain country, will be purbe glad to realize on them or at least to know chased by the forest service as a that they are valuable." part of the required equipment, R. Those In charge of the Records have been II. Rutledge, of Ogden, regional obliged In the past and this holds good for the forester has announced. future, also to accept only measurements authenticated by recognized natural history mu BOISE, IDA. Grain growers in BolHe are receiving four cents a seums or their own representatives. This Is not bushel alwve the price In Portland a reflection on me nonesij vi ine measurements of the owner of the trophy, but they early dis and ten cents above the world lpvel, s taxidermists con covered that some all because of a combination of insidered it good practice and pleasing to their flation and a local shortage. f f record. Ad By ANGELO PATR1 I fck lV ' A Ys (knr fe lV:: H -- RECORD moose wA "H I kJv&J I I I ( WORLD'S RECORD V J , - tape-measur- 0, over-zealou- METHOD TOR MEASURING clients to alter trophies In order to increase measurements. They found that moose horns bad been steamed or the skulls split and the spread thereby Increased; additional points had been glued to elk antlers. The climax was reached when they discovered one taxidermist who specialized in "making" record heads. One product of his shop, a Rocky Mountain bighorn, had been built up of horns from three separate sheep. Sections were fitted cleverly together Hnd the final product, a world's record, was sold for a fancy price. Thus, to have any real value, every head listed in the Records must be measured by men who know how and who can guard against such practices. Above is shown the method of measuring elk heads and deer heads, all measurements to be made with a steel tape. The following rules are given to explain and supplement the diagrams shown above: Deer A Length on outside curve: Measured along the main beam from the base of the burr to the end of the most distant point B Circumference of main beam: Taken midway between the basal snag and the first fork. O Circumference of burr. D Greatest spread: Measured between perpendiculars at extreme width of horns at right angles to the center line of the skull. Points: No point shall be counted unless it protrudes at least one Inch. Remarks: State whether the trophy has any characteristics which depart from the normal for this species. Elk Length on outside curve: Measured along the main beam from the base of the burr to the tip of the most distant point on the main beam. B Circumference midway between bez and trez. C Circumference of burr. D Greatest spread: Measurement between perpendiculars, at right angles to the center line of the skulL Points on each side: No point shall be counted unless it protrudes at least two Inches. Remarks: State whether the trophy has any characteristics which depart from the normal for this species. Similar charts have been devised for other species of big game and the National Collection of Heads and Horns Is asking anyone who has a trophy that exceeds the following measurements: A . 28" Mule deer, length oo outside curve 23" Whitttai deer, length on outside curve 14" Bion, length on outside curve F.Ik (Wapiti), length on outside curve.......... 64 -- -56" Moose, spread . 39" Sheep, length on front curve...... .10" Coat, length on front curve. 12" Critlr bear, length of skull 12" Black bear, length of skull 7" Mountain lion, length of skull. ............ ................. . ................. to submit the record of his trophy for Inclusion In' the official Records and also to learn how It rates with the world's record heads. Incidentally there is a patriotic angle to this unique "big game hunt," for many of the record American trophies are owned In England rather than In this country. This Is true of the world's record muledeer, which was killed In ,Wyomlng, but which Is now owned by an Englishman. The largest elk head in the world was killed In Wyoming and Is today hanging in a castle at Horsham, England. It has a length on the longest horn of 64 V4 Inches, a spread of 52 Inches, with seven points on one antler and six on the of the 40 world's record elk other. Twenty-fou- r heads are owned by Englishmen and only 16 are owned by Americans. It is interesting to note that this srt of thing has been going on for three centuries. The first collection of American big game trophies of which we have record was made by Queen Elizabeth during the Sixteenth century. Her officials in the transatlantic colonies were commissioned t send back to England the finest specimens obUlnable In the New world. As a result, five great moose heads were shipped to England and found a place of honor in the Great Hall of Hampton Court palace over the dais where a succession of British sovereigns has dined on state occasions. The present-davisitor will recognize them with some difficulty for the officers of the queen's household evidently had little faith In the taxidermist cf y excellent human quality, to excel It Is the stimulus of growth. Few of us can run our best without a pace maker and a-goal with a prize In view. Teacher found this out long ago and made the most of It "Look at this, John Smith. Five right out of tea Fifty per cent. Harold, you got a hundred. That's a mark to be proud of. If 1 were you. I wouldn't let Harold show me up like that. Maybe be is smarter than you are?" "Finished already, Caroline? Alwaya the first. Gertrude, aren't you ever going to catch op to your friend? She's leaving you far behind. Don't let ber beat you like that" Such prodding stirs the competitive Instinct to action. Ambition has been stirred but it was of that kind of ambition worthy men have died. It Is an unworthy ambition. It rested on persona) grudging, fear, and finally hatred. Bitter feeling Is the certain result of such competition. The children take sides, the parents take sides and soon the community Is Involved In a wasteful struggle to place their entry first Victory costs too much. Competition Is essential to sturdy ambition but the competition should be centered upon one's self. It is much harder to get a child to compete with his self of yesterday than It Is to stir him to fight But when against his classmate. we consider the aim of this competition there can be no question about the sort we want to foster. We will put a soft pedal on any competition that pits one child against another, one class against another. The only growth the child is concerned In Is his own. It should be that growth he competes against and for. Let each child have a plotting sheet Teach him how to make a curve of his progress In the subjects that you think he needs to cultivate. Spur his interest on with all your might but keep it on that red line be Is tracing on the sheet He will be Just as thrilled to see It take on heights as ever he could be to see himself downing a' classmate. Even then we have to be on guard against the wrong sort of competition. One child will have a higher peak than another, and more of them but If you have made the meaning of the char; plain no harm can be done. John-Smith- " high-powe- 88 IT IS an Rty one-hal- CHILDREN COMPETITION J 4a LJIliP world's Heads? OUR i. r MULEDEER their time and no scruples against nature fak Ing. The horns were affixed to carved wooden replica of "Cervus elaphus," the European red deer, the game animal with which the English of the day were most familiar. Another American trophy owned by British royalty Is a magnificent pair of moose horns which was presented to the prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) during his visit to Amer ica In the Seventies. The weight of the dried skull and horns Is said to have been 56 pounds and the antlers had a spread of 70 Inches. In 1808 an American Trophy exhibition was held in London and among the exhibits there was an elk head, shown by A. L. Tullock, Esq., which had been killed in Montana in 18S3. Of this trophy it has been written, "Most Judges give the palm in beauty to this superb head. Its size and points have been exceeded, but Its massive beams, perfect symmetry and wonderful pearllngs are so far unrivalled." As early as 1850 titled Englishmen were coming to this country for big game hunting and In an article which appeared In the June, 1894, issue of the old Cosmopolitan magazine, under the title of "Famous Hunting Parties of the Plains," Col. W. F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") tells of some of them as follows : "The first great hunter who came to this country In search of big game, of whom I have knowledge, was Sir George Gore. I was a boy at Fort Leavenworth In 1853 when he arrived there from London and fitted out his expedition. At that time buffaro, elk, deer and antelope were so numerous upon the plains and all through the Rovky mountain region that we frontiersmen were naturally somewhat surprised to find that an English gentleman would come all the way across the ocean and make the tedious Journey from the seaboard to the frontier, with no other end In view than the chase. "Sir John Watts Garland was another great English huntsman. He came over here about 1809. At different points on the plains and In the mountains he established camps and built cabins to which he would return regularly about once every two years. In his absence, his horses and dogs were left at these camps in charge of men employed for that purpose. "The third of the great hunters whom I have known was Lord Adair, who Is now the earl of Dunraven, owner of the f&mous Valkyrie. He came with Doctor Klngsley, a brother of Charles author, and arrived at KIngsley, the Fort Mcl'herson, on the Platte river, about eighteen miles from the town of North Platte. . . . Lord Adair was the first of these visiting sportsmen that I remember to have had a military escort. Garland and Gore provided their own. Later he purchased a hunting park of his wood-carver- s well-know- n ..." own. Being Interested only In sport, such hunters as Sir George Gore and Sir John Garland were willing to stay in the field long enough to get really good heads. They had a better chance than the hunter to find a record head because present-dathe herds of elk had not been so badly shot up y or their winter range so restricted that It was necesbary to winter feed them. Good heads were common, as the animals were stronger and more rugged. The Englishman knew the value of record heads and he carried back his own trophies plus the best heads he could purchase for resale at home. Therefore today the collections of game trophies In England contain the very best examples of our American big game, but, In the words of sponsors of the present "big game hunt," now being conducted under the auspices of the New York Zoological society, "We want to return the record of both elk and deer to the United States and It Is probable that In some attic or home In the Rocky Mountain states the world's record can be found." br Western Newspaper Union.) , J .. HIS QUESTIONS TPURN about Is fair play. It would. A be more than fair play, It would be a recognition of a long Ignored right. If one allowed the children to ask some questions. We ask children questions all day long. If they ask us any we are likely to turn them away. Questions are a sign of mental ac tivity In the children. If Instead of prodding them with questions we set the problem and tell them to question us, there will be greater Interest and more mental activity than if we pro ceed In the usual way. The kind of questions a child asks will let us Into the secret of his mind's quality, the extent and the depth of his Information. One cannot ask a question about a subject unless one knows something about It and the amount and quality of the knowledge Is Indicated by the question. A teacher showed a class a picture of a city in India. Calcutta, the name of the city, was clearly printed on the picture. "You can ask any question you like about this picture," said she. A small boy near the picture raised his hand Importantly. "What Is It, Sam?" "I'd like to know what city that Is?" "All you have to do Is to read the name, Sam." You don't need to 'Oh." said Sara. know anything more about Sam than that in order to place him In his class. Then another child raised his hand. That's the city where the soldiers died In the Black Hole, Isn't it? I've always wondered why the English were In India. Why didn't they go home and stay away from a country that treated them like that? They have so much trouble because the peo ple don't want them there. Why do they stay there when they are not wanted In other people's country?" That from ten year old Richard places him. Give the children a chance to ask the questions. You do the answering for a while. Help them to find the answers In their reference -- W books. If we continue to ask the questions the children will continue to be content to answer the one question that comes their way. It Is possible for a child to g good marks In a subject and know very little about It because his mind has never questioned the subject And It Is also possible for a child to know a good bit about a subject and get passing marks only because the teacher didn't happen to ask the question that opened the vein of knowledge he possessed. If the child does the ques- lonlng the teacher Is Informed about his condition and the child Is better Informed on his subject 6. Bell Syndicate. WNU Servlca. , |