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Show BEAVER PRESS Sr GOLD HAS BIG ROLE IN AFFAIRS OF MAN Used as Money It Svrays Destinies of Nations. Here' Snake Story and a Tall One! coin weighs Just 8.683 pounds avoirdupois, and at the mint I found It, In bar Washingtoa The Intricate part that gold has played In the affairs of civilization, and something of the romance that clings to the v el low metal, are disclosed by Frederick Simplcb in a communication to the National Geographic society. "When gold was used merely as a personal adornment, In plate, or In the decorative arts," be writes, "it swayed the destiny only of those who possessed It, as in Peru and Mexico, or when Rome paid chariot loads of It to the barbarians to save herself from being sacked. But when gold caine into wide use as uiouey, to measure wages, prices, and the cost of living In all nations, then it began to Influence the whole world. Tariffs, the gold standard, foreign exchange and debts, arbitrage gold brings them all into the picture of International relations. Much Disappears. "Only about half of the world's gold production since the discovery of America can now be definitely located. "Since 1492 the world has mined 22,413,757,1 17, as officially reported. Of this, about 80 per cent has been produced since 1860. "But today the world's nations hold, as mouetary gold stock, only about form, an easy handful. "Since the World war began the world has swiftly Increased Its effective stock of gold. This has, in fact grown by about $6,800,000,000 or 140 per cent. In the last 19 years. More gold Is being mined, less has been used recently in the trades, and private hoardings are being surrendered in India. These are the chief causes of the Increase. "Growth in the world's gold since 1922 has been largely due to increased output in South Africa and Canada. Since 10'Jfl, however, our own ' goldmine yield has slightly Increased. All gold mined In the world in 1932 Is estimated now at $400,000,000. "Most of the great gold strikes, say mining engineers, have probably been made. The world has been more thoroughly prospected for gold than for any other metal. It may be vain, then, to hope for another series of gold finds as rich as was Cripple Creek, the Lena, the Rand, or the Klondike. "Yet from year to year gold strikes of varying Importance are constantly recorded. Exciting tales of rich strikes, of dazzling fortunes exposed by one lucky stroke of the pick, the spirit of adventure and romance that clings to the gold hunter's career, leave man indefatigable in his search." Lisbon, Ohio. Here's the first snake story of the season here and a true one! W. O. Woolf, farmer of East Rochester, west of here, started out recently with a small rifle to hunt groundhogs. Near an abandoned, stone quarry he stumbled over sis giant blacksnakea. Beating a hasty retreat, Woolf ran to the house for heavier artillery and returned with bis son, T. C Woolf, and a shotgun. A seventh snake meanwhile had Joined the other six. After a hot battle, six of the snakes were slain, the survivor wriggling into the rocks. Father and son testify that each of the six measured six feet In length. SUCCEEDS MOFFETT "The missing ten billions or more went, much of it. Just as In olden times. In 1931, for Instance, of, roughly, 149,000,000 of gold mined in the United States alone, about $29,000,000 was consumed In Industry. In Amer s and the ica today. It is the dentists who eliminate much gold from circulat'on. "Europe's gold when Columbus first sailed westward amounted to less than some present-da- y family fortunes. Part of this Europe had mined, part she bad plundered from other lands. Some of her gold so gained was drained off In trade to India and the Orient. "India, in time, became the world's greatest gold hoarder. 'The treasure sink of the world, she has been called. Just how much gold is still hidden In the secret vaults of her princes, nobody knows; from 1873 to 1930, how-vethe records show that India imported about $2,800,000,000 in gold. "In the monetary system of the United States the gold dollar, though not now made, is the unit of value; It weighs 25.8 grains and is 0.900 fine. "Gold coins of $3. $10, and $20 are now minted, known as half eagles, eagles, and double eagles. Among workers In the mint, the eagle's picture is always called 'The Goose.' One thousand dollars of United States gold W90 gineers disclosed, became "lost" years ago when the original owner of the property subdivided the property Into h strip. given to all but the A friendly suit to quiet title has been filed by Joseph Lataple against Irene Holbrook and any other persons who may have claim to the tiny strip. Construction work will be held In abeyance until the suit is settled. 3.5-inc- CapU E. J. King, a flying officer, who was nominated by President Roosevelt to be chief of the navy's bureau of aeronautics, to succeed the late Admiral William A. Moffett, who was lost In the Akron disaster. Captain King has had over 400 hours of piloting experience, and has at various times commanded aircraft carriers and naval flying stations. See U. S. Spanned by 100 M. P. H. Road Engineers Suggest Use of Surface. Non-ski- d New York. Prediction of a highway will permit 100 miles per hour that speeds, run underground though large cities and cross the continent In a ribbon-like stretch, with practically no curves, was disclosed here following an interview with road executives and engineers, who have developed a new type of resilient road surfacing that is as close to a nonskld surface as can Finland Is Stirred Up Over 'Language War" Eelslngfors, Finland. Mounting opposition to use of both the Finnish and Swedish languages In affairs of government and at the University of Helsingfors has led to a "language war" here. The Swedish population protests against proposals to make Finnish lanmore outstanding as a class-rooguage at the university. The students may now elect to receive Instruction in practically all subjects In either Finnish or Swedish, a throwback to the days when Swedish was regarded as the official language of Finland. Swedish also retains an Important place In the government. In the Diet both languages are used, with Interpreters to translate from one to the other. Government officials are required to know something of both languages, and the Swedish Peoples' party has formal representation in the Diet Since 1918, however, when Finland gained Independence, there has been an accelerating emphasis on development of a national culture in which Finnish would be predominant. A special government committee is Investigating claims that national economy could be served as well by removal of many of the Swedish professors at the university. be made. The project has been worked out In collaboration with foremost road engineers and traffic authorities. According to Maxwell Halsey, traffic engineer, National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, increased highway speeds In keeping with the demands of modern economy eventually must be made possible by specialized road design and construction to the end of reducing accidents and traffic tieups. The opinion already has been advanced In the automobile Industry that and a resilient and vibration-absorbinnot only would Influence automotive engineering, but mark the point of departure for changes unsuspected today by many of the industry's leaders. speeds, It was declared, do not permit the average motorist to negotiate anything In the way of a curve as we know highway curves today. At this speed the motorist must be able to see a half-mil- e ahead. Therefore, this future highway will be practically free of curves. The surface of the road will be absolutely flat and as smooth as a tennis court Its width will be an algebraic formulae based on population g super-highwa- Capablanca Wins With Living Pieces centers through which it passes. It will be a quiet highway, and it will be safer for speeds than 50 miles per hour on most of our present modern through highways. Gotham Hotels Decrease, Cafes Grow in 28 Years New York. Startling changes, coupled with not a few surprises, in Manhattan's business life during the last 28 years were disclosed in comparison of the spring, 1933, Issue of the telephone Red Book, and the first Red Book, printed In 1905. Employment agencies In 1905 numbered 85; only four of these still are represented among the 450 agencies on the hotels renow listed. A check-uvealed that there are today over 300, whereas the 1905 book listed 800 The Increased capacity of the modern skyscraper hotel is held responsible for this decrease. e hotels still Among the few doing business In their original locations are the Sherman Square hotel at Broadway and Seventieth street; the Martha Washington, on East Twenty-eighth street; the Mills hotel on Bleccker stret; the old Utah house on Eighth avenue; and the Chelsea, on street RestauWest Twenty-thirrants, however, have kept close pace with the yearly Increase In population. In 1905 there were approximately 350 ; today there are nearly 5,000, with very still in business. few of the p hos-telrle- old-tim- d Youth Earns Tuition by Catching Rattlers Los Angeles. Rattlesnakes at $1 a foot are putting Lewis Fisher through Los Angeles Junior college. Last summer Fisher caught 25 rattlers, the longest & feet 2 Inches, and the net catch represented a semester's expenses. He sells bis catch to professional collectors. Snakes, says Fisher, are peaceable and will not molest you unless you get them excited. High boots are not much protection against the fangs of rattlers, he said. His hunting kit Is a stick and a garbage can. Straw Hat Brim in White and Blue to Be Stylish The pique crown with straw brim In white and navy is one of the styles Ljp', . (-- Another Great Man has gone to the dogs. The trouble seems to be he didn't watch out on his way up. In climbing, one must be constantly careful: see to It that every round above is as sound as those below which carried him safely. And such care Is always easier than a falL I do not believe Samuel Insull was a rogue, but became careless as he climbed, and developed dangerous con- ceit . ' ' It Ih hi ,' Identified with suit fashions. Sailors with a swing to the side are liked. Matelasse Jerseys In monotones are reported the highlight of a recently opened collection of novelty knit sports fabrics. String color and an e of white with a soft tinge of blue In it are smart color features. One of the most natural developments In spring fashions Is the chiffon dress for daytime wear. Clock Run 33 Year Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Francis A. lied-dlnowns an old eight-daclock that has ticked the time away for 33 years with remarkable accuracy, has never been cleaned or repaired, or had anything done to It save winding at eight-day- . Intervals. y Jose Capablanca, famous Cuban chess master, and Prof. Herman Sterner played a spectacular game at the Los Angeles Athletic club with living pieces, all handsomely and appropriately garbed. Capablanca won with ease. The photograph shows the board and pieces on the floor of the club's gymnasium. Table Scraps May Be Used to Feed Poultry. By C. F. Parrtah, Poultry Extension Specialist. North Carolina State College. WNU Service. The back-yarpoultry growing inhas dustry always been an Important factor In poultry growing, and should be expanded during the present ped riod. a reason for this suggestion, As poultry keeping is affected less by changing economic conditions than any other productive enterprise. In times of high prices, great numbers a means of of persons keep fowls-a- s reducing the cost of living. In times flock may of depression, the back-yarplay an important part In the struggle to keep going on a reduced Income. Then, too, fowls are most adaptable and may be kept successfully under a wide range of conditions. It Is true, when the range Is restricted and methods are intensified, the feed and labor cost for each bird is Increased. This may not be a handicap since our experience has shown us that when farmers produce eggs and poultry at lowest cost they do not necessarily make the largest net profit either on the birds or the labor used. It Is cheaper possibly to buy feed than to buy eggs and chickens, and much of the table scraps or surplus green vegetables may be used to advantage with the back-yarflock. In keeping poultry In the backyard, however, houses should be well ventilated, but not open to winds and rain. Good dropping boards, clean nests, plenty of fresh water In clean containers, and curtains for protecting the birds during bad weather are necessary. While the houses should have open fronts, the birds must have adequate protection during cold, rainy weather. back-yar- d . cannot understand how any man. Intelligent enough to fully realize what a man necessarily is, can become conceited. I 3.5-Inc- h lots. When the government selected the lot for Its new post office site, it demanded a clear site. Title could be FLOCKS REDUCE FOOD COST BACK-YAR- D By ED HOWE of wives for husbands is LOVE said to be a very unstable thing, but SUerlus expresses the belief In his memoirs that it Is more stable than the love grown children show parents. Silerius mentions with approval and thankfulness that his third wife once said to him that the blunt regularity with which he was called on daily for money with which to pay household expenses, and the hard way In which he was compelled to earn all his money, excited her pity, and caused her to resolve to be more frugal In her d Hollister, Calif. Construction on the new Hollister post office has been held up by a strip of ground. The very narrow strip of soil, federal en- gold-beater- K.fsX The Alarm Bell The Youth Movement ever said an equally agreeable thing to him. 5::,i:.;l Strip of Land Held Up a Post Office Building Sally Sez Watching Out expenses. SUerlus adds a note (page 82," 2nd vol.), that none of his grown children . 111,940,000,000. Howe About: In youth and age only natural things have Impressed me. And natural things have impressed me only because of the rower behind them to force my acctpt.tnce. As a young man I was often ashamed because of youthful Incompetence and Judgment; because those older daily demonstrated more capability as a result of longer experience. In learning my trade I never doubted the foreman's greater ability, and accepted his Instructions as I accepted the suggestions of the older mec In the same shop. I have never been able to understand the Confidence of Youth of which so much is heard. The other day I met an old fellow lived luxuriously. He all In," as the saying of his ills. I said the had ever found was taking care of myself. His reply Impressed me. "Yes," he said, "I know about that but I did not begin early enough." I send out another general alarm to be lost In the magnificent errors of today. Most people live like greedy children until something serious hapwho had long seemed "about is, and told me only remedy I pens. One should begin taking care of him- self before the first alarm, which comes long before forty or fifty. The alarm bell began ringing very early In my life; I believe it does in the lives of most men, and beg them to pay atten- tion earlier. We frequently hear exclamations as to the Most 'Amazing Thing in the World. I think it is the dullness, Inefficiency, carelessness and dishonesty of adults who are permitted to run at large, bear children and vote, although they refuse to learn the simplest lessons we birch children for not .practicing. Men who are careless, not honest and do not pay their debts, have bad Judgment In other respects; It has of all been discovered that automobile drivers having collisions are listed as dead beats In their communities. one-fourt- h as I As moving an Incident in life have ever beard is this: A young girl of average good family In my town married at seventeen, and had five children in seven years. One day she disappeared and has never been heard from since, except a letter she wrote her mother from a distant town, which said she couldn't stand the burden of being married. She found no fault with her husband saying he was as great a martyr as she had been. "You may be sure," she added, "there is not another man in the case; the man-lacIn my life has been completely satisk Use Sanitary Practice to Reduce Chick Loss Some one excited us long ago by declaring we were not being treated right. . . . The people were never promised, by any real authority, anything they are not getting. I lately tried to read a book about Abyssinia, the author having traveled extensively In that strange country. But he lacks Judgment: he devotes most of his pages to "Jokes." . . . Mark Twain, best of our modern humorists, wns frequently dreary while trying to be "funny." Books of humor are almost as rare now as books of poetry, so many serious things having developed requiring serious consideration. . 193 J. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. Utah High School of Beauty Culture Float CIM Mda. Ut Uka Ctq. uk m BiprtssiM Caltsra rrafmlii Kn Tm cm mi litri I eriliulm Hut (IN )tki TM Meant ear $11 Mtt Mly he tka eieiltti to til list it ltd int. mru a ill aHttt tonstlplt a nn illli lin iu rant w witt lf wr nutajH. NtH I NAME. 4 III tatty cjv - ADDRESS Pit all Gillette Trpe Razor Honey refunded If not satisfactory. COOMBS DRUG CO. Salt Lake City, Utah THIS WEEK'S PRIZE STORY time A Poultrymen who put health first last year In the growing of their pullets suffered less than 7 per cent loss of chicks. D. C. Henderson, poultry extension specialist of the Pennsylvania State colwith lege, says that 707 the agricultural extension service in the state last year reported the growing of 426,542 chicks. The average loss of chicks reported was 10.4 per cent but poultrymen who used all the sanitary practices recommended by the extension poultry specialists had a loss of only 6.94 per cent The five recommended practices Included quality chicks from vigorous stock, early hatching, clean brooder clean feeders and clean houses, grounds. Since this plan of growing chicks was started in the state there has been a consistent decrease In chick losses. In 1929 the average loss among was 15 per cent, but those who used all the clean practices lost only 10 per cent In 1930 the average loss was 13.2 per cent, and those who used all the sanitary practices lost only 8V4 per cent In 1931 the average was slightly over 10 per cent, and the loss for those using all the clean practices was less than 7 per cent . . A Productive Hen ASK TOUR DRUGGIST POS COLD APEX CREAM AN PRODUCT INTERMOUNTAIN Henry Irving, the great English actor, excelled in two opposing characters the devil or a divine. In Trade For Your UTAH WOOLEN MILLS BLANKETS Salt Lake City, Utah Write for Catalogue and Detail Wool Every poor Bedouin of the Egyptian deserts has a right to sharv the meal of his wealthy tribesman. NEW V ECO come. Eggs produced by this hen had a total weight of about 65 pounds, or more than ten times her body weight She produced her eggs on an average of slightly over four pounds of feed per dozen, and at a feed cost of approximately 5 cents per dozen. Wallace's Farmer. IIATAD rVTT Sold with a Money Back Guarantee ASK FOE BEET SUGAR THE ONLY HOME SUGAR Cocoa is the dried and powdered seed kernels of the cacao tree and chocolate is a paste or cake made of cacao seeds roasted and ground. FIREWORKS EVERYTHING FOR THE 4th of July Write for Price List W. II. BINTZ CO. Salt Lake City, Utah Plenty of sunlight and fresh air In the poultry houses greatly reduces disease troubles. Yearling hens, or older ones, In corn-be- lt flocks, are 20 times as likely to have tuberculosis as pullets. e New Zealand expects to export 1,000,000 eggs to Britain this year, about twice the quantity exported In 1932. The egg a pullet lays Is about 9 per cent smaller than the egg from which she was hatched. e Even with the lower prices prevailing Manitoba realized $1,277,8.10 from dressed poultry last season. At $1.10 each the 3."i0,(HK) turkeys brought $385,-90- 0. e Poultry Is leading Iowa fanners out of the economic crisis with a larger Income than during 1931 and 19:;0, according to the poultry extension department of Iowa Slate college. -- CO. AWNING Camping Suppiie "Ererythlnc la Canvas Goods" 279 S. W. Temple Bait Lake City A e & Awning , single comb Rhode Island Red hen, owned by the North Dakota agricultural college, laid 542 eggs in two years, according to O. A. Barton, head of the poultry department The eggs from this hen sold for a total of $9.74. In the records kept It was found that this hen consumed 200 pounds of feed at a cost of $2.40, leaving a balance of $7.34 In two years. The $7.34 Is the amount which was received for overhead cost and labor In- ' MISS CORRENK HALL. Summit Point, Utah. SPERE TENT Tents ! become better and more pre perou let' all remember te be a btiref and booater of Intormoantaia Product, a they are best and hould be Brat. In? tarmenntaia people, let a bay Intermoeo- taia Made Good with oar Intermoaotan earned money. Poultry Notes tecting myself from the harm they constantly do me. I frequently work myself Into a frenzy about it, 'and splutter to others who are also angry, and hurt but we get no relief out of our exchange of Indignation, The longest commercial pier in the world (4,400 feet) is at Bar. ranquilla, one of Columbia's lead ing coffee ports. d fied." One of my greatest humiliations Is the manner In which politicians make a fool of me; my helplessness in pro- . We'll always And rood thins to boy, f Wherever .we nay nam, ' Bat don't forgot it' hard to beat The thine produced at "hone". . LET'S PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY . SPECIAL MAT SEDUCTIONS Let-herIn lota of Mner leading varieties fa 104 lots only tc earh. These price P.O.R. Hatchery. In lee than lot of 100 add on cent per chick. Writ a for apodal price a Tarkry Poult and Pheaaante, Ilirh Grade White 10. each TVec. All Ramshaw Hatcheries JtS7 So State 8U Bah Lake City, Utah Uncle Ab says that the financiers have at least restored a re spect for the penny. (J r rvA I I h.l II per week will be paid -rd ' hoe Id a Intermoantala made Goode" Similar to above. Send er reree to In- yeor atory In pre termountaln Product Column, P. O. Box 1545. Salt Lake City. If year tory appear celama roa cetr check ;r$3.00 Week No. 132 W.N.U fl.lt Lake City J |