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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE, UTAH Lower Fencing Cost With Large Fields U.3 Intermountain Hews Briefly Told by Busy Readers Irregular Enclosures Have Too Many Corners. FREE FUN PLANNED LESS GASOLINE I'SED WATER SUPPLY GOOD IDAHO FAMILIES CROW. MAY HELP BLIND POOR an Fencing small Irregular expensive operation, according to J. L Falconer, chairman of the department of rural economics at the Ohio State university, who finds that for most kinds of general farming the fields should be at least 40 rods long. fields Is 2, u CT yJi30fc ? "'II ML .: Mm a BOISE, IDA. The Idaho gasoline tax brought in about $20,000 les tn May this year than during May a year ago, the monthly report of the director of motor fuels discloses. BOISE, IDA. Famillm in Idaho increased from 100,500 in 1920 to 108,515 in 1930, an increase of &4 per cent the United States census bureau reports. Average size of families, however, decreased from 4.3 persons to 4.1 persons, a reduction of 4.6 jer cent. While the number of families Increased 8.4 per cent In the ten year period the net increase in total population was but 3.2 per Rectangular fields and small fields require more fencing per acre than square or large fields. With fields of the same shape, he states, the larger the field, the fewer rods of fence to the acre are required to enclose It and a proportionally smaller area of tillable land Is occupied by fences. A square field of one acre would require 50 rods of fence ; one of 20 acres, 1L3 rods of fence per acre ; while a square field of 40 acres could be fenced with eight rods of fence per acre. If the width of land occupied by field fences in the one acre and e were uniform, the amount of waste land due to fences would be more than e field six times as much in the as in the field, Falconer says. A square field of ten acres requires 1GO rods of fence; a rectangular field of ten acres, 28 by 50 rods, requires 170 rods of fence; and a rectangular field 20 by 80 rods requires 200 rods of fence. If the fields are not to be fenced this disadvantage of the rectangular field need not be considered. Irregular fields are especially wasteful of fencing and land, and uneconomical to operate. They have too many corners, too many short rows, and too many comer posts. cent , A big community day celebration to be known as "Helper Day," sponsored by the civic clubs of the city is leing planned for June 25. The program will HELPER, UT. one-acr- J3 Jefwlll uirtu b Q KAMA. By JOHN Ymmmmmmmmmmmmmmts D. GRANT ,..: . HE. naval powers of Europe are frankly bothered over Germany's latest addition to Its navy, the "mystery" ship or "vest pocket" cruiser, Deutschland, recently launched at Kiel. The cruiser, which has taken 32 months to build at a cost of $20,000,000, is admitted by French pvnprt s trt Ha tha frroa toet email '"ta lighting ship ever built." There are many pessimistic experts in rench- nuval staff who insist that ton for the Deutschland will greatly surpass the London-treatcruisers France i nmvf n y build. If lightweight engines in the Deutsch- have been brought down in weight jounds per horse power unit, have no equal pther navy and the advantage of the m warship lies in the fact that, fitted with nglnes, it can outspeed any other ship In ig cruise. That makes it partioalarly dan- mi as. a raider along the commerce sea new ie wfych of the world. among Its newest cruisers, Great Britain nothing to compare to the Doutschland. ice and Italy, each allowed two 23,333-to- n fm under the recent agreement, nwy devel- en its equal, but the superior the French and Italian ships le the targets. be of the most strikine features of the schlaud is the fact that the ship's new guns are able to fire three times the pt of ammunition of similar guns of the old This, coupled with the range of f.st 30 miles, the greater speed and ease of lenvenng, greatly increases the military val- ol the ship. Close to 20 guns fecial fog creating apparatus help protect ship from air attack. strip has relatively small draft, enabling Itoot sail in shallow waters where submarines follow. At the same time her abilitv to In .shallow waters Increases her value for W defense, which is of prime importance, w Germans want the ship to defend East Ma, which wns cut off frofn the motherland the Polish corridor. Fhether the Deutschland will fulfill all expec ts of the German naval authorities will be Mined by time. Nevertheless, the "vest m" cruiser is a threat to all other warships matter of deep concern to every naval rraething irs gu' Pi SP anti-aircra- vV. Iff.. oiler Article 181 of the peace treaty Ger- Omaval forces are limited to six battle-Vsl- x light cruisers, twelve destroyers, and to: torpedo boats. These units may, under 'd 100, be replaced by "armored ships" exceeding 10.000 tons, llcht cruisers not ex- W 6,000 tons, destroyers not exceeding 800 p,ahrt torpedo boats not exeeedinz 200 tons. a and cruisers may only be fjttleshlps at the end of 20 years, her smaller craft ud of 15. Anil na hpr nrpsrnr tuiftle- t F all more than 20 years old, she is Mo carry out a reolacement Drocram. fie possibilities within the narrow limits set 6 u re-p- snd edfltt: The limits have not resourcefulness. 10 overstepped by a hair's breadth, but al- fWh they were Intended to prevent Germany In havi ! f n ft oof f li o f 'Mi ! A ho rtisiA (Hon forth Sa or lialtie natrol. the Deutschland is wmldnble a type as to elve Germany a naval Hjondcrance P r over' all the otlier Baltic powers to influence. the construction Droerams fifeUt nnvnl nnwota aril mfa mira tn nut Germany's hands that weapon which she 'tll SUL'h tprrlhla offart In tha VVnplfl mr of commerce raiding, f na weapon new vessel la nffidnllv termed an "nr. but she Is reallv F4cruispr" (I'anzerkreuzer). Ff like of her small size, which 1ms earned for "le tlicknnma nt "nnMrat hntHnaliln " IToi- fluard (lisDlflPOnionf la no tha Irsnt. nra. le ii '"es. i tt m .v i i i nnrmroolnrl ' that to be shallow. She carries six .ul. eight four guns and six 'inch troiiedn 1 h t) a 1 At 1 .Intli mind a r a rf ntiinafnctiiro Thau a nlnS 070 DOlimla nt n mnro nt aft fWY varrta " an . on or 60 v. "Agrees. They have a pat- "12 Cl Jir Which art If la onlil anahlA to lire four rounds a minute each. hr "t Are Still Wit Is known 3.4-inc- h 1 1 " i ' ii-- I'ltiieciiuD is saiu 10 ue supe- hin. "P'ete t v..f , uiuiui una ivvu protective ut?ca. Hill elorirlpnllv u ci,a unnn nia. . ChgintKi iui ' re '""i exceptionally ngnt ana pow- f, ao iNiiiiius per unit ot uorse iiijr PWcf ""I'uicu wun im per unit, wnicn is vjrU'e for tin. lightest Diesel ewrtnes n . t0 nnvthlnir hi-i- : e a Unc&anvtxxi motor ships. They save her a weight of about 800 tons and give her a cruising radius of 0 miles at 20 knots. By economizing fuel she could, so it is contended, cruise 18,000 miles without refueling. She is designed for a maximum speed of 26 knots, but it is anticipated that she will be able to exceed this figure. She is only the first of her class the Ersatz Lothringen, Ersatz Braunschweig and Ersatz Elsass (also known as B. C and D) are planned to follow. The first appropriations for the Ersatz Lothringen were voted by the reichstag this year. It is, of course, possible that the ship will not completely fulfill what is expected of her. She 1s somewhat of an experiment and there can be no final judgment until she has made her trial trips. Only two defects seem to be anticipated as at all possible: Excessive vibration and a low freeboard which will, perhaps. Brake her rather a wet mount for guns in a high sea. But even If the slight fears relating to these one of the most remarkable and formidable vessels afloat, though also, in proportion to her tonnage, one of the most expensive, for she has cost about $20,000,000. The Influence of the German vessel on the problem of international disarmament is already apparent She proves that maximum fighting efficiency can be achieved without the huge displacements of the most modern capital ships like the Nelson, with her standard displacement of 33,500 tons. She has brought the Ideal size far maximum efficiency down to perhaps 15,000 tons, or, at the most, 20,000 tons. The great advantage Is that she can destroy any other vessel of her own size (the 10,000-togun "Washington Treaty" cruiser would be quite helpless in action agalrist her) and with her speed of 20 knots she can run away from capital ships with heavier armament (the Nelson Is designed for a speed of 23 knots). The only ship that could overhaul her with any ease and be fairly sure of sending her to the bottom Is the Rrltlsh hnttle cruiser Hood (41,200 tons normal displacement), with her trial speed of 32.07 knots and her guns. In darkness or with low visibility the German cruiser could, It Is asserted, make surprise attacks on capital ships which could not have been attempted by vessels of her size In the World war. Whether ships will be built In "reply" to her will depend on (he course taken by naval disarmament as a whole. The chief critics of the Deu'schland, who include eminent naval experts like Emit Albodt and the late Admiral Giilster, hold thnt the Idea of the vessel Is based on strategic and political conceptions that are unreal In the world situation as it is now. Armaments are not absolute but relative. Germany's new naval program will Increase her relative strength only rts long ns the other naval powers will allow. If the French were to regard this program as n trennco to their security at sen, they could build ships more 10,-00- Panz-erkreuz- er n, h Sclrxerwzxx ffiotc effective than the Deutschland end readjust the balance in their own favor. In other words, the other naval powers can always "go one better" than Germany, for whom there Is a limit fixed by the Treaty of Versailles, whereas for the other powers, although there are limits, there are none as rigid as this. Also, the treaty forbids Germany to replace her vessels before they are 20 years old. There are probably few Germans who have much faith In the future of international disarmament But such prospects as there are so critics of the Deutschland would maintain can only be diminished by Germany's new naval program. There will not be another disarmament conference in which the Deutschland will not lurk in the background and perhaps in the foreground. She has started a rivalry in naval armaments in the Baltic sea. For Poland, sea power has now become a matter of serious consideration. If Germany's own security were increased, then the price of impeding the rather problematic progress of disarmament might from the German point of view be worth paying. But so far from increasing Germany's security, the Deutschland has decreased it Hitherto postwar Germany simply did not count on the sea and was not even a potential enemy In naval warfare. Now she is a potential enemy, but also ene that can, if necessary, be placed in a position of permanent Inferiority by the building programs and naval alliances directed against her. What makes the arguments for the Deutschland particularly unreal In the eyes of her crit-ic- s is the general character of a prospective war In which Germany might be involved. Sucji a war would not be decided by operations as slow as the embarkation and disembarkation of troops, or the gradual economic pressure of commerce raiding. A dozen German cities in the Ruhr, the Rhineiand, Saxony and Silesia are within easy range of French, Czech and Polish heavy artillery and could be swiftly destroyed without any invasion of German soil. Without heavy artillery, tanks and airplanes, Germany is quite helpless, and the Deutschland, even with her sister ships, does not make her less helpless. Her passenger airplanes might conceivably carry out a few raids In darkness, but they could hardly engnge the modern air squadrons of the great powers. To build the Deutschland was, therefore so the critics say a waste of money, and a very large sum, too, and thoroughly bad politics as well. Her champions have won. Natural pride In a wonderful engineering feat has had a good deal to do with their victory. In any case, the "mystery ship" that has so startled the world is not quite the unmitigated and indubitable terror to Germany's potential enemies and the Insuperable defense to Germany herself that her own instrinsic merits as an engineering font might seem to warrant. ( by Western Newspaper Union ) Dry materials used on legume seed several week before planting the seed have not given satisfactory results compared to jelly or moist applications, according to work done at Purdue university and by the United States Department of Agriculture and reported recently by K. E. Beeson, Purdue university. Soil from well inoculated fields can be used satisfactorily but the only way to tell how well the field is inoculated is to observe this fact when the legume Is growing in the field. Small seeded legumes should be made sticky by use of a solution of one part sugar to two parts water, Beeson recommends. Less than a pint of the sweetened solution will treat a bushel of seed. After the solution is applied the seed should be mixed and have the dirt applied. If the seed is not left moist it can be sown or stored. Soybean seed should not be moistened but should be made slightly damp, as much moisture causes the seed coat to slip and clog the drill. ' All land that has not been Inoculated before should have seed inoculated this year, Beeson suggests. Strawberries Lacking is a matter of surprise when one actually sees the scarcity of fruit among some farmers. Their tables are well provided with milk and cream, with pork and poultry, also bread and pastry, but as to fruit they seem to be content to go without A few rows of strawberry plants in the garden, the fruit of which when well smothered with cream, of which farmers have a rich abundance, would give them three times daily a dessert for the gods. pests. Grape arbors can be used to good advantage In making the farm home grounds attractive. Try to give some thought to the location of these. Fruit should be thinned out if the usual June drop has left more fruit on the trees than will mature propThinning will Improve the erly. juality of the remaining fruit. Omitting the last spray on the potatoes is like letting the Insurant e A lapse on the day before the fire. ns tlio vines are g:t"!i sprnyinj will help 'o coutrnl Might ami rot. base- s , It Based on past experience, profit In growing cucumbers depends primarily on the control of Insect and disease basin Idaho-Wyomin- Buckhorn, dock and pigweed seeds weed seeds commonly contaminating clover seed produce many times more seed for each seed sown than the clover seed, making It vitally important that none but scrupulously clean clover seed be sown, says Samuel M. Jordan, weed and seed specialist of the Missouri state board of agriculture. For each clover seed sown one may expect to harvest 30 clover seeds ; for each seed of buckhorn, 2,400 seeds of Its kind ; for each seed of dock, 50,000 dock seeds; and, for each pigweed seed, 1,000,000 weed seeds of this kind. From the foregoing facts, it is easy to see, Mr. Jordan says, that It is better to sow no clover seed at all than to sow a lot of weed seed with It To do a good, clean Job of cultivating, all shovels should be sharp and polished. h eser-voir- Weedy Clover Seed Not Popular on Any Farm Rack the apple barrel frequently while it Is being filled. Helper-ITinta- ball game, water sports, swimming games, band concerts, barbecue, pa$ rade, and a carnival street dance Everything Is to be free and the entire program is being arranged to afford the greatest pleasure to the hundreds of people expected af guests of the city. MOAB, UT. Mrs. H. Engmann. sails this month for France, where she will "visit the grav of her son, Charles, who died from wounds re- -' celved on French battlefields. BOISE, IDA. Jackson lake res ervoir on the upper Snake river is gaining in storage daily. Water storage along the river is said to be ample although the two tnain of the Snake now hold less water than at this time last year. UT. The city SMITHFIELD, commission has called for a special election, July 7th, to vote on the $50,000 waterworks bond Issue to' enlarge the water system. OGDEN, UT. Bids on the construction and improvement of 22.C miles of highway on the Soda Springs-Freedoroute, near the g border, have been advertised by the United States bureau of public rosds. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Salt Lake County commissioners have been advised by the County attorn- -' ey that the state law passed by the last legislature empowering boards of county commissioners to levy a special tax for the benefit of Indigent blind was discretionary and not mandatory. OGDEN, UT. n. Bjorngaard, 30, professional of the local Ski club, was killed in a collision of his motor crcle and an unknown auto. FREEDOM, WTO. Swiss cheese to the amount of seventy thousand pounds has been forwarded from the recently installed cheese factory to Idaho Falls. The cheese is to be marketed in California. ROCK SPRINGS, WYO. Wool selling in southwestern Wyoming is very slow, with an estimated supply of three million fleeces on hand. A brace in the market is hoped for in the near future. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Receipts of the gasoline sales tax on motor vehicle fuel soW in April, the tax being payable in May, totaled $192,980.82 as compared with $204,657.27 collected on gasoline in, the same month of last year. . SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Support in the move to acquire 8,000 more acres for Camp W.G.Williams, summer home of the Utah National guard, has been pledged by three of the Utah congressional delegation. Sea R. Smoot, Con. D. B. Colton and Con. Loofbourow promised their best efforts in speeches, before the soldiers in the encamp- Inoculate Legume Seed by Making Them Sticky 1MP 28,333-to- 40-ac- ment . PROVO, UT. Plans for holding eight camps during the summer per- iod for the two thousand scouts of Tinipanugos council are being rapidly perfected and the first camp will be held shortly. NEPHI, UT. The city has en acted an ordinance requiring monthly inspection and approval of a licensed veternarian on ail milch cows, stables and equipment used in producing or handling milk. EPHRAIM, UT. Additional cash has been appropriated by the gov-- , ernment for a continuation of the in vestlgation of the amount of water available for the proposed Lund tunnel east of the city. BEAArER, UT. The city council has decreed that all dogs and cats are to wear muzzles for several weeks. Any dog or cat seen outside of its own premises without a muz-sX- e is in danger of being shot The ordinance is designed to safeguard against hydrophobia, as two calves and a cow recently died from the disease. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. A con tract whereby southern Idaho canal companies will obtain from the federal government 428,000 acre feet of stored water in American Falls reservoir at an annual rate of $50,-00- 0 has been agreed upon at a meeting of the water officials. work of EPHRAIM, UT.-J- he graveling the stretch of the Eph-raito Orangeville road for about 3 miles below the Great basin experiment statiou is underway and wiU continue for tha balance of Uw |