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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. IT Ml o i Ne wo Notes t'l a Priciltge to Lift In I Lots of Water Utah Taka CEDAR C1TT Iron eountr rank (bird la production ot sheep and wool The county has 110,000 sheep, worth 1 1014.000. Tbs wool rllp In 1927 to1,000 taled pounds, valued St lit 1526,400. MOAB-J- usb county ranks flrt la production of liver, second In copper, third In gold end third In total value of mineral mined. With twenty-eigh- t producing mines operating In 1927, tbs total production of laid, silver, copper, 658,852.25. MORGAN Morgan county pioduced 10,000 tons of alfalfa hay. valued at 192.000, In 1927. It aUo produced 62a 000 bushel of barley, 60,000 bushels of potatoes, 49.000 bushels of spring wheat and S0.QO0 bushel uf winter wheat, besides good crops of other grains and vegetables. MYTON Horace W. Shelby of My-towater commissioner for Vlntah basin, reports that the present duty of to 250 arret, water, ona second-foowill continue until Ortub.r 15. There after Indian land will bo entitled to one second foot to 1000 acre, and tha balance of th water will be divided, according to acreage, among Irrigation companies. OCDEN Weber county beet ralaera ara Immensely plesscd with tha weather condition whkh have prevailed for about two days. The rain which began falling baa been continuous and a heavy snowfall la reported from Huntsville. The greater part ot th snow that has fallen In O.iden baa melted almost aa It full, but the moisture remains and la appreciated. SALT LAKE Approximately 2000 carloads ot sugar becta will ba moved to tha various sugar factories over tha Salt Lake A Utah railroad, A. J. Anderson train manager announced. Thla will bs an Increase over last year of about 200 or more carloads, be aald. resides sugar beets, Apples end green tomatoes ara being moved east and west Mr. Anderson aald the apples ara going to California. 1IERER CITY The report states that the crop In tha state la now estimated at 6,892,000 bushels, as compared with E.67S.000 of wheat for 1927. Hay production Is estimated at 1,612,-00- 0 tons. Records show the estimate in October, 1927, was 1.547,0(;0 tons. Mr. Andrews' report Indicated that the p tato crop has reached 3,260.000 bushels. The potato estimate last year was 2,970,000. t By ELMO SCOTT WATSON la Ilia Um fur tlia prophets lo fee Id their good work and tell ue wa(hr V la advanra Just what kind of winter wa ara going to haea. And If they run true to form aoma of them will predict a "long, cold winter." while others, "1 Junt aa posit I vs of their advance Infur tnatlon on the VO diiya of December, January and February, plus aa many daya before. In November, and aa many daya after. In March, aa topically eon alllute the cold reason, will declare, "It's going to be a short mild winter." If It Is the "long, cold winter school of prophets who ara having their say they will point to the fact that: The breastbone of the Thanksgiving goose le thick and solid The ducke and geese went South fully els weeks ahead of their schedule. Hornets have built their queer paper houses high to avoid deeply drifted snow. The husks on the porn were tight about the ears at harvest time. The squirrels have laid In an extra large supply of nuts. The foxes fur Is heavier than usual. The muskrats have built their stick houses earlier than usual. The beaver has prepared his home, with a good food In It. at IcXst a month earlier than supply of usual. acorna are unusually plentiful, ao that those The animals which depend upon them for food will not run short before the winter Is over. The opossum le holing up underground. Toadstools on the logs have many wrinkles. The owls have retired to the woods much earlier than usual. Cut If It Is the "short, mild winter" host of prognottlculors who are being oracular, they will tell you their belief la based upon the fact tbut: The breastbone of the Thanksgiving goose Is thin. The ducke and geese were In no hurry to reach their popular winter resorta In the South. The hornets have built their nests near the ground. The husks on the corn were loose and easily stripped off. The squirrels evidently believe that tha world owes them a living for theyva laid up but few nuts against the day when foraging for food will b necessary. , The foxes fur le light. . The muskrats and the beavers were very leisure ly about getting their houses In order for tha winter. Thera are not many anorns In the woods this year. The opossum Is depending upon n hollow tree for hie winter home. Toadstools on ths logs have few, If any, wrinkles. and toowhoolng The owls are still about the farmhouses of an evening. So there you are I Take your choice ns to the kind of winter you'll have. Then seek out the local oracles and If one of them doesnt predict the kind of winter you want, another probably will. As for weather predicting by local oracles In general and one famous case In particular consider this historic Instance which was revived not so long ago by Charles F. Talnmn, writing In the New York Times Magazine as follows: This blather about what Is said In remote settlements on the subject of winter portents Is a hardy annual, aa much as the apotheosis of the groundhog on February 2 and the revival of Swlthln's ralnted memory on July 1$. Much of It is quite obviously meant to be taken with several large grains of salt. It Is obvious that many a country newspaper correspondent keeps a weather prophet handy at drawer of nls all tlmea In the upper right-han- d writing table. Not only In the autumn but also at any opportune moment throughout the year this familiar spirit is evoked to enlighten the world with his meteorologtciU wisdom. There was one remarkable case, now fading Into an oblivion from which it deserves to be rescued, in which not merely one but a whole bevy of these obedient sprites haunted the sanctum of a talented- Munchausen In Reading, Pa. This town, with the surrounding Berks county, The la a stronghold of Pennsylvanla-Germanlsof which relates region ts rich In folklore, much to been It have to weather, and appears always well supplied with weather prognosticators of local renown Writing ot these worthies In the n of July 1905 Rev. John Baer Pennsylvania-Germafooudt says: Fvsry fall after the Thanksgiving festival all eyes are turned to the city of Reading, and we anxiously await the predictions and forecasts ot the weather for the subsequent winter by the famous goosebone prophet, Elias Harts. It was with a eigb and a shiver that last fall we received winter, his famous prophecy of an with blizzards, sera weather and heavy snows.' But our fears and anxieties were somewhat allayed when his forecasts were followed by Those of Isaac E Henning and Benjamin Stover, both of Reading; Abraham Strausser of Bloomsburg and George Young of Hill Church, each of whom d ptelicted a genmild winter Every one of the e tlemen calculates and makes Ins forecasts by and independent methods. the Berks county The unvarnished facts about weather prophets and the traditional signs and , above-name- sep-arat- WHATS THE WEATHER AT HOME? Hun. rede of travelers dally leaving Washington view this weather map at tha Union otatlon before boarding thalr trains. A glance at any one of tha 48 states will tell you what the weather le for 24 houro ahead. Tha map la changed dally. Two traveler can be sean looking ever the chart before train time. omens upon which they based their predictions make a colorful alory Between tbs years 197 end 1911 Iona accounts of the prophets and their dnfnga appeared, under a Reading date line. In Philadelphia newspapers and were widely copied In otbee parte of the country. These things were not con-lin- ed to one season of the year, but they rose to a climax of entertainment In tha autumn, when the rural anges were alleged to hold a ronven-tlnn- ," at which they decided what kind of winter was In store In 1912, for example, the report of their proceedings reads. In part, as follows: The weather prophets of Berks county, Pennsylvania, who have forecast the weather for msnv years, held their annual convention at Lobachsville, d vote. It was this county, when, by a agreed that the coming winter will be an unuaually severe one. Weather prognosticators from all sections of ths county were represented and exchanged their views on ths subject. Many ara closa follow-er- a of the veteran goosebone weather prophet, Elias Marta, who died several years ago and who was cons dered one of the best weather prophets of his day. Toyal supporters of the goosebone theory all declare for a severe winter. They have noticed the covering of feathers on geese born last spring and say that they have the appearance of being ruffled considerably. This leads them to bel'eve that after the geese are killed for Thanksgiving day tha breast bona will show many discolorations. "The annual convention of tha weather prognosticators was Interesting In every particular. Those In attendance expressed their views freely. Soma ara guided by the action of small animats and reptiles, whila others pay close attention to the trees and shrubbery. Gideon Keller of Brecknock, aged elghty-tw- o years, aald: "When 1 was a boy I learned the signs of the weather from my father, who always foretold the seasons with success. Wa will have a cold winter, and It will not start late either. 1 believe the seasons are changing, the summers ara becoming shorter and cooler, and tha winters longer and more severe. The leavea on tha trees began to color some weeks ago and have already started to fall. This Is an Indication that the winter will be cold. The apple crop Is earlier than usual. Another sign of .a cold winter la the fact that the weeds are very tall. Naturs permits the weeds to grow tall . to make provlaiona for the birds and animals that use this food. "Quite a number of other weather prophets made their predictions. It was reported In substance that muskrats have begun building early; that corn husks are thick, with the stalks leaning to the west; that geese, ducks and chickens are growing a thick down under iheiY feathers and a bony substance on their feet; that squirrels are laying up unusual supplies of provender; that toadstools on old logs have many wrinkles; and that owls have retired to the woods much earlier than usual." In thia and other bulletins from Berks the prophets mentioned were all fictitious with the exception of Hartz, who was a celebrity of earlier data, and their reputed conventions were, of course, equally mythical; but the prophetic methods ascribed to them were very largely identical with those that have prevailed from early times among the Pennsylvania Germans, as well as among people of other racial groups in America. The hoax was admirably carried out. Millions of newspaper readers all over the country took It seriouslv. and it even ruffled for a moment the serenity of the United States government. At the close of 1912 the weather bureau established one of Its regular stations at Reading. When official weather forecasts began to appear at that place, the native liropheta were reported to be np In arm. Finally In January, 1913, a newspaper item was widely circulated to the effect that a meeting of the local prognosticators had been held at Boyer-towat which resolutions were drawn up strongly condemning the federal authorities for the Invumon of their territory This led to an official investigation. The myth was exploded, and thus a goodly fellowship of prophets whose sage announcements had been quoted far and wide in the press melted into thin air. two-thir- n, The writer quoted above then proceeds to demolish some of these weather signs," especially those In regard to this Tong, cold" or short, mild" winter. Commenting upon the goosebone the thickness or tightness of com prophecy, husks, tile storing of food by squirrels and Ihe thickness of the fox's fur, he continues: These and many similar notions are not, so far as anybody knows, based on actual observations, scientific or otherwise, but purely on tradition. In order to Justify them on scientific grounds we should have to assume that certain weather conditions in the autumn, differing its some degree from the average, are Invariably followed by certain types of winter, if this were the case, then animals and plants might be supposed to have acquired, through a process of evolution, reactions to the various autumnal conditions that would tend to prepare them for the consequent winter conditions. Clean Kidneys By Drinking tail t Flush Kidneys If Bladder Bothers a Back Hurt Eating too much rich food may produce kidney trouble In some form, ays n well known authority, becauso tha aclda created rsdta tha kidneys. Then they beconit overworked, get sluggish, dog np and cause all aorta of distress, particularly backache and misery In tha kidney region, rhea malic twinges, sever headaches, add stomach, constipation, toudd liver, sleeplessness, bladder and urinary Irritation. The moment your back hurts or kidneys aren't acting right, or If bladder bothers you, begin drinking lota of good water and also got about four ounces of Jnd Hu I (a from any good pharmacy; taka a tal.leejxionful In a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. Tills famous salts la mndo from the add of grn;iea and lemon Juice, combined with UtMa, and has been used for years to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity; also to neutralise th adds In the system so that they no longer Irritate, thus often relieving bladder disorders. Jnd Fulls eannot Injur anyone; nukes a delightful effemweent Mills-watdrink which millions of men and women tnk now and then to help keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus often avoiding serious kidney disorders. er Fcr Piles, Corns Bunions, Chilb!ams,etc. Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh Hshini4iHiillwhUw Analysis of meteorological rscords falls, howsvsr, rk, A, to dlacioa any such definite relationship bstwrsn SsknhllHtHU, abnormal features of the weather In autumn and the character of the subsequent winter. Ancient Pittol There has been very llllle ecientlflr discussion of the alleged biological phenomena lust mentioned H. M. Ruuh, of Dall.istown, Pa., colOne of Ihe few naturalists who ever gave Ihe lector of old horse pistols manufacsubject serious attention wee the late Ur Charles tured In the United States, recently C. Abboit For twenty years he kept records of the bulldina of muskrat houses end the amount of dime Into possession of a weapon nuts and seeds stored by squirrels In the neighborw hich was manufactured In Virginia In hood of his home In New Jersey. According to ISOS, The weapon Is snld to be the tradition prevailing In that stale end elsewhere, muskrats build houses above ground only In the oldest of Its type In existence, as th autumn preceding unuaually cold winters, while oldest previous dute for the style was In other years they take up their quarters In sub1SCT. terranean burrows. So far as Abbotts observations go there la no truth In this Idea. Children Study Lawt Tha Hat of animals whose habits are supposed to prognosticate winter weather Is a long one. The state of North Cnndlna tins It Is said that If opossums are found In the autumn adopted a practical way of protecting In hollow tieea, tha winter will be milder than If lis future ledestrluns from atitoino- they burrow In tha ground Bun woody. In his Wealher Proverbs," says. "In early and long Mica, fine a month school teachers winters tha beaver cuta his winter supply of wood are reqttl.ed In dfocuss their and prepares ona month earlier than In mild, late CENTERVILLE Among the win- - i pupils a digest of the state truffle winters." An English authority on weather lore mentions the belief that "when the field mouse tiers from Davis county at tha Utah i' Inwa. makes Its burrows with the opening to the south. state fair agriculture exhibit are . It expects a severe winter; when to the north. It Thomas Thurgood of Clearfield, first apprehends much rain." place on wheat and barley; William Birdx of passage ar said to migrate early cr Rotter of Farmington, first place on late In the autumn according to the kind cf wirier st hand, hut not Ihe slightest support ot this corn; C. R. Egbert of Centerville, first notion Is to be found In the voluminous records of I lace on walnuts and almonds; Wil- bird migrations that have been collected In recori i;Bm l. Rigby ot Centerville, first place times by such agencies as ths United States biological suivsy. Ths flight of geets Is popularly supposed to bs of special significance. One tradition has It that these birds form figure. In their flight, denoting the number of weeks ot freexing weather to follow. Thie Idea is reminiscent of the divining methods practiced by the Romna augurs. Ths appearance of the Arctic birds In tha autumn far south of their usual haunta has been thought to forebode a hard winter a notion that waa espoused by. the late John Burroughs. The rather plausible assumption Involyed Is that the birds are driven enutb by exceptionally severe conditions In the Arctic, and that auch conditions should be followed by severe weather In middle latitudes. The meteorological relatiana between WHAT DR. CALDWELL the polar regions and the temperate zone are. however, by no means ao simple as the champions ot LEARNED IN 47 this belief suppose, nor does It rest on systematic observations of any sort. YEARS PRACTICE In some rural districts hornets are said to bui'd their nests low before a 'cold winter and high before a mild one; but according to J B. Siouil A physician watched the results of just tha oppoaita of thia belief prevails among th constipation for 47 years, and believed Germans of eastern Pennsylvania. A common kind that no matter how careful people are of of caterpillar the larva of the moth Itila Isabella their health, diet and exercise, constipawhich has been described as "the woolliest wooliv tion will oAur from time to time. Of bear, la looked on as a prophet of winter In some next importance, then, is how to treat of the eastern states. The fur of th's creature I, it when it comes. Dr. Caldwell always part black and part yellow We are told that Ihe black denotes cold winter weather and the yellow was in favor of getting as close to nature mild and also that the arrangement of the colors as possible, hence his remedy for constiand the amount of each Indicate the order and pation, known aa Dr. Caldwells Syrup duration of cold and mild spells in winter. ActualPepsin, is s mild vegetable compound. F. i E to the Dr. coloration Lutz, ly, according II. It can not barm the system and is not related to the moisture conditions of antecedent habit forming. Syrup Pepsin is pleasant-- j weather. and youngsters love it. tasting, j on of beliefs the subject weather prePopular Dr. Caldwell did not approve of t diction are Invulnerable. It la a waste of time to drastic physics and purges. He did not disprove them. The prophet of a cold ot- a m Id believe they were good for anybodys winter Is sure lo see the verification of hs forej cast In some of the cold or m.ld periods of which system. In a practice of 47 years he never saw any reason for their use when every winter In our kaleidoscopic climate Is comIn a one mild a of winter Ja po0r condition and that does and posed. Moreover, part By nip Pepein will empty the bowels just ss promptly. country as big as ours is often a rigorous one In In correspondingly bad 8 are another part. So the picturesque lore of winter Do let s day go by without s shape because of lack of forago. The bowel not portents is hardly doomed to early extinction Do not sit and hope, forest also is said to be overcrowded but movement. go to the nearest druggist and get But Just because some ot these predictions in witf deer, which prevents the young one of the generous bottles of Dr. Caldregard to the kind of winter we are going to trees from getting a start. On the wells Syrup Pepsin, or write Syrup have are based upon false premises (here is 110 opening day of the bunting season Pepsin, Dept. BB, Monticello. Illinois, for free trial bottle. reason to declare that all of the sayings in regard about forty bucks were killed, accordto the weather which have been handed down ing to the officials. The hunters numWANTED MEN OR WOMEN Countv r $30 per week from generation to generation are true. In bered about 150 and 60 per cent of For nd expense. Write for particular. Arthur A. Ctiiltl, Martinshur. a.. Box 543. fact, many of them, based upon long observation, I them were from California. an no less und are often reliable HAILEY The sheep Industry has authority than I V. J. Dr. Humphreys of the Inited Si ales more to do In Blaine county with the To Read More weather bureau has sel the seal oi his approval farmers getting out of debt, buying auto Learn More some these. of j tomobiles and upon educating their chidren than All else, Cooks at Publishers Prices A pretty good guess is to he found In rite anything according to H. H. verse if the sun sets In gray, the next day will he Neal, cashier of the First National Well send them CO D if you lay so. a rainy day,'" Dr. Humphreys declares. There bank, of Hailey. DESERET BOOK COMPANY j is also much reason in the saying, When the BUHL October 1 is the date when 44 East South Temple St. lock for ut is rain before light, morning grass dry . Salt Lake City P.O. Box 1793 the night. When dew is on the grass, rain will turkeys are started on tha fattening which lasts about three weeks, never come to pass, for one of the very best process, indicators of weather for the day is the state of providing birds for the market from dew in the morning, it gathers on grass and other three to four weeks ahead of the time exposed objects when they are cool enough to desired. William Hazzard of RELIEVED P.uhl, condense It out of the nir, just us moisture Is condensed on the side of a pitcher filled wilh Ice first vice president of the Idaho TurQUICKL1 water. Now, the grass and other outdoor tilings key growers ass iciation, bos hod a Carter' Little Livet Pills cool considerably only on clear, still nights, the flock ranging In the grain fields Purdy Vegetable laxative his move the bowels free from kind that occur during a spell of fine weather ranch in Snake River canyon northbpAt3 and unpleasant a'tcr and at no other time. Hence a heavy dew menus west of here for several weeks and hrs e acet. They relieve the Bystem of constipa tto poisons whch isunv tiue cause that tlie air was still and the sky clear, at least Just put them on fattening fe-- d in a Hull and vn.5 Lcrd. nefcbir they are a doc halt of latter the dating the night. And It is cruor that the first choice inrls may tor ur5c and ca be xy2.Y nith rbv lire com. denc? ievev er cf the family pretty certain that if there wus neither wind or lie read) f'r the Thanksgiving All Mgr,, hrd ?ic and clouds during that time the day will be q good . C-jXone lor all outside work." Ik-fe- fnn-tast- lc i - . ) n-- t I HEADACHE ma-V- et KLLS |