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Show CACHE AMERICAN. LOGAN. UTAH Howe About: Writers Power of the Minority Avoid t Worry tt.ll 0 1 od let . VV Nt lirtlH. By ED HOWE of the het of the modern writers confcMa be hates fiction; that tbe Uio el la a tiding form; that the world la turning to tiliiga aolw-and true; that there are o many hooka that producing and wr.ting them bus become rai ket. Tbla la further than I care to go, although I care aa little for tution aa anone. NK Winglett Bird That Have Been Wiped Out .. IMXGIEIRS BEVERLY HILLS Well all I know I Just what I read In the paper a. and aay with thla Air Mall not perculatinx ao a'nce the lay off I am going to have (o oflt-- get buay and pen you theae r I frequently charge that many noted wntera are not underatand-ahl- e of overwrought figures of eech and MHtU-a- l fancies not prqer!y belonging In any sound mind or print. It Is not a new complaint. "So Rota-r- t Browning and Elizabeth Barrett bate gone off together, a.ild Sidney Smith, when their marriage was announced ; I hope they understand each other; no one else does. a An Idle young fellow (who plainly gltea too much of his time to prt) lately called on the editors of the small town In which he lives, and luduced them to print a communication declaring that another football stadium la needed, although the town already has at leant two football fields good enough (one of them lighted for night games). I was displeased with the editor for printing so foolish a suggestion during unexampled hard times, and told my women folk (In the usual vigorous fashion common to submerged men) that there was no prospect whatever of the proposal being considered. The young fellow convinced me again I ant often mistaken. Within a few daya he had all the clubs in town considering the suggestion with considerable favor. The papers printed a long list of prominent citizens who had promised to look Into It, and who seemed favorably disposed. At this writing there la a fair prospect that this young fellow will win another victory over thousands of fairly sensible citizens who are being outraged and ruined by unnecessary waste, but who are afraid to assert themselves even In the presence of boy (to say nothing of their fear of old soldiers, statesmen, women, preachers, educators and foolish soliciting committees). By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ITHIN the last year two more Mutes Iiave Joined the ranks of those which have an official state bird." By formal action of the legislature the Carolina chickadee was adopted In North Carolina, and In Indiana that honor to l,ie eastern cardinal, alf, 'I'A's. grosthough the beak was strongly urged for IL Now only four states Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey and Tennessee are without such feathered representatives, but an effort Is under way to swing them Into line. The kinglet bas been suggested as an appropriate avian emblem for Connecticut ; it has been suggested that the Uawkeye state would be an even more appropriate nickname for Iowa If It adopted the sparrow hawk for In niiDols the state bird campaign developed Its official state bird; the bobolink ("Ilobert of the meadowlark, song sparrow, wren and the Lincoln") Is a suggestion that Is meeting with bobwhite as favorites, together with the catbird. favor for New Jersey; and Tennessee Is being Mrs. J. D. McKinney of the state federation urged to choose the painted bunting or nonpareil. simnsored a bill for the catbird, which, for some The birds thus honored by the states have reason, emerged as a bill for the cardinal, which been selected for a variety of reasons because was legally approved on June 4, 1929. of traditional associations, for their beauty, their Back Id 1924, under the leadership of Miss pleasing songs or their economic value. In some Madeleine Aaron, secretary of the Audubon cases the campaign to have a state bird named Society of Kansas, a campaign was launched for was conducted by the state Audubon society but selection of a state bird. Widespread publicity In most Instances the selection was the direct was given and a large vote was gotten out, result of the efforts of the State Federation of giving the western meadowlark a plurality of Women's clubs. some 121,000 votes over the other candidates. An outstanding leader In this movement has James Lane Allen made the cardinal the been Mrs. Katherine B. Tippetts, chairman of favored bird of Kentucky In his famous book the division of conservation of the General of that name, and It was both natural and In of Womens clubs. evitable that It be established as the official Some time ago the American Nature associastate bird. The 1920 session of the legislature tion published a booklet called Birds of the passed such a resolution, which was approved States IIow, When and Why They Were Chosen February 17. 1920. as Official Emblems" and In this booklet Mrs. The pelican was established as Louisianas Tippetts reviews the campaigns which brought state bird through the medium of the state seal, about the selections of the various official state which was formally designated In 1902 by the birds as follows: then Governor Heard. "In 1927, at the request of the Ladies Memorial Maines legislators officially approved the association, the legislature of Alabama adopted chickadee as the state bird In 1927 after a camthe Flicker, or yellow hammer, as the official paign conducted by the State Federation of Womstate bird. The members of this organisation ens clubs with the leadership of Sirs. Carl E. urged the choice because the Alabama soldiers In Kelley. Clubs, schools and the state grange the Confederate army were known as Yellow Joined In the balloting. of the birds the yellow lining Hammers, and It may be said' that Maryland was presented wings and tall recall the uniform colors of the with a state bird nearly a century and a half Alabama cavalry. before It became a state. It Is related that In Arizona Mrs. D. I. Craig, chairman of con- George Calvert selected as tbe colors for bis servation for the state, launched a campaign for coat of arms the orange and black of a beautiful a state bird and ballots were cast for various bird that he found common among the trees. candidates. But when these were counted the A century later Catesby, In the account of his cactus wren was out in front In a famous travels In Virginia and Carolina, called contest. this the Baltimore bird, and from his descrip"In Arkansas the State Federation of Womens tion the great naturalist Linnaeus formally deofficial clubs sponsored the mockingbird for scribed the bird In 1758. Ever since that time honors. A campaign was conducted under the the Baltimore oriole has been Marylands state direction of Mrs. W. A. Utley, this bird being the bird. overwhelming choice. From October, 1928, to May, 1929, the State "The California Audubon society and kindred Audubon Society of Michigan conducted a sysa bird state of the groups sponsored the campaign for tematic campaign with the for the Golden state. The final balloting revealed press, libraries, schools and many groups. A the valley quail in the lead, and on June 12, total of 184,209 votes were cast, the robin lead1931, the governor made the choice official. ing with a vote of 45.54L The choice was legalIn Colorado the selection of the lark bunting ized on April 8, 1931. came at the climax of a campaign which was Minnesota was faced with an embarrassment conducted by ardent partisans. of excellent candidates In Its state bird vote unIn Delaware the mockingbird made an organized by Sirs. Willard Bayllss.'then president successful run for state honors against the of the State Federation of Women's clubs. After cardinal, which was selected by a large majority much publicity and a substantial vote for the of those voting in the campaign organized by goldfinch, It was selected. Mrs. L. V. Atkins. Debates In the schools, special club programs Sponsored by the Audubon Society of St. and publicity attended Mississippi's state bird Petersbuig, the vote for Florida's state bird was campaign conducted by Mrs. G. H. Reever, chairactive and Interesting although overwhelmingly man, which was made the outstanding work of for the mockingbird. the conservation division of the state federation woodIn 1929. The mockingbird proved to be the Running safely ahead of the pecker and the purple martin, the brown thrasher popular choice. Choice of the western meadowlark as the was chosen by the school children of Georgia In 1928. The campaign was Inaugurated by the state bird of Montana came as the result of a Fifth District of the State Federation of Wom- rousing state campaign led by Mrs. I. D. Hadzor, en's clnbs and was sponsored by the Atlanta then conservation chairman of the state federation. Uird club and kindred groups. Twenty-sevecandidates contested In Ne"Interest In the campaign In Idaho ran high. to the schools As the state federation conservation chairman, braska In the campaign submitted conMrs. E-- H- - Barton presented the western tanager by Mrs. Elizabeth Hoefer, state chairman of as the choice of the women's clubs of the state. servation, after the state federation had apMeadowlark was sucRut the children overruled her and In the balloting proved such a drive. The was officially recognized on March and cessful meadowlark and robin bluebird, mountain the were favorites. The former led the field and 22, 1929. Nevada citizens and school children had little was generally endorsed, so Mrs. Barton fostered a choice of a state bird, official approval by the legislature and this be- difficulty In arriving at the mountain bluebird leading tbe field In an came law in 1931. d Louisiana Pelican led-eratlo- n run-awa- y , (except Louielana Pelican) by R Bruce Horsfall, Courtesy Nature Magazine. All drawlngi 1 In my eightieth year I have an ambition to candidly write a summary of what I finally think of all I have encountered In my long Journey, the writing to be brief, easily understood, respectable and honest But writing has so long been exaggerated, unfair, long drawn out, complicated, Irrelevant, partisan, that In attempting the tnsk, I find I have absorbed so much of the bad style, I am discouraged. The excuse and Intention of writing in the first place must have been to make honest records of transactions yesterday for use today and tomorrow. If a merchant or his clerk makes note of shipment of peaches to a customer, why should he encumber his writing with mention of blushes, or down, or color. In the peaches! The customer will remark this, If he cares to, when the shipment arrives. Or If the merchant wishes to Indicate on his bill that the peaches were shipped last night, there la no necessity to mention the moonlight, if there was any ; the customer will not be Interested. In the growth of literature writing men have developed so many bad habits, and I have learned so many of them, I am unable to express myself as fittingly as I wish to, extended vote during 1930 and 1931. This bird was the nominee of the club women of the state. The New Hampshire Federation of Women's clubs, through Mrs. Lucy F. Richardson, then chairman of conservation, sponsored a vote In 1927 that returned the purple finch as victor In the state bird ballot Dividing the state Into districts. New Mexico was thoroughly canvassed for Its opinion r led all the on a state bird and the rest In fact the vote for this typical bird was Just about unanimous. Mrs. Tom Charles, president, reported the choice. An old campaign for state bird of New York having selected the robin and let the matter drop there, a new campaign was launched In 1927-2under Mrs. Charles Cyrus Marshall. Although the robin was Included as a nominee, he ran well behind the bluebird, which now Is regarded as the state bird. "Through the circulation of leaflets describing the three most useful birds not then selected for state bird honors elsewhere, Mrs. I. T. Frary, chairman of wild life for the state federation of Ohio conducted an effective campaign la 1928. Ballots were Included and the vote gave the house wren a lead of 7,4G9 votes over Its nearest rival. More than 69,000 votes were cast In Oklahoma's campaign for a state bird under the leadership of Mrs. W. A. Campbell and Mrs. triWhen you see a drunken man Ellen Howard Miller, and the making a fool of himself and wastumphed by a wide margin. In 1926 the Oregon Audubon society asked ing his money, It rarely follows he for a vote for state bird and got more than Is In that condition all the time. 45.000 votes for the western meadowlark out of Next day he will be 111 from his de85.000 cast bauch, and shame added to hla punI have often wonThe ruffed grouse was legalized as the state ishment. bird of Pennsylvania by the legislature of 1931 dered why a man gets drunk at alL after a long campaign and deliberate voting. There Is no fun In It He Is alterribly punished; always Mrs. Harry J. Shoemaker, chairman of birds and ways flowers, and the officers of the State Federation wastes his money to oblige a low class who keep grog shops, and do of Womens clubs as a whole urged the selection. 'Schools, clubs, granges, scout troops and not themselves drink the firewater they sell. I have heard It said that other organizations Joined In voting for the In the old free days of the saloon as Rhode Island's state bird. The campaign In South Carolina was under Intoxicating liquor was always vilthe leadership of Miss Claudia Phelps and In lainously adulterated. . . . With 1930 the Carolina wren won honors over the dry sidewalks and roads everywhere, why do some occasionally InCarolina dove. Various organizations Joined with the State sist upon going Into a dirty swamp, Federation of Womens clubs In Texas In select- diving In the mud, and running the It Is one of ing a state bird. More than 100,000 children risks of snakes? the many things I do not underadded their ballots and the victor was the weststand about men. ern mockingbird. Utahs state bird Is the sea gull In grateful remembrance of the gulls that delivered the I have observed that when I worry crops of the farmers from the pest of the insects It hurts me as much as eating too In stands In 1848, and a monument to the birds much unsuitable food. . . . Organthe park of the Mormon Tabernacle. ize a Dont Worry club of your own, In Vermont the State Federation of Women's as I have done, and see how stiff you clubs conducted a campaign la 1927, the hermit can keep your upper lip In avoiding In Virginia the cause for worry; men usually thrush emerging victorious. late Miss Katherine Stuart drew together bird worry because they have neglected lovers and conservationists in an educational something they should have attendcampaign that made the robin state bird by ed to. popular vote. The robin ran way ahead in the vote taken In Wisconsin under the leadership Every day I think: "Ill do betof Mrs. Walter Bowman, who conducted the ter tomorrow. And usually to1926. In morrow I repeat what I did yestercampaign as conservation chairman Mrs. Edward Ewel of Wyoming was one of the day. , . . Occasionally I do a little first to respond to the call for a state bird better because of my resolves; what campaign, and by 1920 the western meadowlark little Improvement I have made was established as the favorite. has been because of them. road-runne- 8 e ... bob-whi- ... by Western Newspaper Union few Itnci a little earlier than uniat, for this document la liable to have to take tho baggage conch from here to New York. DESERVES .. A PENSION Caller Now there's what I rail Madagascar, In pat age, harbored fins servant. tome of the largent w Ingle been la OUT Hostess Yes, lie bird, one being the aepyornla. Marco I'ulo family four hours. mention a huge bird seen on theae Islands and railed It the roc. Some think that he saw one of the last LIFE live sjieriuieiis of this fearsome aepy. oml. Although not so tall is the Them Fit foot In uioa, being about sown height. It laid a gigantic egg, fossil ThW safa, all remains of which have been found Vrrt4liie UlUV NR ha In the hog. There Is one In the British over two and a half family dig itir due feet round its tong axis, with a to Ihvlf Iryinf fief forty capacity of nearly three gallons! yar. NR krx p Imagine a bird standing nearly Ihom rtfular nine foot In height with a head as with iihfuily r tuy firm'd to large as that of a hrp, and with fifrr the tin. !ncrr a powerful hooked beak. This was No tf4r 4 life fat free from conrAlnUL the phororlincoa. It must bare bad Mrveiunu liii re UHniiof r Natures the sieed of a rarehore, for lit vic- tiaJiUs 'v)rrv'UA, ilwcWirrimiinirly irvofttheiisaml were evidently run down and tivnrai-tim UirpuieutieUiA bnn on rapidly slaughtered with the powerful mandible. It was found lu South America. AU druiubta'. When early explorer visited Mad11 kIl rrlH kw and mil agascar they found the ddo and tiun. hrlburn (Wy solitaire rooming the plains, but the gun marked the doom of these fine birds which were really tinge wingless pigeon. A live ioclincn was brought to till country and exhibited In It Rtuffed remain mny still ! seen In Oxford. London Cnlleura Soap contain the uma nirdiralmn that bas made ( ulleura Ointment tho brat thought in the trralmrnt of pimple, Ferry' Seeds are gold only In fresh eexrma and other akm trouble dated pucknge. When you buy Ferhealing cane that seemed almost ry's Seeds you are sure of tbe finest hopeless. Count on t ulle ura to quality available. Adv. keep your akia at it best always. ? Writ, fn, umUt fuUur am Too Much Party Spirit Of tan mt On tktm y-I a strict party man, he If one Addna: Cuileur," Dept. 178, may believe too much thut Isn't so. Malden, Hat, LOMGFRIEHD' at 70 Keeps Ikm-- nui-ou- in They sure did gum up this Air Mall thing, but they are trying their very last to get It at.alghtencj out. I guest that hat got more folks excited than any Aimea went one thing alnce to the desert. Folks that badent sent t an Air Moll letter, In (act that aent, received, or was In hopes of ever receiving even an ordinary letter, yet they waa all het up one way or the other over this whole thing. It waa as much as taking your life In yotir hauda by taking sides. Most people were naturally with the President, for he had said that there was fraud, and they had every reason In the world for doing what they did. Well the other side laid, They should have convicted em first. And the thing ranged back and forth. Then of course politics got all messed up In It A Republican Senator would throw a rock and a Democratic Senator would dodge It and hit bliu with a brick. But tliere Is REAL ARTICLE Means one thing about Washington, you cunt keep their minds concentralted on one thing very long. They get Of Bayer GENUINE awful mad, but somebody come along and ask em to have a drink Manufacture ASPIRIN and they get over It, aDd maby while they are standing there having ono they think of something else When you go to buy aspirin, Remember this for your own to go kick up some devilment over. And in this particular case, the just remember this: Every protection. Tell your friends Democrats were mighty In favor of tablet of real aspirin of about it for tLeir protection. em thinking of something else. Bayer manufacture is Demand and 1 never saw a race of people that with this cross. No get Genuine stamped wanted to change the subject as tablet without this cross is Bayer Aspirin. easily as they did there for awhile. GENUINE Bayer Aspirin. But like everything they are getting Safe relief for headache, colds, sore throat, It straightened out. Things in our Country are not ever fixed, they Just pains of rheumatism and neuritis, etc. wear themselva out. About the time Genuine Bayer Aspirin Poos Not Harm the Heart the Air Mall had a forced landing the bonus hit em, and they waa all off on a new tack. Had It Uto Antiquitisa That bonus Is sorter like playing "What antiquities of Egypt Im"Grandma, the buKtle must hav with loaded dice. You dont know lu been a useless conlrnption. whose favor they are loaded. What pressed you most? It was useful In skating. ears." The trolley to old the Congressman wanted nruMS" r had-en- CUTIOJHA ForSkin Comfort V WATCH FOR THIS CROSS It know, Was the President going to veto it? He wanted to know that before be voted. A lot of em dident want It, but If they could vote for It and not get It, that would be fine. So it was up to the President to pull em out, and they wanted him to sign a pledge that he would do it. They dident want any Just mere hearsay. Then on the other hand there was lots of em that really thought It should be done. Here we were spending money the Whose Fault? on everything else, why not spend some now that we would be forced to anyhow lu the future? It looked like the best time to get It In Of circulation. course that Idea of putting It out in greenbacks, that scared em and It seared lota of soldiers. They wanted their money, but thev dldent want It it it was going to run us to the printing press. Other schools of thought think that thats what we should do, borrow from ourselvs, and not from bonds that bear Interest. The whole thing Is so cockeyed, that I cant even read about It. But anyhow as I say It will work Itself out. It wont be worked out on any plan. The Lord Is generally with us, I dont know why He should be, but why worry? In another few days when you read this, (If ever) why all we been talking about will be over and we will be off on something else. Maby we will catch Dlllinger, and that will convert the whole thought of America off what was on Its mind, and once its off we never get it back on the same subject. 1934, ktcNmugkt Syndicate, Inc, The Boy or Girl Who Refuses to Eat What have I ever done to deserve Its a lucky girl whose mother knows how to regulate her childrens bowels without some strong, cathartic that upsets the system and ruins their appetitel Whenever sluggishness coats the little tongue, makes the whites of the eyes a bilious yellow, or a child is headachy and fretful, just try pure California Syrup of Figs. The pulls down a child like a spell of senna in this fruity laxative is so sickness. It often forms the laxative agreeable to take, so natural in action I Get real California Syrup habit. A more sensible way of 'c-imb n of Figs at any drug store. The regulating children is explained bottle should say California. the column to the right: a child who refuses to eat, and is just skin and bones? The mother who asks that question might be surprised to learn that she alone is to blame. She knows a lack of appetite is the sign of a clogged system, but does the wrong thing to remedy the condition. A violent cathartic that upsets the stomach evil-tasti- ng Do you want to EARN MONEY? 5,000 7,500 15,000 Salt Lake City s ftfpvest Hotel Men or Women ANSWER PROMPTLY lmmedlitelj AFTER mi receiving detail of proportion PROVIDING. YOU SAY WITH YOUR OWN LIPS the proposition I rein. Quire nnd construct! to, ind off on yon tin frenteot opportunity ever presented to you to mako roil money right In your homo community. You mny oora ono of the 05 oontaet reward ringing op to $5000 cash, and on oppotntment In your district good for earning up to $5,000 or more per year. Giro detail!, your age, family, education, expert once, occupation. No celling experience neoeeeary. f Abysslnians Dance In Churches In Abyssinia are strangely preserved many forgotten rites of the ancient Hebrews and the first Christians. After the Queen of Shebas BOX i06S visit to King Solomon, It Is said ADDRESSi P. O. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 12,000 Hebrews of the best families in Jerusalem settled In the land. The descendants of these people toOLD AGS PENSION INFORMATION f?An d - Humboldt, Kan. day form the aristocracy of Abys- JrDGK LEnMAN -stamp sinia and are Christian. On the other hand, another contingent of Hebrews came to Abyssinia after the destruction of the Temple at Dont suffer needlessly. Stop tho Jerusalem, and have remained faithful to the original Jewish reitching and induce healing begin ligion. It Is an Interesting fact that the Abyssinians still dance in their churches, as the Israelites did before the Ark. 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