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Show CACHE AMERICAN. LOGAN. UTAH NEW USES FOR FARM PRODUCTS "QUOTES" COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS BY NATIONAL CHARACTERS NEED FOR SCIENCE By DR. KARL T. COMPTON President Massachusetts Institute of Technology. T I DIW'N world-wide- the national welfare. There Is needed on the one side the of the scientists of the country generally, to assist the government in putting the work of its scientific bureaus on a scale of maximum efficiency and value. There Is needed, on the other hand, a new type of government leadership whereby the scientific men of the country may be brought together to make an intelligent and attack on the great problems which are facing the country at those points which science may offer hope of alleviation or solution. , . "All honor and praise is due the Royal Canadian Mounted and they have received much of wrote Thomas D. Barton, adjutant-genera- l both, of Texas and commander of the Texas Bangers, ami Walter Prescott Webb of the department of history at the University of Texas in an article in the Frontier Magazine in 1923. "But the Texas force will not suffer in comparison. The Royal force was created In 1S73, but at that time the Texas Ranger organization had been doing service for nearly 40 years. It is the oldest force of the kind on the American continent. "It came Into existence in time of revolution, when a detached handful of the Texans were fighting to free themselves from a tyrannical government; It was born to Texas In the throes of revolution, and went grimly about the task of defending a young nation whose Inhabitants were few and whose treasury was empty. With these Texans there was no pomp and no ceremony, no flag and no uniform, little food and often no pay. Yet they held the line during the existence of the Republic of Texas 1 $3(1-- 845 against two of the most merciless and relentless foes known to mankind. Whereas His Majestys force had to contend with the foe within the Indian and the Esquimo the Texas Ranger had to contend with the Indian within and the Mexican without. The Canadian dealt with subjects and wards; the Texans with an internal enemy and a foreign foe. The tactics and strategy of the Texas Rangers were, and today are, as Informal as their dress, determined In large measure by their foes. Both the Comanche Indian and the Mexican were expert horsemen, and they made all their forays and attacks on horseback. The Ranger, therefore, had to become a horseman and had to adopt weapons suited to mounted conditions. Thus he came in time to show great which became his preference for the own sweet weapon. It was faster than the Indian arrow and could be managed with effect from the hurricane deck of a Texas mustang. Horsemanship and marksmanship were the unmistakable traits of the Texas Rangers. In the same year (1925) Chief Justice Fly of the Texas civil court of appeals in a decision upholding the constitutionality of the ranger law declared, Before the first gun of the Texas revolution was fired at Gonzales In December, 1835. before the Declaration of Texan Independence was adopted, before the heroes of the Alamo laid down their lives for freedom, and before the Mexican army under Santa Anna was destroyed by San Houston at San Jacinto, a As a ranger force was organized In Texas. matter of fact the Texas Rangers might claim an origin even farther back than 1835, so that they might justifiably have been celebrating their centennial at any ime during the last 12 years. One of the first problems which arose to harass the colony which Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas, founded on the Colorado river in 1S22, was the hostility of four Indian tribes the Karankawas, the Tonkawas, the Wacos and the Tahuacanos. Of this situation, Eugene C. Barker In his Life of Stephen F. Austin" (Cokesbury Press) writes: When Bastrop (Austins land commissioner) reported the discouragement of the settlers in the fall of 1S22, Governor Trespalacios ordered the enlistment of a sergeant and 14 men for their protection. They entered service in May, 1823, and were stationed near the mouth of the Colorado. They were poorly equipped and unpaid but gave some relief. Austin begged General Garza to pay them and continue them In service, but their subsequent history is not revealed by the records. One of Austins first steps after arriving In the settlements was to offer employment to ten men, to be paid by him, to serve as rangers attached to the command of Lieut Moses Morrison, but again the documents fail, and we do not know whether the force was organized. . . . Bastrop wrote at this time that the people were murso harassed by the continual depredations der, robbery, horse stealing, cattle killing, destruction of hogs and crops that It was difficult to find anyone to assist the surveyors. Some time In September, however, when a party of Tonkawas made a raid on the Brazos, Austin followed with about thirty men and compelled the chief to give up the horses and whip the particular braves who had stolen them. .It was not until 12 years later, however, that the official history of the Texas Rangers begaa In November, 1835, the council which met at San Felipe de Austin authorized the formation of a Frontier Battalion. It was composed of men who could ride like Mexicans, trail like Indians, shoot like outlaws, and who like the themselves didnt favor the capture of prisoners." By this time those wild riders of the plains, the Comanches, had become a real menace and It was necessary to have some sort of regular military establishment to check their depredations. Then, too, the Texans realized that the Impending struggle for Independence from Mexico could not long be delayed and a Ranger force would form a nucleus for the army of liberation. Accordingly the council specified that the ranger force was to consist of three companies of 25 men each, one company to range east of the Trinity river, one between the Trinity and the Brazos, and the third between the Brazos and the Colorado. To these 75 men fell the task of protecting the settlements from one of the wiliest and most ruthless enemies this continent has THE STOCK EXCHANGE By CHARLES R. GAY Officer New York Stock Exchange. T1IE is a widespread of the Exit what really is. It change; does not buy or sell securities. It does not dictate prices. It Is simply a market a meeting place where members gather to transact business in securities. It Is not a private club. It Is a national Institution filling a national need of first Importance. To It come the orders of those who wish to turn cash Into earning power or securities Into cash, and the prices registered on our tickers are a composite of the hopes and fears and necessities of the worlds security holders. It is a great liquid market responsive to the needs of a great nation. It exists because it fills a vital need and because It Is equipped to render service. MEweoiusE THERE Anglo-America- 1 9 is needed is a bilateral program for putting science to work for In Tpxbs preparations are way for the observance next year the hundredth anniversary of ' independence. But there is institution In the I.one Star state which does not need to wait until 1930 to begin the celebration of its centennial. That is the organization known ns the Texas Bangers, which shares with a similar body of North the Uoyal American Canadian Mounted I'olice, a reputation and a prestige that is T SEEMS to me that what A conference between representatives of agriculture, Industry and science held at Dearborn, Mich., wag devoted to the possibility of producing crops for industrial purposes. The Importance of chemistry In converting raw products Into useful commodities was stressed. Growing motor fuel on the farm was pictured as a $5,000,000,000-a-yea-r Income builder for future farmers. The land requirement for the production of 25,000,000 gallons of alcohol a year was estimated at to 100,000,000 acres. There seems to be no unsolved technical problem standing In the way of utilizing alcohol as a fuel, though there doubtless will be Improvements and reflnements developed. Motor fuel Is a competitive product Users of automobiles will continue to utilize the type which furnishes power at lowest cost and greatest convenience. Present supplies of gasoline and those Immediately In prospect, together with the efficiency developed In distribution, give It a decided advantage over other fuels. If production should decline and prices Increase materially, substitutes will be given greater consideration. With corn selling at $1 a bushel, discussion of its diversion Into uses other than for feeding have largely subsided. Those who advocate Its conversion Into alcohol to be mixed with gasoline for fuel presuppose a decided reduction In prices. Ethyl alcohol can be made from any farm crop. It is derived largely In Europe unfrom carbohydrates. marketable potatoes are utilized lnrgely for that purpose. Much of of the the molasses, a sugar Industry, Is now converted Into alcohol. There is, however, no Indication that any crop Is grown primarily for that purpose, but materials of low value, or In some Instances waste products, are utilized. It probably will be many years before corn will be grown primarily as a fuel crop. , Soy bean oil Is extensively used In paints and varnishes. Linseed oil bus many Industrial users. Tung oil trees are grown in the South In a limited way with prospects of greater expansion. Levulose, a form of sugar, can be made from artichokes or sunflowers. Cornstalks have been converted Into wall successfully board, slash pine Into paper pulp. New uses for other farm products will be discovered, but the problems of getting production costs low enough, of factories located close to the source of supply to save labor and transportation costs, will have to be solved before commercial activity may be developed. American agriculture has been conducted upon an export basis. As yet no workable plan of has been developed. It Is a wholesome thing for agriculture, industry In an efand science to fort to develop the market for farm products as any success along this line will add to the standard of living In rural communities and make a wider market for Industrial goods. Meanwhile the farms need foreign markets. Kansas City Times. There deal. Is Never little sunshine In a shady Morning... Headaches For YEARS I've suffered sick headaches in the morning. I didnt realize until the doctor told me how many women are bothered with too much acid, and he recommended Milnesia Wafers. Since Ive been SSOTE1L using Milnesia Ive felt like a new person. Havent had a cold either, because when you get rid of the acids you dont get colds. A Distinctive Residence An Abode. ..renowned Throughout the West Salt Lakes Most Hospitable HOTEL Invites You MILNESIA Wafers neutralize the excess acids that cause indigestion, heartburn and sick headaches. Each wafer is a full adult dose, children Pleasant to take. to one-quart- one-hal- Recommended by thousands of physicians. Buy a package today at all LESS DOGMA By SIR WILFRED GRENFELL WE Labrador Physician. ARE still a very young and I believe that we are getting better. I think that religion is stronger than ever, (Picture of Rangers on scout In the Big Bend country and portraits of Capt James B. Giilett and Capt George W, Baylor from Gilletts Six Years with the Texas Rangers, courtesy the Yale University Press.) BUI Sterling ever known the Comanches and their com pensation for dangers which they were called upon to face and the hardships which they were to endure was the munificent sum of $1.25 a day But out of that' service grew the tradition of devotion to duty, high courage In the face of overwhelming odds and loyalty to a comrade In arms which has given the Texas Bangers their worldwide fame. After the fall of the Alamo, Gen. Sam Houston, president of the new republic, recruited the Rangers up to a strength of 1,600 men and these mounted riflemen formed the nucleus of the army with which he won the decisive battle of San Jacinto. When the war for Independence was over the army disbanded and the men returned to their homes. But there was still need for the Rangers, for the Indian problem was not yet solved. So the organization was continued and the first to hold a captains commission In the Rangers was R. M. Coleman. With his commission came orders to recruit 25 men to subdue the Comanches and Kiowas who had been raiding the settlements. With his little force Captain Coleman scoured the country between the Trinity and Colorado rivers and cleaned out numerous war parties. But within a year Coleman had become Involved In a quarrel with President Houston and resigned from the force. He met his death by drowning In the Brazos river a few months after his retirement. A famous ranger leader of republic days was Capt. Ben McCulloch, a Tennesseean and friend of Davy Crockett, who barely missed the fate which overtook the famous disciple of "go McCulloch served In Houstons army ahead. and so distinguished himself that he was com missioned a captain on the field at San Jacinto. He further distinguished himself as a Ranger captain on the western frontier of Texas, served valiantly In the Mexican war and In 1855 was commander of a company of soldiers In the army which was sent by President Buchanan to suppress the Mormon rebellion In Utah. At the outbreak of the Civil war McCulloch entered the Confederate army, rose to the rank of brigadier-generand was killed at the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. After the Mexican war a force of 1,200 Rangers was maintained as mounted police to patrol the Mexican border and to act as a safeguard against the Indians. At the outbreak of the Civil war Gen. Con Terry, an old Ranger, organized the famous command known as Terry's Texas Rangers, composed almost exclusively of and frontiersmen. They served from ! 'feJX is benched INTO TOWN TO PICK UP TEN BUCKS PITCHING A DOUBLE-HEADEFOR A NEW LOCARNO GRUBER Polish Economist. By DR. HENRYK IS just because of the of the political Locarno that the nations feel they should per cent of come to an economic Locarno as Run to Appomattox, lost 75 their original muster roll and fought so valiantly as to win from an adversary. General William Tecumseh Sherman, an expression of high admiration for their bravery at the battle of Shiloh. During the troubled times of reconstruction the Rangers were about the only factor which made life endurable In .Texas. Although their forces were reduced from 1,000 to about 300 men they effectively held the hostile Indians In check and suppressed the banditry and r turwhich flourished In that period of moil. By 1S74, however, conditions along the frontier became so serious that a mounted police force became a vital necessity. As a result early In that year the legislature authorized the organization of the Frontier Battalion of Texas Rangers and appropriated $300,-00- 0 for their maintenance. This marked the beginning of the Texas Rangers as they have since been constituted. Governor Richard Coke called for 450 volunteers for the force and from them were formed six companies of 75 men each with John B. Jones of Corsicana as major In command. Of this period In the history of the organization, Capt. James B. Glllett, who joined It In 1875, writes In his Six Years With the Texas Rangers (Yale University Press) : During the first six months of service nearly every company In the battalion had an Indian fight and some of them two or three. The battalion finally cleared the Texas frontier of the redskins and then turned Its attention to the other pests of the state thieves, bandits and fugitives from Justice. In this work the Rangers rendered service second to none and became In an Incredibly short time perhaps the most famous and efficient body of mounted police In the Bull Ranker even though church attendance may not indicate it There is less today of both dogma and intellectual religion. But there Is more religion of the kind that comes from, the heart. Instead of the head. Now In science, for example, no doctor flfty years ago when science was materialistic dared to speak of spiritual things. Now, If you want to hear the gospel spoken, go to the Royal Academy of Science. cattle-stealin- g post-wa- world. In the 18 years from 1865 to 1S83, the Texas Rangers followed 128 Indian raiding parties and fought the redskins In 84 pitched battles. During this same period they recovered 6,000 stolen horses and cattle and rescued three citizens carried off by the Indians. In this period 12 rangers were killed. In the years the rangers arrested 579 persons, among them 76 murderers. . . . Tills history disclosed a record of continuous duty throughout the half century of the ranger battalions existence In guarding the lives, the liberty and the property of Texas citizens. And the Ranger has been content to perform this duty unheralded and almost unsung. Performance of duty, It matters not where It may lead him. Into whatever desperate situation or howsoever dangerous the thing demanded, has always been the slogan of the organization. For courage, patriotic devotion. Instant obedience, and efficiency, the record of the Texas Rangers has been excelled by no body of constabulary ever mustered. ... 1889-189- "... C by Western Newspaper Union. 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