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Show The Cache American. Ixjran, Cache County. Utah In These United Pajre Seven States Fetching Home Wild Bacon Arizonas Popular Sport ' (I ; f i'J' w I , V- -, VfvV 3- l'e . . . Uere is a coucha-Javal- in from the wilds of Mexico. This wild boar was tamed by L. C. James of Tucson and adopted as a pet. Henrietta Lamepra is shown holding it at the Bismarck hotel In Tucson. Thickest Head Wins Contest FITCHBURG, MASS. It seems, said the Fitchburg police, that a gentleman from Ashby and a boilermaker not otherwise identified engaged in a dispute over the relative thickness of their respective skulls. To settle the dispute, police added, they withdrew to opposite ends of a room, then ran toward each other, crashing bead-oIt was sensational. Apparently the Ashby man lost, for he required five stitches in his scalp. But he left the hospital after a few hours under his own power. And thats what d citizens do when they meet in a 30-fo-ot n. hard-heade- tavern. ' -- - K ' i n i rji r t I K i t WwkltiM WASHINGTON. CrroaL The United States chamber of commerce Is chambers polling Its member throughout tha nation oo the report of Its natural resources department committee seeking amendments to tha laws governing control of almost a half billion acre of public lands. The federal government now owns approximately a quarter of the land area of continental United States. This huge acreage of public lands Is controlled by the general land office of the department of Interior. It Is In two classes, 80 per cent being public land, or public is and the balance domain, "acquired" land, purchased by, or deeded to the federal government from citizens, states or municipalities. There are 137,818,000 aerts in national forests; 140.708.000 acres in grazing districts; 55.249.000 acres in Indian 13.583.000 reservations; acres tn national parks; 7.481,000 acres in soil conservation; 1,328,000 acres are owned by the navy department, 19,355.000 by the war department and 2,760.000 by the fish and wildlife service. According to the chamber, there have been repeated complaintj concerning excessive withdrawals of these lands, unnecessary acquisitions, particularly on grazing and mineral rights. Some of the amendments to public land laws which the U. S. chamber recommends Is public hearings and adequate notice before further land Is withdrawn and a time limit on temporary withdrawals; That private ownership should be the ultimate objective of grazing lands subject to sound principles of conservation and protection of public Interests, including reservation of rights to minerals and metals, timber, water resources development and other potentialities not involving grazing, these grazing rights should be protected and preserved; That the mineral leasing act of 1920 be further amended to remove all acreage limitations, or at least to grant expansion and to remove the limit to acreage held on a geological structure; That royalty on all government leases be fixed at 12 per cent for leases heretofore and hereafter issued that are not on proven oil or gas structure; that to encourage exploration and development of deeper pools, a 12 per cent royalty for all deeper discoveries In presently proven fields, the same to apply to all leases in new zones; That the government either take the royalty in kind for sale or accept the market price of the royalty oil, gas or gasoline; That the law grant the free right of assignment and relinquishment of government oil and gas leases with proper safeguards; That all lands of the United States be registered with the interior de- booso in Denison, WHERE IKE WAS BORN . . . This Texas, Is where General of the Armies Dwight D. Elsenhower was born on October 14. 1890. It Is being turned Into a shrine by the people of Denison, with even school children donating pennies and nickels lo raise the money. six-roo- m Denison Wastes Ho Time Converting Eisenhower Birthplace into Shrine By If MU Feature. DENISON, TEXAS. Birthplaces of great men are revered by the American people, and Denison lost no time in acquiring the house where General of the Armies Dwight D. Eisenhower was born. They expect Gen. Eisenhower to go down in history with Washington and Lee, and are prepared for it. General Eisenhower was born here October 14, 1890, In a neat white frame house a few yards from the railroad where his father worked. It was In the best part of town then. Across the street was the mayor's home. Next door wai the house of a prominent lumber dealer. Both have burned since then, but the Eisenhower home still stands In the center of two large lots six blocks from the center of town. A civic committee has bought the story home six-roo- m MOVING IN . . . Miss Jennie Jackson (left), who held Baby Ike on her lap, and Mrs. E. L. Hailey aid in refurnishing the generals birthplace. By VIRGIN! VALE Jackie Coogan WIIUN V was five he skyrocketed lie to fame In The Kid. was making his second picPecks Bad Boy, Stressing that there are no "short ture, cuts" to producing high yields on when the car taking him to overcropi'ed lend. the studio crashed; he was poor, of the Prof. A. L. Fertilize to Replace Lost Organic Matter agronomy Lang department. University of Illinois, advised farmers to let soil tests guide their soil Improvement and fertilizer program. "When soil tests show strong acidity and a need for limestone, they also Indtcata a low state of organic matter," he pointed out "When soils are low In organic matter, they are usually In a state of poor tilth, lack nitrogen and have Insufficient water holding capacity. Any amount of mineral fertilizers cannot be expected to economically raise corn and other grain crops yields until the lime, organic matter and nitrogen requirements of the soil are met." to apply Lang urged farmer limestone, phosphorua and potash fertilizers for the legume aod crop in accordance with the needs of the land as Indicated by chemical testa. taken to the hospital with a fractured skull, and he' been totally d af In on ear ever alnce, a fact hee Just revealed. He faked hia way Into the army, made an en- - JACKIE COOGAN viable record at a aecond lieuten- ant in the army air force. Now 31. hea been discharged, and la on the air with hia own radio show. "For- on CBS Monday ever Ernest. nights. He broadcast from Holly- -' wood, and la all act to return to pictures has a new film scheduled to atari In June. Pretty good for that wistful Infant, "The Kidl 'AVIATION NOTES CAP HELPING AIR TORCE VETS SECURE JOBS The Civil Air patrol is with the air forces in a nationwide program to organize AAF vets in placements in all types of civilian jobs requiring skills similar to those soldiers used while in service. Jobs for air force vets do not necessarily center on aviation work. Many trained mechanics can work on other engines, while electricians and radio men have skills that may be turned to many fields. In Denver alone the CAP has placed over 60 AAF vets In jobs. i Phosphate being mined for clusion in mixed fertilizer. In- Then, he added, grow maximum legume hay crops, either plowing them back Into the soil green or as animal manure. "The best method Is to plan a business-like- , systematic program or action on the farm that will over a period of years return the land to its native state of high and perFLYING PERSONNEL manent productivity," Lang stated. Col. Weldon E. (Dusty) Rhoades, On highly productive soil, mixed who served for 15 months in the fertilizer of the proper grade and Pacific as personal pilot for General properly applied may supply ecoMacArthur, recently joined United nomically a portion of the mainAir Lines and also has been ap- tenance rations and In addition give pointed director of air navigation-traffi- c that extra umph so often needed control of the Air Transport during the early stages of growth, association. . . . Earl Gray, who he said. Quickly available plant operates an airport at Leesburg, foods applied near the seed of crops Va., recently bought a de luxe Fair-chil- d at planting time help overcome 24. . . . B. L. Smith and Bob many external handicaps such as Wiley of Philip, S. D., have shot and unfavorable weather conditions, more than 300 coyotes from a he concluded. plane while flying over Haakon, Jackson, Meade and Pennington counties and expect to get 100 more Small Swing Door before summer . . . Capt. Charles W. Bolton and William David Horn, veteran ATC pilots, purchased the Bennett flying service at Pocatello, Idaho, from A. A. Bennett. . . . Roy H. House and W. D. Smith have purchased an Aeronca champion for their flying service at Liberty, A student at the EvansTexas ton, Wyo., airport is the Rev. Sidney Hoadley. ... for $3,000 and will repair and reEGGS store it to its original appearance. which of the 1890s will be from Furniture Massachusetts, Eggs partment; will be used to build up the poultry That surplus property act be used. The living room, bedroom, dining flocks of the world, are now being amended to require disposal of all acquired lands not necessary and room and kitchen will be typical of shipped by plane to South America, the 90s, even to the kitchen uten- South Africa, Australia and China. useful for a clearly defined governRussia is also Interested in secursils. mental purpose. Miss Jennie Jackson, a school ing eggs for hatching. In addition the committee recommends that the congress give the teacher who bounced Eisenhower on states statutory recognition to own- her knees when he was a baby, is TO MAKE MOVIE ership and disposition of the shores In charge of the restoration. How a boy of 13 or younger can It Is hoped that many of the genand all lands beneath the tidewaters be taught to fly Is the theme of a on will be articles erals personal and other navigable waters within motion picture to be produced by display for posterity. the boundaries of each state. a group of veterans who have set up in the movie business. Star of Marthe picture will be to vin Whiteman Jr., who recently Go After completed 61 hours at the controls of his fathers Ryan Young Here Is a Whiteman began taking lessons at DENISON, TEXAS. town with a population of 19,000 that the age of eight. Marvins sister, is looking forward. Denison is no Lynn Carol, is also war-boocamp. It processes cot- learning to fly. makes ton, mattresses, saws, cheese, candy and furniture, shells nuts, dehydrates eggs, kills cattle and dresses meat The M.K.&T. railroad repair shops are still the largest source of income. Lake Texoma, made possible by the Denison dam, impounds the waters of the Red river and Waushita river. The dam is three miles long fill and the largest earthen-rolle- d dam in the world. The project is a flood control combination and The New Culver Model. hydroelectric installation. But Denison is not satisfied with SURPLUS PLANES all this. It is after more business, Over 300 surplus Fairchild PT-23-s big business, big industry. Denison wants to manufacture fertilizer, were sold in the first 15 days they Four feet short of the car with a rubber and chem- were put on sale at fixed prices synthetic plastic, bucket of water and the powder went icals, among other things. It has ranging from $590 to $1,275, the war off, knocking him unconscious and the raw materials, the electric powassets administration has reported. shattering the car. s tn and believes it can find or im- There are more than 500 er, It is thought that the sun shining port the labor necessary. Producstocks still, most of them surplus through the glass had exploded the tion costs in Denison will be lower at Cape Girardeau and Union City. dynamite. Beech than In crowded cities, it believes. Surplus AT-1- 1 Donaldson received a black eye, The decentralization of is aircraft, formerly sold on the basis industry a few cuts and a demolished coming, and when it comes Denison of allocations to priority holders, automobile. His reflection la that wants a segment of it to come now can be bought directly from dynamite and mules have been con- where owners and laborers will be e without an depots sidered unpredictable. better off. David Rose, 20th Century -- Fox musical director, never goe to bed, can't compose In' before 5 a. m. daylight. Yet he thinks a good musl- cal piece can be dreamed up on s' street comer or a bua! That new composition of his, "Gay Spirits," which you heard on his Wednesday night radio program, is the result, he says, of playing his popularj backward.) "Holiday for Strings Doreen Taylor, who for the past four years has done the singing for, movie; many a famous queen, at last sings In her own right on the screen In RKOs "From This They finally tested Day Forward. her and discovered that she's very photogenic. non-singi- "So Goes My For Universal Love, Myraa Loy had to get used to moving about in the burdensome costumes of 1870, but she says It needed no adjustment to play the young woman who planned to marry a rich man, won Hiram Maxim, the famous Inventor, pilot-- i ed his career and raised their children. For, says she. girls employ those same stratagems today. "Exactly four years ago, said Gregory Peck on his recent birthday, "I spent my birthday washing dishes in a New York restaurant" Now hes on top; David O. Selznick has signed a new contract with him, will star him In "Benedict Arnold. It will go Into production1 late this year, will be done in technicolor, and on the same scale as "Gone with the Wind" and "Duel In the Sun. AIR-FLOW- N Denison Borin Business S-- m Glad He s Not Too Spry In his PLACERVILLE, CALIF. younger days, C. W. Donaldson of Bear Creek might have covered that last four feet in time to be killed! Donaldson had brought home 30 sticks of powder to use in his mining operations and had left them in the back seat of his sedan. The next morning he performed his usual ablutions and face barbering when he noted smoke curling from the back of bis car. Cover Several Years run-dow- A By WALTER A. SI1EAD WMJ STAGED SCREEN RADIO Wrlru NPP t'nioa. RtlcaMd br Soil Plans Should Acres 01 D.S. Land Held By the Government Hall-Billio- 4'V SW-- , 4 n, TAMED 1 .ft TUCSON, ARIZ. Many of Arizonas hunters had a big season hunting wild pigs during the winter months just past, for the season was extended to 59 days by the state game and fish commission, the reason being that the javelina or peccary have been increasing rapidly in the last few years. The Arizona specie of the anl- tnal la one of two varieties of pig-lik- e animals ranging from Arizona and Texaa to Paraguay. Soma are allghtly grizzled and hava an Indistinct white collar and art often called the collared peccary. The Arizona wlldhog la often called the "couchajavalin. They are nocturnal and gregarloua. lays tha dictionary. But it'a a great sport In these parts, where the Javelina is well scattered. They are found In rock country on the edge of the desert around Tucson, and in mountain canyons which abound here. The animals usually run in small packs, are considered big game In this atate, and ai aucb may not be hunted with dogi. Bow and Arrow. May The law specifies that the limit la one animal of either sex per hunter for the season, and must be taken by a rifle fired from the shoulder and propelling a center-fir- e cartridge, or by bow and arrow provided the bow used has a pull of 80 pounds or more and the arrow la broadhead of one Inch or more in width. All of which regulations hunters are glad to adhere to so they can be aure of carrying their animals borne to the range cooking range for the wild pig la "mighty fine eatln, mighty fine! say Arizonans. Including the Indian and Mexican hunters. - PT-23- twin-engi- sales-storag- Small Swinging Door That Provides Easy Access to a Building for Animals. This swing door provides easy access to any building for small animals. The hinges are bolted to the wall or fence as shown with two bolts each. But before bolting hinges to the wall, they are fastened with two large nails to the door as shown. The type of door would be satisfactory on hog houses during winter months. Clipping Dairy Cows Insures Milk Quality The story of radio since Its Inception will be the basis for a two and one-ha- lf million dollar film tentatively titled Magic In the Air. Jer-ro- ld T. Brandt, who produced the "Scattergood Baines series before he entered the service, and made 150 training films while In the navy, will produce the film, bringing to the screen the top personalities of radio since the days of crystal sets. Anne Francis, 15, who plays "Kathy Cameron on NBCs "When a Girl Marries, has been signed to a seven-yea- r contract by MGM.i Anne made her radio debut In 1938 on the childrens program, "Coast to Coast on a Bus, and has been acting ever since. few minutes spent clipping the When Mutual comes on the air, cows belly, udder, flanks and tail with its four separate broadcasts) will not only save of the Indianapolis Speedway race time of A brushing and washing them but will greatly reduce the bacteria count, according to tests conducted at Michigan State college. It was found that the count was two to four times higher in the case of milk from unclipped cows than from those whict had been properly clipped. on Decoration Day, a record number of nine announcers will be on Farm Doors Opened By Automatic Control ODDS AND ENDS In Suddenly It Spring" Fred MacMurray had to take six falls and said: This picture is misnamed; it should be Suddenly Its Fair." . . . Boris Karloff play e dramatic role in a comedy for the first time in the Danny Kaye picture, The A Secret Life of (Falter Mitty." fan who asked Perry Como for hi Supper Club" script after a recent broadcast teas told hed need it for the repeat for the West Coast, but the could have the script if she tvanted to wait; to hi astonishment there the was, four hours later. . . . Paul Lavalle hti been given three dachshund pups, named Bach. Beethoven end Brahms. Many automatic controls are bes ing applied to reduce the of labor on the farm. One of the newest is an adaption of the proximity control, so sensitive to any object which comes near, it automatically throws a switch to open gates when cows gather before milking time. The Minneapolis-Honey-wedevice is worked in conjunction with an automatic timer, thus preventing gate opening too soon. man-hour- ll hand at various positions around the track. Bill Slater and Ford Pearson among them. When Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians take over the Fibber McGee and Molly time on NBC for the summer, starting June 18, Fred will probably be setting a record; with his five morning programs, hell be r shows a week doing six on a network. half-hou- ... |