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Show The Cache American, Iijran, Cache County, Utah In These United Paje Seven States .1 National Parks Ready For 46 Travel Rush SEES7ECE - E35SE2EAE3 EDITOR'S SOTEt Thit neuipaper, through tpeciul arrangement uih the V aihington llureau of dettern Ani paper I'nian at 1616 E'it Street, ,Y. IT Vaihington, D.C i able to bring read-ethit weekly column on prohlemt oj the veteran and tert iceman and hit family. Quettiont may be a ddretsed to the above llureau and they u ill be amuered in a lubiequent column. So rephei can be made direct by mail, but only in the column u hich will appear in thit new paper regularly. (By WNU Features) America is hitting the vacation trail this spring and summer and the crowds in the national parks are expected to be the greatest in their history. Some of the parks are already open, and all of them will be operating at full schedule by June, says Newton B. Drury, director of the National Park Service. Lodges and hotels which have- - bcen closed for three years are being reconditioned. New staffs are recruited and trained for the being Correspondence Courses summer season. Few of the sightseeing busses Veteran administration baa nein the national parks were suitused gotiated contracts with 38 educa able for war use, so most of the tional Institution throughout the fleets are still intact. country authorizing them to furnish Yellowstone. Yosemite, Grand correspondence and extension Canyon and Glacier naUonal parks courses by mail to veterans eligible will have complete sightseeing serv for educational benefits under vet- ices. erans legislation. It Is expected that enough man Courses offered cover virtually ev will be available to restore power ery educational Acid from academic full service in the other parks of to a wide of trades subjects variety the system. and professions. Approximately work may Some 500.000 veterans already are en- take morereconditioning than six months. under the government prorolled Staffs may not be as complete and gram in schools and colleges, or skilled as they were before 1941. but taking training and fur- the concessionaires stated their ther thousands already employed plans are being rushed and they are asking opportunity to further have high hopes of giving good servtheir education by mail. ice by June. The veteran receives no subsistMore than $500,000 for recondience while pursuing a correspondtioning the cabins, lodges and cafeence course and the total cost of terias in Grand Canyon, Bryce and all such courses may not exceed Zion naUonal parks and at Cedar Of the 38 contracts thus far Breaks national monument is be$500. signed, 25 are with colleges and ing spent by the Union Pacific railuniversities in 19 states. Fifteen of road, which operates the faciliUes these offer high school as well as in these parks. The renovation program also incollege courses. The balance of 13 are trade and business schools of- cludes purchase of 22 new busses and a fleet of fering courses In such subjects as sedans for charter service. refrigeration, radio electronics, enThe prewar five-da- y gineering, television, journalism, federal Income tax, machine draft- tours through all the parks and ing, hotel training, traffic management, accounting and filing. Application for these correspondence courses should be made at your nearest Veterans Administra is 't - - r tion regional office. 1 nh r i J;i Question a and Answers Q. My daughters husband was honorably discharged In December, 1945, after two years and three She never remonths overseas. ceived an allotment. In 1943 she wrote in and asked why. She received an answer saying her husband never signed an allotment to her. But they sent papers to sign and she sent these in with her marriage certificate. We never heard from them again and they never returned the marriage certificate. New she Is divorced, but It is not a year yet. Is she still eligible for this allotment? Mrs. W. W., Mt. Angel, Ore. A. I believe she is eligible, but write to Army Central Adjustment Office, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis 20, Mo., and give all details. Q. How would I get a business loan through? I would love to have a grocery store. I went to general headquarters, but they dont tell me anything. They dont care whether a veteran gets anything or not. Give me ail the information possible. World War II veteran, A. O., Ropes-vill-e, Texas. A. First, find a bank- or other lender who is making G.I. loans. Tell him your story, your background, how much money you have, if any, and what you want to use the loan for. If he thinks you are a good risk, he will send in the papers for your eligibility certificate and make the loan. Your local chamber of commerce, local Red Cross, or county agent can help you find a lender making these loans and give you all details. Q. My husband deserted me and my two children. He went to the navy, but also deserted there for When they 7 months and 21 days. got him back in the service they gave him 3 years in prison. We drew an allotment while he was in service, but it stopped when he was out. Now he is overseas and we have a divorce. Should the children be drawing from him? The navy was to notify me if he went back to duty, but havent. What shall I do? Mrs. A. M. W., Bluff, N. C. A. The navy suggests that you write to Field Services, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, Cleveland, Ohio, and explain your situation, giving all details possible. Q. My husband is with the 6th marines in China. He has more points that are required for a discharge, but he is a regular. He has been overseas 16 months. How long will he have to remain overseas? He has been in the service for over 10 years. Mrs. J. D. P., Lincoln, Neb. A Ordinarily a tour of overseas duty in the marines for a regular is 24 months unless his enlistment is up prior to ,that time. returned Q. Will a serviceman from Manila so ill with malaria it appeared he would die and now improved be able to work after filing for a pension? He filed for the pension while in the hospital, but believes now be could farm a little could he draw money like other soldiers do? Mrs. D. S., Luther, Tenn. A. A disability pension will not interfere with his drawing adjusted compensation for if he is eligible for such compensa tion and able to work. Apply to your nearest state unemployment compensation office. .' v. ,. i "V-- - '4 - frinirtta HALF DOME ... At Big Oak Flat entrance to Yosemite Valley. Oregon Cares Are Opened GRANTS gon caves PASS. ORE. The Ore- recreational area near here, which were closed during the war years, will reopen late in May under the national park service. Harold B. Say has been appointed general manager of the resort. The caverns were discovered in 1874 when Elijah Davidson, an early settler, shot at a bear. The wounded bear disappeared into a hole in the mountainside, and Davidson followed with a pitch torch to find a great underground world. Before the war, increasing thousands each year were taking the drive to the caves up through the timbered Siskiyou mountains from the Redwood highway. The weird and beautiful underground chambers and the Swiss chalet lodge, in a canyon at the mouth of the caves, are expected to break all attendance records as the travel season opens for 1946. le Shows Advancement Expert Knowledge Is Vital Part of Plans in Zion, Bryce and Grand Canyon will be resumed. Ranger crews maintained by the national park system during the war years for vital conservation work will have their ranks augmented to protect the parks natural beauties and resources. Theyll also protect the crowds, who often take chances in the unfamiliar wilds. An Intensive and road - Improvement is program planned by the department of the interior, continuing through 1946 and 1947, to meet the influx of automobile tourists who will follow In th.-- wake of new car production. While the national parks are always free and open, the usual tour 1st facilities were suspended durPark attendance ing the war. dropped from a high of 21,050,426 visitors in 1941 to a new low of By W. J. Dryden Result obtained by artificial breeding shows great possibilities of not only increasing returns from dairy cows but other farm animals, including sheep and poultry. Artificial insemination or breeding requires expert knowledge. Those $ 0 road-buildin- 6,908,749 in 1943. That the 1946 total will surpass the attendance of 1941 is Indicated by the rush of late fall and winter visitors which started Immediately after V-- J Day. Shenandoah national park. In Virginias Blue Ridge mountains, was virtually Isolated during gas rationing, but on the Sunday following the surrender of Japan four cars a minute were checked in at the ptrk. Eastern Parks Offer Variety To The Tourist .. Vjv Vv' J Artificial Breeding shorter tours - ! t and Smoky The Shenandoah mountains national parks offer an unsurpassed beauty treat to mid westerners whose previous vacations have shown them the wonders of the Rockies. Great Smoky mountains national park embraces 460,000 acres, of which 200,000 are still covered by primeval forests. The peaks and ridges of the range, rising above 6,000 feet, and almost always veiled in mist, are the starting point of some 600 miles of trout streams. The north entrance to the park is 30 miles southeast of Knoxville, Tenn., making it easily accessible by all types of transportation. Busses make two round trips from Knoxville through the park daily. There are two camp grounds in the park, and hotel and tourist camp facilities are available in nearby cities and towns and at Knoxville and Asheville. Blue Ridge national parkway, a strip of parkland connecting the Great Smoky mountains and Shenandoah national parks, will eventually have a modern highway running its entire length. U. S. route 11 provides an almost direct connection between the two parks at present. A more scenic approach to Shenandoah from north of Roanoke, Va., is along the completed portion of the parkway, which connects with Skyline drive running the entire length of the park along the crest of the Blue Ridge. The Skyline drive is 107 miles long, with parking areas, picnic grounds and a camping area along its length. Visitors may enjoy the magnificent scenery of the Shenandoah valleys fertile farmlands on the west and the rolling hills of Piedmont plateau on the east 485-mi- j j NEVIS HOUSE . . . Sratrd, Mr. and Mr. Donald J. Murray, Wausau, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Alrrd R. bllUrlbergcr, New York; standing, Mrs. Dorothy Walker and her husband, Charles L., San Jose, Calif. While husbands attend Columbia university, the wives enjoy the colonial mansion at Irvington-on-lhe-Hudso- I r-'i-? VETS ARE LUCKY Colonial Mansion Used by Gl Couples at University NEW YORK CITY. Three couples from Midwestern and Western communities who planned to live in New York City while doing graduate study at Columbia university are beating the critical housing shortage by sharing an old colonial mansion on a country estate an hours drive from the school. And they readily admit they en- joy their leisurely country living much more than city dwelling its so much like home. The couples are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Murray of Wausau. Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. John McDn. ugn of Seattle, Wash., and Green Bay, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Brem-set- h of Leeds, N. D. They and 11 other married veterans and their wives live the part of country squires in Nevis, a mansion built In 1835 on an tract which gently slopes down to the Hudson river. The mansion, located at New York, was converted into single room apartments by Columbia university to help solve the student veteran's housing difficulty. The estate was acquired by the university from Mrs.' T. Coleman Du Pont in 1935 and had been used as a botanical experiment station before its present tenants moved in. Mrs. McDonough, the former Marie Momard, who was brought up on her fathers farm near Green Bay, summed up the attitude of the couples from west of the Mississippi. Country life Is the life I'm used to and although I wanted to live in New York City while my husband was studying, I far prefer Nevis,she said. Just to feel more at home, I'm raising vegetables on a small plot of land. It helps the shopping problem. d 'f'H 75-ac- - Caught Some Whoppers In Cumberland River KY. When John S. Osborne, his wife and his twin brother went fishing near Lock 21 in the Cumberland river recently, they caught H fish weighing a total of more than 600 pounds. They were sturgeons, John said, and it is only once in a blue moon that the condition of the river and the spawning period of these fish coincide so that they may be caught in such quantities. The trio used a single large hook on a drag line, and for the line they used a No. 14 electric light wire. It took four men to land one of these fish one on top of the lock to throw the hook and snag the fish, one to hold the fisherman to keep the fish from dragging him off, and two down in the water to get file fish into a boat. JAMESTOWN, Once a Hobby, Rugs Artificial Insemination creates demand for highest quality bulla, such as this Holstein. undertaking this work must be familiar with file anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs and havs a sound understanding of correct sanitary precaution. Preparation of artificial vagina, care and collection of semen, its dilution and storage as well as tha equipment required, places artificial insemination out of reach of the individual in nearly all cases. It Is because of these factors artificial breeding association! have been established in most states to carry on the work. The quality of stock has been materially Increased where artificial insemination has been practiced, and at a considerable reduction to In many the Individual farmer. cases he is able to secure the services of a high quality bull that would not be possible, or financially feasible by using direct methods. The average cost of service, where artificial insemination is used now averages about $5 per service. As breeding units are organized the cost may be further reduced. non-prof- it AVIATION NOTES STILL FLYING HIGH Capt. Warren B. Smith, a member of the Gates flying circus back in the 20s and a veteran Panagra pilot, recently crossed the Andes for the 1,500th time, from Santiago, Chile, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. HOW TO GET BUSINESS Harold Briney, implement dealer near Bluff City, HI., completed a landing strip next to his place of business, just for the convenience of flyers. The first plane to land was flown by Bud Flowers of Canton, who got acquainted with Briney and ordered a couple of trailers for his trucking business. The deal ran into hundreds of dollars. AIR TRIPS FOR HUNTERS Guests from the east will be flown to Cleveland to board the United's hunters special plane to the pheasant country in South Dakota. Braniff is to operate weekly round-tri- p flights to Aberdeen, S. D., from Houston and Dallas. This new service will start in late September. AIR CHATTER Billy Heher, age 16, of Franklin, Pa., won a Piper cub in a contest and within a week had logged four hours of instruction. . . . Arthur W. Grant, Medina, N. Y., insurance agent, lands his light plane in the back yards of farm homes and then talks business. . . . Arthur C. Jackson, St. Petersburg, age 80, is taking flying lessons. . . . Frank L. Brandish, age 71, fire chief of East-por- t, Me., recently soloed. . . . C. J. Boyd of Santa Fe, N. M., hunts antelope by plane. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton Miees of Winthrop, flew more than Mass., newly-wed3,000 miles in a light plane on their honeymoon. . . . The Boston Store, Milwaukee, has regular airplane delivery service as far north as Sturgeon Bay. s, Tests of airplane dusting of pecans for control of scab and pecan nut casebearer will be resummer. Tests peated this made in 1945 were inconclusive. luck dinner bell may be welding two horseshoes together as shown in the illustration. A window sash serves It as a clapper should be hung on rawhide. The tone may be by the regulated length of the raw-hidas well as the type of horseshoe and density of welding. A series of chimes may also be made from horseshoes. A good made by e, Fast Hatching Proven Desired Characteristics Chicks that hatch first in any group should mature at an earlier date, should be predominately female, and should feather more rapidly than ir ' those that are slower in hatching. The later hatched chick should also have a higher mortality. Tests at the Maine agricultural experiment station would indicate that hatching time is a matter of inheritance, thus by selection, these desirable qualities can be bred. Now His Business J "W s'V c . Zion national park, rises 1,425 feet ANGEL LANDING . above the floor of the canyon. There is a foot trail to the top. The vacation possibilities offered Glacier, Grand Teton, Mesa Verde, Yellowstone, Wind cave. Rocky mountain and Bryce Canyon national parks are almost limitless. All of them are in the Rocky mountainarea and cover approxi-plains mately four million acres. They range from the historic wonders of Mesa Verde, with their Indian civilizastory of an ages-ol- d tion; the geysers and waterfalls of Possum for Dinner A Vt ' '7i ' J" f4 SPEEDY ROCKET . . . THE Rocket 185, built at Fort Worth, set a world speed record for personal planes on January 6 when it flew from Savannah, Ga., to Roosevelt field, N. Y., at an average speed of 226.2 miles per hour. AIRPORT EXPENDITURES The airport bill, lately debated by PASADENA, CALIF. Sunday Congress, provides a billion-dolla- r Yellowstone; the mountain trails dinner walked into Carson G. Bells for seven years, with emprogram and hidden lakes at Glacier; to the back yard recently when an eight thrills of mountain climbing on pound opossum came in to sample phasis on private flying facilities. If the bill becomes law, $21,249,005 will the grapevines. Grand Tetons snowy peaks. New York, One of the most interesting of Bell rounded up sweet potatoes be available for for Texas, $18,744,576 for Americas prehistoric sites and a and called in Van Williams, famed and Pennmajor archeological preserve is Negro chef, and invited his friends. California, New $16,132,735 for Jersey and ConMesa Verde national park in southThe opossum was presumably a sylvania. will get $6,118,274 and western Colorado. descendant of some brought to Cali- necticut These sums respectively. Excavations on the mesa have fornia in 1900 by Tennesseans who must be matched by the states or revealed an amazing story of the wanted their favorite eating municipalities. Indians. Seven Rocky Mountain Parks Are Open by Several years LARGO, FLA. ago S. M. Rife started making rugs from rags cut and torn by his wife. It was just a hobby which he enjoyed after his hours at the post office. He enjoyed working out new patterns so kept it up. Today Mr. Rife is in the rug business. Church organizations and individuals began buying his product, and the demand grew steadily. Soon he purchased a loom, bought carpet warp and started in earnest to supply his customers. Recently he bought a house and has turned a shop in the rear into a utility house devoted to his former hobby, which is now a profitable business. - pre-histor- Each barn could be equipped with a rack, as shown, in which all tools like shovels, hoes and forks could be placed to keep them from getting underfoot. Not only would it be a safety measure, but the tools would be kept in much better shape. Vaccinate Against Swine Erysipelas In localities where swine erysipelas has appeared, farmers should vaccinate pigs against this disease as soon as possible. If the farm has been infected, vaccination is a must. This costly disease has spread so rapidly that it is now present in practically every state, the American Foundation for Animal Health reports. The disease may be mistaken for hog cholera by the average farmer. |