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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH VOUfill ANOTHER ESCAPES (Ccadnetcd by National Connell of the Boy 8cout a America-- ) Kn. McComber Avoided a Serioct Operation bjrTakiig Lydia L Pinkhams Vegetable Compound ia Tune COMMUNITY SERVICE RECORD - - Logansport, Ind., has a record of strenuous community service. Among the years activities the following are reported: scouts gave 500 hours of service at the Klwanls'play-fes- t serving as guides, ushers, kitchen helpers,- - guarding automobiles, , tending check room, acting as messengers, etc In addition one entire troop gave four days of their time distributing posters, etc., 22 scouts assisted the Salvation army getting its new building in shape, giving at least 200 hours of free service. d scouts decorated graves of soldiers on Memorial day! Distributed 200 fire prevention cards. Fifty scouts worked 12 hours assisting the American Legion at its big Fourth of July celebration. Saved the lives of 12 persons from drowning in six months. Other services were performed for the' Red Cross, G. A. B, D. A R., Camp Fire Guardians, Public Health Nurses, Epworth league and the Masons. Two-hundre- STAR SCOUT WINS BADGE. Among the various Merit badges scouts is which are open to first-cla- s one which boys rarely apply for, though it is an interesting one. This unusual badge in blacksmithlng has just been won by Robert Reed, a star scout of troop No. 11, Oak Park, 111. Most of the required preliminary work was done in connection with his manual training work in high school. The 3?CKOO YZZlfOI7--J3Ity- requirements for the Merit, badge in . blacksmithlng are as follows: L Make an open link of r lncb By W. L. McATEE, Assistant Biologist in Economic Ornithology, Bureau of Biological Survey. . t. IRDS hunting insects and worms yV in an orchurd may not buzz so much ns the proverbial bee, but m -- u-- stock. meadow mice, 452 house mice,- and 134 the same they are mighty house rats, together with a sufficient busy. One who has seen them at number of other small mammals to it during the season when they V are an average of almost three to make can have their young rearing A" I no doubt about their being a the pellet, and probably to the meal. In 592 pelSI Zr hundred species in the United States, as a whole lets collected In California there were found skulls jV I great help to the orchardlst. shows a good economic record. The sparrows, or traces of 261 pocket gophers, 74 field U t(M ) Tliey are active everywhere : and other 4 finches, are essentially seed eaters, but they conmice, 184 pocket mice, 144 deer mice, 50 harvest flickers, blackbirds, robins, and t sume also a fair proportion of Insects, and in genmice, 230 kangaroo rats, and 215 house mice. These thrashers seek their insect prey on or near the eral must be regarded as beneficial. Items make it clear that the barn owl is constantly and ; ground woodpeckers, nuthatches, titmice, - . The tanagers and swallows are almost exclusiveservwork of to value Its doing great of agriculture. limbs chickadees closely search the trunks and ly beneficial, the latter especially being tireless trees; vireos and warblers scan the leaves and . Ices are typical of those of hawks and owls In general. Owls as a group have long been persecuted destroyers of a great variety of insects. probe the flowers; and flycatchers and swallows unIf soft plumage and harmonious colors were the more never been but has man, by fetv persecution sweep their prey from the air itself. Every criteria of bird worth, the cedar waxwing would just. The hawks and owls are not the only sufferminutes all day long the hungry young must be stand pear the top. Economically, however, It is ers, however, for when their numbers are greatly fed ; and that they are well fed their rapid growth In the doubtful, eyen the very doubtful, class. It in be will reduced farmers forcibly community, any and their The attests. quantity of insects they is too fond of'flowers, buds, and fruits, especially In a the reminded Increase of the fact great by parents consume is enormous. Not only orchards number of destructive rodents. cherries, and it consorts in such large flocks jvhile benefit by the good work of birds, but gardens, gratifying these tastes that the interests of manAmong the most praiseworthy birds are the berry patches, and plowed and newly sown fields kind suffer considerably. ... cuckoos. The most widely distributed species, the r as well. While fields .actually grown to tall crops The butcher birds, or shrikes, which have the and black-bille- d cuckoos, usually keep are less freely visited, all crops are helped to some curious habit of hanging part of their prey upon out of sight, but are well known by their strange extent, and practically every farm pest has Its thorns, in crotches, or in other suitable places, notes, which have earned them the name rain bird enemies. crow. The cuckoos feed very largely on caterpildestroy some birds, but on the whole are beneficial. To learn exactly how and to what extent birds d About 10 kinds of smooth vireos a to and subsist extent most lars, than of larger and to are aids forestry, agriculture, horticulture, and 55 kinds of warblers of varied and brilliant our birds on the hairy and spiny kinds. One stomthe biological survey has been making a scientific but neat plumages constitute the especial guardiach contained 250 tent caterpillars and another study of their food habits ever since its establishans of the foliage of our trees. There are millions 217 fall The cuckoos are fond In on also are carried 1885. ment in Its investigations of warblers and vireos in North America, and the of grasshoppers, sawfly larvae, plant bugs, and both the field and laboratory. All that can be other injurious insects. aggregate destruction of insects by them is beyond learned out of doors by direct observation and by . ' conception. but is The inand food valuable, large important woodpecker family supply study of the available Allied In service to the warblers are the eludes 24 species in the United States, most of there is a surer way of finding ou.t .what a bird creepers, the industrious and Inquisitive them highly beneficial. They are the chief deeats, namely, to look into Its stomach. It has the restless and active chickadees and nuthatches, of nature fenders trees the of been repeatedly demonstrated that against insect attack, most of titmice, and the kinglets and them being specialized to feed upon the food and feeding habits of birds is such .that of which groups there are In the United diresults definite other by few at birds. From larvae, to arrive upon pests is by it preyed impossible States more than 25 species. 10 to 80 per cent of the annual diet of various rect observation. On the other band, the examina' Mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers are disstomspecies Is made up of ants, which are almost unition in the laboratory of the contents of the by unusual ability as songsters. Ecotinguished and The Is or exact, definite, information that formly injurious. flickers, ach gives all are rather too fond of considered, nomically are assiduous destroyers of ants, especially indisputable. cultivated fruits, but as a rule they do more good one of these birds being known to have taken more From the percentages and the economic value than harm. than 5,000 at a single meal. .of the food items, the utility of a bird can be Closely related to the mockers and thrashers are-thA Is then group of birds, which, though diverse in apclosely estimated. The biological survey wrens, of which we have 11 species. These litpearance, are related in essential characters. Inable to recommend how it should be treated. are incessantly active, tireless, and good tle birds 800 cludes the more than are found United In the States almost singers, wholly insectivorous, and conse20 poor-willnighthawks, swifts and humming birds. distinct kinds of birds of 69 families, of which quently beneficial to a high degree. AH are almost strictly Insect enters and consefamilies are classed as waterfowl, 7 as shoreblrds, Only one family of small land birds remains to 4 as upland game birds, 5 as birds of prey, and 33 quently beneficial. The larger ones feed extensivebe mentioned, namely, that Including the thrushes, birds.-Ththe larvae of which, including ly upon as land robins and bluebirds. - The thrushes are charactern the white grubs, are very destructive. upland game birds comprise such familiar istic woodland species, and while not of great ecoThe turtake considerable fcort of wild same the as nighthawks the quail, grouse, ptarmigan, groups nomic Importance are for the most part commendIn common with the swifts, capture of food, but, keys, wild pigeons, and' doves. The last two, while able in their relation to man; Robins and bluea great variety of small Insects, more than 50 difusually harmless, sometimes damage crops to an birds are the most familiar species about our ferent kinds been in found and be extent which requires that they controlled, having single stomachs, homes, and so beloved are they that they are alrepresented In some cases by thousands of individ-- . economically they deserve less consideration than most immune from persecution. The bluebirds uals. , the turkey, quail, and grouse. These three kinds deserve this high consideration, but the strictly to are which One of our families of birds gets its popular . robins of birds have feeding habits helpful take a large toll from cultivated fruits, and name flycatcher from the Insect-eatin- g nature agriculture. They may be hunted, but their numprobnbly are two numerous In many localities. of Its species, 31 of which live in the United States, bers should not be reduced below the normal popTo understand the economic value of birds, not ulation for each type of country. Including such birds as the spectucr..ar scissor-tai- l, only must the feeding habits of species and famil' Hawks and owls, though not closely related, the bold, dashing kingbird, and the more quiet and ies be known, but also the collective effect of birds domestic phoebe. On the average, 95 per cent of may be considered together on account of the simupon pests and crops. Most of their damage rethe food of these birds lias been found to. consist ilarity of their feeding habits. Feeding ehlefly upeither of one spesults from local on living animals smaller than themselves, naturof insects. The a species not only decies or of a number of species of similar feeding structive to vegetation, but known to be poisonous ally they sometimes prey upon some of the domeshabits, and It is Inflicted chiefly upon fruit and ticated kinds, particularly poultry. This has given , to chickens and pheasants, is freely eaten by the crops. grain thorn a bad reputation with farmers, so long estabkingbird. Several flycatchers have the reputation If birds by their united effort are potent to' acIt but an lished as to amount to traditional prejudice. Scibees to of eating hive injurious extent, complish great harm, they are for the same reaentific investigation of their habits shows that only has been shown that they take mostly drones, and son able to do great good in the destruction of a few species of hawTks and only one owl feed chief- furthermore, that they eat enough enemies of bees, Insect pests. Fortunately, many more species are as robberfllesT to pay for all the domestic bees they ly, or even largely, upon birds, and therefore to helpful than harmful. Unusual outbreaks of pests take. . ray great extent upon poultry. The birds of prey upon which birds can feed are always attended by The jays, crows and ravens have always been jecarded as chiefly Injurious Include the of the bird clans; gatherings -Cooper, and duck hawks, the goshawk, and severely criticized, and it must be admitted that The American Ornithologists union, model law on the whole the criticism is justified. About the ihe great horned owl. The gre-- .t horned owl, which, for the protection f birds has been adopted by 40 like most of its relatives, feeds at night, gets only best that can be said for birds of this family Is of tlie 4S States of the Union. The migratory-bir- d that on the average they do about as much good poultry that is improperly exposed, and when pretreaty act, putting into force a treaty with Great as harm. It would seem a good policy to accord vented from doing this, its habits are largely bene-- . Britain for the protection of migratory birds, supficial. them the same treatment long given the common the state legislation. and plements crow the crow Is not especially persecuted, The remaining species of hawks and owls, more It remains only for public opinion to back the than 500 in all, have useful habits. They feed on neither is It protected. Thus while the birds are law at every point, and for citizens to put into efallowed to exist In reasonable numbers for the sake a great variety of rodents and have a tremendous fect every practicable measure for the Increase of the good they do, the way is left open for ageffect in controlling the numbers of these pests. and conservation of bird life. The essentials of Their staple food consists for the most part of bird attraction are the suppression of enemies and gressive measures against them when necessary. all destructive In. the case of this family, meadow mice, but It includes also many other dethe provision of water, food and nesting sites. structive rodents, such as rabbits, ground squirbirds, damage is the result of overabundance. Material increase in the numbers of birds admitThe damage done by the blackbirds Is conspicd rels, prairie dogs, pocket gophers, and house rats problem : Some birds of negatedly Is a The damage . end mice. uously the result of tive value should not be Increased, while others, sometimes Is serious, and protection of these speThe barn owl is one of the ftost useful of the not now noticeably, tstructive, may become si In the same family with cies Is not recommended. birds of this group. Its food is easily studied by when they are more abundant. On the other hand the blackbirds, however, are sr,h birds as orioles examination of the pellets, made of the hair and there is no dou,) that the majority of birds are and meadowlarks, and these do much more good bones of Its victims, whk-- accumulate about Its more beneficial than Injurious and that by Increas " .than harm. roost. In 675 barn-ow- l pellets collected In Washing their numbers- we shall do ourselves and oui The great sparrow family, comprising almost a ington, D. C., were found the remains of 1,119 country a valuable service. .. -- - jUtet d yello-bille- . green-coate- web-worm- s. bark-climbi- tree-scanni- wood-borin- g yellow-hammer- s, ' s, s, leaf-chafer- s, well-know- ; rose-chafe- r, sharp-rhir.ne- by Forge a chain hook out of inch soft steel, or inch round 2. d, ns-o- f two-side- , - gnat-catcher- -- iron. ' ; V After my first Georgetown, HL Mby was born I suffered so with my leftside that I could not walk across the floor unless I was all humped over, holding to my side. I doctored with several doctors but found no relief and they said I would have to have an operation. My mother insisted on my taking Lydia E. Pinkham s vegetable Compound and I soon found relief. Now I can do all my own work and it is the Vegetable Compound that has saved me from an opera--tio- n. I cannot praise your medicine too highly and I tell all of my friends and neighbors what the Compound did for me? Mrs. Margaret McCumber, 27 S. Frazier St, Georgetown, Illinois. Mrs. McCumber is one of the unnumbered thousands of housewives who struggle to keep about their daily tasks, while suffering from ailments peculiar to women with backache, sideaches, headaches, bearing-dow- n pains and nervousness, and if every such woman should profit by her experience and give Lydia E. 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Make a straight lap weld of was the surprise of a friend on meetstock. by ing him .about a year after he had 6. Make a cold chisel out of lnch started wearing clvles again to find hexagonal tool steel. him carrying a parrot which he intend7. Temper a rock drill. . ed giving to his old enemy. 8. Explain how to harden and temI How come? asked the friend. per a cold chisel. thought you were sore at him. Man. oh, roan gloated the other. Im getting even. I taught the bird GOOD TURN3 OF ONE TROOP. every word he knows. American Troop 3 of Flushing, Long island, Legion Weekly. reports the following good turns:" On the Stage. Five scouts took part in first meGirlie, what are you doing in a morial Roosevelt pilgrimage, 1920; I promised mother troop took tickets for All American bareknee chorus? mass meeting, 1921; distributed 500 I wouldnt wear tights. circulars for aid of starving Serbians; One doesnt have to be conceited to 200 Dosters for hospital drive ; assisted at Memorial day services for G. 'SLVR; order to feel exhilarated by compli. assisted at Rotary club meeting dis- ments. tributed boxes in Salvation army drive ; TOUR KIDNEYS OR BACK helped clean vacant lots; one member of troop rescued a boy from drowning. BOTHER YOU? Notwithstanding all this activity this troop has been keen for scout-:ra- ft READ WHAT THIS MAN SATS advancement also. During the Dinub Cd. Two yem .& the fhl year 13 boys became tenderfoot left my kidneys in a very bad shape. 1 and second 19 class entered scouts, went to my phvsician but he didnt do six became first class. One life and me any good. I got thin, back hurt one star scout and two eagles are also all the tune, and I was notmy able to work. I record. got and the wi very despondent troops finally, after almost giving up hope of getting well, I heard of Dr. Pierces Amine Tablets and RELAY PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. began using them together with Dr. 3. 4. -- -- -- , . 1 , Syracuse (N. T.) Herald offers a permanent cup trophy for a relay race to be competed for annually by Boy scout troops of the Herald parish in connection with the State fair. Last year the runners carried a message from General Pershing to Governor Smith. This year the message was from Persldent Harding to Governor Miller and was won by the Phoenix boy scout team who carried the message from Auburn to the fair grounds, a distance of 26 miles in 2 hours, 19 minues, 10 seconds. The fastest Individual . contestant was Howard Moyer, who ran a half mile in 2 minutes, ten seconds. The CITY 8TRONG FOR SCOUTING. 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