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Show t TIIE WEEKLY REFLEX KAYSVILCe. UTAH News Notes to Lios in Its a Privilege Utah ;; ( i rrovo Continued favorable growing conditions and Utah farmers will harvest this year a record crop of tomatoes for canning. It is indicated in a report by Frank Andrews, state agricultural statistician. Statistics for acres of tomatoes, this year show last acres 2630 year, and 6SG0 agantst acres in 1925., The 1925 crop is remembered as that which brought a serious overproduction to the state. Last years acreage was materially reduced, in an effort to adjust for the carry-ove- r from the previous, season. 58-1- Myton Sheep shearing at the plant of the Antelope association under the direction of C. Christensen, Sprlng-villcontractor, has been concluded. head were 60,000 Approximately sheared. Emplyofhent haa been given to sixty persons and twelve trucks have been kept busy hauling the wool to Price. Coleman brothers, Smith brothers, Jeff Thomas and .several other sheepmen have an Interest In e rm? xm rr 77Caj& htfpicai, sod irozrs? arn&gAi&r 70'J By KARL L. SPENCE Editor, Franklin (Neb.) New. ITY-SIyear ago this spring tho first settlors commenced arriving In mitral Nebraska, bent nwn iwriim-Deaettlement, with tha expectation of making homes for themselves and their families. Passing up the opportunity of securing the rich bottom lands along the Republican river, the first settlers went buck from the river a few miles and settled along the different creeks, wlthh were hour-I- I jr tlmbeied, and had an ubundance of fine spring water. The fuel bill was also solved here, as the new settler hail plenty of timber for Ida fencing. These first setwood, and posts tlers were able to build log houses or dugouts, which were log housed built In the bunks of the draws or along the atrenuis, the lower story being dug out of the bank and tho house built over It During the yenra of 1871, 12 and Til nearly all of these desirable homesteads were taken np, the aettlementa running up the streams north from ' the Republican rher for a distance of several miles, with the Intervening lands left mount for a few years. As these lands were well grassed, the settlers along the creeks were able to use them for pasture aa all unoccupied lands were owned by the government end were free range One e tee portable sawmllta wev brought Into the euuntry and for a time native fumber, sawed from cottonwood and elm trees, whs uvnllnbte, but t Its best this lumber was not very satisfactory, aa It was liable to buckle, warp nnd twist Into many fantastic shapes while curing In the sun. Many, of the first houses were built from this turner and one ran still find a few of these pioneer dwellings tn this section of Kehrnskn. 1 Realrlce, for a time, was the closest railroad point and this was a tnafjer.of several days Jour-necoming and going with the skiw ox teams of the pioneer period. Most of these Journeys were made to secure (tour, coffee, sugar, tobacco and other necessities needed by the pioneers. Usually the load taken by the pioneer to Rentrtce was buffalo hldea which he bartered for the things needed In the home. I.nter the railroad was extended to Lowell and the trip waa made to that place In much less time and the pioneer waa lend of grain to exchange for then able to take bis groceries and clothing. nt w J The Rush Into the West to the time when the rich which contained no timber, were prairie lands, all that waa left for the homesteader. And they came In swarms, as this was the pertod In our history Immediately following the Civil war, when thousands end hundreds Of thousands of young men, virile end full of hope for the future, were striking out to make homes for themselves. It was new country, money was scarce, and many of the settlers did not sea enough money to buy e sect of corn meat from one year's end to another. Trade- - such as It was, was carried on by barter, A man traded what he had a surplus of to hla neighbor or the small pioneer storekeeper, for what he absolutely bad to have. lie raised hla own corn for corn meal, his wheat for flour, and these he took to the mill, often on horseback, the grain being tied behind the saddle in a bag. Here be waited until It was ground Into meal or flour and pqld the miller a share of the finished product for the grinding, the balance being taken home In the etene sack the grain was brought to the milt In. The prairie homesteader had no timber to build himself a log cabin, and no mosey to buy the lumber or toga, so that It was up to him to provide a substitute. lie did this by building a soddy." First selecting a likely site for hla new home, he took a team of oxen and hitched them to a breaking plow that la peculiar to the pralrte regions. Instead of a solid plowshare this plow has a share of heavy rods, which does the same' work as a solid share without causing the friction that tt does. Setting his plow to a depth of about three inches, he plowed a long straight furrow as near to the location of ids snddy as he could, so that he would not have the Intor of moving the sod any great distance. This sod was Impregnated with fibrous roots of the grasses and prairie plants to ilmt It held together remarkably well. Strips of sod a foot wide and three feet long are then brought4to the site of the new house and the building begins. After the dimensions of the house have been decided upon, the ground Is smoothed off so that a space Is left for the walls, which will be two feet or more In thickness. (The orfjhe, 'sod and this forms the chinks between the layers, so that It Is not neo essary to chink up the spaces between the layers a height of of sod. The watts are built up seven or eight feet, openings being left for the windows and doors which are recessed Into the walls for a distance of a foot or more. Many of the first aoddys did not have glass for the windows, but Instead used. oiled paper or muslin for And so 1 lights we-com- e . '"I Setting the'RiJgepole fectly, Poors and windows are then made by the homesteader from nullve lumber or perhaps from the boxes ,e brought with him In his overland Journey to hla new home. Tho siHldy Is now reudy for the homesteader and his family to live In, though In many Instances to make It more attractive, a coat of whttewasb Is given the Inside walls, which haa been made from nullve lliuo, which he secure from the hills along the river and bunts himself. Most of the pioneer eoddys had no wood floors, the floors being ntade of clay which waa dampened and tapvped down until It was smooth and even. The fbrnl- ture of the pioneer soddy was very primitive and except for a few pieces brought by the homesteader when he first cume to the new country, hnd been made by himself. The beda, tables, chairs and what few other pieces of furniture he possesses show his handiwork. The roof of the soddy, being made of dirt as It Is, usually presents a drab appearance, as does tbs whole building, but In many cases the homesteader or his wife has gone to a great deal of trouble to beautify the humble home which they have butlded, and often you see a gorgeous flaming cactus, or number of wild sunflowers bravely perhaps blooming on top of the soddy, where they have carefully planted and nurtured by the family, Occtelonnlly the whole top of the soddy will be a mass of blooiu from a bed of portulaca or row moss, which requires little attotlon and will bloom In the hottest and driest weather, in fact It seems to do Its best under ths most adverse conditions. Morning glories shade the windows, while lieds of petunias, bachelor's buttons, slnnlas and oilier flowers make a bright spot thoul the noddy. Nearly the first thing that the new owner did after completing Ms soil house was to plant a small grove of tree which he cared for tenderly during the many dry spellsand which have made a noble monument to him lu Lis be, gay-colore- d after-year- After the walls were completed a ridgepole was secured, usually being a native tree, with other smaller trees or 'branches to be used for rafters or supporters.' Over this brush was thrown and then a layer of prairie hay or straw, after which the roof of sod was put on, the layers being leveled off and chinked up so that not a drop of water enters and the structure drains per s. The roof of the soddy, being built as It waa from brush, straw and sod. made a fine home for many different kinds of rodents nnd snakes nnd often the pioneer looked up during the vvurmth of the evening to see a rattler or a giant colled around the rafter of Ids dwelling and stories are told of the packrut that came during the ulmene of the fnndly and carried off the food store as well aa other bright objects which attracted thetr attention, which they atored away la some convenient cache. One pioneer tells the story of how he spent the night once with a neighbor. When night came on. the homesteader's wife placed the Jar of milk on the floor In the room, where he was expected to sleep, In order to keep the ndlk cool. Just us daybreak came a mother skunk with seven or eight babies came through a hole In the wall of the soddy and they all had a nice breukfast of fresh milk. The visitor, fearing that the mother skunk would resent Ids presence, wisely kept still and allowed the eurly tnorulng visitors to depurt In peace. bull-mak- e A Refuge in Time of Storm With wall two feet thick. and a roof from eight Inches to a foot thick the noddy made a flue home for the pioneer family, being warm In winter and cool lu summer. Fuel was srnrre and the pioneer had to depend npon cow "cidps" for fuel. Ice in summer was unknown, and this finally led to the building of caves or outside cellura, where the perishable vegetables, milk and canned goods were kept. This cave was also used by the pioneer family, who took refuge in tt Wrbea tornadoes threatened. Water on the pralrte kvft hard to secure and wells were put down, being dug by hand, sometimes to a depth of 250 feet The pioneer had a dangerous Job and many a well haa coat the ttfe of a man before being completed Later wells bored by machinery and tubular wells were pnt down and most of these were equipped lubor with windmills, so that the of pumping water for household use and for live stock has been done away with and targe tanks are provided for storage during the occasional spells when the wind does not blow. The average soddy contnlned one or two rooms, homesteader though occasionally sone had a toddy containing four or five rooms, but usually when the homesteader was able to build such a house he would build from lumber which from a long distance. he freighted in by of these larger eoddys had wooden floors Many and these houses .were the meeting places for parties and dances among the pioneers. The first school houses and first churches were built of sod well-digg- er back-breakin- well-to-d- g o ox-lea- andranny of the native - sons-and-d- ang secured their first rudiments in the three while attending school tn a sod school house. aers ILs A Menu of Wild Fruit The pioneer family lacked variety in thetr menu, but thla was overcome to a certain extent hy the bomesteader'a wife, who canned and drted the wild fruits which grew along the numerous streams In abundance In nearly every section of the counand try, as welt as localities ihcre wefiThtactr tnd " red raspberries, gooseberries, sand cherries and Mack currants, which grew wild. The family usually took a day off each year whet these fruits were ripe to pick a aupply for canning. The plant known ns the buffalo bean also furnished the tnnklngs for pies, bbjI while rather Insipid In taste, was used by the homesteader when nothing better could be secured. and make a dlh quite nourishing. choke-cherrie- s, t and jrxrjioraXQjrp. Jtt3. Jamriixrcm&az;j&A0ouzxzGa2. The ontbuitdlngs on the new home of tha homesteader who lived In a soddy, were nothing more substantial thnn a leanto shed against some bank or a sited made of polee and covered with straw or hay. Usually by spring this had great holes eaten Into It by the stock and during the summer months waa Uttle aloe save a roof and tha framework of poles. In the early days of settlement fierce storms raged during the winter. Blizzards, driven by high winds, swept over the prairies, and while the homesteader and his family, living within the two-fothick watts of his soddy, was Immune from thetr blasts, as long as the food and fuel tasted, his live stock, which was housed la flimsy structure, often suffered from the cold and snow. One pioneer tells us of a snow and windstorm which kept np continually for three days. He had a team of mules tied to the manger In a shed bam whlcrf waa built of boards running up and down, with a crack between esfb board. When the storm ended It was found that the mulee were still tied up, but all that could be seen of them was thetr ears and the tips of thetr nosta. They were in a solid cake of snow and had to be dug out before they could move. At that time there were thousands upon thousands of acres of lands that had no trees on bem, but thesO storms have greatly diminished since windbreaks of trees and groups of buildings dot every quarter section of land. ot good-size- d Abundance of Wild Game milk cow, a pig or two and a small flock of chickens helped to provide the living of the pioneer family, but these chickens had to be Jealously watched by the household te keep the prowling coyote and the watchful hawk, who were atwaya on the watch, at a safe distance. Besides this domestic supply of meat, the early settler depended much upon hts gun to provide meat for hla tuhle, aa the pralrte teemed with bison, ante-- , lope, doer, wPd turkey, sage hens, praMe chickens and mnny other varieties of wild game. In spring and autumn the annual migrations of the ducks and geese made a welcome variety to the family larder and the homesteader could secure meat for his table In a very short time. Many homesteaders became discouraged before proving up on their claims, others stayed Ion up and then left, selling thetr enough to land for a song or letting It go back for taxes. On homesteader, whose name la unknown. In leavtng tils homestead, after finally proving up, wrltea the following dirge: A pne FAREWELL TO MY HOMESTEAD SHANTY Farewell to my homeateed shanty: I hare my Anal proof: Tha cattls will hook down tha walla, ' And soma ona will ateat tha roof. Farawell to my aheetlron store That stands tn tha corner alt cold: Tha good thlnga I hare bakad tn tha oven In languaga can never he told. Farewell to my cracker-bo- x cupboard. With gunny aack for a door; Farewell to my atore of good things' That I shall never want any toora. Farawell to my little pine bedstead, Tla on thaa 1 slumbered and slept: Farawell to the dreamt that I dreamt. While the 8eaa all over me crept. d Farewell to my chair. With bottom sagged down ta tha grsund; Farewell to the aocka, ahlrte and braachaa That flit It again to tha ground. Farewell to my nlco little table. Where under 1 have oft put my feet. Then rhoee from the bounty of good thlnga The rubetantlala of life for to eat Farewell to my eonr dough pancakee That non hut myself could enduro: If they did not tasts good to a atrangor They were aure the dyapepetn to euro. Farewell te my tea and my eraokera; Farewell to my water and soap; Farewell to my sorghuna and buckwheat! Farewell to toddy and hope. the association. Cedar City Indications point to an ample supply of water to take care of all crop cultivated this year on lands coming under the Carbon canal, which was recently reported with funds advanced by the state land board, it was announced by John T. Oldroyd, executive secretary of the land board, who has just returned from making an inspection of the canal. Salt Lake Some 313,692 head of cattle, valued at more than 38,000,000, appeared on the 1926 assessment rolls of the state of Utah. Of that number 221,883 were on the ranges. Ogden Weber county, western Wyoming, eastern Nevada and northern Utah generally shivered when the temperature took a drop well below Saturday's minimum of 42 degrees. Rain fell intermittently during the day. The precipitation locally for Saturday and Sunday was only .15 of an inch, according to Arie Van de Great, weather observer. Pleasant Shearing of the Utah wool clip la practically completed. Indications at this time are that the production for the state will exceed last year's by between 200,000 and 300,000 pounds, bringing the total between and 21,000,000 20,000,000 pounds. Exact figures on the years clip will not be known until the regional livestock statistician with the department of agriculture, G. A. Scott, makes hts survey in June, but Mr. Scott believes now that last year's production total will be exceeded. Vernal Twenty-fou- r forest officers were on the Job and a total of 2G5 trees, scattered over a trifle less than a township of land, were found and treated in the recent campaign against the bark beetle In the Ashley national forest of northeastern Utah. In the drive, approximately 15,000 acres of yellow pine timber susceptible to the dcstrlctlveness of the pest, was examined. All trees were cut, peeled of the bark, and 'In many Instances burned as a protective measure. ML d Ogden Durtng the cruise for bark beetle Infested trees on the Ashley beetle Infested trees on the Ashley forest several denizens of the forest were aroused from their lairs one mountain lion, three bears and several small bunches of deer, says a report by the district forrester. All wild animals seen appeared to have winter ed excellently. al Brigham City Two hundred and forty thousand rainbow trout fry hare been planted in the new state fish nursery at Mantua by Deputy Game Commissioner James S. Hull. down-holstere- A vlrg'n soil, undaunted courage, youth and a were sure to win for tha sj'lrlt of pioneer honeetendcr nnd his little dtrt soddy was soon chanced to a modern home with the comforts tl at his j oneer fathers tmd never dreamed ef, ami today ye find that white the old soddy has Into the beynml, hack to the dust from which It came. It has left a welt settled country of prorpenuid farmers who have bullded for permanence and the future. Ills trees, planted and tended with such tender care, have grown Into great groves which shade thousands of acres of ground and provide a fitting resting place for Mniselfin hla old. ago and for the generation which are to come. He butlded wisely and wen. Ills work has borne fruit beyond the Imagination of the men of his time. Where once stood the lowly soddy w Rh the straw covered sheds for' the live stock, new stands the modern Nebraska farm home with modern outbuildings surrounding !l Instead of the slow end steady team of oxen, the farmer now has Ms automobiles, hts tractors and machinery of various kinds, so that one man working half the time that he usdST . to cen now produce twice' as much grain by Ms labor. Where once were trails, are now grest graveled highways that are covered dsHy by huT dreds of anromohltes going at the rate of thirty or more mllea per hour, where once that distant , would have been considered a Wg day's driving. Through the coming of th pioneer settlers Nebraska has developed lnto,a great cnnaou'sielth with a population of more than a million a half. home-makin- g 1 pn-oto- t -- labor-savin- g ad wony and Lck Overwork, burdens on th kidneys. When the kidneys slow up, waste poisons remain in the blood and are apt to make one languid, tired and achy, with dull heads ties, dirrlnoao and often a nagging bck ache.' A common waning of imperfect kidney action is scanty or bunung secretions. Doan a Pitta assist th kidneys in their eliminative woit Are endorsed by users everywhere, Ab your neighbor I ---- -- 50,000 Users Endorse Doanu Mrs. F. E. Watson, 7 High St., Lynn. Moss , on) "tho Ium nw wImb I luuoJ mywmli ie m4 ksoltk. Tl kidnay Mcrct.oa Wrs swMinx sodack--caarl bm Much tiu.oy. 4 caactaatly nd Baca. Mr tack attacks at Jlnrisw Ptfh wci. prompt ta kaiptn mo o4 I aboil eovn cbb m to U inhhl to than." 1 IWi DOANS 'Si' STIMULANT DIURETIC a KIDNtYS DstsrKBwaCalltiCWIIsKiLNT Bunions Quick reUaf from peltv Prevent shoe preeaura, Ai H im aai ee neies JDlScholIs ZZinO'padsr Intermittently First Tramp "I smoke only after t good meal" Second Tramp thought you smoked." "uh, 1 After telling the truth lots of mes try to lie out' of It 1927 beetle-infeste- Slowing Up? Myton Uintah basin's new recreational pleasure resort has 'been, named Victory park. The slogan adopted Is, Uintah Basin's Playground. It Is tour miles east of Roosevelt In Ward Hollow, on the Victory highway. It was completed under the supervision of Dr. M. C. Campbell of RoosevelL Utah Salt Lake experienced an unusual amount of precipitation with Saturday's and Sunday's storm, according to officials at the local United States weather bureau. The total precipitation, v hen measured at 6 o'clock Sunday night, showed 1.84 Inches. For the pertod th moisture preripitotton was 1.81 Inches. The average total precipitation for May is 1.95 Inches, S3 that the city has almost reached the normal mark, Montlccllo Property listed by the Juab county assessor this year was valued at a figure more than 3125,000 higher than the final assessment on tho same property in 192G, according to returns from the Juab official received Wednesday at the office of th state board of equalisation and assessment. Report Tromthe frost county astwenty-four-ho- , sessor received also Indicates an Increase of close to 325.000 tn the valuation of property In that county. Eureka Wednesday was "good roads" day In the cleanup week. Many men of the district put in the day working cn the road between Eureka and Dividend,. "Good roads" day haa become an annual event sponsored by th Tofat Klwants club. Provo Tho Salt Lake & Utah railroad announced Thursday that its limited passenger trains Nos. 3, 6. 9 and 10, will stop at Hibbard, Harris, Snow, Spencer, Curtis and Lakertew. According to A. J. Anderson, traffic manager, trains hare not stopped at these points heretofore. Mrs. Luebs Quick Recovery Suffering from Ntrtoutneu, Stomach Trouble and Run-Do- Condition, Co to, Springa Woman Rcalortd to lltalih. Thanks Tanlac, The recovery of Mrs. J. J. Lueb, B. 703 Cascade Ave., Colorado ment Tanlao Springs, haa ex cited much com- saved me from permanent disability, aays Mrs. Lueb. For almost ten years I had been troubled with Indigestion and conn sequently was In such a condition that when I ate anything out of the ordinary, I suffered terribly and became awfully nervous "But now, I feel and look better than ever before and can eat anything. I give Tanlao all tho credit for my marveloua recovery. Every woman should take 1L regularly." 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