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Show News Notes It a Privilege to Ltce In UTAH World to Little Red School House Aas -- Radioactive ores aro MOAB found In Grand,. San Juan, Emery and Wayne counties of Utah. In the Uintah DUCHESNE Basin It Is estimated that there are $2,159,000,000 tons of shale. .1 Vr f " - The 570,- PLEASANT GROVE 000 bushels of commercial apples produced In Utah in 1928 brought an average revenue to farmer of 75 cents per busheL BRIGHAM CITY R. V. Call and A. D. Cooley of Brigham City packed and loaded 2G00 dressed turkeys, recently for shipment to xna kets la Philadelphia. The birds are of excellent site and in splen-dl- d condition for the Thanksgiving i vAr1 P Sr-- V . as ' Acidity -- The common cause of enklea is excess add. alter thli condition,' After many delays VERNAL construction work on Improvement of the road leading north from tho Doughboy monument has been started on the initial half-rai- l stretch. Vernal city has appropriated 750 for this work, Uintah county an equal sum, and tha state road commission has matched the total, making $2000 available. BRIGHAM CITY Farmers living In the vicinity of Brigham City and the eastern pari of the county have been bringing in truckloads of dressed turkeys to be shipped to the markets for Thanksgiving by the Utah Egg A Poultry Producers' asjoclatlon, headquarters haring been established in the Dunn building on North Main street in this eity.- PROVO The first carla.d of. from Utah lake, to go to New carp York City markets, was shipped from this city Thursday by George Madsen of Provo. The fish average from three to 15 pounds and bring about 13 cents a pound. The entire carload, seined from tho local lake, will welgli about 12 tons. They are packed in iced boxes and are shipped In a refrigerator car of the American Express company. LEHI Sugar beets and com are Utah's bumper crops for 1929, the production of both exceeding that By JAMES M. CHALFANT HIltTY yearg ago ft. IL Harrow, then attending a little red schoolhous in Champaln county, Ohio actually a little red sclioolhoune begun hi flrtt official connection with school admlnlatratlon. Ilia position then, at the age of ten, was rather humble. During the full and winter months he built the Are, bring required on especially cold day to be at the cltoolhoune at seven oYUk'U In the morning In order to have the place warm by the time the other youngsters arrived.' As compensation for caring for the Art he received five cent a day, For sweeping out the room (when the roads were muddy It was usually necessary to use Brat the hoe, then the broom, and then the mop) he received another-nicke- l dally.- With- these hard -earned nickels young Durrow made the flrtt payment on a Webster's unabridged dictionary, be recalls. 'Today, after a varied experience Including teaching In the' country schools, the centralised school, and the high school, Harrow, known to thousands of school children In more than a " core of states as "Uncle Hen. the Itadlo heads the most Interesting and most successful effort In education by rudh. he "Okie Bcbool of the- Air," a division of the state department of education of Ohio at Columbus. Ilia official title now Is director of educational broadcasting, state of Ohlu. Two years ago he was Just a "visionary," a man with a radio Idea: that the might he enlisted to vital big lie public school education. There were still la the United Stales well over ir0,nu0 of those Iso schools such as he had al . lated little tended In hta youth, So long as that waa the case, he felt, the alo fia "Equality of Opportunity la Education must remain rather empty and meanlnglfsa. Surely there must be some way to tap the great streams of knowledge. of culture, of current events, and carry new life and vigor to the country school boose as well as to the city school system. The radio might well lift the little red achoolhouse out ef Its long Isolation and place It on a par with the mllllon-dollcity school, for a part of the school day. al least Master teachers, through the magic of radio, could become visiting teacher and expert assistants for the teachers In charge schools still la opera of those, lMtono tion. "Well, the story of the origin of the Ohio School oof the Air la a bit complicated," Durrow said ashen the question waa put tu him. uAnd my con section with It la, I suppose, the result of my ta teresta over a good many years. "Is the first place. I've been auet bln right along, always preferring the um-etain with great possibilities to the rather tame cer tatnty. With the exception of my high achoo filled no othet teaching, since I left college I man's ahoea Ive always made a. Job for myselt and then filled IL "After varied and Interesting exierlrnce Ir country life Institute work, and with the sgrl cultural extension of Maryland State college, A found myself In 1021 In charge wf children a pro grama at station WLS, Chicago. I became Intense ly Interested la educational broadcasting then that I though' . but left .WLS, to promote a patent waa going to prove profltuble.'irdUffuTrTy so" but not for met After a year or two, I abandoned my manufacturing project The first tldna I thought of then was to get back Into the field ef ' , radio education. "More and mor there grew upon nie thelde ef a National School of the Air. I waa convinced nflsbt become tremendous ager.? that for public school education." The 'Idea presupposed three big ."I fa.".. IF. eduratnrs could he Induced officially to sponsor the project IF a radio station might be persuaded to broadcast educa ' tlonal programs free of charge, and IF financial support could be secured to pay the cost of td ministration, a school of the air could be estah Jlshed. . " ' "From one-enof the country to the nthwr I graveled, seeking to enlist the aid of orsanlx - The Ohio project la not the first but It Is the pioneer In the field of constant regular public school radio education And Darrow Is the first director of educational broadcasting ever appoint- ke. - Darrow, "Uncle Bsn, the Radio director of educational broadcasting In . the "Ohio Bthool of the Air."- -' 2. Class listening In on the "Smile Lady's" broadcast ef story plays and rhythmics In a Cln clnnatl school. 3 Gov. Myers Y. Cooper of Ohio (right) and John L. Clifton, director of education, llstsnlng to the "Ohio School of the Air." 4. A school principal llatenlng In on the "School of the Air" program. g.Edwln Markham, distinguished poet and author ef the famouo "The Man With the Hoe, who la a member of the committee on poetry of the "Ohio School of the Air." 1 -- School-master,- - B. H. School-matter,- " five-ye- tlons and Individuals to help me put my Idea across. Finally, late la 1027, the I'uyne Study and Experiment Fund of New York became sufficiently Interested to put me on Its staff to Investigate and develop the posalhlHtlet of broadcasting for schools on, a national anile, nnder the guidance of organised educational authorities. "The results of that preliminary survey were laid before the National Educational association la lloston. February. 102& They were greatly In tereated. hat beyond the passing of a strong reso lutlon suggesting a committee to look Into the matter, did nothing. Then I Interested the lead ere of the Roosevelt Memorial association James It Garfield, Theodore Itooeevelt, Jr Gifford , Arthur W. lYge. and others. It looked as though the association were golnx to spoosot the project, but It waa discovered that some tech ntrnllty as to the terma of gift made that utteri) Impossible. "In June, PJ2S, I thought I had the Itadlo Manu fucturere' aaeockitlon In Convention In Chicago ready to put the Idea acmes. Rut once more red tape jnimmed the works. la July I came t t'olutnhua and broached my plan to Dr,. J, L CUf ton, state director of edncutlon. He was Inter sated. - but frunkly dubious of - bis - departments ability to undertake the work. "1 kept hammering away at Clifton foi son time. In tMober the I'uyne fund came to my res cue, with an offer to pay my .salary for the' res to Ohio, And then ata of the year and loan-mlion WI.W of Cincinnati came through with si offer of free bnatdcnstlng. I went back to CUf inn and told him the situation Tull up your chair, he said. 'You are Ohio's first director nt educational broadcast Ing.' It's too long a story to tell how a program was evolved Imw educators were awakened to the great possibilities of edu how great teachers and. rational brondJ-nstlnother' national 'figures' were secured todonat thelr time and services tn'tl-- Schmd of the Air From thlry to sixty people each week were c operating with ibe school without ronqtensutlon live Ohlo School of the Air' was established, lr one-roo- , ar Pint-hot- one-roo- m . -- - r he e -- e v "January U2lVIh funds to carry It on par tw lure appropriated ' AprTtnn21i.-thFstate1eST,vl- veers. the-radi- J . - The- - Ohio- -- d ; School of the Air" has attracted. a. much favorable Interest on the part" of educator generally that It Is to be. during the fall months of the present year, the subject of asirlal Id vestlritilon by a federal commission. This com mission, composed of prominent educators, was appointed hy Secretary of Interior Hay Lyman Wilbur, with Instructions to report to him not on the feasibility ot later than January 1, educational bma least In on a national scale . One spoonful of this delightful lief la qnlck, and very apparent Ft gas Is dispelled; all sourness li ioo. gone; the whole system Is iweeteari Do try this perfect and member it is Just as good for childra too, and pleasant for them to take. Any drag store has the genuine, w. scrlptlonal product J anti-aci- IPfflHIPS of Magnesia Defined "What do they frisking a suspect T "Search me." mean by poiki Take Care of Your Kidneys! One should not neslect kidney and bladder irregularities. bald many people ncrifiot rs by failing to heed the f tl wrly signals of kidney diaordm danger Even minor irregularities dealt with promptly. A drowsy,- listless should feeling: - W new- ness and stiffness constant and bladder irregulantv w often "timely warning, r D't neglect them. . To promote normal ludnejr eed Mw assist your kidneys in utsneq Uck-ach- ar lr , wtt. your blood of poisonous Recommended nt Dean's PiOs. world oyer, 50.CC0 User Endorse e iWi: J1 Bujwln Fauchar, Manchester, N. H- -, ceUa'rAe aa werk. lot whw I LAwjJJ my Uck woU ab , W" Dcaa PilU, I felt Alter I qi!.T. , -- why physic 1'hlllip aration can neutralize many tlroZ volume In acid. It acts Instantly J five-yea- u -- - J to-fac-e free-lanc- e fire-yea- Thatjs tell the public to use Magnesia. ot last year Ly substantial margins, according to the monthly crop report released by Frank Andrews, United States agricultural statistician at Salt Lake. The sugar beet crop Is now estimated at 532,000 tons, compared with 537,000 tons in 1928,- and a average of 758,000 tens. ed by a state. The Ohio effort differs from a number of earlier experiments by being more varied, and In having legislative support Kach school day over WLW and WEAO from two to three oclock the "School of the Air" brings to thousands of schoolrooms and thousands of HEBER CITY Mr. Andrews' rehomes a carefully correlated and graded course port estimates tha corn crop for of Instruction for all twelve grades of public 1929 at 6S0.000 bushels, compared schooL Current events, story games and. rhythwith 522,000 a year ago and a mics, health talks, history draraalogs, nature r average of 490,000. The tudy, appreciation of. art geographical world Is slightly below that crop potato tours, French lessons, chemistry and physics lec-mates, and will total 2,145,000 In tures, music lessons, drama these suggest the 1928, and a average of breadth of the curriculum. : J 2,588,000. Mr. Anderson pointed Small wonder that schools are hastening to out that although the total production is slightly smaller this year, equip to receive broadcasts. In some cities, not ably Cincinnati, school boards require that all new the per-cryield Is higher. school bnlldtngs shall be completely wired for SALT LAKE Gasoline t'X colradio. lections for the month of SeptemThe "School ot the Air," as the state depart-- 1 ber totaled 21S0.028.04, an Increase over the corresponding month ot ment of education very emphatically says la In no way Intended to supplant classroom teaching. j last year of 223,533.98, It 4s shown In the monthly report lssue4 by the It is meant to angment and supplement the faceclassroom the of teacher. Its secretary of state's office. Collecteaching with co tions from January 1 to September are close the carefully planned programs 20 this year have amounted to 2L operation of school people all over the state It 488,089.87, while tiose for the attempts to do only those things which may be done better by radio than by any other Instrumonths in 1928 were school children or an Increase this the For 21,288,811.28, mentality. may example read of some great current event such as the Inyear of 2199,270.61. PRICE Eleven cars of potatoes auguration of a president or the ratifying of a have been shipped from Price to pence pact or the teacher may tell them about It How much snore compelling, vivid, memorable marketing centers in Pueblo, DenIt la, however, for them to hear history In the ver, SL Louis and Des Moines, acmaking via the loudspeaker. They may feel the cording to J. B. Hawkes, crop Inpulse of the nation the vital, throbbing present spector for Carbon county. Three and so get a new conception of the stuff that hisof the cars contained potatoes tory Is made of. grown In Emery county. The entire shipment carried a rating ot The attitude of the Ohio department of educa-tloUnited States No. 1, and were toward the "School of the Air" experiment la graded nnder the supervision of Mr. clearly reflected In a recent communication from Jewkes and H. V. Swenson, district J. L. Clifton, director, to teachers: "It may be said that at no time baa the world agricultural agent at Provo.tAN FRANCISCO Oregon re pre-g- o tf science been so able and willing to serve edun. represented by Frank Brown cation at at the present The radio, having A Sons, Carlton, Ore, took the passed through a Joyous, carefree childhood, and (he storm and stress of the.adolesceot period. Is grand championship with an exhl-b- it ot fifty Southdown lambs In now approaching mature, creative manhood. As carload competition .It comes knocking at the schoolroom door. It aay. ker today" at ' the second annual., Can you. will you use me 7 Great broadcasting stations are at" our service." A "wealth of talent California livestock and baby beef Bhow. 8econd place went to the 's available, but anlees there la dose lon between the radio teacher and the clase-rooteacher, the pupils will profit but little. "One marvel at. the tremendous possibilities of the radlix But In the classroom use of the radio tinny problems remain to be solved. Extensive xperlmentntlon In the psychology of hearing should be made. New principles of teaching must 'e evolved. New methods must he developed, for educational broadcasting Is still In the experimental stage. Rut a big Idea Is on foot, and we teachers, as a body who have always performed duty towards public education, must cooper-i- t Inorder that the radM may towork;" Sn constantly new ways. "Even In an age of marvels, there Is something altout the radio. Through the radio present may be brought home to us Jhe throbbing dus Urgely to the fact that vnf tTe dead'pnfennade TAllve again.' Certainly Utah growers are unwilling to disnot the least of the splendid achievements In radio has been the development of radio education pose of their produce at prevailing vital .oL : tie enriching and price. It waa announced recently-bWng classroom" Inthe United States bureau of agstruction. have already been riculture e economics. Th bureau "Very gratifying result also declares that th crop Is movioted. However, with the conception that this newest aid to education seeks to complement but ing rather slowly in all parts of the not to substitute for the living presence of the country. About 60 per cent of th classroom teacher, who shall set the hounds to total crop had moved by Octobei what we may confidently expect to accomplish In 15, against 60 p cent on th4 eam date In 1928.' Prices average 116.75 advancing the ends and alma of true education la the davs which lie !muted!at 11 aTrage ot 218-5for last year eJ and' It stomach. Something that win C. trallze the acidity u the -- market digestive Soda J I Popwlstioa laersass . Doctor Kueznxkl, of tbs Bit.) Foundation Institute, estimate ft present the population of the Brew-o- f increasing at the rate of 1 per cent annually. John99 Mother . Praises o - kb a- jur e rae-lnsplri- ur 0 There isn't a mother living who wont agree that no half-sicchild ahonld.be the subject for an experiment with medicines of uncertain k merit When your child Is billons, head-L-- feverish, w achy, half-siccoated tongue,' had "breath t tit or energy, you know times out of ten its W stomach and bowels And when you know ra fifty years leading , endorsed on preparation 0 doesn't there dltlon, reason for "trying" Rich, fruity California clears the Uttie atomach In , gently, harmlessly and f1 bowels, the regulates ttf 10 i strength to them and 7 and helps to give f Titan1 strength,- energy and r mothers sands of Western . , - In 3oxpi Ave, -- X. Bill. Omaha, Nebraska, never forget the (3octr. to give my baby boy. el Fig Syrup. 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