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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH V k $&'" V, , ' Ui.j ; lb ifUjf-- ' i' FAIR IS PLANNED SI GAR BEET CONTRACT PEA ACREAGE FALLS RECORDS IXJB FARMERS SCHOOL CONTEST IS ON h - valley, 'i L r ' .. tata aactw. "I- al -- Folk-Dance- y J re-P- old-tim- square or troop daqcre were an Intern! part of our enters country life. Today, the modern tendency for la crowding omit tbe old time fiddler and '(he JdUmq dances. The 3n old-Um- fiddler e cannot play the new dance mnale.. though be can play the eld lrrerixtiMjA The consequence la that sot only the Addlen-the'callera- ,' nd tbe old 'Thymes themaelrea, but also the people b know bow to dance the JIftifee'hfe disappearing. If this Canadian woman bad crossed the. boundary 'line Into this country and visited various place la a number ef different tatee ahe.tplcld bare discovered tbat tnourulnx peer the "passfiddler" la still a ing of the, bit prematueaklfi er Instance, aha bad fone Into Che- - Catskills In New Tcrk abe mlcbt-hav- e made an Interest-laas witness the following discovery, from tbe NewTork "Sunt J-- liavlnx explored, the CaUkllla, Vary. Blaledf OUm baa recorded la American Speech some, of the results of her observations on ... square dancer-Tbe selxhtMpv gstheg la the "front er. eorroptlnx parlor." the touch for the true-- antiquarian, ta the gars. Tbe fiddler calla the figures; he Is dictator of tbe dance; be "has beea known. to stop fiddlinx and scold theTtancerd'lf the flxure Is sot belnx pHffbrnied quite swiftly enough or evenly enough to meet bis approval" Whatever tbe dance may be, aays this historian. There are ; Introductory and elostng atepa that are always the same. The opeuiax figure .fa ordered thus; old-tim-e. x te . -- - , 1 "Tlead couples,, Right and left. . Xlalf promenade; . Ladles change, Balance four, jlllemand left,' . - All promenade." Tbe dosing figure Is directed la this fashion by tbe Blaster of festlri- - ties: ... ' . -- .... "Ledlee to theTlght and swing. Itslanre to the next; . Gents to tbe right and swing. Balance to.the next; A II etna ad IrfW . I All promenade.". la . . . - Jinks," a favorite dance, tbe figure are performed with enthusiasm to these quatrains, the "flying lady Is'freqtjently lifted bodily from pie floor and swung In tbe air with right good win : "first lady swing .with Captain "Captain -- Jinks;,. . Now with the ooe that.nerer drinks; Now with the one that carries the - chink- e - . And now . with tbe dude of the ballroom. First gentleman da ce with tidy fair; Xow wltb tbe' doe with Tart belr; Now with tbq'dn? that ; -- Ua her 1 la the batl-- . .irell ef .the Arid now room." . .. . . A typical lance for Jour couples Is tb'JIes:, . expressed la "First tw give rigtt Juiuda across. Bark with tbelettj"-'Fall tack- between! tooples, ' And forward si. a Jk avf eA " ' " i - "Buffalo gals are a cornin out tonight; first couple lead to thq couple on the right; jaybird scoldin up In ft tree; gents eland around and ladles ; If you catch a yeller jacket; let er go; ladles stand back and On to the next and gents do It some more; make them cow hides hit the floor. "Back to your places grab them heifers and all chaw hay. Or It might be In a sort of reminiscent and sentimental vein that be would call: t First gent lead to lady on and watch yer step now, mind yer; back to yer place and swing tbet gal, the gal yer, left behind o. that-awa- art-leave- s thetic. It waa only a year or so ago that the Kansas City Star chronicled the fact fiddlers, five from that "ten north Missouri and an equal number from tbe southern section of the state, will saw It out December SO at Jefferson City for the state champione The winner will receive a large loving cup. The contest Is expected ta take ell night." And the Rolla (Mo.) Herald reported that "the Ozark s hare radio and free rural mail delivery; they have automobiles and roads hut refuse to ahnndon.the old square dance where the fiddler plays the Arkansas Traveller' and Turkey Id tbe Straw and at the same time calla the dance figures in verse. A year or so ago a South Dakota editor, commenting upon the revival daveee In that state, of the was moved to the following reminiscence of an earlier day: In the spring of lSTik 1 witnessed my first frontier dunce. A new store building was to be dedicated with a dance. There was room for three "sets" of four couplet each to dance' at once and the muslctna and caller waa Duma Evans. Just what Dume ' waa a contraction of I never knew, lilt music didnt appeal even to my unpractlced ear, hut his unique and poetic Improvlslon as he "called" to his own fiddling Impressed me more than the movement of the dancers. When the seta were full, Piimes fiddle and also his. voice came Into c-In a droning tldn. 114 always monotone, keeping time also with hts foot. The opening was always the ship. old-tim- e same, "Slute ycr partners. "Jlne hands and circle to th left. "IUght hand to yer partner sn' groh right and left." By this time his eje were closed and his voice hnd risen to a sort of wall: First couple lead to the couple - on t he right In the center an three' Lady hands round ; mind ycr feet fellers, dont tronip on her gown. First Indy swlrjr out and second lHijMu-t-4hrcJ nr h.ii'dand,,ctn.'tc agin. "On to the next couple, hoe It rd enper down; three Jlme rounL Third lady to the center; givg,, your honey a wflitrVTend to the nest with your best girl. "Orab your )ior,hs, dont let em and balance fall, ' shake ryth-natl- c your-hoo- fs ' . "IUngtflll co(,nsvIn the trees at play; grab your partners and run away." Or there .might be" after the grand something like this : ft rircle-to-the-lef- j' variation t, . yer." Dumes physical endurance apparently was as Inexhaustible as hlft power of Improvlslon. Hour after hour the old fiddle would screech, and hour after hour the voice of the fiddler would drone on while Ms foot seemed to bfc'effected by Ms potions, and when at last the dance broke up It was near tbe hour of blushing morn. Similarly a writer In the Louisville e told of (Ky.) Courier-Journa- l fiddlers In that dances and state at foHows: e Some of the Kentucky fiddlers had iflore of a variety of tnne- ful breakdown melodies In their repertoire than others, but there was one accomplishment In which fewer excelled. That was the calling of the dance flgurea, which some of them could do In an original and novel way. The figures of the square dances were called off In the quaint vernacular couched In loose rhyme, and the variations that took a aide range occasioned much merriment. Following Is a sample of one of the characteristics dance calls of the period : "Slute yer pardner and let her go; Balance all and Swing yer gal and run away; Right and left and gents sashay. Cents to right and swing or cheat;' On to next gal and repeat Balance next and dont be shy; Swing yer pard and swing her high Bunch the gals and circle round; Whack yer feet until they bound. Form a basket and break away; , Swing around and all get gay. All gents left and balance all ; fall. Lift yon. hoofs and Swing yer opposite, swing again; Ketch the sngchens If you kin. ; Back to pardner. All jine hands and off you go. Cents salute yer little sweets; Illtch and pmmenntie to seats. The square dance, or quadrille. Included other firures, one of them bolng called' Others were made up and Interpolate 1. such as "Swing Ycr Ixing Corn Talk," which had Its, Vsunlly the origin In Arkansas. dance "caller" of other days had a foghorn voice and he contributed much to the "shindigs" of the period that often lasted until daylight before the final strains of "Home, Sweet Home, broke up tbe party. offers ra t her"con All --of wkk-hold-time old-tim- -- old-tim- nt Help ktp thou aroanS roo kappr ftp trinf of thoir proSocto. proapcnio "Loro thf noifffcbor thy elf." " - . evidence ttnit lt wrtte"T5ftts'to a' V'not-yrFttnie.'t- fbe old-tim- e e fiddler and bis dance fuwes. He will hold sway at the Virginia music festival at Charlottesville this month, according to the information accompany the picture shown. above, and Judging by reports of fiddlers contests In other parts of the country which have appeared !u the newspapers recently. It seems likely thht he will pursue tils "caltlng" fof some time yyt to cow h WiwUrt Nwppr VnlewX - MT. PLEASANT, UT. The No. Sanpete board of education has purchased bonds totaling $20,iX)0, which will effect a saviug of $1,000 ta Interest each year. During - the 'past five years the districts bond-e- d indebtedness lias leen reduced $43,000. and present plans are to redeem at least $10,000 annually. N Elll I, UT. A backfiring auto broke tbq arm of A. J. Gowers, sup- erintendont of the city waterworks, but by manipulating the crank with his foot he started the car and drove to a doctors office for aid. ' IDAHO FALLS, IDA. The Ns- tionol park in Yellowstone will be offlcally opened this year on .June 20th. Automobile will be admitted to tbe park un;U the fifteenth ' of October, although the season is to end officially on September la. - ." ctu-Rtr- TIIE ONLY nOME OWNED MILK ta Tbpb op MORNING MILK PROGRAMS A ok Tear Drarctat Per - hewletts Jams APEX HAIR OIL AN INTERMOUNTAIN Home Fruit Home Sugar PRODUCT Home Labor Best Quality NEW IIEOIJ LIGHTS CLAUDE MOTOR OIL Flows Freely in Cold Weather WANTED! Naaoo of Atoiiti to tell Christ-Gordo 'ta 1SSI throorh for 1IS1 beinc Electrical Prooucts Corporation 194S Main S- -. No't Lake Cl Inriat an , FOREST HALE POTATO CHITS Ka Eqaal For Criopneaa and QaaHty m your Iwtl maie now. printer. Flaa 8on4 ta row mm for detail which will woke year mIUii uiWr withont tho UwWti, mfotakta and delay yon had ta cnatarn factorlea. Write topraamtlnt W. N. U. F. O. Box IMS, gait Lake City. . Parte ry 47 Keorinatola Salt Laka aty Tel. 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Robert Gray, who discovered it in 1721. It was named for his ship, the Columbia, which he had sailed around the world. He waa tha first to carry the American flag around the world. - Beauty ef Overcoming Some, one has said, wisely and wittily; "A river becomes crooked by the following line of least resistance; .to does a man." Its a thought worth pondering. No man ia worth much who does not have s purpose to- which he sticks through thick and thin. The line of Widely Different least resistense is a rotten line. Research men are concerned with Honor and glory are for "him that discovering and establishing the overcometh." . laws of nature. The engineer's Is to put these ;1aws into use. Winter Feeding Expensive American Magazine. The winter feeding of big game animals is an expensive project. The federal bureau of biographical survey found that it required 825 tons of hay to take care of the edc herds at the elk refuge in Wyo26 ming from February 6 to March and it costa over $25 a ton to gt thS No Diatter Low severe, hay in the" refuge."" Without'would animals the food winter you can always have have a. hard time through the winimmediate reliefs ter, - , . , war department d " n ft - . time-horore- ' - V,h-- - do-se-d- o. do-se-d- o t't,h ornmaffilk . e letm eatalo-- Telia How, What and y old-tim- from . Bwd and Nurariy Bprfa1ioo 8 ALT LAKE CITY, UTAH n TRESTON, IDA. Franklin coun-twill hold a fair this fall if a long time contract can be drawn np with the city for the use of the Preston city ball park. LEHI, UT. The Alpine board of education baa ordered the advertls-- . tng for bids on razing of the last ' remaining structure in the way of tbe development of tbe $12,500 Lehl athletic building program. OGDON, UT. To assure the completion of the municipal golf course and the Installation of three standard tennis courts In Liberty .park this year, the city commission has directed a bonding firm-t- o sell the remaining $20,000 of recreational bonds. SALMiOiN, IDA. A boys game f Indian fighting resulted iu the losing of the sight of one eye," by Carol Banta, aged twelve years. LEWISTON, IDA. Sec. Lt. W. W. Caldwell, native of Lewiston, who .lost his life in a plane crash in Wyoming Inst October," has been given a posthumous award of ' the distinguished flying cross by tbe pcud - kr PORTER WALTOH CO, Bolse-rayett- e kept time without Intermission. Of course there were occasional periods of Irrigation, though Dume never Writ for FREE It -- . l'onr'4 T,rk'bo!1 U PLANT N0Vl dele-gallon do-se- yer-righ- Ar.d back with the left; Join your partner, And balance four In a line; Swing to places And promenade all." Tl.la la an aspect of life in the Catekitla the summer boarder does not I now. Our author any a that In the villages the square dances are falling off somewhat In popularity, but n the farms they are as greatly fnjoyed a they were a generation the guests apaago. J - a. wHth ' Richmohd, Vs. For th first time In Virginias history tha old lyrics of a forgotten day that cams to America with th first colonists, ar to bo hoard again, when the picturesque valleys and hollows of the Clue Ridge mountains surrender tholr mountain bards, April 14 to 17, of this year for the flret Virginia music festival, to Above is bo held at Charlottesville. shown a group of tha old fiddlers getting In a bit of practice for the coming festival. home pr jtop.a! f LSkD re4e Bo aftd eajey DcaatRal Creamfi tMigornm,, - By KLHO SCOTT WATSON SHOUT, tiro ago a Mont--.reftnrapeper printed an If ftctld and lb title of "Our Oaaadtis f Hi wtilrh Kathleen Redman . X Strange; the author, said: Q "I$yover bare watched ft .grtop of eoantry people ,r 'J sjraged 1 ft Square dance, N win readily endetttand why I t e the pinhi oT tWite fa ortte front the flocto ot our present-da- y country 'dance half a. , A recently as ten jnra ego these h! proOuc-- v Spanloh Fork. lege. I ' Mr toontry kH -" taia.P T let-elvln- No-inni- ,f e BeheelDlatrtet to ,f MONTPELIER, IDA- - A disastrous fire occurred at the r.'.nch of ,JIeber Crane in recently, in which 100 i orebred fchrep were burned and a large burn and other buildings were dtroje.L The loss la estimated at $10,000. LOG A N, UT. Han of the county school board to close Stephenson school and transport the eighty pupils two miles to the Lewiston central school la opposed by 44 of the 55 parents, according to a which' protested the move lefore the county board of education. BRIGHAM CITY, UT. The first sewer system of the city is to be constructed in the near future. The work will cost In the neighborhood of $30,0J0. TOOELE, UT. Tooele post office has been officially functioned and bids on the site for such a building . have been called for. EMMETT, IDA. Both the Bar, her and Emmett sawmills of the lumber company are now in full operation. The plants have been operated only part time during the winter and have been repaired and overhauled during the time they were not running. .of BOISE, IDA. Twenty-ebih- t the Boise teachers who get the maximum salary wdl not get their $tK) increase Dext year which was given them last year, according to the decision reached by the board of padriLtta kJi Mopntala kroMaa , iZr"! awTwLV -- - ' THm Story f trial aanahiae are UT.--Ca- che PRESTON IDA. Bptw'eon 500 and 000 acres of sugar beets have bieu contracted for already under tbe new. prices set. During the week meetings were bold In the various, district ft to contract and explain new methods by which beetgrowers can grow a larger tonnage per acre. SPRING VILLE, UT. A decrease 40 per centln pea acreage In this., vicinity is predicted for this year, due to quantities of last years peas yet remaining In storage. PROVO, UT. Forty farmers of Utah county have been chosen to of their keep accurate record year's transactions for the purposo of deerrcnlng definitely thrlr profit infor tha period, and afe exa from statistician structions extension the from department pert of the Utah State Agricultural col- - , JmiM , 17, the committee announce!, GARLAND, UT. Tbe opening of the new fKMDO amusement ball at Garland ward was celeLruted by a ward; reunion attended by people fr, m all parts of the Bear. River.. iviftw ;n ih lii.fi ym x ihthkhMii Al 1 Sally Sez eountys fair will be bold from Sept 15 to LOGAN, ; Made And DeseiVe Your Support : J T Jsfrr" These Brands Are Intermountain Briefly Told by Busy Readers w:: -i :.- n s v ' Intermountain Haws ome --Lack of the ime - , -- - 0 -- -- t OGDEN, UT. An annual apprtfc priatlon of $14,500 for the 6tudy of erosion and stream flow in the la-temountBir country' w lib le avail- a We J uly 33.-- lt2L it hr ann vruiredr MURUAY, UT. The city bold a celebration to honor the High School basketball team for winning the state championship. ST.. GEOJvGE, UT. Frost has taken toll of apricots in this ew tion, while other crops are to ,hftT escaiKHL Almond btossotns wcr WppcJ extensively and "Other crops have been ritar,led. - The Cornish Language ancient Cornish language has not been spoken for s century and a half, though many traces of it linger in the dialect of the coun-tr- y. In 1777 did Polly Jeffrey (nee year, Pentreath, in her ninety-thir- d and she, it is skid upon good authority, was the last, person who spoke Cornish. She was boro and RrM:ra5r!rol's (pronounced .The Bavw Aspirin stops p,;n It dotart without tmj til efiecta. Harmlcs. barm.e!' to anybody. But always bnngs relief. Why DBitLYEIK. MMI mghwTyTBulTLr Manzel), ft- - os fishing village Mounts bsy. jtvi. a . ; Pearl Composition , "'The Roman highways have enPearls of culture generally posdured to the present time because sess a finer structure than those their foundations were 4 and 5 feet accidental growth,, or the naturals deep and made-o- f various types of hut it is almost impossible to fi e stona suited to theriocality, princitinguish between, the two kinds pally limestone and lava, . - cept by cutting .the pearl and exs ining . the ' Unreliable . . cross-sectio- n. Staff - - earth: il ' Exclusively Tropical- Tree thee to the ?heart; a brokenpierce is the . coconut ..fslm The . t best; but oft a spear,- onreed and its widely distritfuted sharp point. Peace bleeds and llftne erally Jknowh tree in the troy xpires. Youngs v 'V regions of. the otld. - ( , . |