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Show THE SALINA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH with every pebble and stone, curving eddy and A bunch of young dace resting quiet from the torrent, In u Hash scatter In all directions at his approach. Ills size, his very deinennor la Instant proof their doom Is sealed should they linger within reach of his lightning darts. The rher soon runs gradually down to Its normal size, though Insects are still scarce, fighting shy of the cold April blasts, so the only food available are bottom creepers. Halcyon days are near, the lovely month of May ushers in the warm sun, and anglers begin to wade the riverside casting their worms and tiles. The bold, yet crafty soldier trout Is fully aware of their snares, for several times has he been nipped yet managed to get free, by Inefficient efforts of the angler. One time he made a savage dash at an artificial minnow that was played along the surface by an and got fairly expert, hooked In the lower Jaw. he angered, Thoroughly swam at full speed twice around the big rock, tightened the line, with a effort leaped supreme above the surface and cut the line, which Immediately obtained his freedom. Uurrying away for a con- cross-curren- All the brook's a stage, and speckled trout merely swimmers, and one trout in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. First Age At first the Infant under legal size, that oft Is captuSed and to the water not returned. Second Age Then the Schoolboy at shining morn t. BONNER AAKV GRAHAM It VtkfUN COTTIIGmT THE MACAWS TOES said the Maa noise maker, That Is because I am a member of the big Iarrot family and were all greut at making a lot of Im caw. 110)1,6. We have- - loud voices and we use them. Why should we not use them as long us we have them? People talk about our loud voices but I dont notice that they keep their voices to themselves. They come hurrying through the zoo and they say to each other, Oh, look at those birds with the queer beaks. Then another will say: .Two Arent their toes funny. seem to go backward and two forward. It Is true that our toes do this we of the larrot family have toes of this kind. We wouldn't want to have any Most creatures are satother toes. isfied with their toes. Why shouldnt we be satisfied with ours? People think our toes are so queer. But we dont. Theyre nice, useful toes. We can climb well with these toes and we can handle our food as well, too. "Not having hands the whole responsibility stays with our feet. People have both hands and feet and they dont have to expect so much of their feet as we do of ours. We expect a lot of our feet and we get a lot out of our feet. Now our toes are very satisfactory to us. Doubtless the toes of people please them. I don't know of course. Rut suppose any one went around with a wagon filled with all kinds and assortments of toes and said : Toes for sale. Your old toes exchanged for new ones In the latest style. Come and turn In your old toes for new ones. Well, they might turn In their toes as they walked If they were very much surprised or had the habit or whatever It Is that causes turned-Itoes, but I don't believe they would buy or exchange for new ones. So as long as I can understand why they might be satisfied with the kind they have even though they are not the kind I have, they In turn should be able to understand that mine suit me right down to the ground slderable distance, he wandered about homeless, as the saying is. with the barbed minnow still fast to his Jaw and "And that, too, Is a mild kind of a the line trailing after. For many days that min- Joke from Mr. Macaw. For my feet rock be now tortured him. At every sharp-edge- d rubbed and rubbed to get free from the obnoxious hook which at last came off along with a piece of bone and flesh. After many days he returned to his lair again to meet the angler, his rod, and his n gobbles down a Juicy worm and proceeds to frollo all day long. Th rd Age And the Lover, sighing like a furnace, makes a woeful plop at a fluffy fly hovering over the brook. Fourth Age Then the Soldier, full of strange moods, sudden and fierce In quarrel, seeks a bubble reputation In front of a rod tip. FfrZRI) T IS of spring the willow tassel-tim- e and on the pebbly bed of a clear, cold mountain brook Is a nest full of eggs placed there by a careful mother In the most ideal situation for the future growth and development of the young infant trout. If you are fortunate enough to be there at the right time and peep down, you will observe the tiny Infant struggling to get free by splitting open the egg. First to get out into the water is the tall which wags helplessly about until the bulky head Is entirely free from the shell in which It has been confined all winter. As yet, the Infant Is more like a tadpole than a fish, much too weak to search for food. So It Is that nature provides a wonderful means of selffeeding by placing on Its breast a round sac, or yolk of the egg. For a few weeks the young Infant bottlelies helplessly on its side In the pebbly sand -fed, so to speak, gaining blood and strength till the yolk-sa- c Is empty. During that time the body grows more shapely, the large round eyes seem to shrink, and the Infant begins to realize It is time to leave the dark sandy bed of the brook and get some practice with tall and fins In swimming the rippling waters, for It needs to be vigorous and well prepared to enter an Independent career. In a little while we see the Infant searching round about sticks and stones after bottom creepers then, more bold, goes swimming with head up upstream after some of the plump little larvae that come drifting down along the surface. The first taste of natural food seems queer to him, but after several trials he likes It so well as to gobble every small creature In sight. His growyi Is so rapid, that, at two Inches long, he becomes aware that he is a desirable tit-bfor the many enemies that surround him who are bent upon his destruction. In addition to his adroitness In the capture of food he must use skillful cunning to evade capture. . . . We nowr find the schoolboy trout taking lessons from Dame Nature and his Instinct as guides along the dangerous pitfalls of life; after many narrow escapes and adventures he attained the goal of his desire. He Is now grown shapely In form, a true Salmo fontlnalls, lithe and graceful In movement very different from the Infants abnormal head on a small body. He still wears the dark bars of youth across his sides, which already show the lovely red and blue spots and the cream-colore- d fins edged In bright orange. His great round baby eyes appear smaller, though grown keen to avert danger, for he no longer haunts the brookslde shallows, nearby, where the nodding violets are hanging over the waters edge. He has now become shy Indeed, prefers to get away from sunlight and lie under the protecting roots of trees or beneath a shelving rock from whence it insects dashes upwards after the like miniature yachts on the surface of the stream. His school hours are not limited, his time Is fully occupied both night and day for two purposes evading his enemies, and taking In all the food available. He Is now fully aware of the dangerous rod or pole carried by the shaiy-cyewicked boy that creeps through the bushes well supplied with luscious worms to tempt him. A delicious morsel Is that wiggling worm, so rare-ly seen In the rippling water of the brook, ne has tried more than once to nip those worms from the curved barb that seems to be fashioned just right to slide down his gullet along with the worms. Once he did manage to gobble one; In a second wing-cocke- d Tka t float along d he found himself yanked out of his watery abode, but fortune was kind to let him flop back to the water. It was a narrow squeak and he made a vow to take no more chances In the presence of boys and their poles, however Juicy and nice their worms might taste. Abundance of summer feeding finds the schoolnis sides boy trout has grown big and strong, bulge out with healthy roundness, and In trout-lan- d It Is not spring but In the fall his fancy He had belight ly turns to thoughts of love. come dissatisfied with the meager fare of the broo s, and so determined that when the heavy rain-f May caused the brook to rise In a roaring flood e would make the venture and run down into tie big river for greater freedom and wider space without serious thoughts as to how the - chang of environment would affect him good or bad. When he got there in his travel upstream he soon became aware of entirely new trials and dangers to encounter, for he found all the larger trout In the most desirable situations, savage and distrustful of the handsome young strangers appearance among them. Driven from one place to another he hardly knew what to do or where to find a snug place to rest and feed. He was mortally afraid of the big fellows, especially the ugly brown trout that showed fierce teeth with which nature had not provided him. . . . Onward he sped, and at last got to a mighty rock, just In the middle of the stream, when the water surged past each side forming a round blanket of white foam on the surface. Just as he was satisfied this would make an Ideal haunt to abide, he saw a great trout rushing at a tremendous rate to the river bed, rooting his nose among the pebbleB, vainly trying to tear out a barbed fly fast to his upper lip. Falling to get free, the great trout went dashing up for a supreme effort to leap above the surface. . . . The great trout was seen no more by the young, yet startled lover, who at once decided to occupy the now vacant haunt, and take heed the angler did not likewise capture him. Almost every day other fish came to contest the rights of that Ideal place, but after many battles, he at last became sole occupant of the pool. In that fruitful place he gorged day and night till the fall of the year when In all his youthful vigor and strength, In brilliant array he left his favorite haunt In search of a mate. The long, cold winter Is at hand and the ardent lover has become the parent of sir hundred Infants whom he will not see and If he did, would strike among them for a hearty meal. He Is now about to change quarters to the bed of a deep pool where the water Is least affected by freezing temperature, there to lie dormant with other aquatic denizens, most of the time to be unconscious of any happening, of frost, snowstorms, Ice Jams, then, at springtime to wake up with ndvanced Ideas of his prowess. No longer the young modest lover, ha Is very hungry, dominant, ready for a fight, In fact a soldier of fortune flushed In the pride of vigorous adult trouthood he awaits with Impatience the awakening of aquatic life that cornea Immediately has run down to the after the melted snow-watsea. Not so lusty as In the fall, his broad shoulders and sides are narrowed down by winters fast, his appetite craves for more varied diet, With a body fifteen Inches long he can take In his maw, minnow with ease, a young muskrat, a four-incor trout, and would not despise a frog. The pugnacious crawfish that scared him In Infantile days would find life very short once he got Its tall between his wide jaws. On the very day the temperature is Just right, he moves away from the dark winter pool, and during the journey upstream he looks keenly about for lielgramites and other bottom creatures who, like him, have their spring appetite on keen eilga The river Is big, a torrent of rushing muddy water, but he darts onward towards the big rock, his favorite haunt of a season past which he finds to be Just the same as of yore. He Is famlUar er h lures. The fifth age finds our Justice domiciled In very different situation than he occupied as the soldier, more in keeping with his rounded form and Jovial disposition. Ills previous characteristic, tmpetuouslty Is replaced by a sedate though wobbly dart In taking his food it night. He has chosen a lair far down the river, where the water Is wide, g and very deep, midst great boulders and rocks. Numerous and varied ,are the neighbors round about him large and small chub, many bass swim leisurely by to now and then poach his favorite feeding place, to steal his dace and shiners. Great suckers are everywhere licking the rocks or lying flat on the pebbly bed. Grown extremely wise and solemn the justice never moves while the sun Is flicker on up; after sundown, when nlglit-moth- s the surface, you can perhaps see or hear periodic splashes, a proof that he now dines. It Is not a hurried function, but continues throughout the night. All the other denizens of his lair are familiar with his habits and have profound respect for him. His size commands It. The curved hook on his lower jaw has a sinister appearance and the weighty look of his broad shoulders and ponderous belly does not encourage or permit any Interference with hls actions or feeding, from setting sun till dewy morn. No angler can seduce or tempt him from hls abode whatever skill or lures . . . they employ by day at Inthat time. the weakening grandeur The sixth age ushers of advancing age, whereby gross indulgence pays the penalty. For some cause or other the appetite wanes. Hungry desire no longer tempts him to move from the dark, deep hole he has chosen to dwindle away, lying still the vast bulk begins and shabbiness to shrink parasites attach the sides to the skin, once so sleek and themselves shiny. . - . Last scene of all finds the pantaloon at the foot of a great falls where no angler would Imagine a trout would choose to haunt. Under shelving rocks far beneath the boiling water there he lies, solitary and still day after day, week after week, prls without friends, without food, a oner In semidarkness and gloom. It Is lovely springtime, the river Is teeming with life and movement, the air Is filled with Insects sailing up and down, dropping their eggs on the rippling surface of the water. He sees or knows none of It hls fins and tall are still, and like a floating log he lies void of life, except that hls great hooked lower Jaw moves up and down a wee bit taking In a pitiful remnant of the breath of life. Hls eyes are lustlesg and dim, and the color less leathery skin has patches of painful sores made by the parasites that attack Innctlve bodies. Heavy rains now flood the river helpless and weak, hls tall and fins have no power to battle against the strong undertow and he Is swept nlong on hls side once again into rapid water front hls watery tomb. Away far down the river Is a little boy, holding n willow wand; attached to it Is a line and hook baited with a small wriggling worm, fishing without any success for baby trout The sharp-eyeboy perceives a strange floating object coming downstream; a moment later, the great monster trout with white belly skyward Is cast ashore right at hls very feet slow-movin- d self-chose- n d News Notes From All Parts of UTAH I Way. above me In midair, you know! There are ever and ever so many different kinds of parrots and I belong to the great family. I am of a beautiful shade of green and I have such handsome feathers. I yell and chatter and I greatly enjoy fruit and nuts. I can eat nuts so easily as my beak looks like a nut cracker and acts as a nut cracker. That makes It so useful for us. People would have to say, If they wanted nuts: Please pass me the nut cracker when you finish with It, but I simply say to myself: 'Crack the nut. Macaw. And I obey myself at once! They say I have the loudest voice of any bird In the great zoo bird house. That Is what they say and I think It is an honor. Theres neighbor Macaw and Neighbor Macaw. Oh, they have quite a number of us. But I must say: Look at me If you will and admire my coloring and be surprised at my nut cracker beak and my useful toes which act as hands and feet both, but dont think theyre queer for they are not queer merely very, very useful. But I dont say any of this to the people. Instead I look at ttem In a very surprised way .and my macaw expression I hope says to them : Well, really, how strange you all are! Very strange Indeed with everything about you strange, your voices, your talk, your clothes and your faces. That Is what I hope my expression says to them." are not hanging n Ogden, The It. A. Moyes company filed suit in the Second district court against T. II. Ileacom, receiver of the Denver & Klo Grande Western Railroad company, to collect damages amounting to $10,bO0 claimed to have, been done the Moyes ranch in Weber county by fire caused by sparks from a locomotive of the company. Salt Lake, To get the viewpoint of the men regarding policies of the bureau and to explain their rights under the new rehabilitation act. Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, chief do the veterans bureau, ha9 conferred with nearly 200 delegates to the D. A. V. convention. Provo, late L. Baker, senior mem ber of the law firm of Baker & Baker left Provo this week to attend the annual convention of the American Bar association at Philadelphia, which convene there will July 17. Mr. Baker will represent the Utah State Bar and the Utah Country Bar asso ciations. After the conventions Mr. Baker will be joined by Mrs. Baker, who Is now attending the Democratic national convention in New York and they will board the S. S. Berengariu to attend the Joint convention of the American, Canadian and British Bai associations at London. The thirteenth annual Provo, hike is scheduled to take Timpanogos place July 18, 19 and 20, and all the affiliated hiking clubs and organizations of Utah will unite in making classthe affair a mountain-climbin- g ic of national importance. The college outdoor enthusiasts will, as usual furnish the major part of the hiking group, but they will be reinforced by hundreds of mountaineers from various other organizations. Logan, The annual summer camp which is being held at the Presidio at San Francisco for advanced R. O. T. C. students of the Utah Agricultural college and the Oregon Agricultural college is progressing favorably, according to word received here by military officials of the college. Salt Lake, Five of the men attending the R. 0. T. C. summer encampment at Camp Lewis, Wash., have been made expert pistol shots, according to word recently received from one of their number. The Utah men are the only ones at the camp to be given the honor so far. Tremonton. A meeting of the delegates previously selected at various meetings, of wheat growers throughout the country, was held in this city for the purpose of perfecting an organization and completing incorporation under the association law. The corporation will be known as the Box Elder County Wheat Growers Association, and its principal place of business will be in this city. Salt Lake City. Frank Cook wai elected to the presidency of tho chamber of commerce at the first meeting of the new board of governors held this week. II F. Dicke was chosen vice presedent, Sherman Armstrong treasurer and J. H. Rayburn reapppinted to the secretaryship of the organization. Salt Lake City. Coal mine regulations recently adopted by Utah place this state in the lead in accident prevention measures, D. J. Parker, chief engineer of the mine safety service of the federal bureau of mines said. The bureau is now laying plans for a much more intensive campaign for promoting safety in coal and metal mines. Salt Lake City. Plans for the third annual conference of Utah Christian Endeavorers have been perfected. The conference will ha held July 11 to 19 at Upper Falls, Provo Canyon, during which time the resort will be turned over entirely to the Endeavorers. Salt Lake City. Registration at the University f Utah Summer School has equalled that of last year at this time and all indcations point to a year which will equal if not surpass the summer session of tho year, according to Dean Milton Bennion. The total registration of last year reached 1,111 students for the two terms, which was an excellent sum ner school attenianre. The summer school is divided into two terms, the first term being now in progress and the second running from July 28 to August 29, includ ing Saturdays. Students can register for the second term and obtain a complete course of instruction, thru the usual high standards of ths school which are always observed at the University. pre-viu- ur Provo. A district court grand jury has been summoned to meet in Provo July 9 to investigate among other things the afairs of the Payson Exchange and Savings bank which recently was closed by the state bank examiner. Spanish Fork. Official call fot Why His Hat Stuck sixth annual convention of the the In rum that that "Mamma, Isnt buy American Legion, department of bottle?" Mercy, no, child! That Is muci- Utah, was issued by state officers this week. The convention is to be lage. r held at Spanish Fork this year, dates the said Oh, Johnny, "thats son I can't get my hat off. named in the call being August 7, t, |