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Show HIE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA. UTAH How I Broke Into l? The Movies Ybepdslfi Copyright by Hal C. Herman HALF AND HALF Western Alfalfa Weevil Spreading They had bought a second hand car and were taking their first trip in it. After covering several miles the driver became aware that something was amiss. He stopped the car. "I say, my dear," lie said to his wife, have a look at the tires on your side and tell me if theres anything wrong with them. Oil, it's quite all right. she said, after a careful scrutiny. The rear one's fiat at the bottom, but its round enough nt the top. Entomologist Predicts That All Districts Will Be Reached in Time. .. BY AL JOLSON DONT believe I broke in the movies at all. I think I sauntered Jnto them through a front door that was left open by the Warner Brothers. And there was a welcome mat in the hall At least I did a lot of looking before, leaping. ' . I looked into the movies several times during the years that Immediately preceded the development of Vitaphone pictures, but I couldn't be convinced that the silent screen was a proper medium for me to use to reach . an audience. . Several producers and directors tried .me but I was always dubious. I went so far as to make tests to plan a story, but I was still dubious and- finally decided that the silver screen was for me. .' Fm still spektical about silerit pictures but the public has been kind In its approval of, The Jazz Singer . and The .Singing Fool. I had resisted some tempting offers to try the silent picture and was on the road with my show. 'Ijig. Boy, when the suggestion that I make a singing picture was first discussed. We were in Denver with the show and before we left there I had thought the . proposition 'over and decided t'o make the experiment. . . Warner Brothers who had just then perfected the Vitaphone and who had approached me with the proposal that I J II. Kenton, Deputy State 'Enrniolft-- . gist, Colorado OolltKe Experiment NU Service Station .Occurrence of the alfalfa weevil In all the areas of the Western states Is only a matter of time. First discovered In American alfalfa fields near Salt Lake City In 1004 or 1005, this native Insect of EuBy . alfalfa-producin- 1 Pig for Sale in v National Geographic Society, Prepared Washington. D. C. WNU Service. BETWEEN the Danube, arid the mountains the . hardly a single farra-yet Burgar" means a house; man with a plow, and four of every Bulgarians are farmers. five Sofia, founded by Trajan. Just missed be- coming Constantinople, since Constantine seriously considered it as his capital. Still a small town Ip 1SS0, it Is now a flourishing city of a 'quarter of a million Inhabitants, the progressive capital of a land of villages. Although, since hoary antiquity, tidal- waives of humanity Jiave swept south through the Balkan passes or east and west along the route to Bycountry is zantium, this cross-road- s strll far from the beaten path..-- . ' ' passes Yet the Orient express through Sofia every day, and on the Orient Arrow it.'is a dayp flight from Paris, wltose styles it. Iras begun to copy. Before day light you don. the seventy leaguo boots awaiting you' at airport of Paris; touch 'earth at Strasbourg, Nurnberg, Fragile, Vienna, Budapest and. Belgrade, and end the day in your sixtli European . . capital. ' the increase irr numbers of . Despite city dwellers,' seeking to buy amusement' 'in. tk --open market, scanning movie posters and ph'otographs of . sjeek cabaret girls, Bulgaria is an ag-- ' ricultural land, with peasant eonserv-- . 'ntlsip and thrift. Among the more or less formal Thanksgiving proclamations of recent times, surely one of the Oiir most arresting, was Bulgarias A land pt poverty i& qur riches. homespirn may 'be proof against riot only spiritual but also eeon'omic de. . ' pression. ", Were one to. seek a symbol 'for ecoBulnomics and spiritual stability,-thgarian wohian, plying her distaff 'as she- - leads meekC.ved oXen .through bucolie scenes worthy of a Rose Bon- -' heur, might well serve ap a. model. But eves the Bulgarian Maud Miller has town.. .glanced to .. Going 'Ahead Rapidly. The rural Bulgarians, whose riches ftre poverty. are. ptvaking' to new desires.- Bulgarians have long fostered schools, literature, music, and the progress, now means' drama.; But something different not a lifting up, hut a speeding up City styles, and pleasures are stealing the spotlight.' An old Bulgarian proverb says, Easier to start the piper than to stop 'him, and Bulgaria has begun to tread, a faster measure than 'or buffalo' have set or can follow.. One finds in . Bulgaria many gradWomans coluates, of OonStanti-fiuplin Istanbul.' of Robert and college lege, There are also several excellent American schools In Bulgaria itself. American educators have approached the problems of Bulgaria with sympathetic . understanding. . The boys and girls, schools of Samokov have been- united American to form a college ; but, in deference to Bulgarian conservatism, an Imaginary line, cutting the campus in two, still separates the sexes. . . . In Iordira there fs a more unusual course designed school with a one-yea- r for dirt farmers, who there learn to do by doing. Future mothers practice on real babies before having babies of their own. Even in a land where veterinary schools and hospitals rival those for human beings, there Is no other Institution quite like the American farm school, which gains prestige from its American patronage. Tirnovo, former capital at a time when defense was more than trade routes, straddles a neck of land tunneled by the railway and rises above wild mid-cit- y gorges as does Luxembourg. On the Mount of Eagles stands the city of today, linked by a narrow isthmus with the Hill of the Tsars, walled region of the former royal palaces. A colony of monasteries occupies another hilltop and the aristo- Al Jolson.. : I 'make their first full length 'talking and .singing' picture, were notified that I would accept their offer to make one Vitaphone picture'. During the- - rest of the tour of Big Boy we planned the story of "The Jazz. Singer-- , and when the road show closed I went to Hollywood for the first tests. . I was not easily won away from my Intention to make the legitimate. stage the. only medium between the. public and me but Vitaphone offe.red me a'n Opportunity I cou-l- not resist.1 The success of "The Jazz Singer Js motion picture history. It did break lata the movies with a loud bang, and I found a now and satisfactory way of reaching a vastly increased audi' ence. '. . . . . Halving ma'dethe break and haying ' learned that 'the- public approved of the break, it followed naturally that. .Warner Brothers wanted m'ore.pic- tirres and that I was willing to make '. ' them. ' . In a way I have pope Hollywood." I ha ve 'a home tl ere and will probably always spend a part of my time and I looked a energy makiag pictures. longtime before I leaped, but once the ' I had leap 'was made-intno regrets. ' . WNU Service ' s e the-far-of- f ox-tea- Buck Jones Has Played ift Than 300 Features Buck Jones has been a successful screen star for more than, twelve years. After fen years with Fox, he left that organization to produce' Independently. Thf.ee years ago-- ' he Joined Columbia pictures and today holds the remarkable record of having appeared in more than 200 feature screen pla.vs. A fan poll conducted a yehr ago by a national magazine, revealed that Buck Jones was the most popular 'outdoor screen star in the opinion of the millions of the publications readers. The rapid development of the Buck Jones Bangers clubs attests to the stars appeal to the youth of America. Some 3,000,000 Rangers are enrolled throughout tl e country, in these boys clubs- with a goodly portion of them meeting regularly in mort than 500 - theaterg. Hobart Bosworth Played Leads .to Notable Stars Hobart Bosworth started his stage career in 1885, subsequently appearing as lending man for Minnie Firke, Julia Marlowe and Henrietta Crosmnn. Mr. Bos.worth had the distinction of starring in the fiist picture ever made in I.os Angeles, in A few The Sultans Iower. 3000, months later he wrote, ilrei-teand played the ha ling role in The Sea ! Wolf. h;s appeared in Blood-shiD'rigihl." and Hur- ovt recent pictures In- cl !e " Carni"ol .v I letx If, v rair," val Ianntem Mad-der- n ric.-in- o' Mji-j- i ie Ma i . crats a fourth. Varna Becomes a Summer Resort. Varna, on the Bl.uk sea, used to he a grain port, but when the boundary makers gave the rich granary of the Llobruja to Rumania the city lost its commercial hirpoptance. Wten wheat g rope has spread since then to portions of seven of the neighboring states. It was In 1017 that the weevil was first discovered in Colorado near Pao-niin Delta county. Since then It has spread to parts of Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray, Moffat, Routt, Rio Blanco, Garfield and Mesa counties. There Is also an Isolated Infestation at Glen wood Springs, Garfield county. The spread of this insect has been at an average rate of six miles per season. Careful scouting work has failed to reveal the alfalfa weevil east of the continental divide in Colorado. . Quarantines were never expected to prevent the spread of the weevil that ean'-bexpected from flight and other natural 'means. They are intended to: 1 Prevent 'promiscuous hauling of ,hajs and straws and thus cut off the most important avenue for carrying 'the bisect into unlufested areas. 2 To meet, the quarantines .of 22 a Sofia Street. that we are states, thus assuring failed, little drops of water and littla reasonably careful to see that our agrigrains of sand did their biL Oh the cultural products are not. carriers of " . splendid sea frorjt, commodious bath- .the weeiil. ' 3.houses and seaside villas were built,-anJo keep- - outside markets open summer visitors now flock In from for fill hay grown in uninfested ter' all over central Europe to revel in sea ritory.. . and Suh. .. For a time the authorities tried to ' reserve the central section for married Orchard Irrigation Is folks; but they persisted in forgetting Used by Ohio Growers . to br.iDg' their marriage licenses, and of orchards is the new .Irrigation mixed bathing firmly establIn Ohio agriculture. Prompted thing ished. On 'the tvings are screened secby kisses Incurred In the drought of tions where men and women are Isothree years ago, Ohio fruit growers' In. lated and can dispense with suits, lie! increasing numbers resort to canvas in the hot sand and let Old Sol shoot hose and pipe line Irrigation to bring health into them through evdry pore. their crops through dry periods. . .Deprived of.Dobruja's bread, "Varna Dutton, manager of- - the Ohio decided to eat cake; and 'vacationers Orchard company at Milford Center, In increasing numbers share 'and proin keeping records of costs and protits ride the fun. Hotels Maim to offer of the Irrigated sections ami nofilrri Bulgarian, Hungarian, Bohemian,' and gated sections of his orchard in 1932 German cooking, but French habits found the total cost of irrigating are not .vet understood. In Bulgaria liomd Beauty trees amounted to $11.39 oneeats chocolate bud drinks cocoa. an acre. 'Yield of fruit was Increased South of Varna Is Mesemvriya, per cent. Irrigafed apples cost w'here Byzantine emperors used to disless to product than tire port themselves in the Busina From fruit, owing-tthe increased yields. the sands many antique treasures have Increased value of the apples on the been rescued, and there still exist irrigated section, Owing both to in ruins 'of Byzantine churches. creased yields and improved quality .was $0(1.80 an acre. Military service !s not 'obligatory Water is being distributed in the though it is expedient; but, ooze" in addition' to the few days of temirrigated- - orchards through porary labor which male subjects are type of canvas hose. The water ooze-- , supposed' to' render to their country; through the side walls of the Tiose does . eight lines distributed among the trees. No every eighteen-year-olmonths of obligatory labor under what nozzle sprinklers are used. resembles military discipline. In dry seasons irrigation is contin are reclaimed, roads and ued. through- - until the fruit ripens. . Lands of From two to three bridges built, railways repaired, eroding- mountairi sides reforested, ram- -' water qre applied, each time. pant, rivers tamed, relief shelters constructed, an'd' good citizenship learned Tomato Seed s. . Fermenting By these- organized laborers,, or torimto 'Allowing pulp to ferment In Their badge, reads,' Work the process of saving seed helps-coThis labor 'corps is on for Bulgaria. of the most distinctive features of trol the spread of bacterial canker, a plabt 'disease that is very destructive tuodern Bulgarian life. Protective .tariff walls always look to tomatoes ih many parts of the coun lower from the inside, .and in Bulgaria, try. At one time al tomato seeds as. elsewhere, a heightened nationalism were obtained by allowing them to for in the pulp. Recently jealously guards its infant industries. nient To its fine woolens the country has al- seed extracting machines have. come use for separating these ready added sugar, cotton cloth, silks, into common Studiesseeds. by tjie United States hides, flour, baby carriages, bicycles, ' in co operpaper, cigarettes; rubber shoes, and Department of Agriculture even ! automobile tires. Although ce-- . ation with the Utah agricultural expe reals, tobacco, eggs, and chickens .are riinent station have .shown that peed cankeT among the principal exports, .Bu- fermentation largely kills the on tlipm, whereas lgaria's most distinctive product Is at- Organism present tar' of ruses, of which It- produces seed extracted by the machines trans mit the disease more generally. s of the worlds supply, ' ' Rose Industry Important. Jahangir, . the Mogul emperor, Age of Freshening amused Nuf Jahah by pipfag rose 'In the examination of Adianced water through her- - garden, at Delhi Registry .records, Prof. C. W.. Turner and Upon its surface she first discovof the Missouri College of Agrioul ered the bright pearls of attar. Later ture has dra-wthe following conclu old Turk, Seeing the wild roses of sinns the effect of age al concerning , Bulgaria-- induced his compatriots to first fresbening'upon the later produc start the industry which won for the then of heifers: The most efficient plain between the Balkans and the milk and fat production (utilization of Middle Mountain the namfe of The nutrients) will be obtained by breed Rose Valley... Ing animals to calve at from 20 to 24 The rose, as symbol- - of beauty; lnno months of age, maximum- production cence and modesty! has Inspired countat about 30 months of age, and with-iless legends and songs ever since- It 5 to 10 per cent of the maximum was born with Aphrodite from the sea production at from 23 to 28 months, foam or sprang from Rosalies wound, depending upon' the breed." inflicted by the chaste but Intolerant Diana.. But one' doesnt use perfume to prove innocence, and- a rose smells Copper Carbonate for Smut Copper cnrbonn.te Is the most effeceven sweeter under many strange names. Attar of roses Is used as a tive chemical for the control of covbase and fixative rather than for its ered smut of barley, according to the scent alone, and the skilled perfumer results of experiments conducted at determines whether thi3 product of the University of Idaho ngrivuturn! experimental station farm at .Standpeasants shall suggest hats and flowered ehif.on or sleek silks point Copper carbonate has been used for the prevention of bunt or and exotic earrings. These unspoiled Bulgarian peasants, stinking smut in wheat for many who never knew luxury, depend on It years, but it has not been previously for their daily bread, and although recommended for the control of the smuts of other cereals. they know no political economy, It affects both their economies and their politics. Because of the competition Milking Time Respected disbetween private and a large farm was moved by When tillers, rose oil has come to Involve two trains In England, recent special' bankers and politicians as well as garthe arranged the schedule railway ly, not are old firms deners. The only could bo milked at cows iso the that finding a decreased sale, but are also their usual tlmeR. The trains 'left of facing the competition Wet Meon immediately after milking distilleries opened under government In the evening and arrived at time boom conditions. protection and early the next morning, and Stalbridge The attar of roses produced by the the 17 cows apparently were satis Is deposited as collateral fled. Fourteen farm hands, nearly 100 in the Agricultural bank, which, ala thousand nenl of live stock and several car though already holding loads of. furniture and implements pounds op so of attar, must still were moved. Washington Star. on new the fryid crop. More Than the Cold Lott Doctor Well, did you take my advice and sleep witlj nil the windows As I understand It, said the sin open? to a calls "a church minister ner, Patient Yes, doctor. preach the gospel. Doctor Good1 And youve lost That's the Idea, sighed the parson, hut lies sometimes apt to get that cold you had? Patient No, doctor. Only my best the feeling that hes only been called to have somebody around tlint every suit and my watch and chain. body in the church will he free to Hey ! pick to pieces." Cincinnati Enquirer. We'd better stop the game now r that were even, said the first Lets Will Dri COMMON EXPERIENCE card-playe- Kind Lady little hoy ? Why are you crying, Even! exclaimed . the other. How do you make that out? Boy Ive lost a dime. Well, a little time ago you had Kind Lady When did you lose It? all my money, and now Ive got all Boy Tills afternoon and mot tier !" London Tatler. has sent me out again to look for yours She says if I cant find it, a No Cauie for Worry nickel would do. Gazette (Mont it real). Doctor 1 (bought I told you not to eat any porterhouse steak without my permission? Patient So you did, Doc; so yon . Feminine Failing .'Why does Mrs. Smith always go did. to the pictures Just as the big film Doctor Then why are you disobeyig ending? ing my orders? She likes to know how it turns Patient Tills wont delay the payout before she sees the main part ment of your bill. Doc. Tills steak of.it.is being paid for by my friend here. . - -- Had to Get Him First Slight Mistake Visitor to a Hotel Tills wall Is so Contractor (Just arrived) Does thin that you can ulmost'see through the foreman know the trench has ' It. fallen In? Ilntvl Manager Tiiat's the window Workman No, sir I Were Just youre looking at. digging 'im out to tell lin." " The Mean Thing! Wife You ought to know by now, Thomas, that I speak ns I think. Husband Yes, dear only uftener. . Patient talk sleep. What should 1 do? Doctor Nothing that you shouldnt. In iny TEASER CROSSWORD C.-E- Quite Simple My wife tells me I S d acre-lnche- S - high-spee- - three-fourth- a-- - h - floppy-brimme- - d ' j , ad-ya- D Horizontal. d - - by Wuloro Nswqpspsr pnloo ) 4 17 10 Marsh 21 foat 4 Vounff 0 0 2 Deeply engrodird Organa of head Dull, spiritless person Exclamation of regret IS Pastimes 20 A qnlck pull ' 22 Hailng been victorious 23 Small room. 24 Fish fgga 25 ' Turf 27 GirTs nickname 29 Long period of time ; 30 One who fo.Uows op 32 Boys first name 34 Old horse 35 To poll with force 30 Hit 30 t nlvernlty official 23 27 2S ' 83 80 87 3H 30 40 Vertical; God of love 4 To know (Scotch) Short sleep EnglUhmani words) 7 6 6 10 Projecting 15 To Dealer Happening Affirmative 11 Face bone 12 Mansion 14 Bis earn . salutation piece of Wood . 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