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Show 50 YkDAT, MAY 6, TnE JOURNAL Pago 7 ynmiGHT and Company -- Who Tops Davis? 'horpe GRANTlAND ! FARM TOPICS RICE It will be Interesting to see how the East was close alongside far Glenn Davis can come back say the Southwest in front of the South after a three or f p 1 since weU add records have been kept." The argument returns in force since Glenn Davis is among . the leading nominees. He was Red Blaiks choice all-ov- er old-tim- time I lastwith the the r absence and the far west. from competition. At 23 with all After all, the east had his natural ability he should be Army, Cornell, Princeton and Dartmouth, able to make it. a good match for anybody. The west coast had improved over past years, but the improvement wasnt Leading Section too noticeable. There were strong Football's spring practice is signs, however, that the California under full steam with an abnormal sector, plus Washington, will be number of candidates on hand to more formidable this coming fall. fill a long parade of gaps. The Southwest expects to have In the 1949 scramble the Mid- greater strength, although west again led the pack, an e few coaches will make any such custom. Notre Dame, Michi- claim. As spring gan and Ohio State were the three warming up, the practice begins early signs favor spearheads who took charge. The Notre Dame, Army, Michigan. South and the Southeast were sev- Tennessee, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, eral notches off. The Southwest Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, was in back of the Midwest. Id Texas and Southern California. four-yea- talked vjtiandRlce Army leader. food was Glenn Davis? Well CJj a star at football, baseball, v md basketball for a starter. C Uisat merely good at these W games. Hehaswasthe among finest Glenn best Ul and physical Cen anywhere, Blaik said at Condition of Land Is Held Vital To Economic Condition of U.S. That the condition of the land Its productivity affect the vigor and vitality of the national economy is a fact becoming more generally recognized by farmers, business men and industrialists and alike. And, according to W. R. Tascher, extension soil conservationist of Washington, D. C., there is a certain point In land deterioration which when reached becomes the principal factor In influencing the nation's economy. In the United States about s of all raw materials come from the land for the countrys two-third- In applying asphalt shingles over an old wood shingle roof, first nail down loose shingles. Split warped shingles and nail down the segments. Place bevelled wood feathering strips along the butts of each course of old shingles. Apply an "eaves flashing strip of asphalt roU roofing. Uae six nails In each time. Jtvis broke a West Point record lifting in a certain Army body Thorpe? Jim was a star at LT. JEFF track and baseball He nt known as a basketball play-Bthe red man from Carlisle i pentathlon and decathlon it track and field where Davis E, second Massachusetts volunregiment, wore a look of utter dejecteers, tion as he entered headquarters tent, nodded wearily to Capt. Finn Lacey and slumped onto a stool The captain stopped writing, leaned back in his chair. She wouldnt talk, eh? No, she wouldnt talk, Boynton answered. He stretched his ,innv legs out in front of him and ... l.llnutt studied the worn (a) Fiction toe of his boot armys Company ball, ut i a sprinter. only about Elmer .Oliphant, hit famed West Pointer with assist from Purdue? Oliphant red at football, baseball, track tiier basketball, field, boxing and we recall his day and Elmer won seven major !, als at West Point. ing. As "He was brilliant at prao-B- y Maybe not a spy everything he tried, Lionel John MoEwan said rely. The. colonel ought to ow. He coached Oliphant in otbalL He was an amazing duct. Maybe he was also a skier and swimmer. I've gotten. At the moment I at remember any game that ner couldnt play well." toy Wood of Harvard was her powerful entry in these al haven't enough evidence to convict. It will mean she'll go free and we'll lose our one Jack-obinso- n, ' at football, chance of stopping the leak. Information is getting through Alice Strothers is somehow. responsible. We must leant her methods. baseball, track and field. He L.A.'s challenge to the favorite entry was Harryof Williams. 4t football, baseball, E tball, track swimming He had in 10 ten-gol- he had had Alice Strnthers arrested, to be held for questioning regarding the leakage of information to Confederate Gen. Johnson. You cant hold her forever without a trial Boynton, the older man pointed out after another week had passed in which the lieutenant had failed completely in his efforts to unearth some grain oi evidence. Miss Strnthers is popular among the officers. Some swear they have known her for years and will vouch for her loyalty to the Union. Which makes lt all the more likely she would succeed as a spy. I happen to know that all of Miss Strnthers maternal ancestors csme from Georgia. She herself spent s good part of her girlhood in Savannah. Idly he fingered a package of letters that he brought in with him. Im convinced that in these letters the girl is sending out the information. How, I dont know. Certainly she is using no code. I have checked every letter a dozen times. Purposely I have permitted each to be mailed. Events immediately following convince me that some how those letters are the means of conveying the information. CAPT. LACEY picked up the and read them briefly. How? contained nothing to excite How? That was the question that They had driven Lt. Boynton nearly suspicion mere messages of love to distraction, had caused him the and devotion to friends in the loss of sleep and wearied his brain South. Lacey suddenly pounded the from thinking. A week ago, basing the act on the slimmest of reasons, table. By George, Boynton, I believe I have it! Obviously someDy JOE thing has to be done, and Im more than half convinced though heavMAHONEY en knows why that your suspicions are well founded. - Fisher and field, after Lacey hazarded. Boyntons blue eyes flashed as he jerked up his head. Yes, she is! Im sure of it. Lacey, shrugged and gestured with his cigar. If youre so sure, and well hold a court-martiNo! Boynton was on his feet. Don't do that, sir. We starred at football, hockey and tennis. the Dodger infielder, high shes all Wood JbaB, BOYNTON of the Union f, and a record of major sports. three-ta- b, to determine the points in potato harvesting and handling where bruising injury oc curs, with a view to developing methods for avoiding such damage, was started in North Dakota last fall, Perry V. Hemphill, associate of the agricultural economist North Dakota experiment station, j reports. j Preliminary work This land which of the photo shows the kind of use and development Is vital to the condition soil. total industrial production, Tascher said. About 60 per cent of all manufacturing plants In this country depend upon the soil for their principal raw materials. It is obvious, he continued, that scarcely a segment of the nation's economy can assume continued survival without the care of its land resources in such a way as to insure continued adequate production. Feed Cattle in 1950 May Break Records The number of cattle farmers put on feed this year may break the record number of last year, according to A. W. Willis, economist and agricultural expert. A survey was made by the ex periment station By Harold sssssg-Ssffl- REPAIR BROKEN OR PRAYED FIBERS IN FISHING CREEL WITH RAFFIA, OBTAINED AT FLORISTS' SHOPS. PLACE RAFFIA IN A PAN OF WARM WATER FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN STRETCH IT SLIGHTLY. USE of truce. JBvFmas NEW mwmyti MC YANKEE THIRD BASE" MAN, IS A MEDICAL STUDENT TUANE UNIVERSITY DUR1N3 AT THE . ! ! I- - OFF-SEAS- 1 But it wasnt until after the war had ended that he found the answer to the riddle. One day while going through his relics of long ago battles he came upon a letter. It was one that Alice Strothers had written to her friends in the South, and which he had kept for a souvenir. The paper was yellow, the ink faded. The postage stamp had dried and was hanging by a mere thread. As he looked at It, LI Boyntons eyes grew wide. For beneath the stamp were some closely written, finely penned words, obviously the cipher employed by Alice Strothers which he fcd tiled to hard to locate. Arnett CREEL REPAIR So well deport her. Turn her over to the Confederate army. If that stops the leakage well know she was the guilty party, and there will no longer be danger of Us continuance. And It will mean Alice Strothers complete freedom. Two days later prisoner Alice Strothers was turned over to Confederate Gen. Johnson under a flag jg, S5esr in cooperation with regional potato laboratory in East Grant Forks. Samples were taken Immediately after digging, from the picker sacks standing in the field, from sacks on the truck at the warehouse before unloading, and from the bins Immediately after unloading. It was noted that the percentage of bruising increased during each After digging it was operation. found 11 per cent of the potatoes were bruised, after picking 17 per cent were bruised, after trucking the percentage bruised went up to 18, and after binning 41 per cent were bruised. It was noted an increase of 23 per cent may be due to the binning process alone. So? tennis field square-but- t. Spud Harvest Study Would Cut Damages ' seems i SAILMAKER5 BENT NEEDLE. SHRINKAGE OF THE RAFFIA MAKES PATCH MORE SECURE. PROTECT LEVEL GAUGE PREVENT BREAKAGE OF 6LASS GAUGE IN LEVEL WITH CORK GUARD. CUT CORK SO IT WILL NOT PROJECT FROM EITHER SIDE OF LEVEL. A t . V 'J: ' ; V : . JL ;.f . j ; ; J j j : ; j i |