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Show St ) - V PAGE PAEMEB THE UINTAH BASIN 8 WHATS THE MATTER? (Continued from page one) a good pump. f f If neither is obtain- able, then a cistern is necessary. Many kinds of cisterns are already in use around you. They dont cost so much as might at first be expected. Of course If you nave an architect draw the plans and an expert do the work, with high cost of cement, the cost will be heavy. But you can build it, all except the finishing job, and you may do that, too. Writer has one 20,000 gallons, gravity flow, piped into the house, and it did not cost so much. ' We we experimented, figuring that could use it for a cellar if it did not work, but it is a success. We all want electric lights, but, we cannot all have them. Therefore the best substitute is in such cases all we have. Our heating problem may be made much' easier by more modern heating stoves, small heating plants, they really are, saving time, labor and fuel. would build up and show prosperity, but wealth alone, in the form of fine homes and ranches, will not bring people. You will likely say, well, nearly. The fact is there are many wealthly places that are not growWealth helps is a mighty fac ing.tor, but, dont forget, that this alone wont do it. But neither good roads or money will do it all, even inrecluding optimism. Our fourth quirement is leadership. Community leadership means that individuals must take leading parts. There is no other way. If strong community leaders come forth, then we may have powerful county unit and action. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILItake Men and women must TY. do it. ten may charge. No one or come together A large number must for certain definite purposes. Such meetings, with definite agreements and strong leaders, will do that, which money, wealth, everything else demands. We started out with a demand for more corn, and we concluded by asking for more leaders. Men and food, people and grub. Important foods, and men and women who will lead out and fight for it would help, because we More people: 1st Boost, eternally boost. Dont tell your sad stories, tell the good ones. Laugh more, it is good for their rights. you. . When nature says cry, just LAUGH. SMILE. Smiles and laugh- One Work Horse Needed ing drive away troubles, make for to Care for 35 Acres health, give more optimism, and actIIow many acres will one horse ually bring success. When you go away for a visit boost the Basin. take care of and how many horses farm? Misery loves company, but miser- are needed on a now are able people drive company away. We Those are questions which at economists the need more company, more people, being studied by more farmers. Every farmer we add Kansas State Agricultural college, reto our list makes the burden that ports I. N. Chapman. We have generally believed, Chapmuch lighter for all. You know the man says, that one work horse is reYou farmer can make money. know this is the cheapest land and quired for each 25 to 3." crop acres water in the west. You know all where no tractor is used, hut that you need is a little cash to make on farms having a tractor one work this fact more easily demonstrated. horse is needed for 4." to fu crop You know that if we had a railroad acres. Farmer working In conyou would not sell out or move with the department of ecoaway. You would see to many op- junction nomics at the college have reported portunities. Even now, even if you from various counties the number of are not satisfied, you ask merely horses used farm and the number per for a chance, for an even break witji of acres work horse. crop per other farming sections of the coun14 farmer Lincoln In county try. This even chance will not be one work horse to reported ours until the railroad comes. That 34 crop acres. Six of the farmers wont be long. own tractors. 2nd Do your duty In your comIn Dickinson county eight munity. There is so much public report one work horse for every work to be done. Some one must 33 acres and five of the farmers own do it, or we all suffer. This comtractors. munity service is of many kinds. Washington county with 30 farmTIIE SPIRIT, as it were, of the peoers reported showing an average of 28 ple generally, makes for INVITING acres per work horse and only new citizens, or it drives them away. crop four tractors. If you will not shirk your duty as Morris county with 32 farmers rea citizen you will grow to like pubic shows an average of 24 crop porting work more. You will see your duty acres work horse with three farmper more plainly, and you will enjoy ers using tractors. performing it. 3rd To get more people, WE Sweet clover that was seeded trus must get them. We are more than spring should not be until 20,000 people. We are scattered the plants have made apastured of at growth from II- - to breakfast, as it were, least a foot. but that does not make these .simple facts the less true. To get roads Sweet clover requires as much lime we must take the lead. Cut politics as alfalfa on soils tested and found out if necessary, and fight for them, sour. It may be seeded In wheat like work for them, eternally strive to common dover or with oats In the master the greatest obstacle, ISO spring. LATION. Transportation is not half the obstacle to us that isolation is The care of trees Is quite similar It takes the best part of a day to to the care of domestic animals. As drive your car to Salt Lake City a cow must be fed, housed, and docand a day coming back. How does tored, a tree must be planted in a the stranger feel who comes here to well managed soil, pruned look over our lands when he makes sprayed. 320-acr- e 4 this long drive? lie likes the country when he gets to it. That border- land of bad lands haunts him. So much time is taken up to get in and get out. When roads are bad you know It means Price, about two days, an expensive trip. 4th To get more people soon, means better roads leading out of the Basin. If we were all wealthy SAVE TIIE CLASSIFIED ADS Trade a Wagon, If you want to Sell, Buy, or Etc. Plow, Harrow, Gas Engine, Auto, Column it is sure to Try a 25c Ad in this bring Results. Free Martins Generally Supposed to Be Sterile While twin calves of the same sex, as a rule, present nothing abnormal in regard to their future fecundity the case is otherwise when the twin bull calves are of different sex. The normal become births such calves of combreeders, hut the heifer calves Such monly turn out to be sterile. as to free referred are often animals In which instance one In martins. the future breeding capacity of 113 heifer calves tvas studied, only six were found to be fertile and in another observation only four of 77 such calves bred normally. The rest were nonbreeders. The phenomenon appears to depend on a connection between the Mood vessels of the fetal membranes which are commonly grown together. This enables an exchange of certain substances which play a part In the reproduction function, the substances of the male being predominant over those of the female, and this predominance Inhibits the full development of the reproduction organs of the latter. FOR SALE Milch cows, also saddle and work horses. East of S un Dance grounds on river. TIIOS. 12-- lt DURIGAN. 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