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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER PAGE SEVEN Committees Busy Randlett Holds First Arranging Jed, how vor. in the amount of laly r Control of Cutworms Is For Bureau and Club Fair and in ; rove neats hie h to lm Annual Community Fair Outlined by an Expert expend' d l,e. ore till:; pa: have Next Thursday and ses under Friday The most satisfactory mot bod for tip. ; ct. and Achievement Day , i Various committees are busy at work, making arrangements for the rT nTalVUreau and By8 Fair to be held in Vernal next Thursday and Friday according to E. Peterson, who has charge of arrangements. One of the big features mill be the livestock parade which will take place on the second day. This parade will display all the livestock cn exhibit. The parade will go down the main street of Vernal and pass the monument and return to the Fair grounds. This will take place immediately after the judging has been completed. The first day will be devioted to placing and judging of livestock. This fair is open to anyone who cares to exhibit livestock or 'Other products of any kind. Valuable prizes twill he offered to club members by the business houses of Vernal and other parts of the county. The Legend of Soirit Lake. Once upon a time, so the story goes, When the red man ruled the west, High up in the blue Uintahs, Was the place that they loved the best; There wag fcrest of pine and bal- sam, Rich meadows of waving hay, And a stream that 'sang and chat- tered, the children combating cutworms, according to S. Marcnvitch, entomologist for the experiment station, University of Tennessee, is by the use of poisoned branAnash. This is a mixture composed of one pound of paris green or sodium fluosilieate, twenty-fiv- e pounds of bran, one quart of blackstrap molasses and two gallons of water. Mix the poison tliomughh with the bran or middlings in a Then prepare some sweetened water by mixing one quart of molasses or two pounds of sugar with the two gallons of water. Moisten the poison bran with the sweeten'd water, using just enough to wet tin bran without nlfiking it sloppy. The mixture may be applied b placing it in a pail and scattering over the surface of the ground during the afternoon. The correct distribution is to have small chunks half as big as a walnut every foot or two The cutworms are attracted to the bran and will be killed before they do much damage. Poultry should he kept out of the garden for a few days The first annual community fair and Achievement day was held on Saturday at Randlett. About three hundred people frokn, the vicinity turned out and enjoyed the sports and exhibits, under the direction of a committee composed of leaders of the Boys and Girls clubs. Special guests were Jice Marx of Lapoint, J. W. Carlson of the experiment farm at Fort Duchesne and E. Peterson of Vernal. Exhibits were displayed in the Amusement hall by members of the Boys and Girls clubs and were judged by Mr. Marx, livestock; Mr. Carlson, field crops; Mrs. 0. H. K. Richards and .Mrs. George Ashton on Girls club iwork. t Besides the exhibits of the club exhibits tnembers, seme splendid were made by Indians which included handiwork such as beads, bows, moccasins and various other .novelties. The Indians played a game of Shinny and put on some good horse races. The man iwho says I ru,n things In the afternoon a program was at my home, usually refers to the given at which the achievement pins lawn were awarded the successful mower, washing machine, vaclub cuum members. isweeper and errands. Ten-nese- e . dry-state- ters, the Great work has done for the children of Spirits dwelling the ward; also a talk by County Agplace; ent E. Peterson, and other interestThere was peace in that beautiful ing features. Beautiful booths were forest, where the club work There was joy. and great content, arranged was on display .from the cooking Til the evil spirit entered and sewing classes. With his mind on mischief bent. Demonstrations from each project was given by the girls and hoys He told themi of wealth and glory. and those who made the best deOf things that themselves did monstrations (were given the opporneed. tunity to compete in the demonstraAnd he filled their souls with envy tion to be held at Vernal SeptemAnd their hearts with selfish ber 23 and 24. greed ; Judges were present to judge all So down frcm the hill3 rode the classes of livestock and also the A. twarriors, J. Cashier cooking and sewing. Down to the river and plain, and bank Uintah State Cheney of the Destruction and pillage followed, bank officials were present. other Men, women and children slain. Light refreshments was served. The day was conducted' to show Then back to their' homes they hur- the people of the ward what has been ried. accomplished by the girls and bioyis in To show what valor had won, their club activities. dead, fires camp find to their Only And all of their people gene; Utah was the pioneer of irrigaand glory, iwealth was Forgotten tion in1 the United States. The 1920 As they called and called in vain, census of the department of agrisiBuit the winds and waves were culture shows that $60,000,000 has them, angry at what they a- i . -- -- i , -- hr ilm Mipiom court, It is not hr n, unfairness of the interim df a ment that is behind the contesting of states rights to mineral sekoi sections by the land office, but 'imply the of abiding v the law, be -- i 1 nec-esm- Uintah Meadow.! Dairy Assn Noohi, iWAW, ItHT V W Utah SAVE THE MIDDLEMANS PROFIT by buying SADDLES direct fnmthe manufacturer. Send for cur free illustrated cataog The Western Saddle Mfg. Co. 3 65L Lariiin r SI. - Colorado Denver, ut that the stockraising homestead law be repealed, and that the homestead law he amended so that it will not be necessary for homesteaders to begin living on the land on which they are proving up until the third year, instead of immediately, as provided by the law in its present form. It has been found, the r mmissioner said, that 640 acres of grazing land is insufficient to support a family, hence it has become the common practice to prove up on tile land and then turn around and sell it to large cattle owners, ivvJio add it to their LOUIS LARIS j ROOSEVELT UTAH -- j THE ROOSEVELT LUMBER CO. ranges. For BUILDING MATERIAL 0? ALL KINDS Roosevelt - Utah .li REGISTERED HEREFORD BULI.S far SALE We are offering at this time eight bad selections this fall. It isnt half as far going, to the river to fish as it is coming back. UINTAH Subscribe today for TIIE Peace of mind fa often destroyed .SIN FARMER. It will keep you a piece of anothers mind. ormed op the Basins farming by w; j 2T e. dare. ty declared. had laterals. Lifes- richest repvard comes from done, displeasure; His great show to And .unselfish service. home. ones loved their Had taken is And now in the early morning Anything done the second time take deiw'drcps the sun, the of a habit. Ere still the starting You can see their wraiths opo rrh in has fallen only once in Sncw Lake. of Spirit surface Oer the Cuba, on Christmas day, 1856. dara di'-put- , Several land law amendements will be recommended to the next congress by the general land office, acWilliam cording to Commissioner Spry of the land office. ',ho arrived in iSalt Lake recently for a stay of several days, said the Tribnne. The commissioner is on his annual tour cf the forty land office?' in bis department, which are scattered thru-hthe west. Among the recommendations are Aid Lund Settlement. If the extension of time in which is to begin living on hrmesteads imwill it give undoubtedly granted, petus to the taking up of land under the homestead law, CommissionThis will give er Spry explains. land in habitable to the time, get in its lent, development. been spent here And the pines would not explain; This includes construction of more condition and make the matter of reservoirs. 13,110 .miles proving up a more pleasant task. loved than 1,000 that will be no change recommend- spirit good For the great, of main canals and 7,973 miles of There Was n: iop r Snry aid lie did not ite my (o !!"- -- sional action and other jvvii'ci would "ie i ' jPnblm ;nd Man-- ; created under sim-lilmy 'din aa.s, title to m.imrul school sc i; Che land Knife v going over the IPOd how ever ; school l.,;ul fuse, dill in iWih the ope tea; tbev may be setu tle! as soon ildo, Ik said, rl be la. a! oi i rot m ding to the c noni'f.'oner. lam i ; s called polwith re pec; icy mineral school sections. It simply tolows the law as jRet dor,n by congress and interpre-jte- d emii mpl Maeser Club Members Residence Requirement Hold Annual Day Law on Homestead"' Expected to Be Modified by Achievement Day, conducted Club leaders of the Girls and To that came to the Boys club wierk of the ward was play. held in the Maeser ward houiee Satafternoion, Sept. 18. And a lake, its depth unfathomed, urday A program was given, consistLooked up with a smiling face, of the club song, a talk by Mrs. And the Indians worshiped its wa- ing Sylvanus Collett on What the Club As 'o 'Mn Breeders of Pure fixer! Herefnrd Cattle mu d, husky |