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Show THE PAGE TWELVE. HERALD-JOURNA- L, LOGAN, UTAH FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1934. OLD MAN RIVER HIT BY REFORM WESTON NEWS - WINONA. Mm. Aug 10 'lht whole of the Upper Mississippi is being rebuilt by man So extensive is this shave and hair-cu- t that is being given Old Man Kiver that President Roosevelt saw only a part of the wideInstead of the spread project single huge dam whu h is the nuof the gieat river cleus of most developments, the Upper Mississmaller sippi word includes 27 dams between Minneapolis and bt touts, each passed by boats by means of locks The president saw real beauty three of them in the course of his river trip from Lake City Each will create a to Winona g in place of a lake large river, and will spread over thousands of ai res of the wooilid bottomlands of 'Little Switzerland This see lion is so called because of its scenic beauty The river is wooded bordeted by towering bluffs of strange formation A rerent allotment of $18,bu0,(j0b has been made, most of it for this work on the Upper Mississipooo nod pi, in addition to the $33 d This has already allotted work for 8IVK) workimn on all 18 projects, with a still lurger number given indued empioyim lit Tremendous ( not The entire scheme is to cost It was adopted by $124 000,000 congress In 930 and it was then expected that it would take 10 or 15 years to complete. Work But last summer moved slowly President Roosevelt ordered the work made part of the nation-wid- e plan of the Public Works Administration Money was allotted from the PWA, and now the whole thing should bo completchaned by 1938, giving a nine-fonel from the Twin Cities to the gulf. Four complete seta of locks and dams have already been finished Sixteen are unin this section. der construction, and seven are in the planning stage. They will run along the rivers course all the way to St. Louis, with a large dam at Alton, Just above that city, where Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer's river eaves can still be seen. - Employment of more than 8000 men during the winter is a great boon to this section, helping a hard-besstate to bear the burden of unemployment Workmen Plan Welcome At the two dams at Alma, Wis, end Whitman, Minn , and the lock near Winona which the president will Inspect, nearly 2000 men are at work They are planning a hearty greeting to the man whose forward look toward water development made their jobs possible The president, who is a fisherman and sportsman, is expected to take keen Interest In the upper Mississippi river wild life and fish refuge, which covers most of hereabouts. This 1b 'a gigantic federal project started In 1927 It contains more than 180,000 acres of river bottomlands, extending 300 to utiles from Wabasha, Minn , Rock" Island, Jll This whole section is a resting and nesting flyaway for hordes of waterfowl every spring and autumn Rich In History , The section is also rich in In dlan lore and early American hisFrench forts tory The site of two established nearly ' 3f years ago will bo pointed qut to the party Communities along the river banks, dating back to. the days when they were little fur trading posts in the wilderness, reflect the historical background of a region that has lived under three flags French and Indian names abound, and in themselves tell a story. Not all the upper Mississippi dams are like the usual idea of a Some of (hem are merely darn walls jutting out into the current from either bank Their purpose is to keep the current of the spreading, Bhallow river in the center of the channel. That tends, of course to make It deeper and swifter, scouring out its own channel In the narrow center There are literally thousands of such dams in the upper reaches df the Mississippi, all of which past work will lend aid to the present project Battle Fought For Years This development is the latest move in a battle with Old Man River that has been going on for swift-flowin- furn-isho- ot ry brush-and-sto- . FORAGE SHORTAGE AVERTED BY AAA Marked increase in produi tion of forage crops and conxeivatinn of corn supplies which wdl help to alleviate the shortage of livestock feed has been made possible by the farm crop adjustment program, states William Peterson of drouth relief for Utah The Adjintment Agricultural Administration's corn and hug cord rib has adjustment program uted much to the conservation of are now feed supplies whith wide spread by being depleted riiotilh 'I he increase in the production of forage crops, coupled with savings in tin corn supthe ply made possihli through have Administration s program, resulted in more Iced being avail aide for live steak feeding than otherwise would have been the ine under the cliouth condition As the result of mod if lent tons in the ndjuiitiiii nt program as the drouth developed there has been no dcs reuse in acreage ptoducitrg raps, although some of this i,c rouge h is been shifted from basic commodities to grass and forOn the other h md. age (tops the pioportton of land planted to feed better adapted to crops drouth conditions than are basic crops, has been increased Nearly 90 per cent of the land contracted under the Agricultural proAdjustment Administration grams has been planted to forage in ci ops When, early May, It became evident tha the drouth would assume unprecedented proportions, facilities were adapted the to relieve areas The adaptability of the adjustment program has made it possible to divert millions of acres to useful production of forage crops, In which the greatest shortage looms Something more than 40 million acres of farm land is under adjustment contracts tnroughout the country, with 35 million acres now planted to forage crops Without the adjustment, contracts, much of this land would have been planted to other crops, which been have undoubtedly would turned by the Orouth as are those same crops on nnrontractcd acres, and the farmers of the nation v ould have been confronted by a tragically serious feed shoitagc, without any means of meeting it Tha adjustment program has resulted in a shift of millions of and eroacres to sion - preventing ciops, chiefly and grasses legumes adapted winch make excellent forage In addition to these crops, there are the emergoncy forage crops whicin-h The crops have been planted clude soybeans, sudan grass, forage and gram sorghums, millet and fodder corn. -- drouth-stricke- V n TORTOISE VISITOR POMEROY. O ill Il A tortoise is spending its 42nd summer at he home of Mr and Mrs I. S Hostettle, at Toppers Plains. First seen by Mrs Hostettle when she was a girl, it has returned each year since. Mrs Hostettle s initiaU which she carved on its back as a girl, are still clear. THIS IN tEXINO "SEttEKIA PerMANSFIELD, O ft t over the loss of three manturbed hole rovers within a short time, "nall-ircity officials are considering them down" Lawrence Fox, them he carried 22, confessed away to sell as scrap iron g HARNESS DRIVER DEAD Uncle LEBANON. O, (LP Steve" Phillips. 92, at one time harness drivel, Americas foremort died hero recently of pneumonia and age Infirmities For 88 years, was a driver, Steve" "Unde trainer and owner of trotters years nnd more How old the battle is may be seen by the fact that Robert E Lee was assigned by the war department to flood control work on the Mississippi hoc k before the Civil war Winona has long been regarded navigation, ,s head of as above this point to the Twin level has been Cities known ot fall to three feet, too shallow for regular barge navigation In future, a regular channel of known depth should be available at any season. 70 low-wat- er low-wat- Presidents Daughter Is Freed A second Roosevelt won Neisda freedom when Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dali, daughter of the President nnd Mrs Roosevelt, left the tiny courthouse t Mmrien, Nev, after being awarded a decree from Curtis Dull, New York broker Fhe as accompanied by Chatles Rich secret seiv.ee man. Mr and Mrs George Pond and children of Gilbert Arizona, are the guests of Mr. vnd Mrs Earl Maeser Mrs Ralph Johnson and Mrs of Owi n Maughan, instructors the club, together with ten rlub members enjoyed a picnic and swim at the Sunset Springs last Fuday Mrs Erma Griffiths of Phoenix, Arizona and Mrs G A Hansen of Salt Lake are the insects of their parents, Mr and Mrs N S Hansen Ezra P Monson and S nator Fait of Biackfoot visited old political friends here last week Mrs Alone Geddes and Mrs Marlha Geddes of Preston were Weston visitois Friday Governor C Ben Ross, accompanied by Attorney Clark of Pohere catello visited Saturday morning at 10 3b Both Ross and Clark made speeches in the tabernacle with a fanly large audience in attendance They were accompanied by many .ending Democrats of Franklin county Mr. and Mrs. Parley Lloyd of Salt Lake were the visitors of Mr. and Mrs Oliver Allen Mrs Lloyd wa-- i formerly Miss Luclla eston Allen, a native of Mr and Mrs Du k Ward and of Treasure ton visited rhildren with relahere over tho week-en- d tives Mr and Mrs Anthonc Maughan and daughters, Theda, Gerand son, trude and Jacquelin, Leorge of Salt Lake are guests of Mr and Mrs. C W Lundijuixt, parents of Mrs Maughan William Head, Wailaie Head, Frank Merrill, William Smith and Herbert Owens, all of Preston, were Saturday visitors here in company with Governor C. Ben Ross Earl Maesor was the speaker nt the Cedarvdle conjoint meeting Sundny evening Mr and Mrs H H Merrill and i hildren just returned from a vacation in Yellowstone park Miss Dagna Olsen .is visit, ng in Robin, Idaho, the guest of Mr. and Mrs Dean Evans Henry Watkins of Logan was a business visitor here Tuesday of last week Thomas Judd of Logan was a Bronzed and ''fit after a month's vacation cruising Pacific and Atlantic waters, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt makes his first official inspection of federal power projects in the Pacific northwest where the government is putting the mighty Columbia river to work. The President at Bonneville, Ore., 40 miles above Portland, looks over plans of the mighty development with Secy, o War George Dern, left, and Gov. Julius Meier, right Col T. S. Robbins, U. S. district engine ctt, is at extreme left. business visitor here last Sun- - Dr and Mrs E. C. Hatch of the Penn . were Philadelphia, Olguests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank sen last week. The Relief Society will give I heir annual flower show next with Sunday night in connection A!! women sacrament meeting to bring of the town are urged flowers was school The ward Sunday viaitid Sunday, August 5 with Thomas members, stake board Preston, Aithur Neutnswander and Ines Goodsell. Mr and Mrs Frank Olsen were Preston and Franklin visitors over the week-en- d T E Ray of MaHd wag a business visitor here Tuesday f this week PHOSPHORUS FEED IS RECOMMENDED Livestock experiments in Utah have indicated a deficiency of phosphorus in many of the feeds used in the state, according to E J Maynard of the Utah State Sugar beat Agricultural college byproducts, wet beet pulp, dried are molasses pulp and beet deficient in this valuable Alfalfa hay and the mineral small grams, barley, wheat, oats and corn are all apt to be low in Feeds that are rich phosphorus in phophorus include mill run cake and steamed cottonseed bran, bone meal. The use of any one of these leeds in livestock maintenance and fattening rations should 'cause a much more efficient use of the feed nutrients available. Phosphorus is a necessary part of evIt is an ery cell in the body essential part of the central nervous system and it is necessary for the proper digestion of carbohydrate fat and proteins. With a limited feed supply it is of paramount Importance that phosphorus be present in the livestock ration to insure a return from every pound of nutrient available. |