Show As!t Andy- v Buy Some New Plants Andy' sends a complete 1 volume set of "Compton’s Pictures Encyclopedia" to Cheryl A Meservy 12 of Bountiful for her question: w ’V (Continued from Page 10) and a special offer featuring Olympics Bellinghams En- How big was ancient Lake Bonneville? d DON’T grow many but those we did have are now dug and are curing preparatory for win- is an excellent place for curing them Curing time is usually three to four weeks depending on temperatures and humidity I won’t dig our dahlias and cannas until after the frost has taken their tops I’m 'still spraying our roses for mildew Use Kara thane each week Mildew has been bad this fall and though I haven't 7een able to keep our roses entirely free from It I wonder how much we would have had If I hadn’t sprayed each week ISN’T too late to sow IThardy annuals right out ' in the garden where you want them to grow Same goes for some perennials Make a good Job of preparfor them ing the seed-be- 'by working some compost or manure sharp sand and a small amount of fertilizer Into the soil to a depth of six to ten inches Water well two or three times to encourage settling and then plant Next spring when they are large enough to transplant thin them out and plant the surplus seedlings in other parts of the garden well-rotte- ' tvCa 'i v - I V' A r i d T sr sj PERIODIC PAIN It’s downright foolish to suffer In silence every month Let Midol’s action bring you complete relief from functional menstrual dis- tress Just take I Midol tablet witti that’s all Midol glass of water relieves cramps eases end chases tho "blues ri Cheryl Meservy of Bountiful checks up on bugs and butterflies in encyclopedia she won for Ask Andy Question Wins Andy Award That’s Meservy Flabbergasted felt when notified that she had won a major prize for sending In a question to the Ask Andy column which runs weekly In The Salt Lake Tribune HOME Magazine Cheryl a daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Meservy 1257 N Fourth West St Bountiset of ful won a Compton’s Pictured Encylo-pedlwhen her question was selected for use In the column An eighth grade student at S Davis Junior High School Cheryl says that art and reading are her favorite subjects in school and she pursues them in her afterschool hours along with sports tennis being her favorite here Cheryl has won several prizes for her art work but this Is the first time she has entered a contest like that Conducted in connection with Andy’s column Andy welcomes questions from his young readers All that is necessary is to send in a question accompanied by name address and age of a FALSE TEETH? at chew smll with IJWWIJi'jjill the entrant to “Ask Andy" The Salt Lake Tribune Box 867 Salt Lake City Utah Senders of questions selected for the column will ceive appropriate awards r three-quarter- s It was 1050 feet deep The waters of the ancient lake were fed by snows from the Rockies but they had an outlet to the sea Water from the lake flowed through Red Rock Pass into the Snake River The Snake Joined the mighty Columbia and the waters of Lake Bonneville were carried on to empty Into the Pacific Ocean Through the Ice Ages the climate and the geography of the land were changed At one time an arm of the sea crept over much of western Utah As It retreated from Its beaches the ancient lake left Its marks On the mountainsides where It once lapped there are traces of seventeen different water levels There are sandbars d of ancient shores cliffs and deltas The Great Salt Lake still the biggest lake west of the Mississippi is all that remains Its area is about 2000 square miles it is from 15 to 18 feet deep 75 miles long and about 50 miles wide of its size When snows melted from the nearby Rockies it swelled and rose 16 inches Its waters were five or six times as salty as the sea — and getting saltier For the lake has no outlet to the ocean It is fed by the Jordan Bear Weber and other rivers The sun dries up pure vapor from Its surface leaving the salt behind Surely such a changeable lake must have an interesting past! Was It once bigger smaller fresher or more salty? The evidence of the past was found carved and built Into the rocks of a wide area Here once stood an ancient lake of fresh water ten times larger than Great Salt Lake It was named Lake Bonneville In honor of the captain who d n Thousands of years ago Lake Bonneville covered an area of over 19000 square miles That is almost one quarter of the area of the state of Utah In area Lake Erie and Lake Ontario together are the size of the ancient lake ten years later In 1847 the hard working Mormons arrived to turn the desert area into flourishing farmlands By then the stretch of water was called the Great Salt Lake Such fascinating territory attracted geologists and surveyors Why the big lake was changing before their very eyes! In the dry weather it shrank a third bulbs wire-bottome- remains Bonneville’s expedition of 1833 described the ' big salt lake and put it on the map He named it Lake Bonneville Kit Carson and John Fremont explored it g ter storage Best practice is to cut off the tops as they are dug and then dry and cure the bulbs in flats or trays A dry shelter with good air circula-tio- found Captain TRAPPERS a WE described the salty lake that and chantments and other hybrids so we got some more lilies Next time you are in your garden store ask them for one of their charts Bulb growers nur-e r y m e n and fertilizer ' manufacturers all alert to your needs and wanting to have the best of luck have Issued numerous free charts that give suggested planting depths and distances together with other pertinent cultural Information on all kinds of bulb-plantin- - Ma GtaOTfe water-smoothe- UWls (M3? 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