Show -- Lit m W'' ii News Notes in tlarPrfatUgt Utah Live ELMO SCOTT WATSON when u gun was tlu rimv Idol uIoiimI or inquest weapon whatever you choose tn rail It to le found III t tie Lands of un cliieii Tlmt was In the days v linn tin' iv was a frontier when the West was atill to be won when wild guuio still formed a part of our dally fnri when there was less law but nmre Justice fewer courts but fewer criminals because men carried In tbeir lands u tiling of wood and Iron which could when the occasion demanded net im Judge Jury and court from which there was no nHHl And of all the tjpes of weapon which the generic term gun" covers the one which was American was the rifle ‘Witness this sweet ancient weapon of our fathers the American rifle maker of slates empire builder'' writes Emerson Hough In “The Way to the West’’ "This engine of civilization served Its purpose neross the timbered Appalachians down the watershed to the Mississippi up the long and winding si roams of the western lands over the Heckles and down the slopes of the Merras to the farther sen" Hut with the passing of the frontier and frontier conditions rifle for the American “laid the sickle nud the plow" and tests of marksmanship fathered liy necessity which had heroine one of the leading (sports for a large proportion of our became almost a lost art The sport population Interests of the average American today are of a far different type lie plays golf or tennis and he watches others box or play football bnsoball basket ball Hut of umrksmunship be knows little or nnllflng Unless be Is one of tbe comparatively Muall number of sportsmen who And recreation In trap or target shooting lie gets no thrill from a that a new record In sports page announcement 1ms established shooting However there are signs that a renaissance of luterest In this form of tqvort Is under wny The World war which put rifles Into the bands of millions of young Americans and tuugliMhcm the thrill of puncturing the bad something to do with It Ihit more Important In crystallizing the Interest In the revival of this "lost nrt" are — IttrtiT — snnmrthe Nrrttnnnl nssoeliitTon TimTcTies wldch for the last "0 jenrs have brought to Camp Terry Ohio In increasing numbers the crack shots of the Country 'Last year' 2M7 ' participants stepped up to the firing line In the various con-nnd thlg ycjir t! nmJiJu'3 which ar add froi September 11 to 10 are expected to draw an fven larger number For maby years tbe national mutches were dominated by the military element nnd the winners were largely members' of some branch of the national military or naval establishment in recent tbe matches have attracted mitre years however of our nonmilitary population am Camp Terry has recently been culled "the biggest civilian camp In America It Is somewhat like a huge automobile tourist camp y itb I'd ween 301X1 and 4UOO persons from all parts of the country most of them however from the smaller towns and cities of the West and Middle West living under tdnvas there during the matches' Many of the competitors bring their families with them and they make it a glorified vacation which Is ’satisfactory In more ways than one They are having part In a event and one' that Ja more coa great sporting By ' Us ' i' J ‘ - 1 wr I: i i y 1 On the ZOO yard firing line strueUve tbuil Just a mere lost of marksmanship It limy be argued that In the lust analysis a limn learns to shoot so that 1a may destroy and kill Hut you will find Jf you Investigate among llame who attend the mutches at t'ninp l’erry that the most they are among persons In the world And that goes not only for tbe civilians but for members of the regular military or naval as ‘Well Tbcv are all proud establishment of tlielr mnrkmunsbip and enjoy (lie sporting element of this test of their skill but they have tbe satisfaction also of knowing that they are training ifioniM'lvps to bo of real service to their country If It should have need of them When it Is said that whole families come to I'ninp Perry for tbe matches It should not be supposed that tbe feminine members of It are there to look on us their fathers and husbands merely and brothers take tbeir tarn on the ranges for If you wulk through the "squaw camp” as they facetiously refer to tbe etimp for women you will find plenty of "Annie Oakleys" both young and old who are ns enthusiastic nddiets of "oh shoot us Tbe men and boys They speak tbe argot of the rifle range a tongue that Is ns (3 reek to the outsider hut perfectly understandable to those who uttnnd tbe matches— this talk of wind age mirage a llsh tail wind lands grooves dope swnbo and the like And out on the tiring line some of those girls can give Just as good an account of themselves (and probably even better) with a death dealing Instrument in their hands against the painted targets ns their pioneer grandmothers and greatgrandmothers and great greatgrandmothers once did when tbe occasion arose against tbe painted Indians If you doubt that ask some of those who attended the national matches last year and watched Miss Ioiilse Thompson tbe modern "Annie Oakley" pictured above do her stuff out on tbe ranges! As for tbe bojs take a look at tbe medals "Hell adorn the three “Oavy Crocketts" shown TW'niepuTu'relHTaTcdJuiiTor'niaiii'phTnsrnm?'' In the center Is David Mad Vngat a sixteen year" old high school boy who was vvdnnor the mil championship from the District of t’olttuibia of both tbe national Individ nnd tbe Idgh school Individual ls another sixteen year old I’hilip BenTer of NorOhio who was Mel lotigal’s close compotilor In the national Individual mutches nnd who won tbe senior classified match On Ids right Is IaW fifteen years old and also bailing fence Wilkins from Norwood Ohio who won tbe two position match Any of these three youngsters can gb out on the range any day nnd make a record which older marksmen of another day would be of proud — Although— the national rifle matches at Camp Terry are tbe biggest ef tbeir kind in this country they are quite unlike any other great sports event are no there on crowds Usunlly tirge the range and no thunderous cheers greet tbe victor A few devoted enthusiasts stand back of the firing line quiet and Intent Hut they are appreciative spectators nevertheless for they are watching teats of skill which are not spectacular but wood which deni ml the utmost In steadiness of nerve and concent itimi on Iho part of the contestant Stand back of the bung line with them and watch a typical s cue Over on the right Is a young nmiksiimn lie looks sixteen and Is actually on the junior side of twenty It is Ids first match Is he nervous? Not so you could notice it! Nervous men or tovs don't last long on rifle range's Hut there Is a ripple of louiment ns b boots a ‘‘possible" m oilier words lie lias placed every shot vvilhia the edges of the hull (outsiders call It hull's that looks like a pin point from tbe There is not even the tiring line No nnqfikeers tTilit greets n tennis champion ml e IiiiiiI clapping on tbe mis The boy grn as be gathers up Ids brass" (the empty shells that the ejector of his ritlo lus Spinning to the ground) 'I In' walks slowly to the next piling marksman range lo Ore his filial string However be avoids tbe There is a reason for this Even the youngest rifleman Is prey to the superstition of the range and It Is bad luck to receive congratulations until tbe last shot Is fired And by tlie wav don’t ever try to take a snapshot of a shooter until he has finished his match If Ids warping does not atop you nnd be cannot run away lie and Ms buddies may wreck your camera I’laik cats may cross bis path mirrors limy smash to bits In Ids hands nnd be will saunter unconbut If be Is cernedly under a leaning ladder photographed during a match that match Is lost— nnd lie knows It T bo riflemen are ready to fire the Inst string nt input Ine Several of tbe young marksman’s rivals me crowding him nnd he is doing some He knows with tbe lead be has rapid llgming secured In tbe earlier matches tlmt if be makes 48 out of a possible 50 he Is safe Even If Ids nearest rival should make a “possible " tbe young marksman cannot be defeated unless be falls below pi Any score below that figure will make defeat pnsMlde and even probable In rapid lire a shooter must get off Ids ten shots within a limited number of second Tbe firers take lietr places on tbe firing line loading and linking their rifles against accidental tiring Tbe oilier rs Matloned on the firing line walk to nnd fro to sec Hint all is ready Tbe field telephone operator Minis his "standby” messages to tbe rifle butts wluie sweating men operate tbe targets “Heady on the right" cries an official ‘Heady on the left" echoes another "Heady on the firing line" culls the operator A gong sounds Up ride tfle white targets from behind nn embankment like a company of soldier from a trench ghosts attacking Then tbe guns begin to bark It Is called rapid fire but to the novice riflemen seem very slow How can they ever get in ten shots with such unhurried ease? Hut these men are able to Judge time In split th? last burst' of firing splits the air that the targets sink slowly from sight Our young marksman has his eyes turned toward be lungs There Is a liable of voices around biin but be luirs nothing distinctly He Is watching r jnierosf“T6r the Wqi’ifwm"ranee “if VhT t p‘ K comes target slowly— too slowly for bis Seconds seem like hours wildly beding puNe lie bos set his heart on winning this match and Nowotnes the flash of a white d'sk That means V"— tivi points — m hull’s eye! It flashes again and again and again lie counts forty points before the disk drops down for a short Interval nnd again comes Up white That last slow flash of the disk Indicates that one of Ids shots was Inside the hull by a fraction of an Inch 1‘ovvn goes tbe disk again Everything hinges on Its poxt appearance He knows he has forty five '"miss" mentis almost certain defeat A points "tree” or better assures victory Up Mis that fatal disk aenin it Is red this time Indicating p "four" Our young marksman now has a total of nnd hrs won the match And tlmt as a famous cartoonist would say Is certaiqly "one grand ' and glorious fooling’’ te in LAYTON— Utah’s potato crop 1927 totaled 2t90000 bushels with a market value o( $2228000 an increase of 605000 Bushels lover 1926 the week BRIGHAM — During of pintail ducks have been thousands feeding in the grainfields west of this The city adjourning the marshes ducks have migrated here from Canada and are to game official according so numerous that an estimate of their numbers is almost impossible OGDEN — Weber county peaches Are unusually free from insect infestations and general blemishes this year inMarsh district agricultural of this Estimates spector reports The year’s crop is set at 175 carloads orchards of North Ogden are said to be and will unin the best of condition doubtedly yield the most fruit (JUN NISON — Cauliflower shipments from the fields nt WeTview and Clarion ate increasing almost daily end two carloads were sent out'Wednexday lO the total far shipments bringing The peak of the date up to sixteen harvest will he reached about September 6 at which time extra forces will be added to handle the big £rop VERNAL-- The crew of the deep test of The Ashley Valley Oil company structure on the Ashley valley ton miles southeast of Vernal is drilling through the cobble rock dumped into the hole to plug It back from the depth of 870 feet to 530 feet for the purpose of straightening the hole IL"'1L j'® several days before drilling for Increased depth is resumed a MURRAY — Plans for entering county Guernsey herd in the state fair this fall wore made at a meeting of Guernsey breeders held recently at the tome of Arthur B Erekson South CottA committee including Mr onwood G James L E Madsen Erekson Burtt J B Erekson and V L Martin-eaagent was apcounty agricultural the matter and pointed to arrange select the herd CITY— Plans are gong BRIGHAM forward for the community fair to he held at Corine September 7 under auspices of the Corine farm bureau This is the fird fair of the kind to he The executive comheld in the valley mittee consists of Presdicnt Sterling Wright of the Corine farm bureau C G Adney and Abraham Evans Agricultural Agent R II Steynrt is assisting LOGAN — Farmers of Utah will profit a gieat deal by revising an old misconception that seed from some other farm is better than from their own Dr George Stewart agronomist with the station of the Utah Agriexperiment cultural college stated in answer to feeds” on "home grown inquiries However Dr Stewart said there come times when seed grown on a given farm should be replaced by seed from another farm hut this is only when the seed formerly used is mixed diseased or otherwise of poor quality OGDEN — Use of granulated soap with arsenate of lAad in spraying ap phs in Weber county this year has been successful saving one orchardlst alone more than 4COO bushels of apples it was stated recently by LeRoy Marsh district agricultural inspector II A Thomas of Ogden suffered a loss of 50 per cent of his crop from worms last year despite his using arsenate of lead in water as was regularly Mr Marsh says: This year less than 5 per cent of his crop is The smallest of the figure wormy he attributes to his use of the soap CEDAR the aid of Melith vin Cropper of Deseret the American Legion bucking horse committeeee will have at least twenty head of professional bucking horses for the race meet and rodeo at Cedar City September 6 7 and 8 Some of these horses are well known to rodeo fans Cropper won the riding contest of the 1926 Cedar City rodeo against older and better known men of Pendleton and lie is to be a contender fer Cheyenne the belt this year Bob VaughfiTwin ner of second place in 1926 will be here Buster Vaughn of Pendleton Is expected and many professional riders have expressed their intention of be ng here SAT LAKE —Total expenditure of the state road department from Janu1928 ta June SO 1928 amounted ary to $127536940 it is shown by a l statement of the department for that period which was made public On January 1 of this year recently there was a balance of $10955 49 of road funds in- the state treasury and receipts from various sources dut'ng six — months — of —the— year- amounted to $198650130 bringing the total balance and receipts to the period On June 30 1928 the department had a cash surplus of $77408216 tnd a loaned rur- sprplus of $1232702 61 Leaps returned to highway and revolving funds during the six months amounted to $28936678 LOGAN — The Cache county fair will be held here September 18 to 20 one week earlier than has beep ihe case in recent years! in an effort to avoid the bad weather that has local fairs In the states President George Dunbar of the Cache Three thouCounty Fair association sand fair programs will be mailed in’ the near future to homes of Cache county and ten large stands will be used for billboards advertising the county fair In Cache Boxelder county and southern Idaho No more Over Acidity -- nausea sick headache distress after eating or drinking quickly and surely relieved Safe Pleasant Not a laxative Gas Normalize! 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