| Show iiw t News Notes It a Frivilege to Live In 4 f UTAH Ideas for Revamping Houses Marred by Time Modernizing the home need have no L T terrors for the home owner Henderson secretary of the Louisville Building Trade bureau aald In a bulletin to contractors calling attention to safeguards that must be observed ' I By SCOTT 25 Is ELMO UNE WATSON t anniversary which will In) forever Tonions In II was uni a history buttle upon which great sues so fur ns the fate of In dit the nnl ion bung of the nuuilior of of a In It i Cavaliers" For Ceorge Armstrong Custer was lie truly the last of the Cavaliers was born In 18119 and died In 187(1 There are men still living who saw hint often and knew him well But lie does not belong In this period of re hlNtory Among the he blue uni whiskered formed general of the Union army this boy general with his mirwhldck hat Iilsjuivy velvet his blue shirt with a broad collur adorned with gold stars and held together at the thioat with a wide flowing scarlet necktie Ids trousers stuck In ftreut " cavalry boiitsTand with Iiis‘"goIifoir curls reaching to Ills shoulders Is sadof place More upprnprlitlelv ly out should he have led a charge against Cromwell's Boiindhends and after routing them received the thanks of tlint gay monarch King Charles the Second of or the he should have heen a follower fortunes of Iionule Crime Charlie and ended his short career amid the flushing cluv mores at t "V “A fighter of lighters and a soldier of soldiers he was the beau of the American nriny” oue historian has culled him He was Imru of sol dler ancestry he grew up surrounded by soldier traditions tie hem me u sol dler by choice and he died as u sol dler would choose to die The Cus ters were a lighting stock His greatgrandfather hud heen a llessiun mewar "lie rcenary In the Bevolutlonary wns a blond glum who was lighting for the fun of It” writes Hunt When the war was over ami lie with his fellow Hessians wus paroled he decided to settle down and grow up with the country The family name of Kuster was changed about the time this Saxon fighter moved from Pennsylvania to Maryland Ills grandson the blacksmith and farmer Knimanuel Custer felt the call of the frontier and migrated to Ohio urn! here It was that the sturdy tow headed boy was born In ISIS) “War was jn the air nsnln The full of the Alamo down In iSun Antonio and the great stretch of country north of the ltlo Braude owned by Mexico hud burned Its way Into the hearts of bltTer hatred was liarthe country Smashed Precedent An American girl relates that when at Oxford she snt for an examination directions Viilverslty the following is to costume were banded out: "If Is a woman ahe shall the bandidute wear a dark suit white Jumper and shoes and stockings Mack No detail be changed or disremay JL B— If anyone should disgardedproctors are regard these regulations authorized to ask them to withdraw 2$ vV fv tT' w tv 'iit - - A ?'' It A “S r y a" £? r v - wits Ii was insignificant not a linfile' to wlilclv the "si ildcliT ’iiT i iili'T a ij’ SOcttl'B 7 It was will turn for lessons In tactics on afTalrofa handful "f United States cavalrymen pitted against un oveforce of Sioux Cheyenne rwhelming and Arapahoe Indians a ml If It has nnr particular Importance in American history It Is only because It marked the last outstanding success scored hy the red tuna against the white For this was the engagement known as the Inittle of the Little Ills Horn Liver Mont June 25 1870 hut famlllnr to lined of us under of "Custer's Lnsi Eight” name the Therehy Is reveulcd the reason why this Hattie seems destined to he remember'd when greater ntid more portant military conlliets are long since forgotten The reason centers 'around the flaming personality 'of Hen ' doorRArmstrong Custer “A brlgudler general nt twenty three a major general at twenty five a great lie went Indian fighter at to his death at the mortal hero of American youth mnl the mystery and gallantry of Ids death will keep his name shining when1 all hut a scant dozen of the great figures of American military history will lie So writes Ills forgotten forever” latest biographer Frazier Hum In the hook “Custer" published hy the Cosmopolitan Book corporation and Uuiil this happily and aptly characterized soldier as no other blogrnphcr hag yet ns a sulilltle fur done when Ida book the phrase “The Lust of (tie cent American r?' vSS-- It tfk4 “ r ""T'V'’1 zDNUTifT 4 AX JvujcrRCfctt&C lu'iilnst Mexico Peaccfiil was g Itlng ready to have her general Ion conflict Kvenrhe hack woods settlements In Ohio were thrilled hy the righteous ness of putrlotlMii nrntors were making the little red hi Id school houses nrul the white churches framed fairly ring witli her the Alamo I” “llniniamicl Custer joined the local mil Hlnt the Invincible’ — and so our futur& general ‘little Am le’— which was the home manufactured nickname for Armstrong— tensed ami tensed until his mother made him a uniform out of one of paw’s suits and paw whittled out a gun for him By the time the Mexican war entile along in earnest A nt ie was seven und could go through the old Scott manual of arms along with the best of them “So It was that even In a backwater of pioneer life tills farmer boy grew up In a warm reflection of the of war He thrilling atmosphere dreamed of being n drummer Imy and marching with heroic old fcnernl Scott or General Taylor In the Mexican campaign Farming was not for him— the satire and the musket were to In Ills tools” Hut ids opportunity did not come for several years A with rein lives In Monroe In Mich two resulted years of schooling nt an academy there two years at a seminary fol lowed by a school teaching Job hack lioine In Ohio Then came n chance to the United Slides Military acad go t emy nt West Point nnd when lie was enrolled there In the spring of 1877 he was nt lust started toward realising Scat ing up America gtliir Si if rt hls'lIfeTtimliltlon Custer's career ut the academy was not un Impressive one From the he ginning he was among the “Immortals" the ten lowest In scholarship (today TlieJlrst jear they chIJ them fronts") In a class of 08 he stood Ills second year he ranked 78 In a class of (jo In Ills third year he wns No 77 In n class of 77 nnd he was graduated No 37 In class of 37 lint If Custer did not distinguish himself In his academic work nnd was constantly acdemerits which more tlmnnuee quiring brought him to the brink of dismissal from the academy he was absorbing something of greater value Hum mere classroom knowledge for writes Hunt: It would b almost Impossible to CZTJ2ZK &£? CAZXfT ntely at the battle of Hull Bun And the next year ns an ollleer In the Fifth cavalry to which lie had heen transferred he so distinguished himself on several occasions as to win a position on the stalT of Oeneral McClellan Custer’s career In the Civil war has been described as "meteoric” and a casual survey of It will show how apt the word Is McClellan at once promoted him to a captaincy When McClellan fulled as cmnmnnder of the and was reArmy of the I'olomne moved Custer Buffered his only eclipse Put within a year he was Plensonton’s staff distinguished himself In a charge during a cavalry fight with Jeb Stuart and his gray horsemen which resulted in the rapture of a battle flag und a hundred prisoners The next day he for promotion to mis recommended the rank of brigadier general — a the brigadier general nt youngest In the Union army! lit wns placed In command of the Michigan cavalry brigade of four regiments much to tfie disgust of volunteer colonels old enough to he his who nnd raved father — veterans stormed at having placed over tlicin Hint “Custer brat from Monroe that kid general" that “d— d from West Point” Put on the third day on thut terrible field at Gettysburg this boy general not only welded hla brigade of Woverlnes ta him with bonds of steel but In n furious envnlry buttle defeated Jeb Stuart who had hithernnd Ills Confederates to been considered invincible He be came the Idol of Ids men They bought bolts'-ored eloth and made flowitt-ties for themselves let their They hair grow long in imitation of Ills “A wild hoy named Custer" became famous throughout the Union army A year later with more brilliant victories to his credit Sheridan made him a major general and gave him command of the Third cavalry division George was Armstrong Custer age a major general with twelve rlglmenta under tils command twelve regiments which Idolized him ns had the three regiments of Wolverines The atory of Custer the Indian fighter Is too well known to need repetition here It Is the story of one success after another as leader of the Seventh cavalry which still and for all time seems destined to he known as “Custer’s regiment” until that June day In Wti when In sight of the great Indian village strung along the Little Pig Horn he made the fatal division to of his forces nml trusting the "Custer luck” which had carried him safely through a decade of warfare he rode Into battle for the Inst time A fitting epitaph to this last of the Cavaliers may be" found In these words of the war Of on Clenernl ovoreatlmnte what the tour years at West Point had don for this blond bov farmer haired smiling from eastern Ohio Its fine tradition had sunk deep Into hla heart and nilnl Without Ills being in the least awne of It the nmgnlfli'ent spirit of place — reflected In —the three— words of Its mollo— Duty Honor Country— had Riven for him a tone a resoname to ttis ancient business of arms It was as If some one had taken him hy the hand to a hilltop and shown him tbejslory of mounted knights in to war forth for honor for Koing renown and for the battle’s sake In the very air of West Point he breathed the very greatness of the swoid It would not have been surprising If Custer had chosen to follow the for tunes of the Confederacy nnd to have added the color of his personality to Hunt: the million of plain American the roll of Its cavalier leaders such ns he Tois remembered not a a Jeb Stuart und Joint Morgan Instead (if a dasnlng and victorious commander division of he chose to stick with the Union ami cavati y that captured 10000 prisoners and 6i battle flag from a gallant and ulthough be fulled to graduate wiih stubborn a an Indian tighter but foe his class been use ut uluiost the Inst handtul of a who with troopers eleven moment lie had committed a grave years later galloped to a tragic death breach of rules which led to lilu court lie had fought Iee nnd StonewaU Jeb Stuart ard "the gallant martial and Ills retention at the ncnd Jackson Pelham" — great and remembered solfinally he was ordered to Wash ' diers — hut It was the naked Sioux waremy riors of Die plains who sent him to Ingtou for duly In the summer of deathless fame The and of battle As a lieutenant In the Second have their own Inscrutable way of tie saw aetiou almost Imiiiedlheroes making from examinations" This was failure She defied them however und wore a green necktie but waited with trepthe Presurrlvul of the Don idation ently he upprouelied her desk from the rear and laid the papers on her table Catching sight of the green tie he scowled hesitated a moment then the frown gradually melting Into a smile he said : “So you are— still - rebels - - Facial Judgment would measure the quality of a man look first into his eyes Put If you would gauge the character of a woman study her lips first and then try to find out whether her eyes confirm their message The month lips nnd chin form the emotional area — of fhe face— Exchange If oini DUtanca astronomical measuring term M equal to 327 "light year" or about 20000000000000 mllea S A Gossip Is the tool of cowards you parsec POTATOES RIGHT FOR LIVESTOCK SPRINQVILLE— Nearly 8000 trout creek have been planted In Hobble during this week through the effort of the Fish and Game association of Springville according to A meeting Henry Weight president will be held soon of the association Rations Are Generally Comparable to Com Silage Potatoes make a good succulent lie sild: feed for ull classes of live stock when “The owner must he assisted In fed as a part of the ration declares a choosing a reputable contractor nnd K J Alaynufd associate animal hushe This should financing agency bandman for the Colorado Agricul(lone before the work Is begun tural college experiment station In a of the size of the Job new bulletin Just Issued ou "Potatoes whether It he a aimiM repair job or For Live Stock" the making of an’ old house throughCopies of this bulletin inay be obout Into a new one a sketch should tained free of charge by writing the architect extension service of the college tie nimh by a reliable vvlihli bhouhl be agreed upon hy the Subjects discussed In the booklet family desiring the Improvement Include preparation for feeding potaOnce this sketch Is made and acceptto potatoes and potato silage he for ensilage should then ed specifications sheep potatoes for dairy cows drawn 'together with a legal swine and horses After this has la'cn done two The bulletin Is summarized as folshould or three reliable contractors lows : he called upon ami asked to hid Potatoes fed In live stock rations “Wiih the financing arranged for are generally cotnpurable to good corn and definite plans and specifications to hid on the contractor will give the lowest cash price that the work can ' ' '' " he dene dor — “ThP 'OxvTTP'r"cmi TnTP Tnnsrtderahty more on the contract price hy having a definite program to begin with more fees nnd than all his supervision inancing rests a Job In this rnnner “Ily handling of relieved Is the owner worry and unexpected costs and In many eases liens being filed on account 6f unpaid bills” for General Roadside Beauty Grows Movement lias become Roadside beautification general throughout the United States a In this new era a road becomes There is “ a JTBate' work nf art club" In Florida wide Beautification of Our Na"Friends an association the tive Landscape” In Wisconsin "Colorado Historical society” In Colofrom rado and various organizations of comgarden clubs to chambers West merce lu Arkansas Alabama North nnd South Virginia Kentucky California Carolina and Virginia now has OOO miles of trees planted Oklahoma Is plantalong highways Delaware ing highway trees steadily has many of its highways landscaied beautificaArkansas rails systematic of Investment tion “a Michigan planted public funds” In pine seedlings along highways small evergreen 10 1928 Indiana more than trees nnd Massachusetts In 70000 trees planted on highways the pnst 22 years State after state may he cited with mention of Missouri's new landscape architect for Its roadsides Pennsylvania's forestry unit and Connecticut's landscape vision State Makes Beauty Spots whore rivers nnd In Connecticut lakes tiro nenr by shrubbery and trees to open a view have been removed s which have hitherSeveral The to been lost are now offered Is of state doing much planting digenous species Dogwood nnd lauto elenr the view rel when removed of a distant scene are replanted elsewhere and Small '‘growths 'of rtuttiral In which forest fires start shrubbery to roadeasily have been transplanted side gardens Providing Picnic Nook The Connecticut highway department Is encouraging ‘family touring and picnics by creating wide spaces by the road for the parking of cars at a safe distance from the thoroughfare In selecting picnic nooks ttie have been guided by commissioners Where the the nntural advantages trees provide ample shade nnd a spring hubbies up the road is widened Several cars may be driven to the cleared area where they will not be a hazard to other motorists Frightful Fire Waite of guarding against The Importance home fires Is shown In estimates of a In the last large Insurance company to this firm ten years according on has been wasted enough money the average in fire losses to pay for houses nt the cost 101 000 192(1 or in construction of prevallng to pay for all the new residences cities of the erected In 70 principal United States the same year Correct Idea in Painting of on small plots Large houses ground nre best painted in unobtrusive colors — that is to say colors that Ifiirledhm1 es fheinselv toTfietr lend or surroundings show off sueh houses to good without making them npadvantage for the size plot too unwieldy penr upon which they have been erected Build Well for Beauty Is nn Good nnd lasting construction essential quality of real beauty Shoddiness1 nnd beauty are hard to conceive as existing together In the same so when we build we must creation and construction think of economy beauty in the closest relationship Work for Civic Leaders work of Most of the Improvement a “town ts done by a dozen men whom the dther citizens back up— Exchange silage Potatoes may he fed raw to cattle horses upd swihe hut are hest gookedfor bw ine Paw juitatoes have only 23 the value of cooked potatoes fed to pigs Itaw potatoes proved to he as good as cooked potatoes fed to dairy cows Itaw potatoes may safely constitute the dry mutter In rations for the eattle and sheep and dry matter In rations for horses Cooked or raw potatoes should not re the grain place more than allowance In fattening pigs Raw potatoes fed to dairy cows at the rate of from 25 to 35 pounds daily have actually increased milk production but larger amounts will taint tlie mil! cause a salvy butter and may sheep cause Indigestion The dry matter In potatoes Is comcara of starch posed largely bohydrate valuable in both fattening und operations In or Potatoes nre low protein material and some ‘ “ concentrate or protein roughage should be fed with them Raw potatoes are best fej sliced Frozen rotted through a root 'cutter or decayed potatoes may cause trouble If fed to live stock Raw potatoes have an acrid tnst and tend to Increase the flow of diJuices gestive They should not be fed with other feeds ‘that tend to Irritate the digestive system and they should always he fed with caution Efficiency Is Key to Beef Feeder’s Profit In feeding methods — not Efficiency a wide mnrgin between the prices paid for feeder cuttle and the prices ob tallied for them on the market — are likely to determine the profit of- the beef cattle feeder for the next few years In the opinion of C It Arnold of the rural economics department of the Ohio Stale university — Hwevrr-Armd- 4 beUevesthe beef cattle outlook Is at present favorable for the man who produces feeder eattle It Is also favorable for the man who can purchase calves and carry them through a large portlou of their growing period and then feed Out providing he hns nn abundance of cheap pasture The market outlook for fat cuttle does not nppenr favorable for the next throe mouths hut may strengtlnsi in the late summer Arnold concludes Hfter a study of figures nn receipts of cattle thus far this year and on the number of cattle now on farms lu this and other states Best Hog Pasture Some farmers nre short of suitable land or believe that they cannot afford to use good crop land for hog pasture Anyone who 1ms efficiently used pasture and kept close die k ou the l end of his business would Unit the uverege acre of farm land devoted to hog pasture will yield a return far In excess of thut secured from crops of wheat oats corn or Where failures hire been noted hay In the use of pasture the evident cause was that of an attempt to make some rooky barren piece of land grow the crop Before Sow Farrows or so before each sow farrshould he washed with warm water mol a good laundry soap After the belly and udders should washing he rubbed with lard to keep the skin from cracking ittnl becoming sore She htdd —t in m — lie- wi- t- imo- - a proper pen nnd left there until the Clean straw and pigs are farrowed not old lit tor strain d up around the pens should he UM'd for bedding A day ows she Water for Ewes Ewes with fv in getting 8 litt'e ex tra gra’n fo d drink a good more than ewes wiih single iambs gitting no grain The excessive call on the ewe by their lambs caiDes nil th“ more drouth on the system and tliem-more thirst natunlly because there is not so mini! sup in that dietary as ml ed when there is in green feed the lambs get y begin tr itrtnUev eti before they are wianed ‘f milk rmis short an the herbage is ury through a iiell of drv weather the public library PROVO — Unde- - the direction of disGrover Clyde and II V Swenson are trict inspectors weed campaigns Springbeing carried on at Mapieton Calcium Fork ville and American chlorate Is the new weed spray being used In the county this seUson for the kiljing of obnoxious weeds GUNNISON— Following a trip to the Sit Baldy ranger station Ranger FU P Cox reports that enow Is about 6 Inches lighter than last year at the On nis trip the ranger same time discovered that changing of creek beds during the spring would necessitate road work in c’onsiderablo the section UTAH— Although Utah lost 325 cattle permittees on national forests during 1928 a gain of 130 sheep permitE C Shepard tees was recorded forest Wasatch 'National supervisor announced recentlyi- - The loss in eaUhegrazing permits represented 8 per cent of the 1928 total while the sheep grazing gain was 6 per cent LOGAN — Rules for the teams entering the dairy products judging contests at the farmers’ encampment July are Issued by Professor George Caine dairy specialist at' the Utah State Agricultural college Contesting teams will judge the quality and market grade of butter cheese milk and vanilla Ice cream DRAPER — Fried chicken and eggs were served to more than 1000 visitors who attended the fifth annual poultry day at Draper recentautomobiles A of caravan ly toured the town and visited model Among poultry farms in the section the farms Inspected were those of J It Allen E Mickelsen Elman J Mickelstn nnd Avar Cosgrove VERNAL —The rock slide just south of Puxter’s pass on the Uintah railroad the narrow gauge line that connects Mack Colo with Watson Utah is proving to be more serious than was at first believed The slide occurred about a week ago but rock and to move down dirt continued the mountain side until half a nule ot track has heen swept away or covered In With debris PLEASANT GROVE— Monday morning’s frost although bad was not as bad as first reported those engaged In the wholesaling of produce say The damage was done to the tomato crop as many of the freshly planted plants were frozen However the canning companies are making every effort to replace all frozen plants Early vegetables currants and some strawberries were frozen RICHFIELD— Supervisor C A Mattson and J P Martin of Ogden road have engineer of the forest service just cornpleLed an Inspection of the roads of Fish lake national forest They reported most of the roads to be in good shape Construction of the Salma Fish lake road was started reMr Martin will return to cently his bp port will re‘Ogdeseon--wnd coin mend necessary improvements n the paving PROVO — 5ork of of a mile of state and road from the north city limits county to Eleventh North street was begun The county and state will recently The contract pay the emits jointly to let Christensen Jacob and wa§ Gardner of Salt Lake who are just finishing another contract In the city With the completion of this road there will be two paved roads leading Into Trovo COALVILLE — The summit county commissioners at their June meeting 500 to recently voted to appropriate be matched by a similar amount by the state for eradication of noxious weeds From the report Rubmtted by County Agent Daxlil Sharp Jr from forty to sixty acres in the county are Invested with weeds and an attempt will bo made to wipe them all out It is anticipated that next year's budget wilt of this provide for the continuation work VERNAL — More than 225000’ pounds of Uintah county farm bureau wcoi stored at a warehouse here is being moved by trucks to Craig Colo for fhipment to the main line ot the 1) R G W over the Moffat railway Trucks are opt rating day und niriu as the highway to Craig is in go i conation at present This wool sihi at 33 4 cents p r pound and is md be— deBrered contra rut -- ttie — of the main line at a specified Five trucks are tncigut in the wool to Craig transporting a distance of 135 miles from Vernal UTAH — The general cruali1 a ft Utah roads reported good in the h lct'n cf the state road commixn released recently MounU'n peso s remaining closed ar Logan Paid- n Fairvifw- Huntington and Ep'irai a Roads through the Orangeville distr'ct of southern Utah uie iprut q goed the Cedar Lcng Vlky r a ti Cedar Prrakr recently j d being lit xmnrtmnnnyCT-ununder way includes efing of River route U S Cedar City Kanarra s ui amt state route No j 'Jp V jtk i ' t |
