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Show THE PAYSQN CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH UNCLE SAM PUSHING CHECK ON EROSION 'dxfuvh awe-- POiNSETTIA PLANT SOURCE OF RUBBER 18,000 Square Miles in Area Under Control. VING TIPS-UJINTERDm- - says the gas station hanging up the nozzle and the cap on the gaa tank a riving Jaa! twUL Look at your alcohol, girt" "Yeah, with you would, aays the customer, It may be low." inspection proves It la low two 8uarts are needed. The customer looks suspiciously at the figures on the tester gauge, but there la no use arguing with arithmetic. He las to have more alcohol, but "Say," he bursts out, Tve put about a gallon extra In there where does that stuff go T There's a straight question for the attendant to answer, but the answer Isnt so simple as It may teem. The alcohol evaporates," one aays. Certainly it evaporates, but t, K- "O scale, the evaporation Is excessive. When that solution bolls at 182 degrees at sea level as the altitude Increases it bolls at still lower temperatures the resultant vapor, engineers find, contains 82 percent alcohol and only 18 percent water. At that rate, a heavy solution virtually needs to be replaced almost completely after nearly every warm day to Insure adequate protection. Another cause of excessive lucson, al- 1 antl-freez- antl-freez- m Effi) Discovery of Chemist Revolutionize Industry. Ariz. e (mom rniimnnrga ftffiE tkiigrfl iglroftnTfi W tofore obscure St. Louis chemist that the poinsettia can produce more than G.IKKI pounds of rubber an acre In eight months, holds promise of revolutionizing i he rubber industry. If the hopes of Herman E. Pitman, the ehemist, are realized, the price of rubber, v, hteh. under the British agreement, may reach 1 per pound, can be produeed in lids country at not more than sewn cents a pound. The discovery that a species of poinsettia can be made to supply (id per cent of Americas consumption "as made by I'itimm after years of experimenting with various plants. Luring ibis time he had closely folio" ed similar efforts of Thomas A. s Edison, Harvey Firestone, John ami Henry Ford to extract rubI5ur-rottgh- ber from milkvveok, go! ienrod, palmettos and palms. Rubber in Sap. Examining a poinsettia given to him a year ago as a Christmas decoration, Pitman found that the sap or latex contained a small percentage of rubber. This specimen proved too expensive for commercial development and its use seemed Impracticable because the sap soured In a few hours. Experimentation with other varieties of tills plant occupied the chemist for some months and eventually brought the discovery that the mixture of a cheap chemical element with the sap eliminated the rancidity and presented a latent rubber which could be produced at a nominal cost. An analytical chemist In Washington carried the tests further and found that the plant produced juice containing GO to 05 per cent rubber. 100,000 Acre Ready. Retaining a Washington lawyer to patent tiie process, Pitman proceeded with his plans to produce poinsettia on a large scale. Already 100,000 acres of land in lUe Everglades has been placed at his disposal and will be planted to poinsettia In February. Against a yield of 0,001.05 pounds an acre from Pitmans poinsettia. In eight months, the rubber plantations of India and the Dutch East Indies produce only 1,300 pounds an acre and can be harvested only once In ten years. Those close to the rubber industry see In Pitmun'g discovery a drop In rubber prices far below any scale known since the beginning of the rubber Industry. e ftp Otegpsi Wifl) fciD fe Drop Trout 1,500 Feet to iftct aazerzsiiEQ2B Water Without Injury Montreal. A senes of remarkable experiments, proving that fish can be dropped Into water, or even to the ground from altitudes up to 1,500 feet without serious Injury, have just been concluded by the Quebec department of fish and game. The experiments were part of the departments researches Into new and speedier methods of restocking lakes. One of the methods under consideration was dropping fish from airplanes. It was doubtful, however, whether the fish could survive the drop. The experiments proved beyond doubt that they could. A number of trout first were taken up to a height of 200 feet and dropped Into a pond. They swam on as If nothing happened. Then fish were dropped from heights of 1,000 and 1,500 feet. The result was identical. The trout did not appear to have been troubled in the least by the fall. Not satisfied, the research workers then placed trout In a receptacle with narrow openings at each end, took It up to a height of l,0o0 feet and dropped It to the ground. The receptacle was mashed to pieces, but the fish were unharmed, and quickly revived when placed In water. FIRST TIME the starter... and away you go That is, when you use the A touch of right kind of motor oil and gasoline. thats easy! And sta- Thors' a Pep88-Vic- o lion in your neighborhood. Drive in for complete Winter motoring service. cold-proVico motor ofl there are two new winter grades for modem motors is specially refined for cold weather. It makes starting easier. Pep 88 winter gasoline helps the good cause along by startreal ing at the first spark. It's a tetrawith superfuel, ethyl lead at price of regular gasoline. New of If nrfn DO OOi XAS0Uti UTAH OIL RcFININS COMPANY O Motor License Plate Colors for Year Told Thirty-threstates Washington. and the District of Columbia will change color schemes on their 1933 license plates, an American Automobile association survey lias disclosed. Black, green and blue will predominate on the new plates, the A. A. A. said. Thirteen states will retain their 1934 color motifs, reversing numerals and background. Arizona and West Virginia, however, will not alter their present scheme. Black and yellow, found by the bureau of standards to offer good visibility, will be used in five states namely, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, South Dakota, and West Virginia. Four states will employ white on green, white on blue, and black on white motifs, while three will use orange on black, bine on white, and white on black. Arkansas plates will have blue on cream ; Delaware, colonial blue on old gold; Indiana, black on robins egg blue; and Minnesota gold on maroon. The District of Columbia, which ha favored a black nnd yellow combination for seven years, will have green on white motif In 1935. e New York Opens Drive on False Metal Marking New York. A vigorous campaign Is under way to protect the public from those who falsely mark gold and plat-- , inum jewelry. and The familiar stamps, Platinum," are being used on impure metals so that purchasers who accept these quality marks at their face value' re tricked Into buying inferior I Stations end Drcdou in Utah and Idaho Distributors oi Alias Tiros and Batteries C-- vIce j Barnacles Give Jobs to Many in San Francisco Chester, Ra. The lowly barnacle has at last come to tin aid of mankind. The recent San F'ranclsco marine strike held the steamer San Felipe In her dock until quite a lot of the sea creatures crusted Die hull of the craft necessitating a complete scraping and painting, thereby giving employment to a number of men In tiie Sun shipyard here. The San Felipe was the worst job that had been in tiie yard for some Six such cases are being prosecuted here by the district attorney aDd the department of markets, weights and measures, with the active of the Jewelers Vigilance committee and the Associate Jewelers association. Chick Has 8,537 Feather Missouri Boy Counts Em LET US HANDLE t Deerlng Deerlng, Mo. Students high school know how many feather a chicken ha because on of them, Vernon Davis, made an accurate count The question of a chickens feathers arose In a classroom session. Guesses ranged from 10,000 to 100,000. Davis killed a chicken and made the count He said It was 8,537. YOUR REALESTATE PROBLEMS PLENTY OF MONEY TO LOAN ON REALESTATE Chickens in Wyoming Uncover Gold Find Our Company writes all LINES OF INSURANCE RAY INVESTMENT 78 No. University Ave. Provo, utah telephone ios 1 Cheyenne, Wyo. If he hadnt happened to find several tiny gold nuggets In the crops of several of bis chickens, Morris Wllladscn, farmer, might not have recognized the presence of gold ore In a chunk of rock he plowed up In his fields one day. But forewarned proved to be forearmed In Willndsen's case and be was on the lookout for just such a find and thus did not miss the chance to open a streak of ore on his land about five feet wide and 15 feet deep that assayed $67 a ton In gold and silver. by a here- ashi.'igton. j ' ' time. Tiie cost of removing tiie barnacles, tiie dry docking nnd routine repairs of the vessels in this yard ranges from about $50,000 for an ocean liner down. They are expensive creatures to shipping Interests, but small as they are they give work to many jobless. Metoposaurus Is Beck After 140,000,000 Years Berkeley, Calif. After an absence of some 140,000,000 years the mstopo-suuru- s has returned but be isnt his old self. In fact, the miniature amphibian In the University of California Museum of Paleontology Is only a clay model of the extinct creature, which, scientists say, was a distant relative of tbs present-da- y salamander. The model was constructed by sculptors, Adele Stnekpole nnd Audrey Horn. It was modeled from a skull and other skeleton remains dug up in the Tainted Desert of Arizona Terentiy. Paleontologists estimated from the fossil re- main that the metoposaurus about eight to ten feet long was TIDE OF MIGRATION GROWING Four Times as Powerful as Quinine, Scientist Says. May Without benefit of Initials, the government has stepped Into a huge western land reclamation scheme designed to cheek erosion of denuded range lands. Large control ureas have been designated, and within these areas thousands of dams huilt and side streams sloped with rock. .Slit is deposited as a lake forms behind each dam and, gradually accumulating, the slit rebuilds eroded stream cluumels. More than ls.ooo hljtmre miles more than ll.oooiKJO acres have been included In the largest area, headquarters of whieh have been established ere. Franklin J. (.'rider, former head of the famous Boyce Thompson arboretum near the copper town of Superior, serves as entomological head of the regional district. He will test hundreds of varieties of grasses and pants of all types, seeking those best adapted to growth and use in the Southwest. Using a L Diversity of Arizona experimental farm, lie lias begun planting of African watermelons, Australian salt hush. grasses, pistachio trees from Persia, ephedra plants from Chinn and Russian olives. The work now done or commenced Is but a fraction of that required for complete control of the erosion menace, engineers say. It is destined to establish methods whieh may be used on a larger scale and to give cost data. A century will be required for completion of the task begun, Thomas 15. Rice, engineer of the state erosion He foresees service believes. the federal government taking an Increasing part In the work. Eighty-fiv- e per cent of the $150,000 construction cost of the dams already built lias been spent for labor. Five large CCC camps have been moved Into the to continue the work. Within the project the ravages of erosion have been extreme. One gully In the San Simon valley was cutting a channel from 100 to 300 feet wide and from 10 to 40 feet deep for a distance of GO miles. Others were cuta ting Into the tableland a half-milseason. cohol loss Is local boiling In the engine block. This occurs when the solution temperature Is raised by restricted flow, caused by dirt clogging In some parts of the engine block, until It bolls and forms steam pockets. The steam forces Its way to the top of the radiator tank, usually when the car is suddenly slowed or stopped. The steam then thy? And howT The answer differs, engineers propels the alcohol solution out onto point out, with different characteri- through the overflow pipe stics of drivers and different con- the roadway. ditions of the cars they drive. A Modern hot water car heaters cooling system that Is partially usually provide the most satisfacclogged with rust and other foreign tory volume of heat when a naterial will run hotter than a thermostat Is Inclean one. As the car runs hotter, stalled In the cooling system. Some there Is Increased evaporation, or of these thermostats are set to loss of alcohoL Where heavy con- open at 160 to 185 degrees, and the centrations of alcohol are needed top range is therefore above the to protect against low temperaboiling point of a 60 percent alco-tures, the driver of a car with a hoi solution. Modern thermostats clogged cooling system pays heavi- Installed to Improve engine perly in time and money for his neg- formance are also usually set to lect. open at temperatures near the boilFor Instance, a 50 percent con- ing point of heavy alcohol solu- centration of denatured alcohol tlons. In such case, the cost of! ' gives an anti freeze solution with a higher efficiency Is a larger bill for boiling point of 182 degrees Fahren- alcohol since the higher cooling heit. This Is 30 degrees below the system temperature causes It to boiling point of water. When such evaporate faster. Of course, If a e a solution Is used In a cooling sysis used, tem which Is not cleaned regularly this excess quantity of and Is therefore full of rust and will not bo needed. NEW DRUG IS AID IN MALARIA FIGHT Atlanta, Ga. Malaria, ancient scourge of the backwoods dwellers of the deep South, Is being fought with a new and potent weapon whieh researchers have reason to believe may soon relegate the Insidious disease to the virtual oblivion into which vaccination drove smallpox. Atnbrine an deamino acridine rivative with alky I groups If you are chemically versed Is the new magic in medical science's ceaseless warfare against the deadly Mood parasite. It is four times as powerful as quinine and more palatable, though more costly, physicians explain. With it cures can he effected In five days, compared to live weeks required by quinine. Amazing results have been obtained in tests. The malarial death rate In small Malacca, Asiatic country, dropped 50 per cent after its introduction. Favorable results were obtained by a South American fmlt company In more than 300 cases. While tin drug Is being introduced in all malaria Infested southern states, the Tennessee valley counties of Alabama are being used as a gigantic testing laboratory. Dr. J. N. Raker, dlroetor of public health In Alabama, is being aided by the Tennessee Valley authoritys medIn ical department conducting a thorough malaria blood survey. The drug is being made available to physicians through the states public health system. The hoped-fo- r result Is tiie saving of hundreds of lives now listed In the annual malarial death toll. In certain and quartan mularia at'ubrlne destroys the parasite promptly and permanently," Doctor linker In avestle-autumnsaid. or malignant malaria another drug, plasmo-chin- , is used as an adjunct for complete control. The possibilities of atnbrine ns a check against this disease are great. Its use Is a big forward step toward ultimate elimination of tlds ancient enemy of the South. Canada Indians Vote to Return to Rule by Chief Montreal, Que. Nearly of the Indian reservation GOO at members Cuughna-waga- , opposite the Island of Montreul on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, have signed a petition asking tiie federal government to permit them to revert to the old system of Indian chiefs instead of the present method of city council, the practice of the white man. The 500 members comprise practically the entire community. Action was taken at a massmeetlng In the reservation. It was held that under the old system In effect 50 years ago Indian braves were able to look after their own affuirs as well as themselves, their squaws, aud tlielr children, whereas now they cannot do anything without the approval of the federal department of Indian affairs. The Indians claim that relief at present afforded Is not enough to keep them fed and clothed, as was guaranteed to them by a treaty signed with Louis XIV. Brush of Pig Bristles Is New Aid to Beauty Paris. The latest beauty treatment in Paris consists In rubbing the skin with a brush made of pigs bristles. This Is contrary to the theory that soap and water and a brush bruise the skin, aud that it never should be touched with anything save lotions, creams, and cleansing powders. No more strawberry or lemon juice for bleaching the face and arms, according to the latest edicts from French capital beauty parlors. Women have petted and pampered their skins too long so that they have become flabby and unable to resist the ravages of age and strenuous occupations. Drouth Cuts Food, Quail Practice Birth Control Sacramento, CalLf. Wild quail In southern California districts are practicing birth control" because of a food shortage brought about by drouth conditions, according to Ralph BandinI, field agent for Die state division of fish and game. Following a survey of wild life throughout the state, BandinI produced stiitlrilcs to show reproduction of quail this year is 10 per cent lower. Similar decreases for otters bird species were noted In districts where food supplies were low. IN NATION Economic Conditions Cause Trek of Americans. Vi ashiugton. Government census officials expect to record for the last four years tiie largest migration of population in Ihe tills nations history. economic tide has swept million' out of cities in search of employment or subsistence, on to farms, in'o suburban areas to do part-timfarming, Into smaller cities and towns. Tin movement has not been all one way, says the New York Times. From farms and hinall towns nianv people have gone to other places in semen of jobs or to share In Din orzani.e,! relief In large communities. Farm Population Grows. Tiie agricultural census to lie taken In January Is expected to show Do largest farm population jet enumerated. exceeding Die peak figure of persons estimated as of January 1, 1931. That total included only persons on comiiiecrial farms, as distinguished from those living on plots of land too small to he classed as farms by the census. The migration from cities, towns and villages to farms bad slowed down in 193:5 and was more than offset by the migration from farms to cities, towns and villages, but the Increase in births over deaths raised the farm population figure to a record high. Had there been no economic depression, the census officials would have calculated on the basis of past performance that approximately one out of every four native white irsmis In the United States Is living la a place other than where ho was born. The figure for 1930 wns 23.4 persons out of every 100. It has not been more than 24 out of 100 nor less than 21.5 out of 100 at any decennial census date since the year 1S70. Outside the depression period the percentage figures have not changed much In GO years. Move to Farms. Much of the earlier migration from New England and Middle Atlantic states was to new farming opportunities In states farther west A considerable part of the earlier movement from older Cotton Belt states to newer ones across the Mississippi river was of similar character. Rut from 1900 to 1930 there wns a rapidly Increasing movement Into stntes where Industries were making enormous growth, as In New York, Ohio, Michigan, Florida and California, Although Die mobility of the native white population In the mass had not changed much In 00 years, the migration has curved sharply up or down, or fluctuated widely. Prophecy of Inventor of Airship Comes True Salt Lake City. The prophecy of her father, who constructed an airship In 1894, that his children and grandchildren would fly In large air liners came true here when Mrs. Ll.ctte Pierce Dibble arrived on one of United Air Lines' transports from her home in Boise. Mrs. Dibble described her first airplane flight as simply grand." She Is the widow of a Blackhawk Indian war veteran nnd a daughter of James Madison Pierce, early Utah Inventor. Her father constructed an airship shaped like a boat and powered with a small motor, nine years before Die famous AVrlght brothers made their first successful flight In Kitty Tlawk, N. G, In 1903. lie had firm faith In aviation. Lack of funds caused the Inventor to give up his experiments on a "flying machine." coast-to-coa- Gold Mining Is Active in Alabama and Georgia Birmingham, Ala. A modern gold rush In Alabama and Georgia Is peopling the hills between Alexander City, Ala., and Dalilonega, Ga., with more amateur and professional gold miners than the two stntes have seen In years. The Hog Mountain mine, near Alexander City, has launched an expansion program which will Involve annual expenditures of about $125,000 when completed. With a slinft already down 200 feet. It Is producing gold at the rate of $17,000 a month. The mine Is paying more than $5,000 monthly In wages to about eighty laborers. Its Investment In mining arid gold recovering machinery thus fur mounts to about $200,000 nnd will lie greatly Increased under the announced expansion program. Quarantine Port Founded by Penn 235 Years Ago Turtle Sets Up New Swimming Record Capetown, S. A. While Scott and Black and the rest have been smashing air records by their flights to Australia, a turtle . has been quietly setting up another sort of record by swimming from Australia to Africa ! Evidence of the feat is that a turtle which came ashore bad scored into the shell of Its hack AusIn capital letters Die name tralia. The markings appeared to be very old and In places could hardly be made out. Tiie turtles competitors in the race Irom Australia If any are expected any time within Die next 50 years. An organization established Id 1700 by William Ienn for Die protection of Philadelphians from diseases brought to tills port by foreign ships Is nearing Its two hundred and Philadelphia. thirty-fift- birthday. The Port of Quarantine, as it Is named, is situated near Esrington, on tiie Delaware river. It has passed through the control of English authority. the State of Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia and finally to the United States public health office. It Is tiie oldest permanent quarantine station in tiie country. Hen Lay Egg North Haven, Conn. If Umar J. Dunham's hen could crow, it would have a good reason to. It laid an ecg eight Inches In circumference and weighing slightly more than a quarter of a pound. |