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Show FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1926 FRlDA THE SUN, PRICE. UTAH EVERY PAGE SIX What Puzzled Polly Bj RUBY DOUGLAS (Cupjrishl.) AULINE VERLANE wag a llbrarfaa a college town. Nothing in tha could ay of college physiognomy thrill her. 1'ui all fed up on theas college teda, she remarked one day ta aonta girta who had dropped In to walk boma with Tfour pergonal baggage and her. etfecta can be insured against What have they dona now, my dear!" asked one of the girls. noon Nothing more than usual. Aa be sophomores they as they get to and U haphe call to Polly, begin of them pened today that a new crop came In nnd "Sort o got yonr goat, Polly, tent that It!" finished her Fiend. That's aa good a Polly laughed. as any." it to put way It waa not long befora Polly was U her usual good humor and than ona of tha girls ventured: Many glrla would fiva their fur coats ta be In your position. Such nn colopportunity to maet nil tha nice lege men. They could hevo tho Job If I didnt need tho money, she confessed. Just what do you Uko In tho man losswithTburist Bajdqeilnsurante It" through Equitable Real Estate and Investment Company Second Floor Sflvagnl Bldg. PRICE, UTAH liner JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN INCB 1800 "riotous century of growth hu doubled tha population If of tbo world. Thla population la II now about 1,700.000,000. Tbo atatla- tldana figure that at tbo present U rata of lncroaao tbla number will double afaln In alzty years. And tbla would mean n world population ZZmLmmJ B.000,000,000 at tha end of tbo century. Would tbla mean a crowded world oo crowded that tbo struggle for exlutence would bring about condltlona which the preaeut generation cannot even Imagine! Probably It would. Anyway, the atatlatlclaua now acem to believe that (lie rate of Increaee la declining and breathe a great algh of relief over the finding. American etatlstlrlan are buay over the future of the nation In relation to population and food. , So are the aclentlata. So la the federal govern nient So are varloua cl t Irena. Tlie preaa devotee much apace to It, u any large newnpuer dally niakee iroof. For 70 yenra before the Civil war the impute-tloof the I'nlied State Increased II.'i per cent each decade. At any rate amo A. I. would aee a f 0X),tXH),0M iienple. The rule of population Increase, However, hu fortunately declined to IB per cent during the 191(l!)-j(deeade. A It la now, we have about U.I.ixni.uoo people. At the aanw time we Import almost a much food aa we export. And our standard of living la the high-cu- t In the world. Questions Intriguing the scientist, agricultural experts and statisticians Include these: How large a population run we actually maintain upon our own laud resources! llow large should our population become! If we become crowded to the extreme limit, will life ba worth living! Fxperta of tlie United Stales Department of rnuvre have recently announced that printed ion in continental United Statea could be developed so a to maintain about people but under conditions uhout like tbese: Standards of consumption prevailing Id prewar Germany ; ivclamnllon of land to the limit through drainage and reclamation; decrease lu number of certain food animals nnd IniTeased use of pasture for crops; reduction of exports of foodstuffs; Increased yield to the acre by Intensive cultivation to approximately that In Germany, Belgium and Fram e. These condition are made to apply to a population of 800.000,000. How far would they apply to a population of 200,01)0,000? No one apparently can say. But see how these condition would work In comparison with our pee sent ways of By fLi pulillc-aplrlte- d n ) ugrl-cultur- WM,-000,0- Ufa. In prewar Germany the average annual per capita consumption of meat war joo pounds) oura la 170 pounds. Land reclamation and Irrigation have already done wonders. Yet government Irrigation projects undertaken at an immense cost have been a failure. And Just now there la a popular -ritcry against wholesale draining of swamp lands on the ground that they are needed to preserve our game birds and waterfowl end flab ftom extinction. HOI off the cattle and raise crop on the land they uael Even now the live stock men are complaining bitterly I Grazing owner in national forests an appealing to congress against forest prae-tlcall- y service. Seduction of agricultural exports! Right now the farmer la wrestling with might and main with the problem of bis surplus and bla troubles already a matter for national concern. Increased yield through Intensive cultivation! . n It la true that Europeans In places do raise b average of 81 bushels of wheat to the acre frhlla our average la but 14. But then It takea to grow the wheat that 100 men grow hen. The of our future population depends largely upon the product per man. Wa do not want to put the women end children at the family to work In the fields. Ualthue achieved fame long ego by hie warning to the world that population wee Increasing But faster than the means of subsistence. llalthus world bed none of the modern Improvements. The Nineteenth century, through these modern Improvements, saw a phenomenal growth In population whlla at the eame time standards of living were rllng. Production kept ahead of Thla was largely because of consumption. modern facilities for the migration of Individuals and for the exchange of goods.- - For example, 80,000, 000 Immigrants, mainly from Europe, hive 878 men well-bein- g entered America since 1N20. Again, owing to modern transportation the world Is now more of an eutltity than were the American colonies lu tlie Devolution. In Hie United Rtutee, where we have no tariff barriers and our railroads practically make all hpcHous of the country one, the doctrine of Malibu hardly seems to apply. Yet the conditions both at home and abroad are rapidly changing In important aqiecta. The dcKlrahle free land of the world is rapidly beOura Is practically gone, coming exhausted. countries are not kluny Kuroja-a- n In food. In America, points out Robert E. Cliaddock, In Columbia university professor of Htiitlstlc and president of the American Statistical society, less Hum half of our land area cun be used for crops, because of cllnmllc and topographic conditions. And on this lie adds that the best grades of arable land an- - already In use. Additional area can la-- utilized only at greatly Increased prices. We liuve readied a stage In our agricultural development of rapidly Increasing costs. Tbl Is In great contrast to the era of free land and rapidly expanding extensive agriculture. Many things are possible which are economically Impossible on account of prohibitive cost. The expens who estimated that wa could maintain 3nn.um.iNH under specified conditions admitted that this would Involve a severe reduction In general standard of living because of tlie heavy cost of utilization Without question," say Dr. Hubert Work, secret Hry of the Interior, we will need, yeara hence, all the water that can be stored and all the Irrigable, productive land In the Weat to feed our people." And here are other polnta that tha secretary has to say In his annual report for 1925 all having a direct bearing on our future: - Ths Bureau of Reclamation wsi the only on of the II bureau In the Department of the Interior which ecemed hopeless two years ago. An expenditure of approximately $0,00.00 for reclamation project had beau mad by the Federal government during the previoua 10 years, requiring an additional 100,000,000 to complete them. The reclamation fund, originally Intended to resolve or bo funded In 10 years, had not revolved la 10 years. Although tha fund was supplemented by a lump appropriation of 920,000,000 In 1000, repayment to the government was only OH por eont committee reported after 10 years. A that dams and canals had baea constructed ca aom projects for tho irrigation of tends having Inadequate water supply and wera either not capable of development or had soil Inherently too poor to support a family. Tha committee estimated that on thla account the government confronted a definite loss of 110.101,140 and a probable additional loss of 91.010,000 of lta capital InvestmeaL Whether the loss to the government Is 920,000,00 or double that la not of material eoncarn wbea balanced against the continuance of a mistakes fact-findi- policy. The obligation of tho government In reclamation was further Increased at tha teat session of congress by Initial appropriations for four now reclamation projects and extanslons of throe existentail aa ing projects which will ultimately These of aa additional 9IO.SM.eoO. of the reclamation out fuad further expenditures Nothing young, anyway," declared Polly vehemently. Going to be nn eld mens darling!" If anybody's," said Polly dryly. They left her at her gate and walked a np tha street toward their various homes. Aa girls will, they (tedded to bavo a little fun at her expense. A few days later a aerloua-votee-d person naked Miss Paulina Yeriana, as he aat over some work at her desk In the library, for n dictionary of obsolete and archaic words. She glanced up at him cnaunlly to see that he was not n college student and geve him the titles of several such volumes and said that aha would get aa many ns ba liked. One will do, for the present any one, he said gloomily. Pauline waa mildly interested In what he wanted with obsolete definitions when he looked so obsolete himself. He had seated hlmaelf at a reference table end aha placed the book before him. He thanked her without looking up nnd although she could not help contrasting bla lack of gallantry with manners of tha college tha lads, shs rather liked his matter-of-fa- ct way of going about what he wanted. He waa wasting no time. Polly became very buay and absorbed la other patrons and did not glva tha man another thought until, a day or two later, ha arrived again, gloomier than aver and naked for another such volume together with But flnche'a Mythology. Thla time Polly watched him. Bure pussough I Ho was doing cross-wor- d sies. "What ever can that old gloomy Winter Demands Sturdy Footwear Sturdiness in leather and con struction these two essentials are embodied definitely in a ranee of a score or more styles offered in mens footwear this season. Wearing appared, dry household furniture, goods, needs, groceries and hardware comprise only a part of our immense stocki at three stores. Carbon-Emer- y Stores Co. hava been safeguarded by coiiarasa by requiring Investigations of economic and agricultural feasiHiawatha, Heiner and Wool bility, and la some cease requiring slate coHiawatha. operation. This policy la euund and public sentiment will, I believe, support IL GEORGE McDERMAID, We are now a new era In tha history f reclamation. entering Its present condition, its dlfilcul-tlaSuperintendent. necessities, and Its promises have been opened P to congress nnd to the public with nil frank-be- e. It lias within the of the congress to determine nn equitable province nnd economically sound Policy which will remedy existing evils nnd make creature find In croaa-wor- d puzzle!" Impossible a recurrence of conditions which hava ba remarked to one of tho glrla aa demoralised the Federal Reclamation Service. It they walked home together again. Profesaor Chaddm-mint out that optimists puzzles mo tha psychology of such a rely on science to off set the scarcity of land case. At least it's a change from your and to take care of growing numbers. But the benefits of mechanical Invention In agriculture, Jazzy college lad." be holds, have resulted largely because there And a pleasant one," agreed Polly. existed large areas of sparsely settled or unused Oh, dont misunderstand me, glrla land which could be develnjied by extensive I quite like the old fellow. Thera lo methods, with low mini )mwer mid the aid of something In hla personality that ap-H-a machines. Ths situation Is very different when peals to my sympathy, seems old population has grown more dense and Intensive before hla time." methods are necessary to produce a larger yield Indeed, Polly found the strange paper acre. It Is too much to expect science to tron of the library so Interesting that maintain the nice already . in every spare moment he found herDoubtless Profesxor Cliadwlck ieaka with self trying to help hlin with hla pus-xlMiners and Shippers sf tha authority. But what will In- - the effect of such a Celebrated (tie rainy afternoon they sat In a gigantic project us the prupuxed utilization of the corner of the reference-rooColorado river! after PolThe Colorado mer is one of the great natural ly was off duty and worked out toresources of tin United States. It Is l,7t miles gether a particularly difficult crosa- Mines at long, rises lu Colorado, flows through Colorado, wonl I,rn,l,Mn-Utah- . horn nian ,ook ol lla 5PRING CANYON, UTAII Arizona, forms for u considerable distance an1 ,ie had tumbled Genera Office, 817 Newhouaa the border Ci.llfonilu nnd Nevada and ri,nme'5 g,aslM Bu Udlng. Arizona, and contlnin-through Mexico, emptying ' hair nhout In his earnest thought Balt Lake City. Utah into the Gulf of California. The territory to over ,,ie PUM,- - Polly looked at him, which lta force may he applied include an urea curl',s'- ""bat Is the mutter!" lie asked, larger than many mil Ion. I'nir Important prob- leins present In lonnection with the cheerfully and smiling, Ils Yu you looked no old and development of the river. Tln-comprise the prevention of Hood, uHMziiilon of the wnters for 9,nolny when you Unit came In here United week ago and now-- " Fuel Go, irrigation piirpo-e- . production of electric energy I and water for domeile use for souih western ' i"11 xuidioxe It's the puzzles! he! have Muvenuted me! municipalities. On ihe Colorado rlu-- hu.ln more "Hll beaming on her with a nr has been exjiended in Its than a million Investigation by the various departments of the Wnllp that waa anything hut obsolete, j Largest Producers of Domestic Is aoiiiething," said Polly. And government. No less then rtf measures have been Coal In Utah." Introduced In coimrc proildlng for varlou for some reason or other, she blushed. of Its a is of wonderful There Producing the Famous fluh development. It has been under phases youth by prurtW-iillevery congress for the on your own fare Just now, If you last si- - decade. don't mind iny telling you," he sold. Polly seemed not to mind for she let Among the proposal for the river' development 1 the construction of Immense dam at him walk home with her through the Boulder canyon. This project Is of such twilight that evening. magniAnd then It all came out. lie waa tude as to challenge the conr.trys ablest engineers. The proposed Boulder dam will be the not yet thirty and he waa a college largest engineering structure of lta kind ever student, ne had remarked to one of attempted, the maximum development being hla girl colleagues that he quite liked planned to raise the water surface 005 feet The the little librarian. She had promptly reservoir formed will be 120 ndlea long. Tha told him that If ha expected to be noticed at all he must not be known aa total coat la estimated at 9200,000,000. Another phase of tlie development Is the com- a college atndent nor must he aeem pact that baa been formulated between tha callow In any way. The glrla, with hla e ration, had tatea of Wyoming. Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and California, Intended to regulate, control, and conceived tho Idea of hla coming beprotect tha rights of the several states. Includ- fore Polly's notice In tbo gulae of an ing Arizona, to the distribution and uaa of tha antique person. And thereby had hung the tala. waters of the Colorado river and lu tributaries You're aura, Polly dear," he aald Highest affleleney. Govern i for domestic and agricultural purposes. Thla equivalent fi log lb. Unequalled pact has not yet been approved by Arizona, al- to her after all tha explanations had ar3 Win not alack. Tbel though the legislatures of the other states hava been made, "that you will like me (teaming and beating quail! aa well young aa old!" ratified It. Tha forego! n of course merely scratches the nodded. Polly INDEPENDENT COAL J surface of the subject There are "And yon do not mind tho subterCOKE COUPANY marketing by fanners; our forestry problem; tha fuge I had to resort to to get you to of development waterways, the eonservatlci of notice me! All's fair, you know In at Utah. eral Orrieea Walker Bank Bulk( natural resources of various kind all loro." or bearing directly ftitSI Indirectly I Polly admitted that It was. BALI LAKE CITY, UTA population and lta food supply. It looking U S! "And you will marry ma when coming generations, whatever we do in an when I get about a year aider!" he deevor to take Time by tha forelock, will laughed, their own troubles. y ba a disease, aa And Polly said yea. stated by a physician, but it never keeps the patient at home. a, Spring Canyon Coal Co. w-t- e. Spring Canyon Coal m ' s : i i States ' r d-- I : I KING BLACK HAWK HIAWATHA h-- i and PANTHER COALS eo-op- K"wth. h., |