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Show THE CITIZEN the male, from, his perch on the dead pine, sang as though his throat would split. 0 Calm and a Storm We fished down the stream, tak-- . ing a trout from behind a rock here, a riffle there or under a willow yon- der, the fish taking the fly as I had never known them to do before. Just .below the camp we disturbed a wild turkey hen and her brood that were scratching on the river bottom and they scrambled up the mountain side and took refuge in the rocks. A little farther on a flock of parrots flew from where they were feeding on the cones in the top of a' pine tree and were away with a great chattering and flapping of wings, the morning sun reflecting the red and green and yellow of their bodies like burnished gold. A doe and two fawns ran out from the willows, and stopping on the mountain side looked back at us with their big hazel eyes as though wondering who we could be. As the day advanced the heat became oppressive. Suddenly the fish ceased to bite, the birds to sing, the cattle left the mea ows and hastily trailed off into the side canyons, a flock of crows flew silently over our heads and took refuge under a projecting cliff on the mountain side. All nature had suddenly become hushed and seemed oppressed. Storm Breaks We knew it was the calm which precedes the summer storm and turned hastily back to camp. As we did so clouds rolled up over the ridges to the south like great piles of popcorn, and a breeze was blowing from that direction. When we reached camp we found the horses already there, backed up on the leeward side of a grove of trees. We hastily tied and threw blankets on them. The dogs whined and crept into the tent. The mocking bird flew from his perch on the juniper tree and took refuge under a projecting rock nearby. We had scarcely time to gather our camp equipment, carry it into the tent and securely tie the door when the storm broke in all its fury. The wind had increased to a gale. The clouds were black and ominous. Great hailstones fell, beating down the grass and flowers and tearing the tender branches from the trees. A bolt of lightning struck the giant dead pine just across the creek and tore it into a thousand pieces, scattering ijjfchem all around us and leaving the trunk, which was strongly impregnated with pitch, burning brightly while the storm raged. The creek, which a few minutes before had been a clear mountain stream, was a raging torrent. Trees, tom up by the roots, floated past, while great boulders loosened from the mountain sides by the rivulets which flowed everywhere, rolled down into the canyon with a noise like thunder. Fortunately the storm was of short duration. It ceased as unexpectedly as it had come. The clouds rolled away, and the sun came out and looked complacently down on the havoc wrought as though it had been an uneventful autumn day. The Mocking Bird As we stepped out into the sunshine the mocking bird flew from his shelter under the projecting rock and hopped among the branches of the juniper tree, uttering notes of alarm. We went over, and drawing aside the inner branches, found the mother bird there upon the nest, dead. True to the instinct of all flesh, she had protected her young while the storm beat out her life the little birds were safe. We took the tiny body and digging a grave at the foot of the pine tree, near camp, carefully buried it. Before we left the camp the little mocking birds were grown. Faithfully the male bird had fed them day by day and sheltered them at night, but there had been no more singing; he had just done his duty with a heavy heart, as many fathers have done before and since, and as he sat watching his young while they tried their wings in short flights from tree to tree, I knew that he would soon lead them away to their winter home in the south, where he would find another mate to take the place of her who had given her life that his offspring might live. NEW GRAZING FILMS TELL FORAGE PLANTS STORY STORY of grazing on the range as related to plant growth requirements will be told in two new motion picture films now being prepared by the United States Forest Service and the Motion Picture Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. One of the two films, On a Thousand Hills, will deal with sheep grazing, and the other, Green Pastures, will take up the grazing of cattle. Most of the photography was completed last summer by forest officers on range areas in the intermountain region and the Southwest. The two educational films will present the problems of grazing from a new angle, according to the Forest Service. Instead of the livestock, primary interest will be centered in the forage plants themselves, since the maintenance of feed is a fundamental problem in the grazing industry. Millions of acres of range land in the western states are in need of proper management to bring back and maintain an adequate cover of forage plants, the Forest Service says. A number of shots have been secured which show how plants react to various methods of grazing. The THE 11 stunted root systems of overgrazed plants and the strong roots of properly grazed plants are compared. The films will show grass actually growing before the lens, and some of the more interesting phases of the plants life, such as the breathing of the leaves, will be presented. Each film is one reel in length. They will be released early next IT IS when a boiling stock market begins to cool that the water becomes most evident. Christian Science Mon- itor. JIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllU. I WHOOPEE . 1 I AT THE spring. REDUCING ACCIDENTS. THE HARVEST of the Grim Reaper was cut down materially at grade crossings on the Southern Pacific lines in the period ended October 31, last, it was revealed recently in a report by R. J. Clancy, assistant to the general manager of the company. Compared with the same period last year, reportable casualties involving automobiles at grade crossings on the companys lines showed a reduction in fatalities of 9.4 per cent. The number of injuries decreased 19 per cent in spite of a gain of 6.2 per cent in automobile registration in the states traversed by the Southern Pacific. 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