Show NEW sag That sagebrush is mighty pretty w when hen it blooms purple and the songwriters songwriters song song- w writers cant can't be blamed for making making mak mak- i ing ng something out of ot it But out West they hate that sage It swathes nearly 96 million western western west west- c ern m acres in a tough resistant b blanket and ranchers and federal r range ange managers alike consider it itan itan a an n almost complete nuisance THEY TilEY WANT TO REPLACE the w wt whole hole 96 98 million acres with nutritious nutritious ious t grasses for ca cattle and sheep S Some ome of the sage would have to be r retained to prevent erosion but most of it could go They were talking about the problem problem 1 lem cm of ot eliminating sagebrush at the aC a annual meeting at Fort Collins C Colo ob of the American Society of ot A Agronomists and the Soil Science society s Despite efforts to control or eradicate eradicate c cate ate it the sage continues to spread and a nd probably covers a greater area n now ow than before the pioneer settlers went West MOST lOST HOPEFUL development is t ta the he new land brush-land plow 10 of ot which a are re being built for further trial Also congress will be asked next y year ear to provide more money for or orange r range ange and improvement About five million acres of western western west west- em ern range already have been re- re s seeded These pastures almost invariably Invariably in invariably in- in variably carry more nutritious and abundant food for Cor cattle than the tho original prairie according to U. U S. S forest service officials Animals make better gains on it IN THE TilE LONG RUN that could mean more and cheaper meat Lip Service 1 7 i l F. F a 1 i v. v 11 fx 1 t f j li t f I I h 7 t 0 M 7 j. j 1 f A F I t 4 S j J. J Yx v 1 t 4 I 1 t y 3 f A. A S dl K f J i 1 h m iJ t t h y f A l 4 i 1 2 S 'S d j First frothy product by-product of the fermentation of the 1918 presidential presidential campaign is the Dewey duster a false mustache he to tickle the fancy of upper stiff Republicans Soon to appear on store counters across the nation the gadget consists I of a bit of black chenille clipped to the upper lip Up In true blue GOP style I POLIO nI Mice illice iGe Cured Columbus university has an the development of a new type sulfa drug called that cures one kind of at infantile paralysis in mice and is a also so a successful sue suc preventive to the disease hi Uz mice I Despite extensive tests during tho past summer summer It Is still not known whether the new drug will prove effective against polio in human be be- Lairs lues I |