Show 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in the spot light 0 0 0 by J M stephe stephenson inson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 we shall set up our spot light this week in one of 0 the newer parts of 0 our county that great alfalfa pro dicing section north delta here we find a millard son of 0 wide travel and experience lie chose this county tor for his home because ot of Us its agricultural appeals fellow citizens meet mr air freak frank A foote foot mining engineer and farmer born on a farm arm near detroit Alic michigan higan educated to become a mining engineer who at the completion of his training was selected inspector of metals tor for the united states government after serving in tills this capacity for or three years he was chosen by the society ot at intel national forest and Allne minerals rals to go to tile the belgian congo and angola to develop diamond mining tit in that tropical h no not heaven this company was formed by american capitalists who by bk agreements with king leopold were permitted to develop diamond mining in the congo basin at 0 tropical africa prank frank was employed by tills this company for fifteen years ten years at 0 which ho he spent in the jungles with its beauties and its dreads lie he recalls the red bush pigs as tile the most beautiful of the tropical animals in III color the pig la is chiefly a brownish red washed with yellow the limbs are black and there Is white on oil the cheeks the edges ot of the ears and round the eyes the red buffalo 01 the forest la Is the fiercest one the hunter who attacks this fellow must have a high powered rifle dependable ammunition a steady nerve and a good tree to climb in case care other things tail fall mr air foote says jungle animals are peaceable if left alone but when disturbed they become ferocious the natives are much like the animals the blacker the native the more dependable he Is the white man has evidently added the evils already possessed by the native tropical diseases almost annihilate the white m man an A railroad was constructed from the coast to the navigable part ot at the congo river beyond the falls alls and rapids in building this road the death rate was so high among the workmen that each tie in that road bed cost coat the life of a workman black water lever fever Is the most moat dreadful ot at tropical diseases its mortality la Is 98 per cent in reconnaissance and prospecting this courageous company ot of engineers at 0 which mr foote was a member surveyed an area of 0 si sq ml mi in tropical africa in addition to ills his work in africa frank also spent two years yeara developing mineral resources in the state elate ot at bahia brazil it was hero here that he became acquainted qt quainter quain fainted ted with tho the gitt gift ot of the rocky teller feller institute to the jungles the courageous doctors nurses and fellow workmen ot at this institute are converting tile the tropics into a home tor for civilization with this rich background ot of training and experience frank A foote boote has come to millard county to make his home here he be found his wife a sister to the late ernest reid held a beloved teacher of 0 the loy ley high school their homo home Is established in the beautiful farming region of the north tract frank la Is very much interested in the mineral development or of our county and lie he Is anxious to bo be 0 of service se arvice in III tile the same |