Show 1 The Boys I I Column 2 ANOTHER SPRING I HAD forgotten how howa a a blue Bird darts And wheels elusively from woodland thickets Or how boW a violet hid In the deep Recesses of a wooded glen Imparts Tho loveliness of spring or how the crickets Chirping their friendly speech could make me weep All AU this I X had forgotten for wintry days And nights had crowded close The wind blowing Its Icy breath left snow upon the land White fences houses trees and roads No rays Of 01 sunlight warming earth No way of knowing The budding leaf the flower was there thereat at hand I had forgotten how the breezes bring Sweet scent of lilacs with each new spring Leona Bishop Mealey f O O OAS AS IT WAS ViS FOR ALL the horses one sees the deduction is that old dobbin has disappeared dis appeared from the American way of life Ufe The horse family has fallen In population I tion to the lowest number la in 80 years but In spite of the fact there were nine per cent fewer horses and eight per cent I fewer mules this year than last the horse and mule still play playa a role In country country coun coun- I coun-I try life A farmer will tell you that a team of horses can go through snow I where motor-driven motor equipment wont won't that horses cant can't be replaced in logging Where pasture land i la a year round yield barns arent aren't needed for horses and I this Is a saving When airplanes become more numerous for range work when tractors take over all field work the I horse will lose further Its place on the American scene I i There are three fields where the use of the horse shows an Increase Instead I of a a. decrease City bridle paths show more horses used for pleasure more in I harness racing circuits and especially are more used In 11 medical research where the horse is utilized for human ian and animal serums and hormones Yes the theold theold I old gray mare may have almost disappeared I Inot with the cigar store Indian but not quite Gasoline has taken the place of oats on many farms but there are still horses working in the fields enough I to remind us of what was once the major source of power on our nations nation's farms j jO O vv O O NOSTALGIA It THE CURRENT craze for the old- old fashioned square dance is finding raw recruits from farmers farmer's barns to swank night spots With designers swinging to dresses styled in the manner of the country dance of yesteryear with the Centennial of the California Gold Rush to lend additional zest to the fad we will probably have this figure dancing for some time There are many variations of the numbers called and executed in dif different different dif dif- I dlf-I ferent parts of the country Some still hold steps that are folk dances of certain certain tam tain European countries We know that square dancing dates back to the century and the French quadrille danced danced danced ed by four couples in a square However How- How er e it was not until the century that this country adopted the square dance It came ame about through neighbors neighbors' Joining together to celebrate the completion com corn of a house or barn After the Job was va finished the dancing began It has never been out In parts of the western western west west- em ern plains the southern mountains Today Today Today To To- day you jou ou will I see the figures cut by folks rigged up In dungarees and plaid shirts calico dresses with swing skirts ruffled petticoats p pin pinafores i n a f o 0 r res e 5 and though It may may maybe be but a masquerade ItIs it itIs itis is a 1 return to a a. hill-billy hill tradition that we like O 0 O O GOOD NEWS 1 ALREADY WOMEN ar are are talking fall hats and designers encouraging them themI with advanced showings Men who have ridiculed recent creations will have to I eat their sarcasm come cool weather for miladys milady's chapeau is going sensible for a change Feathers quills or ostrich Plumes and veils for softening will be the decorations bur bur- burthe the relieving note Is is that hats will be conservative placed I I firmly no tilts no perching Hats are areto areto are areto to be on the level This we want to tu see and though It la IS pretty early to crow with the summer before us In In which time the ladles ladies can change their minds winds still we raise our voice In gratl- gratl tude tUcie C 0 O 0 f lUHE WATCH AS VACATION time approaches days beckon families to week-end week drives through the country one looks forward to the Jaunts with pleasure and thinks little of the dangers Involved Articles regarding traffic accidents serve as Warnings to motorists but we neglect to speak enough of the polluted waters that are also a menace to the traveler Who stops to drink from creeks brooks big rivers little rivers streams runs the risk of disease unless certain the water Is absolutely pure We pollute waterWays waterways water water- ways as a crime against nature Precaution Precaution tion 1 i h a protection against typhoid and anda a matter to take into consideration as you view the cooling stream the rip rip- pili brook O 0 O O 0 OV V NOT T ALL TIIE CONCEPTION is that today's I farmers are rich That they are richer than in say 1940 is true During curIng war agriculture a prospers but when prices decline after war farmers are usually hit first Although the slight drop in present prices has not affected their income to a great extent It does no nom flO m wean mean an the farmer fanner rests secure Before Jumping lumping to conclusions concerning the farmers farmer's wealth consider value of American American Ameri Amen Ca can farmland Taking 1940 again you will find value of farms arms has hM not In Increased In crea creased I In proportion with Income We flea mean the condition of farm buildings farm equipment fertility of soil phySical physical phy phy- condition of those working to feed tb too tho world Talk to a farmer JUmer and he will tel tell you there la Is a 1 difference between Produce figures Income and farmland value |