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Show OUR COMIC SECTION Simple Reason Why It Didn't Appear on List "Ignorance of the parents Is always a handicap to the child." remarked Susan Dorsey, former superintendent of schools. "The child who receive help at home bat a great advantage over bis fellow-student- s. But too man children are like the small bo; who went to the store with a list of gro-ceries to buy and bring home. "The clerk carefully tilled out the list and checked It np. He was about to do them up In a compact bundle when the boy suddenly asked for a package of saleratus. "But that isn't on the list,' ob-jected the clerk. "I know.' admitted the lad, "but she wants It anyway. " Then why didn't she put It In the llstr ssked the puzzled clerk. "'Well, If you must know,' blurted out the boy. "she didn't know how to spell It" Los Angeles Tiroes. Ettefiy quiclc mm v XwA torn VS" aa.aejiaa.aaa At f.oaJSL- 1 BealUa Giving fyn f0" Alt Winter long J"L Mimloa CUmaM Cood HotaU-Tom- rie Caaapa Splendid Roede Gorteooe Moewtalai ytmm, Thm aaeiidorni d er reearto tfco Wmt CrM A Ohmnay jfm PWHtm SpringVN k---y W. N. U, 8att Lake City, No. 29. Mighty Monarch or THH An JftMakethis SIDE by IBE test letyourown ears decide HERE is Majestic's challenge to the . world of radiot go to your radio "( 4rAeA Of- dealer today and have him put a Majestic" fWrititi,.d th4 Kt tcIe-by'- id with any other radio no f txs pita tour matter hotvcostly. Have him connect both tnntd ittiN of radio to the same aerial with a twitch to operate L'ZS them alternately. Now, make this side-by- - ormkngth. Ao. aide test under precisely the tame condi-,f"J7"o-t'J tions, considering each of these seven es Bives rang power U ova tlx 4UL SCnfial pOUltst iMprKkSuper. l.Tone-- at every degree of volume. Dynamic Speaker. Heavy, sturdy Majeatlo power 2. Stflilll vlrr ubllirr to bring In diitsnt unit, with poaitiva volt. lions clearly at good volume, : ' act ballast. Jacobean 3. Selectivity test each for sharp separation i cPara Jt of stations. ; Walnut. matched butt walaul of control judge and compara) for j with overlay oa doora simplicity. 1J"U!!ZJTa 5.Bcauty-- of de-lg- n, of wood., of finMi. lJZZZlLftZ Watch detail, Run your handovereach. ton plate, kooba and 6. Reliability look kulde and compare for door pulls finished extra power, size and strength. umiliM $17Q50 7. Quiet Operation free from A C hum, r ilvur.... I sputter and all background noise. What could be fairer than this side-b- y TUNElN...MajOMie gide test? Time after time we have said, S:r.r J, cannot buy . better radio than Broadcaatiog syitema Majesttc at any price." This side-bysid- e io.!e'ili':hti0 test wil1 Prove iu Let yur own ear and i fax Time. Head'ixr. of y decide. Any dealer will help you to But and Screen. make this test. See him today. GRICSBY-GRUNO- COMPANY, CHICAGO, U.S. Ai ? World "l Larfut Mannactxrcn of Complete RuJio Receiver Along the Air Lanes "II TtiHe 1D QUiT , ftVlt The : : II" (R MAIL. MA SMP TO I ' Finally Got the Fact A woman ran out of a bouse shout-ing Tire" A passer-b- y started to run to the Ore alarm, while another dashed into the ball and. being unable to see or smell smoke, turned to the excited woman, and asked: "Where Is the flrer "1 didn't mean Orel I meant mur-der I" A policeman arrived at that mo-ment and demanded to know who had been murdered. "Oh, I didn't really mean murder," walled the hysterical woman, "but the biggest rat you ever set your eyes on tan across the kitchen Just now." Tree Planting Five thousand five hundred and fifty seedling trees were planted at the Boy Scout camps of the Philadelphia council of the Boy Scouts of America recently. Three thousand were plant-ed at Treasure Island and an addi-tional 2,500 at Camp Kearsley. The eighty boys and leaders who partici-pated In these reforestation projects not only greatly aided the camps and did a worthwhile Job, but also earned part of the requirements of the for-estr-y and conservation merit badges, according to the foresters who super vise the work. Strong-Ar- Peace Method I "Be tried to separate two fellows who were fighting." - i "And went to the hospital for bis pains, I supposer ' . "No, he sent them there. When they wouldn't listen to reason be walloped em both." Airplane Surveying Airplanes will be used to explore British Colombia's timber wealth, ac-cording to plans drafted by the pro. vlncial government In with the federal government F. P. Burden, minister of lands, states that It will be possible to carry out an aerial survey of the forests much more quick-ly and at smaller cost than by ground parties. Cement From Alkali "Lake" Alkatt "lakes" in the Mojave desert of California have yielded a substitute for cement suitable for sealing oil well cases. 4. ... .,. 4-- t l ... ! Hh T NEARBY AND.f f YONDER X i, By T. T. MAXEY j, $ g --ft 'ft 't'-'t'"- !' '?''-- 4 "Dog Days" D 0 days is a name which has been hanoi-- doj o a by the an-cients as designating that season which nu the ifputailon of being the hottest and most unwholesome period of the year. This condition was sup-posed to be influenced by one or the other of horb of the dog stars Slrius. the greater, sod Procyon, the lesser it being the popular belief that during this time dogs aie apt to run mad. hence the term "dog" naturally rastenod itselt to these days. History tells us thnt In early times dog days were estimated ss forty in number twenty before snd twenty after the rising of the dog star. As a matter ot fact the duration ot this period appears to buve varied from as little as thirty to as much as fifty-fou- r days, beginning anywhere from July 3 to August IS. The appearance of the dog star and these dog days appears to have been accidental, as the time of the rising of this star varies with the altltuda In some climates there are oo dog days, for the reason that In certain altitudes the dog star Is oot visible, hence there can be no dog days In ancient times It seems apparent that the dog star rose Just before tbe sua Its time of rising appears to gradually grow later as tbe years pans by, owing, no doubt, to the grad-ual repression ot the equlnoxlal period, consequently, In future cen-turies, It may come to psss that the dog star will rise during the winter time. No. t, Atlantic Ocean THE address of Mr. Owen D. Young, address Is Just as fitting as it Is unique. Be loves flsb and la a great fisherman. He loves tba ocean and lives over It Be built a pier which Juts out Into tbe salty bine-gree- n waters at Atlantic City. On this pier be constructed a lovely man-sion and surrounded It with gardens and other appointments after the fashion of sucb places built on land. It bad to have, In fact deserved, a number. . Mr, Young wanted It to bave one. It was on the ocean, there was no other bouse on that pier or street hence and obviously, No. L Atlantic ocean. But now to go a fishing with Mr. Young. Great nets are lowered from the pier Into the sea. hauled ill at an agreed time and dumped. There yon have tbe gifts of a benevolent nature, through the medium of tbe sea, for the health and satisfaction of sea-food lovers. A score probably more, of varieties are Included In the catch some delightfully dainty and tasty others of undesirable variety that are not favorites with palates. This king of fishermen probably plunders the old ocean of an average of a ton of tish every fishing day. All of It that Is worth while Is eaten, because nearby Is located one of the most noted ot all the "shore dinner" parlors along the Atlantic, favorably known and frequented by the g fans of the nation. The Shrine of St. Roch PICTUKK s tiny shrine, laboriously ny u im. Ii Hie hands ot s priest, In fiilHllinent ot a vow, now lighted by stained-glas- s windows end overhung wlto ivy, within, seats for but two dozen worshlers at a time. Its walls cluttered with testi-monial offerings crutches, braces, casts and what oot left by fulthful visitors who have been relieved of their lufferlngs, high hove all else s statue of the good St Itoch, bis dog by bis side, located In one of the older sections of that historic and ro-mantic southern city of New Orleans and yon have a vision ot the Shrine to St. Koch, the Guardian 8alnt of Health, to which, In perietuatlon of i he custom In creole iluys. pilgrimage ufter pllgrlmnge Is made by persons from nmny climes. Tbe good tut tier, it seems, made a ow that it his parishoners were snd spared from attack by the fearful epidemic of yellow fever which raged there in 180(1. he would build ii chapel and dedicate It to a saint. Ills prayers were answered and he .nade good tits vow. dedicating his thrine to St. Itoc-h-. who. It Is said, as st one time stricken with the plague end left to suctumb Id a lonely woodland, hut bis dog obtained and carried food to him. saved his life and thereafter they became Inseparable companions. There Is another cherished and deeply-roote- tradlth n thut Is Inter-woven with this h rice. It Is the be-lief that 11 s girl will go to nine churches, soy a prayer and make an offering In each and then go to St. Itocb and make the stations of the cross, she will hnve a husband be-fore tie year Is out Needless to say, many maiden make their way to the shrine of St. Roch. (ft l Weetein Newepaper Onion.) Cookery Note "Some people cook by radio." "In my apartment bouse they often broadcast onions." News Notes;: 2 It'ta Privilege to Livt In UTAH j; . PROVO Tbe total orchard crop In Utah In 1928, Including small fruits, had a valuation of $2,250,000. MIDVALE Celery growing still is an Infant industry in Utah, but the product is recognized as a superior table delicacy the country over. LAYTON Utah growers have estab-lished an enviable reputation in the production of sweet cherries. Last year's crop was worth 1690,000 snd totaled 9,200,000 pounds. PRICE One hundred pheasants have been planted by the Emery Coun-ty Fish and Game association through the efforts of their commissioner, Fred Larson of Castle Dale. Larsen was In Price last week to receive a ship-ment of the birds, and transfer them to the Emery district. MYTON Gideon Basil, who Is farm-ing In Pleasant Valley, south of Myton, and whose land Is under the Taylor canal, has made a good wheat yield for the Uintah basin en virgin soil. On a five-acr- e tract Mr. Basil threshed 40 bushels ot wheat to the acre, with the price of wheat at $1 per bushel. BINGHAM Immense amounts of gravel were carried down to the paved highway one-ha-lf mile east ot Bing-ham during a cloudburst reeently cov-ering the road to a depth of nearly five feet for a distance of 200 feet along the highway. No one was In the vicinity at the time and trafllo was later rerouted over another road. VERNAL A delegation from Ver-nal, representing the commissioners of Uintah county snd the local Lions club, early this week went to the 'K" ranch near tbe Colorado line, where they met members of the Colorado state road commission and discussed with them plans for. the Improvement of the U. S. 40 highway from Vernal to Craig. 8PANISH FORK Roads in Dia-mond Fork canyon were rendered Im-passable by heavy rains and cloud bursts recently. A large number of picnickers and fishermen were caught in the canyon and had considerable difficulty getting home. In some places they bad to rebuild the roads where they had been washed out. Deep gul-lies were made by the floods. A force ot men Is busy repairing the roads. SALT LAKE Twenty-eigh- t fires, 28 within forest reserve boundaries, have burned over lands less than 10 acres In size In Utah since beginning ot the present fire season, according to re-port of the federal forest service, Is-sued recently. A total ot $1527 has been expended, exclusive ot salaries, In fighting the blazes. Thirteen ot the fires were caused by man and five involved criminal negligence. VERNAL A new record in growing wheat on virgin soil in the Uintah basin has been achieved by Gideon BariL a farmer residing south ot My-ton, Duchesne crunty, when he grew an average of 40.2 bushels of Karkoff wheat on five acres touched by a plow for tbe first time early the past spring. The wheat is ot finest quality of that variety, and Mr. Baril plans to seed a far greater acreage to the same wheat next year. OGDEN The Royal Canning com-pany plans to open the tomato canning season in Utah Tuesday. Tomatoes grown along the foothills east of Lay-to-which ripen earlier than other crops of the state, will be canned first. Then the plant will be shut down for a few dys until others crops ars ready to be put up. The bulk of the season's pick will start moving next week, according to LeRoy Marsh, dis-trict agricultural inspector. EPHRAIM Ranger Wells Thursby, of the Mantl forest reports that a band of elk, numbering seventy head, has been seen from the skyline drive near thj road camp nearly every day during the past week. Ranger C. Williams reports that district No. 1 has experienced more rain during the present season than for any year since 1914. Although the showers have been extremely heavy, the danyige from floods has been comparatively small. FARMINGTON Davis county grow-er- s began harvesting their sweet Span-ish onion crop recently. They will be merely starting, however, this week, only one or two growers reporting that they are ready, but by the first ft next week the harvesting will begin in real earnest. Lawrence Hatch of Bountiful, Wallace Noble ot Woods Cross and L. 8. Rice of Farmlngton are among U.e first to start to pull their onions. Carload shipments will not likely be made until the Utter part of next week. RUPERT Three cars of fat lambs, feeders and ewes, representing the cleanup for the season of about 800 head, were shipped recently by the Minidoka county lamb pool. The ship-ment, In charge ot Floyd Hansen, far-mer, went to St Joseph, Mo. VERNAL Fifty thousand Rainbow trout from the state fish hatcheries at Whiterocks, were trucked to McKee's draw on Diamond mountain north of Vernal, and planted in Francis creek. Another truckload was taken to Mos-b- y mountain snd planted in Paradise lake. Also, several hundred thousand will be taken on pack animals from JUosby mountain to Whiterocks lake and other lakes at the headwaters of Ashley creek and other trout streams. The spawn are being planted earlier than usual this year, owing to the fact that the tanks at the hatcheries are crowded. No Home Work Fatherr-Her- e's a C on your report card, after all the help I gave you last term. Son Gee, pop, that C Is In deport-ment snd you didn't give me any help In that Boston Transcript What does one do with his mind Let It stand unoccupied so that on Is no company for the Intelligent? THE FEATHERHEADS A Timely Dingle Mi I ttk HVS b tuff. M MMM I J ( Ml f WU Wtt. CI MAUtJtf A Wl Ifkf y f cvocx hcms so iur i Woifr Jj la III wtni wtKwrAjofittl;8 fflllHiM .tfe Love's young dream often bumps np Wealth adds to the folly of fools. against a rude awakening. FINNEY OF THE FORCE Baby's Picture Rat Population Of course there Is do way to take s census of the rats In the Dulted States, but the public health service estlmnles that there sre probably of these animals la this coun-try. Well, What NoitT j New Tork scientist discovers that Insects live most happily In glass houses. Now that we know Just how to promote happiness among the hiiK end the snts snd the mosquitoes, what do we do next Oevelan-- ' I'lain Dealer Cave Nam to County The Maryland Historical society says that Anne Arundell county Is named sfter Lady Anne Arundell. daughter of Sir Thomas Arundell. Lord Arundell of Wardour castle, who mnr-rle- Cecil Calvert, second Lord Ball!-mor- e and founder of Maryland. WOULD KNOW IT'S KEY what Is It you want to know about the Star Spangled Banner?" Pupil "What's Its key, sir?" Willing to Learn Judge I know you committed the theft exactly as I have described It Accused Unfortunately, no, but I will follow your methods next time, sir. Licked at the Start Aunty was entertaining her two i nephews, and thought to educate them by the way. Putting out two pieces of cake, one much larger than the other, she said: "Now I want to see which of yon has the better manners." "Oh, Jimmy has!" said Johnny, as be grabbed the big one. Exempt Clerical Visitor And who is In this cell, warder? Warder Aw, 'e's a privileged bloke, e's excused visitors. Table Talk, Mel-bour- Music Teacher "Now, Mr. Brown, Cleaning VarnUbed Wood Varnished wood Is best cleaned with cold ten strained from the leaves If the wood Is very dirty, a lit fie warm soup and water may be used, hut only to remove the outer dirt; the tea will out In Jui e the varnish. Beginning af the End A man may be down, but he Isn't out unless be bad rather talk about his 111 fortune than his prospects. Capper's Weekly. |