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Show Mmj I1FSSJ1 108 ; The high cost of automobile maintenance is one reason why many drivers mav be in Elks Seek Deer Hides For Bets "Hides for Veterans" is the call. DEER SEASON is upon us and all 17 Utah State Elks Lodges are again this year collecting deer hides for the Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City. The leather derived from these hides is used for physical therapy and rehabilitation. There can be no better use made of the hide from your animal. We, the Bountiful Elks, ask and encourage en-courage all sportsmen to contribute con-tribute their hides to this worthy cause. HUNTERS MAY drop off their deer, elk, moose or antelope an-telope hides at the Bountiful City Fire Dept, 65 West 200 So., Bountiful or at the Bountiful Boun-tiful Elks Lodge, 310 North Highway 91, North Salt Lake (former Walren Village). They will be picked up promptly, cared for, and taken to the tannery. From the tannery they are presented present-ed to the Veterans to be turned into beautiful leather goods. Won't you all please donate your animal hides to this worthy cause? The Veterans at the hospital will be every grateful for your help. Spring Flowering Bulbs Do you envy your neighbor, John Doe, who has such beautiful color in his yard in early spring? Well do not envy him any longer. All that you have to do- is plan and plant spring flowering bulbs now and next spring maybe some of your friends will envy you, says Melvin S. Bur-ningham, Bur-ningham, USU Area Horticulturist. Hor-ticulturist. SPRING flowering bulbs may be used anywhere in your garden. Some use the bulbs as borders, others group them in masses for color, while others spot them here and there through their perennial plants. I have even seen crocus scattered in the lawn. The most interesting sign of spring I observed was where yellow crocus was planted in the lawn to spell "It's Spring." Because next spring we will start celebrating the Bi-Centennial, you may want to go patriotic and plant red, white, and blue spring flowering bulbs such as tulips or hyacinths. Among the more popular spring flowering bulbs are crocus, daffodils or narcissus, hyacinths, and tulips. Some use allium or snowdrops, iris, lily-of-the-valley, and there may be others. And with the choice of the above spring flowering bulbs, you can arrange almost any color combinations you want. It is important that you get and plant the spring flowering flower-ing bulbs now while the nursery supply is good' because the bulbs develop their root system while the ground is cool and before it freezes up. This is important if you expect large flowers next, spring. the market for motorcycles this year. BUT ACCORDING to Linn C. Baker, President of the Utah Safety Council, while motorcycle maintenance is usually cheaper than auto maintenance, taking good care of a bike requires more hours of do-it-yourself mechanic work than the average car driver would ever think of spending on his vehicle. "Safe motorcycle riding means constant main-' main-' tenance," Baker said, "and a r.ew rider should be aware of what to look for to correct hazards on his motorcycle. motor-cycle. A BASIC knowledge of safety maintenance," he added, ad-ded, "is especially important for riders who buy used machines for low-cost, around-town transportation. Many of these used bikes come with hazards already built-in," he said.- According to Baker, motorcycle motor-cycle tires should be checked daily for inflation pressure, damage and wear. TIRE PRESSURES should be checked with an accurate gauge before the motorcycle is ridden, and pressures should be kept at the levels specified in the owner's manual. Improper inflation pressures, Baker said, can adversely affect the cycle's handling. After the rider checks and adjusts the tire pressures, Baker said, he should remove stones and other debris from the treads and examine the sidewalls for cracks or bulges that mean the tire should be replaced. "REPLACING a tire with a groove depth of l-16th inch or less anywhere on the tread also is important," Baker said, "since the front and rear tires on a motorcycle wear differently. "Front tires," Baker explained, "wear faster on the sides of the tread because they take more punishment in cornering than rear tires do. Rear tires," he said, "show their heaviest wear in th2 center of the tread. AN INEXPERIENCED rider " he continued, "might lock at the deep tread in the center of the front tire and assume that the tire has a lot of miles left on it. But if the tread on the side of tie tire is gone," Baker said, "the rider may suddenly find he has no traction the next time he tries to lean the like into a turn on a wet road." IN ADDITION to checking tires, the rider ilso should make a daily check of the tightness of axle nuts and other easily accessible nuts and jolts on the motorcycle, Baker said. Nuts, bolts and other fasteners fas-teners on a motorcycle become loose more frequently Wildlife Hay Be A Crop Wildlife you want to see and harvest may be an agricultural agricul-tural crop. It is called "farm game" Lacause it is grown on privately owned farms and ranches that produce other agricultural crops such as corn, grains, vegetable crops, livestock, and timber. WILDLIFE must have food and a place to live. Food, cover, and water for wildlife are byproducts of soil and water conservation practices. That is why stripcropping, hedges, windbreaks, field borders, ponds, and many other conservation practices are signs of good hunting and fishing. YOUR HUNTING and fishing can be better if you recognize and know the effect of the conservation practices that are signs of good wildlife land. For more information about this subject, contact Max Phillips, your District Conservationist Con-servationist at the Soil Conservation Con-servation Service Office, 60 West Gentile, Layton, and ask for a free copy of "Conservation "Conserva-tion Practices, Signs of Good Hunting and Fishing." MORE THAN 85 percent of our hunting land in the United States is privately owned or controlled. However in Utah a lot of our hunting area is Federal and State owned. Since much of our wildlife is produced on farm and ranch land, decisions regarding regard-ing the wildlife crop are made by farmers and ranchers. The production of fish and game is an elective to be accepted or rejected as the land operator desires. AS OUR population ' increases and land use becomes more intensive, planned production of wildlife will become more and more important in meeting the demand for this crop. Obviously, Ob-viously, farmers and ranchers deserve the respect and cooperation of the hunter and fisherman. than they do on a car, he explained, because a motorcycle motor-cycle vibrates more than a car. BAKER ALSO recommended recommend-ed that riders check the tightness of spokes by striking them with a screwdriver while spinning the wheel. Spokes that give out a flat pitch, Baker said, need adjustment ad-justment - a job that should be done at a motorcycle shop. Vibration also attacks the filaments in motorcycle headlights and taillights. Baker said, making their life spans much shorter than those of automobile lights. HE RECOMMENDED a pre-ride check of all lights, as well as carrying spare tailight bulbs in a safe place on the motorcycle. He also stressed replacing a motorcycle's headlight when either the high or low beam fails, rather than relying on the remaining beam. Motorcycle brakes, Baker said, require periodic adjustment adjust-ment for safe stopping. "THE REAR brake," he said, "should be adjusted tightly - so that a minimum amount of travel of the brake pedal produces a maximum omount of braking force. The front brake," he continued, con-tinued, "should be adjusted loosely - so that it doesn't quite lock the front wheel in a panic stop." RIDERS WITH disc brake-equipped brake-equipped motorcycles, Baker said, should check the brake fluid reservoir daily. A sudden sud-den drop in the fluid level, he said, might indicate leaking brake lines. He also recommended checking brake cables as well as throttle and clutch cables daily, and replacing cables that have rusted, frayed or kinked wire strands. "A BENT cable or a cable with broken strands can't be trusted," he said. "It could stick or break at any moment, leaving the rider with no braking power, no clutch control or a trottle jammed wide open. Baker suggested periodically peri-odically lubricating cables ca-bles by removing them from their control levers, tying a plastic bag filled with light oil , around one end of each cable and hanging it vertically, allowing the oil to seep down the length of the cable inside the cable casing. HE ALSO recommended weekly lubrication and adjustment ad-justment of the drive chain to keep it from wearing down the sprockets and to prevent it from snapping under sudden sud-den power application. The chain, he sain . be lubricated Zht a special chain TsnS 0,1 : chain tension should La"d lusted to auow uidh ; Play midway be?w J,'r sprockets with d Vbf on the bike. naersMig : FORKS AND shocb-said shocb-said also have to l good condition to w Pu torcycle handling PSL ' turns and on roujbE ) U ! "Forks .ndffoS;: said, "can be ch,i,' fc pressing down hard b handlebars or sadii. " I bike and watchmg' i sponse as the 1 ' bounces back to iu , Position. Forks tha t8n" mushy or bounce i'eel times are either low o I', need a heavier THE RIDER can .. ' tractions for adding amount and type of oi his owner's manual or 'ir table cycle shop, Be Oil leaks on the sitW , ? i forks, he added? 2 seals in the fork',u& be replaced. '"veu, "Keeping a bike in sale running condition doesn't -mean you have to keep a professional mechanic on cat around your house," he said "It's largely a matter of taking the time to do the $ yourself; but the time it takes to keep a motorcycle in goal shape is time well spent," added. ' i "TODAY'S TRAFFIC en-1 vironment demands a Ik ! from both the vehicle and the s driver," Baker said, "and a ' motorcycle rider can be only i-as i-as sure of his own safety as he is of the capabilities o( his 11 bike." Complete : Hill AFB Course I Five local men hai graduated from a 40-hour course at Hill AFB t: maintenance of computers. THEY WERE Richard R J Fresh, Layton; Donald 0 Jones, Loyal G. Layton, c: Charles F. Middleton, all : 'f' Ogden; and Wendell V. Pap r West Point. The course tauf maintenance procedures p the Hewlett-Packard !! : series computers. Ti:!1" machines are used in nz control systems through:. (' the Air Force. -a j INNOCENCE 3 Little boy to grocer: "When s; do you keep the wild oats?" r. : Record, Columbia, S.t v.: |