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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION Per Year in Advance Wm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop. matter Feb. Entered as second-clas- s 8, 1929, at the post office Randolph. Intermountain tlews UTVLl fpAy $1.50 Briefly Told by Busy Readers HUNT RELICS IMPROVE STREETS Chayote Favored as Vegetable for Table ARTESIAN FLOW GAINS FARMERS FOR WORK jT 0- W W Delicate in Flavor and Summer Squash. Re-semb- les 11 I I , jQJ j.y WNU Service. of Agriculture.) new vegetable for tne American table bat one which has been a staple food for centuries in some Central American countries is the chayote, sometimes called vegetable pear, manIn the last go squash, or mirliton. few years there has been increasing interest in the growing of chayotes for home use and local markets in the lower South, the United States Department of Agriculture reports, and chayotes are now appearing in season in northern as well as southern markets. The adaptability of the chayote as a table vegetable Is one of its outstanding characteristics. It may be eaten plain boiled, mashed, fried, stuffed and baked, used cold In salads, In fritters, or made into sweet pickle. Unlike most squash, the chayote bolds its form perfectly after being cooked. Its flavor is delicate and resembles summer squash. To some people it tastes like stewed oysters. The root, which becomes tuberlike after the first season, is starchy and may be boiled and eaten. Botanically the chayote is related to the squashes and cucumber. It usually fruits in the fall, though when early vine growth from old roots is not injured by spring frost, It may produce a crop In the spring. The fruits of different varieties of chayote vary In weight from three ounces to three pounds. A & THE interests of governmental the lonely island of Guam, of the smallest of American possessions, will be taken from the list of American naval bases and turned over to another government department, possibly the Department of Interior, which has already suggested that Guam would make an attractive national park. Guams military Importance has always been theoretical, but as part of American stepthe chain of California from stones, ping leading through the Hawaiian Islands to the Philippines, Guam has also provided a handy landing place and relay station for cable lines across the Pacific, and a base for repairs and supplies for American vessels plying midway lanes. More than 1,100 miles of open water separate it from the Philippines while the ocean Jump to Midway, nearest of ehe Hawaiian islands, is even greater some 1,700 miles. Guams strategic value is out of all proportion to its size and population. In area it is about three and a half times as large as Nantucket, having a length of less than 30 miles and an Lime Phosphate Profitable average widui of about six miles. to Use on Legume Crops Only 18,620 people, more than of whom are native Guamese, Lime phosphate may be used for similar to the Filipinos. Ina people growing either legume crops or grain oasis. The habit this crops. When used for grain crops, It is growing. some thought must be given to the population, however, 40 per cent in the last decade. jumped liberation of phosphorus by the acids in The island of Guam was discovered or those formed in the de- IN mid-Pacif- -- , nine-tent- coral-reefe- d plants by after on March 6, 1521, by Magellan, composition of organic matter. When a passage of three months and twenty there is enough decomposition in a which bears his soil to provide more nitrogen than is days from the strait name. needed in proportion to phosphorus, Raided by Magellan. lime phosphate will be beneficial when of Guam came to meet natives The matter. fresh without applied organic There is not much land In this condi- the Spaniards in strange flying praos tion, however, as most soils are in (canoes provided with outriggers and need of some fresh organic matter triangular sails of mats). The Spaniards had dropped anchor, furled their occasionally for the purpose of liberand were about to land, when it sails, ating various kinds of plant food; and it is best to use lime phosphate was discovered that a small boat which in connection with active organic mat- rode astern of the flagship was missing. Suspecting the natives of having ter, such as legumes or manure. himself went stolen it, Magellan ashore at the head of a landing party Strong Smelling Mixture of 40 armed men, burned 40 or 50 Will Repel Bot Flies houses and many boats, and killed To protect our horses from bot flies seven or eight natives, male and fewe use a mixture of equal parts of male. He then returned to his ship and immediately turpentine, kerosene and linseed oil, with the missing boat course to the his set sail, continuing applied with a cloth. to all parts of the horses when the flies lay their westward. The natives did not fare much betOne application usually will eggs. at the hands of later visitors. Mister keep the bot flies away for from 48 to 72 hours. However, if applied sionaries came in 1668. Though Guam lies within the troplightly each' morning it is a protection its climate Is tempered throughout ics, as flies well, against other bothersome writes R. E. Grubbs of Brown county, the greater part of the year by a brisk trade wind blowing from the northIndiana, in Cappers Farmer. east and east Its mountains are not use a not to It is necessary large differamount of this oil, just enough to high enough to cause marked In the distribution of rain on the ences moisten the ends of the hairs. This suffimixture has a strong odor which island, and the island is not of altercause the to extent cient daily seems to be disliked by flies. nating currents of air known as land and sea breezes. Generally speaking, Fertilize Strawberries the seasons conform in a measure with of Manila, the least rain falling those or of of soda nitrate Applications colder months or the periods in the sulfate of ammonia are best' made winter called by the natives, and the when plants are dry, broadcasting with care and using very finely di- greater rainfall occurring in the warm vided nitrate or sulfate. Care should months, which are called summer by be taken not to allow the crystals to the natives. Though the mean monthly temperaaccumulate on the foliage. If devaries only 2 degrees on either ture sired, the nitrate or sulfate can be apof the mean annual temperature, side wain plied at the 'base of the plants winters of Guam are so the ter solution, using two ounces to the yet marked that certain wasps definitely gallon. This is a safe way to make which summer make their the during and the application is practical where fields among the in nests the open water and spray pump equipment is bushes Invade the houses of the peoavailable. ple at that season and hibernate there. The forest vegetation of Guam consists almost entirely of strand trees, epiphytal ferns, lianas, and a few unThe majority of the dershrubs. species are Included in what Schimper Complaint is being made that the has called the Barringtonia formation. growing of alfalfa in young orchards The principal trees are the wild ferdeprives the trees of needed moisture. tile breadfruit; the Indian almond; and the giant banyan. How They Catch Fish. Hay made of mixtures of vetch and oats, field peas and oats, or the clovers The fruit of another common tree will reduce the grain bill next winter. (Barringtonia speciosa) the natives use to stupefy fish. The fruit is poundYoung cabbage plants may be pro- ed into a paste. Inclosed in a bag, and tected from cutworms by placing kept over night. The time of an espearound each one a collar or stiff paper cially low tide is selected, and bags or tin. of the pounded fruit are taken out on the reef next morning and sunk in Where economy in feeding is neces certain deep holes in tha reef. The conditions cer- fish soon appear at the surface, some sary, and present-datainly require this, then the silo must of them lifeless, others attempting to be considered. swim, or faintly struggling with their FAP.miOTES Jack-in-the-bo- x, . . y ft yr Street In Agana, Guam. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) WNU Service. j j Once completed, the newly designated U. S. highway No. 93 from the Canadian line to Las Vegas, Nev., will be one of the most important roads in this section of the west. GREENRIVER, UT. A group of young men, under the direction of Donald Scott of Huntington, N. Y. and representing the Peabody museum and Harvard university, are in the Book Cliff region in search ELY, NEV. - (Prepared by the United States Department taj ventral side uppermost The natives scoop them in their hands, sometimes even diving for them. Nothing more striking could be Imagined than the picture presented by the conglomeration of strange shapes and bright colors snakelike e sea eels, voracious houndfishes, with their jaws prolonged into a sharp beak; long snouted trumpet fishes, flounders, porcupine fish, bristling with spines; squirrel fishes of the brightest and most beautiful colors scarlet, rose color and silver, and yellow and blue; parrot fishes, with large scales, parrotlike beaks, and Intense colors, some of them a deep greenish blue, others looking as though painted with blue and pink opaque colors; variegated Chaetodons, called sea butterflies by the natives; trunkfishes with horns and armor, leopard-spotte- d groupers, hideous-lookintoadfishes, warty armed with poisonous spines, much dreaded by the natives, and a black fish with a spur on its forehead. In the mangrove swamps when the tide is low hundreds of little fishes with protruding eyes may be seen hopping about in the mud and climbing among the roots of the Rhizophora and Brugulera. These belong to a group of fishes Interesting from the fact that their air bladder has assumed in a measure the function of lungs, enabling the animal to breathe atmospheric air. Natives of Good Appearance. The natives of Guam are, as a rule, of good physique and pleasing Owing to their mixed appearance. blood, their complexion varies from the white of a Caucasian to the brown of a Malay. Most of them have glossy black hair, which is either straight or slightly curly. It is worn short by the men and long by the women, either braided, coiled, or dressed after the styles prevailing' in Manila. Though the natives of Guam are naturally intelligent and quick to learn, little was done for their education until comparatively recent years. The college of San Juan de Letran was founded by Queen Maria Anna of Austria, widow of Philip IV, who settled upon It an annual endowment of 3,000 pesos. Through misappropriation and dishonesty the annual income of the college gradually dwindled to about 1.000 pesos. The greater part of this was absorbed by the rector, who was usually the priest stationed at Agana, and by the running expenses of the school, which were the subsistence and wages paid to janitor, porter, steward, doctor, and the lighting of the building. The people are essentially agricultural. There are few masters and few servants on the island. As a rule the farms are not too extensive to be cultivated by the family, all of whom, even the little children, lend a hand. Often the owners of neighboring farms work together in communal fashion, one day on As corn, the next day on Bs, and so on, laughing, singing, and skylarking at their work and stopping whenever they feel so inclined to take a drink of tuba from a bamboo vessel hanging to a neighboring coconut tree. Each does his share without constraint, nor will he indulge so freely in tuba as to incapacitate himself for work, for experience has taught the necessity of temperance, and every one must do his share if the services are to be reciprocal. In the evening they seperate, each going to his own rancho to feed his bullock, pigs and chickens. Agana the seat of government and principal town, is pbout eight miles from Apra harbor, a fine anchorage but closed to all foreign ships. Guam is a lonely spot, seeing only an occasional army or navy transport, the mail steamer, and a few American commercial ships. Tourists are uni known. The official currency of the Island is that of the United States, but the old Spanish code of laws, slightly modified, still is effective. English, Spanish and native languages are spokea The schools are conducted in English. The principal exports are copra and coconut oil The governor of the Island, a naval officer appointed by the President, takes precedence over and is entitled to the honors due to an admiral. lizard-fishe- . s, gar-lik- of cliff dwellings and to gather relics. IDA. Representatives BOISE, of the various Idaho industries, meeting in Boise recently charged the railroads with wasteful operation and inefficient management-anlodged a vigorous protest against the carriers recent increase in freight rates. ST. GEORGE, UT. A second dividend has been declared by the Dixie Stockgrowers bank, and checks have been mailed to depositors. This dividend will represent a 10 per cent liquidation of the present indebtedness, and represents a total dividend of about 33 per cent PROVO, UT. Permission to go ahead with the construction work of raising the dam at the Lost Lake site, near the head of the Provo riyer, has been granted Provo city by the forestry departement. ARCO, IDA. Idaho pea growers have excellent prospects of marketing their 1931 crop If the eastern markets remain firm. Four hundred acres at Arco and nearly one thousand acres at New Meadows will be sent eastward. EPHRAIM, UT. One thousand cast iron pipe has feet of just been laid at a point above the head house of the local water works system to bring the city water over a stretch of the line that has given much trouble and lost much water in the past. six-inc- LAS Polytechnic College of Engineering I3tk aal Mutual Sts., OtUud, Caltfarsi Leading Engineering School Univcnity Standard in Technical Science! Estailiihed in 1894 Over $100,000 Plant. Chartered to grant degrea in igtt All subjects omitted. Intensive practical thorough courses Civil, Mining-, Architectural and Structural Engineering. New courses in Aeronautical and Airplane Engineering. Special courses in Airplane Mechanics, Auto Mechanics, Machine Shop, Electric Shop, Ignition, Battery, etc. Complete Electrical, Hydraulic, Steam and Testing Laboratories. in Electrical, Mechanical, Sara about two yean time - Students assisted In financing their courses. Write for free catalog. W. I. WOOD W. B. GIBSON President Registrar Mennonites in Paraguay The Mennonites, reputed descendants of the Dutch Waldenses of the Middle ages, have found a haven in the Paraguayan Chaco. They went to South America after their venture had failed in Prussia, Russia and Canada. The government of Paraguay granted them a colonization concession in 1921 and the colony now numbers 1,400 persons. Their charter allows them to maintain schools in their own language, German. Also, they are exempt from military service and swearing in court, affirmation being sufficient. The Menonites are desirable colonists, especially if allowed to live according to the traditions of their ancestors. GIANT NEON ROOF SIGN Beacon of Hoepitality h VEGAS, NEV. A second story will be built on the Boggs business block, now under construction on Fremont street. The original contract called for a single story building. well Is LEHI, UT. A being driven by the Lehi Irrigation company in the creek bed north of Lehi to be used for irrigation purposes by the stockholders of this 14-in- company. EVANSTON, WYO. Only the fact that the city of Evanston, with exception of the Wyers Land and Livestock company, has the oldest water rights on Bear river saved the residents from a drastic water shortage. The city reservoir had receeded to a depth of five feet. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. By the installing of 112 modern light standards Salt Lakes Improved business district has been extended four blocks south on Main street. The lighting system was initated by property owners of the district at a cost of $15,000. LAS VEGAS, NEV. Despite the extreme hot weather prevailing throughout the intermountain region and the serious shortage of water in almost every section. Las Vegas artesian water supply has shown nearly a 20 per cent increase in flow over last year. MERIDIAN, IDA. The grain crop of this section promises a fair yeild, but it is said that the alfalfa crop will not be a heavy one. Many farmers who are having wells drilled to provide irrigation water are assured of a third crop of alfalfa. LOGAN, UT. The county school board met with the county commission recently and decided on 8.5 mills tax levy for' the next year. Last years levy was 10.1 mills. In actual cash, it is about a $40,000 cut over last year. RIGBY, IDA. :A uniform price of ,12 cents a bushel, milling weight, for threshing of peas in the Upper ' Snake river valley this season has been adopted by the Pea Growers association. sLEHI, UT. The connection of the new artesian well with Lehi citys main water supply has added 500 gallons per minute. The present hook-uis only gravity flow, but the city officials intend to install a new pressure pump Immediately. CHEYENNE, WYO. Forest fires In northeastern Wyoming and the Grand Teton national forest have burned thousands of acres of valuable timber. Many dude ranches in those sections have been threatened with destruction. BOISE, IDA. Employment for farmers of the Middleton district after the harvest season will be provided by a $60,000 highway job, the bureau of highways announced recently. p HOTEL Newhouse SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH One of Salt Lake Citys finest hotels, where guests find every comfort with a warm hospitality. Garage in connection. Cafe and cafeteria. 400 Rooms. Each with Bath $2.00 to $4.00 W. E. SUTTON. Manager Dream Fulfilled In Belmont (N. C.) on business W. D. Kennedy dreamed that one of his children had been killed, so he wrote a letter to his wife asking if they were all right. Mrs. Kennedy replied on a postal saying the children were all safe, and gave it to Charlie, son, to mail. As he was crossing the street to a mailbox he was run over and killed by a truck, truck. four-year-o- ld Role I can only give you a thinking part. Sir" But this is Ibsen. deep thinking. It requires mosquitoes killed quicker if you Cpraty FW Largest Seller in 121 Countries In ham t8PCTiePee,lDTeBtment HORTH AMERICAS unnecesaa AID SOCIETY, WICHITA, W. N. U.f Salt Lake City, No. 31. Ml |