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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Link-Sid- e Story Told by John D. Long Drive Ends in Accident Near Home Washington. After driving all the way to North Carolina and return in search of her sister whom she had not seen for the last nineteen years, Mrs. Inez Turner, Beth-esdreceived a cut on the right ankle within a mile of her home. According to police at Bethesda she was attempting to pass a truck when it swerved to the left. Trying to avoid a collision she turned short, causing her automoble to overturn. a, LITTLE SPRUCE GUM USED Microphone Tricky in Effect on the Voice As a nation, America has gone soft, boasts the only survivor of what once was a leading industry in Maine, the making of spruce gum. The Indians taught settlers the value of the gum from the spruce tree. But moderns turned many years ago to flavored gums that chew with less exertion. The spruce gum crop in Maine used to total 150 tons yearly. This was worth $300,000. Now, however, the harvest amounts to four to six tons. gum-chewi- If your friends say your voice ought to be on the air, dont consider them good judges. The microphone plays a lot of tricks some dirty even on the best voices, says the Red Book: Contrary to the general impression, a microphone is not just a little tin gadget shoved in front of a speaker so lie'll have something to talk or sing to. Its a very sensitive and very temperamental piece of mechanism. Put a orator before a mike, and hes just as apt as not to sound like a bronchial and a stellar soprano may give as perfect an imitation of the Europa backing into midstream as you ever heard. Some people forget that that little mechanical box in front of them picks up every sound, however slight. A person taking a suds den deep breath may send the farmers into their cyclone cellars ; while speakers who are strong on the sibilants give the impression of a dance orchestra warming up for The Peanut Vendor. The best way to handle an s (in case you have radio ambitions) is to keep the tongue as far from the roof of the mouth a1 possible. This gives the sibilant a soft sound. Dr. Pierces Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative three for a cathartic. Adv. silver-tongue- d mately 2,300 acres. It has been operated only on a test basis. The government also constructed a large steam power plant of 80,000 horse power with which to operate the second nitrate plant pending the completion of the dam. Near City of Florence. The north end of the Wilson dam is in the suburbs of Florence, Ala., a thriving little city of 12,000 inhabitants. Florence is a typical inland southern town of shaded streets, many of them lined with fine old mansions. Like other communities near Muscle Shoals, Florence felt the hectic wartime prosperity that poured liberal wages into the hands of 20,000 workers on the dam and nitrate plants. When the Wilson dam was built, primarily for power production, the possibilities of improving the navigation of the Tennessee river by the structure were not overlooked. At the north end of the dam is a canal with its flight of locks through which river boats are lifted into the Wilson lake. Back water from the dam makes the river navigable for 14 miles up stream, but at this point a shallow stretch occurs. There an auxiliary dam is being built which will make the river navigable to Chattanooga. A small dam, also, has been built several miles down stream from Wilson dam to make possible the passage of river traffic over the lower end of Once upon a time goes the story John D. Rockefeller tells to his great grandchildren, John and Bessie De Cuevas, who are ardent listeners. Sitting on the steps of the starters hut on the Ormond Beach golf links, the elder Rockefeller takes a little time off between holes to favor the children with a tale. MUSCLE SHOALS CALLED NIAGARA OF THE SOUTH Likened to Great Falls as Potential Water Power. - , Washington. Muscle Shoals and its Wilson dam, in the further development of which the new administration has declared an interest, is the Niagara of the South insofar as potential water power is concerned, according to a bulletin from the National Geographic society. Muscle Shoals is off the main highways and railroads, and considerably south of the center of population, and is therefore not so well known to traveling Americans as some less important power sites, says the bulletin. The Tennessee river, on which these rapids are situated, is the main tributary of the Ohio river and carries a large volume of water, especially in the spring months. The river, flowing far to the south and then far to the north, makes a vast bend, greater than that in any other of the major streams of the United States except the Snake river and the Rio Grande. Drops About 130 Feet. Some of the headwaters of the Tennessee rise in Virginia and the stream then makes two complete crossings of the State of Tennessee, looping between times into northern Alabama. It is the portion of the river that lies in Alabama that contains Muscle Shoals, a section of rapids 37 miles long. In this short distance the river drops about 130 feet, nearly a third of the entire fall between Chattanooga and the Ohio river. Plans to improve the Tennessee at Muscle Shoals have been in existence for more than a hundred years. The work was first recommended by the secretary of war in 1824. This improvement was wholly for the purpose of bettering navigation. Work was actually started in 1831 and a canal with several locks was constructed, but was of small value. Further improvements to help navigation were made up until the World war, when it was decided to harness the river by a power dam and to utilize its electric energy for the production of nitrates to be used in the manufacture of ammunition. The Wilson dam was begun in 1916 and was not completed until 1925. This dam is one of the largest in the United States. The river spreads out to a great breadth so that the dam lacks only about 700 feet of being a mile long. It is aproximately 122 feet high to the roadway on top, and contained at the time of its completion a greater volume of concrete than any other dam in the world. Because of the great width of the river at the dam site, construction was very costly. Dam and power house have cost to date $47,000,000. The power, house is sitdam and of the end south uated at the has foundations which provide for the installation of 18 giant turbines that will produce a maximum of 600,000 horse power. Of these, eight have been Installed and are capable of producing a maximum of 250,000 horse power. The maximum at low water will be about 100,000 horse power. Since the completion of the Wilson dam and power house in 1925, the plant has been put to very little use. Some electric energy has been sold to existing power companies, but at no time has the power house been called on for its maximum production. In connection with the building of the Wilson dam, the federal government constructed two huge factories for the manufacture of nitrates from the nitrogen of the air. The various buildings of one, situated at the town of Sheffield, a few miles down stream from the southern end of the dam, are scattered over more than 1,800 acres of land. It has never been in use. The second, four miles up stream from Sheffield and close to the end of the dam, occupies a tract of approxi- - Faculty Are Students Parents stuBurlington, Vt. Twenty-fou- r dents at the University of Vermont are children of faculty members. ? Government. Washington. A heavy share of federal, state, and municipal government costs is being borne by automobile owners throughout the United States as the result of new taxes enacted during the past two years. Revenue of more than $250,000,000 was expected to accrue to the United States government through the excise tax passed by congress at its last session and which levies on gasoline, oil, tires, and all accessories. States and municipalities also have tapped new fountains of income by levying upon nWor vehicle owners. In the 12 years from 1919 to 1931 state REORGANIZER license and gasoline taxes alone have risen from $8.68 to $34.10 per capita, an increase of 292 per cent The tax bill which Mr. Car Owner in the United States paid during 1932 is estimated at the stupendous total of $1,500,000,000, this figure including the new federal tax and the state and local increases. In license fees, gasoline taxes, municipal, and personal property taxes on motor vehicles during 1931 the motorist paid a national total of $1,025,000,000. of the entire United States tax bill was the amount paid by motor car owners during 1931 through license fees, gasoline taxes, and personal property taxes on vehicles. The percentage is, expected to be higher when the figures for 1932 are available. From figures obtained from all parts of the country it appears that raising the tax on gasoline has been a favorite means of providing new revenue for states. In some states this levy has been pyramided to the point where the gasoline tax amounts to 11 cents a gallon. While the toll houses that once lined the nations principal highways as a means of collecting enough money to pay for the roads and keep them in repair have passed into history, the modern gasoline filling station, according to leaders of the automotive industry, has just about taken the place of the toll house. Gasoline filling stations today are toll collecting agencies for federal, state, and, in many cases, for county and city governments. On a basic tax of 5 cents a gallon, a light passenger car consuming one gallon of gasoline each 20 miles pays a road toll tax of $50 for every 20,000 miles. One-tent- h old-tim- e Bevo, Steer Grid Mascot, Is Sent Back to Ranch Swagar Sherley, the Kentucky con- gressman and,, wartime head of the house appropriations committee, who was commissioned by President-Elec- t Roosevelt to supervise the formation of plans for a complete reorganization of the entire federal government. Sherley is assisted in the gigantic task by a number of the countrys leading economists and government experts. short-winde- Just Wet Feet Honey, Im knee deep In love with you. All right. Ill put you on my wad- ing list. d Tit-Bit- s. Other little girls Kan--sa- stay homefrom school when they have a cold but I never do. My mother gives me Bronchl-Lyptu- s for colds and coughs. 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Bevo joined in celebrations and mass meetings with gusto so much so, in fact, that he seriously endangered the lives of spectators at one football game. Take Bayer Aspirin according to directions in package. Drink Full Glass of Water. y'Jf throat is sore, crush anddissolve 8 Bayer Aspirin Tablets in a half glass of warm water and gargle according to directions. Almost Instant Relief In This Way If you have a cold dont take chances with cold killers and nostrums. A cold Is too dangerous to take chances on. The simple method pictured above is the way doctors throughout the world now treat colds. It is recognized as the QUICKEST, safest, surest way. For it will check an ordinary cold almost as fast as you caught it. That Is because the real BAYER Aspirin embodies certain medical qualities that strike at the base of a cold almost INSTANTLY. and dissolved In 3. half glass of warm water, repeating every 2 or 3 hours as necessary. Sore throat eases this way in a few minutes, incredible as this may seem. Ask your doctor about this. And when you buy, see that you get the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets. They And dissolve almost instantly. when almost work thus instantly you take them. And for a gargle. Genuine Bayer Aspirin Tablets dissolve with speed and completeness, leaving no Irritating particles or grittiness. Get a box of 12 or bottle of 24 or 100 at any drug store. You can combat nearly any cold you get simply by taking BAYER Aspirin and drinking plenty of water every 2 to 4 hours the first day and 3 or 4 times daily thereafter. If throat is sore, gargle with 3 BAYER Aspirin Tablets crushed Ask your druggist about tbe recent price reduction on 100 tablet size Bayer Aspirin. NO TABLETS ARE GENUINE BAYER xs Tuna ASPIRIN WITHOUT THIS CROSS mm UDepantmenil; Store The stores of our town, as a whole, are but the big department store of the metropolitan center. Collectively they offer every trading advantage enjoyed by the people of the large cities. The only difference is that all departments are not under one roof nor one ownership. The variety is here, the convenience is here, the reliability is here and you can always have plenty of time to investigate your purchases. Take advantage of the service of our local merchants. |