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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Tag RICH Entered as t, 1929. at the COUNTY second-clas- Utah, under s REAPER matter Fet pst office Randolph. the Act of Mar. 3, 1879. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop Wm. SUBSCRIPTION tl.50 Per Year in Advance Conserve Moisture by Plowing Early Persians Take New Name for Historic Kingdom Revive Iran, Once Designating Entire Region. of the modem capitals of the world of comparable size. Its wide boulevards, along which traffic ts directed by policemen, lend an outward air of modernity to the city ; but the lumbering caravans of camels and donkeys soon dispel the modern appearance of the main thoroughfares. Side streets of the capital are narrow, crooked, and dark, and add further to the popular conception of a typical oriental city. Modern Buildings. There Is, of course, a section of beautiful modern buildings Including the post office, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the legislative buildings of the Majlis (the Iranian congress or parliament), and the PahlevI palace, home of his Imperial majesty, Riza Shah h of Iran. Pahlevi, Until 1906 Iran was an absolute In that year, the reigning monarchy. shah was forced to grant a constitution, under which the national consultative assembly of Majlis was established. In October, 1925, this assembly voted to depose the young sultan. Riza Khan Pahlevi, then prime minister, was appointed to head a provisional government In December of the same year, he ascended the throne as king. Under the present constitution; Irans government somewtiat resembles that hel-met- Kentuckian, Aged 60, Greets 35th Child thirty-fiftKy. The Jenkins, child has arrived at the home of John D. Sloan, sixty. Sloan has been married three times. Twelve children were born to the first wife, 15 to the second and 8 to the present wife. of the children are livThirty-tw- o ing and are scattered over eastern Kentucky. One set of triplets and two sets of twins are In the family. h Washington. New Years day for the Persians, which is March 22, will bring to the ancient kingdom of Persia a new name Iran." ' Capacity. Persia was derived from the province of Pers, or Parsa, the seed from of Great Britain. The prime minister By Richard Bradfleld, Agronomist at Ohio which the modern nation sprang. WNU Service. State University. the constitutional executive and is enIran Is the ancient name for the Plow as early as possible, to con head of the cabinet, and all executive serve moisture. It Is high time for tire geographical region, which Inaction is subject to the approval and ns to be thinking rather seriously about cludes parts of Afghanistan and Babf the Majlis. support reIn luchistan. the drouth problem, and ways to recent times, however, The country is divided into 26 produce Its ravages. Rough plowed land. Jran has been used as a secondary headed by governors-genervinces, If there is no danger of erosion, is an title for the Persian political unit. (Wali) and governors (Hakim). Both ideal condition for absorbing the heavy (It should not be confused with Iraq," are directly responsible to the central rains that are hoped for early in the the similar name of the nation which government All towns and villages borders it on the west). year. have chiefs called Katkhuda, who are texfoot of soil of Persians have their Every average always called ture ts capable of storing and holding country Iran Laud of the Aryans usually appointed by the governors, al" though sometimes elected by the citiagainst the pull of gravity the equiv- and themselves Irani, says a bulletin ' . zens. alent of about three inches of rainfall. from the Washington (D. C.) headIn a soil eight feet deep, this Is a quarters of the National Geographic-societyIran Is modeling its educational system after that of England. The But at the same time they storage capacity of 24 Inches. If every drop of normal rainfall have looked upon Fars (the modern (crown prince) is attending a from now until April 1 runs into the name for Pers) as the most typical school near Geneva, organized very much on the plan of an English public Roil, the total is 9 to 10 Inches, which Persian province, and- even as the school. A large number of government is only half enough to fill our soil to cradle of the Aryan race. its field capacity. students, women as well as men, have The official change tn name turns been sent abroad to schools. A univerFrom 300 to 1,000 pounds of water attention to the country as a whole, are required by growing plants to pro- and emphasizes Irans 3,000 years of sity has been founded, in addition to a duce one pound of dry matter. A sin- strong nationalism. Its number of teachers colleges, technical people have and secondary schools. gle corn stalk may absorb and transpire demonstrated again and again their through its leaves as much as 55 gal- ability to revive from major lons of water during Its development. This amounts for' a full stand of corn Often Subjugated. to over 20 Inches of water, an amount At different periods in its developIn excess of the average rainfall durment Iran has been overrun and even season. The dif- subjugated by Greek, Arab, ing the Turk, and ference must he drawn from the rearmies ; but the Irani have serve of moisture accumulated In the Mongol to their national soil In winter and early spring months. clung tenaciously characteristics and culture. Irans two great poets, Firdausi and Omar Khayyam, helped to preserve the Persian Sweet Clover Is Put and national spirit through to Front as Soil Crop language many troubled years. Firdausis best Once considered a weed sweet clov- known work, is one of er has had to bear the brunt of pro- the worlds epics; and Edward Fitztecting fertility levels on thousands of geralds translation of the Rubaiyat acres of farm lands during the depres focused the attention of Europe on the sIod period when farmers have not had culture of Iran. the cash for mineral fertilizers, it is Iran, two and a half times the area pointed out by L. B. Miller, associate of Texas, Is covered by a network of In soil experiment fields at the College modern highways, in varying degrees of Agriculture, University of Illinois. of repair, following ancient trade Until 1929 the use both of commercial routes. Until 1931 Iran was. a country fertilizers and of sweet clover was on without railroads, with the exception the Increase. That year some 38,864 of a few extremely short stretches of tons of factory processed fertilizer narrow-gaug- e line. But now railway were applied In the state. At the same construction is progressing both In the time the sweet clover acreage amountnorth and in the sooth. Plans call for ed to something less than 800,000 acres. the meeting of these tracks within the However, applications of commercial next few years so that the fertile profertilizers have declined to l fourth vinces bordering the Caspian sea In One of the most gigantic hoaxes In the history of Arizona was engineered of the peak year, while swedt clover the north will be linked with the by Charles Williams of Phoenix when he started a new gold rush. The miner acreages have continued to Increase. Persian gulf. came out of the mysterious Superstitious mountains after he had been missing By 1931 a total of 856,001 acres in IlliTeheran, the beautiful capital city, 85 hours. With him he brought 12 ounces of pure gold, which he said he found nois were devoted to growing sweet Is now reached by airplane, motor car, tn a rich cache. Later investigation and assaying proved that the gold was clover, largely for soil improvement or camel caravan, but before long It dental gold and melted down coins. Williams has admitted his fraud. Left to purposes. With the coming of the gov- will be Included on the right : Charles Williams ; Ed Layton, prospector into whose camp Williams stumernments adjustment programs in railroad. The capital has a population bled as he emerged from the mountains; and Officer Guss Dobrinski, Inspecting 3933 and 1934, wherein AAA contracted of 320,000 ; but it is utterly unlike most one of the gold nuggets." land could be sown to legumes and at the same time get benefit payments, sweet clover acreage Is believed to Special free courses In the language have reached the million mark. will be offered shortly, in many coun$ Inoculated sweet clover provides an tries of Europe. During two weeks efficient fertilizer factory on any farm next year a series of lectures will be to how Mines Holds Ontario Bureau mintaught recognize various having sweet soil and a fair supply delivered In the leading capitals of the how to chemical make erals, tests and Classes for Novices. of the major mineral plant foods. Beother many things which a prospector world for the purpose of explaining the sides Its value as a green manure, the should know. In the afternoons field intellectual advantages of Esperanto. Toronto. The lure of gold In the legume is well known for Its ability to Among international languages which work, chemistry, spotting and allied northern Ontario bush brought 446 abundant or It provide pasture, may are beginning to rival Esperanto here were discussed. eveIn the subjects he harvested for seed. In years when men and four women to the prospecillustrated lectures on prospect- are Volapuk, Ido, Novlal, Perfecto and tors classes held in Toronto by the ningswere cash expenditures for factory .fertiliBasic. The last one, originated by a held. zer were Impractical, Illinois farmers Ontario department of mines. During ingThe Toronto Cambridge professor, is merely a reare lectures a of part who had limed land were quick to take eight days these men and women were series held throughout the province duction of English to a minimum voadvantage of the triple value of sweet since the beginning of winter. The cabulary. It comprises only 850 words, clover, and particularly for general series opened In Ottawa. Other towns which are supposed to do the work soil Improvement. MARK TWAIN BEACON on the itinerary Include Marmora, of 20,000 words. a Sault Ste. Marie, Fort Arthur, Fort William, Kenora, Halleybury, Kapus-kasinTasting Milk Virgin Forest Will Be and Kirkland Lake. The averDuring winter farmers often find that age attendance at the classes last year Saved in Pennsylvania milk, fresh from the cow, Is bitter and was 120. In acquiring PennsyWashington, many of them have attributed this to That the lectures bear fruit was dem- lvanias Tionesta alfalfa hay or other feed together with forest, the government onstrated recently when two prospec- is the scarcity of green grass. While it Is preserving one of the most famous the1 deputy mine mintors Into walked true- some feeds such as weeds, some and remnants of virgin foristers office at Toronto and told how, est ininteresting kinds of leaves and other herbage can the East as a laboratory for sciafter attending an earlier course for a ence, cause bitter milk, and that sometimes according to the American Forweek, they had gone out during the a cow herself may be off condition and association. estry recent gold rush In the Sturgeon river e The give bitter or salty milk, the usual tract, recently apdistrict of northern Ontario and staked cause of bitter milk during winter is for purchase' by the National proved a number of claims. Then they had Forest the cool temperature which retards the Reservation commission, concome to Toronto and sold their claims stitutes of the original forest development of certain bacteria. The for $10,000 which is not bad for a bacteria which cause the bitter taste in Pennsylvania, Delaware, remaining couple of tenderfeet. New Jersey and Maryland. grow when temperatures are low while The lectures are made as practical It Is said to be the largest tract the bacteria which make milk sweet as possible; samples of minerals are of original forest found between the grow at warmer temperatures. Thus passed around and the results of chemAdirondacks and the Great Smoky In cold weather one might properly say ical tests are shown. Because of the mountains In that the bacteria content Is out of balTennessee. short period of the lectures the de- est is most famous for Tionesta forIts ance, causing bitter milk, and the partment of mines cannot hope to turn virgin hemlocks. Many ofmagnificent cows diet has nothing to do with it. the trees out mining engineers, but endeavors to are 500 years old and measure up to Missouri Farmer. teach some of the rudiments of geology four feet in diameter. The and mineralogy, as well as some of the boasts what is believed to beforest also largdonts for tenderfeet In the bush of est sugar maple tree in thethe Deep Furrows . United northern Ontario, where railways are States. The annual loss from farm fires is soon left behind and transportation is In this country. $100,000,000 largely by canoe or airplane. Cat Aids Electrician Monroe City, Mo. It took fourteen-year-olFarmers of the Irish Free State wili The Mark Twain beacon light at be encouraged to raise wheat Dorothy Jones and her pet Esperantists in Drive Hannibal, Mo., was recently lighted cat, Jerry, to solve a wiring problem to Retain Leadership for the Methodist church. The pastor Farmers now operate more than 200 when President Roosevelt turned a A at The Paris. golden key lightWashington. campaign to counteract the was unable to maneuver a wire through oil and gas stations. e ing of the beacon started the years growing popularity of other synthetic a new heating conduit DorAustralia exported moie than 70,000,-00- 0 celebration of the Mark Twain centen- languages Is being organized here by othy appeared with the feline, tied the nial In the little town where Mark the headquarters of the International wire to one of its legs and met Jerry bushels of wheat the past year. at the other end of the pipe.. Twain spent his boyhood. Association of Esperanto. AverageRainfallNot Enough to Fill Soil to Its Field " al Reduce your ironing time ... I Iron any place with your labor the Coleman. Its entirely No cords or wires. No weary, endless trips between s hot store and the taming board. The Coleman makes and barns its own gas. Lights instantly no an hoar. 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