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Show Tins nirn rninvTV reaper. RANDOLPH. UTAH PER THE RICH COUNTY-REAmatter Feh, Entered as second-das- s 8. 1929. at the pst office Randolnh. Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879. Wm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop tlJRO Tlki(g SUBSCRIPTION Per Year in Advance Insect Cannibals mmv IMM TTW Lower Crop Loss Earworm Has Habit of Eating Its Fellows; Halts Greater Damage. The corn earworms unfriendly habit of eating Its fellows saves a great deal of corn that would be destroyed by these Insect pests If they lived more amicably together. Out of several larvae sometimes as many as 20 entering the same ear of corn, only one may live to become an adult moth, according to recent studies by entomologists of the United States Department of Agriculture. The sole survivor of the 20 does not make away with all the others. Perhaps It killn only one or two. Its victims, however, may have accounted for one or two more, and so on. Corn earworm cannibalism Is progressive. husk Is Corn with long, more conducive to cannibalism among earworms than corn with short, busks. The hungry larvae that ear-wor- tight-fittin- g hatch from eggs laid on corn silk g out- side the husk must . work their way Inside to the new silk and the kernels. When their only passageway is restricted as It Is when the husk covers the whole ear and extends well beyond the tip one frequently runs upon another. No larva feeding by Itself goes out of its way to pick a fight But when it meets a fellow feeder it Immediately lunges for a soft vulnerable sinks In its spot of that powerful little jaws, and voraciously devours Its victim, down to the hard head capsule. In close quarters, where there is no room for a counter attack, the larva that strikes first is almost certain to win. In open spaces, the entomologists say, all these tiny larvae lack to complete the picture of furious combat is 'the ability to growl, snarl, or hiss. fellow-feede- r, Weeds Are an Obstacle to Better Grade of Hay Weeds are one of the greatest obstacles in producing high grade hay for the market, says W. H. Hosterman, hay specialist in the United States Department of Agriculture. He reports that farmers who are planning to profit from a national hay shortage a shortage that certainly cannot be overcome In less than two or three years will make every effort to have their hay free from weeds. To grade as U. S. No. 1 not more 10 per cent of foreign material which Is usually made up of weeds may be present In hay. For Nos. 2 and 3 the tolerance Is 15 and 20 per cent, respectively, except for alfalfa where the allowance is 5, 10, and 15 per cent Alfalfa, says Mr. Hosterman, usually Is very clean," which accounts for the difference In grade requirements. Weeds are particularly bothersome in the annual hays such as soy beans, Sudan grass, and lespedeza. The most bothersome weed reported In soy bean hay is the prickly spurge nettle (bull nettle). With the slightest dampness even the breath of animals eating It an offensive odor arises. Seed of the nettle also is objectionable when soy beans are harvested as a seed crop. th-a- Pigs Pine-Fe- d g Tit-B- married tomorrow. There had been deThe Boston Lawrences came to Calilays because of residence, and other fornia at the beginning of the gold legalities ; they would write full particrush, but the holdings of the family ulars in a day or so. Meanwhile the have shrunk to a small farm, and the family was please not to say anything old family home In Clippersville. Phil, about it. And he was as ever theirs twenty-fivhas gone Into the Iron works, Gail to the public library and affectionately, Dick. Edith to the book department of a And after that the long months had store. Sam is in school, and seventeen-year-ol- d themselves to a year, to two spun a Ariel is becoming problem. Phil is fascinated by that terrible years, to more, and there had come no Lily Cass, whose husband has deserted other word. Clippersville was perfectly her. Young Van Murchison, scion of a satisfied to hear that Ariel Lawrence wealthy family, returns from Yale, and Gail has visions, through marriage witn Mrs. Gregory was staying with an aunt, down Pasahim, of the turning of the Lawrence Edith said. dena way, and working hard to get Gray, luck. Dick Stebblns, Phils friend, has on mused Gail her brows into the movies. There was nothing to this, heavy the run of the house. Phil suggests, to his sisters consternation, that they drawn. bring Dick back to the home town, Somehow It doesnt click, Ede. SomeInvite Lily Cass to the house. Gail goes with his father dead, his mother living with Van for a week-en- d with the how well, 'it would have driven me with a widowed sister way up North, Chlpps, his uncle and aunt. She Is received coldly. At a roadhouse Gail sees out of my senses with Joy, at twenty, and the Stanislaus place rented to to have two or three of Clippersvilles strangers. Ariel, at midnight. Next day Ariel admits she was at the place, and displays rising young citizens want me. But So Clippersville dismissed Ariel and no remorse.' A policeman brings Ariel now It doesnt all thats click, just Dick as separately solved problems; been child a has home, announcing that killed In an automobile smashup. Ariel Im vaccinated. Edith and Phil philosophized about was driving one of the cars. Dick Was it Van, Gall? having the youngest member- of the who has been admitted to the had been to the edges of this family settled, and It was only In Gails They disbar, has the case against Ariel missed. Gail suddenly realizes that she ground before many, many times. But heart that the pain and the sense of in the more than two years since that loss lived on. loves Dick and not Van. fatal Christinas night that had ended When Phil, only a few weeks before one phase of the Lawrences life for- these happy holidays at Carmel, had CHAPTER VII Continued ever, Edith had not quite dared this told his sisters that some time this 17 much before. summer he was to be married to Lily Phil came In at nine, and they talked Yes, partly, I suppose, Gall anCass, widowed now, it was the usually clock until the amazed them by swered simply. Idly quiet Edith who broke Into tears, prostriking ten. Then every one was up You did care for him, Gall? test, and pleading, and the usually imat once, and Gail went to the teleOh, no; not that! Gail laughed a petuous and proud Gail who said was as Ariel If as late phone. this, little wearily, without much mirth. gently : Phil must go get her. Poor Phil, who No, she said thoughtfully. He wasnt If you love her, Phil, Ede and I looked so tired! the sort of boy for whom one cared. wouldnt want anyone who who loved Let me run upstairs, Gall, Edith anyone really truly loved her to be pleaded, and cee if she hasnt slipped unhappy. I In and gone to bed She cant be at Gall, yonre so sweet! Phil, taken the Vails this late. and completely disarmed, unawares, Shes there if old man Vail has gotsaid had gratefully. mutten started on the Civil war, Sam So thats the next thing we have to tered. Edith had said when the sisface! They were still laughing at his tone were ters alone. came downstairs with a when Edith so." I suppose letter in her hand, and a whitened to know how he thinks like Id face. were going to manage financially I It was on her pillow, GalL Oh . . . Perhaps renting the corner Gail whispered. Without What! to the people. tore she moving her eyes from Ediths, "Which well never do! Edith had open the sealed envelope. said hotly. . She had hesitated,- surShes gone! Phil said. Sam prised at the expression on Gails face, Vanl with suggested. Eloped and had added, quickly, You wouldnt, Read it, Gail whispered, handing would you, Gall? the written sheet to Phil. Phil read It slowly, aloud: Well, were getting more and more Into the downtown streets, Ede. Were Gail dearest, and all of you: Forgoing to be forced out, some day. And give us. We had to do it this way for a hundred a month is big money for reasons well write you. that empty corner. Its always been Dick, Gail. I think If Phil marries Lily, she went on, Ede knew, months ago. Knew how I after a thoughtful Interval, I mean to felt anyway. But I never knew how act well, with all the character I he felt until lately. mean with all the well, philosophy I Los and to Were going Angeles, can scrape together. Im going to act well be married there. I couldnt as If she wasnt Lily Wibser of Thomas stand the gossip at home, and having Street hill, but Phils wife. Not t)e no money for clothes or anything. We Cant Stand It! Gall Said to one we jvould have chosen, maybe " an one have I told that Ive every Edith. Gail, youre so wonderful! Edith aunt down South its true and that Im going to try to get Into the movies. But I rather went crazy that summer, said passionately, as she paused. I Please tell every one that At least Ede, and its that that I hate to re- think youre the most wonderful woman alive ! until were married, Gail. If there Is member. was of sick I I used to think 1 was unusual, Ede, come never can back. But Clippersville and povany hitch, I there wont be. Dick says there wont' erty and dish washing, and when Van Gail had said in a sudden humility. I be. - Well write you everything, and came along I sort of lost my bearings. couldnt help it the way things went I thought you could force your well, at school, the literature prizes, the where we are, and everything. fate. Grasp what you wanted. 1 grades I skipped. But if I am, what your Dont tell anyone dont tell anyone, Gail Just tell them Im trying to get did everything he wanted me to do, has it gotten me? Oh, Gail, you cant tell whats a job In the movies, and let It go at went about with those rich people althat If I dont make good, Dickll though I knew all the time I didnt ahead ! We dont know whats coming ! ' ' I know Im twenty-six- , belong there, and that they didnt want Gail had bring me home. me. And in the end,-had to said nothing seriously. Expect a telegram tomorrow. I do show for It. love you, Gail, and Im sorry. As If that wasnt natural enough, It was signed, Ariel. CHAPTER VIII for a girl your age! Gail, Phil My G d! Dick Stebbins! Oh, It was natural edough. But If said, in a long silence, I They came home on a hot Saturday have much sense at twenty-thredidnt r Gail, dont look so ! Edith said Ariel was only a baby at' sevenafternoon, wearied, sunburned, and trembling, crying. Shes safe with teen.' She saw me discontented' and content from their vacation at Carmel. Dick Maybe maybe its the best reckless. Its good to get homel Gail said, thing that 'could have happened! was half a Joke with me. But luxuriously It unpacking, undressing, Gail moved her lips as If she were it was serious earnest with her. bending her slender body' double to deadly about to speak, swallowed, shook her She wasnt going to be caught In the brush her Inverted fluffy mop. head. She got up and went to the sink But 1 could live at Carmel forand I were in perfectly retrap you and took a glass of water, her back spectable, and not ever Edith said. fun! having any turned toward the room. And then suddenly there was Phil Her words carried Gall over that When she turned about her face wearisome road her thoughts had flying upstairs, and the thunderbolt of seemed oddly changed. It was white, beaten flat In the last the news. Phil married He and Lily thirty-od- d It was older, somehow, and infinitely months, and she could not go on. Jeal- married this morning, partly because weary. Her hand wet with the cold ousy and pain mingled together like Lilys house bad burned down yesterwater, she brushed her hair feverishly suffocating fumes In her heart day afternoon with all her clothes and from her forehead; her lips were wet Ariel, Dicks wife. Ariel for more all the childrens clothes. And Phil with water, too, as she spoke. than two wonderful years Dicks wife only waiting his sisters return to InWell, she said quietly, In a consharing his breakfasts, meeting him vite his wife and the three tiny stepversational tone, her heavy brows knit- at the door at right, close In his arms sons into the Lawrence house for the ted in a faint frown. Well, thats that when fires were lighted on winter eve- time being, anyway, until we can find Isnt it? Thats that nings, and happy on the front seat of some place. Dicks car when summer expeditions Lily helped Gail get supper that eveEdith and Gall had the Wilcox cot- were- afoot It wasnt fair It wasnt ning. Wolfe, Miles, and Daniel Cass tage at Carmel for two dreamy August fair. played in the Lawrences , side yard, ' weeks, easily managing to stay under These agonies were routine now. under the willow, where Phil and Gail, their table allowance of ten dollars a She knew how long the spasm of sheer Edith, Sam, end Ariel had all played week, and reveling In the atmosphere physical wretchedness would last how a few years ago, and their father beof pines, sea air, golden dunes, and long it would take her to return, sane fore them. charming, friendly, informal neighbors. and weary, to the routine of library Lily was nearly thirty ; she knew litCarmel abounded in interesting folk, and kitchen, Clippersville streets and tle of books, art, culture, social finewho found Gail and Edith interesting the company of old books again. ness. But about other things men, In their turn. From Dick there had come but one life, wifehood, motherhood o' course These were peaceful days definitely brief letter, received on the New Years Lily knew a great deal. Between her day just one week after he and Ariel and Gail, as they worked together, happy days. T feel as If I had gotten my soul had gone away. Ariel was well, the there rose a strange wall of silence. e, Steb-bin- it extract from pinewood, of which com- modity Germany has millions of acres. claimed that this extract Is pigs rapidly and capable of fattening satisfactorily. It is - s, gas-statio- n " e, 1 ' 1 1 Along the Windrows Ten tons of soil an acre pass through earthworms each year. Honey Is used to manufacture one brand of golf ball now on the market Nearly 21,270,000 acres of land in England is devoted to grazing this year. . There are still 20,000 horses In New York city, requiring 600 stables to house them. , Seven farms have automobiles for every one that has electricity, in the Mississippi valley. Official statistics shows corn is North Carolinas biggest crop, the normal yearly yield being about 50,000,000 bushels. ... - "WNU Service letter had said, and they were to be Their conversation became monosyl- 1 In the Middle ages millions of porkers picked up a precarious living In the great forests, grubbing for acorns and roots. Today they are regaled on oil cake, which makes better bacon. But such fare Is dear, and Germans have been enjoined to Now, observe economy In Magazine, a German says the chemist has come to their aid with an quick-fattenin- I never Gall said. back again, never saw somehow I thought, myself, contented to somehow, at twenty-six- , be a Clippersville old maid, she mused, as If half to herself, as if thinking aloud. Edith was silent a minute. You dont have to be a Clippersville old maid, Gail, she said then, lightly, but with a touch of pain in her voice. I suppose not. Gail paused In her turn. You mean Ollie Chase? she asked indifferently. Ollie. Or Gregory. You could be SYNOPSIS Supplied by the United 8tates Department of Agriculture. WNU Service. loose-fittin- By KATHLEEN NORRIS Copyright by Kathleen Norris labic, careful, considerate. Gail was very gentle; she was j con-- ( scious of an inner trembling. There was a jar, a shock In Phils marriage,j but It was a fact accomplished now,1 and Phil must not ever know how his4 sisters felt She and Edith must just' make the best of it Lily and the children would not be under their roof for long, anyway. The children were round, shaggy little fellows, with Celtic blue eyes and still dark hair. Dan, the retained a certain babyish uncertainty of outline, his wet little mouth hung open, his face, hair, hands were caked with dirt His blue eyes were affectionate, hopeful As he ate his supper he leaned comfortably against Gails knee. Gail, peeling apples, found the feeling of the soft, warm, boneless lit. i tie body rather disarming. It seemed utterly unnatural for life to go on in Its old grooves the old, grooves that were so Incredibly the new. To dress and breakfast and walk to work with Edith every morning,' leaving Lily Cass pretty and complacent In the home kitchen, simply was not a possible situation. Gall felt nervous, she began to hate'' to go home. Even Edith, whose main effort was to preserve peace in these troubled days,' found Lilys young wife-- ! hood trying beyond bearing. Phil saw nothing of his sisters at--, titude; he was in a seventh heaven of happiness. But Lily saw enough to convince her of Gails and Ediths con-- j tempt and dislike, and, having the whip hand, took her revenge in a hundred little ways quite Invisible and unimag-- j inable to Phil We cant stand it! Gall said to. Edith, lunching with her at the Womans exchange. Well, why dont they find a house? Oh, I dont believe theyre even! looking ! Why should they? Theyre perfectly, comfortable, and you and I do all the1 dinner dishes Has Phil gone crazy? Gall would ask gloomily. What does he think we are, to put up with it? You know what she said, after that very first night. Remember when she came down to the library and said, Phil and I intend to get out of here at the first possible moment?. I remember. But then she told Sam ' yesterday that the house was as much three-year-ol- d, self-satisfie- d ! J Phils as ours. Well, it isnt Edith said stubborn, ly and fiercely. . 1 suppose it Is. And Gail wonld shut her lips in that new, firm line, and knit her thick Lawrence brows until they almost met What can we do, Gail? We can't go on like this. I dont know what we can do, Gall would 'ponder darkly, No use in the world appealing to Phil! she said more 1 than once. TO BE CONTINUED. Pony Express Started in 1860; Telegraph Ended It The Pony Express began operations at 7 p. m. on the night of April 3, I860. The crowd which had collected at the little depot in St Joseph, Mo., to see the mail transferred from the Iron horse to one of flesh and blood had departed after a long wait for the train, and If there were spectators, none., considered it of sufficient importance to record the name of the first rider to set out from the eastern terminus of the route. Through a succes- siou of horses and riders this maU was delivered in San Francisco on April 14, 1860. The motto of the riders seems to have been to keep the mall moving, and If there was no relief rider available at a station it was necessary to change horses and go on. The records show that Buffalo Bill Cody, Pony Bob Haslam, and others made continuous rides of more than 300 miles. The entire undertaking was very costly and a great deal of money was lost Iq the venture, and, although rates were $5 a half ounce at the start. It has been said that each letter delivered cost the company over a thousand dollars. The transmission of the first telegraphic message to the Pacific coast on October 24, 1861, sounded the knell of the Pony Express, and within a few days It had passed into history. Chicago Tribune. Third Largest Library In the library at Cambridge, England, the third largest in the world, are 1,500,000 volumes in addition to vast numbers of maps, manuscripts and pamphlets. |