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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH was permanently adopted in Britain in 1916, in Belgium in 1825, in Most countries introduced day- Spain and Portugal in 1926, in light saving time during the war. New Zealand in 1927. Here only a With the coming of peace Ger- part of the country makes any many, Austria, Italy, and Scandi- difference between time in winter navia went back to the old system and summer, but in Mexico sumof keeping time. Summer time mer time is observed all the year. Pure Gold Time in Other Lands m7r? The carat system of marking gold is on the basis of 24 carats equaling 1.000 fine, or pure gold. The United States mints do not use the carat system. All United States gold coins are .900 fine. mm The Jungle Terror By FLOYD GIBBONS C'RANK RINI of Brooklyn, N. Y., says that all the adventures A that ever happened to him came while he was a soldier down in the Canal Zone. Back in 1924, Frank was a corporal in the One Hundred Ninety-Secon- d company, C. A. C., stationed at Fort Sherman. And on January 15 of that same year, he had the experience that frightened him more than anything else he ever faced in his life. . It wasnt the fright alone it was the sheer horror that went with it. Such a horror as only the dank, steaming, crawling jungle could produce. A party of five soldiers set, out from the barracks one Sunday afternoon, and Frank was among them. It was a sort of hunting and exploring trip. We were out for anything we could shoot, Frank says, but . our real ambition was to find a primitive tribe of Indians who were said to live in that section of the Canal Zone. . Chopped a Way Through the Jungle. , We were not allowed' to take our rifles. That is against army lations. But we borrowed a few shotguns and each ,of us had a bolo to cut our way through the jungle undergrowth. For the first five miles our route lay on a beaten track along the ocean side, but from there on we were in virgin territory. There our bolos came into play and we had to hack our way through brush and growths that were, in spots, almost impassable. .They, pushed on through that jungle, but not very far. It was hard work and it took most of the glamor out of the expedition. They grew weary and stopped for a rest. Frank climbed a coconut tree, cut down a half dozen of the nuts and they drank the juice to quench their thirst Then they decided to call it a day and start back for the fort. The sun was beginning to sink in the sky now, and it would never do to be caught in the jungle overnight. They began moving fast, but that hot, tropic sun seemed to be moving faster than they were. In order to get out before darkness trapped them they tried a short cut through a low, swampy region that led in almost a straight line to the fort. Big Snake Coiled About Frank. Frank was a little ahead of the rest of them, for he knew this par. . ticular jungle route better than they did. He was keeping his eye open for familiar landmarks and had just spotted one a peculiarly-shape- d mass of ferns on the bank of a small creek. He had just leaped across the creek when something hit him. A soft, wriggling mass settled down over his shoulders. And Frank looked up and almost fainted when he saw the sinuous form of a huge snake coiling itself around him. Frank has seen snakes like that in the movies since, but those reptiles didnt act like his did. The snakes in the picture wrapped themselves completely around an animal, but Franks snake kept his tail coiled around the limb of a tree while he encircled Frank with the MR cHA1W1AN COMPAN- Y- ! JTwbBR HARVEY jirestone 0H10 AKRON '0$s5S 113.58 stt,VER wm,ua TIRES uw s8"- - . margin tytrASPEEDWAY PROVIDE TYH0H THE 0F a 8Myhe hgWNW TTIOUSANDS said that tires could not stand the terrific grind. 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When the blackness passed; my hands had instinctively dropped the bolo I was carrying and clasped themselves around the reptile. . The snake was so repulsive that I had to shut my eyes, but I struggled fiercely as . , it began to tighten its coils. - $3095 99 . The Reptile Bit Him, Too. : I felt something hot pierce my arm and knew that the head j of the reptile had fastened itself on me. A boa constrictor can bite quite painfully as well as squeeze. 1 never knew it before, but I learned it then. With that bite 1 lost all my reason. I began struggling like a madman, and suddenly I found my voice and , . started to yell. Meanwhile, the, reptile had kept. its hold on Frank and slowly but surely ..was squeezing every bit of breath out of his body. He didn yell more than once or twice before the snake had flattened his lungs so I was considered a pretty strong man that yelling was impossible. about camp, he says, but this snake was just too much for any' ' , thing on two feet. ' I was about all in when I saw the first of my comrades break through the jungle 'foliage and come toward me at a dead run. After that remember only dimly what took place. I remember them hacking at that snake with their bolos and even shooting at it, but still it wouldri let go. It hung on until they had literally cut it to pieces. Finally it gave its last quiver and they untangled me from its folds. But by tha time I was out cold, and they had to work over me for more than an hour before I was conscious of anything or anybody. Even when they did bring him to, Frank could hardly walk. And only part of that wag due to the squeezing he had taken from that monster reptile. The rest of it was just plain weakness from the shock of his hideous experience. The boys measured that snake before they left the spot, and it was nineteen feet long and almost four inches in diameter. 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