Show SAHARA DUST COMING OUR WAY dust Is carried by the wind for long distances but not usually in quantities sufficiently large for identification A sample of the dust that settled thickly on the decks of 0 the dutch steamship when miles out at sea in lati tude 1415 14 15 deg N longitude 22 dog deg 10 min W 21 deg 31 min W was recently sent to the weather bureau ot of the united states department of agriculture by the captain of 0 the vessel the dust was undoubtedly blown from the desert of sahara which would be in fit approximately the same latitude as that reported by the the weather bureau receives regular marine er reports such as that sent in by this vessel from ships 0 of 20 nationalities which cooperate with the bureau in collecting and disseminating information about weather conditions I 1 at sea two days later the britch ariti h steamship dundrennan Dun drennan and the dutch steamship bagno more than 1500 miles west of the dum observed the same phenomenon although tile the amount of dust was vas much smaller A call tor for specimens of all kinds of land and water life of utah is being sent out among the people of the state by professor harold K R hagan ilagan head ot of the biological department part ment ot of the university ol of utah ile he expects to make a thorough study of the land and waiter life ot of utah in the near future by means of a state biological survey such a state survey as ag wo we sire are about to undertake will snow us its tile the possibility ot of profitable of certain wild anneals and plains 13 professor hagan sad 1 I bellee there are certain localities la in th tah that are ideal for raising P ra ti i n nii iii ii mals ns as the siver fox many ot of thise th ise aneals sell tor for more than han 1000 cich lu in calling ailing tor for ie or ir te fe sor hagan states that animals and plants plair ts whether native to 0 tho iho state or not are desirable As 19 a part of the biological survey of 0 ilia plate tile the also desires suli small specimens of animal life as in insects geets snakes mice and bats all specimens which mo received aill ill be ba placed in the biological inu museum seura of ithe state university tr fr study in connection the state stale survey |