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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1936)
i Preparing Berlin Stadium for Olympic Games i I The Olympics stadium In the Reich sports field on the outskirts of Rerlln Is being prepared for the 1JK10 Olympic Games in which athletes from all parts of the world will compete this summer. Boulder Dam Now Providing Water for Irrigation f Perilous Change of Light Keepers A keeper at Wolfe lighthouse, eight miles from I.nnd’s End, England, and one of the most treacherous for changing watches, is swung from the base of the light in a breeches buoy after a two months' stny at the light. The lighthouse is 119 feet high and receives the full force of the Atlantic breakers and gales which sweep the sea. The keeper has a lonely vigil, broken only by the occasional appearance of ships guided toward safe channels by the powerful beacons of the lighthouse. Giant Valves Loose Flood A close-up view of the six out let valves on the Arizona side of lioulder dam as they were opened, releasing almost 30,000 gallons a second of Colorado river water on the downstream side of the dam for irrigation purposes. JAPAN’S WAR CHIEF Count General Ellsakazu Terau ehl, minister of war In tlie New Jnpanese cabinet of I remier Ilirota, photographed In a railwny car when he left Tokyo for Ills villa at Oiso. WINNER AT RAINIER Iljalmar Hvam of the Cascade Ski club, Portland, Ore., made It a clean sweep in the Rainier National Park Spring tournament by taking both the down hill and the slalom events. Ticonderoga to Celebrate Ethan Allen Victory "In the name of the great Jehovah,” the stirring words with which Ethan Allen demanded the surrender of Fort Tlconderoga during the Revolutionary war, will be voiced again when the one hundred and sixty-first anniversary of ttie history-making event will be celebrated by the community of Tlconderoga, on May 10 next. A week’s celebration will be staged by the town, and besides the pageant of capture, drills of National Guard units, the regular army and war veterans and other organizations will mark the event that will end in a parade on May 16 and a congress of patriotic organizations which will draft a declaration of Ameri can principles. Here is a view of the famous old fort, now restored and used as u museum for Revolutionary relics. Scenes and Persons in the Current News EwtWCAN & IWtfts,< ■|vV 1»A ^ >v^! J2§1 1—IMutnrco Elins Cnlles, center, exiled from Mexico by President Cardenas, arriving nt Glendale, Calif. 2— Members of the Unemployed Workers’ Alliance marching to the Capitol In Washington. 11—New photograph of Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer In the British cabinet, who, it is believed, will succeed Stanley Baldwin as prime minister. Birthday Party Is Given for 8-Year-Old Horse Mrs. 1. W. (Chip) Roberts of Washington, D. C., wife of a former assistant secretary of the treas ury, is pictured with her horse, “St. John the Baptist," for whom slie gave a party on his eighth birthday. Mrs. Roberts is the former Evelyn Walker, whom Chip Roberts mar ried in England recently. *-s Ancient Safe Uncovered San Lois Obispo, Calif.—A secret safe, in which early padres hid their valuables from raiding Indians, has been found by Father John Harnett in the walls of the old rectory of the mission fathers here. It had been hidden from human eyes for ■lore than a century and a half. Government Housing Project in Puerto Rico View of work on the Mlrapalmeras site, covering 12 acres near San Juan, Puerto Itico, where the federal government Is erecting a modern housing development which will accommodate 131 families. The unit Is one of the WPA slum clearance projects. Herrick Memorial Plaque Presented to Paris ■jwjdSSRir ' smm as nmn- m *m m .■Msmz&i f«pKW KKiSUG IrU&M&l&yrS,} ’"'mw ■*M&ummv&* m»r. This bronze memorial plaque of Myron T. Herrick, former American ambassador to France, was recently presented to the city of Paris by the Myron T. Herrick post of the American Legion. The plaque has been placed on the wall of Ambassador Herrick’s old office in Itue Challot. Lice Bother to Heifers, Calves Early Attention Is Advised to Save Animals From Losing Weight. By Fred M. Haig, Aaaociate Professor of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. North Carolina State College.— WNU Service. Cattle lice are a serious handi cap to the development of calves and heifers. When Infested with lice, the young animals rub against posts and trees, wearing uway their hair and inflaming their skin. Sometimes the calves become thin and weak from loss of weight. In the early spring dairymen should Inspect their calves to see whether they are Infested with lice. The Insects are found mostly around the necks and shoulders of the animals, but they also Infest other parts of the body. The first step In eradicating lice Is to clean and disinfect the stalls thoroughly. After removing the bedding and sweeping the stalls, disinfect them with a 5 per cent so lution of nny good coal tar disin fectant. Allow the stalls to dry, then whitewash the interior. When the whitewash Is dry place plenty of straw bedding or other clean ma terial In the stalls. Meanwhile, apply to the calves a solution of one ounce of sodium flu oride In a gallon of water. Brush. It In thoroughly so that it will reach every part of the body and penetrate loose folds of skin. Tie the animals In a sunny place, protected from drafts, until they are dry. The calves are then ready to be placed bock In the newly dis infected stalls and a second treat ment will hnrdly be necessary un less they become Infested again from other animals. Good Plan to Let Garden Spot Rest for One Year Since home gurdens are general ly maintained on the same spot year after year, liberal applications of manure should he given each fall and turned under to malntuin fer tility. When this Is done the ma nure will be rotted by spring and If plowed again In spring this new and rich plant food will be readily available for the vegetable crop. If the manure has not been applied in the fall, then rotted manure can be applied In the spring, or a light dressing of chicken or sheep ma nure can he given, even after the crops are planted. Twenty-five tons of stable manure to the acre, preferably cow tnnnure, will keep garden soil In good condition, ac cording to a writer In the Missouri Farmer. Many farmers believe that too much chicken manure has been ap plied to fnrm gardens. Of aU ma nures, chicken manure Is richest and, lacking in bulk us compared with cow or horse manure mixed with straw. It does not leave the soil in as loose condition ns is de sirable. Too heavy applications, as every farmer knows, will cause the plants to burn If the weather Is dry. What would do many farm gar dens a lot of good would be one year’s rest wltli the plot sowed to red clover. If for one year the gar den vegetables could be raised on n different plot of ground, the old plot sown to red clover with the crop plowed under, a vast Improve ment In richness and looseness of soil would be the result. Corn Smut Corn smut Is a fungus and is car ried over from one year to an other on old stalks, on fodder, In manure and probably also in the soil. Since the disease Is not seed borne, seed treatment is useless. The collection of the smutted ears and stalks before the spores are spread will help greatly to control the trouble If it can be done. The use of smut Infected manure should be avoided, and the corn crop should be rotated so as not to occur on the same land oftener than once In three or more years. Fighting Rams of Texas A curb on the fighting instincts of rival rams lias recently been de vised by Texan sheepmen. It con sists of a rubber screen attached to the animal’s horns and allowed to drop down over the upper line of its vision. While tlie ram can then see well enough to graze, it cannot see other leaders of the flock clearly enough for an effi cient battle. Known as “combat blinds,” tiie blinkers are widely used throughout the sheep country of western Texas, where rival rams now graze side by side in security and peace.—New York Times. Age to Breed Mares As a general practice, farm mares should not be bred until they are three years old, and if it is neces sary to work them hard it might be best not to breed them until they are four years old. Some well de veloped purebred marcs are bred as two-year-olds, notes a writer in the Missouri Farmer, but they are seldom worked while suckling their foals. On the other hand, it is not advisable to let mares get too old before they are bred or they may never raise colt*.
