MEPFOTtn WATT, TRTWST, SfKNHOtm. OfcrX. rmDAY. APR II, Id. IfM.
PAGE FIFTEEN
Middle West Farmers Open War on "Black Blizzards" PET IN DRIVE
equipment Inherited from the Czars
was not large and during the years
of civil war it went to pieces. Loco
motives were operated without repair
until they virtually fell apart. Tha
Soviet government has not been able
to build new equipment as rapidly
as the old became useless. Second,
the country lacks a well trained an
disciplined corps of trainmen and ad
ministrators. HALT
EXCESSIVE
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62,000 Accidents in 1934
According to Official Fig
ures 4500 Locomotives
Were Badly Smashed
BETTER HOUSING
MEETS CALLED
Member of the banking frufrnity,
archlterU. builders, building material
I dedlers, Botter Housing chaJrmen
-A drmaiid that MLUtl reviv.np in
number of rail- ! bulldlnjc trades and ajwclated Indue-
Hoping to write Jin rml fnrrvrr to ttift ''ilnst fogs" which hnvfl donp sn
murh (ImntiRe from Tpxns to thR Dakota, the govprnmpnt has stnrtrri
"rnnstnii'tlnn" of .shPlti'rhrttK of trees, one phase of Its long rnnge pro
gram. Planting arremly Is muler wnv In Kansas and Oklahoma. The pic
ture shows seedlings helng planted north of Mangtim In the latter state
under direction of state Forester George R. Phillips.
TO REPRESENT WEST
Word has come from Washington,
D. C, from the American Institute
for Endowments, that Burt Brown
Barker, vice-president of the Univer
sity of Oregon, has been appointed
by the American Bar association as a
member of the national committee
representing the bar association. Thta
la an outstanding honor for Oregon,
u Barker will represent the western
tatea In this great movement for
higher education.
The American Institute for Endow
ments was organized lest fall, to co
ordinate the Interests of the 480
American colleges and universities,
the more than 2500 trust Institu
tion of America, the 300 or more
lrfe insurance companies as well as
their general agencies, together with
thousands of life Insurance under
writers and the vast membership of
the" American Bar association, is a
cooperative movement that will se
cure to the colleges and universities
Sifts of money and property for their
Immediate and future needs by stim
ulating direct donations, bequests by
wills. Income under deeds of trust
and the delivery of cash through pro
ceeds of life insurance policies, there
by providing In an Increasingly ef
fective way for the mslrtenance and
development of higher education In'
America.
This honor conies to Mr. Barker
becau of his years of association
with the leaders of America insti
tutions of higher cducatoln, and his
active Interest In educational foun
dation movements. The American
Institute for Endowment consist of
four organizations, a committee of
four representing the American Bar
association, the A.isoclatlon of Amer
ican Colleges, the American Associ
ation of Trust Companies, and the
National Association of Life Insur
ance Underwriters.
UNCLE SAM
Will help you make a new
home at the old address
on the
Easiest Terms
Today 1'nclp Sam sarj:
"Modernize and Improre tour
home and ou will find It pa;
dividend" . . . and Jut to cm
phadre tht opinion the jrotern
mf nt l cu.mtnlrpip t hr 1;ui.
The term are ray . . . nire (h;in
aT 'hey are so liberal that
mnt nmone with a trart Inmme
ran manage one.
f M , 1 nil our pt:in, lnlrmi
t Inn. !en fre mm urine ork in1 n.
et'.. are HIV Ol" T OH OH
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GIRLS EASIEST RAISED
THINKS MRS. ZAVERN1K
IS MOTHER OP 17
MILWAUKEE (AP) Take it from
Mrs. Joseph Zavernlk. girls are much
ensler to ralne than boys.
And Mrs. Zovernik ought to know,
for at 39 she has become the mother
of her seventh child a boy.
She wanted another girl, she says
a bit wearily, for girls are easier to
raise, but now that it's a boy, and
an eight pound, seven and one-half
ounce one at that, she expresses her
self as satisfied.
AH but two of the Zavernik chil
dren are living, and all but three ar
rived at home. Papa Zavernik Is a
wood worker in a Milwaukee body
plant.
"God Is good to those mothers like
me, says Mrs. Zavernlk. When He
gives us many children, He gives us
strength and patience to take CRre
of them."
However. In the Zavernik home the
children do a certain amount of
"taking care" themselves.
Acrovi section of the middle west. Tom the foothill of the Rocklet
to the MKt1.Mppl river the "black btl'-rardt" continue to menace mil
lion of farm arret. Here Is a panorama of a recent dut torm approarh
InR Jetmore. Kan., from the northwest. A few mlnutea later the plrture
wa snapped, the town nas enveloped In total darkness as the three
mile thlrk hlanket of rhoklnc. blinding dust rolled over It.
Listers Lead First Skirmish
In Battle With Blowing Dust
By 8. J. McNALLY
KANSAS CITY (AP) Harassed by dust storms which already have In
flicted serious erosion damage on 3. 000.000 acres of farming land in half
a dozen states, residents 6t the midwest are turning to the first massed
attack on drought's brother bugaboo in Kansas.
Farmers In the western part of the
state, financed by a federal emer
gency relief allotment of 9250,000.
will take the offensive with 15.000
tractors ready to list deep furrowa at
right angles to the direction of pre
vailing winds. These ridges. It Is
hoped, will become "dust barriers" to
mltlcate the scourge of flying soil.
Officials of Kansas State college,
who direct the technical side of the
campaign, estimated 4.500,000 acres
In western Kansas must be plowed
solidly with listers, and an additional
2.000,000 acres atrip-listed before the
project could achieve the desired re
sult. In meetings at Stockton. Coldy
and Garden City they outlined their
strategy to county officials and co
operating farmers.
Six 8tates Worst Stricken
The federal soil erosion service,
listing the six states worst stricken,
estimated serious dust storm damage
had been done to 9,000.000 acres in
Colorado, 8.000.000 acres In Texas,
6,000 acres In Kansas, 4.000.000 acres
In Oklahoma, 4.000.00 acres In South
Dakota and 3,000,000 acres In Mon
tana. An Immediate cause of the dust
storms, which sent thousands upon
thousands of tons of soil floating
eastward and fogged the atmosphere
to a height of three miles, may be
found In the rainfall deficiency In
several western and Rocky Mountain
stntes. Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New
Mexico, Colorado, rTebraska and Wy
omlug. according to department of
agriculture figures, showed precipi
tation from 24 per cent to 36 per cent
below normal for the first three
months of 1935.
'Somebody Else's Dust'
Ironically enough, Kansas and Ok
lahoma, two of the worst sufferers
from dust, showed normal rainfall
and 31 per cent above normal, re
spectively. Much of It was "some
body else's dust."
But while "the 1935 dry spell, and
droughts of other recent seasons, ag
gravated the wind erosion problem,
experts place much blame on other,
deep-seated causes. L. C. Alcher, su
perintendent of the Fort Hays experi
ment station at Hays, Kas., lists burn
ing of wheat stubble, improper cul
tivation and excessive use of certain
types of tillage machinery ns Impor
tant factors In western Kansas.
This year's dust storms, which he
described as "terrible." Aicher traces
to the "get-rlch-qulck hysteria" which
followed the World war boom In
wheat prices. Valuable short -grass
prairies. Ideal for graving, the last
virgin soil areas available, were plow
ed under to grow wheat.
Then lowered rainfall, yields and
price levels forced abandonment of
considerable acreage. Additional fields
lay Idle last year under the 15 per
cent reduction Involved In the wheat
allotment program. Much of this
land, receiving little attention, was
first to start "moving" when spring
winds blew.
Tests In Resodlng
For several years the Fort Hays
station has carried on tests in resod
ding with buffalo grass, the original
cover of the "blowing" areas of the
state. Alcher urges that the sand
dune regions be declared marginal
land under the new federal land uti
lization policy, removed from cultiva
tion and restored to grass.
While deep listing of fields Is re
garded by Kansas State college ex
perts as the only Immediately avail
able remedy for checking soil drift,
long-range and permanent relief Is
hoped for in the tree shelter belt,
work, on which has been commenced
In both Kansas and Oklahoma.
Rows of mulberry, elm and cotton
wood, planted In a belt 100 miles
wide, are counted up to help stop
the "black blizzards."
FIRST NON-FRATMAN
HEADS 'W STUDENTS
ftF.ATTLE, April 19. p) The as
sociated students of the University
of Washington elected a non-fraternity
man a president for the first
time In a decade. He is Miner Baker,
Seattle, debater and Y. M. C. A. member.
Ladies of Sacred Heart church arc
serving annual Easter luncheon at 1
o'clock, at the Parish hall. Home
cooked food, cards and prizes. All
for 35c.
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In a quick orr'iilvp HKtihot riiRliic dust storms, the jjorri.mont U aid
ing farmers hv providhu; l.voon listing mm hhies and illrertlnjE them
how lo furrow the soil to prrent Us hlnwIliK. Ilpre are two surli nntTilnii
IKttnjt deep furnms at rlcht audi", to the nnnllinji winds. Millions or
acres are being listed In this manner In western Khiisus alone.
To Honor Pioneer Women.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. (UP)
A statue commemorating five pioneer
women who came to Lincoln. Utah,
in 1860, lias been erected here by the
Daughterc of the Utah Pioneers.
Ry -liiorpu II. Iliilrd
(United Prrf-s staff Correspondent ) i
MOSCOW tUP)-
Russia's exceilve
1 road wrecks be cut down has been tr! K' reminded of the aeries of
made by Larar Kagftnovltch, the ' Better Selling meetings which are
Kremlin's outstanding administrator. nlId In Portland April 34. 25
as the first move In a campaign to 26. under the joint ausplcea of
Improve the nation's transportation 1 Multnomah Better Housing commlt
system. j tre and the Federal Housing Admiu-
His order revealed that In 1934 1st rat ion.
there were 6'J.OOO railroad accidents.
Many, of course, were minor ones,
resulting merely in delays, or slight
damage to equipment. But others
were catastrophes In which scores of
people were killed and thousnnds of
roubles worth of property destroyed.
7,000 Lorn mot Ives IMliunged
Last year 7.000 locomotives were
damaged, of which 4.500 were hadly
smashed. Some 60.000 cars were to-'
tally, or partially, destroyed, aa com- i
pared with only 10.000 new ones
built. Property damage totaled 60.
000.000 roubles.
The year 1035 la starting no bet
ter. In January there were 7,000 ac
cidents, in February 5,000,
Kaganovltch has attacked this
problem with an order placing re
sponsibility for safe operation direct
ly on the district superintendent of
railroads. Hereafter, each superinten
dent must proccefl Immediately to
the location of an Important wreck,
conduct a personal Investigation and
report directly to the People's Com
missar for Transportation.
Weakens Nntlonul Defense
It Is realized In the Kremlin that
transportation Is the weakest spot In
Russia's system of national defense.
The danger of war with Germany la
responsible in large measure for the
government's present determination
to build up Its railroad system and
Introduce order and efficiency.
The weakness of the. transporta
tion system here Is due to two fac
tors. First, the legacy of railroad
Fach meeting will be Important.
Vital building facts will be announc
ed and those attending the meeting
will be shown how they can benefit
through expanalon of the better hous
ing program in Oregon communities.
The meetings will be well worth a
Journey to Portland and a cordial In
vitation to attend Is extended to all
Interested.
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HOW TO LOSE 17
POUNDS OF FAT
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