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RETIRED WHEAT ACRES OFFERNEW CROP USES

Land which is withdrawn fromsurplus production of wheat byfarmers who cooperate in Agricultural Adjustment Administra-tion’s program of reduction maybe planted to other crops, a9long as such crop 9 do not con-tribute to existing supluses.

A chance to improve and takecare of millions of acres ofabused, depleted and erodedland is seen by administrators ofthe Adjustment Act in the factthat acres retired from surplusproduction may be seeded to9weet clover or other legumes orto grass. These crops will im-prove the soil and prevent orcheck soil erosion.

Farmers may also utilize theretired wheat acres for the production of food or feed crops fortheir own U9e.

Under the plans that havebeen made for the administrationof the Adjustment Act, severalmillion acres will be taken out ofsurplus crop production, thebulk of this being retired fromwheat and cotton acreage. Thepercentage of reduction underthe general plan varies, but itwill be not more and probablyless than 20 per cent of the present acreage in the case of wheat.

Farmers who participate inthe reduction program, underthe plan, willreceive compensating adjustment payments. Theywill baye something definite inthe way of cash to gain, and atthe same time can be giving partof their land a change and restthat will improve it.

the marks of flames caused byburning arrows when the build-ing was attacked. Surroundingthe ruins are the outlines of awelt laidout agricultural planaad indications of a once luxurlant verdure. The village of Tubac, near the site of the mission,is probably the earliest settle-ment in Arizona.

At the terminus of U. S. 89are the twin cities of Nogales, inArizona and Sonora, where theboundary line of two nations ismarked by a wire fence runningdown the center of a businessthoroughfare—“across the streetlies Mexico ”

On U. S. 80, near Vail and 28miles from Tucson, is ColossalCave, a huge cavern hung withstalactites and stalgmites, nest-ling in the Rincon Mountainsand rated as one of Arizona’smost spectacular spots of scenicgrandeur.

A little farther along is one ofthe earliest Mormon communi-ties in the state, St. David, withits long rows of giant cottonwoods and its luxuriant acres ofirrigated valley.

South of State Highway 82from Tombstone to Nogales liethe Huacbuca mountains, thesoutheast portions being knownas Nature’s Playgrounds; a district of numerous summer resorts. In these mountains alsolies the United States militaryreservation at- Fort Huachuca,largest of the regular army postsbetween El Paso and the west -

ern coast. North of Highway82 and P’ort Huachuca is theCoronado National Forest.

Oo 82, a little distance fromSonoita,-is the site of one of theearliest military posts in theSouthwest and the ruins of an-other. The first of these wasFort Buchanan, originally establisbed as Camp Moore, an army

station of considerable import-ance, in November, 1856, at thattime in the Territory of NewMexico, by Major Eooch Steen,Ist U S. Dragoons, with Companies B, D, G and K of thatregiment. The name was changed May 29. 1857,t0 Ft Buchanan,in honor of President Buchanan.It was destroyed by UnitedStates forces on July 23, 1861, atthe beginning of the Civil War.

In 1876, Federal forces returned to the district and at a pointalong Sonoita Creek, one fourthof s mile from the 9ite of theformer po*t, established onAugust 10 Forth Crittenden,named by general order Department of California No. 57 in honor of Thomas L. Crittenden, colonel of the 32nd U. S lafaotry,major general of volunteers, whowas ibeu in command ol the de

THE TARANTULA AND THE MOUN-TAIN LION

(Treasure Land, 1896)The following story has no

moral worth mentioning. Thenarators were introduced to usa9 “Honest Jim of Pantano andA Friend.” We presume that itwas A Friend’s particular busi-ness to verify Jim’s affidavitsand make it unnecessary for himto require change for a quarter.

“The finest- taranchula I everseen was at Lyin’ gulch, in theSanta Ritas. I was a sampliu’some likely croppin’s when Ibeard a spat and a whirr like asif a mountain iyin was aroun’, soI clum up on a boulder an’waited.

“Itwas a lyin sure enough—-and the 9ize of a three-year-oldsteer—an’ he squatted ju9t below. glarin’ at me as if I’d jump-ed bis claim. Very soon he roseup an’ swung his tail backwardsan’ forwards, an’ then backagain, till it was 'movin’ easy,an’ come for me.

“Istuck my toes into the rockan’ bung bead down, till the lyinhad made bis jump, an’ then re9oomed my seat an’ offered tobet him the drinks he couldn’tdo it again.

‘ Thi9 made him swish bis tailswisber than ever, an’ it struckagain’ a rock an’ hurt itself,which made him so bilin’ madthat he made another play forme just as I got down again.

“Tbi9 racket kep’ repeatin’ solong that my toe 9 were aboutworn out diggin’ into the boul-der, but just as I was aboutgivin’ up a tarancbula about afoot high, come out to sun himself and intervoo the neighbors,and the lyin’s tail caught himright in the jiw before be couldput up bi 9 hands, so to speak.

“The teranchula was madderthan two wet hens an’ couldn’tspeak for cussio’, but be cling 9on to that tail like a pipe-wrench.

“Now, the lyin had beenjampin, backwards an’ forwardsand back again so much that becouldn’t stop himself; so he justkept sailin’ through the airwhile the taranchula bit him tillthe pizen begins to work an’ thelyin to swell.

“I got off my perch and rolledover on the groun’, laffin’ sohard that I couldn’t see; aod thelyin kept swellin’ and swellin’till he swoll so much that be

floated off in the air like a balloon, clear out ’o sight, with thetaranchula still bangin’ on tobis tail.”

“That yarn wouldn’t be muchwith the lyin left out,” remarkedA Friend,in a deep tone of voice;“but its true a9 pospel, for Ifinally landed that tarantla my-

self. I was out huntin’ thatsame day an’ 9aw what I took tobe a large eagle flyio* above me.It was 90 far off I could hardlysee it, but I took a shot for luck.It fell about a mile off, an’ whenI reached the object it was atarantla as big as a Californymule. Gentlemen, I reckon thatwa9 Jim’s tarantla, an’ he’dswallered the lyin to get backhis pizen, so’a to be able to continue business at the old stand.”

partmeot. The post was maintained to protect the settlers ofBabocanmari, Sonoita and SantaCruz Valleys against the Indianswhose depredations are thetheme of many stirring tales stilltold by the pioneers of the district. Leading a detachmentfrom this post May 5, 1871, Lieutenant Cushing was killed byone of Cochise’s band of Apaches.

Fort Crittenden was abandon-ed June 1, 1973, and today onlycrumbling adove walls, many ofthem melted to the foundationrocks by the rainstorms of suc-ceeding years, remain to markthe site of the once pretentiousmilitary establishment. Oaesmall building alone has withstood the attacks of the seasons.It apparently had been thepowder magazine, a single room,windowless, and built with wallstwo feet in thiekuess of native

stone.From Sonoita. an excellent

road, State Highway 83, runsnorth through the Greatervilleplacer gold district and anotherwide expanse of cattle country

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MUSI HAVE FACTS OF COTTONSURPLUS

Two major facts must bekept constantly in mind by thecotton farmer who debateswhether be will cooperate withthe Government in reducing hisacreage this season. These twofacts, reduced to their simplestterms, are these: (1) Presentindications-point a carryover onAugust 1, 1933, of at least 12million bales of American cotton,and (2) prospects are that thisyear’s crop will be at least aver-age and yield, unless reductioncontrol measures are carried out.

Officials charged with carry-ing out the responsibilities oftbe Agricultural Adjustment Actsay there is no escaping tbefffects of those vital facts.They say further that the pres-ent carryover is nearly equal tothe amount of cotton consumedin a year at the present rate ofconsumption. This means thatvery little cotton would need tube produced this season to meetrequirements. Yet more fertil-izer has been used this season.Apparently more land has beenplanted to cotton. Tbe crop is .up to a good stand and i 9 enjoy-ing a favorable growing seasonto date.

Suppose tbe crop i 9 aboutaverage, or around 14 millionbales. It takes only tbe simplestkind of figuring to add 12 millionand 14 million together andarrive at tbe figure of 26 million.If there are 26 million bales ofAmerican cotton on band thisfall, tbe grower can arrive at his *

own conclusions as to bow pros- r

perous be will be when his cropi 9 marketed. It would be im-possible to consume tbe bulk ofthat supply within a year. Tbegreatest yearly consumption of

cotton on record wasslightly below 16 million balesin 1926-27. In tbe meantime,another crop will be planted andproduced, and tbe surplus whichis breaking tbe wearyiDg backof tbe southern cotton growerwill not be relieved.

Surplus piled upon surpluscannot relieve tbe excisting con-ditions. A reduction in tbe acre-age will help to do this, and theGovernment plans to make itworth the while of tbe grower tocooperate in this. Heretofore,reduction in acreage ha 9 beendone by tbe patriotic farmer inan effort to better conditions forbimself and bis neighbor. Tbeusual result wa9 that the mandoing this suffered because tbeother fellow expanded productionand thu9 cancelled any benefitsthat would have come from in-dividual reduction.

Under the provisions of theAgricultural Adjustment Act,tbe person who reduces his cropwill share in tbe profits.

For some years now farmershave asked that the Governmentdo something to relieve the agri-cultural situation. Tbe Agricul-tural Adjustment Act is theanswer to this request. Yet itis not something that will beforced upon a people. Its suc-cessful operation will require apartnership in cooperation. Onthe one hand, the Governmentoffers its powerful resourses toaid the cotton grower in obtain-ing a fair price for hi 9 staple.Oa the other hand, the groweris asked to help remove the ex-isting surplus of this staple bygrowing less cotton, and sincehe ha 9 already planted a largeacreage, to remove some of hispresent acreage from production.

Those in charge of administer-ing the Agricultural AdjustmentAct believe that some three mil*lion bales should be removedfrom production this season,

this means that some 10,000,000acres must be retired from cot-ton production. To accomplishthis, every grower of cotton isexpected to share in the reduc-tion.

to Vail, on U. S 80.Considering the comfort afford-

ed by modern vehicles of trans-

portation and the ease and rapidity with which the present daysystem of improved highwaysmay be traversed, little remainsto prevent the Twentieth Cen-tury American from knowing

the country in which he lives.—*Arizona Highways.

PHOENIX AND TUCSON CON-NECTED BY OIL

Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona’stwo principal cities, are now forthe first time, connected by asmooth ribbon of pavement-typehighway. Oil surfacing of thelast gap,a ten-mile stretch southof Chandler on State Highway87, was completed this month.

An automobile journey whichonly a few years ago requiredtedious hours of jolting throughvast clouds of dust may be madein comfort today at almost anyspeed the motorist desires. Toerate is governed only by meebanical limitations of the car.nolonger by those of the highway.

As smooth as the highest typepavement, this new road followsthe most direct route betweenthe two cities, through Mesa,Chandler and Coolidge, past historic Picacho Peak and alongthe line of the Southern Pacificrailway to the Old Pueblo.

At Tucson it connects with U.S. 89, El Camino Real anothercompletely oil surfaced highway,and provides the automobiledriver with a paved route all theway from the state capital to thePort of Nogales on the Mexicanboundary.

At the Old Pueblo, the Phoenix-Tuc9on road connects withU. S 80, through Vail, Benson,St. David. Tombstone, Bisbeeand Douglas to the Mexican borber, Lordsburg and El Pa 90—acompletely oiled route, exceptfor three short stretches, fromPhoenix to the Mexican line.The gap 9 probably will be filledthis year.

From Nogales to Tombstone,through Patagonia, Sonoita, Elgin and Fairbanks, runs an excellent gravel-surfaced highway,the lower end of the CoronadoTrail, and the great cattle country of Southern Arizona is tapped by another well improvedroad from Sonoita to Vail.

Connecting with U. S 80 atDouglas, State Highway 81 runsnorth D&9t the Cbiricahua Na-tional Monument and the Won-derland of Rocks through Cochise and Willcox to Salford.

From Douglas east throughthe famous old Slaughter ranchon the Mexican border run 9 thenew Geronimo Trail into thePeloncillo Mountains on the NewMexico line.

A glance at the map will reveal to the Phoenix and Tucsonresident a delightful two or threeday week end trip for any seasonof the year.

Along this network of highways lie many of the most celehrated historic and scenic pointsof the American Southwest.Elevations range from 3,500 to5.500 and climatic conditions areexcellent both in summer and inwinter.

U. S 89 from Tucson to Nogales follows closely the line ofthe old Camino Real, the RoyalRoad of Spain in the colorfulearly days of the white man inArizona. Tucson then wa9 awalled city, probably the onlyone at that time in what i 9 nowthe United States, and from thatfact it still retains the designation Old Pueblo. Nine miles tothe south is the celebrated mis9ion of San Xavier del Bac,founded in the year 1700 by Fr.Eusebio Francisco Kino andknown as the “Father of Missions.” It was one of a chain ofinstitutions through which theearly padres broght Christianityto the lodians of the southwest.Best preserved of the missionsin this part of the country, it haswithstood the revages of theelements and attacks by Indiansthrough a period of more than200 years and still serves thepeople for whose benefit it wa9

erected. It wa9 operated by theJesuit fathers until the year1751, but after the Jesuits wereexpelled by the Spaniards itcame into the hands of the Fran-ciscan order, by which it is stillkept up and tenanted.

Nineteen miles north of Nogales on El Camino Real are theruin 9 of the mission of San Josede Tumacacori which was established in 1691. This old missionhas been made a national monument. Almost destroyed by thelodians in 1840, little has beendone since to restore it. Wood-ed beams in the belfry still bear