PHONE. UTOPIA. SEEN. RAPIDLY NEARING Connections With Foreign Countries Is Forecast. Washington.—The “telephone uto- pla,” or a time when all telephcnes in -all nations can be connected, is rapid- 1y nearing in the opinion of engineers, who, recently celebrated the fifty- seventh anniversary of use of the speaking device in the United States. Already telephone users in the ‘United States can converse with users In 40 other countries located on the | six other continents. These connec- tions comprise a network of 32,750,000 "telephones, or more than 92 per cent tof all such instruments in the world. {It will be only a short time until vir- ually all of the remaining connections ill be possible in the opinion of gov- ronment communicaiions experts. 4 Four Countries Left. There remain only four countries ving more than 100,000 telephones ith which the United States does not ve connections. These are China, Japan, Russia, and South Africa. The (link with the last named is likely to {be completed within the current year | ‘and that with Japan should require tonly a relatively few months more, ac- «cording to Stanley Shoup of the com- imunication division of the Commerce department, All this development has come since Harel 10, 1876, when Alexander Gra- ham: Bell, then a youthful scientist, cand 'a companion conversed for the ¢first time in this country through elec- “trically wired apparatus in Boston. Today four radiotelephone circuits {connect the United States with Eu- drope, and it is expected that a trans. fatlantic telephone cable will be com- 4pleted during this year. Development. Most of the international develop ent of telephony has come since At that time there were only 0 countries connected with the 4 United States. They were Cuba and nada. The United States is now connected with virtually every country Yin Europe, with Argentina, Chile, Uru- Jguay, Mexico, and Cuba in Latin Amer- lea; with Java, Sumatra, and Indo- "China in Asia; with Ceuta in Spanish Morocco, Africa; with New Zealand and Australia. During the last year communications /were made with Hawali, thus thrust- {ing vocal communications nearly 2,000 mites out into the Pacific on the way to the final goal of China and Japan. The telephone industry now. ranks fas: one of the leading. ones In the (United States: in. points of assets. Its | NEW BICENTENNIAL QUARTER DOLLAR COINED The new Washington | ter dollar, to be issued by the Unit- ed States as a feature of the nation-wide George Washington Bicentennial Celebration, will be coined in large enough gquantites to satsfy a normal demand, offi | cials of the have informed | the United States George Washing- | ton Bicntennial Commission. It is | expected that the quarter will be ' ready for distribution before June 1. ~The design of the new coin was approved by Secretary of the Treas- ury Ogden L. Mills, from more than a hundred models, many of them submitted by leading American ar- tists. It was executed by John Flan- | nigan, New York sculptor and the | designer of the Department of Agri- culture World War Memorial. The obverse of the new coin bears the portrait of George Washington in profile. Over the head appears the word “Liberty,” and below it is stamped the date “1932.” To one side is the motto “In God We Trust,” The principal design on the other side is a spread eagle with the in- scription “United States of Ameri- ca” and “E Pluribus Unum” above, {and “Quarter Dollar” below. An | olive branch also appears on the eagle to complete a stately, digni- fied design. The new coin is exactly the same size, weight and fineness as the present quarter dollar. Th George Washington quarter is the first coin of issue ever to bear the image of the First President. It was auhorized hy spe- | cial act of Congress, making it pos- | sible for the to share in the Bicentennial Celebration. As a coin of regular issue the | George W quarter will re- ' place the twenty-five cent piece now |in circulation. No other quarter | dollar will be coined for the next | twenty-five years unless authorized | by special act of Congress. Minted at San Francisco, Denver and Philadelphia the coins will be placed in circulation tbrough the regular channels of the Federal ile- serve Banks, and will appear simul- taneously in all parts of the coun- try. PLACE LOGS ON YOUR TROUT STREAM The slogan “plant a log and grow a fish” may sound like a silly para- dox to American fishermen, but he- hind it is an idea that can increase the number of trout in our waters, says the conservation department of | the Izaak Walton League in a cur- rent fishing bulletin, In sounding this slogan the Leaguc calls attention to the research work i } quar- ' LARGE NUMBER OF FEDERAL JOBS OPEN The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations [or the va- rious officials at the anew federal penitentiary, at Lewisburg, as fol- lows: Field assistant, for seasonal em- ployment at the rate Xf $2,000 to $2,500 a year; field aide, for sea- sonal employment at the rate of $1,140 to $1,980 a year; assistant field aide, for seasonal employment at the rate of $900 to $1,500 a year; Department of Agriculture. Farm manager, $2,900 a year; as- sistant farm manager (dairying). $2,300 a year; assistant farm mana- ger (truck gardening), $2,300 a year; assistant farm manager (swine), $2,300 a year; assistant farm manager (poultry), $2,300 a year; superintendent of furniture factory, $2,900 a year; superintend- ent of clothing shop, $3,200 a year; assistant superintendent of clothing $4,600 a year; supermendent of reed furniture shop, $2,300 a year; superintendent of cabinet and wood- working shop, a year, United States penitentiary service, Deparment of Justice, Junior veterinarian, $2,000 to $2,- 600 a year, bureau of animal in- dustry, Department of Agriculture. Full information may be obtained from Miss Bessie Brown, secretary of the United States Civil service | board of examiners, at the post of- fice in Lewisburg. Notice—Examinations of a more or less local character, such as Post office, clerk-carrier, postal labor; etc., will not be listed on the gener- al examination bulletin. Announce- ments of examinations of this na- ture will be posted in the lobhy of the post office in the city for whica the examination is being held. In- formaton may be secured from the Service Board of Examiners at the place or places from which such examinnations are announced. All examinations will be given publicity through the medium of the newspapers wherever practicable. Bulletins of examinations for i»- partmental service. This bulletin, Form 2279, listed examinations an- nounced primarily for positions in Washngton, D. C., and is usually issued by the U, S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., and is wsually found in the lobby of every first and second class post office. Civil Service Schools: The Civil Service Commission has no connec- tion with any school offering special instructions by co or otherwise in preparation for civil- service examinations. Representa- tives of such schools are not permit- ted to inspect examinaion papers of unsafe likely to form on the soil. $2,300 a year; in- | structor foreman (machinist), $2,000 times a day, | provement now for better grazing in FARM NOTES —Parsnips delight in a rich, deep, mellow soil in order that the roots may grow long and straight. Un- desirable roots result when hard soil is reached. For this reason the soil must be plowed or spaded to a depth of 12 to 15 inches and a liberal d of fine, well-rotted manure worked into it. Fresh manure tends to cause sprawling, ill-shaped roots and should not be used. Ground that was heavily fertilized the past season is best for good but if only well-rotted fer- tilizer is used, good results may be expected. The hollow corn is one of the best standard varieties and has proved | good after tests covering several seasons. —Beans germinate best in a warm, mellow soil and when planted just deep enough to get the seed into moist soil. Plant in hills or in a row one or two inches deep. Plant- ing in a depply furrowed trench is because a heavy crust is —If eggs are gathered three broken and soiled ones, and the eggs will retain their fine quality longer. —Good management provides good pastures, and these produce cheap feed. Management includes liming, fertilizing, seeding, and for best re- sults, a division of pasture into two | or more fields, Start pasture im- | future years. —To stimulate jaded appetites use Nature's tonics, dandelion asparagus, rhubarb, early i greens, : lettuce, and radishes. Such addition | to the diet often relieves spring’ fever. S— * ’ —Fertilizers and cover crops are essential to proper development of the vineyard. Tests show that an an- nual growth of 6 to 8 feet resultsin the most productive fruiting wood. Ample cane growth and vigor of vine are necessary. —Grain feeding should be contin- ued for cows on pasture. Early pas- ture grass is high in protein content and very succulent. High-producing cows cannot consume enough to meet their needs. Use a mix- ture containing about 12 per cent protein and feed enough to keep the cows from getting thin. Usually about one pound of grain to 5 or 6 pounds of milk is enough. —Corn fertilization pays even at present prices, if one uses what is most needed and keeps costs down, be removed, A few moments devot- ed to scraping out the hoofs each foreign materials as nails or stones | lodge in the walls or sole of the foot or are collected in the clefts of the frogs or between the bars and the frog. If the hoofs are excessively there will be fewer | gry or brittle, they should be soft- | ened with some good oil or hoof oint- | ment, and if they are ragged on the | edges and broken they would be | trimmed until smooth, | It is advisable to clip horses when the weather warms up in the apeing | and heavy work begins. When clip- | ped, they work much better, and they | do not become chilled after work | from having thoroughly soaked the coat of winter hair with perspiration. Horses that are clipped as soon as heavy spring work begins should be blanketed at night. Shelled corn or ground corn and ; cob meal are preferred in feeding | beef calves to ear corn or even brok- | en cars by L. P. McCann, noted cx- | tension specialist in ammal husband- ry. Oats, barley and a limited amount of wheat may be used with | corn for fattening steers but should be ground. Ca's are too hulky be- cause of the hul's fo use ir large quantities but may comprise a third of tae ration, while barley or oats may be used to the extent of une- half of the grain ration. —Sod orchards usually show worse damage than orchards receiving clean cultivation. Hence the neces- sity of guarding sod orchards against mouse injury. —If the trees are troubled with scale, they should be sprayed in late March or early in April wih lime- sulphur spray, talking machine, but Edison made ——Subscribe for the Watchman. no one came. Tom was back at his job in town. Jim was in col lege. And Sue, with her children, couldnt come home very often. Then one evening the telephone rang. It was Jim. “Just wanted to chat,” he told his Mother. “How're you and Dad?” For several minutes fam. ily news and happy confi- dences flew back and forth between mother and son. The conversation ended, Mrs. Kemp turned from the telephone with eyes shining. “Dad,” she ex- claimed, “Jim gave me an idea! Let's call up Tom and Sue. From now on I'm going to visit the children by telephone and not sit here alone!" The modern T was lonely on the farm now that winter had set- listening for footsteps. But Employers, [vestments amounted to $5,250,000,000 | of Dr. Carl L. Hubbs, head of the | competitors. The Commission is in| About 200 pounds of superphosphate ° ° in 1930 and officials of the Department | Institute for Fisheries Research of | no way responsible for any state- | an acre applied with the corn plant- Good Printin . Y. |of Commerce estimate that it spends | the University of Michigan. Dr. | ment contained in the advertisement | er will almost always stimulate | SPOOR EX 2EALE This Interests ou 1$500,000,000 a year in Improvements Hubby has proved. ial sections of | of such schools. early grows % wh facilitate the SRE CIALRY ia Wor 's : ‘alone. rout sreams wi are practically | © | early cultivations. It will also ha A The kman's Compensation : fishless -because they lacked deep ten maturity and usually will in- Law went into effect Jan. 1, pools (In which trout live) or old | example of a long bend in the Little | crease the yield, at the 1916. Tt makes insurance com- ‘Kansan Wants Data on snags and logs for cover, can be | Manistee river which in 1930 had no WATCHMAN OFFICE sory. We in plac. State’s Old Sod Houses | 2itered quickly and cheaply so that | trout holes nor trout in it. Fisher-| Considerable good top soil is Sugh Inguraes, on mapect Topeka, Kan~Kirk Mech brook trout will move in. The result | men skipped it when on the stream, | lost every year from crops grown There is no of work, from } aly Fh Aa rep act Ka ecliem, Secre- | i more fish and better fishing. Then it was rehabilitated by install- | under clean cultivation. Depressions | the to the fin- Freveatios Sate yrdy which 4 ry of the Kansas State Historical | The procedure is simple. Log de- | ing log snags. Last year this sec- likely to gully should be protected | ce ra (society, is In a dilemma, He wants | vices, which any group of fishermen | tion produced excellent catches. by laving sod strips when the land BOOK WORK It will be to your interest to 2 ¥o build a sod house and doesn’t know | can make, are anchored in the| “If all the energy spent by trout |is plowed. Where erosion is more nt vio. eam mitede In. The consult us before placing your Wow. | stream to deflect or concentrate the | fishermen on long walks between | extensive other precautions can be | satisfactory manner, and ot Prices Insurance. The history books say that the current so that deep pools are form- | pools were devoted to improvement | used. Ask your county agent about | consistent with the class of this JOHN F. GRAY & SON Eansas prairies were dotted with ed. Then more logs and debris are | of the water that is skipped, trout | them. Oli on or communicate with ' “@0d houses and that thousands of | provided so that the trout have suf- | fishermen would bear less resem- —_—