AqricyltunHv Speaking Ferry Is Being Replaced By Modern Pleasure Boat Fleet DOMING EVENTS Jan. 20-21: Cotton con ference, N. C. State. Jan. 23: Warren County Planning Board, Agicultural Building, Warrenton. Feb. 10-March 31: Sign-up period at ASCS office on the 1964 Feed Grain Program. CHANGE: It was just about one year ago that the only cabin boat on the Gaston Lake area was the one pulling Eaton's Ferry. Now, the old place has been covered up forever and it's nothing unusual to see cabin boats speeding all over the place. Things might be slow right now but don't be too Impatient, spring is a round the corner. The pictures verify the contrast. A recent tour around the lake Indicates some unusual activ ity taking place to make your lake visits more pleasant. In cluded among the developments are Dr. C. H. Woodburn's Marina at Eaton's Ferry Bridge; R. L. Salmon's Boat Launching and Picnic Areanear Enterprise and O. S. Davis's Comprehensive Development on what was left of his grade "A" dairy farm. Even though the rising water put Mr. Davis out of the dairy business, it creat ed a terrific waterfront de ?velopment potential. CALF HOOD VACCINATION: Dr. B. S. Perryman, Exten sion Veterinarian, states that only a relatively few dairymen are vaccinating their young ani mals against brucellosis, and states further they could be J leaving the door open to ser- j ious outbreak. .coupled with good sanitation Brucellosis vaccination, and herd management, can coupled with good sanitation ] greatly reduce the Incidence of There are 30 Pontiacs in Wide-Track Town Did you say you wanted a 4-door sedan with Wide-Track and that luxurious Pontiac comfort? (We've got four different models to choose from.) Did you say you wanted a with Wide-Track and pure Pontiac stylet -(We've got ten different models tochooco from^ st your local Pontiac 4eaters HE HAS A WIDE CHOICE OF GOOD USED CARS. TOO MOTOR SALES COMPANY, INC. ) GABNETT STREET DuaUr LIcmi* No. 754 HENDERSON. N. C. Great Salt Lake Pickles Swimmers Washington?A lead weight is the Ideal life preserver In the Great Salt Lake of Utah. It Is Impossible to ?lnk In the lake, but the buoyant wafer tends to lift a swimmer's feet higher than his head. Theoretically, a man could drown while bobbing, head down, like a cork. Solution; a weight tied to his ankles to keep him upright. The Interior Department an nounced recently that It favors establishment of a national monument at the bizarre lake. The monument area would In clude not the entire lake but part of a large Island and its adjacent waters, the National Geographic Society reports. DIVER BROKE NECK Eight times saltier than the ocean, Great Salt Lake's water is remarkably dense. A swim mer who Ignored warning signs suffered a broken neck when he dived from a pier into the mineral-laden water. Despite hazards, bathing In the brine Is peculiarly Invigo rating. Fitz Hugh Ludlow, a 19th century Journalist, was one of the first people to extol the Great Salt Lake: "It. gave me a tonic sen sation like a brisk shower bath. L..felt a pleasant pungent sense at being in pickle, such as a ?elf-conscious gherkin might experience in Crosse & Black well's aristocratic bath of con diments." The exhilaration can be dampened, however, if aswlnr mer opens his eyes or mouth underwater. The salts burn like acid Besides sodium chloride, or common salt, the water con tains sodium sulfate, mag nesium sulfate, and chlorides of calcium, magnesium and po tassium. Almost 27 percent of the water content Is minerals and several lakeshore Indus the disease. Many dairymen have exper ienced financial disaster by los ing part or all of their herd, therefore this office highly re commends that all breeding heller calves between four and eignt months of age be proper ly vaccinated. This vaccina tion can be obtained fret of charge through the N. C. Dept. of Agriculture. Contact this office or your local veterinar ian for information. TCBACCO: An overflowing crowd of tob acco producers were present at the annual production tobacco meeting. Due to the unusual tobacco situation, Interest in varieties and their disease resistance was a highlight of the meeting. It was further emphasized that we must put up with the same varieties as were available In 1963 but hope was bright that a faw additional would be available for 1965. We have a few extra copies left of the meeting summary just for the asking. The North Carolina Fund Headquarters is looking for ways to help people with low Income to Improve their status. If you have any Ideas, please drop by for a discussion These Ideas may sound fantas tic and unusual, but they will also be considered. No one seems to have a workable sol ution to such problems so who knows what some experimental idea might blossom? tries extract chemicals. Chem ists bellnre Great Salt Lake ta one of the Nation's richest po tential sources of magnesium. ? The brine is so heavy that incoming freah water (three major streama feed the lake) floats on the surface for miles before gradually sinking. In winter, the fresh sheets of water sometimes freeze, and buffeting winds pile up icebergs 30 feet high and 100 feet wide. The huge Ice chunks once men aced not navigation, but railroad trains that crossed an arm of the lake on a wooden trestle. The trestle has been replaced by a solid dike. REMNANT OF SEA Great Salt Lake's 1,500 square miles are the remnant of Lake Bonneville, the huge Inland sea which once covered most of western Utah and parts of Idaho and Nevada. Re ceding glaciers of the Ice Age left a lake 350 miles long, 150 miles wide, and about 1,000 feet deep. A substantial portion of the lake drained through a breach in the natural basin holding It. As the present lake has no outlet, it loses water only by evaporation. The percentage of salts has steadily Increased. Today, at low water, the lake Is saltier than the Dead Sea. Its average depth is only 13 feet. Though Great Salt Lake often is called "dead" several forms of larvae and algae and a tiny shrimp thrive in its briny. waters. A commercial fishery seines shrimp to grind up as food for aquarium fish. Farmers Hit Hard Blow By Weeds Weeds may be hitting farmers for a bigger loss than they rea lize. A. D. Worsham, extension weed specialist at North Car olina State, reports scientists are finding a new side effect of weeds. "We have long known that weeds rob us by taking water, light and mineral nutrients from our crops," Worsham explain ed. "This, of course, lowers crop yields and quality. "Scientists are finding more and more evidence that many weeds also inhibit the growth of surrounding crop plants by releasing toxins or growth-In hibiting substances." The growth-Inhibiting power of weeds has been shown in experiments on quackgrass and more recently on knapweed. Growth of tomato and barley plants was Inhibited In soils naturally infested with knap weed and in soils artlfically Infested with powdered knap weed residues, according to a FOR THE BEST FURNITURE VALUES IN TOWN SEE US Satterwhites HENDERSON, N. C. TAX A PENALTY OF 1* WILL BE ADDED TO ALL 1963 UNPAID TAXES EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1. 1964 WARREN COUNTY * M TAX DEPARTMENT report In the Canadian Jour nal of Plant 8deoce. Thru species of knapweed vara teat ad. Worshain aald the three apaclaa are not found in North Carolina. "But another apaclaa of the aame weed family, batch elor'a button, Infeita much of our amal 1 (rain," he added. "It would be lntereatlng to know If our email (raina have to struggle against a weed toxin as well aa all the other natural adverae conditions," Woraham commented. CRY A LITTLE A youn( father blew up while tryln( to mediate the usual family hassle around the dinner table. "Everybody, around here wants his own way," he yelled. "Me, I'm Just the poor schnook of a father. When do I (et my way once? " Four -year-old Mark tugged at hla sleeve and sug(ested: "Cry a little." STOP DRIPPING PIPES STOP FREEZING Im brief eelrf mum 'USE WRAP-ON oSagefi SU?ly mrtf, e? M* /IMMIAM lna?lati*fi and cover with ioaWded vaper ihI tip*. ?ItS package gives rfeubla layar ef InwlitUn en 17+* * IVpipe. SEE US TODAY. W. A. MILES Hardware Co. Phone 372-1 WARRENTON .*{? ? Tr . ? THEA WARRENTON, N. C. ? TEL. ?T SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY WALT DISNEY'S t* , Sword in the Stone Sunday Show 3:00 Night 7:30 - 9:30 Matin** 3:15 Night 7:30 - 9:30 WEDNESDAY "MARILYN" Matine* 3:15 Night 7:30 ? 9:30 THURSDAY - FRIDAY I . ? JOANNE ?RICHARD WOODWARD' BEYMER Y CLAIRE , CAROL Trevor ? Iynuey ON?maScOP? 2jCX CfK'urrP Matinee 3:15 Night 7:30 SATURDAY VINCENT PRICE AMRI BLANCHARD ? in ? 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