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Consider Joe's Non-Skid Shoes 

 They're Made of an Old Tire 



FURNACE CANYON is 

 on the edge of the desert,^ 

 miles from civilization. When 

 Joe Boucek and his three part- 

 ners were bitten by the Gold 

 Bug about twelve years 

 ago, they began to look 

 around for the most 

 forbidding piece of 

 country in which to 

 prospect. This 

 search ended in the 

 selection of Furnace 

 Canyon. 



Until a few weeks 

 ago no automobile 

 had been able to 

 penetrate the wilds 

 of this canyon. The 

 road was little more 

 than a burro trail. 

 The boulders were 



many, the sand holes deep, and the grades 

 heavy. Joe was present when the first 

 car broke its way into the canyon. When 

 he spied those black-tread non-skids he 

 let out a yell. At last his "sole leather" 

 problem was solved. The morning after 

 securing a discarded tire Joe appeared 

 with his shoes non-skidded. He asserts 

 that he now has enough material to last 

 him ten years. By that time perhaps 

 another automobile will "get through." 



Why doan' you-all 

 like we-uns? They' 



Utah Kills Four Thousand Rabbits 

 at a Time 



IN southern Utah the jack rabbits are 

 so numerous that they amount to a 

 veritable pest. "Drives" are held two 

 or three times each winter to capture 

 them. The rabbits are driven into 

 corrals and then killed with 

 clubs. Three or four thousand 

 rabbits are shown in the 

 accompanying picture. 

 Would that Utah would 

 drive rabbits toward the 

 office of the Popular 

 Science Monthly 

 on a meatless Tues- 

 day ! We'd be there ! 

 In some western 

 states steps are being 

 taken to utilize these 

 rabbits on a larger 

 scale than ever. 

 There seems to be no 

 reason why the rab- 

 bit industry may not become a large one 

 in the near future, in order to help solve 

 the question of the high cost of living. 



Apparently the question of catching 

 them solves itself. The only thing that 

 would have to be thought out and arranged 

 for would be their packing and shipment 

 to the various markets. 



Judging by the number shown in the 

 picture, the rabbits must have adopted 

 the faith of the founder of Salt Lake City. 



w'ar non-skid shoes 

 re shore the best ever 



Bunny-rabbits, and bunny-rabbits, and bunny-rabbits! This is a picture of a 'drive" in Utah. 

 The rabbits are so numerous as to be a nuisance, so they are rounded up, as above, and clubbed 



