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THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA Indian Salvation Army Man Here Lieut Co’ Y*-kii Doui. .Ki.« NliA San •* ranclsco Bureau* torritoria) conference of »he Salvation An,.,' «, Sar Vranct^o "Q*We" “1 Am Little Mozart,” Says Boy Prodigy, and His Skill Shows He’s Not Boasting •tT AM tittle Mosart'" 1. The word# cam* from the mouth of i four-year-old child. Morton Sultan, of Detroit The boy wae not boasting. he spoke with all the frank enthusiasm of youth And ne has furnished proof by hi* play, in* that the word# are not empty vaaity kittle Morton astounded leading musicians of Detroit recently by hta extraordinary playing from memory He *"•# 'discovered* in a piano play* «ny contest held in Detroit, in which •cores of children took part The ease with which Morton won his way through the elimination testr has made him a choice for the ftna; honors which win be decided in August Skill Wins Applause In the trials, the boy rambled througn children s pieces tnum phautly and brought ippiauee for the skill that he inowt^ m the easier piece# oy the great masters Hit vie *°'*T climaxed when he mi and erwercto Beethoven « Minuet and ^apageno# Magic Meiedy by Mo tart with the technique of an artist rU 4ang and played A Japanese Doll for the musician* Now ne is learning to piay from memory Bach • Minuet Hu Morton Sultan teacner Mrs Kose Rubinstein, re-, vested dunnc the recital that the! boy can master a piece within twoi weeks He practices for opa dour, ; «ach monuai and la given mmohi i for an dour Ova days a week. Llttis Morton s aUrt at tba piano ; paranoia that of tha groat oiaatar tho i buy admires. Moaart. when an in I font, absorbed music by listening to tb» taaoona ft von to hla atstar. Marta Anna. t When Morton waa barely ;wo. no would alt at bla alater'a alda while' she practiced, quietly listening to Uio •nuatc. Whon sho had Anlahed ha* bagged her to show him now io play, and actually erfod whan aha at first i refused. Ooeo lo Recitals , Mis slater war aurpr^wd at tho case with which Morton t«arned tho, elementary facta of tho piano. Ha waa taken to recitals by hla mother, and stater and at all times «ave tha closest attention. Neither of Morton a parents even played an instrument, and neither la a vocalist But tha boy’s two „idar. brothers and his (later are all must cal Henry- IS. playing the saxo* phone Aaron. I. the cornet, and Lottie, if the piano. Morton has no regard for mu* sic. Among the masters be prefsnj Moaart and Beethoven. When hla parents took him to hear Paderew-4 ski play the boy area enraptured, and has never quit talking about tha skill the artist showed. And. oh. yes. Morton likes baas* One of America’s Great Trees I Ready to Start Non-Eating Hike This giant sycamore n«ar Wortkuuaict. lrd. Is th^largest'tree* InVndh j 2lsihe-?J*S* !D 11 to fr*"10** 45 to* «n circumfer' JiJ *“* base, and Its topmost tor* richer are approximately t*6 V t. *> ground How old the »ro# ,« u , owner of conJectuiV * Weighing In the Air Passengers 1 George Heeler Johnston wan .rnmin<ui . w ~NEA- Chicago Cureau / »mpted hike from Chicago to N,«. v the start °* hie at- ' tempted hike from Chicago to Now VrrT nn thp Start °f h,s at* whatever Jomee Hooking famow, ioA?t? Wh'Ph hp waf* taV no food j 'company him evmvn tlu. r,gbj np Hpt,lnrf‘ wa,kcr who was to ac- J \v; ms America s i k <* un Classic 1 1 Wins Prize Who .ho hr,, ph,,on„or, wore „e,Bhe<l 7^' £ .. 1.0, Anxolea aSd Sal? Jiko —£r&ZTS2lZk’ZT" Ch*rt" Km “ -'" -™ 16 Pigs, 180 Days, 4789 Pounds . The mlpht there farmers ivho have Oeen v’rJte to Plant City. Fla., i'hase ase two samples of '•‘ A. C'Mcat;.. liureaa trvin« to «toi some relief from *\ t, . to rind out how they *r< t * t ;nny a^.vn fi c.iit corn from r!o\\cr *,!;.* v*. Here 1* bubbling Over. as he returned to the judge’s stand arter winning * DC,''y’ An,erka'8 racing classic. The winning Jockey la —NBA, Los Angeles Bureau' Herbert Wenlg is a Hollywood. Calif., boy. but tho silent drama tl not his line. He Is the winner ir» jthe national oratorical contest m | which three million high school chil I dren participated. He recently wa4 • presented a loving cup by Vice Presl 1 denk - Dawes at Waafrlngtpiy/ .J, -aaa& How 10,000 Acres of Alfalfa Change Community Life Marines (luard Liberty Bel] THIRTY acres of alfalfa on every farm would change American , rural life as much as the coming »i'f the automobile. That is the contention of M. a. Nye. representing the Rlue Valley Creamery Institute Farm Service, at Unuk Center, Minn., and who Is largely responsible for the 10.000 Acre Alfalfa Club here, the first of its kind m the world The Institute la co-operating with farmers, banker* and business men In many sections in establishing more ?f the club* /.I'm! fa. if managed properly," rays Nye. "can bring the farmer n r?(her life On the basts of profits from acreage around Sauk Center we estimate there will be an addt ttona, community profit of $300,000 a year a* a result of the 10.000 feres of alfalfa " Bank Centers alfalfa club got* back three years, a few farmer* in i vicinity had grown alfalfa for years, but most of them had gone right on planting hay without regard for the superior qualities of alfalfa. \n 1923 a survey by the institute told of the profit* to be made from f * campaign was rerun. In 1$2» the acreage had junr r-ed from too acres to 2600 and It.. t* «*pcc‘ed | M. A. Njr« to reailee the 10,000 acre goal within 9 few yeara. There la no combination of feeda *© economical for the production of' milk, butterf&t, pork and egaa as •orn and a!faJfa,''*ayi Nye. * MHHI ** squad of marines has boon ^ NKA' Vpw Vork Rurf.a„ Liberty Hell during the Re*q„| CentennlAl ,'!u,y ,n Kuardlng ths l h# treasured relic of American Inde^nHenc !00^! ” *" ^'^IphUi •* certain times durlns the expnsIMmT * ^ "how" •«* vWtors ( —NBA, San Francisco Bureau . Crijf. Oen. Sme<1ley Butler, of the marine*, can’t smile very broadly be cause he recently had his teeth re moved. but be'a willing to try. Butler, former public safety director of , Philadelphia. had hit boat. Col. WtP l^m* 8*o Franotaoo. oourt mar !W*- reoeotly because the Colonel STT .•°cktA,k’ * • he rave “I'm »ot as btaeb as I’m *•**»*•*" ease mnUr. T bad t* act 1ZJ “2?*^— — I a ve-tto* NBA, Cleveland bureau ' M*ry Miller Fisher, daughter of ^John 8, Fisher, of Indiana county! pa., may be the next first lady of Pennsylvania, Her father, a wMo*rt ar. Is the Republican nominee lot •oxerno^of the Keystone State. r