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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION. UTAH . W BLIND MANUFACTURE UTAH RUGS REDUCTION BILL IS PASSED UTTERANCES OF FOREIGN SECRETARY THREATEN CABIN- ET CRISIS IN BRITAIN . APPROVES $387,000,000 MEASURE AS AGREED TO IN REVISION CONFERENCE Property Damage Garner Attacks Repeal Leaders And - - Faith With GermanuAnd Locarno Fact Is Charg- ed; Task ls A Delicate ' Undertaking Breaking ; denial SIX KILLED IN ARKANSAS WHEN HEAVY WIND STRIKES AND WRECKS HOUSES Of of Seldom has a British foreign minister found himself in such a difficult and embarassing position London. as an important point 'of foreign pol- Reported Severe; Doctors And Nurses Rushed To Scene; Many Persons Are Blames American Bankers League For Proposal Lost In Conference Injured. The house finally apWashington. proved the $387,000,000 tax reduction bill as agreed to by house and senate J ctljiferees.1 The house vote on final passage was 353 to 29. Taking direct issue with Democratic leaders In the senate, Mr. Garner warned southern Democrats they would have to fight their senators or change viewpoints. The attack on the campaign for repeal of the inheritance tax, which was restored to the revenue bill, upon the iusistauce of the house, preceded a vote on adoption of the conference report on the bill. Amid applause from both sides of the chamber, Representative Garner charged that the American Bankers league had bought legislators to and here up lobby for repeal of eoipe the Inheritance tax. They got some congressmen In the other chamber," Mr. Garner declared. They ure after me, but they won't get mo to change my viewpoint. Memphis, Tenn. Three whites and three negroes killed and a score of persons injured, was the known toll of a tornado which swept across the Mississippi river from southeastern Arkansas after demolishing several buildings in the vicinity of lake vilbuildlage, wrecked about twenty-fiv- e ings in a residential suburb of Greenville, Miss., and played havoc with barns and tenant houses on several plantations in northern Mississippi. l. icy as Sir Austen Chamberlain on the eve of the league of nations meeting at Geneva for the admission of Germany into the league. The entire press without distinction of party joins In reproving his attitude on the question of the. enlargement of the league councils ' While Sir' Austeh maintained silence he was given the benefit of the Memphis, Tenn. A tornado struck doubt on how far he might have com- several towns in southern Mississippi mitted himself to .the French view on and passed northward over Tennessee, the admission of Poland, Spain and leaving its mark principally in the Brjazil, but now the floodgates are rural sections. -loodehed and friend and foe- - alike are Several lives were reported lost at loud in declaring that Great Britain Enid and Greenwood, Miss. cannot favor a policy which is not Telephone lines were crippled and only a negation of the Locarno agree- communication with the stricken area ment, but bad faith toward Germany. was cut off. When the British foreign secretary, Property damage there and in rural t with Lord .Cecil, starts for Geneva sections as far as the Tennessee line he can have regarding the was severe, according to meager opinion of his countrymen on the course he ought to pursue there. Only one opinion prevails, and that is if at Greenville, Miss. Six people were Locarno, ot.sinjce any understanding killed and several others injured when was reached for the enlargement of a heavy windstorm struck Jennie, the league council concurrently with Ark., across the Mississippi from here Germanys admission, Germany should according to reports received here. have been appraised of it. Several houses . demolished. The London Sunday papers, charac- Doctors and nurses were sent to the terize the coming week as the most strucken town from Greenville. grave and anxious time for the cabinet since the government took office. Vicksburg, Miss. A telephone mesThe dissatisfaction with the Cham- sage to the Associated Press from berlain attitude as reflected in his Lake Village, Ark., stated that a windrecent speech reached a point where storm struck that town about 9 oclock for a time it was believed only his at night and that two persons were resignation was possible. Apparently killed and several others injured. A Sir Austen himself healizes the seri- heavy rainfall followed the windstorm. ousness of his. position and has allow- Several houses were blown down. ed it to become known that he considers his speech has been misinter- REVENUE BILL UP TO COOLIDGE . mlce-.cc'epte- BLIND MAN WOULD GIVE UTAH A NEW INDUSTRY David Tygersen of Manti weaves rags into rugs, transforming them into most beautiful creations Has vision of tho day when the state will hum with click of the shuttles and becomes as famous for her rug work as Belfast is for its Irish linen. Handicapped by lack of vision this enterprising Utahn is none the less a boobter for Utah industry in all its forms. Measure; Mellon Limit Reduced News Notes Live in Its a Privilege ? Salt Lake City To maintain 3165.33 miles of highway in Utah in 1925 cost the citizens of the state $568,152.05, according to figures compiled by the state road commissions accounting department. The cost of administra- tion is given as $56,329.00. Brigham City. A new steel and concrete bridge will be erected by the state road commission at the mouth of Boxelder canyon shortly, according to District Engineer K. C. Wright of this city. Salt Lake City. It has been definannounced that the annual cititely penditures. izens military training camp will be The widespread slashes in taxes at held Fort Douglas from June 19 to inmost in would become effective, 18 this summer, according to instances, immediately upon enactment July received by the local miliformation tax of the measure, and income payers would have their assesment cut by tary officials. While the camp itself more than $200,000,000, with the re- will be conducted along much the duced rates effective on first pay- lines as those which have preceded it, ments for this year, which are due its administration his year has been transferred from the organization of March 15th. the organized reserve division to that More than 2,300,000 of, the approxof the tax regular army garrison. Brigafeedral payers imately 7,000,000 would be relieved of all taxation, dier General Lucius R. Holbrook, who through the proposed increases in per- commands the Sixth Infantry brigade sonal exemptions from $1000 to $3500 and the post at Fort Douglas, will personally command the C. M. T. C. for married persons. Ogden. Nearly 1,500,000 acres of national forest land in the state of Utah is now included in the sate game preserves, the intermountain district of the forest service shows in an annual report Provo. Utah should find It possible co kill 10,000 deer every year with a proper program of conservation inaugurated, Mark Anderson, president of the Provo Conservation association told the members of the Provo chamber of commerce at their monthly membership meeting held in the Provo Sweeping Blaze Melbourne, Australia. One hundred and fifty men, women and children, who took refuge in the post office building at King Lake while the remainder of the town was swept by a great bush fire, have been rescued after being surrounded by the flames cil.1 " for six hours. The story of the rescue is among the most thrilling in the anWeiier Seeking County Hospital . nals of Australia. Hemmed in by the jWeiser, Idaho. --Campaigners for a flaming bush, the outlying buildings fund of J5000 to be raised by public in town caught fire like subscription as Weisers share in a tinder and the inhabitants fled to the proposed $25,000 county hospital will post office, the most substantial structake the field the coming week. .The ture in the place. county will provide the remainder of the funds.. It is proposed to erect the Troops Sent To Soft Coal Field structure in this city, several possible Indianapolis, Ind. Indiana national sites owned by the county being under guard troops were ordered to the minconsideration. According to tentative ing district in southwestern Indiana plans, the building would be one gory to assist local authorities in preventhigh, of brick, and Concrete construc- ing any disorder that might arise in tion, with dimensions 32 by 84 feet connection wth the reopennig of non' A full basement would be provided. union mines. 150 Saved From - the-littl- This Month Washington. Manned almost completely by volunteers from the misioned and enlisted rolls of the na- exreserve, the Comheaded Lieutenant by pedition mander Richard E. Byrd will sail from New York late in March aboard the shipping board steamer Cantier, hoping to blaze an air route to the North pole Itself, sweep over wide areas never before visited by man, and be back liome again before Polar Trip To Be Made polar-yploratio- - n to Utah e V e Cattle Supply For West .Less Salt Lake City There are 472,000 cattle on Utah farms and ranges, sa of January 1, .1926, of which 88,000 are milch cows and 19,000 are heifers, according to a report issued by George A. Scott, regional livestock statistician of the United States bureau of agriculture, on cattle in the far western region, comprising the states of Utah, Washington, Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon AUbaatine powder in white and tints. Packed in packages, ready for uae by mixing with cold or warm water. Full directions on every package. Apply with an ordinary wall brush. Suitable for ell interior surfaces plaster, wall board, brick, cement, or canvas. 20 fod-era- President Expected To Approve The Enactment into law Washington. of the revenue bill, proposing tax reduction of $387,000,000 this . year, awaited only the signature of President Coolidge, who was expected to approve the measure within a short , time. Senate approval late Thursday by a vote of 61 to 10, of the compromise reached in the conference with the house, completed the work of congress on its first and probably most important piece of legislation this session. The total amount of reduction goes almost $40,000,000 beyond the outside limit which Secretary Mellon had indicated the condition of the treasury would permit, but favorable action by the president is believed assured, on the promise of alministration leaders in congress to forestall some of the pending bills calling for additional ex- For sleeping rooms formal parlors and reception halls dining room and living room for the library and for public buildings. Properly applied it won't rub off. Ask your dealer for Ala bastine Colorchart, or write Miss Ruby Brandon, Alabas-tin- e Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 'l Tho $387,000,000 Washington. tax reduction bill was taken up in the house for final approval or rejection of the conference revision and immediately precipitated a fight over the quest ion of repealing the estate tax, as cited by the senate. Representative Garner, Texas, minority tax leader, attacked tin senate Democrats who approved repeal and the Amei lean Bankers league, lio blamed the league for tho proposal, which was lost in the confoienco revision. e preted. It is understood that Premier Baldwin will try to relieve the tension by a. statement to parliament. It is doubtful, however, if he will definitely indicate the British policy. It has become known that the cabinet discussed the question for seven hours and that still another cabinet council will be held, probably Wednesday, before final instructions are given to the British delegation. ' The Sunday Observer remarks: Premier Baldwin has to avoid an irreparable blow to the moral credit of the cabinet. According to the same paper, the foreign secretarys plan is to attack the difficulty by the methods of Locarno; 'that is, he will endeavor to bare ' an informal meeting with the German and other principal delegates and arrange some general understanding- before the formal proceeding cpens next Monday. In tblp connection much attention Is drawn to Spain's claim for a permanent. seat. It is thought it might be possible to induce Germany to accept the Spanish claim as a compromise, provided It was distinctly understood that the claims of Poland should be postponed to a later date. This solution would require very delicate handling, for, although Germany might agree to it, it is doubtful if and Poland would give way. , Prance And eveh were th Spanish compro- it is thought that China would insist on her equal claim with Spain and fresh complications arise. , If no other application than that of Germany is considered at the Geneva meeting,-hsaid, China does not desire to spoil the harmony of the gathering and will be quite ready to ' withdraw her claim, provided her position and privileges will be equitably Tecognized at the next election of a "nonpermanent member of the coun- allyour walls high school auditorium. Salt Lake City. The Ute Indians are looking ahead and expect to make greater advancement from now on than ever before. They have recently organized the Uintah and Ouray Better Homes and Livestock association. This organization covers the entire reservation, with locals in the various sections. These schools are called chapters. I Ogden. Stressing the importance to Utah and the intermountain country of the passage of the Gooding bill in congress and setting forth that this is the crucial time, tho finance committee of the Ogden zone of the Utah disassociation Traffic Shippers patched letters calling for financial assistance to carry on the rate fight. Salt Lake City. Plans have been completed and construction work will begin shortly on a new high school at Gra its villo, it was announced by Cannon & Fetzer, architects in charge With leaders expectWashington. ing quick action the compromise revenue bill agreed to by senate and house conferees and proposing a tax reduction of $387,000,000, was brought up for ratification in tho house. Myton. Contracts for the construction of flumes in the Gray mountain ditch were recently let by the Uintah Basin Construction company. One million feet of lumber will be used in the flumes and headg'ates. Tho work is to be completed by April 1. - Salt Lake City Heavy snowfall during the past week from Cache county to eastern Juab and lighter falls elsewhere were beneficial to ranges, winter grains and storage supplies, but some canyon roads were closed temporarily and valley roads are muddy, according to the weekly report of J. Cecil Alter, in charge of the local office of the weather bureau. Several members opposed I lie conference recommendations, hut managers for the measurae were confident the house would accept tho bill before night. BILL TRUDE DOG DERBY WINNER Trude Makes Record Time; Thirteen-Yea- r Old Lad Comes In Second Albert stamff or better broJiajiia Carnation Mush brings to breakfast bowl all the Sour all the nutriment, of golden wheat fields, And does it in 5 minutes thanks to the Albers process A5 Your grocer I Bicycles nre eo popular in Francs Is one to every seven that there Ashton. Records became the flotsam and jetsam of the dog racing world here when five drivers shattered beyond recognition all previously known records for the American Dog miles, Derby course of twenty-fivwhen six took liberties with the record for once around the track, and when the American drivers, Including Warren Brown of McCall, who weighs 95 pounds, covered with snow, ran away from the threo Canadian champions. A. II. Salley, driver for Ashton Bill Trude, took first place in the classic with a time of 1 hour 55 minutes and 58 seconds. The previous record for the course was 2 hours 9 minutes 18 seconds, made by Smoky Gaston. Warren Brown, the McCall champion, pushed his dogs to a good second, nosing out Harry Kennedy and Smoky Gaston, who finished in order named. Browns time was 2 hours 3 minutes 40 seconds. Kennedy negotiated the distance in 2 hours 3 minutes 52 seconds, while Smoky Gaston, veteran of the Ashton trail, went the three laps in 2 hours 3 minutes 59 seconds. Tud Kent, winner In 1925 and favorite in the 1926 derby, did not place. Getting away to a good stare, Kent ran into trouble early and by the end of the first lap was almost definitely out of it. Further trouble with his dogs on the second lap placed him so far behind that geting into the money was impossible. e Salt Lake City. Main highways throughout the state are in fair shape according to the weekly survey of the United States weather bureau in Salt Lake, aside from a little mud reported in the vicinity of Manti and eighleen Inches of snow in Nephi canyon. Provo. Nine stops have brought the Utah seed special, which being operated through the agricultural districts of Utah by the Union Pacific system, in cooperation wjth the Utah Agricultural college, state department of agriculture, TJtah State Farm bureau and Salt Lake chamber of commerce, to the middle of its state tour and approximately 6000 persons have visited the train up to the present time, Salt Lake City. William Lacy, in an article on Steel" in the Southern California Business Magazine, recently issued, says of the importance of the steel industry in Utah: Of the major basic industries which within itself and allied lines of manufacturing hold far reaching benefits to Los Angeles and southern California, the steel industry stands out. i. Salt Lake City. Representatives of the Salt Lake Amateur Baseball association appeared before the city commission Tuesday and urged that various improvements be made in AthNew Snow Falls Over New York letic fields to encourage and further New York. New York, its traffic amateur baseball in the city. The back to normal after struggling with commission referred the matter to the two unusually heavy snowstorms of commissioner of parks and the city the past few weeks, was mantled ia engineer, to prepare plans and make vhite again. Snow began falling estimates of cost and report to the shortly after midnight and by mornboard a definite plan for procedure. ing, when it began to dwindle, severNephi Celebration of the seventy-fift- al Inches had fallen. The snow reanniversary of the coming of the moval bureau, which had been cleanpioneers into this valley will be held ing up the drifts left from the preSepter her 16, 17 and 18, according to vious storms, went back to work on plans decided upon by the board ol main traffic arteries. The storm was directors of the and Juab j general along the north Atlantic coast the weather bureau .reported. county fair association. h of many other! Ibrands-ifaf- s wiy CMM0mT THE WORLDS GREATEST DAUING POWDER Goes farther lasts longer horn-cornin- Myton According to reports recently brought to Myton, the snowfall in the mountains the past two weeks has been heavy. This is said to in-- ' sure plenty of water for the Uintah basin the coming summer. Ogden Mayor George E. Browning requested Senator William H. King to amend senate bill No. 675 which provides for the sale of 3G,360 acres of public land in the mountains east of Ogden, to the city at $1.25. it was requested that the land be transferred to the city for watershed purposes Big Gun Emplaced At Ft. McArthur San Pedro, Calif. The newest coast defense weapon on the Pacific Coast, a fourteen inch railway rifle, was emplaced on its concrete base at Fort McArthur here with military ceremonies attended by thousands. All communities of the district were represented in the ceremonies of dedication. Major Lincoln B. Chambers, commandant of the harbor defenses here, opened the fortifications to public inspection following the dedication. it Contains more than. the ordinary leavening (strength BIST BY TEST I Sales A0 those 2a timesItflAMlI |