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Show U-H- ' Fish Lake District IZZ r II T 7" "Oi Ear, FREE PRESS. LEHI. UTAH Is the Vast British Empire Breaking Up? 5r '.'Li l "i. 3 lV X Sally Sez i ' By WILLIAM C. UTLEY LN'G GEORGE V'i silver JuM- lee, now at its height la England, has formed an In nocent, If world wide, lnsti tntlon for propagandizing the unity and extent of the British Empire. No one, certainly, questions Its extent But there are those among the political economists of the day who at least realm shows suggest that the signs of breaking apart, and when the real test comes. If it ever does, they may be right "Recent developments In South Af rica have a?aln made people ask whether the British Empire Is break Ing up." writes Fred Clarke, English educator and former representative of the Union of South Africa at Geneva, in Current History Magazine. "With out attempting to answer that question. one can have no doubt as to the lav portance of the status of the Union act, which received royal assent on June 22, 1934. This new law has a bearing on the whole future of British Imperial unity." The status act contains the first den nlte official reference of the crown to the union as "a sovereign Independent state." Its accompanying seal act gives the exclusive right of use of the Great Seal and Little Seal, heretofore held by the king, to the South African mln isters. For more than a quarter of a cen tury South Africa, politically, has been torn bitterly between two political factions as directly opposed as our New Dealers and rugged Individualists. They were led by General Smuts, right hand man of General Botha in the Union government which arose a few years after the South African war, and General Hertzog, a minister In the Botha cabinet who was removed In 1912, two years after the cabinet was formed. General Smuts and his faction openly considered the Union a definite part of the Empire, with British civl lization and culture dominant Hert rog sympathizers held out against the complete social, cultural and political domination of the Boer population by the British, and have always striven to make the Union a separate and Inde pendent nation. The present status of the Union has been effected as a sort of political compromise between the two generals and their respective parties. The Union Is undeniably Independent now, with merely "allegiance to the crown," the string politically tying It to Great Britain. And the two parties have fused Into one. They Get Together. It Is Interesting to note that the coalition of the , parties came about because their differences became so bitter after England went off the gold Btandard In 1931 that party leaders decided that unity and compromise would be the only means of averting hopeless internal political strife. Imagine Mr. Roosevelt and, say, Mr. Hoover, getting together before a political campaign and straightening out their differences ! General llertzog's nationalist party, which was In power In 1931, preferred to keep South Africa on the gold standard, believing that England had stepped off only temporarily, and that maintaining the standard would help to stabilize a leading Industry of South Africa, gold mining. Other Interests suffered badly, and General Smuts' South African party accused the incumbents of pampering the political Interests always prone to take the opposite line from the empire. Jeopardizing the Interests of the Union In general thereby. It was conceded that If General Smuts could force an election at that time, he would have more than an even chance of winning, but that he could not do so without stirring up far-flun- g l ' i A iu ' 3w-r- - f series of articles to appear fa this newspaper. Tbia b en of Honored by too Slt Lake Advertising Club, associated civic clubs of out her a and eentrml Utah, and eham ben of commerce; part of program to point out Utah's resources so that local people, will "Know Utah Better". Br AMOS JENKINS Two hundred miles directly south of Salt Lake along concrete and improved highways Ilea Fish lake. Situated 8,900 feet above sea level, this little body of water Is nestled near the heart of a series of mountain ranges which form one of the most picturesque scenic and pleas-ar- e areas In western America. Fish lake Itself Is a ver:t?.:le paradise tor the trout fisherman, while a delightthe territory surrounding: it offers the tourist and sight-see- r ful retreat from a hot summer sun. Deer and other game are plentiful In the district, and though the territory in the immediate vicinity of the lake Is Included In a game preserve, hundreds of hunters each year bag their buckskin in the for.-t- s outside the reserve. If you plan to be among the 6C.O0O people who will visit Fish lake this season, here arc some brief directions on how to get there. Out of Salt Lake take U. S. highway 91 through Provo to Nephi; turn on to U. S. 189 and travel to Gunnison. At Gunnison you get on U. S. highway 89 and follow It to Sigurd, and from there the lake Is reached by traveling oyer State highway 24 to the Plateau reservoir and over State highway 23 from the reservoir to the lake. Tou will then have traveled an exact distance of 192 miles. The lake stretching out before you Is a mile wide, six miles long and as much as 150 feet deep. You'll find that Fish lake Is properly named. It Is well stocked with six different variety of trout. Including eastern brook, rainbow, teelhead, and mackiuaw. Some members of the last two families are becoming very large, and you may be lucky enough to experience the thrill of a battle with 10 or 20 pounder that'a game every Inch. In the spring and fall the trout go up Twin, Doctor, Anderson and Jorgensen creeks for spawning, providing a picturesque sight because of their great numbers. If you're on band, you might be able to spot the big fellow that "got away" and retrieve your leader or copper line. The Fish lake area Is well provided with accommodations. There Is a $70,000 lodge at Twin creek and other hotels at Lake Side and Doctor Creek, supplying hotel service, and at all of these places there are housekeeping cabins for rent, with commissaries nearby where food supplies, fishing tackle, etc. are obtainable. On the northwest side of the lake there are many Ideal camp grounds, reserved for public use, and In other sections plots may be leased from the Fish Lake National Forest service on which to construct rrivate homes. From Fish lake proper there are a dozen or more trips to make for and commune with nature unspoiled by civilthose who wculd sight-se- e ization's touch. Seven Mild creek is north of Fish lake and meanders through one of the picturesque mountain valleys of the state. It heads on a plateau some 11 miles long and more than 11,000 feet above sea level. This is a haven for mule deer and an Inspiring retreat for the horseback tourist. Mount Marvin, 11,600 feet In elevation, Is east of Seven Mile valley, and from Its peak on a clear day, a person can see into seven counties of Utah. Within the Fish Lake National forest and In the same general district as the lake, are Maple Grove camp grounds, located at the base of Pioneer mountain, 20 miles west of Salina, and Adelaide park, near the mouth of Corn Creek canyon, six miles east of Kanosh. Both places make Ideal picnic and outing spots. In the same district Is Puffer lake, another haven for fishermen. This lake, 9,000 feet above sea level, Is situated 20 miles east of Beaver, near the headwaters of Beaver river. The area around the lake supports a good stand of spruce timber and has many beautiful camping places and a cool climate even during the summer months. Campers quite frequently make horseback rids to Mount Holly, Delano and Belknap peaks, from which views of most of central and with an elevation of 12,162 feet, southern Utah can be had. Delan and Mount Belknap 12,131 feet high, are among the really high peaks of Utah. The Beaver district of the Fish lake forest Is noted for Its large herd of mule deer, estimated at more than 7,000. Along the main highway from Beaver to Puffer lake, large numbers of deer can be seen almost every morning and evening except during the open season. Nearby Is Oak Creek canyon, a recreational area four miles east of Oak city, used largely by people residing at Oak city, Leamington, Lyndyll, Delta, Hinckley, and Oasis. Chalk Creek canyon, east of Fillmore; Meadow Creek canyon, east of Meadow, and Maple Hollow east of Holden, are Increasing In importance each year as recreational areas. Much credit for the accessibility, preservation and sport value of this great recreational area is due the Fish Lake National Forest service. This organization has supervised and sponsored development of recreation grounds, installation of sanitary garbage disposal facilities and done much to keep the area from becoming too civilized. large-antlere- d SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Sev- eral intermountain states will Intermountain News benefit, if approval is given to a new group of applications for alBriefly told for Busy Readers lotment of works funds totaling TO BUILD HOSPITAL $6,558,954 made public in WashFOREST FIRES SCARCE ington by the division of applications and information. An alSTATES WILL BENEFIT lotment of $88,836 is asked for HARVEST PREDICT GOOD combining radio facilities so as to provide stand-b- y equipment Tax at ST. ANTHONY, IDA. 57 airports, including Salt Lake collections received in Fremont City, Boise, Elko, Reno, Rock county during June totaled Springs and Cheyenne. Neil according to Mrs. OGDEN, UT. All varities of Schreiber, county treasurer. This is an increase of approximately crops in this district are progress$26,000 over June, 1934. ing very satisfactorily through BOISE, IDA. L. G. Schultz of the growing season, and hold Boise, federal inspector of Idaho promise of the best harvest in a produce shipments, announced decade, reports LeRoy Marsh, that inspections made under his district agricultural inspector. direction during the year ending Peaches are doing fine with an June 30, totaled 30,787, compared abundance of water and no inwith 32,687 carloads for the pre- sect trouble of any consequence. vious year. The decline of 1900 This district will have a full carloads was due to the light ap- peach crop this year. ple crop and to the poor quality FORT HALL, IDA. F. A. of potatoes. Dr. Gross, and superintendent, BOISE. IDA. Forest conditions in the Boise National forest are Frank A. Nelson, physician, of better than usual and fire haz- Dort Hall Indian reservation, ards are almost at a minimum. have made application to WashA. L. Moats, executive assistant ington, D. C, for funds from the of the Boise National forest serv- PWA for construction of a new ice said. Out of nearly 2,000,000 and modern hospital. Tentative acres which the forest includes, plans provide for a hosonly 23.80 acres have been raaed pital constructed cf brick and by fire since January 1, the reg- stone. Plans call for private ular y report of the office rooms, isolation ward, nursery, showed. and modern surgical facilities. TWIN FALLS, IDA. Forty BOISE, IDA. Since the first directors of Twin Falls, Buhl, state liquor store opened in IdaFiler, Murtaugh and Rock Creek ho April 29, 1935, it and 24 others highway districts, and other that have been established since, Twin Falls county highway dis- have done a gross business of tricts to advance widening U. S. $312,651, it was shown in a statehighway 30, or the old Oregon ment made public by Mr. M. B. Trail highway, from 18 to 30 feet Yeaman, commissioner of the through the county. state liquor control board. ' POCATELLO, IDA. ContinuBids on four BOISE, IDA. ing the policy of the Idaho state highway construction projects highway department in highway which will cost approximately district No. 1, of which A. D. $800,000 and provide employment Stanley is engineer, points of in- for 500 men were requested in terest along the Yellowstone notices of letting released at the highway north of bre are to be office of G. E. McKelrcy. Idaho designated. commissioner of public works. $107,-621.9- 0, 35-be- ten-da- d yi.v,....twf...1-.m-.YMV.1.-lylf- iiimifllnnrtflran)a',Vililiiilaiai General Smuts. the smoldering embers of racial conflict between Boers (or rather, the present-daAfrikaandcrs) and Britons, an animosity that had been admirably subdued In the preceding decades by wise government To youth of South Africa really goes the credit for coalition. Young men of both parties know the sentimental and romantic racial dissentlons merely us historical traditions, not as real and convictions. It was loyalties they whose Insistence thnt these differences be wiped out once and for all Impressed the nation with the necessity for taking up the real business at hand that of administering good As a result of the coalgovernment ition, the status act satisfactory In the main to both parties, was effected. Boers In Opposition. The Boer In South Africa lias long opposed the political dominance of the Union by London, as proposed by the Briton, for fear of losSouth Africa Is a ing his y ldr-ntit- We' sJl I we'd s" If "ridinc Us PATRONIZE of two separate and powerful cultures, and Its people speak two languages. There is, of course, the English with which we are more or region less familiar. And there is the Dutch offspring, Afrikaans. The New Deal for South Africa pacifies both factions by fostering both cultures. Education Is administered In both. Newspapers and magazines are published in both languages. That the status act, with Its admission of South Africa's virtually absolute Independence, applies as well to all of the British Dominions, Is Implied in the fact that It Includes in its preamble the Balfour declaration ob tained by General Hertzog when he headed the nationalist government of 1924. This calls the Dominions "authe tonomous communities within British Empire, equal In status, In no way subordinate one to another In any respect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations." Further removing British political dominance from the Dominions was the Statute of Westminster, which was passed by the British parliament In 1931. It closely allied the constitutional development of the other Dominions of the empire with that ' of the Union of South Africa. The Balfour declaration and the Statute of are masterpieces of Westminster phraseology which carried soothing balm to both South African factions. The status act is the application of them to the South African constitution. Two Important concessions are made to the Dominions In the Statute of Westminster. It gives the Dominion government power to amend, repeal or modify any British act which has been incorporated In the law of the Dominion. It further states that no British law may be applied to any Dominion unless that Dominion has requested the application and consented to It Really Independent The status act itself declares that no British legislation shall be consid ered In effect in the Union of South Africa until It Is by the South African parliament. The "chief executive" Is defined as the king, who shall act upon the advice of his South African ministers. In South Africa the king's representative Is the governor-generaNeither he nor the king have any powers of veto or reservation of a bill. The governor-general may, however, simply return a bill with his opinion for further consideration if he thinks It wise. The king does not retain the power to name the prime minister and to dis l. solve parliament The case of war would be the real test For, with the clearly worded status act, the Union of South Africa can now decide for itself whether or not to remain neutral if the empire enters a war. Says Clarke: "It might even secede altogether. though not apparently, by legal proc ess. Some commentators In England as well as in South Africa feel dis turbed by these possibilities. But 'equal status' necessarily implies them, and legal harriers would be flimsy defenses against the strong pol iticaf pressures when the time of crisis comes." It will be remembered that when England entered the World war there was widespread dissension In South Africa, and even serious uprisings in some cases. Clarke goes on: 'Neutrality and secession are no-litlcal Issues, to be determined In the light of all the facts when the ques tion arises. They are not to be de termined In advance, ns some of the lawyers seemed to demand, by any constitutional legislation, especially legislation under such documents as the Balfour declaration and the Statute of Westminster." The Ties That Bind. The abolition of the prerogative pow er of the king aroused the anguish of the faction In South Africa This faction claimed that In the time or crisis the king was the executive head of the entire British Empire, and that he could act as he saw fit In case of a crisis. In order to keep the realm from falling apart General Smuts was able to convince his followers that for centuries no such prerogative, If there was one, had been exercised, and that the question was not one of law, but of politics. Of course, what the economists who cite the status act as evidence that the British Empire Is disintegrating fall to die-har- d h show Is that political power or legal power are hot the real bands which hold the Empire together. Experience has taught us that In time of war nations do not act on the literal interpretation of the law. The ties that bind are more substantial In the case of the British Imperial Dominions they are the advantages of free trade within the Empire and the protection of the British fleet The Union of South Africa would be an easy mark indeed for an Invading force were It not for the protection of the greatest fleet In the world. It Is extremely doubtful that the Union would ever want to forsake such a protection. With its constitutional status now more clearly defined than ever before, the Union of South Africa is ready Itself to begin expanding. It would like to annex the adjacent protectorates of Bechuanaland, Swaziland and Basuto-lanwhich are now governed under the Dominions office in London. When the Union was formed in 1909, the constitution provided for the eventual Inclusion of these territories. Their population, however, Is 99 per cent black, and they were left out of the original Union and kept under direct London protection because of the treatment they had received at the bands of the Boers who made up a large share of the Union population. When, last year, Prime Minister Hertzog announced to Great Britain that the Union of South Africa was ready to act Immediately to Include the protectorates, his act drew an Instant appeal from Chief Tshekedl rint ,f U th4 HOME 1SDI S1KY Tea From China The use of tea was first discovered by the Chineese in the third dynasty, at the close of the Han dynasty, and history is full of quaint legends regarding its inception. Though tea growing has been to almost every transplanted Asiatic country, the Chinese still claim that there is something in the climate and soil of that country that produces tea with special fragrance and flavor. THIS WEEK'S PRIZE STORY "Meet yoor friend, Intermonnlain-msd- s Ao acquaintance with him Burchandis real investment in satisfsc-tioassures you Bis service guarantees you supreme quality with true economy. Since the early lays of the Pioneers, Intermountain Made merchandise has welcomed the years of crucial testa thru which their genuine value has been proved. Help joursilf ta Happiness with Intermountain Made merchandise." Bopinf this entry i satisfactory, I am, 1 JACK C. CANNON, Myton, Utah. Snow and Flowers In a country which shows a great variety of geological mations as Switzerland, the such forsea-eo- cannot be clearly delineated or their time fixed as elsewhere. Here winter and spring always overlap each other, so that skifieldi and gardens in full bloom are neighbors, and startling contrasts are achieved by nature. At 400 Utah Oil Refining Service Stations in Utah and Idaho Invention of Friction Match The first true friction match was sot invented until 1827 by a man named John Walker of Stockton-on-Tee- s, n Durham, England. of sulphur and phosphorus by friction was discovered by Godfrey Haukwitz in 1680, but it was 150 years before this discovery was applied to matches. Inni-tio- IS 150,000,feet Used & New Pipe Sizes i2", 34". 1" Structural Steel and Plate3 I Li- t- General A Hertzog. Khama of Bechuanaland. British administration to the protectorates has not been all that It might be, but natives and native sympathizers believe that It Is better than the discrimination which might harm them at the hands of the Boers. Native Chiefs Balk. Unionists claim that there are no selfish reasons for annexation, for the Union has plenty of land and plenty of economic difficulty without taking on that of the native areas. Basutoland is tremendously overcrowded and conditions among the blacks are deplorable. The Union would move the surplus population over to the vast expanses of Bechuanaland, where the population Is scarce, and would give the blacks land and Irrigate It The natives and their chief are afraid of this. The reason is that the Tatit Company, Ltd., owns about 1,325,-00- 0 acres in Bechuanaland. They fear that the blacks might be exploited industrially here, that the grazing land which has been held out to them as a home land for the surplus Union blacks might be seized by the surplus whites of the Union. Neither do they like the present native policy of the Union. The native under the protectorate of the Union, according to the Manchester Guardian, has found that "his freedom of move ment Is limited by restrictive 'nneV laws; his status as a worker Is degrad ed Dy tne color bar act to one of permanent economic inferiority. Ho boo. his fellows through the Union com pelled by the native service contract act to relinquish settlement nnd wander In search of work. He sees them barred by the native land act from acquiring land even if ,imu all obstacles, they acquire means to ao so. With the constitutional straightened out between black and white In the Union, and with the ris ing or a new generation which Wa not feel so bitterly the Inequality of the whites and the blacks, It Is 'held that the government under Smuts and Hertzog means well by the natives. O Western Newspaper Cnloa. Monsey Iron & Metal Co. 700 South 3rd Wist Salt Lafca City, tltsa Meerschaum Is Stone Meerschaum (th material from which some pipes are made) is not wood it is stone. The word means sil"seaframe." It is a clay-lik- e icate of magnesia which, when thoroughly dry, will float on water. Meerschaum is exported from in Asia Minor, where it is dug from shallow pits. Eski-She- hr The Lizard Canary Though smaller than the Norwich, the lizard canary rcscmb! the latter variety somewhat in build. It is not so full in the neck or so large in the head, however. English breeders say that tho first lizard canaries were brought their country by the Hugc::ct3 when they fled from the conti:.r:.t, and these birds probably made their first journey to America via the British Isles. i- rf - lr d0 I It I Jh.l week will be paid P article th bMt on Wny you ,h011d use Similar Goods" made Intermountain to above. Send yonr atory in prose 01Products (n I.l..m..nl.i, n.. ir.c cm I nk City. " your atory appears this column yea will re- ceiye check for ..... $3.00 No Running Over Bridge When, long ago, the city fathers of Luray built themselves a bridge across a nearby creek they must have built a flimsy structure, ror statthey made a law, still on the town, ute books of the Virginia which .stated that no boy "should trot or run across the bridge even if he were barefooted. Week No. J52 Salt Lake W.N.U. CUT Jews Change Language In the course of their history, the Jews have many times changes01 their language. In the days Christ Aramaic was their dai 7 language, the Hebrew of the BHie language being already a written were only. Aramaic and Greek ana retained up to the Seventh reEighth centuries when largely placed by Arabic. Vitamin C in Apples tome Experiments indicate that mora varieties of apple contain Titamia C than others- |