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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH BELIEF IN DEFINITE GOD By DR. JOHN GKIER HIBBEN, Preidnt Princttoo News Notes University. It $ a Privilege to Live In ANY description of God I would wave aside such definitions as the underlying cosmic force, and the latest, tlie unknowable, dimension. Limitations deny infinity, and closing Deity the fourth would out of the finite deny Him the quality most highly prized by human life, personality, thus leaving as a net result the grand it instead tf the great I am. Men dare not ascribe a bodily form to God, but conceptions of Him must he in conformity to those qualities which constitute the highest in mans nature. It has been said we are creating God after our own image. We can conceive of God only after our image, and we justify that conception on the ground that we are made in the image of God Himself. This, in my opinion, is a reduction of the divine equation not to infinity, hut to zero. It may be possible to say it is the fourth dimension in which we live and move and have our being; but can we say in sincerity and with significant feeling that the fourth dimension is our refuge UTAH DN 1 Nelson T. Johnson, assistant secretary of state In charge of Far Eastern affairs, who was appointed minister to China to succeed John Van A. MacMurray. 2 Wulter F. Frederick of Chevy Chase, Md., with ids model for the George Washington Memorial building to be erected in the National Capital. 3 clipper ship, lienjamln F. Packard, that wag sold at auction in New York as an item In the art collection of Max Williams the largest antique ever so sold. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Hoovers Prosperity Program Goes Well China Asks Russia Be Checked. EDWARD W. PICKARD some. BUSINESS as usual and then tlie appears to be assured by responses made to President Hoover's call and by the programs disclosed in the series of conferences held in WashThe last of ington at his summons. these conferences with different groups was that with the representatives of public utilities on Wednesday. They By were the spokesmen for the electric power and light Interests, the gas companies and the street railways, and after having held separate meetings In New York to canvass the situu tion In their respective fields, they went to the National Capital prepared to assure the President that they, like the other groups, were ready and will ing to assist in his program for stabilizing business conditions and assuring the continuance of the country's prosperity. They told him their organizations would spend about $1,500,000 in Improvement and expansion during 1930. Mr. Hoover sent a message to the governors of all the states asking that by canvassing the they state, municipal and county programs and speeding up, so far as possible, public works so as to further employment. The responses were most grati fying, giving assurance of the expenditure with tlie next year of hundreds of niillioss for road building and other public improvements. Pennsyl vanla headed the list of states mnking definite pledges, announcing that $155.000, 000 would he available In 1050 for roads and public buildings and that it would be distributed through out the state with a view to taking up any employment slack that occurs. Leaders of farm organizations met with the President Monday, Secre tary of Agriculture Hyde and Chairman of the farm board being present. Mr. Hyde announced that they were in hearty accord with the Hoover program and promised to aid It in every possible way, and he added: "The general opinion expressed was that confidence has been gaining In agriculture and that the morale of agriculture is now better than it has been for years past. Except in short crop areas there has been genuine in agriculture and an Improvement Increased Income, and therefore an Increased buying power this year." executives having extensive plans for expansion and Improvement ; lending industrialists having promised there shall be no reduction In wages, and heads of organized labor having pledged their word that there shall be no demands for increases In pay next year; and numerous associations of manufacturers and merchandisers re porting good conditions In their fields, It would seem that the prospects for continued prosperity are Indeed bright. The nation Is determined to show that the speculation crash has not done vital damage. Edward N Hurley, one of Chicagos level headed business men and a former president of the Illinois Manufacturers' association, put the matter so well that he is worth quoting. "There Is nothing wrong with American business and the outlook for 3030 is most encouraglug, Mr Hurley declared. "We have everything today that we had on September 1 in the way of brains, wealth and earned in come. Nothing is gone except some delusions as to the amount of profits which American Industries might earn In years to come. stock "The doflation of values from about $90, 000.000, kk) on September 1 to some $71,000,000,000 now does not represent the disappearance of one ounce of material wealth Ultimately this loss represents a positive gain, because Itj will insure more and cheaper capital) and the In dustries will be relieved jpf the pressure to earn extravagant fcrofits which RAILROAD is exercised by a speculative securities market." As a culmination of the President's conferences, seme two hundred of the country's lending business men were invited by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to gather In Washington on December 5. It was announced that Mr. Hoover would open this conference, the result of which was expected to be the formation of a business council for continuing study of business conditions of activities. and the A summary of business conditions, published by the federal reserve board, reveals a higher industrial activity during the month of October last than Id tlie same period of 1928, although there was a decline in both industrial production and factory employment as compared with the preceding month. Nationalist government governments of the three eastern provinces of China have appealed to President Hoover, the League of Nations and the powers signatories of the Kellogg pact for action to halt Russia's invasion of Manchuria and to punish the Soviets for the seizure of Chinese cities and the massucres of Chinese citizens. Russias aggros sion Is termed a deliberate violation of the Kellogg treaty, which both Russia and China signed. The message fmni the Manchurian provinces was to President dispatched directly It cited many definite inHoover. stances of Russian Invasions, raids and massacres, naming places more thun 100 miles within the border lines, and added: that If the world tolerates this Russian policy It means "the triumph of Bolshevism and the end of humanity; also tlie end of the antiwar pact, which certainly Is not the Intention of the United States and other signatory powers" The appeals from Nanking were equally specific and urgent. It was said In Washington that there was no indication that the State department would take any immediate action In response to the call from And the officials there Manchuria. were rather at a loss to know what could be done about it, since the Kellogg pact contains no sanctions and depends wholly on public opinion for its effectiveness. Within the last two weeks the Soviet invaders have made decided advances In both eastern and western Manchuria. Hallar was captured, as were Muling and other Important points, and It looked as If the Russians were getting ready to close In on Harbin from both sides Chinese troops everywhere were reported to be retreating almost without offering resistance, and thousands of them were made prisoners and disarmed. Those still in the field were described as lacking sufficient food, ammunition and winter clothing. Japan was excited by the push Into Manchuria, for she has many nationals resident there. The Japanese ambassador to Moscow, Tokichl told the Soviet government that Japen demanded that full protection be given Its citizens In Mnnchurla. and Russia promised to exercise every care The military group Is very strong in Japan and there Is some reason to believe it has hppn preparing to have the country eventually enter the conflict on the side of China CHINA'S Ton-aka- . more of tlie great figures of World war perhaps the greatest passed with the death of Georges Clemenceau. who, as premier, guided the destinies of France during the most critical years of the mighty conflict and by his tremendous cour age and ability kept his countrymen nerved to their task until victory was achieved. Tlie old giant he had passed his eighty-eightyear died In Baris of uremia after many hours of suffering, and the next day the Father of Victories." as France called him when he was Its Idol, was laid to rest In a little village of the Vendee with only a dozen to witness the inIn accordance with his Interment junctions there was no state funeral, nor were there any religious rites, for Clemenceau was an avowed at heist. Premier Tnrdleu. however, ordered all flags at half staff and the firing of a salute of 101 guns such as was fired on November 11, 1918. In honor of the armistice. And the Sunday following the funeral the World war veterans ONE marched past the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of the Tiger. r week also claimed Francis Emory Warren, United States senator from Wyoming, who hud the distinction of serving longer in the senate than any other man. He was a uipmher of that body for thirty-seveEATII L' FOR the Jappurported anese program for the London naval conference, and it contained the demand for a ratio In cruiser strength and other auxiliary ships, as well ns a reduction In the size of capital ships. It seemed certain the United States would oppose the Increase of Japans ratio in cruisers, hut later dispatches from Japan said Its delegates had received private instructions to accept considerable less than 70 per cent of the British and American auxiliary navies. France and Italy were still trying In vain to reach a preliminary agreement on policy In the conference. The principle obstacle Is that the Italians insist on complete parity with France in all categories of warships The French oppose this on the ground that Italy has only Mediterranean interests, while France also requires sea power in the Atlantic and In the English channel. The French also oppose giving Italy parity because of France's colonial widely distributed empire, whereas Italys possessions are chiefly Tripoli and the are8 facing the Red 7 sea. of the trust agreement for THE text Bank of International Settlements has been made public by a Paris The principal procorrespondent. visions relative to the Issuance and marketing of bonds are contained in article 12. which provides that the International bank, as trustee, will be guided In matters relative to mobilization of annuities "by the provisions of the (Young) plan which govern mobilization." The bank also will Inform the creditor governments when It seems "practically possible" to proceed with the Issuance of bonds. CREATION of five new cardinals at the Vatican, bringing the membership of the sacred college to 62, of whom 33 are The new list included the Most Rev. Joseph MacRory, archbishop of Armagh ; Msgr. Cerejelra, r patriarch of Lisbon; Archbishop Yer-die- GEN. C. P. SUMMERALL, chief of In his annual report recom- mends the enactment of a selective service inw to operate in war time as tlie one method of procuring new units for the far from complete Infantry division of the army. In other respects the report reflects a generally satisfactory condition throughout the army, says the decentralization sys tern Is Justified, and that Increased ra tion allowances have greatly Improved the morale of the troops. & 1930, Wotera Newspaper UoloaJ Approximately a dollars will be spent in 1930 by the Utah road commission on roads radiating from Ogden, Henry H. Blood, state road commission,) told the Exchange dub recently.' Mr. Blood said the estimated cost of road building in Utah for 1930 was more than $3,000,000. of Prison I believe in proper housing, nourishing food, steady work, medical prophylactics, strict discipline, spiritual stimulation and an education system for prisons. Not because it makes life more agreeable for the inmate, but because it is in the interest of society. But it must be remem bered that men who go into prison come out again and it is of prime importance to the community that they come out better and safer. The prison of the future will be a disciplinary school for those who can be reformed; a place of permanent segregations for the incorrigible and a laboratory for the study of crime. Parole is a necessary element. It offers an incentive to the prisoner to reform, provides an adjustable date of release and protects the public by extending the control and restraint beyond the date of the expiration of the sentence. We have evolved modern ideas of penal treatment, but we have never given them a fair trial, for we attempt to administer them with the old equipment and personnel. A dungeon or bastille is not the place to preach reform. A bully or broken-dowpolitician will not serve as a Neither nor or teacher parole will succeed unless in exemplar. probation the hands of experts. Science has come to the aid of all departments of government. In the field of medicine, modern diagnosis and antiseptic surgery have replaced voodooism of the past. Yet many people deliberately put intelli- gence aside in dealing with the criminal. DUCHESNE AMERICANS NEED AWAKENING DR. BERNARD IDDINGS BELL, Columbia University. We modern Americans are inept as compared with past generations in things material, mechanical and amusemental. Our arts become daily more and more either utilitarian or imitative; our literature tends more and more to become photographic or neurotic; our education increasingly neglects everything that trains the mind in pure thinking and decent discrimination. Man has been experimenting with the art of living for many mil- lenniums but for the most part he still has to grasp that a practical reali- zation of this can be had in the following: reverence for truth and pur- suit of it rather than for what income knowledge may bring ; contemplation and the creation of beauty, and the mastering of ones life and not becoming a slave of convention or of circumstance. If we can get some rebels, real rebels, against the standardization and stupidity of the Twentieth century, America has a chance of arriving at spiritual maturity. YOUTH CRITICAL OF CHURCHES By DR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON, Philadelphia (Episcopal). The younger generations snippy attitude toward religion is the result not of any innate lack of appreciation for religion, but of a feeling that the churches are not offering the fullness of life that can be seen in the religion preached by Christ. Our generation wanted security, but the vounger generation wants supremacy. It is opening new doors and seeking new vistas. It wants an adventurous, not merely a comfortable faith. But though so many young people glory in being without inhibitions, they are inhibiting the highest side of human nature, our sense of regligious values. They are suffering from suppressed religion. The easiest way to insult these young people is to call them mystics, yet human nature is essentially mystical. College students often think that science is making religion But science is teaching limits in many fields, limits that only religion can go beyond. MODERN EDUCATIONAL AIMS By DR. J. CAYCE MORRISON, New York Department o( Education. and how to think for themselves in Teaching children of the next generation a fuller will women and men give early grades and richer outlook on life. It once was the idea to make great use of question and answer books in the elementary grades, forcing students to memorize dates of history and names of bones and muscles in the human body. That was encyclopedia knowledge. The students minds were crammed with stuff they probably never would use and they did not get a chance to assert themselves in the classroom. is the Times have changed; critical analysis and order of the day in the beginning grades. Every child has within himself or herself creative power. We must cultivate that fine art of expression. Wo to the teacher who smothers the latent power in a child. j half-millio- n Approxi m at e I y reaching a net weight of 816, 9S8 pounds and makcarloads, were shiping thirty-seveped out of Utah in the Thanksgiving turkey pool, an increase of 300 per cent over 1928, Albertus Willardson, assistant general manager, Utah Poultry Producers Cooperative association announced. SALT LAKE The state department of agriculture collected fees totaling $40,922.01 from June 1, 192S, to September 30, 1929, it is shown in the audit of the department collections made by Glen James, special auditor, received Wednesday by State Auditor Ivor Ajax. Records of the state department are in excellent condition. RICHFIELD Potato growers of Sevier county are taking steps to place their industry on a business basis, and already, with the cooperation of a Salt Lake commission house, plans are under way to provide a storage cellar. 120x40 feet, convenient to railroad trackage in Richfield. Communities to the south also are interested. PLEASANT GROVE The board of directors of the American Fork Canyon Water company met at the weir at the mouth of American Fork canyon recently and accepted the contract vork of A. K. Thornton company. A new radial gate has been installed for flushing the weir. The present spillway has been widened and a new flume built across the weir to convey the Pleasant Grove water to the canal below the weir. OGDEN Following an annual custom that has meant much to poor children of the city, Firemen have announced that the men in their department are eager to repair and remodel all damaged toys that may be Bent to them that they may be distributed at Christmas time. In this connection, the chief urges that all per-sons having such toys and desirin to make some needy little one happy send them in at once. SPANISH FORK The Wright planing mill at Springville has cut a quantity o red cedar in Tie Fork near Soldier Summit for use in making chests and other articles of furniture. This is largely an experiment but may be developed on a larger scale, as the native cedar has a beautiful color when polished. The timber Is dried for a year before using and has already attracted attention of one of the larger concerns. SPRINGVILLE With the shipment of 3500 dressed turkeys by V. C. Mendenhall and 2500 by B. M. Mendenhall, these two men for the second time are reported as the heaviest producers of turaeys in this community. Both men shipped to a California market Others who ranked close with these producers this year are E. T. Thorne, Joseph Garnesecca. and C. O. Law of Mapleton. PRICE Bids will be received until December 4 for the construction of an bridge over the Price river at Castlegate. According to present plans, the structure will be one of the biggest and strongest in this section of this state, costing approximately $16,000. Approximately 51,151 pounds of structural steel will be used in building the while 133 cubic of concrete will be required in the abutments, which will extend several feet below the river bed. 100,000 n non-Itnlln- of Paris. Archbishop Lnvitrano of Palermo and Archbishop Minoretti of Genoa. work. OGDEN PROTECTIVE PENOLOGY By SANFORD BATES. Superintendent By sent over TOKYO correspondents to be HEBER CITY Sheep entering Utah from Colorado for the winter range are looking finer than ever before, according to Harden Reunion, state commissioner of agriculture, who returned from an inspection of eastern Utah. LYMAN Miss Eunice Poison of Mountain View has been awarded third place in the Wyoming state championship foods contest. Miss Poison is the first Uinta county ( H club worker to win state recognition for the excellence of her and strength? Take the divine element, potential in us, that enables us to recognize and entertain ideas of wisdom, justice, mercy, goodness, truth, which are imperfectly realised in us; and yet we are constrained in our thoughts to raise them to their highest power and then ascribe them as a tribute to perfection to the being whom we reverently acknowledge as our God. last consecutive years. A state funeral for Sir. Warren was held in the senate chamber, with President Hoover and ids cabinet. Chief Justice Taft and his associates of the Supreme court, members of tlie senate and house and the entire diplomatic corps in attendance. The body was then taken to Cheyenne. Senator Warrens death removes one of the last three survivors of the Civil war who held high office in Washington. Warren served in the Union forces with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the Supreme court Representative Charles M. Stedmnn of North Carolina served the Confederacy. Another well known American who passed away was Raymond Hitchcock, actor and musical comedy star, who died suddenly in Los Angeles from a heart attack. He had been In poor health since last May. Lieut. George T. Cuddlhy, one of the best pilots In the navy, was instantly killed when an airplane which he was testing at Washington crashed. Cuddiliy, who was thirty-thre- e years old, graduated from the Naval acad emy in 1917, served In the World war and later entered the aviation branch He distinguished himself in the Schneider cup and other races, and in 1927 flew over the Andes. SALT LAKE Shipments of cabbage from Utah this year already have exceeded those for 1928 by 30 carloads, and an additional 25 carloads, it Is expected, will be shipped before the end of the season. turkeys, J LOGAN Plans are being developed for the registration 4 of students at the Utah Slate Agricultural college for the winter quarter on December 14, according to W. H. Bell, registrar. The fall quarter null close December 13, according L-t- o the schedule bulletin, making a x quarter of exactly 12 weeks. All students, both those now- - in attendance and the new students entering at that time, will register on Saturday, and regular classwork for the winter quarter will begin on Monday morning, December 16. |