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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH Kelantan Waxes Fat on Rubber Steeping .Climate of Malay State Swathes Hills in Densest Forests. Washington. American automobile owners unknowingly helped to pay the award of nearly $2,000,000, which the Malay state of Kelantan recently gave on court order to an Englishman. Kelantan Is waxing financially fat on rubber so the treasury probably found no difficulty in compensating the winner of the case, which, among other things, revealed how English commerce penetrated Kelantan back in the eighties and how the state was Incorporated into the British empire well-kep- Mid-We- solid-planke- In 1909. Kelantans present prospects and the Improvements effected In its government are related in a bulletin of the National Geographic society from its headquarters in Washington, D. O. Has Mountains Florida Lacks. Think of the Malay peninsula as an elongated Florida tacked on southeast Asia. Singapore shall be Key West; then the southern boundary of Kelantan is approximately in the position of Orlando and the northern boundary is 150 miles above, that is, at Jacksonville, Fla. Kelantan is 60 miles deep, which is a trifle more than half the wridth of Florida. Since Kelantan lies five degrees from the equator, it wo'uld be quite willing to trade mountains for a bit of Floridas latitude. Miami had a fall of rain reto seems which put it in the cently running with Kelantan where over 100 Inches fall annually in the plains districts. 'When the figures are all in Floridas average will be shown only as great. Kelantans steeping climate swathes its hills in the densest of tropical forests. The jungle is matted above ground and matted below. An American surveyor boring for a bridge pier cut through 100 feet of crushed and rotting leaves and branches to find' the bottom obstructed by a rotting trunk of a forest monarch that may have fallen more than a century before. Green is a tyrant in Kelantan. A native will cut out a garden plot in the Jungle. By dint' of industry he can keep the jungle back for two years crops of tapioca root. Two years' abandonment results in a growth 10 feet high, impenetrable without an ax. Acres of Virginia farms abandoned during the Civil war support pine trees, but one can still identify the old corn rows. Ten years after the Kelantan garden patch is surrendered, only the practiced eye can distinguish the spot from natural Jungle. But not all of Kelantan is jungle. The plain in the northeast, one of the largest level regions in the whole peninsula, affords views where there are no trees to be seen for miles ; only rice beds glistening like windows of an enormous hothouse and grass pastures for cattle. Even the disordered jungle is giving way to the ordered rows of rubber trees. Rubber Is now the most valuable export of Kelantan. Two other tree products, coconuts and betel nuts, figure heavily in its trade. Betel nuts are a chewing gum substitute of the Orient. Kelantan offers & handy example of the East Indies before and after EuKelantan has ropean intervention. been made safer for the ordinary native citizen and his family and a greater share of the profits of the citizens toil come to him. The native conception of municipal government can be understood best by imagining a parallel political system town. set up in an American "corn-bel- t In the first place the mayor would re-couft in another city. Since the h one-thir- chief ends of justice, Kelantan style, are to support the Judges, half the damages and costs, together with what terrorism, bribery and blackmail could exact, would go to these dignitaries. Once In jail the citizens chance of getting out would be small indeed! Friends Must Feed Prisoners, It would be necessary to abandon t the clean, jail of our hypotown to approach thetical In a the old Kelantan standard. vacant lot there would be erected a Inside palisade. high, there would be a double row of stout wooden cages about 30 inches from the wall and 6 Inches off the ground. If the jail is crowded two persons can be put in one cage. Slats of the cell allow little light and air and there are no sanitary facilities. White gard the community solely as a source of wealth for himself although he would not live there but instead In Chicago. Neither would he take the responsibility for governing the town or collecting the taxes for himself since he could farm out that work to an exacting foreigner. In Kelantan the foreigner would be a Chinese. Anyone in the community who committed a crime would be haled before men who have entered such compounds in Malay states tell that the stench is overpowering. The jail warden would be permitted by law to feed his prisoners with a half bushel of corn taken from every wagon entering town. None of the prisoners would ever get the corn. Unless relatives and friends fed them, a fee being charged for this by the warden, the prisoners would starve. Indeed, in Kelantan many did starve to death. Heavy Tax Burden. Continuing the parallel, the citizens tax bill would have to be greatly augmented. There would be the poll tax to raise a tribute to the d st d , Mid-We- capital. The mayor In addition would send a consignment of goods which the townsmen would have to buy whether they wished the goods or not and at an exorbitant price. At command they would have to leave their cornfields to the weeds to cut timber In the wood lots, float it down the river, surrender it to the authorities and receive no compensation. In addition, If the farmer should try to resist tyranny by abandoning his farm he would be fined for that. British intervention In Kelantan has wiped away most evils of this medieval system, which was far worse in practice than anything Europe ever knew in the blackest centuries of the Dark ages. Even the native ruler, who is siill nominal head of the state, feigns in greater luxury, because he actually gets the taxes he levies although the British adviser has slashed the amount he may levy. Kelantan has railroad service with A Bangkok and Singapore now. branch line came in from the north as far as the capital, Kota Bharu. Another finger line stretched toward it from the south. The fingers have joined and Kelantans prosperity is assured for where the railroad goes Id Malay peninsula rubber goes. It's a Privilege to Live in "General break Utah j forced me to quit work. Tanlao down Salt Lake City. Major C. C. Moseley, vice president and general superintendent of the Western Air Express has arrived in Salt Lake for the purpose of completing negotiations for a local landing field, hangars and to the other facilities preliminary opening of air traffic from here to the coast on April 1, next. Salt Lake City. Plans for 1926 were discussed at a meeting of the Salt Lake Gun Club Tuesday evening. The subject of new automatic angle traps was taken up, and it was decided to purchase two of this type to be Installed in the spring. Most of the members favored the holding of the state shoot at Geneva during the annual outing. However, this subject will be brought before the club assembly January 24. toned uf my whole system, baniskedthe nervous strain and me bacb the iave I strongly recommend Tan-la- c. J. Messmer, 2 hi So. Ninth A ve., Burlington, Iowa. From Mother Natures storehouse vre have gathered the roots,, barks and herbs which are compounded, under the famous Tanlac formula, to make Tanlac. If your body is weak and undernourished, if you cant sleep or eat, have stomach trouble or burning rheumatism, just you see how quickly Tanlac can help you back to health and strength. Don't delay taking Tanlao another day. Stop at your druggists now and get a bottle of this, tho greatest of all tonics. Take Tanlao Vegetable Pills for constipation. Vernal. 18, Lura-bait- o, e, Resimol f Delta That Delta enjoyed a healthy growth during the past year is evidenced by the postal receipts, wiiich showed an increase over the year of 1924 of more than 23 per cent. According to Postmaster Clark Allred, the receipts for the year 1925 amounted to $9198.51, as compared with $7474.90 for the year 1924. around Timpanogos to Aspen Grove and into Provo canyon. Salt Lake City. Despite the mild weather, which has been in evidence throughout most of the western territory, until the past few days, the sheep and cattle are in excellent condition according to a report issued by G. A. Scott, livestock statistician for the United States department of agriculture. Salt Lake City. John M. Ilenrie and John Johnson, county commissioners of Garfield county negotiated a loan from the state road commissions revolving fund, payable before the end of the present year, for $5000 with which to complete work on rehabilitating the road from Tropic to what Is known as the Panguitch-Tropi- c dump, where the road goes over the escarpment near Bryce can-vo- Chattering , and feeble unfortunates of New Yorks Bowery who were over sixty years of age being given overcoats by Urbain J. Ledoux, Mr. Zero, who conducts an eating house for self-style- down-and-outer- produced the rainbow 'teosinte, a marvelous plant that grows eight feet tall and bears from 8 to 14 ears to each stalk. Third is a new giant cactus flowering zinnia, a truly giant plant developed from a more familiar flower. Others are a new hybrid flower, a new species of the torch lily, which will bloom profusely in cold climates; a new and Improved strain of the popular Shasta daisy, much larger and more colorful than the present Shasta ; a new strain of fluffy giant asters, and the perfection of eight newly named gladioluses. The noted naturalist begins the new year in good health, and is looking forward to one of accomplishment. I can say that I am satisfied with my years work, he told visitors at his experimental gardens, for I must be satisfied. The year is done, and it has been one of my busiest I have of twenty years ago. BEAUTIFY IT WITH DIAMOND DYES Just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye Flach package contains directions so simple any woman can tint soft, delicate shades or dye rich, permanent colors In lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, waists, dresses, coats, stockings, sweaters, draperies, coverings, 15-ce- nt department asking that the road up American Fork canyon leading to the Timpanogos loop road be designated ns a forest highway and as such be connected with the road leading ' Santa Rosa, Cal. With the completion of one of the busiest years in his half century of work in the laboratory of nature, Luther Burbank presented to the world as a New Year gift a beautiful group of new flowers and plants. The plant wizard announced that during the year just closed he had perfected seven major creations and Improvements. Today he sent to all parts of the world seeds which will bear these new creations. After 26 years of experimentation Mr. Burbank has created a new a striking blue flower. While the camassia Is not widely known, the new product excels all others in its beauty and ability to multiply. From his rainbow corn Burbank has News Notes;; Salt Lake City. Utah county citizens have petitioned the U. S. forestry NEW PLANTS TO THE WORLD Major Creations and Improvements Result of Years Work by Famous Naturalist. ; Builds up weak bodies Shortly after midnight on Drugless Methods a bank of one of the INVESTIGATE this wonderful Method of course supply water to the power Ileullng. Headaches, Stomach and IntestiWild Dogs Are Aim Heart, Kidney and Liver plant of the Utah Light and Power nal trouble,Kcwma, Neuritis, Sciatica, of Big Game Hunter company broke and sent a flood down nnd disorders peculiar to women, of MEDEDUCATION Scars-dalyield quickly. New York. Harold White of that part of Ashley creek running ICATION. Why suffer Ionalimtead or? Send no for a Instruction today. No Write trtonev. who recently returned from just north of town. obligation. lilt, M.AVTON, 8123 S. Vermont nnd Asia in and collecting trip hunting Salt Lake City. Special attention Avenue. I.OS AMIKI.KS, CAMP. Africa, will start out again next month is to be given by the Utah schools on a three-yea- r expedition embracing to the forestry problems of this year both continents, the principal purpose of which is to round up for the Ameri- the state. Dr. C. N. Nelson, state supcan Museum of Natural History and erintendent of public instruction sent away easily and at little cost by the New Y'ork Zoological park in the out to district superintendents a copy Bronx specimens of a species of wild of a letter written by C. L. Pack, of the American Tree asdog known In the Arussi mountains, president to Governor George II. Dern. sociation between Italian and British Somalirecommends that approThe letter land, as the yehe. priate consideration be given to forThe yehe, which probably is a vaestry matters and the state school Dont treat Bora, Inflamed riety of the hyena dog, Is a huge, AP' Bteartlny offices are urging the same thing. eyes with power- implacable creature which OruK "dnPPd In f 1 ' Mr. A lianit. a In has White soothing perhunts by ( packs. Price. The new addition to the safe effective, remedy sonal as well as a scientific Interest U best 26 cents Sunnyside school building, consisting in the yehe, as on his recent trip a of six druggists. classrooms, an auditorium, prinhall a ruck hl pack of the animals treed him nnd all cipals office, bookroom and a supply bis bearers and it was not until Mr. room, has just been completed. The White, shooting from his perch, had new structure was built on the founOvorcnutinn accomplishes little. picked off every wild dog thut any of dation of the old building, which was could descend. the fugitives destroyed by fire last winter. This Looks Like Genuine Charity BURBANK PRESENTS SEVEN Noted J January 30-fo- a I; d s. worked and enjoyed every day of It But I will go on with the new year. Gold-Fille- d Elephant Tusk Found in Mining Claim Salt Lake City. According to the annual statistical report of E. C. Shepard, supervisor of the Wasatch forest, 1,029,000 board fet of timber have Been sold from the forest during the past year, while 512,000 board feet have been given away to settlers adjoining the forest. A large percentage of the timber was sold to the Park City mines, while the rest was sold for saw purpose, the report says every- - hangings Buy Diamond Dyes no other kind and tell your druggist whether the material you wish to eolor Is wool or silk, or whether it Is linen, cotton or mixed goods. The best revenge is to forget it, A Lady of Distinction Is recognized by the delicate, fascinating influence of the perfume she uses. A bath with Culleum Soap and hot water to thoroughly cleanse the pores followed by a dusting with Cuticura Talcum powder usually means a clear, sweet, healthy skin. Advertisement. Bad men often give good advice. Sure Relief FO m 6 BELLANS Hot water Sure Relief O.L-AN-S FOR INDIGESTION 25$ and 75$ Pkgs.Sold Everywhere Away Goes Eczema Petersons Ointment Salt Lake City. The second InstallSeattle, Wash. An authentic fossil of the years first snowfall proment tusk of the woolly elephant of the five and a half inches in the duced or glacial postglacial period, with making a total of eight Monday, city, like a modern gold fillings tooth, has on inches the ground, according to been presented to the museum of the One day a druggist told me, saya of local weather bureau the statistics that Petersons Ointment University of Washington by Edward Peterson, office. The water content was .32 of was the best remedy he sold for Squires, who discovered it on a mining claim on Dominion creek, 40 miles an inch, slightly less than that pro- eczema. But youll never make any duced by last weeks storm, due to moiiey on it, he added, because It from Dawson, Yukon territory. heals so quickly that only a little ointten The tusk is feet long and weighs the fact that the snow was drier. ment is used. All druggists, 60 cents. 250 pounds. The theory of Nathan Lake City. People of Utah Salt .. I Kresge, museum caretaker and former purchased 11,296 new automobiles in Alaskan, is that the relic was there 1925, while 1221 new trucks were dewhen tons of earth with pay streak ad Seliled Ilia according to a report issued j settled down, so that gold nuggets livered, on Gas Stomach, Chronic of R. the Indigestion, Carl Snow, manager by were forced into the cracks of the Distress hi pit of Stomach, Heartburn, Automotive Trades Publishing comSour Stomach, Biliousness, Disxy Spells, tusk, giving the effect of modem gold Sick Headaches, Pain or Heaviness In pany. His report shows tlrat 5002 tooth fillings. Right Side. Constipation, Colic, Vomiting, new machines were sold in Salt Lake Stomach Trouble In any Form. Relieved Without Operation as with compared county last year, In Tour Own Home Plans for deepening famed Lake 4763 in 1924. In 1925 truck sales in Write for FREE BOOKLET Geneva to make the Rhone navigable the county totaled 486, as compared POKING PARK CIJNIC Minn. 1600 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, as far as the Swiss frontier have with 447 In 1924, according to the I made. report. GALLSTONES ba |