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Show BY P. SIORIS. SALT LAKE CITY . . . UTAH UTAH STATE The six-year-old son of Adrien Gri- | mond of Nephi is dead as the result | of being kicked in the head by a horse. 140,000 Six townships, comprising acres of land in Box Elder county, will be thrown open to settlement on July 23. | According to an order {τοπ the president, the Bear River National | forest will in future be known as the Cache National forest. The state board of land commisgioners last week purchased $20,000 worth of Beaver county school bonds bearing 5 per cent interest and matur fing in 3iv HepppppppppppEEEEyk: OOMVILLE Will Celebrate the Nation’s NaSammy Smith and I stood with our hands in our pockets | tal Day.” | / WELL, WASN'T | GEORGE WASHINGTON A HERO? 1928. A, J. Pendleton, a pioneer resident of Salq Lake, was kicked by a horse last week and fatally injured. Mr Pendleton was 70 years of age, and was a blacksmith, Several horses in the vicinity of Brigham City have been killed by or- der of the state board of health owing to the fact that they were af flicted with glanders. Along a strip of land about eighteen miles long, traversed by the Salt Lake Route, between Nephi and Juab about one million bushels of wheat will be grown this year. Wallace, the son of John A. Ward, met with a serious accident at Willard, while loading hay. In some way hefell from the load and his leg was broken just above the ankle. HIS ARGUMENT _ Considerable discussion is being given the subject of haying the railroads entering Salt Lake allowall passengers traveling through the city the privilege of a two or three days’ stop- over. Brooding over an indictment by the federal grand jury for alleged coal Jand frauds caused the suicide of Theodore G. Schulte, a well known young insurance man and abstraetor of Salt Lake City. For using the United States mails for illegal purposes, Dr. E. S. Payne a practicing physician of Salt Lake City and a man 70 years old, will serve two years at hard labor in the gov ernment prison at Leavenworth, Kan | αἰ, tS GOSH porn 4 Assurances received from schools and colleges all over the state indi- cate that the exhibition of edu| cational matters at the Utah state) fair, to be beld in Salt Lake City) October 5-10, will be much larger than ever before. Some of the business men of Park City are working hard to have the LOTS OF FUN AT THE OWN. CELEBRATION Moffat railroad pass through that Own, as they arewell aware that this mining camp would be greatly helped,| as would a umber of other towns {3 Summit county. ¥ Alfred F.. Heaton, the young man | Mary) charged with the murder of Stevens, of Orderville, Kane county, | n e state penitentiary until court ron¥enes, August 4. Emerson of Shoshone, Colo., | | commissioners lest week paid to the contractor $1,800 for sinking a 600-foot experiment well in Cedar valley. Water was struck in the well at 180 feet, but none was en countered after that. The flow at 180 feet, however, is abundant. was familiarly known to Mis intimates. | But the fortune had conditions at tached, conditions that were “a beastly bore, don’t you know.” Old Peter had been one of the old settlers gf Plumville; his son had| While Christian Jensen of Dewey was unhitching his horses from a sulky plow the other day, a bolt of Yichtning struck the outfit, killing two horses instantly end knocking ayother and Jensen down. been born there and married there, and “Dickey” had Gray geen the light Jensen was badly of day at the sdme place. bruised and hands and feet lacerated Mary Lehan, a full-blooded Chero kee Indian, who is an active exponen) the increase of of the anti-race suicide proposition of President Roosevelt, called upon Gov ernor Cviler last week. Mr. Lehan claims to be the mother of twenty one chilAren—six boys and fifteen girls. Through the efforts of the chamber of commerce, the Civic league and scribed funds began to run low, and it seemed as though Plumville’s celebration was not destined to wind up in a blaze of glory. Rather, that was the way it seemed before Dickey’s ar- rival. The finance committee of the cele κ Jbpbbebbbbbbhbpbithr of work, and evidently did not hear, The board of land * bration felt that he should and would provide the needed funds for the fire works, and the chairman waited upon him at once and broached the subject. What Dickey said to the chairman that official did not repeat, but hedid report to the committee that the funds for the fireworks would be forthcomHEN old Peter Brown died ing, and the town paper contained the he left his fortune—a very | following notice on the morning of the sizable one—to his grand- third: son, P. Chawley Brown, as EXTRAORDINARY CELEBRATION the young mansigned it, ATTRACTION! or “Dickey” Brown as he | while walking along the track near Beck’s Hot springs, was struck by 8 Lagoon train and killed. Bmerson was bound to the brick yards in search the approaching train. SIIOE ?Roar of the; i British Lion : :: WRIGHT A."PATTERSON :: bas been bound over to the district rourt./for trial, and will be, confined ¥. But with fortune “Dickey's” The committee on arrangements of the Plumville Fourth of July ceiebration, announce the engagement of a GENUINE ENGLISH LION. The only one in captivity in this country. He will be securely caged, and will provide entertainment by roaring when his tail is twisted. DO NOT FAIL TO SEE IT. The admission price will be 25 cents, mother had developed society leanings, and she had taken “Dickey” When Fourth of July morning dawned, a large size tent was one of the features of the grounds on which east where she could dabble in the the celebration was to be held. Across edges of the society sea, and “Dickey” had grown up in the atmosphere of it in large letters was the sign: Saratoga and Newport, with an occasional visit to London when the “sea| son” was on. When it came to the question of a university nothing short of Oxford would answer; all America was too provincial to be thought of. So it was that he spent the greater part of his THE ENGLISH LION—HEAR IT ROAR! The curiosity of the visitors and the townspeople was at white heat, and they flocked into the tent as soon members af the local fire insurance teard of Ogden, fire insurance rates on dwelli*¢ houses have been reduced materially, affecting a saving of beteens_ and neared his majority in Engtween $12,000 and $15,000 yearly to land, at all times a willing student of policy holders. | English snobbery. Mrs. H. L. Cress, of Portland, Ore., | It was with considerable disgust as it was opened. There was Dickey in a hastily constructed cage, securely bound down on all fours, properly arrayed in his checked trousers, white spats, with his monocle fastened securely in place that Dickey read the letter from his tail. The chairman's young hopeful, garbed in continental uniform and cocked hat, was operating the tailpiece. This was but a doubled strand of rope fitted around Dickey’s stomach so tightly that when given an | extra twist or two it became torture committed suicide in her room in an Ogden hotel, because her husband had deserted her, leaving a note re questing her to return to her parents. The despondent woman took carbolic American lawyers warning him that if he wished to have the handling of his grandfather's money after his twenty-fifth birthday it would be necacid and was dead before medical aid could be summoned. | essary to comply with the old gentleman’s expressed command that he Friends fear that William Fry, a! farmer who recently disappeared from a point near Denver, has met with foul play in Salt Lake City. Since he left his home to come to Salt Lake recently, they have heard nothing of him, and are asking the Salt Lake po lice to locate him. Suffering fiom incurable stomach trouble, William Taylor, an early settler of suicide bullet sulting Taylor Utah, 74 years old, committed in Salt Lake City, sending a into his abdomen, death re from internal hemorrhage. lived alone, his lifeless body spend each of his birthdays from his | to the victim, and produced the promised roar. The crowd went wild with delight native town of Plumville.| “A beastly bore, don’t you know,” at the novelty of the entertainment said Dickey, as he read the letter for while Dickey roared, and howled, and the third time. “I say now, why could swore, and vowed vengeance upon not the old codger have left that out?” Plumville and the entire nation. The $100 worth of fireworks with It was on the first of July that Dickey arrived at Plumville, monocle, brilliantly checked trousers, white spats, walking stick and all the other essentials without which life in Lonadon would be scarcely worth the living. Plumville just at that time was very much imbued with a spirit of patriotIn a spirit of levity, a crowd of ism, and looked at everything English young men one night last week placed | very much as the audience looks upon & cow in a cell in the city jail at Mt. | the villain in the show. The town was Pleasant, but the authorities did not| going to celebrate, and they were go- appreciate the joke, and half a dozen of the offenders have been arrested. and himself decorated with a bushy twenty-first to his twenty-fifth in his being found by a neighbor. Two plead guilty and were fined $30 Whe others demanded trial. Celebration as Described by the Small Boy. ing to do it on a very big scale—for Plumville. Everything had been ar- which Plumville wound up its celebration were promptly paid for when the bill was presented. Dickey spent his birthday in bed in the town hospital, and has not been heard from since the day following, though the fame of Plumville’s British lion has spread from ocean to ocean. Should he fail to return for his birthday this year, the town will be able to replace the present hospital with a more commodious structure out of the old gentle ranged for with the exception of: the man’s fortune which it inherits, should Dickey not meet the conditions evening’s fireworks of the will. when the sub on “Doc” Blaston’s setter pup and set off a bunch of firecrackers in it We hated “Doc” Blaston and had even less regard for his setter pup, because he wouldn't chase 4 jack rabbit. We were sorry after wards we did it, for that premature can spoiled a whole lot of fun next day. Every dog in Boomville de camped that night; even the cats roosted in the trees for two days A boom that rattled the window frames awakened me before next morning. With no hat and only one suspender over myshoulder | scurried down to Uncle Billy’s blacksmith shop. Uncle Billy was out in front shooting off the anvil. He had a whole quart can of powder. Carefully the square OUR FLAG. K On history's crimson pages, high up on the roll of fame The story of Old Glory burns, in deaihless words of flame. It is the old red, white and blue, proud emblem of the free, It is the flag that floats above our land of liberty —Benjamin-Sutton, a . Ὁ ~ REARRRR The “Star-Spangled Banner” is gepand read the notice in flaming red let| erally taken for granted. One seldom hole in the anvil was filled with powters as “Cy” Smith unrolled the poster | hears its why and where der and a hardwood plug whittled to preparatory to tacking it on “Doc” fora called in question. Blaston’s shoe shop. We didn’t underfit it. A gorovein one side of the plug With its every display in was left for the fuse. Uncle Billy stand what that city and hamlet, on tur scratched the match down the leg of “natal day” busiret and hall, comes lit his overalls, touched the fuse and then ness meant, but tle discussion as to its hurried behind the shop ἃ The “celebrate” — that history and development. aged blacksmith was slightly deaf and could only mean It transpires that the liked a noisy Fourth. Thirteen times one thing this seaAmerican flag is, like the the powder was poured in and touched son of the year. human species, a thing off. Whoopee! of evolution. This is so, The events of that day crowded Craocky! Boom! indeed, with the insignia upon each other fast and furious. The and Sammyand | οἱ most countries, not parade started half an hour late beshied a tin can at ably of England, whose “Doe” Blaston’s cause the Goddess couldn't get her flag began with old King brown hair waving to the best effect. setter pup and dug Egbert’s dragon upon After the parade things dragged a litdown the alley as which was incorporated tle until the speaking began. We fast as four brown Tied a Can on the the three Norman lions wouldn’t have legs could carryus, | Pup. of William the Conqueror. stayed around near “Hey! Stub, it’s When Edward III. as the speaking exa-goin’ to be; they're puttin’ the bill pired to the crown of cept we sometimes up now.” Stub dropped the bait can France he added the got a dish of icé half full of worms and joined the profleur-de-lis. James I discream for turning claimers of the glad tidings. Two pensed with both and a freezer for Jim minutes later we ended up in front of adopted St. George's The Hon. Tim the bill to read further. cross and finally in 1801 othy Todhunter “T call that a mighty neat job of the “Lion and the Unigave the oration printin’,’ said the editor of the Weekcorn” began their long and Deacon Heffiely Banner, who had happenedalong. fight for the crown, tower read the “We broke the claws holdin’ the arwhich has since contin Declaration of Inrows off our eagle wood cut two years ued on canvas, in every dependence. That | ago and blamed if we could find the latitude of the world. is he started to piece this year. The old bird looked The colonies, of course, read it. He had mighty squatty until we hit upon The Deacon Was lived under the British flag. In 168¢ taken a copy of havin’ him sit on that log from the Very Excitable. the flag of New England was white, the declaration Mink Lumber Company’sad.” charged with St. George's cross in red from his hip pocket and started to read “Looks like that old turkey buzzard surmounted with the crown. In the when Sammy Smith touched a cannon that roosts on the rotten log in Dea center was inscribed Jacobus Rex cracker off behind the speakers’ stand. con Shuffecorn’s pasture,” sniffed old While Manhattan was in possession of The deacon was naturally very excitProf. Krain. Krain had started a the Dutch the ships waved a flag on He tried to proceed but his paper in opposition to the Banner able. which was a beaver, the then insignia hands jerked spasmodically. Suddenthree years before, but it had fizzled of the New Netherlands. 1767 the ly the declaration parted in the midout after intermittent issues for six colonies adopted the Union Jack of dle where it had been folded in the months. Great Britain. This was formed by 8 They sent after a But there wasn’t anything squatty| deacon'’s pocket. combination of St. Andrew's and St new declaration, but the crowd had about the birds of freedom, as far as we George's crosses, and of course was left before it arrived. kids could see. Besides, we were busy typical of the fact that the two coun The greased pig had been caught reading down further what was going tries had become one when Queen and the entries were just in for the to happen. Elizabeth died and the Scottish king slippery pole climbing exhibition when “Fine shade, grand music, magnifisucceeded to the English throne. cent parade, most eloquent speakers my recollection came to a vivid close, At the time of our revolt from BritThat night about nine o'clock I waked in the state. Races! Races! Races! ish authority the Union Jack was in up with a bandaged eye, a swollen Ball games, climbing the greased pole, general use, usually bearing some catching the greased pig, a grand jaw and one arm ina sling. They told patriotic motto of which “Liberty and spectacular exhibition of tight-rope me Sammy Smith had climbed ’er and Union” was the favorite. Directly aftI went to sleep happy. * walking by Capt. McMain. er the battle of Lexington a new flag “The grand finale, $95.50 worth of was improvised with the motto of the fireworks, let off from a stand in state of Connecticut, viz., “Qui transfront of the city calaboose.” These tulit sustinet.” This soon gave way were a few of the features that would For the Babies. to regimental colors, each being dismar the usual lethargy of Boomville “I want to get some fireworks for m) tinctive in shade. At Bunker Hill a on July 4. little boy—something that will be saf¢ blue flag was chosen to designate New “Shore goin’ to have $95 worth of for him to set off by himself,” explains England troops—the first sign we see fireworks; there'll be pinwheels, giant the young mother. of union in the colonial army. This fire crackers and skyrockets, till you “Yes, ma'am,” replied the courteous flag had St. George’s cross in one can’t rest,” said Sid Girkens. “I dealer. “How old is your little boy?” corner. It was growing beautifully know, cause dad was at the meetin’ “He'll be 14 months and two days less within our limits and soon afterthe night they voted to have 'em.” old to-morrow.” wards disappeared when Gen. PutIt had been five years since Boom“T don’t believe we have anything he nam displayed a red banner on Prosville had had a celebration. For 12 could be trusted with.” pect hill with the motto “An Appeal years before that “Oh, dear! Haven't you any safety to Heaven.” The colony of Massapin-wheels?” time the eagle chusetts sent out cruisers in the had screamed in spring, supplying each with a white vociferous fashflag on which was painted a green jon as regular as pine tree. When armed vessels were Independence day commissioned in Washington they came around, That were furnished with flags of similar was when the kind. boom was on the To Col. William Moultrie of South town. In_ those Carolina is due the honor of raising days Jeff Dascom the first republican flag. It had a gave $150 to buy white crescent on a blue ground. This fireworks. Jeff borwas unfurled on the east bastion of rows his chewing the fortress in Charleston harbor, June 28, 1776, while on the opposite side tobacco now. The bubble had burstwaved the flag called the “Great Turned the Freezer. ” ed, the lean days Union,” which had first been raised by Washington at Cambridge. had come and patriotism had waned June 14, 1777, the Continental conin Boomville. gress, realizing the inappropriateness The celebration this year was due of longer using British colors, resolved to young Leon Talbert who had bought “that the flag of the 13 United States out old Shoebuckler’s general merbe 13 stripes, alternate red and white; ehandise store. He had offered to that the union be 13 stars, white in a give $25 as the first contribution. His blue field, representing a new conrival in business, old “Dan” Turner, stellation.” across the street, growled and said he The first national flag after this patdid it just for advertisement. tern was made by a Mrs. Ross, a lady A man’s business wasthe last thing of Philadelphia. She had some disattended to in Boomville during the next three weeks. Floats had to be built for the Goddess of Liberty and her attendants io ride on. Boomville had no trees that would do as a shade, fer the drought three years before had killed even the trees in the city park. Where the young cottonwoods, 20 feet tali, used to grow, was an oat field. Beside the oat field was a stretch of ground that once bore the appella- tion of “Dascom boulevard.” “Joe” Skinner said he’d have the best crop of potatoes on that ground this year ever raised in Boomville, if the bugs ) oth Tom- yh of July Id concider & them. A thin line of cottonwoods and a few scragged elms on Cowskin creek, five miles away, were the nearest trees to Boomville now. Jim McGood solved the shade problem. He would build au arbor, himself, if they would give bim the sole privilege of seiling lemouade and ice cream near by. Jim’s offe’ was accepted. On July 3 Sammy Smith and I were pretty busy. We kept the road warm between the place where Jim McGood was putting leafy branches of cottonwood, brought from the Cowskin zrove, over a frame work of plank, and the back par: of the livery stable where the floats were being decked in by congress for the purpose, used the thimble, needle and thread that the ' lasfing disoyace 4 He honored- and thut is The sad veasonzw Young.To ΠῚ sailing’ Ae Spac didn’t hit ‘em or the hot winds blow. “I reckon they ought to be better than ordinary, bein’ raised on that high-flutin’ ground,” he used to fling at Joe Dascom, who helped him hoe tinguicked men to assist her, among whom were Benjamin Franklin end Gen. Joseph Reed. We are not informed whether these men, appointed Inct To honor the > — . A Bit of Advice. Tie the thumbs on little Willie As he wanders forth to play. It may look triffe silly, But he'll need the thumbs some day He may chafe at the restriction And protest against the plan, But you'll have his benediction lady herself employed. From her general character it is probable that Mrs. Ross declined to let them “boss the job.” and proceeded in her own way. The 13 stars of the flag of 1777 were arranged in a circle, although there form. was no officially prescribed In 1794, after the admission of Vermont end Kentucky union, it was resolved by into the congress that from and after May 1, 1795, “the flag of the United States be 15 stripes alternate red and white, that the union be 15 stars, white, in a blue field.” No provision was made by this act for futur- iterations, nor were any changes made till 1818, although a number of new states were admitted meanwhile into the union. On April 4 of that year a bill embodying the suggestions of Capt. Samuel G. Reid, who recommended the reduction of the stripes to the original 13 and the adoption of stars equal to the number Where to Draw the Line. We hear a good deal about a sane of the states, formed into one large Fourth, but what is really meeded is star, and a new star to be added on the ability to draw the line betweer | the Fourth of July next succeeding the harmless noise and a combination Οἱ admission of each new state, was ap train wreck, dynamite explosion an¢ | proved by Fresident Monroe, and the war with the improved implements o) flag thus established was afterward hoisted on the hall of representatives modern warfare. When he gets to be a man te - The Fourth in Boomville SNe eal, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY We never had any real fun unti! late in the afternoon, when we tied a can DIEDIISWPDEI A HE ----μκῇ THE DAY WE CELEBRATE FABE | Sob bbbebbtbe ERGATIS a tinsel and red, white and blue bunting |