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Show A OYV A V vVA V SAUNA, UTAH, FRIDAY, VOL. 6. NOVEMBER 23, 1923. Would You Recognize This as Lloyd O. Ivio, picsident of the L. D. S. Mission in Japan, writes a most interesting letter to his parents concerning the recent disaster on the islands, which we take great pleas- publishing. With the letter Mr. Ivie sent a pictorial magazine showing scenes of the disaster. September 11, 1023. Dear Parents: There is no question in my mind but that you have spent much time and anxiety concerning your children in Japan, after having' news that Toyko, Yokohama, and several other cities in Japan have been destroyed by earthquake, fire and tidal wave. Unless it has miscarried you have already heard from us at Sapporo, about the birth of another girl. Now had we remained in Toyko that event would have taken place at the St. Lukes' hospital which has burned or completely along with seventy-fivof hundred miles a Toyko. square When the first word of the fire and destruction reached us in Sap-- , poro I became anxious about the safety of the brethren and the MisWe could sion Property in Toyko. nothheard no news 'and get through here. missionaries from four the ing 1 waited as long as I could stand it and then finally, after three days of such suspense, started for Toyko where I now am. Nora and the babies I left in Sapporo under the care ol a nurse, to assure her being well taken care of during my absence. I will not attempt to go into detail to desciibe our trip clown here for Elder Mauss accompanied me, as far as Sendai, and from there both Elder llicken and Elder Holley. But we arrived here Saturday morning, and after eight hours of delay we were finally admitted past the military lines into Toyko. And the scenes of destruction and horror that we have gazed upon these last days, pen can never describe Over two hundred and fifty thousand lives have been lost according to the present reports or estimates This is in Toyko alone. While there are many other estimates the total amount it seems is going to mount higher even than this. Yesterday we went down to the river where the worst disastei In one little park thirty happened. five thousands people crowded together bringing with them what belonging they could grab in their hasty flight. Soon the flames gol all around them cutting off all retreat in every direction, and then swept over them, getting into the belongings they had brought in with them. The whole mass was burned to death. None escaped, I have been down on this space of ground twice now. - There is nothing but charm human beings in a'l directions. Yest erday they were piling them up ii piles, pouring kerosene over then and burning them completely up Such a mass of horror and destruc tion. War might have taken it; toll; man made implements of destruction may have wrought terribh slaughter, hut when the element; slay , truly man cannot compete. Fo; in this field of death are men, wo men and children. Here is a schoo' boy with his cap and coat, there the charred remains of a father or moth er hovering over their children. And all black and crisped beyond recogure in e Su-mid- a -- 4 4 Mrs. J. T. Prows a Brother Everyone in Salina is rejoicing in the fact that the long delayed light fixtures have at last arrived and will shortly be installed. They came Tuesday and work of installing them will go forward immediately, so will not have to grope around Educational Week in Salina Education and its value is coming to take a more and more prominent place in community life. In order to make things educational more widely appreciated this week is being observed everywhere as Educational Week. Various activities have been cairied out in the Salina schools this week, finishing today with a special program arranged for Community Day. Some extremely attractive posters, the work of the art classes in the High School, are to be seen on every hand, inviting parents to be at the High School this afternoon for a special program in keeping with the occasion. Splendid Pageant to be Given A pageant which promises to set a high standard for future performances for simlar nature that may be given in Salina, will be held in the High School assembly hall under the auspices of the Literary Society. Miss Cardon has charge of the pageant proper, while Miss Van Johnstone is directing the dancing and Mr. Wright the music which will be furnished in part by the High School orchestra and partly by individuals. The pag ?ant depicts the life of the pilgrims Sa-lina- in Five Million Christmas Seals Have Been Shipped To Utah The final shipment of supplies for the annual sale of Christmas Seals in the state were received yesterday at the headquarters of the Utah Health Association, state capitol. The first seal was sold in 1910 under the direction of the State Federation of Womens clubs. In every campaign since that time, the club women of the state have rendered invaluable service in the health activities financed by the little penny Christmas Seal. This years supplies include five and million seals, enough to reach from one end of the state to the other. In the United States nine hundred million have gone to the one-ha- forty-eig- ht lf state associations and the more than eleven hundred local similar organiza tions scattered throughout the United States. These seals if placed in a row would reach fifteen thousand miles. These statistics, given out by the Utah Public Health Association furnish some idea of the scope of this national health campaign which opens Thanksgiving Day and continues until Christmas Eve. This state has been called upon to raise $50,000.00, which' is barely 10 seals for each man, woman and child in Utah, said James II. Wallis, executive secretary of the Utah Public Health Association, part of which money goes to the National Tuberculosis Association, which has resulted in cutting the death rate from tuberculosis in the United States one-hal- f. The saving of these lives through the purchase of Christmas Seals is important from an economic as well as a humanitariam standpoint for hrough the four seasons, culminati- tuberculosis is which takes its greatng in the crowning of the harves est toll from early manhood and woElaborate king at Thanksgiving. manhood, strikes the individual after costumes are being prepared and no the community has educated, clothed effort spared to make this a real and fed him, and just after he has went in the life of the community reached the productive age where he Your attention is directed to the ad can begin to repay. an another page describing the pageThe strength of the fight against ant. tuberculosis has been in the fact that it has been democratically financed. them. I dont want to say more here ibout this awfulness. For some purpose the Lord has permitted me to ?ee such ghastly destruction, yet has preserved me and mine from it How thankful I am for for his great nition. goodness and blessing. It ought to is Only fifty yards front this park be a testimony to all of us that we This River. the Sumida intervening shall never forget. space has been a mass of flames el. a And how thankful we ought to be many would have escaped to the water. However, the river itself was 'or the home we have in the mountaking its toll. The large bridges tains and for the great blessings burned. People rushed toward therm that have been bestowed upon us in to get across but they were, too late "lie fastness of those wonderful hills Flames were sweeping down upor For I know that it has been nothing them front both sides, and the panic but the blessing of the Lord that crowds stricken They ve are all alive and well today. And jammed. to jumped into the river by the tons that He has given us yet space in servin His 'well here me whom of most mortality of thousands, ice. death there. These bodies are jamNever complain, for above all peomed in with the bunted rubbish al beer we are most greatly blessed. And ple have hanks. the Many along dragged out to the banks. The first 1 know that the Lord can and does clay we passed along here we saw protect His servants and takes care hundreds of bloated coipses piled f them. I am going to go back to Saporo as out like this. Yesterday these had been piled in heaps and fires started oon as I can; perhaps today or toaround them. So what greeted our morrow. But I shall try to write and eyes and our ears" then was the burn- tell you of the various developments ing of piles of human bodies and the in this land as events come to pass With lots of love sincerely your seething and fiyniyr of the flesh upon them. This is ten days or more son. since the awful calamity came upon Lloyd. Soifa Gils To Go Mel The man in overalls as well as the bank president has paid the pennies t Christmas time, which have gone to make a healthier community, and by so doing has awakened his consciousness to the forces and acts which mean better health. It is the only volunteer philanthropy that has been financed by such small subscriptions from every man, woman and child in the country. E. O. Hward, president of Walker Brothers Bank, was recently reelected president of the Utah Public Health Association for the sixth time. Beside him on the executive committee are James H. Wallis, executive secretary; Mrs. W. C. Howe, secretary; Edgar A. Bering, treasurer; Dr. H. G. Merril, Dr. Heber J. Sears, Miss Clarrissa S. Williams, Mrs. E. O. Wattis, Alex Hedquist, Dr. T. B. Ileatty, Dr. Joseph R. Morrell, Dr. TT. N. Jensen, Mrs. R. E. Bristol, Senator LeRoy Dixon, Dr. O. K. Hanson and Mrs. G. N. Childs, in addition to which W W. Armstrong, Malcolm E. Keysor, Rev. Arthur W. Moulton, Elias S. Woodruff, Dr. George II. Thomas and Mrs. A. H. S. Bird are members f the board of directors. More than one thousand of the representative men and women of Utah will be engaged this year in the sixteenth annual sale of Christmas Seals. In Ogden the following committee has just been selected, and a vigorous campaign will be waged in the Junction City so that tuberculosis nurse an experienced will again be located there to take the place of Miss Sophia K. Larsen, who recently removed to Chicago. S. G. Dye, Chairman; Angus E Berlin, secretary; Jesse Richards, B . A. Fowler, W. K. Hopkins, C. A. Angus Wright, Joseph Chez, Aggie Stevens, Thomas Maginnes, Mrs. A P. Bigelow, Mrs. E. C. Olsen, Mrs I. N. Fulton, Mrs. A. Mattson, Mrs Florence Nebeker, Mrs. II. S. Craven, Mrs. J. P. Corry, Mrs. David Jensen, Mrs. E. I. Rich, Mrs. J. Gager, Miss Margaret Stewart, Rev. W. E. Ben-neFrank Francis, John McChild, Mrs. L. A. McBride and S. D. Young. t, tourists. Yellowstone Park had visitors this year. Yosemite on the west had more than 130,00 visitors while the greatest tourists population in the world centers in southern California. It is the purpose of the Scenic Highway Association in its roadmarking campaign to mark all roads that radiate from the great scenic attractions of southern Utah connecting up with the states of Colorado, California, Nevada and Arizona, thus giving to the tourist definite information how to reach easily and directly any point that he may wish to visit. Work must be started implan mediately on this and sign posts will be erected in time to direct next summers tourist traffic. It is the hope of the Association to be able to direct a great part of tourists automobile winter the on their Colorado and Utah through return trip to the east in the spring of 1924. 138,-00- 0 Permissin has been granted by the State Road Commission to the Scenic Highway Association in connection with the Automobile Club of Southern California to mark all the main highways of Southern Utah with all east, west and south connections. This move puts Utah squarely on the tourists map as a destination and station. not as a night stop-ovThe founding of the Scenic Highway Association was for the express purpose of putting Utah and its great scenic attractions on the worlds maps and to boost all the roads that lead into Utah from north, soutn, east and west. Utah is the central point of the great western tourist travel and in the near future should be visited by shot We see stores advertising many hundreds of thousands of summer touj'ist., Colqrqdo on the east silk hose as the latest thing for during the past season was visited women. They cant be worse shot by more than 600,000 automobile than ours are at times. er sign-postin- g i No. 25. Work one the road between Salina and Aurora commenced Monday. A crew of men with seven of eight teams are at work graveling the balance of the road that was started last year. There is about two and a half miles of graveling to be done between here and Aurora and it is this piece of road that is being completed. Del Ilarward, Aurora supervisor, is in charge. Contract will soon bet let for the gravelling of the road from here to Gunnison from the end of the cement work, so we will shortly have excellent roads in the vicinity of Salina. That this road work should be done is highly desirable for a number of obvious reasons and everyone is glad to see the work go ahead. Two Fire? Last Week The great destroyer, fire, twice descended in Salina last week, the second time early Friday morning, when the granary belonging to Wm. Madsen in the northeast part of town, was completely burned doyn. How the fire started remains a mystery, the fire not being discovered till beyond control. Harness, saddle, two chests of tools and other things of value in the building were also lost. There was no insurance. .',. the semi-darkne- ss on Main street Despite the fact of her long illness the news that reached Salina last Friday announcing the death of Mrs. Lovina Prows came as a distinct shock to the people of Salina. Mrs. Prows had been ill a large part of the last' 15 years and had gone to Provo in the hope of regaining her health. She did seem better and insisted upon coming back to Salina. Her health failed again and five weeks ago she was again taken to Provo, but in spite of loving care and all that medical science could do, she passed away Friday, November ICth, at about six oclock in the morning, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. McDonald, being 69 years of age. Mrs. Prows was born at Spanish Fork, February 9, 1854. While a child she removed with her parents to Kanosh where she lived for many years. At the age of 19, she was united in marriage to John Thomas Prows, coming with him to Salina seventeen years ago, here she had made her home. During the years she had lived in Salina, Mrs. Prows much longer. The ornamental lights in six clusters, three on each side of the block, will light up the business section wonderfully with the paved street, will form a perfect setting for the celebration being planned by the Town Council. It is not likely that the arrival of the lights will materially change the plan to have the barbecue just before Christmas. It would scarcely be possible to make arrangements at this late date to have it at Thanksgiving as previously planned, so it will probably be held at Christmas and take the place of any other Christmas festivities community such as are usually held in Salina. The Council is determined to make this festival one that will be a credit to the town and a source of pleasure to all who attend and take part in it. had become deeply ensconced in the hearts of the people. Altough she was held back from many things she Dance Big Success like to have done on account would The Woodman dance, which was held in the Opera House Wednesday of poor health the past several years, she was a faithful members of the evening was. a big success in every and an ardent worker in the church way. There was a large attendance which she regarded as Relief .Society and everyone seemed to poin in havAlinstitution. a most admirable ing a jolly good time. The Salina comin were words most last her in orchestra furnished the music their usual fine style and refresh- mendation of this society and expressing the wish that the society ments ere served. would take charge of the funeral. She was a devoted mother to her Sevier County Represented large faim'y of children who comSevier county was represented at Snow College, Ephraim, at the edu- mand the sympathy of all in this cational week exercises there Mon- hour of their great loss. The funeral was held on Sunday day in the person of Principal Martin at the second ward meetafternoon Mr. of the Richfield High School. the body having been house, ing Martin gave the principal address at from the Provo mortuary brought a program given in the afternoon at the aduitorium of the college. To- the night before. Those jvho took in the service are Arthur Chrisdays program at the college is in part tensen, C. M. Mickelsen, and G. the hands of the football boys. J. C. and Hubert Jensen a duet, Hope Beyond and M. sang Held High Carnival I. a solo, Lead, KindOverson sang One of the jolliest events that have taken place at North Sevier High ly Light, both of which were very this year was held Friday evening, beautifully rendered. The bendiction when a carnival was staged by the was pronounced by Bishop Burr and students. Every imaginable device the remains were then borne to the for entertainment and fun was em- North Cemetery and laid to rest. Besides various other relatives and ployed and all who attended entered a host of friends, Mrs. Prows leaves had of occasion and the into the spirit to mourn her passing, her husband a big time A dance at the social and nine children, four daughters, Ilall wound up a lively evening. Mrs. Lula Robison and Mrs. Eva Dunn of Long Beach, Calif; Mrs. Help! Help! Everybody Annie McDonald of Provo, and Mrs. A valuable piece of property in the Blackburn of Clawson, Utah; Melba mislaid Maltese a of Cat was shape five sons, John W. and Seymour of in Salina last Thursday and everyof Salt Lake and Arbody is urged to join in the search Provo; Henry of Salina. All of and Charles thur for it. The owner, none other than McDonald were Mrs. and sons the the town marshall, is heartbroken time being at the funeral, present and unless something is done pretty to come other to allow the to limited soon, we fear that curfew shall not here. The cat is said to ring tonight. be valued at something like $250 and was imported by Mr. Whitbeck from CARD OF THANKS China (or was it the isle of Yap) onWe wish to express in this way ly to be lost immediately upon its our deep heartfelt thanks to friends arrival in Salina. Further descrip- and neighbors of Salina for their tion and information will he gladly kindness and thoughtfulness toward furnished by the distracted owner, us during the illness, death and who has had his mind fixed upon this burial of our beloved wife and mothcat so constantly the past week that er, particularly for floral tributes he is said to purr in his sleep. and words of comfort and sympathy. Lor-entze- n. J. T. PROWS Ed. Christensen of Redmond had the misfortune to break his collai He was brought bone Wednesday. to Salina for treatment and is progressing very well. Royal Buchanan of Gunnison, if now behind the counter at the Sa lina Meat & Supply, slashing tij meat and waiting on the public generally. Mr. Buchanan is an experi enced butcher and is a real acquisition to the shop. Marriage is the uniting of two of God in perfect harmony, the Stranger in the stage play, says ideas Why Wives Go Wrong, which is to be presented here by the original company direct from New York and Chicago, on Friday, Nov. 23. Mr. Willardson has been most fortunate in securing this attraction and it deserves the united support of Salina playgoers for it is seldom that we are given an opportunity of seeing the same cost that first presents a stage play. and Family. A new business house opened this the week on Salinas Broadway, Star Meat Market & Grocery, which will be guided by the firm hand of Geo. E. Long. Mr. Long has until recently been employed in the Salina Meat & Supply, but evidently came to the conclusion that he would prosper more rapidly in an independent store. The new store already boasts a very attractive line of groceries and a full line of fresh juicy looking meats. The new place of business is well located and will without doubt give a service that will merit a share of the patronage of the people of Salina. Attention is directed to an announcement on another page. |
