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Show . . THE ULNGHAM BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH Thursday, October 25, 1928 " 1111 Great German Dirigible Lands at Lakehurst , ' - ' ft' " ' " ' .' This photograph, transmitted by wire, shows the huge Herman dirigible Graf Zeppelin as she was being hauled to the .round at Lakehurst, N. J., at the end of her trip from Gennuny. Record Rattler It ? KVled in Georgia Thomasville, Ga. A rattle- - fi snake killed on Greenwood, es-- K tate of Mrs. Payne Whitney, three miles from Thomasvllle, g holds the season record for size. I The reptile Is 6 feet CV4 Inches 5 long and has 19 rattles. It was S eluln by Carl Uundly. 5 Several rattlers of anusual g size have been killed around 5 , here this season, though this S section has fewer rattlesnakes 5 than most of the south Georgia 2 and north Florida counties, due $ o to the fuct that wealthy north- S g em owners of many estutes have 5 Sj for several years paid $1 a head x for each rattlesnake killed and g 5 brought In, with a grand prize K 9 of $50 to the person killing the g g largest number of these reptile ft 5 during a season. S SHXI CHHWHHKHOOSHjOOCH1 The Doctor It is essential that my car should always operate prop erly and accordingly 1 use Champion Spark Plugs. - Champion It the better spark plug because It gAj has aa exclusive silli rn manite insulator spe dally treated ta with t tana the much higher CSvj temperatures of the sP4r tnodera hi gh-c-o mpn- -J&v sion engine. Also anew ri I I patented solid copper jffir gasket'tealthatremaina m, I absolutely gaslight Jmk 1 under high compres- - gjpll sion. Special analysis electrode which assure Y"V fixed spark-ga- p under J" all driving conditions, Champion SparlOPIugs Toledo, Ohio ta Dependable for Eery Engine ItMayBe When your Children Cry for It CVstorla Is a comfort when Baby Ii freirul. No sooner taken than the little one is at ease. If restless, a few drops Boon bring contentment No harm done for Cast,oria is a baby remedy, meant for babies. Perfectly safe to give the youngest infant ; you have the doctors word for that I It is a vegetable pro-duct and you could use It every day. But It's In an emergency that Castorta means most Some night when consti-pation must be relieved or colic pains or other suffering. Never be without It ; some mothers keep an extra bottle, unopened, to make sure there will al-ways be Castorla in the house. It is effective for older, children, too; read the book that comes with It Yuma Indian Band Wins Second Prize Uf -- ill KT'Vkf" h I t m The Yumu Indian band the only one-trib- e musical organization of d Indians In America which at a competition at :oronado, Calif., won second prize. The members are all graduates of the Sherman Indian insti-tute of Cnllfornln and the Phoenix Indian school of Arizona. ! ii News Notes; j ; ! It's m Privihg to Lin in 1 1 Utah i ..aAiCiftaaaa! ST. GEORGE The livestock and agricultural industries and fruit grow-ing are forging ahead in Washington county, with quality high and pro-duction expanding: The county ranked second in production of pears. MT. PLEASANT More than 9,-0- feeder la.ubs from local sheep-growe-rs have moved from Mt. Pleasant and Fairview to Ogden and points in Colorado during the past week. The average weight wa3 80 pounds and the price was 10 1-- 2 cents. LOGAN Early snowfalls have blocked the road through Logan can-yon, it was announced recently Ly the state commission. The road will probably be closed nil winter. K. C. Wright, assistant chi:f engineer of the road department, made an un-successful attempt to go through the canyon, reporting that eighteen inches of snow had fallen near the summit. RICHFIELD The Utah-Idah- o sugar factory at Elsinore, Sevier county, will start slicing beets about October 20. A large tonnage of beets has now been stored in the bins at the factory, under supervision of Elliott Larson of Monroe, who is inspector of beet loading station. Some of the beet fields are reported yielding from fourteen to fifteen tons per acre, considered better than an average crop. PRICE Construction of the new federal aid highway through Price canyon has been completed and the road will be thrown open for tarffic soen, it was announced recently at the office of the state road commis-sion. There have been several delays in the work because of floods, dev-elopment of a new coal property and removal of the Price and Helper pfpe lines. The project is about four miles long and has cost about $140,000. CHICAGO Sixteen carloads of Utah lambs topped the Chicago market October 15 and 16 when the Farmers Union Livestock commission sold them at $13.85 per hundred. Eight double decks belonged to Jack Berg of American Fork and eight doubles belonged to Boley Brothers. The fat lambs sold at $13.85 and feed-ers at $13.50 per hundred weight. Mr. Berg's lambs averaged 77 pounds for. four doubles sold October and nearly 80 pounds for four doubles MARYSVALE Nine carloads of range cattle were loaded here recent-ly, destined as follows: Three cars for Murray; three care for feeding pastures in the north end of the state and three cars for California. The steers brought around 10 cents, heifers close to 9 cents and the cows around 8 cents. The cattle were In good condition considering the fact that the ranges have offered scant feeding areas the past summer. The stock was shipped by Andrew Ander-o- n of Koosharem. VERNAL Shipment of lambs from Uintah county to feed yards in other states is under full headway. A total of approKimately 40,000 lambs are being trailed from the county, partly to Watson, for shipment over the narrow gauge railway to Mack, Colo., cn the main line of the D. & R. G. W., and part to Craig, Colo., for shipment over the Moffat railway. A total of not less than 35,000 lambs owned by the Uintah county flock-maste- rs are grazing on Colorado ranges, and practically all of these will be shipped from Craig, bringing the grand total of Uintah county lambs this fall to 75,000. SALT LAKE CITY Official designating Saturday, Oct. 27, as Navy day, and calling upon the citizens of Utah to commemorate the birth of the United States navy on that day with fitting exercises in every city, town and hamlet, wa3 is-sued recently by Governor George H. Dern. The proclamation also urges especially that appropriate exercises be conducted in every school and in-stitution of learning throughout the state on Friday, October 26. It is as essential that the people of a great, inland state should know their navy just as well as those living in the coastal states, who are thrown into daily contact with the active forces of the great fleets, the proclamation declared. . This year the country is celebrating the 153rd anniversary of the inception of the navy, the pro-clamation sets forth, and during the intervening period between that date and the present the navy has grown from small sloops to one of the two greates armadas afloat. The coun-try's efficient sea force today is an effective instrument of peace, a bul-wark of protection, and a living monument to patriotic pride," the pro-clamation declares. VERNAL Utah. s alfalfa seed crop is expected to amount to 8,000,-00- 0 pounds this year compared with 15,900,000 in 1927, according to a crop forecast issued recently by Frank Andrews, statistician for the United States department of agriculture. The figures refer to the weight of the seed as it comes from the thresher. In terms of reclcaned seed, the crop this year will be about 7,000,000 pounds as compared with 14,000,000 pounds last year, the report states. This year's crop was materially reduced by dry weather. MOTHER AND TOTS RESCUED AT SEA Transferred From Leaky Ship in Heavy Gale. New York. The thrilling rescue In mountainous seas of a woman and two children from a leaking and water-logged San Francisco steamer o(T Cape Hatteras was told In rudlo message from the liner Guayaquil. Caught In the terrific West Indian hurricane, the lumber steamer Wlllu-babc-sprang a leak. On hourd were tbo captain, C. 11. McQahan of Brook-lyn, his wife and two small children, a boy and girl, and his crew of 3U nun. The crew worked night and day at the pumps, but the water finally reached the engine room. With the gale still raging, the steamer drifted helpless. The Wlllababco's S. O. 8. was picked up by the steamship Guayaquil of the Panama railway line. The Guayaquil went to the rescue and the sailor's family were transferred to ber In the high seas. Captain McGahan and his men re-fused to leave their ship. A hawser was made fast to the Ma I lory tanker lloxbar, bound from Cartagena to Bayonne, N. J., which towed It to New York. Aviator Have Found Use for Old 'Chutet Muffles for aviators are being made from wornout parachutes used In the aviation branch of the United States army. Parachutes are rgade of the finest, softest Japanese silk. They are made in many pieces, so that If a break occurs It will not run the entire length of the cloth. A parachute usually lasts about Ave years. The silk Is then turned In and the larger pieces are used to make mufflers for pilots. The soft silk serves a valuable purpose in protect-ing the throat of the wearer from chafing of the helmet strap, especial-ly on long hops. After the World war the discarded covering of airplane wings was much in demand by both men and women for outing shirts. Chicagoan Has a Sikorsky Amphibian Plane : : J1 This is the Sikorsky amphibian plane recently purchased by Charles Walgreen of Chicago and delivered to him there. It has a wing spread of 71 feet. Clung to German Marks When the will of a wealthy man was filed with Assistant At-torney General Stubbs, of Maine, for assessment of taxes on financial inter-ests of that state, an unusual clause was found In the will. That part of the document referred to 143,000.000,-000,00- 0 German marks which the man had bought during the war, and In-structed the executor to retain the. currency until It could be redeemed at a "reasonable price" rather than appraise it aa practically worthless. The man bought the marks for about $0,000. Aged Feudist Violates Parole; Back in Prison Frankfort, Ky. Tom White, aged Kentucky mountain feudist who played a prominent part In the Hargls-Cock- - rell feud which began with a squabble over hogs and ended only when more than a score of lives had been taken, la again In the reformatory here to serve the remainder of bis life. I The mountaineer, who Is almost seventy, was returned to prison for violation of parole privileges after be had been convicted of transgressing a liquor law. The return of White to custody re-calls the stirring days of 1003 when the Bargls-Cockre- ll feud kept "Bloody Breathitt" county In a reign of ter-ror. The feud did not die until 1912 when Jim Uargis was killed by his' own son and Ed Callahan, bis ally, was shot from ambush. White was convicted of the mur-der In 1903 of J. R Marcum, an leader of the forces opposing Uargis. Marcum was standing on the courthouse steps when White passed by and remarked to a friend. "There's a bad mnn and I am afraid of him." A few seconds later two shots were fired and Marcum fell to the ground mortally wounded. White was ar-rested for the murder and given a life sentence but was paroled In 1917 BACK TO WASHINGTON Walter Perry Johnson signed a three-yea- r contract to pilot the Wash-ington American league club. No in-formation was given out by either Griffith or Johnson as to the salary terms agreed upon. Johnson confined bis remarks to the statement that be was happy to g,t back to Washing-ton, where he spent 21 years as a pitcher. I Caterpillar Wheel for Wheelbarrow P , . 6 ifffij . f' , L V V The caterpillar" tractor wheel, adopted by tanks during the war, has lieen put on wheelbarrows and for the first time was demonstrated in the autumn fair In Vienna. Here Is shown the caterpillar wheel on a barrow end an ordinary wheel, demonstrating how simple It Is for the former to pass over an obstruction. Plentiful Supply "We're going south for the winter." "What? With so much of it right here In Alaska?" Makes Good on His Boast, "I'll Escape" Paris. Dr. Pierre Bougrat, who de-clared In open court when convicted of murder, "I will escape," has made good his word In France's penal colony in the tropical forest of French Guiana. Doctor Bougrat and two others es-caped from the hospital at St. Louis Maronl, off which Is the notorious Devil's island, where incorrigible pris-oners are sent The doctor had always maintained he was innocent and his lawyer was so convinced of his client's blume-lessnes- s that he wrote a book which cansed bis disbarment. Doctor Bougrat, a brilliant Mar sellles physician, who was decorated In the war for valor, was sentenced to the penal settlement for life in March, 1927, for killing Paul Rumebe, a war comrade and patient. The body was found hidden In a clothes closet In the din-tor'- s office. Rumebe had a large sum of money, which Doctor Bougrat said Rumebe had lost and then committed suicide In the office. The physician explained he hid the body because he feared ap-pearances were against hi in. Smallest Full-Grow- n Horse I Anna Southwlck of Dan vers, Mass., with the smallest full-grow- horse In the world. The animal is perfectly formed and weighs only 37 pounds. BEST PISTOL SHOT H .''nf iff! Lieut Harry Uarh of Fort Schuy-ler, the holder of the world's record at pistol shooting with a score of iJO 2-- 3 per cent Robber's Shot Proves Blessing to Victim Toledo, Ohio. A new method of re-moving warts was revealed to Frank i Hindman, thirty, of Chicago, by a rob-ber here. Hindman was accosted by the robber and banded over $35. Then he yelled and started after the robber, wbo turned and fired. The bullet grazed Uindman's cheek, removing a wart of long standing. Police later arrested William Alex ' ander, thirty-fiv- e, on charges of rob-bery and shooting with Intent to kill. |