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Show THE NEW BOOKS (Continued from Page 9.) looming on the horizon as one of tlie small group of pioneer progressives. In those days he was' looked upon as Now he ylfe disgruntled politician. ranks as a leader a prophet. He was the exponent of Bryanism before the days of Bryan, and President Wilson was elected in 1912 on the platform that had been built by , Weaver twenty years before. A speaker and writer of marked ability, General Weavers activities in Congress and his campaigns for the presidency in 1880 and 1892 won for General him national recognition. Weaver had been a soldier and officer Jn the Civil war, and was for twelve V'ears a Republican leader in his ' state. He left the predominant party to become a Greenbacker, a Populist; and later a Democrat. Throughout his public career he was a fighter of no mean ability. far-sighte- d ( GEORGES CLEMENCEAU. Georges Lecomte. Company. D. By Appleton & The Tiger of France is the senior member of the great triumvirate to whom the worlds destinies have been entrusted. Older than either President Wilson or Premier Lloyd George, M. Clemenceau is also more experienced in statecraft, and in dealing with political corruption. At seventy-eigh- t he stands forth as the exponent of all that is best worth saving in France. His honesty and patriotism held his nation together in the hour of severest trial, and no personality of the war has done more to unify the common cause of the allies. This intimate study of the president of the peace conference, by a distinguished countryman, has been translated for the benefit of thousands of American readers who have learned in the last few years to admire and revere the Grand Old Man of France. PRESIDENT WILSON. By Daniel Halevy. Jone Lane Company. French writers attempt to interpret President Wilson to the French people. For American readers the inA terest of the book lieshiefly in those chapters devoted to foreign policy. the. presidents This side of his ca- reer naturally absorbs the attention of French readers also at the present moment. The author groups the various problems confronting the Wilson administration under twTo heads the bringing to an end of the world conflict and the preservation of peace for America itself. Mr. Wilsons consistent idealism appeals with peculiar force to this French writer. It is to be noted that the work was completed in 1917, more than a year before the president visited France. CITIZEN less ephemeral in character, but in them will be found material that is well worth preserving and that might easily have been lost for all time, had it not been collected before the demobilization of the army. The present volume relates the fortunes of the famous Yankee Division (the 26th), commanded by Major General Clarence R. Edwards. Generous words of appreciation of the war service of the Division are contributed by General Pershing, General Edwards, and Secretary Baker. DIVIBos- Many books of this kind may be expected. They are necessarily more or states annually report some pro- duction. Several relatively large diamonds were found in Arkansas in 1918, notaoctahedron bly a weighing nearly 18 carats and a number of smaller stones weighing several carats each. The value of all the canary-colore- d diamonds produced in the United States, however, in no year exceeds a few thousand dollars. The report' also records the finding of two large diamonds in South Africa, weighing about three ounces each. It is estimated that about half the diamonds in the world are owned RIOTS AND DRUGS in the United States and that their value is over a billion dollars. With (Continued from Page 11.) tme was New York afflicted with the elimination of competition from 200,000 drunkards. German Southwest Africa 95 per cent Reformers who bum with a desire of the worlds production of diamonds to do something for humanity and will be under the control of the De who find themselves without an occu- Beers Consolidated Mines company pation now that the country is dry, apd its selling agents. The report gives a short list of the might profitably turn their devoted attention to the suppression of the traf- industrial uses of precious stones of fic in drugs. Their task will be the gem quality and full descriptions of most difficult they have ever attempt- the Iceland spar variety of calcite and ed, for they must deal with a foe al- of optical fluorite, states the special most as intangible as a ghost. His uses and necessary qualifications of ways are always secret He is not to the material ,and Includes lists of be found serving his buyers. nepenthes across bars or in cabarets The report on the production of preor restaurants. He is an outcast and cious stones in 1917, copies of which outlaw and yet his devotees are permay still be obtained free by addresshaps more numerous than were the ing the Director, United States Geoabsolute slaves of strong drink. logical Survey, Washington, D. C., contains a full list of gem names, BIG DIAMOND FOUND each followed by the name of the minThe value of the precious stones eral species to which the gem bein the United annually produced States from the beginning of this cen- longs. A second list gives names of the mineral species, each followed by tury to 1914 has been about one-thir- d of a million dollars. In 1914 and in all the names of the corresponding every year since, the annual value of gem. the output has dropped considerably, and in 1918 it dropped to $106,523, the PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP lowest reported since the United N.OTICE8. States Geological Survey began to collect statistics of gem production, in Consult County Clerk or the of 1883, with the single exception Signers for Further Information. 1296, when it was $97,850. NOTICE. The report on the production of rrecious stones in 1918, just publishIn the District Court, Probate Divied by the United States Geological sion, in and for Salt Lake County, Survey, Department of the Interior, State of Utah. In the matter of the estate of Samascribes the decrease in the value of the precious stones produced to the uel Cook, Sr., deceased. Notice. The petition of Hannah Cook praymilitary enlistment of many gem min- ing for the Issuance to herself of leters, the general scarcity of labor, and ters of administration in the estate of Samuel Cook, Sr., deceased, has been the poor market. The output consisted chiefly of the set for hearing on Friday, the 29th day of August, A. D. 1919, at ten sapphire variety of conundum, which oclock a. m., at the county court is nearly all used as mechanical bearin the court room of said court house, instruother and Lake in Salt City, Salt Lake county, ings in watches Utah. ments that require practically nonWitness the Clerk of said Court, Other frictionless with the seal thereof affixed, this 31st bearings. wearing A. D. 1919. less valuable and softer minerals used day of July, J. E. CLARK, Clerk. for this purpose are garnet and some (Seal) M. M. SNELL, Deputy Clerk. By forms of hard, compact silica, known MARTIN S. LINDSAY, Attorney for as agate and chalcedony. The annual Petitioner. value of the output of the four gem NOTICE. soul-destroyin- minerals, corundum, quartz, tourmaline, and turquoise, amounts to over s of the total value of all the precious stones produced in the United States. Montana, Nevada, California, Colorado, Maine and Arizona are the chief states, but from 20 to gem-producin- g uments purporting to be transcripts of the last wills and testaments of Simon Davis and Adelaide Davis, formerly Adelaide Doane, deceased, and for the granting of letters of administration with will annexed, to T. Ellis Browne, has been set for hearing on Friday, the 22nd day of Au. gust, A. D. 1919, at 10 oclock a. m., at the county court house in the court room of said court, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Witness the clerk of said court, With the seal thereof affixed, 23d day of July, 1919. this J. E. CLARK, Clerk. (Seal.) By M. M. SNELL, Deputy Clerk. T. ELLIS BROWNE, Attorney for Petitioner. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Estate of James S. de- Godfrey, ceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at 1407 Walker Bank building, Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before the 13th day of October, A. D. 1919. HORACE T. GODFREY, Administrator of the Estate James S. Godfrey, Deceased. Frank B. Stephens, Attorney for of Ad- ministrator. Date of first publication August 9, A. D. 1919. g four-fifth- ISTORY OF THE YANKEE SION. By Harry A. Benwell. ton: The Cornhill Company. 30 17 In the District Court, Probate Division, in and for Salt Lake County, Utah. In the matter of the estates of Simon Davis, deceased, and Adelaide Davis, formerly Adelaide Doane, deceased. Notice. The petition of J. W. Lawrence, Jr., and Samuel J. Crawford, praying for the admission to probate of certain doc. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. . Estate of Catherine M. Hood, deceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at 709 Utah Savings and Trust Building, Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before the 26th day of September, A. D. 1919. LORENZO N. HOOD, Administrator of the Estate of Catherine M. Hood, Deceased. Date of first publication, July 25th, A. D. 1919. DANL HARRINGTON, Attorney for Estate. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Estate of Edward ceased. S. Jennings, de- Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at 419 Judge building, Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before the 30th day of September, A. D. 1919. MARK REEDALL, Administrator of the Estate of Edward S. Jennings, Deceased. Date of first publication, July 26th, A. D. 1919. WM. M. McCREA, Attorney for Ad- ministrator. NOTICE. In the District Court, Probate Division, in and for Salt Lake County, State of Utah. In the matter of the estate of George Lockyer, Deceased. Notice. The petition of William Lockyer, administrator of the estate of George Lockyer, deceased, praying for the settlement of first final account of said administrator, and for the distribution of the residue of the estate, to the persons entitled, and for discharge of administrator, has been set for hearing on Friday, the 15th day of August, A. D. 1919, at ten oclock a. m., at the County Court House in the court room of said court in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Witness the clerk of said court, with the seal thereof affixed, this 17th day of July, 1919. J. E. CLARK, (Seal.) Clerk. By M. M. SNELL, Deputy Clerk. MARTIN S. LINDSAY, Attorney for Petitioner. |