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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE, UTAH fit i Intermountain News Briefly Told by Busy Readers FRIZES FOR CATTLE SPECIAL MEN CHOSEN WATER EXPERT GONE EXPERTS WILL CONFER BUSINESS RECOVERY ON MOSCOW, IDA. Men who are outstanding in the field of agricultural economics from eleven western states will gather in this city for a conference , from June 9 to 12. Problems of interest in the west will be discussed. s HEBER CITY, UT. Funeral for Joseph R. Munlock, 72, prominent member of the Utah state water storage commission were held at the Wasatch stake tabernacle. SALT LAKE CITY, IT. A number of prominent railroad executives while In this city stated that railroad shipments in the east are on the upgrade. An early swing for better times was predicted. FT. DOUGLAS, UT. Eight officers of the Thirty-eight- h Infantry, Fort Douglas, have been appointed sieeial instructors at national guard camps In Utah and Idaho. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The state fair association, through Its executive committee, has accepted a proposal from the state Holsteln, Jersey, Guernsey and Ayrshire dairy cattle associations whereby competition for money prizes between county herds In each of these breeds will be eliminated at the next state fair. In place of the prizes, each complete county herd exhibiting will receive a flat $100 per herd, regardless of its placing in the contest. IP ser-Tk- i PRICE, UT. County assessor anhave been arrangements virtually completed for the purchase of rights of way for the new road extending from Price east for nineteen miles. nounces SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A fight to reduce freight rates on shipments of Idaho potatoes to eastern and southern states has been launched. DRIVri'JAfOJYlAtfTJ CAPT. I) ELMO SCOTT WATSON American flag, whose birthday we celebrate on June 14, is known by a number of fig urative names. It la probable that it was culled "The Red, White and Blune" or "The Stars and Stripes" very soon after the first flag was made HE the resolution with ccordance the Continental congress on 14, 1777, "That the flag of the States be 13 stripes, alternate and white; that the union be rs, white in a blue field, repre- by :j a new 6 constellation." "The Ban- dates from 1814 when Francis Key, watching the British bora- nt of Fort McIIenry, was in to write the poem which was set to music and became the of- name Star-Spangl- natlonal anthem. But the name is a more recent one. Glory" Just a It hundred years ago that a skipper had the inspiration resulted in that affectionate being bestowed upon our nation- tors. Here is the story of how wory' got that name: the beginning of New Ene- naritime history the Driver fam- saiem, Mass.. had been leaders dipping trade, not only as shln- but as owners, captains and or their own vessels. In the 1831 Capt. William was "S on the family tradition. As twelve he had shipped on a 5 vessel for Europe and before ,J twenty he was master of the carles Bacgett. one of that in- "Me fleet whirh snlleH tht Seas and carried the name of P to everv corner nt tha onrth September of that vear Cantaln was f"found preuarinff tn snll for the world. Just before ' f Drir f1 a DartV Of Ma Vlon,la rofl,. present him with a farewell American flair, hern nu he ""tea for his Inva fni tha tin. COlorS ftnd what flIUCJ Kvf L uciu&cucu. fftnemDriver was on deck to re- and 'Uiaea In triunpillflr tnrm atonneA '" and bePHtl n onrafnlltr mom. speech. P1 "dent timpa. when nn nronn as looker! Ilnrn mlH, dread," he said, "It was the f? on the eve of dennrtnr tn '"e banner in the fnrm nt a m. When refill V tha nrlaaf Btiniut arfl d taking the banner In ,,, wun consecraiea ana P lT' Go,d -- OedirutoH i n,. u'e son and God the Iloly irij ""iig the point of the triangle at the narriA nt DBfh tVina l!hon thftt unity of Creator, Ite- . .. .. ami snna "".uuer to Diess tne na-:!"om and prosper the voy- ailll tlielr frlpnHa Tk An. consecrntpd "ttbead." rus and hoisted it to its "'u"l"eua. uaptam II with emotion, was silent ; II posl- - lle J Then as he looked aloft loved so "ns which he ADQ thrl u na tha m. OJLO C7Y Cf1ETRY, 1ASHVLL. TTftJI. lean flag christened with a new name for he was the first to use that name and by no other did he ever refer to it The voyage which was thus so appropriately inaugurated carried the original "Old Glory" into many harbors throughout the world and Into even more during the nest six years while Captain Driver sailed the seas. During one of his voyages into the Orient he had made a caniphorwood sea chest, brass-bounand decorated with nailhends, in which he placed the original "Old Glory" when it was not floating at the masthead of his ship. And this flag had an even more thrilling later history than its early d one. In 1837 Captain Driver retired from the sea and went to Nashville, Tenn., to make his home, but when he sold his ship he did not sell "Old Glory." Safe in Its camphorwood chest it went to Tennessee with him. On patriotic occasions and on his own birthday St. Patrick's day, for he was born March 17, 1S03 It was taken from the chest and flung to the breeze for nil to see and to reverence. And Captain Driver Invariably saluted It with these words, "My country, my flag-- Old Glory!" As the dispute between the North and South became more intense and the Civil war drew nearer and nearer. Captain Driver became increasingly unpopular with his neighbors In Nashville because of his outspoken devotion to his country and his flag. campaign During the Presidential "Old Glory" was displayed on a rope stretched' from his home to a tree across the street but the bitterness of that campaign brought to Captain Driver's ears unmistakable hints that his flag might be stolen or destroyed, so he bought another flag for display and retired "Old Glory" once more to Its camphorwood chest. After the secession of Tennessee from the Union, the captain began to fear for safety of his flag at the So he hands of the Confederates. took it by night to the house of a Union sympathizer named Bailey and asked Mrs. Bailey and her daughters, Mary and Patience, to hide it for him so that It could not be found and destroyed If the Confederates searched his house. At the time Mary and Patience Bailey were making a comfort, padding it heavily with cotton, and thus suggested an ideal hiding place. So Captain Driver folded "Old Glory," placed it between the layers of cotton in the comfort where the Bailey girls tacked It In and iwwed up the outside covering. Again at night Captain Driver took the comfort to his home and placed it in a large Iron wash kettle in the attic of his home. There "Old Glory" stayed until Union troops occupied Nashville in February, 1SC2. Immediately thereafter Captain Driver and a group of soldiers ripped open the comfort, took out the flag and hoisted it over the state capitol to the strains of "The Banner," played by a regimental band. It remained there for hours, but so fearful was Captain Driver that his flag might even then be injured by a hostile hand that he stood guard over It day ud night In the morning "Old Glory" was taken down and replaced with another Amer d ican flag. By this time it was verj worn and the captain feared that a strong wind would whip it to pieces. After this "Old Glory" was always kept in the captain's house and late In his life he gave it to his daughter, Mrs. M. J. Roland of Nevada, where, so far as Is known, it still is. In 1907 the flag had become so worn that Mrs. Roland placed it on a piece of sheeting and stitched it fast to the cloth to preserve it for future generations of the family. Captain Driver died March 2, 1886, and was buried in Old City cemetery in Nashville. Just as it was a Yankee sea captain which gave to our flag its name of "Old Glory," so It was that another Yankee a soldier, Instead of a sailor, however who took another "Old Glory" on one of the most romantic expeditions in our history. Bates was his name and he had served as color Massasergeant in the Twenty-fourt- h chusetts regiment during the Civil war. In 1872 Color Sergeant Bates had an Idea which he proceeded to put into effect in a dramatic fashion. At that time there was much talk in this country of the hostility of Great Britain toward the United States. Determined to find out for himself whether this talk was fostered by politicians for their own selfish ends or was a genuine antipathy, Bates resolved to cross the Atlantic, start from the northern border of England and march to London bearing aloft an unfurled American flag just as he had done on the battlefields of 1861-6Ills reception by the people of England would show whether or not there was any foundation for this talk of John Bull's hostility toward Uncle Sam. Clad in his uniform of blue. Sergeant Bates on November 5 Guy Fawkes day and the anniversary of the Battle of Inkerman left Edinburgh for Gretna Green. At Sark bridge on the border line between Scotland and England he unfurled "Old Glory" and stood beneath it with uncovered head. Then he started on his march. That evening he tramped into Carlisle where a group of commercial travelers at the Bush hotel More gave him a hearty welcome. than that; they sent word on ahead of his strange pilgrimage and when he came to the mining towns of Penrith and Shap, great crowds of miners were on hand to cheer him. The warm welcome given Bates there was repeated In every place through which he traveled. The London daily press gave much space to the American soldier on Demass packed the cember 2. A Guildhall yard, where a British sergeant was carrying the English standard. Bates was borne on the shoulders of men Into the crowded Guildhall, and then back to the carriage, from which he made a speech before refurling his flag. Bates' reception In London was the crowning touch to his pilgrimage. There was no longer any doubt of John Bull's friendliness toward Uncle Sam, at least so far as the common people of England were concerned. old, much se (ffl by Western Ntwipapcr Union.) SHOSHONE, IDA. Six cars of wool were shipped from Shoshone the end of last week by the Gooding and Smith sheep companies. ROCK SPRINGS, WYO. Stockmen report much petty thievery in miscellaneous butchery among their herds along the south Green river, where evidences frequently are found. BOISE, IDA. Idaho's sterilization law is constitutional, the state supreme court holds in a decision in the case of the state vs. Albert Troutman, inmate of the state school and colony for the feeblelocated at Nampa. The minded, Troutman case has been pending since a change in the sterilization law made by the legislature in 1929 resulted in dismissal of cases pending at that time. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A suit to reduce freight rates on automobiles to Idaho from eastern points has been placed on file by H. W. Prickett, manager of the traffic service bureau of Utah. The complaint, following a similar action by Utah dealers, was filed by 24 automobile companies against 37 carriers. In addition to the reductions asked, the action seeks reparations on shipments during the past two years. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Utah manufactured products enjoyed a substantial gain in 1929, the federal census of manufactures reveal. The value of Utah products showed a gain of 32.7 per cent, compared with 11.8 per cent for the nation. Utah's products totaled $216,529,-29- 4 in 1929 and $163,118,376 in 1927. TWIN FALLS, IDA. This is the third successive year of subnormal water supply in Snake river and the American Falls and Jackson lake reservoirs. Neither reservoir is filled to capacity, which is 1,700,00 acre feet for American Falls and 800,000 acre feet for Jackson lake. LOGAN, UT. Plans for the 4th of July celebration in Spanish style is being promoted by the American Legion post The Spanish idea is to be carried out all day beginning with a parade in the morning, and ending with fireworks in the ing. LEIII, UT. by the Bids will be received state road commission June for construction of 2.57 miles of resurfacing on the pavement thru Ihl City. A concrete surface six inches thick will be laid over the present pavement and the new surfacing will extend on either side of the present making the hard surfacing 20 feet wide. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. An outing for the aged residents of the city will be hefd at Liberty Park on June 23rd. 10 LEWISTON, IDA. At the clossession here recently of the state council of Knights of Columbus, birth control doctrines were opposed. Next meeting will be held la Pocatello. ing MONROE, UT. The farmers in and near Monroe have used their last canal water turns of the sum-- v mer season, unless storms bring more moisture, according to the Sevier River Valley Water board. This is the carliset time at which the water has ever been exhausted. Roof of "Straight" Stroet (Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington. . C a TRAIL rich In history and dotted with ruin and living cities that have played Important roles in world affairs Is being traversed by the Trans-Asi- a expedition which recently left Beyrouth (Beirut), Syria, by motor caravan for a Journey of more than 5,000 miles to Peiping (Peking), over the mountains and deserts of the world's greatest continent The expedition, with which the National Geographic society is is traveling In seven especially designed tractor-cars- , capable of negotiating the most difficult terrain. Its personnel of specialists has the latest apparatus to aid In the collection of scientific data. This equipment ing cludes motion picture and mechanisms, a photographic laboratory, a mobile radio station, and facilities for the collection and preservation of botanical, zoological and geological specimens. the Leaving Beyrouth (Beirut), chief port of Syria, the expedition first traversed that French mandated territory, passing through Damascus and on into Iraq, stopping at Bagdad. Syria, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, finds itself wedged between Turkey and Palestine and with its back against Iraq and desert Arabia. Heavier rains give agriculture a better chance in Syria than in Palestine, so Improved political conditions should see an Increase in such standard crops as licorice to flavor American chewing tobacco, olives, cotton, tobacco and wheat. The Republic of Syria appeared seven years after the establishment by France of the first republic in her Syrian mandate, that of the Lebanese republic which Incloses the famous mountains of Liban or Lebanon and runs down to the Mediterranean shore. This later republic, with its capital at the ancient Moslem center of Damascus, Includes by no means all of the area of the mandate. In addition to omitting the Lebanese republic it also excludes the state of the Alouites, and the state of Djebel Druze, mountain home of the fiery Druze tribesmen, the Unitarians of Islam. Four Religions, Many Creeds. Religion draws the political boundaries In the Syrian mandate. Not only Is the independence of the Alouites and the Druzes recognized for religious reasons, but also the new Syrian republic and the Lebanese republic represent a Moslem republic and a Christian republic respectively. Four religious states in an area no larger than Georgia still leave many creeds out in the political cold. To recognize them all would require cutting Syria up Into more pieces than Blue Beard ever chopped his wives. Syria's creeds and peoples are woven of many odds and ends. Three-fourtof the population of 2,000,000 are Mohammedans, but part of them are Sunnltes and part Shiltes, and as different in point of view as Catholics and Protestants. Then there are the Alouites whose secret religion is believed to be halfway between Mohammedanism and Christianity, and the Druzes who usnally attend the Unitarian church when they emigrate to the United States, and the heretical Ismailis, who were the original Assassins of Crusader times. The country hopes to regain its ancient privileges and perquisites as doorkeeper to Asia. The vast trade of both Persia and Iraq with Europe and the New World that now goes clear around the Arabian peninsula could find a short cut across Syria if only the Berlin to Bagdad railroad could be finished. Recent completion of the last link In the Asia Minor rail-lin- e which makes possible through service from Cairo to Calais has already brought Syria Into a. more favorable position. Much to Attract Visitors. But at present the country is living on hope and America. Thousands of Syrians have come to both North and South America. Whole villages in the Lebanon have been abandoned for fruit stands in the New World. Somesend back money ; times the sometimes they go back with their money and live like lords, and in honor of the source of their wealth rename their streets. One town now has a Brazil street named so by returned and retired emigrants. Stabilization of the governments of the Syrian mandate will undoubtedly bring a higher tide of tourist travel because Syria, although eclipsed in European interest by the Iloly Land to sound-recordin- is w in Damascus. the south, holds some treasures worth going miles to see. Baalbek's ruins are second only to Athens' Acropolis. Palestine holds no surviving Crusader castle to equal Kalat el Husn into whose banquet halls, keeps and towers the Arabs have moved like hermit crabs. Damascus, an overgrown oasis on the edge of the desert, still lives and breathes the atmosphere of the Arabian Nights, while not far to the west a new summer colony develops, on the cool heights under the shade of the cedars of Lebanon. American visitors are always interested In Beyrouth because the college on the promontory overlooking the Mediterranean that has educated many of the modern Near East leaders of every creed is an American college-Syr-ia still has the lure of the unknown; unknown religions, undiscovered cities of the past, unexplored Crusader castles, unexcavated fortresses, secret societies, and little-know- n races. Damascus, where the expedition stopped for several days en route to Bagdad, is located in southwestern Syria. It was old in the days of Abraham. When Babylon and Nineveh were hamlets, Damascus was a queen city of the East It is still a city of importance, but the advent of the railway has crippled the caravan trade. Steamships on the Red sea transport Mecca pilgrims as far as Jidda whence they can easily reach Mecca. For North African Moslems this obviates the overland voyage, from which Damascus was the starting point, and the city suffers a consequent loss in pilgrim trade. The bazaars of Damascus, more celebrated even than those of Cairo or Algiers, reflect the change brought by Prints from modern transportation. Manchester, machinery from Birmingham and talking machines from the United States now crowd the market In Damascus each street is devoted to some special trade and all the shops on that thoroughfare sell one type of ed of Damascus. The silk bazaar has a wide scope In Its merchandise, as its products run from lengths of silk and harem veils to kaffiyehs, the flowing headdress of the Bedouins. The shoe bazaar has boots of goatskin dyed red and yellow with heels of camelhide. Wooden sandals are inlaid with mother of pearl for wealthy women customers. Curiously enough the famed Damascus blades are found In the Greek bazaar. They are a rarity now, and it is fitting that they should be found In a bazaar devoted to antiquities. However, the Damascene is a wily merchant and gullible tourists sometimes purchase "antiques" Imported from Germany, and "oriental art" from Birmingham. The old clothes bazaar Is also known as the louse market and this appellation reveals its consequent neglect by tourists. It Is always a center of activity for the people of Damascus and Arab and Jew haggle over the comparative worth of burnooses and kaffiyehs and occidental business suits. The venders of food and drink are not limited to one bazaar. They stroll through the streets crying their wares. One may buy Turkish Delight a famous sweetmeat, lemonade, raisin water, pistachio nuts, pomegranates and licorice water. The venders cry to heaven that Allah will bless their customers. A sweetmeat vender declares that his wares will make young womavows en beautiful. A drink-selle- r that his lemonade will cheer a downcast heart Other claims equally extravagant are assigned their wares by the itinerant merchants. Most frequently is heard the cry, "Ya rezzak !," which Is translated, "Oh God, send to me a customer." A commercial center of Damascus the Street is the Called Straight made famous by Saul of Tsrsus. Here in former days walked emirs of Araby, khans from Tunisian beys. Along its Bokhara sides are Arabian cafes of which the city possesses the most numerous and largest In the East The Damascene "man in the street" may be found puffing his narghile and sipping coffee or cinnamon In the cafe. He will on a bench playing sit cross-legge- d backgammon or listening for hours to a professional story teller. Despite modern Improvements and transportation methods, Damascus la still an Intrinsically oriental city. n aI |