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Show f HE MIDVALE JOURNAL Two Friday, May 4, 1928 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• French to Attempt Atlantic Flight Greatest Ice Jam in History of Niagara Fails News Notes: It '• a Priv ilege to L 1ve m Utah .......................... -- T his gigantic flying bout, launched the other day In Paris, was built tor the transatlantic t!ight from east to west which will soon be attempted by Naval Lieutenant Burel (right) and Lieutenant Paris (left). A novelty of the plane is the arrangement of the propellers, one In front and one bellind. Mexico Establishes an Air Mail Service :'.Iexico has Inaugurated an nlr mall service from ~Iexico City to Tampic~ and Tuxpan, and the plan Is to f'Stablish connections with the United States air mail senlce. The picture· shows the first plane taking off at Mexico City. HEADS PHYSICIANS This Is What Captain Wilkins Saw VERNAL-The severe frosts of the past two weeks have considerably dam· aged Ashley valley fruit trees. Apricot trees In some instances were caught in full bloom and while other fruit trees were not in bloom, the buds were so far advanced that the frosts killed some of them. Very little planting of garden seeds has been done, as early ventures along these lines were nipped to complete destruction. MYTON-Water has been turned !n· to nearly all i.cr!gating canals in this 1 part of the Uintah basin, including the Indian irrigation project and the canal which furnishes water for the South Myton bench. Under the super· vision of Lyle Young, additicnal work . is hclng done on the canal which car· • rles water to Pleasant valley. This will prove very beneficial to the farm· ers, not only for irrigation, but alsu · for household and stock purposes. VERNAL-People of Uintah county are anixously awaiting the expend!· ture of $2500 on the Vernal-Manila highway, promised by the state road appeal by a delegation from the Lion~ commission, in response to an urgent club and county farm bureau, which personally waited ·on the commission DUCHESNE-Federal aid project 110-A, Dud1esne to Dead Ox flat, nine and one-half miles, will soon be com pleted. The first bridge on Strawbcrr~ river is completed, .and the second bridge will be filled in this week. Graveling has been completed intc town. The contractors, A. G. Youn~ and company, expect to have the maiu highway completed Within two weehs. and will then begin the extension of the project throu~h Duchesne to ccnnect on with the Duchesne to Antelope VERNAL-Shipping wool by truck to Watson is under way from Ashley valley shearing plants, the loads aver· aging three tons each. The wool is delivered at Watson to the narrow gauge Uintah railway for transporta· tion to the main line at Mack, Colo. Fleeces average eight pounds in weight, grease in the wool being some· what below normal due to the cold spring weather. MYTON- Sheep shearing in this pt.r· tion of the basin Is progres~lng In 1. satisfactory manner. Several of the smaller sheepmen have finished. At the Antelope Sheep Shearing associ· tion's corral a full crew of about fifty shearers is working and several trucke are hauling the clip of wool to Price. Recently, ~!non Brothers began shear !ng at the corral of R. L. Hurrl, in Myton. This work is heine: done with the use of clipping machines, by four men. SALT LAKE-!..Over 100.000 tons or salt were produced last year in th• so Jar evaporating plants of l'tah. • MYTOX~Recently a light rain fell in Myton and this portion of the basin, which will prove beneficial in laying the dust and starting vegetation. This Is the first rain in this vicinity for several weeks. VERNAL-At a meeting held here, attended by' farmers from all parts of Ashley valley and by state and C')unty officials, It was decided to continue the campaign inaugurated last year for weed and crop pest control. The 1 meeting wa·s presided over by A. Theo· dare Johnson. president of the Uintah county farm bureau, and was atended by Harden Bennion, state commission· er of agriculture; Dr. F. Fl. Stenhens, otate agricultural Inspector; W. L. Fletcher, chairman of the board of ~ounty commissioners, and E. Peter· son, county agricultural agent. BEAVER-T"'O petitioni containing nearlv 200 names of nside.nts 1:! Sol· ·li~r Summit, Scofield, Winter Quarters i and Clear Creek urgine; that the state highway between Beave'· Creek ~nr' the mouth of Spanish Fork canyon be kept open during the winter months have been filed with Utah state roan 1 commission ancl the commis~ioners or Utah and Wasatch countl?s. LOGAN-Hnum's third annual Black, and 'White day, similar to the big event stao;ed in Richmon~ annually, will be held saon ac· cording to Ot·son Mfies. member I CJf the committee In charp:e ol · arrang('mcnts. The committee ex pects that close to 100 animals will be on display. DUCHESNE-Permission to In· crease its rates on freight hauled into 1 1 and out of the Uintah basin was grant· ed the Sterling Transportation company by the public utilities commis· sian recently. The company es:i· mated that revenues from its 192R operations under the present rn t"~ would Jack $1R.277.44 of hein~>: snffi· cient to pay operating exP"Mes, allow for depriciation on its trucking equip· J:Uent. and nay 8 Hr cent on the in· 1'estment. rnrler the rates pro,Me~ by It, the c~mpany estimated the deficit for the purposes named would he $7861.84. ,. l I . .l \'lew of the greatest Ice jam tba t bas eYer been known at Niagara falls. The scene is In the gorge below the falls, over which all this ice tumbled and plied itself up about seyenty feet high. Terrible Railroad Wreck in Paris • • r.. \'iew of Paris' most tel'l'ible railroad accident in recent ~ears, when 1,) were killed and 21 pepons injured. The accident happened ncar the :\larcadet bridge, the Puris·to·Amiens train rulming into the train from Villierti·le·Bal. Lindy Starting to Help Bennett BEAUT"l FROM SPAIN I The landless polar regions oYer which Capt. Geo1·ge li. \Yilkins and his copilot, Carl Ben Eilson, made their successful flight from Point Burrow, Alaska, to Spitzbergen. The actual flying time for , the 2,200 miles was 20¥., hours, but during a terriffic blizzard they were forced to walt for fiye <lays on Dead Man's island. Dr. John H. Musser of New Orleans who was elected president of the American College of Physicians. UP FOR PRESIDENT • Sealer Wrecked in Antarctic ' I I t 'ol. l'har·les Lindberg-h at Curtis field, Long island, about to start on nis dashing flight to Quebec with s~rum for the relief of Flo~·d Bennett who •ms dying of pneumonia. Lind)·, accompanied h~· Thomas Appleget of the ltockefeller Institute, made the 430 miles tlu·ough head winds an(! blizzards in thr·ee hours 37 minutes, but his Hight was in ,·ain for Bennett died. I Norman II. Thomas of • ·ew York, -.vho was nominated for President by the national com·ention of the Social1st party. He Is a lecturer and forme r preacher. The sealing ship Lozere, lying half submerged off Kerguelen island or, the edge of the Antarctic after ~he had broken In two. 'Ihe crew managed to reach shore through terrific seas. ~ ' 1r.. 'II This strange looking Russian, called "Lion-Face,'' Is attracting a lot of attention In Berlin. There is no makeup on his face. Eternally Loat Parable fo r grievance nurses: It fOU decide to overlook a discourtesy be sure to forget all abo ut it. In oth· er words, If you' re goi ng to pocke t on aiTront, see tha t there's a bole In the pocket-Fa rm and Fi reside. Women See Fight An !mprom!JtU light bet\\ een two I!Utlle~•wks In the ltlrulow ot a IJOUitrs atore In South !'l•ilutlelplrin recently demnustrntPd that women are as anxlons to see a fight as men. Biddle Helps Train the Marines FLEW WITH WILKINS Muj. Ant irony J. Drexel Biddle, wel!-kno\\ n society man and sport"n'<lll, ;;idng- inuh·i<lual ba~·onet Instruction to one of the marines at the mar·ine trnining school In l'hilad~lphiu. :\lajor Biddie devotes several weeks of the year to aiding the soldiers of the sea get training. 1'hls is Lieut. Curl B. I::ilson, "ho was pilot for CJptain \\'IIkins in the remarl;able flight ncross the polar· re· gions from Point Barrow. AJa,Jm. tu Spi(J:bergen. Eilson was the fi1·st commercial and mall pilot In .\Iaska. I LION-FACE t'nderwood & Underwood GREEN RIYER-To preserve as much of old Fcrt Bridger as is ro~siblo Is occupying the attention of nnny ot the public-minrleri citizens of the three souti)wrstern counties of Wyoming right now. The state historical lan•i· mark commission has secured an option· on this property from W. C. Casto its present owner and rerently the 1 commission held a meeting at Rock Sprin.e:s and took steps to get the monj ey. The comt!Jission has no funds for Ckneral Nobile of Italy paddling around In his portable ruhb<>r boat, one purchasinp: such places, hut it has ap· of the safety contrivances he wiil take with him In his dirigible when be pointed H. J. Boice and John W Hay ~f Rock Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Payson starts on his second expedition over the North pole. I FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS ~·here are no <Jutomobiles on the Is-land of St. Helena. A 8pecies of sugar cane from Ar· gentina has been l:X!ensive!y planted In Louisiana. Aeriul photogruphy has prond a great help in locating timber for pulp purposes in Canada. Marine nn!mal~ get their supply of l'ilfmtlnc8 frr.m their diet of seuweerl and tiny sea or·gunisms. An E.>specially posed portrait o:t Countess De Berlange de Duero, wife ot the new attache of the Spanish embassy in Washington. ! Preparing for Polar Expedition Their Taatea Differed A curious fact In connection wltl! Chang and Eng, the famous Siamese conjoined twins, was that one was very fond of wine and drank It freely while the other was a teetotaler, and this often gave rise to strife. F!ve new fish hatcl)eries are being con>"tructed in California. A single dandelion blossom produces about 363,000 grains of pol!en. · China has a large floating popuJa. Supervision Needed tion that lives in little houseboats. l'honog•·al'h records of bird song~ It the master takes no account of are used iu teaclring canaries to sing. his rervants, they will make small acThe harder apart it is pulled the : count of him, nnd care not what they tighter a recently patented Jock joint .. spend, who are never brought to an 1 a udlt.-Fuller. for cl1air parts hulcls. , THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW About a million canaries are sold in this country in u year. The United States imports more tlmn 8,000,000 Euster lily bull.Js eacb ..-~ar. . Suicide rtttes In the {'nite!l States nre higher than deaths from railroad Rcdrl~nts. A pl1y,idst tmds that more than 2,. 000,000 dHinguishaiJ!e tolur:; can be IH'oduced. Canada e~timates the rn!ne of her stundinr: timber at $3,000,000,000. Alasku has a fish, which, when dried, makes an effecth·e candle. The F.g~·ptinn ~pn!nx had weatherecl <o badly h~· H30 n. C. that it had to br extPnsh·ely restored. Arncrknn ~ardlnes are the most popular food consumed in Rrit!~h ~lu!aya, actording to a consular report. I Future Gasoline Supply While there still Is plenty of natural gasoline nva!Jahle, scientists are wnrk· !ng on processes for the mnnufacturH rrt motor fuel. Among the plans nn•lHr consideration Is the use of distillates from soft coal. Uncle Eben "1 goes to cliurcb 011 Sunday," saln Uncle Eheu, "nn' I sits ·way up frmu so's not to be reminded of all rlt•r" other sinners dots looldn' fob a quirk. one-day cure."-\Vuhlngton Star. |