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Show THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE.UTAB •••••••••••••••••••••••••• "Days of '49" Are Recalled New American Church in Paris NewsNotesi It'• a Privilege to Liue in : Utah. .... I .......................... Price.-At a meeting of more than thirty members of the Price and Help er chambers of commerce, Ira R Browning, new state road engineer pledged his support to the road inter· ests of Carbon county and eastern Utah. Mr. Browning said he couln make no definite statement as to what is to be accomplished this year as ht had been in office only eight dayf when he left Salt Lake. Provo.-R. E. Hoover, state menta • hospital enginer, was instructed to n· port on the plans for the new heatinr plant and to advertise for two typN of boilers, at a meeting of the boanl of insanity recently. Myton.-W. W. Clyde of the firrr of Sumsion & Clyde, contractors o: Springville, who have the contrac1 for the Myton-Antelope unit of th~ federal aid road, arrived in Myton Wednesday and is getting ready to re sume active operations immediately . This scene of activity marks the beginning of the long trail of 130 miles from Hudson, in northern Ontario, Canada, the jumping off place for Red Lake, where tha latest gold discovery has recently sent prospectors by the hundreds Into the frozen North. Inset shows a typical prospector. .. Children's Poet in New Resting Place - ! Ogden.-Weber county farmers, who last week joined with Salt Lake coun ty farmer to grow celery for export purposes, have pledged themselves to grow thirty acres of celery this year. Only twenty-acres was requested by the chambers of commerce of Sal! Lake and Ogden at their meeting here recently. • I I I Dr. Joseph Wilson Cochran, pastor of the American church, with trowel in his hand, officiating in the ground' breaking ceremony at; .Paris. The church wtll stand at the corner of the Quai D'Orsay and Rue Jean Nicot. Ship Selected for Navy's Polar Expedition l\Ianti.-C. 0. Scott, agricultural agent for Sanpete county, has collated the results of the annual reorganiza· tion of a number of farm bureau lo cals in this county. The programs and project leaders are also given. Salt Lake City.-Monday, March 22. is the last date entries will be re ~eived for th!t ninth annual intermountain livestock show, it is announced by J. H. Manderfield, manager of the show. To date, howeve1·, the number of entries for the show is considerably in excess of the number at the same time last year. This increased Interest applies in every department \1r. Manderfield explains. " Huntington.-The Utah crop report for 1925 shows an increase in crops of Emery county varying up to 33 per I With impressive rites the ashes of Eugene Field, the children's poet, were placed in the final resting place 1n cent, practically all crops for last year showing a gain in yield of nearly the Church of the Holy Comforter at Kenilworth. lll. that amount. The one exception was peaches, a decrease being shown in MOST BEAUTIFUL this respect, the same situation exist· ing throughout the state, many of the trees haveing been winer·killed. -6 New Foot Bridge in Grand Canyon I Salt Lake City.-The annual marble for boys under 15 years of age will begin March 26 and close 1 .April 9, it was announced by Miss Charlotte Stewart city superintendent of the department of recreation. It will be the second annual municipal tournament. Boys will be expected to know the rules of the game. Winners of the first round will be given an official button. I tournament 'J.'he U. S. Chantier, a 3,000-ton lake steamer, has lleen selected by Commander Byrd, in command of the United States navy polar expedition, as the floating base otl operations for his party. The Chantier is being outfitted and reconditioned for its part In the dash to the pole, in which navy planes will play a prominent part. The ship is to be anchored near Spitzbergen, from which position the planes will make their hop to the northern· most regions. Youths Speedily Punished PUZZLES POLICE I I I Ogden.-That a decline in prices being paid by canners for tomatoes is general over the country and iR brought about by economic conditions in their natural trend, is maintained by the Utah Canners' association in a statement made by Joseph F. Bark er, secretary in explanation of the refusal of the Utah canners to pay ~12 a ton for tomatoes, as asked by the growers_ Salt Lake City.-Utah county com· missioners met with the members of the state road commission to discuss the federal aid project road which is being contemplated to the mouth of Provo canyon. No decision was reach· ed on the matter. • • Miss Faye Martin of Waterloo, Iowa, has been elected by the arfist, Prof. Ernest Llnnenknmp of Vienna, as "America's most beautiful girl." He came to the United States to choose the "American Beauty" o:t: American beauties. GOING TO THE POLE Vernal.-Uintah county can expect a normal situation in regard to water unless soma unusual climatic condl· tion should arise, according to SuperIt looks like a spider web, but the newly completed suspension bridge visor A. G. Nord of the Ashley nation across the Colorado river In Grand Canyon National park, Arizona, wUl hold al forest service at Vernal. up pedestrians and burros. It was not made for vehicles. It enables tourists Salt Lake City.-The ninty-sixth to reach some picturesque sections of the park that were difficult of access semiannual conference of the L. D. in the past. S. church will convene on April 4 for three days according to announce· ment made by President Heber J. Grant of the first presidency. Nobility Visit President I• • I • I l • I The Paris "Mystery Man," a!legeo murderer, who is charged with a hundred crimes committed under perhaps a hundred or more different names. His true identity is not known to thlc\ pollee, who have just taken him lnt() 'l'hree days after William Stoller, Jr., eighteen, and Amon Borst, twenty, custody. admitted killing Fred Stoller, seventy-three, grandfather of. the former, they were sentenced at Mandan, N. D., to life imprisonment at hard work. Sheriff DAUGHTER OF "WOLF" Charles :McDonald of Morton county rounded up the lads a week after the murder and brought about their confessions. Army Airmen Study Planes Salt Lake City.-The Salt Lake stock and mining exchange suffered one of the dullest sessions of the year last Monday, when only a few stocks were active. East Antelope and Little May were traded in for large blocks at penny prices, but outside of these t~o issues it was a very routine ses· SlOn. Ogden.-Construction of the Twen· ty-fourth street viaduct extension will be under the point supervision of the city and county, it was determined at a meeting of the city and county co.'l· missioners in the office of Mayor George E. Browning. Granting of the request of the local authorities to do this nas been given by the state road commission. Salt Lake City.-The estimate of I Clyde C. Edmonds, manager of the lo Above is pictured 1\Ialcom Smith, one .of. the leaders of the Wilkins Detroit polar expedition, who ls giving new snow motors tests to prove their worth ln tugging heavy loads over the snowy wastes to Point Barrow. As soon as all the suppl!es are ready, and perfect weather arrives, the expedition wlll fly to the pole. Mr. Smith is shown 19 J:!la Arctic uniform. ~ Utah Poultry Producers' cooperative, [ is that the total addition of baby chicks to Utah poultry flocks this year will exceed last year's figures by at least 250,000, poaFibly more. Draper ! and American Fork, two of tho state's leading poultry communities, Mr. Ea· monds reports, are placing unusually large orders, while Morgan county, typical of the newer poultry regions, The earl and countess of Buxton, members of one of Great Brltain'!t best-known noble fam1lles, were among callers on President Cooildge at which he visited last week, «ts all tun· &d up to produce more eggs tlus year." the White House. Alice Worthington, daughter of tM "Wolf of LaSalle Street" who died recently ln Atlanta prison, says tha will which purported to dispose of aq Maj. John D. Reardon (left) and Lieut. Col. Roy 0. Hlrtland of the estate or $3,500,000 Is a fake. She army air service now on duty at the army college. They are shown studying says her father lett not more th!lll a model plane. $250,000 and It (lJl ~~~Qngs to hex:, |