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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI, UTAH S, UTAH LEGISLATIVE DONGS IMF GOV i News Notes From All Par t of UTAH "UTAH PLAN" UNDERTAKE POSTS WORK ON CIVIC BETTERMENT PROJECTS MANY BILLS INTRODUCED AND ACTED Farminirton. Robert H. McCoy, UPON BY THE LAW MAKERS charged with murder in the first AT THE 8TATE CAPITOL for the slaying; of A. Roy Heath in Val Verda, December 5, 1924, was found guilty here. The jury returned the verdict with a recomendation IN THE SENATE Bills Introduced for a sentence of life imprisonment, B. B. St, Westphal Salaries at stats after exactly twenty hours of deliprison.B. T, a O'Donnell IIS. 000 for an beration. station In the Salt Lake. William Billeter, a puagricultural experiment Uintah basin. pil sf Eugenia V. Kaege of the L. D. S. B. 69, Dixon New provision covS. School of Music, until he went erection of school ering S. B. SO, Stahle More buildings. liberal re- abroad to study three years ago, has demption provision! in water conservation district law. won the medal offered in a contest 8. B. 64, Hirschl Permitting- atate In Switzerland as the best pianist in depository board to accept personal bonds or collateral security for dethat country of his age. Mr. Billeter posits. is 21 years of age. He has received S. B .85, Dixon Providing- - for the release from state mental hospital ol maiy offers since winning this prize voluntary patients. 8. B. 66. Jenson Clarifying law as to do concert work abroad. to filing: of certificates Moab. for nomination Five carloads of equipment for election. for the drilling of the John L. Shafer 8. B. 67. Jenson Adoption proceed Ing In case parent has given release No. 1 test oil well, eighteen miles to child before a notary. down the Colorado river from Moab, S. B. 68, Jenson Making- release of attachments applicable to garnish- are en route to Thompsons. Two of ments. S. B. Jenson Raising fee ioi the cars are loaded with casing, ship6,additional drawingin civil ped from Youngstown, Ohio, ana the cases from $3.0 to 50. jurors 15 10, 8 and S. B. 70. Jenson Providing for an pipe is in 20, alternate Juror in protracted trials on sizes. The other three care are loadcharg-esed with felony gasoline engine, boiler, S. B. 71, Jenson iProvidlng that a Judgment shall be deemed enterbd strings of tools, tool dressing outfits when signed by the Judge and filed and other paraphernalia for the rig with the clerk. a B.. 72. Jenson Providing that par- and machinery, including the timbers ties to an action may for. the derrick. All of the equipment be called on to admit any specific fact for the pur- is new material, and, with the exceppose of the proceeding". S. B. 73. Jenson Raisins; from tion of the timbers, is from Casper, to 120.000 the amount of an estate to which a surviving husband Wyo. or wife succeeds when there is no IsOgden. Construction of a bridge sue. over the Virgin river at Rockville, S. B. 74. Lewis Providing that proceeds from fines and forfeitures folUtah, has been completed by Cv F. lowing- arrests and convictions by agents of the state road commission Dinsmore"& Co. of Ogden, contractshall be covered into the state roaa ors, according to Burton F. Dinsmore. funds. Equipment has just been S. B. 77. Warnick Administration, manager. of gasoline tax under budget. returned to Ogden after completion S. B. 78. Peters Old anunitles of the job. for college professors. S. B. 79, Jenson Amending state Salt Lake. Gasoline has gone up securities commission law. two cents a gallon in Utah and IdaS. B. 80. Lewis Traffic regulations ho. All of on highways. the leading companies opS. B. 8, Lewis of motor Regulation erating in the two states announced vehicles. a B. 82. Lewis Taxing automobile the increase. In Ogden and Salt Lake, corporations. S. B. 84, Finlinson Refunding bonds gasoline is selling for 25 cents per for drainage districts. gallon including state tax of IVi S. B. 85, Punk cents. This is within one cent of the department of finance and Repealing purchase law. 1924 peak when gasoline sold at 26 Action on Bills H. B. 23. Hickman Certification of cents including tax. teachers. Favorably reported. 8. B. 34. Jenson Release of mortFarmington. Selection of a jury gages. Favorably. for the trial of Robert McCoy for S. B. 18. Robinson Kindergartens. the murder of A. Roy Heath, Salt Enacting- - clause stricken. S. B. 23, Candland Flute Lake business man, on December 5, project. Passed, ayes 19; absent 1. H. C. M. 6, Whittaker Plttman bill. has been completed and the taking Advanced to third reading-of evidence begun. The case is beayes 20. a J. R. 3, Winder Child labor amendment. Killed; nays 19; execusad ing tried in Judge James N. Kimball's division of the Second district court. S. H. 57, O'Donnell Uintah basin of Ogden experiment stations. Public InstituOgden. Six residents tions. valley had a narrow escape while II. J. R. 2, Gardner Rejecting child labor amendment. Received from driving down Ogden canyon in an house, and passed under suspension of automobile when a boulder, practirules; ayes, 18; nays, 2. n. B. 43, Gardner Reinstating cor- cally the size of an automobile, near porations. Transferred from state and the mouth of the canyon, rolled down affairs to judiciary. municipal the mountainside and partially wreckS. B. i." Candlanu Finance and purchase. Advanced from second reading ed the car. calendar; ayes, 19; absent. 1. a B. 2. Candland Hoard of examSalt Lake. A. E. Beveridge, asiners. Killed by of adverse sistant manager of the state insurcommittee report. adoption a B. 16, Candland State auditor, ance fund, who was charged with tee report. Killed by adoption of adverse commit-S- . writing business for the Continental B. 14, Jenson Mortgrag-es- . Casualty company during his employPassed: ayes 18, nays 2. ment by the state agency, tendered S. B. 65. Dixon Real estate his resignation to the state industrial ment. Commerce and industries.departcommission. It was accepted .by the IN THE HOUSE commission, effective April 1, 1925. Bills Introduced No action has been taken in reference H. B. 59, Ooggin Making it unlawful to us containers having mark of to Charles Caine, manager of the another person, firm or corporation. fund. Referred to committee on manufacturing and commerce. Provo. As a result of the continH. B. 61. Fowles Making- - November ued argument between the Utah Au11, or Armistice day, a legal holiday. Referred to committee on manufacturtomobile association and the Auto ing and commerce. club of Utah, a sentiment has arisen H. B. 62. Fowles Requiring school teachers to be citizens of the V. S. in the southern section of the state Referred to committee on education. for a state wide automobile organH. B. 63, Stone Relating- to the payment of taxes. Referred to committee ization to be headed by F. D. B. Gay on revenue and taxation. auto pathfindH. B. 65. Real Providing for the of Provo, consolidation of two or more county er of this state. school districts of the first class into Provo. It cost Utah county one county school district. Referred to committee on education. to $319,322.55 operate its county govH. B. 56. Hickman Creating a state ernment during 1924, according to board of park commissioners. Referred to committee on university and the annual report of Clifford L. college. Agricultural H. B. 60. Stone An art amending Wright, county auditor, just presentthe law relating to exemption from ed to the county commission. The taxation of property moving In Interstate commerce which has been asses-le- d expenses were $10,216.03 within the In another state for the current budget set by the commission at the Referred to committe on rev- beginning of 1924. year. enue and taxation. H. B. 51. Dyreng An act relating Salt Lake. Awards totaling to witnesses for defense In criminal have been made during rases. Referred to committee on Judithe seven years' operation tf the ciary. H. B. 51, Sharp An act making apworkmen's compensation law in Utah, propriations for the support of the state. 1125 to 1927. Referred to comaccording to figures for the period mittee on appropriations. H. R. 63. Judiciary Committee An ended June 30, 1924, prepared by the act relating to building and loan as- state industrial commission. Compensociations; substituted for H. B. I. sation was granted in 77,170 cases. Referred to committe on Judiciary. II. R. 71. HartmanI'.elating to JurSalt Lake. Utah declined to ratiisdiction of towns over water sources. the child labor amendment to the fy on to Referred committee corporations. H. M 72. McCiilloiigh P.elating to constitution of the United States, the the rights of the defendant in criminal action. Referred to committee on legislature in both houses rejecting the proposed amendment. It was Judiciary. H. R. 71. Openshaw Relating to slaughered in the upper bouse and Civil war veterans. Kererred to comthe lower house declined to ratify it mittee on appropriations. 11. B. 74, N. J. Hansen a vote of 43 to 8. Authorising the removal of the state prison to a by new stte. Referred to committee oo Salt Lake. Mrs. Minnette M. penitentiaryon snd prison. Woodruff, wife of Dr. E. D. Wood-ruff- , Hills anil Resolutions Action M. B. 29. Welsh former president of the Salt for budI'roviding get In ritiea of first and second class. Lake chamber of commerce, diad at Passed. H. B. 2S. committee on livestock-Relat- ing the family residence, 95 East First to asses-mcof transient North street. livestock. Recommitted to committee. 8. M. II. Camiliinri neForwarding Salt Building construction In (!. gotiable Lake during January, 1925, H. J. R. 3. Hunt Asking congress lo in Sal Set (avornl-lupon proposed measures totaled $128,200, according to the for suitable recognition of services monthly report of W. D. Pinr.ey, rity of Lieutenant Russel l Mnughan. Tak. en from table and ps-dbuilding inspector. This is slightly II R. IS. Hickman Placing library in excess of the total amount of a funds uikIt control of board or education. Hill withdrawn. Substitutes year ago, when the total was to be Introduce .. H. C. M. 5, Whlttsker Asking con- h Oeden. Building activity in Ogden gress to Increase the duties on pot-"40 nays, II yras, 4 abI'efeated; during January increased nearly 150 sent. 11. It 14. for num. per cent over the corresponding tv budgets passed. 41 yeas, 9 navtt, 4 month of 1924, according to the absent. . monthly report of City Building InH It. I, Csndlsnd - Relating In of blsnk stock. Favorably spector Carl C. Garff, compiled to asmnt reported by committee en banking day. de-fr- Citizens Urged to Submit Proposal to Local Legion Post on Attached Ballot Unqualified indorsement and commendation of the "Utah Plan" of community and civic betterment work has been given the Utah department of the American Legion by Coverjaor George H. Dern in a letter written recently to Kirke M. Decker, department adjutant. Governor Dern stated that he hoped the people of the state would give the plan their hearty cooperation and support. He particularly commended the effort being made to secure uni fied effort on the part of all civic orj ganizations in major community up building programs. The "Utah Plan" which the Legion is sponsoring asks the citizens of the state to aid local posts in the selection of worthwhile civic programs and sets the dates between February 12' and 22 in which suggestions should be submitted. - '' - - . Governor's Letter The governor's letter said in parts "I am confident that the movement to have each post concentrate upon a local project will be of inestimable-benefi- t. The Legion is to be commended upon the adoption of such a. and constructive policy. I trust that your campaign, during the ten days from February 12 to 22, to obtain suggestions concerning the work to be undertaken by the respective posts, will meet with the hearty cooperation of the people of the IS.-00- -- ... Personality of First President Human Side of Washington Revealed by His Letters. Intimate and warmly human side- on the personality of George Washington as a young man, a soldier, a statesman and head of a family are revealed in letters written by "the father of his country" now in the possession of the Pierpont Morgan library, which has been turned over to the public by J. P. Morgan as a permanent lights memorial to his father. In a letter written September 3, 1756, to Mrs. George William Fairfax, lie said in part : "I have sent a piece of Irish linen, a piece of cambrick and a shirt to measure by. The shirt fits tolerably well, yet I would have this made with somewhat narrow wristbands; ruffles f an inch and the larger by s collars by of an Inch, which Is In other respects of proper bigness. If Miss Nancy will do me the favor to vf thread and buttons suitable It will oblige me much. I have really forgotten to produce them myself." Feels Pinch f Hard Times. In marked contrast Is a letter written In 1789 from Mount Vernon to Captain Conway : ''Never till within these two years have I experienced the want of money. Short crops and other causes not entirely within my control, make me feel it now very terribly. Under this statement I am Inclined to what I never expected to be reduced to the necessity of doing, that is, to borrow money on interest. Klve hundred pounds would nable me to discbarge what I owe in Alexandria, Va Having thus fully and candidly expressed myself, permit nie to ask whether It is within your power to supply me with the above or a smaller sum." In but cheerful vein Is the letter dated February 10. 171W, to Miss Kllsa-bet- b Parke Custls, his stepdnugbter, one-hal- pPfi three-quarter- - "Betsy": "I . . . axon re you that if Mr. Law is the mn of your choice, of wblch there can be no doubt, as he hsd merits to engage your affections, and you bate declared that he has Dot only done so. but that after careful examination of your heart you cap-no- t be happy without him that your alliance with him meets my appreciation. Yes, Hetsv, this approbation is accompanied with my fervent wishes that you muy be as happy In this Important event as your most sanguine Imagination has ever presented to view. Along wltS tlicse wishes, I bestow on yon my choicest blessings." Among the letters are a lock of Washington's hulr, a piece of lac and one of silk from Msrtha Washington's wedding dress, IescrlMng the surrender of Tork-tewto Oencral Greens In 1782, b rt aid: For Observance of "Washington's Day" All Citizens Would Profit by Its Educational Opportunities. Few of the days In the calendar hav been permanently allotted by the Author of Days. There are very few days wblch may not be appropriated by the national or world achievement and fame of men or women of the present or coming generations, even though beld for the time being by soma ol local or ephemeral fame. There art two days in February's calendar that foi America at least sre for as long as this republic exists, or at any rate remains true to the liberty In which It was conceived and brought forth and to the institutions which have nourished It. It Is con"I ceivable that anyone will hardly be born In future generations who can ever "bid" more by word and deed than Washington has given for the twenty-seconol February. It Is stated by McMaster, th historian, that when Washington resigned his commission and made bis Journey from New Tork to the sest of congress in Annapolis, be received assurances all along the way of the "undying love and gratitude" of his fellow-cltlsen- s for what he bad done and presages of a glory that would "continue to animate the remotest ages." Even the American Philosophical society at Philadelphia, of which Franklin was the founder, turned from the consideration of lesrned papers on the Imd proved Methods of Quilling the snd Observations on the Eel to pay homage to the great chief. We need ourselves to pause, as If be were again passing, to think not only of what he did as the First In Wsr, but of the things for which he stood as First In Pence In the establishment of onr Independent national pre-empt- d I 7 u Harp-slchor- Tor-porifl- iV I' ft state." Many posts are not waiting for suggestions from the citizens before beginning constructivt work in their communities, it is shown by reports received by T. D. Martin, in chargs-ofthe state campaign. At Mantl the post has offered then service in forming a volunteer fire department. This was accepted by the city. Farming-to- n post and one or two others are making plans to establish public libraries in their towns. Officers of the Legion claim that they are badly needed. Scout Work Aided Salt Lake City post is undertaking a good portion of the work in connection with the annual drive of the local scouts for funds. This is in addition to the work they are doing to form Boy Scout troops among the boys of the city not affiliated with. ny churches. Logan post has been operating a public skating rink throughout the winter. They have organized hockey teams and in many other ways promoted healthy outdoor activities. Building of an open air pavilion is among the contemplated public activities of the Beaver City post for the spring and summer. A memorial to all Wasatch county service men built on the crest of a hill which may be seen throughout the valley is in the process of completion by Heber Legionnaires. Many other posts have started or are planning other equally worthwhile projects. "We sincerely hope that the people of Utah will take advantage of :his campaign and submit any plans or suggestions which they may have !o utilize the services of their local posts. Most war veterans live too much in the past. They are inclined :o devote too much of their talk and thoughts to the days when they wore the uniform. As a convenience to readers of ihis paper the editor has kindly contented to the printing of the coupon ittached to this article and it is hop-s- d that citizens will use it in submitting suggestions to the post." Referendum Ballot Attention, Citizens: The local American Legion Post ants to know: What is the most constructive, helpful, worthwhile, concrete project that the American Legion can undertake for this community this year? Suggestions from ou are urgently invited. Please fill in this coupon and mail to the local post officer. Desiring to cooperate with you in your efforts to decide upon the most vital community project you can undertake this year, I suggest the following: . ; "This proposition led to definite capitulation which was signed on the 19tli In which his lordship surrenders himself and troops prisoners of war to the American army, marching out with colors cased and drums beating a British march to a post In front of their lines. Hers their arms were grounded, the public stores, arms lowered, military chests, etc., delivered to the American army ; the ships, with the seamen, surrendered to the naval army under Count de Grasse; Lord Cornwallls, with a number of his officers to have liberty to go on parol to Europe, New Tork or any other American maritime post In possession of the British forces at their option; his troops to be kept In Virginia, Maryland or Pennsylvania. These art the principal articles." ( Ten years later Washington at Moont Vernon wrote to James Madison of his Intention to retire from ffKjZ i life. Washington status, given by anony. mous donor, at Wtst Point. public life and requested him to write a valedictory address for him to the public and outlining what ha would like to have Incorporated in It. An Important feature of the collection consists of several letters wblch Washington wrote abroad in the hope of liberating Lafayette from prison. The former aid to Washington was impeached by the French assembly He Judged it best to leave In 1 712. France and mas captured by an Austrian patrol on crossing the frontier. The Germans kept him In prison for a year and turned him over to the Austrian. Washington determined the best course would be to divest himself of the character of President and appealed to the emperor of Germany as as Individual, It la unfortunate that, since we have made this day a holiday, there Is not a widespread observance of It In the contemplation of the character and service of Washington and of the foundational principles of freedom snd order on which the structure snd life of our republic hsve risen. It would be better thst the schools were open not only for the children, but for the adults as well, for we need all, lesrned snd to turn from our Individual vocstions, not to rest or to find recreation, but to think seriously upon our common heritage and obligations which have come to us by wsy of George Washington. In one great city of our land at least this is done. It should be universal. "Wsshlngton's Isy" should In our thoughts be given ts Washington snd to the country whlco he shove sll others gave Into our keeping. New Tork Times. 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