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Show THE NEPHI. UTAH TIMES-NEW- WJSlSEEEiSEiaEEJSEJa OUOR CIRCLES SHAKFUP F Nevada Governor at Boulder Dam UTAH CONTRACT MAY BE SPED re- STATE LINES AND MORE DRASTIC ACTION IS CONTEMPLATED THREE MILLION DOLLAR IRRIGA TION PROJECT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE INDORSEMENT August First Will See Changes In Personnel And New District Enforcement Agents Will Assume Duties Congress Will Be Asked To Authorize Construction Next Season. Will Water Vast Territory of Utah Lands "Washington. II. C. Reorganization the prohibition enforcement system, involving obliteration of state lines, decentralization of authority and the creation of new supervisory districts concurring with the federal judicial districts has been announced Denver, Colo. If all necessary preliminaries are worked out in Utah between now and July 15. Secretary Work and Reclamation Commissioner Mead may be able when they con clude their trip through the north west, to close a contract with the water users, or their association, un der which the government will proceed at once with the building of the Echo reservoir and crosscut canal which are to form the first unit of the Salt Lake Basin Irrigation project. They will not be able this season to authorize construction on the Provo Bay unit, as they interpret the law as permitting them at this time merely to conclude investigation of this unit, with a view to having its con struction specifically authorized by congress next session, if found entirely feasible. This information was given to Engineer W. R. Green and Dr. John T. Widtsoe by commissioner Mead r they left Denver for Salt Lake City. Commissioner Mead anticipates no serious trouble in working out the preliminaries so fur as the Echo unit is concerned, hut surprised Dr. Widtsoo when he told him the Provo Bay unit will cost $200 an acre, based on the latest available estimates, which is more than the cost of any project yet undertaken, and a figure which compels most careful studv of that work before it can even be rec-- . omrnunded to congress. Mr. Green brought with him to Denver estimates on the Echo unit and it was disclosed that there is a material diversity of opinion as to the per acre cost of this part of the project. According to Mr. Green's figures, the cost of supplemental water to the farmers under Echo reservoir would be $40 an acre. Commissioner Mead called attention to the fact that the Echo reservoir and the crosscut canal will cost three million dollars, and it is certain that water can be contracted for only sixty thousand acres, which would bring the cost up to $50 an acre. Mr. Green thoi ght the crosscut canal could be paid for separately, and he therefore figured $45 as the outside cost to thbse not taking water from this canal. At the conclusion of their consideration of this matter, Commissioner Mead said he and the government is not concerned with the actual cost per acre or how the cost of the crosscut canal is assessed. But when the association or corporation representing all the water users of this unit has been formed, he will want a contract with them under which they will agree to repay the government the three million dollars which it is to be called upon to spend and the association can opportion the costs among land owners as it sees fit and can determine whether a common price shall govern all the lands or whether those served from the crosscut canal shall pay more than those getting water from the Echo reservoir. The reservoir in contemplation will hold more water than will be required by the sixty thousand acres to be represented In the association, but once the association is obligated to pay the cost of the reservoir and it can use its own discretion as about selling surplus water. The government, the commissioner made plain, is concerned solely with getting a contract under which it will be fully reimbursed for its investment; it wants to deal only with the association or corporation, or whatever body is formed, and that body in turn will deal with the individuals. OBLITERATION OF of by the treasury. The sweeping changes are to become operative August 1. They are designed to build up a distinct federal enforcement system, without between fedsacrificing eral and local enforcement agencies. A prohibition administrator will be new named for each of twenty-twprohibition districts. These appointees, the treasury announcement said, will be chosen "for personal fitness and executive and busines sability." Each will have two assistants and in addition a chemist and a counsel. Indications are that an important (makeup will take place among the enforcement personnel, but Assistant Secretary Andrews, who laid out the plan, declined to discuss that phase t the reorganization. The new program has the approval of the president, and in making it public Secretary Mellon expressed also His own wholehearted support. "Assistant Secretary Andrews," said Mr Mellon's statement, "having analyzed the situation in prohibition law enforcement, has submitted a plan for reorganization and policy which "he has worked out in collaboration with Commissioner Hlair of the internel revenue and Prohibition Commissioner Haynes and the heads of his various departments. The plan has met with unqualified approval of the president and of the department. "The change will be started August 1 and the whole plan put into effect as rapidly as conditions waro rant." "It is believed the federal function in prohibition enforcement is to stop the sources rf Bupply, importation, diversion of legitimately manufactured alcohol." enThe prohibition Washington. forcement reorganization as announced will include the following new districts: No. IS, Denver, Colo., Utah New Mexico. No. 19, Helena, headquarters, tana, Idaho and Wyoming. No. 20, Seattle, headquarters, and Mon- Wash- ington, Oregon and Alaska. No. 21, San Francisco, headquarters; northern district of California and Nevada. No. 22, Los Angeles, headquarters; southern district of California and Arizona. No. 23, Honolulu, headquarters; Hawaii. No. 23, San Juan, headquarters, I'orto Rico. Clara Smith Hamon Divorced Xajs Angeles. Mrs. Clara B. Gor-mawho as Clara Smith Hamon, was acquitted on the charge of murdering Jake Hamon, oil millionaire, at Okla., in 1919, has been granted an interloctory degree of divorce from her husband, John W. Gorman, film director. She alleges mental cruelty. The Germans were married in November, 1921. They separated Inst November. n Ard-mor- North Dakota Senator Called Baltimore. Senator Kdwln Fre hiont Ladd of North Dakota died here at 10:20 a. m., June 22nd. Senator Ladd passed away quietly, retaining consciousness almost to the last. Mrs. Ladd arrived from Washington nn hour before the end came and was nt the bedside with Milton, one of the Hons, who Is studying law at George Washington university, and a daughter, Virginia, who attends high school la Washington. Former Banker Arrested A federal warrant was issued for Willis T. McConnell, former president of the Firt National bunk of Washington Springs, S. II.. under Indictment there for an alleged attempt to deceive the United States controller of the currency by false book entries In September, 1922. McConnell rcently has been making his home here. Jxs Angeles. Progressives Watchlnfl Wisconsin Madison. Wis The Progressives t the nation are looking to those in Wisconsin "to make no mistake at this critical hour," Senator George W. Norris, Republican, Nebraska, declared In a formal statement. He rame here to attend the funeral of Senator Robert M. LaFollette. "The death of our great leader must not be taken as any disintegration In our ranks," he said. "Petty jealousies and personal ambition malt be forgotten." -- 1 IB - Wm Y m I DEBTS 5UUN AGREEMENT WILL GET BEFORE CONGRESS IS THE BELIEF NOW FUNDING ' Italian And American Officials Will Meet And Make Arrangements For Closing Up Accounts To-Dt- e Would Change Income Tax Plan Reduction of Income Washington. taxes to the limit the treasury surplus will permit was advocated by Senator Harris of Georgia, who issued a statement declaring that married people whose income does not exceed $5000 should be exempt from such taxes. He also would exempt those whose taxable Income is not more than $500 since he said since It cost the government more to collect than It receives from such taxes. Senator Harris predicted that a saving of more than $1,300,000,000 could be effected through a proper reorganization of the government departments. An agreement fundWashington. ing the $2,139,000,000 Italian debt will be ready for submission when congress meets, according to the plans of both the American and Italian negotiators. Upon the eve of the opening of formal negotiations, representatives of both governments are optimistic of arriving at a mutually satisfactory understanding. Giocomo De Martino, Italian ambassador, and Mario Alberti, general manager of the creditor Italiano, will meet with Secretary of the Treasurer Above is pictured the cable car swinging out over the vast expanse of the great Boulder dam site in Nevada. In the car is Governor Scrughan of Mellon, chairman of tho Americanof Nevada, who made a tour of the property under escort of a party of Indians. debt commission and Secretary The project, when completed, will provide for Irrigation of a great district State Kellogg and Senator Smoot of Utah, members. which for years has been a virtual desert. The substance of the Italian view, it was learned authoritatively will be as follows: BOB LA FOLLETTE First, Italy recognizes the debt amounting to $1,648,000,000 in principal and $491,000,000 in accrued and DECISION TAKEN BY DEATH unpaid interest. Second, Italy-- declares her readiness to settle this debt in accordance with her capacity to pay. U. S. GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE FOR The American representatives will DECISION HANDED DOWN IN PRESIDENT LOSES VALIANT seek a settlement conforming in prinCHEYENNE FIGHT FOR LIFE ciple to the agreement covering the The British debt of $4,600,000,000. Italians, it is expected, will recognize Allegation of Fraud Not Sustained; Political Chief of Wisconsin Suffers the principle of the British agreeCourt Ruling Causes Stock Markment as acceptable, but will ask cerFirst Breakdown in Health on et To Jump And Orders Are tain deferment of payments conformEuropean Tour, Lung and Throat Trouble Follow Pouring In ing with their national necessities at home. The preparation of an official schedule of payments thus will become the crux of the negotiations. Cheyenne, Wyo. The leasing of Washington. Senator Robert M. La Preliminary phases of the negotiato Dome Sinclair's F. Teapot Harry Follette, for many years a stormy pe- tions were discu&sed between SecreMammoth Oil company was upheld trel of American politics died here Mellon, Secretary Kellogg and tary T. Federal Blake Kennedy, June ISth. by Judge Senator Smoot. who rendered his decision in the anDeath resulted at 11:21 a. m. from nulment suit brought by the govern- heart failure induced by a general Dirigible Off For North Pole ment. breakdown and an attack of bronchial England. Grettir Algar-ssoLiverpool, "The allegations of fraud in the bill asthma. of Victoria, B. C, explorer who have not been sustained," Judge Ken During the morning Senator La has been planning an effort to reach nedy ruled. Follette remained conscious, but he the north Ple in a small dirigible, "The defendant Mammoth Oil com- had jgreat difficulty in speaking. All sailed from Mersey in what he said pany was the creature of Sinclair the members of his immedate family was an attempt to reach thd "farthest north." Algarsson was accompanied and should be held responsible for were at his bedside. all his acts," the decision said. The His physicians had not abandoned by Commander Worsley and several original plans executive order of President Harding hopes of a rally, although they mani- others. Algarsson's were to go norjh by boat and then re of the transferring jurisdiction festly were convinced that death was fly to the north pole in a semirigid serve was held to be legal. a momentary possibility. Recent reports have left airplane. The government's contention that There were Indications, however, some uncertainty regarding his exact Sinclair was guilty of fraud because that the patient was showing in- Intentions. At one time it was rethe bonds of the Continental Trading creasing effects of his long fight ported that delays in the construction company were found in the posses- against the throat and lung attack, of the dirigible had caused him to sion of a relative of Fall's can not which, in fact, dates back to 1923. In abandon the project. Algarsson said be upheld from the evidence offered, that year he contracted a cold while he would not attempt to fly to the north pole, but would attempt the the decision asserted. touring in Europe, and upon his re- moBt northern point of any Arctic exThe decision assumed that the oil turn to this country was confined to this pedition year. transactions involving the trading bed for a long period with a touch company, A. E. Humphries, Texas oil of Influenza. Scout Founder Celebrates operator; the Sinclair interests and During most of the ensuing winter New York. Daniel Carter Beard, the Midwest Oil company have been he remained away from the senate, founder of the Boy Scouts of America bonafide. d and by the time he entered the The secretary of the navy was" fully presidential campaign of and national scout commissioner last within his rights in acting as he did. 1924, apparently had regained much Sunday celebrated his seventy-fifthaving been authorized by the act of of the physical vigor of his younger birthday anniversary. Five hundred June 4, 1920 to "develop, conserve, days. He plunged into the campaign thousand boy scouts throughout the use and operate" the naval oil re without stint, making a wide sweep country held ceremonies in observserves. Judge Kennedy said. around the circle and occupying him- ance of the day. Mr. Beard forbade a celebration which friends wished He ruled that the phrase "in his self for long hours dally in organizato stage at bis home in Flushing and discretion" embodied in the law no re tion work among his supporters. striction on the manner in which the After the election in which he saw instead spent the day quietly. reserves were to be handled. only his home state rally to his banFrench Hero Is Near Death He further had "full authority to ner, he again went into Paris. Tbe condition of Marshal Most of last winter he spent use. store, exchange and sell" the crude oil royalties. Judge Kennedy in Florida resting. He returned to Joffre, who had a chill, has taken a however, during the turn for the worse. It is reported held, denying the government's con- Washington, Jpf-frtention that the secretary's action in special session of the senate in March his condition Is serious. Marshal was striken at Louveslennes, four confirmavote a to cast In the commodities for the govagainst dealing ernment was a usurpation of congres tion of Charles B. Warren to be at- miles north of Versailles. He has a heavy cold. He has been In poor sional authority for appropriating torney general, and his health seem for some time and owing to health ed such for good. money fairly' dealings. advanced h's age he Is 73 years old The recrudeseence of his old Illness The act of June 4. 1920, was a It is feared the veteran soldier may him came weeks several buildact authorized upon and ago the special be fighting a losing battle. ing of storage tanks at Pearl Harbor, and since then he has been confined Portsmouth and other places desig to his home. The efforts of his phy Mrs. Thaw Injured In Fall nated under supplemental contracts sicians to koep him In bed were for Pa. Mrs. Mary Copley Pittsburg. between the government and Sinclair a time unavailing, but several days of Harry K. Thaw, who motner Thaw, and Doheny, the ruling said. ago he consented to remain as quiet shot and killed Stanford White and In a as determined to effort We have no quarrel possible with the a sensation created such when he reoff' s affliction. theory that the congress should have throw turned to Broadway recently, is not A touch of asthma increased the and has the constitutional power to expected to survive as a result of a regulate the manner In which the difficulty of his breathing and Inter- fall suffered In a church here. Her property of the United States shall rupted his sleep to such an extent condition is reported by physicians as be handled by tho executive branch," that the attack of heart trouble found heing serious. Her advanced age is said the conclusion of the decision, him In a generally weakened condisaid to make recovery most difficult. "but we do maintain that In the ex tion. ercise o fthat power It may by ap The Wisconsin Senator and later j Woman Given Place candidate propriate legislative authority dele Independent presidential President Washington. Coolldge gate officers of that department to began failing In health even before has appointed Mrs. Llda M. Hume of hiindle government property In an un the 1924 campaign. Several weeks San Francisco of the land restricted way and In accordance with ago be contracted a severe cold, office at that registrar city. a vested discretion." which developed Into asthma. Drug Handlers To Be Expelled Mexico City, Mexico. Six foreign underground drug handlers arrested will be expelled from Mexico under article 33 as undesirable foreigners. Several American and Chinese now under surveillance will probably share the same fate. As the rogues were arrested on drug charges, they voided direct action of the law by securing amparos. Mexico's equivalent to the habeas corpus, and President Calles cut the Oordlan knot, from wblrh there Is no appeal. Woman Witnesses Hanging A woman for the first Chicago. time In the history of Cook county (Chicago) witnessed a hanging. She was an actress, attired In man's garb, who. by means of her disguise, slipin the ped Into the receiving cell county Jail and saw Willie Sams, negro, convicted of two murders, executed. The woman was1 Miss Kath-ryDa Noule, who wore a long overcoat and a (ray fedora pushed down over her bobbed hair. be-fo- singlaih wins TEAPOT I n three-cornere- h e n Fleet Officers Are Related Washington. The United States as Its fleet will have brothers ranking officers for the next two years. Admiral S. S. Itobison, who will succeed R. E. Coontx as commander In chief and Rear Admiral C. V. Hughes, who will take command of the battle fleet, married daughters of the late Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark, who a a captain commanded the Oregon In Its famous dash around Cape Horn during the war with Spain. j j Oil Case Appeal Is Planned Washington. Atlee I'omerene and Owen J. Roberts, the government's nil counsel have returned to Washington and went Into conference to consider the decision of Federal Judge Kennedy at Cheyenne, Wyo., which held Harry V. Sinclair's Teapot Donje lease valid. Mr. I'omerene aid 'he case, which has ben appealed, would be pushed forward "as fast as It Is humanly possible to do so." No dates, however, being set. Notes News Parts of All From UTAH iajaasiara,MFn3i?tFii?i3i3PiOTP!i3!3 Salt Lake City William J. McCoy, the oldest principal in point of continuous service in the Salt Lake City public school system, died at hia Mr. McCoy, who had been a home. principal in the school system here, years continuously, had for thirty-fou- r been in ill health :or a considerable time and only recently was given an indefinite leave of absence by tho board of education. Death is said to have resulted from a complications of troubles. ' Salt Lake City. The state board of examiners of Utah has been asked by the Newman Tallow and Soap Machinery company of Chicago to consider the establishment of a soap manufacturing plant In the State prison. This the company points out, would save the state from 40 to 50 per cent on the market price which it pays for soap. The matter was called to the attention of the state under whose board of corrections, jurisdiction the prison operates. Logan. Beginning at 6 p. m. July 20, ' and continuing until noon, July 23, the fifth annual farmers' encampment and summer school for farmers and their wives will be held at the About Utah Agricultural college. 4000 are expected to occupy the tented city on the college campus ,and in college dormitories additional buildings. Ogden. A granite monument, fifteen feet in height, to be placed at the grave of Martin Harris, one of the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon, in the cemetery at Clarkston, Cache county, is being made by the firm of Joseph S. Parry & Sons of It is. planned to ship the Ogden. monument to Clarkston on two large motor trucks. Price. Vengeance was claimed by a determined mob of men and youths when, three miles frytn here, Robert Marshall, negro, was twice hanged for the brutal murder of James Milton Burns, city marshal of Castle-gatThe lynching of Marshal, the fifth in the history of the state, came with dramatic suddenness upon Marshall's capture after a relentless manhunt, when Marshal shot down Deputy sheriff Burns without warning. Brigham City. Free peaches, watermelons, fruit and souvenirs will b plentiful in Brigham City for the nationally heralded Peach Day celebration, September 9th. Because of the shortage of peaches over the entire country, it will be an unusual treat to receive them free, when celebrating with the Brigham City people, who have made thia feature widely known. Midvale. How Eugene Phelps, a freckled faced boy of 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Phelps of dived into the Jordan river, and dragged his old, pal, Arthur Wadleigh, Jr., from the treacherous stream to safety, was learned, when it became known that efforts are to be made soon by prominent Midvale residents to secure for young Phelps a Boy Scout medal and also a Carnegie hero medal. Salt Lake City. An ordinance making it unlavful for any person or association of persons from wearing any mask or disguise which conceals the faces or features of the person or persons In any parade or public assemblage on the streets, in the parks or other public places of Salt Lake was unanimously passed by the city commission. Salt Lake City. Units of the Utah National Guard will hold their annual Hummer encampment at Camp Lewis, Wash., during the coming two months, according to plans recently completed. The 145th field artillery will be the first to go into camp and will leave the city July 13 and 15. The Twenty-seconfield artillery, newly motorized unit of the guard will leave on August 3. Provo. Canal companies taking water out of Utah lake for use In Utah and Salt Lake Counties have indicated to George M. Bacon, as secretary of the Utah water storage commission, the total of the respective present rights of each to the use of such storage. The aggregate of these totals, the secretary reported to the commission Is 431,000 acre feet. Moab. Work on the uranium and vai. ailium mines of this section, which has been to some extent suspended for a considerable period, has been given new impetus recently through the activities of two companies interested in the yellow ore. The Uni ted States company' vanadium mil! in Dry valley is now in operation and is turning out about a ton of vana dium concentrates a day. Etireka. C. L. Countryman of Binknam was elected state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at the state convention held June 20 at Eureka. Other state officers elected for the ensuing year Include: J. W. Daley, Tooele, vice president; J. J. Mathews, Eureka, chaplain; Carl A. Hahn, Salt Iake, (relected). secretary; Robert Askew, Salt Lake, treasurer; J. B. Campbell. Eureka; Anthony Luke Payne, Salt Lake, asd Fred Peters, Murray, board of e. Mid-val- d e, |