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Show Thursday, February 7, 1929 THE UTAH THE LEGISLATURE SALT LAKE AT TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S, PAFE SEVEN MEMORY OF v MMM LINCOLN News Notes i . The legislature u bearing muh re- ments of account rendered by bankt garding lloulder Dam from Arizona, or trust companies to their dejKusl-tors- . California and Utah speakers at sessions tela to comdder the No. CS, Irvine Relating to notice livertiug of the Colorado water to a of adverse claim to any bank depotilt useful work for the residents of tho and the procedure Decenary to make several states Involved. Bueh, claim effective to cause recogniA threat on Utah's to ratify tion of the adverse claim. part tho No. CO, Irvine Limiting the liacompart regardless of Arizona and other lower batdn Mate of a bank or trust company for bility wan smothered In the of a check through erspecial Bouler dam committee of the lower house. ror. The Young memorial calling upon No. 67, Irvine Fixing liability of Arizona, California and Nevada to a bank or trust company to Its deposget together" immediately, as Utah itor for payment of forged, altered, wants action, was laid aside tempor- or raised checks. arily, owing to the fact that these No. 68, Irvine Giving a bank or three states are now negotiating a trust company the option to refuse frigate conference in Nevada at which payment of a check or other demand the lower hawin differences may he instrument presented alt mouths afstraightened out. ter date. No. CO, Irvine Fixing limitation, Charge of salary grafting, profl. teering sales to board members and countermands of payment and atop-pa- y unfair di.rimnIatIon In the employmen t orders relating to the payment of teachers were made against ment of checks or draft against many county and district school head bank accounts, at an open meeting of the education 8. R. 1, Ryan Asking the governand committee of the Utah house of rep- or, water storage commission resentatives. Those bringing the charges state engineer to make available for were mainly members of the Utah the use ofthe legislator any InformaPress Association and weekly news- tion they may have on the Colorado paper owners In attendance to protest river In its relation to Utah. the passage of Representative Thomas Resolution of sympathy to the famwho was a Burton's till, proposing that school ily of Col. C. E. boards be relieved from detailed pub- member of the 1005 senate. lication of their expenditures aa reBILLS INTRODUCED quired by law. IN The House A measure Introduced by RepresenNo. 41, Bates Giving the board of tative Jefferson of Beaver provides that the property and franchises of education charge of student organizaactivities, all public service corporations be as- tions and sessed by the state board of equaliza- in each school district of the state. No. 42, Redd Providing that the tion at their full cash value, as shown levy for general county ty sworn statements furnished the minimum and for the care and relief public utilities commission. Mr. Jef- purposes ferson estimated that adoption of his ' of Indigent sick and dependent poor measure would Increase the taxable shall apply to all counties having an In property of this state by $100,000,000. t assessed valuation of $4,000,000 stead of two million. A house joint resolution by HepreNo. 44, Hodgson Authorizing the would ' 8. M. Jorgenson sentative amend the state constitution to in- state board of health to establish crease the state school tax to an rules governing plumbing. amount equaling $50 for every child j No. 45, Barton Changing the dates of school age. The present provision of school board election from Decemis for $25 per capita tax with no ber to June. No. 46, Burton Further defining equalizing fund. Mrs. Anna Piereey of Salt Lake Introduced a bill which , the application of taxes for school districts of the would relieve from jury duty only , purposes in county those female citizens who have active , first class. II. J. R. Redd Providing for a care of minor children wtihin their or amend the j convention to revise homes. constitution of the state of Utah. IN THE SENATE No. 47, Woodbury Creating state Sen. Hollingsworth introduced a bill real estate commission and empowerMonday doubling the atx on cigarets ing it to license and regulate brokers and cigaret papers. and salesmen. A bill Introduced by Senator D. W. No. 48, Mellor Providing that the Parratt would impose a penlaty of $10 water commissioner prorate 'the cost a day upon all schools districts which of water distribution, in accordance are in arrears in reporting the num- with the number of acre feet delivber of high school students in the ered the previous year. distclrt. No. 49, Ilirsch Providing for the taxing of auto freight and passenger IN THE SENATE lines. Bills Introduced No. 51, Hacking Providing bills Nrt. K1. Trvine Providing fnr the of sale on livestock requiring regisand equipping tration of dealers in fresh meat proestablishment, building of the Utah State Training school for ducts. the care, protection, treatment and j No. 50, Jefferson Providing that d education of persons, all public service corporations be etc. assessed for taxation on the basis of No. 52, Dillman Amending exist-in- e their full cash value as shown by the Child labor laws so that proper statements made to the public utiliInfluences and adequate opportunities ties commission. for education are provided for in con- H. J. R., Jorgenson Amending the nection with the employment of such constitution to increase the state minors. school fund to an amount equal to No. 53, Ilollingsworth An act re- - $50 for every child in the state and lating to habitual criminals and pro- providing that $5 per school capita viding that upon the fourth conviction of such fund be apportioned among of a felony persons so convicted shall the school districts of the state. be sentenced to life imprisonment. No. 54, Patterson (by request) Providing for the teaching of mediNo Music for Him in cine, surgery, obstetrics and pediatrics and schools for nurses, in traning Yelps of the Houndt persons entering such schools One of the favorite stories heard after May 31, 1932, to have completed among the fox hunters at their state fifteen units of credit in a creditable meeting was that of a man who was high school or the equivalent of fif- being taken out for his first fox hunt. teen units of credit in some creditable For a long time the hunters sat on educational institution. a damp log In the woods In the dark- No. .55, Dillman Requiring boards ness, waiting for the dogs to hit a of education on or before June 30 of trail, and the veterans of the chase each year to make an estimate of the .swapped stories of former hunts. Sud-- , expenses of the district for the school denly in the far distance was heard year commencing on July 1 there- ;the deep, full baying, mingled with after. the sudden eager yelps of the hounds the in full Evans Prohibiting No. 56, pursuit "There now listen to that music, slaughtering of meat animate for federat commercial purposes except wilt you?" one veteran announced, ally inspected packing plants or .triumphantly, trying to engender enthusiasm In the mind of the younger slaughter houses or at state licensed slaughter houses and providing for man. the licensing of slaughter houses, The new man listened for a while, rethen turned in disgust : lty and security for and interest "How could you expect any one t quired thereon. Relating to the hear the music with all those dogi No. 60, Oandlund care of etate funds, the responsibility, making such a noise?" Exchange. and security thereof and providing for the designating of public deposiProfessional Perquisite! tories and the depositing of public children were reThe funds therein. to cerhearsing a Christmas play, and one No 61, Candland Relating tificates of deposit, borrowing limita- of the boys objected to the part .that tion and prescribing the manner of had been assigned to him, although a qualifying by banks as depositories it had only a few lines andfor gorgeous his reafor United States deposits or postal costume. Being pressed muthe sons for for finally objecting, as or depositories savings funds, kids other all the etc. get tered: "Keck, of state Utah, funds of the to the to eat. candy and nuts In the feast, No. C2, Parratt Relating certificates of kindergarten teachers. and I am not In that scene!" No. 63, Irvine Relating to state j . i fifth-grad- The letter "1" has not always had a dot over it. This is no original part of the letter, but Is derived from a diacritic mark, like an acute accent, used to particularize the "I" In position In which it might have been taken merely for the stroke of another letter. It appears to have begun In Latin manuscripts about the Eleventh century with the "11" In such words as lngenil, and to have thence been extended to "I" In contiguity with n" or "n," and finally to have been V ased lrlih "I" In suppositions. e Too Many I He (under the mistletoe) Have you ever kissed a man before? She (ditto) "Tell roe his name so that I cad thrash him." "But but he might be too many for you." s. Hint for Motorist What's this appliance In the front of your car? Machine Owner That's a vacuum, so I won't eat the other fcl'.ow's dost. It goes In the vacuum. First Garage Mechanic lieral J out Lis tlrtli. To bonfires leaped above tlie sleeping earth, No soft, luxurious cradle waited there O buclej blared to To hold hi little body in its care. a like that cave That sheltered One who came to love and save LS home was cold and cheerless ) Humble and poor within that cabin rude, He lav i&NfD the man to stir the multitude. like that other One when manhood came sought not riches, power or fleeting fame; His was a purpose noble, great and high: To make a .better world for you and I. .e say MAN of vision, sent to fill our need, Humble of heart, mighty of strength and deed; A grateful world thanks and praise today Because a man like you has walked its way. gives if i Mut;m kite rt Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of his namesake, who became President of the United States, left his comfortable home In Virginia for the same purpose to Invest In the newly opened land of promise. Abraham Lincoln had extensive holdings in Virginia and purchased large tracts in the new coun- - Birthplace of Lincoln by No s And now there has been brought to light practical evidence that the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln was not the pitiful hut of poverty that has been described lugubriously by historians, nor was the great emancipator of humble and poor parentage. A letter-boo- k of Capt. John Dunlap, historic printer of Philadelphia, and wealthy landowner, coupled with a research made recently by a newspaperman of Kentucky, brings out plainly these refutations. Since the recent discovery of the important work rendered during the Revolution by Captain Dunlap and Lieutenant Claypoole, printers of the first daily newspaper In America and official printers of the Continental congress, John Barr, Connecticut historian and a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, has followed the documents of Dunlap and revealed through his study many interesting facts of historical value. The latest source of information that has come to notice Is the letter-booof Dunlap, loaned the Historical society by the noted printer's George Chapman Blelght of Haymnrket, Va., formerly a Philadelphia attorney. The letters are the correspondence of Dunlap and four other wealthy men who traveled to the very spot in Kentucky where Lincoln's family came from Virginia, In order to Invest In land there. Dispels Poverty Legend. By comparing the reports of these men to their Philadelphia associates and the documentary evidence presented In a book compiled by Louis A. Warren, a newspaperman of Hodgen-vllle- , Kyn Mr. Barr has drawn conclusions which he points oat as adequate to dispel the popular belief In the poverty legend. Abraham Lincoln needed no such tale to enhance his greatness. His rise from obscurity was mighty enough, startisg rom the Kentucky bluegrass frontier It Is not necessary to fable his beginning from a low IeveL The correspondence Dunlap offers testifies to the richness of the land, the beautiful resources of the country and the splendid type of men who populated the section. John Dunlap, his brother, James, George Kelghtiy. William Orr, the engineer, and Michael Ilillegas, then treasurer of the United States, were partners In purchasing 135,000 acres of the Kentucky land. Later Dunlnp's son visited Elizabeth-town- , ten mlle3 from the Lincoln birthplace, to carry on his father's affairs. At the same time that these men who made the long Journey from Philadelphia, via Pittsburgh, the Ohio riy-eLcxlngirn. Kj., and Kntnkfort, Kj, k J? f Hi Ki i W? try. 17S3. Here feature Is a drawing of of the the central memorial which Indiana will erect to the memmothhi ory of Abraham Lincoln and er, Nanc, Hanha. The site la the original Lincoln farm near the Ohio river, midway between Evanavllle and French Melt, where Lincoln apent 14 your, of the formative period of youth. $1,2(15.000 To Symbolize Lincoln Spirit In a clump of black oaks on a knoll southwestern Indiana a monument of Indiana limestone Is to be erected to perpetuate the memory of Abraham Lincoln and enshrine the humble grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, his , mother. Thomas Hibben of New York, a native of Indiana, has been selected as the architect, and bis plans have been Indorsed by tlie Indiana Lincoln union, an organization of nationally known Hoosiers. The edifice will be a departure from the usual sophisticated type of architecture, Mr. Hibben explained. "We seek to create a symbol of the great power and gentleness that was Lincoln," said the architect, "Such gentleness Is not negative, but Infinite and human. Such power is the nobility of strength, the understanding of In humanity in Its reality." The memorial will be approximately 200 feet In each direction, comprising a series of four open courts of simple masonry surrounding a main building from which will rise a shaft 150 feet high. all The grounds surrounding the memorial will be landscaped to reproduce the scene as ft was In the fourteen years the boy Lincoln lived and tolled there. He was not poor. The year V was the school. CEDAR Indians Killed Grandfather. wera Again, the Phlladelphlans linked with Abraham Lincoln In trag edy. The country was beautiful and rich, but dangerous from hostile Indians. Lincoln lost his life by the tomahawk In the same year that George Kelghtiy was killed In a similar, perhaps the same, Indian massacre. James Dunlap tells the story of Kelghtly's death In a letter to his brother, who had returned to Philadelphia temporarily with plans to remove his family to the new country. The letter, warning him to remain North, rends: "Dear Brother: I am now on my way to the Falls. I am sorry I have some very unhappy news to tell you that is the death of Mr. Kelghtiy, who was killed by the Indians on the 12th of August, 1784, within five miles of this plafe and 15 from the Falls W. Daniels, the lawyer, was killed at th same instant. Mr. Johnston, the clerk of the lower county, was wounded; In the great-grandso- r, r SALT LAKE Using the waters of Great Salt lake, the plants of Utah produced more than 75.- -' 000 tons of refined wait during 1928. LOGAN Utah produces enough evaporated nillk each year to make aa unbroken line of cans over the route of Colonel Lindbergh's history-makinHight from San Diego to Parts. UTAH State highway construction and maintenance coat I279.7S6.25 during January, according to the monthly statement Issued by Auditor Ivor AJax, Maintenance $81,102.58; required equipment, $1,763.03; travel $168.37; salaries,' $3,623 and the balance for construction. PROVO Stockholders of the Utah Poultry Producers Cooperative association received $11,000 in divldens recently, announced C. C. Kdmonds, The dividend last year manager. amounted to $7000, be said. About 2977 producers shared in the dividend, which was In addition to others that have been paid for eggs and poultry. RICHFIELD Arizona has bestowed the name of Grand Canyon bridge up- on the giant structure that spans the Colorado river at a point six miles south of Lee's Ferry, according to James J. Davis, news reel photographer, who has Just negotiated the Grand Canyon bridge road from Flagstaff, Ariz, to Richfield, Utah. SPANISH FORK Jacob A. Hanson, president; R. C. Swallburg, manager; . M. Banks, vice president; and G. Vera Hayes, secretary of the Utah county livestock show, announce they will be assisted in putting over the show this year by the same workers who made it a success last year. Plans are at present Incomplete. The fair will be held March 27, 28 and 29. SALT LAKE About BO tons of Utah Lake carp and suckers will be canned for use as fish food under the terms of a contract announced recently by J. Arthur Meecham, state flan and game commissioner. The carp and suckers are seined from the lake and canned as food for small trout fry. The Utah Canning company contracted the work at 6 cents a pound. MONROE More than 1000 books have been contributed to tho Monroe high school by parent and patrons of this school district toward the making of a school library. The process of cataloging the books Is progressing and will be completed in about another week, according to Principal C. A. White. The library will then be opened for the benefit of the students of g extra-cnrricul- J Utah it 2L six-sta- te feeble-minde- W a Prioihgm to Lie in Z TV same company, Mr. Kelghtiy was-shot- tomahawked and scalped Pray drive away all notions of returning to this country. All that Is to lie got in it is not eijual to the danger that attends living In When Abraham Lincoln met his death at the hands of the Indians, his oldest son, Mordecal, who was fifteen years old at the time, avenged his death as an Indian stooped over to take the pioneer's sculp. Thomas Lincoln, fnllier of the President, witnessed the scene. He was ton years old at the time. The entire estate went to Mordecal Lincoln, under the law of primogeniture, and consisted mainly of Mi acres of land In Virginia and In Kentucky a considerable estate for "a drifting, moving people, struggling jvilh poverty." Father Owned Land. So It was that Thomas Lincoln was to earn his livelihood. He rose from laborer to carpenter, surveyor, soldier, farmer and property owner. In Elizabeth town he was employed by Samuel Haycraft, a substantial business man of the territory, who was a close friend of John Dunlap and who wrote many letters to the Phlladelphlan. There he met Nancy Hanks and later built the cabin where Lincoln, the President, was born a new cabin and as well constructed as an average' house of the time and section on a farm, ten miles from Ellzabethtown, , It" at HodgenvIIIe. Deeds In the courts there show that the farm which has been Identified as the site of Lincoln's birthplace and from which the cabin enshrined In the Lincoln memorial was taken consisted of more than 800 acres a considerable plot, and not a few acres, as has been told. The farm was purchased In 1808 with $200 In cash and other subsequent payments. He Owned, In addition, records show, 230 acres of Kentucky lands. Leonard H. Arnold, In the Philadelphia Record CITY During December and January 6387 pounds of alfalfa leaves saturated with strychnine solution have been fed to the rabbits of Beaver, Iron, Washington and Kane counties by John E. Blazzard, district agricultural inspector, with the assistance of La Mar Price, county agent of Beaver; Walter F. Smith, agent in the respective counties, and in some Cases the Boy Scout organizations. UTAH United States treasury warrants in the amount of $15,495.39 were drawn by the state road commission Monday for use on federal aid highways and for federal vocational education in this state. On the amount drawn, $3582.86 is to be used on the road from Herrisburg bench to Anderson's ranch in Washington county, and $8912.89 goes to vocational education, it was announced. PROVO Traffic through Provo canyon was completely closed recently, as a result of two snowslides that came down recently at Ferguson's and Bridal Veil Falls, abaut one hour npart. The latter is said to be one of the biggest slides, that ever came down into the canyon, according to observers. The huge mountain of snow covers the main highway to a depth of 35 feet, for nearly 500 ft. PROVO One of the high spots of the three-daconvention of the Utah Horticultural society and Its various subsidiaries was the talk by J. W. Gillmen of Provo bench, reviewing the "apple deal" of 1923. Mr. Gillman has one of the largest orchards In the state and a large storage plant. It Is claimed for him that he ships the largest amount of apples of any grower. He 13 also president of the state beet producers' cooperative. SALT LAKE Snow, forecast by official weathermen, arrivtd on time in Salt Lake, and gave the city its great est depth of the year. After the storm had subsided, three inches of new snow had fallen, bringing the total depth to ten inches. The storm descended on the city at 2 a. m. Saturday and after falling heavily It stopped almost abruptly at 11 a. m. Thereafter the sun emerged from the clouds and did such splendid work that by 6 p. m., only 8.5 Inches remained on the ground. UTAH The annual winter warfare on magpies and other predatory birds and animals started Monday with the purchase by the state fish and gams department of 200 ounces of specially prepared poison, according to J. Arthur Mecham, commissioner. y ; WASHINGTON Twenty-tw- o thous- and acres of unreserved and unappropriated land in San Juan county, Utah will be opened to homestead and desert land entry on February 21, at the federal land office In Salt Lake City, the department of the interior recently. ' |