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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH, UTAH 9 . s J m.. - s VNtv the Father of His Country. And dont you forget itl If you do, you wlU For the American feel lonesome. people havent forgotten It and are not forgetting It. On the contrary the American people are getting to think more and more of George Washington with every succeeding year. . They are trying to get a clearer mental vision of George. For a time George was too great and good and perfect to be true. Now the people are trying to visualize George as a regular fellow. ' For example, William Roscoe Thayer has Just brought out George Washington," Intended to be the definite biography of Washington. . Mr. Thayers purpose as expressed in his preface has been to give a sketch of George Washingtons life and acts, which should disclose the human residue which he felt sure must persist In WashNo other great man In hisingtons character. tory," he says, has had to live down such a mass of absurdities and deliberate false Inventions, Including the picture of an Imaginary Father of His Country amusing himself with a fictitious cherry tree and hatchet. In short, the author has written his book to help those who complain that they cannot find a flesh and blood man In the George ' Washington of historians. He expresses the confident hope that those who read this biography will, no longer consider George Washington the most Illusive of historic personages. Heres the way Campion In the Chicago Trlb ones Line o Type or Two puts It : , r- - 3 ft d : igft Secretary Hujhes to Keep on the Jcb O V YXYASHINGTON. A considerable segment of the Republican side of the senate would like to bring President Harding to its own way of thinking cut loose entirely from any connection with European affairs and following a policy of splendid Isolation, A few members of the group have such a dislike for Mr. Hughes that they are counting on making the drive. so determined that Mr. Hughes may see bis way to leaving the Harding cabinet. It is they who are responsible for the circulation of a rumor that Mr. Hughes was about to resign. The story that I intend to resign has not a particle of truth in It, said I have had no Secretary Hughes. disagreement with the President or Ambassador Harvey. We have the closest and most cordial relations V Vp 1 9 Wg PHOTO S' I aYWDjBXWVOOAL j&zmQjoAsf3o?rAm-?n&- r i ..A If Muse of burled time, What trick Is this you play, Who sing to us In prose or rhyme The hero born today? O Clio! Your blazing torch athwart the gloom Lights up our noble dead, Tour record snatches from the tomb The lives our heroes led. With the Hughes resignation rumor there was coupled a story that them! have been differences lately between President Harding and Mr. Hughes over policies connected with the French occupation 'of the Ruhr valley. 4 One of the reasons for the present display of hostile feeling toward the secretary of state on the' part of certain senators is thht he Is suspected of having a too kindly sympathy for the. principle underlying the League of Nations, not with the league Itself, but with International conferences designed to adjust differences between governments and pave the way for per! " manent peace. . . The course of the Harding administration in keeping troops on the Rhine, in maintaining an observer with the reparations commission, in sending to the Lausanne official observers conference on Near Eastern affairs, in having Ambassador Harvey ait with the allied supreme council and Ambassador Herrick sit . wlth theallled council of ambassadors, and in suggesting Informally that a commission of International financiers should undertake to fix the amount of reparations Germany would be able to pay, has not been pleasing to most of the old Irreconcilable group In the aenaje. . y one-volu- ' -- . vs&Jk By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN was EORGE WASHINGTON 7 'V.. 1 Gripll Git Ya if Y Dont Watch Out C3 WAVE of grip secondary to th Is influenza epidemic of 1913-1sweeping the country, with unpleasant A . You show us Jackson, crude and bold, Impetuous, quick to fight, but not widespread fatal results, according to reports to the public health service. Surgeon General Camming explained that the disease has been most severe In the southern section of the country, although spreading so generally that it has become prevalent in all parts of the United States. 1, Influenza proper, Doctor Gumming said, la not much more , in evidence than usnaL A modification of It seems to be followed by loss pneumonia than in the cases of influenza, but with much prostration. The common name of the wave would be "grip," the surgeon general said, bat It could also be called influenza In a milder form. Symptoms at first, it was said, are similar to a severe cold, bat they develop frequently Into a fever, sometimes rising to ' high temperatures. When this fever begins, officials of the pnblic health service said, is the time to call the doctor. . The first thing to do when a victim feels that his Blight cold Is developing more serious proportions Is to take no chances, officials Bald, but to go to , Sworn foe of caste and graft and gold . M ijJ it vi (I o t M Ait m Ik-- r- 3 fit S &$ rj&cptynatxziJTr2Zi& A man, or wrong or right. ' f Resolved, etc., That the secretary of state be, and he Is hereby, authorized to transfer tbe said relics to the custody of the secretary of the Smith- You show us Grant in gain and loss, His early waning star, .The gold that gleamed amid the dross. Purged by the fires of war. ' You show us Lincoln, calm In strife, With homely mien and Jest, : . The shambling gait, the kindly life, . ,1 The freedom of the West. , But when we seek on historys seroll .The Father of the free, pur muster-rol- l, ,,The name that-leadWe ask, Can this be he?" '! in : r , , We see a .demigod of old. Grim, faultless and serene, Olympian grandeur stern and cold, A god from the machine. ; . "Oh lead him down from heights above And set his feet on eartb, ; To show his sons the man they love In weakness and In worth. Z Photographs reproduced herewith show Arthur Dawson, official portrait painter at thd United 'States Military academy at West Point, and the ', original Gilbert Stuart bust portrait of George Washington, which he discovered by accident lo an unnoticed comer of the Washington and Lee unlyerslty, Lee Memorial chapel at Lexington, Va., :ast summer. The portrait is painted on the peculiar twilled wood panel used by Stuart and was discovered by Mr. Dawson while looking over the paintings In the chapel. It is estimated by art expert to be worth from $75,000 to $100,000 and is pronounced the finest Stuart In America at the present time. It has been In the Washington and-Leuniversity for many years, but until Mr. Dawson discovery, Its true value was unknown. Records fall to show where the picture came from. . Thfe panel measures 25 by 30 Inches. a Congress has passed a Joint resolution as ( -- fol-Iow- : . by a Joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives, approved March 4, 1844, the sword of George Washington and the staff of .Benjamin Franklin were accepted in the name of 4he nation as gifts from Samuel ,T. Washington and g in the Department of deposited for . and State; Whereas, by a Joint resolution of the senate 'and house of representatives, approved February the sword of Andrew Jackson was accepted In the name of the nation as a gift from the family of Gen. Robert Armstrong and deposited for safekeeping In the Department of State; 'Whereas, safe-keepin- v and g sonian Institution for and exhibition in the National museum. Tbe resolution accepting the Washington sword and Franklin staff was passed by both houses on, the same day. The proceedings in the house were especially Impressive, many senators and dlplo-- . mats being present. The speech of presentation was delivered by Representative George W. Summers of Virginia. .The part of bis address referring to the. Washington sword contains the follow- - . Ing Interesting Information concerning the weapon carried so long by the Father of His Country : , v Mr. Summers Mr. Speaker, I rise for yie purpose of discharging .an office not connected with the. ordinary business of a legislative assembly. Yet, in asking permission to Interrupt, for a moment, the regular order of parliamentary proceedings, I cannot doubt that tbe proposition which I have to submit will prove as gratifying as it may ; be unusuaL X Mr. Samuel T. Washington, a citizen of Kanawha county. In the commonwealth of Virginia, and one of my constituents, has honored me with the cfimmlsslon of presenting, In his name and on his behalf, to the congress of the United States, and through that body to the people of the Uatted States, two most interesting and valuable relics connected with the past history of our country and with men whose achievements, both In the field and In the cabinet, best illustrate and adorn our annals. One is the sword worn by George Washington, first as a colonel In the colonial service of Virginia In Forbes campaign against the French and Indians, and afterwards during the whole period of the War of Independence as commander in chief of the American army.".,. It Is a plain cutleau, or hanger, with a green hilt and silver guard. On the upper ward of the scabbard ts engraven J. Bailey; Flshklll. It is accompanied by a buckskin belt, which Is secured by a silver buckle and clasp, whereon are engraven the letters. W. and the figures 1757. These are all of the plainest workmanship, but substantial and in keeping with the man and with the times to which they belonged. The history of this sword Is perfectly authentic, and leaves no shadow of doubt as to Its Identity. The last will and testament of George Washington, bearing date on the ninth day of February, " 1799, contains, among a great variety of bequests, To each of. my nephews, the following clause: William Augustine Washington, George Lewis, George Steploe Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Samuel Washington, I give one of the swords or cutleaux of which I may die possessed ; and they are to choose In the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an Injunction not to unsheathe them for the purpose of shedding or In defense of blood, except It be for their country and its rights ; and, In the latter case, to keep them unsheathed and prefer falling with safe-keepin- 1 -'- I Hj -- Whereas It is represented by the secretary of sfote that he has no appropriate place for the exhibition of these relics: Therefore be it self-defen- vaLCWirt wj&r&jya&tar them In their hands to the relinquishment thereof. In the" distribution of the swords, hereby devised, among the five nephews therein enumerated, the one now presented fell to the lot of Samuel Washington, the devisee last named In tbe clause of the will which I have Just read. , This gentleman, who died a few'years since, in the county of Kanawha, and who was the father of Samuel T. Washington, the donor, I knew well. I have often seen this sword In his possession, and received from ' him the following account of the manner in which It became his property, in the division made among the devisees : He said that he, knew It to have been the side arm of General Washington during the Revolutionary war not that, used on occasions of parade and review, but the constant service swoyd of the great chief that he had himself seen General Washington wear this identical sword he presumed for the last time when, in 1794, he reviewed the Virginia and Maryland forcee, then concentrated at Cumberland, under the command of Gen. Lee, and destined to cooperate with the Pennsylvania end New Jersey troops, then assembled at Bedford, in suppressing what has been called the .. whisky Insurrection., . - ; ; bed, and stay there until danger , the fever Is past The most outstanding symptom ef the wave of grip, Doctor Camming points out, seems to be the extreme prostration, or fading of weaknem 's-- ' and fatigue.'. Alarmed at the spread of pneumonia and influenza, Health Commissioner Herman Bnndesen of Chicago sounded a warning "to watch your health." He said, To maintain health a person should sleep eight hours, walk a' mile every morning; breathe deeply, break up' colds, evaporate one gallon of water every day for each room in the house, bathe dally In hot water, eat S balanced diet and keep the windows open in bedrooms and dress warmly." ( . I' . Race Between Fanner and Boll Weevil lizer et least ene-habole on each sere. Plant good seed of an Improved, g variety when . danger from frost and hold Is past TVs planting of seed of a single variety, by entire immunities and counties, Is urged. .. Rows should he pnly wide enough to ! allow proper cultivation, , Give early end frequent 'cultivation and continue until fairly late In the season. Care should be taken, particularly In the later part of the season, to cultivate shallow and not toe dote to the row, If weevils ere numerous when toe cotton Is beginning to square destroy all possible adult weevils. - It Is probable that only et this stage the molasses and calcium arsenate mixture can be used effectively. , Since the weevil will hibernate successfully not only la woodland but la any trash or rubbish, it Is good practice to burn such situations around the cotton fields during the winter. lf early-maturin- . UNDER the boll weevil conditions, necessity la to mature the largest crop of cotton in the short- est time: It la a race between the farmer and the boll weevil. So the fanner may have, every possible advantage In the race, some of the best qualified cotton specialists' In the country have collaborated In preparing recommendations-whic- h .Include the following: Select tot cotton planting only land capable of producing with the use of a reasonable amount' of ferti .... General Washington was at that time president of the United states, and, as such, was commander in chief of the army. It is known that It was his intention to lead, the army In person on that occasion, had he found It necessary; and he went to Bedford and Cumberland prepared for that event Tbe condition of tilings did not require it, AIL, tbe International trouble maker, may provide the fuel for fires of and he returned to his civil duties et Philadelphia. Mr. Samuel Washington held, the commission of domestic politics before Rag., Senator a captain at that time himself, and served In that LaFollette, who figured In the battles waged by the insurgents In the middle campaign. He was anxious to obtain this particular sword, of the TSft administration, Is on the and preferred it to aU others, among which was hunt for disclosures that will justify the ornamented and costly present from the great the assertions of his group that tbs present administration lias favored Frederick. the the division private interests as against public welamong of nephews, time At the ; . fare. was his he what preference without intimating A reopening of the entire record ef was he as inasmuch the that, remarked, jocosely the governments negotiations with only one of them who had participated in military the Sinclair Oil company with respect service,' they ought to permit him to take choice. This suggestion was met In the same spirit In which to oil leases In the famous Teapot in process as a conit was made; and the choice being awarded him, Dome region a lasenate of resolution of Inand the sequence the intrinsically plainest he chose this, least valuable of any, simply because It was the quiry but the testimony being sought by tbe Wisconsin senator doesnt turn battle sword." most of the In also possession satisfactory upon the details of the lease itself, but I am of the evidence, furnished by Col. George Washington oi upon certain collateral phases and sale of the deal relative purchase male nearest itself, General of the Georgetown, which were affected by the Washington now living, as to the Identity of this securities sword. ,Hls Information was derived from his making of the lease. President Harding has let it be father, William Augustine Washington, the devisee Secfirst named in the clause of the will which I have known that he stands by what Interior Fall of the department Washthe late Bushrod retary uncle Judge read, from his did In making the lease. The view of ington, of the Supreme court, and MaJ. Lawrence Mr. Fall has been that he made the executor Genoral of the Washingacting Lewis, tons will ; ali of whom concurred In the statement best contract possible to get the. oil that the tfue service sword was that selected ty out of Teapot Dome for the benefit of ' navy. Mr. Harding feels ,, the American Cnpt. Samuel Washington. lm record will prove this and Secre . , . Oil on the Troubled Political Waters 'Z , .; , , ... tary Fall himself has been most anxious tost every fact et the negotiations will be made public. He has Insisted from the time the' subject' was flsst mentioned in the senate that it be probed to toe bottom. Ever slnce the lease was made there have been vague rumors carrent that various peraors who were "on the inside" knew about the making ef the Teapot Dome lease end wsrs able to profit accordingly. When Mr. Fall resigned, the President offered him a place on the Supreme court. There was a mark of confidence in Itself, but It can be stated positively that the President holds Mr. Fell In such high esteem he would like to have him. remain la tbe cabt- - |