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Show THE SALINA SUN, SALINA, UTAH - i ! News Notes Its a Privilege j; to Live in Utah yAARY COrtiQMl GRAHAM BONNER - WtMttH MfWAtStt ONiOt MOSCOW CITY RAINDROPS It had been raining for several days, and Nick and Nancy had had to spend a great deal of time Indoors. "The rain still keeps up, doesnt it? said Daddy, as they all listened to It coming down on the tin roof. "We hope It wont rain tomorrow," said Nick, as we want to take a good walk and find some flowers. Well, I hope for your sakes, too, that it wont, said Daddy. "But you know the rain thinks It Is lots of fun to your down on the earth with all the force it can use. Once there was almost a quarrel up in the clouds. Some of the raindrops were being told to drop steadily for two days in the open country, where they would help the things to grow and improve the earth. "For some reason or other those raindrops did not want to rain in the country. They said they wanted some excitement. So the King of the Clouds asked them where they would like to fall, and- they replied that they would like to fall down on the. city pavements, for then, they said, they could see so many more people. "You see, they knew that in the country when it rains the people are to stay indoors, very whereas in the city there Is so much to be attended to by everybody and so much business to be done that the people must go out, and the cars have By ELMO SCOTT WATSON F ALL the New England states, which from the earliest days of American history have sent out her bravest to the sea In and best to "go-doVermont Is the only one ships, which does not have a single mile Yet the Green Moun- jnnnnrt jg? tain state gave to the nation two CF'Ulr great naval heroes and both did the deeds which gave them enduring fame at a time when the American navy was Just beginning to make the United States a world power. The time war and the two men was the Spanlsh-America- n were Admiral George Dewey, the hero of Manila bay, and Hear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark, commander of the Oregon In her historic dash around Cape Horn. Recently the little town of Bradford, Vt., where one of these naval heroes wus born, honored the memory of Charles Edgar Clark by erecting In Its memorial park a bronze statue of the man who helped make It famous. Several years ago Admiral Clark attended the dedication of Bradfords memorial park ns a patriotic shrine for the community, little realizing that a short time after his death his own Image In bronze was to be the dominant figure In tt. And to a country publisher, Col. Ilarry E. Barker, editor of the news- paper. United Opinion, at Bradford, belongs the credit for both the memorial park and the Clark statue. It was his Initiative which- - brought Into being the park, a little triangle of grass and flowers and trees facing the picturesque Bradford town square, and Ids devotion to the Ideal that his town should honor the men who had brought honor to It which resulted In the erection of the statue at the cost of an unlimited amount of work on his part, as head of the Ilrudford conMemorial association and the outlay of siderable sum from his own personal funds. But when his work was done thousands of people came to Bradford for the dedication ceremonies. Among them were Curtis D. Wilbur, secretary of the navy; Gov. Franklin S. Billings of Vermont; Mrs. Louisa Clark, widow of the gallant commander of the Oregon, Mrs. C. F. Hughes, his daughter, wife of Admiral C. F. Hughes, commander In chief of the United States When they navy, and many other notables. unveiled the monument there stood revealed the bronze figure of the navy hero, stnndlng Just as he so often stood on the bridge of the historic Oregon, and on the native Vermont stone base of the monument was a bronze tablet hearing the "Renr Admiral Charles following Inscription: Edgar Clark. U. S. N. Born Bradford. Vermont, Aug. 10. 1813. Died Long Bench. California. Oct. 1922 Entered 1. Aursnolla Naval Academy Sept. 29. 1800. With Fnrragut Battle Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1904. Race of U. S. S. Oregon from Cali20, 1898. Battle of fornia to Florida Mar. Santiago Cuba, July 3. 1S9S. This simple Inscription tells only a small part of the life story of Chnrles Edward Clark, the scion of an old New England family, born In the same town, among the hills of Vermont where I is emigrating from Roxbury. Mass., enrly In the Nineteenth century, had settled rnd where both his father and grandfather were born. Clark once expressed his love for his native state In these words. "From my enrllest childhood I never wenried of watching the . spect of the different mountains and T felt the devotion to them all. not uncommon perhaps, to boys brought up among the hills; hut Mount Lafayette was the special object of my admiration, and one of tny first extravagances wns be purchase of a small telescope to bring this wonderful mountain nearer. Strange that this boy from the hills should answer the call of the sea! But when he did. he carried with him his love for them and for their heroic traditions. He once confessed that, when confronted with the most difficult problem of his whole career, he gained Inspiration for his decision from the history of the gallant Vermonters who fought In tie Revolution and the Civil war and his determination to hazard meeting the entire Spanish fleet single-hande- d at the. time of the dash the world wns In of the Oregon part the result of their heroic example. Educated In the district schools of Bradford and the Bradford academy. Clark entered Annapolis at the age of seventeen and his twentieth birthday found him serving with the West Gulf blockading squndron. A year later he was fclowing Farragut through the hell of gunfire which swept that commanders fleet when It steamed past the Confederate forts In Mobile bay. war gave Clark 'Although the Spanlsh-America- n Ms chance for world-widfame, his superiors In t' e Navy department had known for a long time v at sort of stuff was In him. In ISOS he was shipwrecked oft the const of British Columbia when the Suwanee founded and. through the loss f bis ranking officers, he found himself In d of the 33 survivors. He organized them Into h defensive party to hold off 400 hostile Indians and did It until help arrived. In 1802 occurred another incident which showed the heroic strain in him. This wns the explosion and tire la the magazine of the Mare Island navy wn much-more-- 8(a-'ons- I y ever-changin- g e eom-t'aii'- . five-ban- the-stretc- apt e The King of the Clouds Asked Them. -- it did. On May 20 the Oregon arrived at Key West. to run or COZ. 14,000 miles of water in the longest and quickest trip of any battleship then afloat and still a worlds record. Today a battleship could go from California to Florida through the Panama canal In 20 days. Despite the strain that had been put upon the Oregons machinery by the killing pace, she arrived at Key West fit for immediate service and a few days later joined Sampsons fleet- - The nation had only a few weeks to see the result of the efficiency of the Oregon In both the care of the ship Itself and the training of her crew. In the great naval battle of Santiago on Sundaj morning, July 3, the Oregon played a leading part. As the Spanish vessels attempted to flee and pass the American battle line, It was the Oregon, following closely behind Commodore Schleys Brooklyn, which developed the wonderful burst of speed In excess of that called for In her contract which brought her alongside the Spanish ship Visenya until that vessel, riddled by the gunfire of the two American ships gave up the fight. Then the Oregon joined In the chase of the Cristobal Colon which was fleeing westward, far ahead of the pursuing American ships. At 1:15 oclock In the afternoon a h shell from the forward turret of the Oregon, on which Clark had stood during the entire engagement, crashed into the Colon. Fifteen minutes later the Spaniard made for the shore as evidence of his defeat. The battle was over. It had lasted exactly four hours. Later In the war the Oregon steamed from New York to Manila where she was on duty during American operations In the Philippines. Clark was advanced six numbers In rank-fo- r his distinguished service during the wnr, and at the he was promoted to rear admiral? age of fifty-ninHe was retired from active service In 1995 on his birthday and until his death in 1922 was carried as a rear admiral on the retired list of the United States navy. .The Oregon also went Into honorable retire ment after her notable career. One of the high spots In her last days of service as a part of the reserve fleet of the Pacific squadron occurred In 1915 when she led the International staged at the time of the opening of the Panama canal. In memory of her famous trip from the Pacific to Cuban waters in 1898 she was given the distinction of being the first battleship to pass through the canal. On hoard at the time were high government officials and some of the riien who served on hoard her in 18ps. who had been allowed to for this historic occasion. After the pageant the Oregon proceeded to California. She lay at anchor In San Francisco hay where she was visited by thousands of visitors to the exposition. years- she was.jisedas a trainDuring hcr-laing ship fbr young sailors. In 1918 she came back again to San Francisco, where she had been built In 1806. and there the valedictory of her active service was pronounced In the following press Clark had covered the 67 days, e sixty-secon- d Naval-pagean- t st st dispatch : SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.. May 17 "Ooo1 by. dear old Oregon, was the sentiment voiced by hundreds of men. women and children during the Inst week -- of the visited as she a few Victory Liberty I.osn campaign, when they the famous old battleship for the last time lay at anchor In San F- - incisco bay. Within weeks the prim fiphte. of nearly a quarter century ago will take her place with the Constitution In the hearts of the American people: the Oregon will go out of commission and become a memory. t not just the same whether It rains So the raindrops thought they could have a nice taste of city life, "But these raindrops were really made very happy when they were allowed to rain In the city. Their dispositions were better than If they had had to rain In the country. "In fact, they felt so pleased about It that they only rained very gently. They fell down on tlie city pavements very lightly and watched all the people put up their umbrellas. Then they would barely step on the ground arrd-th- e people would close their umbrellas again. Of course they couldn't manage to fall too lightly, for If they did, old Mr. Sun would have come straight out and driven them away. And they were bound they would stay in the city all that day. "Such a fine day as they had. They rained just enough for people to call it a little drizzle, hut not enough to keep anyone In. "Now, they said, that If they had had to rain in the country, they would see so few people and would be so lonely that they would not be able to keep from sobbing their eyes out and pouring In torrents. "So the raindrops for one day at least had what they called a very sociable time, and anyway it was a most deftghtful change for them. d high-wa- T&ARAmZRAl, CX CilARXr yard In which 14 persons were killed. Clark, the.l a commander, was one of the first to arrive on thq scene. Streams of water were being poured upon the smoking ruins of the brick filling house, and smoke was rising from the roof of No. 1 shell house In which all the small arm ammunition, fuses and boxes of detonators were stowed. Clark Immediately ordered another hose connected up and, carrying the nozzle himself, entered the building and put out the fire that had almost reached thejvonden ammunition containers. Later It was found that there was enough powder there to have caused an explosion which would have doubled the casualty list, had the fire reached It, and the first to have been sent to death would have been Clark. Step by step Clark had risen from lieutenant In 1SG7 to captain In 1890 and his career had been a varied one. He had served on Pacific, West Indian and Asiatic stations, he had been stationed at several navy yards, he had been an Instructor at Annapolis and he had spent three years In surveying the northern Pacific coast and four years In lighthouse Inspection. Outstanding In his record had been the qualities of trustworthiness and resourcefulness. One of the questions contained !h the fitness reports on record in the Navy department Is this one, "Would you as commander of a a fit officer ship or squadron consider to be Intrusted with hazardous and Important duty? In the fitness report on Clark, made In 1893. the replies made by his fellow officers was without an exception in the affrmatlve. So It wns something more than chance that he was selected to command the battleship Oregon In March, 1S98, when her captain was disabled for service by Illness, and to bring her on the 14,000--. mile run from ,Snn Francisco to the vicinity of Cuba where the first rumblings of war between Spain and the United States had already, been heard. On March 10 the Oregon set out on the voyage that was destined to become the longest emergency run undertaken up to that time by a modern battleship. Clark had had Just 48 hours In which to make his preparations for the trip after taking command of the ship and when he For had started he was strictly "on his own. there wns no radio In 1898 by which he could keep In constant touch with his superior officers, and In case the formal declaration of war took place while be wns still en route It meant the sealing of all ports In which the Oregon might be repaired in rase of emergency. When he arrived at Bio Janeiro on April 30 he was told that wnr with Spain had been declared and thnt the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera. which had left the Cape Verde Islands, was unknown. There the Navy department placed upon him the responsibility of deciding whether the Oregon should remain safely at Rio Janeiro or proceed to Key West, and by doing so rlsk'meeting the Spanish fleet In a battle In, which. the. Oregon would be hopelessly outnumbered. Clark was not long In making his decision. He Immediately started north! Ever since he had left San Francisco the prayers of the nation had followed the Oregon ns she steamed forth upon her lonely voyage and when he left Rio Janeiro the national anxiety was increased. Then on May 24 there was nation-wid- e rejoicing when the word was flashed thnt the Oregon had arrived safely at Jupiter inlet In Florida. Here he was compelled to make another momentous decision. In order to join Admiral Sampsons fleet he would have to over-rid- e the opinion of his chief engineer who advised him to go to Norfolk navy yard to have the Oregon overhauled. The Navy department had authorized this action, but again Clark made the decision In favor of getting to the some of action as quickly ns possible, despite the danger Involved. Twice he had been authorized and almost, Invited to step aside for the moment front the hazards of war and twice he declined to do so and risked his reputation In doing so. Had either decision resulted disastrously It is probable that the nation would hare boon as quick to damn hint ns It wns to acclaim him when the event turned out ns With 300 men employed,, the mammoth sawmill of the Clearwater Timber company at Lewiston began operations last week, this being the Initial run of the new mill. The sawmill, has mill, which is a been under construction for more than a year and the beginning of operations was the realization of a dream of the community for a quarter of a century. PRICE Yield of an average of ten tons to the acre, and in some cases a high as thirty tons, is expected from the 730 acres of sugar beets that will be dug this fall in Carbon county, according to Ray Branch, field man for the Holly Sugar company of Grand Junction, Colo. The farmers contract with the Holly company specifies a first payment of at least $6, but conditions are so favorable that a price of from $7 to $8 is expected. Digging of the beets will commence the first part of September. GOODING Work has been virtually decompleted by the state partment in resurfacing and oiling of road between the Bliss grade and the Malad power plant. Outside of a stretch south of Hagerman, this is the first road to be oiled in Gooding county. It is probable that more oiling will be done in this section in the near future. HYRUM Work at the Morgan Canning pompany bean factory in Hyrum kas begun and preparations were all complete for the canning of the second bean crop to be grown in the vicinity of Hyrum. Due to the fact that frosts made it necessary to replant sixty-fivacres of beans last spring the opening of the factory was delayed one week. The crop is now being gathered and brought to the factorjr for canning. MOSCOW Active operations at the Oregon Packing company plant were Inaugurated the first part of this week with the annual tomato run starting. Blight destroyed nearly all of the tomato crop in the Lewiston section last year and the run was light, but conditions are reported as being the best this year that they have been for some time and the run of the cannery will probably last about two months. RUPERT Farm activities in Minidoka county have for the past week been overlapping each other, the second cutting of hay not being in the stack in time to give the threshing machines, which are just getting into action, a change to get men enough to operate as they would like. LAYTON backward Although spring retarded development of the tomato crop by two weeks, Utah will produce enormous tonnage of extra quality tomatoes this fall, providing early September frosts do not occur, according to Frank Smith, of the Hancock Smith produce company. Shipment of green tomatoes from Davis county to various intermountain markets is expected to start soon. SALMON Owing to the supreme Importance of the forthcoming harvest of potatoes in this coudty and the necessity of favoring the growers during their very busy season, it has been decided to hold the Lemhi county fair this year on September 21, 22 and 23 instead of on October 5, 6 and 7. This change brings the great fall festival and race meet two weeks earlier than was originally planned, and likewise earlier than it has been held in any previous year. BOISE Crop prospects as of August 1 promise a record production for Idaho, Julius H. Jacobson, federal crop statihtician for Idaho, declared in announcing production of all the small grain crops. Potatoes, beans, hay, sugar beets, onions and apples will be larger than the harvest of 1926. Indicated harvests will exceed materially the average annual tonnage of the past five years, SALT LAKE During 1926 Utah was the leading silver producer of the United States, second in the production of lead, third in copper, fourth in zinc and sixth in gold. Value of all metals amounted to more than i 1922-192- RIDDLES Why isr a healthy person like the United States? Because they possess a 'good constitution. 0. - What ends? . ,1s A larger when cut at both ditch. NAMPA Discussing the fall outlook in Idaho, Harry Sabin, director of the bureau of horticulture, recently expressed some highly optimistic views. The price outlook is good and the growers are very optimistic, he said. "I never saw the time when the general orchard prospects were as good - What Is the difference between a coat and a baby? The one I wear, the other I was. What musical instrument you to fish? Castanet. invites as they are at pesent. Everything seems to combine in favor of the Idaho orchardist. BRIGHAM CITY A showing of the latest designs and models of automoa like watch frightened Why Is your Because it goes with biles is promised Peach day celebration visitors in Brigham City on Fria spring. day and Saturday, September 9 and 10. in an auto show which is announced Why Is an egg like a Joke? Beby the Peach day committee of the cause they both get cracked. chamber of commerce. The Dunn North Main street, will be Why Is the letter I like a Roman building, utilized for the show. This building fu4eror? Because its Nero (near O). has its entrance on Main street, What departed statesman cannot he short distance from the fruit display. BLACKFOOT According to James said to have gone to dust? Henry Clay. Pendlebury, the three bonded warehouses, operated by the Blackfoot Growers association at Collins, Envious Lucy and Blackfoot, are in readiWapello Joey had the measles and was In ness for the fall crop, which is exbed for two weeks. to in about the begin pected coming Lucy, his younger sister, watched first of of innovation The September. as mother much prewith interest the season in the of handling potatoes pared the trays for the sickroom. One will be the shipment in noon, when the tray was especially The association has on sacks. attractive with flowers, best china. hand 25,000 small sacks, each bearing Hi. remarked, sighingly, etc., Lucy doodness me ! I wonder when Itn ' the brand of the big, black foot across the front of the bag, with United ever gonna be sick. States No. 1 Quality Idaho Potatoes In red around the foot. Why is money like a secret? cause It Is hard to keep. Be- ' grass-hopper- ? ... ! j Po-tat- i twenty-five-poun- 4 j j d o |