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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH News Notes Its a Prtvilsge Live Utah to DUCHESNE A. G. Young ;; in & Co., road contractors, are making very satisfactory progress on the highway from Duchesne to Dead .Ox flat. Strawberry has been turned cm Winslow ranch and, grading will soon be completed. The, rock crusher is being moved this week to within two miles of Duchesne Just east of the first crossing on Strawberry. From that point to Duchesne will be graveled first The pile driver is being moved this week and will proceed to the construction of a bridge two miles wfest of Duchesne. OGDEN Utahs Holstein herd at the seventeenth annual Pacific International livestock show now in progress at Portland, Ore., won third place among the states showing herds In the Holstein class, according to telegraphic apices received by. C. S Potter, Holstein breeder, from Gilberl .Thatcher of Ogden. Washington won first place; California, second Oregon, .fourth, and Idaho, fifth, in the states' competition. MYTON Uintah Basin Seed Growers association plant in Myton Is beinginning to' fill up, and lately-i- t creased its force of men and now has both cleaning machines running. This move is made in order to keep the alfalfa seed cleaned as rapidly as possible. Recently the association had 3000 sacks In the warehouse of this seasons crop. SALT LAKE Grazing conditions through the state were improved materially as a result of moderately heavy precipitation during the week ending November 5, according to the weekly report on weather conditions, issued from the office of J. Cecil Alter, of the U. S. weather bureau in this By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Thanksgiving day is the oldest of I oor nutional American holidays older I by a hundred and fifty years than Inde-I pendenee day, older by more than two T hundred years than Memorial day, and nearly three hundred years older than Armistice dny. Fo. this anniversary dates from the year 1(521, and how It originated Is so fumlllnr a story to every American that It need not be reueatfd here except In vivid poetic fashion as given' ?n the adjoining column. Although Thanksgiving day Is now 300 years old, this does not mean that It has been observed every year for that length of time, as Is the case with other holidays, such as Christmas and New Years, which this nation shares with others. In fait, surprising as It may be to many, there were a great many years In which Thanksgiving was not observed, except possibly In New England, where It originated, and even there It was not observed anuually without Interruption. It may also be news to many Americans to learn that Thanksgiving was not always celebrated In November. In Massachusetts Thanksgiving dny was celebrated only eighteen times during the period between 1621 and 1062, and of this number only three of these observances came In November. How would It seem tocelcbrnte Thanksgiving In the middle of summer? Ruther Inappropriate, wouldn't It be? And yet four of these early New England celebrations were held In June, two In July, one In August, but the remainder came during months of the cooler seasons. In fact, summer Thanksgiving day celebrations remained fairly frequent until after the year 1700. Nor were all of the Thanksgivings observed In gratitude, as Is the case now, for material prosperity, for bountiful crops, an abundance of food and the like. At least three of the early Thanksgivings In Boston were held to give thanks because the city hnd been saved from earthquakes a few days previously. Such was the case exactly two hundred yeurs ago when on Thanksgiving, 1727, a sermon was delivered In the old North church under the title of "A Thunder end EarthOn that occasion quake Call to Reformation. the minister led his flock In thanksgiving services because they hnd been saved from denth in a severe earthquake earlier In the week. Thanksgiving, 1774, Is also associated with an earthquake, although this was less serious In its effects than the first one. And n third earthquake was followed by a thanksgiving and a sermon In the old South church. But earthquakes were not the only cause for thanksgiving celebrutions In the early days. On February 22, 1630, a great public Thanksgiving service was held In Boston In celebration of the safe arrival of ships bringing food and friends from across the Atlantic. It Is curious to note that the Thanksgiving of 1749 was held because of relief from the most severe stretch of hot weather that the Massachusetts colonists had ever known. This sultry spell lasted for three months, during which Innumerable swarms of worms and grasshoppers preyed on vegetation, brooks dried up and fishes died In the rivers, which tank so that people In the vicinity nearly suffiocated. In 1673 the colonists were engaged In a life and death struggle with the Indians under the leadership of the great King Philip e was no thanksgiving celebration that year. But at the conclusion of one of t he numerous wars with the French and the Indians (a 1742 there were two such celebrations. For more than 130 years Thanksgiving re mained as a strictly New England celebration, and It was not until after the Republic had been established that the observance becume a national affair. In 1789, just before congress adjourned goon after adopting the Constitution. Ellas Ron-dinof New Jersey Introduced a resolution calling upon the President to set aside a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. It Is a curious fact that apparently not all of the members of congress were In a thankful mood at thnt time. The Annals of Congress show thnt when Boudlnot Introduced his resoluthw requesting the President to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving slid prayer, to be forty-one-ye- ar and-ther- three-quurter- The First Thanksgiving Mid the Governor, faring abroad 01 the pitedup store Of the sheaves that dotted the clearings and covered And now, the meadows oer 'TIs meet that we render praises because of this yield of frein, TIs meet that the Lord of the harvest be thanked for Hie tun and rain. And therefore 1, Wiliam Bradford (by the grace of God today And the franchise of this good people) Governor ol Plymouth, say Through vlitue of vested power ye shall gather with one accord, And hold in the month November Thanksgiving unto the Lord. He hath granted us peace and plenty and the quiet we've sought so long; He hath thwarted the wily savage, and kept him from wrack and wrong; And unto our feast the Sachem shall be bidden that he may know We wnrihip his own Great Spirit who maketb the harvests grow. So shoulder your matchlocks ing of all degrees; masters; there s of a century and we owe Its adoption, and especially Its observance on the last Thursday in November, to another great President, Abraham Lincoln. The summer of 1861 was a gloomy one for the nation. The memory of the disaster at Bull Run was still fresh In ths minds of the people and the destruction of the Union seemed Imminent. On August 12 Lincoln issued a proclamation designating the last Thursday In September as a day of humiliation, prayer Ilow conscious he was of the need and fasting. for such a day Is shown by the wording of the document : "Whereas, when our own beloved country once, by the blessing of God, united, prosperous and happy, is now afflicted with faction and civil war, it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God In this terrible visitation and In sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as individuals, to humble ourselves before Him and to pray for His mercy. As a result of this proclamation thousands of persons throughout the North refrained from food on thnt day and prayed for the nation's salvation The regular Thanksgiving celenration of the New England states, and others to whom the old Pilgrim custom had spread, was a rather subdued and quiet one that year. The next year Lincoln issued a proclamation on April 10 asking the people of the North to meet at their customary places of worship to give thanks for the victories of the Union armies early In the year. But during the summer the tide swung strongly in favor of the Confederate armies and again the customary Thanksgiving day nfter harvest time was a somewhat gloomy affair. The momentous year of 1863 brought forth three The first, dated March 3, desproclamations. ignated April 30 as a day of fasting and prayer. On July 15 (following the victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg) the President issued another one setting August 6 as a day to give thanks at the prospects of peace. By this time the.ldea of Instituting a nntionnl day of thanksgiving seems to have been pretty strongly established in Lincolns mind. The outlook for the Union cause seemed bright and on October 3. 1863. he which' established the Issued a proclamation precedent for Thanksgiving day, as we now observe It. It was in this document that he used the phraseology which has become so familiar In all subsequent Thnnksgiving proclamations hy our Presidents. The year now drawing to Its close has been filled with the blessing of fruitful fields and healthful skie3, . . . And so . . . the last Thursday in November is hereby set apart as the day of thanksgiving and praise." The next year President Lincoln, on July 7. b direction of congress designated the 'first Thursday of August as a day of national humiliation nnd prayer. On October 20 of the same year he Issued his second and last regular thanksgiving proclamation setting apart the last Thursday In November for observance of the day Before that dny arrived It was definitely known that Lincoln by an overwhelming majority had been chosen to succeed himself. The prospects for an early end .o the war seemed more favorable so that this was an auspicious occasion for a great thanksgiving celehraIon. By 1SG7 Thanksgiving day had. come to be recognized ns an annual event and in that year President Andrew Jackson followed the precedent set by Lincoln nnd In his proclamation said: In conformity with a recent custom that may now be regarded ns established on national con sent and approval, I hereby," etc. From down to the present time the custom inaug urated by Lincoln has been observed hy every President. So the day of thanksgiving flrS( observed more than 30 years ago Ivy one small section of the country nnd celebrated at Irregular intervals even by the people of that section, an anniversary which gained official recognition only 60 years ago, has heroine a fixture in our cal scale, until with endar, observed on a nation-wid- e all of the tradition which has gathered arourd it. It is one of the most Important event in t'x yearly existence of the average American city. PAYSON Little damage was done to the state roads by the heavy rains recently, it was announced by H. S. Kerr, chief engineer of the state road commission, after receiving reports from various parts of the state. A temporary bridge over the Valley City wash in Grand county, which was put in following the September floods, was taken out, and slight damage w'as done" in the Strawberry valley on a new alignment now under construction, Mr. Kerr said, but in neither case was - traffic retarded to any extent. MYTON The dry spell which has covered nearly the entire month of October has been broken during the past few days. Rain has fallen all over the basin, accompained by snow in the upper country and the moun- Is hunt- And fishermen 'take your tackle and eoour for spoil the sees; And maidens end dames of Plymouth your dellcete crafts employ To honor our first Thanksgiving and make H feast of Joy! We fall of the fruita and dainties we fail of the old home cheer; Ah these are the lightest losses mayhap that befaD us here; But see, la our open clearings how golden the melons Ur Enrich them with aweets and spices end give us the pumpkin pis! So bravely the preparations went on for the autumn teest ; The deer and the bear were slaughtered; wild game from the greatest to least Was beeped in the colony cabins; brown home-bre- w served for wine; And the plum end the preps of the forest for orange and peach and pine. At length came the day appointed; the enow had bo-gto fall But the dang from the meeting-hous- e belfry rang merrily over all And summoned the folk of P'mouth who hastened with glad accord To listen to Elder Brewster as be fervently thanked the Lord. ' In his mat sate Governor Bradford; men, matrons and maidens' fair; Mile Standish and all of his soldiers with corselet and sword, were there; And sobbing and tears and gladness had each In Its turn the sway. For the grave of the sweet Roes Standish o'er shadowed Thanksgiving day. And when Massasoit, the Sachem sate down witl hie hundred braves, j And ate of the varied riches of gardens end woods end waves, And looked on the granarled harvest with a blow on hie brawny chest He muttered, The good Great Spirit loves His white, chi'dren best. Margaret JunUin Preston observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God, especial ly by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a Constitution of government for their safety and happiness" several members objected to It. One member took the stand that the IresI dent hud no business to tell the people whet they should do, since the people might not be Inclined to give thanks until they knew whether the Constitution was going to work or not More than that, he thought It was a matter for the several states to decide (he was from South Carolina, destined to be the leading exponent of states rights) and not for congress. But despite this and other objections, the measure was passed and as a result of this resolution President George Washington Issued such a proclamation on October 3, establishing the first Thanksgiving by Presidential proclamation on November 26 of that yeat. It was this precedent which no doubt hnd most to do whh making Thanksgiving a November date. However, even with this precedent Thanksgiving did not become an unuuul event for nearly 1 . thi-da- te tains. On the summit between Duchesne and Price the mail and stage route out of the basin, several inches of snow is reported. PRICE Ray Branch of the Carbon county beet growers states that the wet weather of the past two days has left at least 60 per cent of the sugar beets of this section in the fields, with the harvest delayed materially. It Is expected that when the weather clears, It will be only a few days until the harvest work Is completed, for, with the organization as perfected, the remainder of the harvest can be completed In a short time. OGDEN Cattle receipts at the Ogden union stockyards today were second highest in the history of the with a run of 5204. This is also the biggest run of the year. The market was active with good steers scarce and selling from 10s to 15c higher. VERNAL Testing of dairy cattle for tuberculosis in Uintah county already has resulted In finding the disease in thirty-threhead, most ol which were animals furnishing milk. About 2500 head already have been tested. The last time the testing was done, only two head out of 2600 examined, reacted to the test. This year between 5000 and 6000 cattle will be tested. LOGAN Ninety-eigh- t per cent of the 1700 grape starts planted this spring by the Cache County Dry Farm Grape Growers association has thriv" ed. and as a result of this success J. E. Hyde of the company expects to additional acres of plant twenty-fivgrapes next spring. LAYTON Improvement In the location of the stockyards will be made here within the next ten days, when the present yards will be moved west and north of the present location. It has been the ambition of the town board for some time to get the away from the highway, as it will be a big improvement to the town. The change will put the yards on a diffoient spur of the Oregon Shori Line, which will be parrellel to the main line and will make it eas'er for the proposed removal of the spur through the town. stock-yard- she-stoc- k e e j Why do so many, many babies of today escape all the little fretful spell and infantile ailments that used to worry mothers through the day, and keep them up half the night? If you dont know the answer, you havent discovered pure, harmless Cas-toriIt Is sweet to the taste, and sweet in the little stomach. And Its gentle Influence seems felt all through the tiny system. Not even a distasteful dose of castor oil does so much a. good. Fletchers Castoria Is purely vegetable, so you may give It freely, at first sign of colic; or constipation; or diarrhea. Or those many times when you just dont know what is the matter. For real sickness, call the doctor, always. At other times, a few drops of Fletchers Castoria. The doctor often tells you to do Just that; and always says Fletchers. Other preparations may be just a pure, just as free from dangerous drugs, but why experiment? Besides, the book on care and feeding of babies that comes with Fletchers Castoria Is worth its weight in gold! Children Cry for Minnesota Saw Flies Kill Tamarack Trees Flies are killing off the tamarack trees near Grand Rapids, Minn., by 8taning then? to death. So declares Henry Goldberg, forest ranger, who has just returned from a tour through Itasca county forests. ' Goldberg states that he found the woods full of winged insects called saw flies which feed upon the needles of leaves hy means of which the tree manufactures its food from the air und soil. By successive assaults the Hies- literally starve the trees to death. The forest ranger stated the return of the leaf eaters may indicate a repetition of tlie plague between 1909 and 1916 In Minnesota, when the Insects killed 65 per cent of the merchantable tamarack ln( the. slate valued at - S2.500.000. For Colds, Crip or Influent and as a Preventive, take Laxal BROMO QUININE Tablets. A Safe Proven Remedy. The box bears signature of E. W. Grove. 30c. Ad Celebrates 104th Birthday I be merry, was the quick response of Mrs. Sophia Bird of Loughborough, Ireland, when congratulated on her recent birthday, which was her I am very comone hundred fourth fortable. and shall do rn.v best to hold up for another birthday, ' she added smiling. All day long there was a procession of who were met with a cheerful ward and smile. Mrs. Bird arises at 9:30 oclock every morning and retires at 9. well-wishe- Costly to Railroads In 1926 the railroads of the country paid more than $8.HKUKKI In settlement of claims for damage to fresh fruit and vegetables In transit This amounted to nn average of nearly f8 a car, while damage claims on all other commodities averaged about 50 cents a car Vaste Matter Retained in the System is the Great est Barrier to Health vorite family stock-yard- s MOAB Fanners in this district, have been hit rather hard this fall by the long dry spell and a number of dry fanners have been obliged to reseed their fields, there not being enough moisture in the ground to germinate the first planting. SALT LAKE With only about Dr. Pierces Yakima, Wash. Pleasant Pellets have been my fa- medicine for many years. They relieve one of liver trouble, aid digestion and are very good for any disorder of the stomach, bilious-Bes- s or bilious I think they are the verv best regulator of ths stomach, liver a u d bowels that at yone can take. They keep ones rystem In perfect condition If taken as directed. Mrs. W. J. Andrews, 602 Broadway., e Obtain a vial of Pellets now of your druggist and see how quickly youll feel clear headed full of vim and vitality. 60 Pellets for 30c. 5C per cent of the 1927 crop moved, sueai beet shipments to date over the Sail Lake & Utah railroad have equaled last seasons entire production accord lag to a report from A. J. Anderson Don't xperimtni ttirm, ore MITCH El EYE SALVE for spe relief. Absolutely s ,t all drutr?ltR. ILL & RUCKIL, New York C3 |