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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, UTAH TO HOPES iiuRRR::v)pioa of IXjtllirtion"'- or ITS SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE RIGHTS OF CONGRESS TO I LIQUORS. a ? j CW 'ZT - You do not buy fahiily Silverware everyday, which is a very good reason why you should consider carefully that which you decide upon but once. BOYD PARK POUNDED 1663 MAKERS OF JEWELRY WO MAIN STREET Sustains the Volstead Prohibition Act Prohibiting SALT LAKE CITY Manu- facture of Beverages Contain- HELP WANTED ing Alcohol. If you want bl barber Vade- - wages learn. Many small tote the supreme court towni need barbers: good appnrtuneaes open for men over draftage. Barbers in army have Oct prepared good as officers commissionin few weeks. Gall or write. Moler Barber Collage, 48 S. West Temple St.. Salt Lake City. upheld the right of congress to define Intoxicating liquors, in so far as ap- HONOR Washington. By a margin of one on January 5 plied to wartime prohibition. In a opinion rendered by Associate Justice Brandeis, the court sustained thet constitutionality of provisions in the Volstead prohibition enforcement act prohibiting the manufacture and sale of beverage containof one per cent or more ing one-haof alcohol. Associate Justice Day, Vandevanter, Mclleynolds and Clarke dissented. Validity of the federal prohibition constitutional amendment and of portions of the Volstead act affecting its enforcement was not involved in the proceedings, but the opinion was regarded as so sweeping as to leave little hope among wet" adherents. United States Depart-meWayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for (Prepared by the of Agriculture.) the League of America, OSSESSING a longer arm bailed it as a sweeping victory, and of destruction than the said the a statement in only Monday of volcanoes, mightiest prohibition question left open by the and in its wake a leaving court now is whether the eighteenth land, rivaling can be Is nature a that amendment of wars scars across the considered as a federal amendment face of Europe, the hurriand. whether it was properly adopted. cane is chief among natIn returning the opinion, the court forces contending for ural sustained federal court decrees disthe title, "champion of deento nt Anti-Saloo- n no-ma- missing injunction proceedings struction. join federal authorities from preventing Jacob Ituppert, a New York brew- To fight the hurricane offensively Is folly. For ages mankind has been able to wage only a defensive war against beer contain- of one per ing In excess of one-hawhich he but alleged was noncent, lf intoxicating. REDS FIGHT DEPORTATION. in Raids Make Resistance. Caught Plan The governments Washington. nation of more to rid the campaign than 3000 aliens, members of the Communist and Communist Labor parties arrested in recent raids, promises to be a long drawn-ou- t fight, department of justice officials have declared. With the radicals fortified by strong legal talent and a slush fund to finance their opposition to deportation, and the immigration service inadequately supplied either with the men or the means to handle the situation, the help of congress was considered necessary bjr officials. CONGRESS Miscellaneous Bills Considered and Few of Small Importance Passed. Washington Congress went to work immediately upon reconvening on Jan- fortnight holiday recess. Without formality, both senate and bouse began disposition of bills on their calendars, and within an hour or so both bodies resumed their normal appearance of scant attendance Miscellaneous during bills only were considered and a few of the less important passed. speech-makin- Its terrifying drives and these ef--. forts have been, until modern times, pitifully feeble. Mans only defense is to be forewarned. That it has been possible in the present generation to reduce death toll of hurricanes to a minimum, Is due to the marvelous service maintained by the United States weather bureau. The headquarters of the weather bureau, located quite to one side of thoroughfar s in the national capital, are the nerve center of this unique organization which extends across the continent and also far out to sea, since many vessels cooperate with the bureau by making daily reports to it. Great Storm Sighted. Early in September a hurricane, destined to devastate a wide area bordering the Gulf of Mexico, reared its head like a great monster a thousand miles to the southeast of the United States, among the Islands of the Caribbean. As to what gave It birth not even the scientist knows. The forces that propagate all of these storms are shrouded In mystery. This particular hurricane was born in remote tropical waters, probably about September 5. A few hundred miles north of this center of disturbance the sea was relatively calm and passengers on steamers passing this way had. no intimation of the terrific force that was generating off to the south. Likewise, the southland of the United States lay placid, in part bathed In sunshine and in part shaded by blankets of clouds, many of them so fleecy that to the casual observer they carried no suggestion of the coming storm. But the hurricane In the tropics gathered strength quickly and flung itself In fury over the slender chain of islands constituting the Florida keys. In the face of every such rising peril the meteorologist upon whom rests the responsibility for . making dally forecasts, stands like one facing a thief In the dark. Beyond the mainland coast and a few scattered stations in the West Indies, he has no means of learning of the changing atmospheric Conditions in 'those seas to the south and east, save chance reports from ships. Early reports of this hurricane were meager Indeed. The first intimation of the coming of disaster was received September 8. The dally forecast for that date stated that a tropical storm had appeared to the southeast of Key West. But as to Its extent, or Its course, the chief forecaster at that time could onlj conjecture. Despite his long experience in his profession, It was inevitable that the forecaster should be anxious every meteorologist who Is forecasting at such a time is anxious. lie hod been on duty in seasons past when not a But In single hurricane .appenred. other years between July and October more than one such storm had left a trail of devastation across many states. The forecaster knew that millions of dollars worth of cargoes, about to sail from the Atlantic nnd Gulf ports, might be lost if he failed main-travele- BEGINS WORK. uary 5, after its WOMEN Many Places of Prominence Named for Distinguished Members of the Weaker Sex. lf Leaders OF - flve-to-fo- ur er, from manufacturing MEMORY g. Women Ask Equal Rights. Chicago. Republican women from fourteen states of the midwest, conferring here on January 5 on party plans and issues for the 1920 presidential campaign, demanded equal representation with the men on the national eommittee of the party and urged a fair representation of women delegates from each state" at the national convention in June. Slayer of Three Must Die. Ebensburg, Pa. George C. Tomp-:ins- , of Philadelphia, convicted of nurdering Mr. and Mrs. Edmund I. Jumphries nnd their son, Edmund, Jr., lear Carrolltown, nearly three years electro-:utetgo, has been sentenced to be d. Earthquake In the Canaries. Madrid. Earthquake shocks were elt in the interior of the Canary slands Monday, according to disGreat latches from Las Palmas. revices were opened In the earth, rom which columns of smoke are A volcanic eruption is feared. , -' g. New England Farms Attractive. Washington. New England' farms, ow comparatively low in price, are ttracting the sons of the men who old them a generation ngo to acquire heaper lands In the west, the farm un board declared in its annual to congress. re-o- rt d , -- t , . I to make a propel forecast and issue adequate warnings. The fate of whole cities rested on his decision. As he turned from hisstudy of the telegraphic reports received from the eastern and southeastern section of the country, he joked a little but in the manner of one whose joviality was a trifle forced, perhaps about his repeated hard luck at being on duty every time one of these storms hove in sight. There was an unmistakable tenseness In his manner as he studied the map, pointing to the low barometer area that was moving steadily toward the southern states. Weather Forecast Correct. The next chapter in the hurricanes brief history Is told In the weather report of September 9: The tropical storm was central Tuesday night and a little south of Key West where the barometer read 29.08 inches with a wind velocity of CO miles an hour from the northeast. The storm Is apparently moving northwestward, and will pass into the Gulf of Mexico during Tuesday night. How speedily and decisively the forecaster had acted In the face of the oncoming peril is indicated by, the next sentence : Warnings to shipping and other interests have been regularly sent, since Monday morning when storm warnings were first displayed on the south Florida coast. The following 48 hours were laden with grave 'responsibility for the stnff of the weather bureau. It was theirs to decide at the earliest possible moment consistent with accuracy In what direction the storm now moving with increasing power and rapidity would travel ns it came nearer the mainland On Wednesday, September 10, the report read, The tropical storm passed Key West, Fla., about midnight Tuesday night with the barometer reading 28.81 inches, and estimated wind velocity of 110 miles an hour from the east." Here was evidence that one of the most violent storms of recent years was about to strike at some point on the Gulf coast. This report revealed the meagerness of available Information at this date regarding the progress of the hurricane : Tonight the storm is probably central In the Gulf of Mexico, not far from latitude 26, longitude 85, still and northeast moving northwest, storm warnings are ordered on the Gulf coast from Carrabelle, Fla., to New Orleans, where the winds will probably be strong on Thursday night. Advice has also been issued to this section to prepare for possible very dangerous winds by Friday. Defensive War Starts. And so mans defensive war against the mighty force of nature was on. With all Its scientific data regarding the course of previous storms, instant Many geographical namek have been given places to honor the memory of women. Thqs It is that Elizabeth, N. J wfts named to honor one of Englands queens, while Virginia was named to honor the virgin monarch. Maryland preserves the. name of the queen of Charles I. The Naval academy at Annapolis does honor to Queen Anne. The English were particularly generous in conferring names of women on places. In Australia the late Queen Victoria Is honored In two provinces, Queensland and Victoria, while the most beautiful city in that commonly accessible and with reports from wealth, Adelaide, was named in memall available points of observation tal ory of the queen of William IV of ulated and recorded on the weather England. The province of Alberta, in map, the weather bureau foretold Canada, was named for Princess many hours in advance the peril that Louise Alberta, daughter of Queen threatened the Gulf coast. Thus the Victoria, and wife of the marquis of people were forearmed. of Lome, who was governor-genera- l It will be recalled that storm warn- Canada in 1882. The largest lake in. ings were displayed regularly on the Africa Is Victoria Nyanza, and Vicsouth Florida coast since Monday toria falls were named for Queen Vicmorning. How accurate the weather toria, as was also the capital of the bureaus forecasts had .been is shown 'province of British Columbia, Canada. by the press dispatches dated WednesThe island of St Helena was named Lower after the mother of Constantine the day night, September 10: Florida was paralyzed joday as a re- Great, who also gave name to her sult of the violent hurricane that passbirthplace, Helenopolis. The French ed over that section last night. Not were especially prone to honor the a house In this city (Key West) es- holy women of their race, and Sault caped damage ; 320 frame buildings Ste. Marie and other points in Canada, practically were razed, two church first pierced by French priests, blaze edifices wrecked, and five retail stores their trail "across the continent. overturned. The damage Is estimated at more than $2,000,000. Shipping off Putting Pest Damage to Profit the coast met with disaster. Several Every one who has a garden detests small vessels were sunk and others a mole every one, perhaps, but a cerwere driven to the reefs. tain woman gardener out In Bryan By this time the weather bureau, in county, Okla. This ingenious person, Its fight to keep destruction and death who reported her experience to the at the minimum, was able to act with United States department of agriculmore definiteness, even though there ture, puts them to work. A number was no adequate means of ascertain- of these pests undermined her garden, ing atmospheric conditions in the cendigging diminutive tunnels here, there, ter area of the Gulf of Mexico. The and everywhere. It would have disreport of September 11, flashed over couraged the average woman ; It didnt the wires from Washington, read : disturb this one. She started a little The tropical storm Is apparently cenIrrigation plant of her own, using its tral tonight in the Gulf of Mexico tunnels as Irrigation ditches. She fillwith latitude 27 degrees and longitude ed the tunnels with water repeatedly, 88 degrees. Absence of reports foruntil the garden was well watered, bid the definite location of the storm and finally drove the moles off the center, and it Is therefore Impossible premises. at this time to state the portion of 5 . the mainland that it will first reach, Keep Accounts. although It Is fairly probable that Farming Is a business the same as It will be west qf the Mississippi river. banking or running a mercantile estabStorm warnings are displayed from lishment. There are products to be the Louisiana coast enstward to cen- sold and articles to be bought. The tral Florida and on the northwest keeping of a record of these and decoat of Texas. termining the relation of the outgo to While the hurricane was moving on the income are important consideraits northwestward course additional tions on every farm. The farmer news, brief but vivid, filtered In from should know what his income is and points in Its wake. September 11 the Just how he Is disposing of it. He Associated Press representative wired : can know this only by keeping books Nine members of the Ward line and the first of the new year is the steamer Corydon crew of 36 men proper time to begin. Exchange. were brought to this port this afternoon by the schooner Island Home. Deeds Count, Not Years. In the olden time people sought the They had been adrift on an upturned lifeboat, without food and water for fountain of youth, and they thought three days. One of the crew, accord- that a draught of Its water would ening to their story, had become crazed, able them to live forever. But the from suffering and privation Wednes- best of life Is not Its length, not the day night, and sprang overboard. chronological- quantity of it. Better In these hours the- thoughts of the fifty years of the moving, pulsating, chief forecaster Instinctively turned to busy life of the present than all the Galveston, which In the past had suf- dull centuries of Methuselah. What fered terribly from similar storms. did he do with all his weary years? Dispatches from that city Indicated He hud the reputation of having been that the tide was rising rapidly. Wa- the oldest man, and nothing to show ter was flooding the low places on the for It. Exchange. island nnd people were fleeing the city.- A northeast storm was Pennsylvanias Bituminous Mines. blowing. But for the weather bureaus According to D. H. Downey, In timely warnings which had reached Pennsylvania the greatest number1 st Galveston before the gale struck the one time of bituminous mines emcity, millions of tons of cargo and ten men or more underground scores of ships would have put to sea ploying was 2,000. There were in 1918 proband would have been lost. as many as 2,000 small temporary In the next 24 hours the storm burst ably but the aggregate producworilngs, upon the Texas coast In full fury. tion of these small operations was less While the papers the next few days than one per cent of the whole were filled with accounts of the damage and death caused by the hurricane the. fact of greatest significance, and Peppermint Production hi Japan. which the public has come to take alThe production of peppermint in the most as a matter of course, culy parprefecture of Okayama during the last tially realizing the skill and responsifiscal year amounted to 90,725 kin, valbility Involved, was that the weather ued at 611,255 yen. This Is a reducbureau had been able to anticipate tion In quantity from the year before this storm long enough in' advance to amounting to 6,973 kin. But owing to prevent a loss that probably would the rise in price there was an increase have totaled thousands of lives and In Ita valuation amounting to 59,000 millions of dollars la shipping fan. Now York Post. . - - 30-mi- le . .. |