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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. UTAH News Notes It i a Privilege 1 t.ivv UTAH I ! ROOSEVELT' Tb city of Kommp valt recently voted to bond (or 118,000 for tb repnlr and develop went of th Baler system. Tb pro position bad but II negative vote HEBER CITY bnap bean pro op o Octcbor I amounted to 8900 ductloa for ranlng purpose in Utah ton, tb department oi agriculture Mctkeslife rorW. With 7781 bead ol OGDEN livestock received at Ogden tock yaMe recently, n new b'gh record for tb season waa aot, L. F. Wits lock, manager, announced. Tba shipment cam frem fiva atatra, nnd consisted of tbs following: 4490 bead of nheep, 2231 bead ot cattle and 987 bead of bogs. ' COALVILLE 8. O. Harper, gen ami superintendent of conatructlon of tho bureau ot reclamation, wtta headquarters at Denver, made ao Inxpectlon of tha work in progrean nt tba Echo dam la cciniumy wits F. F. Smith, local coni.ructlon engineer tha latter part of last week, leaving here recently fur Denver. ROOSEVELT During tbs past year, extensive year dm In the Ulnuih basin. In the trawbnrry yal ley and in DunliT Creek ranyon baa placed the vast Inland empire of Utah many hour closer to central state point, and given greathigher promise of a direct way to Utah and Balt Lako valleys RICHFIELD It Is practically car-tai-n that 40, COO baby chicks will be raise! In a community brooder to be Cilabllkhed In Richfield. This Is In addition to 150.000 that will be brooded by Individual owners. An organization has beta effected which will go ahead immediately to raise tho necessary funds to begin conatructlon of the broader. OGDEN A solid traluload ot cat tie arrived at the Ofidm Union stock yards October 23 from Jack aon Hole, Wyo., and sold at prices alichtly above the general level for the week thus far. There were 27 cars in this shlpmdT.t and represents ono of the largest single consignments to ever sell at tha local yards. PROVO Ott Romney, coach of the Brigham Yoong university, said recently that It looked as though the Institution would have to do without awlmmlng this year, because ot the lack ot a poI. C. 8. Leaf, swimming Instructor for many years. Is considering offers from tha Pacific coast, but has not yet decided where to go. LOGAN Three carloads of apples were Inspected by Harry C. Parker, atate and fedsral agricultural Inspector, at the Cache Commission company recently. There will be approximately IS more carloads of apples shipped out this year, according to George ti. Bowen, manager of the Commission house, which will bring the total up to nearly the same figure as last year, 40 carloads. PRICE One of the most unusual deer ever killed In this section was brought Into Price this week by Morgan King. The boms of the animal are still in the silk, and according to numerous hunters they have never before seen a covering on the boms this late in the year. Weighing 210 pounds, the deer has been adjudged one of the most perfect specimens shot In eastern Utah. It has 23 points, ell completely covered with silk. VERNAL The city council has appropriated 3750 to assist In rebuilding the road that runs north from the monument, a distance ot something over a mile, to Asnley creek, where it Joins the Vernal-Manilhighway. It Is understood that Uintah county will appropriate 8750, and that the state will contribute 31500, making a total of 3300 available for the Improvement Work will begin at once, In order that the road may be completed before winter. The TellurMe FILLMORE Power and Light company is to furnish Scfplo with power. This was definitely decided and the town board signed the contract with the power company last week. The proposed line will come by way of Holden and will be built as near the state highway aa posibie. The survey will begin this week. Sciplo will furnish the necessary laborers and, if the weather remains favorable, the work will be completed by January. MONROE Saturday, November 8, has been set as Lamb Feeders' Invitations have day In Monroe. been sent to the governor and all lamb feeders and growers, and also to the state livestock commission. Buyers from all parts of the west also were invited. A larger crowd la expected than was present last year. K. L Ikeler, Professor Alma Esplain and Professor H. Smith, all representing the Utah Agricultural college will be in Monroe November 1 to supervise beginning of the lamb feeding experiments, which will be conducted In Monro Sweeter ' By ELMO SCOTT WATSON IHtOl'ClIOUT lh lulled State No- vember II I celebrated Armistice day because It waa no Xovamlier II. 1918. that bostllltlea In lb World war ceased. Hut I It nirletly accu-ra- t to any that Itmt tnt marked the "end of ttie World wur"f Under on lnterretatlon of th phrase It I not. fur th war did out end for lh United Stnte until July 2. 1921 almost three year after (resident Wilson. coitiinanler-ln-'lile- f of th AtnerlraD army, th war at an end on Novemlmr II, 1918, after the army hnd been demobilized and tb aoldlera had returned to civilian life. Surprising a that atntement may be. It hu the authority of bo les a person than the attorney general of th United Stnte bark of It. During the trying of rone In the court of claim In Washington recently, th attorney general argued that th war did not offlrlatly end until July 2. I9C1. when th treaty of peace between the United Stnte and Germany and Austria wn signed Thl set a woman lawyer, Nannie King, who wna concerned In the cane, to atudylng the records. and her finding, aa reported In the Waahlngton Star are aa follow ; Armistice ware provided for In th laws and customs of war among nations adopted toy Th Hague treaty. It wa provided thnt th armistice could otato th terma of the contracting parties and what communications might he held In th theater of war. Th armlaile of November II, till, was algned la Marshal Foch'e railway carrlar. In th Foreai of Complegne, at I a m Paris time (midnight. Washington time), by Marshal Foch and Vic Ad-re I Sir Koaalyn Wamysa. flrM lord of th Brltleh admiralty, representing the allies and th United States, and by Mathias Ersberger, General von Winterfold, Count yon Obernotr and Captain von Salon, representing Germany. Cessation of hostilities was tb first provision of tho armlatic of November It. lilt, but It contained It agreements, all of which have been fulfilled. It provided for ovacualion of Invaded coun-trle- a. surrender of German war malarial, all mines and destructions to b taken from th waters; provided for reparations and return of all of our prisoners of war and all of tb prisoners belonging to th allied countries. Th press all over th land carried th glad tidings that tho war bad com to an and. Appropriation act of Juno IS, HIT. appropriating money for tho war, provided that enlistments under th aelactivo draft act were for "time of mr and that th war should bo considered as having terminated when tha President ascertained the fact and Issued a proclamation to that effort. Appropriation act of July t. till, provided that bo plan for th construction or sxtenslon of any facilities shall be submitted to or approved by th secretary of war hereunder after the ex'stlng state of war between th United State and Ita enemies aball bav terminated, and the fact of such termination shall b ascertained and proclaimed by th President." November II, till. President Wilson Issued a proclamation to th public, proclaiming the armistice. and aald that everything for which America fought has been accomplished. November II, lilt. President Wilson also appeared before a Joint session of congress to read th terms of the armistice to congress, and advised tha congress thnt this tragical war. whoa consuming flames hav awept from one nation to another until all tha world waa on Ora, la at ao m ?mi :)r II l- -sh fflCIKI 'A ft p-i- t 3 h.r - l-- nd. President Wilson, as commaof th army, ordered all draft calls cat reled and demobilisation of th army which had been mobilised for time of war under th selective draft act. aa congress had directed that tha President should do when th war had coma to an end. November H. Hit. General March, chief of staff of th army, advised th press that Z00.000 men In military camps would be demobilised within two weeks and that demobilisation would proceed thereafter at tb rat of SO.OQO a day. February 6, HIS, the War department announced that up to January St, HIS. 236.824 men had been returned from France, and the department estimated that 160,000 would be returned In February. Because the armistice had ended the war on November 11, 191S, congress became busy with reconstruction legislation. March S. 1119, the Dent act was passed for cancellation and settlement of contracts entered into during the war prior to November IS. HIS The act of July It. 1919 prohibited expenditure of funds for land for military camps that bad not been taken and In use on November 11, 191S. March S, 1921, congress ree legislation arts or parts of pealed all acts for the emergency or time of war that remained In effect for a certain length of time after the war had ended. July S. 1921, a treaty was algned between the United States of America and Germany and Austria. Section S of this treaty referred to and made th armistice of November 11, 1918. a part of the treaty and reserved onto the United States and Us Nationals all rights acquired by tha armistice. Jane S. 1926. congress passed a Joint resolution authorizing and directing the President to issue a proclamation annually for the people to observe November 11, as November 11, 1918, ended the most war tn destructive sanguinary and tha annals of human history and the resumption , of peaceful relations. November Z, 1926. and November 4. 1927. President Coolidge issued proclamations, proclaiming the armistice as having ended the war on November 11. 1918. But the official date of the end of the World war Is not the only subject connected with our participation In the war oVer which there Is causa for dispute. Since Armistice day Is a day for remembering the men who lost their lives. It Is appropriate to inquire Into the matler of whe November 11, HIS. nder-in-chief war-tim- 1 ' . . A ii All Mr. Id ny i&l fought with Canadian regiments during the Werld war and died In action. 4 George W. Woodruff, a World war veteran who works In a butcher shop in Buffalo, N Y has the unique distinction of possessing a picture of his own grave In France, where the government gave him an official burial and erected a white cross with his name on it over his grave after he had been officially killed In action on October 23, 1918. Six months after Woodruffs return home with the A. E. F. hie widow received a tetter from the War department asking her if she wanted her husbands body brought back to America or left In Flanders Field. George took It upon himself to answer this missive, eay- Ing that If It was all the same to them he would Just as soon let his body remain in Franca The grave in France Is shown as It looks today. An official death certificate cigqed by General Persh. Ing was sent to Mrs. Woodruff His strange expe- rlence became known recently when he applied for membership In the American Legion. 5 George W. Woodruff Francs. Rena Phellzct, tha first American soldier killed during the war. Ilea In tha French National cemetery near Flame. This photograph was taken during the special ceremonies In honor of the man who enlisted with the French Infantry and when the Americans entered the war, transferred to them. He was given the honor of being standard bearer for his regiment, and waa killed. The flag la Ms shroud now In this grave. 2 Harry Chapman Gilbert, Washington, O. C first man drafted for ssrvlce In the World war, died at Denver, Colo on July 18, 1927, where he had gone seeking recovery from tuberculosis His draft number, 258, was the first drawn by War Secretary Baker In Washington on June 21, 1917. Gilbert's father la a former White House policeman who has served under eight Presidents. He retired about two years ago and went West with his son. y 8 Memorial erected at Arlington National by Canada. In tribute to the Americans who 1 Fiamaa, corn-eter- - was the first American to nmke thut sacrifice. The war department Is authority for the statement that the first war casualty wns Dr. I,ouls J. Ganelin of New Orleans, iis witness the following Associated Press dispatch: New Orleans, Lm. Dr. Louis J. Gonella, a quiet physician who twice has Interrupted hla work to go to war. has been notified by the War department that he waa America's flrat casualty In tha World war. Although forty-tw- o years old when America entered th conflict. Doctor Genella waa among tha first to offer hia services. He was too old for active fighting duty, the recruiting officers told him. but waa accepted for medical services On June 1, 191 T, he waa on active duty In France, 19 days after hla enlistment. It waa while serving with the British Second Northumbrian Field artillery, to which he had been aaa'gned. that he received a fractured skull from a bursting shell He was In th hospital for two months. As a young mao Doctor Genella left Tulane university to Join the American forces tn Cuba. Hie father waa wounded with the Confederates at Shiloh and the family traces its soldier ancestry back to the ranks at Waterloo. But In trying to decide who was the first American killed In the Woild wtir" one finds thnt the claim for thnt honor Is put forth In behalf of several men. The gme of one of them In a French cemetery is shown In one of the Illustrations above. But when the American Legion met In Paris two years ago. It was stated that the Legion hnd decided the honor belonged to .Iward Man loll Stone of Chicago, wtm volunteered In the French army In 1914 nnd was klded on Feb runry IS. 1915, nnd a delegation visited Stones Seine and placed a wreath grave at Romllly-su- r on the wooden cross marker stating thnt he wns the First American Killed In the Great War Although It Is generally slated thnt James Bethel Gresham of Evansville. Ind , was the first American soldier (I. e, member of the A. E F) killed in action, even tlipt fact is disputed and the claim for that honor is put forth In helinP of a Massachusetts man. Gresham's rigfit to the title Is based upon the fact that on the night of November 8. 1917. under cover of a heavy hnr rage, a German raiding pnrty enjered the sector o"cupIed hy Company F of the S.xteenrh Infantry the First division at Artois hi about en miles east of I.npoi llle. nnd Corporal .1 B Gresham and Privates M D. liny nod Thomas En ; ! right of this company were killed during the raid. There the French erected a monument which bears this Inscription Here In Lorraine soil lie the three first American soldiers slain by the enemy Corporal J B Gresham of Evansville Soldier Thomas E. Enright of Pittsburg. Soldier Merle D. Hay of Gliddon. Worthy sons of their great and noble nation, they fought for right for liberty, for Mvillzntton. against German Imperlnl Ism, plague of mnnklnd They died on the field of honor." The Massachusetts man for whom the honor Is claimed was Oscar C. Tuco and flint claim Is put forth hy Carl E. Clifford, former commander of an American Legion Hist nt Newton Upper Fnlls Mass. An Interview wlrh him, pus'1shed In the Boston Herald recently sntes; Mr Clifford enlisted with the Harvard Medical unit (Base Hospital 6) and served overseas near'j two years with the orfsnlratloa, which wns st tachcd to the British Kxpeci't'onary Force' tn northern France ) j 6 was On September 4, 1917. Base Hosplt..l One officer bombed by German airplanes three enlisted men were killed and several others wounded This action constituted the first official American casualties In the World war Thor has been some controversy over this matter tn the War department at Washington, hut the matter waa settled n 1921 when Mr Cl ITurd received a personal letter from I'rcs'dent Hurting, informing him of the orrectness of this Information This letter was publicly rend at the dedication of Oscar C. Tuxo cirri' I Pasteur and Lonxwood avesl. near the Harvard Med'ral school. In October, c1 -- 1 921 The dedication ot this equate In Boston In honur of the first enlisted man of the United States army to he killed In she Wo-l- d war. was attended by Surgeon General Ireland. AasNtnnt Secretary of War Walnwrisht, Mayor Petera. General Edwards and Bishop William Lawrence The naming of the 'sjuaro and the dedication exercises were under the personal direction of Mr Clifford, who, tnough living In Brookline. N H, 5(1 m ies from Boston, was persistent In h's effoits to s.ve the memory of his comrade n arms remembered bv the citixens of his native city of Boston fn d he- "To my mind ft Is Impurtaa to entah llsh the fact that tt was a mm who waa the first United Slat's -- oldirr to he k lied in the World war History tells us that M mv, men spilled the firs- - blood in the w: r arid he r me no- ar Civil war and the ary b.u -- o on.. fittingly observed hy rrenor'als to re about the Masar.i-hiieeit- I wu suits! r PHILLIPS j Milk . of Magnesia all-yea- I mL, Too moch to aot too rich a dilator too much smoking. Lota of things cause sour stomach, but on thing can correct It quickly, rhllllp Milk ( tb add. Magnesia will atktllnlz Taka a spoonful of thl pleasant preparation, and tb system la noon sweetened. rhllllp la always ready to relter to check all distress from acidity; or neutralize nicotine. thl for your own comfort t for the sake of those around yon. Endorsed by physicians, but they always any fhilUpi. Don't bay someam r thing else and aspect th mi v imx UKl-ltq- n Oil taxwniati-- i 'EAR. It a U Innhlt tacrelia MS m wwH A. O. LEONARD, Inc. 70 Flf-- Av Ne York Ora h With Honeyed Word According to a news Item. America's sweet tooth caused the expenditure of more limn seventeen million dollars In July .No one will ever know what honeyed words cost In this country every month. lien Moines Tribune t'nnltnl Superficial Flesh Wounds Try Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh All dealest are anthorlitd to rafand year Honey tor tii brat belli it aot (tilled. Hot Air deafening report followed by The circus liunde ran from nil dronn 11 tent stay snapped reel lens Had r a cage fallen over? Perhaps om me hud heen slioi. A crowd quickly Slithered In a fur Turner of the tent A form lay prontruie nnd silent on the around The India ruhher mao bad A hnd a blowout. True Doctor. d you think spinach will Cant harm you. really benefit met We all need sand." People who always do as please do not always please Girl they at the Top in Health Test Millions ot boys and girls all over th world, thousands ot them right here In the West are being restored te health and strength by th purely vegetable tonic and laxative known as California Fig gyrup nnd endorsed by physicians for over 60 years. Children need no urging to take It They love Its rich, fruity flavor. Nothing can compete with it as a gentle, but certain laxative, and It goes further than this. It gives tone and strength to the stomach and bowels so these organs continue to act normally, of their own accord. It stimulates the appetite, helps digestion. A Kansas mother, Mrs. Dana 610 Monroe St, Topeka, says: Bonnie B. Is absolutely the picture of health, now, with her ruddy cheeks, bright eyes and. plump but graceful ittle body and she stands at the top In every health test Much of the credit for her perfect condition Is due to California Fig Syrup. We have used It since babyhood to keep her bowels active during colds or any childrens ailments and she has always bad an easy time with them. She always responds to Its gentle urging and is quickly back to normal." Ask your druggist for California Fig Syrup and look for the word California on the carton so youll always get the genuine. All-glr- e, PARKERS HAIR BALSAM AirFailto Bmbotfa bind Roitoffli Color mad to Gray and Faded Hall Beauty toe. end trraat HlnrnT Otrm. WkB PtrbrEq If T FLORESTON SHAMPOO H'l far tue In connection with Parker' Bair Balsam. Makes the 0 cents by mall or at hair aoft and fluffy. Hlecox Chemal Works, Pstchogne, N. I. Dnte-gnit- droe-eiet- a. W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 44-19- 29. |