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Show Utah State Capitol FLOYD GIBBONS Idea Housewife's Adventurers' Club Box i1 Between Two Deaths By FLOYD GIBBONS 1 e'er J ! Famous Headline Hunter. ave a dfeam in which you were walking across ailrad !rest!e and riSht when you were in the middle of th i a cance of making either end a train came rmrirtrr to I pat before I hit ders have t ocheted h.tc make, cosf mart acce.y e of creaa 3 re A S- lid. contains su" rocket cot also one t 40 Ion and .1 cer L Co., D Louis Av amped ado when wrlti Night the Boys at the Grocery Store Down to the Center Sitting Not Around the Old Stove, but Around the Electric Winters ,,H Be a ' Pad. Dingt MISSISSIPPI IN M R pected DRESS MODERN r vlth the ig preserv to grati of things inch pu' ihoned to r to one rators. get i It. ed. plied. g govern-havin- practically nothing to, has decided to 0 attend a few electric light plants, includ-nn- e 3 np a flock of rivers, say, the Mississippi, and nerally attempt to make the el cheap and dated. Quite an a! ed to be the no d i is entitled air and water and advertised place In the everybody electric light. secret that 3 partment ivlng seen Inquire hold of of the esame as ff jailing n Washing-io- seems to have got Idea that one he as 1 down In JIEDODY become type PUTNAM WILCOX NINA Thought. city lighting goes, I much of a say I dont give o shorn I dont pay my elec-gh- t bills. When I have the and the collector catches me, last months bill. Its over anting far as I dinghy." the oper? ators som ladies II ark Sun. I paid the current or the current, If you absorb So far the privately eaning. company has done nothing shutting off anything except And so, aside from iihyies. d impersonal curiosity about mil be done for the stockhold-th- e old outfit, Im not taking one way or another. I sonder about tills public ha!) ownership of my electric S Iron, is what the govern-"1- 1 do if the day comes when 't even pay last months bill? hey actually cut off the juice, ill they appropriate enough ; funds to take care of such d bills? Dunt esk. Manana manarm, as the Spanish say ; isli kabibble. DS In other who am I, to ask what are appropriate aud J are not? Ill start criticizing - that line as soon as I can JJ mind off of earning enough J again to take care of tomor-- 5 hamburger. Along In 1942 ears since 1 5. let the government Dont worry, they will! being public spirited so long anwhlle, .' h a campaign contributions are ed of me, I take an Interest Re tilings even if I have no aj Public affairs are about y can draw Inter-free- Sometimes you draw Interest, you draw a thing you Put before you I am a woman ,0Ur to wlfes mother, gPt back to Ciectric strike, re-- r and I am the other project we were s about, I mean harnessing . ,j,lssllPl or whatever they In-e'ectrify the Miss-- oh out? Bnlsl1 S1,e,lin ,t;. Im all ,I ut know what I , p the electrifying of the I runs through. If they are nmermotU 8 t0 hariuss those I; rush- el1 nu 1 can 8ay I. !hon? mule of a river to nl!ley,Ve lKen try,nS t0 d, r KSltig for a number of i 8 S resu,t- - Xt , nnu other .Is S3.C0 nf lllio l "T-.n'- S 1 lEMItf ' P Tiff ' L l3 8ay h,irray- whid,ever - 18 wm be the aboil- - thr rtrlterto "b have been roll along for l"n? 1 tlont suppose e ht'!?fU8h' 8l"-mi ".ny L good luck ng the government will 'Hr f forci,,K 8 ;!y these ' ',a"4Vr,n t0 80,,, feet wet in Mis- c wh ostein r,u,(In't if r rfpeC11 . matter at her, have the govern-rnr- v hrf1,y KlnS to Moses of water, part her ! J ,nWke her to work s lf the Mississippi culiiig In one Muscle and2,!ral1 Is No tvr sisslppl waters sos theyll catch cold and die. Dut perhaps when modern engineering has taken some of the backwoods romance out of s the valley, the will give another river a Publicity Break and we will be turning the radio off because it Is playing My Collar, the Colorado, and You for the sixth millionth time. Not that we really give a Boulder Dam. The only tune about the Mississippi valley which will be sung from now on, will be on Old English Folk Dance, and the singers will be performing just where yon suppose when I remind you that the words begin : 'Here we go, Lobby, Lobby, Lobby, Here we go. Lobby, Lobby, Light.1 The second benefit the valley would reap from the government quitting haywire and switching to electric wire, Is that the farmer could heave a big sigh of farm relief. Maybe we will discover that it takes an electric Iron to iron out the farmers troubles In this region, anyhow. Can you feel that there In the idea? is anything Ouch. Stop that, youre hurting me! Ilowever that may be, this new project will certainly get the light ning-rm- l salesmen at their wits end, that is, if they havent come to the end of their wits long before this, I mean, It they ever had any. While the farmers wanted to keep electricity out of their houses, light nlng rods were hot. And now that they want It In their houses, light ning rods are as cold as last years asparagus and about as useful But what fun the boys who sell coffee pots with hitching ropes to 'em, milking machines with cold water mixed attachments, dating machines for hens to punch, and so forth, are going to have! Of a winters night the boys at the grocery store down to the center will be sitting not around the old stove, but around the electric pad. We hope the salesmen put across a few electric washing with the wives before the boys get their socks on that steam generator. Better take along a few permanent wave machines in the sample cases, boys,, you might run Into an ostrich-feathe- r farm. I suppose when the TVA and the other big rural errors, or eras, or areas or whatever one should call the layout are completed, a lot of the old charm of the backwoods will he gone. Every housewife will have an electric stove Instead of a backache from hauling up coal for the old type cooker. The old oaken bucket will have kicked Itself and an electric pump will have taken the vacant Job. With no trouble about hauling water, every night mny be Saturday In the sweet bye and bye. Considerably sweeter, lf you ask me, which you'd probably better not, on account of Its a rather delicate subject. But when the horse has turned to horse power, the old farm won t be the same. I suppose Its okay to but put the resque In picturesque, all I hey when the hay goes hey can say Is, Itll take an electrically woven straw hat to show which way the wind Is blowing. Idea. But Cheap power Is a swell the cheap use of power Is a mighty IH kold my dangerous thing. one breath while you figure that can e only I out After all gmss matter watt hope for the best, no . happens. , Tliorenl question fll)fnit t'ie wole will the farmproject down there Is. ers have any farms left by the time will t he r the job Is finished? And of Lib Land club song he Sweet ltihher? Man Old ertv" or song-writer- Mrs. Fritz was She lived then 3 of Leechberff. out In wilp8 II,etr0,P( Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, sleepy Klskiminetas river flows. Mr? r,!tlenD0 l0DSer Span8 the river theres a footbridge today-- hut g00tl reason to remember the old trestle Rimniiher ,nt ,thC gPeatest adventure of her life. It was one of tracl affairs without even a guard rail or path and of course it was forbidden to cross the thing on foot Mrs. Fritz had been hemming sheets for the Hyde Park hotel across the river, on the sewing machine her mother had at home, and returning with the bundle in a big laundry basket, she took a s t across the trestle. Her mother told her never to use the trestle, but you know how that is. Besides, all you had to do was to watch your step and not trip on the ties. The space between the ties wasnt wide enough to fall through anyway. So the future Mrs. Fritz stepped blithely on to the railroad tracks and thinking only of the extra 50 cent3 she was going to earn, she hugged her laundry basket close to her and tripped lightly from tie to tie. The wind was blowing a gale but she Just ducked her head and went right Into It. Incidentally, lf the wind had been blowing from In back of her this story would never have been told because she would have heard the whistle of the train coming behind her before It was too late. Nina Wlli-- Putnam WNU Sirvlea. Mrs. Fritz Does Some Rapid Thinking. just about In the middle of the bridge, many feet above the swollen stream when her heart suddenly seemed to come right Into her She was mouth. The bridge began to tremble a train was already on the struc- ture! Well, sir, Mrs. Fritz says, Its strange how fast a persons mind really works when there is only a split second between you and sudden death. The moment she felt the first quiver of the old wooden beams she made up her mind to Jump. Instinctively, she says, she turned her head to look but had started to Jump even before that the big locomotive was right on top of her It was one death or the other and the choice was up to her the only question was would she have time to make it. Looking back through the years, Mrs. Fritz says, It seemed as though some one else made the decision for her. She was unable to 6wlm and the river was deep and the current fast and yet she never hesitated. She closed her eyes and Jumped Something tore at her shoulder 1 she felt a blast of heat she heard the shrieking of the brakes as the engineer frantically applied them she remembers, too, holding on like grim death to the laundry basket as though that could save her a terrific roaring sounded In her ears vaguely, a thought flashed through her mind that this was the Hum of the Universe the beginning of the end! It takes longer to All this, of course, happened in a second. tell but the mind works quick when Death is Just around the corner or just over you and under you as It was with Mrs. Fritz. Mrs. Fritz says she thought she had fallen far enough to hit the water and she braced herself for the shock. She even wondered how it would feel to drown and held her breath to keep the water out as long as possible. Our Heroine Sits Down Very Hard. Crash! The shock came and what a shock! Mrs. Fritz says she to thought the top of her head would fly right off and her teeth seemed her she almost go a mile into her jaws. But there was no water around wished there was a little water to ease the pain she was dazed but to locate the seat of that slowly her senses came back and she began pain. It was right In her well, I mean the seat of her trouble was in her seat that Is well you see, boys and girls, Mrs. Fritz had landed in a sitting position and thats that She opened her and there she was, sitting eyes and painfully looked around of the trestlel a cross-beahigh and dry above the river on fashion and was safe. horseback She had straddled the big beam Mrs. Fritz but shock says she was a of somewhat was fall Of course the have to eat did lf what and you voung then and fairly well upholstered was better than get- That so? or week a mantel for the off your meals tlDg searched for the Above her on the trestle the train crew sorrowfully on the cow catcher coat victims hanging remains. They had found the she felt and they expected sensation was the tearing that of the engine the worst. the river The engineer leaned over the 6ide and searched fell Into the water In he Then nearly dimmed eyes. with tear from his eyes and cussed his excitement He brushed the tears with Joy. on her beam a little There was the victim sitting nonchalantly In her arms intact I of basket laundry her with Vow! What a close shave! Congratulations, Mrs. Fritz. They But Just the same Its too bad that you can never kill you No It? under you when you landed-l- snt that laundry to think get t didn' WNU Servlc slr-re- erty of wizards or witches. Be- Cats Recognized as Far lieved to be emissaries of the devil Back as Year 936 A. D. and to be assistants of the people cat Did you know that the first law' on record was enacted about writ 930 A. D.? It Is the earliest cats ten record of the presence of was It and Britain, In Great of mul by Hywcl Dda, prince In writer a observes Wales, South I pro-;ate- d Globe-Democra- Most people think all domestic cats came from Egypt and Europe, of our Probably the ancestors wildcats of the were cats ent house even But both those regions. In the arrived fore . there were domes-catsern These were of species tlcated America native to southern North America, South and cat, One of them Is the Paraguay Adults pussy. bantam of sort a and weigh not over three pounds size of the are ordinary cats. Mexican cat. Then there Is the not altogether, If It Is almost, the summer this tlnct. win hairless, but In the breed nlonx fuzz of ter It has a ridge and on the top of the the one-quart- tall v happened t0 Mrs John Fritz and thereby eichtfen8SnaaCft .!he calendar a few ywirs to when ! the,Proud grandmother she Is today. tn the the SL Louis . .X 4 A e'ven the Middle ages, and Du colonization of era Inclidin the were subject to In America cats and torture, strenuous persecution If they were the prop so especially who worked charms and weird cures, cats were said to deserve whatever rough treatment was visited upon their owners. Thata where the nine lives Idea began. Cats, with their supple abdominal walls and ability to land on their feet, could stand punishment that would nearly kill Our ancestors a human being. didnt stop to figure It out reasonably, and when the witches black cats withstood harsh handling without harm, the people were more certain than ever that cats were in league with the powers of Lie and Lay" The verbs lie" and lay are often misused; lie Is Intransitive and takes no object, while lay Is transitive and requires an object Lay Is the causative form, meaning cause to lie. The past tense of lie" Is lay" and the past participle Is lain; the past tense of lay Is laid and the past parExample: The book ticiple laid. lies on the table; it lay there yesterday, In fact It has lain there He lay s the bln me several days. for this where he has always laid it" They laid down this rule." U.e of - can upside down a couple of days before you intend to use It You will find that you have no difficulty In mixing the paint THE HOUSEWIFE. J WtA This Is one of 9 series of articles to appear In this newspaper, sponsored by the Sait Lake Advertising Club, associated civic clubs of southern and central Utah, and chambers of commerce; part of a program to po nt out Utah's resources to that local people will Know Utah Better", By HAROLD W PICKERING Public Ledger, Inc. Utahs citizenry know and love their magnificent State Capitol in Salt Lake City. It is one of the finest structures of its kind In America possibly in the world. Certainly, Us location on the commanding eminence at the head of State street is not surpassed by the site of any other public building In this country. While Utah people from the oldsters who watched the building climb into the sky, to the children who study about It in school may regard the capitol as an old story, it Is really one of the most Interesting features of our interesting state. Facts and figures about the capitol are, like all statistics, dry and easily forgotten. Those who want dollars and cents, cubic yard3 and such data tonnages, square-feet- , may consult a textbook or official guide.- But to those UtahU3 who would rediscover their own state, a little of the projects background may be interesting. From the winter of 18SS until the winter of 1912 twenty-fou- r area marked the lofty district In Salt Lake years a large fenced-lCity which was, even then, called capitol hill. The designation, of course, merely anticipated that it would, some day, be justified that a building of granite and marble Instead of dreams and wishes would occupy the site. During those two dozen years, saplings planted without a very clear notion of landscaping became sizeable trees. Shrubs and blue grass grew in moie or less rank profusion covering the plot which had originally been just another hilltop of gravel and June grass. Neighborhood children used it for a playground and an occasional civic celebration was staged there though not too often, for the approaches were over precipitous streets. So, as a well known broadcast has it, time marches on. Then, In 1911, after the states revenues, tangible and Intangible wealth and especially the beneficient inheritance tax had put Utah In position to go ahead, the legislature set the machinery In motion by creating the state capitol commission. This body of men, headed by Governor William Spry, received their appointments about a year later, and set to work. In December 1912, the first gouge of the stream shovel was made In the soil that had been ceded to the state by Salt Lake City away back In 1S8S. This had been preceded by lengthy sessions of the commission. Such a project on so grand a scalo as Utahs new capitol to involve an expenditure of something over $2,000,000 naturally attracted hot competition from some of Americas foremost architects and engineering firms. Richard IC. A. Klettlng of Salt Lake City was the architect whose design on pure classical lines received the award; James Stewart & Company were the builders. In so huge an enterprise, excavations and foundations; the riveting of beams and girders, building of columns, sotting of stone, granite, marble and onyx take time. Meanwhile, state officers and their small army of employes were scattered In office buildings over the downtown district, with the governor and his staff and some other departments sandwiched Into small space at the venerable city and county building. So it was a day of relief for these officials and many others when the capitol was at last completed and dedicated tn July 1915. History ha3 been made since that day. A little less than two years after the great bronze doors were opened, the edifice became a hive of activity, housing the many bureaus required to administer Utahs participation in the Great War. Simon Bamberger was governor then and the "reconstruction period tinder Covernor Charles R. Maybey saw the big building almost as busy ns when the conflict was under way. Two other administrations that of George IL Dern, now secretary of war, and the present one headed by Governor Henry II. Blood have tenanted the capitol during stirring times. Today, the huge edifice, built so short a time ago with the idea that It would house In roomy comfort the state offices for almost a generation to come, Is crowded with the greatly increased activities of a from roof to growing, progressive commonwealth. To most Utah people, as well as admiring throngs of visitors, the capitol is a mecca for sightseeing. That is as true of Salt Lake City residents ns of Utahns from distant centers. There is always something Interesting to see at the capitol. Among other things. It houses one of the finest exhibits of contemporary painting and sculpture by native artists to be found In any state; a most extensive collection of Utah pioneer rcl'cs occupies a large concession, as do the exhibits of Utah manufactories, minerals nnd agricultural products. During the past year, the friezes and spandrels of the giant dome have been filled by mural paintings by a group of Utahs foremost artists. In the center of the rotunda stands the heroic statue of Masssssolt by Utahs famed sculptor, Cyrus Dallin. And the raoitol grounds, enlarged and beautified year by year, present a delightful study for the lover of trees and flowers and landscape gardening. See and know your state capitol! WTren von go, spare the time or SJR for a study of Its unique beauties even if IIB No.So.-and-sNo.Such-and-sucis threatening wrack and ruin to your pocketbook. Your legislators nnd their doings come and go. Your capitol stands a thing of magnificence and surpassing beauty! - n h SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Interniountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers HIGHWAY WORK UP PLEADS FOR PEACE NOXIOUS WEED WAR MANY WISH RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UT Before a gathering of 400 business and civic leaders, Sir Malcom Campbell, famous skipper of the 300 mile an hour Bluebird made an appeal for world peace. Sixty-e- applications for clemency will be considered at the next regular meeting of the state board of pardons, on September 21, among them those of Paul von Bode and Elizabeth Droubay, both convicted for murder. David J. Pugh, former assistant state treasurer, will present a plea for termination. Pugh was released on parole after serving five years eight months and 12 days of a sentence for embezzlement of more than $100,000. OGDEN, UT. With road projects under way in every northern Idaho countv, the state is proceeding- rapidly in its highway program under federal aid and work relief aopiopriations, according to B. J. Finch, district engineer of the United States bureau of public roads. ight 20-ye- ar IDA. A noxPOCATELLO, ious weed program to cover approximately 1500 acres of land in Bannock county and which will afford employment to 50 men is being sought under the WPA. BOISE, IDA. The general avIDAHO FALLS, IDA. The erage of prices received by Idaho flow of water in the Snake river farmers for their products in is reported as at a normal rate August was 90 per cent of pre- for thi3 period of the year. war, and at this level was two BOISE, IDA. The extra sespoints lower than on July 15, Richard C. Ross, federal agricul- sion of the legislature held in tural statistician for Jdalio has July cost Idaho approximately announced. PARK VALLEY, UT- Men working under the direction of the government are wells in the flats southdigging of Park Valley, along the stretch of land used by sheep herds trailing across Utah. The purpose of the wells is to furnish water for the sheep and for cattle ranging in that region. These well3 will keep the sheep off other property and on the trail designated for trail hcrd3. BOISE, IDA. Boise nnd Ada ccunly motorists have paid to the county 5103,523 since Jan. 1 for heir automobile registration. - ten thousand dollars. BOISE, Paint Hint Do you find it difficult properly to mix paint which has Just, been opened? The next time you are going to use a can of paint, turn the closed iumP? I get that dream every time ed anc every time I wake up just ort-cu- cents. aft ou.a thoe Instructions up In aboL ge will be t of Cre hangtale117 attractive leasures t.aftnd S IDA A 35 National Geographic society expedition down the Salmon river through some of the mos and isolated scenic country in western America will begin October 5 at Salmon and end a month later at Lewiston, Idaho. The river passes through some of the most Fcenic country in western America and winds through a gorge that at places is 0900 feet flceo. CEDAR CITY, UT Tourist traffic to Zion national park is over 40 per cent higher than it was a year ago. WNU Service. Weeks Supply of Postum Free Read the oifer made by the Postum Company In another part of this paper. They will send a full weeks supply of health giving Postuin free to anyone who writes for it Adv. Potatoes at Will Hawaii produces new potatoes tn January while those grown In Maine are old and rusty. Since there is neither summer nor winter all that Hawaii has to do Is to figure how long It takes them to grow and plant accordingly. Keep Calm deal of life Is learning not become excited. A good to Kills r MOSQUITOES FLIES-SFIDEl- eS and OTHER INSECTS lit Quick, Pleasant Successful Elimination Lets be frank theres only one way for your bbdy to rid Itself of the waste material that causes acidity, gas, headaches, bloated feelings and a dozen other discomforts. Y'our Intestines must function and the way to make thorn move quickly, pleasantly, successfully, without grilling or harsh Irritants Is to chew a Milnesia Wafer thoroughly, In accordance with directions on the bottle or tin,, then swallow. Milnesia Wafery, pure milk "of magnesia in tablet form, each equivalent to a tablespoon of liquid milk of magnesia, correct acidity, bad breath, flatulence, at their source, and enable you to have the quick, pleasant, successful elimination so necessary to abundant health. Milnesia Wafers come in bottles at 35c and COc or in convenient tins at 20c. Recommended by thousands of physicians. All good druggists carry them. Start using these pleasant tasting effective wafers today. FCZEMA ITCHING Quickly soothe burning formenf and promote healing of irritated sfdnuitth- - Resinol WNU W 3T 85 you tuffer burning, scanty or frequent urination; backache, headache, dizziness, swollen feet and ankles? Are you tired, nervous-f- eel all unstrung and dont know what is DO wrong? Then give some thought to your kidneys. Be sure they function properly, for functional kidney disorder per. mils excess waste to stay in the blood, and (o poison and upset the whole system. Use Doans Pills. Doans are for the kidneys only. They are recommended the world over. You can get the genDoans at any drug uine, store. time-teste- d |