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Show UTAH STATESMAN News Notes Itg a Privilege to Liao in Utah KIul, u(l In New Orleans the roar of trafflc la imahed. In the factories and on the farms, men drop whatever toola of trade' are In their banda and America facea East I For thla la Armlatlee day and all over the United States for the apace of two mlnntea Americana pauae In their everyday taaka to pay reverent tribute to the dead. America facea Eaatl And the thought of moat of u, aa we atand uncovered amid familiar a speed across the Atlantic to aome hillside in France where the long rows of white croaaea mark the last resting place of those who Drought about the mighty event which we celebrate on November 1L It may be at where bqfan that "soul trying struggle of many weeks between the Argonne forest and the Meuse, which lasted until the hour when Germany cried enough. " Or It may be In Flanders field In Belgium or at Brookwood, England, tor there, too, these gleaming markers atand guard over the fleep of American soldiers. Armistice day la a day of remembrance a day to recall that breathless moment nine years ago when n welcome message was flashed to the waiting world. The message was contained In the official news story sent out by the Associated Press, which reads as follows: "Washington, Monday, Nov. 11, 2:48 a. m. The armistice between Germany, on one hand, and the allied governments, and the United States, on the other, has been signed. "The State department announced at 2:45. oclock this morning that Germany had signed. "The departments announcement simply said: The armistice has been signed. "The World war will end this morning at 6 oclock, Washington time, 11 o'clock Paris time. "The armistice was signed by the German representatives at midnight "This announcement was made by the State department at 2:50 o'clock this morning. "The announcement was made verbally by an official of the State department In this form : " The armistice has been signed. It was signed at B o'clock a. m., Paris time (midnight eastern time) and hostllltlea will cease at 11 o'clock this morning, Paris time, (6 o'clock eastern time). "The terms of the armistice will not be made public until later. Armistice day Is a day of remembrance not of the riotous scenes which took place and the mad frenzy of joy which possessed the whole nation on the morning of November 11, 1918, when America's millions realised that It was "over over there, not of the triumphal processions when the khakl-elamillions returned home In 1919 and 19201 It Is a day for remembrance of those who did not return, who were destined never to bear the cheers of the multitude nor to know whether or not they had died In vain America's war dead. Romagne-eoua-Uontfanco- n, d From Its first observance Armistice day has taken on Its memorial significance rather than that of a day of rejoicing. There have been few mors solemn moments In the history of this country than on Armistice day, 1921, when they brought America's Unknown Soldier back to hla native land and burled him In Arlington. Though the thoughts of Individual Americans may turn to some one cross In a French cemetery where lies a brother or a son or a husband, when the morning of November 11 dawns, America as s whole faces East and the observance of Armistice day craters around this national shrine, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. For here Is the common symbol for us all. And on this day we, remember the words of President Harding, uttered on that other armistice day: Wa do not know tha amlnanca of hla birth, but wa do know tha glory of hla death. Ho died for bin country, and greater devotion hath no man than this. He died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith In hla haart and hopa on hla lips, that hla country should triumph and Its civilisation survive. Aa a typical soldlar of this representative democracy. ho fought and died, believing In tha indisputable Justice of hla country's cause. Weeping In these hallowed grounds are thousands of Americans gho have given their blood for tha baptism of freedom and Its maintenance,Is armed esponenta of tna nation's conscience. It batter and nobler (pr their deeds. Burial here Is favor; rather more than a sign of tha Ingovernment's of the tha heart It a a suggestion of a tomb dead. nation, sorrowing for Its noble unToday's ceremonies proclaim that the hero known la not unhonored. We gather him to the nation's breast, within tha shadow of the Capitol, of the towering shaft that honors Wasltngton, the great father, and of the esqulnlte monument to Lincoln, the martyred savior. Here the Inspirations of yesterday and the conscience of today forever unite to make tha Republlo worthy of his death for flag and country. I apeak not as a pacifist fearing war, but as one 3Xxmc&x&iniKiruW3aiJvnSR. UNKNOWN I have come hack to my mother's land X was loam too long away. Bho shades hsr eyas with a blue-veinhand ' ' la the sunHt upland day find looks at my saddle, my horse, my gua For my haunts ware not tha straws. Ify western mother has murmured "Boaf 8o why am I called Unknown? ed I have come back to my mother's land. Where the yellow pine glades are; The cyprcse flutters, by warm brecse fanned And tha roes scent floats afar; Theres a plash of oars on quiet streams And a brlght-hue- d bird has flown Like those that colored my youthful dreams Ere they called me the Great Unknown. y I have eome back to my mother's land. Where the surfs like distant drama, And tha Ashing craft make bright the strand And a kindly neighbor cornea For such la the way of the village folk When a woman Is left alone. It's of me they talk, when aha doffs her cloak, Bo why am I called Unknown? . For X belong to them Mothers Alt From the seas to the plains of sage, From th4 hills that rock to the nowslldea fail To the desert gray-line- d with age. And my tomb shall vibrato with massages All couched In that mother tone Which stirs the heart. Ah, then, who says That X have returned Unknown? . i ' , Arthur Chapman. who loves Justice and hates war. X speak as one who believes tha highest function of government Is to give Ita cltlsens the security of peace, the opportunity to achieve, and the pursuit of happiness. As we return this poor clay to Ita mother soli, garlanded by love and covered, with the decoration that only nations can bestow, I can sense the prayers of our people, of all peoples, that this Armistice day shall mark the beginning of a new and lasting era of peace on earth, good will among men. Or we may remember that splendid tribute, written by Frank U. O'Brien, which appeared In the New York Herald on November 11, 1921, and which waa awarded the Pulitzer prize for the best editorial article of the year. In It ha spoke for all Americans when he wrote of THE UNKNOWN 60LDIER That which takes plaoa today at the National cemetery In Arlington la a symbol, a myatary and a tribute. It la an entombment only In the physical sense. It Is rather the enthronement of Duty and Honor. This man who died for hla country la the symbol of these qualities; a far more perfect symbol than any man could be whose name and deeds we know. He represents more, really, than the unidentified dead, for we cannot separate them spiritually from the war heroes whose names are written on their gravestones He thla spirit whom we honor stands for the unselfishness of all. This, of all monuments to the dead, la lasting and Immutable. Bo long as men revere the liner things of life the tomb of tha nameless hero will remain a shrine. Nor, with tha shifts of time and mind, can there be a changing of values No historian shall rise to modify the virtues or the faults of the Soldier. He has an Immunity for which kings might pray. The years may bring erosion to the granite but not to tbs memory of the Unknown. It la a common weakness of humanity to ask the questions that can never be answered In this Ilfs Probably none to whom the drama of the Unknown Soldier has appealed hae not wondered who, In the sunshine of earth, was tha protagonist of today's ceremony. A logger from Penobscot? An orchardlst from the Padfla coart? A from Texas? A machinist from Connecticut? A lad who left hla hoe to met among the Missouri corn? A longshoreman from Hell's Kitchen? Perhaps soma youth from the tobacco fields, resting again In hla own Virginia? All that the army tells us of him Is that he died In battle. All that the heart telle Is that some woman loved him. More than that no man shall learn. In this well-drill- er mystery, as In the riddle of the universe, tha wise wonder; but they would not know. V7hat were hla dreams, his ambitions? XJkely he shared those common to the millions: a life of peace and honest struggle, with such small success as comes to moec who try; and at the end the place on the hillside among his fathers. Today to do honor aftld last resting place come the greatest soldiers of the age, famous statesmen from other continents, the Preaidant, the high Judges and the legislators of his own country, and many men who, like himself, fought for the flag At his bier will gather the moat remarakable group that America has seen. And the tomb which Fate reserved for him la, Inetead of the narrow cell on the village hillside, one ae lasting as that of Ramoses and aa Inspiring as Napoleons. It Is a great religious ceremony, this burial today. The exaltation of tha nameless bones would not bo possible except for Belief. Where were Duty and Honor, the of Victory, If mankind feared that death drew a black curtain behind which lay nothing but the dark? Bo all In whom tha spark of hope hae not died can well believe that we to whom the Soldier is a mystery are not a mystery to him. They can believe that tha watchers at Arlington today are not merely a few thousands of the living but the countless battalions of tha departed. "Though he were dead, yet shall he live" there Is the promise to which men hold when everything of thla earth has slipped away. All the Impressive ritual of today would be a mockery if we did not believe that, eut In an Infinity which astronomers oannot chart or mathematicians bound, the Unknown Boldler and all the glorious dead whom wo honor In hie dust are looking down upon thle little spinning ball, conscious of our reverence. And when noon strikes, signal for the moment of silent prayer, few of those who stand with bared head will lack conviction that the rites at Arlington are viewed by other than mortal eyes. Only In that spirit may we honor the Unknown Boldler and those who, like him, died for this Republic. Unknown, but not nnknowlngl Armistice day thla year will have a renter significance than ever before for the reason that among those who will Join In its observance are 100,000 or more members of the American Legion, who crossed the Atlantic In September to attend the annual Legion convention In Paris. While they were there they adopted a resolution to have Armistice day made a national legal holiday. For although It Is generally observed as a holiday In the United States, It has not yet been proclaimed as a national legal holiday. The following states have made It a legal holiday by legislative enactment: Alabama, Arizona. Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Do kota, Tennefibee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, anfl the territory of Ilawall. In the other states It if a legal holiday by governor's proclamation only. Tills Second A. K. F." Is home now and Its members are bringing with them the memories of their recent visit to those places where they made history nine and ten years ago. They're bringing, too, memories of their visit to the places where once they saw a hell of gunfire blast all signs of life from the earth, but where now green grass grows as a vivid background for the long rows at St. Mlblel, of white cromee In the at the Somme and at Sureanea. In the Alsne-MurnAnd aa they remember reading on the crosses the name of some buddy, with whom they lived and lunghed through It all until a burst of shrapnel signalled partnership dissolved, It's more than likely that Armistice day will take on a new meaning to then. What will that meaning bet A day of rejulrlp that when others died they were spared) A du) for envy of the peaceful sleep of those who hold the bivouac of tlie dead while they must face each day the trouhlcsome problems of modern life) Or will It be a day for seeing dearly the folly of mankind who goes to war, the uselessness of war and for a high resolve that "Ik's mast not be again. well-sprin- gs Oise-Alsn- e, e, LOGAN A herd of Holstelns will be shipped from Utah to the Portland Livestock show about October 25, according to H. P. Anderson, secretary of the Holsteln-Frlesla- n association. The herd will consist of twelve animals, four of which will be chosen from Cache valley farms, while the remainder will come from Weber, Salt Lake and Millard counties. The herd will be assembled at the Cache county fairgrounds prior to shipping. PRICE Wellington, a town six miles east of Price, Is held In thd grip of a typhoid epidemic. More than fifty cases are reported In the neighborhood. It la the opinion of medical men here who have looked Into the spread of the disease that It has per hapf been caused by the unavailability of the water supply, doe to the washout of the flume at Gordon creek. The water supply of most of the farms east id Price In the valley has been affected alnoe that time. CEDAR CITY Official ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone of the new gymnasium at tna Branch Agricultural college will he held Friday, October 28. The events will begin with a student body meeting at 1 o'clock, followed by a general assembly. at 2, to which the public will be Invited. Immediately following the general assembly the cornerstone will be laid. LEHI Establishment of an ornamental tile Industry In Balt Lake, the first of Ita kind In the state, looms as a probability as the result of experiments now being carried on here by C. M. Wheeler, formerly of the Heine Roofing Tile company of Dearer. Although It cannot be said definitely as yet whether Utah clay la suitable for making high grade ornamental tile, Mr. Wheeler says his experiments have so far been very promising. He Is experimenting at the plant of the Balt Lake Pressed Brick company with a clay of unusual excellence obtained west of Lehl In Utah county. MYTON the favorable weather conditions for the past two weeks have proved beneficial to the farmers who raise alfalfa seed. Threshing machines have been busy and the seed plants la Myton are beginning to fill up. The Uintah Basin Seed Growers association plant Monday had received 1200 sacks of this seasons crop, and the plant Is running nine hours a day cleaning seed. AMERICAN FORK John E. Berg and W. C. Berg and W. C. Moley, sheepmen of American Fork, topped the market at the Chicago stockyards Thursday, when they marketed seven double-deckecarloads of lambs. The lambs brought' 114.15 per hundred pounds. The lambs will be used by the Kentucky Agricultural college, which Is conducting an experiment in fotenlng western blackface lambs In the Blue Grass state. The American Fork men will remain In Chicago for another week to dispose of ten additional carloads of lambs. LOGAN Nearly 200 carloads of potatoes will be shipped out of Cache county this season, according to Harry C. Parker, county crop and pest inAt present about twenty spector. carloads are leaving each week. 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Uintah county wUl this year harvest a fair crop of fairly good quality alfalfa seed. MYTON Myton plant of the Uintah Basin 8eedgrowers'assoclat!on has been Incorporated and a call Issued for growers to exebange their certificates for shares in the company. The last fiscal year, according to a report Issued, shows a net profit above all expenses of $2800. The new modern gravity cleaner will soon be Installed. The committee on Incorporation comprises William Michael, George E. Howells, C. A. Larsen, WUllam Zowo and N. L. Peterson. MYTON A force of men la at work on the bridge across the Duchesne river near Myton. The bridge will be raised the same as on the north side. It will also be given a couple of costa of paint, and the base of. the bridge will be cemented. tomatoes have LAYTON Green proved the best crop this season so far for the local farmers. 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