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Show UBRiXT mnBsiTr 01 r VTA M1RA4Y - JUL 30 -- . 7J ';- N gjax JUKI cjrr tairanum M VOL. 7. NO. 30. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JULY 27, 1928. $1.00 A YEAR Concerted Campaign Gets Smith Headquarters For Entire West Assigned to Salt Lake City, Utah Denver Conceded to Have The Climax of a Fine Drive But Utah of . Right Vigor Way Sidetracks it. ,tnirrrnn CO MMERCIAQ CABLES Salt Lake Not Even Listed ed on Speaking Tour in Early Campaign Plans. Balt Laka City has baea eelecteS aa western headquarters tor the Democratic campaign, thanks to the concerted efforts of the Demo crata of the slats. Fred W. Johnson of Rock Springs, head of the c aidant dub, has been named manager of the headquarters. Ha will be in Utah this week and after making a brief survey of the situation proceed to New lurk to learn more definitely Ilia natura of hia duties, Bt. Louis hue been selected aa the headquarters. This meana that the campaign will be conducted from New York, St. Louis and Salt Lake ajruascnr ms i we sueua unit isnirauoaiu as ns gams stnon css sfcir iscua iSmlth-fur-Pr- mid-we- hi sauaue st City. Democrats While the alone sold the New Yorkers on the idea aa of choosing Salt Laka headquar- Carbon County Strong For George H. Dem ters the entire state and Intermoun-tai- n country will benefit by. the advertising which wll ha forthcom-i- g in the coming national campaign. Pot the benefit of those who want the history of the case the Revolt Statesman offers the following: At the time of the convention in Houston it wai generally conceived While Minn. MINNEAPOLIS, chat Denver would have western Republican leaders were greeting headquarters in case Smith was Herbert Hoover in hia passage nominated, and National Cummlt-ieema- n westward through tho state, end George Collins of Colorado him of Minnesota's supBad secured a tentative promise assuring port, insurgent farm leaders were from the Smith people. This is proclaiming a revolt of tha farm lugatantiated in articles appearing voters against the Kansas City in the Denver pap.-r- s and was gen- platform and ita candidate. Only erally taken fur granted by Utahns. the November test will determine Fred W. Johnson of Wyoming and whether the farmers to Mr. Orr Chapman of Twin Falla, various organizations belonging for which Idaho, reported on their, recent trip these leaders are spokesmen will o Salt Lake that they had taken carry through tho revolt and vote ihe matter up with the Bmlth peo- for Alfred E, Smith as a rebuke ple but there was no rosy picture to the Republican party. tainted. Senator King also report-that he had discussed the metier with the New Yorkera The Salt Lake Telegram polled pome of the Democrats in the city pi an effort to find out If could be located here but Will received little if any encouragement. Notwithstanding this they tarried one article regarding the poesiblllty and thla was the sum Jotal of press artless regarding the wheee were put in Setter untileethe detailed below. Came the meeting of the Smith Executive Offers Poard of strategy which, of course, Chief logon to function as soon Via the Aid in Bringing Votkominntion was accorded the New York governor. Press dispatches ers Together. rrled by the regular news services the various Utah papers listed ihe so called key cities of the untry AND IT PLAINLY 8HOW-- T Organization of Democrats THAT BALT LAKE CITY WAS the fourth election precinct of NOT CONSIDERED of one of those Suit Lake, citizens o t the four tides. The press dispatches said and that DENVER AND SAN FRAN- Democratic members of the county committee will be the CISCO were considered the chief guests of Governor George H. titles of the west. Also In the Dern at hia home 71S E. Sou la speaking plan outlined for Tern pie Wednesday August 1. The 9 over nor Smith. SALT LAKE CITY meeUng wee called for the purpose WAR NOT INCLUDED. cf getting the fourt precinct work-er- a Thinking that the press wire together, previous efforts to service had Just overlooked get the Democratic workers tothe Intermountain metrnp-1l- s gether having failed. Senator King Interested Democrats watched will probably make a short talk at the meeting, being a member of (Continued on Page Four! the fourth precinct. The governor has not yet worked out hia program. E. Tha list of Disorganisation workers of the fourth precinct aa shown by the county chairman's Congress records follows: District 76 H. B. Jcx, 271 Wall h Bpan-hof Mrs. H. B. Walker, lul E. Booth street; John mayor Frank J. Fork announced Monday night Kimball apartments: he wee a candidate for the Fowjer 210 No. State. B District 71 Herbert Snow, 120 epubllcan nomination for Congress In tha Second district In op- - let Ave.; I. C. Thoreen, lit 2nd Ave.s Elmer Mery T. Hughes, 101 let Bosttlon to Representative who la eeeklng Ave. District 7R E. N. Csrlqulst. 139 hie In announcing Srd Ave.: Allis Neslen, 272 3rd tandldacy Mr. Booth eald: In response to the urgent so- Ave.: A. A. Judges. 373 3rd Ave.. District 7 Thomas M. Holt, licitation of my frlenda through 4th tut the district I have decided to 17 F. fit.; B. A. Seare.111407K BL innounce .my candidacy for the Ave.; LucySIT. Romney, District Gherman nonjlna-HoArmstrong Republican congressional I Intend to make a vigorous 1021 E. So. Temple; George Bacon, 107 123 M. r. Ida In St.; am Madlhan, the now I that umpalgn race and will stand squirely upon M Bt. S3 Orson Allen, lit T District Iny record aa a public official and Mrs. Myrtle J. Christensen, private citlsen. I expect to have St.; more to say as the campaign gets 106 T St.: George A. Christensen lOt T Sc. knder way." District BS E. L. Sloan, 172 C Three other well known Repub-Ican- a Minnesota on Edge of Governor Dern hsail-uarte- Play Host To His Precinct pre-cm- qt ten-tahi- inan-Hnnl- John Booth Out for -- n. Secy., 273 C 81. had been proposed for nom-atio- St.: E. W. Sloan. District 4 John Henry Evans, These were State Senator Ave.: Edith Westwood, E. R. Calliater. Theodora L. Hol- 771 tth man and Preston G. reteraon of Sery.. 785 I 5St.Gordon T. Hyde, District Provo member of the stats road 1 58 10th Ave., S. H. Lynch- - Becy., commission. Thus far, Mr. Holman and Mr. Canister have refused to IC7 D St. permit their frlonde to organise In their behalf and It was eald after Mr. Booth's announcement, from present Indications the contest for nomination will narrow down to Mr. Leatherwood and Mr. Booth. BOSTON Only by taking advantage of every possible opportu-to nity can the Republicans hope n. Bay State Gives G. O. P. Worries Michigan G. O. P. Experts by Fight With DETROIT Republicans .promising to engare In factional priairfare Hi the forthcoming betmary, and with the Democrats more ter erfaqteed and hopeful than In ysara, the customary election in Michigan this year promises caHriainment at lea. lop-ifl- eq retain Massachusetts in the presidential vote. During the past week been started te a movement hen referenbring about a state-wid- e dum et Ihe election on the question of repealing the prohibition amendment to tho federal Constitution. This movement is thought to have orlglnnted among those who be-n lieve it will make certain of mnxiumm dry vote at the polls vote that will be 100 per cent againct tho Democratic candidate, lakti Willard Scowcroft, Ogden Manufacturer Enters Lists for Nomination. Formal Announcement; Has Represented Utah for Twelve Years. Willard Scowcroft. Ogdon manufacturer. has announced that he Is receptive in the matter of the Democratic nomination for governor. Mr. Scowcroft declares1 he has been urged by hia many friends to msko the race, but at the earns time he pays high tribute to Gov. Senator William H. King has formally announced his aandldacy for tha Democratic nomination fur the United States senate. Senator King is winding up his twelfth year aa Utah's Democratic senator. Senator King make the following statement: Hie Statement. "After due consideration I have concluded te submit my candidacy to my party, and If selected 1 shell appreciate the renewed evidences of the confidence of the Democrats of Utah as well as th honor Involved In such action. In tho poet I havo been tho recipient of many favors at the hands of th people of Utah, and have endeavored to discharge th duties Mating upon m with fidelity to tire state end to our country. The Democratic party In Ita recent national convention adopted olatform progressive and enlightened, and announced principles which, if translated into national policies, will redound to th welfare end prosperity of th American people. With that platform I am In accord, and If to the senate I shall, to tho utmost of my ability, aid In carrying Into effect the principles announced end the policies declared. George H. Dern. Mr. Scowcroft is vioe preaidant of the John Srofcroft A Bona company and la widely known throughout the state. Therefore, there has been a strong Intimation that Gov. Dern would be renominated at the Logan convention by acclamatl Until William K. Wallace, mer national committeeman, ai nounced that he wee a Candida., for Unjted States senator. It alto had been expected that 8enUr William H. Kin would bo re- nominated for a third term without opposition. , The new turn, political leaden out pointed Monday, indicates that no candidate for a place on either tha Democratic or ticket will have a clearRepublican field, although hotter competition for 'recognition is expected lican at the t RepubDem- than at the Price Paper Gives Gov- ocraticconvention gathering. ernor Big Spread in Western- - Paper Recent Issue. Has High Regain! t That Governor George tH. Dern hag made a lot of friends In Carbon county and la assured strong support In that county la the opinion of the editor of The Bun, Price, Utah, who recently devoted two whole columns to extolling the virtues of the present executive. The article la topped hy two column gut of tho governor pd,tl)e trained reader eeeh at ones that thara is no "adv at the bottom and also that tha article did not appear simultaneously In 15 papers as did recently a picture of a Republican aspirant for a Job in Washington. The article ssys in pert: Rarely, if ever, in the history of Utah polities has there arisen an occasion when a chief executive hae not faced at least some semblance of opposition for renomination. But that le precisely the case ee regards the present governor. The reason for this unusual state of affairs lies simply In the fact that Dern has demonstrated to hia party hie capacity for the able administration of state affaire and has shown himself the outstanding figure in the The Demodemocracy of Utah. crats might be lost without Dern to lead their ticket. With him they believe they have tho beat chance in many years to sweep the state. Four years ago the governor demonstrated a strength that surprised even hie moat optimistic supporters, because ha polled auch a great proportion of the silent" vote tha vote of the people not pledged to the eupport of either of tha major parties. Few remember that ha received more votes than Coolidge, even, in a year of one of the greatest of all Republican national landslides. But he did. He received 34.739 more then Davie, the Democratic candidate for preedient In the four yvars that have .elapsed since the last election Governor Dern has devoted himaelf assiduously to the work of running the state, handicapped, ee wee inevitable by tha tact that all of the other elective state officers were of the opposite political faith, he has nevertheless been able to accomplish objectives left neglected by previous administrations. The outstanding accomplish- Continued on Page Three) The follow A discussion of Al Smith and Herbert Hoover ap-- , Times peared In I lie New15 York dote. Tho magazine of July Stokes, article le by Harold Phelps who explains hln prnponal connection with the men about whom ho writes. It follows: BT HAROLD PlIELPS 8TOKE8. Standing out in vivid color backagainst tha neutral-tinte- d ground of the party platforms, the personalities of tha rival candidates for president are bound to play an unusually Important role in tha coming campaign. To the quality of these two men, to the traits which hare enabled them to make such an impact on their respective communities, I can perhaps contribute some slight personal testimony thst will help reader of Ths New York Times to estimate them. In the early dnya when Alfred E. Bmlth waa making his reputation in the state legislature 1 had the good fortune to he an Albany I used to alt In the correspondent. assembly chamber and watch him of holding the the miracle perform hia colleague! to rapt attention of so dull a subject the discussion of ax the annual appropriation bill. I was there the night he made that week speech against a seven-da- y fnr women In Industry, beginning, "Nowhere have I read in the Hilda, Remember the Sabbath day to except Ut tha can keep it Brigham Young Booklet Is Big Boost For Utah Ore For Joe Robinson Weber County If " - V It prove that tha nomination of Senator Joseph T. RoMnAa pf Arkanaaa adds at all to the strength of the Democratic presidential tlcl-e- t. or even If It proves that bin nomination does not detract from Its .etNNgthr-tt- - wll! bWantfcOT5$ sign of better unity in the United Democrats ...Chairman Power States. The choice of a southerner upon Ira A. Huggins, chairman of the the ticket of a major party, inso- Weber county committee of the far aa tho modern history of the Democratic party, wee empowered country is concerned, is without to push Hie reorganisation as precedent. But this la an era In which old reasoning, old rules of quickly as possible. The chairmen action, old precedents In many waa told to see that old eubcheir-mc- n walks of life ere being set a aids. called reorganization meetings Why not also the old political one which counts tha south apart from and that where the old organisathe north, which puts it in the tion was lacking to appoint persona Democratic beg before the start and to function until new men were which rates ita leader of little count for national uses and ij.ikct4 reHugglne was also Instructed to proceed with hie plan to install a sponsibilities? Time waa not long since when card Index system of canvass. Arkanaaa wee a cracker'' stats. IsoJoseph Chez, treasurer of the lated. backward and more remote Association, even from the thought end action told the meeting about hie trip to of the greet masses of tha people Houston with the Utah delegation, of the whole country then state Chex paid high tribute to Al Smith more remote In mileage. The de- - and Joe Robinson, the Democratic velopment of the far western states candidates, But' preceded that of Arkansas. good roads, tha intermingling of the men of all states during the Greet Iowa Republians war, the greet spurt throughout the land after the war. changed 11 that. Arkaniaa has burst upward like a meteor end of the national houte for 10 years and of the senDES MOINES, Iowa What Reate for 15 years, he has made a publican leaders have hoped for name at once for brilliance end has come to pass In Iowa. Harsteady worth an unusual combin- mony has been restored between ation. Rather too much a parti- those who have led the farm retion to appeal to independent. atllL fight and those old liners who since the retirement of Oscar W. lief the Underwood he probably in the were discretely silent, while strongest representative of the was at its peak. It was sentiment done forsouthern states in congress and tha best fitted for the vice presidency. mally at the state nominating conhere. The strategy of hia nomination vention The convention had been adverno doubt la the expectation of tha tised as a harmonious one over Smith management to win the election by carrying tha east without since the national convention, and the losing any part of the south. Rob- harmony ofwas maintained at Low-den conslstecy, the inson la expected to hold the south. expense on tha Hoover It le among the Interesting phas- band wing climbing with the equalisation wagon es of the coming campaign. Puebfee in its hip pocket. lo Chieftain. nt All on Band Wagon Lowden-for-Preside- In nerlea of New York State." the summer of 115 I eat in a ra- porter's chair at tha Constitutional convention and heard Ellhu Root pay eloquent tribute to this young man who in that gathering of the elect though not always elected had eo extraordinarily impressed hia personality on all his colleague Yean afterward, as Washington correspondent, and later ee a member of his staff at tha department of commerce, I had a chance to watch Herbert Hoover at work. g Those were years, un Hoovers shoulders, aa on Secretary under President Mellon's, rested Herding and President Coolidge the fur giving economic responsibility aid and counsel to American industry In tha critical period of reconstruction after the war. So perhaps I might manage to qualify as a character witness for both sides in the case of Smith vs. Hoover, about to he tried at the bar of American public opinion. The two men have a good deal more In common than la generally neither was Though supposed. born in the traditional log cabin, both Hoover and Smith ran boast that homely origin which ie the pride of the American public man. If Smith hae behind him the sidewalks end pushcarts and markets of New York, Hoover can hoaist an Iowa village for hln birthplace and the village blacksmith for hia father. For snme reason llonver has never got the full political ben- eflt pf this entry, AU men know. herd-drivin- nt Provo School Bulletin Rings the Bell With Good .... Display in Recent Issue of Now York Tim es. The following article appeared In the New York Times of recent date. Utah people should feel flattered in being able to get to much spaiw In the big New York dally. The article follows:. From a booklet recently put out by Brigham Young University at l'rovo, Utah, ona may get a vivid picture of tha hardships tho Mormon pioneers endured In founding and building uj what la now a prosperous and wealthy commonwealth. This publication, a moro-grap- h prepared by Lowry Nelson, director of the extenilon division of the university gives tha results of a historical and sociological study made by him of the Mormon farm village of Ephraim, a place now of slightly more than 3,000 population. This study was tha second of a scries of three undertaken to assess tha economic and social conditions and values of typical Utah country communities. The first of these studies, a mongraphr on ths farm village of Escalante, was issued some time ago: ths concluding which will deal with booklet, American Fork, a rural place of somewhat different character, la yet to be published. Ephraim is in Ban pete county, nbout 130 miles south of Salt Lake It lies at on elevation rf City. 5,500 feet above sea level, near the mouth of Ephraim canyon, on the east side of a valley about three milee In width. To the east mountains of the Wasatch range rise to a height of nearly 10,000 feet, while to the west are mountains of about 8,000 feet elevation. Tho town ie tha center of a live stock raising that Smith worked hie way up from government le today. Greet en tile bottom, but many era not so glneering projects, relief well aware that Hoover did, too. enterprises and the reorganised and Perhaps it is because Hoover, aa an virtually department of engineer! amassed a moderate for- commerce at Washington testify to tune, not so large a one aa op- Hoovers abilities In tha same diposing demagogues like to paint it, rection. but nevertheless a substantial comBy another odd turn of, fate this petence. But it hae not interfered sheer executive ability that la one with hia essential democracy, and of Hoover's most talked-o- f traits he woe able to say in his telegram Is now being turned to hia disto the Kansas City convention: advantage. Bmlth, who made his My country owes me nothing. It reputation as an adminlatrator and gave me. as it gives every boy and student of state affairs, has come In no other to be known rather for his maggirl, a chance. land could a boy from a country nificent qualities of the heart and village, without Inheritanca or in- hand. Hoover, who first won pubfluential friends, look forward with lic recognition back in tha days of unbounded hope. belgian relief tor conducting the Neither party resorted this year greatest humanitarian endeavor of to that expedient of weary dele- the present generation, he com gates led by wary politicians, tha to be regarded by some people as nomination of a dark horse. Each an efficiency man, a super-exper- t. of tha candidates has a conspicuous Hia opponents are already at work record of public service and will exploiting this weakness. They run on that record. They nre both do him an injustice. Humanity has men of unimpeachable integrity. ever been closer to the spirit of Bmlth has managed to rise above Hcover than mere efficiency. the traditional standard of the Memory is another trait they organisation which brought him have In common. Whoever heard Into public life. Hoover, like nf listing that among a man's an administration qualification for office! Yet it la survived notable for Ita corruption without a faculty which hae served both a blemish on hia own reputation. Hoover and Bmlth extraordinarily Both Smith and Hoover are men well. Nor is It the attribute which of extraordinary administrative the ward politician might associate ability. Smith showed hia capacity with memory: an ability to reinenv a an and leader administrator her faces and rail all men Instant hi In the campaign for reorganisation ly and everywhere by their Chrisof the stnto government and In his tian names, t'erhnp the psycholo- cwn work as the chief executive of ACoaUnuod pa Fagg Thrpel the glut business eutgrpfis that far-flu- ... Cool-Irig- e, district which depends for ita fertility upon an irrigation system baaed on Ephraim creek. Bent Out by Brigham Young. Two years after the Mormon pioneer rs arrived in Balt Lakj valley," writes Mr. Nelson, Brigham Young sent colony to settle Ban pete valley. They founded the act tlement of Mantl In 114. In 1350 an effort whs mads by man from Mantl to establish himself seven miles to the north In what ia now Ephraim, but tha Indiana forced him to return to Mantl. It was not until tho early spring of 1554 that a colony of fifteen families aucaeed' ed in founding a settlement there, As In most of the new huide of Utah, tha Initial years in the new aeillement brought hardships to the newcomers. The first necessity confronting the pioneers waa mem is of defense against tha Indiana, fort wee constructed aa cordlngly rapidly aa poaible. For this purmen were pose organized In mill' tary order under the general direction of the bishop. Bom men were assigned to guard duty while the others worked on the fort- 'The first fort inclosed only one end onehelf acres of ground aiid had but one entrance a gate on the west. The walla were seven feet high. The houeea were built inside the walls, being constructed out of rock and adobe. The muct-In- g house for church services wee built in the center of the enclosure, The well of this structure were or cedar posts act in the ground, few feet apart, with the intervening spaces filled with adobes. The toot was of logs, willows and 4m. Around the meeting houie was corral, in which tha live stock waa kept et night. This fort waa cum' pleted in time to furnish shelter through tha winter of 1154. New end Irgrr Fort Built. It woe found necessary to build a larger enclosure later. The new fort covered about seventeen and the walla were fourteen fc.l high and four feet thick. It was completed to Its full height only on the north line. The men took turns working two days each week on the fort well, and other days of the week on the canyon road. In order that they might procure fir wood end timber for construction purposes. The coat of the fort lies been estimated at 313,000. In addition to the necessity of preparing a defense, there were the crops to be planted and cared for, canals to bo dug, nl.d roads ord bridges to be made. All the white there were arrivals, periodically, Immigrant to ewclj the numbers be fed end housed. Record hoe been made of the successful maturing of some crops the first summer (1154). The summer of 1155 wns made notable by the grasshopper outbreak which, except for a few potatoes, destroyed almost all of th crepe. At tha same time, the In' diene were particularly trouble some, so that it wee necessary maintain a strong guard night and day. The workers carried weapons with them to the field end canyon, It wa a fierce straggle against overwhelming odds which the set tiers fared In the fall of 1155. With more and more Immigrant arrlv on the scene, and with Ing winter crops virtually annihilated, Pan Two! iCqaUsued Approves Nominees. X heartily approve the action of th convention In naming Governor Smith end Senator Robinson aa the national etanuard-beareiu tho coming contest, it 1 can contribute la any way to the election of these chosen leaders 1 shall be gratified.' It will also affurd mo very great pleasure to aid in rs record entitles him to th support of the people of Utah. 1 hare refered to th platform adopted by the Democrats at tho Houston convention. It . should strongly appeal not only to the people of Utah. Out of the United Stales, it deals with economfa and Industrial problems In a wise end progressive manner. It transgresses no fundamental or constitutional limitations, but Is In harmony with th spirit of our ua- -' tlonel constitution. Tho platform as to th agricultural question la of paramount Importance, and offers specific remedies to meat the ilia from which agriculture ia suffering and to place It upon a sound end pi usperous basis. It deals with broad end the tariff question In ' comprehensive manner and assures very Industry legitimate security. It does not tolerate discriminations against tha products of tha west or of any section, and every Industry in Utah and the Intermountain region may be assured of Juit and fair treatment Supports Platform It le not pertinent to this state-- . ment to further diecuee the 'national platform of tho Democrat! party. I have briefly considered it merely to indicate that I eupport its declarations. If the people of Utah shall again elect me te th senate I shall be under additional obligations to them, and with due appreciation of their confidence and support I shall give tha beat within me to their service end te the service of our country." Methodist Church Shows Growth WASHINGTON The Methodist Episcopal Church In 1130 bed 58.-1church organizations with membership of 4.080.777, ee compared with 31.315 churches and 3,717,715 member in 111, according to figures for that denomination made publie by the department of commerce. The department also announced' that there were In the United States 11.091 churches of the Methodist Episcopal church South in 1050. with 2.407.094 members, as compered with 10,104 churchse and 2.114,470 members reported In 30 1111. These figure show n gala of members for the twe churches In ten years. 730,207 Smith May Carry Mellons Home Town A HARRISBURG prediction Gov. Bmlth in the presidential election will carry Pittsburgh, home city of Secretary of th safe maa Mellon, by Treasury jority, wee made this week by John It. Collins, chairmen of th Democratic state commutes. In his first interview since assuming th chairmanship shortly bafore ths Houston convention. that Registered nurses are leaking n distinctive uniform which it will be illegal for outsiders to wear. It It ie made unbecoming no othere wilt louch It. Pittsburgh 101-00X01- 1! Th men who never has occasion lo buy an umbrella is ont kind of n hustler, Utica Observer |