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Show AH TITF. WEEKLY REFLEX KAVSVT1XRTT ii ! : KevoioSea if 'j Privilege to Lim in Utah j; ' m XBBoae, eonettpeteST Taka ' Boont MATuars tle atUd, aafa, laaad. IP i tooifht L Tea'll (m! fine In tbeaurolar. Promptly and . pleaneatly ride tbe syetam f the towel pcitooa that headache SALT LAKE Some of tha finest building atona fi the world la qoai ried in Utah. Granite, aandatona and varied ahadea of marble, also 'onyx and travertine, are found in abundance. RICHFIELD With clouds atill Ranging low, Richfield haa received about recently which, 10 Inches of anow makes a Jubilant feeling among the farmers and the ptople in genera! er has been aa bp to date the wl-tery dry. MONROE This vicinity la in tha grip' of the heaviest snow atom of the season, the roads that hitherto have been dry and dusty are blocked with snow ao that It la with difficulty cars are operated. About 10 Inches has fallen in the valley. PROVO Utah county has refunded 152,600 in bond, .dated May 1, 1920. Bonds bearing 4 4 interest were offered 'In lieu of the higher interest bearing bonds. This transaction will, according to Commissioner J. W. save the county aereral.thousand dollars. LOGAN Logan and Cache valley citizens were endeav'ring to dig themselves out of a heavy anow, which fell recently. School busses throughout the southern part of the connty were orde ed not to attempt to get the children to school, and the road out e blocked Tnr canyon. MILFORD Reports received, by the weather bureau recently Indicate that a record breaking snow atom covered the west desert for two da: reported total precipitation of 1.14 Inches, indicating over a foot of fresh snow, and at Milford unofflcai t aii reports said there was a of snow. MANTI At the bnslness meeting'! the Apex Hatchery officials recently In the Mantl bans building. It waa decided to double. the present capacity of the poultry farm which is now hens, to 70,000 hens. The chick capacity of the hatchery is 280,00. The hatching season begins the end of this month. snowstorm The ESCALANTE which completely Inundated thia section left a snow blanket estimated at five-fethick on tne crest of Escalante mountain. For a short time, and until the road scrapers got busy, t the pass which leads over Escalante mountain from Junction and Widstoe into this valley was blocked with heavy anow drifts. PROVO An appropriation of 3800 waa made by the Utah county commissioners recently, to he used for the Utah county livestock show, which be held at Spanish Fork, April 28, following a request for auch an appropriation from a committee of Spanish Fork citizens, composed of Jamea Creer and Edward Banka, taking for help in putting on the show. PROVO Hundreds of members of the Utah Poultry Producers association recently heard reports on accomplishment of 1928, which had brought their total of business to more than 16,000,000, or an Increase of 60 per cent over the totals of 1926. And they set their aim at a similar percentage of increase in 1929, which means a total for this year ot 10 X6c. l"Ol I,,,, Tn (JU ig' WGHT ft10tHow Fer Sal M All - BB VOCR OWN Make money 'for yeerself BOMS4 Tor full particular of my pi,8, BOX ISt . PENDLETON. 1 11 . - 3-- Gill-ma- Caehe-Talleyw- as n, fiWtae etmlMd, pnffy rwelUnca. Btopa laaMaetaand allay pain. Uaale aorta. eatabruiML boo cUloa. Daoa ant blister cyrZ eweehalr. Between be worked Parted. AtjjrnqtWamic fcM poeu paid. DmcrSeyeoy eaaa for tpecUX teefraodaaa. Bene book LS ftw. tHed asm. wfvritai After I Ml li mttieTL thia. ewelOa row, thank wwdwfel uiuoMet 1. SlVTu bail IfJ imaeanea Electric Faraac Milwaukee claims to have the ilr. cat electric furnace In the world it can accommodate a standard box r Bod is said to be three times as larg 18 any previously built. R kilowatt hours of electricity month, and will heat 4oo.noo pound, of metal at a time to a maximum temperature or 1.C.V) decrees Kabren. Sar-din- -- two-foo- GmX&Gfarin&r kSZRIMZO OMW&'JL By ELMO SCOTT WATCON LOSING days of 192S wltnemd' the passing, within the short sftt.re of sixty days, of six men whose live epitomised the whole splendid pag-esfrontier. of the It may be that not all of these men trans-Mississip- &rrat Dibi&t old-tim- e William Garnett, eceat and IndUa hdwpn October IS, ISSS Girin I Mate, eesihay ead peace ettcee October It. ISIS Ewe Meeker, ptmeer at the (Vega Trail December X. 1128 Peter Thempeaa, emnrtver el Battle ef Little Big Hera December X, I1XS fitter YeCewetene" KeBy, remit end IndUa December IT, ISIS Brtg. Ce. Oecar F, Lef , U. S. A, tedien flfhter . S3. I02S pi were historically ItnttorlanL Bnt the types which they represented were Important to the history of the 'United States, and If i modern race of Americans hare any re gsrd for the essential ' virtues of manhood endurance, loyalty and the like then U uturuijt. can be tald that they were Treat men. These tlx men of the Old Frontier who hare the Great Divide need no recently gone praise to add to their stature. The facts of their Uvea speak for themselves and need only to bo set down In sttrk simplicity to Justify the state went that their deaths marked another step In the passing of a great race. Perhaps the best known of the six was Errs Meeker, the pioneer of the Oregon trail, whose life wa devoted to awaken Ing public sentiment and stimulating legislative action in property marking that historic highway and preferring the memory of those who traveled over IL He made hta first trip over the trail, accompanied by bla young wife and their seven weeks-olbaby. In 1832. In 1000 Kara Meeker at the age of seventy-Mmade the Inst trip ever made over the trail In a covered wagon. The cities through which be passed were filled with those who were passing Into an Industrial age and who marveled at the atrauge sight of the months on Its trip. wagon which took twenty-twHe proceeded alone over the route to Its terminus at the Missouri river ami thence to New York and Washington an I then East He was met at tha capital by President Roosevelt. Later he made the trip acmes the conntry several times by train, twice by automobile and ,n 1024. as a climax to hla trail hinting, ho Journeyed from Seattle to Washington in an airplane In 21 hours. From covered wagon to airplane this maos life had spanned the whole history of the Great West! Those who saw William Garnett Hi hla declining years on the Pln Ridge reservation In Sonth Dakota had little Idea of the romance ' that lay hack of this mau. For In Rllly Garnett's veins flowed proud blood that of the F. F.'V and that of those "flrst-vlaatight In' men, the Oglaln Sioux. He waa the son of Pol. Richard Garnett, a classmate of General Sheridan at West point an-in the fifties commandant at Fort Ijiramle where a Sioux woman of Red Cloud's bund became hla common law wife. When Colonel Garnett returned to Virginia to cast hla lot with the Confederacy at the opening of the Civil war, tl-- hoy and hla mother stayed with her people and Rllly grew np as an Indian. During the great Sioux war of 1876-7he served as a scout and Interpreter for the army of Gen. George Crook, and" when V. T. McGlllycuddy. formerly a anrgeon with th Second and Third cavalry, was appointed agent for the Oglalna on the Tine Ridge 'reservation, ha made' Rllly hla chief Interpreter For' seven years Garnett served tn that capacity. . Several years ago when he applied for a pension. Ids claims were supported hy hla old "chief.". ho paid him this high trlhnte; ' i t' V y prnapecta were good for a buffalo hunt on Gboat egeek," bat ha nevnr wnahened. He la about ho laat urvlvor of the old trouts and Interpreter. Ue bad few equate and no wl auperiora. . nlnety-elght-year-o- ld d x o Gen-Edwa- lll-ate- x C Winter Cold Comesl ever .hear ot-- a Did remedy for colds? There Is one, wd it really does bring you out of it e-boa-- Even If its grippe, this met, longer. Pape'i d works, only takes Cold Compound Is Pleasant-fastin- In tablet bnt It surely g, "authority !" Adv. form. ha the - Trathfnl Frit Teacher (preaeblns on w, hnnit.T)-No- Fritz, If yon found a shl'llnj. would you keep It? Fritz No. sir. Teacher Good. What would you dot Frita Spend IL fr -- - od -- - -- the-gcl- he-ba- -- Demand Not for lie your thoughts penny She What do you think I slot machine? A m- - COULD NOT SLEEP L Helped By Lydia hams Vegetable Pink Compound Falrbaven, Maw. "I xm ttkln Lydia E. Plnkhama Vegetable Com th- pound during Cbange of Life end I think It Is a wonderful tonic. WbM I feel nervoni wi tay bus band gets me a borun-dow- ttle n away. II help ti and 1 thiol right is a great ma that if other peop! would only take when j It as the it a great benefit run-dow- n directions say, they wool My worst ipn toxna were nervousness and tired i and Inga. I could not sleep nights I v did not care about my work. ' cry if anyc bq nervous I would Aoa B8looked at me."-- Mzs. m Falrbaven. Street Waahlngtoa - te-eiev- d d the-day- -- , igsgjyp HOTEL Nexvhouse SALT LAKJk ClTl r UTAH One mt S ' " wk boo, omloH e Lake JT! IM it) a war n eoeowtle- Gar end cofeterla. W - ee leHM, EACH WITH fiATB Loo float y, -- McGil-lycud- -- All Waterloo!) dy WHfOrOO nDolca Qpnix es" -- I they feel and tab find -- lr e Worth Knowing When e . Great-Whlt- helL La-poi- nt, e - rd mmh-dlseusse- s btwn i 9000-foo- "Yellowstone" Kelly was a great scout. No teas authorities than Gen. George A. Forsyth and Gen. Nelson A. Miles, both great Indian fighters, havo testified to that. Horn In Geneva, N. Y.. July 27, 1810. he served In the Civil war and upon hla discharge 'on the Minnesota frontier, he set out to seek adventure along the Missouri river, then the heart of the hostile Sioux country, lie became a dispatch bearer between the military posts atong that river when no one else wonld dare to take the Hska which that Involved. Despite the warnings that he wonld never return alive, he went on hunting expedition Into the Yellowstone country, where he lived a "lone wolf existence In constant danger ef losing hla scalp to the Indiana. But he became so well acquainted with that conn-tr- y aa to make him Invaluable to General Miles in hla campaign which broke the ppwer of the Sioux and to sire to Kelly the sobriquet of "Yellowstone" Kelly. After his scouting days were over, Kelly waa In the general service of the War department from 1802 to ISOS and In the latter year waa guide for Captain Glenn's exploring exiwdltton In Alaska, lie was back In Alaska the next year with the llarrtnian expedition and then became captain of the Fortieth United States volunteers tn the PhlUipine Insurrection, where he saw service under General Gate. In command of Isaputan. In likio he was plm-eMindanao, and the next year waa made provincial treasurer of the proilnm of Snrlgao He waa acting governor there when bandita.and eacaited criminals took possession of the principal towns. Here for eighteen hour Kelly and a few coin-- , panlons stood off a howling Tob of Filipinos. For his conduct In ofttce In this troublesome period.1 Kelly wa commended by President Theodore Roosevelt, who whs a perrons! friend of his. Peter Tltompson wa born In, Scotland. Ue came to this country aa a youth and worked aa a he enlisted In mlner.At the age of twenty-sieavatry.-Sevenlh the C of troop Dompany hy Uapt. Tom Duster, brother of Gen George A. Duster, the commander of that famous regiment.. On that historic day (June 2.I. PCC) on the Little Rig Horn In Montana. Thompson .did not ride with C troop to lts'h'th for the reason that his horse had lrjed nut and he was left behind. After a narrow escape' from falling Into the hands of the Sioux he succeeded In Jol,nIng the part of the Seventh, commanded hy Major Reno, which whs belenguered n the Muff and while fighting with Reno non the- - Congressional 'Purtng that even year of service It wa tarvety Medal of Honor which waa awarded b him ou through Garnett help and Influence that I waa dlstlmrulxheit Inllantry. Tha August 29.TS77, able with the aaalatanee of but ten white men tn the citation tells story: After having voluntarily holding the Indiana In eherk with no troop within eventv mile but the original- mounted Indian brought wider to the wounded In which effort be which we organised. police tore of waa shot through the hand, he made two more ln the winter of f 89091 a a mem hr r f the 'successful trips for the same purpose. ot withgovernor' ntaff nf Dakota, was ordered t Pine standing the remonstranoes of hla sergeant." Rldce to look after the Inter Me of thn aettlern tn'the pending Meanlah or Ghent Dance outbreak It was In another famous Indian lwte that which terminated In the disastrous battle1 of Gen. Oscar F. Long? a young Neiy Yorker Prig. Wounded Knee, and there Garnett, 6 usual, wa Pidot aadthenl a. seimnd lieu- ht p6ft and ih'M Afresh- frenr-We- nt to froftt. serving white tenant In the Fifth Infantry, won hla medal of It waa through hi nnrgy, Influence and work honor. This occurred during General Miles' siege no a treat largely that the great north tn the stronghold of Chief Joseph and bis Net of orn chief, Craiy Horan, the Inednr of thn hoMUet cornered In the Rear Paw Perce whom 10 thn Curler tnareacro Sf tITI, waa Induced to mountains In Montana after their epic .dash for nuryendcr at Port Roblnton tn the aprlng of HIT and break up Silting BulrOewer tn tha aorth. freedom from Oregon toward the Canadian borMany a time during my tflcombencv. aa agent; Bdtv Mood by my aid In .hoetlle count He. ee thgj " der.. On September 30 young Lkutevant Long tso reads the citation) "having beta dAraoted to order aide of -- the 'Father,'"' when out" fifty-blo- a troop of cavalry to advance and having found both officers killed he voluntarily assumed command and tinder a heavy fire from the Indiana advanced the troop to its proper posltlou." Happily for posterity which wonld know the true cowboy as he was, and not aa the movies and fiction writers have misrepresented him, Charles .Slringo had written "Rlata and Spurs" before death summoned him on October 19. For In that book he told the story of the boy, born In Texas February 7. 1835, who took to tlrrup and saddle when he was eleven years old and drove rattle north over the old Chisholm trail In 1876, who knew the life In the roaring cow towns of Kansas In the heyday of the Texas cattle trailing days, who knew such famous outlaws aa Sam Rasa and Rllly the Kid, who later Lnnted other outlaws Rntch Cassidy, Kid Curryt and members of the Wild Bunch" In Montana, Wyoming and Utah as a Pinkerton detective, who waa an Oklahoma "boomer" and of whom, as a peace officer, it waa said. "Wherever crooked trails led, from Texas to Alaska, he followed, them skillfully and patiently, usually to. bring back with him a man or two who had up until that time outridden the law. Wherever there was trouble, there waa Charlie Slringo. The "great race passes yes, but It Is not entirely gone yet. Billy Garnett and "Yellowstone" Kelly,-twreally great scouts, are dead, but In Columbus, KetL, still lives one other. He Is (apt Luther II. North, brother of MaJ. Frank North, organizer of the fnmoaa Pawnee Scouts. Captain North served against the Indians tn the wars of 1867-Cand one of the highest and ef 1876-7authorities on frontier history, a man who knew most of the famous scouts of that period, says. "Lute North waa the greatest of them all." "Taps" have long since sounded for most of the army officers who won their spnra agntnst the 000,000. VERNAL The local headquarters wild tribes of the West In the sixties and sevenof the Ashley national forest has ties. But tn New Jersey still Uvea S. the following snow measureofficer the of Duster's only surviving Godfrey, Seventh cavalry on the day It rode to Its ments from ranrers in that forest death on the Little Biff Horn the waa a nontenant Ashley creek drainage, north of Vernal, elevation 9000 feet, 32 Inches; Parathen) and the best aathorlty on the Custer battle. And Milwaukee. Wia.. honor as dise park, twenty miles north of one of her greatest citizens a man who. despite elevation 10,000 feet. 25 Inches his eighty-fivyear, still ha the sold'ery hear- Dry gulch ranger station, fourteen ing and rides his horse with the Haute eay caval- miles north of Altonah, elevation ryman's grace as he did when he whs adjutant 300 feet, 15 Inches. of the Id Fighting Fifth" In the days when OGDEN An addition to the Ogden Merritt and Dsrr led that regiment to fame plant ot the Sperry Flour mill is beagalost the Sioux. Apaches and Ttes lie Ron, ing installed with machinery, to ln- -. Charles King, wearer of the Dorgre.M.nnl Medal create the capacity of the plant 1,000 of Uonorfor gallantry In battle with the A parlies j barrels dally, bringing the daily cut more than half a century ago. historian and author to 2,250 barrels. It is announced put of a number of charming romances of army life by Manager II. P. Iverson, xne mill In the Old We3t is now the largest in the intermountaln Charlie Slringo Is dead not "with his hoou ,n. region. Additional ttoraga as died so many of ihe peace officer of the tanka have also beenwheat added to the frontier end s many cowboy who rod north warehouse. A large force of workmen trailing Texas cattle." Rut out In Colorado are employed Springs, Cola, Ml lives Andy Adams, who also UTAH The demand for Utah poulrode north over the old Dhlrholm trail and who try products on the eastern marke long ago gave to the world that epic of the cattle still trade "The I ns of a Cowboy." And down In the greatly surpasses the supply and Indications are that the poultry Arizona still lives Col. William RreakeJlrldce can conttmie to increase unIndustry "Rllly" Rreakenrtdge they called him in til one of .the most Important it is when Tombstone was running wide open and agricultural division in Utah, Benwjur and he was a deputy sheriff. Brown of New York.- - ioraer jamin tint In Rerkeley. Calif., lives Hr V. T McGHIv-ntddhead ot ,the Utah Poultry Producers who had m such spectnml.ir career as some of these others, bnt who was nevertheless Cocprearive association, announced recently. Mr. Brawn came to Utah to one of the real benes of the old wild West biys. attend tbe annuel meeting of the asHe Is hailed by all historians as the greatest and sociation to be held at the' B. Y. U. most fearless of all Indian agents in the days at Provo soon. , when It took courage of the highest order to control several thousnnd' turbulent savages fresh VERNAL The firat 1929 wool tale from the warpath. The story of what Dr. contracts reported from northwestern did with Red Chnnla Sioux on the Pino Colorado are a dip ot JlOOfleeces sold in Craig at 35 cents per pound to a Ridge reservation Is an epic of heroic achieve ment. and had he been In charge there when the representative ef a-- Boston buyer and year ISM opened, there would have been no a dip ot fleeces sold in the Meeker Wounded Knee tragedy nor a Ghost Dance war." district for 37 cents per pound. From wrlth Its useless waste of valuable Uvea both red Grand Junction, Colo, a contract sal " and white. 2. -- of 30,OWTTeecea of 1129 wool is re"The "giVSl 'race-passbutTfortunntely for a ported fet an average .of 37 cents per later generatln of Americans, there still remains j pound, with 35 cents as low and 39 such men as these, even though they are In the j cents as high. The majority of flock-- J sunset vf their Itres, to remind ns of tbeir.pari masters in the Craig dlatrtct hav In making oar nation and of our debt to n,t a tendency to hold dips for higher ' wilderness breakers and pioneers. And ao long as ' fiuoUUQMSa to 46 eehts a pound. one of them lives. "Finis" cannot be written to I ) that glamorous --Hupter la , America hlatoij 0 35,-tivi- O (Dtoer tfjr nt ' deaa anklealympkanyitla polleej.fl' Writ fer H UI RTOV SF.F.TI ISM MarLnt Hfi! C lrrr. COVOTE, FOX owft WaaMMei . ccaci W 1 VGB C irwaatx u- -1 |