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Show RAILROAD B91 15 GDNSIDBKG PLii Utah Body Waits Decisions of Chicago Committee Before Acting. Before the local railroad war board can take definite action relative to j change in passenger schedules to conserve con-serve n:otive power and coal and facilitate fa-cilitate the handling of freight, it must await action of the Chu-n.eo board named a few days ai.ro to rearrange transcontinental transconti-nental schedules toward this same end. Such is the information made public here. However, the 0vr:iLin heads of the roads cent eri n 2 in Utah, who constitute con-stitute tho board for this district that is headed by Dire-tor H. V. Piatt of the Oregon t-fhort Line, are at worl; en local conditions so they will be prepared to put new plane into operation at once upon receipt of notice that the Chicago board lias definitely outlined its plan for readjustment of the transcontinental transcontinen-tal schedu les. H. L. Wincbcll of tho Union Pacific system is head of the committee which will determine the readjustment of passenger schedu les for the vest cr n transcontinental road and some information infor-mation as to his action is anticipated at most any time now. The committees recently named by IM rector Piatt for handling the parallel road situation in Utah are all at work, but as yet they have nothing of a definite defi-nite nature to' report. Their plans will Kn wni.l,-flfl ,-.,.f li ot-iih tliOTi tlinrn will be another meeting of the board called by Mr. Piatt to receive reports from the sub-committees. Prom these reports a general plan of co-operation between the parallel lines in the matter of handling han-dling passenger and freight traffic will be worked out and forwarded to Chairman Chair-man William Sproule of tho western war board .at San Francisco for approval ap-proval hv that board. The plan that is being worked out now is one under which the electric lines which parallel steam lines may handle as mm h of the passenger traffic as possible, thus relieving the steam roads and releasing engines for freight service. It is pointed out that as all the electric elec-tric lines use current produced by water power there can be an increase in operation oper-ation of rolling stock over their lines without interfering with the conservation conserva-tion of coal, which is one of the main points to be accomplished under the government plan of operating the railroads. rail-roads. Extra trains aud extra cars can be handled over the electric lines without coal and without steam engines, hence an effort will be made to bring about a readjustment of traffic between the electric and the steam railways such that the steam roads may conserve coal and motive power and may have more engines to apply to the freight traffic. order to revel in the realm of the ideal. Now, however, culture demands that one he industrious, alive to the work of the world and a participant therein, be humble hum-ble and helpful and of some service to others. This is the new culture." Oust Everything German. Dr. Go wans, state superintendent of public instruction, addressed the convention conven-tion on "Health Education." He made a most sea thins arraignment of the ideals of the German people, .and pleaded for the eradication of every vestige of these active influences from our school life. "If tlys monstrous thing now showing Its ugly face in the world is the fruit of German culture and the German brand of civilization," he said, "are you not ready now, today, to say with me that we want no German music, no German art. no German science, no German literature, no German language taught In our schools, and no pro -German teachers to teach them, no German educational ideals in any field mental, moral, physical or industrial?" George H. Brimhall, president of the Brigham Young university at Provo, spoke on "The Religious Aspects of the War." He: made a plea for the study of the Bible by the youth of the state. Business Session. The musical numbers of this session consisted of two selections by the Girls' Glee club of the L,. D. S. high school, under the direction of Miss Margaret vSumrnerhays. At 11 o'clock the convention was converted con-verted into a business meeting. Committees Com-mittees on publication, time of meeting, resolutions and organization reported. A n amendment to the const Hut ion was also adopted which creates a house of delegates for legislative purposes and which requires one representative to every fifty teachers in a given district. Carbon Teachers Organize. Immediately following the business session ses-sion of the U. K. A. the Carbon county teachers met at their headquarters in the i-Ioiel Utah to organize. Principal C. II. Mad sen of Castlegate acted as temporary tem-porary chairman and Principal S. D. Ra-musson Ra-musson of Price as secretary. The following officers were elected: C. P.. Madsen, president: Principal ft. K. Vavidson of Sunnyskle. vice president: J. M. lillertson of the Carbon county high school, secretary. These 1 hree will constitute con-stitute the executive committee. Several matters of viiat importance were discussed. The question of ;m increase in-crease in teachers' salaries received due consideration. All teachers present went on record as requesting a raise in salaries sal-aries to take effect Irnmeu lately. They ?!so requested that they have a voice in determining the wording of teachers' contracts. Other matters were left for consideration at a later t ime. |