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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD jwar SKY LOVE r usto yrR. II. WILKINSON a j for to bp er k Associated Newspaper. W.NU Service. t!j f ifflEsV Derek Arundel wrote not bls uove1, Sky k06 they ater a1 even !ie foresaw or dreamed success. Before j great lve 'pl 1 bad been on the stands i said p u it Iiad soared meteorically class. to h y Ie sales had sur-ICa half ')in year ?ame Brenda Leightons j even which was aston-fo- r The Willows" was con M j the greatest book of the age, best-sell- m t f ),. 1 DR contained that note I romantic appeal that Ule'Cwith the reading I I esepeclally females. r Clark r while Derek revelled In i brills of great popularity. might have continued to re-- i them except for the fact that came fed up. yiy romantic women besieged I a wherever he went. They begged S B j to lecture at their clubs. They ed for autographs. s3 They id, worshiped and loved him. reks nerves couldnt stand the ' j Love imsieal, - home jmen's faces haunted him. lelr jabbering, Inconstantly rang In his ears. j, and failed, to escapt lie recog- - j3 rherever he began to long for peace and solitude. at length he determined a trip abroad to escape and 1 so ike ahraj retly he made his reservations, i, with a false ,i nj disguised md mus-te'uj- boarded the liner ten min- before sailing time, ter a day on the high seas he reasonably sure that he had eded In escaping his public, intake doubly sure, he mingled y with passengers, especially en, and found, to his great lion, that none recognized him. impcjlie second day out, while stand this i alone near the rail, his glance iced to fall on a girl sprawled 0., IK nearby deck chair. Is An ie was extremely pretty, he ;tarr k ght, and Intelligent looking.-- e y wL sighed. It would be nice meet-- a pretty and Intelligent girl and sat-ut!i,- Beg ;ain, ance Your Pardon, He Said and the Girl Turned Her Toward Him Once More. irering that she wasnt the 'worshiping type. d yet to hope for that would ike wishing for the moon, of the next day, k confessed to himself that the had held his attention almost v remembered that, fce-- of his disguise, she could not EH'ibl know who he was, hence J' Indifference. se afternoon, Derek bribed a and had his deck chair ved beside the girl. fill evening he sat not two feet ay from her. Imping for an open- to speak. But none came. Wee the girls eyes met his, but ' glance was wholly casual and ilr-flw- Cl ilferent. fe became aware of a of frustration, a feel-- f that persisted throughout the n'nS and was still with him the jj 4 it morning. girl did not 'i.lTl'e dlsturb-sensatio- appear n on deck after ten oclock. sight of her, Derek experl- I ,:d a queer sensation of triumph. L'e was carrying a book, and Its j e wag Sky Love." (She sat down and began to read. Derek watched the expression ? IPr filce- Presently he cleared mm' throat. I beg your pardon," he said. Yes?" xiie girl looked at him, jh.r diiwally Indifferent. 1 i notice, said Derek, "you are I "ln" :w It er had 'Sky Love. in 1 run back In the states." W Ide heard," said the girl, and .Spurned (o her reading. "nrek was annoyed. Vastly And angry. .He determined to teach this A "leal young lady a lesson. !.Jrt:r','"l.v he removed his false '"ehe and turned to face her. l nr a long Interval the girl 'I y '1 an-((- 1 111 st 1 g 'she Sinuously. littlehim.annoyed that ioi The reason," he said, that I displayed interest In the book you're reading is because Im Derek Arundel lie waited, conscious of a comfortable glow of triumph. The girl said : IIow do yon do." And she looked away, looked down at her book, dismissing him in much the same manner as he might have dismissed the chairman of the Ladies Afternoon Tea club. Derek was thoroughly aroused, lie felt that an Injustice had been done him. He felt Insulted-Almosharply he said: "I'm Derek Arundel, the author of Sky Love." ne regarded her haughtily, coldly. The girl closed her book on one finger. She looked at the authors name beneath the title. She lifted her eyes. And Bm Indeed, she said. Brenda Leighton, author of The Willow's. Do you suppose Mr. Shakespeare and Mr. Dickens are aboard? Dereks cheeks blazed lie stared angrily. He drew himself up, lie looked Indignant. For a full minute he held this pose, and then, unaccountably, the humor of It struck him. This was an entirely new experience. For the first time since the appearance of Sky Love some one had not only failed to recognize him, but refused to believe him when he revealed his Identity. A smile appeared on his Ups. lie grinned. The girl grinned back at him. he said, "I Well, anyway, thought I never would get to talk to you. You employed rather an Ingenious method, said the girl. And I fell Into your trap head over heels. For which, said Derek, Im more than grateful. Now will you tell me your name? Mine Is er Tom. Tom Rafter. "IIow do you do, Mr. Rafter. My name Is Rose Darcy. Thus did Derek begin his courtship of Rose Darcy. He continued to court her ardently. Before the lined docked at Liverpool, he was sure that life without Rose wouldnt be worth living. He followed her all over England, and later on the continent. . He proposed marriage at every opportunity. But not once did he reveal his true Identity. He had determined to win her without the handicap of his popuHis larity and great reputation. happiness, otherwise, would be seasoned by a never-endindoubt. The night before they docked In New York on the return trip, Derek, quite desperate, gripped Rose by the shoulders and said: Rose, this will make the eleventh time Ive proposed to you In six months. You must know how deepWill you please ly I love you. marry me? said Rose, quite unexYes, pectedly. Derek drew a deep breath. He sighed, wondering how anyone could be so happy. After a long time he remembered who he was and thought it best to break the news at once. "Rose, he said, Ive been waiting until you said yes before I told you this. That first day we talked, I told you the truth. I am Derek Arundel. "Well, said Rose, were even. Im Brenda Leighton. He stared at her. Presently the truth of what she had said dawned. He started to speak, but the girl Interrupted him. I was hoping youd turn out not to be Derek Arundel," site said. "I resented the fact that such trash as Sky Love could have a greater I didnt sale than The Willows. think I could ever love a man who wrote such stulL Then you knew who I was all along? "Im afald," said the girl, that I did. And thats why you constantly refused to marry me? Im afraid," said the girl, It was." said Derek, ne Well, well, And I wasted a lot of smiled. time worrying because I thought If you knew, It would influence your decision the other way." He took her into his arms. Darling, I love you. Will you marry me In spite of Sky Love instead of because of it? Im afraid, Bald the girl, I will." gl.IL V (l;'tllrS. But only flcetingty. .SCO ' light of recognition nppenred S llr ics 0 I cot ? 11 ptp doptlis of her eyes, no of pleased and joyous sur- - u jj'' .Vor pardon." Im said nnd the girl turned her toward liim nuee more. Parole Board at Large. Did it OXNARD, CALIF. to you this might be a happier, or, anyhow, a safer land for the rest of us to live in if those in high places were just a bit fussier about the criminals they let out and the aliens they let In? Apparently al- By ELMO SCOTT WATSON It marks ANUARY 1 ... the beginning of a new year in American history. Will 1936 be more eventful than 1033 because it Is a leap year and has an extra day? born What babies, dnrlng this year will the historians of the future write down as the great men and women of their nation? Which of its happenings, apparently Insignificant at the time, will these same historians later point to as the tremendous trifles which profoundly affected the destiny of the nation? Will history repeat Itself during 1936 and will there be events which will closely parallel those of 17SC, of 1S36, of 1SC1, of 1SS0 and of 1911? most any known radical from overseas can drop In without being regor naturalistered or finger-printe- d ized or anything and make himself at home even to the extent of trying openly te undermine our government. Whereas, If all these violent reds foreign-borwho lack citizenship papers were laid end to end. It would Indeed be a lovely sight, especially If each one had a Illy In his hand. As for the average chronic offender against the laws well, on his way Into the hea likely to meet penitentiary, himself coming out, with release papers In his pocket and hope in his heart For him a sentence Is back just a pleasant week-enamong the boys at the old manse. Here today and gone tomorrow that's the grand Idea. Might I make so bold as to suggest there would be more habitual criminals staying la prison If we hnd fewer parole boards going at large? Idea HULL STATE OF SECRETARY on the heels of a similar statement by the British foreign secretary, and, If you dig down through the diplomatic spinach under which utterances are always buried, you'll find that neither nation Is deeply tickled over the plan of Japan to gobble up north China by what Is called politely an autonomy movement But If that wasnt Its fashionable name It could pass anywhere for an armed Invasion. Unless you're a statesman, you wouldnt be able to notice the difference. For some days the Impression has been getting around that the Chinese werent so hot over the idea, either. Well, the rabbit thats about to be absorbed by the python rarely does show any real enthusiasm. Here's the curious thing, though apparently both our Mr. Hull and his English brother still labor under the whimsical belief, that a JAMES APPLETON treaty by a stronger nation guaranteeing the Integrity of a weaker of liquor. He did this first by penation is meant to be kept. How tition to the Massachusetts legisquaintly lature In 1S31 and afterwards In 1837 by a report to the Maine legisPrison Petulance. lature. His report resulted In the same day three enactment of the Maine liquor law, THAT on theshould occur at the first of its kind in the United places as widely separated as Bos- States. Appleton returned to his ton In Masschusetts, Nashville In native town and died there August Tennessee and Muskogee In Okla- 25, 18G2. homa 13 only to be accounted for as June 13 Winfield Scott was born proof of a growing wave of dis- near Petersburg, Va. He was dessatisfaction with prison life on the tined to become a general in three part of the boys. major wars (War of 1812, Mexican How much better we manage In war and Civil war) and In three some states I might name where minor conflicts (Nullification disIt would seem a boarder lias mere- turbances In South Carolina, 1832 ly to mention to the parole board S3; operations against the Semthat he's getting bored with the ac- inole Indians, 18.35-37- ; Canadian commodations and craves to go and revolt, 1837-38He was command-er-in-cliie- f sin no more. Well, so long warof the United States den," says the departing one. Hold army for 20 years (from July 5, any mail that comes and try to 1S41 to November 1, 1861), a longkeep my old room for me the one er period tiian any other man In with the southern exposure and the our history ever held that position radio set. Ita not good-by- , just au In 1814 he was given the thanks of revolr. congress and a gold medal for his But no, those chaps who blasted services In the War of 1S12 and their way out got so Irritable they again In ISIS for his successful just couldnt wait. It ail goes to campaign In the Mexican war. He show that petulance never pays In was one of three army ollicers who this world. Kindly be patient, fel- hare ever been thus honored more lows, and. sooner or later, the sen- than once. (The others were Gen. timentalist will perfpet a plan to Zachary Taylor and Gen. W. T. turn practically everybody loose Sherman.) Born 150 years ago. thus Scott died Just 70 years ago on Immediately alter curing the present unsvoldable an- May 29, 1800 in West Point. N. Y. noyance of a round trip to the August 15 Beginning of Shays Rebellion In Massachusetts, when boosegow. ). con-ieti- Joint Debate on Religion. CONTROVERSIAL geiuleinnn, A who thinks he read between a hidden meaning which I certainly never meant to put tliere, writes In, challenging me to a J 'i.t debate s on grounds, whatever they are. Much obliged, but the answer, briefly and In a word. Bountie for Making Canvas As originally introduced Into England in the latter part of the Six- teenth century, canvas was doth made of hempen threads. Time has changed the composition, although the doth remains the same. Canvas or diuk was made in America during the early Colonial period. Because a demand was created for R In shipbuilding, fishing and other ladustries, efforts were made to promote Its manufacture gml bounties were given throughout the Colonial period. In May, 172(1, In response to n petition of John Powell, a Boston merchant, who undertook to fsfa'd'sh the mannfac- tore of canvas If given pro ier enidinsetts ascouragement, die sembly granted a bounty of CO shillings for everv holt of canvas of sndfie I d'- iv and quality made in that lolony. tt-- s Is no. So far ns Ive observed, the only person who ever wins a Joint debate is the one who takes no part In It. A Laugh on Berlin. to sort of WOULDN'T II seem laugh on somebody If we sent a lot of Jewish athletes and tliere are many splendid ones scattered around to Beilin on our team, and our team up? Everybody In Hollywood turned out for a party to II. O, Wells. think they thought lie was a visiting producer. Sure sign of returning prosperity women have started In again, marrying the Mdlvnnl boys GEN, WINFIELD Olympic mopped IRVIN S Vwpnf Siv ca North Amyflpn Inc. W.NU COBB. Alllane i SCOTT the poverty-stricken- , despairing funnels, led by Daniel Shays, u veteran of the Revolution, tried to right their wrongs by direct ae tlon. Slm.vs was proclaimed an out law, fled from the state and died In Sparta. N. Y., In 1S25. August 17 Wlille Daniel Shay and Ids men were preparing to strike a blow for freedom fiotn debt In 1910. June 2S James Madison, "Father of the Constitution" and fourth President of the United States, died GEN. WESLEY MERRITT die with the words Go ahead! Lib- erty and Independence forever! on his lips. That was the day of the Alamo Massacre In Texas. 30 Joseph Warren h 1861 1838 January Va. 10 Joseph Wheeler a distinguished (Fighting Joe), cavalry leader In two wars, was Graduated' born In Augusta, Ga. from West Point In 1S50, he served In the dragoons until the outbreak of the Civil war when he entered the Confederate army In which he was commissioned major-genera- l and senior commander of the cavalry. During the war he won distinction as a bold and successful raider. After the war he studied law, held a seat In congress from 1S81 to 1890 and at the outbreak of the Spanish-Amerlca- n war was made a major-generof volunteers. He commanded the cavalry division In the Santiago campaign, was appointed senior member of the commission to arrange for the surrender of the Spanish army and later served In the Philippines as commander of the First brigade of the Second division. Appointed a brigadier general In the regular army In 1900 he was retired on his sixty-fourtbirthday and died January 25, 1906. September 1788 February 14 On this day was born the man who was to become known as the Father of Prohibition." James Appleton was his name and he was a native of Ipswich, Mass. A colonel of militia In his native state, he was made brigadier general at the close of the War of 1812. He moved to Portland, Maine, In 1833, and was elected to the Maine legislature In 1836. Appleton was the first to advance the principle of statutory prohibition of the manufacture and sale of volunteers; In the Indian wars on the plains as colonel of the Fighting Fifth cavalry ; and as major general In the regular army In command of the land forces during the Philippine campaign which culminated In the capture of Manila on August 13, 1S98. He died major-genera- l In Montpelier, Here are some of the anniver- d the Urea of one of these squibs up In Massachusetts, a frontier log cabin down In Tennessee was, the birthplace of a boy whose name was to be forever famous as a martyr In a fight for freedom from a foreign oppressor. David, his parents named him, but history knows him as Davy Crockett, who on a March day 50 years later was to saries which, during 1936, will set Americans retracing the trail of memory back into the history of their country: socio-religiou- 1 scowled. i Anniversaries of 1936 Kel-fe- r Lewis Nixon, famous shipbuilder, was born In Leesburg, Va. He was graduated from the United States Naval academy in 1SS2 and transferred to the construction corps of the navy In 1SS1. In 1890 he designed the battleships Oregon, (famous for Its January 29 was born In Ohio, lie served as of volunteers In both the Civil and wars and was the first congressman from Ohio ever elected to the position of speaker of the house. February 25 The basic patent for the revolver was Issued to Samuel P. ColL During the next half century or more the Colt revolver was to become an Important weapon In modern warfare and one of the chief Instruments In the taming of the American frontier. March 2 Texas adopted Its Decr laration of Independence from MexA' ico and the war of liberation, which was to result in the founding of the Lone Star republic, began. March 6 Gen. Santa Anna and his Mexican army overwhelmed and massacred the garrison of the Alamo In San Antonio, Texas. On f At this day died such frontier notables as James Bowie, Inventor of the Bowie knife; Davy Crockett, TenGEN. JOSEPH WHEELER nessee hear hunter and congressman; William Barret Travis and voyage around Cape Horn at the outbreak of the Spnnlsh-AmericaJames Butler Bonham. Therwar), Indiana and Massachusetts. had Its deof messenger mopylae In 1895 he founded the Crescent feat the Alamo had none." In Elizabeth, N. J, wherp 6 William shipyard Rufus was April King horn In North Carolina. The only In six years he" built over 100 of the vessels which helped make the Vice President who was ever elected from Alabama, be was also the United States a modern sea power. only one who ever took the oath of Among these was the Holland 9, or "Porpoise, the first submarine for the United States navy. It was delivered at the outbreak of the War With Spain, but naval authorities refused to use It on the grounds that such use was Inhumane March 4 Abraham Lincoln was Inaugurated as the sixteenth President of tiie United States, and In his inaugural address uttered these immortal words; We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of tiie Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our oature. FREDERIC REMINGTON March 4 The Stars and Bars, office In a foreign country. He was the first flag of the Confederate chosen on the ticket with Franklin States of America, was unfurled Pierce In 1852 but before his Inaugfrom the roof of the state capitol uration his health failed and he at Montgomery, Ala.', then the capwent to Cuba to recuperate. He ital of the Confederacy. It was de was sworn Into office by a United signed by Randolph Orren Smith States consul there on March 4, of Louisburg, N. C., a veteran of the Mexican war and of the Albert 1S53, and died on the following April 18 shortly after bis return to Sidney Johnston campaign In Utah Alabama. He was one of tiie seven In 1858 and It continued as the offiVice Presidents who bare died In cial Confederate flag until May 1. 1SG3. office. Smith died on March 3. 21 and was buried on March 1913, Houston Sam and his April Texans won a victory over the 4, the anniversary of the adoption Mexleng at the Battle of San Jacinto, thereby winning also the freedom of the Reputdlc of Terns, May 17 Joseph Gurney Cannon was born In Guilford, N. C. First elected to congress from Illinois In 1872, he was a member of the lower house from that date (with the exception of four years) until 192.3, a period of 46 years, one of the longest congressional careers In our history. He also served as speaker of the house four successive terms from 1963 to 1911. He died In 1926 at the age of ninety. June 15 Arkansas admitted to the Union ns the twenty fifth state. of his flag by tiie Confederate con June 10 Wesley Merritt was gress. April 12 Tiie Confederate hat born In New York city. Graduated trom the United States Military terles In Charleston opened Fort Sumter, thus beginning tin academy In I860, he was assigned to the dragoons and started on the greatest civil war In hKtory. October 4 Frederic Rctulngtm career which made him one of the greatest cavalry leaders In our his- was born In Canton, N. Y. lie be tory. He won distinction In the came famous as an artist and de Civil war, rising to the rank of lineator of Indian and frontier types a major-genera- l Spanish-Amerl-ca- iff rf .t 'V i. n flr-o- STATUE OF LIBERTY and a pictorial war correspondent. He died December 26, 1909.. December 5 Patent Issued to Richard J. Gatling for tiie first typo of machine gun, the Gatling gtm.. (The modern slang word of gat for any kind of gun Is a survival of the name applied to this nevv type of weapon by Union soldiers In the Civil war ) 1886 On this day Chicago police attempted to break np a publie meeting of anarchists In Daytime--, May 4 ket Square. A bomb was throw by some person whose Identity was. never established and seven policemen were killed and 27 wounded. Of the anarchists who were cap- tured following this famous Square Riot," four were hanged a year later and a fifth, who was convicted, killed himself In prison tiie day before his execution. Three others were sentenced to prison, two for life and one for 15 years, but all were later pardoned by Governor Altgeld. 1 An earthAugust the city of almost destroyed quake Charleston, S. C., killing many people and doing more than $8,(XM),000 of property damage. September 4 Through the Influence of Lieut. Charles B. Gatewood of the Sixth cavalry tiie famous Apache war leader, (Jeronimo, surrendered to Gen. Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon, Arlz. This brought to an end the long series of raids with which these Indians had harassed the Southwest for more than a quarter of a century and closed the last serious India war In the history of the United States. Geronlmo was first sent as Hay-mark- a prisoner of war to Florida, later to Alabama and finally to Fort Sill, Okla., where he died February 17, 1909. October 28 The Statue of Liberty on Bedloea Island In New York harbor was dedicated. It was the work of Auguste Bartholdi, an Alsatian sculptor, who, as he entered the harbor In IS71, conceived the Idea of a statue of Liberty Enlightening the World to stand at this gateway to America. Funds for the erection of the statue were raised by the French people as evidence of their friendship for tiie people of the American republic. On tills date, Bartholdi diew tiie cords of the huge tricolor of (.ranee which concealed tiie statue and unveiled It in the presidetiee of President Grover Cleveland, members of his cabinet, a delegation of French members of congress, mlliury and naval leaders and a vast throng of onlookers oltl-ciui- a, 1911 Postal hnnks established iu tiie Pulled States. 11 House of repre! eliruary sentatives passed a Canadian reciprocity bill. (PiiKsed by senate July l but later rejoeted by tiie Cana- liana In an election.) August 25 -- Aviator Atwood a flight from St. Louis to v'ew Yotk in 23 hours annul tim January 3 com-dete- Iglit. Wetrttirn NewaiAjr Uulo. d et |