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Show GD TWO PROVO (UTAH) EVENING HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH'll, 1 9 3 0. Scripp--Cnfield A SCRIPPS-CANFIELD NEWSPAPER Every Afternoon, except Saturday, .and Svnday Morning. '''. , Published by the Herald Corporation, N. Gunnar Rasmuson, president, la- the Herald Building, 60 South First West street, Provo, Utah. Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce In Provo, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. Glhnan, NIcoll & Ruthman; National Advertising: Representatives San Francisco ffice, SOT Montgomery street; Chicago office, 410 North Michigan avenue; New York office, 19 West Forty-fourth street; Boston Office, 13 Tremont street; De- -' trolti Michigan office. Room 2-288, General Motors " Bulldlng. f v.Htion termsBy carrier In Utah county, 60 cents the month; $2.75 for six months, in ad- t BUbSCnpuon jr eountv. I4J50: mitsldft tTtAh rountv. 15.00. . nllM' l IMI I Xlo VCOi U n- , " ' -r w - - R, W. GOOdSjI Editor and Manager - J. A. OWENS, Advertising Manager th) newspaper, nor any of lta stockholders or officials has any connection whatever, direcUy or IndlrecUy with any poUtlcal party, public utility, real estate promotion or. other private business except the publication of newspapers devoted solely to disinterested public service. -Proclaim liberty throughout -the land , All Hail The Pioneer! rASMSZJ It is characteristic of Americans to look ahead , Some times the past seems too unevenuui ana aun to iooKpac un, and sometimes, it. seems too harsh. and .brutal ; either way, what lies; ahead: is. generally more attractive. f'' - But the nasi can hardly be ifmored. It hangs over us with its phantoms and its shadows. To turn back and look ) at it is to. understand ourselves Detier. it is our nqritage. deserves, not monuments but rniieh study. : The March Journal of the National Education- Association Associa-tion quotes an extract from the diary of a woman who made the fabulous old trip to the west by covered wagon, away o u re' ii'i Gee Gee is ai- back in 1847. It is worth lookins: at. Kead the tollowing cady beginning to complain of mo- j paragraphs, taken from the woman's entry of Nov 18, 1847, crista who tnrow ream an(j see what you think : ! Howdy, folks! Scientist says the lert war will." be waged with ga. i We nominate Senator Heflln for najor general. By Williams ulLInV t-gsss:g -; ' . . - ......... ,.. ... . , YOUR QUESTIONS . You can gat an answer to any j answerable question of fact or j information by writing to Fred- 1 erick M. Klrby. Question Edl- tor, rrovo Evening ; Herald's j j Washington Bureau. 1322 New 1 York Avenue Washington, D. j CL; 'enclosing two cents in j I stamps for reply. AWlcal and legal. sd vice cannot be given, 1 nor can extended. . research 1e I . made. All other queetiona will be ansuered. AU . letters are U confldentlaL Y,ou are cordially Invited to mak use of this free service as often as you please. - Tinrron. "ront porch hammocks. , - . FUN! ;FUN! FUN ' I . "' ' ' "Always a lgaier in civic affairs, ' w rf.rtmt.ni win hold a monster ToncsUc drUl next Saturday night It the old pickle factory, down by Jie snshtcr Uouaa. Slayor JUlert-joh JUlert-joh will Irad the gruad march, and Werycnc is iuv:Ud.Cririff your own bcc'ss. Tho leaders of the differ-ant differ-ant tsams are as follows: -'Doughnut dunking Horetio Jones Pretxel bending Bert Page Goldfish tmtlng ...... Anson Can Soup gargling .... John Omanson Lassclng animal crack- . . era -W.s Prosperity - Kote: ' TheanUque business ia so good Ihls .year tAat ill the antique factories are nsr overtime. ' . . . . . - T I EDUCATI0NAIV ITlWl r . I The only diploma that you j receive, from the school, of exV;i periencei Is a sock in the eye. i - - - . is Many a mkn nas built up a' reputation repu-tation for profundity by elmply 3wering every question "Well, yea ... .and -nor V K'- v rjj Flrsthrn'.of spring: When sports writer : Proclaim : tlvat Elme ;Mc- SilA rookie fielder. is a. secona-ijr I 'V . ; a' utile angex - -1 Joe "Bun gs tarter calls his wifa i nrf" because ne' says wi is always flitting about, is up in I the air most of the time, and 1 always harping on some- f thing.. .V . :. r : 777 Man,a man who is too. busy to fftre seconds kissing ls wife boodbye fn the mornlnr, will, waste 5 mlnutei warching a steam shovel at work ,4My husband is sick It rains and snows. We start this morning; around the falls with our wagon. We have five miles to go 1 carry my babe and lead, or rather, carry, another an-other through the snow, mud and water almost to my knees "It is the worst road that a. team could possibly travel. I want ahead with my children and I was afraid "to look behind be-hind me for fear of seeing the wagons turn ; over into Ihe mud and water with everything in them. : My children gave out with cold and fatigue and could not travel and the boys had to unhitch the oxen and bring them and carry the children oh to camp. "I was so cold and numb that I could not tell by the filing that I:had any feet at all. We started this morning at sunrise and did notget to camp until after- dark.and there-was there-was not one dry thread on one of usnot"even ;rnybabeT',P," "T had carried mv babe and I was so fatigued I could hardly speak or step. "vVhehl got -here I -found my; husband lymg in Welch's wagon, very .' sick. He? had brought " Mrs. Urt-i- irtrrViA A - v Vafnvo nnH wnQ' tiik pn sitk hpref.-- We had L J ilk Uliril VitW V4 AWAWAV ImmTI to Stay-UD all night:tcnight for i)Ur wagons are left half. WyLizextat the? Grant Park" Memorial back. 1 1 have not told half-we suffered. I am not. adequate stadium in'ghicago. in., which will in trip tak " ' :- x". : - : , . '''A-.-' seat 165.000 persons. The Sesqui- - , .V , - ' ' ' centennial stadium In Philadelphia There, if you please, is the past the American past.probably ranka third. It win; seat The hardship, the soul-sickness, the utter weariness, dis-i25.ooo. The stadium in ancient couragement and misery that shine through the paragraphs Athens w?s the largest the world o that pioneer woman's diary ; what were they but fart of ever seen, n could noid 250,000 the price thaf was paid fbr all that wc' have today ?-f.-We are .'i s Kaiamein? ; noi our uvvii iiul ciiiuciy, c wcic wvukhi mj vw a metallic comouunu uuuu hi-!.... .is: DOUglH Dy tne unsung neroes ana neroines wno suiiereu nu me preparauon :, wruun w .find ooDortunities for making a liv- Q.. What is a Qobar? A. It is the mteorological term for a dry fog, especially in the upper. up-per. Nile region. Q. What is the inscription on Shakespeare's grave?. A. "Good friend, for "Jesus sake forbeare . . " .-..; To digg - the dust enclosed heare.".: . ' . ' Q. Who starred in the first production pro-duction of the phptoplay "The Virginian?" Vir-ginian?" . A. Dustin'Farhum. Q. Where is Crimea? .. A. A state in. tho Rusisan repub lic, created by decree In' octooer 1921. that forms a peninsula on the north side of . the Black Sea, and connected with the mainland by the Isthmus of Perekop. Q. " How manyradio broadcasting broadcast-ing stations are, in this country and how many. receiving sets? A. There are slightly'less than six hundred broadcasting stations and approximately 12,000,000 jradio receiving sets. T Q. Where is the largest stadium in the world ?rH. " 1 w A. Probably Wembley Stadium, located in the suburbs of London, England, is the largest in . area. It has a seating capacity of 216,000,. and is four; times as large as the; Coliseum atrRomV Its surrounding, wall is halfXa mile long. Next in OUT OUR: WAY ; : J r K HARDER, :oAT& AUU RlG,rAT, " - ; 1CV : POL. I J SOT OOAM fpGtlT' . X Got : vA POLUS 'IM BACK ( '' v ' - . I ' . - . . . .... - - ' ... : ' ' : 1 1 TODAY Britain Pfts a different cxarnplc" before the Hindus,, after the Sopoy Krebellion. The British put murderous rebcln Inside' of cannon, . and . blew them to' pieces, knowing that religloua ruperstitlon' woulJ make the punishment pun-ishment most horrible. t .No rebellion of consqeucncc slnca then.' ' '-V ''V--':-. ' ' , , THE OBSERVER This West of Ours It Romantic History By JIM MARSHALL - ! One of the moat remarkable rides for sped and distance in the history his-tory of the west was made by Colonel Col-onel Fremont, who, in 1847. was recognized as governor of Cali- Areordincr to the .way C. A. M. -and thus we hear one year that figures it it's evil that makes the.-long skirts are wrong because they fcrnia. world go .round drag in the dust and the next J Colonel Fremont had heard ro- rHorrible' phantoms of uncer- year we learn that short skirts are ports of an uprising in Monterey, tainty" he writes "pursue the im-')wnS because they allow peoplo to ja district 420 miles from Los Anamination An-amination at -the mere possibility Uook at knees which if you wanfelgeles, where the governor had made ia uvr ivav vacx. ct t n lira i juai tci.i, ucuwiiif, 7r of All that i evil suddenly ceasing i9ur opinton . "What x would happen if the world's arrogant array of soldiers, of course logically speaking Lit is utterly impossible for a. skirt sailors admirals, generals and so ! to be wrong or right and all the forth were at one stroke to be shot into the. 'ranks of the unemployed? . --"and how could economic distress dis-tress be , restrained from harrass- ing the argument is totally futile -. It's r. cinch, that if there weren't any evil there wtfuldnt be any prohibition enforcement good you've got to have both became a fact overnight? i revolt likely to attain serious pro portions, the doughty governor, with two of his friends, B?t out for the eccne cf the trouble. Bv chanclnir their mounts frc- iquently and riding fast, and at times dangerously, ' the governor 'and his two companions made the Strip to Monterey in four days. personnel if voluntary abstinence , just 3 there wouldn.t be light i "I - j unless .there was darkness or heat ' .' unless there was cold "Where,? and how'the letter iroes oh "could police mdges, re . -You cannot understand your nation unless you comprehend compre-hend that fact: i Back of every thing. that is thought and done today '-there stand those ' shadowy figures of ; the pioneers, straining forward through incredible , hardships in the; dim hope that somehow the future could be made better than the past. . They .have "gone, now,: and the responsibility is ours. Who can read ihat pioneer woman's- diary 'without vowing to do wiiat.he- can, be it little or great,; to prifrg tfrat old 'dream a bit nearer to realization ? ;y '" -"r' fA u" in the V Bait For the Morons? : bhigut sayings of. the kiddies' I U : I : I I Sir: I-tst nlrht. when the minister minis-ter asked Littfe M a r m aduke, who Is quite- a swimmer, . If he new any new dives- the. tiny t li d replied: -Yeah .but the cops have closed . . most, "-of ,then! Ccio? lie' only six! Proud father. . - . ,' , There's .nothing like a husband's good salary to make'hiswife forget for-get his bad habits. . . "A -7-- - ' - ART'SHANNON - ' - " h - Today's Oddity I I In the middle . of the AtlanUc ocean is a tiny . scrap of land : which was flung up by a volcanic 'eruption, many years ago. It is 'about. 40' "square miles In area. Oh It are 40 old craters. It is-called -Ascension island.' j The Island la owned by Great Britain antf that country treats it as a j three-master"" warship, with commander and crew. ! No food is grown on "Ascension " 1 except turtles. These turtles' are the .finest "in, the world. Inhabit ants 'cf ' the island however; don't appreciate their diet of rich turtle boup, turtle eggs and terrapin. Every- Use a hip. puts In at the little Island there is. a mad rush. for the ship's larder to eat ealthorse nrQ oVioll a it or- nollorl -nn fr snffpn nnrl of ealvanized iron, consisting of endure in; order that we might have what we-have. ; . XStSZ' proofing of door frames and win-' dow sashes. . . Q. Where in . the Bible does it gay: "Weep at a birthand rejoice at a death"T A. The words are not Bible. . . . j : ; Q. Are- United States troops, fighting anywhere at present? , ; ,: A JMo f .-- " ,5--. Q. Who is the heir to the Spanish Span-ish throne A, Don Alfonso, prince of theV Asturlas, eldest son of King Alfonso- XIII of Spain. ... y Q. When was . Magnus Eriksson king of Sweden? " - A. FronTl913,to 1364. ; O. What is the population of Italy? A. The latest estimated population popula-tion is 40,796,000. - . " -. y. What 13 the full name of the "Big Font" railroad, and what is the reasonTforv the-nickname?-A. -The full name is the " Cleve"-', land, Cincinnati, Chicago and . St, Louis,'' and the ' nickname comes fromthe four big' cities Unserves. , Q.-What is tha duty .on - candy imported into the United States? A. Forty per cent ad valorem. . Q. What causa the disaster to Galveston in 1900? t ; ' ' , A. Tho Galveston flood of J9T0 inundated the city to a depth of 15 feet in places, ind was caused by the sea overflowing, due to a tidal disturbance.' ;' V v , Q. What is the address of Edscl Ford? . A. -7930 E, Jefferson Ave, Detroit, De-troit, Michigan.- V " Q. . What is the statA flower of Iowa?,- '. A.'' The wild rose. Channinc Pollock, olavwriirht. tells a ; group xf New York actors that the theater need not worry about the competition com-petition of the movies, because, movies are only taking, the morons from the legitimate theater audiences; and that he says, will ultimately be a - good thing -for the , stage. The gentleman may be right and he may be wrong, for; all we know. Certain it is that many movies are deliberately calculated to appeal to people with'12-year-old minds. But the? stage is not altogether sinless? in this respect. Playwrights Play-wrights v might remember that the greatest success in the history of the American theater was a play named "Abie's Irish Rose"-s-which could compete for the moron trade witn any.: movie ever filmed. - - . . " A new building plan is proposed 1 y metallurgists - which will do y.y v,1th windows n, Rouses. ; BUILDING BIRD HOUSES Most people are lovers of birds. You can attract beautiful members of the feathered tribe .to your r premises if you will make condition attractive - for ' the birds. Boy, iand girl3 too, as well as grown-ups -will find the directions given in our Washington Bu- v reau bulletin BUILDING BIRD HOUSES, easy for the amateur -carpenter to follow. Diagrams as well a3 " msaurement3 are included in it, and all kinds of bird i horses for all sorts of birds can be built from these directions. Fill out the coupon below and send for this -bulletin: ' ' ' . 4c if CLIP , COUPON HERE BIRDS EDITOR. ''.- Washington Bureau, Provo Evening Herald, 1322 New 'York Avenue, Washington, D, C. lb .r htiiiAtin nran hotjse-buildING'. a.vvj' ... - . - ' f il i.. m. Amrfi. wrof q eta ttnn w uu vuvavo i t v . w VHV . m handling costs: NAME ST. & NO. f STATE i .... tf CITY ujLaakAade.cpXtlie. PjQyp-KvIns.IIerald.. ., .tee - CLIP COUPON HERE . I There are 700 languages used in Africa. ' x -, -A. pLatform ; READING r Beginning : with the Spring- Quarter, Mar. 1 6, Ivlrs. Pearl Adams Deck- ; er is offering the ' - following courses: I Play Reading (full Drama). ; Il-One-Act'Plays. I ) III Musical . Headings and Monologues. IV -Dramatic and Humorous Hu-morous Readings, including Dialects. Twenty-four Lessons $10.00 per quarter Classes limited to ten students. Studio 111 E. 6th North Phone 988 5: ing If sinful creatures --were to mend their ways abruptly and be-. como shining examples of perfec tion? "Or how could doctors j dentists, lawyers and undertakers maintain their social standing if health re mained ;unimpaired-quarreling be came conspicuous by its absence and immortality .took the place' of the present dissolution process? "Isn't the status quo more com forting to contemplate-pthaw the exasperating aspect of untarnished universal goocmess f" Well, when you come to think of it-evil does provide a" good deal of work in the world including jobs for nobleminded columnistshired by philanthropic- newspaper -publishers to point out the pitfalls of life-and put in a few boosts - for good norals occasionally occa-sionally - . . rlf there was no evil on earth at least .half the town would be out of a job tomorrow morning which-looked at one way-would way-would be evil in itself ' . Too . many , things in thlswprld are -' adjudged "wrong" simply because be-cause somebody says- they're, wrong a-m . s, B . e r 1 CAN RECOMMEKB THSSB PBOFL6. THE? Y. MOVED US 1-4 OUR SATISFIED CUSTOMERS CONTINUALLY GIVE US FREE ADVERTISING. i .- . - ... -fs 11 ......... , - . c 433 E. FIRST SOUTHt PnONE 148 - PROVOT as long as evil. provides jobs for a great number or persons we think it should be .rataineA because be-cause a father has to have . something some-thing to talk to his children about, anyway , AND, LISTEN: If all the people now engaged in suppressing evil were thrown out of their jobs-why, jobs-why, think of alt the evil Satan would find fori idle hands to do! and his companions started their trip back to Los Angeles. The return re-turn vtrip was also made hi four days. Colonel fFremont and his ; companions haJ ridden 840 'miles in 76 hours of actual riding: time. They had used 17 horses. 1 (Continued From Page One) harm a single Englishman." lie will only resist passively. Very touching; but not the attl-' tude that gains independence, nor the attitude of a people ready for independence. .. v rrHR Hindus might learn from the Emmeline Pankhurst. , She wanted votes for women, nnd SHE FOUGHT ENGLISHMEN. She attacked them physically, chained hci self to the Iron railing of the house of parliament, that he police mjght not drag her away. When they sent her to prison she -starved, and would have died, except ex-cept that shame compellod the British to rcleaso her, On Thursday, the" British, with Mr. Baldwin presiding, unveiled a statute to Mrs, Pankhurst, closo jto the spot where she had chalnvd herself to the steel railing. AND BRITISH WOMEN VOTE TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, FIGHT FOR IT. ' ' -.-.-h--'t- ONEV is cheap, Wall Street was Correspondingly cheerful. For money to build a house, y6 had to pay six and, sometimes right per. cent. . . ::;:;V ''r To spultjte In. stocks'" yoij 6ouhl borrow money for. three and a half per cent. ' ,''''. ' '' On soft green fields In the country coun-try side nnd on tho hard sidewalks of Wall Street, a new crop of lambs will soon. be skipping. Spring lamb for restaurants, spring lanih-t for bears! - . . rTHi3 farm board intcnjls .'to con--' tinuo buying, wheat, hoping lo "pur.h the price back near the $1.13 ' loon price." , ' . v , That has a 'sad sound; for farm-era farm-era who thought Uncle Sam and the board would arrange to get thm at least $2. The board warns Wicked speculators specu-lators nof to' take advantage by huyinrr at low prices and selling to their Uncle Sam, i , Vow wouldn't wait 30 SECONDS A survey made recently shows that the oak is the most' popular tree planted along the highways; the maple is second. There1 have been as high as 18 earthquakes - an hour" on Hawaii island. - John Murphy, .veteran of two wars, was sentenced to 25 days In a Sn Francisco Jail tecently for singing "Sweet Adelihc" while he was -intoxicated. A truly educated Jo panese must bo "able to read and write Nipponese "Hn four different characters. 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