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Show 7 THE PACE TWO ON hill-cre- red coats; It seea unremarked, plain people, ennobled by service, who gave to civil Ufa a little something more of integrity and fineness; It sees all sorts and conditions of men and of women, and of little children; and It notices that there la this common thing among them, that they all face forward to the future which now Is ours. Finally, it recognizes, with gratitude and promise, that somewhere In this vast and diversely born people there Is the binding loyalty of a common service. There is a flag, seen tiny against a speck of green and white, which flutters above the bivouac of Arlington. There is a wreath invisibly adorning the borne of every family whose fathers and mothers lived worthily that the race might be nobly preserved. There Is a faith which, enriched by all these lives, is the deathless goer-do- n of a people that dares not, nor wishes, to forget Today, we remember. There Is a heritage preciously formed by the lives and deatha of many millions. They are the past which seeded the present. We honor them by reliving their service or shame them if our sense of citizenship la Ignoble, 9 The Se cret. Lamp day endeavors to MEMORIALnot an thing. emotion that stirs ns day by day, like the appetites or the commoner feelings of enthusiasm and weariness over life. It is, in the words of John Galsworthy, a secret lamp, hardly to be seen when the world Is at peace. AH the finest and most generous emotions are of this type. The most sensitive affections of human beings for one another rise and fall ; they may be Ignored In the rush of an active life, only to flare up consumingly In an hour of trial, of grave Illness or disaster or death. It Is when one's country Is beset that one turns to her aid with that upswelling of sacrifice which made the Great War so momentous a fact for the great mass of Americans. The greatest of all the tragedies of the war reserved for those few exceptional souls who were so out of step with their time and their fellow men that they could share none of this emotion that Is one of the few real compensations for the evils of warfare. To state the quality of patriotism Is to state the difficulty of expressing In Ho so deep-lyinan emotion in a public parade. Yet Memorial 'day surely deserves not less of our support for the obstacles which it faces. If the feeling of gratitude to those who have died for the nation Inevitably wanes as each war recedes in time and Its perils are forgotten, it can never be wholly lost, and drums and traropllngs are still the surest means to quicken the hearts of the Here is no new phenomenon of modern pacifism. Each generation tends to forget the war fought by its predecessor, as the failure of this country to prepare for each successive war bears cynical witness. Man needs ritual to keep his secret lights burning. There Is religious inspiration In a great church service, whether one subscribes to the exact tenets of the creed expressed or not. Memorial day is part of the sacred ritual of patriotism, a ceremony of honor to those who have sacrificed themselves In its name and a reminder to the living of the cause which, so far as present wisdom reveals, must be fought for again and again In the years to come if civilization is to be preserved. g in day is with us 30. This date MEMORIAL sixty-first year that the Grand Array of the Republic has observed the day In honor and memory of comrades who "gave their lives that that nation might live." The very fact that more than three score years have passed since General Logan Issued his famous Order No. 11 creating the day must cause ns to remember that the comrades of the Grand Army who still survive must be aged men, all of them well beyond four score years. In many places the day seems to have taken on a new and different significance as a new and younger generation takes charge and carries out its own ideas of what constitutes a proper observance of the day. But where the Grand Army Is still able to carry on, or where Its wishes are observed. It will be conducted in the quiet and dignified manner that has ever marked Its keeping of the day. This day Is in memory of the emory vast number who gave their lives in defense of the flag and to preserve this Union. "Let us then at the appointed time gather round their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag that they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us, a sacred charge upon a nation's gratitude the soldier's and sailor' widow and orphan." So should It be on all Memorial days. Let the young give close attention to whatever may be done or said by the veterans themselves, for all will be memories stored In the pages that men call history. It will give tbem power some day to thrill young hearts to say that they saw and heard men of the Grand Army of the Republic as they marched and spoke In some day of the long ago their Memorial day. United Nation tenderest and most of American holidays Is observed every years In a broader national spirit. Instituted after the Civil war as a Memorial day for those who fought to preserve the Union, it was Intended to be celebrated only In northern states and In the numerous national cemeteries scattered through the South. It assured decoration of the graves of Union oldlers everywhere, and was popularly known for that reason as Decoration day. Many of the Confederate states had their own similar anniversaries. In view of Its origin, the Msy 30 holiday could not have been elected to be completely national In its scope. But since the days when Civil war memories were keen and still disruptive, the nation has fought two important wars. In which the old North and South and the new western states have stood shoulder to shoulder. The Spanish-America- n war saw Lieut. Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Maj. Gen. Matthew a, Butler and Frits Hugh Lee commanding United States volunteers. The Wrld war was prosecuted under the new system of national conscription and represented an equalized na THE , tional effort. The observances and Memorial day now extend to the men who served In these two wars as well as to the men of 1SC1-'C- 5 to whom they applied almost exclusively in the beginning. The nation's gratitude and remembrance now go out to all its defenders and are expressed on a Memorial day whose scope has been enormously enlarged. The more than 4,000,000 soldiers and sailors enlisted for the World war insure a perpetuation of this holiday on a still vaster scale and with an increasing unity ol feeling. The aid given by the federal government to the Stone Mountain tribute to the leaders of the Confederacy marked the final passing of Civil war preju dices and frictions. The country U thoroughly united, never more so than on this patriotic and most solemn an ni versa ry. spirit of S. NEPHI. UTAH News Notes Remembrance Jjll MEMORIAL day we remember; and, remembering, ourselves. A nation, like an Individual, la the aum of all the preceding character that baa contributed to It. There ,1a the beat and the worst, both made profitable by a Just conscience, which recognize and decides between them. ,The light of high endeavor never goes out; the torch passes from generation to generation, borne safely amid tumult and peace, amid onslaught and reverence. Civilization, through the service of Its better members, ceases never. ' Today the nation stands on the golden of which only the boldest bad dared to dream, and looks buck along the road. A long, magnificent road gloriously alive with the figures of brave men and brave women, of loyal hearts, of undiscouraged purpose, of God fearing manhood. It finds, as It looks and reflects, that the many little roads which begin on the margin of national history have come together and now for these many years have flowed In one broad and ever broader highway. It perceives a Estrange intimacy of blue and gray, and dimmer figures in tatters or in soiled TIMES-NEW- - UTAH I- ! '' - ' :r-- a r "- ., ; V It's a Privilege to Live In Excellent spring and VERNAL summer ranges and a good lamb corp are in prospect for Uintah county, of the United States bureau of the agriculture report. MORGAN Prospects for spring and summer ranges have never been better In Morgan county, reports of the United States department of agriculture declare. COALVILLE Construction work on the Echo dam during the month of April was greatly handicapped by Inclement wheather, according to the report of F. F. Smith, government construction engineer, and 15 days were lost on that account. PROVO Wlfi hot summer days prevailing, huge snowbanks In Rock canyon, directly east of the state fish and game farm on the state highway, between Springvtlle and this city, have been melting rapidly, causing the stream which comes from the canyon and runs directly through the hatchery to overflow. DUCHESNE Commissioner G. Y. Billings left Duchesne recently to confer with the state road commission in regard to the rebuilding of the bridge over the Strawbery river on the road from Indian canyon. The bridge collapsed early this spring and traffic has been routed around the river and away from Duchesne. LAYTON A shipment of 19,000 tomato plants was received in Lay ton recently from Moapa, Nov., for the Royal Canning corporation of Ogden. According to H. P. Mathews, district agricultural Inspector, these are the first to be shipped into the county this year, and will be used for the purpose of growing canning tomatoes and tomatoes to be shipped Boon. RICHFIELD Farmers near Monroe are facing a peculiar problem. For the last week or so deer have been coming down from the hills In large numbers, eating from haystacks and trampling fields. As fences seem to make very little difference to them the farmers have in some cases had to return to their fields at night and herd the animals away. PROVO Plans to the financing and construction of remaining units of the livestock building at the Provo fair grounds were laid at a meeting of the Utah county fair board held recently with J. F. Mendenhall, president, in the chair. It is estimated that an expenditure of $20,000 is required, and it is hoped that the plant will be completed and in readiness for the exposition next fall. RICHFIELD Seeding of the 1929 sugar beet crop is now completed in Sanpete and Sevier counties. More than 5000 acres have been planted in these two counties and soil and climatic conditions are indicative of a successful sugar beet year. With storage reservoirs well filled and the high watersheds still covered with a mantle of snow, an abundant water supply for this season seems assured. CEDAR CITY About 90,000 domestic animals will graze In the Dixie forest this summer, according to the report Just issued by th'e supervisor of the forest. Of these 76,741 will be sheep, 10,594 cattle, 1000 goats and 708 horses. The district office will spenu This $1S0j for range Improvement. will be used to install metal troughs for watering sheep and cattle where water storage is necessary. ST. GEORGE Dixie stockmen are Just emerging from what they claim to have been the hardest winter In 40 years, according to Benjamin Swapp, forest ranger on the Dixie forest. Last season's forage crops were light on the farms, the desert ranges made but scant growth, and these subnormal conditions, combined with the long, cold winter, caused considerable loss among all clases of range stock. COALVILLE Representatives to the Morgan Canning company have been making arrangements for the planting of experimental fields of peas with the view of starting the pea Industry in, this locality. Test fields have been planted In the vicinity of Coalville, HoytsviHo and Wanship and the company .officials state that If sufficient acreage can be secured for next year's crop, viners will be established at each of the points named. MYTON S. Y. Taylor of Salt Laki;, manager of the Taylor canal, is tn Myton, looking after business matters relative to the project. This canal furnishes water for the south Myton bench and Pleasant valley district, which is one of the promising parts of the basin as regards future development. Four thousand acres is under cultivation, and when an additional 800 acres Is Improved It will mean increased business along many line . RICHFIELD Work will commence on the Salina-Fislake road early In June, acording to an announcement made by Supervisor C. A. Mattson of Fish lake national forest. When completed the road will be twenty miles in length. All but eight miles has already been completed. The new. route goes by way of Gooseberry and the Salina experiment station and will shorten the distance to Fish lake considerably. The total cost of the project is about $28000, of which the government pays b0 per cent and the e county 40 per cent, A road connecting the road out of Oak City Rescuing Victims of Cleveland Hospital Disaster - rvr , v.1rmrr . T Thursday, Slay 23, 1929 - f. - ; . j 5 - pj 1 - !"r (n fFM v rt 9 -; ; ," - rv u I ' y ( ' J-"- i ' 1 "? , T.t .crj II ill Scene outside the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, as rescue parties were removing victims from the building Alms. This at least 124 were killed by poison gas fumes and flames. The gases came from burning picture was transmitted from Cleveland by telephoto. X-ra- y in which Richmond Blues Celebrate Their Founding Mill r ru- The Richmond Light Infantry Blues on parade In Richmond, Va., on the oe hundred and fortieth anniversary of their founding. The 13 original slates were represented. -j , I. Ik ' k- hi J $&Krv&1 - 1 Is . , h two-mil- NL . MAM . COOLIDGE IN SENATE yrrm. U 'w.ii W; jli Figures in Des Moines U. Affair wit .1 - First photograph of the bust of Calvin Coolidge which has recently been placed in a prominent spot in the senate wing of the Capitol building at Washington, commemorating his term , of office as Vice President. LOVELIEST WIFE? nfflnrif n mm if i n Hmn in in mi i i iimi inimimi 'y(y,.!--f,'wY- Dr. T. T. Shields, president of the board of trustees of Des Moines uni versity, and Miss Edith Rebman, Its secretary, central figures In the violent dispute at the fundamentalist Baptist institution. Their quarrel with the president and faculty and a majority of the students was carried to the convention of the Baptist Bible Union of North America In Buffalo, N. Y. Romance in the Salvation Army - jo. ".k.tlfly' m ; i L A- - of hundreds After scrutinizing photographs of beautiful women from 48 states, John Barrymore, E Scott Fitzgerald and Cornelius Vanderhllt, voted Mrs. George Franklin Ilest Jr, of Richmond, Va, to be "Americu's loveliest wife." Miss Ruth nigglns, daughter of the new commander In chief of the Salvation army, and Harold Andrew Ilealley, an officer in the organization, smll Ing happily as they announced In London their engagement to marry. |