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Show I fHE MIDVALE JOURNAL Passing of a Noted Member of Congress •••••••••••••••••••••••••• News Notes Friday, May 11, 1928 Crew of Bremen Given Great Welcome to New York it'• a Privilege to Live in Utah .......................... Georgia Towns Inundated by High Streams View of the town ot Newton, Ga., when It, like many other places, was Inundated by the waters of the flooded ri\·ers and streams of the southern state. 'rhe damage caused by the floods was considerable. Coolidge Decorating the Crew of the Bremen \ Campaign to Stamp Out Blindness RICHMOND-Approximallely 2000 people of Utah and Idaho attended t he thirteenth annual black and white day at Richmond, where 190 head of cattle were exhibited and competed for many premiums. The cattle were on the grounds at 9:30 a. m. and the judging conducted by Professors George B. Caine of the Utah Agricultural college and C. Y. Cannon of the Brigham Young university followed one hour later. OGDEN -Representing that nomadic bands of sheep are depriving stockmen of their ranges oouthwest of Ely, Nev., a petition has been received at the Ogden office of the forest service requesting that approximately 1,400,000 acres be added to the Quinn canyon and White Pine dsitricts of the Nevada national forest. The petition is signed by more than 200 persons comprising stockmen, mining men and ·business men and also is supported by the White Pine chamber of mines and commerce. PRICE-Price is the shipping point for the largest shipment of wool from any one railroad station ever sent out New York's official welcome to the Germun-Irlsb atiators who flew acro~s the Atlantic ln the Bremen was of Utah, in the opinion of railroad ofa great demonstration. The lllnstrntion shows the parade passing up Fifth avenue, and, Inset, the flyers, Captain ficials here. More than 225,000 fleeces Koehl, Major Fitzmaurice and Baron Von Iluenefeld, in their car. and in the neighborhood of seventyfive carloads of wool will be shipped out of this city between now and June 10, according to contracts now on file with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company at this place. MYTON-C. P. Wallinson, proprietor of the Upalco flour mill in Myton, views the outlook relative to the acreage of wheat planted in this portion o{ the basin in an optimistic vein. Indi· cations point to the fact that the season of 1028 will surpass any other in the years gone by in this region. In order to meet local demands for flour during the pa:<t Reason, it was necessary for Mr. Wattenson to purchase a large quantity of wheat in Ashley valley. Barley and oats have also been sown to a considerable extent this year. MANTI-Shearing started at the Fayette shearing corral, where most of the sheep that are owned in this section are sheared. Small flocks that have \vintered in close vicinity are being shorn on the farms. Sheepmen of this city have been driving their herds in from the west desert lands to the land in the proximity of the shearing corral, preparatory for shearing and for the lambing season. The report that the sheep ae in a thriving conditions, both as to flesh and wool. Losses have been reasonably low during the past winter. PANGUITCH-Belief for the congested condition at the Hatchtown hatchery came when the specially built President Coolidge pinning on the breasts of the members of the Bremen's crew the Distinguished Flying state truck and two attendants arcrosses voted them by congress. Baron Von Heunefeld Is receiving the decoration and at the right are seen rived and began moving the fingerCaptain Koehl and Major Fitzmaurice. lings to Panguitch Jake. The attendants spent three days moving the fish they then returned to Richfield as witHOUSTON KEYNOTER nesses in a case of pheasant shooting. VERNAL-The Utah Private Truckers' as·oociation has been added to the freight and expres~ transportation facilities between Uintah basin points and the railway. The new venture is comprised of 30 members various towns being represented, and the articles of incorporation state that it is organized for mutual benefit, this to include road maintenance, protection of rights and interes•ts of truckers, • promotion of legislation favorable to trucking operations and efficiency of service. PROVO-Since 1905 the wealth bringing powers of manufactured products in the state of Utah have increased over 500 per cent. MYTO~-Farmers of Pleasant Valley are rejoicing that water has been available for culinary and irrigation purpo&·es. This is the same project \.hat furnishes water for the south Myton bench, which the Uintah Basin Construction company completed under the supervision of S. Y. Taylor of Salt Lake. EPHRAIM - Ephraim Uons are supporting the city of Moroni in its Claude G. Bowers, a newspaperman endeavor to have an appropriation made to build a state highway to the of New York and a historian of some beautiful Maple canyon west of Mo- note, has been selected by the DE-mHorace Elgin Dodge, speed bout builder and heir to the $37,000,000 estate of his father, Detroit automobile manufacturer, and Muriel Dorothy roni. This canyon has been recom- ocratic national committee as temSlsman of Detroit, who were married In London, England. Dodge's first wife mended by Governor Dern and others l>Orary chairman of the convention in divorcer! him a year ago. He is twenty-seven years old. fo r a state park, but no appropriation Houston and to dellver the "keynote" has been ma de. address. . BOUNTIFUL-Bountiful city has JUst completed constuction of a tunnel AL SMITH'S MANAGER on the city farm east of the city to obtain water for culinary purposes at a cost of $4500. The pipe line more than 1000 feet long consisting of 650 feet of tunnel work and 400 feet of dra!n, starts from the surface and runs east to the depth of seventy-five feet from the surface, making it so deep that the flow, it is believed, will not be affected by the seasons. The water iso the purest mountain water which drains from the mouth of Ward canyon. Farmers on the bench parallel get their water supply by similar drains. INDIAN RANKS HIGH Dodge Heir and His Detroit Bride A campaign to stamp out pret"entable blindness In Illinois and the Middle West has been launched by the Illinois Society for the PreYentlon of Blindness, under the supervision of 1\IIss Audrey Hayden, executive secretary. Assisti ng the campaign are the Lions clubs. In the Illustration, left to right, Leonard Undem, president Logan Square Lions club, Chicago; Nurse lfar!!etr~t Doyle ; Baby John Lee; Joe Adams, s tate president of the Lions, and .Joseph Kramer, chairman of prevl'ntlon of blindness committee of Quadrangle Lions club, LE>e flrown, full-blooded Cherokto~t Indian, who is proving to the worl4 that his race can adapt Itself successfully to the pastimes of the white brothers. lie is one of the most successful students at Stillwater college, Oklahoma; is a talented artist, doing much art work on the school publications, and is also the winning pitcher of the baseball team. He Is consid· ered an all-around athlete. PLANS OCEAN FLIGHT Raising Rabbits in California ITai,;ing rabbits for their fur and their meat has become a considerable in southern California. The photograph shows about 1,500 of the of 2;-;,ooo in one of the "rabbitries" of San Bernardino county. ALL AROUND THE GLOBE The Carquincz hrid~:e In Californl" lit<' large .. t bridge in the world de· solely to highway tral1ic. With a new motor-npprntecl malt Is claimed that thrce men cnn :JOO standard size hricks In an bald Pngle gets It~ name he· ttie feathers on its heacl nrc contrasting with the durk The Egyptians made mummie~ of a variety of sacred animals and even in~ect~. Stilt Dancing on Chinese New Year Phil Wood, noted aviator and speedbout dt'iYer, who has admitted that he and Duke Schiller, first man to fly a relief plane to the Junkers plane Brem!'f" are planning to attempt a cast-west transatlantic flight, starting from Ireland In an English-built seaplane with Old Orchard, Maine, as their destination. SALT LAKE-Uta h poultry brought $2,500,000 into the state last year, Clyde C. Edmonds declared at the recent membership luncheon of the chamber of commerce. Mr. Edmonds, general manager of the Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative association, spoke on behald of the local observance of National Egg week, which began Tuesday of last week SALT LAKE - With 20,000,000 l George R. Van Nnmee of New York pounds of wool produced annually who bas been made manager of Gov. Utah has only one woolen mill in op- AI Smith's preconvention President!ul campaign. eration. Panama-Hat Material The Smallest Congregation? Panama hate are made of the young leaves of the stemless screw-pine of Centra I America. Un Exmour, In England, there Is a tlny moorland churcb which has neve1 t1nd during the past generation a lnrger congregation than sevPn or eight, the a\·erage b!'ing about three, Including the organist. Famous English Palace St. Jame~· palace, London, was built A mansion In Pompei! recE>ntly unbv Oem·y VIII and the gatehouse Is c:artlll'd C'Ontnins twenty rooms on the. $aid to have been designed by Uolbein. fir~t floor unci I wen ty more rooms allOY!'. Artificial ~now usee! in shj.pplnt: Merely Mind pcrl.shahle foods empnralt-s at the IIone~ty isn't the best policy. It 10 [ICr cenl iu twent~·- Isn't any k;nd of policy. It Is n state of mind, or else It Isn't honcoty, English Verb• There are about 8,()()() verbs In th!' Englbh language. Of these, npproxlmatPiy 2,lKlO are cfa~serl as irregular, allhougb some of them have regular forms. Subordinate After All A man may be captain of his lou!, but there's the great Generai.-Boston Transcript. -Early American Biography Chief Justit'e Marshall's "Life of Washington'' was the flrst American biography or any scope and digni-ty. Simple Abbreviation "Vox ,,,p" is the nbbrevintlon or the Lat!n phte~, "Vox populi." It means U.. lol..~ of the people. Street scene lo the city of Shanr;:hul, showing celebrants of the CJtine~e New Year hopping about on the stilt dance. All sorts of grotesque costume featured the celebration. THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW Calcutta Is the British empire's second largest clty. The return of salmon to their home waters can be predicl~d almost to u <lay four years in ad,·nnce. For the fir::;t time in Its history the AIaska t·ailroud nnnoun<·ecl n profit in operation for ncct•ml~t•r, 1!1!:!7. Artjficial mys of radium in quantities will ·soon he produ~r•l in the laboratory, a nolell physicist pretliets. The EtH'OJtean corn borer came to this country from llun::ar?. ~Inskrats nrf' tiiP lf'arling fur hPar· E'l's in the l'nitl'd Stqte~. fi'Om the qunnt:ty standpoint. l'iog-er prims of •li1l'reot rnce~ ·end to fnllow eertJin !!rl'l rul c:,,,ructerbnn nna)).·sis ~:l[}ws. A trade m~~~:1zino sa.r:o; that there nre :.!J•IJO lmmLis or perfume nnLI 1.!:!1)1) uc~. brmHis of face pow<lt•r on the mttrl;et. • |