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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Two j .................~··":- Foundation for Hudson River Bridge Complete : Ne\vs Notes it'• a Prillil9f(e to Liue ....................... ~ The completed foundation of the new Fort Lee bridge which will span the Hudson river from One Hundred Seventy-Eighth street in New York city to Fort Lee in New Jersey. 1'he bridge will be the longest and highest 1uspension bridge In the world, • China After the Fighting Was Over m i .. } SALT LAKE-Alth ,ug!J there have been tremendour improverr.ents in the past t\wnty-five years, the agricultural development of Utah is scarcely heyond it~· infancy. KAYSVILLE-Utah will s·hip approxima~ely 165 caloads of cherries to all parts of the Unite<! States during 1928 with a total value of about $750,000. The cherry rai.,ing- industry is one of the fastest growing ::nJ n;ost remuneratiYe busir.esses in the state. SALT LAKE-H. ":· Prickct;, maa: :1ger of the Utah tr:HLc bur~au, anJ who repre ~·~nted the Ogden grain exchange at the htcrstatc co:nmerce commission hearing, returne..l from Seattle recently ,·ery well satisfied with the showing made beiore the commission, on behalf of the millbg and grain interests of Utah and southern Idaho .. ROOSEVELT-During the bst few years Duchesne county has been watrhing the appearance and spread of three noxious weeds which for a time seemed to threaten the agricultural pursuits and especially the seed imlustry of the entire country. To· day the outlook is brighter than at any time since the weeds were fit~t di;·:ovcred and rigid control measure:> a1·c now in opc:' ation . HELPER-Plans are under way for the ron< .ruction of a brick ana cemPnt block f lt tory at Helper. The bui:ding will be erected in the rear of ,he Ce:t· tral commission company. The pl'incipa. industry of the company will be the •.nanufacture of cimkr bricb, composed of coke b. eeze from the oven~ of the l:tah Fuel company at Sunny"·:de. It is said the plaat will cost I. HALTED AT BOUNDARY Yatuubies trusted to the air mail service are closely 'guarded as shown hy Ute alet't geptieman armed with a powerful rifle. Each clay more than $24,000,000 In money and securlt!es is carried to "\Yali street, New York, by air mall. African Knight Visits London Maria Conrsa, d:mcing star of ~lex· leo City, lnvol\·ed in a smuggling plot, was halted at the boun<lary when she attempteu to enter the 'Cnited States. GOES TO IRELAND PA:-.IGUITCH-Open and unprotectcd portions of upper Sevier \'alley cxperie!;ccd a severe frost on the nig-ht of June 26 h. Potatoes, Beans and othel- tender g-arden crop3 were seriously damai;ed thoug-h the alfalf:J recove1 ed unhurt. ALhouch such frosts are not unusual in the open portions of the section, very little damage resulted in protected parts of Lhe valley next to the surrounding hills. SALT LAKE-During the fiscal year ending June 30, last, 875 agricultural entries were filed on approximately 500,000 acres of unappropriated land 'in Utah, according to a report issJed by Eli F. Taylor, register of the United Sta"es public land office in Salt Lake. Applications were allowed in 488 cases for 206,194 acres of agJ icultural lands, while 345 relinqni~ohments were receh ed on appl oximately 150,000 acres. OGDEN-Mills of Ogden made an excel'ent record for the year end:ng June ~0, according to reports filed recentlr. The Globe and Sperry mills show a combined output of 830,274 barreis of flour, the Globe produci:lg 480,274 and the perry 350,000. The Royal Milling com any, with less th:m a full year to its j:redit, produced approxiJnately 275,030 barreb. The Hylton mill figures ave not yet been made putlic. PRICE-Dr. H. )3. Goetzman, treasurer of the Carbon County Fi:;ll and Gan~e Protective a;;sociation, announces that 201,000 trout have been received by the association and plante<l in eastel<,ll Utah streams this seaoon. Of this number 15,000 were p!Dnted in Range creek; 45,000 in Huntington creek; 10.000 in BeaYer ~reck; 40,000 rainbow trout' and 50,. 000 silver salmoa fingeriing"s h the Scof;el,l re~ervoir, and 41,000 released from the Nad Ol!.'Cn state rearing ponding- into Joe,> Yal\cy. GREEN RIVER-The La Barge road from Green Ri,·e;- is the scene o[ the greatc:,-t county roa'd activity in Sweetwater county this summer, acr.ording to Lcs:er Vogel, cou::ty road superintendent, who spent Inrlrpendence Day in from the coun' y road camp. The county has just p;arcd its >:econd constructil}n crew on the road, which, by fall, will be complete up to where it intersec~s ·with the w~sh inr,-to:J highway. This piece of rc:d will be the last li nk in a circuit t(' conp 1e the Vidor:-' h!gh,,·ay :~t aVe--nal, Uta'h, jun:tio , with the Ydlowsto:Je park. OGDEN-... L:lrge incrrases in the shipments of F.-heep are shown by figures given out Saturday by the Ogden Union stockyards for the lllJnth of June. Th• to~al of sheep ship 11ed lo and through the Ogden yards for the month is 152,173, as compared with 87,289 for the same month last by the large shipments· of ldl<hc ,-ear. The increa;·e was largrly caused by the large shipment of Idaho Lambs. Hogs decreased, the shipmen1 totaling 18,751 , as compared wi'.h 21,· 504 iu June of last year. Cattle inueased from 4799 in June of last year to 7269 for June of this year. • J I ~ <!>i~~' I t1at·· 1 The hul!e twin motored flying boat which recently arrived In the Azores on Its way to the United States. Frank 'f. Courtney, English aviator, is in charge. ~'npt . .. • Tank Warfare Cadets Instructed m 1 ~l cmilPI'S of the fit·,t ci:lss of the \\'est Point )IiJitary academy recching instructions in the humiling of the 40 ton tanks at Camp hleaue, Mar~ laud. $00,000. A scene in Tsinan, China, after heavy bombardment b~· the combined Japanese and ~outhem Chinrse fon·es was over. Heavy guns employed b)' the forces fighting the Northern arms of China did grettt damage to many of the buildings in the ancient city of Tsinan. Huge Flying Beat Coming to United States rn • Utah Air Mail Is Closely Guarded Friday, July 13, 1928 . Indians Camp at Minnehaha Fails SPORTS NEW HAT I I 1 I # l'rpsidrnt Coolid;:e is shown in I he nPw hat in which he appeareu at his office in Superior, \\'is. As guests of the Rotary IntNnational 34 Indians from Glacier park pitched their tents beside the laughing waters of ~Iinnehaha falls, during the comention in Minneapolis. Neighbors Greet Governor Smith DR. EUGENE L. OPIE • • llodor Opie is the new pre~idcnt of the :\ationnl Tul.Jerculo~is associa· \ tion. liov. Alfred E. Smith nddrr~~in~ n hu:::e crowd whirlt gathered in ft'llUI of the exerutire mnnsinn in Alhany to congrntulate the go,·ernor on his nominatit>n for the I'resiuenc)·. \Vhere. Senator Robinson Started t-iE HOPES TO FLY j PROVO-From all indications, in some districts are going to be numerous this season, according to H. V. Swenson, district j agricultural ins1'ector. Preparations should be made for controlling them, I and he cono•iders the formula for mix- 1 ing the grasshopper bait ve1·y easy. Here it is: TweMty pounds bran (free from shurts), one pound white arsenic, , or one qcart of sodium aresenic (weed ~\. T. \"on Hagen, inYcntor. ol killer), iw.J quarts of cheap syrup or molas'e~. three-quarters C•tmce amy: ~cattle, in the uril'in;; seat or 11i~ acetate, L• > gollons water, one pound new uil·pinne, a onc-nmn rycie ma· ('!line which flaps its wings Yia pedals. salt. gra.~shoppers Sir Orforl Atta, paramount chief of the Ak~ern Abuakwa, on the gold coast of Africa, with his "soul," a young negro who ne,·er leaves his slue. The picture was taken as th<'Y were leaving their hotel in Lonuon. Sir Orforl was created the first African lmig!.t of the Eritish empire by the king, ALL AROUND THE GLOBE The porcupine'ti sharp tertii nr~ orange-coiOt·ed. Heart U.is<'ase is thP cau"P of tleath In about on<!·four·th of •1ld people. The !catlin~ rnnJ•ie RU:!fil' stntt~ is Nrw rm·k, \·crmont heing ~I'CJI:<l. Gol<l wire <•nly l·l<HI,OI.JIIth of an Inch in diameter can IJo prodUI'I d. Austria once had 111<' thil·•i higl•e~t birth ratr 1n Em·opr, but now it has tho IOWPSt. ~!lee are titr smallest members of the rorleut family. llnlihut 11Pi~ltinl! from 200 to 300 poun<l · are ortrn rnught. Insurnru·e ag:1in8t dama.f!:e hy nirpinnP;; i~ hPin;: taken out by some property owner,. At tlw rnrl of 1!1~7 It was founrl that rve1·y ~tate ex<'t•pt :\t>w York anti :llursarl:usct t~ had a tax on gas· olin\'. Col. John R. Thomas, .Jr., has beer appointed as the first military attacltl to tlte Irish F'ree State. Colouel Thomas will also serve as mllilary attache to the American embassy in London. Paper From Wood Pulp Wood pulp begnn t attract atten tlon as a paper mnterial about 60 rears ago. T!Jis use hns increased rapidiJ- from senr to sear, until It ls one ot the most Important to \1 hich wood it put. Greatest Railroad System Ancient Univera;ty 'file German Hallways company Oeutsc·he Hechshal!n, organized by the Dawes comJllission, is the largest railroad sy~tem in the world. It comr>rises 30,000 m11es of truck nud employs more t11an 7UO,UOO men. Crarow uuirer~it.v has ker>t l'o •and's streaa uf t~an :ug fiuwii•A fur halt a miiknnium. Totlny its \:•,7110 ;,uckuts mu~ uttena ci<tS> or ;tn) r\rny nt 1riti on.l t~.cy tnke exn.n, ut •nrr a yenr ('lass~~ nre nh>3YS Ways of Making a Living There are said to he no r~wer than IG,)):n ditl'erPnt wn)·s o1 uwklng a liv ing in En!.:lnncl, us shown It n govern menf pulJiiralion dealing •villi occu patlous. I Record Plant Family The largest family of plunts, conwining ol.Jout one-tenth or ail flowering plants. I~ the thistle family. To this family belong the asters, golden· tod, daisy and thousands of others. f•J Great Canadian Region The t'unndian Nort hW<'St is gc·m•ra 1y nH•ant to indude Sasluuche\\'un All>erla, llrltisll l'ulullll>tn Olld l'ukon \'nncuurer is the western port for tht Canadian Nortllll'e<:t. • Tt.('~milding tdatc for 'ice at Lorwke, Ark., where Senator Hobinson, IJpmocratk prt>~idcnt, opt·ncd his first law ofli('e, l CONDENSED IN A FEW LINES 'J'ut.cr(·t.losis kill< more men than 'l'ke chief c·I'O!JS of Siam a1·e rice and teak wont!. Camel p·cat w ~ s~·l'"I'Pd nt han<tllets . ,~nt!<Ts she~! by horned animals 1n hy the Enlp~rot· lletw;c:ahulL . . 'iC'! O\\'Stone ;\atconal park hare l.Jeen Tl.ctT 1 • ,J r 'le of ro: ·I to eVC'S 4() coliectrd and mach~ into a "house or flC"""n in t'," L ''i.e <I St ,t• s. • I ·ns,'' c.m t nIn n g a ro11m 6 uy 8 fet•t. rn a n•re l.r·,.g f,',n<l col ··~ti<>D red. Prof. At;ira b'njinarni has been r"nk 1111<1 "·h:te c~· ,L J<:n~ bios. om. gi\'l'lt 11n honorary de;:ree hy the the· .lui a· ~H' ll meril ~ dle•TY : e~s olo;;y raeul'y of !I!'ideiherg unirersif,\ were li:' t hnnght to !lie t:nite:l -the firot erer conferred upon n ill t~<G2. ; Japane~e ill GNmans. w~m~n • |