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Show THEJORDANJOURNAL,tnDVALE,UTAH •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Los Angeles Pastor Invites Jazz Orchestra to Church Melting Snows Submerge Graves of the Minute Men i•••••••••••••••••••••••••• Utah ! Mt. Pleasant.-One of the largest shipments of fat lambs-thirty-one carloads in all-left Mt. Pleasant for the open market at Kansas City, Mo. The lambs were bought by Seth M. Patterson of Kansas City from sheepmen of Mt. Pleasant, Fairview and 1\_roronl. Salt Lake City.-For the most part the bee colonies of the state came through the winter in excellent condl tion, reports Dan Hillman, state bee inspector. On hil' last trip out Mr. Hillman observed the bees were com· mencing to stir. lie noted many buzzing around the maple trees and pussy ! willows, gathering pollen. J I , Popular music as played by the modern orchestra Is to make Its d!!but before the pulpit uf the Wilshire Congregational church of Los Angeles in the near future, when Carlyle Stevenson's orchestra plays a group of modern. music scores at the invitation of Doctor Dyer, pastor of. this fashionable church. The orchestra is shown he rehearsing In the church. Parliam~ntary School for New Congressmen II • Leur J!'ess, parliamentarian of the house of rept·esentatives (shown standing) Is the lm;tructor in the school just opened in the capitol for new members of the house, where they are taught parliamentary pro· .cedure· and how . , to defend their rights on the floor. MAY ENTERTAIN KING Longfellows Take in Amundsen Ogdcn.-A greatly increaser sugar beet acreage is expected In Utah and especially in Davis and \\"eber counties this year, as a result of the decision of the Utah Cunners' associatiou to pay no more than $ 10 for to· matoes and peas, in the opinion of • ilrartm II. Brown, president of the \Vtb~r County Farm bureau and chairman of the canning crops committl'e of the rtah State Farm Bureau federation. I 1 . J The historic old gra>eyard at Harvard square, Cambridge, Muss., the burial place of many of the Minute Men of 1776 and other Revolutionary war heroes. shown under three feet of water from the thawing ot a 1 l recent three-day snowstorm. In the background are some of the buildings o:ll Harvard university. , ---------..,----------------------------------------- Salt Lake.-The Ulah Canners' as· sociation, following an executive ses· ~ion at the • ·ewhouse hotel, ~nnounced it would not pay over uO- per ton for tomatoes grown for cttnning this season. This was in answer to a demand from the producers of tomatoes that the contract figure reru.ain at $12 per ton. ! Washington Honored by Sons of the Revolution Sons of the Revolution in New York placing wreaths on the statue of George ·washington in Union square, partly In celebration of his birthday and partly in answer to what they consider recent attacks on the character of the Father of His Country. t 1 Price.-E. E. and E. C. Pierce, farmers of Carbon county, shipped the first carload of graded potatoes ever shipped out of Prico this week. I The potatoes were sold to the Fruits l Mercantile co1npany of Pueblo, Colo., \ ror a price of $2.85 per sack f.o.b. 1 Price. The potatoes graded U. S. No. l, the,highest standard . Roosevelt.-For the first time in the history of the Uintah basin a shipment of potatoes to Salt Lake City left here. Arch Larson is filling a contract of three truckloads which are being hauled tlirect to Salt Lake via the Strawberry route. O,gden.-Purcha~::e of a school site in the southeastern part of the city by the Ogden city board of education will likely be authorized at a meeting of the board. The bc:a:-d consirlered the matter at their reJ tll ar meeting and deferred action In order to consider another site than the one now considered. I I Miss Marla Antonia Field of Mon-l terey, Cal., who, while visiting .in : *'aln, Invited King Alfonso to call ' at her picturesque home which was ! built In 1824 when tho Spaniards gov- 1 -erned California. The king is com- . tog to the United States next year al)d he Is expected to accept the liospltallty of the California girl. She entertained the duke of Alba, highest The Tacoma (Wash.) Longfellows have opened a campaign f01· · long nobleman · of Spain, during the vlslt beds, long cots In hospitals, long berths, 7%-foot clearance under awnings and which be made to this country a few bumpers on umbrella prongs that are nil the time jabbing their eyes. The vears ago. latest addition to their tall ranks is Capt. Roald Amundsen, famous North pole explorer, who was found to measure over the requlred six feet in height. Charles A. Hicks (left), sergeant at arms of Tacoma Longfellows, subjected WATCH FOR ROGERS the explorer to the height test. Second from the right Is J. A. Van \Vie, who represented the International Tall Men's association. Happy Mr. ,Depew in St. Augustine (''-'ftlmande J ohu Hogers, hero of • navy's flight to Hawaii last sum. mer. being pre:sented with a gold watch from the Associated Press for th splendid account of the flight he wired that organization at a time wl:lfn the American public was In ave doubts of the men's safety. Byron Price of the Associated Press is giving him the watch, and Secretary ot th• Navy Wllbur is In tbe .background. . Ogden.-Sales ot tir.li_· ,,r from the national forest of Utcth amounted to 13,853,000 board feet during 1!\25, it is announc.e d by the forest officials in the annual timber sale rPport. 'fhe value of this timber is estimated at $27,730. The greater part of the tim· ber was diaposed of through commer· cia! sales, whlle 669,000 bo1.rd feet was taken by S<!ttlers and ranchers for their own u~e at cost. Salt Lalce Clty.-Fossil fragments of a camel that inhabited the region ~•round ancient Lake Bol:).neville some ::;;o,ooo yeats ago, have been unearth· f'd in the Jordan narrows, according to Dr. Earl Douglas, who has charge of the dinesaur laboratory at the Uni· \'ersity of Utah. The fossils were dis· covered by Ed. Southwick in working a limestone quarry on the terraces of ancient Lake Bonneville, just west ct the Jordan Narrows. Salt Lake City.-Headings in the railroad and pilot bores of the Moffat tunnel Qn the east side, are flooded, according to word received from Den· ver. It is said that the water was pouring from the east portal at the rate of 3200 gallons a minute. The trouble will hold up work only a few hourH, according to officials of the Salt Lake & Denver railr<Jad in this city. VernaL-Last fall tbe Uinta club of Vernal initiated a movement to secure one-day mail service from Salt Lake to Vernal and the success of the movement is assured by a letter re• eeived from the fourth assistant post· master general, provided the expend\tures incident to the changed sch~J d ulo will not prove prohibitive. The new ~chedule is to be made effective as soon as road conrlitlons between Ver· nal and Prce are good. As during the past winter no delay whatever has heen caused in the delivery of mail from Price to Vernal, the road having been In excellent shape at all times, the new schedule is expected to be c.perative at once. Ogden.-The national forest timber !'ale in Utah, although not impressive compared with that of the better for· estell neighlloring states, played a big part in the development of the smaller communities remote from railroads, forest service officials say in the an· nual timber sale report. Ogden.-The Ogden Union Railroad and Depot company will spend $70,00 in improvments arountl the union station in Ogden this spring, it is announced by IL L. Bell, superintendent of the company. Salt Lake City.-Salt Lake will this year take care of her tourist visitors as never before if the plans of Commissioner Harry L. Finch materialize. Chauncey M. Depew, still hale and lively at ninety, chatting ln the Even more than the 7000 tourists who gardens ot the Ponce de Leon hotel in St. Augustine, Fla., with Wilma Rogero made the campgrounds their head· and Ruth Van Sant, who are candidates for the position of queen of the quarters in Salt Lake lust year are Ponce de Leon celebration in April. anticipated by Commissioner Finch People Will See "Old Ironsides" TWO LUCKY GIRLS • I, I j 1 Miss Claras and Miss Pearl \Velss, as they appeared on their arrival In Xew York after a pleasure trip abroad. While In Monte Carlo the girls took a "Old Ironsides," the famous Constitution of the old Amel'iran navy, little flyer at the roulette wheel. They ls to start on a coast trip Into the gulf and up the Mlsslssippl In the interest started with a $:1 blll and when they )f the restoration fund which has been started. Already $150,000 has been ended found that they had won $300,000. ~ecelved In contributions. POLE FLIGHT PILOT Shows Safety Device for Ships I 1 I , : I 1 1 I ' Adum T. Drekolias of • ·ew York demonstrating to members of the hou ·,• naval !tffairs committee his Invention which he claims will keep any ship rt-om 8inklng, no matter how badly damaged. The invention Is a collapsible thamber de:>lgned to Imprison air in the hull of a disabled vessel. Even if a ship were completely filled with water, he claims the device would keep .ts upper dec·k above the surface, giving the crew a chance for their lives IU!tll r ~euers arrive. Mr. Drekollas is shown on the left in the photograph. Lieut. Carl B. Elelson, who will pllot the Wilkins polar flight expedttlon plane over the top of the world. He has left Seattle for Fairbank!!, Alaska, to complete arrangements for the coming flight. - ~ |