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Show • THE JORDAN JOURNAL, MIDVALE, UTAH I No Wonder They Cheered; the School Was Burning Parade of Striking Musicians in San Francisco !:························· I ~~!:~~?£~~~ I i• Utah !• 1 ····~··· I· Richfield-Despite the dry season, ..················ Sevier county is not bad off agrlculWith the eception of sugar beets, which received a body blow, the outlook is interpreted as satisfacj tory. A cross-section of the agricultural situation, as gained at the an· nuul county fair, wblch was held here September 8, 9 and 10, shows a harvest not up to expectations, but equal 1 1 to a ten-year average. \ ~ Carbon County-ReJXJ.ir work on the Carbon canal is under full swing, ac- 1 cording to George M. Bacon, state engineer, who has just returned from Carbon county, where he has been superintending the beginning of the work. The Improvement is being done j under the authorization of the stat~ Our plwtographer havpened along just us these San fcnm• is(·o <'llilrlrL'll le.UI·ned thnt the t'olU!l'·bia grammar lland bCL'lrd, which voted the expendl· &rhool, which they attended, was in flumes. They were cheering the glad news, but their joy was short-lived ture of $20,000 in the work. for they were soon distributed to other schoo!s. Sevier County-One hundred and The strike of theater musicians which has been threatening to spread over the forty-two cows registered in the cow- San Francisco. In that city the strikers staged a big parade to further their cause. testing circle of Sevier cou.n ty averaged 770 pounds of milk and thirtyone pounds of butterfat during Augl ust, the sixth month the circle has I .. been in operation, according to a re- 1 port by S. R. Boswell, county agricultural agent. Sixty-three cows in tho group produced more than thirty 1 pounds of butterfat during the month. 1 turally. I I I I I Airmen in Alaska Starting on a Fishing Trip . country started In New Armored Trucks for Carrying U. S. Money I I Gunnison-Gunnison valley yesterrlay witnossed ·the worst downpour ' of rain and hail ln many years. The rain and hail in many years. Tho hail was so strong that even the leaves were stripped from the alfalfa and trees. ·~ Price-A cooperative agreement for the con~truction of a new road belvw Scofield was m:.1de yesterday by Car· hon county and the Price Rive~· \V'ater Consenatlon district at the monthly scs~ion of the county commiss''>Cf rs. A. \V. Horsley, president of tho district, and H. G. Mathis met witt. 'he board in regard to the agreement. The navy aviators who are stationed near Ketchikatl, Alaska, are here seen as they were about to start on a flshing and bunting expedition by airplane. They were bound for the A!aska mainland. Capitol Being Put in Good Shape KRUPPS DISOWN HIM 1\fyton-N. L. Peterson, president of the Uintah Basin Cooperative Seed Growers' association, recently callecl a meeting of the directors in Myton. It was held for the purpose of consid· ering the financing a.u.ti markelmg of the alfalfa seed crop o! those who are members of the association. It is believed that united action will prove beneficial along many lines. Director Alvin W. Hall of the bureau of engraving and printing, Inspecting the new heavily armored trucks, wita bulletproof windshields, which have arrived In Washington to transport Uncle Sam's money. These trucks have 11pecially constructed turrets from which guards can fire In safety. COL. H. E. HARTNEY Uncovering Hoard. of Crazy Miser Nephi,-Plans are now complete for Nephi's diamond jubilee and home coming, which will be held in connection with the ~;econd annual Juab county fair. The celebration will take place on Wednesday, Thursdny and Friday, September 15, 16 and 17. Lehi,-A special mass meeting of the taxpayers of Lehi was held last. evening at the Memorial building, having been called by the local committee tor the purpose of obtaining the senti· 1 of the Utah Taxpayers' association I ment of the taxpayers relative to the 1construction of a municipal lighting plant. 1 I Granger,-Construction of six m1les , of county rood connecting Granger with the Redwood road is now under way. The work is progressing rapidly. Fifteen culverts will be installed along the road. The culverts, manufactured at tbe county shops at Mur· ray, are being delivered at the rate of two a day. 1 l 1 Myton,-The Uintah Basin Seed Growers' association plant located in Myton has opened its warehouse and The young man, arrested the other already has received 300 sacks of alf· day in Albuquerque, N. M., on cbarges f alfa seed. The rule the association of passing bad checks in Denver, de- has made for the season of 1926 is clares he is Baron G. Frederick von \that it will store only the seed t~a~ is Krupp, Jr., a scion of the famous cleaned at its plant. The agsoc1atwn German family. But the Krupps over doea not plan to sell sacks this year. I there say he is an impostor. He trie( One hundred and ten seed growers to commit suicide in his cell by eat-~ are 'members of the organization. lng r:r.atch heads but falled. . Salt Lake.-Articlcil of mcorpora· ' TIBET'S HORNED MAN tion or tbe Iron Mount~in R~ilroad Company of Utah were f1led With the county clerk Wednesday afternoon, I and it is indicated by the company that this action presages development Fortr-one sacks of coins-pennies, dimes, quarters and half dollarsof some of the important iron depos· were found by policemen In the filthy New York city hut of 1\!atlldu Ries, 1 Its of southern Utah. pencil vendor. When arrested Matilda had bills of every denomination from l Myton -Contrcat for the construe· $1 to $100 sewed in her clothing. Patches In her dress revealed $10 bills. There 1 tion of the federal aid highway proj- was $1,800 in all. She was committed to an asylum when doctors pronounced ect between Myton and Roosevelt, a l•er insane. Photogmph shows searchers taking coin bags from the stove. distance of 91f., miles, has been award· I' l ed by the State Road Commission to the Lyon Construction company ol Ogden, it was announced yesterday Under the bid of the com'{Xlny the proj t l ect will cost $151.706.336. The engin· I I eers of the commission estimated the I project total at $167,900.62. • ~ I Under the direction of David Lynn, capitol arch!te<'t, workiugmen are now maldng a thorough survey of the capitol so that It wlll be in first-class shape when the nation's lawmakers return to their winter duties. Every inch o~ the structure Is being Inspected for possible repairs. In this photograph ~orkmen nre shown Inspecting the roof of the senate side of the building. Mr. J.ynn Is at the extreme right. December Again Wedded to May I I Col. Harold E. Hartney, vice president of the Argonauts, who are backing the transatlantic flight to be attempted by Capt. Rene Fonck, the French ace, has come out squarely in support of the stand taken by Capt. Homer Berry in the latter's controversy with Fonck, as to whether he should be a member of the crew. Colonel Hartney said that if three men went in the plane Captain Berry would be the third man, although Fonck has said that he would take a radio man or mechanician and that Berry would not go. I LIEUT. G. T. CUDDIHY l I This Is Our Smallest Post Office I Kane Countv- -A tract of kmd lo cated in western Kane county will be thrown open October 27 for entry by former service men, according to an· nouncement Tuesday of Eli F. Taylor, register of the local land office. The land will be op"n to former fighters 1 until January 25, 1927, after which it [ will be subject to entry by the general ( public. 1 One of the freakiest of ull the Chinese freaks of nature is shown above, the horned man from Tibet He has a dermal growth resemblin~ a short horn. • William" Lewis Towner, seventy-one, of Stoneham, Mass., solicitor for an express company nne former prospector In CaUfornla, has found his "tay of sum;hlne" In Hlva E. Call, tweuty-one, of South Boston. Towner's wife and baby died many years ago, and be led a rather lonesome Ute untll he met :HHl n·ooed Miss Cull. They have just been married. I I I one ~ Salt Lake City-More than thousand delrog<tt"!s from Utah, Idaho, 1\Iontana, Arlzou:J, California, Oregon, ' 'Vnshington. I':e,•· Mexico and Texas will )!;ather in Sf\lt Lake, September 9, 110 and 11 for the flfth annual Pacific , States Savings and Loan conference. Gas and Gasoline George E. McKinnes, president of tba Illull'l.inut!ng gas or natural gas U. S. League oe Local Building and comes from gas wells and cools as tt Loan associations, representing investleaves the earth; some of It condenseli' ed capital of five and one-half billion and forms a liquid. This Is drawn o'i dollars, will make one of the principle and Is called C'8sing head gasoline. It addresses of the convention. The exis usually more volatlle than any 0",1181 ecutive committee of the nation'll •asoline. league will also meet in Salt Lake I Lieut. George T. Cuddihy, engineer officer of tbe naval air station at Anacostla who haa made a new speed record, flying in a little blue Cur~ The smallest post oftlce in the United States ls the designation given racing plane from PhUadelphia tq uy the Post-Office department to ~he post office at Randle Cliffs, 1\Id. The Washington in 82 minutes. It taJtes postmaster is G. 'E. Frazier and the tiny building 1s located only 100 miles the crack trains three hours to cO-ver from the national capital. the same d~~~. |