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Show J"R me Mar HELPER TIMES. HELPER, UTAH H : ; News Notes ! Utah s a Privilege to Livi in r If Salt Lake Morn than eleven and tons of Utah rhubarb appeared on the local market Wednesday, ac- one-hal- if HvLMm I rLJpf tLxl. a II n it-- V: olab R -- forth." w I- , ( ' f , . .., ... vn!I"V t" Z'nr' 'iWsfca: S3 I ! 1,1 -- vrW!r!v,L rz,t:r ' V-- i - rt4j, f j ' 'PGR? 2Y?ICtfZiY'ASzr7S TozA Y 1a SCO , ELMO I WAiaum I I UG Day, which Is onservcij on June 14 throughout the States, has a spe United significance this year because it Is the sesqui- - of the adoption national emblem. centeuuial of our It was on June 14, Just 150 years ago, Hist the Second Contin- eutul congress In Phila-t- J delplila adopted the reso- - ( a wctj livers For 1777, V VJ aditicna John Adams, which oposed by f $ the thtr-jt- fi Btripes. red and white, that the union in a blue field. een stars, white JfT.ice a new constellation. did the flag come Into being, option is one of our favorite us in which the ' names of and Betsy Rosa Washington eparaWy linked. According to ladition, the first flag, combining re and stripes, was made by" Elizabeth Boss at her home, 239 treet, Philadelphia, under the hi snpervisica of George Wash- some time between May 23 and 1777. The tla?, as designed ni. That the FhiK of States be thirteen e i 7 stars 'hingtou. had "; : JSP -- . W IIoss' Riijigesstion stars were substi- - at Mrs. was was presented to con committee composed of her lesign y a one of the of Inde- Pennsylvania : Robert Col. George Hoss, if the Declaration from "e and Washington, wlio in prepaid, "We take the star from the red from our mother eoun- aratingit by white stripes and e stripes shall go down to 7 representing liberty." the Is tradition which Is even though there is proof to back un Its Nty. Later Betsy Ross is said received from the government for making flags and she aaughter carried on this ntary pt il 1S57. of ; there are Today de-- Betsy Ross, such as the oman pictured above. Miss of New York, who carry on '""""on or ' t0 another story, this first Francis Honkin- Jersey (al80 a sIgner f Ui and "Hiepetulence) ''Na statement which he pre-lthe i,. governitint au i7on IUI r. .M lD des'CTing this H(JJ flag, as IZ 7' 01 fe Department of ua or other governmental fi,e ln the Con- designed by 5 o e lo- Zl? ipai he Hill m Bet,,, noss or Jher ' the of other f of Francis designer, as well as details connected the Hag over which tte act remains that June the daw, upon whlch t,,e t I. the reason for the if) tv 'ear. , be- - too, J, """! has I Cooi.dge Is launched a million members , PJ'-l"nt- :(h the ft thr"K,'ut u' IS Has asKocht- ; ':.u,rouSl' the efforts fJa,!M Cr J ,hr,,UKh tllr wars VKl8rn(n(1 sfll and who f ",e """oclatloiu are thirteen In num- 1 if C? l 1 Ji l' Ufa 5 1 J 51 ir!-- to, ri im p'Rl 1 creeds and political atliliation in the United States. The national council consists of the governors of the 48 states In the Union, typifying the 48 stars In the flag. The association founded for the promotion of rever ence for the flag and the Ideals and institutions for which It stands, hopes to bring about in this sesquicentennial year a "patriotic revival" through the formation of "sesquicentennial living flags" ort Flag day. During the 150 years of Its history the American Flag has attracted to It various symbolical names Old Glory, Stars and Stripes, Red, White and Blue, the National Standard, the Starry Flag, the Flag of the Free, the Rainbow of Hope, the Colors, the En sign, and the Star Spangled Bauner. The last Is perhaps the favorite one since it Is also the name of our national anthem. That name for It was first used In 1814 and associated with it are the names of Fort Mcllenry, Md., and Francis Scott Key. That, too, Is one of the familiar traditions of American history but there Is no dispute about the facts connected with naming the flag "the Star Spangled Banner" as there Is In the case of the origin of the banner. During the War of 1S12 a British expedition set out to "cut the nation in two" by moving up the Chesapeake bav, capturing Washington and Balti more and from this strategic position operating north and south. Washington was captured and the capito! burned. But when the British fleet moved against Baltimore It found a stout defender of that city in the form of Fort Mcllenry. During the bombardment of the fort Francis Scott Key, a young Maryland lawyer, was detained ou board one of the British ships to which be hud gone who seeking the release of a friend hud been taken prisoner by the British. All during the night Key watched the bombardment. At dawn he peered through the mint and smoke to sec If the fort still held out or if Us guns and It hud been hud been forced to surrender. To his delight he saw that "our fluff was still there." So he sat down and wrote the words of the Immortal song on the buck of an old envelope. sib-nce- French facility, he could not think of the word he wanted. Whereresupon his French host ennie to bis with Out in n ' Tm.i. ell.'. "Monotony." 'k onim. it'i ry Wa L lTW.ll III vvi,,,.,, "'"Cllld,,,! "ii- -., altli. nmo n i v fllrnUlu,d a t. fiM 4 "I am mono n firm " And ho spoko snld the latter. Thi$ May Be True "plalnlns . I isf(; JS n..- Prminent men "u" an races, f cording to Walter Kingsbury, marketing specialist with the federal bureau of markets. Mrs. Kingsbury also re ported that 440 crates of Utah rad ishes, running fifteen dozen bunches to the crate, were on the market also. There was a shortage of asparagus, not enough coming Into supply the demand. Spanish Fork Roads from Salt Lake to Carbon county are in good condition, it was announced by Governor George H. Dern, who returned Wednesday night from Hiawatha, where he spoke at the annual fathers' and sons' banquet Tuesday evening. The governor 6aid that, while he had expected the road muddy through Spanish Fork canyon, that such was not the case. Midvale Work is progressing satisfactorily on the new city hall, and It is expected that the municipal offices will be moved from their present location to the new one some time in July, it was announced last Thursday. Ogden Bids for the grading of six and a half miles of the Victor-Irwiroad in Idaho were called for by the United States bureau of public roads. Bids will be opened here June 9. Completed of this stretch from Victor to Swan valley will give Swan valley an outlet to railroad connection. The highway will be highly beneficial in view of the floods which have harassed Swan valley lately. Salt Lake Mining, agricultural, Industrial and scenic assets of the state of Utah will be depicted in a $10,000 exhibit at the Transcontinental Highways exposition at Reno, Nev., June 25 to August 1. A general plan for the exhibit has been worked out by the special committee appointed by Governor George H.' Dern, and efforts are now being directed to collect displays from, all parts of the state. Provo Utah's geological formation offers the student more material for study than any other area of the same size in the United States. The variety of geological products makes its geology interesting economically as well as historically. Lehl Eradication of weed outlaws has received practical attention ln Lehl during the past week. Commissioner J. W. Gilman and Inspector Helga Swenson are supervising the distribution of salt which is being placed upon numerous plats of white top and other noxious weeds. Lehi city is cooperating with the county In the weed campaign. A full carload of salt was unloaded and distributed during the past three days. Price With already three or four times as much water In Scofield reservoir than there was at any time last year. Carbon county farmers are looking forward to a succsesful season A. W. Horsley of the Price river water conservation district and Wallace R. Wayman, secretary, returned from a trip to the(dam, where they were met by E. B. Jorgensen, agent ror tne Srherlin-Barrcompany of New Orleans; John T. Oldroyd of the state land board, and C. J. Ullrich, engineer for the district Salt Lake Zinc recovered from ore In Utah increased from 52,611.732 pounds in 1925 to about 92,000,000 pounds in 1926, and the value from 4 lived In was a hired tilrl. She the Knnsnr. and she hud never seen ocean. Finally, though, her mistress took her to Ocean park. On their nrrlvul at Ocean park they the went down to the sunlit mc and KIImi The original "Star Spangled Banner," the flag which flew over Fort Mcllenry that memorable night Is still preserved In the National museum In Washington. It was made by Mrs. Mary Pickersgill of Baltimore, whos grandmother, Rebecca Young, Is said to have made "the first flag of the Revolution under General Washington's direction," although her descendants who have preserved the story do not specify which flag this "first" one was. In its present state of preservation the Star Spangled Ban-nIs 32 by 29 feet It has 15 stripes and an equal number of stars. It was one of tlie famous "15 Stars and Stripes" flags authorized by congress in 1794, since there were then only 15 states In the Union. It was one of these "15 Stars and Stripes" flags which flew from the mast of the U. S. S. Constitution, "Old Ironsides," and under which Oliver Hazard Berry fought In his famous naval battle on Lake Erie. Nor has the memory of Key been forgotten. He died in Baltimore ln 1843 and he lies buried in Frederick, Md., the town made famous by the tradition of Barbara Frletchie and her defiance of "Shoot if you must this old gray, head, but spare your country's flag." In 1914 congress made an appropriation for a monument at Fort Mcllenry to stand as a memorial to Key and the American soldiers and sailors who beat off the British attack. This monument was dedicated on Flag day in 1922 with President Harding delivering the principal ad dress. congress In 1925 The of ?,0,000 for sum the appropriated the restoration of Fort Mcllenry un der the direction of the secretary of war and "lis permanent preservation as a national park and perpetual na tional memorial shrine as the birthplace of the immortal 'Star Spangled This work Is now goln? Banner.'" on with the fort Itself being restored and the buildings around it being torn down tn make place r.r a ueaiiuiui park. In the picture above, showingF.rt Mcllenry ns It Is today, the flagtiiff Is said to be the same one which the flag, that Inspired i rancis .scoit R "Star Span- Key. flew and from It waves. still led Banner e Sixty-eight- h J . y $3,998,492 to $6,762,000. Eureka Shearing In the Jericho, Hillside, Lofgren and Fairfield shearing corrals has been brought to a close during the past week. At Jericho, 94,000 head of sheep were sheared, 80.000 at Hillside and 62,000 at Fairfield. The clip this year was normal. The cold weather resulted in a better grade of wool, the fleece being dry and lighter. Salt Lake Conditions In the beet growing districts of Utah and Idaho generally have been favorable this spring and a continuation through the growing season will result in an unusually high tonnage yield per acre, In opinion of officials of the Utah-IdahSugar company. In parts of Utah county and counties south, where beets were planted earlier, some farmers have commenced thinning their stand. For most regions, however, this oper ation will not gain full momentum until the wlddla of this week. , Salt Lake Tourists visiting the Utah state capitol next summer will see among the exhibits in the ground floor display room one depicting the sheep industry of Utah. This exhibit authorized last January by the Utah State Woolgrowers' Association, at Its annual convention, cannot be prepared and installed this year, but the committee in charge of the exhibit is active, reports James A. Hooper, Salt Lake, secretary of the association. Myton Interesting statistics relative to the Uintah basin havo been compiled by the advertlslrg committee of the W. B. I. C. The population of the Uintah basin is placed at and they are tryln? to farm 270.-00acres of irrigated land. mistress said, waving her hand out towards the great, windy spread of rollwheeling waters and white s.ills and ing gulls: "There, Ellsa. there's the sea. What do you think of It?" Gosh," said i:ilsa. "It smells Ilk oysters, don't It?" 20,-00- Provo While beet ugar production under lha production Got Along Without Zero of the two previous years, agricultural The Greeks uud Uoni'ilis did not. conditions to date are favorable to a have a zero In their nutwrahs. Our- heavier beet crop for 1927. according dett) report of Frank Andrew., aiglcul present cyst em with the zero was Arabs. for 1'tsh. Issiud the of that tural statistician rived from on 19"6 beet susar production. In lli2!5 fell down j j j j i s tV fr, x V f : i vl-- '-i - t 'i iff . V '.4v ; - i&N On ' vviK n cial tfTO a Tipperary by th National OeORraphlo Society, WshlnKtop. D, C.) (Prepreil which holds such a in many hearts, is not The longest line of land which can be drawn Is three hundred miles from Fair Head, in the northeast, to Mizeu Head, in the southwest. Taking the country as a rough lozenge, the short diagonal from northwest to southeast is about two hundred miles. The terrain itself may be roughly divided into three parts: a mountainous region In the north, an equally mountainous region In the south, and a great central plain. The mountains in the north of Ireland are a geological continuation of those of Scotland, and those of the south a like continuation of the Welsh mountains. The Irish Central plain is opposite what In England Is called by soldiers the Chester gap and so, naturally, the Irish Central plain Is England s logical nnd only mllitury outlet to the northwest The rich and fertile province of Meath was the possession of whatever tribe In Ireland could take and hold it. In earliest days Dublin and Its Liffey was not the principal site of the Irish kings, but Tara, in Meath, and Boyne, with its lush meadow grass and its infinity of salmon. In the southwest Limerick was hardly less important. Limerick was protected on the west by the Atlantic and on the east by the wide and dangerous Shan non. The Shannon la considered the real military frontier of Ireland In the west The greatest of English soldiers, the Lord Protector Cromwell, did not dare to Invade Connacht IRELAND, (Cou-nanglit- ). What you will see as a visitor In Ireland depends on your own mind. Names, little crannies ln cities, will work their white eery magic on you. . The walls of Derry (Londonderry) will make your heart beat faster, for no gallantry in Frolssart rivaled that of the thirteen apprentice boys who locked the gates against James of the Fleeing and held the city for eight long months, not only against King James, but against famine and pestilence. Things to See and Think About On Lough Erne you will find that Saint Patrick's purgatory which enthralled the mind of medieval Europe and which is still a place of devout pilgrimage. At Ballyshannon you may' be fortunate enough to see the salmon, lying packed like sardines, awaiting the opportune moment to spring up the Falls of Assaroe, springing sixteen feet In the air against the foaming roaring water. At Muckross the fantastic cliffs will hold you. In that one named the Market House you will see a blood brother of the rock out of which the African sculptor hewed the fearsome Sphinx. In Donegal you will see the desolate Rosses, a tangle of small lakes and great granite boulders, and he who loses his way In that desert by night Is the most luckless of beings. The great mountain of Donegal Is Errigai, and its white cap Is not snow but white quartz. From Its top, on a fair day, you can see the Scottish Hebrides, Islay und Jura, floating on the water like young brown gulls. From Horn Head, sometimes out of a mist will emerge the rocky battlements of Tory Island, like something evoked by an enchanter's wand. The roar of the Atlantic crashing Into that cavern known as MacSwine's Gun will shake the stoutest heart. Belfast is about as Irish a city as Paisley Is. It Is of no antiquity and, except for commerce, of no Importance; but within easy reach of It are the blue Mourne mountains, the great Dun of Downpatrlck, where the country folk say that St. Patrick, St Brlglt, and St Colunikllle are all three burled. Near Castle Upton are some ruined buildings of the Knights Templars, of Interest ns a minor establishment founded by the Knights who escaped to Harris. At Antrim Is the greatest ro'iml tower of Ireland, nearly one h'iii'1 Near the town ir !. i foot hl'h. ' Nengh, the largest lake in :h' Isles, bordered with orehv i Road, Ireland. is At Balllnderry Jeremy Taylor wrote bis most important works, und near it, at Whiteabbey, Anthony Trollope wrote his autobiography. Near at Kilroot, Dean Swift bad a living for a small time. Nine Glens of Antrim. North of Belfast, at Larne, begin the Nine Glens of Antrim: Glenarm, Glencloy, GlenarifT, Glen Ballyvmoii, Glenaan, Glencorp, Glendun, Ulon-shesand Glentow. Near Cusbendall is Osslau's grave. Thackeray called Glenarlff a miniature Switzerland. North of Antrim Is Ruthlin island, or Rnghery, as the Gaels call It. Tho stormy sea between Ireland nnd Rag-herIs called or Gullet of the Ocean, and can only be sailed over In the finest of weather. Here is Bruce's refuge. It is a gallant little Island, with an immensity of birds. It is mentioned not only by Charles Klngsley, but by Ptolemy. Near Ballycastle is the famous a ropewalk over a chasm sixty feet wide nnd ninety deep, a. couple of planks lushed together by The handrail, also a rope, rope. swings away from you ns you cross. The Giant's Causeway, near by, is more curious tluin beautiful. The best time to see It i.! In a gale, when the tessellated terraces are assaulted by a cavalry of foam. Parts of It are called by fantastic names: the Honeycomb, Lord Antrim's Parlor, the Organ, the Giant's Loom, the Gateway, and the Lady's Fan. H0MI1 is northward, with the small Islands of Ireland's Eye and Lambay. Through Swords nnd Malahide ono travels to Droghedn, whose walls still show the effect of the lord protector's cannon, and whose river, the Boyne, shows so little effect of Ireland's greatest battle. Westward of Drogheda is famous for Its Druid burial mound, with a passage of great stones forty-eigh- t feet long leading Into a stone-roofe- d chamber. It Is the oldest Celtic monument in Europe. The Norsemen are supposed to have rifled it, so that no man knows what it contained. Tallaght, near Dublin, Is the great burial place of the legendary legion of Parthelon. who died of the plague. Kingstown is so modern as to be vulgar. Bray and Dalkey are pretty little coast towns. Wicklow and Vale of Avoca. Going in Wicklow, you enter a world of glens, like Glen of the Downs, the Devil's glen, and mountain lakes like Tay and Lough Dan. Glendalough, or the "Glen of Two Lakes," as the Gaelic name means, is a deep, solitary glen in a wild region, the upper lake of which has something terribly sinister about It. Here are the ruins of tven churches, which have stood for upward of twelve hundred years, and a round tower. It Is the site of the hermitage of St. Kevin. The Vale of Avoca and the Meeting of the Waters are the prettiest spots In Lelnster. The scenery of LeitiHter seems to have a feminine, soft quality. The road from Dublin to Killurney passes through Maryborough md Thurles, In which latter city Silken Thomas, the Earl of Kildare, burned the great cathedral In 1495 because he thought the archbishop was insidv. Moeroun castle, on the Kerry road. Is the birthplace of Admiral Sir William Penn, the father of the founder of Pennsylvania. Gougane Barra Is a place of the most dark and beautiful aspect. Stevp ifljiuntains and a lake like black marble, and trembling silver rivers shining Into the dark water. The English poet, William Words worth, writing about Killurney, says: "In point of scenery this Is the finest portion of the British Isles," which is treason to his own lake country. The name Killarney means "Church of the sloe bushes." The lakes are three: tho Upper or McCarthy Moore's lake; the Middle or Tore lake; the Lower is culled In the Gaelic Lough Lenne. in (he (lap of Inirnoe, the brawling I .oe river expands into little lakes of ".'li. r retni.rki.ltlo for their biH. l.liess. "" G,,:i. n M i' G;iIIri!(!.:v's ; v mountains sioul strict like v ' litiels. y Sloch-na-mar- New-grang- I e, |