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Show 1 THF! I : HELPER TIMFa HELPER. News Notes: A' a Privilege to iv L Utah IT A II Drowned When Chicago Steamer Sinks Twenty-Seve- n in - j MOAB ls-- S 1 i. ": S rr i. : g 1 u Oil and gas hare beea "truck in the Lisbon No. 1 well of th Lnion Oil company of California, located in Lisbon dome, forty miie southeast of Moab. While details of the strike and definite information as to the extent of the oil flow cannot be obtained in Moab, there is no as to the authenticity of the question report. PAROWAX The Sixth annual Southern Utah Ramboulllet Sheep show and sale will be held August The show and ala In former years has been held during the middle part of September, but was changed this year n order that the Ramboulllet breeders of southern Utah might show their animals before taking them to the Salt JUke and. other shows. MONROE A severe rain and hailstorm passed over this vicinity, filling itreets and ditches with streams of mud and water in a very short tim. Gardens planted, lucerne and grain were beaten down by the force of the storm and large limbs were broken from trees. SALT LAKE Premium list of li32Z state fair, to be held October 1 to 8, incluisive, has been published and shows that plans have been made to bring the quality of the exhibit even to a higher plane than ever. The premium list is in booklet form and is comprised of something over 120 pages, including the index to y 19-2- '11 ,,'J 1 fl ' V 'j J A Siudiou- T;'. o th National Geographic Washinjtlon. D. C.) o GET a iiieiitul picture of e m Tokvo ens' must uoiu capital is mind tl'.at Jiipan's collec-l- f I not really a city but a art! -- f 1 and villages, grown to- Taee settlements preser-entitv in the 13 "wards" frerein despatches rir mentioned : events in the city. lias a pecuiiiir stiiuiuiiiiiu towns VO national capital, be- blossom th our own L the Japanese cherry in Potomiie parn, in wasninjr-eonstitute- d a gift to us, which by sending to Tokyo Us; recognized tsignment of American dogwood There they form an annual t for thousands of Japanese res- - time of their blooniins. lei! one sails up the bay of o to Yokohama, and buys a rail-- I ticket to Tokyo, he senses the f Llive groun form of Japan'sFor the ticket reads "Shinanot "loKyc-- . te,1 or "SlimDashl, le Imperial palace is in the aristo- is at the Known as ko- ward, or "ivu, In this palace, originated a Dokwan in 1 wO, formerly lived c i Shr.guiis, This palace to t ho frequent casual f Tokyo ; it f tea was burned. last time in 1873. U is not ao !e to the pub'ic. A Japanese book naively says, "Ordinary e are allowed to approach only ;r as the end of the first bridge le the outer gate." The palace is are surrounded by two moats ; perimeter of the outer one is t 5ve miles. In this ward also is Tokugawa Jh witness o-- central railway station, with occupying two acres. One of entrances is reserved for the use ings e imperial family. Latin quarter of a Tokyo lies in Here Is the Tokyo tha aercinl schnni I tint Higher kind established by the covern- when it launched upon a policy rjng western business methods. H' (TOUnds Of this snh f trees which are survivors of the e standing there when the school ffas part of the Shozun's nleas- wrk. This ward also is famous willow-treIts thoroughfare, clothes stores, and a shrine which dates to the e : ;h century. It Is an "Officlar City. each ward retains distinctive "eristics of the time when it 'separate town, and psicIi has Its aturei business section, has a distinctive Tokyo as a Individuality, f an "official" city, and frankly so. al hours, ollicial guides, official hooks and official seasons for sights and scenes are officially !ns You come awav with a P of having been officially con- " '"rougn a fairyland of cherry "m' of noisy lotus flowers that Whh a (Wfir.ltinn rf iloll'a ? H of Geisha girl dances, MM survives alongside the new. F wisha girl continues to perform e 0;lf,'te'-!has made its Tokyo. The Geisha girl is an ""on hard fnr thP western mtnd I '"Prehend. He- mst romnnrable I l''nary ln the western world was j"-long since passed r "C IS a modern of 'aie entertainers prototype of wealthy n noW(. She Is of a class dif-- ; m"n the women of Japan who io thoir semiseclusion amid the ""'dornlsm; but she Is not t.vIie which westerners class e ; 11 t r ' ''IlillKUKp. " have '' their Cel.sha girls. business man, student, f:,rmer nre tll0 Piiiiesp "m "T visi-illi- ; r frh.,1,c, '' , n.r. : .., !ih si, ar,,,- , "" wiimn hush. ' , i ir, "Ir "a 7 '""J.i y.Uo or "'" iiniiiTi's s" in r friends of op- America. Hut the ") llllilnl.in ..9 ,1... ...tw.M is .in t ns .strong in Japan 'MMM'C I! nie weisnn g:n. !'''lil the in. !!.. .11 r. .. '.iii,,n i incnii., vnrielT Knjlmnchl Is very -- . e 'vVW' Newsboy. from I i bourgeoise P.llv "u.ui.i,, it:i .uimiiillMKIll, hnc-rl;ii- j 1. Kanda. Willi US "Droadwcy" and "Hillingsgate" is a far cTy from Shiha, village of th? tower gate and giant hill, native res- laurants and distinctive dances. Eacy To Find Your Way Around. For the humble traveler by the tram, it is exceedingly difficult to get lost In Tokyo. Kach car bears the number of its route and inside, at the place where, in America, one would see hosiery and washing powder advertisements, there is a comprehend sive map of the city and circled by lines of many colors corresponding to the numbered routes. A knowledge of the language is superfluous. From the guide-boomap, or better from the free map furnished by the Japan Tourist bureau, which seeks to make Japanese travel delightful, one locates the place he seeks and the place where he stands. Then it is a mere matter of matching numbers and colors to any 6pot within the circular railway which forms the rim of the transnortation wheel. This idea of placing a map of the in the cars themselves instead j city j of on some sequestered wall around the station may rob the traveler of ! the cultural advantages of tempting j pictures of butter and motor cars, but I it makes it easy to wander from vil- I nra tn villncfl within the citv limits with the minimum of delay and sign language. Mhombashl is a principal business quarter of the city, although each of the wards is more independent, commercially, than the various sections of most cities. The center of Nihom-basand of Tokyo, Is the bridge which in olden times was a measuring point for distances to places throughout the empire. Formerly It was wood; it was rebuilt in 1911 of granite. It is the thoroughfare from each end of this bridge which popularly Is known as "Broadway." In Nihombashi is the Bank of Japan, deoccupying a building especially . One signed to be earthquake-proofpart of the building has three stories underground for strong boxes, and this part can be flooded as protection against Are. In this same sectionIs ofa modern banks and office buildings Shinto shrine where charms are disefpensed which are supposed to be diverse emergencies in such ficacious as shipwreck, child delivery and being the victim of a liar. . "Newspaper Row" Is in Kyobashl-Kuthe prinall are Here practically contains the, cipal Journals. Shlba-Kthe of Tokugawa temples mortuary visShoguns. A concession to foreign itors Is Indicated by the announce as ment, "Boots need not be taken off, covers are provided to slip over them." Is a Buddhist temple, In Azahu-Kmemento of the years before Shinto-Istook firm hold. Shintoism has been kept alive In Japan from the dawn of the empire. Tokyo, ns Japan's of Shincapital, became a stronghold of Japan officialdom toism because it ardently. support Three Dangers to the City. buildThe Introduction of western from the danger enhanced ings greatly The fragile in Tokyo. earthquakes often houses might be burned and occutheir maim not could were, but mortar and pants under plies of were warehouses Fireproof stone such buildings of provided for groups was sound-e- d and when the alarm of fire their val-t- n off carried the occupants ttirse storage places. Tokyo has had three particular her over furies of her own to harry fire and pestilence, nd over again: of the close the earthquake. From .. old the when SKMoenili century a Into blossomed Ycdo village of Shogun, citv at the order of the ruling to time time from ",. three have MT. PLEASANT Utah wool for 1927 totaled 19,505,000 pounds, compared with 19,430,000 pounds in 192G, according to the July wool report of George A. Scott, livestock statistician for the department of agriculture in Utah, iss'ued this week. The amount of production places Utah as fifth state in the national wool production. .PRICE Plans of the Price River Petroleum company Indicate optimism and faith in the possibilities of the geological structure underlying Price and. vicinity. Drilling at the company's test in northeast Price, which is now down 2265 feet, will d to a depth of at least 2700 or 2800 feet, or until the Salt Wash sands have been penetrated, according to Ed Walsh, driller. It is in the Salt Wash formation that the company hopes to criss-crosse- k hi u u m fish-lr,- nets as a s nut fill i!,ese rest. in- """hntida and wives, men I i a ,ne uciKiin gin .1 , v ' dilTercnt bT 8octeW. urauj , two. .if property. terrible of th IVrlaps the most f,r..-that have destroyed great of Mocks of the Inllammable house, ... n,i in ir,:,7 when 10i,' I in; e in Lin n .j I st their "-n- u.ii,i to have tier i'ii ...... !.. n, tiiimn. The number or ..00 If I1MiHs destroyed nn other lfi residences of and mure than TOO, while between burned. 400 temples were ,,, s -- P''d j f 4 1 iirrai1py1wiM were drowned when the little excursion steamer Favorite sank ln a violent squall oft persons the shore of Lincoln park, Chicago. Of the victims fifteen wore children and ton were women. The picture shows the removal of bodies from the sunken boat. At the right is the Doris, whose crew of four rescued about twenty from death. Twenty-seve- n First Photo of Vienna Communist Uprising pio-ducti- US This picture of the Communist uprising in Vienna, Just received from Austria, shows police behind a barricade facing the mob. WICHITA'S BEAUTY Bud Stillman Weds His Forest Girl pro-c6e- find oil. LOGAN The mayor and city council, together with Cache county school board members, Olsen and Hammond, met at the Hyrum city hall to consid- er plans and specifications for a sprinkling system for the public square. A. H. Palmer of Logan was awarded the contract for furnishing materials and installing an economy sprinkling system to cover the entire square. The work is expected to bo completed in thirty days. Lawn will then be planted. PRICE Delay of several hours t5 trains on the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad was caused Wednesday night by washouts at Clift, between Woodside and Green River. A crew of workmen was kept busy all night repairing the section damaged by heavy cloudbursts in that area. SPANISH FORK A. W. Anderson of Emeiy, president of the Intermoun-taiHoney Producers' association, was here yesterday conferring with bees keepers on the marketing of this honey crop. Mr. Anderson had just completed a trip through Gunnison, Salina and other southern towns. He visited beekeepers at Springlake, Payson, Sanuquin and Spanish Fork and will complete his business trip in Salt Lake City. Beekeepers In Spring-ville- . Provo and other towns were visited Thursday. SALT LAKE Utah's potato and tomato fields will be studied next week by a party of scientists and experts whose life mission is to grapple with the problems of farmers when insects or plant diseases threaten crops. The party fill be met at Pocatelio, Idaho, next Friday by Dr. B. L. Richards, head of the department of botany and plant pathology of the Utah Agricultural college, who will accompany the group on a tour of Idaho's agricultural regions, which will premie the visit to this state. MANTI The first heavy storm to occur during the past month passed over this city and resulted in an inch of rainfall. During the storm, lightning slruck the barn owned by Jens Mickelson in the southern part of this city and caused oonslderabel damage. VERNAL A its regular meeting the city council ordered closed . contract whereby a new motor fire truck will be secured e and installed by October 1. This will be equipped with chemical apparatus and with pumps to force water from city water mains, canals or wells, as occasion requires. The motor is of thirty horsepower capacity, enabling the fire department to make rapid runs to all parts of the city. drought Although FILLMORE threatened Millard county's seed alfalfa, crop, rains during the past week rehave saved the situation, and as a is sult of storms Millard county to be richer this fall by The first alfalfa cutting In After Millnrd countv was abundant. tie nitial cutting, however, iuck oi oisture retarded crop development, end as the drought became more acute which lv apeareii that the second crop, ratuer seed for were growing fanners loss. hnu for hay. would he a complete The rainfall has altered the situation 1 V tw v t W--- i SVY l" t.s &. lit trA''V s ft Li ii 4 n 1 '.f i,V"Vl!'j 4 1 IhSiffls Father L'Ami pronouncing the words that made Bud Stillman and Lena Wilson man and wife, at the Stillman camp at Grand Anse, Canada. Kneeling before the open air altar with the bride and groom are seen Mr.' and Mrs. James A. Stillman, parents of Bud. n Poland Honors Its Famous Poet ' sea-sqn- fel It If I ill: In I ''"''" " .ilVii'r Miss Mildred Orr, a young society eader of Wichita, Kan., who has been flamed as "Miss Wichita" for the 1927 Pageant of Beauty at Atlantic City. MAY FLY TO BRAZIL - After ninny years the body of Juliusz Slowacki, famous Polish poet, has been taken from Paris to his homeland, where it was Interred with national honors. In the picture the casket Is seen in the cathedral of Wawel, with military guard and banners. Egyptian Legation in Washington , r n tZk ma-ch'n- i ' y J d I X: I Kedfern, aviator, of Saviin nab, Ca., who will attempt a nonstop flight from Brunswick, Ha., to Kin (le Janeiro, Brazil, living a Vinson monogallon fuel capacity. Ills plane f flight, if successful, will be the longer in record. ran! It. fI '5 - I f U.... ' :J , ' !!' ' - r - ' ? The selcclion the residence in Fifteenth and ChnpUi si reels In Wasn-lngtons the Kgyptlan legation in'di another nation to the fast urouiu white stone structure. Clploiiialic colony of that region. It L a four-story n |