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Show V- TIIE HELPER TIMES. HELPER MercolizetlVax Wie First Pr Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers TTTAH STAGE COACH TALES denfiay PLAN rOWEK CENTER UNO BIKNEI) AITOIST By E. C. TAYLOR HAND LABOR FAVORED AWAIT (OINTY CHOKE ITAI1 CONVICT ( AI GHT IDAHO IDA. FALLS, Tlie in- li f H -- iff, -- n WS VM f jy )1 y ' ' ' vi-- -- "f. V vr-3&-$- Y M:; V tories. iv ijt By Hearing of James Bun's great strength, he set out for Claysville, Pa., where he was Informed Bun could be found. He traveled by steamboat from Cincinnati to Wheeling, W. Va and took a stage coach to Claysville, where be "put up" at the tavern of William Kel-lethe stopping place of Bun's stage line. Upon entering the tavern, the stranger asked for Bun and was politely informed by the landlord that the driver was at the stable looking" after his teams and soon JmxJ&w ' ELMO SCOTT WATSON ?ALK about the 1932 Presidential campaign is already in the air and it won't be long now until the two major parties will be deciding where they will hold their conventions to in next select the standard-bearer- s So it Is appropriate year's race. at this time to recall that the first Presidential convention was held Just 100 years ago and the story of that historic gathering is one of the Interesting incidents in our na tionul history which is but little known to most Americans. Most Americans, no doubt, be lieve that we have had Presidential nominating conventions ever since American political par ties came Into existence and that such a method of selecting candidates was originated by one of the two major parties which have always dominated governmental affairs. But the fact Is that neither belief Is correct. The republic had been In existence more than four decades and had already chosen six Presidents when this procedure, which was regarded as a startling Innovation at the time, came into ex More than that, it was not the inven latence. tion of one of the then leading parties but It was brought Into being by an obscure organize tion which played a minor role in one Presl dential campaign and then quickly passed out ' of existence. Not even the fact that the two leading par ties of that period immediately adopted the na tional convention Idea, as have all later parties, until now It is an essential part of the American political scheme, has been sufficient to keep alive the memory of the phenomenon, which party, a religions-politica- l in September 1S31 held in Baltimore, Md., the first authentic national Presidential nominat And to round out the paradox lng convention. of this historic incident which Is filled with paradoxes, it should be recorded that the nomi nee of the party was himself a Mason It Is probable that a national nominating convention would have come about eventually in the process of American political evolution, even If there had never been an party. But it so happened that this organization came on the scene at a time when the growth of the Democratic spirit in the American people was rising to a high tide and the dissatisfaction with the previous method of choosing PresiSo dential candidates had reached Its peak. whether by design or by chance, this party responded to a popular demand with a new and acceptable method and thus gets the credit for inaugurating a custom which Is a milestone in American political history. During the first two decades of our history SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A decrease to two thirds rate on live- as a nation, It became the practice for each stock feed and feeder livestock party to hold a congressional caucus and nomishipped between Nevada, Oregon, nate candidates for President and vice presiIdaho, Utah and Montana on the dent. But gradually the caucus grew Into disfavor. AVestern Pacific railroad, will go in to effect at once, according to an The dictum of the party members of congress In announcement by the general agent was not always accepted by everybody. ot the railway. The railroad has 1S0S two powerful competitors for the succesagreed to publish the rate in re- sion to Jefferson appeared Madison and Monsponse to the request of Gov. G. II. roe and both were put forward by state legisDern's drouth committee. The two lative caucuses in Virginia. The congressional thirds rate includes the following: caucus decided In favor of Madison. Several hay, grain, mixed' feeds, bran, cot- members of congress who did not favor Maditon seed cake and molasses and son appealed to the country, not only against the regularity of the procedure, but against the feeder livestock. caucus system Itself. But the caucus won out 3031 The CALDWELL, IDA. clover seed crop of the Boise valley in that Instance, and Madison was elected Presiwill approximate fifty carloads, it dent. caucus continued Is estimated by the produce men. Though the congressional The crop, which Is about fifty per to make presidential nominations until 1S24 cent of the normal crop produced "King Caucus," as it was now called, continued in the valley, is said to be of a fine to be regarded with more and more disfavor. In 1S24, William II. Crawford of Georgia was quality. UT. Drive for a the caucus nominee of the Republican party, but GUXXISOX, the rank and (lie of the party refused to ac survey by the local drouth commitcept him, and he came out third in the list of tee, to determine who would participate in federal aid, lias been In- candidates in the election. So "King Caucus" was dethroned and Democratic America was augurated In Gunnison valley. for a new and more representative methready PARMA, IDA. One car load of od of choosing Its candidates for President. nions cleaned, graded and sacked This was furnished by the party every two hours is the record estabwhich was brought Into being by the following lished by a new onion grader at events: work In this city. In 182-- a certain William Morgan settled in ST. GEORGE, UT. An organizaBatavia, N. Y. He had been a Mason but, betion for the marketing of poultry coming dissatisfied with the fraternity, he published a book which purported to reveal the seproducts In southern Utah has been crets of tbe order. In 1820 Morgan disappeared formed by local men. plants are to and the rumor was started that he had been be operated In St. George and abducted and murdered by the Masons. There was no proof that they had anything to do with Washington, Utah and a sales office In Los Angeles. bis disappearance but the Incident was capital LEWISTOX, IDA. The last 25 lzed upon by enemies of the order and through Xew York, New England and Pennsylvania miles of tiie Lewiston-Oroflnhighthe suspicion that the order, whose mem been spread have link is way opened. The was ninlnly from the wealthier classes part of the Lewis and Clark route bershlp secret political society as well ns a fra and was completed at a cost of six was a ternal order whose Influence swayed Juries ami hundred and sixty thousand dol legislatures. So Amerlra bad a first class "men larg. ace" to get excited over uud the politicians were would be in. Bun entered a short while later, and Kelley remarked to the stran- ger: "This Is Mr. Bun." The stranger, who was somewhat larger than Bun, said: "Bun, I have been told that you are the best man In all this country and I have come all the way from Cincinnati to fight you and Og-tfe- c c c o BUN, a veteran driver of stage coaches out of Washington, Pa., despite bis long years at the reins and his hard life, was a peaceful man. He was reputed to be a man of great muscular power, but of quiet demeanor. Nearly all cities and sections of the countryside a century ago, when stage coaches were the only means of travel between the East and the West, had their local "bullies" who wanted to fight every one who would stand Up against them. Some, having conquered their local fields, set out for new conquests. There was a "bully" In Cincinnati, whose name has not been banded down to posterity, who had achieved a local reputation of havIn and ing "licked" everybody around Cincinnati So like Alexander of old, he sighed for new vic- JAMES stalling of a municipal power unit at. Mesa Fulls is planned in a campaign to make Idaho Falls a power center. The present municipally owned power plant is estimated to be worth $1,500,000.00. The addition planned is expected to cost in the neighborhood of two million dollars and will make Idaho Falls a center for electrical energy, municipally operated. BRIGHAM CITY, VT The incinerated body of a man was found In a burned car near Indian Creek in ISof F.lder county. The body was burned beyond the point of Identification. SALT LAKE CITY, FT. Every effort will be made to Insist upon a maximum of hand labor and teamster work on all parts of the proposed 5225,000 road construction program in Suit Lake county agreed upon by the county commissioners and the state highway department. SALT LAKE CITY, ET. Altbo the secretary of agriculture late In that limited August announced loans would be made to farmers in certain counties in Utah and Idaho, to help them feed their livestock during the coming winter, he has not yet announced the counties in which the loans will be made. In all other states, in which the feed lonns are to be made, the counties were designated some time ago. OGDEX, LIT. The slate bureau of criminal Identification has learned that Paul Martinez, alias Kanios, formerly a prisoner in Ogden jail, has been sentenced to serve five years at the Colorado state prison on theft charges. linen, with four other prisoners, n sawed their way out of jail at a few weeks ago. BOISE, IDA. M. P. Bailey, the state game warden, has withdrawn his application for approval of the board of examiners for appointment of a game commissioner. The decision to make this withdrawal is caused by a wish to economize in the expense of conducting this department of the state. NAM PA, IDA. Armed with several rifles, a shotgun, a large army rifle, a revolver and a sword, Cliff Carlisle kept neighbors and police at bay until he was rendered helpless with tear gas at his home in this city. Carlisle was arrested and Is charged with drunkenness in addition to the shooting at Intervals at bis neighbors. AMERICAN FOB.K, FT. A rig-I- d enforcement of a dog curfew orwhich provides that all dinance, dogs shall be kept off the streets from 7 p. m. until 0 a. ni., was ordered by city officials here, following the report that a pack of dogs had raided the corral of Boss Buckwalter, one night this week and maimed nearly fifty sheep. The city officers have been Instructed 1 kill on sight any dogs running loose during the night . BRIGHAM CITY, UT. While hunting vf cattle in the hills east of Willard, M. Wells and Donas Ward were attacked by a bear and her two cubs. Tim men escaped by trees. TTijy had taken climbing rifles with them on the hunt and while the bears loitered under the trees they were able to kill tl two cubs. The rifles were of too light a model to kill the older bear who made her escape. ijuick to seize upon it to promote their own ambitions. The result was the formation of the party at a national convention held In Philadelphia In September, 1S30, attended by 00 delegates from 10 states. There it was decided to hold a national nominating convention the next year. Of this party prof. William O. Lynch In his book "Fifty Years of Party Warfare, " published recently by the Bobbs Merrill company, writes: "The strength was greatest in the East. The movement made little headway in the West, save Ohio, and was weak in the South. In the Xew England New York and Pennsylvania the number of was great. The strongest leaders appeared in these commonwealths. Among the political leaders who had some prominence in the party were: William II. Seward, Thurlow Weed, Millard Fillmore, Albert H. Tracy, Francis Grander, John Crnry and Frederick Whittlesey of Xew York; Tbnddeus Stevens and Richard Rush of Pennsylvania; Edward Everett, and John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts. Other leaders who looked with favor on the party were William Wirt, John Marshall, John C. Calhoun, John McLean and Daniel Webster." 17S0-1837,- c sti-te- s, s c Andrew Jackson, who was- then President, was a Mason and seemed ctrtaln of unless some strong combination could be formed against him. So nn effort was mnde to Induce Henry Clay to lead the new party, or at least s to unite the with the wing of the Xational Republican party, of which he was the leader, under his banner. The only trouble with this effort was that Clay himself was a Mason and although he was not an enthusiastic member of the order the efforts to get him to renounce It failed. - In September, 1931, Clay wrote s ply to a committee of a letter In reIn Indiana his sentiments on Mason- who had asked him for ry, which may possibly have vitally affected his political fortunes and kept him from realizing his fondest ambition of going to the White House. In this letter Clay said that should he give his views on Masonry it would imply that Individual sentiments on the subject formed a proper consideration In regard to voting for persons to fill federal offices. He declared that Americans should vote for President without regard to religious, social, benevolent or literary associations. Further than that, he made a statement which was a criticism of when he said "If indeed you, gentlemen, y point to will a provision in the Federal Consti- which can legitimately be made to operate upon the subject in question, I would not hesitate to comply with your request." This was a definite for the and years later Thurlow Weed declared that, if Clay hud not written this letter, the would have Joined the Xational Republicans and would have defeated Jackson. Such a combination, he declared, would have given Clay Xew York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Georgln, North. Carolina and Louisiana in ad dition to the states that he did carry, enough to have Insured him a safe mnjorlty in the electoral votes. Turning to their next best bet, the Antl Masons picked upon William Wirt of Maryland as their choice. Wirt had been one of the at torneys who had prosecuted Aaron Burr for In the treason, had served as attorney-genera- l cabinets of both Madison and .Monroe and was widely regarded as an able and outstanding man. So when the firs' national nominating convention ever held In the United Slates as icmbled In the old Athenaeum in Baltimore In September, 1831, It selected Wirt ns Its choice ror candidate for President and named Amos Kllmaker of Pennsylvania ns his running mate "or vice president. And this despite the fact ibat Wirt was a Mason of many years standinpi tution turn-dow- s - ' s nlhT- - - and had never renounced his allegiance to that order His letter of acceptance has often been cited as a "practical renunciation" of Masonry but it was far from that. In it he said In sub stance- that both In conversation and in letters to friends, he had spoken of the contentions over Masonry as a subject more fit for farce than tragedy and "had been grieved at seeing some of my friends Involved in what appeared to me such a wild and unjust persecution against so harmless an institution as Freemasonry." The candidate of the then admitted his ideas upon the subject had undergone some modification, however, and that he did find some cause for alarm In the actions of "overzealous members of the order." Concerning the new party he was asked to lead, Wirt wrote, after describing his own affiliation with Masonry extending over a period of 30 years: "I had supposed that the very principles of your union was a 'war of indiscriminate proscription against all persons throughout the United States who had ever borne the name of Mason; that you would put In nomination no persons who had ever been a Mason and who would not moreover pledge himself to become a party to such a war of Indiscriminate extermination and wield the appointing power of the office under your dictation; who would not, in short, become the president of your party Instead of being the President of the United States. I am happy to find that this Is an error." This attitude of their candidate was far from satisfactory to the more earnest pf the and they became even more dissatisfied when the campaign got under way. For Wirt made no attempt to carry on on active campaign. How plainly he felt that an unpleasant job bad been "wished off on him" and that there was no hope of his being elected is shown by a letter which he wrote to Judge Carr, an Intimate friend. In It he said : "I had thought I had no right to object to the proposing me to the consideration of the people for the office of President. Every other chance of uniting the opposition (to Jackson) had vanished. This alone remained and, faint as It was, I considered It my duty to permit the offer to be made. It has been made . . . the National Republicans have declared against the union, which alone I had In view, I can perceive neither dignity nor decency In continuing the nomination. "It is true that when I accepted the nomination I knew that this state of things might arise. Tut it is not true that I knew, If It should arise, would still persist In the nomthe ination. It never entered Into my Imagination that they could wish to do so vain and foolish a thing. What end can It answer to themselves? It will only expose their weakness. They cannot carry a single state, except, perhaps, Vermont. . . . In such circumstances what a figure will they and their candidate make In a Presidential contest. It will annihilate them and me, too, by the mere force of ridicule. lie was a true prophet. Not only did Clay fail to beat Jackson, as Wirt had hoped, but, as he had also predicted, Vermont, with its seven electoral votes, was the only state carried by the Even John Floyd of Georgia, who ran as an Independent, did better than that. He After the election of got 11 electoral votes. 1832 this party disappeared from the rational scene. Most of Its members were absorued by tbe Whigs, although In Pennsylvania It continued Its Identity for several years and elected a governor In 183f. But even though It played such a small part on the American political stage, the party and Us standard-bearer- , William Wirt, are deserving of remembrance as the party which gave to the country be national convention system. 1 - Anti-Maso- - Anti-Maso- s ... c by Western Nowpapr Union.) lick you, If I can." "Well" said Bun, "you have come a long distance for a job like that, and besides I don't know you and there is no reason why we should fight." "But yoo must fight me," the stranger said. "I insist on It and will not leave here until you do." Bun persisted in declining the proffered combat, and finally went upstairs and went to bed to rest up after his long drive. After half an hour of rest he came downstairs again, without any more thought of the pugilistl-call- y Inclined stranger. To his utter surprise, the aggressive visitor met him at the foot of the stairs and again demanded a trial of strength. Bun's good nature departed then. Stepping back, he warned his assailant to look out, and with one blow f his fist, felled the man. Bun then went to a rear room of the tavern and washed his face and hands preparatory to dinner. On his return, the stranger was still prostrate on the floor. "Hasn't that man got up yet?" Bun asked. Water was thrown over the vanquished bully, and after he had he departed, a fully recovered, wiser if not a better man. He was never seen again in Claysville. Bun became the hero of Clays ville, and the story of4hat blow was carried all along that section of the Xational road. Efforts were continually made after that to match Bun with others of the "Pike Boys" who were famous for the fistic prowess, but Bun always declined to be drawn into any more fights. Kelley told every detail of that famous encounter to anyone wiio listen, for years after It occurred. David Gordan, six feet tall and weighing 200 pounds of solid bone and muscle, but peaceful like Bun, also was driving a stage coach of Washington at the time, and many efforts were made to get the two men togetlter In a ring. Tradition has it that the two men had a reciprocal fear of each other. but they never collided, and it never was settled who was the better man. ((). 1031. Western Newspaper Union.) Cleopatra's Needles Cleopatra's Needle in Central park, Xew York city. Is C7 feet high to the apex, and 7 feet 7 inches in diameter at the base. The two famous needles of Cleoputra were first erected by Thothmes III at Heliopolis and were In Ptolemaic .imes, transported to Alexandria. One was taken thence to London Id 1S78, and the other to New York by the ship Dessoug, up1lh- the di rection of Lieut. Commander U, S. X., at the expense of William 11. Vanderbilt, In 1880. It was erected In Central park Febru ary 22, 1SS1. - Gor-ring- Divorce in Sweden countries, particularly Scandinavian, both parties may Join In a petition for divorce, and in In iua pmI o9 many Sweden ttiis is exceedingly common. It Is not necessary that a crime aga'nst the other shall be committed by either party. A year's pro ballon is required If such a petition Is filed. By far the greater num ber of divorces granted In Sweden are for incompatibility. Exchange. tutll all (Uiet Toung tuca mm ptApla. lirrt oor btinca out tb uveltjr. loolt return rooncor. MerooliMd luildca of yoor lcm. T ouao Powderad baxoliba wrinUes on 000 Deuly half rmm djwdvad ia pint witcfc hsaol. At dntc ftad ( nwnl Mm, Trinkets Hidden in Old Pueblo Homes Find Forced to Fight Ktn Keeps GtMa maidens who lived In Xew a thousands or more year ago have safety deposit vaults In which to store their jewelry, so thev hid It in the walls of their pue!iUJ-stead- . W. W. Tostlewaite, treasurer of Colorado college, recently returned from an expedition during which he excavated the ancient pueblo of Che-tr-o Keti in Cbaco canyon in the Xew He 'said Mexican Navajo desert. that an Indian workman opened a small hole in the adobe wall of a house and found a string of 1,045 Jet and white beads. In a nearby pocket a large number of small bits of turPostle-wal- te quoise were discovered. believes that the discovery ol the ornaments means that it was the custom to secrete valuables In the masonry of structures when Chetro Keti was Inhabited hundreds of years Indian Mexico did not ago. . . j Forty years old But looks 20 Mrs. Johnson has lived in her town for forty years. Everybody knowsherhow old she is. But everybody 6till calls "young Mrs. Johnson. For "pep" and interest in life, she can't be beat How does she do it ? What is her secret of beauty and health? Nothing else but that fine old tonic. 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