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Show r J EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE PALE. UTAH 'TheTxial of Intermountain News $ (r, Briefly Told for Busy Readers BARTER PLAN OFFERED. JOBS FOB 3 THOUSAND. WANT CITY PLANT. RIVER SWAMPS DAM. HIGHWAY WORK PLAN. Burr A.aron BOISE, IDA. Idaho and California are contemplating a swap-pot- atoes for oranges. The California department of public welfare made the proposition to Got. Ross of Idaho, pointing out that each state will have hungry folk to feed this winter and each state has a large available surplus of its own special fOOd. ' JUNCTION, UT. The power in-- j stallation for this town was carried away in a recent flood. BOISE, IDA. Assslstance has been promised by Governor Ross on two highway projects the market road program at Green Creek in Idaho county, and the impiovement of the highway from Elk river to the Clearwater Latah county line. Funds will be supplied as soon as possible. OGDEN, UT. Employment will be furnished to 3,000 persons in this city if Ogden's request for a $645-63- 0 A- Jlaron Burr By ELMO SCOTT WATSON V NE I HUNDRED AND TWENTY-l Ave years ago the eyes of the whole nation were turned toward Rlch-- I mond, Va., for there was taking I I place one of the most dramatic X events In American history what has been called "the greatest criin- X II II 1 l'l L I I - Innl .fnl In A hlutl.n .... g anA V one of the notable trials In the an- . , uaio v uic tun, i.v less a paouu Y I than Aaron Burr, but lately Vice President of the United States, was on trial for his life and the charge against hlin was that of committing a crime which was a threat to the safety of not Just one person or a group of persons but to the safety of the whole nation, the crime of high treason. Although Burr was acquitted by what was substantially a Scotch verdict of "not proven, my lord," and historians are still doubtful as to whether or not the famous "P.urr Conspiracy" was actually a treasonable scheme, the name of Aaron Burr has come down In popular belief among our "galaxy of scoundrels" second only to Benedict Arnold. Whether or not he has been assigned such a place justly or unjustly Is a matter over which again historians disagree, In the Presidential election of 1800 Burr and i Thomas Jefferson, the Democratic-Republicacandidates, each received 73 electoral votes, a tie which threw the election into the house of representatives, which was strongly Federalist After balloting for a week, ten votes were cast for Jefferson and four for Burr, and under the Constitution as it stood then this made Jefferson President and Burr, Vice President Because of political jobbery with the Federalists, Burr lost whatever regard the leaders among the new party held for him. Then he became involved In a bitter struggle for supremacy In New York politics and because of the antagonism of Jefferson all the patronage was thrown to Burr's rivals, the Clintons and the Livingstons. Accordingly he accepted Federalist support in the gubernatorial race of 1804, an alliance which was fought bitterly by Alexander Hamilton. The result was the defeat of Burr, who held Hamilton chiefly responsible for his humiliation. Then followed the famous duel In which Burr's pistols ended the great career of Washington's secretary of the treasury and made Burr a political and social pariah. Discredited in the East where he had been a leader. Burr turned to the West to recoup his fortunes, hoping to capitalize on the unrest among the Westerners where talk of disunion was rife. Crossing the Alleghenles he arrived at Blennerhassett's island in the Ohio river where lived Harman Blennerhassett a wealthy Irishman, who had settled there in 1798. To Blennerhassett Burr proposed a wild scheme of raising an armed force in the Old Southwest, driving the Spaniards out of Mexico and establishing a great southern confederacy composed of these conquered Mexican possessions and the American territory west of the Alleghenles where the sentiment for disunion seemed so strong. Blennerhassett was enough impressed by Burr's scheme to mortgage his vast possessions to furnish the necessary money. They also hoped to gain the aid of Great Britain in carrying out their scheme and. further to Insure the success of the plan. Burr won the support of General Wilkinson, then governor of Louisiana territory, commander of the United States d a villain as ever served army and "as the United States government" Throughout 1S05 and 1806 Burr developed his plot which became well known throughout the West The federal authorities, however, seera to have been strangely blind to what was taking place until at last Wilkinson betrayed the scheme to Jefferson who on November 27, 1806, issued a Presidential proclamation calling for the arrest of all those involved. Wilkinson and the others, to save their own skins, deserted Burr and, in the modern parlance, he was made the goat of the whole affair. Attempting to flee, Burr was arrested in Alabama and brought back to Virginia for trial on the charge of trea- Y Courtroom Scene at Burr'sTrial ( TRON THE PAINT1 NO by CW.JEFFERYS in "the pageant of America" isicsaBgs C0URUSY YALE UNIVERSITY PRE5S) n trans-continent- T son. His case was tried in the United States cir cuit court sitting at Richmond and never, per haps, In American history has there been gathered together in a courtroom such a galaxy of notables as assembled in that little room in f ' Thomas Jefferson Burr-Hamilt- two-face- loan from the Reconstruction Finance corporation, is granted. PLEASANT GROVE. UT. Preliminary steps toward the installation of a municipal power plant in this city are being taken by the officials of the city. ST. GEORGE, UT. This city is to be host to a second convention September 29 and 30, when the State Municipal league convenes. Visitors will be entertained by the ladies' auxiliary. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. An actual tabulation shows that 120, 663 trees have been planted in 32 cities and towns in Utah this year in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of George Washington, according to reports of the George Washington bicentennial committee for Utah. PROVO, UT. The Provo school district received almost $20,000 less in revenue receipts during the past school year than the year before according to the annual financial statement of the school district. PRICE, UT. The Rotary club has decided to adopt a community service project of assisting needy students to attend the Carbon high school during the coming year. Approximately 75 students will be unable to attend school this year unless they receive outside help. PROVO, UT. A proposal to construct an Alpine scenic forest road 75 miles long connecting the Salt Creek forest road with the Payson canyon road or possibly the Nebo Creek roads is being made by a group of Utah and Juab connty men. TOOELE, UT. Workmen are at highwork on the way at a point south of the point of the mountain near the Salt Lake county line where fourteen teams are required to clear away boulders, dirt and waste scattered by cloudburst In recent storms. BOULDER CITY, NEV. Three of the four huge dam diversion tunnels at Hoover dam were flooded of the Colorado by peak waters river despite dikes constructed as a precautionary measure. The water was running three feet deep in the tunnels which had been freshly lined with cement and the damage may total thousands of dollars. Cloudbursts along tributary streams in Utah caused the rapid rise of water. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. T h e seventeenth annual national ram sale closed at the Salt Lake Union stock yards after three days of buying and selling in which the breeders and buyers from nearly every section of the country was represented. It Is estimated that more than 1,500 head changed hands during the sale. LOGAN, UT. Building permits for the month of August, 1932 dropped far below those of the corresponding month of 1931. LOGAN, UT. Gas prices in this city will be equalized to those of Salt Lake City, according to announcement of the officials of one of the large gasoline selling concerns. The city commissioners had threatened to enter Logan City Into the retail gasoline business unless some equalization was made. CHEYENNE, WYO. The beekeepers of Wyoming will receive a half million dollars for their honey this year according to estimates of the local crop experts. This Is an Industry little known compared to the cattle and sheep so often associated with the state in the popular John Marshall, chief Justice of the Supreme court of the United States presided over the trial. Luther Martin and Edmund Randolph were counsel for the accused and William Wirt was counsel for the government. The foreman of the grand Jury which brought the indictment against Burr was the waspish but brilliant John Randolph of Roanoke. And not the least of the great figures in this case was Burr's charming daughter, Theodosia, of tragic fame later. Although Aaron Burr was upon trial on the most serious charge which can be placed against the citizen of a country, in reality he was little more than a pawn In what was at the ttme regarded as a test of strength between the Republican President Jefferson and the Federalist Chief Justice Marshall. The trial lasted from March 27 to September 7, 1807, and the full story of the legal maneuvers executed by the two clashing forces would require a book for the telling. Under the Constitution, treason against the United States consists "only in levying war against them, or In adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort," and no person may be convicted of It "unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confession In open court" The crux of the whole case against Burr was whether or not on a certain date (December 10, 1SOG) Burr had actually "levied war against the United States" by assembling an armed force on Blennerhassett's island and on the day following had set in motion this same armed force In an expedition against the City of Xew Orleans. The prosecution produced a series of witnesses, mainly servants of Blennerhassett. to Trove this point. Then it announced Its intention of Introducing evidence to show Burr's connection with the assemblage on the Island, whereupon the defense sprang a surprise which turned the tide In Burr's favor. Developing the fact that on the night of December 10 Burr had not been present at the island, but had been 200 miles away in Kentucky, they contended that under the Constitution the assemblage on Blen- Richmond. tTohn Randolph nerhassett's island could not be regarded as his act, even granting that he had advised It. for, said they, advising war is one thing but levying it Is quite another. If this interpretation was correct, then no overt act of levying war, either within the Jurisdiction of the court or stated in the indictment, had been or could be shown against Burr. Next Chief Justice Marshall handed down an opinion accepting virtually the contention of Burr's attrneys and when the prosecution was unable to produce two witnesses who had actually seen Burr procure the assemblage on the Is land. It allowed the case to go to the jury. Shortly thereafter the following verdict was returned: "We of the Jury say that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under this indictment by any evidence submitted to us. We therefore find him not guilty." At the order of the chief Justice this Scotch verdict was entered on the records of the court as a simple "not guilty." Acquitted, Burr became an exile and an outcast The man who came within one vote of be lng President of the United States wandered about Europe for four years, borrowing small amounts, attempting dubious promotions, urging the French to seize Louisiana In 1810, and finally returning to his own land with a false wig and whiskers. Shortly after his arrival he encountered the breaking of the one tie that held him to the earth when his beloved Theodosia, who had stood by him when the whole world seemed to have turned against him took ship from the South to meet him in New York. The ship on which she sailed never reached port and what her fate was is to this day an unsolved mystery. One of the most tragic pictures In all American history is that of the broken, disgraced Aaron Burr, a devoted father whatever else he may have been, going down to the battery every day for years, searching the horizon for the sail of a ship which never came the ship bringing back to him his long-los- t daughter. And then as a final touch to an career was his unfortunate marriage to the famous Madame Jumel who divorced him on the day he died. d ( by Western Newspaper Union.) mind. HYRUM, UT. Thirty-fiv- e thous- and rainbow trout fingerlings have been planted in Cache streams thru the of the Cache National forest with the local fish and game associations. The fish were brought from the hatchery at Springville. BOISE, IDA. The 1st National Bank of Idaho and nine subsidiary banks In central and western Idaho and eastern Oregon have closed tip and are in the hands of national and state bank officials. OPEN SEASON NOW FOR WAR ON PESTS j I Get Rid of Mites and Collect More Eggs. By PARRISH. Kx:neioa Poultrymai. North Carolina State College. C. P. WNU Service. During the rush season, owners of farm flocks of poultry forget the birds and as a result mites and lice get to work with a resulting decrease in the number of eggs laid, and the effort ot the chickens to roost on a tree limb1 rather than in the poultry house. This Is the season when the annual war begins between mites on the one band and eggs on the other. Poultry-me- n act as spectators but pay a stiff admission price to witness the battle. Neglect of the flocks at this time invites enemies of good poultry husbandry to get busy, and chief among mite. The inthese is the sect Infests poultry houses, usually hiding away under the perches during the day but preying upon the birds at night, sucking their blood, lowering their vitality and thereby decreasing egg production. Here are some of the ways in which, mites may be eradicated. First do not nail down the roost poles fast to the supports. If they are nailed, knock them loose. Then spray the roosts, and the whole house, if needed, with old burnt cylinder oil mixed with equal parts of kerosene. Second, paint or spray the roost with carbolineum, as recommended is Farmers Bulletin 801 of the United States Department of Agriculture. Past history shows that mites have won every war In which they have engaged unless outside aid is given, and now that every source of farm Income is needed by the owner, time should be given to eradicate poultry parasites to the extent that the birds may give their highest production. i 'i well-know- Hatchery Best Method of Maintaining Flock There are three principal ways by which poultry flocks are maintained ffora year to year. These are: the sitting hen, the farm Incubator, and the hatchery; and the most satisfactory source of chick supply is the hatchery, because of the fact that the whole problem of brooding, rearing and production, being on a highly uniform basis, is simplified. A farmer is not really in the poultry business until he has at least 100 laying pullets. A flock of at least this size makes it possible for him, particularly if located near a large market, to sell his eggs direct to the retailer, getting the benefit of higher prices than are possible when eggs are sold through the usual trade channels. To ensure a pullet flock of 100 birds In the fall It Is necessary to start with around 250 chicks. Where chicks are purchased from the breeder hatchery or the commercial hatchery any desired number can be started at a given time, and the problem of management brooding, rearing and feeding is simplified. What Is more important the pullets In the flock mature at the same age and go Into the laying house In a condition suited to high production. Darkens Hen Nests Hens on the George Wehrman farm, Sumner county. Kansas, used to break a lot of eggs. Hens ready to go on the nests would fly on the steps and fight with hens that were on the nests and the result was cracked and broken eggs. Mr. Wehrman stopped that loss by attaching burlap to the top of the nests and letting It hang down over the front Now hens fly to the end of the step, walk along the step nntll they find an empty nest and enter it Instead of trying to take a nest that already is occupied. Seemingly a hen doesn't like to have her feathers ruffled. That is what happens to her if she backs against the burlap to fight another hen. It is probable that the darkness created by the burlap also has a tendency to lessen the fighting. Capper's Farmer. i i 5 . Poultry Hints Provide roosts for the young growing birds. When these are available they will not pile up at night and smother in the hot corners of the brooder houses. Providing plenty of shade for the Is one way of protecting the flock from the hot weather. If there Is not sufficient natural shade, artificial shelter can easily be provided with boards, canvas, or brush. yards Prevention Is the safe way to raise turkeys. Keep the old birds away from the young. Hatch eggs in an Incubator. 1 There is no profit in feeding hens which do not lay, and this is the season when many decide to go on vacation. Learn to pick out the slackers and sell them for meat. Feeds which are processed the least and which represent more nearly the whole product are safest to use wfcen iimUlrz a chick ration. i |