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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE. UTAH i IsWorld Naval Race SooU t0 Begin? of papermaklng. But the best craftsmanship and the chief energies of the villagers are devoted to the production of spirit money. There are two principal varieties of this money. One kind consists of ordinary perforated paper; this is used at the funerals of ordinary citizens, who, it Is believed, will have no great need of large funds tn heaven. A special brand of spirit money, artfully decorated with lavish illustrations of gods. Is burned at the funeral of the "aristocrats" The "aristocratic" of brand of spirit money Is in high denominations. It burns with a heavy, acrid smoke, which floats lazily toward the blue skies, but eventually manages to reach the departed aristocrat in heaven, according to the HONOR DEAD BY BURNING MONEY a Village in Thriving Business Does Indo-Chin- Sup- plying Funerals. Sh- - tail m lit- - &K& :4 The world depression has not dimmed In the slightest degree the prosperity of the little village of the Langbuol, in French Inhabitants of which continue to turn out paper money by the ton to be burned at funerals so the deceased will have plenty of money in the next world. Dard Hunter, one of the leading authorities in this country on the art of papermaklng, would not however, recommend the same panacea for the United States prosperity, he said on his return after a four months' Journey to the Far East. Mr. Hunter, whose contributions to the aft of papermaklng have won him the title of "the modern Gutenberg" and the gold medal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, went to Iangbuol because he had heard that its Inhabitants were operating the oldest paper mill In the world. He reported that the Langbuol villagers were carrying on the craft of papermaklng which their ancestors first began on the same site Indo-Chin- ter explained. the world s two .greatest navies. Left: Launching the Phelps, the newest addition to the United Right: Britain's newest most powerful battleship, the Rodney. Upper inset: Sir Boiton the British admiralty. Lower inset: Admiral William H. Standley, chief of United States naval operations tomatic suggestion to outlaw them in The League of Nations Is even now By WILLIAM C. UTLEY the wbole world fearful the preliminary conference, with ab trying to take some of Mussolini's the East African Incident solutely no hope of success. At least steam out of him by the application that will clarify the situation with of sanctions until he decides It Is time provoke the entire Eurespect to underwater craft Id the sub to halt his Invasion of Ethiopia. It into another continent ropean is not beyond the realm of possibility terrible war and that such a war, if sequent discussions. that these sanctions will have to be It comes, will eventually spread to the Limiting Battleship Yonnage. littenforced through the use of a naval far corners of the earth, there is There Is also no doubt that America blockade. Prime Minister Baldwin le room for hope that any definite will be will be successful In upholding the has openly reminded his country of of Importance agreements international legality of the capital such a possibility. He has also said reached during the naval conference ship. The question' will resolve Itself that Great Britain would have no part which opens in London December 2. in naval Into an effort to limit the tonnage of of any such blockade without knowCertainly no reductions these vessels, rather than to abolish ing exactly how the United States armaments of the powers will find them altogether. The United States stands with respect to It. The league Neither will things remain exawas successful In defeating the Brit- Itself has been apprehensive on that ctly as they are. Rather the chief will be to put ish proposal to limit capital ships to point and has asked the United States hope of the meeting 25,000 tons at the London conference to define Its position, without having tome sort of limitations upon the na-yof 1930. obtained a clear answer, as this is building which Is certain to bewritten. being naval the The of with the expiration generally accepted present gin theory London treaty at the end of 1936. If is that battleships have outlived their How Navies Might Meet usefulness after they have become the delegates can succeed In preventiIf member nations of the league renaval race which ulti- more than twenty years of age. There fuse to sell ng a to Italy, will the have been no battleships completed United States goods mately might lead to disaster, the confIncrease Its Italian exerence will not have been In vain. during the last ten years, and by far Suppose ships carrying our the greater part of the world's battle- ports? are The December conference Is In rerefused entry Into Italy by goods ality a preliminary to conferences in ships have already passed the twenty-yeathe blockade: would our fleet step In mark. May or June of next year. Delegates and attempt to break the blockade? will now attempt to clarify the deBy agreement, the United States and In such a case our navy might well be sires and intentions of the several Great Britain may not lay down an- operating against Britain. major powers; In the spring they will other battleship until 1!)37. It takes Meanwhile, there Is quite a movereturn to London to see what actual three or four years to build one of ment afoot here at home to clear up technical agreements can be arrived the giant "floating fortresses." By the our own naval policy. The growth of at, using the revelations of the Decyear 1941 there would be only two our navy has been spasmodic and withember meeting as a 'foundation. British battleships less than twenty out a clearly defined objective for It has been generally predicted that years old the Rodney and the Nelson. many years. the outcome of these meetings will be The United States will have the Colo The start of the World war caught additions totaling 1,000,000 tons to the rado and the West Virginia still of our navy quite unprepared. We were navies of the great powers. Whether useful age. Japan will have none and forced to build a fleet of very great each power will be able to build her France will have none. Italy is build- size in a big hurry; naturally, the desired share of the additions without battleships now, and cost was much more than It should ing two 35,000-toserious protest from the others rethey alone In II Duce's navy will be have been. In the early years folmains to be seen. less than twenty years old. lowing the war the navy was allowed Would Ban Battleship. From this it will be seen that if the to decline to a great extent. This was in Great Britain, It Is safe to only following the traditions created predict, naval conferences do not succeed will renew her efforts to sell the other abolishing the battleship, Father Time by our government In the years Immepowers on the Idea of abolishing the will, unless the powers begin builddiately following other wars. cost soon. battleship In all nslvles. ones Battleships new She has ining Our Spasmodic Building. dicated that she would like to about $40,000,000 apiece, so it is hardaugThe Washington treaty was signed be will ment her present naval tonnage by the ly reasonable that new ones In the eight years after that In 1922. and we laid down only 21 these were the result of periodic bursts How Leading Navies Compare of enthusiastic building, rather than of a carefully scheduled plan. During For: Warships of Useful Age, Being Built, or Appropriated that same period, much of our warLight Aircraft Heavy Capital marines fleet became obsolete, but we Destroyers time Cruisers Carrier! Ships 46 Great Britain 88 32 18 . . 7 . IS not make replacements. We were did 5 The United Statti 61 19 18 6 . 12 62 rapidly falling well back into third 83 Japan 23 12 6 83 Franca 74 12 7 place In naval strength, for during the 1 1. 54 65 Italy 15 7 . 5 years between 1922 and 1930 Great To,al tonnage: Great Britain, 1,163.000: the United States, 1,022,000; Japan, Britain built 86 ships and Japan built Important cogs in State, fleet first lord of Eyres-Monsel- l, WITH "Apparently, an Inexpensive Gift By GRANDMOTHER CLARK Indo-Chin- a, firm belief of the Indo-Chine- priests. The paper mills of Langbuol are probably the most remote and Inaccessible In the world, Mr. Hunter said. In spite of this, Langbuol Is the chief source of paper for all The daily output averages about 100 reams of 500 sheets each almost all of which consists of spirit money. Bamboo fibers, plentiful In the near-b- y Jungles, are the source of Langbuoi's paper. The bamboo is cut and then boiled in lime. Then it is washed In a stream meandering through the village and beaten by hand until It becomes pulp. The pulp Is placed next In a wooden vat When a screen containing water. of bamboo reeds Is dipped In this vat the bamboo fibers cling to the These fibers are removed screen. and mide Into the famous Langbuol paper. Two cases filled with Langbuol spirit money were among Mr. Hunter's luggage. Some of this money will be used to Illustrate a book his fifteenth which Mr. Hunter will write on the origin and history of The rest will go to papermaklng. institution and the Smithsonian other museums. ) Indo-- China. about 700 years ago. "Tlielr papermaklng methods are very primitive and crude," Mr. Hun- fKJSSSj , Useful Laundry Bag they have not changed In any marked degree since the invention of paper away back In 150 A. D. The product turned out by the villagers of Langbuol Is pretty terrible stuff. However, they are satisfied with It and don't seem to be able to turn out enough of the spirit money, for which there is a great demand all through If you want to make up an Inexpensive useful gift, here Is a laundry bag that will answer very nicely. This bag, when made up, measures The embroidery design is stamped on muslin material ready to be embroidered and sewed up. You will And a wire clothes hanger about the house somewhere to sew Into the bag. This stamped piece No. 1003 will be mailed to you for 15 cents. Hanger and crochet cotton are not Included. Address Home Craft Co., Dept A Nineteenth and St Louis Ave., St Louis, Mo. Inclose a stamped, addressed envelope for reply when writing for any information. 15 by 20 inches. Life' Surpriteo Life Is always opening new and unexpected things to us. There Is no monotony In living to dim whe walks even the quietest and tamest path with open and perspective eyes, Real Learning The monotony of life is monotonous It's what we learn after we think to you, is in you, not In the world. we know it all that counts. Philips Brooks. Indo-China- ." About 400 men, women and children live in Langhuol, which Is a thatched-roo- f settlement along a mud trail on the edge of the Jungle fifteen miles north of nanol. All the inhabitants work on some phase 'If! fa-ro- r. al vfVmi''rr' iiiiii wm.mm free-for-a- ll ' mm jam m i4 n J WEATHER! REGARDLESS 7 M No Chains, men-o'-wa- r, .8 766,000; Prance, 571,000;, Italy. 405,000. of 20 new cruisers. Battleship mUst remaln at tne race of other in If the lnslst. nations, Britain will cer-i- y start construction of at least t0 replace those capital ships nis majesty's fleet which are rapld-- J becoming obsolete. ,,ke Dnite3 States will, without faruraent. seek to uphold the GrTfD Poliey of naval parity with Uln- 33 lZ Hinted by the Wash-2- ? aval treatv of 1922. She will. dilTer with Britain 0D the ; J - tZ, r capital 8hIP- - De2iP' an lav, T refc lea) c hav,ng alr6ady 55"3 ratI- - wl 8 real American ren the Iterate Br?y her demands 'or Parity l! with Parity efflclent 18 and tm 1 6 In tZ a nLf,apan 18 Amprica. '"""hood m ngths. Such theoreti- little likely. to be !?' 8re'fthegoing-- n art ,lw"!e a11 08 t0 lh- t0 make tnelr" naval an agreement with whlcn w build aow her to Brlti.t Jnm t0 30 Per cent of Won Grea?nBr'i?,1!,aS I, mJi 8treneth- - Prance will at uPn matching ship for 40 What Ita,y wI" h'ghiy P rnblemat'cal at the time, ,Ithooic if ay be 8a,d s,'e wfll n on keep Savr, to wht,?i"tlnS ,he 8li5e bPr least hip wit'81 18 BrttaiD bn thnt Zl Wm"d be abolished If way- - an(l Is a safe B"U will make the au- - jhL " anything like reck- constructed with less abandon. 35,000 Tons Our Limit No ship larger than &3,000 tons can clear the locks in the Panama canal, Unitso It Is safe to predict that the battleed States will not plan any new limit. Nor ships of more than that ever is It probable that Uncle Sam will which tons, 27,500 of limit agree to the will proIt Is reported. Great Britain pose. Britain feels that It would be more tonto her advantage to distribute her of smallnumber a in larger nage limit er ships. With her widely scattered earth (You colonies, covering the on the know: "The sun never sets fuel staamplo has she British flag"), on long cruises. tions to feed her ships system of no comparable has America finds It therefore and supply depots, essential to have ships with a Ion fuel capacity, which can go haUng without long way from home r to worry about refueling. ' more every day Growing more and the in Great Britain Is the feeing battleship agreement about anyare not worth bothering unthinkable that seems It because way, ever be directed the two fleets should America go other. each against on any build ships and right ahead of sponsors the likes," say sire build whatBritain let "and m e. ever size she deems that is It really certain Anglo-Americ- "It p?. theTtr great each be used against a case In po'at: other? 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