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Show l.r.Ul FREE PRESS. LEHI. UTAH SEEN-- " HEARD - around tha National Capital feESSBjr CAJRTTR FIELD Washington. Germany's land divi sion and national farming plan, perhap the most socialistic agricultural fieveUipuient in recorded history, with the possible exception of Russia's, Is Interesting experts of our Department f Agriculture and the Agricultural no end. Adjustment administration though it has received almost no pub licity in America. With the exception of the estate of the Hindenburg family, specifically ex empted from the law, every estate larg er than 125 hectars Just 300 acre-smust be divided into units no larger than that All farms of that size, and ranging down to 7 hectars 16.8 acres. a bectnr being about 2.4 acres are put tinder strict government supervision, The government bureau In charge decides what the farmer shall plant In any particular field. When the crop Is harvested, It directs him when and where to send It to market Eventual ly, though this has not arisen yet, the government will decide about farm machinery, etc. Meantime the farmer pays the government 1 per cent of the value of the land as determined by the government. If there was a mortgage on It, the mortgage Is .turned over to the gov eminent, the Rentenbank being the agency In this case. Then the farmer pays an additional 1 per cent on the value of the land, and also the Interest on the mortgage. His advantage here, making up for the special charge, Is that the Interest rate on the mortgage Is sharply reduced. Holders of the mortgages are com pensated not by cash for their Invest ment, but by bonds, paying la some Instances 3 per cent and In some instances 4 per cent As there are about eight and one-hal- f billions In mortgages, this Is a financial transac tlon of considerable magnitude. It has not been completed yet, as the plan Is Just being put Into operation. - 50-ye- May Not Sell Land Another Interesting feature of the plnn Is that no one may sell any land. In a way the fanners are chained to It they and their children forever and ever. Nor shall any farm of 125 hec tars or less be divided between the children. The farm goes by law to the youngest son. If there la no son what ever, then the farm may not go to the for the daughters are specifically barred from the Inheritance of land. It passes to the nearest male relative who happens not to be a farm owner already. If a seventh cousin Is the nearest male relative, but he happens to already own a farm, then it passes to some even more remote male son-in-la- relative. The Idea of the framers of the law In deciding that the farm shall pass to the youngest son, Instead of the old est, as has always been the case in British estates, for Instance, was that the older sons had the most advan tages, usually, In being sent to college for professional training, or In being aided by their families In getting start Since talking with Upton Sinclair, Hew Deal lieutenants are rather pepped up about the prospects of their eleven Democratic congressmen In California, and of some of the Democratic candidates In districts now held In California by Republicans. The Socialist novelist convinced them that he has no horns, but, far more Important he convinced them by his adroit handling of questions that he Is really a masterful campaigner, and has an excellent chance to win. Which, of course. Is what they are Interested In at the moment, not what he will really do If elected governor of the Golden Gate state. That his election will be regarded as a mandate to go ahead with the New Deal In Washington Is rather generally accepted. But that his victory. If he wins, will In all probability pull through enough Democratic candidates for the house to insure President Roosevelt the necessary votes to continue his program is even more Important from a moral standpoint While not the most spectacular thing he Is saying, by a long shot one of the points that Impressed Democratic and New Deal politicians the most here was the very subtle nature of his appeal to .the conservative CalSfornlans. He has not only an appeal to the "have nots," they discovered, but to the "haves." Not to the "haves" who are still accumulating money If anyone Is these daysbut to the "haves- - who are living on Income from Invested money. This is the very type, especially because so many retired business men and others living on their Interest and dividends have gone to California, that the conservative. Republicans have been counting on to beat Sinclair. And t? the sarnff token, that the New Deal-- , The Case of Hannah Brown For instance, take John Smith, with an Income of $8,000 a year from in- vestments, living in San Bernardino, or any one of the many small towns surrounding Los Angeles. At heart he Is intensely conservative. He is strong for property rights. He Is bitterly against any governmental action which might result in decreasing his income, taxing more heavily the corporations paying It and so forth. So, It might be reasoned at first blush, that he would be desperately opposed to Upton Sinclair or anyone like him, But John Smith is also a heavy taxpayer In California. He Is not only paying high taxes at present to help support a million and a quarter of unemployed in California, but he sees the state debt being Increased for that same purpose, which means that he and his children will have to go on paying for this support of the idle for years to come. What will be his reaction to Sinclair's proposition: "Let me put these people to work, producing necessities which they can nse and trade with each other. They will not compete with any existing business. On the contrary, they will be and thus save the state from bankruptcy. They are no good to business now, for they have no money to buy anything except that' which you give then?." It Is a question. Until Sinclair ar rived in Washington, most people were figuring the conservative vote would ail be against Sinclair. Now they are not so sure. here remember a situa tion In Maryland, just before prohi bition. The liquor interests made a deal with the drys whereby the Mary land legislature ratified the eighteenth amendment, and the drys let up so as to permit liquor sales In Prince George's county I The liquor boys of that day were looking for an Imme diate advantage and not worrying about the future. There may or .may not be a parallel. Old-time- Exchange Naval Views Leading naval powers have been for some time conducting Informal exchanges of views preparatory to the general naval conference expected to be held next year In view of the ap- proachlng expiration of the London naval treaty supplementary to the Washington treaty. The Londori treaty expires December 31, 1930, and It Is planned that the whole subject of naval limitation will be reconsidered with the hope of working out a new agreement which will replace the naval limitation program adopted In Washington In 1921 and supplemented by the cruiser agreement at London In io;:o. Britain's Idea Recently Great Britain, having a h preponderance of gun battle ships, suggested that In revision of the naval limitation treaty this be' made the maximum caliber for the future Instead of the limit agreed upon at the Washington conference. On the American side It was felt that this would reduce the size of battleships below the requirements of sound naval policy. The United States has always Insisted upon the 35,000 ton limit for capital ships. The view Is that a ship proportioned to guns is "too small to live," as they say In the navy. However, In the Interest of reaching preliminary agreement, the United States la now suggesting that It would be willing to meet Great Britain halfway and accept guns, which ould mean perhaps battleships of possibly 32,000 tons Instead of the 35,000-ton- , gun fighters now permitted. The California and the h Tennessee, which have guns, are rated at about 33,000 tons. h h h h The federal government Is preparing to assume a heavier share of the cost of emergency relief this winter. State and municipal governments, rapidly going "broke" because of heavy unemployment relief expenditures, will be aided In even greater measure than before, under plans formulated by President Roosevelt and Relief Administrator Hopkins. Hopkins has just completed a sur vey on the ability of the various states to do their part Until now the fed eral government has been supplying up to 50 per cent of the cost of relief work. When the situation requires It this percentage may be Increased to 75 this winter. Coovrlcbt. WKO iltrvlM, pi SEL An Average Case The diverging views of Great Brit ain and the United States over gun calibers involve the historic conflict between them over capital ships. Great Britain, with numerous bases scattered about the world, has less need of long cruising radius and there ed In some other field of endeavor. So fore her policy has favored smaller was reserved for the the land youngest fighting ships. on. The United States, on the contrary. 7 smaller do hectars not than Farms few bases, has always taken having come within the restrictions of the law. Into consideration the possibility of In Is no doubt there govIncidentally, ! having to cruise its fleet over long dis ernmental circles here, based on their tances and has therefore favored larglatest Information from Germany, that er both In battleships and In craft, the laws are going Into effect, and that cruisers. This conflict became so acute they will not only succeed In breaking at the Geneva conference in 1927 that are but to have It broke certain Bp the estates, up with Great Britain hold atrial for a fair period of time. ing out for light cruisers and the Information here also Is that Hitler United States Insisting on heavier Is only an Incident In this particular craft. This difference was auxiliary scheme. All the Information is that somewhat reconciled later at the 19P.0 It would have been put Into effect If naval conference with the United Illtler had never come Into power. In States more light craft than accepting fact, it was well under way, as the many American naval officers had avowed policy of many leaders, before favored. the Hitler ascendancy. Pepped by Sinclair Morro Castle Aflame; Officers on Board era feared would defeat him, and so drag down many Democratic congress' men to defeat Now they are not o certain. Tilings seldom are in politics, add this is a case where it is pretty hard to figure the average conservative voter's mental processes. - Is a tragedy which begau with T'.ilS finding of the trunk of a body in I'addington, London, on the day aft- er Christmas, 1836. That ghastly thing meant nothing, and in those days there was no organ ized or specialised police force to run down crime. Constable Haines went on the job, however, with ail of the enthusiasm characteristic of a Nineteenth-centurSherlock Holmes. On the following day be found a human head In the Regent's canaL Next a pair of legs were discovered and finally two arms. All of these parts, It was found, belonged to the same person, and that person a woman. The head was placed in alcohol. In a glass case, for purposes of identification. It had been on exhibition for many weeks when a workman named John Into the Impromptu Gay strolled morgue. His 6ister, Hannah Brown, had disappeared the day before Christmas, and had not been seen since. This typical cockney took a look at the head preserved In alcohol, and then exclaimed, with true lower-clas- s British stolidity: "Well, I'm blowed If It ain't Hany , 9 f " ln This photograph of the Morro Castle, still In flames, was taken as the liner was being towed to Aabc N. J. On the bow deck can be seen Acting Captain Warms and other officers who refused to leave the tk until she had been beached. Park, First View of Argentina's Disastrous Oil Fire nah!" Constable naines then busied himself In running down the life story of Hannah Brown. He found a man named Harry Davis who recalled the woman, Davis said Hannah had called on him on the day before Christmas and told him that she was engage to marry James Greenacre who lived near Kensington. That was a good enough clew for Haines. He started for that neighborhood at once, and eventually located Greeh-icr.pa the .Surrey side of the Thames Cpj the parish of Camberwell. tie was living with a woman named Sarah Gale, who had a young daughter. Greenacre stoutly denied any knowledge of Hannah Brown. He said he had never met the woman, much less promised to marry ber. But while Haines was talking to Greenacre he noticed a significant glance pass between the suspect and the woman. He saw something else. It was a dress the child was wear, t Pi! PLAIDS autumn rw . vi : . uz w:.-- . t fi jwf "? r sw :'!4av-- J thwmeh,,,. i ton? na . I Ete. . ' rJiCAV 4ifJ"' -- woolens, 1 xilng taffe t00' they l SJ hVM s see so m. their' gay "very spec tha 'much- tashlons. 1 ; jdfo?ii&iaVi iiViaent, this about college w lounging Aerial view, the first to arrive In the United States, ot the fire that ravaged the oil tanks of the Companiirlle The material of which this was made Naclonal de Petroleos, a subsidiary of the Standard Oil company at Campagna, Argentina. Three persons were klllelcottoin pri corresponded with the stuff they had in tne tire, and about 53.400.000 damage was done. lunnlngly found wrapped around the trunk of made deli; Hannah Brown when It was discovaainty dei CLAIMS BIG FORTUNE scalloped ered In Paddington. Being a very conscientious as well the plaid, as a very direct person. Constable tbe plaid Haines arrested James Greenacre and fashion in Sarah Gale, and left the matter of tide. their guilt to be decided by the corA leadl; oner's Inquest. college gii The coroner turned the case over to save her f the court and the trial took place in the jlaid "alo Old Bailey, adjoining the annex to partly of iVu Newgate prison. j a solid c It is Interesting to note that Chief J 9 hi Sf inswer, fo Justice Coleridge presided. tent as co A witness appeared who testified TH y it )f one as that he had seen Greenacre going In'ashion is to the house of Sarah Gale with a f woman on the day before Christmas. ow to mai This woman was tall and in every Cou see particular resembled Hannah Brown. Ight in tl He also swore that some time afters also we ward Greenacre left the house carryn brown ihlrtwaist ing a bulky and heavy bundle in a large, blue merino bag. Two other witnesses testified that they had heard a quarrel going on In the house during the time Hannah Brown was there. There was a scuffling and much not ; noise, and finally a sound of some one Joseph Morris, an employed on road work near Alnwick, dropping to the floor. It was proved that Sarah Gale was says he Is the heir to an American tot$75,000,000. tune reputed to amount to seen scrubbing the floor Immediately Morris claims that he Is the great after Greenacre left, and detectives nephew of Mrs. Ellen Devine, the widcompleted the capstone of evidence by ow of John Devine, the "salmon king testifying that brimstone had been of Towanda, Bradford county, Pa., who used In the house for the purpose of vhii-.v,. . atV'J LUC ICAt-liuui j, died In Devine left the entire fumigation. strike rioters, meeting the angry workers with drawn revolvers and bared fortune to1914. Two motives were assigned for the his widow. bayonets. crime. i on Sarah of the part tlrst, jealousy FOREST QUEEN Gale, and secondly, robbery, because Hannah Brown had not only been killed but robbed. The Jury convicted Greenacre, and before he was executed he confessed his guilt. There was doubt about Sarah Gale, and she was merely transported for Ufa ing. With Bayonets and Revolvers itrv Jv al4-pla- ii ,, Start of Drouth Beef Processing WNTJ Srvlc. "Myrrh" "Myrrh" Is a perennial branching herb some two feet In height with finely divided pubescent leaves and small white flowers arranged In umbel's. The fruit is like a large caraway seed about an Inch long ; smooth but strongThe fruit and other parts ly ribbed. of the plant have a sweet aromatic odor that has given it the name "Myrrh." It Is not the true myrrh of perfumes which is the gum of a tropical tree, Balsamedendron myrrha. 1 J The new rg w 'V Finland Wat Land Finland lies between continental Russia and peninsular Scandinavia. The land is not considered rich from the agricultural standpoint 60 to 65 i 1 fftiimin i l In .iff !ii ll per cent of It being wet, poorly drained was and VV. U. Kirk of land, lakes peat bogs. It the bureau ot animal industry; A. L. Wagner, state relief through the wet land that the French committee auditor; L. G. Harris, plant superintendent; and Dr. B. EL Robertson, name, Suonil, meaning swamp, was ap- federal meat Inspector In the packing house at Albia, Iowa, where the first of plied to the country, it has been the federal drouth beef processing, plants has been opened. Five of these adopted as a national name by th plants are planned for Iowa. Cattle are bought by the federal surplus relief Finns. , , administration and the beef prepared for distribution to the needy. both xture an o! odels sty ckct and ive alren tlsfactloti ally usefi ece suits a very si d red ch Miss Garuette Northcott, daughter Mr. snd Mrs. G. A. Northcott of ington, W. Va., who has been Bppont" 11h topcoa wrap. ed queen of the Fifth Mountain SUi me jacK Forest festival which will be beu Elkins, W. Va., October 4. 5, 6. Hi-"1- ' |