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Show THE WEEKLY KEFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH on VlK ADMITS WAGE ADVANCE SHOULD BE MADE TO MEET HIGH COST OF LIVING. for mm. A 'CIV 51 :isrv V VMlWIWWnv,, 4y 8v b held May 29 to 31 inclusive, iiely, the unveiling of a memorial table' q, icitted to students who lost th,r during the world war, and IV memorial services. War savings stamps belong . Francis Coolidge of Ogden were mq by Los Angeles authorities in tie ,u. , HS.AeMj aaggf Chicago. The opening statement of the employers Hide of the rullroad wage question was presented on May 17 before the United Mutes Railway fcorJ , ljibor board, which opened hearings in Chicago following a recent two tfc weeks' session in Washington ut which liwSc representatives of railroad employes were heard. , E. T. Whiter, chairman of the Conference Committee of the Railroad Managers, read a prepared statement 4P in which he said that wuge advances should be granted to ninny ruilroud workers to enable them to meet the A high cost of living. OSTCAL According to Whiter, total demands 1 of the rail employees, Ineluding new HE Inspection and grading of grain demands of approximately twenty five for sale on the exchanges of this l , per cent would, if grunted by the labor Is one of the most Incountry exnot revenues hoard, only absorb the teresting und Important fentures pected from the Increase In freight connected with the trade, and rerates, asked of the Interstate comIt the general public has garding merce commission, but would force the practically no knowledge whatcarriers to ask for additional rute inxSAATPir 7X.BISJ, CjPCAGO ever. As a matter of fact, even creases. the average farmer who raises He pointed out on behalf of the rail wheut, corn, or oats, and who Is executives that each $100,(HH),000 Intherefore the person most con samplers, 24 grain helpers, crease In rull expenses rpresented a cerned, lius little Idea of how Ids grain is bundled who net us assistants to the three per cent increuse in freight after It reaches a tertulual murket. He grain samplers, and a large rules. He suld that for every cent an wonders many times why the price he probably receives clerical force. emhour Increuse In wages to rail for a car of corn Is lower thun that received by a Early every morning the rullvvns added to ployees, (.'to, 000,000 neighboring funner who shipped and sold ut the grain go to the samplers road puy rolls. sume time. freight yards where cars of The Increase In employes in 1919 It all resolves Itself Into n question of what grain huve arrived over night over those of 1915, he said, was grade" Is put ifjmn It by the ofllelul Inspectors and take sumpleg of each car. forty-fivcent. The appointed by the state In which his market Is loor nearly per The sampling la done by railroad payroll increased $1,019,334,-025- , cated. Both wheat gnd corn have four or five means of an Instrument or 141.9 per cent. different grudes, ranging from the best to the poorKnown ns a trier, which We appreciate fully," Mr. Whiter est, which of course iueuns quite u difference in consists of a metal said, that the increases received by prices. The mutter of grading is not as simple pits C feet long, with a pointsome employees In the lust five jears as It sounds. In fact, In the case of some grulns, ed end, In which are cut. at huve not been commensurate with tbs com especially, It Is quite an Intricate process. Intervals of five Inches along Each stnte In which the big terminal markets increases In the cost of living one side of the pipe, eight We appreciate also tliut there are are located, such as Chicago, Omaha, Mlnnenisills, holes about 4 inches by 1 other employees who are receiving and Kansas City, has an official Inspection departInches. A smooth wooden rates which cannot he considered at ment and every ear of grain of whatever kind pole fits snugly into the pipe all low In an absolute sense, yet which must he grnded by the experts In these departall the holes. closing In do not compare favorably In some lo- ments before It Is offered for sale on the exchanges the trier It Is shoved using as "cash" occugrain. calities with wages paid slmllur Into the grain, down to the Now cash grain might mean little or nothing bottom of the car, and the pations In outside Industries. to the outsider, but to the man In the trade It Is then TSf pole gradually with- RED TROOPS ATTACKING KIEV menns grain Intended for Immediate delivery. The hl"" 1 cash grain department of the Chicago Board of "lowing the grain varous parta of the car. By .rm for ti.H' Is Trade, a All Instance, to and active very oznmlnln.. Lsnins and Trotxky Appeal Important i'ra.r extruelc(l at the different open one, furnishing the basis of operation for the enth Russia to Resist Invasion. enabled lo de-tire market will This be' better understood and Coblenz. Authentic information IK)t tae 'I.01" grain in the car le of appreciated when It 1s stated that on- - the floor by the American command from of h b"' this Imprepcrll more loaded exchange than of bushels 400,000,000 conWarsaw shows thut the Poles ure are grain bought and sold each yeur. The scenes These snmples are carried to the offices centrating south of Kiev, in Podolla, pictured In the cash of the Pregrain department of the s a e grain Odessu. toward and are pointing insjiectlon Board the and of department Trnde are as grain Just as In those Interesting mier Leulne and Leon Trotxky, Rus- the therein Is Inspected and grnded h.v hut the graders, expert pits, this hears of general little public sian Bolshevik war minister, have branch of the Jhis work Is accomplished by the aid of Instruboard. called upon all Russia to rise against ments, principally for weighing and screening, and Stretching from one end of the great exchange In the case of corn for Poland. New Bolshevik forces are atmoisture condetermining to hull the other are lung rows of tables heaped tent. tacking Kiev, and the casualties are with Hiuull paper hags containing samples of grain. grain inspector must possess good eyesight. reported to be' fairly heuvy. Other and sellers are rushing to and fro trans- . a keen sense Buyers Bolshevik reinforcements are arriving of smell and a very acute sense of touch. Those qualities are of vital between the Dnelper and the Ihielster. acting their business and shouting their wants. It importance, Is n noisy, hustling crowd nnd the aisles lietween Between April 25 and May 10 the esjiedally In the Inspection and grading of wheat. the tables so are crowded that pussnge between The Inspectors are nil men of practical experience-IPoles took 30,000 prisoners und 150 the table Is difllrult. exclusive the grain business, who have passed rigid civil machine 500 and guns, guns service examinations under the supervision' of the Every mnn Is In n hurry. Hundreds of cars of the muterial found in depots. of grain must he disposed of within a couple of Illinois State Civil Service commission. These hours. Each car men of la h.v sold stand before lurge tables on which the samFactories of These grain Urged. sample. Closing for a few da j s samples are tuken from the enrs on track In Chiple hugs are placed. The Inspectors open the bags Boston. A nnd pour the grain Into pans especlaly made to of the Industry of the entire country cago by the state grutn Inspection department, and Interreceive und the contents of the bags. These pans are prtqverl.v to the then over graded tested, sent has been recommended to the On each with as Is the exchange. commission marked ends so that the provided Rumple commerce hag state the kind of grain contained therein, Its grade, he Into the weighing rullroad the may grain of easily solution freight poured only buckets nnd quickly returned to the hags after situation by the rullroad executives of name of the consignee and number of the ear. Sales are based on "future prices sometimes passing Inspection. the country. at a discount, sometimes at a premium, depending The scales used in weighing are of the balance the of the The grain Is poured from the testing pan und upon In quality Prices. market type. Increase upon grain Further Predicts conditions. a brass bucket attached to the scales. This ediinto Y. N. Herbert Myrick, Albany, bucket holds an even quart of grain w'hen It has This Is done for the mutual benefit of the protor of Farm and Home, predicts that been leveled off. The reading bar of the scales ut nnd ducer cash denier. a The 52 d grain pound, eggs producer Is butter will sell at has arbitrary figures showing what the grain will because tbe cash grain dealer can offer him 3 a dozen, potatoes at $15 a bushel weigh a measured bushel. The Inspectors must and flour at $40 a burrePnext wu.ter more nmnrj for his property by using the future" ascertain the weight of a measured bushel of each lie basis maximum If e could he than production ojveruted on a unless there is a lot of grain lnsjmcted by them and report the same Is This made basis. summer. reason of the possible by on the furms this In their records. dealers ublllty to "hedge" his purchase In the After the grain Is weighed It Is carefully exspeculative market. By "hedging" Is meant that Revolution In Salvador Fails. Salas soon as grain Is bought in the country a quanamined to determine Its grade, nnd the Inspector Washington. A revolution in marks on a card with a printed form the grade, vador lias been checked, according to tity equal to the amount purchased Is sold in the RevThe not lias number and kind of gralu with notations and conbuyer pit. provided to previously slate the advices department weights. This card ts enclosed In tbe bag with olutionists made an attuck on the tracted for Us sale. Thus the buyer Is protected In loss the In a u from heav.v event of Ned break w the grnlLnnd the clerical force makes a recorcL prices Honduran border, but ere rep Is en car number. Initial, kind of grain and grade, to while the route of tbe he nnd Aruuio. b.v grain Chicago, led Arturio The rebels were more to can to afford with the farmer and del'd work pny remarks, if any, the name of the for Inspectors candidate pres. labor recent on a sum llerni nrglnofp refit. 1 le eimliLnot hid receiving commission house, the number of samples ho was defeated. the fanner a flat price and expect to "hedge" his drawn from tbe car, and the Initials of the deputy Is for time the notified he his that by ins;ector who nominated the grade. These recCourt. purchase, Strike Enjoined by Is accepted tbe market may be a couple of bid suords are kept on file, and If a shipper at Hny time the of Pierce Boston Judge floor-tmfrom his d cents quoted figure. away requires an lnsiectlon certificate It is Issued upon preme court lias enjoined the ot The clerical department Issues two cerrequest. benefit the farmer the of a continIt also gives members of the Machinists lsdge on tificates every car inspected, which go to the deIf been he whereas. lias had active to wliUh market; uously No. 34S from the strike of the grain In Chicago, and he. In turn, Mnch.it-orreceiver demand from the uxn Shoe and United entirely the shippers pend In progress at - semis one to the shipHr and one to the buyer of -company at Revert for several rerun! manufacturers. he would encounter frethe grain. These certificates are issued on the The dull speculative buying takes periods. quent weeks. when the ensh day of Inspection for the convenience of the trade slack" times demand at tbe lags up in general. and provides more satisfactory trading conditions. Must Doff Army Uniforms. also Is wearshared tbe ITalf of the actual sample of grain inspected Is cash grain This advantage by The priv doge of Washington to In the offices of the Inspection department his In addition It retained of dealer hedging" protection. military ing army uniforms and use r from hours. In case the other half of twenty-fouthis be not the that offl to must future for war the Interpreted titles accorded during or relnspection Is called for, dominates is lost cash market the social completely Bample organand grain delivery charitable of clals a paper bag and sent to the In Is Is not case. such The the 17 for half and specuplaced by operations, izations, was withdrawn on May m tbe mission merchant watches whom the grain is action graln-eoof cash trade .continually. . lative . tbs. consigned. The commission man uses this for grain, and any lull In the demand or materially Inhis selll'ng sample on the exchange floor of the creased buying nf the spot," or cash, grain Is Bull Fighter Killed. the-pi" reflected iu Chicago Board of Trade. If more than'imp sample' Madrid. Toreador Joselito" Elgalh? quickly of a car is drawn, notation of the number of while and Illinois Tala vert de Tbe 'gralu inspection department, was killed at Flare taken 19 written "on the oufsTde'of the eveoff on sale bull of tbe the" fop "samples whlcfl fifth samples grain prepares dispatching his the hHyer that the grain Is not of tin reputation of be- bag ning's fighL- - He belonged to a famous f'bicflgw Hoard of Truths has in all parts of the car. The state In uniform Its of kind efficient quality most the country, bull fighting family, the father being lug the all rash grain Bold on the Board that In law It matter the of none provides while approaches capacity. a handerlllero. shall Trade of pass Inspection hy the Illinois It has frequently handled more than 30.000 cars ge fur-a And Firemen Injured In Blaze. State tiu record Jis. of jnpn single for Inaction Is 50 cents a carload. Grain cannot '"Oakland. Two firemen were" scr- 2,520 cars, of which 1.472 were work done ' Mon- be reinspected after it has been unloaded and its eorn The latter Is more difficult to grade than lonsly injured "When a fire early stores several destined It ns the moisture test identity lost. requires day partially fcnj. n(j,er grain, In the center of the city. Both men rf(.pntly established by the federal government, In addition to tbe tests given other grains, corn were hadly burned, and they may die offices of the grain Inspection department In Is put through tbe moisture-tester- . This method wus not universally employed until In recent years. according to hospital authorities. Chicago employ 25 deputy Inspectors, 30 grain H L. J. Muir, mayor of Bountiful and principal of the Davis County school, has been selected by Governor Bamberger as state superintendent o public Instruction, to succeed N. Child, who will resign that off,".,, June 80 to become superintendent llf the schools of Salt Lake. Flans for the twenty-seveic.ihi.u.it commencement of the Utah tnral college, at.Ixgan, wlibb m, i, Mm Robert HMQUITO U Chairman of Conference Committee of Railroad Managers Telle Labor Board Mounting Expense Justifies Granting Part Demands. UTAH AND UTAH1IS , appi-opri- ir i i j S e, rested in Los Angeles when h,- - i, case fell from a transfer inn I. ,i burst ojen, disgorging $400 wor'h it silverware. The first authenticated instaie a badger having been Infected v hydrojhob!a in Utah, so fur as -- - - A5: P ' session of Cyril A. Nick, who w.,. 4 A' -- J jjfl tj ' InMi "" t nS ' 1 -v- Approximately 1000 persons attended held in the Assembly hall at Salt Luke in beliulf of the Mif fering und destitute members of tlie L. I. S. ehurcli in the Swiss and mission. Automobile transportation for Rov Scouts making tbe caravan trip ,o Bryce and Little Zion eanjons this summer will be supplied through lie efforts of the Utah State Automobile association. Merchants of Ogden w ill be urgeo in decorate the fronts of their stores i h the national colors May 31, June am 2, when tlie annual convention of the American Legion of the state will he held there. Millard county drainage district An 2, embracing 22.000 acres, will have been completely drained this year it Is announced. Tlie land Is adapted m the cultivation of sugar beets, ulfulfa and grain. A community clinic will be established in Ogden in tbe near future, under the auspices of the Medical society, and a committee of physicians has been authorized to arrange the details. Tweuty-fiv- e mll.es of the Wendover highway, where It crosses tlie in ml flats on tbe eastern side of the Great Salt Lake desert, have beeu grnded and 111 be completed within ten days. L. Barra, 39 years of age, Is held by the police at Salt Lake on suspicion of having, with a fellow countryman, swindled Steve Petkovich out of $1900 by the "box trick on April 7. Ernest Fenny well, a switchman employed by the Oregon Short Line, was Instantly killed while coupling cars at Salt Lake, being caught between two cars and crushed. Charged with stealing a diamond ring valued at $250 while wmshing at an apurtment house In Ogden, Eddie Thorngreu, aged 22, is in Jail awaiting trial. Bids for the building ol twenty miles of road in eastern Utah, extending from Frlce to Castle Dale, will be received by tlie state highway commisi.e-mu- Gll,-H0- e lemit d . "" ""w ' shut-dow- n funnel-shape- d ben-etlte- flat-pric- , ! t y -- -- f-- I f t - v 7XKJYG and Its Importance was augmented by the standard system of grading corn authorized a few years ago by the federal government The amount of moisture contained In corn Is a matter of great concern to the man handling It and grain which In all other respects appears excellent has to be graded low when It Is filled with water. Corn containing much moisture does not keep ns well as when dry, as It is apt to heat, sour or mold.f Elevator people do not like to store it for this reason, and in warm weather It can be shipped only at considerable risk. The various Industries engaged In the manufacture of corn products also prefer dry corn for economical reasons. The weather at the time the corn is harvested Is a big factor In determining the amount of moisture it will contain, but corn absorbs moisture so readily that care muBt be used In handling It at all times. The moisture test Is not applied to other grains except by social request, as the percentage of moisture they contain is usually a negligible quantity. The apparatus used fos determining the amount of moisture In corn Is simple enough In its operation yet truly wonderful in Its achievement. Its principle Is to boll the water out of the corn and condense It. This is accomplished by placing the corn In a glass container, shaped like a bottle and containing a certain amount of oil. A thermometer, with rubber stopper attached. Is placed In tbe neck of the flask and the grain and oil hented to a temperature of 190 degrees centigrade. Steam from the grain condenses In passing through a cool tube to a graduate, and reading of this graduate completes the test. The Illinois Inspection department hah 10S of these moisture-testin- g apparatuses, and Is the largest one in operation unywhere. A dozen men are engaged In this work alone and each one has a certain tnsk to perform. Corn that shows only 14 per cent moisture Is graded No. 1. and If 23 per cent. No. 6. In determining the grade of the corn there are other things besides moisture to be taken into conThese are damaged kernels, foreign sideration. corn that Is hot, heat damaged, matter, sour," musty, Immature, Mistered or Infested with live weevil. "White corn must be at least 9S per cent white, and yellow corn" at least 95 per cent jellow. The grades of wheat are determined by tbe variety, winter or spring, hard or soft, nnd by soundness, plumpness, dryness, sweetness, weight, and also depending upon how clean It Is. Color likewise is an Important factor In grading wheat. Rules for grading oats, rye and barley are largely the same ns those applied to wheat Tbe w ork oftaking samples from the cars of grain on truck eoramences at seven oclock In tbe morning, and by noon the bulk of the samples have been graded and delivered to the various concerns on the Board of fTrnde. The capacity of Chicagos grain elevators is 58,000,000 bushels and these grain storage houses are a very lmport-- i ant factor In facilitating the handling, accumulating and conditioning of grain. fire-burn- I , .r I .gralii-ln.on- e -- wiu-dow- sion. The-char- ) Thail through the Ashley, Uintah and Wasatch forests is planned for this year to open up many scenic beauties now inaccessible. Knights of Fythlas from all parts of Utah were In Salt Lake the fore part of the week to attend the annual convention of that order. Realtors will use their efforts to have ilie Utalilegislature enact a stale license law for dealers in real estate at the next session. A fire of unknown origin broke out at the home of Eugene Titus at Iark Ulty, nnd the homeland its contents were destroyed. Miss Eleanor Harbeke, of Salt Lake, while serving as a. nurse In the C. S. navy, met death by drowning at Pen saeola, Fla. t, Cold What Impressed Him . le -- Courier-Journal- ., , I For the Next' Campaign I "Atlas held up the world." .WfclL, we J dont need quite such a powerful enn-didnte- ," declared Senator Spug, "hut we do want a man who can swing a few Courier-Journa- l. states.' Louisv hlc i , weather has greatly retarded the growth on the Alpine, Pleasant Grove And American Fork jeanges. Tooele county's total assessed valuation this year is $11,310,815, as compared with $11,141,149 last year. TKe assessed valuation of Salt Lake this year is $1 S3 ,264,100, a against $170,762,892 last year. Taxable property of Boxelder county Increased- - this year- almost - $2,009,000 more than last year. Information is being compiled at the g- j1;sforjan-- g office concerning missionaries of the L. D. S. church who have died while performing missionary' labors. Andrew Jenson, assistant church historian, has already received data concerning 210 such deaths. Goats figure in return of nsse,or this year for the first time. Hereto-- j fore the animals have been counted with tlie sheep. Three counties re-- i ported last week 3994 goats, with s- What was the most remarkab thing you ever . . . saw In Europe 7 . Weil. I saw dukes and,, counts who. werent broke, nnd didn't wear comic opera costume, either. Louisville s Louis Frovatarls, wanted in Astoria, Ore., on a charge of forgery, is in the county Jail In Salt Lake awaiting ex rndltion. He was arrested In Bing-am- . -- t: to-sho- ll 1 -- t-- - lie;, a benefit eoniert ' - stute hoard of known to the has caused John Olson of Vernon Tooele county, to undergo the Fa-- u nr preventive treatment in Salt Luh Weber countys assessed valuation this year, according to the report of the county assessor. Is $49,014 7o, which is about 15 per cent increuse over the tntul assessed valuation of $42,9X3,015 last year. 1 i , - total value of $21,640. Garfield county reported 66; Washington county and Wayne county 192& I k |