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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH MUCH DEPENDS ON 10 : EVENTS I IF NEW FARM RELIEF BILL IS PASSED BY CONGRESS PROBLEM WILL BE ENDED : News Notes It a Privilege to Live Utah tme4M Rock work has started the tunnel that is being driven by contractors on Bountiful city farm iu an effort to increase that citys water The contractors who for the Thi May Also Decide Whether Love supply. have cleared past two or three den Will Run Against away the overburden which covered Coolidge the rock strata have now penetrated the rock several feet. Faster progress is exptected now that the actual Washington Through two events it tunneling is under way. To date no will become apparent the coming week water has been encountered. The obwhether a farm relief bill is to pass in jective of the tunnel is placed at 500 this congress, and also probably wheth- feet. er there is to be opposition by Moab An ice jam in the Colorado Lowden of Illinois to President river threatens to tie up all boat Coolidge for the next Republican prestransportation on the Midwest-Utal- i idential nomination. Oil Refining wells for an indefinite perThe house committee on agriculiod unless efforts to break the gorge ture on Friday of last week voted to are sucessful. For the week the hold hearings on proposals for farm boat crew of the Moabpast comGarage relief. That was regular, hut very unpany, which operates a freight barge, usual indeed was their decision that have been fighting the ice iu vain. the hearings should last only four Salt Lake Programs for the twendays, terminating Tuesday. That action indicates a state of mind looking tieth annual convention of the Utah State Woolgrowers, at Salt Lake, to quick and determined action, alFrank 24, has been announced. though no one can fuirly object to the brevity of the hearings, because P. Ilagenbarth, president of the Nalast year the commijttee gave hearings tional Woolgrowers association, will-bthe principal speaker. II. W. Harlasting several weeks. More significant than this action of vey, Heber City, president, and James the committee on agriculture was the A. Hooper, Salt Lake, secretary, wdll deliver their annual reports the mornintroduction into the two houses ing of the first day. on. Thursday of a farm relief hill of a new kind and from a Malad The value of the eighteen new (source. The joint proposers of principal crops raised in Idaho in 1926, the new bill are, in tjie senate, Curtis is $87,627,000, based on December 1 of Kansas, who is the official Republifarm prices. This is 21.3 per cent less can leader, and in the house, a Demothan the 1925 value, but greater than crat, Crisp of Georgia, of whom it can that of 1924. Last years valuation of be said that no congressman has highthese crops was $111,298,000, and the er respect from both parties. 1924 crop was $78,228,000. Malad As an indication of the rapid Sixtsen Favor Pittman Bill expansion and growth of water power Washington, D. C. Majority and development in Idaho during the last minority reports on the Pittman bill, few years, tabulations prepared by the geological survey show that in 1922 authorizing the pnrehase by the treasury department of 14,500,000 ounces of there were in operation forty-fivAmerican silver at a dollar an ounce plants, having a total rated in full satisfaction of the ternis of the capacity of 224,400 horsepower. original Pittman act, were filed with Legislatures in several western the houso by members of the commitstates are likely to be called upon to tee on banking and currency. Two vote season upon antidairy substithis minority reports were filed in fact, one tute bills of one type or another. Since signed by Representative Luce, Massathe original dairy substitutes bill was chusetts: MacGregor, New York; introduced in Oregon and defeated, Beedy of Maine and Hooper of Michi- dairymen of states have sought many gan, opposing the hill in toto, while to have enacted of a simlegislation filed-Representative Black of Texas less radical nature. Last ilar, though separate report recommending that adsession an effort was made in Idaho to ditional purchases et the dollar price a tax ou dairy substitutes, legislate be reduced to 10,217.976 minces. The and butter substichiefly olemargarine filed by Chairman tutes made from majority report, oils, but it plant McFadden, represents the views of failed. sixteen members of the committee an! Myton C. G. Haskell of Milford, recommends passage of the bill in the form which it passed the senate last Beaver county, an alfalfa seed In that part of the state, is. session. As yet no arrangements have been made for getting a special rule to spending a few days in Myton and this part of the Uintah basin. He Is an inbring this bill before the house. dependent seed buyer and has been Perish in Montreal Fire procuring samples of alfalfa seed prer Seventy-Fivliminary to making purchases for himMontreal More than seventy-fivself and eastern seed companies. lives was the toll exacted by a fire Salt Lake During the month of De panic in the Laurier Palace movie theatre in the east end. Most of the cember the state treasurer, John Wal victims were little children who had ker, paid out on warrants issued by the state auditor the sum of made up the bulk of the Sunday matleaving a balance on hand ,in inee audience. Few were injured by the comparatively trivial fire, but, the strong boxes of the state of The" total receipts for the jams about tha caught in month, including the balance on hand exits, many were suffocated. So tighton December 1, was $4,547,241.41. ly wedged were the bodies that rescuCigaret stamps sold during the month tu were unable of firemen ing squads to $10,001.48. amounted A stairway giving gain entrance. from was floor the main clogegress Price Raising of purebred hogs on ged with small bodies. Efforts were a commercial scale is a new industry made to break the Jam by the in this section which promises to be of tying a rope to the key of of insetfmable value upon further dethe wedge and hauling away. Twenty velopment. The start for this new asmen were unable to stir the mass. pect to Carbon county agriculture is a shipment of 105 purebred Chester 55,000 Miles New Road This Year White hogs brought In within the past few days. two An increase of nearly Chicago nnd billion dollars in the valSalt Lake rTaxes amounting to $1. ue of rural lands alone is expected to 233.262.13 were received at the office accrue from construction of 55.000 of John Walker, state treasurer, miles of new highway systems to be The largest amount from Tuesday. begun this year, declared Charles M. any one county was from Salt Lake Upham, managing director of the county, which sent a check' for American Hoad Builders association Utah countys check was tho on tlic eve of the organizations next largest in size, amounting to annual convention which $202,428. The balance received came These 65,000 miles of from various counties, as follows: Duopens here. highways ranging from twenty, to chesne, $42,000; Emery, $44,295; Iron, more lhan 200 feet in width, will en$12,089.49; Morgan. $40,564.86; Piute7 hance the value of farm lauds alone $20,000, and Sevier, $35,000. more than $2,400,000,000, and in addition will, save the country millions Ogden Attendance at the eighth anof dollars by reducing congestion," nual Ogden livestock show represents said Mr. Upham. a wide territory. The opening day brought a sizeable delegation from Suit Lake. Pocatello sent its mayor French Senate Election Dull standard-bearer- . of the members of C. Ben Ross, as its official Paris will which open its Denver, the French Senate were elected with' stock show a week out gain or loss to the parties of the annual after the Ogden event closes. Is rep left or right. The elections passed unon Ogdens guest list. Many noticed, excepting as they marked the resented at the Junction City will exhibitors elimination of former President from active politics. He was ship to Denver after this show closes. defeated on the second ballot. Raul Layton Two addiltonal feet of snow the chamber of was added to the considerable quantity Peret, president-- of deputies, was elected to the senate, already on the mountains east of this and this will necessitate balloting in city during the snowstorm this week. the chamber for a new president. VicThe additional snow, it is declared, tor Boret, who was food minister in eliminates all possibilities of a water the Clemeneeau war cabinet, was elec- shortage next season unless an unpreted on the same list with M. Peret. cedentedly early spring occurs. . Refugees Pour Into Shanghai Ephraim A mass meeting was held in last Tuesday, the tabernacle Shanghai Vivid word pictures of with Mayor Armstrong in charge, for the possession and looting of the Brit- the purpose of discussing a suitable ish concessions in Hankow by inflamengine to augment the present light ed mobs are being drawn by refugees and power supply of Ephraim. A disarriving here from tha Interior city, cussion followed and a vote taken 5S5 miles up the Yangtze river. Tired showed a tie, for half of those present and worn l y the long trip, without wanted an engine nt a cost of $1500 money and only the clothes on their and the others wanted a new power backs, tho refugees continued to pour plant constructed. Another vote was into Shanghai, to be enfolded in the taken, and it was decided to have the sheltering care of organizations and city council take up tha matter and foreign families. More than 200 Britsee if there is enough water to supply ish citizens nnd Americans. a new plant; jf not, to install a Deisel Bountiful on Jan-ur- y By ELMO SCOTT WATSON RECENT biographer of Benjamin Franklin lias characterized him os "tin first civilized American because at an Aiwrirnn period eminent for narrowness, superstition i anil bleak beliefs he was mirthful, generous, open minded, learned, toland because lie erant, huinnr-lnviii"- , was the tirst American man of the arid in the sense that he was the llrst American worldman. Although this biographer does not odd to this lot of churacterist Ics the word versatile" It is Unit quality in this "tirst civilized American whicli strikes you most forcibly us you read the slory of Ids life. Friyiklin, as the first outstanding prlnte.r and newspaper publisher, lias come to he regarded ns a Rort of patron snlnt of the art preservative In this country, and .Junnnry 17, his birthday, is a day in the calendar of all printers nnd publishers. This year It is being observed nil over the country ns "Newspaper I'ay nnd the week of January 15 to 2 ns Thrift Week. because It was Franklin who, even long before Americans lieenme noted for their spendthrift ways, began to preach the gospel of the penny saved." However much printers nnd publishers may ' claim Franklin for their own. they must share him with other professions In whose activities this ninny-sideman took part, liesldes being a printer and publisher, Franklin-wa- s an Inventor, philosopher, scientist, writer of literature, diplomat, 'politician, military export ami business man. Taken as nil individual In any one of these roles, Franklin Is Interesting, for lie could not only do many r lhings,but he could do many thing well. him In all of them, and he becomes uot only t"lhe first civilized American" am the "most versatile American" but one of the really great men of all time. ' Franklins life story, as revealed in Ids autobiography. which Is rated as real "literature," is familiar In its general outlines to nearly all Americans. Itut nor all Americans know about the innumerable little human Interest" iurldeuts of Ills career which, taken together, make 1dm such a fascinating tigtire as he emerges from the sliudows of legend and tradition of two hundred years ugo ami becomes a living, breathing personality. Through his autobiography we learn of his early history how he Is apprenticed at the age of twelve to his brother James, a printer In Boston; liow he becomes a newspaper writer by slipping Ids anonymously-signecontributions under the door of Ids brother's prlntshop and enjoying with secret delight, the praise of his works; how, at the age of seventeen he becomes a publisher when bis brother falls, under the displeasure of the authorities and upon him devolves the duty of Issuing the New Euglaml Courant nnd how he makes tlmt newspaper such a lively and readable one, because Its young editor Is such a free thinker and foe of Intolerance, tlmt It Is constantly in 'trouble with the powers-that-W- . Then follows Benjamin's quarrel with his brother, his migration to Philadelphia, there, us the story-hoo- k tale goes, to walk down the street . with the huge roll of breud under Ids arm and to be laughed at by pretty Deborah Item! who Is later to become Ids wife. After various vicissitudes of fortune, including a wild goose chase to England, the young printer becomes foreman In the printing plant of one'Snnmel Keimer, who appears to have a shiftless sort of person. There Is a sad lack of new type In the shop and young Franklin nts It the tirst made In America. Next we tind him starting "on his own" by Issuing the Pennsylvania Gazette from the printing plant in which lie and Hugh Meredith are partners. As publisher of the Gazette we discover Franklin as Hie shrewd editor who knows bow to build reader interest in Ids paper (and the practice of writ circulation). He ortglnu. lug letters to the editor nnd engaging In disputes with himself iu order to get hisreuders to "write in to the paper" and then buy many copies of the paper in which their names were printed. P.ui these are only u few of the historical "firsts" it; journalism which enn he credited to Pen Franklin. When his competitor, Bradford, the public printer, does a sloppy Job of printing a legislative address, Ben reprints It carefully and fends a copy to each legislator. This subtle hit of advertising has the desired effect. Franklin's firm Is the llrst to take the legal printing away from a competitor, for the legislature transfers the work from Bradford to Franklin and Meredith. Tlun Franklin buys out his partner and becomes sole owner of the business. He is the tirst to put newspaper work 'on a business basis and not content with running a paper in Ids own city, he sets up publishers in other colonies under a purt-eif!i'arrangement, from all of width lie profits. At about tliis time, too, begins Franklins career e red-lett- d I Ik-c- i i v j- - ' p el $1,072,-702.5- 1, e e Con-jiide- d W'ater-whe- as a philosopher In ids Poor Richard's almanac (first issued In 1732) and lit 'his' formation of the Junto, a club at which Ben nnd his fellows discuss all manner of philosophical questions. Next be enters public life, gets himself elected clerk of the assembly und afterwards a member of It. So lie becomes the first publisher to dip Into politics. Science next attracts this many-sideIndividual, for It Is an eusy transfer of Interest from the abstract questions of human couduct, talked over at the Junto, to the concrete questions of natural phenomena. He is fascinated by the Leyden Jars. So he makes a kite of ft silk handkerchief, sends it up in a rainstorm and a charge of electricity travels down the twine to the key tied on It and a spark leaps off to his hand. He has not discovered' electricity, hut 'he has dramatized It and when he writes monographs on Ids experiments, Europe begins to take notice of this American colonial. A distil e for the open fireplace which bakes Ids face and allows Ids hack to freeze leads to Hie Invention of the Franklin stove which has been called "one of the first contrivances to banish barbarism from the Amerlcnu home nnd give It a civilizing comfort marveled at by the world." At the age of forty-two- , Franklin sells Ids printing business and resolves to devote hints if to science and Invention. But he decides as suddenly to return to politics and becomes postmaster general of the colonies. Here, it seems, lie overlooks a chance to liecome the originator of a convenience, for lie neglected the opportunity to invent the postage stamp. In those days the rei'eiver. not the sender, paid Hie postage upon receipt of the letter. In 1754 Franklin is urging the formation-o- f an American congress to consider meiins of protection against the French and Indians, using the device of the snake cut into 13 pieces, representing the Thirteen Colonies, and the celebrated motto of Join or Die." When the congress does convene at Albany, Franklin lays before it his jdan for the union of the colonies. Even though It is turned down, the germ of the Idea of unity in purpose, so necessary for the Revolutionary struggle which Is to follow, has been planted In the minds of Americans. When Bmddock sets forth upon Ids unhappy expedition It Is Franklin who raises the army of wagoner. necessary to haul Braddoek's supplies and Franklin and young George Washington-ar- e the only two men in the colonies for whom the haughty general lias much respect,, even though he floes disregard thCadvioe of both about the dangers of falling into an nubuscade. It is during lids war that Franklin has his tirst and only taste of military life. He becomes General Franklin tinl lends an expedition against the Indians. But after tw months of tilts life he retires from U and returns to riiiiadelplda. He needs no military laurels to add to his fame for lie soon embarks upon Ids career as a diplomat which brings him his greatest renown? lie goes to England and appears at a heaving before the house of commons on the stamp d much-dispute- tax act and there wins his first diplomatic victories. For ten years he works for the interests of the colonies In the mother.conn try .and then returns to America on the eve of the Revolution. He Is among the signers of the Declaration of Independence anil helps found the new republic. Then arises the necessity for some one to go to France to secure aid for t he rebellious colonies. Is delegated to go. Franklin, now past seventy-one- . lie lands in France, wearing t he quaint fur cap which lie clapped on his head whenever lie had to gratify public curiosity In France and show himself a real American pioneer." In thus dramatizing himself he catches the public famy (the women of the gay French court begin dressing their linlr, a la, Franklin, l.n imitation of the fur (op) and wins sympathy (am! the necessary aid) for Ills countrys cause. As one writer bus put it. one of the really great figures of the Revolution Is our grandfather Franklii , who trotted through a perfectly cold and selfishly contemptuous French .court, aged, alert, cheerful to the end" and made himself the American, even to this day. In France. In fact, over in the Iaris of today an(on December (S, 102t). the iu Fram observed of arrival e, Franklins niversary n at the annual dinner of the t of Press Association of Paris, was a three nations, honoring the first ud most famous American newspaper mini and Paris correspondent" Benjamin Franklin. When the Revolutionary struggle ends .'runktin is still In France and has a hand iri the preliminary negotiations for signing the peace treaty. Then, after eight years in France, he begins to long for home. So Thomas Jefferson is sent to relieve him.' When Jefferson Is presented to Count de Vergetmes. the French foreign minister, the Frenchman asks, Is It you, monsieur, who replaces Dr. Franklin ?" "I am only Ids successor, No one can replace hlnx" sir, replies Jefferson. Franklin still awaits upon his return Work hest-loTc- d Anglo-America- Invp-feas- home, lie participates In the constitutional con- vention In Philadelphia and much of Ids wisdom is written Into our Constitution.' He is elected governor of Pennsylvaidn for the third time. Then he retires fim.lly from public life. On April 17, "the most versatile American" dies In Ills sleep. Scientist, diplomat, philosopher, world the end approached Ids thoughts turned to his first love the printing art. So this ww the epitaph which he wrote for himself: The body of B. Franklin Printer Like the cover of an old book Its contents torn out And stript of its lettering and gilding Lies here food for worms. But the work shall not be wholly lost For it will, as he believed, appear once more in a new and mere perfect edition Corrected and amended By tha author. fear-stricke- n woods-metho- d one-hal- f $836,-S84.7- twen-ty-fort- One-thir- h d Mil-leran- - |