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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH News Notesin It a 250 ON BLUFF RESCUE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUHOURS PROBLEMATICAL DUE TO CURRENT a Privilege to Live Utah R Fountain Green Jericho wool pool, shearing approximately 94,004 head of sheep, owned by Fountain Green and Mount Pleasant woolgrowers, shearing at Jericho, Is still unsold and present indications point to shipment for storage at Boston awaiting more favorable market conditions. It is esti0 mated this poll produces around from of the wool, pounds shearing finest and smoothest type of Rambou-Illsheep, producing an even grade of fine staple wool. The selling committee of 1927 is composed of James L. Nielson as chairman, Ab Livingston ind N. M. Nielson, who hate authority to handle on the market as price will Justify and If considered favorable. Salt Lake Reduced cattle supplies turougbout the United States are indicated by the April 1 survey of the department of agriculture. Only about 92 per cent as many cattle were on feed for market In the eleven corn belt states April 1 as on the same date last year, It is reported by George A. Scott, regional livestock statistician. Decreased feeding was apparent in all states but one, Indiana. Brigham City The new industries coinmittee-othe Boxeld.er Commercial club and chamber of commerce, composed of James E. Halverson, John C. Knudseon and E. M. Tyson, recently completed a dairy cow census of county east from Pormontory, incidental to the establishment of tha proposed milk condensory In this sec- Victims Without Food, Water or 6hel ter; Citizens Are Leaving The Town 900,-00- Memphis, Tenn. Flood fighters held their own against the flooded Mississippi, but the White river smashed the bander which protected McCelland. Ark., and a hundred thousand or more fertile acres in Woodruff county. Arkansas. Battering its way through the earthen embankment, the racing White river flood had marooned 250 persons on Peach Orchard Bluff, two miles from McCelland, without food, water or shelter. Their rescue during the next twenty-fou- r hours was problematical because of the swift current which precluded reaching the bluff by boat. Later the flood waa sweeping inland, backed by a current estimated at from fifteen to thirty miles an hour. to the Distress signals nearest dry Bpot over a 6tretch of water told of the plight of the murrooned band and appealed for rescue. Meanwhile reports from along the brought waterway the Mississippi optimistic statements from the office of the United States engineers here, but with the heaviest pressure still to tion. come and weather bureau warnings to Heber Special attention will be prepare for approximately the highest , sf. to Jie control of white top, burstages of record along the central and paid Canada thistle and morning dock, of lower reaches the stream. glory In a weed eradication campaign in Wasatch county this year, accordTokle Cabinet Resigns Office ing t Lyman H. Rich, county agriTokio The cabinet headed by cultural agent. A weed program for Wakatsuki as premier, resigned. the year was outlined recently at a This action was taken as a result of of Bennion, state commeeting the privy councils rejection of the missioner Harden of agriculture; Dr. F. E. governments decision to give substan- Stephens, state ariculturale Inspector, tial aid to the Bank of Formosa. The and W. W. Owens, county agent leader, of is cabinet the expected with the Wasatch resignation county commissionto precipitate a financial criss, al- ers. Sentiment favors a thorough of of drectors Bank the the though campaign to check and control the Japan have decided, on their own re- noxious weeds that have been absorbsponsibility, to offer some emergency ing a portion of the returns from agaid in an effort to prevent the Bank of riculture in this county, explains Mr. Formosa from closing. The privy Rich. council disapproved the governments proposal imperial ordinance to aid the Provo Utah has more wool pools Bank of Formosa, because the concil-or- s than any other state in the intermounbelieved the measure unconstitutain region, says the annual wool retional. The emperor has ordered Pre- view of the National Association of mier Wakatsuki to continue in office Wool Manufacturers. Among those until his successor is appointed. After mentioned In the bulletin are the Man-- ti long conference represetattves of the range, Manti farm, the Mt. Pleasant. leading hanks agreed to provide tem- Ephraim, Parowan, Logan, Huntsville, porary assistance to the embarrased Coalville, Wayne county, and the Jerbank. Concrete, proposals, however, icho, the latter supplying tha largest have not yet been formulated. An- volume of any pool in the country. nouncement was made that the Bank of Formosa, otherwise known as the Ogden Prices on cattle heia up well Bank of Taiwan, will suspend business latt week, according to the weekly refor three weeks except headquarters view of the Ogden livestock market by F. R. Sawyer, government livestock reoffice and branches in Formosa. porter. Beef steer prices were firm, with she stock running about 15 cents Troops Fight on Slopes of Volcano Mexico City Fighting on the slopes higher than for the week previous. way through the Indians who . were- - swarming There is a good demand for quality around the place. Barefooted and bareheaded, he of the active volcano of Colima, someset out In the night for Mount Vernon and arrived times amid sulphurous fumes blown stock, but the usual scarcity is reducthere sufely after visiting several cabins en route down from the crater above them, fed- ing the marketed volume of ttos class. and warning tlielr Inhabitants of their danger. eral troops have gained an important Receipts for the week total 1970 head, When he returned to Mansfield It was with a suf- victory over the revolutionists, the war against 2jf8 arriving the week preficient force to overawe the Indians and prevent department announced. The federals vious and 2579 during the same period the attack. dislodged the revolutionists from dif- a year ago. Johnny Appleseed ended his days on the sol! of ferent stongholds on the volcano sides, Myton Active operations nave startIndiana, He died at the home of a friend In Fort where they were so strongly entrenched at the Antelope shearing corral, ed among sharp precipices that the Wayne In 1847, and was burled In what Is known about eight miles southwest of Myton. as fhe Archer cemetery near that city. For many positions heretofore had been considEach days clip of wool is trucked to ered impregnable. Only about half a years his grave was neglected, and Johnny Apple-see- dozen either to be stored or shipped. rebel dead were found, but it Is Price, himself, was almost forgotten. However, u The corral Is operated by the Antelope few years ago the Indiana and Ohio Horticultural declared that many others were killed Shearing Corral association, composed societies decided that something should be done One of the leaders was killed and sev- of sheepmen who use the to- recognize Ms services to mankind. As a result eral were captured. The federals had country for their winter range. About of their Investigations Ms grave was located and five killed and six wounded. 50.000 sheep will be handled at the AnA monument an Iron fence built around the telope plant during the six weeks run Hours this year. to his memory was also erected Id one of the Airplane In Air Over Fifty-OnNew York Two American aviators principal parks of Fort Wayne. Ohio hIso has paid Vernal Snowfall in the Uintah him tribute In a monument which was erected at who wouldnt give up the stick" until Mansfield by the Ohio Horticultural society, and it was dead and the gaB tank dry rode mountains, are recorded at the local the organization of the John Chapman Memorial down every world's record for continu- forest office, is far in excess of last year, acording to Supervisor A. G. Association of Ohio, devoted to marking places ous flying when they passed, as partNord of the Ashley National Forest mile thirty-sifirst hour way posts, as where Johnnys apple seeds served the basis for Service. Practically all of the snow Is American record, then the honIllinois renters. farm has also establishing French duration record, and final- - well packed and has a heavy water ored him. Last year the Johnny Appleseed Sesqulr own scheduled Blunt content telr centennial committee, composed' of representatives In The the air. fliers different organizations, set out an from thirty-siSalt Lake Officials of the city and ncehnrd of one hundred and fifty apple trees In were Civilian Aviator Bert Acoeta, county, together with the board of govwho abandoned automobile racing for Thatcher woods In the Cook county forest preercn more daring feats, and Clarence ernors and the highways, civic imwhich exerat time near Chicago, serve, spoclnl and advertising committees Duncan Chamberlain. They used a provement cises In honor of Johnny Appleseed were held. of the chamber of commerce, will hold colored lemon and silver One of the tree planters was Mrs. Ada Chapman light, trim, a luncheon at noon Monday at the built by Giuseppe M. Atchison of St. Louis, a descendant of Johnny monoplane chamber of commerce for the purpose Mrs. Florence of discussing the condition of the WasAppleseed, and another wn Ketchum Colbert of Chicago, a descendant of atch boulevard which encircles the Earthquake Shakes Alaskan Town Elder William Brewster of Mayflower fame, who north and eastern part of the city. At Cordova, Alaksa The U. S. naval the conclusion of the luncheon, those ,1a snld to have planted the first apple tree In New radio a Kodiak station at reported will make a motor tour- of England and from one of whose trees Johnny severe attending of thirty Beoonds of the highway. Appleseed Is said to have obtulned his first seeds. durationearthquake at 8:50 Sunday morning. Pa- inspection Is dead these many years, but Johnny Appleseed cific Const time. The report, which j Ogden The route to Fish lake from truly his soul goes marching on." Ills memory was received by naval headquarters Salina will be shortened thirty miles Is unconsciously recalled each year when school made not mention of possible by the construction of a sixteen-milchildren do for future generations what .Tohnny here, It was considered nnllko- - dirt road between Gooseberry and 1 it did for them plant' trees on Arbor div here . that ly any cop Verahle damage Fish lake, it is shown by forest servJohnny Appleseed has n modern counterpart j had been done, as v st of the build- - ice officials who gave evidence to 8. i Charles in the person of Lnthrop Pack, ipresident i Ings In Kodiak are ot solid construc- - M. of the house of Jorgenson, speaker of the American Tree association, who for many (ton, and have withstood of many the last legislature heavy representatives down the and been land preach- tremblors. going up years has and J. M. V. Crandall. Day and night ing the gospel of Plant Trees! he has hammered away on the need of a national Provo It is evident, says Dr. WilRail Employees Support Federation forest policy. He hns called on timber lend ownliam Stuart, potato specialist with the ers and foresters "everywhere to get together on a Washington Full support of the department of agriculture, that the fire protection policy as the first step and to American Federation of Labor will be general run of farmers who grow poreplace onr vanishing forests by planting more extended to the tatoes in the United States do not AssociAmalgamated trees, more trees, more trees. Mr. Pack's pioneer ation of Street and Electric Railway make efficient use of the available work has resulted In the observanee of American knowledge on Increasing per acre proForest week each year. The seventh annual Employees in Its fight agalnqt court In- duction. Last fail a firm of California observance of this week has been proclaimed junctions from Joining trade unions, potato growers harvested an average of 1000 bushels from nine acres. The by President CooiUlge for April 24 to SO. and all William Green, the federations presiAmericans are called upon by their President to dent said. He favors the appeal to rest of the couutry harvested approxiJoin In celebrating It by recognizing the need for the supreme court of the circuit court mately 113 bushels to the acre. Farm, us to take the steps now which guarantee for ruling that the association vlloated an ers of Great Britain have been profuture generation the perpetuation of our forests Injunction by persuading employees of ducing an average of 200 bushels per a street car company of Indiaaapoils acre for a number of years, cites Dr. So far ns we do llmt we can all he Johnny Applt to Join a trade union. seeds and leave posterity in debt to us. Stuart. et water-encircle- d wig-wagge- d two-mil- e f Box-tld- V'amfjtrrjtePz&s&D joj7jyrAPPzrt'LXD,j 6&ai& pUtwaypmd. r, BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON F EVER America adopts a patron saint for Arbor duy, which Is being observed In nwiny states this month '""(the date Is set by governors proclamation In each state and therefore varies), that saint undoubtedly will be the picturesque figure who went up and down the lund In the early part of the Nineteenth century as a Plant personification of the spirit of Arbor day trees Johnathan Chapman was his name, but the early settlers knew him as Johnny or Appleseed Johnny." For Chapman, the first exponent of Arbor day, made It his life work to plant apple trees, and tlwe settlers who came Into new territory and were welcomed there by the sight of apple trees laden with fragrant blossoms were given to exclaiming, "Johnny Apple-see- Hel-Jlr- 1 Apple-seed,- " d has been here before us Johnny Appleseed wns not only one of the most picturesque figures In the history of the American frontier, but he wns also something of a man of mystery. Around his name there has gathered such a ma.e of myth and legend that It Is difficult to determine Just how much of the Information about him Is fact and how much Is fiction. There Is one romantic story which professes to give the reason for his devoting his life to planting apple trees. According to this story. Chapman as a young man on the Ohio frontier was engaged to marry a beautiful young girl who lived with her father In a cubln In the clearing" in the Ohio wilderness. Once during Chapman's absence the girl fell ill. The only hope for her recovery lay In the Juices of fresh fruits, but in all the forest which surrounded her fathers cabin there were no fruit trees. So the girl died. When Chapman returned to find his sweetheart dead ho wns and enraged against the cruelty of. the wilderness which hnd withheld the only tiling that would have saved her life. In the bitterness of his sorrow he plunged Into the wilder-nesresolved to plant apple trees so that no one should ever luck for the fruit that had meant so touch to his happiness. Now, this Is a very pretty little atory. but unfortunately there la little foundation of fact for It. The known facts about Chapmans life are these: lie wns Wn In Springfield, Mass., 1775. In 1794 he established a farm at Pittsburg Landing, Pa., and planted an apple orchard. To emigrants on their w ay west, who stopped at Pittsburg Landing. Chapman became a familiar figure. He would present each family with a package of apple seeds and urge them to plant the aeeds ns soon ns they hud found their new homes In the west. As there were not enough seeds on his place to supply all the pioneers, Johnny went from farm to farm to buy more. Ills farmer friends regarded Mm as somewhat "queer, but the emigrants were glad enough to receive his offerings. In 1799 Johnny appeared as a wanderer in the valley of the Potomne. In the summer of 1S00 he was again in western Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1800 a woman living on the banks of the Ohio river near what Is now the city of Steubenville saw a craft floating down the river. It was made of two ennoea lashed together and heavily laden with bags. On lop of them sat a man, clad In ragged clothes and wearing a brood brimmed hat. John Appleseed wns setting forth upon his great adventure! For the bags contalued apple seeds which ke hnd gathered from the cider presses of Pennsylvania. and he was starting out aa the advance guard of the wave of pioneer settlement which was then Just beginning to pour Into the fertile valleys ef Ohio. Johnny's Idea was to plant bis nppta teed so that the trees would be growing there . when the settlers arrived. The chronology of Johnnys life from this point n Is somewhat uncertain. It Is known that he established a nursery at Marietta, Ohio, and that he used this place as the base for his operations, lie wandered front place to place In Ohio, planting Ms seeds and raring for the trees already growing. Ills travels carried hint Into Indiana, and even to Illinois, where, on a road lending Into St. Louis, there still stands an orchard which he planted. Frequently he revisited the elder mills of Pennsylvania and Ohio to get more seeds which he would wash free of pulp, sort and sew Into deerskin hags. These hags he presented to emigrants as they continued to pour Into, the farther regions f i he rich Mississippi valley and some of these tiny hags are still the treasured possessions of descendants of the pioneers who profited by Johnny' bounty. Occasionally word drifted back to Marietta that the trees which he had planted were set doing well, or thnt the settlers, busy with putting In their food crop, were neglecting to plant the apple seeds which Johnny bad given them, so 1 grief-stricke- he would set out again on his career of Horticultural Evangelist. Johnny started four nurseries In Ohio. They were situated near the present cities of Mansfield, n s crazy-lookin- wild-lookin- g g Ashland, to have Salem and Delaware. He Is said established more than a hundred subnurseries In various pnrts of the Ohio valley and there Is no way of telling how many thousands of fruit trees he started during the course of his forty years of wandering. As Ohio began to settle up he spent more and more of his tlmo further west In Indiana and Illinois, and It Is more thnn likely that he crossed the Mississippi Into Missouri and that some of the orchards in that state owe their origin to this queer genius. With nothing more than an ax, a hatchet and a hoe he would seek out a protected spot among the trees near a stream and there dig up the soil until It was thoroughly pulverized. Then lie would plant thousands of apple, peach and pear ( seeds and build a brush fence around the Infant nursery to keep away deer and other grazing animals. When the settlers arrived they had only to dig up the apple seedlings and replant them, when they bad established their homes, to start an orchard Johnny planted other things besides apple trees In the wilderness. Sninll fruits such as grapes and berries ho scattered through the forests. - Planting trees wns not the only activity In the Odyssey of Johnny Appleseed. lie was always a welcome visitor In the log cabins of the settlers for he always carried a Bible and some books from which he would read and preach to thetn aa they sat before their blaztng fireplaces In the eve-- , nlng. Johnnie practiced his teachings of humility and kindliness. He never killed anything for food. He carried a kit of cooking utensils. Including a mush pan, which he sometimes wore as a hat. black hat, but Usually he wore a this wns about the only article of clothing In which he bowed to convention. He was clad in a rnggeo shirt which, loosened about his waist, served also as a traveling bag In which he carried various articles. He usually wore two or three pairs of trousers, one over the ether, so that the .holes wouldnt show, and bis cloak was a common gunny sack with holes cut for the head and sleeves. Most of the time he went barefoot In winter as well as in summer. No wonder the white men called him "queer I" But the Indians said He has been touched by the Great Spirit, and he was as welcome In tlielr lodges as In the cabins of the whites. This fact made Johnny Appleseed an especially important figure in the early history of the Ohio valley. lie frequently gave the settlers warning of Indian raids and In this manner doubtless saved hundreds of lives. During the War of 1S12 when the British and Indians were overrunning Ohio Johnny repeatedly warned the Americans of approaching danger. At one time the Indians killed a man In Richland county and the residents of Mansfield fled to the block house In the town public square. The danger of a general massacre seemed Imminent and It wns imperative that some one go to Mount Vernon, several miles away, and summon the troops which were stationed there. Johuny Appleseed volunteered to make his broad-brimme- , er d o d, .Nine-Mil- st. e e te x . forty-five-ho- - fifty-hou- x record-breakin- g e " |