Show THE OGDEN STANDARDaEXAMINER SUNDAY MORNING' DECEMBER 30 1928 CHINESE FROWN Oil IE CHANGE Colony In San Francisco Would Celebrate Two New Year's Days (Special Correspondent of Tlie Standard Examiner) -- — The new nationalist government of Dec 29 China hastening modern progress haa abolished the ancient Chinese lunar New Year and substituted AND LING more than 3500- 000 in state and federal road funds and $500000 in national for- therefore the calendar New Tear as celebrated by western nations but the decree jao blithely passed at est road funds during the year the Nanking is going to have little ef- United States bureau of fect upon the joy and abandonment which come from the time honored roads District 12 sits like a board of control over the road situation fete period In San Francisco's pic- - of Utah and Idaho turesque Chinatown Its jurisdiction is divided into Grant avenue the narrow pag- three functions: oda-lined — Federal aid in hilly street which is Chinatown's show window in this with state highway departments in Its construction of roads on the fedport city is slanted-eye- d denizens are mostly eral aid system This consists of Kuo-min-ta- - steadily until southern nationalism triumphed in the former celestial kingdom JOYOUS CELBRATION One can never find criticism of what Nanking decrees In loyal San Francisco Chinatown but on the other hand anyone who knows the Chinese race knows too that ancient customs handed down from revered ancestors" are not overthrown all at once by a governmental decree And so it will be with Chinatown's joyous celebration of New Year which combines for the Chinese race something of our Fourth of July Christmas New Year's day and a few birthdays and weddings thrown in foi good measure The first day of the first month of 1929 according to the lunar calendar will be February 10 when with the permission of the police the youth of Chinatown will usher In the new year with the cracking Traand popping of firecrackers ditionally the firecrackers are supposed to drive away evil spirits actually they are about as significant as the crackers American boys iburn their fingers with each Fourth of July They are a part of The remains will the celebration be ankle deep when the orgy of fireworks Is over FEASTING AND SLEEPING The fete lasts along Grant avenue about a week during which much time is taken up in feasting and sleeping off the effects of too much food and during whtcfh period too tourists have a difficult time finding any celestial interested in selling Chinatown souvenirs or anything else Feasting is the big feature of the season and it revolves around the sacred It follows and is family circle mixed with rounds of visits to feI licitate friendS Economically and the Chinese are a superior race economically the New Year period is one of settling financial obligations inCredit is easy throughout the year spite of the idea of interest which the oriental has learned in the west but in the back of every Chinese head there is the knowledge that debts must be met and the slate wiped clean upon the eve of the new year ' Then free from worry and obligation the Chinese are ready for at least a week of celebration Opium smoking bens All this is accordance with ancient custom but! it does not mean that with the changes that have come in Chinatown— altering it from a weird city of strange night life opium smoking dens and mysterious underground passages into a brightly painted and attractive shopping center the oriental inhabitants have remained unchangTime and environment bring ed changes Grant avenue has about as cute flappers and sheiklsh sheiks and as can be found anywhere of of the love they lack none amusement or the quick use of apt expression encountered among the white youth of the country A sleek-hair- ed slender youth was arranging tapestries on a counter in-- a beautiful Chinese shop when he was asked when he was going to celebrate New Year's arrival American New vi celebrate he Year" replied brightly "play night then afterwards poker all old Chinese New Year — celebrate firecrackers and feasting NankingI say adopt western New Year so celebrate both" "Well" said another western 'educated youth referring to Nan?ld New king's abolition of the Year "that's just one of those I Chinese think will celebrate January 1 but you know how it is—pay debts old Chinese New Year and then everybody happy and celebrate again" COO 11 DG E H UNTING MONTPELIER Vt Dec 28 — (AP)— There's quite a bit of hunting in the Coolidge family Mr and Mrs Calvin are doing it off the Georgian coast And the Vermont state treasury is to pay Orlando and Richard Coolidge of Plymouth Vt S each for shooting a bob ratThey are relatives pf the president what-cha-may-eall- At a joint sitting of Judge James N Kimball and George S Barker cases were set for the January term of the second district court as follows: JUDGE BARKER'S DIVISION bgden city vs Mary Anderson Jahuary 9 State of Utah vs Vir gil Thomas January 10 State vs fiforge Raker January 15 N J Harris vs Wilson Cragun and oth-orFebruary 5 American Surety Co! of New York vs George Hel-nJanuary 18 H L Taylor vs Ezjra Waddoups January 23 HB EH ins vs C H Bitton and others Malan vs January 24 Florence B 30 Ogden Leroy E Malan January Point" Oil & Glass Co vs Joseph Ballif February 6 Orson A Braby s Joseph Beru and others January 8 P J Farrell and others vs Wells Marriott February 7 U S Sanitary Specialties Corp vs T G Blakeley and others February 8: Herman Kuchler and others vs Charles W Pope and others February 13 L H Swanner ys Utah-Idah- o Central Railroad company vs February 26 Ovid L Pope Co Utah Idaho Central Railroad February 19 Verna Peterson vs Jatnes Peterson February 14 Dora! Eddy vs Henry Eddy February 15: Alma M Anderon vs Ora A rjderson February 21: Frank Raleigh and others vs Union Pacific f si er -- f WMWm -it -- approving state plans and specifications and inspection of work after contract is let 2 — National forest roads which require making a survey letting of contracts supervision of construction and maintenance for a period of two years after which they are placed in the hands of the state 3— National park roads which involve the same operations as the national forest roads The only such road which has been constructed in this district is in Zion where $1500000 national park will be spent to complete SVa j Co sr to All Points North One Way 28 February Flfnders vs Frank Flinders i New Year s Excursion -- "r miles At the head of this district sits Burtls J Finch district engineer BEGAN IN NEW YORK Mr Finch was born in New York state attended district schools and was graduated from the Bingham-to- n N Y high school He taught in district schools for two years and then attended the Cartland normal school for three years Ho was graduated from Cornell university in 1907 with the degree of Civil engineer From 1907 to 1914 he worked wjth the New York state highway department serving as rodman levelman assistant engineer and first assistant engineer In 1914 he was made a senior highway engineer in the federal bureau of public roads and assigned to national parks with headquarters in Yosemite park From 1915 to 1917 he was detailed to forest service work with headquarters in Portland Ore In 1918 he was made district engineer over a section comprising California Nevada and Utah and In was located in San Francisco August 1919 the district was divided and he was moved to Ogden as district engineer with Jurisdiction over Utah and Idaho which make up the twelfth district Participation by federal aid in Utah is 74 per cent Mr Finch said and in Idaho is 60 per cent The difference lies In the fact that there is a greater amount of undeveloped public land In Utah Federal aid money is appropriated on the basis of population area and number of residents Idaho however has a preater proportion of national forest road money claiming $500000 against $170000 in Utah INQUIRIES ORDERED Federal road work was really started In 1893 Finch said when a special office of road inquiry was started by the secretary i of agriculture who appointed a special agent to make inquires Into road building in the United States determine the best method of constructing roads and prepare statement? on his findings to be distributed by the agricultural colleges and experiment stations exThis work was graudally of test panded by the building furnishroads the material beng ed by the communities in which the road was built and the machinery by manufacturing companies A bureau was also established Thousands to test road materials of samples are sent to it every year to be tested free of charge In 1906 the office of road Inquiry and the division of tests of the bureau of chemistry were consolidated under the office of public roads This office has gradually takes in 12 expanded until now it States each districts in the United under the head of a district engi: neer EARLY OPPOSITION The attitude against road building has changed to almost a complete reversal since the work was first started Finch remarked One experience which is rather as faced typical of the situation was expethe country throughout rienced in New York When the first bill io run a road through a county was introduced the farmers opposed it heart and soul They objected to giving a portion of land running through their farm for the city people to drive their fine horses and buggies across When the vote was cast it was found that the farmers opposed the bill so heavily that it was barely passed by the city vote When the second road bill was the city and passed the vote in even On the country was about third bill the farmers were the BE HONORED Auto Leads Way to Booming Business Judges Kimball And Bar Huntsville Camp Intends To Give Entertainment ker Schedule Cases For ' Term Monday January ng from southern China and are staunch supporters of the Nanking Dr Sun Yat Sen got his regime first support here and gold poured from this city's Chinese colony TRIAL DATES ! Twelfth District Headquarters In Ogden ates With Utah And Idaho Highway Departments And Directs Planning And Construction of Forest And National Park routes Chief Engineer Finch Is Native of New York State By CAUL G BENJAMIN SAN FRANCISCO COURT FIXES Large Funds Handled By Federal Road Office wheels and instead of waiting for the horse to come to It for ehoe-in- g it goes to the hofse The automobile has done him a good turn Dwindling of business caused Murray to put his anvil! forge tools Bhoes and a keg of nails on a Ford truck and go out after it Now he covers practically!: all of the farming area of eastern Connecticut and he often gets an emergency call to take a 15 or 20- mile jaunt Into the country to shoa a horse or fix a whiffletree Murray holds the contract for shoeing all the horses and oxen for the Connecticut Agricultural College and since he put his shop on wheels two years ago his business has grown so rapidly that h now has more than he can attend to Because Connecticut farm land is so hilly and stony the horse is being used in favor of the tractor — and that's to Murray's liking UNDER CAR TOP SMITHY MOVES PIONEERS TO ll Demand for jury anid fee 29— On HUNTSVILLE Dec Monday December 31 at 2 o'clock In the ward house the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers will give a program free to the public The pioneers will be the honored guests The program follows: Song by male quartet Earl Felt Henry Burrows Ernest McKay Wayne Grow prayer Mary Burrows song "Our Pioneers" Marjorie Ferrell reading Bessie McKay song How-a- d Shupe pioneer story Emma music Simeon Tracy Jensen reading Gay Wangsgard song little Cleo Burrows accompanied by Mrs Henry v Burrows song piano solo Vernon Wood Howard Shupe violin solo Verlin Braithwaite J Mrs Charles Felt will be the afcompanist Sunday evening there will be a special progrfam with George A Fuller as speaker Mrs James G McKay will rfead and a male quartet will sing -- ' - ' " i 4 "" 4 old-fashion- ed AIR ACES MEET PARIS Dec 29 — (AP) — Good Ernest fighters like each other Udet who shot down 70 allied planes and Rene Fonck who accounted for 90 German ones have handshakes exchanged cordial compliments and reminiscences id '' mr Am fit 2 'A f ' !' 'a: HIT BY AUTO FOR $50 WEST BOYLSTON Mass— After being run over by an auomobil here recently a pedestrian received from the motorist the munificent sum of $1150 in Compensation for his injuries This fare to his home 11 repre-sentedrtra- VP ':""""" 'uig DEPENDENT BRITAIN British isles civhe ilization's center are dependent on the rest of the world for most neOnly one food fish In James Murray of Manchester Conn thanks the auto for his booming cessities not Not more than 20 anvil imported his with here shown He's traveling blackcmithing business and oats concent of the wheat per and forge sumed is grown on the islands James Murray is going to make a By NI'A Service Artificial sun bathing parties MANCHESTER Conn— The profitable' living out tof his blackth smith during which guests bath in ar horse may fast be going the way shop ray lamps The reason is that his is no or- rays of ultra-violof the dinosaur but as long as there'll be a horse in this territory dinary blacksmith shop It's on becoming popular in England LONDON-T- et Mina Feb- ruary B J FINCH ones that carried it over and the city vote opposed The three bills were passed in a period spanning some five years to which was ample time to prove the farmers that good ' roads through their property are an asset to be sought after FALSE ECONOMY "One of the main things that a thriving' city must learn" Finch said 'is to foster the building ot good roads ''Paraphrasing what doea it profit a community to have beautiful scenery fine business establishments splendid residential sectors and fertile valleys if the roads leading in are of such condition that people will not travel them? "Saving of $10000 or $15000 by construction of a cheap road might look like economy 'at the time but it may develop later to mean of thousands of dollars f have been lost" that-hundred- must be made paid by January 1 Names for the jury for tlje January term are returnable January 8 JUDGE KIMBAIT'S DIVISION State vs James WRyan State vsj Aldon Smith State vs"Wi'lliani M Carney January 8 State vs Vernie Baughman State vs John L McGregor and State vs V L Inks January 9 Ogden City vs Frank Jones and others January 10: estate of Jane J Richards Sinhearing February 5 Joseph Pbul-son P vs Hans others and gleton 10 N J Harris vs V January RI Nish February 1 Moroni H Tljomas7 vs Albert W Phipps JanElizabeth G ITcywocd and uary otners vs Ogden Motor Car Co Haywood January 18 Elizabeth GMotor Car arid others vs Ogden 18 Cd (two action-'January JanMary Torsak vs Eli Bukavina vs Va 24 E Wright uajry Joseph nadium Metal Products Co Jamj nrv 30: Gordon Baxter vs Sterling Wholesale Co Februarv 13 Han nah Scott vs Stephen T Durrant et Februarv 5: Aurelia Kyan vs Cajrl C Basmussen February 7 s G O P MAY FIGHT NEW APPOINTMENTS TAXI DRIVER HURT IN AUTO MISHAP LAKE Dec 29 — E A taxicab driver is in a lican leaders are preparing to take critical condition in the county the case of Ruben T Dahlquist hospital as a result of an automo holdover county commissioner to bile accident on Highland drive South street the public and if necessary to the south of Forty-fift- h It appears the car Atwood was courts if the Democratic majority attempts to dictate appointments drving apparently nonnuuunu in the department headed by the swierved off tne roau approximate Republican commissioner it was ly 26 feet dived into a gulley crashed into and uprooted a tree learned today After January second the com- and was finally brought to a stand mission will be comprised of two still after coming in contact wnn Democrats arid one Republican another large tree Dec & g a w wm v m mo anuary r ) v SALT LAKE j pALT 29— Repub- imt wnm i nil i Return Limit January 2nd January 1st UNITY OF ESTATE PETITION FILED IN COURT BEET SUGAR STATES SEEKS SALT LAKE Dec 29— Chambers of commerce and farmers' organizations in all beet sugar producing states are urged immediate ly to join with Utah in a determined effort to give the domestic sugar industry adequate protection in letters addressed today by Eph-ralBergeson chosen chairman of a Utah sugar protection m tn the district court Saturday afternoon the Kirkendall-Uarlin- g Mortuary association by George Dairling petitioned that oletters of C J administration be issued-tBolstad in the estate of Kamemat-s- u Yamasaki deceased The petition relates that the decedent left anl estate of personal property of the value of about $2000 comprislife insuring a bank account and died in Ogance policy Yamasaki den on December 18 1928 that Salt Lake county is bearing approximately $376000 more than its rightful share of the state tax burden' Joseph H Preece county assessor has called a meeting at his office next Thursday of representatives of the various taxing units of the county at which time he will offer a plan for the reduction of the county's valuation by about ten i million 'dollars - WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR STOqKS IMMEDIATELY SALE STARTS TOMORROW 8:30 A M Suits and O'Coats Values to Suits and O'Coats Values to Suits and O'Coats Values to S4500 S5500 S7500 $2y -- 50 ! f37-5- 4750 0 — ' WOULD CUT TAX BURDEN OF COUNTY LICENSES ISSUED TO FOUR COUPLES SALT LAKE Dec 29— Feeling J Marriage licenses were issued by th Weber county clerk Saturday afternoon to William E Enget of St! Anthony Idaho and Emma E Relid of Ogden Nicholas Ascuena and Sarah Kendall of Ogden J H Fibster and Arietta Tuckett of Salt Late Henry W Manning of Clearfield and Marydn Beach of Salt Lake One Large Group Emery and Grayco One Large Group Emery Shirts Shirts Values to $400 Values to $1000 S165 3 for $450 $265 3 for S750 and Grays — 'M - JMM Large Group of Hats Values to $800 $365' Neckand and Collar Attached One Group of 6 Suits that formerly soia ror ipoouu ana ipwuu — N ow $1 950 5 MW' Some dealers who canr ot handle Castle Gate or Clear Creek Coal qn account of our protected selling arrangement will still take orders for this supreme coal but will senc the customers something else "just as good" tliey say There is no ''just as good coal" and to insure Your coal comfort trade with the nearest one of these recognized Castle Gate and Clear Creek dealers The Utah Idaho Central R R Company 'Pioneer Mkr News o f Extra Importance Wh For Round Trip On Sale December 30th and 31st and I Atkvood i r ' 1 Coal'£b--lti&b- - C© 19 Harrisville Road 236 21st Street Castl© ©at© Coal Co 2240 Wall Ave 1 1 in ? ff V it' 1 1 |