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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRU3M, UTAH when confronted by the apparent lack of Imagination used to name American communities. There are even two Chicagos, six Philadelphlas, seven and 14 Denvers. Similarity In names also causes the postal department considerable trouble. Indistinct penmanship might Eleasily confuse Eldoro, Iowa, with alone Iowa. In Pennsylvania dorado, there are 13 communities whose names Greene, Unconsciously Troy, Salem, Madison, Marlon, Man- begin with the prefix Green: Mo., Peculiar, chester and Clayton, 27; Glenwood, Greenbriar, Greenburr, Greeneastle, Christened by Peeved Post-offiKingston and Newport, 20 ; Ashland, Green Land, Greenoch, Greenpark, Centerville and Cleveland, 25 ; Auburn, Greenboro, Greensburg, Greenstone, Official. Department Dover, Hillsboro, Lincoln, Monroe, Greenstown, Greenville and Green-walOxford, Princeton, Springfield, WarWashington. There, Is a very pe- ren, and There is a partiality for Bloom as a Union, 24; Greenville and 1 nam-culiar story connected with the in New York state, as, for exWilson, Buffalo, prefix 23; Belmont, Canton, ing of Peculiar, Mo. which Is also Bloomlngdale, Bloomburg, Dayton, Eureka, Liberty, Milford and ample, a peculiar name for a town. and LebaBloomington and Grove, Blooming The federal government does not Plymouth, 22; Burlington Bloomville. Jamesnon, 21; Portland, Lexington, name towns and hamlets when they Hudson and Danville, 20. Foreign cities have contributed are born or feel the urge for a cog- town, names freely in this country; their Bane of Postoffice Clerks. nomen, but the Post Office department There are 18 towns known as Paris does regulate them to the extent of Duplicated names are the bane of and a like number of Genevas, 17 Berprohibiting duplicating of names with- the postal clerk, and the Yankee repu- lins, despite the war, 12 Moscows, 11 d in the same state. So when a tation for originality rises staggering Ylennas, six Pekins and two Brussels. In Missouri sugcommunity gested a certain name for its post office, the department informed the inhabitants there was already one by that name in their state. Several other names were chosen by the residents and submitted, but always with the same result. Finally an exasperated official of the department, in refusing the latest choice, e. . wrote the city fathers among other things that it was mighty peculiar Expedition Establishes ' they could not find a good name for Asiatic their town. Crow Awakens Friend of Land Connection Existence Whereupon he received the followin Time for Work 5 Discovers Fossil Field. ing reply: Acting on your suggesHebe Patton, a street car mo- - t t tion, we select the name Peculiar. torman of Dover, 0., doesnt And so Peculiar is on the map of toWashington. In a report just reday. ceived from Peking, Roy Chapman i need an alarm clock. He has a t Rule In Naming New Towns. pet crow which calls him every J Andrews, leader of the Third Asiatic There is only one rule in the nam- expedition of the American Museum t morning at 5 oclock by cawing ing of new towns, and that is that of Natural History of New York, de- f at his bedroom window. Patton cared for the crow after it fell there shall be but one of the same clares the existence of a land connecname in a state. But that does not tion between Asia and North America from its nest three months ago. prohibit other states from boasting has unquestionably been established towns of the same name. For instance, and hundreds of years of work will there are 45 names used mire than 20 be required to exhaust the huge detimes each to designate towns and posits in one of the worlds greatest this region, but we have removed two cities. fossil fields. partially complete skeletons and parts of several others. This Includes herbiBeyond Their Hopes. Benjamin Franklin is remembered vorous dinosaurs, 30 feet long, of the as an inspiration more than any other Mr. Andrews letter says: The first month of the expeditions iguanodon type and smaller carnivorperson, and Franklin as a town name takes the prize, occurring 31 times in wrork is far beyond our hopes. Where ous species. These bones are at least 81 states. we expected only fragments we have 5,000,000 years old, but beautifully The others In point of popularity discovered afl immense deposit of preserved. run: Clinton. 30 times; Chester and large and small dinosaur bones. It They probably are related to Euroto exhaust months 28 29 of each will ; many ; require pean types, and with our former work Arlington, Washington, indicate that Central Asia is the ancestral home of the dinosaurs which migrated to Europe and America. We have discovered a skull of a rhinoceros like the beast giant known as the tltanothere which, although It has been burled for 3,000,-00years, Is almost as perfect as though the animal had died a week ago. The titanotheres were previously only known In America. Deposits Full of Interest. We have found also remains of a carnivore, as well as giant many teeth and jaws of an ancestral tapir-lik- e animal. We could spend easily a years time In these great deposits, but will give them only enough time to get a few of the choicest things. The expeditions belief that Mongolia is one of the worlds greatest fossil fields is thoroughly confirmed. Itwill require a hundred years of wrork by many expeditions to exhaust these huge deposits. Our original theory of a Central Aslan center of dispersal of the mammalian life of Europe and America is receiving more proof every day. The existence of a land connection between Asia and North America has unquestionably been established. The expedition will proceed westward Into the Central Gobi desert. We expect to investigate areas which we located last summer and to explore new regions south of the Altai mountains toward Chinese Turkestan and far to the west" Motor to Church in Comfort De-troi- ts jjt, ce fMwibe 13? SUPERIOR d. 5-Pa- Sedan ss. 860 f. o. b. Flint, Mich. The Chevrolet Sedan is most popular for family use, because it affords comfort, weather protec- tion and the home atmosphere all the year round for five people yet may be economically operated with only one or two passengers. . Its power, reliability and low upkeep appeal to men. Women like its handsome lines, fine upholstery, plate glass windows with Temstedt regulators, and fine finish. Everybody appreciates its great value at $860, f. o. b. Flint, Mich. newly-forme- Asia Once Joined - Houses Many Denominations 0 dog-lik- e Small and Great. This community church ot Jackson Height, (Jueeus, Long island, the first church In the United States to unite under one minister and one roof 21 deIt Is a small thing to die, but a great thing to be depraved. Horace. nominations, was dedicated by Bishop Luther B. Wilson. CHARGE GERMANS BRING DOWN FRENCH AIRPLANES S- - Since January 1 Germany has reLost In Ruhr gained the liberty of the air, so far Starts Strange Theory. as civil aviation Is concerned, under the Versailles treaty, but they are un- Many Recently Paris. A startling theory has been propounded to account for the number of airplanes belonging to the service which have fallen in German territory. It is believed by many officers of the French alf service in the Rhineland and the Ruhr that the Germans have discovered a means of stopping the action of the magneto of airplanes In flight. The Germans are credited with first having found a way In Berlin to stop automobiles within a specified area and the French believe they have applied the method to airplanes. The pilots and passengers forced to land are allowed to go free, but the plane and the freight It may be are confiscated, the machine to French reports, sawed to pieces. Taris-Pragu- e car-rvin- being.-accordi- ng g able to prevent foreign military planes from flying over German territory. Since the occupation of the Ruhr began they have refused to supply any weather reports which are so necessary to successful operation of the air services. -- on the same basis, less $500 paid to her in cash In 1921. Frederick Lleser, who Is eighty-tw- o years old, originally owned a farm near Corder, Mo. The daughters say they were induced to remain on the farm and work on the promise that they would be paid and would be remembered In the fathers will. 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Daughters Sue Father Soap 25c, OtahMnt 25 and 50c, Tnkaa halls from other craft, the Japanese for Pay for Their Work fishing boat Fuso was overhauled by The Obstacle. another Japanese boat and the skipKansas City, Mo. Frederick Lleser, per, 0. Tomann, found dead. Ah, now, really, little boy, said a a Lafayette county farmer. Is defendTornann, the only person aboard, lady motorist, halting her car in front ant In suits for remuneration for per- was found lashed to - the wheel, his of the Johnson residence on Rumpus sonal services filed by his daughters. body leaning to one side, which caused Ridge, dont you think you ought to Dont eoperlment Looks them, nee MITCHELL asks $10, the Fuso to steer about in a circle, take a bath? Edna Lleser, thirty-six- , 8ALVE for EYE Reckon so, replied young Greedy 000 as pay at $600 a year from the as the gasoline engine of the boat was relief. Abiolutely ut Johnson, who seemed to be sadly time she reached her eighteenth birth- operating full power. at all druggiata. declared was soiled, if I can ever find one thatll due death Physicians day. me. to Star. Kansas fit asks $21,100 heart trouble. Lena Lleser, City W. N. Uv Salt Lake City, No. f ' oj1 .. fifty-fou- r, 34-19- 23. |