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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH Sally Sez Big Ditch Recovering From World-Wid- e Presidents Trip Stresses Strategic Importance. Washington. Opened to the worlds shipping traffic 20 years ago, the Panama canal has grown constantly in its importance in national and international affairs of the United States. Built at a cost of $539,000,000 figures computed by the government bureau of efficiency the canal suffered at first from landslides and the chaotic commercial situation prevailing during the World war. A period of prosperity followed and then the canal was struck by the world-wid- e depression. Last year, however, world trade began to revive, bringing increased business to the big ditch and coincident-allthe canals strategic Importance was dramatically impressed on the world in May when the entire United States fleet crossed from the Pacific to the Atlantic in one unit and within 4S hours. Further attention to the canals importance in relations between the United States, its insular territories and possessions and the international policies of the republic was occasioned when President Roosevelt passed through aboard the U. S. S. Houston en route to Hawaii. Building Required Ten Years. Building of the canal by the United States required about ten years. While American money and brains are generally credited with its construction, European labor furnished most of the brawn, and the efficiency of the Gallegos, Spaniards from the region of Galicia, is still remembered. In 1906, when work on the dredging was intensified, about 1,200 Spaniards were employed. Their services were so satisfactory that in 1907 and 1908 about 7,000 more were brought to the Isthmus. They were a hardy, vigorous group, trained to severe and continuous labor, and accustomed to meager wages and frugal living. Most of the contract labor, however, was obtained from the nearby West Indies, which furnished 30,000 laborers. About 2,000 Italians, 1,500 Colombians, 1,100 Greeks and smaller numbers of Frenchmen and Armenians. y Dont get yourself into a jam nnleas vorth ettinr into. INTERMOUNTAIN MADE JAM3 ARE BEST. ito Jfo Flawless Emeralds The emerald, when large, clear and dark, is the most costly precious stone in the world, despite the fact that a flawless one has never been found. EXCELCIS SCHOOL BEAUTY Learn modern beanty culture pleasant, profitable work. known nationally, offers yon many For free catalog giving advantages. full particulars, address BEAUTY SCHOOL EXCELCIS Salt Lake City 221 So. W. Temple ENROLL NOW : Built on Mud Flats Venice, built on mud flats, was the worlds largest city during the Middle ages, with a population of 200,000. At that time it enjoyed a profitable monopoly in salt. WEEKS PRIZE STORY THIS Intermountain Industry is in its infancy and, like any young thing it needs support Oor prosperity will increase as our indus try grows. We consumers of this Inter-mount- region are the ones who can and must, further this growth by using products. Let's pull together Lets PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY! MRS. CARL WRENSTED, Crystal, Ida Sweet Potatoes for a Queen When Christopher Columbus appeared before Queen Isabella on returning from his first exploration, he presented her with sweet potatoes picked in the New World. Slump Many regions profited, but some, especially southern Chile, which formerly profited by trade around Cape Horn, were adversely affected. Commercial traffic rose until the peak in 1929, then the depression hit the world. Shipping everywhere was reduced and for the first time in many years, some steamers found it cheaper to make the long journey around the Horn, than fo pay the- tolls through the canal. The low ebb was reached in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1933, when only 3,393 ships made the transit, paying tolls of $19,620,459, compared with 4,506 the year before, paying 6. Revival began in August 1933, and in the year ended June 30, 1934, the canal showed an increase for the first time, ships and tolls of $24,063,-78Principal gains were registered 5,533 Nazi Flag in strange creature refused water, oats, sandwiches and milk. in trade between continents outside North America, offset by other losses. Commerce between Europe and the west coast of South America improved recently, as did that between the Atlantic coast of the United States and the Pacific coast of South America, and between Europe and Australia. Trade between the Pacific coast of the United States and Europe declined, due to the curtailed oil and grain shipments, usually second largest In the trade of the canal. a New Jersey Camp the Attendance Over Last Year. Service Stations in Utah and Idaho Has Eye in Tail discovered a of the tail of is not known optic is used. Zoologists have third eye at the tip the crawfish, but it to what extent this Where Violet Came From Although the violet has come to he a symbol for modesty, an old fable relates that it sprang from the purple blood of Ajax. Dancing Dancing, said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, d'oes not delight my oye excepting when it i3 done not those by willing to pay for the privilege, but by those sufficiently rt to demand compensation. ex-pe- The Gentleman A gentleman is a man who rude only on purpose. Yellowstone Park, Wyo. Travel into Yellowstone National park continued its amazing increase over last year, and is still 10,000 greater than 1929, the largest travel year in park history, according to the summary released by Roger W. Toll, park superintendent Visitors to date numbered 149,403 as compared with 94,255 last year and 139,631 up to August 1, 1929. Besides the thousands of rail passengers, 43,-3automobiles have passenger-lade- n been checked in at the five gates thus far. The east gate continues to lead in auto arrivals, with the West Yellowstone gateway a close second and the north, south, and newly opened northeast entrance following in order. The latter leading in from Cooke City over the Red Lodge highway, has brought 1,792 visitors through the scenic mountainous passageway leading to the park. California continues to hold the lead fqr state representation, with Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Illinois and New York follow. Every state in the Union, every province in Canada, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, Mexico, the Panama Canal Zone, Alaska, China, Chile, Porto Rico and the Dutch West Indies were represented among auto licenses displayed by motorists at the gateways. Fish reported caught by visitors as 11,-63- 7. SPEEDY GIRL New Grand Hotel One Block from Theatre Shopping District and Indians Like Bears . was a most oJ)618 aPPetiziug delicacy fadians taste. vers. umn HP .I" - Per week will be paid for the best article on "Why ehould use made Goods Similar yoor story in prose or frtsraioontain Products Col- Bo1 1555 Snlt Lke City, if eppeere in ro Mi. Tn,n check for No- - wiU - $3.00 Sponsored by The Friends of New Germany, Camp Wille und Macht (Will and Might) is being conducted near Griggstown, N. J., and 200 boys of German descent are learning the rudiments of military drill. The lads carry the Nazi swastika flag and are taught German and the first principles of Naziism. W.N.U. Salt Lake City they leave the gateways total 101,875. This does not include those caught by employees, permanent residents of the park, or rail travelers. New Law Compels All Turks to Take Surnames Istanbul. It took a long time to draft the bill under which all Turks are to adopt surnames, but the Ankara national assembly lias passed It. This means that within a year every Turkish family will have a new appellation. Or rather not every family, but the vast majority, for some two or three hundred families already have surnames. Now surname-bearinis to be made universal by law under a penalty of a fine of $45. The main advantage of the adoption of surnames Is expected to be the elimination of the present confusion due to Mehmed All, for Instance, having 10,000 rival bearers of the same name. The consequence is that one of them is arrested and jailed when it Is another who is wanted. g Immense Ball of Metal Shows Earth's Rotation Philadelphia, Pa. A large metal ball weighing 1,688 pounds has been suspended in the Franklin institute here to illustrate the rotation of the earth on its axis. wire The ball swings on an under the institutes main staircase, changing its direction about ten degrees in an hour, and making a complete revolution once every 36 hours. The arrangement is known as the Foucault experiment, Jean Bernard Leon Foucault, French physicist, having originated the pendulum arrangement 87-fo- Mormon crickets that have invaded the Crow Indian resBillings, Helene ' Boucher, sixteen-year-ol- d French flyer, who set a new world speed record for women, when she flew 621 miles at an average speed of 254.1132. ! want to suppose but that Brook- Film Star (newly married) And is this your home? Bridegroom It is, precious. I could teach you to swim In three Say, it looks mightily familiar. Are you sure I havent married you lessons. But 1 don't want to learn that before? London fast. Were going to be here for a Another Side couple of months. That fellow is highly educated. He must be smart. Contract Casualty Two men were getting ready for Oh, he may be, responded the man In the street. a dip in a swimming pool. But he worries Your shins are in pretty bad over things that I never heard of. one. remarked shape, Hockey Louisville Courier-Journaplayer?" I just How About It? Oh, no, was the reply. led back my wifes weak suit Housewife (to subscription salesman) No, we dont want no magaEven Up zines. We don't want no nothin. Salesman How about a cheap Dorothy It must be quite three years since I saw you last I hardly grammar? knew you, you have aged so! Doreen Well, I wouldnt have Infallible known you either, except for that Ive got a new idea. Fortune In dress. it What now? Evidence Its an alarm clock that emits the Mother Jane, do you know If delicious odors of frying bacon and Boston Transcript. Johnny has come home from school fragrant coffee. yet? Jane I think so. I haven't seen Why Not? Wifie I cant afford an operation him, but the cat is hiding under the stove. now. Hubby No, youll just have to talk about the old one for another Just a Vacuum Frosh (knocking at seniors door) year. You told me to call you in time for Poor Kitty your first class, but I didnt wake up Your grandfather seems to be a myself. Its ten oclock now, your class is over, and you can sleep as little hard of hearing. A little i Why, once he conduct, long as you want ed family prayers kneeling on the cat. L Employ Unique Method in Poisoning Crickets Hn tvuU nrmnntam wlQ Only, they say, Ladies, be And then the music Tit-Bit- C. W. Whisennand, a farmer, because the present administrations New Deal made it possible. It already has a population of about 500 persons, nearly all of whom are employed on the nearby $63,000,000 Fort Peck dam being built by the United States government. (Open Day and Night) Thompson, Manager d Doubtful New Deal, Mont. New Deal, Montanas youngest town, was founded by New Modern Coffee Shop in Connection And He Got Away With It Your confounded hair restorer Unutterable Emotion has made my hair come out more Now, then, what should a polite than ever ! growled the customer. Ah, you must have put too much little boy say to a lady who has on, sir! replied the- quick-wittegiven him a cent for carrying her barber. Made the hair come all the grip? Im too polite to say it, madam. way out, instead of only halfway," Boston Transcript NO HURRY Dining to Discord Society, said Miss Cayenne, reminds me of a minstrel show." Where they say Gentlemen, be Killed Off Sarcastic Boss So you I get off this afternoon. your grandmother is dead. Office Kid Naw, she aint, gag of your is a dead one. lyn Eagle. Montana's Youngest Town Given Name New Deal Salt Lakes Most Popular Medium Priced Hotel His Idea Sunday School Teacher Why was It that David said he would rather be a doorkeeper in the bouse of the , Lord? Bright Boy So he could go outside if he didnt like the sermon. Pathfinder Magazine. starts in 1851. Salt Lake City, Utah Opposite New Poet Office and Federal Building am going to organize a include a sports page in the .ConRecord. Washington gressional Star, Yes. Yellowstone Park Draws More Visitors Rig Increase in cians who were working In her house, and complained to the company. In due course the two men were sent for and asked for an explanation. Well, sir, said one, it was like this. I was lip tiie ladder and I let the hot lead fall on Bill. It went down his neck. And Bill, he said to me, You really will have to be more careful, Jack. seated. $ Utah Oil Refining Overstudy student all his days to hold a position like yours," remarked the admiring constituent. BELIEVE IT, OR NOT That is very true, answered Senator Sorghum, and, like a student, I at A dear old lady was shocked I the lurid language of two electri- get so weary of hard lessons that movement to seated? . At 400 What is your Idea of disinterested patriotism? A brass band, answered Senator It will play with equal Sorghum. enthusiasm for any kind of a political procession that manages to get the right of way. A man must be a - Benefits Many Regions. While the canal was opened August 15, 1914, it subsequently had to be closed on account of landslides, which delayed its usefulness and greatly increased the cost over advance estimates. On July 20, 1920, it was reopened and during the last 14 years has exerted a tremendous influence on maritime affairs. Scraps. of Hum Strange Animule Found in Bay State Somerville,' Mass, Frank Buck, noted animal hunter and Importer, need not go to Africa for strange animals; he should make his next trip to this city. Somerville police captured a strange animal, all white, and bearing a resemblance to a donkey, mule and Jennet. Taken to the police garage, the LIKE SOME VOTERS Mont. ervation and parts of the Custer National forest south of here, destroying between 15 and 20 per cent of the wheat crop In that section, are being poisoned by a novel method. A poisonous dust spray Is scattered over the ground. The Insects habitually clean their feet by putting them In their mouth. They step in the dust, then put their feet in their mouths and swallow the poison. Costly Mineral in Dust Pile Companys Problem Atolla, Calif. A million and a half dollars piled outside the door, and no way of releasing It that is the problem which confronts the Atolia Mining company here, operators of one of the worlds two tungsten mines. In 1914, when the war proved tungsten, a very rare mineral used for hardening steel, to be a necessity, It jumped from $6 a unit of 20 pounds to $84 overnight. Previously processing tungsten was almost unknown and the methods very primitive. In the scramble ore valued at more than a million dollars was rushed to a grinder and ground so fine that It was impossible to separate the mineral from the waste. There It has lain to date, looking like any sand heap, a huge pile of potential wealth, but unavailable. Just Practicing But Ive been told that you have proposed to three other girls quite recently, said the maid. Oh, mere rehearsals in view of proposing to you, dear, said the man. Tapestry Tells Whole Custer Massacre Story Miles City, Mont. The most unusual description of the Custer massacre, which occurred near here. Is in the possession of Chief nephew of Sitting Bull, Custers neOne-Bul- mesis. Now in his eighties, l, has Onq-Bu- ll completed weaving in cloth the complete story of the massacre. Residing on the Standing Rock reservation at Wakpala, S. D., One-Buvisited here recently and explained he wove the tapestry because he was unable to speak enough English to answer many queries he received about the battle in which he participated. ll Eleventh Century Flour Mill in England to Close London. An Eleventh-centur- y flour mill, dating back to 1086, will close when the venerable mill loses Its workers and milling to new works at Victoria Docks. At one time the property of the ancient Syon monastery, the mill has passed through many an lllustrous hand, including that of Henry VHI, who, after he dispersed the monastery, gave It to the ancestors of the duke of Northumberland. Schuylkill Loses Pearl Honors to Brandywine Philadelphia. The Schuylkill river, once noted as the only Pennsylvania musstream harboring sels, is forced to share the honor with the historic Brandywine. Paul G. Musters, of Huntington Valley, Pa., has a collection of Brandywine pearls found over a period of 20 years. pearl-bearin- g Blinks HIS PREFERENCE Hopeless Case I hear Jims gone plumb goofey. Jinks Yes, the poor chaps mind has become as unbalanced as the national budget. Cincinnati Enquirer. Maybe So Mr. Spoon What kind of bells do Fred Mother, was there hair-oi- l you prefer? In this old bottle? Mr. Bell (who has a nagging wife) Mother Why no. That was glue. Dumb bells! Fred Maybe thats why I cant get my hat off. Just So Uncle My boy, you must never Tears Not in Order bite the hand that feeds you. My husband has run off with anBoston Boy Certainly not, uncle. other women. Oh, I just conIt would be a hazardous undertaktrol myself! ing. The hand is almost certain to You mustnt try, dearie. Youll be covered with deadly bacteria. feel better after a good laugh." Too Early to Show Elation Affable Friend Yon are not lookEasily Satisfied But I couldnt give you enough ing too bright today. work to keep you occupied. The Other No, I mustnt You Missus, youd be surprised wot see, the doctor has ordered my wife a little It takes to keep me occu- away and If I look pleased she wont pied. Sydney Bulletin. go. |