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Show rpLUME XXXIII Movie Actor Confesses to 9 Murder of Martin Schwab, Jr., Near Flagstaff Last Spring s PRICE, FIVE PAYSON, UTAH, FEBRUARY 4, 192L NUMBER 16 Harry H. Nash, Arrested by Arizona Officers, Admits Guilt But Declares He Shot Resident of Payson in Self Defense. Officers Discredit His Story. 00000000000000000050000000000000000 Shall the Schools Be Closed In March? CENTS Renewal of Notes Must Be r A ' i Authorized or School of Nebo District Will Close March . 1 This will be the subject discussed at a Mass Meeting to be held Next Thursday night lat 7:30 oocock in the Nebo Tabernacle. Citizens and school patrons generally ars invited to attend. The subject is of vital interest to every parent and has arisen from the fact that unless means are provided by a vote of the people the school term will end at least three months earlier than it should, depriving the children of the Nebo district 'of three months of vitally Loans are Called in by Spnngville Bank and are ' Paid from General Fund, Thus Depriving Board; j of Education of Means to Contiue Schools to f i , Close of the Present Term i The most vital question, perhtpj, that has confronted the board if education of the Nebo school district for many years, is that of pre. viding funds to carry the scur-thiough the school year, resulting from the fact that it has become ecessary to tube up notes aggregating about $25,000, paying them trim the general fund, otherwise tised for school maintenance. ,It is. proposed to hold an elec- tor. for, the purpose of authorizing tne board to continue the indebtedness, without done which cannot be authorization of the school taxpay- . . the Taylor school at Payson and nn addition at Santaquin were erected without having the people provide money to pay for them. ; This Nash Keeps Secret. increased the floating debt to This was carried until July I never looked his through 1920. bv the to. never Springvillo Banking want I didnt things, company. At that Hme'tb dnaheUl The watch told mv wife about it. crisis made it impossible for them necessary education. . (Schwabs) dnopjied inljo $hc ear to handle the loan, I used while his body was in it. Accordingly the board of education borrowed the' the watch to help redeem my sadmoney, 0n tax antipication notes 'exdle. I kept the revolver (Schwabs) piring .January! 1, 'J921. These I have been pretty selling it later. notes have now been from the pid wild, but nas never in anything likq gencrnl funds of, the district. . .The I had good Christian this before. must be returnod to the genmoney me who told what "as right. jarents eral fund or there will not sufSomething told me last night to ficient to complete "the school year. confess, that it would be best. There are several questions raised I am making this statement of b j .these conditions: ' by free without own will, promises my 1. er?. Because the indebtedness wan . of any kind being made to me. Plueing the matter squarely before not regularly authorized by the peoSheriff Campbell, the. prosecuting it cannot be officially- included the people the board of education ple attorney and others who have been in the annual budget and a the the dead ease since has submitted tho following: working upon levied for its payemnt." If month body of Sehwab was discovered do credit The present curtailment of id, therefore, if left In Its present not believe that Nash killed Schwab market hns caused form, incidentally, by balanoea in the money loft in as alleged by him, in nil concerns where credit in the genera funds. difficulty the During Tt at will and attempt to disprove Conscious of the fact that Payson authorize 8n expenditure ' to bring ha The Nibo past ton years $25, 000 has been so been necessary. Th belief expressed by the trial. school building up to jts school district has been carrying for paid. At this same rate it would the officers is that the killing was enjoys the privileges nnd advantages the high ten years a . floating indebteness of take from 25 to 30 years to pay deliberate and for the purpose of of one of the most completely equip- - rluirtHl Htan,,ard of efficiency. varying amounts of which there still the debt. Reviewing briefly the history of remai.ed robbery, and the fact that Nash took 2. As the debt has been in unpail, conducted bundled, nnd high ped efficiently when he left Schwabs ear with him Founders day, Jerome Brown, mayor about $25,000.00, that the interest rate has avtraged 2 year During the state is eited ,as circumstantial schools in the state, tho people of of tho pey cent higher thau . the interest high school, expressed the evidence. charged . for regularly, authorized this city celebrated Founders day appreciation of the students in havmunicipal indebtedness. It will i bo at the Payson high school last Fri- ing providod for them an opportunity FARMERS MUST MAKE evident, therefore, that this is au intellectual for Tie advancement and COMMERCIAL CLUB expensive form of sueh debt. . day. , The occasion was one of high 3. If left in its present form tho said that the high school is not, us RETURNS TAX KiCOME l compliment to Melvin Wilson, prui-ipnnotes have 4to be renewed twice in which a conceived, generally place ' HOST TO PROMINENT Om July 1, tho money of the school, and his capable to year. every prepare to live in tho future, but BY MIDDLE OF MARCH is borrowed as tax anticipation instaff of educators, as well as to the rather the place where the student, debtedness and the notes nn negotiMEN OF SALT LAKE able. On January 1, the money mast Nebo lives today. board of education of the be borrowed locally on A musical feature was offered by school district. Thousands of fanners whoso net notes which must be carried In' an address on Ideals in Life Elmo Coffman in the singing ofBon-dalarA income "for r 1920 equaled or exceeded by tho banks making the loan. the As the guests of Payson Professor Let the Beet of tho and Guy C. Wilson, president financial crisis always puts the main, $1,000 for of the single exomptiona of Commercial club, nearly World Go By. Mias Johnson, of tenance of the schools ia joepardy thirty of tho L. D. S. university at Sal and $2,000 for married per- as in the ease this the leading physicians and business' Lake, offered many advanced ideas. the dramatic art department, offered persons , year. sons will be required to file on or After considering all phrases of He emphasized the fact that tho a reading, and Thomas F. Tolhurst, men of Salt Lako were entertained before March 15, 1921, income tax the question, the board of, edneatioa us and president of the board of education has decided to put this .nutter in at dinner last Sunday at the Straw- kingdom of God is within the year 1920. sec in life and derive from expressed approval of the occasion returns, for that tho hands of the people. we' If the The were visited As an aid to farmers the bureau of pcoplo favor berry hotel. existence only that which is deter- - and of the interest of patrons and continuing the indebt-enosa Orem C. internal revenue haB prepared on the guests, enroute, of W. they will vote yes mined by what the individual ia citizcus generally. for recording 1040F, ion submitted and the loan will form, speoinl & Utah the Salt Lake of was Soil . Luneheon himself. president served to about Environment, he said, t.i sales of live stock, produce, Rnd a he made with infinite provisions for railroad, and were brought to Payson be good must be looked upon with persons, during which nn excellent summary of income and expenses. its payment during the next five Professor Wilson pointed musical program was rendered If the loan is to be congoodness. The affair by This fonn should be attached to a years. in a special car. Fare Causes Dispute. school the orchestra town taxpayers Individual return on Fom tinued it will save at least 2 per in that the the high under out, by story, suited in a closer relationship b Full instructions cent in interest to call an election of Profesnor H. Pyton 1040 or 1040A. which one is seeking to make a lendiTship I, Harry Nask, rode to Walnut for making out tho forms are con- ami have men of Payson tje people authorize the canvon with a man. registering mv tween the business Johnson. success is only the kind of a town tained in each. loan as special indebtedness. next The there. nemo. Harry Nash, than has ever before existed a Under grn one is looking for income a farmer is The traveler, he If the people do not want the inAfternoon Program. dav I wanted to go to Winslow. This to include ml proceeds de- debtedness of interests required of wi.s a comes who from a continued, they will vote feeljng unity said, good neigh mnn had said he was going to WinThe afternoon no the consi. led rived from the sale of farm products on to be subprogram him. with ."will could n with no borhood, doubt I that and cemented "hich go pleasant neighbors, slow, on a farm or mitted and the question whether produced board of education of a brief entertainment the go it by find same exami will the np svid if some more When ho resale. for j surroundings, purchased will have to close school this year suit in mutual good. would be two and a half or three in the, town which ho visits if he students of the Brighmn Young un- changes his produce for groceries, some time in March. The dinner was presided over by dollars I cant remember just how iversity ar.d music by tho pupils of clothing, or other merchandise he looks upon it in tho proper light. The situation is not alarming from The much he said for each mnn. Dr. L. N. Ellsworth, president of the ' Professor Johnson. Tho feature o Must, include in his income the value the taxpnperx standpoint, since to Professor Wilson took tc occasion to man I wanted to go to Winslow of the articles received and exchang- vote the indebtedness hns only two club, who intro compliment the management of the the afternoon was the presentation ed. see was here the day before and said Payson Commccial Profit received from the sale The Ol.l Soh... 1, if I would enme there he might duced Roy E. Roberts, financial agent Pnyson high school, on tho excellent of Fashioned of farm land or rent received for effects: 1. It saves $1400 per year in in- . work. me give of the Orem road, as toastmaster. product of the institution, and said nnder direction of Miss Johnson, by tho use thereof nust also bo inolud-nl- forest. twentv-flv, We were out about sev made the were ol Thu 2. pupils speeches eighth makes It by grade. that lie expected only good work in it possible to include or thirty miles when T naked how Ringing Net Income. nav'iient of the debt , in the regular play was a correct portrayal of . lie much this trip was going to cost oral of the visitor as well as by the future. and thus pay it oil. T said district school of one hundred years I cant members of the club. He said 829. me. The Importance of Education In determining his pet income, up budget The situation, is alarming from the He then said he would more than pay tsat. which the tax is assessed, the educational was the topic discussed by L. John ago, thirty appearing in oil make it $15. I said I couldnt pay SQUARED CIRCLE DRAWS standpoint since it is a farmer may deduct all necessary ex- constant threat that schools- may Nuttnll, Jr., superintendent of the tle Cf,R- He said, 'Bv God, you 'll that much. in incurred the of penses operation CROWDS TO THE PAVILION Nebo school Ernest Hanson, taking for his sub to dose any veer this one get out and wniit then. his fann district, nnd he gave the year. These have Ho looked at me funny, like he What It Means to be an Amor include costdining' of cultivation, harvest- cspicially. , Teachers will fuel insesome cNcellent advice to the students, jeet Then he stopexcellent sport is now V.,ng had been drinking. was declared the winner i.i ing, nnd marketing of his crops, cure in the district and the troubles emphasizing the fact that on leaving iean, Athl-t- . ped the car and started to fiy some- provided tlic cost of seed and fertilizer used, attendant on this eondition cannot the Payson by school they are just beginning to the public spenking contest for ill-We kept amount spent in repair to farm build- be ost rusted. thing nnder the radiator. in Puvson cbib, recently organized Tolhurst medal. r lie reflected The election- - is caused in no wey realize the of value education an arguing. ' I thought Id hold him ings other than the dwelling, and I " bv school a and was there nntil someone else eame aong. nnd a card of unusual merit, is to fences niul er Everv splendid mat operating costs. cost The mentality machinery. and may use their education only walk ing presented on one or two night T had a bum foot and couldnt used up in the course dollar asked for is to pay for buildof farm tools of his His address ui'l subject. seek as they to add to it. Bo I began letting the air of each if the year, wages paid to employees ings ereeted in the past without so far. Last Wednesdiv week. appear in full in the Pa von inn He had a gun out of the tires. other than dirncstic servants, and proper funds. The should Ben of Hickman Excellent Doug Program. Ollier contestants were Dee rent paid for farnv, lnml and build- not fed that there is publiccrisis in in his hand and threatened to shoot any down for tie jamin sent Mattinson Barnett anil J. David Garner. me. ings (other than dwellingr arc de- the regular finances of the district. The program of the day was count in the third round, the con ductible items. These arc in good condition. The e basketball in fin the game Schwab Armed. ushered in by music by the high Farmers who keep on records or tost begin one of the cleverest to well ns the dance vh!fb as irg, only records of Cash receipts and MUTUAL CONJOINT PROGRAM TTo told me T wouldnt be the which local lovers of boxing hsv school orchestra, followed by a chorwas well attended. , disbursements should make their refollowed, He us. Scenes That are first mnn he had shot, either. Brightest. FOR NEXT SUNDAY NIG .11 yot been treated. Trotter of Ooshe the high school team iuf turns on the basis of actual receipts, hnd a 32 Colts automatic. I didnt Prayer was offered by W. Fred Tan-ne- though but farmers who keep complete acSummit wei Soldier of and Anderson tlie-on had members one but if counts and who take inventories at The following excellent usually carry a gun, former member of the school to Spanish Fmk, In a program that day, and pulled mine and shot four rounds to a draw. the team showed and tho beginning and end of the year has grit board. numbers Two were given ty been Then he shot, not touching first. for match George Davis threw arranged presents to determine thoir profits should recontenders. a string quartceto composed of Pro- .spVmliti me. My shot hit him in the body. Wilson in nine minutes. on the actual basis. Both at fhe Tabernacle next 8unday. even port him shot me. went over I His shot fessor and Mrs. H. Peyton Johnson, methods are fully explained On Form STORK LEAVES TWINS I then putdhe body into the To morrow night an excellent' pi Mrs. Lee R. Taylor and Melvin Done. ing under the auspices of the Mutual again. 104UF, copies of which inny be inThe firs gTarn will be staged. ear and drove back to Flagstaff, from offices the of collectors Improvement association in conioi t welcome was made The address of But then event will be a basketball game b Paying one of his periodical visits of internal revenues. tending to give myself up. . ear the Melvin Professor to. left not Wilson, I prinmeetings to Payson last Monday, the stork I decided tureen the Heber Legion and Pay sou by of the school, who offered a stopped at the home of Mr. and Mit-forstanding across from the Gleason A. C. Jerome cipal Address Hanson, Ray Brown, Braxton n be There will a boxing rooming house across the street the condition of the Mrs. Freeman C. Bird, Laura showing Cora Vance, report in Jeppson, between four in the Girls was .....Tbird Wan! rounds, leaving The Chorus. Z'p test, body that night. school, calling attention to the fact their care twin daughters. Just after my Snath and This Cravens ana Alta Marcil attended the Bill ear, the curtains up. WylcT, foil i vi Alta Maid! ... Reading wife went to work in the morning Robin Hood in to be perforins nee of which no tbd that wity jts 473 students the higti is the fourth pair of tw battle a royal by Solo Mrs. J. C. Ellswc-dT drove out with the body and put school building is overcrowded, the born into the Bird family, including Provo last Mondny night. f great fun. ft in an old well near the road, Cov- will be productive n Mr. Paper designed capacity being for only 25o that of the senior Mr. Bird, within ering it up with dirt, using a short w.tnl Imo-gen- e First . C. . Mrs. Sorensen and Miss A. He the that Mrs. of nnd six shovel hope expressed Mr. Quartette pupils. the past Horaep Fnrradny (The shovel on the ear. years. Rwnett Adams were entertained Sun- Pirno Solo was fastened to the enr.) Spanish Fork were visiting the lat- within a shoTt time the public woubt I never knew what the mans ters parents, Mt. and Mrs. O. A. awake to the ever increasing neert Miss Margaret Dixon spent the day by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hanks Selection by th delate e,nb Didnt know his nam name was. in Salt Lake. ' of Safcro. facilitieb and week-endirection of Miss Johnson. of increased school until after I was arrested, except Daniels last Wednesday. Drought to hay by state officers, Harry II Nash, who was - arrested several weeks ago on suspicion of having murdered Martin Schwab, Jr., of Payson, last spring, finally has confessed to the crime, but declares that he shot Mr. Schwab in self Nash, is a motion picture actor and mado his home, with his Nash is in wife, in Los Angeles. in Flagstaff, Ariz., where ho jail was visited a few days ago by his father, J. C. Nash, a banker of HillsThe elder Nash says dale, Wvo. that he is glad that his son has confessed to the crime and is ready to Mrs. Nash meet anv consequence. declares that she had the revolver of Mr. Schwab at her home in Los her husband3 but that Angeles, younger brother sold it at a secondhand store. Nash, in admitting the. killing, declares that he shot in self defense wl-t- i Mr. Schwab threatened him in noising Bn excessive charge of hauling him from Walnut canyon to WinHe says that he was not in slow. the habit of carrying a gun, but that he had one with him on the He admits, trip with Mr. Schwab. the body of also, to having throw-Mr. Schwab in the abandoned well wherp it was found some months Inter by two boys who were minding He admits, also, having up cuttle. sold the car. The officers discredit the story of self defense and will exert every How Nash effort to disprove it. will reconcile the fact that he sold the ear, as a connecting link in the murder, hns not been offered by the defendant. Those of Payson who knew Mr. Schwab scout the idea that he ever carried a gun, and in his home town he was known ns one of the most avoided who peaceable of "nen, trouble and who never took the initiative in creating it. The alleged confession, made in the presence of Shriff W. A. Campbell, T. M. Shnlwntcr. special agent for the Santa Fe railroad, and ft reporter for tlip Coconino Sun, is as follows: there was a - little book left in the car that had the name of Martin Schwab in it. ! $09,-917.3- 0. 1 1 0XWVokmiXk0XKXXC0X0 Citizens Join Students in Celebration of Founders Day at the High School , b. 1918-191- n o . . I wo-fil- ' -- e . ' i . 1 r, i w-r- il ''A d Je. Prl d |