Show DatUysIvening News Notes a f’ !! a PriviUg to Liv in Utah Hilary Graha t VERNAL— The Uintah basin will odd to the- wealth of west when rail transportation comes to handle the rare minerals found nowhere else In brains” getfl9ine Tbc“firxrt)an£rnSi”Ibitenlno’'tTi7 Weffantry: ln beet production others moving and J LEHI — Sugar for 1928 Is forecast at 572000 chatting on the iUtah tons according to the report of the bunch of bananas of agriculUnited States department In the fruit shop ture reissued Tuesday by Frank An“Do you suppose drews at the local office you can get them BANANAS WONDERFUL must ‘I said' banana fruit from the man?" asked the second banana “l'erhitps he haa tome tucked under the onions" said the third banana he “I wouldn't at uli surprised if tlere were some- V “T thing under them JfaftcAto UJ “They seem be having so very much to say foi themselves" “No oi enn't get brains from the fruit man” snhl the second Impnnn “Besides we’re riy being absurd when we talk about bunana brains "There are no such things l’eople have lira as have brains Animals Hut not fruit We like "Still we have our joys to- - grow on the branch —We like to grow from green dressed fruit into beautiful yellow fruit “And we were all thrilled as we were brought into the shop when Just outside xve heard some people say: " ‘Oh look at those delicious bananas Aren't they wonderful! They must be so good "Then we began to be sold our sisbrotbeVs the our and and ters fruit man said: " ‘I won't keep this bunch of bananas any lengtii of time at all’ “I lieard something which made me lmpiiy” said a fifth' banana which had been listening to the others talk- vX ing it?" ahed "What was the first ba- nana By ELMO SCOTT 000000-- WATSON A lull group rf worker In Now Toik rltv heard the suggestion marking the birth of Inbor day and creating a holiday which haa encircled the globe Th Idea originated May 1882 at a session of the then newly formed Central Labor union of ths metrotmlla Its sponsor was I J Guire who was pne of the best known Inbor leader of his day for nanny years secretnry of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joner of America of the American and a vice president Federation of Lubor McGuire's thought was that one dav In the yenr should be set geld aa a general holiday for the men and women who toll In Ite Initial form the a Labor day plan contemplated pure amt simple for observance by those who work with handa and muscle The first releratloi of the holiday took place In New York September 8 1883 Since that modest beginning the world haa taken Labor day to Its heart aa one of the most Important holidays on the calendar The voice of McGuire has been heard round the world and by all rlnsse Labor’s of the population holiday has become an International institution for millionaires sml workers alike — a festival of relaxation and recuperation for all strata of tha social atructur No holiday of tha year has greater popularity basic reason for the vogue of Labor day Is to he found In the wisdom shown by Us originator In choosing th date for the celebration McGuire' choice wna the first Monday In September as ‘a strategic date midway between th'e Fourth of July and Thanksgiving day Ilia feeling that this was the most suitable day of ths entire year for a new holiday found ready echo In th mind of a reaplte worker from tail after the offering blistering weather of July and August Fverybodv wna reedy for a rest at thla parttrcilnr season snd there was piompt response to the suggestion of a In double holiday over Sunday snd Monday cent year there hat been a pronounced tendency toward a triple holiday causing the rest period t Friday thevening to- Tuesday morning No other holiday of year offer similar advan-tn and year out After the New York celebration of 1882 the popu larity of Labor dar grew with Increasing swiftne until It hnd extended to practically eery state !n the Union It now cover tha Inland possessions of Hawaii Porto IUco and tha Virgin Islands Formal action toward nationalising th hol!dn was taken by tha predecessor of th© American Fed ration of Labor at its annual convention In Chi 1884 Th capo in October body wa known ah of Organised Trade and Labrr the Federation Union of tha United FtiUes and Canada then fou? — years sU’lklngl“‘TTvaff in rnnipurtaw with the mighty federation of today At the Chi r ag convention Yor t sampl ther were huMwetrw a ronstitueacy of representing delegates nineteen international unions local bodies and cep Th annual report of the flnnn tral labor unions rial officer placed the year's ex pen d t u reeat 543 20 X lift' ’i lftii'Siiff'lj aYiificSdf oPthtT a 0 tlfieefuT ?$ yi Ith the stranjra contrast fcul period This tboffers federation showing a yeaiV recent repoit of of more than receipts of I51S451 and a balanc 8210000 At the Chicago convention the d ‘legates adapted Labor day observance a resolution Intended to pi The resolution rational stipulated Importance that the flist Monday In September should be set a “a laborers’ national holiday" and aprt Its obher va nee "by all wa workers of sex railing or nationality" but untiring Popular response for spontaneous on the part of organized effort and of legal labor were required for the procurement sanction for th suspension of work Congress and stats' legislative bodies received vigorous and ln a stent request for the enactment of federal and atat law recognising th day aa a legal holiday Ten years claimed before the passage of a con th first Monday In gressionnl act establishing of b") day for tha district September' a awd !al OOOOOOOOOO THE THINKER 3 marks lie of u holiday which la a red letter event on all American calendars For that Is Labor day the - clay which all workers If dhey observe the tradition of Its foumllnit should make s "festival day titrh parades and of picnics" course the manner of our celebrating all of our holidays a undergoes change through the years and this applies to Labor day ex eh though It Is one of the youngest" as well ns to the others Ilut It Is Interesting to note liuxv Labor day first rame Into mid how It wascelchrnted four decades ago being' The history of Labor day ns told by a ehron Icier In the of New York where It originated Is ns follows: ONDAY'Soptembr f th heating hammer the steel is wrought By which r of th 'Tb seeker mav find the Thought ever master The Thought that f iron and sUnm and steel r above That rise It umKr'heel! And tiamples IU Bn drudge riiv fret and tinker or labor with dutv blows But back of htin stand' the Thinker known The For Into each plow and saber Knrh piece and part and whole Must go the Brains of Labor the work a Soul! Which Tb of the motors humming Back of the belt that sing of the hammers drumming Baik of the cranes that awing There is the eye which senna them WaBhing through stress and strain which plana them — There is the- Mind Buik of the brawn the Brain! Bn k Bat k Might of the roaring boiler Fon e of the engine's thrust Strength of the sweating toiler Unfitly In those we trust But bin k of them stands th© Schemer The Thinker who drives things through Ba k of the Job— the I’reamer Who's maxing the dream come true — Berton Bialey OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Columbia nml the territories Oregon has anticipated th federal law by legislative act pawned In 1893 Other states fell in line one by one until the day now ranks as a legal holiday throughout the t’nited Stntes In most states th status is established through statutory In Wisconsin provision and Wyoming the observance comes through proclamation by th In the Philippines governors th celebration takes )dace on May I in accord ance with Kuropean custom Th in Continental May day celebration Kurope ow their origin to American Initiative This foreign adoption of th© McGuire idea cam about In connection with the movement Innug urnted bv th American Federation rf Labor In IS89 Tha sum yenr brought a meeting of the International To this Labor Congress in Fans meeting a letter was addressed by Samuel Compers president of the American hodv urging that the international organization should with th movement by making a declaraIn his letter CJonpers appealed tion of sympathy in at) Kuropean countries for demonstrations to he conducted on Mav of the following year The congress complied and started th machinery fot demonstrations oh Mjiv widespread continental 1840 - ' In this way It enm about that th§ Compere sug gestion wna the instrument which created May aa the Labor day of Europe The start made In 1990 caught th© fancy of Kuropean work'© and May day became th recognised time for demon strations ail over th continent In on respect there has been an Important difference between th observance of Labor day in th United States and th practice of Kuropean workers with reference to th first of May The is of recreational American holiday character while Kuropean workers hav‘ tended to exaggerat oni xnsu a— rf it th d man t ra mi emphasizing their organized demands and Th resuH of th early dejuunstjationa a ta invite governmental with fretjueni opposition lashes between th© workeis and the police or military force In Utter oars however th May day observance haa been given more largely to cessarative exercises devoid of volenc© or disturbance Europe has been slower than th United State in granting legal status an a holiday to th dav selected by labor an the tim for annual celebrahtch have recognized th fiiM tion Th countries a legal Czechoof Mav holiday are Austria Finland and Madeira slovakia Ksthoma South American nations ©cognizing th date ar Culom Kewador Latin America tn genbn eral follows th European custom of celebrating and th© day is a gal holiday in Havu May (lav and Panama That the McGuire Idea has spread round the that many world is shown by th circumstance Bntib colonic and possessions have their own Labor das Canada celebrates the first Mohday Id September in keeping with the United States 2 custom Newfoundland observee September Queensland and Western Australia follow the Eu ropean practice and observe the first of May day” is observed on April 81 in Victoria Australia on October 8 In New South Wales and on October 14 In South Australia The basic Idea in all these countries is that which was voiced by P J McGuire in 8N2 Mention of the difference between the observance of Labor 3tiy in this country and In Kurope where it was the occasion for demonstrations to their organized demands and griev“emphasize ances’ recalls the fact that there was a time in the early history of Labor day In this country when the greatest concern of American workingman wna for the "right of labor" That concern was expressed In an editorial uttered by the late Samuel (lumpers In he first Lnhnr day editorial which he wrote after congress had made It a The editorial legal holiday which appeared In Re American PedcratiunUt for September follows: In th rvcl of tim we nr again on the dawri of our in t important national holiday — Labor day Most important sire it for the first time in t)e history of the world devote a day to the ro ognition of the fnt that the wage earners must hereafter be regarded as the important factor In —Hi economy of life In fhta dav when so many look upon the dark sid of the progress of the bor movement and predict worse things In store for the laborer It is not amiss to direct attention to the fict that the life of the human family is one vast struggle and that though th progress pot ns swift as we ns well ns oup Impatient brothers and sisters of labor would like it to be et the fact that in our deende we can see the rights of labor more clearly defined th vantage ground cBtu'neT" arid obtaining a clearer into th existing wrongs the more Intelligent perto achieve labor s right ception ami determination The pnt year has witnessed several contests some of them defeats but though defeated in th imimdiaf object sought they have awakened a new conscience in th American people and will contribute more to the thorough organlz ition of fh wage workers of our country than hundreds of meeting hpeech?'or pamphlets Th great armies in th history of the world have had their reverses and th© labor movement cannot Each deexpect to b an exception to that rule feat acts a a trenchant warning to th to ler of merica that error must be avoided that intelligence mut pnvail ami that no u cess can come to them unless it is through their own efforts and their own organization and bv their persistency manifested Pessimism results tn indifference lethargy and impotency and this in turn simply permits the s and trusts and the entire capitalist to filch from the toiler rights which have be n dearly bought of labor must be thorough The organizations uni complete and above all must be pernnneru which arise like a t’aMi In the Those organizations Is the struggio puh only go to show how arduous before th toiler in order to overcome the antagclasses of our counonism of th© try toilers ever the recognize hdw Today mor© than tiny ar thrown upon Their owti n ihaithey have few if any outs"ftt in with them their ranks who sjmpathix© efiorts for th© ©mancipation of mankind Let-carry on the- good Toilers organise work and in a few more revolutions of th© earth ©hall have a better world— a betupon its ai r ter mankind Waiting will not accomplish it ferring till another time will not secure it Now is th© time for th© workers of America to come to the standard of their unions and to organize as thoroughly completely and compactly as is possi-of ble Let each worker bear in mind the words Longfellow: field of' battle In the world s broad —— Ju Uk bivouac of ULcattle! Be not lke dumb duven Le a hero in the strife! There is utiu sinitU-an- statement in that eU- the xvorijs uttered lu’ii For Samuel Hampers ie was fci'ing 't the “intelligenee must kextiote of at was destined to prove Its policy and most successful In the years which have followed sime tlmt Of editorial howet‘rTheFplrit w7hsw riUeti "American labor as exemplified In Labor day has It is still steadfast for the "right of i hanged labor" but it is also conscious of Lhe responsibilAmerican laborer ity of labor ns well Today the is tlie most rosjeroiis of any in the xxorl and fo bis task a tlmt is because be has brought of both Its rights and It Intelligent conception of th dignity of his obligations a consciousness Job no matter what It may be so long as be dies as doer ha It weik Snd as a thlnker"as-welIs the backbone of the Amerionn nation hUy "What was it?” asked the second banana aud so did the others "A lady was in the shop" said the fifth banana “and she said: “ Tananns weren't on my shopping do declare I must list today hut iiuxe some of those "‘They look so wonderful!' "That xvus certainly a compliment to us" and lucky a handsome "We're bunch of hnnaims" said the first buand the others all agreed "Then heard n little girl say that she would rather have bananas on than any picnic the thing cKo" contust hinann "That was tinued a great compli meat too "i'eople love picnics and to think that we should he the favorite thing to eat Is extremely tine "Not only were xv e her favorite fruit but she liked us better than any nana tiling” “Well” said an other banana "xxe have our own devoted friends “There may be some who don't like us but it can never be said never never never in this wide world' that xxe are without friends" And all the bananas looked bright ami pleased at the truth of this re- mark RIDDLES What is it one foot? A l lie liy has leg- and only the best way to get fat? butcher shop How to that h is Go are feet like olden tail's? they are leg ends In the middle of it Is the center Why Is your nose face? Because (scentcr) your see A little red thing on the hill give It water and it will die give It hay and it will live A fire e is n woman dressed like an war chief In all ids feathers? AY hen site is dressed to kill When Indian P t Why do people pig pens on lie yard? To keep hrir in 'the Kansas build north klde of in lloxv many eggs ran you One alter empty stomach? would no longer stomach eat on an that your be empty What tioned oJtFie ml the Union Is menstate In Noah looked out the Bible? ark antT snxv dry land (Ark-- saxv) If a man bumped bis head against the top of a room what article of stationery would he be supplied with? backs (sealing wax) Ceiling What is and a fit the end tins pauses cat s the ditTercnce between a One lias claws dixcument? of Its paws and the other at ghe'end of its clauw-s- BOUNTIFUL— One of the fine fruits that Is making Utah famous In world markets Is the Elberta peach - The state’s crop In 1927 was valued at $673000 Exports totaled f 793 carloads HEBER CITY— Utah's wheat crop ln Winter was valued at $5792000 wheat 85 per cent of which was grown on dry land farms averaged 19 bushels to the acre Spring wheat 80 per cent grown on Irrigated ltfnd' averaged 31 bushels to theacre GUNNISON — Damage possibly running into the thousands of dollars although a accurate estimate Is not yet obtainable was caused by a cloudburst which swept accompanied by hall over Gunnison Wednesday afternoon The heavy lasted three downpour hours SALT LAKE — Fourteen federal highway projects costing a total of $1500000 are now unapproximately der course of construction ln Utah it Is shown by a statement prepared in the offices of the state road commisaion Some of those projects are now newring- - completion and the majuilty ol them will be finished before the close of the present year it was stat1927 ed OGDEN — Prediction of a onion crop for Utah Is made statisby Frank Andrews agricultural tician in his August bulletin The bulletin says that indications August 1928 are for probable onion crop for Utah of 403000 bushels in Aug 1927 The acreage this year Is estimated at 970 as compared with 900 last year For the United- State as a whole the total late crop of onions Including the Utah crop Is forecast at 15178000 as with 17773000 in 1927 compared reduction showing a considerable KANAB — Ranges throughout southern Utah from Panguitch and Cedar City southward have received a refreshing and much needed rain during tho last few days and the skies are still heavily overcast This summer has been one of the dryest for some time and the ranges are burning up and in some places barren The forest and park officials in Zion National park and the Kalhab National forest and Grand Canyon National park have been especially alert and have In the case of Zion Park forbidden promiscuous smoking allowing it only in certain- sums due to the extremely hazard GUNNISON— Sanpete county is receiving a great deal of recognition from the on tha highways 6tate On the federal througout the county aid project for cement highway to be built in the northern part of the counPleasant and ty at Fairview Mt Spring City A G Young Construction company of Richfield was let the contract being the lowest bidder The amount $9596703 was within $21 of the estimated cost of the construction as made by the state department enThe second low figure was gineers made by the Sevier Construction com17 pany at 197651 LEHI— Sugar beets grains and hay in some parts of Utah are suffering from the excessively dry weather according to the weekly crop report of J Cecil Alter meteorolThe report ogist issued Wednesday fallows: "The xxealher has continued for scattered dry excepting showers over the southern portion of the state were also abnormally Temperatures high conditions being 'rather unfavorable for alfalfa seed irrigated crops not abundantly supplied xyith water pnd the grazing ranges generally Grain cutting is nearly finished and tprlng grain threshing rupidiy SALT LAKE — Registration of freshmen students at the University of Utah will take place Thursday September 27 and former students will 0 tuber 1 "Friday and Saturday 28 and 29 September will be given over to special instruction periods for the new students All freshmen will be required to attend Regular classroom instruction Vijl October Tuesday High school graduates who are entering thp University for the firsj time should send a copy of their high school credits to the Recorder's office at least one month prior to registration 181 freshmen th'e largest number in ths hwfnry ef the Institution entered the University It Is estimated that this faij enrollmeut of first year students will be even larger Nfew classes vr mere- ed facilities have been provided for the large number of students expected mOYO— H V Swenson Utah e agricultural Inspector has akhar d samples of pcars and peaches for chemical analysis to deter-- ' rwne whether or not they are- within the spray residue regulations Miny of tlie b:g orchards of the countv lining to p‘ck for shipment Sn of the fruit will be loaded this we- -' The fruit is better in sze and f from codi'rg moth worms t s been for a number of yenrsrer rilR to Mr Fxvens'-andth gioxx r rf the section loyAff" forward to p xc r: cL Ly d y ar g - 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