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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON. UTAH 1111 IffilTIl Practically half of the session for the 1929 Legislature is over and the body has bad about 300 bills introduced for consideration. Several important matters were brought forward last week, among these were ix measures passed by the seuate, recommended by tbe slale code commission for repealing dead fimlwr from the statute books. Some of these laws which the bills would repeal have been declared uncoiisil-tiitionawhile others never have been elTeoiIve, and appropriations have hack Into the general fund. These laws deal with licensing peddlers, a home for fallen women, setting a tax on trading stamps, providing :t minimum wage for femaios, and the Utah soldier settlement law. Governor Hern's headless ballot act came to the house In a hill by Crump, Jr., of Salt Lake, providing for the abolishing of the party emblems at tbe top of the election ballots and making voting strictly by of- News Notes j I (i a Privihgt to Lwi in ! Utah SALT LAKE Increased freight business throughout Utah necessitated the construction of a 1250,000 freight handling yard by the Denver & Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific railroads in 1928. l, I m Informed that tha portralta on tha new bllla will Include Washington; Jefferson, with a picture of Montlcello on the obverse aide; Lincoln, with the Lincoln memorial on the obverae aide; Hamilton, with the Treasury building; Jackson with tha White House; Grant, with the Capitol; Franklin, with Independence hall; as well as McKinley, Cleveland, Madison and Chase. I notice with regret the absence of Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treasury under Jefferson and Madison. He was a great secretary of the treasury. Surely he should be remembered by a grateful nation by having his picture on a aeries of these bills. Of all foreign-bor- n citizens who have risen te power and fame In the United States, Albert Gallatin was the most distinguished. He made a deep Impression on American history directly after the Revolution and served his country honorably as a member of congress. United States senator, minister to France, and minister to England, and peace commissioner at the Treaty of Ghent, and last but not least he was one of your honored predecessors. The purchase of Louisiana was tha great measure of Jeffersons first term, but It wts Gallatin who arranged for Its payment and did so without In the slightest degree derangjng his plans far the funding of the national debt. When the War of 1812 came upon us, great financial burdene were placed upon the Treasury department, but Qallatln, with great skill and wisdom, discharged them successfully Although Gallatin's portrait will not appear upon the new money, that the "grateful nation of which the New York congressman spoke has not forgotten entirely bis services Is shown by the fact that last year congress passed a Joint resolution authorizing the erection of a statue to Gallatin and directing that It be placed on the gteps of the Treasury building in Washington with that of Alexander Hamilton to remind Americans that onr financial system Is due to these two great men. Unfamiliar though the story of Gallatins Ufe may be to many Americans, It was nevertheless a romantic and an Important one. He was one of the earliest examples of a foreign-borcitizen rising to a position, of prominence In the United States, lie was born In Geneva, Switzerland, In 1761 and received a good education lu that city which was then one of the principal centers of learning In Europe. Having been, left ao orphan, Gallatin decided to emigrate to America, especially as It offered an opportunity for an adventurous life In the wilderness which he desired. There Is a legend that an unfortunate love affair drove him to this decision, but the truth of the legend le unknown. It is Interesting to note that he was offered a commission in the forces of the Landgrave of Hesse, who was fur nlshing soldiers to the British king for service against the Americans, but that Gallatin declared he would nev r serve a tyrant." Arriving In Boston In 17S0, he spent some time there until he grew weary of Its monotonous life and Puritan tone." Then he embarked upon a trading expedition to the frontier of Maine, but when this proved unprofitable he returned to Boston and became an Instructor In French at Harvard college. After staying there a year, Gallatin proceeded to New York which was then (1783) still In the hands of the British, and their In science to the young Swiss Is said to have been responsible for his leaving there very soon and going on to Philadelphia and Richmond. While In Virginia he became Interested In the lands south of the Ohio, as a promising field for speculation, and here he purchased a thousand acres, which he bought for a hundred pounds. In Virginia money. Here he hoped to make his home, as he had definitely decided to become an American citizen. Soon after this land transaction he became the partner of a French gentleman named Snvary de Yalcoulou, and together, they hought warrants for 120,000 acres of Virginia land between the Great and Little Kanawha rivers. Gallatin was to have the management of this land, and In 1784 he set out to look It over. He found the country north of the Virginia line more desirable, and finally located in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where n . Bodily Endurance Tests Endurance tests are the outcropping of an impulse as ancient as It Is unaccountable. Long before the days of purses or publicity, the same instinct found Its vent In the old sun dances. The Indian braves would cut four silts In the skin of their chests and run a narrow board Leather thongs through Hie slits. streaming from the top of a sort of maypole were fastened to each end n fice. The Boulder Dam Is still a rallying point for the speech makers with a portion of the present week to be de-- I voted to ways and means of Utah adopting a stand of some kind on tbe plan. Some eighty members of the body paid a visit to southern Utah over the week end and found among other things a very low temperature and nipping breezes. Au attempt to rectify the unconstitutionality of Utah's corporation law was made in a bill introduced into the house. The measure provides for the licensing and certification of domestic and foreign corporations hy ihe secretary of state at the same rate ns the present law hut restricts the license tax to apply only on capital s.'ock used within the state. A hill has been introduced providing for the licensing of aircraft and airmen. The law would extend the liability of an aircraft owner or operator to include injury to other operators as well as passengers. Aircraft operated In the slate must be licensed of hy the United States department commerce. A bill establishing old age tensions has passed the house after a real attack and defense on the part of the the frontier instead of In the cities. defenders and antagonists of the He liked the life there where conmeasure. vention did not rule, and there was assessment Doubling the present greater equality. As he expressed It, on metuliferous mines, taxing the From the suburbs of Philadelphia to stockholders of building and loan the banks of the Ohio I do not know a companies, and extending the present single family that has kn extensive In- rigaret, tax to Include all forms of fluence. An equal distribution of proptobacco are the features of several erty has rendered every Individual In- new hills. dependent, and there is among us true The Utah lnw now does not assess and real equality. In a word, as I am stockholders of banks and does not lazy, I like a country where living Is apply to investment houses, building cheap; and as I am poor, I like a and loan and other concerns of a simcountry where no person is very rich." ilar nature. One bill would extend the In 1801 he became secretary of the tax mans activities to such holdings. A 15 per cent tax to apply to the treasury in Jefferson's cabinet and held the office for twelve yeurs. Dur- retail price of all tobacco products is ing this time he made the work of the rate proposed In the nicotine act. his department intelligible through the A MU now in the house proposes to budget system, and some assert that divide each county into population AIBIW WJATlir he built himself a log house and also hud a store. x It was here he first met General Washington. The story of this meeting, as narrated by Gallatin, is given In a paper for the New York Historical society, written by William Beach Lawrence. Gallatin had a In the office of the surveyor of the district when Washington, who had lands In the neighborhood, and was desirous of effecting communication between the rivers, came there. Mr. Gallatin's bed was given up to him Gallatin lying on the floor, Immediately below the table at which Washington was writing. Wushlngton was endeavoring to reduce to paper the calculations of the day. Gallatin, hearing the statement, came at once to the conclusion, and, after waiting some time, he himsell gave the answer, which drew from Washington such a look as be never experienced before or since. On arriving at his conclusion, Washington turned to Gallatin and said, You are right, young cot-be- d man. Of this Incident John Austin Ste, vens, who wrste the biography of Gal- latin In the "American Statesman series, published by Houghton Mifflin company, says: "he look which Washington Is said to have given Mr. Gallatin has Its counterpart In that with which he Is also sold to have turned upon Gouver-neu- r Morris, when accosted by him familiarly, with a touch on the shoulder." After the Incident at the log cabin on the Pennsylvania frontier, Washington Is said to have tried to secure the services of Gallatin as his land agent ; but the later declined the offer. Gallatin soon rose to prominence In Ids adopted state. He was a member of the Pennsylvania assembly ennven tion; he was a member of the legislature; was elected United States senator, but could not qualify, because he Imd not been long enough S citizen of the country. For thirteen years he had then been In America, and declared hts Intention to be a citizen three years afterward. It Is believed that he was unseated on account of having been too Inquisitive regarding the manner In which the finances of the nation were being administered. It proved fortunate for the country at large that Gallatin was In Fayette county, and not In the senate, for It was largely through Ids Influence that the Whisky Insurrection did not result In war, through the secession of several counties In western Pennsylvania and Virginia. The people were not only ready to fight, but had a flag of their own ready to fiont from their liberty pole. Gallatin's good sense and management saved the day for law and order He has been criticised for living on of the board. Then the Indians would dunce until they dropped unconscious and the boards were torn loose from their skin. What Price Mistakes 7 When a plumber makes a mistake he charges twice for It. When a lawyer makes a mistake, he has a chance to try the case again. When a carpenter makes a mistake, It Is Just what he expected. When a doctor makes a mistake, he buries It. When a Judge makes a mistake. It becomes as a financial genius he ranks with Hamilton. Gallatin did not care for the position, as he would have preferred (o study law and practice It In New York city or in Philadelphia; but when appointed secretary, he felt It his duty to accept, although he feared he was not equal to i he task. On leaving the cabinet, Gallatin served his adopted country quite as effectively as a diplomat According to Henry Adams, Far more than contemporaries ever supposed, or than Is now Imagined, the Treaty of Ghent was the special work and the peculiar triumph of Mr. Gallatin. His shrewd ness and tact won the day, where another man, differently endowed might have failed. Following his successful and adroit diplomacy In bringing about the Treaty of Ghent. Insuring peace between England and America. Mr. Gallatin was sent as minister to France, and later to England. The mission to England ended Gallatin's official life, but not bis Intel loctual activity. Retiring to New York, he spent the lust years of his life In pursuing his favorite study of ethnology, and promoting education. In this manner, he usefully rounded out his eighty-eigh- t years, dying In districts corresponding to the number of representatives from the county and that one representative be selected by the voters of each district. Much discussion followed a divided report by the educational committee on the constitutional amendment measure which increases thj state school fund to $50 per child and establishes an equalizing fund if $5 per child. The uniform veterans law relating to the guardianship of incompetent veterans and their minor children passed the house without a dissenting vote. Four bills arranging enactment of Utah motor legislation uniform with similar legislation of other states have been offered. Tbe plans offered by these bills provide a uniform registering of motor vehicles and requires public liability insurance on rented cars, also proposes registering of titles for motor vehicles and regulates operateion of cars on the highways and provides for licensing the cur drivers. BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE No. C7. Critchlow Providing for licensing of aircraft and alru en. No. (18, HoKlier Providing for the cerlificatlou and payment of license taxes hy corporations to the secretary of state. a No. 69. Miller Setting aside sinking fund for the redemption of bonds issued by the board of educa- 1849. The historian nenry Admits, grand son of John Quincy Adams and of John Adams, in his Life of Gallatin" says that, ns secretary of the treasury during the eight years of Jeffersons Presidency, and for four years while Madison was President. Gallatin deserves equal recognition with Hamilton ns the founder of our financial system. Hamilton's theory was that the financial policy of the country should originate with the secretary of the treasury, and that congress should acquiesce In registering his will. At bert Gallatin, while 9 member of congress, organized the ways and means committee for the puipose of holding the secretary of the tieusury In check. New York recognized the high position won by Gallatin by giving his name to one of t s great bonking Institutions. great-grandso- tion. No. 70, riercy Designating the North American cedar as the state tree of Utah. No. 71, Jorgenson Providing for assessment of mines at six times their net annual proceeds instead of three as now provided. No. 72, Redd Providing for tax assessment of stockholders of hanking and investment eomiwtnies. No. 73. Badger Exempting pneumatic tired trailers from pay a cut of motor vehiele registration fees. No, 74, Thompson the Repealing law prohibiling smoking in enclosed public places. No. 75, llirschl the law of the land. When a preacher makes a mistake, nobody knows the difference. But when the editor makes a mistake good night I F change. Line. The "S" line In a pointing Is so called because It Is made of a double curve like the letter S. Tills Is Illustrated In John Alexanders painting, Isabella and the Pat of Basil." The front outline of the figure of Isa bella is an S" line. semi- work. ' Painters Compelling annual statement by county auditors of their salaries and those of deputies and assistants doing assessment roll j No. 76. llirschl Revising the fee of county officers. No. 77. Young Placing a lax of 15 per cent of Ihe retail price before the tux Is added on all forms of tobacco and tobacco substitutes. No, 78, Mellor Providing for nd-- j justment, settlement and payment of drainage taxes assessed again, t lands in Uraiuuge districts. If the farmers of FARMINGTON Cache county who are seeking tax rebates on tbe ground that deer and elk have been damaging their property will just drive a few herds of the animals over into the mountains east of Davis county the Davis county commissioners will be delighted. PROVO Apple growers of the county who paid a reat deal of attention to pruning and trimming of their are realizing some excellent profits for their work at the present time, according to Inspector H. V. Swanson of Utah coauty, following the shiplng of several carloads of apples from American Fork and Orem during the past week. LOGAN In making a report of his monthly survey of the snow cover on Mt. Logan, George D. Clyde of the Utah experiment station states that there is more water on the watersneds of northern Utah than there has been any year since 1923. This excellent snow cover is largely due to the recent heavy snows and present prospects indicate a good runoff for 1929. PRICE That the road from Clear Creek to Scofield and from Scofield to Colton is clear and free of snow was the report brought to Price recently by Theodore Kdur, road foreman for the Scofield section. Mr. Edur succeeded John C. Staley as road foreman there January 1. More than four feet of snow fell on parts of the roads. LOGAN There is more water on the watersheds of northern Utah than there has been any year since 1923, and, when the lower elevations are considered, this year compares favorably with 1923, which was an above-norm. This is ihe year for conclusion of Ccorga D. Clyde of the station, after completing his regular monthly snow survey on Mount Logan. SALT LAKE Overcast skies, which have been threatening Salt Lake for tbe last week, disgorged themselves last Tuesday morning and the city was treated to an additional three-incsnowfall. The official forecast read fair for Y.ednesday, but officials of the weather bureau found a low pressure area still prevailing in the valley. Mild temperatures are expected to continue. run-off- LOGAN When an Impolite deer knocks clown your fence, shoves your cattle out of the way, acts like a star boarder and then gives a snort of contempt when you threaten him, what can you do? This is what numerous farmers owning land adjoining the eastern foothills from Hyrum on the south end of Cache county to Richmond on the north asked e county commission. PRICE Despite the fact that the snow on the summit of Indian pass is e unprecedentedly deep, acording to residents of that region, traffic Into the Uintah basin by way of the road is still moving. Superintendent Cyril B. Cluff of the U. S. mail garage at Price says hts drivers have kept up their difficult schedule with the aid of the maintenance force of the state highway. old-tim- Prlce-Duchesn- e When your Children Cry for It Castoria is a comfort when Baby It fretful. No sooner taken than tbe little one is at case. If restless, a few drops soon bring contentment No harm done, for Castoria Is a baby remedy, meant for babies. Perfectly safe to give the youngest infant ; you have the doctors word for that! It is a vegetable product and you could use It every day. But Its in an emergency that Castoria e means most. Some night when constipation must be relieved or colic pains or other suffering. Never be without it ; some mothers keep an extra bottle, unopened, to make sure there will always be Castoria in the house. It Is effective for older children, too; read the book that comes with It Wisdom of Youth Magistrate Are you old enough to be married? Young Man Yes; but not silly enough. He Succeeded Why Honored politically and professionally, during his lifetime, Dr. R. V. Pierce, whose picture appears here, made a success few have equalled. His pure herbal remedies which have stood the test for many years S t i among the best sellers. Dr. are 1 1 Pierces Golden Medical Discovery is a stomach alterative which makes the Wood richer. It clears the skin, beautifies it ; pimples and eruptions vanish quickly. This Discovery, or G M D, of Dr. Pierces puts you in fine condition. A11 dealers have it in liquid or tablets. Send 10 cents for trial pkg. of tablets to Dr. Pierces Clinic, Buffalo, N. Y, and write for free medical advice. Great Source of Radium Discovery of extensive deposits of uranium from which radium with high activity is taken has been made at Johannesburg, South Africa. Tbe area, which is 35 miles from a railroad. Is about 150.000 acres. UTAH Sales of automobiles in Utah last month were nearly double these of January, 1928, according to the monthly report issued recently by Carl L. Snow, manager of the Automotive Trades Publishing company. Last month Utah residents purchased 1012 passenger cars, compared with 516 during January of last year, and 167 trucks as against 47 for the same month of 1928. RICHFIELD Statistics gathered from farmers and 4hreshing machine operators indicate that Sevier county raised 199,572 bushels of wheat of all varieties in 1928; 99.203 bushels of oats, and 161.437 bushels of barley. The total bushels of all small grain was 400,214, according to S. R. Boswell, county agricultural agent. This compares with 170,206 bushels of wheat, 126, S27 bushels of oats and 108,090 bushels of barley In 1927. LOGAN Potato growers are urged to take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the state board of agriculture to have samples of certified seed potatoes tested, in a circular letter sent out by Dr. F. E. Stephens, state agricultural All inspector. samples should be sent to John E. Blazzard, Washington county, by parcel post. They should arrive as near February 20 as' possible, according to the instructions. VERNAL The natural gas franVernal for a period of twenty-fivyears was granted to H. B. Durham of Casper, Wyo., at a meeting of the Vernal city council recently. Mayor Rice Cooper presided at the meeting. According to the terms of the franchise, construction of the pipe line from the natural gas wells, thirteen miles southwest of Verna!, must begin before June 1, 1929, and natural gas must be delivereu in Vernal on or before September 1, 1929. The probable cost of the ';oustruction chise for e wi ill be $1 25,0'o. n WHAT DR. CALDWELL LEARNED IN 47 YEARS PRACTICE A physician watched the results of constipation for 47 years, and believed that no matter how careful people are of their health, diet and exercise, constipation will occur from time to time. Of next importance, then, is how to treat it when it cornea Dr. Caldwell always was in favor of getting as close to nature as possible, hence his remedy for consti-patioknown as Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, is a mild vegetable compound. It can not harm the aystem and is not habit forming. Syrup Pepsin is pleasant-tastinand youngsters love it. Dr. Caldwell did not approve of drastic physios and purges. He did not believe they were good for anybodys system. In a practice of 47 years he never saw any reason for their use when Syrup Pepsin will empty the bowels just as promptly. Do not let a day go by without a bowel movement. Do not sit and hope, but go to the nearest druggist and pet one ot the generous bottles of Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, or write Syrup Pepsin, Dept. BB, Monticello. for free trial bottle. Quick Kclitfi A pleasant, (t Ar syrup 35t atu tcrnally, u.o PISOS Throa Cheat Salve, 35c. 4AAAMAAAAM)S Illinois, |
