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Show Friday, January 18, 1929 says to thcor- TI1E OGDEN POST 5 I wrote to Mr. II. G. Wells as fellows: I have the four volumes of your li . :'V The Outline of History, and read TEACH V'-'- same with some interest. - ' rl I am not what is termed an eduEVOLUTION cated man, never attended either high school or college, nor any other school except the school of experience, since I was 13 years of age, when I came Barton II. Father of Charles west, crossing the great plains with Writes Noted Historian; Asks ox team. The llambal and St. Joe Railway, Missouri, was the last railfor Authority That Time Was road I saw for several years. During my long term in the school Recorded According to Lunar of experience I have learned that it is best to listen to all that may be Men If and Asking Jllonths said, and to read all that I possibly I Matured at 5 to 15 Years Old can upon any subject or matter that ' may be the topic of speaker or writer, 1 but never do I take anything for I Br Joseph Barton, Baker, Oregon r V granted, because such and such an I so Davis in so and are the facts. Old timers county, authority says in Kaysville, will be inter-cte- d This is why I now refer to page 129, f in reading the following news-- ; Volume 1, of your Outline of History, paper clippings and open letter writ- published by the Review of Reviews, ten by Joseph Barton of Baker, Ore- where you state as follows: Neolithic man knew surely gon, to H. G. Wells, author of Outthat the winter would come, and Our friend Joseph line of History. stored his fodder and presently his sems to have it on tho famous augrain, lie had to fix a seed time, thor. Editor Reflex.) Jan-fcga propitious seed time, or his In a communicati-1 1 She Idaho Daily Statesman of HO invented the modern ipiote.l In 2 prints an Associated Press dissowing was a failure. The earliest Wrangler" in the "Canmng l r.i u" process? About ning recorded reckonings is by moons cans of processed Dr. Hilling says in part: patch of more than half a column, and by generations of men. The I am convinced that Nicholas foods are now put up in tho United captioned by two column wide, heavy former seems to be the case in lines, as follows: scare-hea- d States every year, and most of them Appert was the nun who ibsa-wthe Book of Genesis, where, if one SCIENTISTS, PROFESSORS are consumed by the American the art of preserving food ly treatreads the great ages of the paACTION TO COMBAT eople. Since the canning industry ing the same with heat and liolihv.g V OLUTION triarchs who lived before the EDICTS as grown to such gigantic propor- it in a hermetically sealed cout.iiui r. JTAKE flood as lunar months instead of tions scientists have been working I believe his title is as clear i:i this Demands Right to Teach j "Association years, Methusaleh and the others on every aspect of it, and commer- respect as that of Motse for the teleare reduced to a credible length Theories in Schools; Ban Against cial canning has become a science. graph. Hell for the telephone, or of life Freedom of Doctrine Scored. V Scientists have not only done this, Edison for his numerous inventions. Now, if you suggest that Methus but they have delved into the in- It is true that Appert was not the YORK (AP) (then as fol- aleh lived only 969 months, or less teresting past history of canning. first to preserve foods by what we than 75 years, then we must apply Dr. A. vi. Bitting, formerly asso- term canning. He never made such lows): "Action to combat the spread of the same rule to Adam, and others ciated with the National Canners a rlaint. That was done after a Association laboratories at Wash- fashion for two hundred years belegislation to restrict mentioned in the Fifth Chapter of which of freedom was taken Genesis, to tho teaching you refer. I will ington, D. C, has collected all the fore his time. Rut no one knew data on the subject available why it kept sometimes and spoiled Tuesday by scientists and university not write in full, but will say that if Adam was only 130 lunar months old about 1200 volumes from the year at others. The closest approach to professors in session here. 150ft to date, some of which were thr work of Appert is that of Denys "At this session these scientists and when Seth was born, then Adam was iprtfessorb authorized the preparation only 10 years of age at that time. prepared from manuscripts prior to Papin about a hundred and twenty-fiv- e 'of a circular to contend for such free-do- Yet Cain and Abel wfre born before th Christian era. years before. and placed themselves definitely Seth. By the same reckoning Seth granted, no matter by whom written was only eight years of age when as stated in the Bible. Tonrecord as deploring I do think my letter is of sufficient enclose a of letter and I Enos also :laws a copy was born; Enos was a father regulations." Now, as a matter of fact, evolution when he was seven years of age; his dated January 28, 1928, acknowledg- importance to be entitled to a reply, : means to the masses son, Mahalaleel, was born, and Mahal-alc- ing receipt of my letter, signed by M. stating your authority for saying at j was only five years of age when Wells, stating that you were abroad, that time referred to direct- years his son, Jared, was born, and he, and only letters of importance were to were but lunar months. inr intelligence in the creation and This letter has never been acknowland preparation of this Jared, was only 12 Vi years of age be forwarded to you. I Mr. think Wells, Now, my inquiry edged. ;earth for mans existence upon it, when his son, Enoch, was born; Enoch 'and that all these changes from chaos was but five years of age when his was, and is, an important one, for if Now, the point I seek to make is have come about by chance. son, Methuselah, was born, and Me- your conclusions as to creation and simply this: If it is right and proper ) It was the evolutionists, or thuselah had attained the mature age development of this earth, and your to bar by law the Bible or any relig who formulated and had of 15 years when his son, Noah, was conclusions as to the origin of the ious teaching in the public schools laws passed forbidding reading of the born. several races and colors of the people and universities because the scientific Bible and the teaching of religion in Now, turn to Chapter 7, Genesis, are based on grounds no more reason- theorists claim to find flaws in tho able than are those touching the ages Bible, why is it not right to bar from thd public schools and universities. Verse 11. It says: Now I ask by vrhat right the evolu In the six hundredth year of of Methusaleh and others of his time, the schools and colleges such theoretdemand Noahs life, the second month, the there is a great deal of misleading ical stuff as II. G. Wells in his Out tionists, or and incorrect conclusions in your his- line of History," as above quoted, sets tha repeal of all laws interfering with, seventeenth day of the month, etc. theor-sout us actual facts? o of is time their "Ilere evolution recorded months teaching tory. years, 1 do not claim to be a highly learnI say bar and exclude from the and days. Same in Chapter 10, where long as these same or evolutionists have had en- you will find years, months and days ed man, but I do try to carefully weigh schools evolution if the Bible is to be acted in the several states laws for- specifically referred to. everything I read and take nothing for barred and excluded both or neither. bidding the reading of the Bible or It is evident that at that early teaching of anything of a religious date, some 4000 B. C., men recorded nature in the public schools. time by the sun and not the moon, The association demands the right and years meant years as we underto feach theories in schools, and claims stand years, and months as we underthd. ban against freedom of the docstand months probably at that time trine is scored. lunar months and days as we underTheories is a good word to use, for stand days. many, if not most, of these Now, I would like to know your tdentific conclusions are based, not authority, or upon what grounds you InJ facts, but on theory. say that time, in the days of these I As evidence of this I will simply men, was recorded according to lunar toote from page 129, Volume 1, The months, and please tell me if these line of History, fourth edition by men were matured at from five to 15 L1G. Wells: years of age, and fathers of families. 'Neolithic man knew surely that To this letter I received the follow?the winter would come, and stored ing reply: his fodder and presently his grain. I regret that as "Mr. Wells is at Be had to fix a seed time, a present abroad, and has left instrucg .propitious seed time, or his tions that only urgent letters are to was a failure. The earliest be forwarded to him, it is not posrecording reckoning is by moons sible for me to place your letter be$16.50 'and by generations of men. The fore him. (Signed) M. Wells. former seems to be the case in I wrote to Mr. Wells again, as folthe Book of Genesis, where if one lows: reads the great ages of the I am enclosing with this, a copy of who lived before the flood letter to you 'dated January 9, my s lunar months instead of years, 1928, calling your attention to a stateMethusaleh and the others are ret ment in your Outline of History that s' duced to a credible length of life. at the time Methusaleh lived time was agriculture began the counted by lunar months, and that by difficult task of squaring the lu-reckoning his age by such months his month with the solar year. age would be reduced to a reasonable looting the absurdity of such figure (75 years), instead of 969 years BARTON - BIBLE OR I Fi... BAR "I par-ftiecla- 3 rly ! - Canning Noiv a Science fy ran-41- 8,000,-000,0- 00 1 V i anti-evoluti- Farm Bureau Men to Hear National Head Hr. Officer in Boy Scouts At Provo Convention Mr. .h.n. IT. tSpivi:il ) It.'.h funnels lave a n.ie pnviVcv i:i More for them i'i tin of ..mm Ariel-ica11. ThompM.ii. the of pv Hutv.r.i fna ration to lio". I tali, on .l.tnaaiy 21, when he speak-athe iir.r'.ia! of tiie I'te.h Faun lliirea.i fob rat imi. In his a.) t !s. eov.veuliop he i e dress peeled to dial wi'h the tariff, maikeln-gpro ui.d oilier i af ruction, feeling the wi !! being of aciieulnue i'i I'tah and the nation. Mr. Thompson ii the most national future in icaltnre to farm-e- l day. As the leader of uigani.'-in the fight for fa nu relief lit Wn'hii.gtoM lie attracted because of his itreniious efforts to pre.sont tho true situation of the fanners to the lawmakers, unbiased by partisan prejudice. Out of that stiuy.',: !e has been born a new CllUWGO. 111., it t , a-.- . llet.d Fleeted as 1 i.aiinu-wiili-a.teutio- national attitude towards the farmer, an attitude of understanding and of sympathy which eventually it is foreseen, will lead to definite benefits for Anieriea'H basic industry. Mr. Thompson is a firm believer in organisation as a means for solving the dilfieulties of the farmer. The future prog I'e.-- s of agrieul lure," he has often staled, dep.'inls more than at any time in the history of our count iv on a strong organi.a-tioi- i of the farmers. l.aek of sueh organization has hitherto been the most serious diuvvbaek to the business of farming. The degree to which the farmers of the luml are able to influence the nation in the adoption of a sane agri- - r. Ifvti-- I l district va; b.iliT.ai: of the Sc.,r.. Boy '"i.ts i f Auurii-si- .md the Rev. I.es- -' vii-r I. I'ii '.in vv:ss Hi'tli nffuian uu'.'mutically be- i'!iv meiiiluTs if tli- Ogden Gateway I'tineil bnard. lred Carr, I ii ii:g eliaii mvi, continues as u it, i h her uf tin board. di-'ri- ct, , re-e- l. - . ixi-cut.v- !l-.- iii'iur.il policy, Mich as .huuM prevail, entirely i.pnii tiie extent to all nil we :ne organi'.'.i-tand speak licpcpi!-- . l will; a uiii'.cil voice. In feitv five states we have almost 2,("i,oiM laiai families in the farm l.tiieau ranks, and thmugh them much has l ieu accnnplishril for the welfare .f fai 'r.ei s. If we had tvv ice that number, think how much more readily and we could make our wishiii'.pii-KMvrl- es known. I'ei smia'.ly those who hear Mr. ThcmpMiu will find much to uttruet them to this energetic clear-eye- d mail. Born on u Illinois farm in ISt'id, he passed .M years in active cultivation of the and the enlarged farm he still .suHTio is one of the outstanding, up tO'duie places in the community near (joincy, 111. 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