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Show TAflE AAIS Ux SUN, PRICE. UTAH-EV- aky FRIDAY. AMI NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Bsls Under Chattel Mortgage Notice w hereby given that by virtue of a a cbui-le- l mortgage executed by Robert McKune sod 8. J. hie wife, ae murtgag-urto 1'nre Liuiuiuercial and Baring bank, a corporation, ae murigugee, dated August 11, 1U2.I, and filed in Ibe office 01 (lie county recorder of Carbon county, Utah, on the llih day of August, A. 1J iJ25, in File F, No. INitiO, of the files ot said office, and iimhi which chattel mortgage there will be due on the 5th day of February, A. D lltAi, the date of the first publics lion of this notice, the sum of 2121.00 and the sum of (300.00 attorneys fees, the undersigned, 1'rice Commercial and Baring bank, a corporation, thu said mortgagee, will foreclose Maid chattel mortgage by a Male of the property in iwid mortgage and hereinafter described, aud to that end will exiue und offer fur Male at public auction on Suliirdiiy, the 20th day of February, A. 1)., 11120, at 2 o'clock p. iu. of mu id dujr at I lie office and wurehouMC of the McKune Forwarding company, known aa Warehouse No. 1, being the princiiwl warehouse in which the office of mu id McKune Forwarding company is located in l'rice, Carbon county, Mtale of Utah, the following personal property described in said chattel mortgage, to wit: Those certain buildings, together with office, owned and occupied by mortgagor, Robert McKune, aud known ae Warehouses" Nos. 1 and 5, situated on ground leased by aaid Robert McKune of and from the Ilenver and Uio Grande Western Railroad company hm shown by Leuse No. 5832, together with all furniture and fixtures in iwid buildings, and together with all tools, equipment and everything of a personal nature in said building aud which is being used in connection with the business carried on therein, including platform scale inside and wagon auilcn out side, and also all the right, title, claim and interest of said Robert McKune in and to the aforementioned Lease No. 5332. Also a loading platform loci lied ujion ground covered by No. (1523 in Fries, Utah, said lease being a lense given by said railroad company hereinabove mentioned to said Robert McKune, and also all the right, title, claim and interest of the said Robert McKune in and to said lense. Also nil coal-biiiand outbuilding connected with said warehouse! or used in connection with the business conducted by raid Robert McKune nndrr tlie nuine of McKune Forwarding company in Price. Utah. For more definite description of the furniture, tools, fixtures and equipment the following articles among others are described, towit: One wagon scale, one warehouse scale, one platform acale, one typewriter, one Burroiigb adding machine, one typewriter desk, two office chain, five chairs, twenty-fou- r office files, one cash register, one diagrnph and aupplie, three ware house trucks, one set chain blocks, one set steel blocks and tackle, three screw Jacks, one steel filing cabinet, one wood filing cabinet, two flat top drays, two pair bobsleds, one horse, one set double harness, all coni shovels and forks, three crowbars, one donblejack, one pick and handle, one logcliain, one hundred and sixty-fiv- e stencils, one marking pot and brush, sixteen storage books, one extra sleigh tongue, one wagon axle, one office clock, one stapling machine, one kit staples, eyelets and rash register aupplie and one stove. Terms of sale, cash. PRICE COM MERCIAL AND SAYINGS RANK. F. E. Wood, Attorney For Mortgagee, Dated. February 2, 1929. First pub., Feb. 5 ; last Feb. 19, 1026. e, detx-ribe- By DEWITT J. MASON AMASCUS, one of Hie oldest cities the world, and at one time tlie and bUHleat market of the la now partially deserted. Dof Automobile trains, native curt, and other available vehicles, imed Into aervlce, removed many of tlie inhabitant), Including merchants. flee Ing with their famlllea from the ancient city of hlatorlcal and mythical atory aa though from peatllence. Many of the famous bazaars, where merchanta once aut and displayed their wares, are closed. Hotels are empty. The streets are deserted except fur loungers In the Merdje Central square (where revolutionaries were recently hanged by the hundreds) aud the beggars In the street which la called Straight." and troops. Soldiers are everywhere. Black, yellow, white, these soldier squads move through the narrow streets constantly, arresting revolutionary cross-legge- d sua-pect- a. Three vernacular dully newspapers and two comic weeklies have been suppressed by the French authorities. Meantime revolutionary organizations, called the Iron Hands," Watchful Ryes, aud the "Moslem Stalwarts," are dr culatlng secretly printed Inflammatory proclamations telling of supposed French disasters. The vendors of these proclamations are arrested by secret service agents the moment they are dis- covered. Promptly at 6 o'clock each evening tlie cursounds. A gravel Ike silence descends, broken only by tlie heavy rumbling of tanks, the clattering of armored cars, the sound of galloping hoofs as cavalry moves through the streets. Then, from time to time, comes the distant crack of a French "seventy-five.- " Ton know It Is bombarding rebel groups hidden away outside the city. Then there comes a walling chant and (rom high up In the mlnareta a voice calls the faithful to prayer. This Is the Damascus of rebellion ; the ancient city after revolt against French control and subsequent bombardment Rebel activity in the south has been suppressed, but bands of marauders and revolutionaries are roaming the country. Tlie French are cutting down groves and destroying the gardens in the saburbs of Damascus It was In the groves and the gardens thnt tlie revolutionaries concealed themselves. The city Is also being encircled with a cordon of barbed wire, while every military police post la guarded by sandbags and machine guns. Sentries keep constant watch from the roofs of buildings, while the batteries of Fort Gouraud are trained directly upon those sections of the city that are ' regarded as most dangerous. -' few world began at Damascus and will end A there," says an eastern proverb.. And there Is a story about Mohammed "a tule which a visitor In Damascus is bound to hear many times." The prophet la said to have ridden to a bill overlooking Damascus, "where be was met by a delegation of Damascenes." With great ceremony, the story proceeds, they Invited him to enter the city. The prophet gased down on Damascus. In the center of Its green gardens, and said : "When I die, I shall go to heaven ; so why should I now tt'T'IIE go to Dnmascusr And that handsome compli- ment to tlie city where the Apostle Paul, after hla miraculous conversion, fonnd shelter In n house la the street called Straight. Is explained by a reference to the Koran, "which pictures paradise aa an orchard, traversed by streams of waters, where grow the moat delicious fruits." This Ideal, explains William Jousdan Rapp In the Kew York Times, appeared to the natives of that sterile region to be realised at Damascus Tlie city and Its surroundings are lavishly extolled by Arabian poets, he reminds us. Sketching the eventful story of that archaic paradise the oldest city In history" so recently dev tated anew In a ferocious clash between the oc-- copying French and the recalcitrant Druses, Mr. Rapp remarks that Damascus, although "besieged, pillaged and burned at recurring Intervals since the days of Abraham," has always been rebuilt, until it Is easy to believe the eastern saying thnt the world will end there, In Its legendary cradle. And he continues: "From Its early days the history of Damascus has been atorray. The origin of the city is unknown. and there Is much to confirm the popular belief that It Is the oldest continuous city In tbs world. It Is mentioned a number' of times in Genesis. Abraham's steward Is calk'd FJlezer of David made a successful expedition Damascus. against tlie dty for the aid it gave his enemy . Badadexer, king of Zoab. Throughout the reign flow-ln- g JDsiTna&ciM --After" of Solomon, Rezon, who established a dynasty in Damascus, seems to have been In constant conflict with the kingdom of Israel. In all Its long Ilfs the history of Damascus may he divided Into a few great chapters. In 333 B. G, after the battle of Iaaus, In which Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian armies of Darius, Damascus was delivered by treachery Into the hands of Parmenlo, a general of Alexander, and tlie harem and treasury of Darius, which had been lodged In the city, were surrendered to the conquering Greeks. In the Kew Testament Damascus la spoken of In connection with the miraculous conversion of Paul ; the episode that pictures his being lowered In s basket over the wall to escape Aretas, the governor, and Pauls return to the city from Turkey to Aden, Is ever realized, Duninsens will probably be its capital. The most liuixirtnnt building in Damascus Is the .Greut Mosque of the Ommayyads. Its minarets dominate tlie whole city. The site of the mosque was originally occupied by a Roman temple. This was converted into n Chrlstlun church by tlie Emperor TheodoMis In 375, and named the Church of St. John,, because It was supposed to contain a casket with the head of John the Baptlxt To this day Damascenes swenr by the head of St. John. FOR PUBLICATION of the Interior, United States Land Office At Salt Lake City, Utah, February 5, 1929. Notice ia hereby given that John R. Marshall of Sunnyside, Utah, who on March 1. 1021, made Homestead Entry No. 028500, for Lots 1, 2, See. 12, Twp. 15 South, WKNE. Range 12 East, Salt Lake meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three-yeproof to establinh claim to the land above described before the clerk of the district court at Price, Utah, on the 24th day of March, 1920. Claimant names as witnewtes George Westwood. John McMahon and Del Van Wagoner, all of greatest sufferers In the present turmoil, the Sunnyside, Utah, and Jame Liddell of Utah. ELI F. TAYLOR, Regisremarks, ure tlifc 15,000 Armenians, who Price. ter. had built a model refugee vllluge outskirts First pub., Feb. 5; last March 5, 1920. of the city. Of these unfortunates we are told: "After many years of bard straggle, and with a little aid from the Near East Relief, they had become Dispatches report that tjiese Armenians hate had to abandon their vllluge and flee to Beirut, where, under the guns of French warships In the harbor, there Is some pro- Khalld-lbn-Wall- la the centuries following the Crusades Damascus was plundered by the Mongols and the Mamelukes of Egypt In 1309 It purchased Immunity . from destruction at ths hands of the Tatar conqueror, Tamerlane, of whom we read : "Tamerlane, on this occasion, captured all the famous armorers of Damascus and carried them to Samarkand and Khorasan, where they Introduced the art of manufacturing Damascus hladea Today this art still exists lu these ritles of Turkestan, while at Damascus It has completely disappeared. ."Damascus fell Into the hands of the Ottoman Turks In 1016 when Sultan Selim conquered Syria. It remained part of the Ottoman empire nntll the British conquest of Palestine and Syria In 1018. "In I860 Damascus was the scene of a terrible massacre of the Christiana. More than 0,000 were killed by the Moslems, whose minds had been greatly excited by the Indian mutiny. A French army corps of 10,000 men finally brought calm to the dty and the surrounding country after tlie Turks had failed to order. Today the French claim to the mandate of Syria Is largely based on France's tra lltlonal position as protector of Christian minorities, "Then comes the last chapter. At Damascus the Arabs proclaimed Emir Felsel king of Syria In February, 1020. To this the French objected, and In August of the same year they occupied the city, driving Felsel out. However, Damascus, even under the French, has remained the center of If the dream of a great Arab Arabian state, Including all the Arab lands from n. ths Persian gulf to the Mediterranean and from ar ns. B. S. SMYLIE and Surgeon Physician Office Phuiie 103w; Residence Shi Office Price Commercial and Saving Rank Bldg., l'rice, Utah. CHARLES RUGGERL JR., M. tection. In peaceful times. May is the best season In which to pay Dunmscus 4. visit, for then the plain of the Ilaradn river. In whose .midst the .city stands. Is covered with n brilliant carpet of wild flowers. Walnut, apricot, lemon nnd orange trees In the gardens surrounding the city are In full foliage. This brilliant oasis, with minarets rising from hundreds of mosques. Bedouins of the desert regurd as the next thing to paradise. Damascus lins a population of about 300.000 souls, being Moslems. The other fifth Is made up of Christians and Jews. Among the Christians,- members of the Greek Orthodox church predominate ; but there are also Roman Cutliolirs, Maronltes, Gregorian (largely Armenian refugees from Cilicia) aud a few Frotestnnts. The Moslems subdivide Into Arabs, Circassians. Druses and Kurds nationalistic divisions which. In the case of the Druses, Is heightened by a fanatical sectarianism. Much rivalry and hatred exists. "The city has three distinct quarters Moslem, Christian and Jewish. It Is said that there Is no other city where customs have changed so little during the apes. The Jews as nearly resemble those of the time of I'atil as ran he Imagined. Seurcely any other people In the world has adhered so tenaciously to the very letter of the religions code. Strolling, you find It difficult to make your way among the venders of lemonade or sweetened water shouting 'Berrld ala kalhalk!' (refresh thy henrt), and the sellers of other refreshment crying: Take care of your teeth: 'Food for the swallows!' and Allah la tlie nnurlaher. buy my bread !' "You come to the silk bazaar, which Is esiieclill-lInteresting because of the fart that It contains mare of the produce of native Industry than may lie found In nny of the other bazaars Here are shawls nnd mashluks or kimonos, or brilliantly colored silk cloth, woven with elnhorate designs In silver and gold. Farther along Is the rotten bazaar, dedicated to mattress makers and wool carders. Then eoincs the spice market, where drugs end spices are displayed In Interminable rows of boxes and glasses, "As one wsi'ks through these bazaars. which but n short time ago were prosperous and In full activity It Is Impossible to drive one Is depressed by the spectacle of destruction and ruin, and this feeling I accentual ed hy glimpses of even s greater damage done up the little lending off them. The Saglmr quarters are also (Turnbadly damaged, while the ers Market), which runs aero, the south end of the street culled Straight, has also suffered severely. Ionise upon house and shop after shvp having the npicnrunre of being In process of demolition. But the holes are unnilstnknhly made hy shell, and smoke curlina lo'lween the rafters and firemen working on the roof tell the true (ale." four-fifth- s Minea and shlpg from the famous Union Pacific bituminous veins of Pleasant Valley in the Carbon district Nona better for stove, range, grata, furnace or manufacturing plant The equal of any and superior to many for storage. Once tried always insisted upon. Get prices from the general offices and galea agsncy, Walker Bank Bnilding. ' Office Phone 81; Residence 300m Bilvugni Bldg., Price, I tab. HR R. M. JONES Physician and Surgeon Obstetric and Dineaxee of Children Siivugni Building, Price, Ills Office, HR. W. P. WINTERS Physician aud Burgeon lhone Proprietor (larbun Hospital Office, Carbon Hospital, - y slde-iilley- IV PRICK, UTAH F. S. THOME OR Dentist Hotel Avalon, Helper, Utah Phone fifi-- n& H. B. GOETZMAN Dentist Work and Extraction. Prlct Commercial Bank Bldg., Price, Huh X-R- HR GLENN WILLIAM RICHARDS Dentist Nitres Nurse In Attendance. Oxide aud Oxygen Miles Building. Office Tel. 209. Ure. 187 w. PRICK, UTAH y, )& SANFORD BALLINGER Dentist Service. Second Fluor Siltagni Buildtag PRICK, UTAH X-R- Office, HR- - L S. EVANS Dentist Office, Electric Building PRICE, UTAH W. GLETN HARMON Attorney and Counselor At Law PRICE, UTAH Office With the District Attorney At Courthouse QRAFFET A PATTERSON Lawyers Tavern Building, South Eighth Street PRICE, UTAH K. CLAY Q LIVER Attorney At Law Office In County Gouthonse. PRICE, UTAH L- - A. McGEE Attorney At Law Rooms 5 and 6, Silva gni Building. PRICE, UTAH 3- - W. DALTON Attorney At Law Office In the Silvsgni Building. PRICE, UTAH PERDINAND ERICKSEN Attorney At Law 717 Judge Building SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH PREDERICE E. WOODS Attorney At Law Office, Electric Building. PRICE, UTAH GEORGE J. CONSTANTINE Attorney At Law Suite 12, Silva gni Building, Formerly Occupied By l'rice A Fouta. PRICE, UTAH E FLYNN J Licensed Undertaker and Ambulance Service . Telephone 29. PRICE, UTAH ALLACE ft HARMON Undertakers and Licensed Embabnen One Block South of L. D. S Tabernacle Office Phone 158. Bee. 115m. PRICE, UTAH P. BERTOT - D Phyairiaa and Burgeon g. d In 1018. nt IBM 1 PROFESSIONAL on-th- first centuries after Christ, Syria DURING the Roman province, and In 150 A. D. Trajan made Damascus a provincial capital. loiter the city was an outpost of the Byzantine empire, In the wars between Byzance and Persia It antlered greatly and was finally captured by In 635. The seat of the caliphate was trasnf erred from Mecca to Damascus, which became the center of the great empire of the Ommayyads, whose rale extended from India to tlie Atlantic. Tlie Ommayyads were replaced after ninety years by the Abbaaids, who removed the seat of their empire to Bagdad. Damascus then passed through a period of unrest in which It was raptured and ravaged In turn by the Egyptians, the Carmathlans and the Seljuks. Crusaders attacked Damascus la 1126, but never succeeded In keeping a firm hold on the city, even during their brief domination of 8yria. Throughout his fierce struggle with the Franks Snladln made his headquarters In Damascus. Ills tomb Is now cme of the sights of the town. In 1809 Kaiser Wllhelin of Germany, on Ills visit to Damascus, laid a bronze wreath on the tomb. It bore the Inscription : "From one great emperor to another." The wreath was removed by the English whet General AUenby captured the dty from the Turks NOTICE TIIE Arabia." FEBRUARY IT-IDA- PAINT SHOP Auto Painting 1, 3,--8 nnd 8 Days systems DuR or Gloss Finish Half Block East of Courthouse Phone 233 PRICE, UTAH - Salt Lake City, Utah PRICE AGENCY CO. Special bargains in residence property and rooming houses. Everything in insurance. We will audit your books and install bookkeeping systems on short notice. Look ns up. G. E. NELMS, Mgr. 311 Electric Bnilding Phone 354w PRICE, UTAH Are You? Are yon getting the kind of eulta yon deserve when yon have plumbing work done? If yon are not let ns do the next Job for yotL Experienced workmen, satisfactory repairs. Give ns a trial REED PLUMBING & HCATINC CO. IS Nerth Eighth Street Phone XBO PRICE, 3ENBEAN General Painting Contractor Phone 188m. PRICE, UTAH HAMMOND J . W.Licensed Abstractor of Titles Abstracts of title furnished to any or tract in Eastern Utah. Fire Insurance written in the beet companies. piece Real estate, bonds, etc. Second floor Bll-rag- ni Building, l'rice, Utah. Repairing DoneHere PntsPep In YonrCar We execute your repairing If you specify certain work we do not go beyond orders to ran up a big bill but will give yon a conscientious report on what la required to pnt your car in order. The beat teat ia a trial. Gas, oil and acceaaoriea at all time. hero intelligently. zhip-aha- pe BUNNEL GARAGE North Ninth St, Price, Utah UTAI1 Ilirth announcement card. Tlie Sun. |