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Show PTAII STATESMAN News Notes ifi a Privilege News Notes i; Its Privilsg to Livo in Utah to Lioo in m IDAHO Belief that a acreage of beets will be planted la thia section in the coming aeaaon ASHTON consider-abl- s ! PANGLTTCH insent prospects . MADE HAPPY ! By Women WhoUsedLjrdia , fir abundant crepe next summer ere not promising, according to careful rheck was expressed by D. R, Sculley. Idaho of precipitation to date. Although the manager of the Sugar section received as much early enow company, at a meeting of local as usual, many midwinter storms of men end farmers held recently at other parts f the state have been the commercial club. S peake. for the missed by rangultch. This fact, linkconference included J. E. Jensen, eg-- ed with the reality that this section rlrultural superintendent of the Utah-- : has had light snowfall tor three o Sugar company He referred to ten past, makes the adequacy of next the contrart whi?b the company Is of- summer's water supply doubtful. A fering the farmers as a liberal one. premising feature of the outlook is IDAHO FALL- S- With the decision that heavy fall relae left the ground well saturated end has Insured good of the city council to offer George pnng working renditions. Early owned for the 13,000 building Tway la also very promising, due to by him on Broadway and Capitol av- range the fall rains and thywnowfall enue, the last obstacle In the way of to heavy date. widening Broadway to the river la Utan-Idah- TWO HOMES Pinkhams Vegetable Compound "I have taken Lydia EL Plnkhaml Vegetable Compound and I think It to tha most wonderful I medloine 1 aver n bust-ne- tried," la tha statoi meat made by Mra. Goldie Slump of ss -- St win-Idah- . overcome. Although conm been signed. It is practically certain that the terms will be accepted. The building In question is the last one to be moved or torn. down In the program of enlarging the street, which has been going on for some time. j COALVILLE The annual financial E. WrfJthL county clerk of Summit county, has been filed with the county coramlssioffers. The report shows a balance un hand in the the rounty treasurer's hsnils on Do-- ! ceinher 31, 193, of 1295 000, with the not resources at the county amounting s' ,lM0,000- - Durln the paBl Tar di bursements were made from the rer lous funds as follows; General, $35,000 road, $20,000; widowed mothers' fund, $6000; poor fund, $6500; and fair fund, $500. In addition to the above disbursements $50,000 was expended from state road funds, irlnclpally n federal aid work and at the firrt of the year n Balance of $44,000 was left in this practically statement of John tracts have FALLS AMERICAN W ATBUXifrjt&Qr'aaBGtRgAZ' Ahoto twW JOHT By ELMO SCOTT WATSON IKE Christina?, St. Talon day combines In Its a queer mixture and pagan elements. It derives Its name from an early Christian martyr two of them, say some historians hut comes its observance straight from the ancient Romans, who not only were not Christiana but who showed wbut they thought of Christianity by their playful habit of feeding large numliers of that religious sect to the lions. The first St. Valentine was one of these early Christian martyrs, although his martyrdom whs nut via the lion route. During the reign of the Emperor Claudius a certain liishop was brought before the emperor and the high priest, Culphurnlus, charged with a ecrit-- s of high crimes against the Roman grain. When faced by his accusers, tlie bishop started to uiuke a plea for the Christian cause, but he was silenced and hurried away to Asturius, noted as the severest of Roman Judges and one who had a particular hatred of Christians, to be tried and sentenced. Meanwhile the emperor sent a secret message to Asturius commanding him to use every means possible to win Valentinus back to the native gods and to try to save his life. When the bisliop was questioned by Asturius and found to be firm in hie adherence to the new religion, the Roman exclaimed, "If your God Is Indeed the light of the world, let Him prove Ills divine power by restoring sight to uiy blind daughter !" Bring her to me, answered Valentinus, and when the blind girl was brought before him he laid his hands upon her head and prayed aloud for t lie restoration of her sight Then, so runs the legend, her sight was Indeed restored, and Asturius was ro Impressed by this miracle that he and all of his house-holforswore their pagan gods and were baptized Into the Christlun faithahy Valentinus. Valentinus Martyrdom When the emperor heard of this, he was urious, not only at the bishop but also at liis greatest noble who had thus deserted him. He Imniedlutely ordered Asturius and all of Ills family imprisoned ifnd the Christlun bishop first to be beaten In public and then beheaded. What happened to or his family, history does mu record, hut in the case of the bishop, the eiuivror'8 orders were carried out. He suffered flagellation and was executed on the Flniiiiniiin Way leading from Rome to Arrimiiiium on the Adrlutlc sea. The year In which this took place Is in dispute. At least three dotes 270 A. D 27$ A. II. and JUKI A. !. are variously given, hut It is certain that the execution tool; place on a day corrcsiMUiilii.,: to ottr February 14. At any rate, the martyr ilotn of Valentinus, the bishop, made him St. Valentine and his remains are In the church enshrined of St. Iraxcdcs In Rome. A gate In Rome wus also named after him, I'orta hut It was lulcr changed to I'ortu del I'omiIo. Although Itislaip Valeniiiius was the there wus anoriginal St. other bisliop who Itore that name. He was from l.licrumma, he was also a bishop Htid a martjr and performed many miracles before he wus cxe- l, Vuh-ntin- e 1 The eienlng before St. Vuleutine's day wus tlie special time for giving The streets and recritliiK gifts. ewunnril with currier, t In currier were bent with dear bunleti uf regard. Up to the doors tiptoed tlie lieaier uf liic dear burden, ting tseuut iling ling wild Hie dour weld tin1 hearers of Hie burden. Fur It would mvor du to be dlsmivi-n-wt.ee the door wo opened Anonym lu-ll- I view and Arcadia districts of Duchesna county, work is In progress on the Lake Fork bridge. Mr. Meyer has a force of men making the necessary improvements as rapidly as possible. The foundation on the east side ol the bridge waa washed out by the r cent flood caused by the breaking of the dam In the upper country a few weeks ago. The bridge will be raised j ! p outed. Rut beyond that, little seems to be known of liia carver and certainly nothing in the lives of either Sulnt Valentine would seem to have given rise to the frivolous celebrations of the day dedicated to these two saints. , j Significance Lost and the celebration of the unnlversary as we know it comes from the ancient Romun feast of Luiiercaiia, one of the sjiecial features of which was what wus called the lottery of love. In the lottery of love" the names of yuung women were placed In a box or some other receptacle from which thry were drawn by young men who thereupon became their rweetlieurts fur the following year. How this pugan custom came to be associated with the day dedicated to a Christian saint is explained by an early writer as follows: It was the practice in ancient Roma, during a great part of the month of February, to celebrata tha Lupcrcalla, which were feaeta in honor of Fan and Juno, whenco the latter deity waa a. named Eebruata, Februalle and On thia occaaion amldet a variety of ceremonies, tha namea of tha young women wera put la a box from arhlch they wera drawn by tha men aa chance directed. The pastora of the early Christian church, who, by every poeaible means, endeavored to eradicate the vestiges of pagan superstitions, and chiefly by acme commutations of Iheir forma, substituted, In the present instance, the names of particular sainta instead of those of the women: and ae the festival jf l.upercalia hr.d commenced about the middle of February they appear to have chosen St. Valentines day for celebrating the new because It occurred feast, nearly at the name time. It would seem, however, that It was utterly Impossible to extirpate altogether any ceremony to which the common people had been much accuetmned a fact which It were easy to prove In tracing the origin of various othtr popular superstitions. And, accordingly, I lie outline of tlie ancient ceremonies whs preserved, mojiflrd by some adaptation to the Christian system. It to suppose that the above is practice of choosing mates would gradually become reciprocal In the sexes and that all persons so clmnn would e called Valentines, from the day on which the ceremony took place. There is one oilier touch which need to he milled to the St. Valentine's t rail! t Ion to make this strungc comiMisiie complete. Among the an cienls It was niularly hcliewd llmt tlie mating reason of blrde begun In the middle of February and from that 1 1 as grew the legend of So St. Valentine's the exact date. day Is a combination of a natural Feb-rull- e ... sky-blu- ity weld with the gifts, no giver mut if course It ever he discovered. would he disastrous disappolutmi-iil- . . If peril up inure than tin correct giver were imt guessed. If, for example, u puekugn coiifuin lug llic neut iiimI idling word, "Ill Ih your If you'll tx mine; I mu your pleading Vllleli' ilie- "- If Sill'll H park-tlgwere credited to Die Wrung defier, c cenu imagine wind luigld lie nii-id- ipiciices. Medcdr can't he counterfeited. - e to better health thaa before. Mrs. J. Storms off 29 Lana Street, Pat eraon, N. J., wrltean can not apeak too highly of your medicine and 1 recommend It to all mjr friends. These statements ware taken from two enthnilaetie letters which tell of the help that has been received Irons Both using the Vegetable Compound.wars to Mrs. Shoup and Mra. Storms condition which caused a ' run-dow- n diem much unhappiness. When women, are suffering from lack of strength and from weakness, their own life and that or their family la affected. When they feel well and strong and are able to d their housework easily, happy homei are the result Thousands of testimonial letters hav been received from women in different walks of lire, stating that tha Com pound baa helped them. AFNESS hnorO"" no iitfjsa MM Druggists W mm manVAntur mum JCONARD.IMC. UM.NCWVONI HEADACHE RELIEVED . . . QUICKLY Carter's Utile Liver Pifls lardy VcsttadMt Laxative the bowcii free from am ia and unpUetent afte effects. Thef relieve tha unteai of coaedpa-tw- o poieone which many times causa a dull and echiog head. Remember they am adoo-toe'- s prescription and can bcann with sbso-l- ui e confidence to every mam bar of the fsmity. AU Dru exists 25c and 75c Red Fackssts. CARTERS 1EK PILLS Poor Shot j y For the religious significance of St. Vuleutlnea day has been entirely lost Compound sha la MYTON Under the direction of F. W. J. Meyer, supervisor of the Midi foU"dt,5" Pt'nI ments were still heavier last week, I amounting to 837 cars, or a daily av- - Hour mill west for from1theIILpa,c erage or no. This is an increase or a bridge constructed over a bad draw, ten care per day over the shipments OGDEN Weber county dairy farmof the two previous reeks. Idaho loadings again amnurted .0 nexrly one-fift-h ers are planning to take a trip to of all of the rarlot shipments of Cache county early this month, under the direction of the Weber County potatoes in the country, reports WenoPcazz -dell Calhoun, the federal market news Farm bureau. S&&&CCD V Equipment and ar- If Idaho j rangement of .Cache county dairy Idaho at Falls. representative phenomena, tlie pagan Roman 'Tot- shipments should be maintained at barns will be studied, and In addition tery of love and the anniversary of the present relume, 'he potatoes In the matter of feed for dairy cowa aa tlie death of a Christian martyr. the state would 11 be "leaned up along carried out hy Cache dairymen will be Just when tlie celebration of 8L In April, according to most estimates j looked Into. The Weber county bu-o-f Valentine's day turned In the direction local shippers as to the amount! of reau also has decided to organize cow of sending valentines Is unknown. The Stock renin In Inc testing associations to test herds over common tradition Is that the first tu Increase butterfat IDAHO-With MVERHITY OF a definite periods poetical valentines were those penned-bA survey nf all rows In production. diaries, Duke of Orleans, grandson charter membership of eleven, organ- - the county also Is to be made. of diaries V of France and father of ization of the laho cLapter of Epsilon BRIGHAM CITY loose Creek Louis ML He was taken prisoner at Elgms Phi, national fraternity of ag-northwest part of ' the battle of Agineourt in 1415 and rlcultural extension workers who have ",oun1,laln"' that . of Tower was kept in In the or been service prisoner hn years longer, isn t a lake. The summit of the range biwas 25 London for waa completed at tl e rinse of the years before be Is revered in summer for miles with extenfinally ransomed for 300,000 crowns. ennial conference of the lillea. The wind, blowing was to whom 10 sion workers. This slate Is the fourth Who hM lady-lovlove ioenis were written while there to organize a chapter, being preceded them, gives the Illusion of a huge l ike. Ogden Value oi Ltah livestock Inis not recorded but all of them are by Montana, Washington and Oregon. creased during 1927 about $6,000,000, now preserved In a large volume in BOISE Snowslides of from 3U0 to or 11 per cent, over the prered'ng year, the British museum. 400 feet in length and fifteen feet in according to the annual livestock reBusiness and Sentiment depth have handirapped the opening port Issued Tuesda by George A. A curious mixing of business and of trails In the Crimea pass Lnwman Scott, statistii Ian for the United States sentiment In the observance of 8L country of Boise rounty, A. C. Laws, department of agriculture. The Tee Valentine's day Is recorded in the fact deputy game warden reported to the In values ts due largely to a sharp In--. ttiat during the 27th year of the reign state game department. Although the crease in the per head value of rattl?, of lienry VIII of England, that mon-arc- h people of lowman and Oxbow cooperthe report aas granted a charter to the city of ated In digging out a trail, only pack MYTON One o( the Industries lh.it 1 run setting apart St. Valentine's day and aaddle horses ran get through. Is rapidly increasing In the Uintah ba-- 1 anas the date of the opening of the BOISE Gaa tax collection during Bin is the cream and dairy business. nual market when the housewives of the past year furnished a gross rev- One ereamery company has receiving I.ynu bought their dry goods, prostations established at Vernal, Bonita, visions and other supplies for the sea- enue of $1,669.057.1 6 fci the state high way fund, George Jordan, director of Altonah, Mt. Emmons. Roosevelt and son. In that part of England yton. Several of the farmers are tha boreau of mitor luels. depart nunt 14 became known as Valentine Market day and berihboned valentines , of law enforcement, announced. Col- - Increasing their turds of mlich cows, were sold from stalls and on the lections represented th sale of 42.348,- - ; wh!, 0,hr are beginning to rngag ! n dalring. street. In so far as Henry VIII had 955 gallons of gas in the state, as mmMOAR Approval of a continuation 5 with of 39.419, gallons gas something of a reputation as being a pared of contract on the price Collections the three-yea- r the highf.r j sold In 1926. Is It lover." approgreat singularly i to be in 1926 I1.1S2.5.S5.G1. fund totaled way paid for sugar beets dtring 1924 priate that he should hnve been the one who sin mid forward the wider j RUPERT At a recent meet lug of j waa made Wednesday a a meeting or tho special committee uf the Utah Suobservance of tills day devoted to love the Minidoka county ranga fair boarl, gar Beet Cooperative association and milking. called by President Fred Mniiuiier of Rut it remained for another "great representatives nf six of the lnrgst the association, it was d?celderi .o hnct sugar concerns operating In this lover, Charles II, to tiring the obhold a three-dacounty fair in Rupert territory at a session held in Farm servance of St. Valentines day to Its Bureau headquarters In the Dooley zenith. I luring Ills reign it was not tils coming autumn, commencinghel-- Sepl tember 20. While no fair was in building. for lovers to send only customary Minidoka rounty the past ;enr on ue-- I unh-n- t BRIGHAM City With a flow o( mcsmgi's to their maidens fair count of not recei Tng the necessary but also expensive gifts as well. It mure than 2000 gallons prr minute, the une-I from aid financial the county, is said that the most expensive gift test well recently sunk by tho First half mill levy ws made for tli 1928 National bank nf this city on tho form- presented during this period was that fair. Is be it will believed, This, ample er J. C. Kuudsen farm of the duke of York to the famous south of this -t fitree-dafestl-- ! to Insure s ass Miss Smart, who later became the city has proven more successful than val. duchess of It was a Jewel was exported by the and BLACK FOOT Furniti s ol Iduho in ; will probably be the means uf solving valued at $.T.tM0. At I cart we have i the word of that most celebrated of 1927 used $50,000 worth of ehemlruD the problem of increased Irrigation nil diarists, Samuel !Vys, for It, for i In l Ofliel.-iwater for the fry lots In and around weed nuisance. the fighting he, having noticed tlie jewels of Miss I reports are to the effect that excellent ' that The duke ef results were obtulnei where cnop. r--. Stuart, SAN JUAN Const rucltcn uf a highYork, being once her valentine, did stive work was foll.iwi d. way between Big Wash and Peters' give her a Jewel of almut $nu; and i h111- - 1,1 San Juan rol,n,lr. "t be AMERICAN Reporls from l my Mandeville, her valentine undertaken at tho present time b this year, a ring of about .TOU." carry project Irrigation Strawberry causo of lack of funds. It was the Information that prospects for an h the highway commission. adequate water supply and big crop The proposed road Is seventeen miles all previous acreage fur 1928 surpass long. The est'mated cost of the work years. Is $81,000. Clerk Did you l rid of any inorhu wlili tliose nmili bulls you bought! Mrs. Pun No. I tried Tor flvw hours, but I couldn't Id! one. roud. g-- 0n Ninety-twyears in Burlington, VL, without recollection of ever having left that city. Is the record of Cassius o P. Morse. e ; ! Feb-ruur- ; - , I y I J y ! i m-orde- Famous Caverns Curl dual cavern Is a iiallonnl monument under the supervision of the Nidloiial pnrk service. It wus created 1 October !ll. It roidulns 719.22 acres. These limestone caverns art f extraordinary proportion and n uuusunl iH'fiuly. Strange Mourning In Turkey, iVciiicn wear blue as un Srl:i uml Arnn-.- la guriiienls of uf mruitlnj tkt Why do so many, many babies of today escape all the little fretful spells and Infantile ailments that used to worry mothers tli rough the day, and keep them up half tlie night! If you don't know the unswer, yon huven't discovered pure, harmless Cas-toriIt is sweet to the taste, and sweet in the little stomach. And ltd gentle Influence seem felt all through tlie liny system. Nut even a distasteful dose of castor oil does so much good. Fletcher's Custorlu Is purely vegetable, so yon nitty give it freely, at first sign of colic; or conKtipullon ; or diarrhea. Or those many times when you Just don't know wliut ft tlie matter. Fur rcul sickness, call tlie lor, always. At other times, a few drops of Fletcher's Cantoris. The doctor oflen tells you to do Jut that; and always says Metchcr's. Ollier preparation muy be Just .mre, Just as free from dangerous drugs, Imt why exiierlitieiit! Besides, liEBKH-T- he flnnnclu1 report of the book on rnre mid feeding c.f linhles Wasatch rounty for the year ending Hint comes with Cantoris la December St, as pildislied by A1fr1 wurili Its weight In gold! Sharp, county clerk, shows the county and tho various funds in a healthy condition, with no I ended indebted, ness. The repnt fdlnws: Fixed asSVVV sets, $24,500; In credit of various y rJ y ' funds, V.S.5i.6l; due count r from nnd oth-- i state, 2150; half sources, $712; tolrl r source, $93,218. 84: total lllibllltles. $15.717 95. Thr total receipts fur thu yrtir were $395, 098.2U nnd the total dlsburscmii - ; 111 be Idaho ui'd'-ilstto operate autonobiles with 1927 license plates after Fchtuary 1 on timpnrary 1censs icfelpts pending the hsuunre of certificates of title, Fred of law en K. Lukens, rommlssloi.er llhuugli but forcement, annnuncid. 3U.000 certificates of title have been obtained to dup by Idaho's 100,000. automobile owners, tho till certlll-rate- s are being issued as rapidly as possible. At present rerllficatce are being mailed out at the rale of 1200 a day. BOISE Leave Em and Run of the Idaho highway department will eliminate the dangerous Neeley corner and two other curves on the Old Oregon Trail west of American Falla during the coming year. la the neighborhood of three miles of new road will be constructed, and It is estimated that the Improvement will cost approximately 40,000. Flans for the work are being prepared, and it will be begun aa early in the epring as possible. BOISE A score of men representing honey producers of eight states gathered in Boise at the annual convention the Mountain Statea Honey Producers associatirn. Business of the day consisted of plans for enlarging the association by taking In other states and enlarging the board of five to eight directors. Ltlne'a d -- Officials Joseph, Illinois. Sha declares that after taking tha s a. s Children Crv for ' $327,911.56. |