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Show THE BTNRHAM NEWS, BINGHAM, ITTAH j Panama Canal Zone Is a Little Sample of J , United States Transplanted i By COL. J. J. MORROW, Canal Zone Governor. The Panama canal is a key position in the nation's defense nnd in development of international commerce. For the trade of the west coast of South America with Europe and the Atlantic seaboard of the United States, which is the bulk of the foreign trade of that section, the canal is practically the sole passageway. For the grain, lumber, salmon and fruits of the west coast of North America the canal affords easy transit to Europe as well as to the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada. The traffic with China, Japan and the rest of the Far East area, prin-cipally from the Atlantic coast of the United States, exceeds In bulk that over any other of f.he trade routes except the United States coustwise trade. These are natural and established trade routes; and they indicate a growing business of exchange in which the United States occupies a central position of advantage. In the naval strategy of the United States the canal is invaluable. It permits the concentration of virtually all the power of the navy on either coast or at any point between the Canal Zone in itself an important sup-ply and repair base and its rapid movement over any part of the coast line of the United State?. In the broader field of influence the Panama canal is a key position for the United States. All who pass through Uie canal or call at its terminals get a first-hand impression of American manufactured goods, of American equip-ment and methods, of American standards of living and of business. It is a thorough exhibit; and I am pleased to say that it has been an excellent exhibit. Our Canal Zone is a little sample of transplanted United States, as well as the site of great conduction; and as such 1 believe it is having considerable influence in directing the people in the countries of the west coast, northern South America, and 'of Central America to looking toward the United States, rather than Europe for leadership iu progress. In a practical way the requirements of our quarantine service have brought home to the neighboring countries the advantages of having porta sUiTiciently sanitary lo allow ships coming from thm to car-ap-e detention at tho canal. rs On the g Funny HOLDING TO HIS POINT The Janitor of a college had a mean little tli of which he was very fond, and wheu teased about lilin, he would say, "1 woodna take $20 for ma wee doggy." Some freshmen decided to test San-dy's assertion, und uiude up $2.0 be-tween them. Then they led up to the familiar statement, und one of the boys said, "Now, Sandy, I'd like thut dog for myself, und here's $20 If you will sell him." He counted out $20 on the luble neur Sandy. Without a smile Sandy drew a t piece from his pocket and said, as he took up the $20: "Weel, I dlilua say I woodna take $10.50. The wee doggy's yourn." Hit Reasoning. "So the soothsayer told you she couldn't read tho future until you gave her $1.1)00 to put under her pillow and 'sleep on'?" "Yes." MI hope you didn't let her have the . money?" "Certainly not. I said that while she was sleeping on my $1,000 I would he wide awake and I'd ruther not know about the future tlmu aufffrf from lnsomnln." SAVES HIM TROUBLE "He's Ingenious, you say?" "Oh, very. Why, he took the self-tarte- r off his automobile and at Uched It to the kitchen range." Mttle dab of powder, Mule tlntu of paint, Male the homoly nmUVne think They're pretty, when tliey alnt A Worthy Exampt. ' , "Vn you prefer to be called a public wrvitnt?" "Certainly." replied Senator Fnorts-- , worthy. "Furthermore, I feel that I ouht to explain thut I'm In a position to give private servants some muclt-noede- d lessons In meekness ami hu-mility." . Danger SIc,nal. Hep Jake's wife shot hltn hint night. She says she done It b'eux lit wna ii big loafer nnd no 'count !np My heavens I If that there' idy gets to be ketohln' none of us jents In safe, ' Reporting the Party. "Have you the names of those pren-rntT-" asked the society reporter. "Here Is n list. But others are com-ing." "We'll have to lump them as ton hit to elasslfy." Not In Public, Angelina Do you love me before rvery one trtw hi the world? Kdwlri Sure I But you mustn't expect me to show If before every one else In the world. Those Waga. "Did you hear about Blunt calling on Mrs. Brown nnd knm-kln- her flatt' "No. The ticouiidrW! Was he ar resteoT "Arrested I What fort It's no rrtw to erltleJee 8nother8 apartment." ML FITS THE CASE Editor Isn't It rather trite to say, "Senator Broadmouth replied In a few well chosen words?" Reporter Not In this case. them from one of Daniel Web-iter'- s orations. Short. A tilly bear rat on the U r, As told hs cold could b, Hut noon lie up and milked kway. 'My tale l tout," il lie. i - . Just In Time. Kully- lon't give rue any r your gush-guffaw- , or I'll clean yer u;i! Cliolly You Imve the Mi. .My serv-ant bus Jnst left me. I'll U reud.v in tulce uy TiifklKh bnwtli In hulif n hfi;r. Unreasonable to Give Reason. Husband Hut I'm not unreiir.n!.)c. J don't ulertaiil why you IniM I nm. Wife W hy. anyone wmj) l ii.il n nil reasonable for you to ex; i"-- im to iflNp n re;'..yij for every opinion t h.i-- . Mrs. Dunyon, Salt Lake; Peacock, Emery; Brewer, Weber. , Joint rules Seegmiller, Kane; Cal-liste- r, Salt Lake; Jones, Iron; Stookey, Tooele." With the ending of Friday's session each house of the Utah legislature closed the first week, so far as for-mal sessions were concerned, with lull organization perfected, and. fifteen bills introduced during the five days. The senate getting away with a clean start, had elected the president of the senate, and passed two meas-ures on Monday, the first day of the session, but the house, although it elected its speaker during the first day's session, was not sufficiently or-ganized to transact further business until Wednesday, when at a joint ses-sion of the house and senate Gover-nor Charles Mabey delivered his mes-sage. Governor Mabey, in his message, laid especial emphasis on denouncing freakish legislature, "disregard for one law tends to create disrespect for all laws," said the governor, and he asked the members to exercise re-straint in legislative enactments. Commendation may be given Speak-er Seep-mille- r of the house, in his ap-pointment of the house committees, absolutely without reference to party lnes, each committee being appointed according to the speaker's estimate A the appointee's ability in the partita-- 1 lar- line assigned. About the oaly criticism that any one could make was thet, in a houso of which forty-fou- r members were Republican as against devtn P?mocrat4, four committee memberships were allotted to mem-bers of the minority party. Eiht rew bills were introduced into the state senate Friday; four others, previously introduced, were passed by the committee on revision and print-ing; two other measures were sent to the governor for his signature, and the senate adjourned until Monday, with fair prospects of being able to put in an active week at the work of legislating. All the preliminaries to such work were out of the way, and House Bill No. 2 by Atwood Or-ganization of marketing associations. Agriculture committee. , House Bill . No. 3 by Hollenbeck Construction of bridge in Duchesne county. Appropriations committee. House Bill No. 4 by Hollenbeck Sale of property for delinquent tax. Judiciary committee. nouse Bill No. 5 by Hollenbeck Repealing utilities commission act. Judiciary committee. House Bill No. 6 by Hollenbeck Limiting authority of commission for validating irrigation district bonds. Education committee. House Bill No. 8 by Hollenbeck Equalization of general property as-sessments by state board. Revenue and taxation committee. House Bill No. 9 by Hollenbeck Providing for assignment of certifi-cates of tax sales made to county. Rev-enue and taxation committee. House Bill No. 10 by Hollenbeck Abolishing state control of plans for school buildings. Education commit-tee. House Bill No. 11 by Hollbeck Act to amend public utilities commission sections. Judiciary committee. House Bill No. 12 by Constantino Prohibiting ambulance chasing. Ju-diciary committee. House Bill No. 13 by Constantino Salaries of district attorneys. Judi-ciary committee. House Bill No. 14 by Constantine Judiciary committee. House Hill No. 15 by Constantine Deputy district attorneys. Judiciary committee. Senator W. D. Candland, himself formerly chairman of the stnte board of land commissioners for a long term, introduced in the state senate seven bills intended to clarify and in one or two instants to amend in rather im-portant naviculars the stnte land laws, "he bills were Introduced at the re-quest of the state land commissioner, John T. Oldroyd. HIGH rOINTR OF THE GOVER-NOR'S MESSAGE. MlEGISLAlE DOilOBBESS COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED BY SPEAKER SEEGMILLER; GOV-ERNOR READS MESSAGE Bllla Are Being Introduced Which Cover, Agriculture Development As Well As Other Matters of Interest to State Senator Seegmiller has announced the appointment of standing commit-tee members for the Fifteenth Utah legislative assembly as follows, the first named in each instance being chairman: Agriculture Finlinson, Millard ; Fletcher, Summit; Stookey, Tooele; Johnson, Rich; Crouch, Morgan; White, Beaver; Atwood, Utah; Jacobs. Weber; Andrus, Salt Lake; Leatham. Cache; Bagnall, Sanpete; Nix, San Juan. Appropriations Jorgenson, Sevier; Hooks, Wayne; Browning, Weber; Rowan, Garfield; Pembroke, Salt Lake; Finlinson, Millard; Jones, Iron; II. Christensen, Sanpete; Wheatley, Box-elde- r; McKell, Salt Lake; Shelley, Utah; Naylor, Carbon, sen, Salt Lake; Openshaw, Salt Lake; Wood, Cache; Brewer, Weber; Larsen, Daggertt; Rowan, Garfield. Corporations Goggin, Salt Lake; Browning, Weber; Naylor, Carbon; Crook, Wasatch; Anderson, Salt Lake; Lursen, Daggett; Shelley, Utah. Banking Ivcrson, Boxelder; nan-Educati- Wood Cache; Mrs. Ly-man, Salt Lake; Siddoway, Uintah; Jacobs. Weber; Wheatley, Boxelder; Judd, Washington; Shelley, Utah; Meeks, Wyne; Hanson, Salt Lake. Elections Meeks, Wayne; Bailey, Weber; Andrus, Salt Lake. Engrossing and enrolling Rowan, Garfield; Mrs. Graham, Salt Lake; White, Beaver. Fish and game White, Beaver; Brewer, Weber; Crook, Wasatch; Gog-gin, Salt Lake; Mrs. Graham, Salt Lake; Rowan, Garfield; Peacock, Em-ery; Fletcher, Summit; N. C. Chris-tensen, Utah; Meeks, Wayne; Crouch, Morgan. Highways and bridges Jones, Tron; Bagnall, Sanpete; Nix, Ran Juan; Johnson, Rich; Siddoway, Uintah; Hol-lida- y, Utah; Iverson, Boxelder; Moz-le- y, Salt Lake; Larsen, Daggett. Industrial school Jacobs, Weber; Mrs. Graham, Salt Lake; Naylor, Car-bon; Wheatley, Boxelder; Schaub, Cache; H. Christensen, Sanpete; Booth, Salt Lake. Insurance and real estate McKell, Salt Lake; Iverson, Boxelder; Mozley, Salt Lake; Cannon, Davis; Hansen, Salt Lake; Wilkins, Juab; White,. Beaver. Judiciary Callister, Salt Lake; k, Duchesne; McKell, Salt Lake; Judd, Washington; Constantine, Grand; Cannon, Davis; Iverson, Box-eld- T. Irrigation Stookey, Tooele; N. C. Christensen, Utah; Bailey, Weber; Birterneld, Salt Lake; H. Christensen, Sanpete; Peacock. Emery; Finlinson. ine senate will have before it Monday a sufficient number of copies of print-ed bills for its committees to work on. Tho bill by Senator H. C. Tebbs, pro-viding $45,000 for legislative expenses, was receive.' tack from the house with the signature of Speaker W. W. Seeg-miller, rnd was. sent to Governor Ma-bf- y for his signature. Notwithstand-ing that the bill had not been signed at that time, the warrants from the state auditor's office paying each senator and senate employee for the first thirty days of the session wore distrib-uted. The fund on which the warrants were drawn will not be officially es-tablished until the governor has signed the bill and transmitted it to the sec-retary of state. As soon as Speaker Seegmiller in-formed the house of representatives that the house machinery was in read-iness for operation, fourteen bills were introduced. Cf the fourteen, nine were by Representative L. A. Hollenbeck of Duchesne county. Four at least of Mr. Hollenbecks vbills contemplate rather startling and unexpected changes in existing laws and also in the status of one or two state depart-ments. The bills of the Duchesne rep-resentative were numbered from 3 to 11, inclusive, Law requiring counties, municipali-ties and school districts to make pro-portionate funding annually of bonded, indebtedness during life of the debt. Definite restrictions o.i local tax levies. Authority to a board consisting of the attorney general, treasnrer and bank commissioner to select depositar-ies for state funds. Amendments to motor vehicle laws to overcome defects and eliminate trifling annoyances to the public. Requirements for periodic independ-ent audita of records of counties, cit-ies of the first and second classes and school districts. Protection cf the producer and a guarantee of a return con.riensurate with the importance of his labors, a co operative marketing law und i law permitting local farm bureaus to in-corporate as associations not foe pe-cuniary profit Curtailing powers of finance and purchase department so as to ex dude constitutional officers. More liberal privileges, whereby di-rector of registration may permit members of examining boards of dif-ferent professions to attend the var-ious national conventions. Revision downward of automobile 'icense fees and imposition of gvoline tax to provide lunas ior roaa ti&in-- . tensnce. Well-organiz- ed patrol of highsraya, to prevent their destruction by vr- - loaded vehicles. Requirement of proper Jlghtlirg of borse-draw- n vehicles at night. Support of provisions of the ftderal Sheppard-Towne- r, or maternity act. of five different stats agencies engaged in health work for the state. Commission to make a eomp'ete study of the prevalence of tuberculo-sis in Utah, to report to the next leg-islature. Provision for settling the rijhU of the statfl to riparian lands. Funds to enable state land com-missioner to resist in the courts arbi-trary ''federal rulings as to mineral lands. Increase in the revolving funl for survey of public lands. Study of present pardonmg tjstem, and amendment of the indeterminate sentence, law, . Providing that counties, rather than the state, shall pass on extradi-tion rases and stand the expense. Milhrd; Jorgenson, Sevier j Wood, Cflrie. Judd, Washington; Baldwin, Salt Lake; Anderson, Salt I,ake; Mrs. Lyman, Salt Lake; Pettit, Carbon. Livestock Crook. Wasatch; Bag-rai- l, Sanpete; Peacock, Emery; Crouch, Morgan; Pembroke, Salt Ink; Finlinson, Millard; Johnson, P:'h. Mn .facture and commerce Brown-r.- t. Weber; Booth, Salt Lake; Cannon, )ivU; Atwood, Utah; Judd, Washing-- tO". f Uttiry affairs Pettit, Carbon; ft-'- :, Salt Lake; Baldwin, Salt Lake. , Mining and smelting McCaskell, ?slt Lake; Mrs. Dunyon, Salt Lake; IVtit. Carbon; Booth, Salt Lake; V.'il-kln- s, Juab. Ffnitentlary and prison Motley, f-- H Like; Brewer, Weber; Stark, JVf. Ls';e; Iysthsm, Cache; Holiidny. ';nh; Hollenbeck, Duchesne; Mrs. fv-h- em, Salt Lake. PbHc buildings and grounds reiub. Cache; Bailey, Weber; Eutter-'feir- :. Salt Lake; Siddoway, Uintah; Grand. n P;jSJ!e .heaKh Mrs. Lyronn Salt Tv?: Holiday, Utah; Constantine, C ip.: Fletcher, Summit: BViley, We-V- - W. 1, Cache; McKell. Salt Uka. P iKic lands Crouch, Morgan; Bag-r.-"- '. ?annete; Butterfleld, Salt Lake. Public printing Pembroke, Salt ;'"'(; IIoHenheck, Duchesne; Shelley, utilities Stark, Salt Lake; Weber; Leatham, Cache; Jor-r-'To- n. Fevier; Larsen, Daggett. Piute; Anderson, Salt Lake. and memorials Con-f-nt'n- Grand; Jones, Iron; Tem--V . Salt Lake. and taxation Cannon. Da-- v - Nf. C. Christensen, Utah; Goggin, ' T.nVe; Atwood, Utah; Openshaw, fr.'i I.aV.e; Andrus, Salt Lake; Jorgcn- - Fevicrj Crook. Wasatch; Wheat-V- - T'ovelder, V;,!,. Callister, Salt Lake; Jones, j.-t- t Stookey, Tooele. fi'nrio'i, fees and contingent ex-r- r Salt Lake; Wilkins, t S; Atwood, Utah. ftiit mimta! hnspi'al N. C. Chris-- t nen Vtih: Mrs. Lyman, Salt Lake: y Pi;nron, Silt Lake; Baldwin, Mir, ?Jn Juan; Naylor, f.,-hi- n Johnson, Rirh. 1 n'vrsHy nnd Agricultural college Salt Lake; Jones .Iron; CiV'il-r- , -- CVnhaw, Salt Lake; Schaub. Cache; BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE Senate Conjoint Resolution No. 1, by Candland Messenger to governor; sirmcd by presidont and speaker, and sent to governor. Senate Bill No. 1 by Tebbs Forty-flv- e thousand dollars for legislative expenses; .received from house and transmitted to governor. Senate Bill No. 7 by Jenson Dec-laratory judgment; referred to judic-ia- y committee. Senate Bill No. 8 by Peters County treasurers' settlements; committee on public affairs. Senate Bill No. 4 by Peters Colora-do river compact; public affairs. Senate Bill No. 5 by Tebbs Requir-ing notice of prior sale on tax receipts; public affairs. , SenaU Bill No. 2 by Jenkins To re-peal "the Indeterminate sentence law-Se- ns te Bill No. 11 by Candland Reducing fee for filing rtiincral lease from 3 to $2. Senate Bill No. 12 by Candland Senate BUI No. 3 by Candland A measure providing that local farm bu-reaus anJ similar organizations might incorporate. Held for changes and al-terations. Senate Bill No. 8 by Candland Re-lating to requirements for issuance of patent to state lands. Senate Bill No.' 9 by Candland Lim-itations on sale of public lands. Senate Bill No. 10 by Candland Covering purchase of public lands from state, after relinnuishiYient of filings with federal land office. Permittinrr chief clerk of state land office, as well as commissioner, to cer-tify expense vouchers of the depart-ment. Senate Bill No. 13 by Candland Amending statutes governing invest-ment of state land grant funds. Senate Bill No. 14 by Candland Making state school fund beneficiary of certain revenues from state lands. Senate Bill No. 15 by Peters City zoning commission bill. KILLS IN THE HOUSE Senate Bill No. 1 by Tebbs Appro-priation of $45,000 for contingent leg-islative expenses signed by the speaker. Senate Conjoint Resolution No. 1 by Candiar.d Messenger for the gov-ernor; signed by speaker. Suitable action opposing the fed-eral public shooting ground, game refuge bill. Initiation of a system of stats parks, with especial reference to Bryce canyon. Reimbursement of private citizens who made possible Investigations cf irrigation projects by federal and state engineering agencies. Approval of the Colorado river psct, as embodying ideas on which Utah insisted. Senate Bill No. 2 by Jenkins, i causing much favorable comment. II will, if passed, repeal the indetermin-ate sentence law. Section 1 of tho Jenkins bill reads: "Hereafter every person convicted of a crime In th courts of this state shall receive a definite sentence inflicting the punish-ment of the statute in such cases made and provided." A legislative investigation of tho crime wave now said to bz much in evidence in Utah and also to deter-mine if the state board of pard ir.s u really, as is oftn intimated, to any degree responsible for its prevalent e, ig proposed by Ssnatoi M. S. W'A tr of Salt Lar ' Water Power Developed and Undeveloped Totaling 54,000,000 Horsepower By JOHN B. MILLER, Southern California Edison Company. p In the United States today there is water power developed and undeveloped amounting to 51.000,000 horsepower. Seventy per cent of this water power is west of the Mississippi, and, of this 0, 40 is in the Pacific Coast and Mountain States and 23 is in the three Pacific Coast states. At the same time there is in the United States IH.300,000 horse-power in prime mover power, but of this 03,000,000 horsepower is in loco-mot-iv i which should not perhaps be used in this analysis, or at least tint all of it. Of the balance, 23,000,000 ia used by public utilities and 26,000,000 by manufacturers, mines and q.iarries. Of this prime mover power 70 is located ta.4 of the Minsbtiippi and 30 west of the Mississippi. Now if water power were substituted for steam power, asonming the development of all of the 51,000,000 potential water power resources of the country, the saving in coal per annum would be 600,000,000 tons, the value of which on a pre-w-ar basin would be $2,000,000,000. The equivalent saving in oil would be 2,000,000,000 barrels, with an approx-imate Value of $5,000,000,000. At prevent prices the values wonJd double or $4,000,000,000. Its equivalent in man power would be 648,-000,0- 00 mcu working eight hours a day. ''But I Think That Mr. Flynn Must Be a Thoroughbred and a Gentleman" By R. WHITFORD, Letter In Voice of People. '. I do not know Willinm S. Flynn, povernor-ele- ct of Khod I do not even live in his tate. 1 do not think mnch of his politics, being myself a Republican. But T tWnk that Mr. Flynn must be a thoroughbred and a gentle-man. Tn an interview he is quoted as faying: "I was not born with a silver spooa in my mouth. My father was ouly a policeman, hut I was bronght up to live a clean, useful life, to honor my father and mother, to bo jugt to all men, to respott law and promote order, and I have tried to carry out thwe fundannrntals." Here at last is a man who gives tn his parent some wdit for his success! I am not a father tnyr!f or not her, either. But I am weary of the public men who about to the four corners of the earth that they aro self-mad- e; that when aLiost infants tl.ry were obliged to pet out ami shift for themselves, that everything they have liecome is absolutely due to their own efforts. Did their fathers and mo'J.ers all die the day they were horn? Have ihry no tenderness in their hsrtr, n cGncidcratioa for the feeling of their old parents? The Only Official in China Who Regards Him-self as a Public Servant By RODNEY GILBERT, in Asia Magaiine Wu 1'oi-f- u is a snail man. very slight. 'ith diminutive hands and feet, but as harl a nails and as agile a.n n cat. ITe has a narrow, well-shap- ed head, noft amber eyes, nvA the sliHly aquiline feature's which are the mark in both China nnd .Japan of the arit tot-rat- . On the parade ground ha is something of a inartir ct, but no one mim! because In wok as h:ird M any soldier. In his headq'urt'-n- t he is the most unas-suming ard in some rcepeeta iiiiimprrsi i vc military officer in Chin. IIu is probably the only pullio in China who sincerely re-gards hinist-l- f as a public Having the power of a dictator he not assume the function. II ;s ple.t invariably is thai he has no right to inVtfere iu stu-l- i runtlcrs. He r.niov?9 tyraris and creates op-portunities fur the jef'pl,: t cull t!''ir parliaments or wt up the officials th..y waul. ht he says he lus no authority b d' these thir.;.a for them, i One' the fihtin if over, his ru.-'jo- always ecerr.s to be to pet int ) (hi- - mt inron -- pinions ecrncr available and wait hopefully for the people til do the re-- t. Meiiuj-hi!'.- - the ivopl.! Ere waiting for him to tuovp, and the f&-:'.-i nut;;a! tl'jtaj-iH'imn.ctt- |