| Show Tho Scots are having haing a n. day at Lagoon Ja oon with song I ng n and laughter and sports In winter they have their ob ob- of Burns Burns' day and In summer at least one state gath gath- ering cring Their events always ire re remo mor mott enjoyable In America the men and worn wom women en eq of or Scottish blood have ave played a a. most important part in mak mak- making makIng ing this a great country L Yesterday In Washington bids were called for on tho the construe construe- construction ton tion of tho the Echo reservoir reser Included In the tho call were bids for Cor changing the tracks of the Union Pacific which now run rUl ru through the site of the tho reservoir lri Ir and building a new state high high- highway way The bids bid ar are to 10 be opened Aug August A ug- ug 9 and work ork Is expected to start about the th middle of oe Aug After years of waiting this part of Utah Is to na- na nae aae e its first government aided reclamation project Ever since Weber county and the northern end of Davis county been bein be n Intensely farmed there has been a a. scarcity ty of water which each cach year car has denied to the farmers welt well matured crops crops The losses duo due to Insufficient water supply have totaled millions of ot dollars Now much of this handicap handi ap Is to be overcome and andall andall all alt this th area Is to blossom as the thero rose ro e. e The announcement Is more than would be the building build build- buildIng ing of sk scrapers In Ogden as It assures this region an agricultural agricultural tural development which will make possible moi mOl and happier homes In and around Bround Ogden Og en Public spirited citizens have been working on t Is ts project for years ears and no one man has con con- contributed d more In talent and time than A A. P P. Bigelow who now is at the head of the Weber River flyer Water at r Users Users' association ass Months and y years ears ars of constant urging have been necessary o 0 bring about th final notice of or ofa ofa a a. call tor The rho reservoir will bo be l e construct constructed cons ed cd to the north of oC o the water n ng tho the municipal boundaries of that Summit coun county coun count ty t town It will store acre feet of water and make avail avail- available available able for tor Irrigation along the theW Weber W er nOt less thin than th n acre aero feet of water All the thel theland land to the west and an l south of oC Ogden will be served by b this storage sl ra e. e and asa result r 1119 th crops will be larger and rd the agricultural ag district will prosper Because of the liberal terms of of- offered offered offered by the United States gov gov- It Is expected the users of the water TV vill ill be able abe to repay tho the government in 20 O years out of of the tho increased productivity their th lr land la d. d No Interest Is charged and the first do not start until the project has been completed Now that tho the Echo cho reservoir Is assured the t e other units of the Salt Lake project t should be fol fol- follow follow low lowd d d' d up ufo so eo that Salt Lake and Utah counties shall prom profit by a greater grea er water lIu supply A discordant d note has been ben sounded at Jt the the- Geneva parle parleys n nover over reduced armaments armament The Tue British and Japanese Ja delegates made maae proposals which could not be accepted by the tho American dele dele- gates The Tb average American has pas come cometo cometo to regard foreign diplomacy with Continued on Page In Two NEWS AND VIEWS VIE WS Continued from Pago Page One suspicion It Is now clearly shown that at the Washington disarmament conference the American delegates were hood hood- winked In diplomacy the English al always al always ways wars have been too clever for forthe fortha forthe the tha Americans who ho flatter flatter- them them- themselves themselves themselves selves on resorting to no fuge These conferences however high sounding their purposes re resolve re- re resole resolve solve sol themselves into a contest of wits in which the trusting and confiding are tricked So long as this Is an armed world whether the armament be little or big there will be a play for advantage Whatever be the agreements every nation will labor for a fa favorable fa- fa favorable favorable position In case caso of war Why have ha battleships or war war- warships warships warships ships of any kind if limited arm arm- armament ament be advocated i J JA 1 A few lightly armed boats could serve to do police service Better labor for world amity and understanding understanding- than tb lb trust to reduced armaments to secure world peace Recently at a a. conference of philologists held In London George Georgi Bernard Shaw tho the famous English writer told of the Im im- Impression impression made as Woodrow Wilson appeared before be foro a great English audience when the president president president dent at the close of the war went to Europe to confer with ith Lloyd Llord George Clemenceau and others on the terms of peace Woodrow Wilson had been pres pres- president president president ident of Princeton and had writ written ten a a. number of volumes of his his- history history history tory and he was expected to show polish At the time the London press was loud in praise of the Ameri Amen American can but with the lapse of time Mr Ir Shaw feels free to express what a number of cultured Eng Eng- Englishmen Englishmen felt but did dl not say President Wilson gave ga us a a. shock the dramatist said by using the word obligate instead of oblige It showed declared Mr Shaw that a man could become premo president president dent In spite of that We asked ourselves If it a man could become king of England if l he used tho the word obligate We Ye said at once It could not be done To all of which we say Bosh I Shakespeare made errors yet et he heis heis heis is accepted as a a. master ter of the tho language Then Bernard Shaw went on to disclose that he did not mean what he said for he declared there is no such thing as correct cor cor- correct correct English speech It was admitted that there are certain types of English now broadcast from Crom London which would not be intelligible to Amer Amer- An American listening to Shaw said Even writers of grammars formulate rules which frequently are wrong and are taught to children Professor ProCessor James of London suggested sugg ted the naming of a com com- committee commIttee committee to deal with tendencies In England and America which made for unintelligibility such as aa the difference In the pronunciation of R In both countries The Tho purist In literature is Ls s losing los los- losIng losing ing influence People have dis dis- discovered discovered covered that language has been developed so as to allow of ex ex- expression expression pr sion and quite often those who deviate from Crom the rigid rules are most capable of ot conveying a message or painting a word picture Rules of grammar are essen essen- essential e essential en- en but there must be flexibility Furthermore no one should al allow al al- allow low grammar g to become so 50 over over- overawing overawing overawing awing as to prove embarrassing |
