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Show ' ' ' " " ' THK MNfiH M BITLLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH Australia Sends Merino Sheep to Russia - j This photograph at the dorks of Sydney, Aastralia, shows pnrt of a shipment of 2,000 stud merinos which were sent to Russia on the steamer Tricolor. There Is a strong feeling In Australia that the country should cease export-ing lis merinos, for a slump In the wool market would be ruinous for the commonwealth. First Steam Driven, AH-Met- al Dirigible UyHarQi Ww ft Here is the nearly completed "City of Clendule," the first steam driven, dirigible, In Its hangnr at Glendole, Calif. It requires no mooring mast, having on elevator to lift and lower the passengers. - i News Notesi: ' It' PriviUg to Lin in ! j Utah ji KAY8VILLE Tomatoes (or can-Din- g are well-payin- product Toma-toei purchased by canneries In 192U ere vtlutd i t $626,000, surpassing tn record ot 1532,000 fur 1927. DELTA Meeting la extraordinary session, the Millard county school dis-trict board of education fixed the less In the destruction by Are ot the Delta high school recently at ti00,000, with Insurance ot 170,000 on the build Lg and 14000 on the equipment. LOGAN The annral show of the Cache Counly J'oultry Breeders' as-sociation will he hel January it to 26, William H. Ewer, president, says. Plans are being made to show ap-proximately 1000 birds. P. J. Peltier of California will be Judge. Mr. Peltier will also Judge poultry exhibits at Og-de-and Salt Lake. UTAH The decrease of one-hai-of one rer cent is shown In the Utah fall crop for pits tor 192S by figures announced by Frank Andrews, local statistician of the United States de-partment ot agriculture. A decrease prevauea tnrougnnui tne entire county, the report states, the total fall crop ot the United States being estimated at 6 per cent less than In 1927. LOGAN During December, 635 cows In the WellsvllIe-ColleK- e Ward Cow Testing association produced an average ot 650 pounds of milk and 26.-6- 2 pounds frit, according to the month-ly report of Reuben Hansen, tester. Eighty-fou- r t.nlmals of the association were dry during the month and 79 produced more than 40 pounds of butterfut. MYTON The alfalfa seed crop ot the Uintah basin is nearly all thresh-ed and most of that not sold Is In the warehouse. The crop for 1928 was considerably below that of 1927. Con-servative persons who are In a posi-tion to know estimate the crop at 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 pounds. The crop of 1927 was more than 4,000,000 pounds. LOGAN A Cache county herd to represent the county at the annual Ogden Livestock show next week at Ogdcn, has been selected by a county farm bureau committee consisting of John T. Quayle of Logan, Andrew Kelson of Collie and Fred Whittle of Richmond, following several weeks of careful Investigation of practically all the dairy nerds In Cache county. PROVO Dno to the condition of the road on the State road dugway, about ene-hal- f mile north of Provo, It has been necessary to station men along the road In order to assist cars In coming down. Due to the recent thaw ana me rreezing temperature, the highway Is a sheet ot ice and it has become necessary ' hold the cars on the roaff: " Sherlft Boyd has had sev-eral men posted and no accidents have resulted. CEDAR CITY Approximately 0 acres of land will be thrown open by the govcrnmont lu Ban Juan and Iron counties to men who served during the Worli war, Ell V. Taylor, register of the local land of-fice, announced recently. There are 18,231 acres of land In township SO south and range 3 east, and 3820 acres In township 29 south and range east In oan Juan county, and 2G7 acres In township 28 south and range 6 west In Iron county. OGDEN Five hua'red birds have boon entered In the elgntcenth annual Ogdcn Coliseum Poultry show to ba held In connecMon with the Tenth Annual Ogden Llvctock show which opened Saturday, January 5. Secretary W. W. Shaw eays "The exhibit this year will re of exceptlonall" fine quan. ty birds and wa could have had many more birds entered If we were cole to accommodato them." P. L. Peltier of California will begin Judging tne exhiolts Saturday it 1 p. m. OGDEN Advices received by wire at the headquarters of the Ogden live-stock show recently were to the ef-fect that the largest and most out-standing herd of Aberdeen-Angu- s cat-tle in the United States will be exhibited at the tenth annual show m this city, January S to 10. The herd Is owned by Harrison ft Ryan cf Harlan, Iowa, and Individuals In the herd hare been the largest show ring winners in the country for the past few years. BOUNTIFUL Bountlful's city bud-get shows a total appropriation of with a levy of S mills, as com-pared with 7 mills for 1928. The In-crease is due to the fact tftat Bountiful city hag purchased 110.000 ot water stock In the Mill Creek Irrigation com-pany, is building a new reservoir ana Is laying new pipe for a water sys-tem. EUREKA Roports from the Duck-wate-region show that, altheugh there tiave not been more than normal losses among lambs, conditions brought about by the recent heavy snowstorm were serious for flocks and strenuous for herders. The storm area was spot-ted, carving from a fall of few inches to three feet, end temperatures from 10 to 20 degrees below sero followed the storm. The cold that came dur-ing the nights while the sheep were I'Still la the snow will, It Is thought, hare an unfavorable effect on the sue Of the 1929 ltm crop. Solves Problem of Arctic Explorations This picture shows how the new bont which Dr. Frledrlck Wilhelin Coebel, a noted German engineer, has Invented for use in Arctic explorations, will look and act when It encounters un Ice pack. The boat Is constructed of heavy armor steel and Is propelled by wind pressure turbines. Governor Gets First Game of the Season J lLbM mmmmMJiaHSBiiiasiBsBiissiiZawiu 0 Chief Cook, king of the Virginia Indian confederacy, shown In headgear, with the deer, the first game killed by Ills tribe this season, which he presented to Governor Byrd of Virginia, shown fourth from left, as others look cm. Holding the deer are Mrs. Cook and Pocahontas, her daughter. AMERICAN IN HENLEY Kenneth Jljers, Olympic scullliis; unner-u- p chaniiiinn, who tlirouu'li luck r.erexfonl, Jr., raptuin of (lie riiumes Ituwlng club, has been In-cited to Attend the Ito.val Henley re-gatta, to be held on the Thames riv-a- r next July. Myers hopes to meet Hobby I'earce, the Australian who de-feated him lit Amsterdam last summer, ind this may prevent Myers from go- - ing to England to compete In the tIa- - nond sculls. V I Scene in Disturbed Afghanistan . "Mil C x v J v? Aft r Uili illi lillli I 1 This photograph, made In 1925 on the Afghan-Ind- border, shows a pnlrol of sepoys on duty at that time to prevent uprisings among the Independent tribes, and gives an Idea of the type of country where the present revolu-tionists In Afghanistan are active. I THANKS FROM CHINA V ' , r,li).HrWK.tWi mull il ill I ' Bringing to the United States pleilRos of friendship and grntlUnle from the Chinese people. Dr. Dnvld Vul, general secretary of the Y. M. 11 A. In China, arrived for a three-month- s' tour of the country. "The Chinese people are Indebted tc Amer-ica," he said, "and I have been dele-gated by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to express my appreciation to the American people. Nebraska's Governor and His Wife Arthur J. Weaver of Falls City, Neb., the new governor of Nebraska, and Mrs. Weaver. Weaver, running for a political office for the first time In his life, was elected by 8 big majority. He Is Independently wealthy and bas long been Identified with various interests tbronghout Nebraska. NEW CZECH MINISTER f : ' j Dr. Ferdinand Veverka, the new minister from Czechoslovakia to the United States, who has arrived In Washington and assumed his post He succeeds Zdenek Fierlinger. Doctor Veverka Is a scholarly and experi-enced statesman, highly regarded at home. Rapid Transit at Miami Beach 1 Miss Mildred Berg of Savannah. Ga., trying out n system of rapid transit Inauguraled at Miami Beach, Fix The big sea tortoise seems quite content to carry his pretty load. SENTENCED FOR LIFE 'i i !: III! j m I LJ. m fid i Mrs. Etta May Miller of Lansing, Mich., who was sentenced to life Im-prisonment after being convicted for the fourth time of violating the pro hibltion law. Junior Corn Raising King r - - ' niimr hi TTlPiiir niai isi I ifTBim km Raymond Standing, of the Luwrence "(Kan.) Memorial high school, who had the title of Junior Corn Raising King of ID'JS conferred upon him. He exhibited a set of ten ears of corn which were adjudged almost perfect THINGS WORTH RECORDING The boar wns held sacred by the Kelts of the Iron age. Weddings In Scotland's famous Gret-- - na Green during 1028 exceeded the an-nual record of the last 100 years. A wealthy American baker living In Havana owns one of the largest pipe urging In the western hemisphere. Many tourists, boy and girl scmits and housewives, have requested copies f the United States army's cook lunik President Machado. of Cuba, raises strawberries for market. Manufacture of guaro, a native brandy. Is a government monopoly in Nicaragua. A l.imlnville (Ky.) woman sued a neighbor heat use one of the hitter's elm-ken- s attacked her. Coal deposits Unit appear to be the most important In north Africa have been discovered in Morocco. I Tby Don't Often Grow (There are many varieties of big head, all of which are completely ob-jectionable. But until you have seen the one which got that way over his wife's money you haveu't seen a thing Fort Worth Record Telegram. FROM HERE AND THERE The Japanese have a vogue for wearing Imported sports clothing. Among Florida's newer agricultural Industries bulb growing Is becoming prominent. A plnnt near St. Joseph. Mo., plans to manufacture Insulating boards from wheat straw now wasted by farmers. Forming ditches for Irrigating Is simplified by a plow that scoops out a cliannr' Porcupines have hooked claws which are useful In climbing trees. Traffic congestion costs New Tork more than fl.dOO.tXK) a day, It Is esti-mated. Women of Oreenland still wear hoods similar to head-dresse- s of t he , . M , Middle ages. ""T The mmilier of children horn In London fWl n from TS.' In 1!K0 to ': 73.20:1 In c'tx I Won't Co Thai Far Jud Tunklns says fortune tellers are wise people. They're willing to tell you are in love with a blonde or a brunette, hut none of them ever risk any definite advice on how to bet on an election. Washington Star. Underwater Terrors The average weight of the Ameri-can submarines ranges from GUI) to DOO tons. The thickness of the sides Is from of an Inch to one-hal- f on Inch, depending upon the type of submarine. Man's Responsibility "Is this a good world?" asks the preacher. Well. Shakespeare found It a naughty world with good deeds shin Ing In It, and perhaps the description still holds. Boston Transcript. Nature's Protection Birds have an extra eyelid which enn be drawn over the eyeball to pro-tect It from the strong sun while the proper eyelid remains open, enabling them to see. Legislators' Emolument The hrsi salary decided upon for senators and representatives In con gress was 1(1 a day for each day a member intended. The present salary of a member of congress Is $10,000. |