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Show i They Have Gone to Seek a 'Dream Island" rfr,1 . t; ;v--M -- OSJ 7s - HAl'i - - MTV ' - ' ; ' lrJ :'-- r il-dz'-- " L-s- p, ii IMimiTr fcMfl M. F. Bramley, wealthy paving contractor of Cleveland, Ohio, and his party aboard the famous Arctic ship Peary ! 1CB hlc,, t,le' lulve 8IIt,d fm Boston In search of a "dream Island" off the western coast C Mexico. Mr. Bram-- ,'e remed of this sunken Island and luter believed be located it from an airplane. In the photograph be Is aeea wearing a cupe coat How Mount Blanc Looks to Up-to-Da- te Tourists u fifeV ' ' " ;V. V- - r' I "'Lot H ; 's.&&r---- V :l f This striking picture of ML Iilanc was niade from a plane piloted by Lieutenant Thoret, the Intrepid airman of I the Air union, who recently broke all European records by flying eleven passengers over the snow-cappe- d Alpine peak. I News Notes j ' ' Privilsg to Liv in t Utah SALT LAKE Air passenger service through Salt Lake has Increased to such extct that the Western Air has Installed 6 new large pas-senger planes on the route to Log Angdeb this year. HYRUM -- Retail trade lit Utah and southern Idaho Is Bhowltig, subs'.autlal increases each mon;h. Duri.:g Janu-ary, 1S20, the Bectlon reported en In-crease of 14.4 per cent over the tame month In 1323. ESCALANTE Arrrngements are bring completed here for a big rab-bit and sparrow hunt. The rabbit drive U to begin this week and Is to be continued for several days. It Is hoped to clear the district of the rab-bit pest, which appears to be grow-ing. A contest has been arranged be-tween the North and South wards. 6ALT LAKE The largest crowd yet to witness a skiing event In the state sew young Kalmar Andreaaen jump S3 feet and break the Utah re-cord of $8 fact recently on Kasmus-sen'- s Parley's canyon ranch, In the Norwegian-America- n Athletic club's annual skiing tournament. The old record was made eight years ago by Axel Andreasen. GUNNISON Dairy farmers of the valley, including several of Sevier county, met at the Gunnison Valley high school recently to organize a dairy association. 0. L. Malmgren was temporary chairman. II. A. Malhlesen, federal specialist in g work In the western dairy di-vision; C. O. Stott, Sanpete county agent, and S. It. Eoawoll, Sevier coun-ty were officers In attendance. LOGAN During the month of Janu-ary, there were 3CC cows milking and 68 dry in the Rlchmond-Lewisto- Dairy Herd Improvement association, according to the report of Le Rol Nelson, tester. The tverage milk pro-duction per cow was 846.1 pounds, as compared with 810.2 pounds for December. The average butterfat pro-duction per ce. was 29.63 pounds, compared with 29.46 pounds for the preceding period. PROVO Two committees from MaIeton end Lehl waited on the Utah county commissioners recently in regard to read matters in their re- - Bpective communities. A petition ask-ing for the improvement of the road on the north side of MaIeton was presented by the Mapleton delegation. The matter was taken under advise-ment The commission appropriated $109 for the completion of the road at Lake Shore. SALT LAKE Provision for the con-struction and maintenance of live-stock highways is contained in a bill Introduced in the senata recently by Ssnator R. J. Evans. The bill em-powers the state road commission, the state bocrd of agriculture, county commissioners, city commissions, city councils and town boards to design-ate, survey, build, protect and mam-tai- n these highways, to purchase the right of way therefor and to spend the necessary money for the carry-lu-g out of the purpr-a- s of this bill. DUCHESNE According to present plans of tho state road commission, roads In the Uintah basin will be greatly Improved during this coming summer. Bids have been asked fur the construction of four bridges. Two or tnese Drmges are over tne Ducnssne river, east of Duchasne, to connect with the completed project at Ante-lope, and the other two are on tho Duchesne to Frultland route over Red creek and wash. The bridge over Red creek will be more than twenty feet above the surface of tho water. RANDOLPH Heavy losses of wild fowl are beig suffered In the slough area near Laketown in Rich county, according to advices received recent iy by the state fish and game depart ment This area has never been known to freeze up before as solidly as it bas this yea". The excessivs and continued cold weather, however, has closed up the grounds and the ducks are starving to deV.h. Some feed will be shipped Into the district by the department to tide the ducks over until the weather breaks. OGDEN It is announced from the district forest office hero that anony-mous cash prixes of $1000 and '$50, respectively will be awarded through the Society of American Foresters lor essays describing the present forestry situation la the United Statc3, and proposing a cation-wi- remedy for its Eolution. The scop? of the essays submitted should be to !Uff5est a plan for the forest situation that will solve the problem of a permanent and suf-ficient surply of forest products. Es-say.- jiust not be over 3000 words In lenglh and must bo based on the ac-- ' tual situation in the United States. CEu" CITY Plans are now rapid-ly taklne shane for the lrttlng of the remaining contracts for completion of the Bection of the Zion-Mt- . Carmel highway in ZIon National park, accord-ing to E. T. Scoycn, superintendent. Mr. Scoyen has just returned from Ogden, where he conferred with B. J. Finch, district engineer, United States' bureau of public roads, who informed him that plans for the two bridges, one acrofs the Virgin river and the other across Pine creek, are now practically complete and ready to sub-mit for bids. Winner in a Church Building Competition - t:.w..i r; tnEpIS?Pfl!!,lrC,h TraIner- - ra-- WM wnr''(,d fit Prize of $1,000 in the nation-wid- e church rt rtT Ul0ccon(1"tteiljby1 Christian Uerald for the most beautiful and adequate small church. It was and Bruce a Wcnner, young Philadelphia architects. Dancers in Columbia's Play, "Oh, Hector" ..- .- .. -- ..... ... ... .,...-1.- .t ...... rYfifr'ftr---i- .. .&r,;ifi.1lg.f'fy- JJJ These dancing "girls" are undergraduates of Columbia university In their play, "Oh, Hector." I Henry Is Fairly Big for Thirteen s. ' r",r !' , i ' VtV t f' --v '"' ( wJf Henry Mullins of Atlanta, Ca., Is nearly twice the height of the two boya rbo are trying to reach his outstretched arms; yet, be'a the same age as tbose boys. Henry la thirteen yeara old and la seven feet talL Despite his Tery nnusual freight he la well proportioned and doesn't feel the least bit conspicuous. I LEGION'S CHAPLAIN Rabbi Lee J. Levlnger, Ph. D.. of Columbus, Ohio, was elected national chaplain of the American Legion by the natlonul executive committee to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-tion of Rabbi Herman J. Beck. As an army chnplnin. Doctor Levlnger served with the Twenty-sevent- h division at the front, at the Battle of the Sells River. WINS LAMME MEDAL I - v ; rJcV -- ,r X," Af 't fS' -r- fT-.' '" i r'; - i 'M Cu Allan Bertram Field, electrical engi-neer of Slanchester, England, who has been awarded the first Lamme Gold medal by the American Institute of Klectrlcul Enitlneers ; and the face of the medal. The prize was founded by a bequest in the will of the lute Ben-jamin (.!. Lnmtne. I Acrobatic Stunt of Colliding Cars These two cars near Hishopville, S. C, wound up in a position that would do justice to a couple of acrobuts. The driver of the one on the bottom tried to avoid the one on the top. A second before the former tried to get out of the way, the latter turned over and on the second turn landed on top of the other. Strangely enough, no one was injured. Society Women Clean Their City I ar I' 'Jrf fJ'Vl '! ' 1 Society women of Norfolk, Vn., donned blue smocks and armed them-selves with spiked rods and gunny sacks and, aided by Boy Scouts, cleaned up Hampton boulevard ns the first step in their program of beautifying the city. Mrs. Fergus Reid, chairman, nnd Mrs. C. R. Bulley were caught by the cameraman hard at work. HE WON A DOG DERBY 1,vJILLJ-- s Fred Print of Cascade, Idaho, be-ing kissed by bis wife and presented with the Marco Hell man silver trophy and a purse of $3,000 Immediately after winning the first Sierra Dog derby between Truckee, Calif., nnd Tahoe Tavern a three-da- y race run In dally laps of 32 miles each. Mr. Garnett, assistant passenger traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, l making the presentation. r One-Legge- d Mountain Climber 1 Probably the world's greatest mountain climbing feat of 1028 was achieved by Clyde Cobb, middle-age- d taxidermist of KallspelL Mont, who. wearing an artificial leg, climbed ML Wilbur (0,283 feet) In the Rockies. This peak bad been scaled by only three other men, all professional moun-tain climbers. Reaching the summit, where in 1023 Norman Clyde of the Sierra club of California erected a cairn of rocks, the Montana man bared his artificial leg and made a snapshot of himself standing beside the calm as proof of bis ascent. SEEKS NEW RECORD ' " t lit ir . j An Interesting camera study of MaJ. II. O. D. Segrave, the daring Rrltlsh sportsman, the first man to drive a motor car at a speed greater than 200 miles per hour, and who aspires to better the mark of 207.552 miles per hour now held by Ray Keech of the United States. The tests will be held at Daytona Beach. RANDOM NOTES Milk is about 80 per cent water. Fire on farms in the United States take 3,500 lives each year. Reindeer feed chiefly on plant diet, but occasionally eat mice and fish. Electricity today Is estimated to be 50 per cent below prewar levels when figured on a g basis. Germany produces 2,000 varieties of sausages. The fire of hate usually flashes In the pan. The majority of waiters in restau-rants are guests. If poverty Is a virtue It Is making a virtue of necessity. We still sny sunrise, even though we know It stnnila still. Saccharine is 300 times sweeter than cane sugar. Glasgow, Scotland, now claims to have the finest docks in the world. Submarine disasters In the navies of the world have taken a toll of 318 lives In 13 years. The birds most abundant In the United States are the robin nnd the EntrHsh sparrow. China's unused resources are said to he similar to those of the United States 400 years nso. The maim rajah of Pathiln has houelit io worth of Kngllsh dogs for breeding purposes. All the blood In your body has to go through your lungs 2,000 times each day. A new artificial wool process has been patented in France and Is cre-ating International interest Receipts used by Chinese Incense makers vary considerably and there la much secrecy ns to formulas. Italy's proposed national highway development plan Is expected to give employment to at least 200,000 men. The Amazon river and Its tribu-taries has twice as many miles of navigable water as the Mlsslipl 'vk'r '"mi.Jl Its trib atarles. j IOF INTEREST TO EVERYBODY James Fenlmore Cooper wrote sev-enty books In thirty years. Each of the continents has one or mora towns bearing tire name of ' Rome. . . Moose and caribou are the princi-pal producers among game animals In Canada. Britain claims to be the world's workshop for aircraft, ships and loco-motive; ' ;" Sunflower seeds yield a valuable food for cattle and poultry. Gypsies wander at times to conn-trie- s as remote as Iceland and Aus-tralia. Approximately a 100,000,000 dozen pairs of stockings are sold In this country annually. In Zululand the atmosphere Is so clear that objects ran be seen by starlight at a distance of seven miles. Well Deterred Fata "I don't wish Jim Judd. the towu calamity howler, no hard luck," soys Old Man Mutin, "but I wish he'd climb one of the mountains he makes ouia mole-hill-s and fall off." Farm and FIrcsUle. Fiateyjarbok The collection of Sagas, called Fhtteyjarbnk, Is In the Royal library it Copenhagen. It Is the work of two Icelandic priests ( I.LSO-IKi- ) nnd Is one 3t the chief sources for the Norse dis-covery of America. Lack Picks It PI "I have found that good luck Is u wise chooser of Its companions," aa Irving Bacheller In the American Magazine. "It prefers to run with the innn who sees his way clearly and In prepared to act quietly when ap rouc-liln- derisive moments. Luck If The Cherokee no laggard mr waster of time.'' The Cheriki's were the largest ami most lniMrtant Indian tribe original ly eust of the Allegheny's, perhaps the highest In culture and Intellectim' receptivity north of Mexico. Riding the Market The difference lielwecn n hitch klker nnd an tiiiulcur m 1; ui.irlu't player k tluit i'ip latter will nhv:iyi Ind It sl,-r to ! liiUcn fur m Beyond Recall It is with a word hs with an ar-row; the arrow once loosed does nor return to the bow; nor c word to the Upa-Al- nlel Kader. |