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Show . x&t. - KWJOWl 4 PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, Ui'AH Another Chinese revolt against foreign domination similar to the Boxer years ago is a rising of twenty-fivof outcome the present possible demonstrtions, but not immediately probable, H. G. W. Wood-heaan Englishman, editor of the Peking and Tientsin Times and the China Year Book, said on his arrival in New York. TELEGRAPHIC TALES e anti-foreig- FOR BUSY READERS A BASIN RESOURCES OF THE WEEKS DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES RESUME UINTAH BASIN OUTPUT PLACED BEFORE COMMISSION AT RAIL HEARING Mrs. May Putnam Christ, 58, South Dakota suffrage worker, in 1912 a delegate to the Democratic national convention is dead at the home of her daughter at Pasadena, Calif. Turgatee, Oregon and vicinity were covered with a sheet of water a foot deep, which swept over the lowland, washing out the tracks of the Railroad and Navigation company to the aggregate of about one and a half miles. The greatest damage was done at Nelson and No loss of life has been re- n Oregon-Washingto- Wea-therb- ported. William D. Brown, fornia pioneer and said to be the oldest Shriner in the world, died at Berkely, Calif. He was born in Charlottesville, Va., and would have reached his one hundredth birthday on December 4 of this year. Applicants for licenses to drive automobiles in California must submit evidence of their mental and physical fitness under the terms of the law passed by the last legislature which became effective July 24th. The new automobile law also forbids the use of "speed traps as a mean of determining the rate at which a machine is traveling. The "trap, used for many years, was a method of timing the speed of a machine between two arbitrary points on the state highway. GENERAL Utah-Colorad- Mrs. Guinvere Sinclair Gould, the mystery woman who worsook a chorus position on Broadway to live with the late George J. Gould for ten years prior to the death of his wife, astonished her friends by becoming the bride of George St. John Broderick, Viscount Dunsford, at New York. He is the oldest son and heir of the Earl of Middleton. Tax reduction to the amount .of at least $500,000,000, with exemption of all taxes on incomes of 5000 or less and elimination of the miscellaneous and inheritance taxes, was urged at Washington by Senator Copeland, Democrat, New York. He advocated reduction in surtaxes to 10 per cent. Sixteen persons were injured, none Fifteen hundred prohibition agents will lose their jobs not later than Ocin tober 15, in the biggest shake-uthe enforcement service since the enactment of the Volstead act. A vast p state admajority ministrators will be among those to lo. No more than 900 will be appointed to the new force with which it is Voped to make the nation completely forty-eigh- Salt Lake City. So many imaginary railroads have been built in Uintah basin in the past that citizens of that country are still skeptical of any plans for a line from either Salt Mayor Rolph of San Francisco con- Lake or Denver, declared R. S. Coferred with President Palmer of the llett, pioneer of that region and the Fleet corporation on the purchase of witness at a session of the hearing line and of the application of the Salt Lake the the line, both of & Denver railroad for a permit to which are now operated out of west build a line from Provo to Craig, coast ports for the shipping board by Colorado. Swayne & Hoyt. No decision was Mr. Collett was a witness and his reached. testimony was much along the same News of the death of Willinm Jen- lines. The tributaries of the Green nings Bryan at Dayton, Tenn., came river could irrigate at least a half million acres, Mr. Collett testified, to Washington with stunning suddenness and at a time when his name hnd with the advent of a railroad the was blazing in headlines much as it population could be expected to be increased materially without an Indid at the height of his political career twenty years ago. His efforts at crease of land ownership, as the witDayton, where he had fought with ness said that the land was being and great spirit over the question of evo- owned in large acreage at present were land the poor. some of impeople lution, had given friends here the The poultry and dairying industries pression that he was in vigorous be extended considerable if a could been had and it health, freely predicttoas line brought in, Mr. Collett said. ed that his voice would ring out when At the present time, only the local the next congress assembled in a movement to throw into senate and poultry needs were cared for, with In 1924, house debate the cause for which he the exception of turkeys. to had been shipped 51,000 turkeys had fought in Tennessee. market. the outside The new $60,000,000 Chicago Union Ten million pounds of alfalfa seed and acres be the production for this year. will five station, covering thirty used by four railroads has been forUintah basin can provide sufficient mally opened six weeks after some of beets for three sugar factories, Mr. its facilities began to function. Rank- Collett declared. Two factories could be constructed immediately and the ing with the Grand Central and Pennin as basin growers could supply them New the stations York, sylvania without trouble, providing a market in the country, depots largest railway the station has accommodations for could be provided and then only if 300 trains daily, for 50,000 passengers a railroad was built. A good winter range for sheep is and 400 tons of baggage. available in the Uintah basin, Mr. CoFederal legislation abolishing all llett said, while the animals fed on radio broadcasting of advertising will the mountain tops in summer. As the be sought at the next session of con- valleys west of the Rockies are for gress, Sol Bloom of New York an- cattle, it is a dangerous practice to nounced prior to sailing for a trip to even drive sheep through that counEngland and France. try, Mr. Collett showred. A railroad in the basin would be utilized to move FOREIGN the thousands of head of sheep. At Edgar Addison Bancroft, American the present time there are 55,000 head ambassador to Japan, died at Karui-zawand 225,000 head of sheep. Ambassador Bancroft was tak- of cattle also told of the coal Collett Mr. mounen ill at Karuizawa, a popular western in the fields part of the bastain resort in central Japan, where in oil wells, which and the Rangley he was spending the summer, about had been producing about 1000 barthree weeks ago. At first it was rels daily. The copper mines across thought he was suffering from indi- the line would also be gestion, but his trouble later was di- aided by a railroad, while a spur line agnosed as a small duodenal ulcer. could tap large deposits of phosphate The death is announced of the not- rock and iron ore, the witness said. ed painter Leon Augustin Lhermitte, A billion feet of Lodgepole pine has one of Frances foremost landscape been cut and is ready for movement, artists, and a member of the institute. Jlr. Collett said. The true attitude of the Denver Prediction that the churches of the of commerce regarding the chamber of Rome, world, including the church came in for a rigid setto, application interdenomin work would evenutally when Harry Dickinsen, commissioner ination union with one another, was of the Denver chamber of of traffic made by Bishop William T. Manning had previously said that commerce, of the Episcopal diocese of New York was opposed to the his organization vacaon his before he left Montreal Bamberger application. tion. a. An important corps in New York's great white collar working army raised the standard of revolt. The municipal engineers, 3500 strong and representing the largest single aggregation of their profession in the world, outside of military establishments, completed an organization which has for its object improvement of a salary and workng conditions comparable with the dignity, training and responsibility of the position. the Of Are Skeptical Pacific-Argentine-Braz- il Buried for eighteen days beneath tons of debris, the body of Chrissie Ricker, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morrill Ricker of Neihart, Mont., was recovered from the accumulation of muck that flooded the ravine below the Silver Dyke mine on July 10th, when the dam broke after being weakened by earthquake shocks. of Famous Utah Section About Road Ever Penetrating That Region; Been Fooled Before Residents Pacific-Australia- n testimony is started. t dry. and a Hundreds were whole north section of Chicago was shaken when a gasoline barge of the Texas company, on which were gallons, exploded with a terrific and terrifying blast and a roar of flames which leaped 400 feet into the air. The barge, known as the Reliable, was moored at the time in the north branch of the river just ofT the oil companys north Bide plant and storage property. paic-strlcke- n 90,-00- 0 Reuter's Canton dispatch says a Russian, General Borodin, has been appointed adviser to the Canton government, succeeding Robert S. Norman, an American. (Mr. Norman is from Oakland, Calif., and was legal adviser to the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen, head of the Canton government.) The budget for the fiscal year 1926, as submitted to the legislature at Manila, places the governments expenditure at $34,500,000, while the income is estimated at $35,000,000, leaving a surplus Qf approximately half a million. The largest single item of expense is for education, amounting to approximately $9,000,000. The second phase of the evacuation of the Ruhr, which has been occupied by allied troops since January 11, 1923, began with the departure of troops garrisoned at Essen. Complete evacuation of the Ruhr is to be concluded by July 31, when the Ruhr will be definitely handed back to the German authorities in accordance with the London agreement. Fifteen persons were killed and hundreds reported injured when the packed Melbourne, Australia, veranda of a moving picture theatre collapsed. The spectators were watching a parade on Bourke street. The World Federation of Educational Associations took initial steps at Edenburgh, Scotland to put into operation the organization's plan for future world peace and understanding by adopting a series of resolutions recommending courses of study that will present to students a full conception of Internationalism. A f NewsA Notes From ll Parts of I UTAH 1 1 p n Closeted in the shadowy death cell in the county jail at Chicago, a chamImportant Events of the Last Seven ber he has occupied through three periods of terror of death, Russell T. Days Reported by Wire and Preof the Scott, convicted slayer of Joseph Benefit pared for the Mourer, is daily and for long periods Reader Busy undergoing tests by psychiartrists. The defense hopes to convince a jury WESTERN EPITOMfe that Scott has become insance since After nearly three days had been sentence of death was passed upon consumed in selecting a jury, nine him and escape the rope via the same men and three women were impanel- route taken by Gene Geary, a notored at Los Angeles to hear evidence ious killer. concerning the alleged plotting of three men to kidnap Mary Pickford screen star, and hold her for $200,000 Court adjourned until the ransom. iingntarsirFarsirfUfnffrJgaTratraifafiPBgirPjaigiEigiBiai o Two Killed In Racing Plane Philadelphia. His first attempt at a sustained flight in a new racing model airplane resulted in the death of Logan R. Block, a young broker, and his friend, Roger Bispham. Both were killed when the machine, piloted by Black, went into a side slip and nose dive at 150 feet and crashed at the edge of the Piacairn flying field at Bryn Athyn. Estate of Walter Camp High New Haven, Conn. The late Walter Camp, Yales famous veteran athletic adviser, left an estate valued at $326,634. An inventory filed by the administrators shows the items consist of personal property, bonds and stocks, deposits of cash and royalty contracts with New York publishers. Extradition Asked Sacramento, Cal. Extradition papers were prepared at the governors office here to return Juan Y. Paden from Asheville, Ala., to Vallejo to face charges of murdering Allan J. Herrick and Francisco Amper at Vallejo in 1921. Denver Man Heads Templar Seattle, Wash. George W. Vallery of Denver, was elected grand master of Knights Templar here In their 36th triennial conclave. Begln's Successor Named Rome. The successor of Cardinal Begin, archbishop of Quebec, who died several days ago, will be the most Rev. Paul Eugene Roy, coajuta-to- r archbishop of Quebec. jg Price James J. Powell, 47, a bridge construction expert, was killed by accident when his wife, Alberta, 36, threw a knife at him across the dinner table. The knife struck the cartilage above his heart and entered the right ventricle killing the man instantaneously. Apparently Mr. and Mrs. Powell had been having a bit of a family tiff. He reached out and slapped her in the face. As he leaned back, her hand grasped the nearest object, the knife, and she threw it. The doctors said that it was only one chance in a hundred that the blow could have brought death as the knife was a dull one used for cutting flowers, and it was not thrown with much force. Salt Lake City? T. M. Fitspatrick, after seven years of faithful service at the University of Utah signed the contract which will carry hiip to the public schools of Oakland, Calif., where he will make his home at least for the time being. Tommy, for as such he is known throughout the state will direct in the physical education department of an Oakland high school and will coach athletics as well. The particular school to which he will be assigned has not been announced, and probably will not be until his arrival in Oakland, some time next month. Salt Lake City. An assessed valuation for the state of something like 670,000,000, or about $50,000,000 more than last year, is indicated at present, members of the state board of equalization told Governor George H. Dern. With such an assessed valuation the state general fund tax rate will be at the constitutional limit of 2.4 mills; and that for state high school at the similar limit of .2 of a mill. The limit for district school purposes is PRAYER AND ORATION PART OF CHURCH SERVICES; TAPS ARE SOUNDED Many Senators And Other High Officials Are Present To Pay Last Respects To Commoner At . Capitol Rites Washington The church rendered to William Jennings Bryan in burial services July 31st the sojemn honors reserved for its distinguished clergy. A full hour was given over in the little red brick church of the presidents" here to Bibical tributes, a sermon, hymns and prayers in the presence of diplomats, high officials and friends. Then the body was taken down past the White House, across the Potomac to Arlington, and laid in a newly dug grave on a knoll which commands a sweeping view of the scene of his ambitious state. The funeral services at the New York avenue Presbyterian church began at 9 a. m. with the singing of Lead Kindly Light, and One Sweetly Solemn Thought. A mixed quartet accompanied by the organ toned the solemn words of the hymn, Thd Night Is Dark and I am Far From Home Lead Thou Me On. The widow and members of the family entered the church after the singing and the Rev. Joseph P. Sizoo began the services. At the close of the sermon the minister pronounced benediction as follows: May the God of all peae, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, keep you $25 per capita of school population. It in every good work to do His is thought the rate of last year, 4.7 perfect in you that which is will, working mills, will be sufficient for this pur- well in His sight. And may pleasing pose. the blessing of God Almighty, the Logan. The board of directors of Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost the Logan chamber of commerce has be amongst you and remain with you accepted the report of their special always. Amen. committee named to investigate the Services at the grave were brief. problem of the municipal power plant. The minister read a short benediction The committees report recommended and the body was lowered into the that the plant be sold, stating, in sub- grave as he concluded with The stance, that it was a liability to the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and city and that it costs the taxpayers the Love of God and the communion about 6 mills to meet maintenance of the Holy Chost be with you all. charges. The chamber of commerce Amen. directors approved the report by a An army bugler blew taps and vote of 16 to 6. those attending sang, The CommunFaith Ogden. The livestock, sugar, can- ion of the Saints, beginning, Still. Our of Fathers and Living industries of ning Weber grain The complete list of active pallcounty will be featured extensively in a booklet to be distribbearers: uted by the Ogden Chamber of ComFormer Secretary of the Navy Jomerce, Secretary Jesse S. Richards sephus Daniels, Senator Fletcher, announced. Florida, Democrat; P. H. Callahan, Vernal. E. A. Manker, Vernal real Louisville, Ky., Charles A. Lord, Linestate dealer has on display in his of- coln, Neb.; N. F. Dunlap, Jacksonfice an branch taken ville, 111., and State Senator Charles from a tree in the orchard of William E. Hull of Illinois. The honorary pallbearers: Neal of Maeser ward, which has esSenators Ashurst, Arizona; Swantablished a record. The branch is son, Virginia; Shepherd, Texas; six feet in length and carried ninety-ninTennessee; Norris, Nebraska, apples, four of which fell off Oldfield, Arkansas; UpCongressmen while being taken to Vernal. The Yates, Illinois; Govershaw, Georgia; while not apples, ripe, are all perfectly formed and a close examination nor Donahay, Ohio; former Secretary failed to discover a single blemish of Labor William B. Wilson; Thomas among the entire number. The tree Nicholson, Michigan; former Senator from which the branch wfas taken is Hitchcock of Nebraska; John Skelton twelve years old. A California fruit Williams, Virginia; Clem Shaver, grower who visited the orchard with West Virginia; Edgar F. Goltra, MisMr. Manker, stated that when fully souri; James Kirby Risk, Indiana; developed the number of apples Norman E. Mack, New York; Howard grown on this one branch would fill Russell, Ohio; Charles E. Douglas, Washington; Charles F. Horner, Misa standard size apple box. souri and Manton Wyvell, WashingSalt Lake City. Premium lists for ton. the 1925 fair, October 1 to 7, now are being distributed. It is officially anHarding Memorial Is Planned nounced in the booklet by Governor John H. Moss of MilwauChicago. Dern, the fair association believes international kee, Wis., president of this, the exhibition, will from all angles be the finest in the Kiwanis International at a meeting of the officers elected at the annual history of the organization. convention held in St. Paul in June, Bingham. Weakened through parpresided at a meeting to make artial razing the Copper Field hotel col- rangements for the dedication of the lapsed here. Louis Ozanson, driving Harding memorial at Stanley park, a Studebaker touring car wras slightly Vancouver, B. C. President Moss apinjured by the flying debris of the pointed the international executive and finance committees. The execufalling structure and Sofia Tombar-gou4, who was driving with him, tive committee includes Raymond M. also suffered cuts and a scalp wound. Crossman, Omaha, Neb., and George Those in the building when it col- E. Snell, Billings, Mont. lapsed escaped with bruises and slight shocks. Man Will Seek Missing Link Los Mrs. Lehi Isaac Clark of this city Angeles, .Calif. Search for a received burns on the arms and body tribe of tailed men will be resumas a result of a bolt of lightning which ed this fall by W. Loy Hess, who struck her home. Mrs. Clark was announced he would leave in Septemcurling her hair with an electric ap- ber for the Phillippines in one of the islands of pliance when the lightning struck practically unexplored her house and burnt out the meter which he hopes to find his missing and sent a charge through the curler links. Other members of the expedition will include, he said, Max which burnt Mrs. Clark. Her injuries are painful but not serious. Her wealthy yeast manufacturson, Boyd, 4, was standing near the er. Hess led a similar expedition in door and was knocked down by the 1923, but could not connect with the men. bolt, but was uninjured. new-four-pag- e apple-bearin- g Me-Kella- r, e forty-sevent- h s, Flie-schman- n, ape-lik- e 4 4 |