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Show .' Vv-- t h t y .v ; , i PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION. UTAH No Wonder They Cheered; the School Was Burning Our photographer happened along just as these Sau Froiu-iserlilldren learned tlmt the '.'oluirbia grammar attended, was In flames. They were cheering the glad news, but their Joy was short-live- d for they were soon distributed to other schools. vhool, which they Airmen in Alaska Starting on a Fishing Trip By ELMO SCOTT WATSON NY THING disastrous hap- pen to you on Friday, August 13? If It didn't and you are superstitious, you can take heart, for youre probably safe for some time to come. For August of this year Is the only month which had In It that supposedly acme of bad luck and It wont occur again until next year. November, 1926, has a Saturday, the thirteenth just missed It by one day, you see. But there wont be another Friday, the thirteenth, until May, 1927. Just why should Friday, the thirteenth, be a day of ill omen 7. Perhaps for the reason that Individually Friday and thirteen are feared by the superstitious, and when you com! I ! bine the two It on whether falls itself, Friday the thirteenth or not, they consider the Jonah-daof the seven in the week. This is believed, to be due to the fact that Christ was crucified on a Friday. At least that Is the popularly accepted reason for the fear of- it. So the superstitious person would never think of beginning a journey or any important um dertaklng on Friday, lest the jinx of that evil day bring disaster before the journey or undertaking be completed. How It Started. . As for the sinister significance of thirteen, there seems to be two In Biblical times the Hebrew word ..for thirteen, was identified In "Norse with the word for death. is the number too, put unmythology, der a curse, for there is a. tradition that the sun god Ballur had to die because there were thirteen gods in Valhalla, and that could not be tolerated. Whatever the reason, the fear of thirteen still exists among many persons who become most uncomfortable if they find that there are thirteen people at a dinner party or some such affair. They wouldnt think of occupying berth No. 13 in a pullman car or accepting license tag No. 13 for their automobile. In fact, they Just don't want to have anything whatsoever to do with that combination of digits a one before a three. this all superstition about Despite Friday and thirteen, a study of .Amer lean history will reveal that singly or together they have not been particularly .unlucky. On the contrary, they seem to have been somewhat fortuitous,1 in the history of this nation. Consider these facts in relation to 1 . sl . - . '..'Ft thirteen';" There were thirteen., original col.' . onies. ' ' The' "American flag "has thirteen stripes bn' tt and at one time it also had thirteen stars. During the War of 1S12 a combined British land and fiaval force attacked Fort McHenry near Baltimore, Md. Had the attack been successful, the Cnlted' States .tvould have been cut in two and England might have won the1 war then and there. But, if you remember ..the Incident, at the dawns early light, an American prisoner on one of the British ships looked anxiously toward Fort" McHenry and saw that our flag was l there. So Francis' Scott Key sat himself down Banand wrote The on . was ner. That , September 13, 1313 two tliirteens in that date, you st-ll- Star-Spangle- d Capitol Being Put in Good Shape r i:i it 1 y . The navy aviators who are stationed near Ketchikan, Alaska, are here seen us they were ubout to start on a fishing and hunting expedition by uirplune. They were bound for the Aluska mainland. see no, three Add up the digits In the year, 1813 one and eight are nine and one are ten and three are they werent. For they actually set forth from Southampton on a Friday August 21v 1620. So the next time you hesitate to start a motor or thirteen There ' are thirteen .letters in the railroad trip on Friday, remember national motto, E Pluribus Unum. not the Maine but the Mayflower. The eagle which appears in the It wasnt wrecked. If escutcheon of the great seal of the American history is full of ifs. country has thirteen feathers in each a little boy hadnt been born on a Virwing. ginia plantation on February 22, 1732, It looked pretty dark for the cause the Revolution might have had a very 1 jlllMHWJM'.'a of' the American Revolution until France decided to come to the aid of the rebellious' colonies. That took place on June 13, 1778. The cornerstone of the White House was laid bn October 13, 1792. The Northwest Territory was organized on July 13, 1787. And those are only a few of the dates or ways in which thirteen fig, ures in American history. As to Friday Now as to this evil day of Friday and its opportunities for bringing bad luck to our country : Go way back to the year 1492. At two oclock in the morning a certain Rodrigo de Triana, a sailor, rushed up to his captain, one Christopher Columbus, and excitedly pointed toward the west. Land! arose the cry on the Santa Maria. And that was on Friday, October 12. Incidentally, Columbus had set sail for the unknown on a Friday. Four years later, John Cabot appears at the court of Henry VII of England. The king hands him a commission to explore the new land which Columbus has discovered, which Cabot proceeds to do. Ills explorations throw much fresh, light on the regions of the New world, and they give the Eftglish a claim op lands. Ip this continent. That commission was as dated March 6, 1496, and a Friday. r On Friday, 609, September Henry Hudson, in his brave little shift the Half Moon, rounded the. tip1 of an Island and sailed up the river which now bears his name. All of which led of the most remarkable real estate, deals in history. For that island was later named Manhattan, and the Dutch bought it from the Indians for the munificent sum of $24. If you happen to own some real. estate on that particular island now, don't offer it for sale at $24 a square Inch. Some one might take you up on it quick ! History does not record whether or not the Iilgrims were superstitious that is, aside from their belief In witches and such-likIndividually, they may have been. . But collectively. " lif''i e : e. different ending. For every one will admit that George Washington had a great deal to do with .ringing,. that war to a successful conclusion, pf course, George Washington couldnt choose the day of the week when he was to make his appearance on earth, but the fact remains that February 22, 1732, came on a Friday. Some Lucky Fridays. The Revolution Is full of lucky Fridays. For Instance, Bunker Hill was seized and fortified on Friday, June 16, 1775. Friday, October 17, 1777, witnessed the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, the first really great American victory and the culmination of one of the decisive battles of the world. Benedict Arnold Isnt usually looked upon as an Individual America was lucky to have. But the fact that his. treason was did covered oh Friday, September 22, 1780, certainly was lucky for the American cause. And just to make this Friday luck in the Revolution complete, that on Friday, October 19, 1781, a British army under Lord Cornwallis marched" out of Yorktown, Va, and-lai- d down iti (.arms! Another Jucky .Frijday for George Washington and a lucky one for America, for. the .surrender of Cornwallis meant the end "of pie struggle for Independence.' - It isnt until you come down to the time of the World war, h'ptvfeverihgj ; history presents indiBputkbVe .evidence that! Friday, the thirteenth, is. not at a1 double jinx .for these Dgij(e4, States.1 Theres a! thkn "ni&ei. (John J. Pershing who is said to have had a great deal to do with ending' the. war. A superstitious person wouldnt have given John J. much chance for living very long, not to mention becoming Internationally famous. For he was born' on Friday, the thir- d ' J. ' I Under the direction of David Lynn, capital architect, workingmen are making a thorough survey of the capitol so that it will be In first-clas- s shape when the nations lawmakers return to their winter duties. Every inch of thb structure is being Inspected for possible repairs. In this photograph workmen are shown Inspecting the roof of the senate side of the building. Mr. Lynn Is at the extreme right. " novy The young man, arrested the other day In Albuquerque, N. M., on changes of passing bnd checks in Denver, declares he Is Baron G. Frederick von Krupp, Jr., a scion of the famous German family. But the Krupps over there say he Is an Impostor. He trlef to commit suicide in his cell by eat-lnmatch heads, but failed." g TIBETS HORNED MAN December Again Wedded to May , teenth! .... Remember SL Mlhiel and the battle-tha- t an American army fought there?. It took'place on Friday, the thirteenth. Enough? Do you stiirhelieve.that Friday is usually an unlucky, day, that thirteen Is certain to be an unlucky number, and that Friday, .the thirteenth, is the doubledfstiilej tfcisencd of xafiastrophe? "Ttrfr long-horne- jir I as almost true violinists, their .foreInsect Music wing constituting the violin, and the leg the bow. The latter Is so veinfed There is no Insect that possesses "v- and grooved as somewhat to resemble' ocal organs. The members of this tre a minute file, and by placing this mendous orchestra are mostly from, against the edge of the former and three families of the great Orthoptera ; rubbing it up and down with greater the grasshoppers, ot true or less rapidity various degrees and grasshoppers kinds of music are produced by the locusts; the the crickets several species. With and the crickets. the sound Is produced by rubbing or Glass Roofs to Cut Coal rapidly vibrating the upper pair of Some of Heating engineers have discovered wings against the lower pair. the grasshoppers w might speak of new possibilities in sunlight as a short-horne- d - .! J. f KRUPPS DISOWN HIM means of heating the home, and rare" experimenting with the feasibility of building glass roofs. : By providing houses with glass roofs, properly Insulated, it is believed that great quantities of fuel can be saved during the winter months. Doubters of the theory are referred to the sunny bay window of the house on a winter day, where the sun works without scientific assistance. av-era- Jonah originated the fish story. One ci the freakiest of all the Chinese freaks of nature Is shown above, the horned man from Tibet He has a dermal growth resembling a short horn. Gas and Gasoline Illuminating gas or natural gas come from gas wells and cools as It William Lewis Towner, seyentyine, ot Stoneham, Mass., solicitor for leave the earth ; some of It condenser an express company and former prospector in California, has found his and forms a liquid. This Is drawn o of South Boston. Towners and Is called casing head gasoline. It ray of sunshine In Hlva E. Call, tweDty-one- , wife and baby died many years ago, and he led a rather lonesome life until is usually more volatile than any Aei I be met and wooed Miss Call. They have Just been married. gasoline. f ) t "j- - nWrtfr. i f Y 4 'U |