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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION, UTAH Blue Laws Enforced in a New Jersey Town Sudden enforcement of the blue laws of 1754 resulted ju the arrest of scores of the citizens of Irvington, N. J., for violating the Sabbath and there was great Indignation in the community. Above is seeta the proprietor of an ice cream parlor being taken into custody. The offenders were fined $2 each. t Flivver Pump for Rural Fire Fighting By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Til researches of our historians continue to make I dearer an understanding of V I the lievolutionary struggle n which was fast approueh1 lag its climax in 1777, Just a hundred and fifty years ago, more and more are some of tile lesser figures in tliut eonllict coming into the limelight and looming up us of outstanding importance in the outcome of the light for liberty. Particularly is lids true of Gen. Henry Knox uiul Gen. Nathanael Greene whose right to fame lias for so long been overshadowed name of Washingby the ton. So it is gratifying lo know that at lust deserved, though tardy, honors are being paid to hot h men. A short time ago a group of distinguished military men ami civilians before the equestrian statue This (Hiriable high pressure lire pump, mounted on a liivver bumper and used extensively in fighting forest U:es, gathered of General Greene erected in Washingis endorsed for general use in rural communities. ton, and there on the one hundred and eighty-thiranniversary of Ids birth GERMAN ATTACHE paid ,'homage to ids memory. Now comes word that a memorial to General Knox is assured by recent gifts to a fund which lias been raised for the purpose of erecting a reproduction of Montpelier, the Knox family home in Thomuston, Maine. Tills reconstructed mansion will be used us u repository for the historical nnd artistic treasures which were formerly in tlie Knox home and us a museum for lterolutiouary relics, so that it will be not only a symbol of Maine's pride in one of her distinguished sons but, . tl a patriotic national shrine, us well. The Itevolu! ionary careers of Henry Knox and Nathanael Greene present one of those curious paradoxes of fate si THUCHUROI UNITE t STATUS which culls a man from a simple V civilian pursuit and Icings out in him N r:vA' ; .0 an unsuspected military genius. Unlike Washington, Putnam, Morgan, Stark uud other prominent leaders, neither Knox nor Greene had had previous experience in war. But when tlie struggle for liberty opened these two New Englanders, Knox, the bookseller in Cornhili, Boston, and Greene, the Ithode Island blacksmith, plunged into it nt once and their natural ability soon brought them into prominence. No sooner had Washington taken command of the Continental army and besieged the Britisli army in Boston than lie appointed Knox commander of the artillery. Knox immediately went to Ticonderogu, where there were Otter of Count Eduard Oppersdorff many cannon, and a little later tlie tUagun, Gerntuu.v, Jias just arrived In army saw him ride into camp ut tlie new .duties to his. assume YVqshington head of 42 sleds, drawn by oxen, s attache of the German embassy. loaded with cannon, powder and balls E. ComJ. Leon C. the National of Freeman, Bishop Iulmer, secretary to butter down the walls with which mission of Evangelism of the Protestant Episcopal church, and Bishop Thomas ACTIVE IN SOCIETY C. Darst, holding the chart of the United States, showing districts in which of Boston uround the ears of the red an Evangelistic crusade will be held during the time from January 9 to coats. Lie became one of Washingtons most beloved officers and as chief March 3. 1927. of artillery was his right baud man He went through all his campaigns. on that Christmas night march to Trenton and his cannon roared triumphantly at the surprise attack on the Hessians in salute to one of Washingtons greatest victories. m At the battle of Princeton it was Knox's cannon that svept the bridge over which Cornwallis sought v. in o vain hurl his soldiers against tlie Continental forces and sent them reeling back in defeat. He was at Brandywine and at Germantown, and in the darkest days of Valley Forge it was Knox's cannon which stood guard over the camp of S y d Planning an Evangelistic Crusade Blond vs. Brunette in Oklahoma 4 Shipping Gold by Air M Tlie Ingenuity of foreign exchange hankers in finding methods of increus-!nthe margin of profit on gold shipments lias been demonstrated in more than one instance during the present increased international gold flow. Tlie latest mid tiie most novel example was tin chartering of four comnier-ciu- l airplanes by a Britisli bank t" carry gold to Switzerland. Tlie four P bines transported about $a,(XM).i)Uu g Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro is the attractive wife of the new commissioner for the District of Columbia wo of the leading contestants for the honor of being 'Miss Oklahoma, recently appointed by President Cool-- ! a contest sponsored by the state chamber of commerce, are here seen m an active Mrs. takes Taliaferro idge. part in the social affairs of the i They are (left) Miss Adele Brown, a blond, and (right) Miss Anna Bos, brunoae. of Indian descent national cnpitoL j I j starving men to prevent u surprise attack, ills guns plnyed an important part, too, at Yorktowu, foe it was their ceaseless battering of the British defenses that brought about the surrender of Cornwallis and tlie that entities him to ruuk not only with tlie great during tlie Revolution but with the grout captains of all time. The situutlon that faced Greene when lie took charge In the South wai one which might well have daunted end of tlie war. When Washington became President Knox was given Hie dual portfolio of secretary of war und navy and when Ills cabinet services ended, lie retired to Thomastnn, Me., where he built Montpelier In which to spend his declining years. He died in 1800 and was buried on the highlands overlooking (lie Georges river. For awhile Montpelier served ns tlie home of Ids Then It passed into other family. bunds and soon became but a shell of its former glory. Eventually It was torn dowu mid its site occupied by business buildings. Now It is to be restored on a plot on Main street which was purchased tiy the General Knox chapter of the I. A. it. nnd a recent gift of $50,u0 by Cyrus H. K. Curtis, tlie Philadelphia publisher and a former resident of Thomuston, guarantees the completion of the project to make tlie sew Montpelier u permanent memorial to Washington's right hand man und Americas first secretary of war. Tlie career of Nathanael Greene Is even more remarkable than that ,of Knox. HI:; campaign in tlie Curolinas lias been compared and not unfavorably to Washington's Trenton und Princeton campaign, and he has been called after Washington and not far after him the ablest tactician, the most brilliant strategist and the greatest fighter of the Revolution, the man who could lose a buttle and win a campaign. Greene was the son of a Quaker his preacher and he scandalized brethren of that faith by being among the first to advocate forcible resistance to tlie British king. Although ne he was elected a was member of the Rhode Island assembly in 1770 at the age of twenty-eighAt the outbreak of the war he enlisted as a private in tlie Rhode Island troops but his rise was so rapid that he soon found himself a major general and he was never out of the service until the end of tlie war. Greene fought in every battle, except one, in which Washington commanded until lie was sent Mouth In 1780. Although he performed brilliantly as a subordinate under the great commander In many of these engagements, it was not until lie took charge of Uie Continental forces in Mouth Carolina that he had an opportunity to display the military genius any eoiiimnmler. Tlie Britisli had overrun Georgiu ami South Carolina an.L wiili Lord Cornwallis In command, it seemed as I hough tlie provinces south of Virginia had been finally won back to Hie crown. Greene lacked sufficient men, lie lucked money and ull other necessities for currying on war. But lie Imd no sooner taken command than lie launched an aggressive campaign which soon had Cornwallis worried and us time went on tlie Briton found even more to worry about. A whole volume could be written about this campaign und tlie way in which Greene, naturally impetuous and dashing, became tlie incarnation of caution and resourcefulness in using ids meuger forces to the best adHe outmarched, outniuncu-verevantage. outguessed and outwitted the British leader repeutediy. He lost battles, it is true, but the final result was wliut counted and in that final result Greene was victorious. ( Cornwullls, after failing to corner Greene, was forced to retreat to Yorktowu. There he lay while Washington prepared to lmrl ids army like u thunderbolt from tlie north and Washingtons deception of Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander In New York, nnd his rapid march south to crush Cornwallis was a fitting climax to the events of Greenes campaign. Just how important was the contribution of this Rhode Islander to the winning of American independence has been revealed within the past year through researches Into his papers and letters which have been acquired by the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. "These papers place Greene in his proper position as the organizer of victory in the Revolution, says Randolph G. Adams, custodian of the library, Without his services the cause of liberty might not have survived. At tlie close of the war Greene returned to Rhode Island, where he was given many honors. In es1785 lie retired to a large tate granted to him by the legist a ture of Georgia and there he died the But Rhode Island, following year. which gave him to the nation, claimed him at last. In recent years iis body was brought back from Georgia ani relnterred in his native soi. Rhode Island also bought the Greene homo-stea- d at Coventry and keps It as s memorial to her greatest warrior. worth of metal, weighing around 5,720 pounds, with sliced and safety, considerably reducing the loss of interest which is always a heavy Item of expense in shipping precious metal. of 4,000 revolutions a minute. The high velocity keeps the saw rigid, not- freezing, t. d, withstanding its thinness. Result of Loss of Eye An eye hospital informs us Tiny Circular Sau) The smallest circular saw in the world imw ia actual use Is a tiny disk less ilian a fourth of an Inch in diameter used in the Tiffany Jewelry establishment for slitting gold pens !t is about' the tlihkness of a sheet of writing paner and reved'es at Hie rate ' , that the loss of one eye will affect a person in discerning the roundness of an object for a while following the operation. As time goes on the eye win accommodaie itself to the new condt-- : tion anu the patient, will be able t discern tlie roundness cf an object Washington Star. |