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Show I Chief Red Tomahawk Inspects a Field Gun i 1 f I I t I tA : - i - EST' W 'Wxy Vw? r Vl ! rWj& jrjN f! .... Chief Red Tomahawk, eighty-year-ol- d Sioux, said to have slain Sitting Bull, the leader of the Indiana at the Caster massacre, Inspecting one of the latest three-inc- h field guns at Fort Myer, Va. The venerable red man was equally impressed and mystified by the modern war tools. He was the guest of General SummeraU, chief of staff. r..,:.,,..Tliis Is Going to Be a Sizable Gas Tank 3 s rewr--: : . imi 'i : " ; ' ' S ' More than one hundred workmen lowering the hupe base of a 10,000,000-cubic-fo- gas tank for the Pacific Gai Electric company Into position in San Francisco. The tank will be 228 feet high and 270 feet in diameter. It will be of the telescopic type, having five collapsible sections. I News' N'otesi 1 It's a Privilege to Live In I 1 UTAH ! MAGNA Within fifty miles or Sail Lake are grouped the smelters, which together comprise the largest nonfer-rou- s smelting center in the world. PARK CITY It la estimated Utah has enough coal to supply the entire United States at the present rate 01 consumption, for 2S0 years. MORGAN The largest pea packing plant In the world is located in Utah nd has packed 24,623 cases in a single day. Utah fruits and vegetables have national reputation for quality. HEBE R Preparations for the an-nual Wasatch county livestock show are under way. Final reorganization and committee appointments have been made and dates for the show de-finitely booked for August 22 and 23. UTAH There are 210 known min-erals In Utah, metallic and n on metal-lic. Only a very small percentage of the state's mineral wealth has been developed to date, but innovations are constantly being made and new wealth discovered. AMERICAN FORK Chicken was "a la king" at American Fork recent-ly from daybreak, when salutes usher- - ea in tne tnira annual fouitry ouna-er- s' day until the last strains of the dance died away near midnight. The lowly hen and the crowing rooster were personified by almost everyone in town. All visitors were given red paper hats resembling the rooster's tomb and children, disguised as all aorta of fowl, roamed the streets dur thi) day. iiPRINGVILLE Early peas are now being canned under new management at the Springville Canning company. The regular run on late peas starts new week. Only light runs have been made so far. A good crop is expected from the 300 acres contracted, ac-cording to Manager W. R. Eddington, despite heavy ralna in this section. The run on peas will be followed by string beans and tomatoes, while sauerkraut will be canned in the lo-cal plant for the first time. RICHFIELD Results of the cam-paign conducted by S. R. Boswell, county agricultural agent, against the use of butter substitutes in Sevier county are gratifying. Between Feb-ruary 15 and May 15, lectures, dem-onstrations, contests in essays, post-ers and slogans were conducted throughout the county and In the schools. Circular letters were sent to dairymen. Since the campaign, 23 stores have pledged not to sell butter substitutes. OGD EN Canning crops of Weber and Davis counties were damaged by the severe wind and hall storms re-cently to a much greater extent than estimated, according to officers ot three canning companies as they launched the season. H. L. Harrington, president and general manager of the Utah Canning com. pany, said his concern lost from 75 to 90 per rent of its contracted pea crop, about 60 per cent of the con-tracted string bean crop and 40 per cent of the tomato pack. VERNAL Good crops and an abundance ot water, with sheep in bet-ter condition that at the early part of the season will insure a good year for the Uintah basin. Harden Bennlon, state coniissloner of agriculture, re-ported recently upon his return from Duchesne and Uintah counties. Work Is progressing on the roads in that sec-tion, the commissioner reports, adding that he thought an excellent high-way would be finished to the state boundry on the Victory highway with-in a year. MYTON Duty of water of 2.611 acre-fee- t per acre for the irrigation season from May 1 to Septemeber 30 has been fixed for this year by the water commission named by Judge Tillman D. Johnson of the United States district court in Salt Luke as affecting water rights on land In the u in tan Dasm. Tne scneuuie nas oeen worked out by Horace W. Sheley, water commissioner for the basin; Tom C. Guyn, project engineer for the Uintah irrigation project, and B. O Colton, Jr., representing the users. SALT LAKE The business of shear-ing sheep has become such a fine art that there has arisen a feeling that something should be done to ascer-tain who Is the "champion sheep shearer of the United States." The Falls, Mont., chamber of commerce has Issued a loud call to the hundreds ot men who manipulate the clippers on the millions of sheep in the west to gather there July 10 and 11 and com-pete for this honor, as well as for numerous cash awards. This will be the first national contest of this kind ever staged. OGDEN Utah's two largest cherry producing counties Davis and Weber will have a crop ranging from 33 to E0 per cent less than the normal crop, J. E. Hall, manager of the Ben d orchard, estimated recently. The terrific wind and hailstorm which struck the northern part ot the state week ago, did considerable damage, This added to the losses suffered by late trosts. It Is expected the can-ning companies will pay 7 or 8 cents a pound for the crop this lear, slight-ly higher than in prevlovs seasons. The growers will begin harvesting in ibout ten days. Lava From Vesuvius in Its Destructive March ;- -f Front of a river of hot lava moving (lowly but Irresistibly from the crater of Mount Vesuvius, leaving devasta-tion in tta wake. The torrent Is about to devour a bouse. : Navy's Air Fighters Ready for Maneuvers H;.1nJiMiiii-Bkiii.wi- i-i - mm iii iii imiaVrii'iiin "V mig.JiMjaitoB8a Here are 18 trim craft belonging to Fighting Squadron 2 of the Aircraft battle fleet Tbey were lined op on the west beach of the Naval Air station at San Diego for maneuvers. LAST SURVIVORS i ' """" $ ,V y X Thomas O. Edgnr of Washington, who became the sole survivor of the gallant host which marched across the Itlo Grande In 1840, when his last comrade died at the age of one hun-dred and one in Missouri. Kir. Ed-gar la ninety-eigh- t, lie served In the navy during the Mexican war but does not remember the name of bis ship and discourages efforts to make a hero of him. When It's Warm in the Capital City M jwp-iraw- i.' . Two pretty glrla from one of Uncle Sam's big offices at Washington stole away from their work to go wading In the cool waters of the Potomac, where they were caught in the act by a vigilant cameraman. ''WORLD STILL FLAT vv K ? if , I uJ Ma I Bt&'aaMKaEaaK Wilbur Glenn Vollva, head of Zlon City, near Chicago, photographed on his return from a trip to Palestine. Be still insists that the world Is a flat disk at the center of which Is what we call the North pole. King Fuad Visits Von Hindenburg i rff nnj ferin y & 'I fc,..rrrr,anw:.A iimmf f ,...WW ,rrjngaj t g King Fuad of Egypt (left) and President Von Hindenburg of Germany meeting in Berlin where the king visited for several days. RULES VATICAN CITY Commentdatore Seraflnl, first gover-nor of the city of the Vatican that Is practically a small na-tion created by treaty between Mus-solini, representing the king of Italy, and Cardinal Gasparrl, representing Pope Plus XI New Secretaries of the Senate J i " t fe-- - If i if v, , - - , v. ' v V Carl A. Loeffler, left, and Edwin A. Halsey, right, who have been elected secretaries of the majority and minority of the senate. These offices were creased by the new legislative personnel act and their dudes will consist of assisting the party leaders la the general supervision of legislation. HELEN IN STOCKINGS Helen Wills, wearing stockings, drew all the crowds that could pack the stands about the No. 1 Wimble-don court as she won ber first round match in the British tennis champion-ships from "Tommy" Tomblln, Queens club player. 60. 60. Roman Relic From Lake Nemi's Bottom OT.IiJiriJ.Wl!Wl.iJULJ iMWW.W,,Li.Lli1,,lM.w,y..tiLllti(,ijtkillt,,,ulilji).UIJLl JLLUUM f t" " , ws i ' J ' ' - 'I - I ; f - - 1 " t I " ' " - ' " L f1 s,.'"'''f' .r . ' flfj,-- - TTi ' m mmmwmmhtimvwm-- ttmMb inn nl Sari Italian scientists who are bringing tip from the bottom of Lake NemI the Roman galleys that were aunk In the time of Caligula have recovered some interesting treasures. Above is a bronze wolfs head with a ring In the mouth. Use for Eyebrows Eyebrows serve to prevent perspira-tion from falling Into the eyes. OF INTEREST TO EVERYBODY Arcturus is one of the most rapidly loving of the "fixed" stars. TTiere are about 45,000,000 acres of arable lands undeveloped In North Manchuria. Most of the asbestos nsed In the world Is being shipped from mines of eastern Quebec. An onyx quarry has been opened near Custer, S. D. It la believed to be ha lurtretit deootilt on the continent An eagle returns to Its nest year after year. It would take 213 states the size of Bhode Island to make one state as large as Texas. Young men of France are called to the colors at twenty-on- e now In-stead of twenty. So many Eerllners ride to work on bicycles that the police are hard put to solve the bike traffic problem. THINGS WORTH RECORDING British cotton piece goods are now shipped to 48 different countries. There are more students for the ministry In Chicago than In any other city In the world. Selling blood for transfusions has become a business for four residents of Long Beach, Calif. Italy has Instituted a competition for farm machinery designs. The ltiiltjins are tired of Importing plows The United States has 1.025,000 miles of telegraph wire. - Turkish historiuns say last winter was the worst In Constantinople since 102a ' ' Due to the abundance of water pow-er In Norway, the cost of generating electricity Is very low. More than 3.000 children onder live, -- years of ace die every year In "'' '" . ibm.ji " f country ns a result of burns. "Lttr AicerUla the Facts Some people. If they rend o henr about the symptoms of a given timitidy, begin to ll.lnk they are suffering Idon-ticu- l symptoms. Such persons should not kwp on wondering and worrying. Tbey sliouM consult, a doctor. Master of His Saul I am bigger than anything that enn happen to me. All these things, sor-row, misfortune and suffering, are outside my door. I am In the bouse and I have the key. Lummls. Tie Pastor Sayit Some people, like locomotives, pull whole trains; others, like automobiles, propel themselves alone; while still others are mere cars, which have to be hauled. John Andrew Holmes. - Tingling in the Limbs "Pins nmi neeilles" In tlie'llmhs are .hiisp.1 hy liiiiie.te.l circulation When the lilimil U rolfiisod If rushp tlirmiKh he veins 11ml humps ft.-iln.;-t the tin Inca. Tlie vlliruiion rels up the tin ':ng. Preference Junior was entertaining his moth-er's guesls With the radio. "Do you like Jazs orchestra, or are yon In mother's class! She likes the sym-pathy orchestra best," remarked the solicitous babe. Know Her? There Is a certain type of woman to whom It Is always quite safe to keep on saying, "Dear, dear. Isn't Hint terrible I" regardless of whether yoo hear anything she says. Detroit News. |