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I The Garland Globe J. A. VVlxom, Killtor & Manager. ARLAND UTAH UTAH STATE NEWS Wlllard Hanson, Mate dairy .mil food oonmlMtontr, is now out after merchants wlio have mislabeled goods on their shelves. Tilt' news (Millies faOU Denver that Mrs B. f A. Fleming, a former resi dent of Salt Lake City, was struck by a street car and killed. May 1 is now set as the probable dale when lie- new building of the Salt lake Commercial club will be completed and ready for the forma; opening. Fire which Is supposed to haV or iginated from an overheated stove. completely destroyed the rooming and hoarding toUW of Charles McAvoy at Park City. I'lre iiraellcally destroyed the room ing house belonging lo William Oman mid Henry Roddei a: Bingham. An overheated stove is blamed for th conflagration. J. L Maher, a eonduelor employed on the Southern Pacific, fell from the top of his train in the Ogden yard and received compound fracture oi his right leg. A party of Nemaha county. Nebras ka, capitalists and la inn is who re cently purchased a large iraci of land In Millard county, Utah, will farm It on an extensive Hcale. A kidnaping case has developed In Bait Lake, It being charged that John A. Strugndl has kidnaped his in year-old son from his divorced wife and taken the boy to Montana. The ice harvesi at Iogan is about completed and the i.'emen say that It Is the finest crop put up In many years. For fear of a thaw forces have been kept at work day and night. It is announced that the doctors of lxgan have agreed to issue no pre scriptions for liquor at all. and the druggists have agreed that they will refuse to fill them If they are issued. The Scotchmen of l.ogan and sur rounding towns are arranging for a Mg celebration .laiuiary 2C in honor of the poet Burns. The 161st anni versary of Burns' birth occurs Jan uary 25. ! Coming from a funeral In Salt Lake City, the horses attached to the car riage occupied by the pall hearers ran away, the driver being seriously injured, while four of the pall bearers were slightly InjureJ. , An explosion of a frozen water- jacket leading from a cook stove at I the residence of U. T Nlshimura, a Japanese merchant of Ogden, resulted In Injuries to the infant child or the Jaanese which may cause Its death. For the purpose of engaging In a general Irrigation project, using an ap paratus for elevating water which was patented several months ago, the Pneumatic Water Lift company has filed articles of incorporation at Og den. W. 8. Jacobson and J. B. Flske, the two young men arrested on December 10 on the charge of holding up a sa loon In Salt Lake City, have been dis charged from cuatody, the evidence against them not being sufficient for conviction. John Richards prodded a missed fhole" while working on a claim in Box Rider canyon, and as a result he 'is now in the Brigham City hospital Buffering with two fractures of his right arm. many seVre bruises and he may also lose the sight of both eyes. It now develops that the automobile which ran down and killed Parks Faut at Ogden was owned, and driv en at the time of the accident, by WJlllam Howell, a merchant. His companions were a city councilman and two other prominent business men. They deny that they knew they had run down the man. District Forester Cliyde Leavitt of the Fourth forestry district, with headquarters In Ogden, has been pro moted to the position of assistant chief In the operating department of the service, with headquarters at Washington, D. C. At a meeting of the board of county commissioners held at Nephi the liquor license for saloons was raised from $600 to $1,800, and In the sa loons under the new ordinance no pool tables, no chairs, no slot or gam tdlng devices, no blinds or screens will be permitted. While a sergeant, two patrolmen and two city detectives stood together at the east end of the I'nlon station Waiting room in St. Louis, a suit case ;was taken from between the feet of 'John Derrig of Ogden, who stood a few feet from the group at the Pull man ticket window. Twenty-two canning establishments have reported to the state statisti cian, capital invested, Including build ings, grounds, machinery, tools, etc., 23,714; average number of days In operation, 79; total number of em ployees for the year, 1949; total amount of wages paid 1180,059. ( . i SHEEP OWNERS MEET - FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVEN TION NOW BEING HELD AT OGDEN, UTAH. resident Gooding Declares That As sociation Must Get Into Politics to Protect Its Own Interests. Ogden, Utah. The opening session it the forty-sixth annual convention af the National Wool Growers' asso rlation was held in this city on Thursday, and the preliminary work transacted Incident to the work of Dne of the most enthusiastic conven tlons In the history of the associa tion. Fred W. Ooodlng of Shoshone, Idaho, president of the National Wool Growers' association, delivered his an nual address to the woolmon's con vention. Mr. Gooding took the rlsW polttl that the woolmen's association must get Into politics to protect its own Interests. Mr. flooding discussed the tariff juestlon, the national wool warehouse, wool prices generally and their rise ifter the establishment of the ware house; the alleged monopoly of the Boston buyers; I ho need of faster schedules for railroad stock trains; the forest service; BUggMtOd the con trol of the range by a commission; discussed predatory animals and also took account of questions generally affecting the wool growing industry. Vice-President Knolin also deliv ered an address, while addresses of welcome were made by Governor Spry, on behalf of Utah; William Classman, mayor of Ogden, on behalf of the people of this city, and A. R. Heywood, president of the Weber club, on behalf of the commercial in terests of the city. John Hart of Idaho was to have re sponded on behalf of the wool grow ers, but In his absence, P. G. John Bton of Blackfoot City, Idaho, spoke. About 2,000 delegates were in attend ance at the opening session. Fine Exhibition of Sheep. Ogden, Utah. The Midwinter Sheep show is unequivocally declared to be the greatest affair of Its kind ever held anywhere. There are 700 of the finest sheep In all the world. They are the pick of prize pens shown at the county fairs, state fairs and national and international shows throughout the country during the last year. Carries Fight to Taft. Washington. The American Feder ation of Ijibor, through a committee headed by Samuel Compers, James O'Connell and other union leaders, has carried its fight against the Unit ed States Steel corporation to Presi dent Taft. The committee presented to the president a formal paper In which the members set forth four teen different charges of illegality against the steel corporation and asked for an Immediate Investigation of so-called trust, which they claim Is operating in defiance of the United States statutes. The president promised to take the matter up with the secretary of commerce and labor and with labor Commissioner Nell. Forests Contribute Ninety Millions. Washington. Our forests contribut ed $90,000,000 to the exports of the United States during the fiscal year 1908 a twenty-fold Increase since 1851. The Imports of forest products chiefly India rubber and other gums, from the tropics, and lumber from Canada- have grown to even larger proportions. From a little over $1, 000,000 in 1851 they rose to $122,000, 000 in 1907, falling slightly below $100,000,000 in 1908. These are some of the striking facts set forth in a comprehensive bulletin on our foreign trade In forest products, Just pub lished by the department of agriculture. DEATH IN STORM'S PATH. Seven Lives Lost as Result of Storm in Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba. The storm of the last few days in the country along the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railroad has resulted In seven deaths, including Sheriff Whitehead of Weyburn and a homesteuder named Hlllborn, living south of Roleau. A little boy was found dead in a hay stack south of Yellow Grass. Beside him were found his two sisters, who had been kept warm by the boy and ware living. Bank Robbery in Brooklyn. New York. In a daring attempt to hold up and rob a private bank in the Green Point section of Brooklyn Thursday afternoon, four men at tacked the clerks, shot one of them, perhaps fatally, and then gave battle to a crowd in the street. Two rob bers escaped but two men were ar retted who were identified by the wounded man as members of the gang. 'THERE'S A REASON" J (Copyright. 109) A Pair of Blinders Might Lessen the Danger of Breaking New Year's Resolutions. TOWN WRECKED BY FLOOD Many Buildings Float Down Stream, While Those That Were Left Stand- ing Are Badly Damaged. Modena, Utah. Authentic news has been received from Calicnte, Nevada, of tho results of a disastrous flood at that place. Editor Robert K. Graham of the Callente Express has made his way from Callente to Modena, on horseback, one of the two horses he was using having been drowned while swimming the swollen river try ing to get out of Callente for help. Graham says that Callente Is badly damaged, and that help is needed, especially food. He reported that the Salt l.aku Route depot was under mined by the waters and that there was three feet of mud and sand In the roundhouse. At one time the water had been higher in the round house than the driving wheels of the engines. Many buildings were wrecked, some of them floated off down stream like houseboats, and the water had at times Kured into the houses over the window sills. Kvery house in the ptace that re mains standing has fuhy one foot of mud on its ground floor. Every wagon and railroad bridge In the vicinity of Callente is gone and prac tically all modern means of communi cation are destroyed. During the worst of the flood the people had to desert their homes, many in scant clothing, and fly to the hills for safety. At the Hot Springs of Callente the flood wnters poured over the transoms of the bathroom doors. The full ex tent of the damage Is not known at this time, either In Callente or far ther down the valley, but according to best reports the town Is practically a wreck. PUNISHING THE INSURGENTS. Administration Circles Do Not Deny Withholding of Patronage From Stubborn Congressmen. Washington. While no formal statement was forthcomnlg at the White House on Wednesday, there was no attempt in administration cir cles to deny that President Taft Is withholding cerlaln customary con gressional patronage from those "in surgent" senators and representa tives, who, adherents of the presi dent say, Bhonv no disposition to sup port administration measures. President Taft Is reported as taking the attitude that, if an obllgat'on rests upon him to give certain pat ronage to a representative of his party, there Is a reciprocal obligation upon the representative to support the president. A number of the so-called insur gents" were out in interviews on Wednesday, saying that they heartily agreed with the president's legisla tive program and asserting that, In stead of using the "whip" on them, the president should use It on those leaders who in the past hid opposed the Roosevelt policy which Mr. Taft is seeking to enact into law. Coal Famine in Boise. Boise, Idaho. The suffering caused by the coal famine in Boise was re lieved to some extent on Wednesday by the rise in the temperature. The city Is pructlcully without fuel, and if the cold continues tile situation will become critical. Wednesday night the city was In darkness, the gas supply being exhausted because of lack of coal at the plant, and a break In the power line which supplies the city with eletcriclty. A carload of coal was brought to the city on a passenger train to supply the gas plant MERGER OF MILLIONS THREE GREAT FINANCIAL POW- ERS FORM COMblNATION WITH CAPITAL OF $150,000,000. Morgan, Ryan and Morton Will Unite Three Great Trust Companies, Making Largest Merger of Its Kind In Country. New York. J. f. Morgan, Thomas Ryan and Levi P. Morton, linked hands in New York on Monday In a trust company merger which unites resources of $150,000,000. It is a triple combination, bringing the Guaranty Trust company, the Mor ton Trust company, and the Fifth Avenue Trust company, all of this city, under one head with the title of the Guaranty Trust company. The merger is perhaps the largest of its kind In the United States. Directors of all three companies met on Mon day and Informally approved the terms of the merger. Levi P. Morton, president of the Morton Trust company and of tho Fifth Avenue Trust company both known as Morton-Rynn concerns has consented to act as chairman of the board of the merger companies. BOOSTS FOR RECLAMATION. President Makes Promise of Help to Western Senators. Washington. President Taft has told the western senators who were Interested in reclamation work, that he will recommend in his special mes sage to congress on conservation, which will be sent to the capltol on Monday of next week, that congress authorize a loan of $30,000,000 to be floated either as short term bonds or certificates of indebtedness to secure the necessary money to complete ex isting reclamation projects. The mon ey is to be paid to the government from the proceeds received from the sale of the reclaimed lands. Senator Borah of Idaho Is the author of a bill which authorizes an issue of bonds to the amount of $30,000,000. He is op posed to the Issue of the certificates of Indebtedness, believing that the bonds will be taken more readily. Senator Carter and some of the other western senators are Inclined to favor the issuance of certificates Instead of tho bonds. Will Prosecute Night Riders. Washington. The government is preparing to go after the night riders in those districts of Kentucky and Tennessee by bringing proceedings against the Burley Tobacco society. Convinced that the society Is a com blnation in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, the department object is Investigating its operations. Agents recently have been sent to the to baccogrowlng regions to make in quiry concerning the methods of the association, and they have reached the conclusion that the organization is connected with the depredations of the night riders there. Had to Show Him. St. Louis. Ralph Owens, 24 years old, of Memphis, Tenn., walked the streets here for ten days with a brok en neck and did not know it until he went to Mullanphy hospital to get treatment for rheumatism Monday af ternoon. He fell, he said, ten days ago and since that time his head had been drawn back, but ho did not suffer much pain. He was operated on at the hospital Monday and has a slight chance for recovery. PRESIDE! DISMISSES PINCHOT I Factional Controversy Results In the Summary Removal of Chief Forester. Washington. Gifford Pinchot, chief '- forester and Intimate friend of Theo dore Roosevelt, has been dismissed ftom tho Rervlce of the United , State by President Taft for insuhor- : d'natlon. Associate Forester Overton I W, Price and Assistant I aw Officer ! Alexander ('. Kluw, Pinchofa mme. dlate assistants 'n tho forestry hu. i.tu. followed thdr chief out of gov- M eminent employ. Thoroughly inaig. J nun I over the action of Mr. Pinchot m Inducing Booster Dolliver to read Au I a letter Prom him in the senate on Thursday, President Taft on Friday W0U:d listen to no tdvice that the rorotter'l violation Of executive or ders be overlooked pending the in quiry soon to he undertaken hy con gress, lie declared the dignity of the presidential otticn office was be ing attacked, and lie would be unfaith ful to his trust IT ne submitted longer. Mr. Taft undoubtedly realiatn fully what 'lie dismissal of Forester Pin chot means In a political way. He has been aonviBOed for sonr? time that the so-called "insurgents' and other crit ics of his administration had enlisted the service of Mr. Pinchot, and prac tically were defying him to dismiss Pinohtrt from office. The latret .- let ter of Thursday, few here doubt, was written with the direct purpose of "putting it squarely up to the presi dent." The president sought to avoid the threatened war ns long as he could, but declared that patience had ceased to be a virtue. He picked up the gauge of battle thrown down by Mr. Pinchot through the hand of Senator Dolllver In the senate, ynd, with the administration supporters, is ready for the coming fray. Pinchot's Successor. Ogden, Utah Albert F. Potter, as sistant forester, who has been desig nated to succeed Mr. Pinchot tem porarily as chief of the United States forestry bureau, is in attendance at the National Woolgrowers' associa tion, now in annual session in this ( Ity. When seen, mt. Potter said he had received no official notification that the bureau had een transferred to his charge. He had expected to be away from Washington some time, but if the report were true he would probably return to the national capi tal as soon as possible. SPECIAL MESSAGE PRESENTED. President Favors Court of Commerce j and a National Incorporation Law. L Washington President Taft's spec- W lal message to congress recommend ing amendments to the interstate commerce and anti-trust laws was laid before the house of representa tlves on Friday. The message followed closely the forecasts that have been maue num lime to time and In the suggested legislation as to railroads embodies all of the suggestions that the presi dent hns made in his speeches on the subject. Mr. Taft suggests no changes in the Sherman anti-trust law at this time. The anti-trust feature or the message deals solely with the subject of federal charters. The president thinks that an opportunity snouid be given the big industrial combinations to bring their business once more into the "zone of lawfulness" by tak ing out a federal charter under cer tain prescribed conditions before it becomes necessary to proceed against every corporation about which there is a breath of suspicion. ! In that portion of nis message deal- f ing with changes in the Interstate commerce laws tne president recom mends the establishment of a United States court of commerce of five judges to hear and determine appeals from the Interstate commerce com mission, the only appeal from this court lying in the United States su preme court. INSURGENTS WIN. Adopt Resolution Providing tor In vestigating Interior and Forestry Departments. Washington. The house of repre- sentatives on Friday, after a parlia mentary battle in which a combina tion of insurgent Republicans and Democrats defeated the Republican organization, adopted a joint resolu tion providing for an investigation of the Interior department and the for estry bureau. The resolution pro vides for an investigation to be con ducted by a joint committee of the house and the senate. The defeat of the Cannon organlza tlon came in the adoption, by a vote 1 4f ' of 149 to 146, of an amendment pro- v vldlng that house members of the Joint committee be appointed by the house itself, and not by Speaker Cannon.