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William Glasmann, Publisher.
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
(Established 1870.)
I This paper will always fight for
progress and reform, It wlli not know
ingly tolerate Injustice, or corruption
and will always fight demagogues of
all parties; It will oppose privileged
classes ana public plunderers, It will
never lack sympathy with the poor.
It will always remain devoted to the
publlo welfare and will never be sat
isfied with merely printing news. M
will always be drastically Independ
ent and will tever be afraid to attack
wrong, whelher committed by the
rich or the poor.
WHY JAPAN WILL EXHIBIT
The trade between Japan and th
United States is growing to such pro
portions that neither country can af
ford to have the commerce of the twe
nations Interrupted. The United
States is now sending to Japan, and
teritory under the Japanese flag,
nearly $60,000,000 In goods a year,
and, in return, this country Is buying
from Japan yearly over $91.000.u00 In
silks, tern, mattings, straw braids, rice
and chlnaware.
We do more export business with
Japan than with all other parts of
Raw cotton Is the largest single
Item In the exports to Japan, though
manufactures as a whole show a lar
ger total than that of the single Horn
of cotton. The value of raw cotton
exported to Japan in 1913 was $25,
000,000 Flour exported to Japan also
6hows a marked Increase in 1913, be-
lng 3 1-3 million dollars against 2 3-4
million in 1912, and 1 3-4 million In
1811 Products of Iron and 6teel are
the most Important of the manufac
tures exported to that country , pipes
and fittings in 1913 being 1 2-3 mil
lion dollars, sheets and plates, 1 1-3
million, locomotives, 1 1-3 million;
rails for railways. 1 1-4 millon; struc-
i tural iron and steel, over half a mil
j lion. Nails and spikes, over 1400,000;
I railway cars. $150,000, and tin plates.
approximately $100,000. Other manu
factures sent to that country' include
illuminating oil, 4 1-2 million dollar
value, lubricating oil. over half a
million; sole leather, over half a mil
lion; fertilizer, nearly a half million;
and numerous other articles In small
er sums.
This explalnt why Japan, notwith
standing the disagreement over the
California alien act, has appropriat
ed a large sum of money for an ex
hibit at the world's fair in San Fran
cisco. The United States is one of
Japan's most inviting fields of com
mercial exploitation, and the subjects
l of the mikado would have injured
themselves most by an open break
with this country,
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I LETTER "S" SPELLS
SUICIDE.
Not today or tomorrow, but even
tually, Pegoud, the French aviator
who describes a letter "S' as he
moves through the air, will fall to
earth to rise no more.
The daring Frenchman causes his
aeroplane to turn a somersault He
haB given two exhibitions before ad
miring spectators HLs machine has
worked perfectly and as a result he
has been able to demonstrate wonder
ful control. Some dav the ga will
escape and take fire or the planes
will not respond, or the engine will
fail to work, and then a requiem will
be said over Pegoud.
Aviation Is a sport more dangerou"
than feeple cllmblnc or motorcycle
racing. Of all the earlier experts, not
one Is alive tndav. except those who
have ahandonpd the fieM to give in
structions The fatalities are so nu
merous that only the most skilled of
aviator? should be allowed to make
flights at danpornits heights
Avlatnrs for the army are evpprtd
I to take risks, a their calling is pre
sumed to be hazardous, and In that
'ne line of usefulness there Is hut
little objection to be made to the dan
cers to be faced, but otherwise, the
men of the air should be held in re
straint, as operating an aeroplane is
a suicidal pastime.
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' THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
ENCOURAGING
, Corn and cotton have been dam
aged by unfavorable weather and the
next government report is expected
to 6how a big deterioration in the
I crop reports, but, taking crop Injuries
at their worst, no calamity has oc
curred, only disappointment in early
' hope6.
That is the opinion of Henry Clews
i who. in his bank letter, says:
"Two effects will be. to bring bet
ter prices for these staples to grow-
ers in other sections and to lesson
the demand for money to move crop
I In the Injured districts; also a smal-
ler traffic for the railroads."
Even tariff changes are not viewed
with alarm by Clews, who, while ad
mitting that the most important in
fluence In our foreign trade for th
' next few months will be the tariff,
concludes:
"Our manufacturers have ben en
ergetically adjusting themselves to
I the new condition; so much so, in
facL that foreign manufacturers 6how
little enthusiasm over our tariff
changes and do not expect to gain
any permanent foothold for their
i wares in this market. On the con
trary many of them, as they see our
manufacturer vigorously adjusting
themselves to the lower schedules,
fear that before long they will be
j obliged to meet a keener American
i competition In foreign markets A
I few interests may be injured by ex
I treme cuts, but these will be ln
j finltesimal compared with those af
' fected by the stimulus to trade which
will follow and which will gratify
many thus far not heard from Amer
ican skill and enterprise will surely
j give a first class account of Itself in
the long run. and tariff scares may
now as well be eliminated In busi
ness calculations of the future.
"The financial undertone 6hows
steady Improvement. In this, as In
all the foreign markets, monetary im
provement Is steadily progressing,
i Business Is consequently improving,
land a decidedly better inestment de
mand i6 springing up. which Is quite
as much In evidence in the foreign
markets as it has been here. Specu
lative operations have, of course, been
restrained by monetary limitations on
both sides of the Atlantic. Just now
1 I School Suit
I SALE
I H j School Suits in Brown and A big line of Odds and Ends
Gray-Knickerbocker Pants KLL Suits
-v. in Gray, Brcfwn and Tan
worth $3.50 on sale at Knickerbocker Pants worth
... -V $4.50
I $1.98 $2.48
Kfe Hercules All Wool School HATS
my BrdKnickerbooker Pants Boys New Hats, all the lat-
mfZ Values est shades and shapes beinir
the city at $5.00, on sale sold at
$3.98 98c
I 1 CLARKS
the markets of the world are unusual
ly sympathetic and in close accord
The demand for new enpltal though
urgent. Is still held In abeyanco, only
thn most Important needs being sat
isfied Serretary MeAdoo's plans for
relieving the money market are work
ing out hlghlv satisfactorily At Stft
and west there is no longer any fear
of monetary' stringency; and trade
beyond the Alleghanles. though spot
ty, Is showing general improvement
Both trade and Industry show symp
toms of revival. Railroad earnings
have been more liberal, though traf
fic at the moment Is affected by n
tendency to hold grain for higher
prices."
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CLIMATE IS UNDERGOING
CHANGES
The dry period haB been ended by
three, storms that have drenched the
country In and around Ogdf-n Farm
ers had been praying for rain and
city folk6 had interposed no objec
tions to the prayers beinc answered
but now both country and city are
willing to hav0 the flood gates of
heaven closed long enough to allow
of a drying out (process.
This has been a season of unusual
precipitation. Thn rainfall In June
was unprecedented and tho down
pour of last Saturday, though of only
half an hour's duration, gave to Au
gust a record above the average
September opens with a good rain.
If tho heavy precipitation contin
ues, soon no one will doubt that the
climate of northern Utah has changed.
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CHILDREN SHOULD BE
DISCIPLINED.
The children who went visiting Sun
day and later could not be found, but
finally were traced to the home of
a relative in Slatervllle. might have
met with misfortune. Youngsters, ten
years and younger, are not old enough
to be allowed to tramp over the coun
try without older escorts. The three
little girls were In danger every mo
ment of their long tramp Into the
country and not the least of their dan
ger was the possibility of meetlnR
with perverts on the traveled hlghwpy
where vagabonds are found.
Parents cannot exercise too much
Ucllance in guiding the footsteps of
their little ones The hours of watch
fulness bring their recompensing ben
efits During the Impressionable age.
the young people are in need of strict
discipline and ever-present guardian
ship They must be taught not to
leave home without permission. And.
when permission is granted, the)
should be accompanied by some older
person of responsibility. There would
be fewer lost children, If this rule
were enforced
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THE HEAVY DROP IN
EXPRESS PROFITS.
The business of the big express com
panies has been hit hard by the par
rels post and the action of the Inter
Jtatfl commerce commission in reduc
ing express rates from 15 to 30 per
cent
The heavy drop in the market quo
tations of the stocks of the big ex
press companies is evidence of the
lessening profits. Three years ago
Adams Express stock was quoted at
270 Today It Is selling at $13f The
American, selling at $320 in 1910. Is
today down to $115 Wells-Fargo, val
ued at $199. Is quoted at $91. United
States Express, selling at $145 In
L910, lias slumped to $49 a share
No doubt the express companies
will continue to make good profits,
but the exorbitant profit has been
eliminated. The parcels post is re
sponsible for this most beneficial
change, but it required thirty years
of constant agitation to bring that
service to the postofflce department,
and the victory was achieved only af
ter much that was vicious and cor
rupt in our national politics had been
overcome For twenty years the
head of one of these great monopolies
wa6 a senator and political leader In
New York state and a dictator of na
tional Republican politics and poli
cies. Under old political conditions, it
was possible for that condition to pjp
vail, but today the people have their
eyes open to the trickery of the po
litical machines and more is being de
manded of the politician and the of
ficeholder. .oo
IDAHO ASSESSMENT
EXCEEDS $400,000,000
Boise. Sept. 1 The state board of
equalization has placed the general
tax levy of Idaho for 1913 at two
and one-tenth mills, raising $9(ii.umhi
as against $720,282. the sum fixed by
the board in 1912; the general inter
est and sinking levy at two-tenths of
a mill, Identically the same as tho
last board, and the public building
endowment fund at one and one-half
tenths of a mill fixed by the 191.'
board. The general Interest and sink
ing fund levy fixed by the board thi
year and equalized among counties
reaches a grand total of $80,109, com
pared to $201,009 raised by the lew
In 1912. while the public building en
dowment levy this year raises $60,176,
as compared to $83,753, the total
raised by the former board last year
Ada county alone will raise one-ninth
of the general tax levy, ore-tnth of
the general Interest and sinking fund
levy and one tenth of the public build
ing and endowment tax.
The total assessed valuation of the
state was found to be $398,562,684. ad
ded to which will be $20,000,000 to be
reported In by the subsequent assess
ment rolls, making the grand total
about equal to that found by the 1912
board, or $418,780,394 The total as
se-ssod valuatton of propert reported
by counties after equalization was
found to be $304,011,184, total valua
tlon of railway lines, $86,087,100. total
valuation of telegraph linen. $1,237,
626, total valuation of telephone lines.
$1,485,323; total valuation of Pull
man an. I private Car companies. $4T.7.
LS8; total valuation of transmission
lines, 16,248401, and the total valua
tlon of personal property report. i bj
the rountles to the board, $314, :.' ! '; i
The board found the valuation of the
transmission linen nf the Idaho Ucht
Power company, one of the lartesi
holding eompanles In this state, to he
:" 0 i nri tho Idaho Railway Light
k Power ornpnnv io he $300,000.
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REORGANIZATION
NAVAL PERSONNEL
Wushinrton Sept. 2 The Houae
Naval Aff.irs Committee will hold
hearings soon with a view to draft
ing legislation reorganizing the navnl
personnel The reform probably will
he readv for presentation to cmcross
when It convenes in December. R-ar-Admiral
T. B. Howard, president of
the naal examining board and Cap
tain ForhMpr, pivpident of the Roard
of Inspeetion for hips will he the
first Witnesses.
It Is proposed to get the views of
naval nfricpi-fc hotnrt attempting to
draw an legislation to amend or re
place the naval personnel law of 199,
which the committee believes the na
val service has outgrown
CONDITION OF
COTTON CROP, 68.2
Washington, Sept 2 The condi
tion of the grow-lnt: cotton rrop of
the United f-,tr,s nn August 25, was
68 2 per rent of a normal, the de
partment of agriculture announced at
noon today.
Condition by states:
Virginia 80. Korth Carolina 78.
South Carolina 77. Cmrirl.. 76 Florida
81, lahama 72. Mississippi 89, Lou
isiana 67, Texas 64. Arkansas 72.
Tennessee So Missouri 72. Oklahoma
45. California 96
FIND OPIUM
ON STEAMER
San Francisco, Sept. 2 Customs
officials engaged in a search of the
Pacific Mall steamer Manchuria dis
covered fifty-nine tins of opium val
ued at $4425 in the forepeak of the
'ran) luuay ana me worn OI
the searchers Is still In progress. In
connection with the discovery federal
officials said that a warrant would
be Issued for he arrest of the ship's
officer In whose department the
opium was discovered. The officials
suld today that confessions laying
bare the methods of opium smugglers
who have operated In San Francisco
for months had been obtained from
three of the fifteen customs guards
now under arrest charged with the:
conspiracy to Invade customs law and
It was stated these three would bo
sent before the federal grand jury.
According to the confessions of the
three, caches for the smuggled drug
were arranced at Piers N'o ?.4 nnd 4?
and after the opium was brought
a-shore by guards and iccretod in the
hiding places It was conveyed by
automobile Into Chinatown The
government names A J Taylor, now
under arrest In Los Angeles, in con
nection with the Investigation as the
receiving acent and tho federal offi
cers who outlined the details of the
confessions say that the guard who
made them also name Taylor as the
receiving agent.
Wealthy Chinese across the Pacific
agents who traveled on Oriental lin
ers, officers of the San Francisco
customs service and others here were
all In close association In conducting
the unlawful traffic, say federal of
ficers Warrants charging conspiracy to
smuggle have been Issued for nine
guards, besides those already arrest
ed. The investigation has been in prog
ress for months and was conducted
by Harry Tidwell, special agent of
the treasury department. It Is stated
that the evidence that has been gath
ered came into the hands of the In
veslgators when members of the ring
quarreled over the question of rais
ing money for a bond for Max Muller.
who was Indicted on charges of
smuggling opium last July.
F Heral officers say that the usual
premium earned by those who smug
gled opium ashore was $5 a tin and
it Is stated that Instances have come
Into their knowledge In which as
much at 150 tines of the drug would
be carried ashore by one man.
Since the disclosures concerning
the ring became public the price of
opium In Chinatown has advanced
from $45 to $75 a tin.
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STUNT AGAIN
French Aviator Re
peats Thrilling Ma
neuver of Turning a
Somersault With an
Aeroplane In Presence
of Army Officials and
Public
Versailles. France. Sept. 2. The
thrilling maneuver of turning a som
ersault in the air with an aeroplane
flying at rapid speed was repeated
today by the Frenxh a lator Pegoud,
"er the arodrom"at Buc. near here,
with perfect success.
Pegoud had promised that his per
formance at Juvlsy yesterday was not
the result of an accident but was a
proof of proper control and also of
the stability of the aeroplane. Ho
carried out the daring feat with ap
parent ease again tndav in the pre
once of tho officers of the French
army flying eorps, and a large as
semblage of the general public.
Penoud ran his aeroplane Into the
renter of the field and Indicated to a
battery of moving picture operators
and newspaper photographers the
part nf the sky from whlrh he would'
berin to fly with his head downward.
He then took his seat at the motor
and rose In a spiral to a height of
3,Wi faet. There he turned his aero
plane into a vertlclo position with Its
tall upward and drove down toward
the earth like an arrow. When he
had descended to an altitude of l.r.un
feet he legan with his machine to
describe a vast letter "9."
The wheels of the aeroplane were
clearly vislhle n the middle of the
"S" sticking upward while Pegoud
could be seen hanging with his head
down The aviator sailed along In
this position for about 50 seconds.
Then his craft, with a great sweep
ing curve, came again Inf.. a horteon
tal position," this time with the aviator
head forward The silence, which
hitherto had been disturbed only by
the whirr of the motor, was broken
by a tremendous cheer from the
erowd.
Meanwhile Pegoud spiralled to
earth He had been In the air only
ten minutes altogether.
Juvlsy, France. Sept. 1 The dur
ing French aviator Pegoud, who, on
August 80 made a parachute drop from
an aeroplane from a height ol I
feet, accomplished a much remark
able feat today, which at first sight
appears to have been a piece of ex
traordinary aerial acrobatics, but
which experts declare was an epoch
making experiment towards the at
tainment of safety In the air. Brief
ly. Pegoud caused his monoplane to
describe a gigantic letter "S" in the
bky, during which he was flying up
side down for about a quarter of a
mile
The strictest secr-cy was main
tained prior to the test and only a
few persons were present when Pe
goud took the air. He mounted rnp
Idly to a height of more than 8000
feet, describing a curve. Then t li
I forward part of the machine was ob
served to incline towards the earth
Through glasses the spectators saw
the propeller slacken and the mono- I
plane further Incline until ll wai i i
nendlcular with the earth It seemed
as If nothing could stop the headlong
plunge.
As the machine dropped swiftly, the
tall dipped again towards the earth
and the pilot appeared head down
ward. Seconds, which seemed houie
passed With an almost Imperceptible
curve, the machine shifted its course
to a straight line, the pilot in in
flame position How long he remained
upside down, the anxious watchers
could not determine, but It was long
enough to cause them to believe thai
he never would right himself. Pres
ently the monoplane dipped again and
with a graceful curve assumed an
erect position Pegoud flew for a few
minutes to and fro and descended by
a series of beautiful spirals On land
iug the aviator said'
"Everything went splendidly. The
levers answered the slightest touch
I remained for a long time head dow u
wards, because I wanted to. not be
cause I couldn't help it The sensa
tlon is strange, but not unpleasant,
and the machine did not pitch at all
"I went very slowly so us to avoid
subjecting the machine to too violent
strain, but had I wanted to I could
have righted myself much more
quickly,"
Pegoud's experiment was prompted
by the theory recently expressed by
Louis Bleriot that In the paramount
problem of attaining safety in the air
automatic self-righting devices and
parachutes are beside the question,
that they are . just as much at the
mercy of a sudden violent gust as the
ordinary air craft Bleriol's theory
pointed out that even birds are known
to have been capsized by squalls, yel
they were able by folding their win.
to withdraw use of their surface from
the action of the air It was urged
that an endeavor should be made to
so construct aeroplanes that they
could not be capsized.
Pegoud undertook to demonstrate
that the ordinary' aeroplane, not fit
ted with any special device, was pos
sessed of much greater stability di m
generally was believed and experts
arc of the opinion that he succeeded
brilliantly.
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NOTICE
Excelsior Camp No. 3:M0 R. X of
A will meet In New I O. O F. hall
In Fraternity block, every second and
fourth Monday nights Date of next
meeting being Sort 8th.
LILLIAN NEWTON Recorder.
INDIA SAWYER, Oracle
I VHJ
HIKES ACROSS
COUNTRY TWICE
New York, Sept 2 Herbert H.
Hoover, who donhle-crossed the con
tinent in 322 days, narrowly escaped
arrest yesterday when he arrived here
!L "completion of his long jour
long nalr and ragged
clo hes attracted the attention of aj
policeman but after the officer had I
!T This Morning
i After two days of rest, there is work to do
il and shopping also. In every town or city II
" there is always one best place to trade, he r"
Mi t groceries, clothing, hardware or dry i
goods. In Ogden there is a large circle of
women who know where to spend their M J
M money for dry goods in order to get the IS
best results. Today the busy hum of an ll J
M enthusiastic crowd of clerks and custom- J J
ers will be mingling together making II
ready for the cooler days. The new fall i
M goods are coming in. The Suit Depart
ment lias some mighty interesting sur- II
prises for you. We are cleaning up a lot II
of good seasonable suits at $6.95. Values
ll up to $25.00. We have to have room for II
11 the new suits that arc now coming in. II
Don't forget the Dress Goods Section, for '
l now is the time tor materials for school II
II dresses. II
seen letters from chiefs of police of
towns all the way across tne coun
try, which the pedestrian carried with
him. he directed Hoover to police
headquarters, where Hoover told his
story. The walker said that by tramp
ing to San Francisco and hack, he
had won a wager of $1000, hut that
his principal purpose in making the
journey on foot was to Improve his
health. In this he has succeeded
When he started he was threatened
with consumption and weighed only
104 pounds. Now he weighs 14o
pounds and is in the pink or condi
tion. oo
GURR DIES FROM WOUNDS
Vernal. Sept. 1 Joseph Gurr. the!
ex-convlct. who was wounded Thurs
il.t nlcht by F A. Wade, when Ourrl
opened a pistol battle In the lobby
oi iho Orpheum theater, died Satur
day night from his wounds. Gurri
last words were for his former wife
and he even refused to see hl6 chil
dren when thpy were brought to him.
A complaint charging Wade with j
murder in the first degree has been
Issued, but It is the general opinion
here that the preliminary hearing will
result In his release, as ho opened fire jr
only after Gurr had fired several )
ehots, one of which wounded Wad
In the arm and anotner had slightly
wounded his woman companion.
Gurr was a paroled convict from
the I'tah penitentiary', having beeu
released last May, after serving about
half of an eighteen months" sentence
for grand larceny. Wade's reputation
In Vernal and vicinity is excellent. J j
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