Passing Events

Archduke Joseph resigned his position at the head of the Hungarian government, August 23.

The Monroe Doctrine is not recognized by Mexico. So says Carranza in his address opening the Mexican congress, September 1.

President Wilson left Washington, September 3, for his western tour in behalf of the peace treaty, confident of ultimate ratification of the instru- ment by the senate without "destructive" reservations. Fired upon from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, Captain David W. McNabb, United States aviation corps, was slightly wounded while on aerial patrol duty along the international boundary northwest of Lare lo, Texas, September 2.

The Twenty-second Ward Chapel, Salt Lake City, was dedicated, Sep- tember 7, by President Heber J. Grant. Bishop Alvin A. Beesely presided at the services. Willard Weihe rendered a violin solo. The chapel was completed five years ago, at a cost of about $40,000.

Renteria, a Mexican bandit, was killed by Lieutenant Cooper, of an American punitive expedition, from an airplane, August 19. Renteria was the head of the gang that captured two Americans, Lieutenants Harold G. Peterson and Paul H. Davis, and held them for $15,000 ransom.

Serious race trouble was threatened by a delegation of negroes, speak- ing before the senate foreign relations committee, Washington, August 28, unless an amendment to the peace treaty is adopted, providing for racial equality. The delegation represented the National Equal Rights League.

A national congress of governors convened in Salt Lake City, August 19. The first question of importance before the distinguished gathering was that of the high cost of living, and a committee of seven was appointed to proceed to Washington and confer with the authorities there on that great problem.

Justice Brandeis, one of the most prominent delegates to the Zionist convention that met in Chiacgo, September 14, states that practical steps are about to be taken to prepare Palestine for occupation by 5,000,000 Jews. The total Jewish population of the world is estimated at from twelve to fourteen millions. A Spanish edition of the Book of Mormon has just been completed by President Rey L. Pratt, of the Mexican mission, assisted by Elder Anthony W. Ivins, of the Council of the Twelve. The manuscript will be sent to the Church printing office at Independence, Mo., where an edition of 10,000 will be published.

Peace-making is expensive. President Wilson estimates that the total cost of the maintenance of the American delegation at Paris to the end of this year, will be $1,506,776. At the beginning of the negotiations 1,300 persons were employed in this work; by July 1, the number had been re-

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duced to 400, of whom only 88 were civilians, the remainder being from the army and navy. Elder Russell Young Rossite.- died at his residence, Salt Lake City, September 4, after a brief illness. He was born in the Bee-Hive house, in this city, August 26, 1881, and was son of the late William A. and Myra Young Rossiter, and grandson of Brigham Young. He filled a three years' mission in Germany, and only recently he returned from a mission to the Hawaiian Islands. He is survived by his widow and several brothers and sisters.

Archaeological research in the Navajo reservation, this summer, by Frofessor Byron Cummings, formerly associated with the University of Utah as dean of the school of arts and sciences and archaeology, is said to have resulted in the excavation of two large, ancient cliff dwellings, and the acquisition of large quantities of bone implements, corrugated and colored pottery, and a number of skeletons and mummies. The specimens v<ill be sent to the University of Arizona.

The oldest inhabitant of the United States is, probably, John Shell, who ie said to have celebrated the 131st anniversary of his birth, September 3, this year, at Lexington, Ky. Shell, the account says, was first married at the age of 19 and lived with his first wife for more than 90 years. He lived 75 years in one house. He is the father of 29 children, the oldest now living being more than 90 years of age. Six years ago, he married again at the age of 125. By his second wife he has one child, a boy aged five years.

General Pershing arrived in New York, September 8, from his victor- ious campaign in France as the commander of the American forces, and was enthusiastically welcomed by a vast multitude of his fellow-citizens. Just after he had walked down the gang-plank at Hoboken, he received the first reward which a grateful country has offered him. In the name of the nation, Secretary of War Baker handed him his commission as full General in the American army, a rank held previously by only three men, Grant, Sheridan and Sherman.

An ultimatum to strikers was issued by Director General Hines, Aug- ust 28, when he served notice on "public officers, railroad officers and em- ployees, and citizens generally, in California, Arizona, and Nevada," that the railroad administration would undertake to restore full railroad service in those states on and after 7 o'clock the following Sunday morning, and that all striking employees who do not return to work by that time will find their places filled. This action is regarded as the most drastic ever taken by the government in a labor controversy.

Adelaide Whiteiey Ridges, 89 years old, widow of Joseph H. Ridges, builder of the Latter-day Saints tabernacle organ, died at the residence of her eldest daughter, Adelaide Ridges Wood, at Woods Cross, Davis county, Tuesday, August 26, of general debility. She was born, June 17, 1830, in London, and, prior to coming to Utah in 1857, resided in Australia. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wood and Annie R. Williams, and one sen, Ernest E. Ridges, all of Salt Lake City; twenty.eight grandchildren and thirty-six great-grandchildren.

The United States Army Motor Convoy arrived in Salt Lake City, Aug- ust 19,on its way across the continent. The convoy, which is commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. McClure, was received, at the Brigham

1100 IMPROVEMENT ERA Young monument, by Governor Bamberger, accompanied by a dozen visit- ing governors of other states, and a floral tribute was tendered by young ladies, in behalf of local truck dealers. The convoy left Washington, D. C, July 7. It had traveled 2,499 miles, about 1,600 miles more than any other army motor train had covered previously.

Fatal automobile accident occurred, September 1, near Avon, eighteen miles south of Logan, when the machine plunged through a bridge into ;he Hyrum canal. W. W. Browning, postmaster at Ogden, and George Daniel, of Denver, inspector-in-chief of the postoffice department for the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico, were killed. In the same machine were W. G. Haas, postoffice inspector of Salt Lake, who suf- fered a fracture of the left arm; H. W. Blake, postoffice inspector of Provo. who was bruised and dazed; and Mrs. A. Carroll Gesford, postmistress of Huntsville, who suffered considerably from shock, but was not otherwise injured.

The bench and bar of England sent greetings to the American Bar Association, which were delivered at its annual convention at Boston, Sep- tember 3, by Viscount Finlay, former lord chancellor of England. The famous jurist said that the legal profession of England was proud of the de- velopment which the common law of England had received in the United Slates. "It is, indeed, a great heritage, that of the common law of England, to which we on both sides of the Atlantic, have fallen heir," Viscount Finlay said: "You, like ourselves, are proud of its traditions, and of the spirit of liberty which it breeds."

Utah Producing Over Three Million Bushels of Potatoes Annually. — For the past five years Utah has produced a yearly average of 3,369,400 bushels of potatoes on 26,600 acres, at a value of $2,632,000, according to a circular just issued by the Experiment Station of the Utah Agricultural College. Prof. George Stewart, author of the circular, states that Utah ranks second in the United States in average yield per acre, with 162 bushels, Maine being the only state with a higher acre-yield. The average farm price received for potatoes in Utah during the last ten years is sev- enty-eight cents a bushel. Prof. Stewart, who says that estimates place the loss from disease in the State at about $300,000 yearly, of which two-thirds is due to Rhizoctonia and Fusarium wilt, and the remainder to miscellaneous diseases, has given a thorough discussion of the control measures which have been found most successful. The illustrated circular contains 54 pages, largely devoted to a discussion of numerous vital factors in potato production, among which are such objects as climate and soil, seed selection, methods of cultivation, diseases and their control, harvesting, storage, and marketing. Free copies of this circular may be obtained from the Utah Experiment Station, Logan, Utah. A shortage of properly qualified teachsrs, for the schools in the State of Utah, is one of the items recently called attention to by State Supt. G. N. Child and by Prof. Milton Bennion, Dean of the School of Education oi the University of Utah. More high school graduates, are urged to qualify for the teaching profession, as it is only possible to supply the public schools with well-trained teachers by having more high school graduates qualifying for the profession. The advantages of this profession as a voca- tion, can best be brought to the attention of students by superintendents of schools, principals, and high school teachers, who should improve the present situation by a campaign work to induce a larger number of our high school graduates, who have aptitude for the work, to prepare for teaching. Five or six hundred teachers withdraw from the public school system each year, while the entire number of normal graduates in the state

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would not begin to fill these vacancies, even though all of them were to go into the school room and become successful teachers. The training school at the University is waiting for the right material for these splendid opportunities, and is prepared to provide professional training to a large group of college students. The University training school known as the "William M. Stewart School," is now being moved into a new, strictly modern building, and the University department most concerned with teacher-train- ing, begins the new year in better quarters, with a large teaching staff and superior equipment. Ambitious young men and women desiring a good education, and a good vocation, will do well to look into the advantages accruing from graduation from this institution.

Church Changes for the month of August, 1919, as reported by the Presiding Bishop's Office: — New Stakes and Stake Presidencies. Burley stake, David R. Langlois, president; Myron Barlow, 1st, George H. Lewis, 2nd Counselors. Wards comprising stake: Burley 1st, Burley 2nd, Declo, Pella, Unity, Springdale, View. Part of the Cassia stake. Blaine stake, William Lennox Adamson, president; Joseph S. Cooper, 1st, G. Wallace Mecham, 2nd counselors. Address, Carey, Idaho. Wards com- prising stake: Acequia, Carey, Gannett branch, Hazelton branch, Heyburn, Jerome, Manard, Paul, Rupert, Wendell branch. Part of the Boise stake. Twin Falls stake, Laurence G. Kirkman, president; Edward M. Guest, 1st, Raymond McClelland, 2nd counselors. Address, Twin Falls, Idaho. Wards comprising stake: Buhl, Kimberly, Murtaugh, and Twin Falls. Formerly a part of the Cassia stake. Lost River stake, William N. Patton, president; William T. Tew, 1st counselor. Wards comprising stake: Moore, Arco, Darlington, Ballard, Leslie. Part of Blackfoot stake. San Luis stake, William O. Crowther, president to succeed Hyrum S. Harris. Address, Sanford, Colorado. Wasatch stake, 2nd counselor to stake president, David A. Broadbent. Address, Heber, Utah. New Wards.— Dehlin ward, Bingham stake, Ezra J. Nelson, bishop; ad- dress Dehlin, Idaho. Afton South ward, Star Valley stake, Gilbert Taysom, bishop; address Afton, Wyoming. Netv Bishops.—Joh Llewelyn succeeded A. W. Fletcher, address same. Burdette ward, Taylor stake. Sugarville ward, Deseret stake, Norman Still- man Anderson appointed vice Jesse Sill, address same. Lynndyl ward, same. Deseret stake, Albert LeRoy Hurst, vice Elmer A. Jacob; address Osborne Low, Afton ward, Star Valley stake, Franklin R. Gardner, vice stake Carl Robin- address Afton, Wyoming. Freedom ward, Star Valley son, vice Aaron F. Bracken, address same. Etna ward, Star Valley stake, \rlhur R. Clark, vice Robert Weber, address same. Jerome ward, Blame Idaho Falls, stake, JamesD. Pratt vice Samuel S. Smith, address same. vice C. S. Crabtree, ad- ward, Bingham stake, Charles E. Dinwoodey 1st dress same. Bramwell ward, Boise stake Charles A Robinson vice Wm A. Idaho Silver ward, Tmt.c ke H. Sinclair, address New Plymouth R. F. D., Jesse Haws, vice Perry B. Fuller, address same. Burley 1st ward Burley vice D. R. Langlois, address same Fremont stake, Kimber C. Barlow, address same. C. Taylor, vice Christian T Balle ward Wayne stake, James Ogden 4th ward, Ogden stake, Hyrum E. Lund w™™**!™^^ ward, Shelley slake^ Hmer Cfc« dress Ogden, Utah, 843. 21st Street. Taylor ake, Merrill ward Portneuf Furgeson, vice Ernest Harker, address same. Butler ward Jordan st ke, Parley Morris, address McCammon, Idaho. address same. Pans 1st ward, William C. Wootton, vice Charles Colebrook, Ezra Stucki vice H. Edward Sutton, address same. Bear Lake stake, S.