Passing Events

The rditroad strike will be ended by separate agreements between the strikers and the railroads, according to an agreement entered into on Sept. 13. An American destroyer was bombarded by a Turkish garrison, while embarking1 refugees at Aviali, a port on the coast of Asia Minor, near Smyrna, Oct. 4. The engagement of the ex-Kaiser to Princess Hermine von Schoenalch Carolath was formally announced Sept. 19. The ceremony to take place some time during the month of November. The Near East peace conference convened at Mudania, Octv 3, with the allied generals and Ismet Pasha representing the Turkish nationalists, present. The Greek representatives arrived Oct. 4. Mudania is a small village on the southern shore of the Sea of Marmora. The old rates of pay and working conditions will be maintained for another year, by an agreement between forty-nine railroads and the Brother- hood of Railroad trainmen and Conductors, signed Oct. 3. The vacancy in the bishopric of the North Morgan ward was filled at the quarterly conference Sept. 17, by the appointment of Elder Everett E. Anderson, second counselor to* Bishop James A. Anderson. Judge George Sutherland was inducted into his office as a member of the U. S. Supreme] Court, Oct. l.i He is a former U. S. Senator from Utah, and succeeds Justice Clark on the bench of the Supreme Court. The Grand Army Encampment. — The fifty Sixth annual gathering of Civil war soldiers opened at DesMoines, Iowa, with more than 17,000 mem- bers in attendance. Three thousand more were expected to arrive later. Ships were cheap, when the great fleet ofj wooden vessels, 226 in all, which were built by the government during the war1 at the cost of $300,- 000,000, were sold at auction to a San Francisco firm, Sept. 12, for $750,000. Senator Smooth arrived in Salt Lake City, from Washington, to attend conference, and was escorted by prominent Republicans to Hotel Utah. The reception was an ovation in recognition of his services in the United States Senate. Mrs. Agnes Geddes Peterson died Sept. 13, at Preston, Idaho, after a short illness. She was born in Salt' Lake City, August 11, 1857. One of her sons is Dr. Elmer C. Peterson, of Logan, president of the Agricultural College. Elder Seymour B. Young celebrated his 85th birthday, Oct. 3, with a family gathering at his home. President Heber J. Grant and President and Mrs. Anthony W. Ivins were among the guests present. A message of congratulation from President Charles W. Penrose was read during the evening. In the Seventieth ward, Bishop Franklin S. Tingey was honorably released after 16 years of service as bishop. Elder Nicholas G. Smith was make bishop in his stead, and Harold W. Langton and Amer E. Hansen as counselors.

92 IMPROVEMENT ERA Elder Alburtes Rond, of Ogden, died Sept 13. in Rotterdam, Holland, where he was laborinng as a missionary. He wast born in Holland, Nov. 24, 1861. The body was shipped to Ogden for burial. He leaves a widow and three children. Bishop Edwin F. Parry, of the Sixteenth ward, Salt Lake City, was honorably released, Oct. 2, being called to the High Council. Elder Joseph H. Lake was ordained bishop, with Elders Charles Gilbert Wright and Gus Dyer as counselors. Ex-Senator Cornelius Cole, of Los Angeles, centenarian, who represented California in Congress during the Civil war, celebrated the 100th anni- versary of his birth, Sept. 17, by a reception, and was honored by a multi- tude of friends with whom he shook hands. Ezra Shomaker, of Manti, died in Salt Lake City, Oct. 1. He was born in Adams Co., 111., March 20, 1843, and came with his parents, to Utah, in 1847. For the last seventeen years he was second counselor to Lewis Anderson, president of the South Sanpete stake. Senator Thomas E. Watson of Georgia, died at his home in Washington, Sept. 26, due to an acute attack of asthma. For the last four years he was a prominent figure in the political battles of his state, and in the U. S. Senate he attracted attention by his sharp criticism of the government. Forest fires in Canada have done immense damage. On Oct. 5, it was reported from Ontario that a hundred lives had been lost and six towns destroyed, and that people were fleeing before the flames. Fires were raging in two separate places in northern Ontario and in the valley of St. Maurice river in Quebec. John McLaws died at his home in Tooele City, Utah, Sept. 27, at the age of 95 years, the oldest resident) of Tooele. He was born in Renfew, Scotland, Nov. 27, 1827, and joined the Church in 1844. He came to Utah in 1851. Being a plasterer, he worked as such on the, Salt Lake Tabernacle, the Theatre, and the Bee Hive House. Enos Mills died at Long's Peak, Colo., Sept. 21. He was a noted naturalist and author, familiarly known as "The Father of Rocky Moun- tain National Park." Among the books written by Mr. Mills are Wild Life in the Rockies, In Beaver World, The Story of a\ Thousand Year Pine, The Grizzly Our Greatest Wild Animal, Watched by Wild Animals, and others. Successful observations of tthe solar eclipse, Sept. 21, were reported from Wollal, Australia. The American astronomers saw a corona 40,000 miles wide* from which light streamers shot forth, one of which extended 2,500,000 miles from the sun's center. The photographic plate taken with a view of testing Einstein's theory of relativity was pronounced a great success. New bishop for Georgetown ward, Idaho, was ordained at the ward conference, Sunday, Sept. 10. Bishop Harrison Tippets, who has moved to Salt Lake City on account of poor health, was released and Elder John M. Bee was sustained ini his stead. The counselors of Bishop Tippets were re- tained, Elder Ernest P. Hoff, first, and Elder Walter Clark, second counse- lor. An L. D. S. chapel was dedicated at Ocean Park, Cal., Sept. 24, by President Heber J. Grant, in the presence of more than 1,000 people. The new building was erected at the cost of $41,000, of which $12,000 was private contributions. Among the speakers were George W'. McCune, Joseph W. McMurrin, Bishop C. W. Nibley, President Heber J. Grant anh Otto J. Monson. Martial law in Carbon county, was formally raised by Governor Mabey,

PASSING EVENTS 93 Sept. 16, by proclamation. This ended a situation which has existed since the latter part of April, when the sheriff of Carbon county called for state troops, to prevent bloodshed at Scofield. On April 27, a clash between mine guards and strikers occurred, in which three men were reported wounded. The strike restaining order was upheld by Judge Wilkerson^ Chicago, Sept. 23, in his decision declaring the railroad men's strike a conspiracy in restraint of trade, interfering with interstate commerce and the carriage of mails. The decision holds in effect that the strikes were responsible for acts of violence committed in connection with the strike, whether actually committed by the strikers or others. A new ward was organized of the Roosevelt and Lincoln school districts of the Weston ward, Franklin stake, Idaho, Sept. 17. Heber Raymond Bing- ham was set apart as bishop, with Charles Edward Twitchell as first and Washing J. Thompson as second counselor. Eugene Beckstead was set apart as first counselor in the Preston Sixth ward, and Alma H. Monson as second counselor. William D. Livingston, died in Salt Lake City, Sept. 30, following an operation. He was born at Manti, Sanpete county. For twelve years he practiced law and in 1908 gave up that profession and turned his attention to other pursuits., For many years he has been connected with various irrigation and mining enterprises. He was, at the time of his death, first counselor to Bishop Albert Quist, Brinton ward, Cottonwood stake. Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle, visited the President's office Sept. 26, and paid his respects to President Charles W. Penrose, with whom he became acquainted in the early days of the territory. Bishop Tuttle came to Utah fifty-five years ago as the first Episcopal bishop of this region. His visit this time! was a call as he passed through on his way from Portland, Ore., where he attended the triannual general convention of the Protestant Epis- copal church. King Constantin& abdicated, Sept. 26, in favor of his son, Crown Prince George, according to a dispatch from Athens. Revolt in the Greek army and the resignation of the Greek cabinet caused the king to quit his un- enviable role of trouble breeder in Europe. The Crown Prince, took the oath of office as king Sept. 27. Prominent citizens, however, clamored for Venizelos and a republican form of government. On Sept. 28, it was reported that the ex-king had been imprisoned by revolutionists. The Turks won a victory when the British, French, and Italian repre- sentatives, in their conference at Paris, Sept 27, agreed to acceed to Kemal Pasha's demands for the return of Constantinople, Adrianople and eastern Thrace, to the Maritza river, to the Turks. In Paris it was considered certain that the eastern crisis had passed, when this decision had been arrived at, but on the 24th the dispatches from Constantinople said the Turks had attacked the British forces at Chanak, in the neutral zone, and that Kemal Pasha had rejected the terms proposed in note from Paris. The enrollment at tlie Brigham Young University this year indicates an increase of 60 per cent over that of last year at the same date. The un- precedented increase is taxing the facilities of the plant and the teaching staff to the utmost, but by scheduling classes every hour of the day until 6:30 it has been possible to accomodate the students and all are receiving proper attention. The students come from nearly every county in the state of Utah, and from all of the intermountain states. Over two hundred pupils were unable to get seats in College Hall for assembly which comes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The Fordney-McCumber tariff bill was passed by the United State9

94 IMPROVEMENT ERA Senate, September 19, as reported by the conference. The bill was intro- duced in the House June 29, 1921, and passed by that body July 21. It was reported to the Senate April 11, this year, and referred to conference Aug. 22. On Sept. 11 it was reported and two days later sent back to con- ference by the house. On Sept. 15 it was again reported and finally ap- proved four days later. Five Republicans voted against the measure as finally reported and two Democrats supported it. The bill was signed Sept. 21, by the President. It is a "flexible" tariff, authorizing the President to change the rates from time to time without the action of Congress. What effect this will have on business and politics remains to be seen. Duty -of -water Investigations on Coal Creek, Utah. — Efficient use of water will be impossible until the irrigator makes a conscientious study of the peculiarities of his farm so that he may be able to intelligently apply the water. This is the message of Mr. Arthur Fife of the Department of Irrigation and Drainage of the Utah Agricultural College in Bulletin No. 181 — Duty -of -Water Investigations on Coal Creek, Utah — which has just been published by the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. This bulletin contains the results of five years irrigation investigation to determine how the yields of various crops were affected by the application of different amounts of water. The crops experimented with were alfalfa, spring wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, and corn. It was found that by increasing the water to as high as 70 inches for alfalfa on land having primary water rights, the yields were increased. The net duty of water, as determined for grain, ranged from 20' to 40' inches, and little more than 24 inches for potatoes. Where uniform lateral distribution of water was difficult, the total require- ment was a great deal higher. Therefore improvements in land prepara- tion, so as to obtain a more uniform lateral distribution, offer the greatest opportunity for economy in the use of water. Farmers may well afford to study the bulletin and 'adjust their methods of irrigation best to meet the topographical and soil conditions of their farms. It is a valuable piece of information for water users, and is available upon request at the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Logan, Utah. With messages to Salt Lake scouts from national and international scout authorities Oscar A. Kirkham, city scout executive, returned Sept. 26, from the national scout conference at Blue Ridge, N. C. Mr. Kirkham also brought home an especial personal honor in the shape of a small card making him an honorary member of the Boy Scouts of France, the honor being conferred by M. J. Desjardins, who represented the French organiza- tion at the conference. IMr. Kirkham was officially called to introduce Representative Desjardins to the gathering. Heading the missives sent to the local boys is one from Dan Beard, chief scout commissioner of the American scouts. His message reads: "To my Boy Scouts of Utah and their executive — Boys, you live on the backbone of our land; therefore I expect you to become the backbone of our scout organization.'' Signed, "Dan Beard, Chief." Chief Scout Executive James E. Westt has sent the following: "Greetings and warm personal regards from one who believes in you because you are scouts. Scouts never fail if they keep true to the obligation you and I and millions of brother scouts throughout the world have undertaken." F. Gidney, who represented the English scouts at the sessions has sent the following: "Greetings from the Boy Scouts of Europe to the scouts of the Rocky mountains. Our hearts are beating at the same rate as yours. Remember that always." Mx. Kirkham presided at one session of the conference and was selected by the delegates to represent them at the big reception given by the Rotary Club at Nashville, N. C. He thinks there is a good chance of the 1924 scout national biennial conference being held in this city, as Salt Lake has already entered the ranks as bidder for such honor.