Passing Events

The Nephi High School building was dedicated, Jan. 3, by James W. Paxman. The building has been erected at the cost of $75,000 and is mod- ern in every respect. The Carbon Stake presidency was re-organized, Dec. 17, when Elder Henry G. Mathis was made first, and Elder John E. Pettit, second coun- selor, to fill vacancies. Mrs. Matilda Josephine Harding died at her home in Salt Lake City, Dec. 27, at the age of 77 years. She was, born in Nauvoo, 111., and came across the plains with her parents, when six years old. The Columbia Steel Company filed articles of incorporation Dec. 27. It will construct a big blast furnace between Provo and Springville for the purpose of supplying the Pacific coast with pig iron. Funeral services for Henry Gideon Jolley were held at Moroni, Sanpete Co., Dec. 11. He was born in Ohio, Nov. 28, 1848. He was one of the pioneers of Sanpete Co., and a veteran of the Black Hawk war. The Spfing Canyon Coal Mine has beeiv sold by the Knight interests in Provo to James B. Smith and others, of San Francisco,according to an an- nouncement published Dec. 27. J. ¥m. Knight will be vice president of the new corporation. Abbot Rodney Heywood died Jan. 9, at his home in Ogden. He was the chairman of the Utah Public Utilities Commission. The cause of death was heart failure. He was born at Grafton, Mass., Sept. 16, 1855, and came to Utah as a young man. Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. David Fairchild, Washington, D. C, at the age of 63 years. She was the widow of the famous inventor, and she is said to have been his inspiration for the invention of the telephone. James H. Neilson died at his home in Salt Lake City, Jan. 8, at the age of 43 years. He was born at Glasgow, Scotland, May 29, 1880, and has been a resident of Salt Lake City for 23 years. He was tenor soloist in the tabernacle choir and leader of the Seventeenth ward choir. John Neilson, the father of the tenor singer died, Jan. 10, at the age of 70, at his home in Salt Lake City, Two days after the death of his son. Funeral services for father and son were held Jan. 11, in the Seventeenth ward chapel. A national League of Nations society will be formed, according to press announcement made Dec. 15, which will seek to bring this country into the League. John H. Clark, former Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, who resigned his position last September, is at the head of the movement. Mrs. Margaret Miller Hope died at the residence of her granddaughter, Mrs. Frank L. Browning, Ogden, Dec. 26, at the age of 99 years. She is thought to have been, at the time of her death, the oldest woman in Ogden. She was born January 3, 1824. Germany was declared a defaulter by tho allied reparations commis- sion, Dec. 26, in their meeting at Paris, Ly a vote of 3 to 1, France, Belgium, and Italy voting against Great Britain. Germany, it was found, had only

PASSING EVENTS 399 delivered sixty percent of the amount of wood due for 1922. France there- upon began preparations for seizing German forests. James Dunrj passed away at Tooele, Jan. 6, at the age of 85 years. He was born at Kirkinlillock, Scotland, July 12, 1837, joined the Church, Aug. 15, 1854, and came to Utah in 1859. At the age of 60 he established a reputation for newspaper work, after having become the owner of the Tooele Transcript. President Heber J. Grant arrived home, Dec. 21, from California, where he spent a few days among Saints and friends. Dec. 17 he and Elders George A. Smith and John A. Widtsoe addressed a well attended meeting at Los Angeles in the morning, and in the evening President Grant and Bishop C. W. Nibley spoke at Ocean Park chapel. The Fifteenth Legislature of the State of Utah convened Jan. 8. Mr. Wm. W. Seegmiller, of Kane Co., was elected speaker of the house, and Mr. Thomas E. McKay president of the senate. The first bill passed by the senate was one appropriating $45,000 for the expenses of the leg- islature. Gov. Mabey's message to the legislature was read by him, Jan. 10. Music is now heard by wireless, across the Atlantic, says a London dis- patch, dated Jan. 6. London dance halls use jazz played in New Jersey, to entertain their patrons. J. H. Riddley, Woodside, a few miles south of London, who owns a high-powered receiving set, enjoys American enter- tainments nightly in his drawing room. The temperature in Salt Lake City, Jan. 7, was 58 degrees, the highest since Oct. 27, 1922. During the last 49 years there have been springs and autumns in Salt Lake as short as two months, summers and winters as long as four months, though the average of the four seasons is three months, according to the annual report of the Salt Lake weather bureau for the year 1922. Gabriel Marutowics urns assassinated at Warsaw, Dec. 16, by Niewa- domski, at an exhibition of paintings. He was the first president of the new Polish republic. The assassin is said to be a demented artist. The crime caused consternation among the Poles, at home and abroad. Pader- cwski said it was the first time in the history of his country that a ruler had been assassinated. Dr. Richard R. Lyman has been made a member of tlie Board of Regents, U. of U., to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Elder David 0. McKay, who resigned when he left for Liverpool, to preside over the European mission. Dr. Lyman is a son of the late Francis M. and Clara Caroline Lyman and a member of the Council of the Twelve, and Assistant General Superintendent of the Y. M. M. I. A. A resolution in favor of teaching evolution in the schools was adopted, Dec. 26, by the council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Cambridge, Mass. The resolution alleges that "no scientific generalization is more strongly supported by thoroughly tested evidence than is that of organic evolution" — a proposition which itself must be proved before it can be accepted as a proof of another disputed proposition. The American and British debt funding commissions met, Jan. 8 at Washington. Stanley Baldwin, British chancelor of the exchequer, de- clared that his government did not ask for any special privileges or favors, but only a fair business arrangement, by which England's debt of more than four billion dollars could be paid, without disturbing the business of the two countries. Five thousand Indians appeal to the League of Nations, to settle a question of controversy between them and Canada. They have lived near Grand River, Ontario, since 1784, and they claim to be a sovereign people,

400 IMPROVEMENT ERA not subject to Canadian laws. The appeal is made through the Dutch charge d'affaires at Washington, Dr. J. B. Hubrecht. The chief of the Indians is Deskaheh, of the Six Nations. A white trapper and two Indians were recently devoured by wolves, ac- cording to a report from Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 27. The In- dians found the place where the death struggle of the trapper had been fought. They pursued the wolves and were overpowered by the ravenous beasts. A searching party found the place where the Indians had perished, two miles from where the trapper had fought, unsuccessfully, for his life. Air Pilot Henry G. Boonstra was heard from Dec. 19, from a ranch near Coalville. He left Salt Lake City Dec. 15 for Rock Springs, Wyo., but was forced to land 20 miles east of Coalville, on account of a blinding snowstorm. He wandered about until the following evening, when he saw a light and stumbled into an isolated cabin. On the 19th, he arrived at Deming's ranch, whence he telephoned to Salt Lake. The long search for the lost pilot thus came to an end. Funeral services were held for A. G. Barber in the Logan tabernacle, Dec. 14, a large audience being in attendance. Bishop James Thomas con- ducted the exercises and Dr. Joseph R. Morrell of Ogden, Goudy Hogan of Lewiston, President H. E. Hatch of Thatcher Brothers Bank, Professor John T. Caine, President E. G. Peterson of the U. A. C, and Joseph Quinney of the Logan stake presidency were the speakers. They extolled the char- acter of the departed, calling attention to his service to the state and to the Church. Church domination in politics is charged in a petition, filed Dec. 23, in the district court. The petitioners ask that the court declare the election of Benjamin R. Harries, Nov. 7, 1922, for sheriff of Salt Lake Co. invalid on the alleged ground that President Heber J. Grant and min- isters belonging to the Ministerial Association "advised and directed" church members to vote for the successful candidate, thereby violating the constitution. The petition has 92 signatures, the signers being mem- bers of different churches and political parties. Twenty-five of them later withdrew their names from the petition saying they had misunderstood its purport. Former President Woodrow Wilson celebrated his 66th birthday anni- versary, Dec. 28. He received numerous congratulatory messages, and also a delegation from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, an organization of which Hamilton Holt of New York is the executive director and the aim of which is to raise a million dollars for the advancement of the ideals enunciated by Wilson while he was the president. Mr. Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war, in a congratulatory telegram, said, "millions of Americans welcome you back to active leadership in our councils for pro- gressive and helpful national politics." The U. S. Senate adopted a reso- lution expressing joy at his recovery toward health. George Romney Lund passed away at the Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Jan. 4, after an operation. He was a native of St. George, Utah, and for many years he was prominent in political and business circles. He was county attorney of Washington county 1920-1, and was re-elected in 1922. At the time of his death he was 48 years old. The verdict of the coroner's jury, returned Jan. 8, stated that the death was due to negligence on the part of the attending physician, and that blood poisoning was the immediate cause. Scholarships will be given by the U. P. to fourteen students from as many counties, to enable them to attend the Agricultural College, Logan. In order to be eligible for the examination each boy must have raised during the season of 1922, two acres of corn, one acre of sugar beets, one

PASSING EVENTS 401 acre of potatoes, one acre of certified wheat, five acres of wheat, two acres of barley, one sow and litter, four pure bred or high grade hogs, one calf or one sheep. The boys are to be judged on a basis of 75 per cent for club work and 25 per cent for activities in community affairs, in addi- tion to the food and stock values of each contestant. Three Salt Lake boys have received cadetships in government insti- tutions, as announced Dec. 15. One of the appointees, Clement A. Col- lins, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Collins, will go to West Point military academy. The other two were selected to enter the United States naval academy at Annapolis. Clifford S. Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cooper,held the rank of captain, adjutant and assistant commandment of the East high school cadet corps. Reed K. Pond, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Pond, has held the position of first lieutenant of the East High school cadet corps. These two received their appointments through Senator Wm. H. King. The Thirteenth ward cliapel, Ogden, was dedicated, Dec. 31, 1922, by President Heber J. Grant, who, in congratulating the people of the ward upon their edifice, declared that it was the most beautiful ward meeting house of any owned by the Church. The chapel occupies a corner ele- vated site at Twenty-third street and Jackson avenue. The txterior is of dull red brick with white stone facings. The interior includes a chapel with a seating capacity of 500, a large amusement hall with stage; in the basement, nine class rooms, font, prayer room and bishop's office. It was recently completed at a total cost of $57,089.21. Of that amount the trustee- in-trust of the Church donated $25,225. Text Book Convention. — Superintendent of Public Instruction, C. N. Jensen, has sent out notices of a meeting of the State Text Book Com- missioin to convene in Salt Lake City, Utah, room 23 Capitol Building, Monday, March 12, 1923, at 1 o'clock p. m., to consider the adoption of text books for the district schools of the State, except in t!ie cities of the first and second class, for periods of four, six and eight years from the 1st of July, 1923. The bids for the books required are solicited, and on Thursday, the 13th, the Text Book Commission will publicly open and read all the proposals received and make its awards within thirty days thereafter. The following are the members of thu State Text Book Conv mission: C. N. Jensen, 223 Capitol Bldg., Salt Lake City; George Thomas, U. of U., Salt Lake City; E. G. Peterson, Logan, Utah; Milton Bennion, U. of U., Salt Lake City; R. V. Larson, Logan, Utah; Jas. W. Anderson, Mt. Pleasant, Utah; D. C. Woodward, Jr., Price, Utah; Geo. D. Harding, Tooele, Utah; Hermese Peterson, Pleasant Grove, Utah; A. C. Matheson, Secretary, 223 Capitol Bldg. To agree on war reparations, the prime ministers of France, Great Britain, and Belgium, and Marquis della Torretta for Italy met at Paris, Jan. 2. The British plan provides for a reduction of reparations and in- demnity claims against Germany to 50,000,000,000 gold marks, or about $12,500,000,000. To give Germany a breathing spell, England would grant a four year moratorium. France is now willing to accept a settlement based upon the 50,000,000 gold mark minimum, stipulating that such acceptance is condi- tioned on a reduction of the moratorium period to two years, and the estab- lishment of productive guarantees under which the allies would take over the collection of levies on mines, forests and state properties in the Rhine and Ruhr valley districts. Germany's plan calls for an international loan of 20,000,000,000 gold marks now, 5,000,000,000 gold marks in 1927 and 5,000,000,000 gold marks in 1931. She will attempt to raise another 10,- 000,000,000 marks through internal loans. The conference adjourned Jan. 4 without reaching an agreement. On Jan. 9 French troops were reported advancing towards Essen and later occupied the Ruhr district.