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PASSING EVENTS 705 ternitics or sororities are to be disorganized in the Brigham Young Univer- sity, Provo, Utah. Concerning the origin of the Indians, Mr. John P. Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution announced, March 17, his conclusion that the ancestors of the Indians had come from Siberia across Bering Sea, about 20,000 years ago. From Alaska, he says, they gradually proceeded down the Pacific coast and thence over all North and South America, an old hypothesis which has never been generally accepted. There has been an increase of crime in Washington, D. C, during the past ten years of from 80 to 2,000 per cent, according to figures pre- sented to congress by the police department of the city. This does not include violations of the prohibition law. Washington is said to be 2,000 per cent more murderous than London and 300 per cent more drunken than Paris, says Representative George Holden Finkham of Massachusetts. El Escalante hotel was opened at Cedar City, March 29, with a banquet and ball, and appropriate speeches. President A. W. Ivins was one of the speakers. He outlined the travels of Father Velasquez de Escalante who in 1776 tried to establish a northern route from Santa Fe, N. M., to Monterey, Cal., and camped near Cedar City. He also spoke of the de- velopment of the southern part of Utah. The hotel has about 86 rooms with all modern improvements. To begin the reclamation of the Salt Lake basin in Utah, the fact-find- ing committee, of which Dr. John A. Widtsoe is a member, on April 8 adopted as a part of its report a specific recommendation, that an appro- priation of a million and a half dollars be made. The proposed irrigation project will cost, when completed, about $12,000,000. The initial work suggested is the drainage of the Provo lake, widening the Jordan river, and improving the water in reservoirs for the reclamation of lands between the lake and Salt Lake City. Two American archbishops were created cardinals, March 24, at a secret consistory at the Vatican, Rome. They are Patrick J. Hayes of New York, and George W. Mundelein, of Chicago. The pope, in his allocution declared America to be one of the favored "brothers" in the pope's "im- mense family," and that the American clergy and the American people responded to his appeal for the sufferers in Europe with a promptness and generosity which placed them in the first ranks, etc., and so he now rewarded America by elevating two of his prelates to the dignity of Cardinals. William Nugent Lewis, son of Walter J. Lewis, many years manager of the Deseret Book company, and of Emily Elsmore Lewis, died, March 18, at the Fairmont apartments. Mr. Lewis was born September 27, 1883, in Salt Lake. For more than fifteen years he was associated with his father as assistant manager and buyer for the Deseret News book store. For the past four years he was proprietor and manager of the Magazine store, 237 South State street. He was nationally known among book dealers and was considered one of the best local authorities on books and magazines. A Greek republic is proposed by the national assembly at Athens, in a resolution passed March 25. The resolution also provides for the banish- ment of the members of the royal family. The question will be decided finally by a plebiscite. The vote was taken after the celebration of the anniversary of Greek independence. During the voting a white dove, as an emblem of peace, was let loose inside the house and the speaker was crowned with a wreath of laurel. The plebiscite was taken April 13, and sanctioned, by a large majority, the establishment of a rebublican form of government in Greece. The Soldiers' Bonus Bill was passed by the House of Representatives, March 18, by a vote of 355 to 54. It provides for a compensation of $1.00

706 IMPROVEMENT ERA a day for home service and $1.50 for foreign service. The first sixty days are not counted. A maximum of $500 is allowed for home service and $625 for service abroad. It is estimated that 3,038,283 ex-soldiers would be entitled to insurance policies and 380,583 to cash payments of $50 or less, and that 865,741 would not receive any bonus, having served less than 60 days. The total cost of the bill is estimated at $2,119,000,000, to be spread over a period of twenty years. To travel around the world in the air, United States army airmen started March 17 from Clover Field, Santa Monica, Cal. Major Fred- erick L. Martin of Chanute field, Rantoul, 111., was the first to leave the ground. He was followed immediately by Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith of Los Angeles, and Lieutenant Leigh Wade of Cosmopolis, Mich. A score of army and civilian airplanes followed as an escort and soon disappeared into the clouds to the north. The fourth plane was at Rockwell field, San Diego, delayed in delivery. Lieutenant Erik H. Nelson expects to join his companions at Portland or Seattle. The airmen expect to be back in the United States about Aug. 10, after a journey of 30,000 miles. Hugo Stinnes, famous German financier, said to be the richest man in in the world, died in Berlin, April 10, 1924. He was of Jewish descent and was born Feb. 12, 1870. He was a dominant figure during the world war, and accumulated a fortune estimated at more than a billion go*ld marks. But a month ago he broke down as a result of overwork and passed away after a short illness. We are told in the dispatches: "Hugo Stinnes had two favorite boasts. One was that he could buy anyone in Central Europe 'without missing the money,' and the other that he never saw the former German Emperor, and wouldn't have turned his head to look at him on the street." Edith Buckwell Olze, born July 18, 1898, died in Los Angeles, March 15, 1924, leaving a babe about ten days old. She was the daughter of Albert E. and Catherine Buckwell, Salt Lake City, and was for three years, one of the faithful stenographers, mailing clerks and workers at the Improve- ment Era business office. She was married to Paul Olze some three years ago and leaves three children. The body was brought from Los Angeles on Thursday, March 20. Funeral services were held at the Twenty-seventh ward meetinghouse on Friday, 1 p. m., March 21, at which Bishop Joel Richards presided. The speakers were Junius F. Wells, Edward H. Ander- son, and Moroni Snow of the General Board Y. M. M. I. A., Elder Bowles and Bishop Richards. For the "Mormon" Battalion monument ground was broken, April 15, on Capitol Hill. The monument will be thirty-five feet high and will be constructed mainly of Utah granite. Because its fine grain makes it more suitable for sculpture, Colorado granite has been selected for the heroic figuers. The relief work will be in bronze. The legislature seven years ago ap- propriated $100,000 for the memorial, to be matched by a similar amount raised by subscription. The commission now lacks approximately $15,000 of the necessary $100,000 to be subscribed. Governor Charles R. Mabey removed the first shovel full of dirt on the site given by the state, located on the southeastern part of the grounds. Mrs. Bell T. Davis, a member of the commission, read a poem written by her to commemorate the accomplish- ments of the "Mormon" Battalion people. Brooding and Feeding Baby Chicks — The most important problem of the poultry- raiser during the spring and summer is raising a flock of vigor- ous pullets either to renew the flock or to put into the laying house the coming fall. Failure in this regard means a poor crop of eggs next fall and winter when the price is highest. Good care of the growing pullets from the time they are put into the brooder as baby chicks until placed in the laying house in the fall is just as important for profitable egg production

PASSING EVENTS 707 as the care given- these pullets during the laying period. The problems of brooding and feeding baby chicks and the methods used and recommended by the Poultry Department of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station are given in Circular No. 50 which is now in press. This publication may be obtained by writing to the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Logan, Utah, and asking for Circular No. 50 — Brooding and Feeding Chicks. The report of the Dawes committee of experts on the rehabilitation of Germany and her ability to pay reparations was published April 9. Briefly stated the report suggests that, when the German financial condition shall have been restored, funds for reparations may be derived from three sources — - from, taxes, from the earnings of the railroads and from industrial deben- tures. It is expected that from these sources Germany will be able to pay 1,000,000,000 gold marks the first year; 1,220,000,000 the second year; 1,450,000,000 the third year, 2,000,000,000 the fourth year, and 2,500,- 000,000 the fifth year and thereafter, until the debt is paid. The report does not mention the Ruhr occupation, but it emphasizes the necessity of the economic unity of Germany "as defined by the treaty of Versailles, and free economic activity therein," and this can mean nothing less than a recommendation that France adopt a new policy towards Germany. The report will be made the basis of negotiations between the governments in- terested, and it seems to be viewed with favor. The German government, April 16, notified the reparation commission that it accepts the plan sug- gested as "a practical basis for a speedy solution of the reparation problems." Lorenzo Sobieski Young died at Shelley, Idaho, March 28, at the age of 84 years. He is believed to have been the last of the original pioneers who entered Salt Lake Valley, July 24, 1847, under the leadership of Brigham Young. He was born in Nauvoo, and was a son of Lorenzo D. and Persis Godall Young. Mr. Young was a lad of about 7 when the company arrived in the valley and was one of the two children in the original party. He could remember but few incidents of the trek across the uncharted plains, but he was full of reminiscenses of the early pioneer days of Salt Lake. His father, he claimed, built the first log cabin outside of the old fort in Pioneer square, Salt Lake. He often told of how rations ran short the first winter in the then barren desert and how he searched for roots of the sego lily and other plants which were edible. Mr. Young lived in Salt Lake until he was 21, then went to Payson, Utah, and later to St. George. He married Miss Sarah Piatt in 1853. She died some years ago. Surviving are 1 0 of their 12 children and numerous grandchildren. He has resided at Shelley for approximately 1 1 years, moving to that locality to be near the majority of his children who reside in that section. Henry William Lawrence died at his home in Salt Lake City on 5 April at the age of 88 years. He was one of the picturesque characters, whose ranks are rapidly thinning out, who knew this western country in its early days and who lived to see it grow out of its primitive conditions and attain its present high level of development, having first seen this mountain region, as a freighter, in 1852. Mr. Lawrence was born in the township of Pickering, near Toronto, Canada, on July 18, 1835. At the age of 15 he traveled to Illinois and entered a small town store, owned by his father. After several trips up and down the Mississippi in the role of freighter, he ventured West in 1852 and came as far as Salt Lake. He landed here in the spring and made his first home in the block where the Oregon Short Line station now stands. Later he bought the property where the new Auerbach company store is located. From the first he became an active real estate man, and settled on property just off Main street on First South street, the old McCornick bank corner, and various other sites on Main and State streets. He was one of the founders of the Salt Lake Tribune and active in various political movements against the Church, but he has always been held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens of all creeds and political colors.

C. Irwin Nelson, of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, writes: "My companion and I express our appreciation for the Era. Some of our Saints here are subscribers and it is a great power for good among them. Other members and investigators receive their numbers eagerly. We know that the Era has aided in bringing many closer to the truth. We pray for its continued success." IMPROVEMENT ERA, MAY, 1924 Two Dollars per Annum Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as second class matter Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July Z, 1918 Address Room 406 Church Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah Hebcr J. Grant, ) Editors Melvin J. Ballard, Business Mgr. Edward H. Anderson. ) Moroni Snow. Assistant. CONTENTS In California and in Oregon Frontispiece Mother. A Poem Joseph William Reese 585 A Spiritual Communication Duncan M. McAllister 587 Crater of the Moon. Illustration 591 A Mother's Day Talk Prof. P. A. Christensen 592 Bits of Philosophy Nephi Jensen 595 Riches H. L. Johnston 596 My Wish. A Poem Sarah E. Mitton 597 Will a Woman Wait? A Story Mrs. Ruth S. Hilton 598 Dropping a Rock into the Bottomless Pit. Illustration 612 Tasks of this Generation Dr. F. S. Harris 613 The Sixth Scout Law Christen Hansen 616 "Of the Most Worth unto You" J. Otval Ellsworth 617 My Religious Philosophy Louis Brandley 618 Human Life and the Seasons T. R. Kelly 619 A Summer's Diversions Jean Brown Fonnesbeck 621 A Tribute to Mother. A Poem Axha A. Glenn 627 Kelly — II May E. Lillie 628 Memory. A Poem Cazelam 63 0 American Dog Derby at Ashton, Idaho H. A. Hess 631 Relief Society Workers of Granite Stake. Group Portrait 632 Tombstone of Isaac Hale 633 Giving Utah a Boost D. E. Robinson 634 The Summer School Quarter Best of the Four. Illustrated Pror". H. R. Merrill 63 6 In the Underworld of Sorrow. A Poem Joseph Longking Townsend 640 The Reminder. A Story Wendell Hammond 641 Portrait of Child and Seven Living Male Progenitors 648 Truth. A Poem Alfred Lambourne 649 Messages from the Missions 650 The Road to Happiness Dr. Charles E. Barker 660 A Study of Book of Mormon Texts J. M. Sjodahl 675 A Mecca for Service A. Rex Johnson 677 Potent Motherhood. A Poem Grace Ingles Frost 678 Father. A Poem Bertha A. Kleinman 679 How Sweet is Now Thy Heaven. A Poem Minnie Iverson Hodapp 679 Proposed Monument to Pioneer Mothers Gavin Jack 680 Editor's Table — Progress of the Church — Temple Work — Faith in Christ — Prayer Prest. Heber J. Grant 681 Books 689 Mutual Work 69 1 Passing Events . . r— , . B .. r 704