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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ROADS.

YHNHERE is no public utility or public improve
men5 that is Of more vital Importance To Cne
people Of any country than good roads. And while
the people have always been cognizant in q hazy
sort of way Of the fact that good roads were an
advantage, the real Importance Of The subject is
Just beginning to be appreciated The gospel of
good roads has been per5stentlg preached by
ardent advocates Of national reputation for a good
many years but the people have been slow to ac-
cept their statements or to take any greet a.
mount of interest in the subject But the move
ment is steadily growing, and with the revolution
Of each year, has. gained in size and momentum
until today in all parts Of the country the precepts
have borne fruit, and new converts are dailg
being added TO the movement
Perhaps no factor has done more for the good
roads movement than tho automobile. For while
all the people do not own cars, great many Of
them do, and nearly all Of the others occasionally
ride in them and to the autost more than any
other class is the vital Importance Of good roads
apparent. With good roads the people are almost
Independent Of railroad service, so quickly and
comfortably can they cover the country with their
automobiles
But from This it is not to be understood thst
the Automobiles are the sole benefcaries from
good roads. Ear, far from it. If there was not
an automobile in existanca good roads would still
be one of the greatest economic enterprises of the
land The saving in the expense of transporta-
lion Of passengers and freight would still pay
very high rate Of interest upon the investment
necessary for good roads.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found report
of the organization and some of the accomplish
ments of the state road commission since its
creation in 1909, which will be found highly in
teresting.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17

electric light creating system, together with
therewilh connected ard fhereunto appertaiu
ing 400 constructed iu connection with said
power and iieit creating plant aud Tor the dis
tribut0a end use oi power and light createdi
also 90 irusuission and distributing stations
aud machinery uciudinv transformers electric
motors and other machinery aud appliances
used Va the distributing system Of said power
and light creating plant.
Also an electric light systcms owned by said
Gold Springs Mining g. Power Company and
used ia connection with said power and electric
light producing system.
No bid f5r the property aud rights Described 10
paragraph three OF less than Twenty two
Thousoud s22.oe10oi Dollars viii be re-
celved. upon ire acceptance Of any bid the
purchaser shah forthwith pay TO the under
signed the sam Of Twenty-Five Hundred .s2soOOO
Dollars By cash or certified check on some bank
Lake Cts, Utah. aud made or endorsed payable
60 the order Of the undersigned, and the balance
shall be paid as the court shalt order upon the
conformation Of The sale.
So much Of the purchase price as may not be
required by the court to be paid ia cash may be
paid 10 cash or BY turning over to be cancelled
or credited. az Is provided In said decree. the
bonds aud coupons Of tie defendant, Gold
Syringe Mining & Power Company.
Dated this 9th day Of April, 1914.
CHARLES BALDWIN,
Master Ia Chancery.
First publication April 10, 1914, last publication
Nav ~, 1914
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
SnrinI No. n1l5Gs.
APpLICATION FOR PATENT

APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
U. S Land Office, Salt Lake City
Utah, March 8, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Exceisior Iron Mining Company of
Salt Lake City, Utah, has made az.
plichtion 90 The United states Tor q
patent for The Walker iron placer
mining claim. situated in the Iron
SPRINGS Mining District. Iron Coun-
ty, Utah, said claim being described
~ leral Subdivisions Of the Public
Land Survey, MS follows:
Lots 2. q, a. and rs. Sec. 80, TIP.
80 So r. - W., S. l.. NJ
The area applied for is 1917
acres there being no conflicts.
Said claim is Of record in the Office
Of the County Recorder Of Iron Coun-
ty. at Parowan, Utah.
The applicant claims that there are
no known lodes or veins upon said
claim or in any part thereof.
/ direct that this notice be pub
lished for the period Of 9 weeks in the
Iron County Record mt Cedar City,
Utah, the newspaper published near
est said claim E. d. r. THOMPSON,
Register
L. IT, Gray, claimants Attorney.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
First Mar G--Iast May 1. '14O
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
STATE LAND NOTICE.

United States Land Office, Salt
Lake City, Utah, Mar. %, 1914. To
whom it may concern: Notice is
hereby given that the State Of Utah
has filed in this Office lists of lands
selected by the said state, under sec
ton of the Act of Congress, APP
proved July rs, 1894, as Indemnity
School lands, viz: Serial 012353
SEA Section Ii, T. SO South, r. Is
West, S. 1. NJ. Copies of said lists,
so far as they relate to said tracts by
descriptive subdivisions, have been
cohspicuously posted in said Office for
inspection by any person interested
and by the public generally. During
the period Of publication Of this no
tice, or any time thereafter, and be-
fore final approval and certifcation
under departmental regulations Of
April %, 1907, protests or contests
aeaiust the claim of the State to any
Of the tracts or subdivisions hereinhe-
fore described, on the ground that the
same is more valuable for mineral
than for agricultural purposes, will
be received and noted for report TO
the General Land Office at Washing
ton, ID. c. Failure so to protest or
contest, within the time specified,
will be considered sufficient evidence
Of the non-mineral character Of the
tracts and the selection thereof be-
ing otherwise free from objection, will
be approved TO the State
%. d. r. THOMPSON.
Register.
(First April 3-Last May !, 1910
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
and undeveloped,
GOOD INDUSTRY NEGLECTED.

WV HILE in conversation with prominent
w citizens of st. George on the train from
Salt Lake last week. our attention was called to a
matter which should receive attention by enter
prising citizens of this county Our Dixie friends
complain that despite the fact that there is an al
most unlimited supply of coal suitable for dones-
tic purposes in the range of mountains east of
Cedar City and Kanarraville they find much
trouble and inconvenience in obtaining coal and
not infrequently are disappointed and obliged to
either have their teams lay over on return empty,
when sending them for this necessary commodity.
Wood at st. George is worth $500 per cord, and
hard to obtain at that price, and if there was a
reliable coal supply at either Cedar City or Kanar-
raville, where the teams could be assured Of
loading at all seasons of the year, coal would to a
very large extent suppant wood as a fuel in
Washington County AT present the heating
plants at st. George are arranged for burning
wood and the people there dare not convert them
into coal CRATES until there is assurance Of being
able to obtain coal
That this condition should be allowed to main
tain is serious reflection upon the enterprise and
business forethought Of Iron County people We
have an unlimited supply Of coal near at hand,
with number of good coal mines opened, but we
tinker along for few months out Of the y. ar
getting out just about enough coal to supply The
most urgent demand at home, but are not in a
position to take care Of the business that would
naturally come to us from the surrounding coun-
try, No supply bins are maintained, bat delivery
is made direct from the mine to the consumer,
and as a general thing the mines during the per-
iod they are worked are several weeks behind their
orders.
What really ought to be, done is for one of the
mines on the face Of the mountain southeast Of
town to be put in good shape and equipped with
tention to the splendid service The Record is ex-
below where it would be directly on the road from
Washington county, and where there could be
large bins and chutes erected for loading wagons.
1t will take a little capital to DO this but it would
be sure dividend payer right from tie start,
and there ought to be no difficulty in financing
such project.
The trouble with us here N Cedar City and
Iron county is that we stick around" waiting for
the railroad or some other big project to spring
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17

THUEB rs, NEW8 u ADVGRTIs.
Ing COI4U MINIS THAT BUYERS
ARE LOOKING FOR
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
IpublfeNnr,

lFjrst April 9--Last NAY ], 10ill
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
IRON coUNTY's AWAKENING.

\ RON COUNTY is certainly upon the eve Of
4 great awakening, at least in an agricultural
sense and the next few years will see some signal
changes in the Typography of the country The
instructions given at the recent B, IA c. Roundup
are already beginning to bear fruit, and we see
new plots of land being cleared and placed under
cultivation in all parts of the country From PEE
sent appearances the practice Of importing farm
products into the county will very shortly be a
thing of the past.
Added to this is two gigantic reclamation pro-
jects, one at Newcastle and the other at Graydon
which are expected to bring more than 100000
acres of new land under cultivation The New
castle project has almost reached the point where
the company will be ready to deliver water onto
the land of settlers. The Glaydon proposition
while only recently commenced will doubtless
make a strong showing before Inc frost enters The
ground next fall These latter projects include
the bringing in of lot of outs de capital and new
people into the country, and az people and money
are the two things of which W. are most in need
the present population is to be congratulated
We hope within the next few years to see the
condition criticised by Prof IT, A. Merrill agricu-
tural expert for the Salt Lake Route helped which
permitted thousands of cars OF commodities capa-
BILE of being produced in this county TO be shipped
through the county from Northern Utah and
Idaho tqsupply the markets If Southern Califor-
and undeveloped.
When our agricultural pursuits receive the
attention they merit there VIII be no difficulty
about obtaining railroad facilities for handling our
commodities.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
SPEAKING OF OURSELVES.

q I THE risk of being considered egotisti-
IN cal, we cannot refrain from calling at
.tention to the splendid service The Record is ex-
tending to its readers, WHICH we believe plax
This -gaper IL 1be foremost Ks Of Utah wee. no
All things considered we b9lieve That ,frt kecorti
will compare favoraby in point of mechanical ex-
cellence, news service, literary attainment and
other desirable features with any paper printed
lin the State of Utah. That county Of Irons
population and a city of 1000 Inhabitants should
have such paper should, we believe be a matter
of congratulation to the people of this locality
and one that possibly they do not fully appreciate
We make the statement without fear of contradie-
ton that there cities Of double and treble our
population that cannot boast as good newspaper.
In addition to a complete and comprehensive news
service covering our field fully and thoroughly a
carefully edited and timely editorial department
and the other features that make up a first class
local paper, we are carrying the very best and
latest service supplied by the Western Newspaper
Union which is the greatest news gathering con
Germ in America for the small and medium sized
newspapers, including their Utah State news SER
vice their teegraphc service. latest pictorial
service, agriculture, horticulture, home depart
ment, story and other features that no one can
afford to pass up. Many Of these features are ex-
elusive with Us, and can be had by no other paper
in this part Of the state. They are supplied to
our readers At an increased cost over the ordinary
auxiliary pages supplied by most other country
papers but we are proceeding upon the theory
that nothing is too good for our readers, and we
merely cali attention to these facts that they
may not be taken as a matter of course and not
seriously considered by our subscribers.
We appreciate the generous endorsement
shown by our large and ever increasing subscrp-
ton list, and with the cooperation and support
of the people VIII continue to improve The Record
until it stands at the very head of the list of Utah
weekly newspapers, unless changed to the semi
weekly or tri-weelly class.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17

ANOTHER busy day was witnessed at the
b. A. c. experiment farm Wednesday. About
fifty men and teams besides number Of students
and Mutual Girls at the lunch counter, Responded
to the call to turn out and complete the clearing
and blowing of the 80 acre tract. In some ra-
spects this was the hardest day of ALL in that 81 a
an exceptionally busy time, and the fine weather
making it important for men and teams TO be en-
gagged on their own land Again, the newness had
worn away, and the enthusiasm of many had
cooled, so that the hearty response was all the
more deserving Of credit IN this connection we
cannot refrain from quoting the familiar passage
of scripture which is especially appropriate to
this occasion "The race is not to the swift nor
the battle to the strong but unto him who en-
dures to the end" Those who endured to the end
md saw the work completed are the true heroes
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17

up and embrace US, and overlook the oppor1fi-
ties for making money and building up the coun-
Try that lie in our door-yards. Who has Che aaili-
ty and disposition to pluck this plum?
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
lPublisher.)

Deoartraeat Of the Interior, o. s.
Land Office at Salt Lake City Utah,
March 7 o. 1914
NOTICE S hereby given that Her
bert G. Adams Of Cedar City, Utah,
who, on App; 20, 1907, made Home
stead entry No. 1874, (Serial No.
025lG,) for lots 2, and 4, section G
Township 90 south, Range west,
Salt Lake iaeridian, bias filed notice
OF intention TO make final fYa-ycar
proof, Co establish claim TO the land
above described, before the Clerk Of
the District Court, al Parowan, Utah,
on the 25th day Of April, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses;
Kumen Leigh, Joseph Bryant, Dan
iel "a Leigh and William Pendleton
al OF Cedar City, Utah
~ ID. r. THOMPSON, Register
William Houchen, Cedar City, Utah
Attorney foI claimant
lFirst ~ hr. ~ Last April I'D
rrrarHr III ID ref rr.rrarrgr rrr raVsrlrarfrCs
Evening star., 1914-10-11
COMMUNICATION WITH THE oUTPOsTs."
Alphonse Melville incident during the siegt

To this Minister Washburne replied
that he had received such papers and
had permitted people at the legation
to see them. but that he had discon-
tinued it because "some of the Paris
journals charged that they are sent to
me. by the Prussian authorities in the
hope that the bad news they contain
will discourage the French"
But in the light Of Count Bismarck's
complaint. Minister Washburne decided
not to let any more of the matter get
out. and to emphasize his feelings Mr..
Washburne wrote 70 Minister Motley,
in London. who had been sending the
papers. asking him to withhold them
because, he said. II find their recep-
tion only a nuisance" He also wrote
that unless the German government
formally approved 1t he would be will
ling to get along without the American
papers. Thereupon Count Bismarck
wrote to Minister Washburne:
II had no intention to deprive you
personally Of the English or American
papers that you wish to receive. and
you are entirely free to have them
come for your own private use. am
persuaded that you will take the nee
Evening star., 1914-10-11

of a man-of-war and talk to him while
he sat enthroned on the crosstrees.
London did not keep him long. as he
went to Deptford. where he could
where he could navigate a yacht and
devote himself to his favorite study
His rooms were filled with models OF
three-deckers. two-deckers. frigates
sloops and fire ships
On the Baltic Russia had not then a
single port, all trade being carried on
at Archangel. A Russian company was
Incorporated in London and an Eng
lish factory built there. Regularly IN
the summer season English ships cast
anchor In the bay. Fairs were held
on the beach and traders came from a
distance of many hundreds of miles
to the only mart where they could
exchange hemp. tar, hides. tallow
the wolverine and the roe of the
sturgeon of the Volga for Manchester
stuffs, Sheffield knives, Birmingham
buttons, sugar from Jamaica and pep
per from Malabar.
The commerce in these articles was
open, but there was a secret traffic
which was not less active or less
lucrative, though the Russian laws had
made it punishable and the Russian
divines had pronounced it damnable.
Lord Macauley says: IN general the
mandates of princes and the lessons
of priests were received by the Musco-
vite with profound reverence. But the
authority of his princes and of his
priests united could not keep him from
tobacco" So the traffic in this pro-
hibited article went merrily on. and
though pipes could not be obtained, u
perforated cows horn served the pur-
pose, and from every fai- rolls of the
best Virginia speedily found their way
to Novgorod and Tobolsk. To this day
a recent traveller there relates these
curious cow horn pipes are seen in
that part of the country.
Archangel became a bustling, thriv-
ing place. and controlled the fisheries
OF that part of the coast. Then Napo-
leon came and closed all the ports but
Archangel. and it did roaring busi-
ness. dominating the surrounding
places In everything. However. its
glory was short-lived, and in the nine
teenth century it gradually went down
again. and remained SO until the COM
pletion of the great Trans-Slberlan
railway.
In this town of some $4,000 people
there Is only one newspaper, and that
weekly. They do not get much war
news. but as they are accustomed TO
being frozen out. it makes little an
ference. and a great many of their
men have gone to the front. They sun
have the most original night watcn-
man on record. AS he goes his ROUNDS 3
and cries the hours and condition OF
affairs generally, he makes a con-
tinuous clinking noise which seems
bafning at first. but on Investigation is
found to be a collection of metal DISCS
in his pockets, which clink together as
he walks. When he is not too fuil OF
vodka he delivers one of these every
half hour to the Inspector at the cor
ner of his beat But ii overcome ps
the liquor, his wife delivers them ior
Evening star., 1914-10-11
New Light on 'Great MoguI.'

THERE has been published in
France by M. Bioves a compila-
= tion of correspondence, hitherto
unknown, which comprises some in
teresting facts in the history of the
famous diamond called the Great
MoguL" This correspondence includes
letters Of Thomas Pitt, grandfather of
the Earl of Chatham.
In 1901 Pitt was Governor of Madras.
at which time also he represented an
English company. One day man
came to him and offered for sale for
the sum of fS9.000 a diamond of an
extraordinary size, evidently stolen
from the mines of the Great Mogul.
In his position Of governor Pitt
his position of commercial agent he
should have thought first Of the in
terests of his company. He did neither.
it appears. but used his authority to
intimidate the man with the diamond,
beat down his price, and eventually
secured the precious stone for 100000.
Pitt. 1t further appears, committed
the stone to the care of his son Rob-
ert, ordering him to take it to Eng
When Robert Pitt had started on his
journey the father began to think he
had been hasty. He calculated the
value of the diamond at ESOO.OOO, and
the very idea of such a vast sum
frightened him. His wife was already
a great spender, and he feared his son
would follow her example. His fears
were not groundless, 1t seems, since
Robert hastened to marry a dowerless
girl and to begin Housekeeping upon a
ruinous scale.
When the diamond came into the
hands of the cutter, Cope, it by no
means fulfilled all the expectations
founded upon its value. Defects and
flaws necessitated q wholesale cutting
down, and from 426 carats the Great
Mogul fell finally to 1913.
To make matters worse Thomas Pitt
found himself in political difficulties.
His adversaries made things warm for
him and his company talked of bring
ing an action against him to recover
the value of the diamond. Pitt judged
it wise to return to England, to rid
of the stone and wind up the
whole affair. His patriotism" would
have led him to prefer that the dia-
mond remain in England. but the funds
of Queen Anne were at low ebb just
then and so the queen was not able to
purchase the great stone. George I, in
turn, greatly admired the Great Mogul,
but declined to buy 1t on the ground
that 1t was the duty. of parliament to
make him q present of 1t. So Pitt re-
solved to offer the gem to the regent
of. France. who finally purchased 1t
for the sum of 100000.
Evening star., 1914-10-11

pie, and to your government, is known
to the people of Paris. and as the siege
wears on and the evaporation is in
tensifed, 1 now find myself exposed
to the hostility of certain portion of
the population of the city. While your
military authorities seem to be. agi-
tated by the gravest fears in relation
to my dispatch bag. am daily violently
assai1ed by a portion of the Paris
press as a Prussian representative
and a 'Prussian sympathizer.' and a
short time since it was proposed in one
of the clubs that should be hung
rather a pleasant diversion in these
dreary days of siege through which
we are passing"
January IS. 1871, the government of
Paris began the rationing of bread.
OF this Minister Washburne wrote:
The amount issued is three -fifths Of
a pound to all, except children Under
nve years of age, who receive one-half
that quantity. This allowance is small,
and the quality of the bread issued is
very poor indeed. 1t has only about
thirty-one hundredths of -four. The
balance Is made up of oatmeal and
Evening star., 1914-10-11

Thrilling Accounts
of Trying Days of
Franco : Prussian War
Found in Records of
Department of State.
Written by Minister
E. B. Washburne-He
Also Represented Ger
man Interests in French
Capital - Perilous
Hours That Marked
Entry of United States
Into Worlds Diplo-
macy as First Class
Power.
Evening star., 1914-10-11

essary precautions SO that no incon-
veniences. will result Incompatible with
our military interests"
~ W tl-
The capture of letters in French
balloon brought forth new charges
that employees at the American lega-
tion were using the dispatch bag privi-
leges for improper correspondence.
This led to more correspondence, in
which Minister Washburne demonstrat-
ed that the charges were unfounded.
In his letters to Count Bismarck Mr..
washburne emphasized the fact that
the American government had been
doing everything in its power in be-
half of German citizens in Paris who
were entitled to some consideration at
the hands of the investing army. At
that time, January 10. 1871. Mr.. Wash
burne had 1855 German dependents.
OF this Mr.. Washburne wrote to Count
Bismarck:
my position in relation to these peo-