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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-06-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION


Department of the Interior, U. S
Land Office at Salt Lake City, Utah
May 10, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Bertha
May Hart SCHNEIDER, of Sahara, Utah
formerly Bertha May Hart, who or
September 20, 1915, made homestead
entry, serial No. 015931. for VIZ,
Sec. IL, TIP. 33 S., r. 16 W., Salt Lake
Mer., has filed notice of intention to
make three-year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore the Register and Receiver, u. S.
Land Office, at Salt Lake City, Utah,
on the oath day of June, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
d. NJ Swazc, f. C. Nones, Il. w.
Ogilvie, all of Salt Lake City, Utah,
and j. B. Stoyell, of Milford, Utah.
GOULD B. BLAKELY, Register.
First May 23-Last June 20, 1912
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-06-13
LEGAL DEPT.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
(Publisher)

Department of the Interior. u. S.
Land Office, at Salt Lake City, Utah,
May %, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Ernest
iB. Randall Of Prout, Utah, who On
May Is, 1916, made Homestead Entry
Serial No. 016229, for NEh, EM
NWA, Lots /, 2, Sec. 81, TIP. 81 S.
r. II w. Salt Lake Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make three
year proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before +. l..
Green U S Commissioner, at Modena,
Utah, on the 18th day of July, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
William G.. Willhite and Clifton Nj.
Chamberlain of Modena, Utah; Mrs.
c. A. Glover and Robert S. Adair of
Prout, Utah.
First May, 80, last June % 1919
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-06-13
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OBSTACLES MET BY AGENTS
extension Workers Exercise Patience
and Tact in Overcoming Much
Resistance.

prepared by the United States Depart-
ment OF Agriculture)
In boys and girls club work preiu-
dice and preconceived opinion. founded
on lack of knowledge or misrepresenta.
tion' are two obstacles that county
agents and demonstrators meet every
day. To surmount them Is not the
easiest task; to convert opposition
INTO hearty support is an achievement
calling for unusual patience and tact.
That both of these virtues are pos
sessed In large measure by a majority
OF the extension workers may be ad-
duced from the reports constantly COM
ing to that bureau.
farmer in Maryland had no use
for book farming" He upbralded his
son, n member of n boys club. for fol
lowing the agents instructions in seed
corn selection. He called the test for
100 per cent termination "foolishness"
ana walked off in utter disgust. The
hoy, encouraged by his instructor. kent
mt II, demonstrated the proposition.
grew the selected seed, and got typl-
cal high-grade crop, a decided contrast
to dads. That settled it, The fool
ishness' turned out to be "a good
idea" The farmer has become an
enthusiast
At the very outset a woman demon.
s'rator In northern county Of Texas
was opposed by the parents Of a bright
village girl. anxious to become n men,
Der of u boys and girls club. The
mother was not believer In these
new-fangled ideas" and the father had
no sympathy with any "crazy theory
stuff" In spite of the absence of any
form OF invitation, the demonstration
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-06-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
(Publisher.)

Department Of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Salt Lake City, Utah
May 10, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that William
l.. Miller, of Prout, Utah, who on
April 10, 1916, made homestead en-
try, serial No. 0174O3, for SEA, Sec.
10; SWA. Sec. 20, TIP. 33 s., II. II
W., Salt Lake Mer., has filed notice
of intention to make three-year proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before +. l.. Green, u. s.
Commissioner, at Modena, Utah, on
the Sth day of July, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses.
Roy f. Kittering, of Modena, Utah;
Jay w. Moore, Frank Webster and
James E. Sattley, all of Prout, Utah.
GOULD B. BLAKELY, Register.
First May 23-Last June 20, 1919
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-06-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
(Publisher.)


Department of the Interior, u. S
Land Office at Salt Lake City, Utah
May 6, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Bert
Clickenger, of Beryl, Utah, who or
October s, 1915, made homestead en-
try, serial No. 01605S, for So, Sec
IA, TIP. 33 s., r. II W., Salt Lake
Mer., has filed notice of intention to
make three year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore f. l.. Green, u. S. Commissioner,
at Modena, Utah, on the Goth day of
June, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses
Frank Ames, Louis Bariscano, Fred
Forncrook, and William Jenkins, all
of Beryl, Utah.
GOULD B. BLAKELY, Register.
First May 9-Last June 6, 1919
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-06-13
Suggestion for a Camping Trip.

Buy bottle of Chamberlain's Collie
and Diarrhoea. Remedy before leaving
home. AS a rule it cannot be OBJ
tanned when on hunting, fishing or
prospecting trip. Neither can it be
obtained while on board the cars or
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-06-13

steamships and at such times and
places it is most likely to be needed.
The safe way is to have it with you.
ADV.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-06-13
FOR RENT

FOR RENT.-Pasture at &c. per
head a day, in the old John Parry
meadows; pay in advance.-A. G,
Matheson.-Adv. Jul. IL, pd.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
The Colonel
EXpOsfuIafes

Colonel Rice took up the points one by
one. The first, in spite of its somewhat
vague phraseology, was we'll known to re-
fer particularly to white prisoners who had
been placed in solitary confinement for par
ticipating in the race riots. Colonel Rice
told the committee that eleven of the men
so confined had already been released, and
that the cases of the other. three were at
that moment being investigated by the
executive officer A new man held this po-
stion, Square Deal" Smith, so-called from
his record of fairness in the navy. After
some parleying, the committee decided to
present those facts to the men and to seek
their judgment.
1t was now Colonel Rice's turn to explode
d bombshell At last he took the men into
his confidence. He read paragraph from a
letter he had sent to the War Department
month previously on the question of ex-
cessive wartime sentences. In effect his
recommendation was that all such SEN
tences be reduced to a peace-time basis.
This would cut many fifteen, twenty and
twenty five year sentences to few months,
or at most to year so. II was evident
that the members of the committee were
greatly surprised at TINS revelation OF the
commandants action. They stood out, how
ever, for the sending of tka telegram.
Colonel Rice offered instead to deliver the
message in person, and explained that he
was making official trip to Washington
in two days. To this the committee finally
agreed. 1t agreed also to omit the words
with approval Of commandant" since by
taking the message in person Colonel Rice
gave evidence of his approval.
The third point caused no difficulty what
ever, for Colonel Rice Immediately said
that he would be entirely willing to discuss
matters with general prisoners commit
tee, so long rs such committee displayed
proper sense Of leadership and remained
representative of the men.
The men returned TO their wings They
were given an hour-all they asked form
which to report tho decision of the other
prisoners.
Rumors quickly came back that tho com
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
he Strike of 2300 Prisoners at Fort Leavenworth

mands were and urging them to elect their
own committees, with one prisoner to
serve on general committee that would
attempt to confer with the officials 1--WE
urge you to preserve order, to stand firm
and commit no violence" concluded the
message sent to these wings.
No attempt was made to take the men
out to work Using my pass, signed by the
commandant, | visited the men in the
seventh wing. They received me every
body Of men who think themselves unjustly
treated receive a rcporter-with open arms
To them | a bridge to the outside
world One prisoner suggested that I
might be a government spy, but he was
quickly silenced by those who thought they
knew better. After all, they went largely
faith, for only one man in all those
hundreds had known me personally before
| had arrived, week earlier.
The men were just about to hold a meet
ng-the "sovict Of the seventh wing" they
were humorously calling themselves. Simons
mounted Il box and l leaned over the rail
Of the first balcony so that could the
faces both above and below Simons was
persuasive, eloquent, direct. His periods
were rounded his sentences complete his
clmaxes effective He told them that the
strike had been organized in the other
wings, each wing having elected com
mittec just as the seventh had done. He
read the demands that had been formulated
the night before: % That the commandant
recommended to the War Department the i'm
mediate release OF all military prisoners;
(2) immunity from punishment for all men
who had led in the strike movement; CD
recognition Of permanent grievance com
mittee of prisoners
He told them that theirs was the just
cause OF self lf-government now being
fought for throughout the civilized world.
He brought prolonged applause by his
dramatic announcement that the dscipln-
ary battalion (thc group Of men about to
be restored to the scrvicc) had joined tho
strike, and though this news later proved
to be untrue, the reception accorded 1t
showed how engerly the men welcomed ad-
ditions to tLcir ranks. He declared that
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
has become of this distinguished Belgian
scientist we have not been able to discover.
Where the Gold
Comes From

Near to the great mosasaur skeleton, on
the opposite side Of the hallway, are a num-
Der Of fossil skeletons in slate rock. These,
too, are marine reptiles, but of different
kind from the chalk fossils - they are
ichthyosaurs, or fish reptiles, sngularly
like the swift swimming kinds of fish in
their proportions The great forked tail,
the sharp snout, the compact body with
smoothly modelled lines that are evident
even in the skeleton, the triangular back
fin and the flowing lines of the paddles sug-
gest mackerel or sword fish and even
more some of the swift cetaceans (aquatic
mammals) dolphins or porpoises of modern
times.
These ichthyosaur skeletons came from
the great slate quarries at Holzmaden in
Wiirttemberg. They are even more flattened
out than the chalk fossils by the crushing
of the rock, SO that they have now the
appearance Of bass-relef, and the original
rounded form OF the body is entirely lost
One Of the smaller skeletons has traces
of the skin preserved-a shiny black film
that shows on the great fins of the tail and
back. The slate was originally a soft black
mud and in hardening into stone has lost
at least nine-tenths of it's thickness.
In this country the Jurassic states, shales
and limestones are extensive in the West,
and sometimes rich in fossils, but more in
tcresting to the practical geologist as the
source of a great part of the Californian
gold. In the East the slate formations are
for the most part of much greater age
geologically. One may find the remains
of trilobtes and brachiopods (marine in
vertebrates), but seldom CIR never any verte-
brate fossils. Slate fossils of these more
ancient periods may be found in the
geological collections in the north wing
By far the most beautiful of these are
the fossil ferns, tree trunks, etc, of the
states or shaes of the Carboniferous or
coal era.
After time there came from the boy
the inevitable question: Glow long ago
did these extinct animals live?" Dr..
Matthew's answer may be judged from the
opening paragraphs of this article. Pro
fessor Barrell, to whom he refers, has just
published in the bulletin of the Geologi-
cal Society of America an admirable dis
cussion of the method of determining the
! age of the earth from the rate of altera-
/ ton of radio oactiye minerals. BY it he
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

related to the modern monitor lizard, but
with paddles instead Of feet The specimen
is twenty-eight feet long, and as two or
three feet of the end of the tail had been
destroyed by weatherng it must have been
over thirty feet in life Many other skele-
tons, though none perhaps so largo and
perfect this one, have been obtained
from the Kansas chalk.
Above the arcInvay adjoining is great
fish skeleton, twelve feet in length, of an
extinct race distinctly related to the mod
ern tarpon Another interesting specimen
is the toothed bird skeleton shown in the
Dinosaur Hall, and fine skeleton of the
great flying reptile Pteranodon, also from
the Kansas chalk, is being prepared for
exhibition. In the north wing on the same
floor are numerous fine specimens Of shells
and other invertebrates from the Cretaceous
formations.
The finest collection OF fossil reptiles
from the chalk formations of Europe Is,
was in the Brussels Museum, and was
obtained from the Belgian chalk by Pro-
fessor Louis Dolo. Whether this collec-
ton is still intact or has been destroyed
or stolen by the German invaders, and what
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

urchins and crustaceans, coiled ammontes,
related to the pearly nautilus, and bones of
fishes and marine reptiles are often beau
tifully preserved. They are all extinct
kinds, many of them very different from
any creatures now existing. The age of
reptiles is called the Cretaceous period (the
name is from the Latin "creta," meaning
chalk) because of the great chalk forma-
tions thick and widespread and full Of the
fossil remains of the characteristic sea-life
Of that time.
It is because all these remains are of
marine animals that scientists have con-
cluded that the ocean covered large areas
of the earth All along the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts in North America these crcta-
ceous formations extend in a wide belt,
though partly covered over by formations
of later age, and stretch northward across
the plains region to the Arctic Ocean. here
is reason to believe that the land remaining
uncovered mostly low-lyng and COW
cred by forests and marshes and that the
climate everywhere was warm and moist.
The chalk and limestone formations were
deposited in clear water at distance from
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
The Speaker
Makes an Impression

The prisoner, Oral James, stepped back
into his place. 1t was evident that his
remarks had made deep impression upon
one part Of his audience at least-his fell
low prisoners. Colonel Rice spoke briefly
in reply, and when he had finished his Off
GERS again walked up and down the ranks
inviting those who were willing to work to
fall out A hundred did so. The rest stood
as before with arms folded. There were
smiles on their faces now. One felt that
indecision had vanished and that at last
thew knew what they were striking for.
The men were marched back to their
wings. What was to be done? The num-
Der Of strikers was about $500. They were
still part of the military forces Of the
country. They were subject to military
d;scinIine. Their officers were military men.
Their conduct was mutiny, and for mutiny
there is only one recourse.
That afternoon Colonel Rice tclephoned
to Major General Leonard Wood in Chicago
for permission to use the soldiers or the
49th Infantry regiment, if he should need
them General Wood issued permission for
the use OF the troops "to maintain dscl-
pline, TO protect prisoners and to protect
government property" Authority could not
be broader That night wheh I left the
prison to go to supper, passed the khaki
and steel Of 1000 soldiers waiting outside
the prison gate.
Meanwhile the men had prohtcd by tho
scene in the yard that noon. The rest of
Thursday was the period OF actual organi-
zatjon. 1t was literally true that while the
soldiers were being sent for and we're
marching toward the gate, the strike was
gathering the force-~ard the direction
that carried IL through to victory. Organ-
cation was first perfected in the seventh
wing. committee was elected and a
statement Of demands drawn up. The pris-
oners in this wing scnt messages to those
In other wings, telling them what the de-
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

mittee was meeting with difficulty in some
Of the wings. The fourth wing especially,
we heard, was insisting that the message
to the Secretary of War be sent at once
by wire. The reason was not far to seek.
The strike could then be continued until
an answer had been received
At last the committee returned, four
hours after its appointment new
spokesman stepped to the front.
"Sir. | am spokesman this evening, gen
eral prisoner 1880, who acted as spokes-
man this afternoon, being somewhat tired.
Thus spoke Carl Haessler, graduate o.
the University OF Wisconsin, Rhodes
scholar at Oxford, editorial writer, socis1r
ist, conscientious objector. He continued;
'Sir,, I have 10 report mat the genera
prisoners confined in this barracks have
voted unanimously unanimously, sir-t'
return to work tomorrow morning and 70
restore a normal state Of affairs upon 'n'
conditions agreed upon this afternoon.
A breath could have been heard Co0'
mel Rice's eyes softened, his face becsn'
suffused with emotion, and he said Amos
in whisper, THAT is very, very gratn''
ing"
The strike was over The demoersn9
non-miitary method he'd wo7. And 'n'
members of the 49th Infantry, who hS'
been cooling their heels outside the gs''
for two days, were sent packing.
Next morning all the prisoners RETURN.
to work. When the men lined up a'N.
breakfast the change in their attitude w.
evident Usually there IS much scuh'ps
moving about and violation Of the ~.
against talkirg in ranks. That mo'H~'
every man was alert, with new ois"'.
The officers and guards marked 1t ana Wv
mented upon it LATER.
How long will it last? The result Vi u
Colonel Rice's visit 10 Washington c00s
not be learned when this account wen "A
press. There was talk that the men WV, =,
strike again if no hope was held 0u' IA.
them The committee of prisoners WAC :.
ing all in its power 20 hold the ~ss
their word to preserve order ana c'''''
no violence. :.
What does it all mean! For one 'hins =,
means increasing artieulateness LOT ~"
the last great inarticulate group7-'"o
victed lawbreaker. For another " a
the establishment. for once at sess" Il
new order of military comfy. "hs'' ,o..
will also mean democratic military ...n ,ss
tico" for hundreds of men VINO ns'~ ef
unjustly sentenced to excessive '''
confinement remains to be seem
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
By J. Olin Howe

~"RANKLY, I sidestep the ques
- ton Of how old is the earth"
H said Dr. William D. Matthew,
curator of the Department Of
Vertebrate Paleontology at the American
Museum of Natural History "The current
view ascribes to this planet an age of about
hundred millen years, but, knowing of
certain probable errors in the calculations
on which, this estimate is based, and OF the
very questionable assumptions from which
the physicists have arrived at much small
er figure for the earth's age, my disposition
has been to avoid direct answer to the
question.
NEARLY every one asks how long ago the
extinct animals lived whose remains they
find here in the Museum and, so far as l
can, answer such questions in accord with
the figure currently accepted as q general
statement of the age Of the earth. This is
far from a satisfactory basis, however. II
the question must be answered there is
one basis or calculation WnlCn mas Deen ue-
veioped by one Of the most original think
ers in this country, Professor Barrel, Of
Yale University, which is of very great in
tcrest, though it carries the age Of this
earth back nearer to billion years than
a hundred million.
"Professor Barrell's calculations are based
on the rate of alterations of radioactive
minerals. In the older geologic formations
this alteration has proceeded further than
in the later ones, and it has been possible to
calculate from laboratory observations the
actual rate OF alteration of several ele-
ments. From these data the absolute ages
of the periods of geology can be deduced
with a probable error of not over 10 per
cent"
We were discussing the wealth of interest
ing material which a schoolboy finds among
the vast collections Of the Museum on
Seventy seventh Street. 1t seems that one
day lately such youngster was found
browsing about the institution, one of the
thousands of New York school children who
are taught to make intelligent use Of these
collections in connection with their daily
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

land. Near the shores or wherever rivers
carried their fine sediments out to sea- the
formations are more shay composed Of
1ayers) and dark coored. The chalk was
at first soft white ooze, composed chiefly of
the shells of innumerable microscopic or
ganisms representing. lowly forms of sea
life, and in this ooze were imbedded, besides
numerous shellhsh and other invertebrate
remains, the skeletons of fishes and marine
reptiles, and occasionally of flying reptiles
and ancient birds. AS the ooze settled and
consolidated slowly into rock under the
pressure of the everything sediments the
skeletons were gradually petrifed and usu-
ally more less Aattened out Of their
original shape
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

use of military force if there is better
way. I propose to find that better way. I
shall listen to "a committee of prisoners.
If this is surrender, let them make the
most of it,"
1 felt that he had reached a momentous
decision. A moment later / realized just
how courageous his decision was. An officer
of Colonel Rce's staff stopped me and said:
"Do you know how to settle this mu-
tiny?"
"No," | answered.
"Well, I do" he snapped. Il could settle
it in seventy-two hours. I'd lock every
prisoner in his cell and I'd. starve him.
that's what I'd do. In three days every one
of em would be crawling to me on their
bellies, begging to be allowed to work A
week'd see them. I'm plumb disgusted with
this pusillanimous way of handling a bunch
Of criminals
The committee met with the commandant
and several other officers at 2:30 that
ternoon. When the seventeen prisoners
HaIcHeu lnIO LHe room COlOnel klCo asked
them if they had a spokesman. Simons
stepped forward. He said:
"Sir, on behalf of the general prisoners
confined in this barracks | am authorized
to present to you the following statement
of demands, which | shall read:
"'We, the men now confined in the e. S.
D. B., Fort Leavenworth, Kan, having been
convicted by courts s-martial, present the
following as essential for the restoration
of normal conditions:
u. That the comnandant Immediately
release from solitary confinement all men
now there for having participated in this
movement from its beginning, and that he
promise that no man involved in this move
ment shall be punished Disseminated
against in the future for his part in it,
"2. That the following telegram be sent
to the Secretary Of War at once: Cen
eral prisoners confined in the U. S. D. B.,
Fort Leavenworth, petition, with approval
! of commandant for amnesty to all convicted
| by courts-martial Senators Chamberlain
and Borah, American Bar Association and
public opinion generally declare sentences
unjust and amnesty the proper redress
Our release is just as urgent as that of the
113 conscientious objectors recently dis
charged. Democratic military justice re-
quires amnesty (Signed) Prisoners Gem
eral Committee elected at request of off,
GERS"
! 49, That tho commandant recognize a