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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09

work was handled so expeditiously
that the average stop lasted only Is
seconds.
Trucks were stopped somewhat long
er-1O0 seconds for south-bound and
81 seconds for north-bound vehicles
being the average. Truck drivers
were asked to give, in addition to
the information obtained in the case
Of passenger cars, capacity, drivers
estimate of length and frequency Of
trip, kinds Of loads carried, location Of
consignor and consignee. Roadside
scales specially placed, took required
weight data. and observers ascer-
tanned the speed OF trucks.
Motorcycles and horse-drawn vehi-
Giles also were included In the CEN
sus. The data thus obtained are be-
Ing analysed, and will be used. I'm con.
nection with information obtained
from experiments on impact of trucks
and effect Of impact on pavement, to
design better roads.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09

great rising under Bar-Cochba. The
rebellion was stamped out with much
bloodshed. Emperor Hadrian, In re
building Jerusalem, changed It's nam,
to Aella Capltolina and decreed tina,
no Jew should dwell In It. Never
since that day has Jerusalem been @
Jewish city or Palestine a Jewish
land.
Ascalon's history was naturally
troublous in times like these. In 14SU
Ii. O., say the Tel-el-Amarna tablets,
the native chiefs and Dagon-worship-
ers who ruled the city were paying
tribute to the Pharaoh of Egypt. The
place was captured successfully by the
great Rameses H., and by King AS
surbanipal Of Assyria.
1t later became one of the five
towns of the Phlllstlne confederacy.
Tell 1t not In Gath, publish 1t not
In the streets of Ashkelon; lest the
daughters of the Philistlnes rejoice"
Is written In III Samuel 30. 1t came
Into the hands of the tribe of Judah,
but Ii remained an enemy OF the
Hebrews to the last
Ascalon long belonged to the
Romans. In the Seventh century 1t
came into possession Of the Saracens.
In 1000 was fought the great battle
on the plains of Ascalon In which
the Crusaders under Godfrey de Bouil-
Ion were victorious. The city was
taken and retaken during the wars of
the Crusaders.
The end of Ascalon came In 1910,
when II was destroyed by the Sultan
Bibars. II was then that Its harbor
was filled In. II was then that 1t be-
came desolation.
Herod the Great was the ruler who
beautlhed Ascalon. Herod is the
family name of a group of rulers of
Palestine. The family had It's origin
in Antipater, an ldumean (Edomite)
who I'm the last century before Christ
was made by the Romans governor OF
Edom, Judea, Samarla and Galilee.
His son was Hero1 The Great, who was
made king of Judea and relgned from
80 to 4 B. c. II was Herod Antipas,
son of Herod the Great, tetrarch of
Galllee, who beheaded John the Bap-
fist and to whom Jesus was sent by
PLATE. The Herods were Jews only
I'm the sense that the Edomltes were
conquered and compelled to embrace
Judaism about 100 Il. C.
Herod the Great ruled the Jews
with an iron hand, ruthlessly murder
ing all whom he considered enemies,
including even the brother of his wife
Marianne. When he left his court
ON dangerous mission 10 Rome he
left word that In the event OF his
death, Marianne should he killed also.
This jealous decree started n quarrel
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
Thousands Have Kidney
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Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

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who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
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soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an Interview on the subject, made the as.
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so many applicants for insurance are re-
Jected is because kidney trouble is 30
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica.
tons are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease.
DR.. Kiimer's Swamp Root is on sale
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medium and large. However. il you wish
hrst to test this great preparation send
ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham.
ton, N. T., for sample bottle. Whep
writing be sure and mention this paper.
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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
PRINCE SENDS MESSAGE.

The Prince of Wales who Is also
the chief scout OF Wales and an en-
thusiastic supporter OF the movement,
sent the following message to Patrol
Leaders Mari and Mooney, who were
chosen for the antartic expedition:
"Hls Royal Hjghness was very In.
terested to hear that Sir Ernest
Shaskleton has selected two scouts
to go with him in the Quest. Please
convey to Patrol Leader Mari and
Patrol Leader Mooney His Royal High.
ness congratulations and tell them
how lucky he thinks they are to have
been chosen for such a trip"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
Fossils Reveal History.

The fossil shells of the early lnverte-
brates, or splneless creatures, are OF
great importance to biologists for they
indicate the geologic period In which
che rock beds containing them were
9Ormed-in other words, the age OF the
rock. Each fosslliferous rock bed con,
tains characteristic forms or groups Of
forms that determine the period In
which II was mud or sand. Former
Director Powell of the United States
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
LEAVES FOR HONOLULU.

James f. Wilder. chief sea scout OF
che Boy Scouts Of America, inventor
OF the famous Pine Tree patrol and
good scout generally, left recently for
the Pacific coast where he will visit
all the sea scout bases and join Doctor
Fisher. deputy chief scout executive,
and L. L. Mcdonald, director OF the
camping department, in their confer
ence with various regional leaders.
Later, Chief Wilder will visit Honolulu,
where he used to be q scout COM
missioner, and which Is a hourishing
center Of sea scouting. He will be
gone about six months.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
ALL CITIES NEED BOY SCOUTS

Judge Foster, of the United Statea
district court, one OF the founders OF
the New Orleans scout council, says
no city can afford to be without it's
boy scouts. II have never come In
touch with man who had scout train
ing without finding him efficient and
proud that he had been scout
If every boy could be taught
scouting, we could be assured of 8
patriotic, virile cltizenry that would
be q lasting bulwark against all en-
e.nies from within and without"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09

with his wife, which ended only when
he had her put to death. Having
started his reign In this fashion he
continued In his career of crime and
lust, not hesitating even to strange
his own sons. Religious enemies he
generally preferred to have burned
alive.
He finished his days In the most
frightful physical and mental torments
Just after ordering the massacre OF
the innocents In the year of Christs
birth. Emperor Augustus, his friend
said of him: at Is better to be
Herod's pig than his son." He haG
ten wives In all. and several of these
at one time.
Herod the Great had a passion 70,
building. During the first decade OF
his reign he was too busy establish.
Ing himself to indulge his passion
Then he rehabllltated many cities Al
Jerusalem, Jericho and Caesarea, he
erected theaters, amphitheaters and
hippodromes. He rebuilt the temple
In Jerusalem. He even restored and
beautifled cities In Syria, Asia Minor
and Greece.
IerOd, having been born at Ascalon.
devoted much time aud money to its
Improvement. He beautified the city
with baths and costly fountains, as
also cloisters around court, that
were admirable both for their work.
manship and largeness," according &c
Josephus.
One Of the finds at Ascalon is o
gigantic statue OF Herod the Great
Another Is the Court of Herod and
Its surrounding clolsters, mentioned
by Josephus.
A third is n temple with massive
marble columns. which may date bach
to the days when Ascaion, according
to Herodotus, was famous for the wor.
ship Of Astarte (Astoreth) the god
dess Of fertility and fruitfulness
mentioned In l Samuel 81 :1O-"nnd
they put his armor In the house OF
Astoreth. :" This was the
armor of Saul, first king Of Israel.
In this connection there has been
discovered Das-relief representing
the goddess with two attendants
Also statue OF Venus has been up
covered.
Ascalon was the seat OF worship c
Astarte, more or less identified wit.
the Assyrian Ishtar, the Phoenlciar
Astoreth, the Greek Aphrodite and
the Roman Venus. She is often rep
resented as half woman and half fish
sort of divine mermaid. A deer
layer Of broken pottery has been dug
up here, which probably marks the
remains of vessels broken as part oi
the religious rites in her honor. Bur
so far no trace has been found of the
lake into which she plunged, accord.
Ing 10 one story, being ashamed of her
mIsdeeds, and was completely trans.
formed into a Ash
The most famous legend concerning
her tells of her descent Into the under.
world in search of the healing waters
which are 10 restore TO life her bride
groom Tammuz, the young and beau.
tiful sun god, slain by the cruel hant
of Winter.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09

oliver Goldsmith proclaimed him to
be one of her dullest boys. and Hair.
rlet Martineau was source Of anx.
'ety and perplexlty TO her parents
during the whole Of her young DAYS
by reading her autobiography we see
how easy II is for gifted child. n
well-lntentioned child, and one anx.
ious to do right and merit appreciation
to be so wholly misunderstood ms TO
be continually in fault and causing
perpetual trouble to MI around her. TO
say nothing of making life a burden
and misery to herself.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09

Seek ye the Lord. all ye meek OF the
etrth, which have wrought his judg-
sment; seek righteousness. seek meekness
v may be We shall be hid I'm the day OF
Che Lords anger.
hor GAIA shall be forsaken, and Ash
.eion desolation: they shall drive out
Ashdod at the monday. and Enron shall
DC rooted up.
Woe unto the inhabitants OF the sea
coast, the nation OF the Cherethites! the
word OF the Lord is against you: o
canaan. the land Of the Phllstlnes. will
even destroy thee, that there shall be no
mhabitant.-Zephania 1856
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
SPEECHES ON FIRE PREVENTION

Scouts co-operated all over the
country in the observance of fire pre-
vention day, which in many cases was
prolonged TO fire prevention week.
In Utica, N. Y, the scouts were used
to make short addresses to the school
children on the subject of fire proven.
ton.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
IMPROVED
ROADS
TRAFFIC CENSUS FOR ROADS
Motorists on Connecticut assachu.
sets State Line Contribute Much
Information.

Prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
Thirty thousand motorists who were
stopped on the Springfield Hartford
road at the Connecticut Massachu-
sets state line have contributed val
liable information TO the bureau Of
public roads. United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, which, when ana
iyzed, will assist the department to
determine more rational methods of
road design to meet varying traffic
needs.
The motorists were counted In the
inst traffic census to give complete in
formation ever undertaken by the bu-
reau. The work was done In cooper
alton with state highway departments
of Massachusetts and Connecticut. and
will be duplicated In the near future
elsewhere. 1t was taken between Au-
gust 16 and 20, covered 146 day hours
and 26 night hours, and resulted In
accurate records concerning 3O,S51 We
hicles. For passenger cars this infor-
nation covers type, make, number OF
passengers, time, direction, starting
point and destination. The state au-
thorities recorded, In addition, license
numbers and engine information. The
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09

everyone has thought of Jerusalem
and Palestine. And Ascalon Is close
TO Jerusalem and the birthplace OF
Herod the Great, who ordered the
massacre of the Innocents."
During the World war the activities
OF the Palestine Exploration fund were
necessarily suspended. Now they have
been resumed with extraordinary sue.
cess. ArchaeolOglsts are uncoverinp
many splendid buildings of ancient
days, some of them Of great informa.
honal value. The greatest finds have
been uncovered I'm Ascalon.
The Palestine Exploration fund f.
q society founded I'm London I'm 1855
Tor the accurate and systematic I'm.
vestigation of the archaeology. topog.
mphy, geology and physical geogra.
ply, natural history, manners and
customs OF the Holy Land for Biblical
Illustration. A preliminary expedition
wns made by Captain Wilson In the
winter of 1866. Since then no less
than eight expeditions for varying
purposes have been sent out. Since
AS6S the society has issued quarterly
statement and has published several
works and maps. II maintains a
museum at Its London office.
Ascalon is q desolatlon In the literal
meaning Of the word and has been
a desolation for many year Vegeta.
tion Is scanty. The once splendid
nuTbOr has been filled up. The great
walls and towers that surmounted
the ridge that surrounds the city lie
IN crumbled ruins The confusion Is
extraordinary; the walls and towers
appear to have been blown asunder by
powder. Yet once the city must have
been vision of beauty. Here and
tiiere broken columns of marble and
granite tell of the glOries of the past.
Probably Ascalon once looked some
thing like Jaffa. making allowance
for the undermining OF that ancient
city.
hscalon lies on the shore of the
Mediterranean, In Judea, 80 miles
southwest OF Jerusalem. II was n
fortified city In ancient times. How
cid II is, nobody knows. II passed
from the Egyptians TO the CanaanItes
about 1000 II. c.; In those days the
Egyptians were the overlords OF Pales.
tine. which was then called Canaan.
Between 1900 and 100 Il. q. Phills.
tines and Hebrews struggled for pos.
session of Canaan. The Hebrews
nnally gained control and the Ca.
aaanites were submerged. In 1850 b. G.
the divided Hebrew tribes were united
INTO n kingdom under Saul David.
his successor, completed the establish
S'ent of lsraellte supremacy In PaIes-
tine Under David and solomon, for
the first and only time In history,
Palestine was the home of united
people under one ceetral government
Then followed Its division into
Israel and Judah. Then followed
conquest by the Assyrlans and by tive
Rabylonlans and by the Persians and
nv the Egyptians and by the Romans.
In 20 A. ID. the struggle against Rome
was ended by the capture and ruin
OF Jerusalem. In l32-135 A. ID. was the
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
wild Lando open to Travel

With the recent opening of the Wind
River extension of the Rocky Noun
tain highway, II Is said the last OF
the really wild lands of the United
States are available TO automobile
travel. The total distance from Dem
yer To the Yellowstone National park
over the route is $50 miles.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09

geological survey once tersely ex.
planned to congressional committee
the value Of paleontoogy by saying
that II is 1.-THE biologists clock" by
which he tells the time In the worlds
history when any rock bed was
formed.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
Gave No Promise of Greatness.

II we study the childhood of great
people we shall find that many emil
nent men and women were voted dull
In their youth, and looked upon as
mediocritles. The school-mlstress Of
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
OF Course.

Profit ABC makes a right angle
what is DEFp
Ferry-A left angle.-The Willisto
man.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
Data Of olllnn Announned-

In Pennsylvania roads on which OIL
Ing work is to he done are announced
each week by the state highway de-
partment.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.

SCALoN (Ashkelon) is a
desolation-the words of
the prophet were fulfilled
ong ago. But out OF the
desolation are now coming
relies that shall add much
to the knowledge of the
present concerning the
day In which the prophet
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-12-09

A fly is always the most defiant
when the swatter Is just out of reach.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-21

fell on the stairs. He was still NOV
ing and groaning, as they swarmed
over him.
Haeckel faced the crowd. "There
are others" he said. Il know them all,
When we have finished here, we will
go on"
They were fearful Of frightening the
little king and only two went back,
with the key that Hacckel had taken
from the body of Black Humbert. They
unlocked the door Of the back room,
to find his majesty sitting on a chair,
with a rather moist handkerchief in
his hand. He was not at all fright
ened, however, and was weeping for
his grandfather.
"Has the carriage Gomez" he de-
manded. II am waiting for car
riage."
They assured him that a carriage
was on the way, and were very much
at a loss.
~ would like to 90 quickly" he said
81 am afraid-my grandfather-Nik-
kyw
For there stood Milky in the door
way, q staggering, whlte-llpped Milky.
He was not too weak to pick the child
up, however, and carry him to the
head Of the stairs. They had moved
the body of the concierge, by his or
der. So he stood there, the boy in his
arms, and the students, only an hour
before in revolt against him, cheered
nightly.
They met the detachment Of cayal-
~ at the door, ana thus, in state rode
back to the palace where he was 10
rule, King Otto the Ninth. a very sad
little king, for Milky had answered his
question honestly. A king who moDped
his eyes with a very dirty handllar-
chief. A weary little king, too, with
already a touch of Indigestion!
Behind them, in the house on the
Road Of the Good Children, Haeckel,
in an access Of fury, ordered the body
Of the concierge flung from q window.
It lay below a twisted and shaDcless
thing, beside the pieces Of old A2el-
bert's broken sword.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-21
CHAPTER Xxx.
The Lincoln Penny.

And so, at last, King Otto the Ninth
reached his palace, and was hurried
up the stairs to the room where the
council waited. Not at all a royal fig
IRE but tired little boy in gray trou-
sers. a short black Elton coat, and q
rolling collar which had once been
white.
He gave one glance around the room.
MY grandfather ~ ne said. And fell
to crying into his dirty pocket-hand-
lorchief.
The chancellor eyed grimly from IN.
der his shaggy broWs the disreputable
figure Of his sovereign. Then he went
toward him, and put his hand on his
head.
"TIe was very eager for this rest,
Otto, he said.
Then he Inclt and very solemnfy
and with infinite tenderness, he kissed
the small, not overclean, hand.
One by one the council did the same
thing.
King Otto strai@htened his shoulders
and put away the handkerchief. II
had occurred TO him that he was a
man now and must act a mans part
in the world.
May I see him?" he asked. 81
didn't see him before"
your people are waiting. sire" the
chancellor said gravely. "ro ruler
his people must come first"
And so, in the clear light from the
room behind MIN, Otto the Ninth first
stood before his people. They looked
up, and hard eyes grew soft, tense
muscles relaxed. They saw the erect
ness Of the small figure, the steadl
ness Of the blue eyes that had tough
back their tears, the honesty and fire
/ and courage of this small boy who
| was the king.
Let such of the yevolutionists as re
manned scream before the parliamen
! house. Let the flames burn and til,
/ drums beat. The solid citizens, tht
Gycat mass OF the people. looked vi
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-21

ISFR. FARMER, have you given
real thought to whether you are
doing the right thing in holding your
cotton seed for fertilizer, instead of
taking them to the oil mill and swap
ping them for. meal to U.s. for the
same purpose? Probably YOU have
given some good, hard serious
thought to the subject. But you
probably are Of the opinion that g ton
of meal is worth more, and prob
ably little less, for fertilizer, than
ton Of seed, and believe a swap
on the mill basis would be decidedly
to your disadvantage.
However, this seems not to be
fact. According to expert analysis,
a half ton of meal contains nearly
the same fertilizer ingredient that a
ton Of seed contains. The mills
here are giving 1900 pounds of meal
for ton Of seed, which represents
gain Of nearly so per cent, if this
analysis is correct, in favor of the
farmer. At the same time, it sup
plies the oil mill with raw material
on which to operate and employ
labor and manufacture product
that viii bring money into the South
instead of going to waste in the
ground.
Recently DR.. B. w. Kilgore, direc-