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might be settled in the “Forum s of Reason instead of the Arena
of Force.” This proposition was apparently acceptable. How
ever our politicians seeing an opportunity for political advantage #
turned against the President and prevented the plans from being
accepted by Congress. The result was th a t 25 years la te r a n
other World W ar, g reater than the first, occurred. A reoccur
rence of the horrors, bloodshed, m isery and poverty followed.
Thousands of Am ericans perished on the battlefield and more
thousands of the opposing armies, more horrors, m ore m iseries,
again an arm istice, another peace. The ideals of a League of
N ations w ere in part incorporated in an organization known as
United Nations, where all nations m ay talk over disputes and
try to settle them w ithout war. A rm istice Day m eans adopting
peace among nations instead of war.
The Bible tells us “Not by m ight, nor by power, but by My
Spirit, saith the Lord.” God’s spirit alone can m ake the people of
the world live in peace, happiness and prosperity w ith one an
other.
E. C. H.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cos
tello a son, Richard Allen, 6 lbs.,
11 ozs., Monday, Nov. 10, at Sea
side hospital, rescent ity.
Announcing
Visits Petrified
Redwood in Utah
Many of us here live in red
wood
houses. Redw’ood endures,
N e w York
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Chicago
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D etro it •
Philadelphia
even as the giant trees it comes
NO’l ICE TO SUBSCRIBERS: Kindly notify of any from, have endured.
change of address in advance. Failure to do so costs two A great redwood stum p, p e tri
fied. still stands where it once
cents per issue sent to the old address. Subscription will lived
and grew, was just discov
be dropped unless subscriber notifies Pilot of change.
ered by K urt Knee on his most
recent jeep trip in southern Utah.
The stum p once grew in what
IM PORTAN T EVENTS
is now’ the Chin form ation, laid
E arlier this month we completed celebration of Arm istice
down in the T rrassic period of the
Day, a day set aside, but not fully understood by many, e sp e
Mesozoic era. This was a long
cially the younger generation, because its objective has not been
tim
e ago.
fully realized. W e m ust be conscious of the fact th at world
It still stands eight feet high
events move slowly. M any years and even generations pass
and is ten feet across the base.
before the ideas of an arm istice can be achieved. May future
A hitherto unexplained portion of
ages kx)k back upon November 11 as the beginning of the over
the Circle cliffs, just named P y ra
throw of ty ran ts in governm ent, that liberty, safety, and wel
mid canyon, was the location of
fare of the common people shall henceforth be the only purpose
this outstanding discovery
for the existence of a governm ent, and not the conceited, arrogant
whims of a ruler who has become obsessed with the idea that he
In their trip through Circle!
is a s(M>cial instrum ent created by God, thus appointing himself
cliffs, L urt and his guests discov
to crush everything and everybody not yielding to bis ideas of
ered and explored three petrifie
despotism. W hen these conditions confront us, it m eans subm is
forests of gigantic size. Many of
sion to tyranny or light for liberty.
the fallen giants in this colorful
area exceeded 150 feet in length
W ar then is the only alterntaive.
The
three forests w ere named by
Such was the situation in 1917 before the first World W ar.
the party, Fallen G rant Forest
Diplomatic efforts had failed. Every agreem ent made with the
Pyram id Forest and Toadstool
D ictator was violated by him. One exasperating event followed
Forest. The la tte r was named
another. Finally the President called Congress to meet that he
from a strange toadstool forma
might place before it the situation confronting the nation.
tion
of different colored sand
S trange as it may seem, under this serious situation the N a
stone.
tional Capital took on the appearance of a gala day. The Presi
The area, according to Lurt. is
dent was to address the joint session on the evening of the day
"Rugged
and hard to get into.’
it assembled, by m id-afternoon all seats for visitors w ere taken,
but
he
expect«
to have trails
even those having tickets from th eir senators or congressmen
built
by
next
spring
so he can
m ust go earlv and stay. Held in the House of R epresentatives,
guide
parties
to
various
points of
w ith the speaker presiding, the House m em bers gathred first,
nterest
in
this
valley.
He is
their faces serious, showing they w ere under trem endous strain.
bringing a petrified burl to H a r
Soon the senators m arched silently down the aisles two by two.
bor from the Circle cliffs which
There was no dem onstration as they entered. A solemn stillness
may be seen late r on by those
seemed to hover over the vast assembly.
interested.
A com m ittee appointed by th e Speaker soon appeared w ith
On a previous trip adjacent to
the Chief Executive, a trem endous ovation greeted him. The
his ranch, Lurt discovered a huge
m em bers a nd the Visitors in the galleries arose, each apparently
dinosaur
bone.
According
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try ing to outdo the other in a mighty vociferous dem onstration.
Charles Kelly, superintendent of
He was «uttering upon his s<?cond term of office. Four years
(. apital Reef N ational Monument,
prior to this at his W hite House office he had the apt>earancc of
it is the largest dinosaur bone
a man in the pt'-ne of lile, his eyes keen, m entally alert and
ever found in that locality.
physically in perfect condition. However, as he entered the
W ith L urt Knee on the trip to
Chamber that night, a fte r four years burdened with the cares of
the Circle cliffs w ere: Josef and
state, he look«x1 tw enty years older. W hat a strain m ust be the
Joyce Meunch of S anta B arbara,
problems of a ruler.
alif., whose m agnificent photog
One paper, speaking of our latest .«’lection said. “The defeated
raphy anil travel articles appear
candidate has one consolation. He has a much longer life ex
in many periodicals. Also Gwen
pectancy than his successful rival.”
W alter an«l family’. The W alters
The appearance of the President confirmed this s ta te m e n t.
recently ofiened a medical mission
His message, delivered that night, was a m asterpiece, one
for the Navajo Indians at Monu
th at will tank with any of the sta te p a je rs of the world's lead
ment Valley, Utah. The mission
ers A nother dem onstration was given him as he closed his
belongs to the Seventh-D ay Ad
m essage and left the chamber.
ventist church.
Leaving the Capitol building a company of cavalry from a
I he ( irele cliffs lie between
nc. rby tort, escorted him I nun the Capitol grounds, down P enn
the Henry m ountains and the
sylvania avenue to the W hite House. The scene at the Capitol
K apirow ith plateau, west of tin
had be« n impressive, and the midnight m arch down the national
olorado river. The area may be
pa rad ground as Pennsylvania is call«*d, w ith its glntV of lights
entered by the uley Twist, be
and military diaplav was a scene never to be forgotten by those
tween the Capital Reef National
perm itted to w itn e s s it.
M onument and Hankville
it ja
Congress soon declared war. and American manhood and re
possible with a Jeep, and driver
source* were m arshalled for w ar against dictatorship and dis
who knows the country, to m ake
regard for hum an rights This w ar was intended to be a w ar to
a circle tour, returning by way
end wars Cities, town« were destroyed, thousands of hum an
of Boulder. Utah, and the Powell
lives kvst, w*ounded men ami homeless women and children sta rv
plateau. The Powell plateau is
ing A condition brought to all invaded countries. Thousands
named for the early Colorado
ot A m erica^ boys were killed and wounded, but our nation was
river explorer, and is topped by
not invaded Finally, the enemy ask«ul for peace, an Arm istice
the highest forest in the world,
was signed. hostilities ceased ami delegations m et to consider
full of fish and game This is
term s W hen they were accept«xi, the President ask«x1 for a
near Knee’s Pleasant Creek ranch,
* ........... * w h e * o»»*»stion» of dispute betwen nations
which borders on the Capital R«xd
J N ational Monument. It is a “Last
; F ro n tie r” which is rapidly coming
The Stocking of a Sm all
i to the attention of those who
NURSERY BUSINESS
w ant to get completely aw-ay and
In Brookings
sec something really different.
Meunch considered the scenery I have received a shipm ent cf
on this trip of such m erit th at Cam ellias and Evergreens. Rea
he stated on his retu rn th a t he
sonably priced from 75c on.
would ra th e r lose his thousand
dollar cam era than to have any
LOIS G. KIRAVAN .
thing happen to the pictures ta k On Easy S treet near Highway 101
en on the trip.—By Maggie Kerr.
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