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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

who gave invaluable service through
out the building Of the house, aiding so
much that all concerned felt II was
provldential that they We're led TO him.
lie skteched the entire plans, which
were accepted. BY Aug. /, 1909, the old
building was cleared away and the eN-
cavation for the new one made ready
to receive the new foundation, which
was looked after with great care, Con-
tract for 1t was given separately to Mr..
Hans Christopherson, a specialist IL
this line Of work. The whole surface o;
the eXcavatcd ground was covered with
n thick layer Of cement, broken rock
and iron rails making n very solid
and substantial foundation. The con-
tract for the rest Of the building was
LEI to the Bye Bros contractors, who
proved themselves also most raliable
honest and buslnessike. Work progress
ed as rapidly as practicable through
the fall winter and spring 80 that by
July /, 1908 the house was entirely fin
ished.
The main building consists Of three
stories, above "A well arranged lasr-
ment. The first and second consists or
apartments rented out, there being suf-
ficent room for five families, all Of
which are now rented, bringing in a
revenue. The entire third floor is taken
up by the main hall, or meeting
house" il is IS feet long by 40 feet
wide, Inside measurements), surround
ed with a gallery The whole IL esti-
mated at about 500 seating capacity,
but II is known that over GOO have
several times been fairly comfortably
held within it's walls. 1t is very artis-
ucally decorated Indeed, II Is claimed
that II Is the neatest and most com
Portable hall in Christiania, II is light.
ed throughout with electricity, and has
all modern conyoniences. Behind the
main building, as seen IN the photo
graph, there Is a wing in the basement
OF which is the room with the baptsma
font. The first story contains the con-
ference Office and conference presidents
rooms The second floor has rooms foi
the Elders laboring In the jChristianla
branch also kitchen and bathroom. on
the third floor Is a small hall foI
smaller gatherings, such as Priest
hood meetings, Relief society and NJ
l. a. meetings, etc.
Elder Willard Christopherson OF this
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

branches were brought In a body TO the
dedication A few years afterwards In
digging the foundation for an adjoining
house the foundation was so under
mined that 1t began to settle, and USE
full and profitable as the structure had
been for 80 years ii gradually became
unsafe for use, and a desire to build
an entirely new building became evi-
dent Nothing was done, however, UNI
til one night in 1902, when Elder Will
lard Christophersen. then president of
the conference. heard the crash of
timbers giving way. Fearing danger
to the big congregations which were ac-
customed to meet there, he at once re-
ported both to mission president An
ton Skanchy and TO the building in
spectors of the city and proceeded to
rent another hall, in which TO hold
meetings. At first the inspector,
though realizing the building was in
bad shape, did not discover the imml-
nent danger Later on closer examina-
ton they found one of the main beams
supporting the roof broken. and the
walls crowded ont to danger point, and
condemned the building.
THE NEW BUTLDIi;G
To let the property lie idle was out
of the question and Elder Christopher
sen placed the situation strongly before
President Skanchy who had just I'm
lshed the building at Copenhagen, and
urged that the matter be placed before
the First Presidency and the Church
at home. This was done, and
in due time instructions were
received to proceed at once with re-
moving the old buildings and erecting
a new one. The necessary funds for
fairly starting the work were appro-
priated,
Not day was lost The services OF
Architect Baye were secured, Ga gentle
man who proved not only capable, but
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

The beautiful building herein shown
4, beyond doubt the neatest and most
complete house CT worship belonging
IA the Latter-day Saints In all Europe
y was begun in August, 1902, and dedi-
Gated July a. Of this year. 1t occupies
the location of the old l.. d, S. meeting
house in one Of the principal streets in
Norways beautiful capital-Christi-
anla.
IN 1869 Elder Christian ID. Fjelsted,
who was then presiding at Chrstania,
agltated the idea of buying ground and
building westinghouse in that city.
shortly after Elder F'jeldsted returned
TO Utah a local Elder by the name of
Engbert Olsen laid before the then
president, Elder Peder Brown, a plan
for carrying out this idea. This was
laid before the presidency of the
Church, and accepted. Buying n piece
Of land In a suitable place, money was
borrowed on the land with which to
lay foundation, Upon this founda-
ton more money was obtained for the
first story, and again upon, this for
another, etc, until really good build
ing, with a comfortable hall for meet
ings In It, was finished. The first and
second stories were rented to families,
the upper floor being used for church
purposes, The rental paid the interest
on the money, and the Advancement Of
valuation Of the real estate in that To-
cality CAS- II became central in the
fast growing city, finally cleared the
total Indebtedness. The dedication
which occurred July 2S, 1871, Of this
house became noted event and one
awakening a great interest in the work
In this land, The Saints from branches
all over Norway taking part. Elder
Martin Chrlstophersen then a young
man in charge of the branches at Fred
erikhald and Frederikstad, chartered a
boat and the members of the two
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

abrasive for soft materials, varies much
in grain and hardness. An artificial
pumice stone is now made from ground
sandstone and clay by Schumacher, at
Bietigheim, i'm the valley of the Enz,
and is being used In place of the vol
canic product. In ten reliable grades
OF grain and hardness II Is adapted for
varied work in leather, waXcloth felt,
wood, metal and stone.
A study Of bird migration from the
Kentish Knock lightship at the mouth
of the Thames, q miles from land,
has been undertaken by w, Eagle
Clarke, of Edinburgh
Applying rye pollen to the nostrils,
Prof. Dunbar of Hamburg, Ger
many, has produced symptoms of hay
fever In persons liable to the malady,
obtaining no effect in persons who were
immune. Further experiment mdicat-
ed that hay fever poison Is soluble
toxin, contained in the starch of the
pollen of the grasses, Hypodermic IN
jectlons of the pollen produced hay fe-
yer symptoms In Is minutes, which in
creased for four hours, with violent
swelling about the puncture on the
forearm. In an immune the injection
caused simply n slight swelling, FL
nally rabbits were injected, and after
several weeks yielded a serum that
could neutralize the toxin,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

French botanists have been amusing
themselves by causing leaves to swim
about In water IN very mysterious
and animal-like way The Peruvian or
false peartree (Schinus molleD Is tree
much grown in France, and piece
broken from one Of its leaves and
thrown upon the water soon began to
glide over the surface. The propellng
force is the essential oil issuing from
the break, The phenomenon Is shown
even more strlklngly by Pittosporum
Tobira, a pretty Chinese shrub, and NJ.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

one Of the most interesting Of metal
luriglcal processes Is the manufacture
Of Japanese swords A recent descrlp-
ton states that the steel Is produced IN
thin laminae from magnets iron ores
and ferruglnous sand, and the work up
on the weapon begins with the fixing OF
one Of these plates to an iron rod,
which serves as handle. Other sheets
are soldered on until the mass has a
length OF six TO eight inches, width
of two inches and thickness Of one
fourth to four-ffths Of an inch.
Brought TO white heat, the bar Is dou-
bled upon It self and hammered to It's
original form, the process being repeat
ed l5 times and four similar bars are
then heated and soldered, this process
being repeated five times, These oper-
atiOns give superlmposed layers so thin
that a sabre is estimated TO contain at
least thousand sheets OF metal, Alter
nate layers OF iron and steel are some
times soldered together, and velned
appearance Is thus given to the blade,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

The temperature limits Of life are
much more widely separated than we
once supposed. Bacteria are now
known to develop and multiply at 70
degrees C., and Prof, A. Macfadyen, OF
London has exposed such organisms to
100 degrees G; below zero Tor ak
months without harming them, while
they even survived $50 degrees c. be,
low zero
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

The electric discharge between two
vessels Of mercury In partial vacuum
IL the most efficient form of artificial
lighting yet discovered In a recent
test by w. G.. Geer, the mercury ter
minnls were about four-nfths OF an
inch apart, and an arc Of two inches in
length was produced by direct current
OF lt0 volts. Nearly so per cent OF the
energy supplied was converted into
visible hight Turning to other lights,
the Geissler tube showed an efficiency
of 80 per cent, the incandescent lamp
10, acetylene gas, 10; the lncandescent
electric lamp, G; and the Argaud gas
burner. lG.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

me time-honored faith Of French
r,ue-sroWers In cannon firing as n
heons Of resolving hail into rain. has
peen brought INTO dlscredlt by recent
ssNperience' They still cling to their
.attnedy, however, although II has been
snoWn that the vortex rings of gas or
S'uoNe from the guns used cannot
ii,3n,h higher than $50 feet, while the
M" clouds are about 1000 feet high
Irtn VIDAL is making new experiments
", 'n La a gun throwing rings to a height
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

The blophone a new German phono-
graph, produces pictures ms well as
sounds. II shows, for instance, the
singer giving q song,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

The breeze that daily sweeps land
ward from the ocean has only a mod
crate height, A British meteorological
notes that very few measurements have
been made but that a captive balloon
used at Coney Island some years ago
passed from the cool inward current
to the warm outward one at n height Of
800 to GOO feet, and that at Touon, in
in 1898, the sea breeze was found up TO
about 1900 feet, the off-shore current
being distinct at 1900 to 1000 feet. Last
year, on the west coast OF Scotland,
Dimes found that kites would not rise
above 1900 feet on sunny afternoons,
when the on-shore breeze was blow
ing.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

Pumice stone, which is the common
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

Recruits for the British army show
that the working people are becoming
smaller, lighter and more narrow
chested,
Filling the pores with sugar has
somewhat surprising effects upon wood.
The process, as devised by w. Powell
OF Liverpool consists in immersng the
wood In heated sugar solution for some
hours, the time varying with the wood,
and then driving off all moisture in
an oven No previous seasoning is
necessary. The spongy fiber is con-
yerted into compact ligneous sub
stance, and II acquires greatly in
creased durability and strength. with
resistance to changes Of temperature
and moisture, and even to fire. a
special advantage is that the softer
and cheaper-and even defective
woods can be made to serve many
purposes in place OF expensive hard
woods. The sugar does not dissolve
out, and IL does not promote fermenta
ton and the growth of destructive or
ganisms, but II produces some remark
able chemical or physical transforma-
ton In manner not yet understood,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

The zebrua, the cross between the
zebra and the horse, has been und r
test IN Germany, and Is claimed TO be
less liable TO disease than the mule,
livelier, and better adapted to transport
work
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

Not least in Importance among recent
apparatus in the oxygen -acetylene
ploWpipe. AS a source of high tenn
leIatures, 1t is much less expensive,
ana more convenient than the electric
furnace and 1t yields greater heat
man the oXy-hydrogen blowpipe, from
when II differs only in the use of ace
gglsne instead Of hydrogen, with no
ulUcuily In obtaining the combustible
saa u can give temperature of
more than 1000 degrees G, fusing any
VI we ordinary metals while the high
ts' unit Of the oxy hydrogen plowplpe
IS about 5000 degrees.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Plgmles seem to have existed IN Eu-
rope until quite modern times. although
The race is now known only in the CEN
tral part of Africa. A German eth
noogist, G, Thilerius, finds that some
Skeletons exhumed near Breslau, in 81
lesla, show an average height Of only
: feet inches and Swiss remains de-
inches IN average height Even smaller
were the remains recorded by Gutmann
firm Lower Alsace, near Colmar some
specimens measuring not more than 4
feet. These pigmes We're well formed
ana fully developed and It appears
mat those of Sllesia must have lived
as recently as 1000 A. d.
Douglas Island news., 1903-08-26
The N0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

Sitka went without rain for forty days.
 5 saloons have applied for licenses at Skagway.
 Good reports are again coming from the Nizina.
 The Alaskan says that all Sitka and their wives are out picnicking.
 The Topkok Company's ditch in the Nome country will be compiled Sept. 1.
 William Fitzgerald, aged 65, died at Skagway last Thursday of pneumonia
 The Nome Camp of the Arctic Brotherhood has an active membership of 200.
 Tim Sullivan. says tbat the Kobuk country is good enough to talk for itself.
 There are said to be fully 500 idle men in Nome. There are none in s. 10. Alaska.
 Congressman Sulzer will re-intro- duce his territorial bill at the next ses, sion of Congress.
 William McLail, a workman in the Ellamar mine, fell down the shaft and was badly injured.
 The Spokane has made her last ex- cursion trip, and will be held in reserve for further orders.
 Lots of business is piling up for the U. s. District court at Valdez. 21 suits were filed in one week.
 Augustus D. Small, first mate of the Excelsior, was killed at Valdez by an angry and vicious steer.
 The Atlin Claim offers to ship sam ples from the mines in that vicinity to the St. Louis fair free of cost.
 Lottie Wilson was "pinched" by Nome policeman, for wearing her skirts too high. She had them around her neck.
 Bruce c. Bailey, of Mexico City, is at Nome looking into the availability of the tundra peat of this section for fuel purposes.
 The richest strike ever made on Se ward peninsula was recently uncovered on Nakkila gulch. 12 pans of dirt yieldeds12
 Several water spouts have been seen in Boring sea of late says the Nome Nugget. Is it possible that the Japan current has taken another switch.
 The steamship Ohio, of the Empire line, made the trip from Seattle to Nome in 6 days, 21 hours and B min utes, thereby establishing record.
 William Britt, c. B. Haraden, Elias Rund, of Skagway, and I, sowerby, have purchased 20 acre tract of land north of Haines, which they will sur vey and plat as an addition to that town.
Douglas Island news., 1903-08-26
It is reported that Alaska red salmon

It is reported that Alaska red salmon have jumped to Sl dozen. This is construed to mean that there has been scarcity in the Alaska catch similar to that of sockeyes on Puget Sound, as the Alaska reds have been selling at 90 and 95 cents until now.
 The nude body of man was found on one of the bars of the Chittyna on July 3rd by party coming out from Nizina. From tue description it is thought the body is probably chat of c. A. Widmaier. The remains were buried on high island.
 It is said that Haines is just enough south of Skagway that supposiDg the British contention as to the Alaska boundary line to be maintained by the international commission, and Skag- way found to be in Canada, Haines and the new barracks would yet be on the American side of the line.
 The steamer Oregon arrived at Se- attle from Nome on the 18th, with cargo of s26O,OOO in gold dust, the bulk of which was consigned to the Scandi- navian- American bank. James D. Hoge brought down consignment of S125,OO0 from the Bank of Nome to the First National Bank of Seattle.
 Reports from river points on the Yu- kon are to the effect that the water is still an unsettled proposition. At Whitehorse and towards this end of the river the water Is high. At points further down the river as far as Dawson, the river is still falling. Everyone is praying for rain, having been none for 
 The United States vs. George D. is the name of case filed in the commissioners court at Nome. Senator Schofeld is charged by John Coulan with malicious destruction of property. Coulan is beach mining in the east end of town, and he alleges that Mir. Scof1eld poured oil in his sluice boxes.
 The tin mines at Cape York have been turned down by eastern capi- talists. J. c. Nevin, civil and min ing engineer, has made the examina- tions, and states that he cannot see where operations on large scale would pay. He says that there might be some thing in it for small outfit, but it would be ridiculous to undertake op- erations with large plant.
 Judge Moore, of the District court, arrived Sunday morning via Skagway and Dawson. He was accompanied by his wife and two children. Judge Moore stayed but a short time in the East. En route to Nome he visited his brother, Dr. Isaac H. Moore, at Doug las City. Judge Moore and family are temporarily at the Lawrence. Nome Nugget.
 A white man and two Japs, in a whale boat, were picked up at sea by the McCulloch when about half way between Unalaska and St. Paul island on her way north. They belonged to the whaling schooner Sifu Maru, and while out in dense fog, became lost and drifted away. The men were in a condition, having been three days without food or water. The next day the McCulloch spoke schooner, which proved to be the Sifu Maru, and the men were transferred
Douglas Island news., 1903-08-26

It is learned from reliable sources that the Canadian government will have no more than S45,0O0, at the most, to expend this year on roads in Yukon territory.
 Dawson is to have fall fair. It will be under the auspices of the Yukon Horticultural Association of Dawson. The time is set for the first week in September.
 The United States in 1867 paid ST., 100000 for Alaska. This was at the rate of 3 cents per acre, but congress- men quite generally agreed that the price was too high.
 Juneau old timers will try to organize a Southeastern Alaska Pioneers As sociation, to include all pioneers of 1890 or earlier. The Juneau papers will probably oppose it.
 Fred Weston, proprietor, of "Fatty's" roadhouse at Soloman river, died on Monday morning on board the steamer Flyer, while en route to Nome from Solomon. Too much booze.
 E. R. Barr, a cook, whose criminal carelessness in starting a fire at Nome with kerosene. caused the death of three people, has been arrested on the charge of manslaughter.
 Tuesday, October IS, 1904, has been assigned a special day at the Louisiana Purchase exposition to celebrate the anniversary of the transfer to the United States by Russia of Alaska.
 Dr. Leonard O. Sloane, formerly of Detroit, Mich, but directly from Seat tie, will take charge of the Marine hos pital service here during the absence. of Dr. Leonhardt in the East.-Ju- neau RecordMiner,
 Swineford's ticket was winner at the municipal election at Ketchikan. The councilmen elected were, M. E. Martin, J. w. Steadman, J. R. Heck man, w. H. Ireland, J. J. Grant, H. c. Strong, F. J. Hunt.
 Previous to the arrival of the first steamers the Deering people in the Nome District, were rather short of food, and were glad to get an abun- dance of duck aud gull eggs found in that section in the early spring.
 Chas. Osborne has ten men employed on Mint creek, York district, engaged in mining the alluvial tin deposits on the creek. It is his intention to ship about 40 tons of tin ore to the Corn wall, England, smelters next fall.
 Since the discovery of the Klondike and the establishment of the govern ment assay office at Seattle, a period of five years, the total receipts of gold dust and gold bullion amount to S73,- 363, ,79O, or more than S14,00O,0oo per year.
 The Boyd Long Distance Telephone Co. has made arrangements for the transmission of money between Nome and Council at ordinary telephone rates with an additional charge of 1 per cent for amounts over S1O0 and 75 cents for lesser sums.
 The new placer discoveries of the Lake Arkell district in the Yukon region appears to be of importance. It is said that the ground yields as richly as the first finds on Bonanza and Eldo- rado creeks, near Dawson, which led to the first Klondike rush. |