The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-06

BREAKFAST FOOD
The EIan Ahout Crazr-


The Man About Crazy is much i'm
pressed by the versatility OF Gov. Wells
as shown by his Arbor day proeIama-
lions. The governor has truly won
derful faculty OF saying the same thing
many times In a different way each
time. He ought TO be given the posi-
zion OF train-announcer in the new I'M
ion depot.
The Man About Crazy learns that
the custom of holding conferences is
not a new one in the Mormon church.
Ia fact, these conferences have been
held at regular intervals for many
years past. They are usually held
twice year-in the spring and fall.
Members of the church and some others
come To Salt Lake from various por-
tons of the state on these occasions
and several of them go To the meetings
n the tabernacle and elsewhere, A few
Mormons also come from points OUT
side of Utah to take part in the meet
lngs, II not 20 talk. at least TO listen
1t is quaint custom and we ought to
have more OF it.
Speaking of the conference reminds
The Man About Crazy of another pecu-
liar practice of the Mormon church
which has just come to light. For some
time past il has been the custom of
the church TO send out young men 10
labor elsewhere as missionaries TO
propa gate the doctrine Of the MOrmons.
These young men in many cases leave
good positions, some of them. indeed.
leaving families. TO go abroad. either
in the United States or other countries.
Usually they remain absent about two
years, sometimes more, sometimes less.
1 understand the church gets them a
good railroad rate, but does not furnish
means for their sustenance while away
from home. In almost every case the
missionaries are members of the Nor
mon church.
A well-knowu scientist in our city
suggests TO The Man About Crazy an
idea that. if put into execution. will
make Salt Lake the greatest summer
resort there is. His plan contemplates
considerable construction work on the
summit of the mountains where the air
is always cool. Briefly. he would erect
there q large pipe, reaching half a mile
I In the air from the summit of the
mountains. This cool air is TO be
drawn down through the pipe by means
of a gigantic air compressor and forced
through smaller pipes TO the city,
where il can be distributed 10 the
homes Of our people by pipes of say
half an inch diameter. When the
atmosphere OF a room in the city gets
too warm FOR comfort all one would
have TO do would be to turn the tap
, aud fill the room with cool, mountain
air The thing could be built with a
moderate outlay of money and would
be a great blessing in the hot days.
trust my scientific friend VIII succeed
in his plan for the alienation of human
suffering.
The people are getting tired of the
mayors practice Of playing petty poll
tics and not attending 70 the city s
! Business. Here it is three months
since the mayor took office and Lagoon
has not been made port of entry yet
Dyspepsia Tablets.
1t must be conceded that Charles
Mostyn Owen is one OF the most per-
sistent members Of the butt-in So
( ciety.
/ The Russian newspapers, in belittling
Lord CurZon. evidently forget he has
distinguished Chicago connections
The long petition for relief Messrs.
Hartman and WinslOw have filed at
St Paul might lead one to believe they
were hard up.
In the rules Of the airship races at
St Louis there is no provision made
/ for catching the navigators after they
| begin to fail. This is a matter that
1 should be looked after at once in the
/ interests Of humanity
It is Japan. not Tibet. that is wor-
( rying Russia just now.
] II these British statesmen had to do
/ a bit of the fighting there would be
! less land-grabbing-
Meanwhile. don't forget that NJ.
! Bonaparte Wyse Of Paris is going TO
put a letter i'm the paper denouncinS
! the decision Of the canal case.