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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
SURVIVAL OF PAGAN DAYS.
Custom Of Lighting Fires on Midsum-
mer Eve of Oriental Origin.
Oongman's Magazine.)

There is little doubt that the custom
of lighting fires on midsummer eve is
of eastern origin. Those who watch
the Irish peasants driving their cattle
between two blazing piles. or see the
young men teaping over the glowing
embers, as the bOnfires sink lower and
the brief darkness of the midsummer
night gives place 10 the rose flush of
dawn, can hardly fail TO be reminded
of that passing through the FIRE to
Moloch, SO strictly forbidden TO the
Hebrews. Whole families pass solemn
ly between two fir5s or spring back
ward and forward over the flames.
True, the simple country folk imagine
they are performing these mystic rites
in honor of st. John the Baptist, for
early missionaries, finding il impossible
to prevent their converts keeping the
pagan festivals. transferred them TO
the saints. and midsummer was as
signed TO st. JOhn-''the light 10 light
en- the Gsntiles instead oOf to Bal
dur or Baal. and the bonfires were
called "Teine bheil Zion (John's
fires).
Some say that the fires were trans
ferred from May day or "Bsltane''-
another important festival held by the
Irish, Scotch and British CelCs in honor
of Baal, or Belus-tO midsummer; 9TH
ers with more probability, assert that
the two festivals were quite distinct
However this may be. May day is still
called "Bealtine" or "Beitane" in both
Ireland and Scotland.
Sometimes a bone is laid in the heart
of the blaZe-dOubtless il represents
the original human sacrifice: in fact
some derive the word bonfire" from
this practice, others say il is not bone
but boon. bene, or the French bon, be
cause great virtues were accredited 90
the midsummer fires. In the west of
England. where they fingered till re-
Gently. they were known as blessing
fires. and in almost every part of Eu-
rope they were supposed 10 bring good
luck, an abundant harvest and free
dom from disease, both 10 man and
beast-an idea which is not yet extinct
in Ireland
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
ENGINEERS MOVE
WESTWARD TODAY
Corps Goes to Garfield for Western
Pacific Railroad.
WATTS BACK FROM COAST
SUCCESSFUL CONTRACTOR CON-
FERS WITH S. r. OFFICIALS.
Especial to The Hcrald9


Ogden, Sept. Nv. II. Watts, man
ager of the Utah Construction compa-
ny returned today from a ten days
trip 10 san Francisco, where he has
been consulting with the engineers and
officers OF the Western Pacific regard
ing the methods to b employed in ex-
ecuting the work of building the new
line. The matter of furnishing supplies
necessary for the work was also taken
up by Nj. Watts
4. ii. Christensen, one of the direct
ors of tn construction company, also
came in this morning. Mr.. Christensen
has charge OF the work in connection
with the building of the Garfield smelt-
ers i'll addition to looking after the
Western Pacific work from the Salt
Lake end Of the line. 1t was given out
that corps of engineers would leave
Salt Lake tomorrow for Garfield, from
which point they would check over the
line and do the cross section work.
Several outfits have been shipped out
on the route, and a branch office has
been opened at Oroville. In speaking
of the building of the road, Mr.. Watts
stated that il would be necessary to
puma ABOUT seventy miles OF wagon
roads, mainly through the Feather
River canyon. The largest tunnel on
the proposed route will be about one
and one-half miles in length and will
be known as the Spring Garden tun-
mel. In order to overcome the grade
near this tunnel the tracks will form
a complete loop. At other points the
route could be materially shortened by
tunneling were it not for the fact that
the matter of grade had to be figured
with, making a much longer mileage
necessary,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
CONFERENCE OF MUTUALS
Large Attendance of Delegates From
Wards of Weber Stake.

The annual conferences of the Young
Mems and Young Women's Mutual I'M
provement associations of the Weber
stake were held here yesterday prepara-
tory TO the beginning Of the season
work. Two sessions were held by each
association, one at 10 a. IN. and another
at p. m, and a joint session in the
members were in attendance.
A new presidency of the Weber stake
Y. L. NJ. !. a. was elected at the after
noon session. The officers We're as fol-
lows; President. Miss Janette i. McKay;
counselors Miss Rachel NJ. Middleton ana
Miss Clara A. Brown. These selections
were unanimously sustained by the con-
gregation, and the new officers set apart
to their respective positions, which they
accepted in short addresses.
The retiring officers are Mrs. Elizabeth
Y. Stanford, Miss Harriet A. Woodman-
see and Miss Mercy Stevens, who have
been in the presidency of Weber stake
for a great many years.
Twenty-Five out of the tWenty-siX as
sociations in the Weber stake were rep
resented, there being about S0O OFFICERS
of both associations in attendance. Is. ii.
Roberts was present and spoke at both
afternoon and evening sessions. AT the
former he confined his remarks TO brler
review of the manual and in the evening
he spoke for three-quarterS or an hour
on the stake Improvement work as out
lined for the year. He also dwelt upon
the external and internal evidences Of
the Book of Mormon. His remarks were
directed particularly 10 the young men
who still have their missionary work be-
fore them, that they might be able 10
meet all objections to the claim of Nor
monism.
Among the visiting delegates from Salt
Lake were Mrs. Martha A. Tingey and
May Taylor Neystrom, of the general
board of the church, who addressed the
young women at the afternoon session
and also spoke in the evening on the gen.
eral mutual Improvement work.
Mrs Elizabeth Y. Stanford, the retiring
president of the Young Ladies' Mutual
Improvement association. paid high
tribute 10 the young women of Weber
stake and TO their faithfulness 10 her dur
ing the wears she occupied the presidency.
Another speaker at the evening session
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
BUSINESS BLOCK
ON CHURCH SITE
First MethOdists Say Farewell and
Structure Will Be Remodeled.
WILL BE HOTEL IN THE REAR
CONGREGATION TO WORSHIP
TEMPORARILY IN Y. M. C. A.

Farewell services were held in the
First Methodist church yesterday and
before the weekend work will have
begun on the tearing down and remod-
cling of the structure into a first class
business block and hotel. There were
no special services TO mark the move
about to be made by the First Meth
odist congregation, but a formal an
nouncement was made in the evening
by Rev. Benjamin Young, pastor that
the auditorium of the Y. NJ. c. \. will
be used for purposes of worship until
the new edifice at Second East and
Second South streets is completed.
The old building is the property OF
q. ). Holmes. proprietor of the knuts-
ford hotel, and Frank Knox, president
OF the National Bank of the Republic,
having come into their possession Aug.
j. Because Of the fact that the owners
were undecided as TO the future of the
structure they allowed the church TO
stay until yesterday. Contracts are
now ready and work of tearing down
the building will begin tomorrow.
Messrs. Knox and Holmes VIII spend
$4,000 and viii make a modern three
story business block out of the struc-
ture. In front. the building will be
flush with the street, while in the rear
there will be a European hotel, up-to-
date in every particular.
Mr.. Holmes stated last night that
work will proceed as rapidly as posi-
bic and that much of the old building
viii be used i'm constructing the new.
In the meantime work is being crowd
ed ahead on the new $4,000 Methodist
church on the corner of Second South
and Second East streets. The old
church has been used by the cOngrega-
ton for over thirty years, and naturally
some of the older members have a
strong attachment for II.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
January Jones on Prohibition.
(New York Tribune.)

January Jones, a Nevada miner, has
been in America only a few years, and
our prohibition laws still excite his Won
der.
Il have visited a good many of your
prohibition states, he said the other day
in Philadelphia. and it seems to me that
people drink there just the same as IL
London or Paris or in Nevada. I don't
believe prohibition laws can be enforced.
Did you ever hear of the cOnjurer who
gave a performance in a prohibition town
In the course of his entertainment the
man need pint flask of whisky?
A pint flask of whisky, please he
said. going up and down the aisle with in
curing looks TO left and right. Who
viii lend me a pint flask of whisky?
The audience was large one. but there
was no reply.
What is this?' said the conjurer.
Surely, in d prohibition town, l don
need to ask twice Tor pint flask OF
whisky?
Then, after a moment OF silence, a dig
nified main in black arose and said:
Stranger would q quart flask do as
we'll?
Sure. said the cOnjuTer.
"rhereupon. as one man, the audience
rose a quart flask of WHISKY extended in
each and every right hand"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
SHOWER SETTLES DUST.
Jupiter PluVian sprinkling obviates
Necessity Of Fire Steamers.

y rain shower which was grateful TO
salt Lake valley, and particularly 20
this city. fell yesterday morning, and
effectually solved for one day at least
the sprinkliug problem. Many who had
dreaded the continuous drum of fire
steamers Throughout the Sabbath day,
pumping water from the bitches for
sprinkling purposes, looked upon the
storm in the nature of some special
dispensation.
Whatever It's nature, the shower fell
almost without cessation from about S
a. N. 20 noon. 1t was general, extend
ing over all parts of the city. Its re-
suit was noticed at once in a clearer,
dust-freed atmosphere.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
Russian Proverbs.
Chicago Ncws.)

When the priest sits down TO read mass
the people lie down TO hear il.
When the thunder ceases the peasant
forgetS 10 cross himself.
A man needs only not to be "A cripple
or hunchback to be accounted d hand
some fellow b. the women.
Even an old man can win . woman S
love and keep il, ii he isn't jealous.
When Il woman goes to heaven she
wants to take her COW with her
yer the woman from afaT the devil
pourS honey.
When the devil cannot arrive in time
he sends a woman on before him.
Praise your wife, not three days after
the wedding, but three years after it
If You car.
All Christendon fasts in Lent except
the dogs and the noblemcn.
Poverty is not a sin, but ii is the cause
of many.
Al home man is judged by his dress;
abroad, by his wit.
Fellow-traveers and photographers
soon know each other well.
a lie told cieverly may be truer than
the truth told foolshlY.
Misfortune comes by the hundred
weight and goes by the ounce.
Him who God chastens men for SLAM
der mark.
At him whom all men SANDER. all dogs
bark.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
VISIT RUINS OF SHOPS.
Governor and Attorney General Meet
With College Board at Logan.
Especial to The HeraldD

Logan, Sept. 17.-Governor J. c. Cut
Ter Attorney General NJ. A. Breeder,
constituting a majority OF the state
board of examiners; President w. J.
Kerr of the Agricultural college, and
five members of the board of trustees.
headed by w. 5. Mccormick. visited the
ruins of the A, c. shop this morning.
going over the grounds thoroughly. Ac-
companying the officials in their in
vestigatiOns were insurance adjusters.
At the conclusion of the examination
Governor Cutler and the attorney gen.
eral came To no decision as 10 the re-
quest of the board of trustees that they
be allowed to create a deficit OF $25. 900
in order TO repair the burned shops. 1t
was announced that the state board of
examiners would hold a meeting We'd
nesday evening in Salt Lake City, at
which time the question of allowing
the deficit will be settled. It is expect
ed that many interested locally will at
tend.
Governor Cutler and Attorney Cen
eral Breeder arrived in Logan SatuT-
day night so as TO be on hand for an
early morning start for the A. c.
grounds.
The examination Of the destroyed
shops was without incident
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
JUST ABOUT MOTHERS.
A Little Girls Solving of the Con-
ditions.
london Illustrated News)

London illustrated NeWsD
In Mr.. Barrie's play at the Duke Of
Works theatre there is an exquisitely
BEAUTIFUL speech put into the mouth of
his Alice, and delivered equally ex-
quisitely by Miss Ellen Terry, as TO the
peculiarly tender feelings of a mother
for her girl as she grows up from
childhood, and at last crosses tho river
that divides youth from mature 1yo-
manhood to stand by the mothers
side. that would make one wonder how
a man had ever understood so we'll Il
mothers heart, were il not for the
revelation that he has himself given
of his own home life in his memoir of
his mother There he tells US that 1t
was great day for my mother when
she gave birth TO my sister" who was
TO prove the companion and friend of
all her life. II viii .s5Yer leave Won
Fine. 1 know you'll never leave me
the happy mother would reply. So il
was, in truth, for at an advanced age
the mother died, and this devoted
daughter passed away so nearly ar
the same moment as to prevent either
OF them knowing that the other had
Eone.
Thus was achieved the ideal that was
once expressed in simple language from
the heart of dear little tender maiden
of but 6 years old who so loved her
mother that when II had been borne in
upon her that mothers sometimes die
and leave their daughters alone she
thought deeply. till she had eXcogitated
this id-al: Mamma would il not be
nice if there was mother, and she
lived 10 be very, very old, and her
daughter lived TO be old. too. but, OK
course not 50 old. and then they both
died at one tim ?" Queen Alexandra
is. herself so loving mother and was
sd devoted a daughter that one sees
her personal influence in the regulation
allowing the ladies who enter the new
homes named after her majesty TO be
accompanied by q daughter Mrs Oil
plant wrote: While my mother lived
wanted no other companion" and
many happy mother knows that her
daughter would say the same.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
Going to Convention.

Alma ]. Larkin of this place, who is
connected with the undertaking firm of
George w. LarlSin & Sons, left yesterday
for Portland, where he will sit as a dele
gate in the National Undertakers' con-
Yention, which convenes In that city on
Sept. 70. Mr. Larkin will be accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph William Taylor
and Mrs. Taylor's mother, all of Salt
Lake. Mr.. Taylor is also a delegate 10
the convention, and after it's close the
party will visit San Francisco and other
California points before returning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
Reed and the Barber.

Thomas b. Reed when speaker of the
house of representatives, once went mo
an unfamiliarfbarber shop in Washington
to be shaved. When the negro barber
(. hair tonic.
Hair purity thing. sur" he said. finger
ing the two or three stray locks that
fringed Mr. Reeds bald pate; been that
way long, sur?''
II Was born that way" replied Reed.
"Afterward | enjoyed a brief period of
hirsute efflorescence, but Ii did not en-
dure."
The barber gasped and said no more.
Later some one told him he had shaved
the speaker. tSpeakahr' he exclaimed.
Don't | know dat 7 should say he was
Il spcakah. sure nuf,"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18

Captains Samuel ID. Stursis and Da-
Vid j, Rumbaugh artillery corps. who
have been absent on duty With the Sec
and provisional ri giment of field artil-
lcry at Fort Sill. Oklahoma territory.
have been ordered TO reiOln their proper
station at Fort Douglas. Utah.
For the purpose OF instructiug the
II I'd artillery i'm modern tactical meth
DDS, two provisional field artillery rCgi-
ments were organized last June, with
stations at Fort Riley. Kansas, and
Fort Sill. Oklahoma territory.
Ordnance Sergeant Harris, who was
lately stationed I'm the Philippine
islands, has been assigned TO Fort
Douglas for duty. lie arrived here
yesterday. There has been no ord
nance sergeant stationed at the post
since June 20, 1905.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
Had Plenty.
Houston Pose.1

What, leave my office2 Go away and
seek the fields Of Yesterday. the meadows
where / used TO play? Wei. | guess not.
c. leave my fan and easy chair and lazy
office, and go where ! was a bow with
tousled hair? Well I'll be shot, Me, Ne.
so back to that far dav. and slop the
pigs. and throw down hay to all the
horses every day? No, sir. not me- Let
somc one else go chase the chicks: let
some on else go split the sticks and
take the sundry cuffs and kicks: Id like
TO see myself give up this slothful case
and wade through barnyards TO M knees;
give up this just-go-as-you-please TO so
and be boy again as I was thea and
trot the same old gait again and go and
find the speckled hen. and toss the hay.
and salt the sheep and feed the COW, and
90 out in the field and plow till persipra-
ton wet my brow ere | could play No.
thank you, | don't pine TO roll into a
tepid swimmn' hole: I've gon that road
and paid that toll. and now I'll loll--
darn yesterday, Loll back and take the
rest I've earned. I don't think / have
ever yeaTned for overwoThed, sad and
sunburncd youth; IL | did | take it back.
I'm happy here. / want no DAYS Of yes
teryear ! leave them fOr-with all their
checr-sOmc other kid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
Out of the Fact Factory
philadelphia Bulletin.)

IIIIUUEI BUIICIIII.T
No unvaccinated person can vote in
NorWaT.
"Bosh' is Turkish word meaning
nothing"
Sumatra grows the largest flower in the
world. 1t measures a yard Gad three
inches across, and its cup will hold six
quarts of water Rafflesia ArnOldii is its
name.
The Austriars use n stone blotting-pad
that never wears out. little scraping
with a knife cleans if effectualy.
Living Is 10 per cent cheaper IN Lon
don than IL New York.
The mountains Of the moon are far
higher than those Of the earth.
The Danube flows through countries in
which fifty-two languages and dialects
are spoken
Among the sultan's plate arc babies
basht OF solid ~old.
Big-gun practice at sea often causes
Holsters, in sheer fright. 10 drop d claw.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
BUILDING IN MEXICO.
Southern Pacific Will Have seahoard
Line of Great Length.

Chihuahua, Mex, Sept 17.-News
has been received in this city from
Guaymas to the effect that good pro-
gress is being made on the surveys of
the Southern Pacifics line between
that place and Guadalaiara and that
contracts are being let and actual con-
stTuctiOn work will be started in
short time. Preliminary surveys have
already been run. The line from
Guaymas will be about 800 l1ilometers
in length and will be one OF the most
important in Mexico
When the road is completed il will
give the Southern Pacific one of the
longest seaboard lines in the world, eX-
tending as il viii from Portland, Ore,
TO Guadalajara, a distance of about
S,100 miles, which is practically a sea-
board line for the entire distance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
ENORMOUS DAMAGES
IN BAKU OIL REGION

ST. Petersburg, Sept. 17.-According
10 kilograms received from Baku today,
the plants of twenty-one oil companies
and those of thirteen private owners,
were completely destroyed during the
disturbances i'm the oil district. The
Baku company lost d third Of its der
ricks. the Nobel company 80 per cent
and the Born company 50 pr cent. Only
one OF the Rothschild properties is in
tact
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18

Ogden, Monday, Sept. 10.
Office, 24s4 Washington Avenue.

was President Shurtliff, who delivered 4
brief address On the work of the stake.
At the separate meetings OF the asso-
Citations. Mutual Improvement association
topics were discussed, as outlined In the
circular prepared by the general board
Of the church. The yearly work OF the
association viii commence Tuesday, Oct.
10. in a majority of the wards. In those
wards where Sunday meetings are held
the work viii commerce. Sunday, Oct 10
Andrew Jensen. church historian, WAS
among those present, being here TO in
spcct the record OF the Weber stake.
which he reported having found In e&-
cellent condition and perfectly gotten up.
The stake Is tn better condition at the
present time than ever before.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
Burial Of l. c. ShurtIIff.

The funeral services over the remains
of the late Louis Chester Shurtliff were
held at the Third ward meeting house
yesterday at noon, Bishops Counselor
Peter Anderson presiding. The ward
choir furnished the music and solos were
sung by Mrs. Mary Farley and Miss Bes-
sic Blair The speakers were Bishop
Robert McQuarrie, President c. f. Mid
dleton and Counselor Anderson. The
Woodmen of the World and degree team,
of which deceased was a member to-
gether with the Women OF Woodcrart
and Fosters Military band. attended in Il
body,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
Death of Mrs. Truck.

Mrs. Lomira W. Truck. wife of Benja-
min Truck of this place, died at 1850
O'clock yesterday forenoon at the family
residence, 265 HarrisVille avenue, from
cancer of the stomach, with which she
had suffered for the past year. She was
81 years of age and was born in North
Arson, Me. She had lived here for two
years. Mrs. Truck is survived by sew
eral grown sons and daughters.
Funeral services will be held at o clock
Tuesday afternoon at the family resi-
dence on HarrisYille avenue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
Frank McNuIty,s Funeral.

The funeral services over the remains
of the late Frank McNulty. which were
brought here from San Francisco for
burial. were held at ST. Joseph's Cath
Ollie church at 2:30 o'clock yesterday att
ernoon, Rev. Father Cushnahan presid-
ing. The services were largely attended
especially by railroad men, the deceased
having been employed as a locomotive
engineer for many years. lnterment was
in the Mountain View cemetery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18

GERMANS APPLAupEp.

Milwaukee, Sept. 1.-THE German
season at the Pabst theatre. under the
direction Of Leon Watchsner was
opened tonight with the production of
Gerhart Hauptmann's drama. Mich
ael Kramer This was the first pro-
duction Of the play i'm America. Emil
Marx appeared in the title role as Mich
aei Kramer, and Camilla Marbach as
Michaeline. Every seat in the theatre
was taken. The Herald viii say that
the success of the piece was quite pro-
found.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
CANNOT LAST MUCH LONGER.

ZBostOn, Sept. 1.-THE Herald tomor-
row will say: The ancient frigate Con-
stitution, Familiarity known as THE
first ship OF the American navy" which
for years has been one of the most
valued possessions Of the CharlestoWn
navy yard, is in danger Of turning
turtle" and il is learned that the good
ship cannot last many years in its
present state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-18
HALL GAINES NEXT BOOK.

London, Sept. 1S.-Before sailing for
New York Saturday Hall Game. the
novelist and playwright. told a repre-
sentative of the Daily Express that he
had for long time been making a
study Of the millionaire and the prob
lens which beset him and that it was
probable his next book would deal with
the great commercial rulers OF the
United States