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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19

The Wright Brothers of Dayton,
whose partially successful expert
nents with aeroplanes have been
chronicled from time to time, made a
statement to the Aero Club of this
city, which seems to indicate that the
problem of flying" has been at last
solved, says the New York World.
The public has known that Orville
and Wilbur Wright sold the rights of
what appeared to be practicable air
ship to the French government. but
the practice flights have been held in
private and no full statement of the
success of the machine has been made
until now, The communication says
that in 1905 the Wright aeroplane,
propelled by a gasolene engine and
carrying a man, made half dozen
successful flights, varying in length
from ten to twenty-five miles. In their
statement the inventors say:
Though America, through the la
bors of Prof Langley, Mr. Chanute
and others, had acquired not less thar
ten years ago the recognized leader
ship in that branch of aeronautics
which pertains to bird-like fight, i
has not heretofore been possible FOL
American workers to present a sum
mary of each years experiments to so
ciety of their own country devoted
exclusively to the promotion of aero
nautical studies and sports 1t is will
great pleasure, therefore, that we nov
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19
WIGHT RROS NERQ52NT.

find ourselves able to make report
of such society.
Previous to the year 1905, we had
experimental at Kittyhawk, N. c.,
with man.carrying gliding machines in
the years 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1908;
and with man-carrying motor flyer,
which, on the 18th day of December,
1903. sustained itself in the air for
80 seconds advancing against a
twenty mile wind for 352 feet.
"Flights to the number of more
than 200 had also been made at Day
ton, Ohio, in 1904, with II second mo-
tor flyer. OF these HI III, a complete
circle made for the first time of three
miles, each made on the 9th of No
vember and the LIST Of December, re-
spectively. were the more notable per.
formances.
"The object of the 1905 experiments
was to determine the cause and dis
cover remedies for several obscure
and somewhat rare difficulties which
had been encountered in some of the
| 1904 flights. and which it was neces
sary to overcome, before 1t would be
safe to employ flyers for practical pur
| poses. The experiments were made
| in a swampy meadow about eight
miles east of Dayton. Ohio, and con
tinued from June until the early days
! of October. when the impossibility O
longer maintaining privacy necessi
tated their discontinuance.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19

"a public park. When the city obtain
He'd possession of the tract covered by
&the dam and lake, many roads and
bridges had to be done away with.
These have been replaced by the con-
&struction of sc miles of macadamized
<rOad along the shores of the lake.
\ Where the Croton was once but
&narrow river, its character has been
80 changed it becomes a great lake,
&z,iVO feet across at the dam breast,
Milling the valley behind it for nearly
" miles and spreading at Hunters
Brook to an extreme width of two
miles Three miles from the new dam
Is the old Croton dam, once regarded
as wonderful structure, when the
waters have risen to the top of the
new dam the top of the old Croton
uam will be o5 feet below the sur
face"
The new dam is divided into three
sections. The main dam extends l.
"V ieet from the south side of Croton
valley to point where spillway and
Undge span begin. The spillway
Snleh curves away to the eastward, is
,'VOo feet in length, A steel arch
uHlge 200 feet long follows the
straight line of the main dam, and
,'er this and the top of the main dam
% highway Il feet wiae. After the
sa'er passes the spillway it flows un'
uef the bridge. Water that has riser
+ " he top of the spillway will be II
ny, ~, below the level of the highway
ue uepth Of water in the darn will
De 100 feet, q
When New York under took the con
Iucuon of new dam considerable
nue was spent in the vitality import
matter of selection of a site. A
N site a mile and an eighth farthe
sO"u stream was chosen, but no con
pau uVuoh was ever begun at this point
''usS We're made all over the vale
80 maj decision was made an
A oegan 1t was found necessar
Wnelrate to the solid rock for
h.. Aua'ion' and not until a depth of s
sr,, vas solid rock reached. On thi
moe. 'ouhdation has been reared eth
mo - enormous piece of masonry /
Ms world 1t is 2,400 feet long froI
po,, lOu'h end of the main dam to tn
~ END of the spillway. At its bias
Var, -iS ieet thick, and this tapers t.
scros. 'ue Top, where it is ten fet
Ths ms al the top of the main dan
Slvh.' ,ope OF the inner wall is ver
Sms That the reader may hay
new appreciation of the size of Il
nsri,as we reproduce we'll sun
stQrsnS Information concerning Il
'Ous engineering feat. II
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19

being seen by the minister; but one
fellow, slower than the rest, was
caught by the minister just as he was
setting up his rod The fisherman
made excuses, and added: Il suppose
you would not care to go?"
In answer, the minister told the fol
lowing story: when | was settled
in the church at Dixmont in the first
years of my ministry | was called out
of bed one night to marry couple
who had both been bereft of their
first partners by death. When | got
to the place where | asked the man
, if he took this woman to be his lawful
wife, he exclaimed: Look here, par.
son, what in HI do you think I'm
here for?'"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19
TEACH IN BUDDHIST TEMPLES.
Places of Worship Now Used for Mod
ern Education.


"During recent visit to Hal
Cheng," says Consul General sam
mons, "a city of between 10000 and
10000 population, located near Lao
Yang. on the Chinese Eastern railway,
the Chinese magistrate, Mr.. kuan
Feng Ho, informed me of his desire
for illustrations and price lists CIV
ing information regarding the follow
ing articles: Simple mechanical de-
vices for spinning cotton yarn by
hand. simple mechanical devices for
weaving cotton cloth by hand, hand
machines for weaving coarse sacking,
simple hand power machinery for
weaving coarse silk and machinery
for making rope by hand.
This particular magistrate Is one
of the most progressive Cinnamon
have met in the Orient He is dis
| ciple of Yuan Shin Kai, the Tien Tsin
Viceroy, who is advocating reform
methods for China.
HE has turned the two large Bud
dhist temples and temple to Coniu
cius. in Hal Cheng, into temples OF
modern education and modern prison
reform methods. The more importan
temple is the seat of education IL
Magistrate Kuans district, which
comprises a large part of that section
of Manchuria between Mukden ant
the port of Niuchwang. TWO brigh
Japanese male educators are II
charge. and the chief aim is the prac
teal one of preparing native teache"
for the schools soon to be established
I'm the entire district"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19

n , inst completed which is to
~ ., oo0 600 600, 600 gallons of water
yow Works city's water supply, is
largest dam in the world. we
: ' heard a great deal of the Assuam
W ~ Epvpt. built to control the ir-
ni - GOODS of the Nile, but the
s"am is more of a dike than
u and though longer than the Gro
,am it's height is but 20 feet to
q On, feet of the other.
England has the notable Vryny dam
+ neo the Furens, Belgium the Gilep-
The three great dams OF Europe;
ow Croton dam is larger than
4 ose three combined.
!. has taken IA years to construct
= work and cost $7,70o,OOO. In the
of construction there has been a
,I:ohlv small loss of life compared
w. otber undertakings of this kind.
T. men were killed by premature
n nlosions and there were a few other
ia iidorts. hut, Mr.. Coleman, the chief
II ,ho Arm of contractors which built
~ dam. says there has been less
rs Of life in the work on the Croton
~ than on any other similar work
"a the history of such operations.
20 the work was retarded a short
SIme by strike, and for three weeks
q Seventh regiment was kept busy
"a the dam; but no other serious dis
S,rbance interfered.
81 work was begun in the autumn of
kQ9 and on March 10 of the present
bar the workmen laid down their
Sols the dam was finished. A trir
her the construction railroad was
! bade by Mr.. Coleman, the engineers
IN the work, and the Catholic priest
|kbo had had charge of the two chap
~ built for the workmen, then the
d Ills were torn up and all signs of the
York of construction removed a!
1uckly as possible.
~ The great stretch of land below thu
lew dam belongs to the city, and thi
1as been graded and will be made int
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19
New Nomenclature.

It is the opinion OF the London
Dailv News that with "Allof-a.sud'
den Peggy" we may be entering upon
new era of nomenclature, and
tho, critics may shortly expect in
yitations to "More-or-less William.
"nav.after.to.morrow Dolly" "pelib'
oantelv.and-of malice aforethought
rulia" and so forth.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19
Japan Raising Peanuts.

Japan has just entered the peanut
market with a grade of nuts which is
attracting attention English walnuts
come from California, France of Italy,
with France furnishing the largest
supply. The prices which rule
throughout the country are fixed by
an association of growers in Califor-
mia.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19
n..eoainted with chickens.

"That chicken you sent me Tor yes
...aa,,s dinner was very Old said the
bride to the poultry man.
You are mistaken; it was young
,,1,,on madam" replied the dealer
Don't tell me it was young! why, II
a,an,t have single tooth IN us
~ ".h,"-Yopkers Statesman.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19
A eanoor Minister'S Story.

A certain minister of Bangor, Me,
Joined fishing party of his friends
for two weeks in woods camp, Sun
day morning some of the boys wanted
to go fishing, and got away without
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-19

1t is comparatively recently mason
ry dams of notable size have been con-
structed, they are a feature of the de-
velopment of modern engineering. In
the sixteenth century there were in
existence masonry dams of great
height, but only in the last half of the
nineteenth century were they design
ed in accordance with the great prin-
ciples Of engineering, maximum
strength with minimum of material
and cost In masonry dams the danger
to be guarded against is crushing.
There is the pressure of the height of
water behind the dam to be met by
sufficient resistance and the crashing
of ice when the spring floods come. In
the new Croton dam, which is the eli
max of masonry dams, the most ia
nous engineers have handled these
problems while the steps of stone
below the spiilway top are rough and
uneven, the work there is, if anything
more carefully done than in the main
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-29

eminent extends to desire to see #
supreme in civil affairs, and it must be
said that such supremacy seems to be
disputed and attacked by the church
in its refusal to obey the civil law in
purely civil matters. The government
asks the various churches to organize
responsible bodies under the civil
law, just as all other corporations
and associations have done or are
doing, and the church refuses, where.
upon the government proposes to en-
force the law by taking possession of
the churches, just as it would take
possession of the Offices of any other
contumacious corporation. That Is
the matter in nutshell.
"The real issue is not whether the
church shall or shall not accept a
certain form of organization in its
purely temporal affairs, for the form
to which it objects in France is prac-
tically identical with that which it has
long accepted and under which it has
enjoyed great freedom and prosperity
in other lands. 1t is, rather, whether
in France, where the church was long
superior to the civil power, the church
shall now be subject to the civil power.
Very much the same issue was fought
out some years ago between the stat,
and the army. 1t was a bitter fight.
and at times seemed to threaten the
stability of the Republic. But in the
end the state won, and not in Our time,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-29

I'm Leo XIII the Roman Catholic

I'm Leo XIII the Roman Catholic
church had statesman at the Vati-
clan. In Plus x she has a saint.
Statesmen are all for compromise,
saints are foes of expediency. II Lee.
or another like him, were sitting in
the seat of st. Peter, it is certain that
matters would not have reached such
pass that the civil and the ecclesias-
teal powers in France were arrayed
against each other in life-and-death
struggle as they are today"
The Milwaukee Sentinel, similarly,
thinks the "inf1exible idealism" of the
Pope prevented peace. 1t Observes
"The diplomacy and open-minded.
ness of Leo XIII probably would have
averted the present situation. The
early popular conception of Plus X as
liberal or progressive pontiff has
long gone to the board. A man of
sanity piety and limpid purity OF
character, he is also man of con-
victions absolutely fixed, knowing no
compromise where point of faith or
discipline is concerned"
The New York Sun does not blame
the government for resenting the
church's assertion of superiority with
IN it's Jurisdiction" and the Brooklyn
Eagle believes that "the leaders of the
church in France who advised compli-
ance with the statutory law" are bet
ter able than the Vatican to estimate
accurately the consequences to organ
lied Catholicism of direct challenge
to the popular sentiment behind the
government" and should have been
listened to.
The New York Tribune thinks the
government is right as may be seen
from the following editorial:
Sympathy with the church goes no
further than to desire it's spiritual
freedom and immunity from civil die
'ation But such freedom and immuni-
y seem to be amply guaranteed to 1t,
and not to be threatened by the new
law. Sympathy with the civil gov
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-29

the other is equipped to handle the
vastly complicated legal, business, and
political problem as few men anywher,
are equipped. A letter in which Mr..
Fisher embodied his conclusions was
enthusiastically praised by the Chica-
go papers, including the ones control.
led by Mr.. Hearst. Now, however,
that those conclusions have been put
into a proposed ordinance, the Amer
lean" and the EXAMINER" bored by
sharing a position held by their rival
papers, have decided to oppose the
Fisher-Dunne program, in hopes of ae
quiring more limelight for themselves
In doing so they follow method whic'
is the Hearst reliance. The "Ameri-
can" says, in heavy type, that the or
dinance "only allows the present au-
thority to operate" This statement
boldly ignores Section % of the pro-
posed ordinance, to which Mr.. Hearsl
attention is besought. 1.-THE terms of
purchase are made prohibitory as far
as possible" Truthfully put, this
means only that the city is prevented
from taking franchises away from one
company and giving them to another
without advantage to the city or rec
ognition of obligation to the company
providing funds and performing the
needed work of rehabilitation, which
obligation IS carefully limited and is
definitely written into the ordinance.
There are several gross misrepresenta-
tons along this line. Endeavor is
made to mislead the public into think
ing the plan interferes with the prog
ress of Underground transit, which is
wholly false. "They seek to take the
service regulations away from the
council" How absolute this falsehood
is may be seen in the ordinance, Sec
ton 35. The board of supervising en-
gineers is one of the best schemes of
the kind ever devised, and in no way
limits the police power. "Fve-cent
fares are made absolute for twenty
years" Read the section about turn
ing the citys share of profit into re-
ducing fares So much for truth. Mr.
Hearst, knowing the potency of ethi-
cal ideas, calls his opponents Gray
wolves" That term in Chicago has
long meant aldermen who are col
rupt. Mr. Hearst uses it to describe
those who fail to take orders from his
paper.-Colliers Weekly.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-29
VIEWS OF THE FRENCH sEPARA.
TON.

Religious peace in France, says The
Literary Digest, is now expected by
our press as a result of the more con-
,iliatory attitude taken by the Pope
and the French government. The con.
iscation of the church property re.
mains a fact, but 1t is believed by
American observers that it will soon
he possible for Frenchman to wor.
hip without feeling that he must
be disloyal either to his church or his
country. The government has taken
steps to modify the separation law to
his end, and the Pope has said that
the Holy See is not opposed to the
making of applications under the law"
Thus each parish may retain the use
Of its church for religious services up
Oh the application of two laymen. AS
our daily press appeal to both Prot
estant and Catholic readers, most of
them contrive to treat the quarrel
over the separation and confiscation
without expressing any opinion be-
vond saying that it is too bad. anu
there will probably be no civil war,
and they hope all will be for the best,
or words to that effect. The editor of
the New York Times writes a two
column editorial without blaming any
body in particular; and the editor OF
the New York Evening Mail declares
that there can be no question that
both Plus X and the government OF
France are acting within their rights"
The Baltimore News, however, pub.
'ished in a strongly Catholic city,
blames the French government for not
proceeding with more consideration
for property rights; and the New York
Evening Sun intimates that Plus \
has shown lack Of statecraft in the
present crisis. It says:
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-29

to make visit of investigation to the
Panama canal works Is quite an honor
to Utah. He is the only western rep
resentative so honored. Howell is
some pumpkins" in Washington no,
withstanding the efforts of his detrac-
tors here to belittle him.
~ ~
Judge Diehl has decided that the
operation of trade slot machines" is
not contrary to the anti gambling law.
The Herald takes exception to the
ruling basing it's objection on a die
tionary definition of the word gamble.
It is something new to substitute a
dictionary for law text book, but
that's near enough for the Herald
Meantime it may be remarked that
he higher courts are quite likely to
sustain Judge Diehl's ruling. This
S not plea for slot machines either,
For we think they are an abomina-
ton.
Truth said month ago that 1t was
quite likely that Joe Cottle would sue
coed James Sabine, Jr., as superin-
tendent of the county infirmary. The
tribune discovered IL udy OF JWO
ago, and made scare head story
about it..
~ ~
There is very little use in making
objections to the payment by the city
to Contractor Moran of about $4,000
bonus he claims for having finished
certain work before the stipulated
time. His claim appears to be in ac-
cordance with the contract, which pro-
vides that he was to receive so much
per day for every day the work was
completed before a specified time. He
was also to pay a fine of so much per
day for each day he might be behind.
He completed the work long before the
expiration of the time limit. A bar
gain is bargain and we see no
reason why Moran should not get the
bonus. 1t is not an uncommon thing
for bonuses to be paid to contractors,
ship builders and others for finishing
contracts earlier than the time limit.
Anyway the city council should not
have made the agreement unless they
intended to keep it.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-29
TRUTHS.

The case against Senator Smoot
will die with this congress on March
a. 1t will never come to a vote, but
being properly before the senate com
mittee's report, will be laid on the ia.
BILE as unfinished business and stay
there. 1t cannot be revived agaiL
either, unless the professionals begin
where they staUed four years ago ano
go all over the ground again which is
hardly probable. Burrows and Du-
bois won't bring It to a vote for the
simple reason that they know mo-
ton TO either exclude or expel would
he overwhelmingly defeated. It's
hardly fair to Senator Smoot to let it
go in that way. 1t would be good
deal more manly to bring it mp and
vote on 1t, but the great majority of
the senators know there is no reason
legal or otherwise. why Mr.. Smoo,
should either be excluded or expel-
led, but at the same time to vote in
favor of the Mormon would get many
of them into trouble with the old
maid portion of their constituents
hence they are very willing to let. the
question solve itself without their be
ing put on record. If we mistake not
the late Senator Hoar nearly four
years ago said the case would end in
the manner indicated above. Mr.. Hoar
was great constitutional lawyer and
from the beginning said that Mr..
Smoot was as well entitled to his seat
as any member of the senate was to
his.
~ ~
The fact that Congressman Howell
Of Utah is one of the ten members of
the house of rnnrncnnf nfirnc nlorn,,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-29

The fact that Congressman Howell
of Utah is one of the ten members of
the house of representatives chosen
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