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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-10-12

s lister was usf7ruI to suco, nn
iu that capacity
proe.I.u. Joseph D. Smith presided
during IH. ceremony of sustaining
the WfNurfIy. IIp was uru sus.
tanned us ur. dent of the church. and
hen bits uuuua"Unfs fHu APOSTLES. the
seventies and rU. other authorities
wur" susiIn.. Zoo qu.ct succession
APOSTLE Charles vs. P.nrosc. in tho
CuuTs" of uIH sermon declared with
much emphasis h.H belief that the
civil r.shiH of uo Mormon should be
affected by hIs position iu the priest.
hood Mr. ppuusu's remarks were
construed boy those who heard them
aa having reference Go ihu cuntpn.
tiuu made by many chat Reed Smoot
bDIus 900 apostle should NOT hold a
HcuufuUhIp
Several apostles. Including senator
Smuut. declared that the nght against
the Mormon church 900 Utah is being
led hN mon of impure aud immoral
private lives. and urged the Saints to
point nu' This fact to their children.
who otherwise might ho influenced by
the accusations which are being made
against the church
Nearly every speaker cNhortcd the
I brethren tn pay more attention 10
training their children In the doctrines
of the church. and .tn see 10 Il that
/ young Normous are not ted To apos.
tatiyU ur grow ukpwurm
Senator Reed Smoot delivered an
address avoviug that his duty TO hla
country aud his God does not conflict
with his civic duty to his state and
country also cNhorilnr the Saints Ia
/ observe the word Of wisdom" aud
/ tu abstain from the use Of liquor aud
] tobacco
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

year, and We shall double our tracks
wherever NEEDED. We have been send
Ing 500 grain cars a day from Win
nipeg to Lake Superior, and by this
time next year we shall have \ dou-
Bile track between those two points
There are other railroads being con-
structed in addition to ours. The
Canadian Northern is building line
through the wheat belt above us, and
the Grand Trunk Pacific viii have its
route through the same region. Our
explorers have surveyed that coun-
try to ascertain where the most fer
tile Of the wheat lands are. and we
shall have our own tracks, with
branch lines. Railroad building In
the wheat belt will go steadily on,
keeping as far as possible In advance
OF the settlements. Such constiuc-
ton Is not matter OF experiment.
We know that We shall have the set
tiers just as soon as the lines are
built. Indeed. they begin TO buy be-
fore the tracks are laid, and We are
finding that our branch roads pay
from the very start. The farmers
know that they will get the roads
and they are going ahead and taking
out their homesteads on faith"
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
RAILWAYS.
II seq Mr.. Whyte. that both the
Dominion and the provincial govern
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

, Same othervisn Ar nresent much ~
| ,hn lana n noor,v c,,Itivatsd piybt
aho,t winninsg ar. farms ,vh1eh
AZ not vield mnre Than ~ hmshels n,
| vhaat Il, M aore Thev are sn fIiIsa
,,ith s,,eads ,hat tho wheat crown ~ al
mrs, worth,ess orr sonntrv rnad :
are twIce as wide a. thev shoula he
| ana he waste lands aiony their sidrS
arc nurseries FOR weeds ana trash Sn,ne
~ our farmers are rot carefuj In ,hair
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10
ALL SOULS DAY IN Mexico
Christian and Pagan Customs Mingled in Neicbbobool M

departed may find sustenoue, u. !.
journey lor ~
After the religious ceremo,.
over, the days arc given over ~ w
ure. AT bullhghts. races co " Eai'
gambling and drinking, aocord H,sas
rank and purse. they spend lha I y
AZ the Paseo. a CANOPY il MAJ , uh'
tne broad promenade, garlands AZ NV R
tlful flowers are placed about ,na NY
dreds OF Chinese lanters depepS \ I ~
toons, making il YcrltabIe sl,s,'.s
a military band discourses s,s,aa,
music, and hundreds of paonc s'''
made. enjoying the music AMI ,m m~s'
themselves In various ways. Manu.
liant social functions are given ons.
evenings. In splits Of the fact ,hsl,
known as the Festival OF The Dad
once. on the evening OF the n
November, terrible earthulr,ka y.
the city. About Z O'Clock the 49,.
were thronging to tho Paseo wbss 81
denly the earth trembled and w.
fearfully, throwing many TO the sm.,
Those who were In their homes M,
out INTO the streets falling upon ~
knees, and everywhere a Wild cry vni
np. "El tremblor! el tremblorl' M
cathedral towers swayed so that A,
great bell Santa Maria tolled dism.1
increasing the terror Of the people M
took 1t as a bad omen. Men and NJ
men. rich and poor. knelt In the s,rss,,
crossing themselves and SAYING hi,
prayers. The shock lasted nearly ",
minutes. and was very severe, bu y
serious damage was done. In less thIs
half an hour these volatile people vs.
laughing and testing the band vas
playing, and everything was as h.
fore. SO they go, from grave to gay
a little to wear, little to eat and mu&
to drink and Manana viii take care \
itself.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

make , nnd SNOW the farmer.
unders, us most out Of theI b's how TO
movsm oau a similar sa ,ehls, /
Ii U,tea ~ has been goinys Quotations
suites W N ths
. MINED PARAftN,c
.,r.nI 'NN IN cANAn,
ad,a le something abo,, !,
<u,"n west. Mr.. Whyta s' taa Can,
eas s sn ureiS upon wheat = depend.
vi sn 'V' Us sue.
ny no means renllao -.
,lee president. "A n.y. we lsllroa,
,niye, as,p saskatchewan Is ' sss, Of Al.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10
= HE Festival OF Todos Santos, or
| All Souls Day, Is celebrated In.
| Mexico for two days. Beginning

= ffIb reSuNdl OF lOuoS santos, or
All Souls Day, Is celebrated In
Mexico for two days. Beginning
on the LIST of November, business
Is suspended, every store Is closed and
during the entire two days the commu-
nifty lends itself to the occasion, says a
correspondent OF the Los Angeles
Times
1t Is primarily a religious festival. In
every cemetery religious services are
held by the priests, who go about from
tomb to tomb. burning incense and
chanting prayers for the repose Of the
souls of the dead. All the relatives and
friends visit the graves Of the dead.
bringing beautiful flowers to cover
them Portraits of the dead, with
wreaths Of flowers draped about them,
are set up In the vaults and on the
graves, and candles burn before the lit
tie altar inside the vault enclosures.
The women, always dressed In black.
visit the cemeteries on these days, and
as at the time for the funeral II is not
customary for the women TO accom-
pany the remains TO the grave, this
may be the first time they have seen
the place whore their loved ones are
buried, and many a heart-broken one
may be seen sobbing out her prayer
on the grave.
The poor people, those OF the ignorant
Lepero class. still cling to their Pagan
ancestral custom Of placing food ana
drink near the grave. Every delicacy
known to have been favorite dish OF
the dead one Is carefully prepared and
placed near by, so that the soul of the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

experimenting on 10 rata stalks of
three and . half to four and half
yards long, ordinary dimensions, for
some leaves attain seven and eight
yards (the weight kllo being 2,2
pounds.
Kilo,
Total weight Of 10 leaves n....,.. lO4. 500
Weight Of green fiber skinned
from 10 leaves ........,....... 1900
Weight of same when dry and
ready for sale .,.......a.... 1850
Weight of refuse (can ribs ex-
cepted) green ............... 32.55O
Weight OF same dried .,..... IL. 900
Weight OF powder unprepared -. $40
After manipulation. weight OF
waxy substance from 10 leaves $50
Hence IL appears that RATA can yield
IN wax theoretically some l6 per cent
OF the prepared fiber, but the expert
ence OF a laboratory would not be the
criterion OF production In actual prac-
tise The natives allow the leaves TO
remain on the ground TO dry entailng
a loss according TO the inclemency OF
the weather or want OF care. Then, at
the moment when the leaves are shak
en- or rubbed In order to remove the
wax, this excessively fine, light powder
remains suspended In the atmosphere,
and II Is impossible to collect II all with
only a cotton sheet to work with. In
any case, however. II can be said that
the average production of wax would be
about 100 grains for every kiiogram OF
fiber obtained
The labor OF gathering the leaves can
be reckoned a negligible quantity. as
the wax II not the primary product
taken from the tree, but refuse prod
uct obtained from the leaves already
cut down for the preparation of rata
tiber SupposIng that rata wax turns
out TO have value about equal to bees.
wax; this means a yield OF wax equal
to three-ffths OF the value OF the rata
exported. Certainly a very valuable
new resource of produce which the ma .
tives are likely to take TO- In fact. the
process implies no great difficult lnno-
walton, being merely the utilization OF
me refuse of an already Well establish
ed and remuneratlve industry.
Nothing Is yet decided as TO what
may be the possible use to which this
wax can be put II might possibly be
utilized in the manufacture of bottung
wax, It's consistency has led some TO
mink II might be used for gramophone
cylinders. In any case, several COM
mercial houses have sent home samples
TO their firms, and probably In short
time we shall have reliable informa.
ton on its market value.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

other bad lands, we have three times as
much good wheat land left as you have
AS to our acreage crop, II IS 90 bushels
and upward per acre, instead of Is.
When our land Is all under cultivation
We shall be able to supply the greater
part Of the European demand and aid
IN feeding YOU.
who are TO be your chief competi-
tors IN the wheat market Of tho flu
ture?"
"The United States VIII compete for
a time" said Mr. Whyte. hut your
population is growing so rapidly that
II Will eventually consume all you
raise and viii probably have to call
upon us. Among other competitors
Russia and Siberia will probably lead,
but Russia is stu very poorly farm
ed. Argentina will always be a COM
petitor aud India and Australia like
wise"
NEW RAILROADS FOR CANADA.
Can Canada handle her big wheat
crops when they Gomez"
Il think So" replied the railroad vice
president 'The march of railroad
building Is RAPID In this part of the
world The wheat belt IL being open-
cd up by trunk lines and branch
roads will be constructed TO meet the
demands of the farmer. We expect to
build a great deal Of new track this
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10
Wax Obtained From Palm Trees
On Island of Madagascar

lcles and white powder which fall from
them. Then, after boiling these pellicles
and powder, the wax thus formed is
kneaded into cakes OF any form. This
wax, which is very pure, will probably
be more highly valued than beeswax,
although yet an entirely new product.
II first made it's appearance in the mar
ket place at Marovoay In october last.
The curiosity OF the merchants of Ma
junga being reused, they bought the
whole lot at 80 cents per pound and
shipped II to France In order to ascer-
tain its Industrial and commercial
value. When the governor general OF
Madagascar heard OF the discooery he
ordered a sample OF 20 pounds to be for
warded to DR.. Heckel, director OF the
Colonial Institute at Marseiles, who
win make an analysis.
''Dr. Lacaze. mayor Of Majunga, fur
nishes the following information In re-
gard to the substance.
=" 1t is well to know what rata
leaf Will produce In fiber and wax, the
chief products OF this palm. The fol-
lowing are the quantities obtained by
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

~ ONSUL WILLIAM II. HUNT Of
Tamatave advises that Perrier
de la Battle has recently discov-
cred In the leaves OF the RATA
palm product which, by its chemical
and physical properties. might be classe
classed between wax and gum. and bids
fair to become valuable commercial
commodity OF MAZDA gascar. Mr. Hunt
sends the following description of the
new article from Tamatave newspa-
per:
The process OF extracting the wax
II simple, The natives, who gather this
raha fiber. generally pitch their camp
IN the neighborhood of rata grove,
10 which they bring the leaves The
fiber is taken off and the leaves are
thrown aside In large quantities. The
wax II collected as follows:
First, by beating the dry leaves on a
dry mat or cloth and gathering the pei
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10
An ENGLISH AUTHOR WROTE,

NO shade, no shine. no fruit. no
howers. no leaves, November" Wanv
Americans would add no freedom
from catarrh.' which H. so aggravated
curing THIS month that 1t becomes
constantly troublesome There IL album
dant proof thai catarrh Is constitu.
tional disease. II Is related to scrof-
ula and consumption. being one OF the
wasting diseases. Hoods Sarsaparilla
mas shown that what is capable of en-
ahlcating scrofula, completely cures
catarrh. and taken IN time prevents
consumption We cannot zee how any
sufferer can pur of taking this medi-
cine, In view Of the widely published
record OF It's radical and permanent
cures, II Is undoubtedly America
Greatest Medicine for Americas Great.
est Disease -Catarrh.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10
POSTMASTER ROBBED.

q. W. Fouts, Postmaster at River
Ton, Ia, nearly lost his life ana was
ioDoed OF all comfort, according to his
,e'ser; which says. For 90 years /
h'u chronic hver complaint, which led
10 sucn severe case OF jaudice that
even my finger nails turned yelloy,
when my doctor prescribed Electric
bitters; which cured me and have kent
me well for eleven years Sure cure
Tor Billiousness, Neuralgia. Weakness
and all stomach, Liver, Kidney and
Bladder arrangements. A wonderful
tonic AZ r. e, NJ. l. drug dent. 1fa-
ia 80. Main 81 Drug store, so cents.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

The japanese War and Our Oriental Tads-The Siberia un
New Canadian Railroads and the Hudson Bay
How WorL-Amsriam in CanadaMixed Farming in An aP and
Columbia Dnh
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-01

of the New York capitol. In contrast
with this is the new Minnesota cap
itol at st. Paul, which is one of the
finest structures of the kind in the
United States and which cost. includ-
ing the site, but $4.50 900. Its interior
Is embellished with mural paintings by
La Fargo, Blashfeld, f. d. Millet, Ed
ward Simmons, Kenyon Cox, Douglas
volk and Howard Pyle and its ex-
terror with sculptures by Daniel Ches.
ter French and other artists. The de-
signer of this noble example Of Amerl-
can architecture is Cass Gilbert, who
Is also the architect of the United
States custom house building now APP
preaching completion in New York.
Mr.. Gilbert Is known as n of the
men whose high ideals and broad cul-
ture make for the establishment Of
high standards In the architectural
profession and thereby exercise a
great influence on public taste, which
Is affected to a large extent by the
character of the structures which the
architects design.
Mr.. Gilbert Is the son Of a brigadier
general In the civil war. Samuel A,
Gilbert, and was born In GAINESVILLE,
| o., In 1889. His education was obtain
cd In GAINESVILLE. In st. Paul and at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and he has been a practicfng architect
since 1876. Two Of the most praised
buildings of the Worlds fair at st
Louis were the festival hall and the
art building. both Of which were de
signed bysMr. Gilbert. He Is also the
architect of the Essex county court
house at Newark, N. ]. He Is a proml'
nent member of the Architectural
league of New York and In his pro-
fessional work has done much to en-.
courage the employment Of sculptors
and mural painters upon a generous
scale In the o~rnamentation Of important
structures.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-01

CHIEF
Forester

HE talk of Clifford Pinchot as
the possible successor OF
James Wilson as secretary Of
agriculture in case of the re-
urement OF that member of the presi-
tents cabinet has aroused interest
both In Mr.. Pinchot's personality and
In what he has accomplished as chief
Of the governments forestry service.
Forestry is one of the newest Of the
professions. Mr.. Pinchot was one Of
the first to adopt it as a life work. and
he left college less than twenty years
ago. The forestry service is a branch
Of the department of agriculture. IT
was established potentially, but not
actually, in 1876 by the appointment Of
DIR. Franklin B. Hough of New York
to prepare a report on various forest
matters under the direction Of the ag-
riculture department. The position Of
chief forester was created by act Of
congress ten years later. When Gro
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-01

yer Cleveland entered upon his second
term he saw the force of encouraging
forest preservation and at the request
of his secretary of the interior the Ma
tIonai Academy Of Sciences appointed
a committee to investigate the question
of a rational forest policy for the for
ested lands of the United States ana
make a report thereon. MIR. Pinchot
was appointed a member OF this COM
mittee and helped draw the bounda-
ries of the forest preserves proclaimed
by Mr.. Cleveland In 1897. The forest
~ branch of the agricultural depart
ment was first o division, was then
raised to a bureau and now Is known
as the forestry service. Mr.. Pinchot
has been at its head since 1893.
Mr.. Pinchot and President Roosevelt
are intimate friends. and they often
play tennis together and occasionally
20 on excursions to enjoy the more
strenuous sport of chopping down
trees. Mr.. Pinchot Is a man of wealth
and culture, and his work for the gov
eminent Is performed more for love Of
the duties which form his occupation
and out Of a desire to be of service to
the public than for financial reward, as
his So, 500 salary Is Of itself an INSULT
Client inducement to a man of his
means to perform the arduous labors to
which he Is accustomed. His GRANDPA
Their was q soldier under Napoleon,
who was forced to leave France under
the restoration and who settled In
Pennsylvania and engaged In b lum
Der business. The interest of the Ma
poleonic Pinchot In trees was Inherited
by his son, James w. Pinchot, for the
latter became one Of the founders OF
the Yale forestry school at New Haven,
Conn.,, to which his family has given
$150.OOO. The present head of the for
estry service Is a son Of James w. Pin
chot and was born at Simsbury. Conn.,
In 1865. He studied at Phillips Exeter
academy and at Yale, graduating from
that university in 1889. Having decid.
ed on the adoption of forestry as a pro-
fession, he went abroad TO study al
the French forest school and In the
woods of France. Germany, Austria
and Switzerland, and. while he learned
much abroad. he found that foreign
methods of forest preservation and en-
couragement were not adapted to this
country. The forestry service as 1t ex.
lists today Is chiefly his creation. When
he went into the service only eleven
persons were employed In 1t. and only
two Of these were professional forest
ers. There was no field equipment and
practically all the work was Office
work. At the beginning Of the pres
ent fiscal year the employees number
ed S21, Of whom 1853 were professional
foresters. Field work was then going
on In twenty-seven states and terrific
ries. The Importance Of this work te
future generations. as Mr.. Pinchot be
lieyes, can scarcely be oyerestimated
A famine In coal. he says. could be
much better withstood than a famine
In trees. He Is an enthusiast In his
work. and the value OF II Is coming to
be recognized by commercial organlza'
lions as well as by those who are In
terested In II on the broad ground OF
the welfare Of the American people
and of the race
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which marks his grave bears inscrip-
lions for other members Of the family
besides Brown Of Osawatomie."
Browns son Frederick was killed In
the course Of the troubles In $
This event imbittered him and con-
irmed him in his desperate resolves.
Only two of his son are now living,
Salmon, who resides in Oregon, n
Jason, who lives on a farm near Akron.
O., and is hale and hearty Mt the age Of
eighty-three. Jason cherishes no Dit
terness toward the south on ccoun
of his fathers sad fate. Indeed, he
does not forget that he himself owes
bis life to a ~southerner, and he thinks
that the north as well as the south was
to blame for continuance of slavery.
1t was in the course Of these exciting
events that Jason Brown was captured
by ~proslavery men, headed by Martin
White, and came ear being hanged by
them. In telling the story of his escape
he has said:
"The party stopped finally and made
preparations to hang me. One man, o
leader, mounted a stump and, swinging
q hemp rope, sang, Swing him up,
swing him up. swing up the abolitionisf
scoundrel.'
IT expected to be hanged at once.
and the o was already coiled for
the deed. when one Of three men who
had been standing at the edge of the
crowd came to my side. With him was
a boy with a note and he handed 1t to
White. 1t was from my father, and
White read it.
~ hear that you hold two Of my
Sons prisoners the paper began.
"'Whose writing Is thatT the stran-
ger inquired OF me, showing me the
paper.
".My fathers l replied.
"Ts old John Brown your fatherT he
inquired Of me. l replied he was. and
then the man withdrew, and. going to
the edge of the crowd, consulted with
a few persons. He then made a speech
to those assembled and persuaded them
not to hang me at once. He then told
me that he would take me to his home
and keep me a prisoner there. / went
with him to his home not far away and
1 never could have been treated better,
Besides, he cured me Of the ague, and
eventually I was released.
1.-The man who saved my life was
Judge Jacobs, who went to Kansas
from Lexington, Ky. / owe my life to
the kindness Of a southerner. and his
act changed my whole life toward the
south"
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CASS GILBERT.

xr.hft~ct Of Mfnne-ota Capital and
new York Custom House.
The recent dedication OF the new
state capitol of Pennsylvania at Har-
risburg has started a discussion as to
the extent t. which the public funds
should be drawn on In the erection OF
public buildings and their embelllsh-
ment. The Pennsylvania capitol cost
more than $4,000. 600. and some OF the
expenditures In connection with its
construction have been criticised as
extravagant. The New York state cap
itol at Albany cost s~29.Oo0,0o0 and Is
not yet finished. Graft Is said to
have increased by a large sum the cost
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-01
DR.. SHELDON JACKSON.
The Reindeer Experiment In Alaska
and HIS Connection With II.

The Reindeer Experiment In Alaska
and HIS Connection With II.
The Rev. DIR. Sheldon s. Jackson Of
Alaska, against whom charges were
filed by Frank c. Churchill, a special
agent of the interior department, is a
noted Presbyterian missionary. He
has issued a statement vigorously de-
nying that any fault could justly be
found with his conduct in connection
with the matters dealt with In the
agents report. the use of reindeer in
the work Of the missionary school
service in Alaska. Some years ago the
government inaugurated the plan Of
bringing reindeer from Lapland and
employing Eskimo in using them for
transportation purposes in Alaska.
DR.. Jackson assisted in this work and
journeyed across the Siberian wastes
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-01
WON CUP.

Lieutenant Lahm, Victor In Balloon
Race In Franc
1t was quite a feather In the cap OF
American aeronauts that the interna-
tional balloon race sailed from Paris
for the Bennett cup was won by an
American, Lieutenant Frank p. Lahm
of the Sixth cavalry. U. 8. A. The pio'
ture shows his start In his balloon. the
United States, from the Tuileries gar-
dens on his aerial voyage. He sailed
AS miles, was In the air about twenty
three hours and alighted on Demesne