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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

when consumers are only too glad to
get It in any quantity, and for almost
any price. The "Htty" pound SACKS OF
flour that have falsehoods branded
across their faces az to weight, should
contain what they purport TO oohthlp'
or tho dealers who sell them be held re-
sponsible not only for the deficiency
but TO the community. The butter man
who puts up, and the groceryman VINO
retails, packages that are shy from
one TO four ounces, should be known TOT
what he is. And 80 should the perpe-
traitor OF other commercial and trade
1eceptions that fail to reach the stan
dard of value and measure for when
the public pays The pedGer who sells
three pecks of potatoes for q bushel ana
the vendor who has false bottom boxes
belong to the same class and should De
accorded the same treatment The
enormously increased cost of living
makes it exceedingly difficult for the
Woodworking head OF q family. ana the
frugal housewife, 10 make the iheiastio
ends of frequently too scant income
meet under normal and honest treat
ment at the hands OF those from whofn
they buy. Add to that condition whlch
they can IN no wise control the short
weight and shy measure" problem, ana
their lot becomes indeed hard. Ihat is
a verify TO which all dealers of propity
and honor viii subscribe. BY all means
rid the community of the fellow VINO
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

er stocks and that the national er
eminent should give NOR aiisater
mining finance. The recsai nace..s-i
of prominent industrial Iirar,ts 81.
Danies give point to a study qHlrA
Seymour of the cost OF indus-n 70.
surance. In which 1t Is shown nal an
the advantages accrue TO new pNu-
holders. not to those previously nsIsi
Furthermore, it Is stated that v0ikh!
people pay SO when alive to get 81 bass
when dead. The Reading cfasb d
1898, the tariff in its relation TO iTuss
and the night banks OF New York a'
treated In other artioles.-& Nasal
St., New York.
The following are among The fsa,.
lures of the February number .,
Broadway magazine; "A Prelehs q
Talking and Flirting frontlspless u
colors: ",The Farce of Police ceuIl
Justice in New York. Franklin Ssl'
thews; MARK Twain Stuart Goall'
THE Gathering in OF Abner Wines'
ly," Grace MacGowan Cooke; IN
Dream Woman" poem. Resla..
Wright Kaufman; THE Face o y
Fancy" a poem. Writer Blnhs
Gardiner Center and the wave
vards,' Alice Woods Ullman =.
PARCHMENT to Money-Maniaes' Bpl
rift Hamilton; "The Three klnss
Libcrtad," Part Ill. l.. Frank rcassl
"Prince Sheilus of ireland, a 10
Charles Battrcli LOOMS; New l -,
Girls Singing In Grand Opera. Ep
I.athrop; "The Plays of the Monul
William Bullock; Current conms
In New York" and 1.-The snap
Edge. ~ West, Twenty-secoh'
New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02
THE GIFT OF PROPHECY.

Someone. a short time ago. put the
query why the Lord. II lie had prophets
among the children OF men, did not
commission these to predict the great
catastrophes by which so many lives
have been lost during recent years. In
order that the people might have been
warned and sought safety in some
place OF refuge. such questions, no one
who has true conception Of the pro-
phetc gift ana Office, as taught In th5
Scriptures, would ask lrreyerently.
A very general notion Is that a
prophet IS person who has the gift of
disclosing future events which humal!
wisdom could not foresee. and thus
satisfying human curiosity. But. this
IL very Inadequate definition. In the
Scripture sense of tho word, a prophet
Is very far from being merely sooth-
snyor, or n fortune teller, There Is IN
the human heart. generally speaking.
an nalienable craving for communal
cation with Deity and for an assurance
that the affalrs Of man are of concern
to God. In ancient paganism what is
known as mantieism sought to satisfy
this craving of tho human spirit. The
soothsayers the oracles pretended to
make known to man the counsel OF
God In important crises OF human ar
fairs, ana 10 direct men to do right.
But paganlsm failed TO accomplish this.
The Lord gave to His servants the
prophetic gift, 10 gave His people from
the error OF trusting 10 necromancy. or
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02
MAKE A NOTE OF IT.

We hone the Christian element OF TINS
community win make note of the tact
that the organ that speaks for the
present City administration, and III
fact. exercises dictatOrial powers, ~
fighting their efforts to have a proper
observance of the Lords day in this
City BY and by that organ VIII appear
to the decent citizens and ask them to
join the other wing of the crowd In q
united effort to continue the so-called
american party in power. And then
the organ will loudly protest that II
must have help TO overthrow the "hi~
erarchy" in order that the people may
be permitted to observe the Sabbath,
The organ referred 10 Is always looking
noticed il correct understanding Of
Its position Is desired.
In the meantime. we believe we can
say that the majority of the citizens
here want quiet, orderly sunday
with as many temptations as possible
removed out of sight. One of the
early fruits OF the turning over of the
City government to the present adj
ministration was the opening of cer-
tain places of amusement in the after
noon on Sunday, as we'll as evening
In one place a regular beer garden was
run few steps from an amusement
hail. and II was claimed that every
Sunday boys and girls congregated
there and INDUCED in intoxicants
Such conditions. we feel sure the ma
jority of the people here condemn, al.
though 1t seems to be in perfect har-
mony with the spirit of anti-"M Mormon.
ISM
II the City is to be saved from cor.
ruption the party in alliance with thos,
who traffic in sin and shame must b,
deprived of its power to regulat,
things contrary to the will of the ma.
tority of the people.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02
SUPPRESSION OF "sALoME.'

The suppression a few nights ago
in New York, of "Salome," the widely
exploited grand opera. by the direc-
tors of the Metropolitan, promises 10
furnish material for an endless amount
of newspaper and other discussion.
The manner and the morals of the
productions; the aims and purposes
of the owners are considered from
various viewpoints and by all classes
of individuals.
The suppression was made with as
little ado as possible, and on the
ground that the opera was too OBJ
iectionable and detrimental" This
expression sums mp the verdict of the
directors who are to be commended
for their prompt and self-incited ac-
ton for the public good. The scene
in which the greatest offending lay
was where Olive Fremstad, In the IT,
lie role kisses the head of John the
Baptist II was that. in fact, that
caused the directors to discontinue
the opera "Salome' is the opera by
Richard Strauss. founded on the
story written by the late mentally and
morally malformed Oscar Wilde. 1t
tells of the infatuation of Salome for
John the Baptist and how Herod,
the king, is in love with Salome who
is the daughter of Herodias, his sec
ond wife, but Salome scorns and
spurns the ardent monarch and de-
clares her love tor the disciple and
"Forerunner' of the Redeemer. who
is imprisoned in the palace where Sa-
lone visits him and declares her feel
ings. But John protests against. and
repulses her. Herod works himself
into a rage at their interview, and in
his passion tells the maid she may
have anything that is in his power
TO bestow if she will perform for him
the dance of the Seven Wells, which
she does. Then 1t Is that Salome de-
mands the severed head OF John the
Baptist that she may kiss in death
the lips she was not permitted to
Salome. and she covers It with kisses,
wildly, repeatedly. Herod horritied at
the awful spectacle orders her death
and the curtain is rung down on the
maiden's lifeless body.
1t is not strange that the gruesome-
ness of thai scene and of other ex-
tremely Objectionable situations should
have caused revolt IN the minds of
the directors, one of whom said with
a shudder, There may be a few who
see grandeur in the music that tells
Of the perverted fascination of Salome
for John the Baptist. her insane desire
to kiss the forerunner' an aim she
| accomplished only after she had had
nine men out OF n hundred such a sltu-
alton can only be sickening. When /
saw Fremstad grooming over that piece
of CHASTITY waxwork for fully twenty
minutes, | made up my mind that no
member Of my family should ever have
the opportunity of asking permission to
see that disgusting and nauseatlng
spectacle"
For years playwrlghts and managers
have resorted to every device and arti-
fee their minds could eonjure UP In
the way OF stage realism, but here Is a
case where they overstepped legitimate
limitations and invaded domain out
| OF which the merely mercenary mana
GER and actor must remain forever. in
| Christian countries at least. The sup
preston of "sulome" was distinct
| public benefit. d.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02
THE SHORT WEIGHT MAN.

One lawmaker at least knows some
thing OF the short weight man ana his
rnpo5ltion upon his customers He
thinks, as does the public that Il Is
high time FOR this species Of fraud 10
be checked. and checked permanently.
Iio Is pretty wei everywhere IN the
community He has had a long reign
ana a Large proht. The time has come
for full measure and a square deal. II
the law IL not now sufficient TO reach
him II should be amended, and doubt
less win be.
salt Lake has been patient and long
suffering n this matter for years The
seventeen or eighteen hundred pound
tons OF coal, are altogether too many
esen In The midst OF the fuel famine,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The following Is the list OF contents
OF Appleton's Magazine for February:
1.-THE Debt * Honor" a story, Agnes
and Egerton Castle: Robert Burns
Theodore Thornton Munger; "The
Quickening of Galatea," story. Henry
c. Rowland; THE Dwelling Place as
an Expression of Individuality" Sam
uel Howe; ITO Boulder" a poem,
Henry Smith Williams; THE Deserts
Breath" story Roy Norton: AT
Clairefontaine," poem, Charles Wood
ward Hutson; THE Alcohol Age Day
Allen Wiley; THE Amazing Lady" a
story iona Gale; THE Restoration of
the Highways r. II. Fuller; "A Wiz
ard of the Philippines" story, VOL
colt LeClear Beard; Rain In the
Woods a poem. Cornelia Claiming
Ward; Mother" serial story, chap
tiers XXI. Maxim Gorky: Training
Tigers and Other Big Cats" r. w. Roll
ker; Apples of Gold" a poem. Beth
Slater Whitson; ''Leglslating in Parlia-
ment and Congress-" III. the house,
A. Maurice Lowe; THE Riddle OF Per-
sonaitty," w, II. Arlington Bruce;
Economic Destiny and American For
efgn Trade" Harold Bolce. and Cur
rent Reflections" Edward S. Martini
4S6 Fifth Ave, New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

The expense OF the ThSw trial could
DO betrayed by holding II in Madison
Square Garden. the same as the horse
show, and charging admission. There
would be a fortune IN the sale OF the
boxes alone.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

A number of distinguished foreign
ers have discovered that this country
has some problems 10 solve. Unlike
foreigners OF n generation ago who
made similar discoveries. they are not
Offering solutions gratis.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

The speediest way to get rid OF the
Juvenile court Judge would be for the
Legislature 10 repeal the act creating
the court. When that had been done
another Juvenile court law could be en-
acted. Some notifications OF the pres
ent one might be desirable anyway
When another juvenile Judge Is selected
he should NOT be al iuiineraut.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

Representative Clarke OF Florida
proposes to put the Philippines up at
auction. They may not be worth much
but they are not for sale. Does he re-
gard them as Junk?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

Should novelists travel?" is a ques-
ton that Is arousing much interest and
discussion IN literary circles. There Is
no doubt that many of them should
go"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

The Marlboroughs have reached an
agreement and separated without any
scandal This viii be awfully disap-
pointing to the smart set, both In Lon
don and New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

Speaker Cannon says the house is
the great conservative legislative
body He ought to know. for In the
house he is 1T"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

The ducks weren't diseased; they
weren't poisoned. They must have died
trying to sling the swan song.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

The members of the Theatrical
trust" do not look upon their indict-
ment as laughing matter.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

The investigation into the Browns
vile affair, like the Fourth OF July
should be sane.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

Senator Benner x. Smiths output Of
bills shows that he does not believe in
the unwritten law
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

A jury has been secured In the Thaw
case. The question now is, VIII 1t stay
secured?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

II came, / sawed, l conquered" was
Convict Merritt's comment on his in
generation In the city jail.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

According to DR.. Wiley the "r" in a
mouth doesn't save frozen oysters from
being bad.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

Labels on canned goods should be
put under oath before their statements
are accepted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

Pearson's Magazine for February
opens with an article by James Creel-
man on Israel Unbound" with por-
traits This is an appreciation of the
service prominent Jews have rendered
humanity Other notable features
of this magazine are: "A Dinner to
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

Scientists say that cooking does not
cook the bacili's goose.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

The Thaw case shows how hard it is
10 find twelve good and lawful men in
New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02

The ieemen always have snap even
II 1t is not a cold snap.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-11-30
DRY FARM WHEAT
YIELDS IS BUSHELS
Abon Farmers Deneaskate
Merits Of Dry FaIniae.


Dry farming received quite a boost,
Monday, from two residents of Arbon, .
settlement about thirty-five miles south
of here. They report that IS, 900 bush
els of grain have been threshed this
season, and a little yet remains. The
settlement embraces thirty-two fami-
hes, and mixed farming and stock
growing are its chief industries.
The settlement is a comparatively
new one, and lies at an altitude of
about 500 feet, thirty miles south of
American Falls.
Some fields of dry land wheat averag-
ed thirty-fiye bushels per acre. and one
field of about five acres went forty
bushels The average for the entire
settlement. including some very poor
fields. is about twenty-five bushels
Wheat is the principal grain product.
yet oats and barley are also grown.
John Paine is credited with the best
yield Of wheat. His thirty-five acre
field averaged thirty-fiye bushels. Five
acres Of this went forty bushels. The
grain was damp when threshed. ard
not all of it was saved.
Ezra Anderson's thirty-two acre field
averaged thirty bushels. Tom Evans
had sixty acres which went twenty
five bushels.
W. F. Arm raised fifty bushels of
oats on new land. Julius Abter raised
20 bushels Of oats, also on new land.
This was not 4 good year for oats.
however. Last year Ezra Andersou'a q
oats went seventy-five bushels.
These yields are furnished by Julius
sabter and W. :. Arm Mr.. Abter
operated the threshing machine and is
in position to speak with absolute
knowledge regarding yields and quality
of grain, which he says is of the best
Dry farmers may possibly learn
much from the experience Of the Arbou
farmers as to the varieties which yield
with the greatest certainty.
Odessa wheat has proven to give the
best results year for year. and more
of this kind is grown than any other.
Gold Coin did we'll last year. but this
year has proven very unsatisfactory.
Spring Sonora has been given a fair
trial, but it is not sure crop. Some
years it does remarkably well. and in
Others is very disappointing. 1t seems
to be much more afflicted with smut
than other varieties.
Most of the wheat said Mr..
Abter." is sown in the fall. Often
there is not moisture enough to bring il
up. but that apps lrs to make no diff
ference in the yield. We do not worry
If it fails to come up. ~ it seems to
suffer no injury by lying in the ground
all winter"
The gentlemen met Mr.. Nelson, Who
was here arranging for the farmers
institute to be held December II and
II. and Mr.. Arm was invited to par
ticipate in the discussion Of dry farm
ing. and it is hoped that he will be able
to do so.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-11-30
Charged Whh Cessterfeit

For attempting To relieve the financial
ssringeney. Mike Shea, who has been
working ss carpenter here for two
months or more, is in jail at Pocstelio,
and on December llth will have = pre-
liminary hearing on = charge Of coun-
tcrfeiting.
Shea was arrested last Saturday.
charged with stealing = revolver. The
general public was not prepared for the
announcement that the grave charge Of
countcrfciting would be made. In
searching Shea's bunk mods for max
ing 50-ccnt and 81 silver coins were
found. and will be used n evidence
against him.
Shca's mother lives in Pocatcllo, and
IL said to bc in comfortable circum-
stances. II 10 claimed that Shea has
been at liberty but few months. after
having served seven or eight years for
counterfciting.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-11-30

What might have been a serious NC
e,dcn, occurred "a Mrs. r. c. Flsgler
Monday while driving from town TO her
home FIVE miles northeast of here.
When about two miles from her home
the double-trec broke causing the
wagon tongue To drop and frightening
the team. Thus ko~ened the animals
broke away and MrS. Flaxicr. who WAS
holding onto the lines. wa pulled over
the dashboard and thrown heavily 10
the ground, When the horrcs dashed
up 10 the horne her folks hurried back
and found her sitting beside the road.
She WAS taken home and aside from =
severe nervous shock and painful
injury 10 her aide WAS unhsrmcd ard is
do,n9 ~ well as can he expected under
the circumstances.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-11-30

Upon visit To the Dry Farm. Mon
day. il WAS learned that fourteen
hundred acres have been plowcd and
eight hundred seeded To wheat. four
and half fecks To the acre. Flowing
for the season has been stopped. but
200 acres more will be seeded. In the
spring the traction engine will again be
started. with piows. discs and seeder
attached. and several hundred acres
more will be put In. American Falls
lays claim To the largest wheat field in
the state.
This field does not belong 70 one I'M
dividusi. but is composed of units Of
100 serc-homest.sds. the bomesteadcrs
simply combining TO purchcre machinery
10 reduce expenses Of operation.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-11-30

Walter Brand. the Boise oyster man.
who owns business property in Ameri-
can Falls upon which he will erect a
fine building in the spring. has invent
ed cook stove which radically departs
from the prevailing type.
Mr.. Brand does away entirely with
the round holes on the top of a range.
making fiat top entire except that a
section of the top which covers the fire
box is made to slide forward at the will
of the cook. so that the entire fire box
is opened from the top. The range
provides for a down draft and the usual
fuel door is done away with. since the
fuel is all fed in from the top. At the
line where the back end of the sliding
section of the top meets the fixed por-
ton of the top of the range all the drxf,
is admitted The draft is increased by
sliding the movable section out a little
farther. The down draft economies
fuel fully twenty-five per cent and i,
also takes into the FIRE box all steam
and oders and gases arising from the
cooking vessels on the top of the stove,
doing away with the necessity of Z
hood. Grease split upon the top of the
range instead of blazing up into the
room as on the common range in use,
is drawn into the fire box and simply
adds to the fuel in the stove instead oi
endangering the house with FIRE. Mr..
Brand has host Of friends who will
rejoice ut his good fortune and many =
cook who will never have the pleasure
Of his acquaintance will rise up and
call him blessed for his new invention.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-11-30

The Capital News does no, wish to
let the recent session of the League of
southern Idaho Commercial clubs held
here this week. pass out of mind with
out congrstulating its members upon
the action il took In so many impor-
tant matters.
While it WAS tn be expected that the
league would indorse Senator Hey
durn's proposed amendment to the i'm
tcrstatc commerce law. yet the mem
bcrx arc to be complimcnted upon their
prompt and enthusiastic manner of
doing il, showing that they are in more
than passive accord with the amend
ment.
A one Of the delegates well said
should that bill become q Law, Senator
Hepburn will have done more for Ida
no and the rest Of the intermountain
section than all the rest Of the sena-
tors Of that section combined. OF
course he cannot accomplish this re-
sult without the hearty assistance and
cooperation Of the senators and rep
reeentatives Of this section. which sup
port, he certainly will receive.
The league did well also in commend
ing Senator Hepburn in his demand
that the government send it's surplus
money to the west where business can
and will be done IL il Ia sent, rather
than to put it in New York where it is
all being locked up for the benefit of
the stock gamblers.
The government has $235, 900. 900 on
deposit in banks, nearly all Of II in
New York. Had it sent $40. 00O, 600 Of
that to Portland. s.. 600, 900 to Salt Lake.
$40, OoO. 900 to Denver, $25. 900, 600 to
st. Paul and $50. 00O. 900 to Chicago.
much less than half the total no
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-11-30
Favsr Larger Use 4 Silver.

To embody in concrete form the sug.
gestion of S. R. Guggenheim the smell.
ter magnate, that the financial situa.
ton could be relieved by the purchase
and coinage Of silver, Secretary Fishe,
Harris of the Commercial club is send.
ing invitations to state officials, bank.
ers. mine owners and business men te
meet Mr.. Guggenheim at banquet,
the date Of which will be fixed later.
1t is proposed to cali for the purchase
by the government of $50. 900. 600 ir
silver bullion and the issue Of silvel
certificates to the face value Of the bul
lion when coined. Western senator,
and congressman will be enlisted in tn,
campaign for enlarged use of the whit,
metal. = Salt Lake Herald.