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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
BACK.

Well. they are back,
And glad l am.
It's good to hear
The screen door slam.
It's mighty sweet
To hear them shout.
While they are
Romping in and out.
AND in that chair,
Where oft I nap,
It's good to note
He's tossed his zap.
The house was. oh,
So neat and still!
No finger marks
On window sill.
No mud stains
On the kitchen floor;
/ fairly yearned
To hear them roar,
But they are back,
And once again .
Their toys are
Littering my den.
Two Teddy bears,
A train of cars
Are on the shelf
With my cigars.
A doll is sleeping
In my chair:
While building blocks
Are every where.
Tin soldiers waiting
To attack
Upon the flor
Now bivoutc.
And snuggleI in
My couch tonight
I found, when I
Turned up The light,
A curly hea 1ed
Boy asleep
And by his side
A fair Boil eep.
I reused them
With a dot.ng smack,
And thanked the Lord
The kids W re back.
Detroit Free Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
As Defined.

Pat-Oi saw in tn paper somethin'
about a felly thot wor afther bein'
blase. Phwat's tn meanin' Of blase,
Oi dunno?
Mike-Blase do be tn feelin' thot
comes t. a man afther he gifts so lazy
thot loafin' is hard wor-ruk, Dim think
in'.-Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
our Recent Educatlon.

you a win in a walk" said the
campaign manager, enthusiastically.
Public sentiment would never be
satisfied with anything so sedate and
orderly" answered the candidate.
Cant you arrange for me to win in a
horseback gallop, or something of that
kind."-Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
Correcfed.

Redd-Been frog hunting?
Greene-Yes.
How are the frogs running this
season."
They're not running this season,
they're jumping same as any other
season ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
WoefuI Waste.

Gee, but it's bot!" cried Mr.. sizzer,
hopping his brow. Where is
Tommy"
"Out flying his kite" said Mrs. Siz-
ger.
We'll, for goodness sake, tell him
to stop it," roared Sizzer. The idea
Of using up what little breeze there is
on such nonsense!"-Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
NEW IDEA FOR ORCHARD SAW.
Effective instrument Made Out of
Old Materials.

The orchard saw shown in the &C
companying illustration may be made
from a buck saw blade and a tooth
from an old horse rake. Have your
blacksmith, suggests Prairie Farmer,
turn the tooth end at right angles and
thread it for a nut where it passes
through the saw blade at A.
Shrink a clip on the opposite end of
the arc at B, also with a threaded
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
Evadinq the Issue.

Mrs. Lushington-And there you
were, at three o'clock in the morning,
hugging that cigar-store Indian.
Mr.. Lushington-Surely, my dear,
you are not jealous Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17

An average yield of b~lackberries in
a cultivated patch is said to be S.15S
quarts, or about SO bushels. An acre
has been known to produce 10000
quarts, but this is an exceptional
yield.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
Judaed by Appearance,

Jones-He has a motor-car face.
Bones-He looks broken down, if
that's what you mean.-Half-Holiday.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17

Edwin once tried to kiss a pretty
girl in a canoe.
Edna-Did you get a turn down?
Edwin-No, over.-Chicago Daily
News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17

Do not wear out the deep rich acre.
Of the prairie states.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17

She-What book has helped you
most in your career, Mr.. Splosh?
Millionaire-My wife's first cookery
book. You see, 1 got so that I'd sooner
work than eat, and the habit has
chung to me.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17

Fisherman-Is it effective?
Dealer-Effective? Why, l sold a
man some of it last week, and he got
turned out of the church for telling
the truth about the fish he caught!
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-08-08
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

A City of the Dead - A Retro
spect, by Harry Clifford ........10
An Address to the World, by
Governor John c. Cutler. .......
An Invitation to the Eagles Cou
vention, by Mayor ]. S. Bransford 6
A Short History of the Eagles
by A. S. Fowler .............. 6
Automobile Section. ...... .11-12-13
Editorial Comment ............... d
Extract from Farmer (dry) Harris
Diary, by E. John Evans ....
List of Automobile Owners 49,. Hip
Mines and Mining ........., 1917
Music and Theatres. ............. 9-19
Salt Lake City-Facts and Figures 14-15
Sporting Gossip ................1 1918
Suansassee. A Story of Pioneer
Days by John G. Weaver -. 2O-21
World Events for the Week ......... 5
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-08-08

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and usefulness of this
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17
DEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY. OCTOBER l7 1908

Well while the latter showed the usual
mortality.
Hen-hatched chicks showed mortal
ity5 OF TO- per cent in breeders and ~
per cent with hens On the other hand,
incubator Matched chicks In the tests
showed a mortality OF 1915 per cent
in breeders and 49,2 per cent with hens.
Mr.. Dryden concludes that the hens
are more efficient hatchers than the
incubators, though the incubators
matched a fairly satisfactory number
OF the eggs at may be true" he
says, that the incubator will hatch as
many chicks. on the average, as the
sitting hen, because the hen sometimes
breaks eggs in the nest and some
times quits her job, two things that
the incubator Is not guilty of; though
occasionally the lamp will go out, the
temperature will go wrong and all the
eggs will be spoiled" But he adds that
successful incubation does not mean
merely the Matching of a large per-
ccntage or a, certain percentage OF the
eggs; the serious problem is not how
to hatch the greatest percentage OF the
eggs, but rather how to hatch the larg-
est number OF chicks of greatest VI
tality The test of the incubator is
not that 1t hatch, on the average, as
large percentage of the eggs as the
sitting hen. but that it hatch az many
and as good chicks as good sitting
hen. Untilsthis can be done. he thinks,
poultry enterprises will continue to lag
where artificial methods Of incubation
are used.
And thus has the busy hen again
demonstrated her superiority over ar
tificial methods that at one time seemed
likely to displace her altogether.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17
From The Battle-Ground Of Thought.
Justice
Is Blind
At Times.

Justice six months ago a deputy
Is Blind clerk OF one of the dis
At Times. trict courts in Montana
was convicted on two
charges of forging warrants or GER
tificates for jurors fees. He had is
sued the warrants In the names of fic-
titious persons. He had confederates
who obtained the cash from tho
county treasurer on these warrants.
The amount of his peculation was
something like $4,000. He was SEN
fenced on the two charges to several
years imprisonment. His attorney
went to the Supreme Court on the is
sue that the copies Of the warrants
or certificates as set out in the indict-
mems failed to show that the seal OF
the clerk of the courts was attached
to them. and that in the absence of
such seal, which was required by law,
the warrants or certificates were void,
and no crime was committed. The
Supreme Court sustained this conten-
ton, and the deputy clerk is now q
free man, although one of his confed-
crates, weighed down by the sense of
his own guilt and the disclosure of it,
died as an indirect result. Yet no
lawyer, educated under the present
system, will question the correctness
OF this decision, If judicial precedents
case, case of cold-blooded murder,
the prosecuting attorney neglected, by
one of chose unavoidable mental
lapses to which we are all subject,
and which no one seemed to have dis
covered until too late, to set out in
the body of the indictment the name
of tho county where the murder was
committed, though the name APP
peared in the caption. There were
M. ,tel1
vised the defendant of the crime. All
through the trial reference was made
to the exact locality. 1t was proved
beyond cavil. The defendant himself
took the stand, described the place,
and named the county in the telling
of his story, He did not know that he
had not been legally charged with a
crime in that particular county. In
fact, he supposed he had. But after
his conviction of murder in the first
degree, his lawyers discovered Che
flaw. They raised the question, and
the Supreme Court. of course. re-
versed the case. Had the defendant
been acquitted, his acqulttaI would
have been legal, Having been con-
victed, his conviction was Illegal
Golfers Weekly. Fiction Number.
Trials of Frank n Meyer went out
Scientific TO China with sort of
Explorers. carte-blanche commission
from the United States
government. Here was the proposition
for the explorer. The United States
practically includes every variety of
climate and soil. barring the Arctics.
Yet great sections of the United State
lie fallow marked BARREN Now Korea
and China and Russia have areas with
the same climate and the same soil: but
those areas are not marked BARREN
They are cultivated so they support a
population prolific as rats. Meyer was
sent to see what graw in those regions
to see how it grew, to examine gardens
and farms, to learn the failures and to
learn the successes of those foreign
peoples who have been cultivating arid
SOIL moro centuries than the United
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17
BosroN,s NEW WAY.

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-. o,,x,tra, rrher.
ii'e'iss u'iuei tno i''fNs !, : so'' ~
are a'ilso ieasoiis' ~ 'e''SS $50 ~,
''iufiieip atiss ne t''so 49, ntra,...
OF iiiote " '''e s 80 /,
n.y. i..so 1 ,..,st,s,,',,
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reIinafhs was i,is eApi'l'.as'i, ~
practlce OF split1ii's e.ii'i ae.s -
PURPOSE oI aVoioii's 'uo''e -
SO tnat taVoreo colitia ptoiS' W -
ucaiig eHJostns = i,ioi'orots
nlclpai "ork az .i'stt =" = 80
the muhiciPal stoiic q s' no
perts VINO mace IN '1iSss.ts"t'p't 20
ured that at. " was costi''s = 80
ton OF crusheo slo'le. WISH go
fair commercial fas i. iisnts.
we 'i ~ ! ,'9ssea a,I,n,ixtng q
own system OF street iilseap 't'i.iAii's = !,
similarly ontraseots as ~ uYs' 80
product; yet me cits eoui'1'' -
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17
JAPANESE STUDENTS.

III various higher schools Of this
there are several Japanese students
taking selected courses OF study.
The young japanese who come here
as students do not seem to be in any
way Objectionable, While there has
! been much criticism of late years con-
corning lapans alleged non-adherence
TO her Immigration contracts with the
United States, we cannot think that
anyone will feel to blame the young
men of that country who como here.
foran education. Such a movement Is
Japan's chief hope Of material social
and intellectual advancement; and Is
probably fostered and encouraged by
her government. Most Of the supposed
cases of contrayention of the tmmigr;i-
ton compact between the two coun-
tries. refer to students who are said
to enter under that classification and
who then turn to labor that comes in
to competition with our worklngmen.
We believe, however that practical
ly all the japanese who obtain pass
ports from their government and en-
ter this country as students are simply
what they claim to be-students and
not coolie laborers. But the fact that
many OF these students may later be
found engaged in humble and perhaps
mental occupations in order to OBJ
tain livelihood. does not seem to show
that they have deceived either their
own government or the country that
received them. For japanese students
are as u rule SO poor that they quite
generally work their way through
school While obtaining an education.
Most of them enter domestic service,
often working mornings and evenings
only, and attending classes In the day
ttime. In the summer these students
are commonly found working on farms
or ranches, or in the orchards of Cali
fornia. Householders in that State are
generally glad to employ the Japanese
boys as donlsstics No one seems to
complain of them In this connection,
| since they provide the Californians
| with domestic service at reasonable
| wage. Tho perseverance OF these stu
| dents Is truly wonderful, and entities
! them to respect and admiration. When
they return to Japan, equipped with an
education mostly for business purposes,
they readily obtain positions in the in
dustrial and commercial world that
would never otherwise have been open
! to them. The expansion of commerce
| and industry Is Just now the dominant
idea in the island empire; and the
government itself sends abroad num-
Der of students annually. These are
under obligation to serve the State on
their return; but it is said that tho
majority OF students prefer to be free
from such contracts and so come here
at their own expense
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17
ONCE MORE.

Those who have followed our contro-,
versy with the daily assailant of the
Latter-day Saints on the question Of
ministers In politics, cannot have failed
to notice the changes of attitude as
sumed by that illogical adversary. The
original proposition, which we deny, was
this, that one of the fundamental prin-
ciples of Americanism Is the exclu-
sion of high eccle!slasts from political
preferment and activity"
We proved by indisputable evidence
that high ecclesiasts have, from its
birth influenced the policy of this
Country, and taken an active part in
public life. We proved that no class
of men contributed more to carry for
ward the Revolution and to achieve
our independence than did the minis
ters of that era of liberty, and, con-
sequently, that the so-called funda-
mental principle of excluding high &c
cleslasts from political preferment and
activity is fundamental rot.
Our antagonist then admitted the
truth of our contention but added that
it had no bearing on the controversy
in Utah. because, forsooth, the minis.
tiers that had taken part in American
politics We're moral, and loyal to the
country.
The question being carried into the
domain of morality We willingly fol-
lowed and suggested an individual COM
parison as to moral qualifications be-
tween the Church leaders from the time
of the Prophet Joseph down.to the pres
cnt time. and their close associates, on
one side, and their accusers. traducers
anu prosecutors. on the other. We sug-
gested comparison, as to moral quail
icatons, between those who publicly
clamor for the exile or Imprisonment of
innocent men. and the victims OF their
assaults Unfortunately, our adyer-
sary ignores this, neglecting an oppor-
tunity OF pointing out the illustrious
moral records of Its friends and pro-
teges. 1t neglects an opportunity OF
calling attention to the halo the wings,
the angelic innocence and purity of
the American" aspirants for senator
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17
TEMPERANCE and BUSINESS.
cFor A. Associated Prohibition Press, y q r Hsa.h

5nlovment at their trade to the number
OF 65,77l.
In Illinois there Is q shortage of
more than half.
I'm California. 1876 are employed,
rh hn there should be 42,1s7: in Nfassa-
chusetts 1901, instead Of 1904; and
Fl Labor is hard hit W the liquor traf-
f IA, THESE figures prove what vast
benefits would come II these lacking
hundreds Of thousands OF carpenters
were employed.
They show conclusively what in
creased labor would be required to
build thousands of new homes, erect
additions to old homes, create more
taxable property, meet the expansion
of trade by these carpenters ana their
families in stores. on cars, and IN all
the relations of life.
As tho inevitable result OF this de-
nland In nearly or quite every state for
scores Of thousands of additional Gar
penters, there would be an Immediate
and significant increase In wages.
Now. the men who are starved, out
from that trade because liquor snatchcs
the millions Of dollars which would
otherwise be paid them for wages,
grayitate on lines of local least resist
ance to other trades already over
u,
wages there, with semi-starvation for
Under prohibition these facts prove
that the situation would be directly
reversed.
Ask thinking workinglnen to consl-
der these facts. They are typical.
In scores and scores of vacations.
prohibition Is labor's best friend, and
the discovery j here set forth proves
that fart over and over.
There Is practically no end to the IL
Illustrations which can be given
| along business and labor lines showing
| by concrete figures how prohibition
| works as an economic benelit. Lack Oh
| space must check us now.
/ will, however, call attention to ono
| more fact, one relative to banking.
Maine is largely q ''backwoods state"
| s;parsely settled and with considerable
numbering. 1t would DO expected that
banking and brokerage would be left
| to states richer and moro densely
populated. Yet it is true that all
brokers iii continental United States
| number 1886 Maine has $40. The "ra-
| ito" of the country as II whole to
! Maine is 129.765 and therefore II the
I country measured up to Names stan
| dard in bankers and brokers, IT would
| have 73, $50. SO the rural state of Maine
| Is little ahead on that line. one gen
orally supposed " pti ttiiil =. ~ ny ~,
Thrifty people require banking facili-
! ties.
There seems to be no escape from
the conclusion we are finding. The
| prohibition state of Maine sets an
example OF thrifty and wise. use Of
means which places her Ear in the van
| OF progress. If other states would
reach her standard they should adopt
| tho prohibition policy which has set
| her in the van.
The subject is commended to men
of foresight in the business and labor
| world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17
IMPORTANT LINE or STUDY.

. . ill-. y Z y + I7- Z
The Mutual Improvement associa-
tions have again taken up their work.
after the usual vacation, and we trust,
4 that signal success will attend the
meetings, throughout the length and
I breadth of Zion. We trust the young
people generally will take an interest in
these gatherings, and that the Older
members of the Church who realize the
a importance OF making use of every ops
portunty for intellectual advancement
and spiritual growth, Will encourage
tho young men and women to meet for
instruction and cdihcation. The har-f
1nony between religion and science is
the subject of the present course of
& study. The excellent treatise by Doc
tor John a. Widtsoe, on the Prophet
Joseph as a scientist. will be followed.
and the student will marvel as he
(, walks along this path at the wonderful
6 truths he there Will find in great album
dance.
1t used to be. at one time. an axiom
that religion and the sciences are at
variance, almost antagonistic. Ration
alistic explanations OF the Scriptures
were offered as q bridge over the diff
fculty Then came higher criticism
explaining away revelation and max
y ing the Hebrew religion natural eyo-
luton from barburism. Abraham
Moses and David were placed in the
same class as legendary heroes. All
statements in the Bible as to the writ
crs of 1t, Moses. Joshua. Samuel. tbs
s psalinist, the prophets, We're Gust aside.
Petrie's belief that a comparatively few
Israelites were fed in the wilderness
by natural means, fCorrellys that the
mamma was a fall Of snow. and Balk-@
Wills that the sacrifice at Carmel was
burned by Elijah pouring naphtha on
the water, Illustrate the extrcme views
resorted to. to save the Bible from tho
Sciences"
But the Bible needs no such defense
Archaeology, assisted by philology, has
spoken. Explorers going over the
ground find that tho Bible Is o correct
guldebook, and could not have bean
written much later than the events de-
scribed and at y greatGdlstance from
their localities. Not only do the places
still appear, hut the animals, plants
customs and phenomena Of climate turn
out to. be exactly as described The
grave faults of Bible characters would
never have been told of legend
airy heroes. Inscriptions corrobo-@
rating Bible history are accumu-s
slating and are counteracting the
adverse conclusions OF eminent
critics. No conflict between the Bible
and archaeology has arisen in any
case Countless misunderstanding ana
erroneous interpretations of Scripture
are cured by these explorations
Ia. similar result viii be attained when when
z tho inspired teachings and revelations
of the Prophet Joseph are brought to
the scientific test DIR. Widtsoe has done
so very successfully, and the Manual
brings his Investigations before the
young people in the proper form for
4 study In the meetings of the Mutual
Improvement associations.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17
PROHIBITION IN OKLAHOMA.

one OF the permanent arguments
against temperance legislation Is TINS
that it is ineffective. Prohibitionists
claim that it is. and give figures In
favor of their views.
According to j. j. Thomson, the spe-
cial state Inspector at Oklahoma Guy,
under the enforcement of the law,
crimes have decreased, the city has
expanded and there is a surplus IN the
municipal treasury, as q result OF nine
months Of prohibition. During the pre-
yious rule, the record of six small
cities for nine months was 3l9 arrests
for INVESTIGATION; 22S for the disturb
ance8 Of peace. and 192 for other Of
lenses; a total of TSi. During nine
months of prohibition the total was
reduced to 2S4.
The record of seven larger cities for
the same periods shows Il still larger
decrease III crime. The total arrests
under license was 3,5J2. and under
prohibition, 1896
How temperance laws affect business
is an important question
Mr. Thomson claims that last year
Oklahoma City. including the suburbs
which are now in the city, had y popu-
lation of 10000. The recent school CEN
sus shows an increase Of % per cent,
and If the children brought their par
ents to town with them, the city now
+ he says, has $4,000 people, last
year there We're 50 saloons which paid
into the city treasury $500 apiece, or
S29,50o per year. This year with an
occupation tax. the city pays its mayor
ana councilmen good salaries, has
made extensive improvements and mas
d good round sum in the treasury.
-Four large brick schoolhousess are 10
7 be built; fifteen miles of streets are
being paved, which Is one-third us
much as that already laid. Building
permits for the first half of August
amounted to $4,000, and in July s10S,
600.
Real estate men say the demand fol
homes is increasing beyond their abil-
ity to meet and large numbers of resi-
licences are being erected. The bank
clearings for the month ending August
18th, Were s4.3oS,9s6, exceeding those
for the Same month last year by S43l-
325 or nearly half million.
Rents and real estate prices are all
S from 10 per cent to 40 per cent high
er than last year. Every room and