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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04
EDUCATION APPE ARS
TO BE II CRTING NEED
OF UTAH FARMERS
Factors Retarding Improvement Laid Bare Before Commits
son-Dr Beatty Calls Attention to Previous Speak
eTS Infected CowS-Sanitation and
Good Roads Prime Essentials

the use of broad tireo vehicles to the ex-
clusiOS of the other styles.
The meetings were enlivened by several
passages at arms between prominent edu-
Gators of the state. Sanitation was one
of the subjects regarded by most of the
persons present as of the utmost impor-
lance and the remedy was shown TO lie in
the dissemination of information concern
ing the dangers of unsanitary conditions.
Special stress was laid upon the benefit
derived from the university extension
work by which the farmers are met in
their own communities by a portion of the
faculty of the Agricultural college and
afforded instruction in agriculture and
sanitation. II was suggested that a gov
eminent appropriation to be used in con-
junction with a state appropriation might
be used with great benefit to the farmers
of Utah.
There was a universal Endorsement of
the limited parcels post and decided diff
ference of opinion as TO postal savings
banks.
The commission was entertained at
luncheon at the Commercial club by Gov
ernor John c. Cutler and was given a
dinner by the State Horticultural society.
An organ recital was given them at the
tabernacle at o'clock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04

the farm houses had now outgrown pio-
neer conditions. but that in many cases
the farmers had not sought the best
means OF making their houses attractive
and convenient from architectural
point of view and that the surroundings
were frequently repellant and unconge-
NAL. The speaker strongly condemned
the unsanitary conditions existing about
most farms, especially with regard to
the water supply, stating that in many
cases the farmers had paid little atten-
ton to the laws of seepage and the or
binary precautions against cOntamina-
ton. He advanced as his opinion that
but little difficulty would be expert
enced in securing a pure and adequate
water supply.
Mrs. l.. NJ Gillian Of Mapleton. Utah
county, the only woman present at the
morning session. was then asked for her
opinion and said that the homes about
her neishborhood were pretty and at
tractive. but that sanitary conditions
were bad.
Paul Scores Teachers.
school was then asked to speak on the
question of whether the schools were
training the young people satisfactorily
for life on the farm. He stated emphati-
cally that they are not. He said that
the effect of the schools is to turn the
young people away from the farms and
that the better the school the greater
the tendency In this respect. He said that
he believed that the farmers were sin
cere in their desire to have agriculture
taught IN the schools, but that the pupils
in the rural schools were not being taught
in a proper manner. Professor Paul stat
ed that about three-quarters of the teach
ers in the rural districts were women
who Were teaching simply as a stop gap
until they got married and that a large
portion of them could not be trained 10
efficiency in an agricultural course. He
said that some might be so trained but
not those who had become afflicted with
literary aspirations. He stated that men
could not be secured because the pay
was comparatively small and because it
was looked on as a disgrace for an able
bodied man to teach school. Professor
Paul then made an assertion which met
with instant opposition He stated that
to his knowledge there was only one
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04
EDUCATORS AND OTHERS PRESENT
THEIR VIEWS AT MORNING SESSION

The morning session was opened by
Chairman Henry Wallace, who outlined
the work of the commission. He empha-
sized the statement that the commission
was not here 10 teach the farmers new
methods, but TO listen 70 their statements
and 10 their own suggestions for the bet
terment OF conditions AS a basis on
which 10 base the questions which were
10 be put later he suggested that some
one should point out upon the map Of
the state TIE extent and locality of the
farming regions of the stat.
This was done by j. 4. Widtsee of the
Agricultural college. who stated that the
state contained about S2000 square miles
of arabic land. but that less than one
acre IN fifty was at present under cui-
tivatiOn. He also stated that he be-
lieved that 100000 acres of land in Utah
might be reclaimed without irrigation and
that 100000 acres in addition might be
made fertile by means Of irrigation. He
explained the situation OF the wheat.
sugar beet and fruit farming belts ana
also the portion of the state suitable for
the growing Of semi-trOpical fruits
DR.. Widtsoe stated. in answer to ques-
ticns by the commission. that in his opin
ion the farm houses and sanitary condi-
tons of the Utah farms were far from
perfect and that there was urgent need
of reform in both matters. He stated that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04
FATHER AND SON
Both Gained Health on Right Food

food that will build up the health
of man and that can be digested by
baby, certainly has value worth con-
sidering
The following report from an Ohio
wife and mother is to the point and
interesting.
My husband had suffered great
agony from stomach trouble. at times.
for five years. Finally. after six
months in the hospital. he was operat-
ed on for appendicitis
From that time he grew weaker and
thinner, until, when we brought him
home he was reduced from AS to los
pounds.
Then he began to eat for breakfast
Grape-Nuts with cream and a soft
boiled egg For dinner a dish of
Grape-NutS and cream. toasted bread
and glass of warm milk. For supper
same as breakfast, with a baked po-
tato, one or two poached eggs and a
glass of warm milk.
After two months on this diet he
had nearly regained his normal weight.
he took outdoor exercise and got
plenty of sleep He has no more trou-
Die with his stomach and can eat any
thing.
These results induced US to try
Grape-Nuts on our months baby. who
from birth had been puny. Nothing
seemed to agree with him. although
We tried the whole list of Infant
Foods
When 1 began to feed him Grape
Nuts with warm milk poured on TO
make 1t soft, ne weighed only IS lbs
After six weeks of his new diet he has
gained lbs. and is healthy and hap
py."
There's q Reason"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road TO Well
vile" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04

The two burning questions asitated be-
fore President Roosevelt's commission on
country life at the three well attended
meetings held yesterday at the office Of
Governor Cutler were education ard or
ganizatiOE. While The questions dealing
with the farmers life were fully discussed
and the factors retarding Improvement
were laid bare In an open manner. the
general remedy suggested for the evils
which were shown 20 exist was declared
10 be education. Not all the Speakers
agreed as to tho manner Of education, but
all seemed to agree that the evils could
only be obviated by the throwing os ad-
ditional educational light into the rural
communities.
The question Of organization was also
thoroughly discussed and the benefits
from such organization plainly shown
Good roads was one subject touched upon
which was shown TO touch closely upon
the welfare OF every member of a rural
community bat the single remedy sug-
gested outside Of general plans for CO.
operation among the farmers was made
by Peter 4. DrOubay. formerly of ToOele
county and now Of Salt Lake. He sug-
gested an act Of the legislature compelling
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04

farmer. BY that l mean that he should
receive educational benefits from the
schools in proportion to his number in
the community in comparison with ether
professions. / would secure this by re-
modelling the entire school system of the
state il necessary.
A. V. Disqualification. l would secure
this to the farmer by a reorganization of
the school system from the bottom
President Judd of the Horticultural So
ciety made a short address on the work
of the farmers upon the Rio Virgin river
and their troubles and il was suggested
that il would be a good thing if the COM
mission should suggest in their report a
government appropriation of $4,000 to be
eQualed by an appropriation by the state
for the advancement of University extern
sion work. The commission will leave to-
day for Cheyenne. Wye.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04

Ely's Cream Balm has been tried and
not found wanting in thousands of
homes. Ii has won a place in the fam
lily medicine closet. where it is kept at
hand for use in treating cold in the
head just as soon as some member of
the household begins sneeZing or snuff
Hing. 1t gives immediate relief and a
day or twos treatment stops a cold
which might become chronic and run
into a bad case of catarrh. Price 80 cts.
If you prefer 20 use an atomizer, ask
for Liquid Cream Balm. IL has all the
good qualities Of the solid form of this
remedy and viii rid you of catarrh or
hay fever. No cocaine to breed a dread
ful habit. No mercury to dry out the
secretion. Price 75c. with spraying tube.
All druggists. or mailed by Ely Bros,
5s Warren street. New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04

through the giving of proper instructions
and of a sanitary education.
r. d. Wadleigh of Pleasant Grove-The
big question to the farmer is the labor
question. What we need is an increase
in population that we may secure the nee
eSsary labor. The farms of the state will
support five times their present tillers un-
der proper methods.
l.. NJ. Gillilan-The increase of general
intelligence. I would secure this through
proper instruction in the schools reflected
on the home.
Professor Widtsoe-A square deal for the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04
Rural Telephones.

then taken up by c. G. Adney of Corinne.
who explained the working of the Bear
River Valley Telephone company. a CO
operative company. owned by the farmers
Of the Bear River valley and told the
story of the farmers fight with the Bell
Telephone company. in which the Bell
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04

high school in the state where agricul-
ture was taught as a part OF the cur
riculum. Several other teachers at once
took exception to this remark and half
dozen of the high schools and academies
of the state were mentioned Where asr-
culture is part of the course or study
Professor Mirrill OF the Agricultural col
lege stated that there were at the pres
ent time, COO high school students VINO
were studying agriculture. and that TWEEN
ty-ffVe more high schools have asked Tor
aid and suggestions and teachers 10 es-
tablish additional courses along that line
Dr. Widtsoe then remarked tnst ne
would suggest as a. remedy for the con
dition as stated by Professor Paul that
the State Normal school be given power
to train teachers for the agricultural
courses of the district schools He stated
that the State Normal school is prevented
by law from teaching agriculture
Want Educated Farmers.
]. G. Duffin of Provo then addressed
the commission. He stated that the farm
ers want agriculture taught in the schools
and that the graduates of the agrlcul-
tural college had created great interest
and enlightenment among the older farm
ers by their modern methods.
w s. Hanson of Collision then spoke
on the organization of the farmers and
related the benefit which had accrued
from the banding together of the farmers
in his neighborhood both in vending their
own products and in purchasing their sup
plies Mr. Hanson stated that il the
money which had been invested in get
rich schemes by the farmer of his neigh
borhood in the last year had been used
to improve their farms and their organi-
cation they would be in splendid condi-
ton. He stated that $1,000 a day had
been withdrawn from the saving banks
for period of over two months and had
all been put into schemes whose pro-
moters promised 80 or 60 per cent divi-
dends at once. He suggests a bureau of
investigation supported by the farmers
which would examine such schemes for
the benefit of the farmers OF the COM
munity. He gave as the reason that there
were not more farmers organizations
that the farmers were suspicious of each
other.
Should Market in East.
F. G. Mcdonald of Big Cottonwood
stated that in his opinion the fruit grow
ers in Salt Lake valley depended too
much on their local market and grew too
many varieties of fruit. He said they
should confine their crops to fewer spe-
cies which would be readily marketable
in the east. He gave as his opinion that
the shippers had no difficulty in securing
cars.
A c. Nelson, superintendent of public
instruction, then told the commission Of
the tribulations under which the school
teacher labored and the prejudice against
the study of agriculture in the
schools.
Mr.. Nelson was followed by George
Austin of Cache county, who gave. as his
opinion that the beet industry had been
of ineStimable benefit to the farmer as
for his crop whereas other crops were
subject to fluctuations which might leave
him with no margin of profit at the end
of the season. He stated that if the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

We do not guarantee. to GET
positions for every one, but We
have qualified a great number
OF young people for better
places in life. Already scores Of
OF our students are managing
business enterprises, and hun.
dreds of others are holding po-
sitions Of trust Our students
are in demand because our
courses qualify-ask the busi-
ness men.
Night School.
Opens Wednesday, Oct Z, 7 o. n.
l. D. S. BUSINESS COLLEGE,
The school with a reputation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04
Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.

of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN
WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT
SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES the CHILD,
SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS ali
PAIN, CURES WIND collie, and is the
best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world Be
sure and ask for Mrs. WinsloW's Sooth-
TWenty-ffve cents a bottle. GUARAN-
TEED UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUG;
ACT, JUNE 80. 1906 SERIAL NUMBER
1885
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04
Rabbit Hunt Excursion

To st. Johns. Utah, Sunday. Dec. s.
One dollar for round trip via Salt Lake
Route. Ticket office, 169 South Main
Diamond Coal, sold only by Citizens
Coal company. Both phones 49.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-04
Rabbit Hunt Excursion

To ST johns. Utah. Sunday. Dec. 6.
One dollar for round trip via Salt Lake
Route. Ticket Office, 169 South Main.
Our balcony dining room is open Sat
urday evenings from S to O'Clock
THE ROYAL CAFE
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Wall Paper FANTASIES.

The phantasies of the wall paper
helped out by sick brain have been
ohliterated in an uptown apartment.
whose occupant has been through a
long and tedious course of illness and
unable to be moved for many weeks.
Screens of plain dull green denim
were made by one of the family and
hung from the picture rail. Each
is of the width of the material and
long enough to cover the wall, the
top and bottom each having a 1ath
run into the hem to keep them
straight. The top is finished with a
wire by which to hang it. Only the
ends of two sides and corner needed
the screens, as the patient faces only
in those directions. Only a person
who has been i'll for a long time in
one room can appreciate the misery
that the cracks on the wall and the
figures in the paper can give. A
change of the pictures in the room
without any previous mention to the
sick person in it will sometimes be
almost. If not quite. equal to a change
from the room to another apartment.
The same picture day after day comes
to be monutony hard to be borne by
one who is very weak and nervous.
1t is often in severe illnesses better
to take down all the pictures, not
only because of their monotony, but
because they gather dust. The few
er things in a sick room the better
for patient and nurse.-New York
Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
KNIVES ARE TINY SAWS.


KNIVES, no matter how carefully
are little saws; the grind
ne away of the steel, done by the
stone, is not an even work, but when
LIE edge gets thin, is a process OF
airing away tiny bits. of steel by the
iii of the stone. This tearing
lakes the teeth.
A fine stone makes fine teeth, "a
coarse stone coarse teeth. A carving
knife, used on meat, is Sharpened on
s coarse stone or a steel, and has
coarse teeth, although its edge is
Lick. It's action in parting the meat
81 more that of q saw than of fine
Wcdse. No matter how soft it may
I'd, it will not cut easily unless it is
1rawn over the meat, and not simply
messed down.
razor, with its paper like edge.
Ill cut into flesh with a simple pres
<nre; it is wedge dividing the flores
ia flesh just as wedge of iron d.
<ides the fibres of the log it splits.
Hut a razor is saw, too, only, as 1t
Isl ground on the finest stones and
liter finished with leather strap, its
ð are very fine indeed-hundreds
I'd hundreds to the inch of blade.
md yet the edge is still a very fine
@&w, as can easily be seen by ezamin-
1g it under a strong magnifying
<lass.-St. Nicholas.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
A Mysteriously Powerful Ring,

The statue of the Virgin in the
cathedral at Madrid wears on its
finger a ring which is the subject Of
a popular legend. Alfonso XII. gave
it, it is said, to Queen Mercedes. She
died one month afterward. The King
then took the ring and presented il
to another member of the royal fam.
lily, who succumbed Immediately to a
stroke of apoplexy. Two other per.
sons who afterward wore the fata
ring, met a like fate. Alfonso XII
did not then dare pass it to Other
hands. He kept the ring himself
Three months later the throne was
vacant.
The people of Madrid say this ring
of the Virgin has double power. II
kills almost Immediately those who
are not absolutely worthy to wear it;
or, on the contrary, assures the hap
piness and long life of the sovereign
who will restore to Spain its former
glory. 1t is believed that the present
King, Alfonso XIII, before his mar
riage piously touched and kissed this
mysterious ring, and because he did
so was spared in the recent attempt
at assassination.
This conviction has taken root at
Madrid, where the people are ex-
tremely superstitious. But persons
in the immediate encourage of the
young King would dissuade him from
following in the footsteps of his
ather.-Translated from lie Cri de
Paris.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Truth and
Quality

zppeal to the Well Informed in every
ak Of life and are essential to permanent
'access and crcditable standing. Accor-
ely, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
ID Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy of
<nown value, but one Of many reasons
Why it is the best of personal and family
axatives is the fact that it cleanses,
weetens and relieves the internal organs
which it acts without any facilitating
fter effects and without having to increase
he quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
uly as a laxative, and its component
arts are known to and approved by
MUSICIANS, as it is free from all objection
bic substances. To get its beneficial
fleets always purchase the genuine
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
o., only, and for sale by all leading drug
lists.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
THE TRUE AND THE UNTRUE.

He was a dog
Sut he stayed at home
And guarded the family night and day.
He was a dog
That didn't roam
He lay on the porch or chased the
stray
The tramp, the burglar, the hen away;
For a dogs true heart for that house,
hold beat
At morning and evening. in cold and
heat.
He was a dog.
He was a man
And didn't stay
To cherish his wife and children fair.
He was n man
And every day
His heart grew callous, its love-beats
rare.
He thought of himself at the close Of
day 49,
And cigar in his fingers hurried away
To the club, the lodge, the store, the
show.
But he had a right to go, you know.
lie was man.
New York Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Economic on Table Linen.

The wise housekeeper of to-day
uses doilies instead of tablecloths,
says the Delineator Instead of using
a large tablecloth three times a day,
It is better to have a square for
breakfast and luncheon, put on dag
onally, OF else a set of plain doilies,
for either of these insure an attrac-
tive table and also save laundering
at least two large cloths a week. A
few doiYies or square can be washed
out and ironed with very little trou-
BILE when ever they need it.
With this partly covered table
there should certainly be a growing
plant Or fern for the centre, no mat
ter how simple it may be- After these
things the china really does not mat
ter sc much, though for breakfast
nothing is so charming as a set of
blue and white. which may be picked
up almost anywhere for small sum.
Graceful shapes can be easily found.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
A Religious Despot and His Rise.


The amazing story of Elijah
Sanford and his sect of Holy
Ghosters" is told at length in Har-
per's Weekly. 1t is an almost in
credible story-the story of relig-
ious fanatic who has built fleet of
ships and acquired a fortune for the
propagation of his faith, and who
numbers his followers by the thou
sand. What is the secret of his re-
markable rise? II is, answers the
author, F. I. Anderson, immense per.
sonal force.
He is says Mr.. Anderson, Gin
sistent, persistent, despotic. He will
brook no opposition to his will, which
is absolute law at Shiloh-which has
been absolute law since the day, fif-
teen years ago, when he turned the
first spadeful of sand on the hilltop.
His whole life has been one of in.
tense indiVidualism. In his baseball
days he was the absolute boss of the
team; in his college days his COM
panions had to stand with him or
fall with him. When an idea obtained
ascendancy in his mind, he worked
it out to its conclusion as he saw
the conclusion. He did not seek, nor
did he accept, advice. Coupled with
this intense egoism was the develop.
ment of the belief that he, like
Moses, Mohammed and Jean dare.
was divinely inspired and had direct
communication from the Deity. The
psychology of the contagion of faith
that met him is not difficult of an
alysis. 1t is a state of mind common
in country communities, similais
though more advanced, to the hys-
terra of Georgia negro camp meet
ing. The French describe it as 'Folie
Dieux, a term for which we have
no equivalent"