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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
GREAT GAINS MADE
IN SUNDAY SCHOOLS

Last evening 5.756 Sunday school work
ers, by count, filled the tabernacle. the
occasion being the semi-annual confer
ence of the Deseret Sunday School Union
of the Mormon church. President JO-
seph F. Smith who is the general SUI
perintendent of the organization, presided.
and the meeting was called to order at I
O'Clock.
The Sunday schools of Ensign stake.
under the dictatorship of W. y. B. Shep-
herd. sang our Mountain Home So
Dear"
Heber J Grant offered the invocation.
Song, Utah. the Star of the West" by
the Ensign Sunday schools.
Secretary George D Pyper called the
roll and fifty-three stakes and five mis-
sions responded.
The secretary then presented the Sun
day school officers, and they were unani-
mously sustained. as follows:
Officers of the Deseret Sunday School
UniOn-Joseph F. Smith. general superin-
tendent; George Reynolds, first assistant
general superintendent: David O. Nc
Kay, second assistant general superin-
tendent; George d. Piper general secTe-
tary; John F. Bennett, treasurer.
Members of the bOard-JOseph r. Smith.
George Reynolds. David o. Mckay, Jo-
seph w. Summerhays. Levi w Richards.
Francis NJ Lyman. Heber J. Grant. Hugh
J. Cannon. Andrew Kimball, James W.
IRE. John F. Bennett. John NJ. Mills. Will
liam D. owen, Seymour B. Young George
ID. Pyper. Henry Peterson. Anthem II.
Lund, John r. Winder. James e Tai
mage, George NJ. Cannon, Horace Cum
mings. Josiah Burrows. William A. Nor
ton. Horace S. Ensign. Stephen L. Rich
ards, Thomas B. Evans. Henry IL. Rolapp.
Harold G. Reynolds
The secretary also read a summary of
statistics for 1907 as follows:
Total number of Sunday schools in the
church, 1.1O5, an increase of AZ schools
total number of children in organized
stakes between the ages of ( and 20 in
elusive 1l9, 156 OF these, 103. Ill are enrolled
leaving a balance of 1906 unenrolled as
against 1888 In 1906 Number of school
sessions held. 1929 an increase of l. 657
regular meetings; number of officers and
teachers, 1855 an increase of 327; per-
centage of attendance in the stake So: in
the missions, 50, an average of So and an
increase over the previous year Of per
cent. Pupils-Males, IS, 029; females. g. 256
5227 more girls than boys. Increase OF
males. 1.0S1. of females, 1,0S9. Total num-
Der of pupils enrolled. 121 2S5
kindergarten % 746. loss
of 6SS; primary, $780, loss of 7s4 the
losses in these two departments were
caused by promotion; first intermediates
27,O51, a gain of g14: second intermediate
19. III. a gain of 922; theological. &c, 7O7. a
gain of 75e. The percentage of attendance
in the organized stakes was 80; in the
missions, 20, an average of 81, a gain OF
per cent. Enrolled in parents classes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
AT the Clayton DayneS Consolidation SaIeC
Greatest MOney-Saving Event Ever Held 4
in Utah. Sale Drawing TO Close.
YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE
WITHOUT A GOOD PIANO
Positive Selling Off of the Stocks OF the
Clayton Music Co. and the Daynes
Music Co. You Can Have Most
Easy Terms 10 Pay.

The Clayton Daynes Music company 5
consolidation sale is drawing to
close. We shall have the Daynes
store cleared out by the end of the
week the way things are now going.
You cannot afford to miss buying your
piano or organ now.
Everyone who has called at our store
during this sale has admitted that the
values are simply unapproachable. At
no time during the forty eight years of
business experience have we been able
or willing to make such an exceptional
slaughter.
This Is an honest sale, and we ALSO
lutely guarantee that the price Teduc-
has been advanced before or after the
sale price was marked on the goods.
You will find here the world 8 best
pianos and organs. Probably nowhere
In America can be found under the con-
troll of one company such q list of
agencies. Every one of the following
makes represented in stock: The Stein
way. Kranich & Bach, Vose 6 Sons,
Sohmer. Ivers Pond, Chickering Bros,
Kimball. Estey, Cable Nelson, Marshall
& Wendell. Story & Clark. Lester, Ho-
bert NJ Cable, Winter & Co, Smith
& Barnes, Schasffer, KOhler d Camp
Dell, DcHuAL, Wh4NOEth. NCIhCts OISN-
ster. Schirmer and others.
The organ line is just as big: The
Estey. Kimball, Burdette, Great West
ern, Schulz, Verdi, Seyboldt and others.
In player pianos we carry the won
derful Melville Clark apollo PLAYER.
The only automatic player on which you
can change the key of the piece you
are playing. We also have the Kranieh
& Bach player. the Lester, Auto-piano,
Winter. Rudolf and others.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
MODERN CASTAWAYS.
Chicago News.)


Few more stirring stories are record
ed in the annals of the sea than that
recently made public by the fifteen sur
vivors of the British bark DundOnald,
who were cast away on Disappointment
island in the southern Pacific, on
March 6 a year ago. This isolated frag-
ment OF peat-coVered rock is situated
right out of the track of shipping near
the edge of the Antarctic ice and is
barren and desOlate to an inconceivable
degree. Yet the men managed TO sub
sist thereon for eight months, living on
penguin flesh and seal meat, varied by
an occasional dish of sea birds eggs.
They had, however, all but given up
hope when they were rescued, Nov. 16
by the exploring ship Hinemoa. which
brought them in due course to New
Zealand.
Considered simply as a feat of endur-
ance, their exploit is regarded by old
navigators in these waters as little short
of marvellous. -Four to five months is
generally considered as about the limit
during which castaWays can exist under
such circumstances in these attitudes
Indeed. the crew of eleven men belong
ing to the Norwegian ship Karl. which
was wrecked on this very same group
In April. 1888, were all found dead OF
starvation and exposure within less
than nine weeks afterward.
Sailors cast away on uninhabited
Islands in more temperate regions. how
ever, have managed TO subsist for much
longer periods. Thus, the crew of the
Caroline, wrecked on Ducie island. il
the south Pacific. in July. 1888 lived
there quite comfortably until taken of
in May, 1885: while two survivors OF
the whaler Essex were three years anG
four mnoths on the fleighbOring Hen
derson island, before being found and
rescued.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06

Our reasons for this unusual sale are
three IN number. and thev are each Of
enough consequence 10 compel Us 10 cut
prices 10 dispose Of goods, but all three
at once has forced us to most unmerci-
fully slaughter prices. Reason one
comes from the consolidation Of the tvs
oldest music houses in the entire West
We are to put two stocks in one store.
and cannot do 1t until we greatly re-
duce both. The preferred stock Of the
Clayton Music Co. is 70 be retired. This
amounts to $4,000. which we must
raise by April 9. We are getting there
al right. but must keep the good work
up, aud this makes reason number two
The directors have decided to make ex-
tensive improvements IN our building
TO keep fully abreast with the times
We are going TO keep away ahead Of
our competitors and are going to make
the store equal to our excellent bust
ness, so comes reason number three.
Come in and learn the prices They
will tell the story better than words
can ever do. Good new pianos mot
stencils). fully guaranteed for Si6S:
S400 pianos in mahogany and oak, fine
goods, for S247; choice of high grade
$3.50 pianos for 1868. A great big bar
gain il some of the worlds best makes.
regular prices of which are $500 70
500, for 1920 fresh lot of second
hand organs and pianos taken in ex-
change at prices that viii clear them
away.
Organs from SIS up.
New grand pianos from 1915 up.
Come early today and avoid the rush.
There never will be the equal of this
sale, and you can get piano in yOuE
home for SO -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
GREAT CROWDS
C0NGREGATE IN
TEMPLE SQUARE
Continued From PAGE /

speaker at the forenoon session of the
conference. He spoke about the meeting
of the priesthood Of the church held Sat
urday night, describing the work it was
called TO perform. He said that 1889 souls
were present at the meeting. and that
each knew the duty which he was as
signed TO perform and realized the au-
thority in him vested. Elder ClawsOn said
that IL a stranger were TO have been pres
ent al the meeting he would have found
there a homogeneous gathering. He would
have found the first presidency of three
nigh pr ssts. whose authority is supreme
and from whose decision there Is no APP
peal. He would have found the quorum
OF twelve apostles. whose authority
reaches 10 the fifty-siX states OF Zion
and 10 the world He would have found
the seven presidents of seventies, whose
authority extends over an army of sew
enties. he would have found the presid-
ing patriach. whose duty is to confer spir-
itual blessedness. He would have found
the presidents OF the stakes. the members
Of the bishopric. the lesser priesthood,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
SECOND OVERFLOW MEETING.
Moses Taylor of Summit Speaks of
Joseph E. Smith.

A second overflow meeting was held in
the Assembly hall in the afternoon, and
again many people were unable TO ina
even standing room. Apostle Rudgef
Clawson presided al the meeting. and the
other speakers were Stephen l.. Chapman,
president of the Alpine Stake; Bishop
John w. Harte of Menan ward, Idaho
Moses Taylor, president of Summit Stake
Oleen NJ. Stohl, president of Box Elder
Stake, and Bishop Heber c. Iverson of the
Second ward of Salt Lake City All of
the speakers supported the officials of
the church and urged the Importance OF
temperate habits.
Bishop John w. Harte of Menan,
Idaho, reported that the church is grow
ing in his vicinity and that the Latter
day Saints in that part of the country
were experiencing unprecedented pros
perity.
The work in Idaho is progressing in
the same spirit as here ne said. New
wards and stakes are being created. anO
among those who are not members OF
the Church we have multitudes of friends
who let MS go ahead and enjoy our doc
trines and beliefs and our liberties OF
worshiping as we choose as set forth IN
that sacred document, the constitution OF
the United States. We are thankful fol
that condition. we are thankful to live ~
this dispensatiOR and have our liberties
We are free to believe that Joseph F.
Smith is the prophet of God. and believ-
ing him TO be the prophet of God we
should support him as such"
Moses Taylor, president of Summit
Stake asked the saints to look up to then
leaders as examples. In the course of his
talk, President Taylor said:
Il am thankful that we have at the
head of this church a man who is worthy
of imitation. When President Joseph f
Smith was called before committee from
the senate at Washington. a congressman
asked him how many children he had
I have fOrty-twO. replied President
Smith, and then he added. and | an
| proud o! them. He should be proud o.
them. for every one of them says his
prayers and every one keeps the word o
| wisdom. In the stake in which | live W.
are trying to live up to that example, fol
| IL is one of the nObieSt examples in th'
world. The sons and daughters in ou1
stakes are sustaining their fathers anC
| their mothers, and there is not a son Of
daughter OF a church official in th'
| Summit stake of Zion that does not keel
| the word of wisdom ="
President o. NJ Stohl Of the Box Eide
| stake urge0 the support of the churcf
organizations and the bringing up o
| children in the Mormon faith.
Apostle Rudger Clawson made the clos
| ing remarks. He gave many statistics
| showing the growth Of the church. Con
! Guiding, he said: I'VE have 81 stakes
/ presided over by 81 stake presidents: Their
are Goa wards, at the head of which ar
! 604 bishops. and throughout the wards
each mission there is president. Thes
men. with other church officials. make .
| 445 prominent men, and ! can say tina
| there is not one of them who is a traito
| to the church. / could say the same O
! almost every other member of the church
| The Latter-day Saints despise a traitor
| and this is testimony to the divinity 0
]
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
Successors to

This territory is known as MOresnet.
is situated i'm "A pleasant valley and has
a population Of 5000 inhabitants. Es-
perantO is to be the official language of
the place. The expenses Of the state
would be borne by the subscriptions of
Esperantists all the world over.
The scheme includes an Esperanto
theatre. a daily official Esperanto Ga
Zette and sort of Esperantist parlia-
ment. which Will meet periodically TO
discuss the affairs Of the little state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
Why Some People all,

some people faIl down in their daily
work because they are physically I'M
able to stand it. and because they do
not know that Sexine Pills viii build
up the whole body, as we'll as the
nerves. 81 box, six boxes s., with
full guarantee. Address or call r. J.
Hill. Drug Co.. The Never Substitu-
tors corner Second South and, West
Temple streets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
(Chicapn News !

INDItdSO lNtWs.J
Professor Roy. the French Esperant-
let. is urging the establishment of an
independent Esperanto state in Europe
The site he has selected for his exper-
iment is on a neutral strip of territory
which lies on the frontier between Ger
many, Belgium and Holland, some five
miles from Aix-la- Chapelle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
PARED.

New YORK IsIfe.1
Johnnie, where have you been? Your
hair is suspiciousIy wet. School was out
two hours ago
II fell in the creek
But your clothes are not wet
We'll. you see, mamma. WINE was
stanlin' on the bridge ] thought maybe
ia fan in, so / took off my clothes. an
I did. ;"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
DELEGATES Are Elected.

The convention then proceeded 10 elect
national committee delegates. as follows:
Grant Syphers of Ogden and Robert Leg
gett of Murray. with Joseph Kaufman
of TooeIe and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Johnson of Salt
Lake City as alternates.
A call was made for an expression OF
possible presidential candidates, resulting
i'm the names of Robert Hunter of New
York. Eugene V Debs of Indiana, ". ID.
HAYWOOD of Colorado. Charles II. Meyer
of Colorado and A. NJ Simons or Illinois
Those names were left with the dele
gates to present at the coming national
convention.
The next convention, for the nomina-
ton of state officers, will be held in salt
Lake City May 30, in Labor hall
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06

ranked fourth among the states of The
union in education. but l was sorry 10
find that our state was one of the SIX
black states where whisky ruled. think
if there was any state that should be first
in prohibition it should be Utah Not only
should we keep away from intoxicating
drinks. but We should refrain from the use
of tobacco, and We should not drink tea
ar coffee
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
AN ESPERANTO STATE.

Who cleans carpets perfectly?
HOUSE CLEANING co
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06

ents man went TO the bottom of the pit.
The gospel provided the means of escape
Jesus came down from the court Of glory
and let down the ladder. In this ladder
there are four rungs-faith In God re-
pentance OF sin. baptism by immersion
and the laying on OF hands,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-25
THE .ELECTIoN.

The first state wide primary cleo.
ton in this city passed off very quiet
", although probably never was there
harder work done by candidates in
any previous election. The uncer-
tainty of results drew large crowds
to Hoskins' store and at the Tribune
office, where the returns were re-
,ceived, but the slowness of the count
made the news very meagre in the
early part of the evening, and most
people went home convinced that def.
mite results would not be known be.
fore some time today, in which their
Judgment seems to have been good.
There was an unusual quistness on
the streets during the evening for an
election night, and at midnight few
were abroad save the candidates and
their immediate friends. The weather
was perfect and a large vote was
polled at all the city precincts where
the variety of tickets voted made
some peculiar combinations, showing
the freedom with which the individual
used his rights.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-25
The Insect and the Net.

It has been known for long time
that an insect will not fly through a
net with meshes three or four times as
large as its body. whereas a bird will
go through a mesh Of corresponding
size without hesitation. The insect can
not tell us why it stops and lights on
the net without trying to go through.
and its peculiar action puzzled observ-
ers until the scientists took the matter
up, as they do all things Of that kind.
They say that the eye Of the insect Is
made up of many facets, so that the
net looks to it like continuous opaque
surface, the meshes not being appar-
ent. Therefore it stops or turns back
before it discovers that it might have
gone through the net without stopping.
To the eye Of the bird, however. the
meshes are plainly visible, and it goes
through without hesitation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-25
Confession Of Mouth.

A city dentist, defending his profess
sion as whole from the double charge
Of charlatanism and graft" made this
interesting declaration:
while such things exist in dentistry,
as in all businesses, there is far more
Of 1t among gilt edged practitioners
than along the modest level where, for
example,, i work. Some men enjoying
the most fashionable clientele are the
rankest frauds either in ability or in
representation Of work done.
"But dentist never can fool den
list. Often patient will get into my
chair for the first time, and in casual
conversation will ask who last treat
ed the teeth. The name always comes,
and a glance tells me whether the man
has worked honestly or dishonesty. I
have sized up some of our best dem
lists in that way in half a minute, and
many reputation has crumbled in my
estimation.
"a dentist can fool the people. but he
can't fool dentist. New York Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-25
Making Cinnamon canaries.

cinnamon canaries are the best
known Of mere handful Of instances
where it is possible to change the color
of a bird or animal by food. The trick
has long been known to fanciers, and
each claims to have his own secret for
working the miracle. but the process is
really simple and consists In abundant
~ sprinkling the birds food with red
pepper. 1t is troublesome process,
for a large number of birds either re-
fuse to eat or suffer from deranged
digestion. Even of those who take the
diet not more than third or a half
will show the color effects. The only
inducement to the fanciers to produce
this curious change is that once SO
altered these birds have an artificial
value. Dealers will tell you that In adj
dition to the red pepper they give 9TH
er red articles of food, such as tomato
skins, slices Of beet and the skins OF
red apples or cranberries. But this is
merely an innocent fallacy, based on
the idea that the coloring matter OF the
food is transferred bodily to the feath-
ers.- Golfers Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-25
Four Kinds Of Nails.

The members Of a primary class in
the young ladies' school were ambi-
tious to emulate the members Of the
senior class. whom they regarded with
considerable envy on account Of their
proficiency in the art Of writing compo-
sitions. Becoming eager for like priv
ilege. the five little girls were told that
they might tell the world what they
knew about mails"
A half hour was allotted to the diff
cult task, and all went to work. The
first four had nothing unusual or star
ting upon their papers. but Sadie NJ.
aged seven, was characterized by con-
siderable ingenuity. She took her place
with dignity and read without a ire
NOR. There are four kinds Of nails
finger nails. door nails, toe nails and
tacksr' and resumed her seat bewitch-
ingly unconscious that she had caused
the smile.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-25
DOWNING The PEST
EXPERIMENTS IN SPRAYING TO
ERADICATE DANDELloNs AT.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

If there are any citizens of Fargo
or other towns of The state who are
inclined to doubt whether the dande-
lion spraying proposition is prac-
tical one or not, invite any Of them
to come out to the agricultural col
lege and look over the grounds to
see what is being done about the
buildings there. For a number of
years 1t has been said by good many
citizens that the agricultural college
raised more dandelions than any 9TH
er similar area. We have had one
man at work upon the dandeIions
since May % about the main build
ings of the campus, including the IL
brary lawn, main building lawn and
the lawns about the chemical, me-
chanical and agricultural and science
buildings. This man has had horse
sprayer to help him on the large
open areas, approximately one day
in two weeks. Visitors to the col
lege grounds are invited to look over
the areas so sprayed and watched the
progress of the work during this sea
son; for I make the prediction that
at this time next year, there will be
few or no dandelions upon the lawns
about these buildings. OF course, as
the dandelion seed is wind blown, we
may expect always to find young
dandelions sprouting from the seed.
However. these young ones are killed
by a single spraying, and am in
clined to believe that after a lawn
Is once free from the old roots, that
from one to two sprayings per year
will be sufficient to keep the weeds
so far under control that it will no
longer be a particular Disagreement
/ Of lawn. I am now able to make
a very much stronger recommends
ton for the spraying proposition when
applied to perennial rooted weeds,
such as the dandelions and Canada
thistle, than have previously thought
It safe to assert q
HENRY u. BoLLY.