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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
RAILROAD INVESTIGATION.

i AS the News surmised would be
done with the complaint against the
4 Western railroads, 1t was referred to
4 the Interstate Commerce commission,
/ by the Attorney General. No other
1 course seemed consistent. The Com
4 mission has been created for the very
purpose of Investigating such cases. and
It has been given power and authority
to render decisions in accordance with
the evidence. There was no apparent
reason why the Government should ig-.
more the existence or the Commission.
The Commission VIII now 80 into the
subject of the complaint and hear all
the testimony on both sides. The hears
ing will be thorough and impartial, but
it Is quite possible that the final ruling
will not be all that the public has been
led to hope for. Either party, however,
can, IL dissatisfied appeal from the
Commission to the courts.
In the meantime, the railroads them-
selves are revising their freight rates
with q view of meeting the demands Of
the public, which are by no means
uniform but which vary, as the inter-
ests of one locality are different from
that of another 1t cannot but be
to the interests of the roads to obyi-
ate the necessity of the interference of
commissions and courts, by meeting tho
reasonable demands of their patrons
voluntarily and in q liberal spirit.
e Utah is entitled TO fair treatment
by the railroads. There should be
hearty cooperation between the roads
and the public, In the building up Of
the State. BY such cooperation all will
be benefited, while contention and strife
must result IN injury to both parties.
The public and the transportation lines
are mutually dependent upon each 9TH
er. They are not separate and indie
pendent any more than the limbs of
the bodyare separate from the body they
serve. The mutual relationship should
be recognized in the adjustment Of all
questions concerning which the opin-
Ions differ
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
3. Settlement by patcfic means OF
all difficulties arising from any iliter-
national interest not vet covered by
convention or treaty 18th pacific clause

i 3. Settlement by paicfic means OF
all difficulties arising from any iiiter-
ma tionai interest not yet covered by
convention or treaty with pacific clause.
Just give your Imagination full rein
fora minute Or two and see what 1t will
mean, when these three points shall
have been placed upon the program of
the third Hague conference, and when
conventions pledging agreement to
these three points shall have been sign.
ed by the plenipotentiaries of tho forty.
four nations. 1t will mean the solution
and disappearance OF that whole line
OF subtle questions as to which kinds
OF sWh olesals murder cruelty and pir-
acy Shall be allowed during war and
which shall he forbidden, for what
sense would there be in any longer
trying to regulate and mitigate war
after war Is abolished; It will put an
end to oil the nj oral mischief done by
duplng people into the belief that a
building more warships or for increase
In armies Is before a parliament, be-
cause then all people. not only gone,
Will know better; 1t will mean that
these bills will gradually grow fewer
and smaller. and that In proportion
with the reduction OF the snameless
waste involved by standing armies and
1L&bf 10y cHAilS itAlSll iilOuCyp ana
the physical and mental power of
thousands and eventually millions OF
the finest specimens OF men will be-
turned from destructive channels to
help solve the new political and legal
problems. and the problems OF hy-
giene. education and unemployment; it
will mean the positive decrease OF the
sufn-total OF suffering and hideousness
inflicted upon man by man and tho
steadfast increase of the surn-total OF
happiness and beauty. Did ever tourn-
anent OF old, did ever struggle for ma
tional independence hold out the peer
of such a prize?
But no prize of tournament or strug-
gle for national liberty was ever won
without noble and heroic effort and
sacrifice. These are needed today.
Nothing dies without making last
desperate fight tor existence. Tho
Warm oloch, the mighty ruler OF the
past, Is making this last desperate fight
for existence, now, and every mans and
woman's sacrifice Of time, strength, and
money is needed, every man and woin-
an must make a noble and heroic eff
fort IL we would win the larger liberty
of all mankind from the tyranny OF
war, If we would win the prize OF tile
victory OF the Prince of Peace
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
THE PEACE QUESTION.

The Second National Peace congress
closed its session in Chicago last We'd
nesday, with q banquet which IS tie
scribed as Thu! largest in point OF num-
Der and the most unique ever held IN
that city. Great interest has been mani
Tested In this gathering, and no one
can doubt that good was accomplished
iii the cause OF humanity.
Next Sunday, May 16. the subject OF 81.
universal peace will be considered IN
many Of the places of worship all over
the world. conl1nemorating the open-
ing Of the First Hague congress ten
years ago. That gathering may welt
be regarded as the beginning OF a
parliament OF man.
The international peace movement
has gained ground during the past ten
years, as never before. 1t has found
friends among publtcists, educators and
leaders of public opinion. Leading 1llr--.
lists Of the world are bent on providing
judicial ways of settling International
disputes. Business organizations nave
protested against belligerent policies.
Labor organizations have officially reg
listered their opposition to militarism
On the other hand it's true that
the nations spend more than ever on
armaments. Never We're governments
more pressed for money to meet the
demands for naval construction, for
amply equipped navies and armies, and
for pensions.
This is Il necessary result of the eX-
listing system. AS long as the lndepen-s
sdence of nations must rest on physical
strength, competition necessitates ever
increasing expenditures for the main
tenanceE of fighting machines. AS long
as the question is mainly of "hig
sticks" the size OF the clubs will grow
until come nations can no longer lift
them?
Great Britain realizes this today.
British property holders are beginning
to feel that the mad pace OF naval ex-
pansion and armed neutrality means
new forms of taxation, and that the
expenditures for civic, aesthetic, re-
ligious and recreational ideals must d.
minish in a direct ratio with the bur-
dens OF taxation for war. The Ameri-5
can propertied man also begins to
realize what an extraordinary propor-
ton OF our national outgo is for wars
past or anticipated. Two-thirds OF the
present national revenue, according to
Senator Hale, goes in this way.
All this is due to the system. Let
there be q radical change in the sys-
ten. Let the courts judge between ma
tions, as between individuals, in accord
5ance with international law, and JUS
tice. That is the ideal of the friends
of peace--the ideal held UP to the
world by prophets, and apostles Of all
ages.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
ANNUAL Y. NJ. AND z. Il. n. I. a
CONFERENC E.

The Fourteenth General Annual Con
ference of the Young mems and fouhs
Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associa-
stions OF tho Church Of Jesus C fllr1ss
of Latter-day Saints will be held IN
Salt Lake City. on Saturday ana su ~
day, June 9Th and 9Th, 1908.
All officers and members Of the as
ISOLATION are requested to be present 'f' !
at all Of the meetings of the CONFER
ence. and a cordial Invitation Is here
by extended to the Saints generally
to attend the meetings to be held IN
the Tabernacle on Sunday, June etn'
at 10 q. m. and at 2 and z pm.
JOSEPH +. SMITH.
HEBER j. GRANT.
B. II. ROBERTS.
General suptcy. T.. NJ. M. j. A..
MI Sat- a MARTHA ii. TINGEY.
RUTH NJ. FOX.
MAY II. NYsTRoM.
Presidency Y. L. NJ. I. A.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
ANNUAL PRIMARY CONFERENCE.

The seventh annual general confer li
ence OF the officers of the Primary a.
sociations OF the Church of Jesus Christ
Of Latter-day Saints Will be held IN
Salt Lake City, June 18th. 9Th and 9Th.
1903 All officers. stake and local, are AZ,
requested to be present at all the ses-.
Esions OF this conference.
LOUIE b. FELT.
n MAY. ANDERSON,
rs. CLARA w. BEEBE,
Presidency Primary Associations
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
SANITARY CLEANLINESS.

Sanitary cleanliness is often very
different thing from the soap and water
cleanliness that is the pride OF many
energetic housekcepers.
Soap water, and scrubbing brushes
are good as far as they so, but they
do not usually reach the regions most
dangerous to human heath. Often
these and similar agents of sanitation
are used for the sake of mere show to
scour and polish the surface of articles
of furniture already clean in the scien-
titic sense. Housekeepers who love
cleanliness should be eager to learn in
what it really consists; scrubbing and
polishing have little to do with it.
The statement of the sanitary au-
thorities that 'sthe presence. of flies is a
direct evidence Of careless housekeep-
ing, and the existence OF filth IN some
form about the premises should be-.
come a watchword in every home.
Many a housekeeper whose antipathy
to dirt amounts to a passion, never
theless tolerates a few flies whose pres
ence Is far more dangerous than muddy
floors and Solled WINDOW paneS.
Indeed, the scrubbing OF floors is ire
quently carried to an absurd excess by
some who regard lightly the need OF
fresh air and the danger from flies. The
floors and woodwork OF certain out
houses are often scrupuiously secured
with soap and water, while an un-
cleanliness that reeks with the germs
of nameless plaques abounds nearby. 1t
is In the reeking vaults that death and
danger Turk. These are the places to
keep clean. Floors. woodwork. door
knobs, and window panes are the ar
ticles that commonly receive the great
est, and that really require III least,
amount of scrubbing and cleansing.
Such cleanliness is only Il matter OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
THE WARNING FLOODS.

our money to control or direct the rag
ing flood when the water bursts from
Its appointed channels; but It would DO
far better to labor to remedy and re-
move the flood conditions. q
The real cause OF the floods is the
remoyalsof the mountain trees, shrubs,
and undergtowths; reckpess cutting,
forest fires, and the too close cropping
by sheep are the main causes. Syste-.
matte refonstation is the only adequate
remedy.
The flooding or the waters Of Parley's
canyon, with the washing out of the
city conduit, and the consequent possi-
bility Of great disaster to public and
| private property from the rushing wa
ters, should be sufficient to turn public
attention to the urgent necessity for
prompt action in preventing the recur-
renee of such conditions
For years this paper has urged upon
the legislatures and city councils the
planting Of forest trees by the state
and the municipalities or counties. AS
yet nothing worth recording, has been
accomplished in the matter and each
year the floods grow worse, the flood
conditions and possibilities more men
| acing.
We must admit that comparatively
little attention has been paid to our
continued attempts to enlighten and
arouse he public and to induce law
81,
A few disasters like that in Parley's
Greek may argue more strongly and
may result in some sort sof concerted
action to save our property from the
destruction implied in the flooding OF
canyon streams.
President Roosevelt said, in his let
ter appointing the national conserva-
ton commission, that judicious devel-
opment of forests will not only supply
fuel and structural material, but in
crease the 1lavigability Of streams, and
so promote water transportation; and
the control of streams will reduce soil
erosion, and permit American farms to
increase in fertility and productiyeness
and so continue to feed the country and
maintain a healthy and beneficial for
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~ = -, 80 - - ie'u' go - .
- i'ic ~ eo'i s'Aiooe' 't'i''ii
prosieil.S IS
we ihleiiu' say el'e eA X, ~
Use .ns,s., 'esoe'l e'''' ~. ~ % use
ei'eii. as - poiisei y tneit.' 70 SLOT.
shotilu pc mace 20 'iti'le ths wise ana
proper ue'slot'iiient ana appi'caatioil OF
these resources every EFFORT should De
made TO prevent destruction, 70 re-
duce waste, and to distribute the en-
joyment of our natural wealth in such
way MS TO promote the great good of
the greatest number for the longest
time.
In the Primer of conservation, re
Gently issued by the government For
est Service bureau, Mr.. Cleveland
says: Suppose huge confagration
should sweep our forests from the hill
sides? Suppose sudden floods should
lay waste our fertile farm lands, scor-
ing them with gullies, or heaping them
with sand?2 Would not any single one
of these calamities bring upon lis in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
JUST TOR FUN

Every time the baby looks into my
face lie smiles said Mr.. Meekton.
b well" answered his wife, "it may
not be exactly polite, but it shows ho
has a sense of humor."
seconomize?"
II do" answered the statesman. II
don't see how we are going to afford
the expenditures favor unless the 9th
er people draw the line more closely"
Washington Star.
Dollhoover--Nas the operation sue
cessful? @
Glidden--Tr The doctor
said 1t was the biggest appendix he
ever. removed, Chicago Tribune.
Strange that nobody has invented a
girls shoestring that won't come ufl-
ted
II perfected one once: but. after
thinking the matter over threw the
patents away. Courier
Journal
4 she--what is it YOU like best about
a girl?
He-My arrns.-Judgc.
II have brought to a successful cons
.clusion experiments with new cooking
stove invention" 5g 5sas
II suppose, then, it is something of a
CRATE scheme. - Baltimore American
'eWrll-what does a marriage icenco
COST" asked the embarrassed young
man.
Two dollars"
well, that's SO cents more than
expected he said. reluctantly taking
out his pocketbook, but I guess I'll
have to stand 1t. I can't back out
MOVIE Chicago Tribune,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

With melting airs or martial, brisk or
" grave. ss5s
Some chord in unison with what we
hear y, S
Is touched within us. and the heart re-
Y l:EsEE niles - sassf
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

The streams are 50 swollen that the
5city's water supply is practically cut
off. It seems to be a case of water
water everywhere but never a drop to
drink
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

No woman is perfect says George
Bernard Shaw. How profound the re-
mark, what depth of insight into hui
man nature it shows Had 1t been
made about man 1t would have been
entirely different.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

There Is some solace in the thought
that Mr.. Hartman cannot bring any
European railroads back with him.
without paying duty on them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Tim Campbell said the Constitution
should not be allowed to stand be-
tween friends but nobody has ever
said that Of the tariff.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

The baseball season is always par
:tieularly fatal to the grandmothers of
office boys.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Logan is fifty Years old, but it is only
in Its youth and will yet be a giant.
Logan is synonymous with push
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Y is easier to make the desert blos-
som as the cactus than as the rose.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Quiet weddings are rarely so quiet
that they are not noised in the news
papers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

a man may rise in his own estima-
ton and fail In that OF the public
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

*s A man shouldn't dabbla in stocks if
he doesn't wish to get Soaked,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

1t is hard to tell whether Colonel
Roosevelt has the greater admiration
for a big navy Or for the Japanese ma,
tion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

In the Senate tho tariff bill is having
more ups than downs. This is. per-
fectly natural seeing that the Senate
{ is the upper house.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

How easy It will be to climb the lad
.der5ot fame when 1! is provided With
an elevator like the Washington nlonu-
ment Is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

1t Is to the credit Of the foreigners
who went on strike at the Murray
sn1elter that they have conducted them
selves in an orderly and lawful manner
While there has been an entire absence
of the riotous scenes that SO often ac-
company such strikes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Defending the duty placed Mead by
the Senate amendment, Senator Hey
burn, in the debate on the Aldrich bill.
said that without a doubt the lead
mines in this country would be aban-
doned until the cheaper lead deposits OF
Mexico should be exhausted. II the lead
industry were not protected If that is
SO. then why would not the admission
duty free OF Canadian lumber tend to
the preservation OF the American for-
.ests until those Of Canada should be
exhausted?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

e To what extent viii the water famine
affect the milk supply?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

show. Real cleanliness is mostly a
matter ma. Of fresh air, the absence Of de-
seaylng Substances, and the exclusion
of all forms Of insect life, especially the,
fiies. But In the war upon insects,
81 spiders should not be included among
the list Of enemies. FL
e The lions are not getting a rest the
public is.
Are Mel,emmeds promises of the
pie-crust order?
3 To what extent Will the water famine
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Y She--What is it YOU like best about
a girl?
He--Nfy arnls.-Judge.
The Springdale news., 1909-01-27
DIED AT MUSkOGEE.
Mrs. W. D. Smith, a Former Resi-.
dent of This Locality.

H. J. Atkison returned Sunday from Muskogee, Okla, where he had been to attend the funeral of Mrs. Belle Smith, wife of w. D. Smith. brotherinlaw of Mir. At kison. Mrs. Smith died Wednes- day of last week of consumption, and funeral services were held at the residence on Thursday, being conducted by Rev. o. E. God dard, pastor of the NJ. E. Church, and who IS quite well known in this section.
 Deceased was about 46 years of age, and she and her husband will be we'll remembered by many in this section, as they formerly resided here, going to Muskogee some six years ago. Mrs. Smiths maiden name was Burkett. Be- sides husband she is survived by seven children, five daughters and two sons. MT. Smith and children have the sympathy of their old friends here Tn their great bereavement.
The Springdale news., 1909-01-27
A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

Sunday, Jan. 17th, being the 6Sth birthday of Mrs. J. K. Moneyhun, she was hurried off to early that morning and scarcely had she been gone half an hour when the children and grandchildren began to arrive at her home bringing with them well-filled baskets, and when grandma returned from church, unsuspicious of anything unusual and opened the door of her room, she found the room we'll filled with guests and they began to say, "How old are you today, Grandma?" She could scarcely say a word. Then she was pre- sented with number of valuable and useful presents, after which she was ushered into the dining room where the table almost groaned under the weight of the many good things to eat. This of course was the most import ant part and everybody did jus tice to the bountiful repast, if not to themselves.
 One of the interesting features of the event was the representa- tion of four generations. The evening was pleasantly passed, and we hope Mrs. Moneyhun will live to see many more birth days as bright to her as this one.
The Springdale news., 1909-01-27
ntems of tbe Gown and County.

East siders now have electric lights, tue wires having been run across the railroad track last week.
 Mrs. w ard Lane and children went up to Rogers Saturday af- ternoon and spent Sunday with Mrs. John Glasscock.
 Mrs. NJ. B. Fugate returned Sunday afternoon from Fayette- vile where she had been visiting with her son Clarence.
 F.. D. Osburne died Wednesday night of pneumonia at his home at Hazel Valley i'll the southeast ern part of the county.
 Mrs. W. H. Morrow arrived home Thursday afternoon from Little Rock where she had been visiting with her mother.
 Col. J. $. Ewalt left Saturday afternoon for Great Bend and Hiawatha, Kansas, to Straighten out some business matters.
 Saturday was a veritable spring day, warm and sun-shiny, and as result there was a good crowd of country people i'll town.
 W. G. Thompson left Monday afternoon for Joplin, Mo-, being summoned as a witness in a case Ill the U. $. Court at that place.
 DuPree Denver, son of Mir. and Mrs. J. P. Denver, has been out of school at the University for the past few days on account of illness.
 Ben Bevers returned Friday night from a business trip to Springfield, Mo. He Is thinking of accepting a position III bar- Der shop at that place.
 Col. $. w. Peel and wife of Fayetteville, have gone to Wash ington City where the former will look after business matters in which he is interested.
 We will probably print the first installment of our serial story-"The Mystery'-in Fri. days paper. If not then, the following issue. Watch for 1t.
 Friday was the thirty-seventh anniversary of the University oi Arkansas. N. P. Gates. now a resident of Little Rock, was the first president of the institution
 Robert Yount and Will Richie of Pettigrew and Chas. Gilstral of St. Paul were in Springdale Thursday conferring wi | Thompson Bros. on business mat. terS.
 Malcom Henson, who is firing on the Rock Island road out oi North Little Rock, camp up lat ter part of last week to visit witt his parents and friends for few days.
 K. N. Ragsdale, who was rear ed in the vicinity of Elm Springs but who IS now resident O. Chickasha, Oklahoma, came II recently on a visit, and he ant his mother returned Friday from
The Springdale news., 1909-01-27
Notice of Presenting Petition for .
 Now County Road.

Notice is hereby given that petition will be presented to the County Court of Wash ington County. Arkansas, on Tuesday the 2nd day of February 1909. the same being a day of the January Term, 1909, of said County Court, asking that a new public or county road be established in said county, on and over and across the lands, and az nearly as practical on the lines described and indicated by the following copy from said petition, to-wit
 Beginning at the SE corner of the NWA of the NW14 of Sec. 25 i'll Tp. IS N, K. 30 W and running thence West, between the lands of = Christ and WiIt between the tween the lands of R. A Larson and ( ( Clarke, and between the lands of M. l.. Flemming and ]. K. Smith, to and across Spring Creek, a distance of about E of a mile; thence bearing in Northwesterly di. Ieetion over the. lands of the said ]. R Smith, rbout I5 of mile, to the most conve,, nient intersection with the Springdale and Bentonville road. i'll the N15 of the NWA oi Sec 20, in Tp, IS N of K. 30 w, all in Wash ington County, Ark.-57-5t
 (. (. CLARKE, and others