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reach the platform he was compelled to
buy an admission ticket to hear himself
sing, and the Mormon choir. considering
this an imposition. refused to pay ad-
was thus debarred from the competition.
1t confidently believes that II it had sub
mitted to this extortion it would have
won the prize.
The leader Of the Mormon choir for
twenty five years has been Evan Stephens,
Welshman, who emigrated to Utah with
his parents when he was boy of twelve
and was promoted to the musical director
ship Of the church In 1882. Since then he
has devoted his entire time to music. and
choirs of the Mormon Church. The Nor
mons begin with the children and teach
them music before they know their let
tiers, and they continue to instruct them
and continue their practice until their
voices fall
The musical education Of the members
of the church is considered only secondary
to their instruction in the faith, and the
music of the tabernacles Is quite as i'm
portant as the quality of the preaching.
chestras, brass bands and other musical
organizations in almost every town in
Utah. During the winter season operas
and oratorios. orchestral and vocal con-
certs are given regularly, and organ con-
certs, free to everybody. are given daily.
except Sunday. between II and 1 in the
tabernacle but shall have to tell you
about that in another letter.
Salt Lake Rival Of Denver.
Salt Lake is becoming great city. 1t is
now a rival of Denver, and Omaha, in
population. wealth. enterprise and volume
of business. The beautiful, broad streets.
which are shaded with trees-thanks to
the foresight of Brigham Young-are being
lined with costly residences and business
blocks. / do not know Of any other city
of similar size where so muh money has
been spent for costly architecture. The
Mormon Church is erecting several new
buildings, an athletic club and head
quarters for the presidency. being the
most important The Southern Pacific
is erecting a new station which
will compare with the best in the land.
The federal building is a gem Of archi-
the Roman Catholics have recent
~ completed the most imposing cathedral
west of Chicago and 1t was dedicated in
August by Cardinal Gibbons with great
pomp. 1t stands on one of
the principal residence streets, is 100 feet
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MS of salt in the lake.
View Of the Scientists.

view OF the SC1euC1SCS.
For many years the water was gradu-
ally receding and scientific men told us
that the lake was drying up. and in Sc
many thousand years 1t would entirely
disappear and leave a bed of salt lying
on the ground dry as the remains of Mrs
Lot But to show the total depravity OF
everything in Utah, and to confound the
wise men, about four years ago the wa
tiers began to rise. and they have con-
| tinued to do SO until the level of the lake
is now about four feet higher than it was
when the bathing pavilion was built al
| Saltair Beach.
Nobody knows why the lake is acting
! in such a contrary manner. 1t has upset
all the theories of science; 1t has com
PEELED the men who are making salt by
evapOrating the water to spend a grea
| deal of money moving back their drying
| pans: it has compelled the railway com
pany to change its tracks. and If the lake
keeps on rising the waters will ultimately
submerge the beautiful city of Salt Lake
as Sodom and Gomorrah are said to have
| been covered by the Dead sea. although
as matter of fact, there is no evidence
| that the Dead sea ever drowned anything
There are no ruins under its waters
there are no signs of cities or the founda-
| tions Of buildings upon its banks. while
| it is absolutely certain that the water has
been subsiding gradually for severa
thousand years, and the record of its
subsistence is accurately kept by the
marks upon the rocks that inclose it
Perhaps the Dead sea may some time
wake up and grow again like Great Sal
Lake. and wash out the filthy hotels and
| boarding houses where tourists have to
stop at Jericho. The site of the city OF
Salt Lake was once go feet under water
and it would be pity if that should hap
pen again. although certain portion OF
it's population, like the inhabitants OF
Jericho, might be benefited by prolonged
in co1t
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long, 1903. feet wide and the towers rise
30 feet from the pavement. Mr. New
house. wealthy miner. has recently COM
pleted two splendid Office buildings and
has begun the erection of hotel that will
cost a million dollars. while syndicate of
local capitalists has subscribed the money
to build a -million-dollar hotel oppo-
site the Mormon temple.
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High Percentage of Salt.

1t is the most salty water on earth eX-
is one pound of salt to every five pounds
of water. which makes it SO dense that
nothing will sink in it except metals and
other objects of great weight. People
who battle in Salt Lake, and during the
summer several hundred indulge in that
luxury every day, find it difficult to keep
their feet OH the bottom. 1t is very easy
to float or swim, but when timid person
first enters the water the sensation is
alarming, because of the tendency of the
feet and legs to rise to the surface.
If bathers will let themselves go and
make no muscular effort their bodies will
lie upon the surface of the water and float
about like cork. The salt will make their
eyes smart, and wherever the skin is
broken or tender upon the body there
will be singing sensation for little
while, but the action of the water is heal
ing and wholesome, and bathing In salt
lake is prescribed by physicians in Utah
for every disease that human flesh is
heir to. 1t is natures greatest SAM
tarium.
There are no fish in Great Salt Lake,
and no living thing except tiny shrimps
about one-third of an inch long, and
some little crabs which bore deep into
the sand.
The scientists say that Salt lake is
% 600 years old, or, to put it differently,
that period of time has elapsed since Lake
Bonneville commenced to diminish by
evaporation. This conclusion is reached
upon the assumption that the sun draws
every year, less the rainfall and the drain
age from the watershed around it. Scien-
fists also say that there are 4OO, 600, 900
tons of salt in the lake.
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managers of Annapolis (Md.) Emergency
Hospital, and Mrs. James C. Cresa. a
member of the board. have resigned. Mrs.
Martin has served six years as head of
the board.
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Waters of Great Value.


only as restoratives and tonics for in
valids when used externally, and for the
manufacture of salt, but they are very
effective in killing weeds on railroad
tracks. Large tanks, such as are used
to haul oil in, are fitted with sprinklers
on their sides and sterns, and are hauled
slowly along the tracks of the Southern
Pacific system and other railways twice
year. Wherever the salt water falls
the vegetation curls up and dies.
The first growth Is thus killed at the
beginning of the season, and in July or
August the tracks are sprinkled again
to kill whatever weeds may have survived
water, which is mixture of salt and
soda, forms thin crust along the track
and is almost as good as oil in keeping
down the dust.
A little railway runs trains from Salt
Lake City every hour out to a pavilion
called Salt Air. which is built over the
waters of the Great Salt Lake as a health
and pleasure resort. There are long rows
of dressing rooms for bathers; there are
comfortable seats where several thou
sand people can sit all day and listen to
the music of one of the best bands in
the country. There is dancing pavilion
with a beautiful floor, and We were told
that it is the largest hall in the world.
Music is furnished every afternoon and
evening during the season, and every
body and his wife or sweetheart may
dance as long as they please and then go
over and hear the band concert until they
are rested and ready to begin again.
Most of the program is classical music to
educate the taste of the public.
On the ground floor Of the pavilion are
soda fountains and other places where
soft drinks are served. but no whisky.
beer or other Intoxicating liquors are
sold on the premises. That is the rule
wherever the Mormons AVE control
There is not one Mormon saloon in the
state nor Mormon gambling house, nor
disreputable resort of any kind that is
kept or controlled or owned by a Mormon
while the most uncompromising and
violent enemies of the Mormon Church
are Gentle saloonkeepers and Gentle
proprietors Of disreputabla resorts.
Policy of the Mormons.
1t is the policy of the Mormon Church
to furnish healthful and harmless diver.
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Its Dimensions Largely Reduced by
Process of Evaporation.
NOW KNOWN AS SALT LAKE
Mysterious Action Causes Scientists
to Wonderfully the Home
Of, Mormons.
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.


Snecia1 CORRESPONDENCE Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald
SALT LAKE CITY. October ). 1903
Once upon time, before Adam and
Eve were born, there was great lake
in Utah, 346 miles long, 145 miles wide,
$3.50 miles in circumference, 1000 feet
deep, and its level was just one mile high
er than tidewater in the bay of San
Francisco 1t was about as large as
Lake Michigan. and about as long as the
state of Illinois The distance around its
shores was about the same as that from
Chicago to San Francisco. 1t is called
Lake Bonneville in honor Of that gallant
explorer whose wonderful adventures In
the west are described by Washington
Irving in a fascinating book.
A river carried the overflow of Lake
Bonneville to the Pacific ocean. 1t ran
from Utah north through the canyon now
occupied by the Snake river into the Co
lumbia, and through the canyon OF the
Columbia to the sea, rushing By the place
where the city of Portland, with its beau
tiful rose gardens now stands. Possibly
earthquakes or some other terrestrial
phenomena changed the topography so
that the inlets and outlets OF Lake Bonnie
vile became choked up. the rainfall OIL
minished, the summers grew longer anc
warmer and gradually it was reduced to
the present body of water known as
Great Salt Lake. which is eighty-three
miles long, fifty-one miles wide, and at
the deepest place thirty feet deep III It's
bottom were level it would be fifteen feet
deep everywhere.
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Policy of the Mormons.

1t is the policy Of the Mormon Church
to furnish healthful and harmless diver
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How to buy am
EDISON
Phon0grap

Do not buy an Edison Photograph until
you convinced that you want ones
Hear it at the dealers first.
Hear it play number of pieces Hear IT
play the kind of music that you ike-muslc
that you have heard people sing and play-so
that you can know how well it does it. Hear
it play Amberol we'll as Standard Records.
You will decide that the Edison Phono
- graph is the best
Then remember that it takes only small
- amount of money to buy it. You can get
~ perfect Edison Phonograph at your own price.
whether it is $3.50 any price up to S125oo
= one that will last lifetime that will give
pleasure every day, that will help you to edu-
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friends and that will while away many hours
that might otherwise be msspent.
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dealer from
PHoNoGRAPH COMPANY.
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with 2 and 3 in. heavy
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Subjects suitable for any
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Sr.so.

10 bales Of Heavy
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-20

me off my feet and sent me spra wiling to the floor. That was something nev t" me, and you should have seen me , fight back. l went after hin, aud we ! mixed it up hard for the balance of the round. 1t was a dandy romnd and think had the better of it How ever. he had a shade in the second third and fourth. In the iif.h wen, out and tried to finish bim
 His Ribs Were Peltsd.
 I carried the scrap to him. but as he had it on me in reach he simply pei; d my ribs with rights and lefts. 1 gave | him a good mill here. but lie had rue very tired when the bell rang. In the sixth he tried his utmost to put uae out, but could not. We finished iu the center of the ring battling like de
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-20

mons. Tie referee gave ilin ,]c lsli
 amid great cheering. was licked thoroughly and squarely and readily admitted it.
 I received Si, for uy end of the purse. consider this one of my hard l est battles experienced during my en- tire fighting career.
 This was one of the real fights hal each and every spectator who attend cd will never forget. It was yer; spec tacular in many respects l was flocred by actual count just seventeen times in :, hc six rounds l was not to le ,;e.sicd altogether, as 1 put Head- mark down five lines for ,bt' count ;;S well
 Tse entire audience was iE a c..sl. i tihrai EXPORT f,fG,!i sslrt to t.iiis!s. tir>i cheering for Ifadmark and then f"r rlf
 T! i, N'aS due to our contiiiiai Sing gng and our earnest efforts in tryinc r. knock each other out. The people all over the city of Chicago talk s,h,ut this great 'attlc even to this day.
 A; Hou can see. fights Were coming pretty regular now for the boy from I1e:;ewisch, and l was losin. no os, portuni;y to make q littie coin.
 Lest Fight on Fo:d. IL is net up la me to begin ,u knock: but. strange as it ma. seem. the only two ieh1S in which lost on a foul the referee was t',e haze Geor&e ⅈ,r. shr ! pert of the Chicago Tribune. Tine first was to Pete Boyle iH t!ii c;,:st Dec l. lNn, and The se,'8ri was, ,u Cans in Goltlic,d lnc!tieHlai@. fought two f;..,ils on the day l los; !o Boyle. and you can bct was a very busy l,t.r~,n.
 The battle with Boyle was slash ing one from the jump, with me doing all the ps1,lishing. leading and real scrapning. l was a milo in front in the fourth round and bad Eoy!<. Aah. ing on the ropes and all but out when MT. Siler sprang forward and stopped the fight.
 His contention was that had fuulcd Boyle. He thereupon, with the assist ance of Royle's seconds. helped him to his corner and gave him the battle. When Silcr interfered and declared my opponent the victor there was quite demonstration in the club in my favor, mind you, the members he- ing of the unanimous opinion that had done nothing during the round which warranted my being dlsquali fled. I was paid $25 for my particii'a ton in the fiasco.
 was firm in the belief that l had been wrongful!y accused, bar ther" was nothing 10 be done but, submit. and that did as gracefully as could. But didn't like it.
 Two Battles In One Day
 Not satisfied with the erding of tlse Boyle go and remcmbcrin" that haa dated up with Danny MrNahon 'o meet him in four round % at the Ilil,eruian society entertannaent. book cd to take place at their hall. l" stantly donned my street clothes grab bed d rattler. and in few moments
 was oh the spot ready to proceed vii
 my second fight of the day. Damn. and mixed things up rather lively t. four full rounds, and at it's conclusion the referee decided that we had bnt!. fought valiant scrap. and he held Ill both our hands, signaling draw. When the friendly Irish handed p:e q crisp five dollar note for my wor2 out I was tickled, and I rolled homo fairly we'll pleased with the busy days doings. To make $50 in one day was net So bad, eh?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-20

WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE DAKOrAs. : was d combination of Terry McGoyern and Dal Hawkins. He Was fast as d bullet. strong and shifty and could
 hand out a punch like JeffrieS. He had 1t on me in weight, height and ex- perience. 1 did my utmost to hold my unbroken string of victories. fought harder that night than in all my pre- vious battles put together. Poor Joe. I wander where he is now. I'd like to see him and shake his hand.
 2'ss Tn the opening round of the fight he .tNtalled me into leading at him. fell for it, and as came in he hung a full / swing under my chin, which boosted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-20
Value of a Complexion
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-20

TIER defeating Eddie Penny H and Bud Winters sn April and 7 May of 1899 they tried ta
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-16

but also its expressions Of a desire
that the business of the special session
shall be confined as much as possible
10 the consideration OF the revision of
the tariff. The message was referred
10 the Committee on Finance
On motion of Senator Hale. il was
then agreed that when the Senate adj
J0urnS today II viii be to meet on Fri
day Among several petitions that
were presented was one from the New
Hampshire Legislature in opposition q
the proposition for Federal inherit
ance tax, claiming that that source OF
revenue should be reserved to the
States.
Executive Session.
On motion of Senator Frye at 12:1O
the Senate went into executive ses-
sion.
The Senate was in executive session
only eight minutes, but in that time ii
confirmed the nominations OF John ".
Warrington, Of Ohio. to be United
circuit and the following postmasters:
John c. Young, at Portland. Ore: ana
Theron A FaTnsworth. at Camden. y.
J. At 12-1S the Senate adjourned until
Friday.
Earlier in the session Senator AIdricn
reported from the committee appointed
10 wait upon the President to notify
him that the Senate was in session and
Ltdug ~ receive dul communications
from him. that the President had re-
piled that he would communicate his
desires TO the Senate at once
President Prompt
Senator Aidrich had scarcely finished
making this announcement before Mr..
14atta, the Presidents messenger ar
rived with the message.
Prolonged applause greeted Secretary
l<atta when he entered the House with
the message. Throughout its reading
members listened with the greatest att
tcntton and at its close there was a
Nhirlwind of handclannina
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-16
SENATE Is EAGER
TO GET NEW BILL

Just as soon as the new tariff bill
hes been introduced in the House. the
Senate Finance Committee will take
It up promptly and viii keep pace with
the House in the consideration of il.
II Is expected the new members Of The
committee will be announced shortly
and then the Republicans of the COM
mittee will begin work in earnest.
Senator Aldrich has been devotins
most of his time lately to preparation
for the great task of shaping up the
tariff bill. He is in touch with the
House leaders and he has been study
ing sentiment in the Senate so that ne
Is well aware what conditions will have
10 be met when the bill comes To the
floor. The Senator is anxious to get
The tariff bill through. He has given
out there will be no tagging at the
Senate end of the Capitol
Senator'S are eager TO get a cOUv OF
The new bill. Most every Senator has
some industry in which his State is
specially interested and this fact will
nave an important bearing on the fnal
sEarping of the measure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-16

Now that the war is over in the
House at least FOR the time being, IL
IS expected there Will be busy times
ahead for those important committees,
such rs the Disposition of Useless EX-
ecutive Papers, Ventilation and Acous-
tics, Mileage, Pacific Railroads. and EX-
penditures in the various departments.
'ITncle joe Cannon. at last reports,
was in a frame of mind that impelled
him to blister the insurgents. He
would like to get even witn the men
who have been going counter 20 the
House organization on the rules and
other matters. Between now and next
December, it is expected one OF the
Speakers chief diversions i'm his leisure
hours, as he sits out on his porch at
DanviHe and inhales the fumes OF his
long black cigar, will be TO study out
places Of interest for the insurgents.
Presumably the Hon. Victor Murdoch
OF Kansas will come in for a place on
Ventilation and Acoustics and 'Gussie'
Gardner of Massachusetts will be al
lowed 90 keep a sharp eye on such bust
ness as comes before the Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of Az
riculture.
At any rate. just now there is a lot
of talk Of getting even. Not long ago,
tain Republicans had banded together
to take tho tariff of fish and thus get
Gardner into the list Of undesirable
citizens up at Gloucester It may he
that the lapse OF six months or 50 viii
tend 10 soften the aSperity OF the