Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-19
Smithsonian Exhibit at
A-Y-P Exposition, Seattle

| palatial ships OF today that can carry
the population of a fair-sizad town. On
Hand the contrast is even greater. The
and sled of the Indians, runs through
1.-the Garcia or oX-wagon of Men
| Mexico, the clumsy Red river cart OF
the Dakotas and British Columbia, the
American stage coach that played SO
| Important a part in the early days, the
locomotive OF John Stevens, the first
| i'll America of which there is a reliable
record and the locomotive John Bull
of the Camden and Amboy RAILROAD
company the Oldest complete locono-
tive in America, that made its his
toric run on Nov. u, 1881, from Borden
town, n. j., and finally ends with The
powerful closs-continent engines that
now Whiz over the plains traversed at
such cost Of weary toll Il half century
a go.
a special case shows various features
of the original work Of Prof. Joseph
Henry, the first secretary of the Smith
sonian institution, in his researches in
electrical science. Prof. Henry discoy-
cred and applisl the magnetic property
of electricity which has since zen de-
|Neloped into so many different forms
each of vital Importance to mankind.
HISTORY or PHOTOGRAPHY.
Two general features of unique inter-
est are the history of photography and
the history of medicine in America. The
former begins with one or the first per-
nlanent photographs of Joseph Niepte, a
Frenchman, who invented his asphalt
UNI process in 1924. These We're the first
real photographs. In 1929 Niepce en-
tered into partnership With DaguerrG,
who 10 years later worked out the pro-
cess bearing his name SO popular with
our grandfathers. Fl. Fox Talbot in
.1S41 conceived the first negative and
print process which was followed by ths
introduction of the glass plate, first
with a!bumen, then with collodion, and
finally With the gelatine-bromide dry
plate photography of the present day
III lhis the marvellous results recently
secured in direct color photography are
not neglected Specimens Of each SORT
of photograph in its different forms
have been collected. and the different
kinds of cameras in use at different
periods are also shown. A section Of
the Photographic exhibit is devoted to
scientific work. There are enlarged
prints of the moons surface. and prints
of the solar spectrum, especially that
part beyond the red discovered by the
late Prof. S. P. Langley, secretary Of
The exhibit showing the history of
medicine in America consists mainly OF
photographs or noted doctors. though a
portion is given over to show the weird
methods of disease treatment by the liz
dams. Among the doctors are included
the names Of Dr. Zabdiel Boyleton, the
first in America to perform the opera
ton of innoculation for smallpox; DIR.
John G. Warren, DR.. Henry J. BigelOw.
DR.. Crawford w. Long and DR.. William
r. G. Morton, men connected directly
with the discovery and application of
surgical anaesthesia: DR.. Walter Reed,
III. S. A., who planned and directed in
Cuba the experiments which gave man
control over yellow fever: DR.. Carlos j.
Finlay, the first to formulate a definite
theory of the transmission of yellow
fever by the mosquto; and six score
others who have done much toward adj
vancing medical science in this cour-
try.
THREE CHURCHES OF WEST.
Relating more particularly to the
west and its development are three
rather unusual exhibits of ecclesiastical
history. They include the early Caliror-
MIA missions. with their picturesque
sian Orthodox church in snow-clud
Alaska. and the Mormon Church Of
the Salt Lake region. In the California
mission exhibit are included a large
model Of the Santa Barbara mission
founded in 1856, as a, type of the modi-
fled Romanesque architecture of the re-
Sfon. and a series of paintings of San
Louis Rey, San Gabriel. San Juan. San
Diego and other missions lent by T..
j. Richardson. The Russian Orthodox
church is represented by models o.
priests, and bishops. and banners,
robes, books and ceremonial instru-
:ments. Similarly the history of the
Church of the Latter-day Saints. is
shown by gallery of such men as the
til>t president and founder, Joseph
Smith Brigham Young, the founde" of
Utah. and scores of others, a. collection
of works Of general literature, anu
relics recalling the nigrations and
achievements Of the band of western
pioneers of 60 odd years ago and their
descendants.
AN AMERICAN 8POMPEII.
Before leading into an exhibit of
the peoples of the Pacific coast and
of our island possessions, a group of
models give some idea of the way GER
southwest lived. They are of the pueb-
10 region which in later years the
Zuni claimed as their hunting ground.
Here have recently been unearthed the
ruins of an ancient settlement of
startling Importance, called Casa
Grande.
The Casa Grande reservation Is
about q, mile square. situated in Pinal
county, Arizona, mile south OF the
ella river, and IL miles west of Flor
ence, the county seat. Much OF this
area is covered with mounds in the