Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-04
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The leading article in the June NUM-
bed OF The Book Keeper, magazine
for the! business man, relates to the
Alaska-Y ukon-P Pacific Exposition which
L to October 16, This is not a mere
descriptive article heavy with statis-
| tics, but discusses the spirit which ere
ated the exposition and the resources
or that vast teritory&in the Northwest
which Is now attracting the attention
For the world. The writer Is Ernest
G,awcroft hose finished articles in pre-
previous numbers of this magazine
have been one, ofisits features. This Is
followed by an article relating some of
the remarkable achievements of the
business men IF Saskatoon, in the
province of Saskatchewan, Canada.
The author. James Oliver Cnrwood,
visited the locality where Saskatoon
now stands some seven years ago and
at that time the town consisted of one
halffdozen framed shacks. On his sec
ond visit within the past few months,
he found a thriving city of 1000 inhab BIZ
tants, and in which In 1904 the sum of
81, 900 was spent on new buildings.
Mr. Curwood writes very interesting
story about the growth of this future
Northwestern metropolis. Frederick
Irving Anderson continues his thrill
ing story of THE Bank Defaulter.--
Detroit, Mich.
Another new monthly magazine has
made its appearance. Its name is Uncle
Sans Magazine. and its highly credit
able dress proclaims It the successor
of Army and Navy Life, which has
long borne an excellent record as the
best illustrated service magazine. The
scope of this new periodical SO its edi-
tors announce, Is to be thoroughly
American and patriotic in its text and
illustrations, with leaning toward ar
ticles and stories bearing on army and
navy life, our war veterans or federal
subjects. Here Is the new magazines
table of contents for May: Flying and
Fighting" Edwin Emerson; THE Old
Color Bearer poem, g.. W. Taylor;
Soldiers Copy" Gen. Charles King;
AN Army Woman's Diary Mary Rip
pey Heistand; How q Pirate Saved
New Orleans M ". Campbell: "At
Andersonyi!le,' poem, N. b.. Ripley:
No Tin Soldiers No. poem, Thomas
Lomax Hunter How Gen. Miles Won
His Medal of Honor" Maj. J. A. Dap
ray: Am Army Without Arnlories."
| Capt. John F. Organ: Cupid, Cyclone
& Co. story, Frederick j. Liesmann:
My Pard," poem, Phila Butler Bow
man; In Alien lands poem, George
| p. Gable: War Time Episodes Told by
Veterans, Gen. Madison Drake; "All
for the Babies" Mrs. D. &. Arnold;
| Development Of Bullet-throwing
Shoulder-arms." G. w Sawyer; THE
Quartermaster's Ride" story, Lewis
United Service, '-150 Nassau street,
New York.
Casters Magazine for June is as US
ual handsomely illustrated, and CON
"a y>ff ola ~ a{oIF I.,
| terest and value both to the engineer
and to the general reader. Mr.. ]. f.
Cairns reviews the notable develop
nents in locomotive building for the
past year, including illustrations OF
SOME remarkable engines. Following
upon his discussion of the -horse-
power gas engine in the previous issue.
Mr.. IT w. Burt treats of the suction
gas producer as 1t has been evolved
during the recent years of experience
with this type of Classifying apparatus
for power production. The combination
| OF suction producer and gas engine has
now become SO nearly standardized that
| 1t may be considered a commercial pro-
| duct competing closely with the steam,
engine for installations up to 100 horse
! power. The extent to which natural
| sources of power are being exploited
| appears in the important papers of Mr..
| John George Leigh. the third and cons
I GLIDING one OF which appears IN this
issue, showing the manner In which
| Sweden has made up for the absence of
coal fields by the utilization of it's
water power. Too often IA power house
is a thing Of usliness. but Mr.. Frank
| Rooster shows in his article on archi-
| tecturai features of power plants how
! utility and pleasing effect may be COM
1 bined and the extent to which this sat
4 isfactory result has already been ac-
i complished, The concluding article is
| an accG,nt of the mechanical appli7
| ances employed in laying railway track.
| with numerous illustrations.-12 West
31st street, New York.