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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-07
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS
ON MINID0KA PROJECT
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 Inc tribune.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-The reclama-
tion service has been conducting an in
terestng experiment on the Mindoka
irrigation project in Idaho. 10 drain small
bodies of land which have been sub
merged as the result of irrigation.
At one point a lake, covering about
eighty acres, had formed A we'll was
sunk near the lake 10 n depth OF 100 feet,
the last thirty feet penetrating the lava
rock which underlies the whole project
A six-inch casing was put into the top
OF the rock and the waters of the lake
were directed into the we'll For the
past three weeks the water has been
drained into the well at a rate varying
from one to three second feet. or an ay-
erage flow of more than million gal
Ions per day,
Should other wells prove equally ef-
fective IT is believed the problem OF
drainage on this project can be solved
without the necessity Of constructing
long and expensive drain bitches 10 carry
the surplus water TO the river
Water for irrigation was delivered
throughout the Minidoka project. Idaho.
during May Excavations on the North
Side waste water system were continued
and preparations are being made for the
erection of second eXcavating machine.
Two crews are working In wet material
not included In contract work. Struc-
lures for the South Side pumping unit
are being erected and machinery is be-
Ing installed at the power station
During tho month of April the farm
ers under this project paid water right
charges to the amount OF s56,3lS.73.
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Views of lnterm0untain Region
MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS
IN DAVIS COUNTY

Special TO The Tribune.
KAYSVILLE, June 6.-The population
OF the several towns in Davis county is
steadily increasing this yoar. During the
past few days babes were born 10 MIR
and Mrs Ira Rudy. son to Mr.. and Mrs
William Mortenson. a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. e. O. Warner daughter to Mrs,
Clara Carter, daughter 10 Mr.. and Mrs
T, A. Jones, daughter TO Mr.. and Mrs
Morgan Anderson.
County Clerk Hyrum o. Pack issued
the following marriage licenses this week
John Beesey and Miss Eliza Swan, both
OF Croydon; Elijah !. King and Miss
Ethel Adams, both OF Layton; Arch Gra-
ham of Mexico and Miss Jessie McDon-
aid OF Pennington; John A Hatch, Jr
OF Woods Cross and Hiss Hilda Wiley
OF Bountiful;, William Perkins of Bounti-
full and Charlotte Law Of Paris. Ida.
Leonard Sandal. Davis countys IA.
nous baseball pitcher, has been employed
for the season by the ball team OF Sugar
City. Ida,
Mrs. George w. Layton was adjudged
insane by Drs Whtlock and Heath this
week. She was taken TO the mental hos
pital at Provo by Sheriff James Ware.
Miss Turessia Manful. the 16-year.old
daughter OF Mrs. Emma Manful OF Far
mington, died at the Kaysville hospita
Yesterday morning following an operation
for appendicitis.
When the board Of directors of the
Queen Dairy company met recently tc
organize Frank Walder was chosen presi-
dent: Marion F, Adams, vice president
James Whitesides. secretary and treas
urer, The company is building fnt
the best OF it's kind in the state and the
only one outside OF Salt Lake.
f. II. Farley has started cheese fac.
tory in Layton. He makes about SoC
pounds Of cheese a day. John OBrien
the well known cheese maker. is In charge
of the cheese making.
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|ATH CAUSED BY
MEDICINE OVERDOSE
sss Ruby Geddes, One of the
,tate's Promising Musicians,
Dies Suddenly.

,cial 10 The Tribune.
,sDEN, June 6.-After a few hours
,ss. caused by an overdose OF medicine
'.,, for Intestinal troubles. Miss Ruby
,6es. one of the most popular musi-
sls in Utah. died at the nome OF FroI'
1sph Balantyne. 2535 orchard avenue
y afternoon at 8 o'clock.
las Geddes had been given some
Icine. with instructions by her physi-
u as 10 the quantity TO be taken III
\ dose Believing that better results
Ia follow, she took several doses oil
medicine at one time this morning
{ oclock. About noon she had several
;ni!sions. and although DR.. j X. Nor
and DR.. Ezra Rich worked for sew
hours. she failed TO respond from
effects OF the drug.
nr tho past three years MISS Geooes
y pupil OF Prof, Ballantyne in voice
Ia,re harmony and composition. max
ll,er homo at his residence. Her COM
lion work has attracted considerable
r1flon. and some Of her work has been
~ by the Ogden tabernacle choir. IN
III she was q soloist for three years
WAS well known In musical circles In
r|I,alSe and other parts of the state.
/. was born in Plain city. this county,
ify-one wears ago. Her parents, Mr.,
: Mrs. Joseph Geddes, with several
hers and sisters. live at Preston, Ida.
! LIS Geddes was graduated In her
sse OF study several days ago and
: |preparing TO join her family at Pres
.E She had been offered position as
<uctor of music next season In one
The Mormon church schools. The fu-
n will be held tomorrow afternoon at
srlock from the Fifth ward meeting
te. The body will be sent 10 Preston
burial
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/ have not chosen my title simply
because of the faint ALTERATION in
volved, but because Of certain resem.
blanccs and contrasts which are worth
noting between the city on the Charles
and the city on the Ganges.
Boston is often spoken of AS the
headquarters of the New England
Brahmins; Benares is certainly the
headquarters of tho Indian Brahmins.
foregathored about Boston; Hindu
transcendentallsts [the shades of
Emerson and Alcott forgive meD have
tried to realize their astral bodies in
Benares more frequently than in any
other place.
Moreover, Boston has been more hos
pitable TO the Indian Swamis and high
priests than any other city, If these
same Swamis are to be believed, for
one of them, a fat Swami or god in n
yellow robe, whose turban wns several
sizes too small for his swcled head
told me the other day that he had
many of whom lived in Boston.
Moreover, he declared that his school
in Huntington Chambers was thronged
with the cultured people of Boston, and
that he hoped soon TO 90 back to the
Hub to make more converts.
We must take his statements, how
ever, with several grains of salt, and
his own culture can be gauged by a
statement in a little book ho has re.
Mark Twain is "the greatest author il
the world. and that his Following
the EQUATOR (notably his poorest book
OF travels) is his most interesting
| work.
Doubtless the Swami is fond of "Fol
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The Brahmins of Boston and BenareS
D D., D, Pdd lie oer o

simians that vault and caper over the
walls. and hang by their tails from the
trees within the enclosure, are con
sidered sacred and worsbipped as
gods. While the monkeys and cows
are petted, the rest of the animal crea"
tion is hardly treated indeed. The lit.
tie racks of bones called horses, that
starved and beaten till they fall in
their tracks, and then they are left 10
die in agony, for it is sin In Hindu
eyes to kill and put them out Of misery.
Human animals are scarcely better
treated. They live in squalid quarters,
in filth and wretchedness, IN compar-
ison with which tho worst purleus IN
our most ill-governed cities would be
comfort and decency They live on :
cents dav, and their wages will
average one-hundredth part OF the worst
paid laborers in America.
Yet these are the results OF the
philosophy and religion that are lauded
in some quarters in Boston and other
American cities; religion that sends
it's missionaries to the west to be petted
and adored by some foolish men and
addle- -pated women.
Compare such a city as have DC
scribed with any city in America, how.
ever much ashamed we may be or
some of our municipalities. Compare
Boston with Benares, and we have
cleanliness instead OF filth, stately
churches instead of obscene. temples,
beautiful cemeteries instead Of horrible
public burn g-ghats, universal educa,,
ton in place of almost universal
illiteracy. fair days wages for far
DAVIS work instead of starvation for
man and beast To say the least. the
contrast is not favorable to Benares.
Copyright 1910, by Joseph B. Bowlcs)
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MORAN BILL ALLOWED
FOR SECOND TIME
Council Adopts Plan for Bet.
ter Sprinkling of Ogden
Streets.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN, June 6.-Thc claim of Pat
Moran OF Salt Lake for $1,000. .l3. in con-
nection with the asphalt paving on lower
Twenty-ffth street. tonight was allowed
for the second time, with all members
voting In the affirmative except Coun-
Gilman Barker, The claim was allowed
two weeks ago, but was vetoed by the
mayor, who, In d communication. de-
clared that in his last administration an
agreement was made by which Moran
was TO keep the paving in repair Tor
nine years. This veto was sustained last
week but was again brought up when a
communication from Moran's superin-
tendent. f. c. Gawan. was read, IN
which suit was threatened IL the claim
was not paid. Councilman Flygare said
that the mayors action In vetoing the
claim looked like a bluff to him and
he moved TO allow the bill. Councilman
Barker said that the work marked on
for the contractor has not been COM
pleted, and voted against allowing the
claim.
A scheme for better sprinkling of the
city streets was discussed Councilman
Flygare wanted 10 adopt the system pro-
tendent of sprinkling TO look after the
work. Other members OF the council
thought 1t should be left to the council
men from each ward and the street SUI
passed. with instruction to the super
visor 10 divide the city into sprlnklng
districts and hold the driver OF each
wagon responsible for his district.
The Moran Contracting company of
Ogden was awarded contracts for work
In sewer district l0i, paving district 1011.
and sidewalk district l03. on bids OF
S629T. SS439, and $3.50, respectively,
Oscar b. Madsen, a brewer member
of the COMMITTEES 10 handle the financial
end OF the Ogden part in the entertain
mcnt of the veterans who attended the
Q. ~ R. encampment in Salt Lake last
year, reported that all bills have been
paid and that balance of s2i246 re-
mains This being portion of the ap-
propration made by the city. the amount
will be turned back into the treasury.
On the recommendation OF the police
committee salaries of all patrolmen were
raised from $50 to 500 "A month. The
council adjourned until tomorrow night
when a meeting with the mayor and the
city attorney Will be held TO discuss a
proposed ordinance TO regulate the light
Ing rate of the city.
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lowing the Equator - because the genial
tells how "Satan," his servant, in
that volume. and chaffs him in good.
natured way, which he is too obstuse
to understand. In this chapter Mark
tells how "Satan,p his servant, in.
troduced the .'god TO him, and after
wards showed him out of the room, The
juXtapositlon OF Satan and a god stirred
the risibles of our author, and he
makes tho most Of it.
But to return to Benares and Bos-
ton, the comparisons are soon exhaust
ed, but the contrasts are endless. Bos-
ton, in spite of its vagaries and its
many religions, is the product largely
Of its Puritan and Pilgrim fathers, who
set their seal so early upon its his.
| tory, and whose ideals are still regnant
in many quarters.
Benares is the product of twenty cen
turtles Of Hinduism. Here it has built
its most gorgeous temples and palaces
Here all the three and thirty millions
of gods of the Hindus are worshiped.
Here tho wealthiest Hindus build their
most beautiful houses and from here.
if they die and their dust is scattered
on the waves of the sacred Gangcs,
they go, according to their theology,
straight TO Paradise, or at least enjoy
comfortable reincarnation.
What is the difference between this
typical Hindu city and typical Amer.
lean or European city? For to point the
contrast, we might take any other city
as well, as Boston, Now York Chi.
cago, Cleveland, ST, Louis, London, Ber.
lin, all show tho same contrast with
! Bcnarcs.
Benarcs, in the valley of tho Ganges
lies in ono Of the garden spots Of the
world. Well-irrigated folds stretch away
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CLAIMS CUBANS OFFERED
INSULT TO BRITISH

KINGSTON. Jamaica, June 6.-The
British schooner Marion May, which ar
rived here today from Nassau. Bahama
islands. reports being stopped and
searched six miles off Cape Fas. Cuba
by the Cuban revenue cutter Baire. Ar
armed party from the cutter boarded tho
schooner removed the matches and over
hauled the cargo. The officers In charge
insisted upon examining the ships pa
pers and manifest. No resistance was
offered by the crew OF the schooner but
her captain made a strong protest against
what he termed warranted interference
outside of Cuban territorial waters.
The schooner was becalmed at tho
time and was greatly in need of food aDc
water. \ request for supply OF these
necessaries, the captain reports. was re-
fused. and he was ordered TO proceed or
hIs voyage,
The affair will be investigated.
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on every side. No American city has
better advantages from material
standpoint Moreover, the wealth OF
n hundred generations of devotees has
been poured into Benares, and many
villages and cities all over India have
been impoverished that Bcnarcs might
be enriched.
But what do we see today1 Probably
the flthiest city of its size in the
world, barring ono or two in China and
Turkey The nearer YOU get to the
Marrow lanes: Shiny with holy water,
offal Of cows and the tramp of thou
sands of dirty feet. lead to the Golden
Temple and the Cow Temple, and when
you get within their sacred precincts
the nastiness is ipdescribablc. From
stagnant tanks, filed with dccaying
flowers and other offerings to the gods,
eager pilgrims quaff the poisonous water
as though it were the nectar of the
gods. as indeed it is to them, If the
Hindus. through centuries of inocula
ton, were not microbe-proof, cholera,
dyscntery, smallpox and plague would
claim their millions throughout India,
as they do now their tens of thousands
every year. The marble floors arc
often inches deep in manure from the
sacred COWS, which, aside from tho mon
KEYS are the oplypeaccful petted, we'll
fed creatures in Bcnares.
1Iideous idols abound everywhere,
stone bulls and grotesGuc and horribly
distorted images of silva and Vishnu.
Most common Of all, in every temple
and shrine, while thousands of them are
exposed at the street corners, are the
hngams. such representations of parts
Of the human body as would bring the
police Of any American or European
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SEEKING INVESTMENTS
IN THE WESTERN CITIES

Special to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, June 6.-If Vice Presi-
dent Buckner's recommendations are fa-
vorably acted upon, the New York Life
Insurance company Will invest many or
its millions OF capital in western real
estate, Mr.. Buckner has just returned
from n tour of The continent and among
the many cities he visited were Salt
Lake Ogden, Denver and California cities
He spoke gIowingly OF the crops and
conditions in general and was particu
larly enthusiastic over the real estate
Of the far west an investment
"I shall recommend further realty in
vestments by the New York Life in the
west" declared Mr. Buckner. 81 am not
at liberty TO mention the points where
these investments will be recommended.
but they Will cover several far western
cities SH
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no DRIVERS MUST NOT
4. SPEED IN OGDEN CANYON

r:fal 10 The Tribune,
zfDEN, June 6.-Automobilists and
IT'S who have been In the habit OF
s+y the road through Ogden canyon for
y. 9eedway are going TO be brought TO
sss IL they continue TO violate the speed
T., These were the instructions passed
:. shcriff Barlow Wilson this morning.
i d resolution was passed by the
~ commissioners for strict en-
,-,,ment OF the law OF this dangerous
|NE,ch OF road.
.''e board authorized the purchase OF
llsn standplpes for the new sprinkllne
I'm now being installed on the coun-
pad i'm the Riverdale district. The
q = Of the standpipes will be s25l, The
pract was awarded to the George A.
n e company, The purchase OF -four
K Vary drinking fountains. TO be placed
lshsold Water springs in Ogden canyon
's1lh Ogden, West Weber and on North
~ rhinSton avenue, was also author
afts
7uter tho regular meeting Of the board
eu' members met as a board OF equal
non and elected Oscar Madsen chair
v Several protests from property
ers for q readjustment of taxes inn
! "a on their property were heard AZ
z dlrst meeting and taken under con-
nj 1ation.
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city about the ears of priests and ven
dors alike The Nepaulise temple
though containing some fine carvings
is so covered with obscene figures that
European ladies are no longer allowed
to enter, and European men, unless
coarse and vulgar, would blush to be
seen by any of their kind there.
When one comes TO the banks of the
Ganges, he sees Hinduism in its most
characteristic guise. for here TO Its
holy waters come tens of thousands OF
their sins. They bathc in it, they
throw it over their heads in ecstasy
they dip beneath its waves in holy
plee. they drink its horrible mixture OF
water and dirt at the mouth of the
city sewers. and then they shiveringly
stand upon the steps of the bathing
CHAT and put on their strips of dry
cloth.
Many Of the pilgrims are old men
and women, who have lourneycd hun
dreds of miles, and whose totterinG
steps will hardly support them to the
bank of the sacred stream and out
again But no matter, their sins have
been washed away in its dirty water
and near by is the burning CHAT whore
In a few DAYS or weeks at most, their
poor old bodies will be laid on n pile
of blazing sticks, while curious tour.
lists look with morbid eyes and hear
" the old thing sizzle, rs / heard one
man express it. No reverence, no
inculcatcd by such disposition Of the
bodies in the most sacred spot in all
Hinduism. Cremation is very well, but
such cremation!
The Monkey temple is another show
place for all visitors, where grinning
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DANISH INDEPENDENCE:
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Special 10 The Tribune.

EPHRAIM, June 6.-The Danish Inde-
pendence day was celebrated at Shum-
way. the midway resort between Ephraim
and Manti yesterday by both places. and
was one of the most successful events
ever having occurred in this section of
the country.
The following marriages were solemn
lied at the Manti Temple during the past
week. Niels Iverson and Larsena Jor-
gensen, both of Fillmore. Franklin T.
Nelson and Nettic G.. Wlllardson OF Red
mond: Wilford NJ. Johnson OF Glenwood
and Mabel Sanderson OF Fairvicw; Hans
c. Jensen and Marion Dorius of Eph-
rain
Since the burning of tho electric light
plant at Manti the city council Of that
place has decided TO install an up-t late
electric lighting plant and waterworks
system. The Manti city corporation will
receive bids 10 be opened on June and
just as soon as this Is settled the work
will be pushed to completion.
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Patent Contest Case.
Special to The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
PROVO, June 6.--Thc case OF the Noun
tain Lake Extension Mining company VS..
Pittsburg Consolidated Mining & Milling
company came up for hearing today in
the Fourth district court before Judge
Booth. The plaintiff is opposing the de-
Pittsburg Nos. l. ., 3, 4. and 8, and Lit
tic Rock and Little Rock No. mining
claims in American Fork mining district.
alleging that the survey OF the claims in
question conflict with plaintiffs claims
Good Hope Nos. 4, 3. s, Z and S, After
some OF the evidence had been heard a
continuance was granted TIL June 26 for
the reason that plaintiffs maps were
found TO he defective.
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FRAGMENTS OF BODIES
WILL SOON BE FOUND
Special to The Tribune.

OGDEN. June 6.-By noon tomorrow
the officials of the Union Portland Ce-
ment company expect To be able 10 reach
the level of the tunnel where the remains
OF the seventeen men who were blown
to atoms by a premature explosion Of
black powder last week will probably be
found
The work Of removing the thousands of
tons OF rock and sand under which the
unfortunate members OF the powder gang
were buried after the terrific explosion
has been pushed as rapidly possible.
but owing TO a superstitious fear OF some
OF the foreign laborcrs. but little work
has been done after nightfall
Experienced powder men say that only
the fragments OF human bodies will be
found when the huge pile of rock is re-
moved,
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PREMATURE VICTIM OF
THE FOURTH OF JULY

NEW YORK, June 6.-The first
Fourth of July victim OF the year has
been registered in New York City.
Prank E rank, Knapp, So an an ,; eighteenyear' old old
days ago and presented the children of
several neighbors with frecrackers.
They were informed that they were cele-
brating the Fourth Of July. To let the
youngsters hear more noise Frank got
his pistol and loaded it with blank
cartridges. In loading IL he was burned
on the right thigh. Tetanus set in
and he will die
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BEE CULTURE IN WEBER
COUNTY IS INCREASING
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN, juno 6.-Weber county now
ranks AS one Of the leading counties of
the west in bee culture. Hundreds OF
pounds Of money are sold in Ogden each
year and a quantity is sold in other mar
kets. According TO report submitted
70 the county commissioners by Charles
@ Pettigrew, bee inspector for Weber
county. there are 26T2 colonies Of bees
on the job This is an increase of 52S
colonies over last year,
According to the report of Mr.. Petit
grew, seventynine colonies were found
10 be infected and the usual precautions
for the prevention Of a spread Of the In
fection peculiar TO these Insects were Or
dercd by the inspector,
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ICE COLD
TEA

Is delicious and healthful in this
hot weather. No drink is more re-
freshing and invigorating, but make
it right, Follow this recipe:
Brewing Of Tea requires fresh
water that has come TO furious
boil, sleeping five to nine minutes,
then pouring the liquid off the Tea
leaves into another pot.
Follow this simple direction, and
with the addition of small slice of
lemon, it makes a delicious. appetiz-
ing and cooling drink, fit for a king.
But poor Tea would spoil this
drink.
Get good Tea, Hewlett of
course.
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EXPULSION OF JEWS
AS SHOWN BY FIGURES

KEW Russia June 6.-Authentic fig
ures on the expulsion of tho Jews show
that 1927 individuals have been expelled
from Kicv up TO June s. or these, oil
came under the ruling allowing them a
short time In which to prepare for the
departure without restriction. while 90t
received passports good only over the
route TO their specified destinations. Two
hundred and eighty-eight persons who
originally were ordered expelled succeed
ed In proving their right 10 residence.
The previous estimates OF eHpulslons
were based on families. not individuals
and the present figures are confrmatory
of earlier reports.