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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-08
LAW TO SELL IRRIGATION
WATER TO PLANTS URGED
Bill introduced in CONGRESS for Leasing
or Purchasing Of Excess Supplies
by Manufacturers.
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-The draft ol
proposed law permitting the secretary
OF the interior TO sell or lease water from
irrigation projects to commercial manu-
featuring plants was offered In the house
today by Repre- csentative Reader The
bill provides that such waters as can
be spared" may be thus disposed OIL
when no other source OF water supply
is TO be found.
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Grants Constitution.

BY Associated Press.
MONTE CARLO, Jan. Prince Al
bert of Monaco today issued a procla-
nation establishing q constitutional
government for the principallty of Mona
co in fulfilment OF his promise made
following agitation by his ZOO subjects.
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Mine Roof Falls,

By Associated Prcss
HUELVA, Spain, Jan. THE roof
of tunnel i'm Il copper mine in Rio
Tinto fell today, burying many of the
workers. Five bodies were recovered
and five injured men were taken out.
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That Brings Health, Happiness and long Life
walks life who been benefited by the the great tonic muan
this their and pleased the good has done @
Busy Corner Druehl Fanken 2 So Ndain Smith Drug
No So Main
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,ho Han,o one IN which he won secono
r,.,.. In tho international CUP race AT
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With Moisant when tney HHu uuo'i 80 " Scrncd
ouniutcd but two days, - :
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interested in socalled world prob
lems," he said, by way of apology. I
assured him that anything he might
say along educational lines would be
read with interest by tens of thou
sands of readers. but l urged him to
point out some way to check the ter
rible increase in murder in our land"
Urges Reform in Laws.
The venerable scholar Strengthened
up in his chair and clenched his fists.
"The only way for us to put an end
to this disgraceful evil is to reform
and administer our criminal laws as
they are administered in England" he
THE conduct of most of our murder
trials is disgrace to our manhood.
and the abuse of the appeal is even
more disgraceful. One has only to
familiarize himself with existing con-
ditions in London and New York to
appreciate what I say. Rarely are
there more than half a dozen men
charged with murder awaiting trial
in London. In New York at the pres
ent time, so l am informed, there are
between thirty-five and forty men
charged with murder awaiting trial.
Yet the two cities are about the same
size. Here in New York state there
are convicted murderers who were
sentenced to death more than year
ago, still awaiting final action on their
appeals. And conditions in New York
state are typical of the entire coun-
try. l don't hesitate to say that the
solution of this problem is the most
important work before the country"
Karl II. Kitchen, in Sunday New
York World.
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NATURE SHOWN BY MANNERS
Call for ChivaIry and SeIf-Control,
With Proper Consideration for
Others.

We are familiar with the story of
an accomplished host who drank out
of his fingerbowl to save an unsophisti-
Gated guest from embarrassment. This
is Offset by the social kindness and
tact of a certain physician, famous
alike for courtesy and skill. coun-
tryman, coming early one morning
for the doctor. was kept for break
fast. At the table the countryman
poured his hot coffee into his saucer
and set his cup on the immaculate
damask beside it. Then he looked
around the large table only to per-
ceive that he alone had done this. But
before the flush could fairly show in
his face the doctor had likewise
poured his coffee into his saucer and
set the cup beside it. to the evident
great relief of his guest. There is a
saying in the Talmud that he who
causes another to blush is as If he
shed that others blood; and so con-
versely he who spares or shields an
others blush saves some wounding of
the spirit. For good manners really
call for much chivalry, much heroic
self-control, and living for the mo-
ment in the experience Of another For
as soon as we go below the surface
we find that manners are one with
morals, since the taproot of both is the
same. That famous order of Grants
by which Lee was spared the soldiers
pain of surrendering his sword is
happy instance of the best" manners,
since it combines chivalry and mag
nanimity alike, full appreciation of
the situation with a fine consideration
for another's feelings.-Harper'
Weekly.
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HOW BIRTH WAS ESTABLISHED
Calls Birthday Was Recorded, Thus
the Age Of the Human Being
Became Known.

DR.. Cressy l.. Wilbur, chief statisti-
clan Of the bureau Of census in Wash
ington, tells a story taken from court
records which. according to the Wo-
mans Home Companion, fairly typifies
the national attitude toward vital sta
tistics.
Farmer Hadley" he said, "of In
diana on dying left his valuable farm
in trust to his unthrifty son, to be-
come the property of his granddaugh-
ter on her twenty-first birthday.
"The girl had been told the date of
her birth and when her twenty-frst
anniversary, as she supposed, came
around, she claimed her inheritance.
But her father refused to surrender
the farm, asserting that she was only
nineteen.
"The dispute was taken into court.
The family Bible was appealed to- but
the page for births and deaths was
blank. The father had rendered no re-
port to the town authorities; the FAM
lily doctor was dead Finally a neigh
Dor remembered that a certain COW,
DllAtu NY lliC udd
given birth to a calf on the very day
when the girl was born and he could
swear to it.
Perhaps, the court opined, the
grandfather had recorded the birth Of
the calf! The old farm book, careful
ly preserved in the family strong box,
sustained the judges theory; all the
circumstances of the calf's birth were
fully recorded. And thus the birthday
of the human being was at length es-
tablshed.
"Talk about the registration of
births in the United States!" exclaims
DR. Wilbur, "why, for not much more
than one-half of the total population is
there a fairly accurate registration of
deaths, to say nothing of births, Of
which we have nowhere in the country
reliable or complete information, and
many of the states are so little con-
cerned about human life that they
make no more account of the deaths
of their citizens than of the trees they
burn to make clearings."
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CHeNMkING
I w % Tie
OBSERVATIONS
The Spirit of Change Has Reached the
Holy Land and Its Famous Capital
Religious Sectarianism Has Crowded
Holy City With Rival Establishments.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Jerusalem.-Of three holy cities that
are popular places of pilgrimage, Jeru
salem, Mecca and Benares, the Turk.
ish empire has two within her borders
The Holy Land, as Christendom calls
the little strip of territory along the
Mediterranean coast north of Egypt
Is an integral part of Turkey. 1t has
always been famous for the persist
ence OF its ancient customs, SO that
hundreds of clergymen travel over 1t
every year, to get light on the Bible
A generation hence, that search will
not be so successful, for it is patent
that Palestine is sharing the awak-
ing of the ancient east
Not only is there railway from Bel.
rut to Damascus, and from Damascus
to Haifa, and from Damascus to Me-
dina, and from Jaffa to Jerusalem. but
there is also projected at the present
time new railway that will go down
the coast from Beirut through Sidon,
Tyre, Acre, Haifa and Jaffa, clear to
the Suez canal
Improving on Solomon.
Inc ancient city OF David has come
under the new influences of modern
times. Negotiations are at present
pending for several radical and trans
forming innovations. The first of
these to be pushed to early completion
will probably be tho water systcm
Jerusalem still depends on the collect
ed rain supply in cisterns for it's wa
ter. The very pools built by Solomon
are still in use, although the munici-
pal system has greatly deteriorated
since his day
Now it is proposed to bring water
from two sources, in Fara, north of
the Mount of Olives, and Fawar, an
other spring in the same valley. 1t
has been found that this water is
pure and sufficient for the city's needs.
When this has been put into water
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To Conserve India's Rainfall.

great scheme was proposed at
Bombay recently. by which it is pro-
posed to utilize India's huge rainfall
for the purpose of providing electric
power for industrial purposes to the
Bombay section of Western India. Dur
ing the monsoon season. there is a
rainfall on the west coast averaging
175 inches at Lanoul, and sometimes
greatly exceeding this figure. Three
lakes or reservoirs are to be formed.
One at Lanoul will be large enough to
hold sufficient water during the long
est breaks in the monsoon season, and
the Walwhan Lake, covering 2H
square miles is to serve for the re-
mainder of the year and will have a
capacity of 100000 900 cubic feet.
The generating station is to be at
Khopoli. 300 feet above the sea and 80
miles from Bombay.
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mains, and all the residents have been
compelled to install it in their homes,
it will mean a revolution in the hab-
its and the life of the people, and, it
is hoped, revolution also in the mat
ter of personal cleanliness.
Where Foreign Governments Interfere.
In order to meet the expenses of
the installation of the water system,
the government decided to take, as a
special tax, the hides of the animals
slaughtered within the city. A COM
mon sight is a sheep tethered on the
sidewalk outside the butcher shop,
awaiting its turn. AS this bore hard
ly upon the butchers, many of whom
are registered at the various consul
ates as citizens of foreign countries,
these representatives of the powers
objected, so some other means of
financing the new water system will
have to be found, Men seeking the
concession are on the ground, and
the government seems determined to
carry the project to an early settle
ment.
Allied to the water question is that
of sewage. Jerusalem has something
in the way of an antiquated system of
sewage, but the visitor would never
suspect 1t. Travellers talk of the
filthiness of the streets of Jerusalem
and the listeners understand them
in the terms of the west, which gives
no inkling of the real situation. The
proprieties of western life do not per-
nit one to speak freely on this point.
But the streets of Jerusalem are as
bad as those of the Chinese cities, If
not worse. The marvel Is that pesti-
lence has not swept away the popula-
ton. If, along with the proposed new
system of sewage, there go vigorous
police regulations, most welcome
change will be effected in the sights
and smells of Jerusalem.
Down David Street by Trolley.
Until recently it was impossible to
travel anywhere In Jerusalem by wheel
ed vehicle, but various streets have
been widened, thanks largely to the
visit of various royal personages. But
on the whole, the streets of the city
are narrow and unfit for vehicle traf-
tic. Many of them are vaulted, so
that they are really tunnels, and while
picturesque to the last degree, they
do not lend themselves to the purposes
of modern streets.
Now the reform government pro-
poses to install four or FIVE lines of
electric trolley cars, all of them cen
tering at the Jaffa gate. They will
connect the neighboring villages with
the city, so that one may go to Beth
lehem for a nickel, and in less than
half an hour. One line will invade the
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Practically all of these are supported
from abroad. Concerning the Jewish
organizations and Jewish problems
here | shall write in another article
At present | deal only with various
Christian churches: The Greek, the
Armenian, the Roman Catholic, the
Syriac, the Coptic, and the Protestant.
There are literally hundreds of relig.
ious institutions in Jerusalem. One
sect alone spends 100000 francs
every year for the upkeep of it's mon.
asteries and other institutions
The Rivalry for Sacred Sites.
Every holy sight imaginable has
been possessed-and many beyond the
imagination of mere student of the
Bible. Some have even been manu-
factured, so keen is the rivalry of the
old churches to possess the holy places
that attract the pilgrims. The situa-
tioE has come to such a pass that Wis
itors are scarcely shown the real antiq-
uites of Jerusalem, so popular with
the professional guides are the legend
airy ones. There is now afoot a plan
for an American institution of popu-
lar Biblical archaeology, supported and
controlled in the United States, which
will provide visitors from the west
with the information they really de-
sire.
The overlay Of superstition and COM
mercialism and professional ecclesias-
tical rivalry which one finds in Jeru-
salem is quite as bad as may be seen
at Benares. 1t has become necessary
to station Turkish guards in the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre and in
the Church Of the Nativity at Bethle-
hem, in order to keep the rival
churches from coming to blows. The
incongruity of Moslems with guns
standing guard in the birthplace of
the Prince of Peace strikes an Amer
lean visitor with greater force than
any sanctity the spot may possess.
The vast pilgrimages from Europe
and Asiatic Russia are very profitable;
and as they promote national prestige,
they are encouraged by the various
governments which have a stake in the
future of Turkey. Russia maintains a
huge system of buildings, including a
large hospice for visitors. There are
also Austrian. German. French and Ital-
ian hospices.
Many of these pilgrims are ignorant
peasants, who see nothing discordant
in the hanging of paper flowers and
gilded glass balls amid the carvings
and ornamentation of the Holy Sepul-
chre. The simplicity. dignity. wor-
shipfulness and real beauty of the
Mosque of Omar, which Is in the
keeping of the Moslems. present a
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-26
HOODOOS OF WALL STREET
Men Who for no Apparent Reason
Do Not Make Success in
Business.

Wall street people are superstitious
They will deny it when told so, but if
you ask any one in the street if he
ever knew hoodoo he will say, "Yes,
many a one"
Such a one was cotton expert who,
highly recommended, applied for a
place with a Stock Exchange house
that had bought a cotton exchange
membership and needed man to
open a new field of speculation to it's
clients.
The applicant was in every way de-
sirable save for the fact that three
houses with which he had been con-
nected had failed, though not one for a
dishonest reason. He was rejected as
a hoodoo.
Shortly afterward he made connec-
ton with another house to fill a SINH
lar want and proved a very valuable
man in his sphere, but within a year
the fourth house failed.
The hoodoo is often a man whom
everybody likes, speaks well of and
recommends to every one else, with
the one reservation-he is a man who
unaccountably has not succeeded.
There is nothing whatever against
him; he is honest and shrewd and all
that, but-unsuccessful.
Once the hoodoo becomes known as
such he must attach himself to the
newcomers-those who do not know,
have not been warned or who are so
new and confident as not to care. Each
connection he makes is little less de-
sirable, until he finally reaches the
stage at which he is ashamed of his
associations.
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-26
Teeth Were
Artificial
By Peggy Powers

Jack, dear be sure to come home
early" said young Mrs. Clark.
"Why, Kate, what's up?"
Have you forgotten the Mortons
and Healys are coming for dinner?"
Believe me, I won't forget 1t
again. I'll be in time to change my
collar. Good-by! Hope your first
dinner will be a bowling success.
Mrs. Clark was busy arranging the
flowers for the table when her best
friend called for a few minutes chat.
You're the cutest little housekeep-
er!" exclaimed Lillian. "How happy
you must be in this darling bunga-
low!"
I'D be supremely happy except for
one thing. If | tell you, promise on
your honor you'll never repeat it to
a soul"
"I1l be as mum as a safety deposit
vault" rejoined Lillian. whats this
awful mystery?"
"All my front teeth were knocked
out in frightful automobile accident
when l was school girl" began Mrs.
Clark.
That's ancient history now" inter
rupted Lillian.
Not to Jack, however. He hasn't
the least conception that mine are
artificial"
He married you for better or worse
and he's better off than having to pay
dentist bills"
"Why don't you tell him?"
"Impossibe Jack was absolutely
shocked when he discovered my
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striking contrast to the famous Chris

striking contrast to the famous Chris
tian shrines.
A Nazareth Carpenters Views.
The changes JnaI are bound to trans
form Jerusalem and Palestine are al
ready to be seen at work. In the ba-
Ears of an older day are exhibited for-
eign styles of dress, and goods or
American and European manufacture.
The stream of tourists from the west
has effected changes in fashions. The
economic conditions of the land have
altered gravely
That this has penetrated to the
smaller towns and villages, | learned
in Nazareth. Here. seated amid the
fragrant chips of an old fashioned car
penter's shop, | talked with the car
penter at work on the floor. hewing
out wooden plow. He complained
bitterly of the general advance OF
prices of living, so that the 80 cents
day. which used to be a good wage for
n skilled carpenter. is now made
quate Some of his relatives have
solved the problem by emigrating to
America. and he inquired concerning
the feasibility of doing likewise.
The world currents of today are
pouring the warm stream of transform
ing life against the ancient east All
that centuries have failed to do in
Palestine, the present decade seems
destined to accomplish Paradoxically.
the Holy Land has furnished the awak-
ening motive that has made western
civilization; but the land itself has re-
NAMED largely untouched. Now Pal
estine's turn seems to have come.
Copyright. 1911, by Joseph 3. Bowles.)
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old bazars, widening the Street OF
David, carrying passengers past the
Mosque of Omar, which is the site of
the ancient Temple of the Jews. Imag-
inc the worshipers of the Temple dis
| turbed by the clang of the bell of the
electric car!
AT present most OF the streets are
| as narrow as footpaths. When the
soft-stepping camel comes along, as he
| does every few minutes, all pedes-
trians must stand sside in the re-
cesses of the bazars, or against the
| walls, to make way for his passage
Even the plodding donkey, who, still
as of yore, is the favored beast of bur.
| den, takes nearly the whole street
when he passes.
These electric lines will vastly en-
hance the comfort Of The city. but they
will play havoc with it's historical as
pect, Can sentiment survive the con-
ductor's call, "All out for the Holy
Sepulcher!" This way for the Jews
"Wailing Place" Next stop the Tenn
pie Area" THE Damascus Gate" and
"Via Dolorosa!"?
New Lights for Old Streets.
Jerusalem Is not so dark as some
Oriental cities, for the municipality
placed a thousand kerosene lamps
along the principal highways. Now it
is on the program of the government
to install an electric lighting plant for
the streets, and for the stores and
houses.
A telephone system also is on the
docket. At present practically all the
modern business of Jerusalem is done
outside of the city walls. Messages
can be carried from one part to an"
other only, as in the time of David,
by foot messenger. Soon the tinkle
of the telephone bell will rival the
more musical notes of the camels'
bells.
A Pauperized City.
Religion has blighted Jerusalem.
The Apostle Paul could repeat here
his famous words: Il perceive that in
all things you are too religious" One
looks in vain for the smokestacks of
modern industry, and for great
warehouses, or temples of business.
He sees scores of expensive modern
buildings, but all in the name of Sec
tartan religion.
Old Jerusalem, as viewed from the
hills, presented one outstanding build
ing, the Temple of the Jews. Today
the approaching traveller is confused
by the multitude of the spires and tow
ers and noble edifices. Missions of
all kinds, and hospices and converts
and monasteries and asylums abound.
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switch and false puffs, and scandal
lied the first time he noticed my pink
| powder box. He abhors anything
false. Horrors! Whenever he men
tions my pearly white teeth fell like
an escaped convict"
Don't fret over imaginary troub-
les," said Lillian, as she left. Cheer
up, grille! Your husband won't care"
The guests came, but no Jack.
Jack is famous for his forgetting"
commented Mr.. Morton as they sat
down to a cold dinner.
Indeed, he's never been late to din
ner before" protested his wife Ell
ther something important detained
him, or he missed the suburban train"
AS the last course was served Jack
appears with profuse apologies.
"Beastly sorry to be so late! Could
not reach you by phone; missed my
train, had to wait an eternity for the
next one"
Jack" Kate said after the guests
departed. why weren't you home on
time? That dinner was one dismal,
dreadful failure"
Don't be a human interrogation
point. I've explained nearly n hun
dred times already. Do you doubt my
veracity, Kate?"
WAS that pretty stenographer in
the office late, too?"
How dare you make such a re-
mark!"
$50 this is our first quarrel?"
Stop your weeping. If you must
know, | broke my plate"
Your plate? What are you talk
ing about?"
ITS a wonder l knew after all this
excitement. My teeth are false ones.
and | had to wait at the dentists un-
til the plate was mended. Are you
satisfied now?"
81 am overjoyed. sweetheart" ex-
claimed Kate.
What do you mean?'
Only that you cant be so appalled,
now. when / tell you my teeth were
Knocked out in an auto accident and
are also artificial" confessed Kate,
much relieved.
oh! | knew about yours all the
time" said Jack. Il saw them in a
glass one morning"
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-26
Laurier Wit and Gladstone Wisdom

Sir Wilfrid Laurier is the thinnest
of premiers, and his ready wit on one
occasion at least turned his physical
slimness to account in political COM
bat One day a portly conservative
opponent arose in the chamber and
accused Sir Wilfrid of 'fattening on
the toll and sweat of the people"
Laurier smiled and said sweetly: II
leave this house to Judge which of us
two Is the more exposed to that
charge"
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1.-THE MOST ISGRACEFUL
EVIL IN AMERICA"
By Andrew d. White.

By Andrew d. White.
would like to preach SER
mon on the most disgraceful
evil in America today-the ter
rible increase in the number of
murders and the immunity from
punishment of the guilty men.
would take my text from the
Declaration of independence,
and at the conclusion of my SER
mon ] would ask the congrega-
ton to sing that familiar hymn,
"a Charge to Keep ! Have"
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-26
Sian of Popular Affection.

Weren't you indignant when peo.
pie you didn't know called you by
your first name?"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum;
"but I've worried great deal since
they've shown disposition to stop
H."