Show why he at school an old man upon seeing a small barefooted lad playing in the street of a western town one day approached him and said young man why are you not attending school today some day when you grow up you will regret all this wasted time well ill tell tel I 1 yer mister said tho the chap with a long drawn sigh aio hudders mud ders sick me brother jimmy broke his bla arm yesterday and babas cutting hla his teeth and my oldest slaters sisters getting married and besides there aint any school ter day its teachers convention day aua and dats the reason I 1 aint at school tor ter day national monthly he was a diplomat she 1 I should like that lovely pearl necklace look what beauties they are lie ile its ita better not to have such large pearls my dear people always think they are false squared the account ju just t think that lady doctor who 3 died last year owed her ares dressmaker 0 o marks well what happened iter her husband pay so he be married tho the dressmaker useless effort mr pester arent you going to kiss me doar dear mrs pester the use I 1 have such a cold I 1 cant tell whether youve been drinking or not THE battleship UTAH UTA it aa 41 salt lake city the battleship battle shit utah launched at camden new jersey december 23 1909 Is a vessel of the dreadnought Dread naught type feet long 88 feet wide and displaces 2185 tons with a draft of 28 feet 6 inches her armament is composed of ten 12 inch guns sixteen 5 inch guns and the usual small calibre guns sho she has two 21 inch submerged submerge a tor torpedo peto tubes the vessel will be propelled by parsons turbines being the first united states battleship with this type of machines and she sha will burn oil fuel in ili connection with coal sho she has the usual complement of officers and men and Is fitted up tip in every respect according to the customary practice or of the united states navy the utah will be when placed in commission the largest vessel completed for the united states navy and will have a speed of about 21 knots A patriotic custom has been followed by the several states of the union in whose lionor honor battleships have been named of providing the vessel with a silver service the tha cost of these services has ran ranged ca front from five to twenty five thousand dollars the funds for purchasing the same have been raised in the several states in various arious ways by legislative appropriation tir pria lation tion private subscription and subscriptions script ions by the various u ut the states the utah will not be behind tile other vessels in this respect a committee having been appointed appoint ed to t 0 secure a silver service which will be tho the pride of the officers and crew of utah and a credit to tile state the silver service which has been selected by the committee consists of about one hundred and thirty pieces on the larger pieces of tho the service scenes typical of natural scenery and resource as aa well as those which are of a historical nature will be engraved among the larger engravings will ft bo be a scene rep resenting pioneer and modern model n means of transportation the artias having selected for this purpose the pioneer ox 0 team and the modern palatial steam train crossin crossing the lucia cuton cutoff cut on off dlack black rock at garfield showing the lake in the distance a composite picture of a mining camp pioneer monti ment and a number of typical utah mountain scenes the twenty seven beven punch cups which go with tile tho punch service will bear scenes typical of tho the twenty seven counties of the state and each individual cut cup will beir bear a legend setting forth in a few words the resources of tile the county it practically nil all of the chui coui ties have responded to tho conini committees t invitation for suggestions suggest ious and the collection of alioto photographs raabs will convey a splendid idea of the diversified products and nd resources of he state all the citizens of utah have been or will be given an opportunity to contribute tp to this silver service for the battleship utah which is to nave its trial trip in the near futi lre even the school children are to contribute the their I 1 r mite so that the men and women of the future may have it a real interest in the great war vessel named tor for the state of utah itah |