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Show ts .a. DESERET 4 -- VEXING ' XEWS7 VV KB XESD AY TEBIU7AHY 12 -- 1910 ,xv DESERET-EYEN1NG-N- . .1 'f dooe. Though neither learned, nor cultivated, EWS nor expeneneed, nor even conspicuous or interesting, unerringly guided into the paths Ihxt led, to bis great position, and was directed in the steps that were necessary to effect the logical hut unforeseen- - epochal that followed. History cannot always solve the mysteries of human sucopss it has iaijeii. though it cannot dispute, the Innate germs of greatness in the young1 frontiersman and railspUUer. But this makes it all tba more easy to reoognixe the band of Providence in his bringing forth more simple to Justify the ways of Providence to man."1 Lincoln has perhaps not yet been assigned to the precise historic a place which, as an immortal benefactor, he it destined eternally to occupy. Quick as is the assassin's bullet or blade to end the rancors and animosities that embittered the martyr's life, the half century that' has elapsed since the tragedy of Lincolns taking-o- ff has not sufficed to remove git misapprehensions and exaggerations as to his character. However, the time has long since past when an enemy dared to writqanything derogatory to bis sincerity and bis greatness, or when there was any disputing the verdict that he was one of the immortals who Will live in the. nations heart and grow - in the worlds esteem from age to ige. His warmest admirers cannot bukbe satisfied with the quality and the universality of , ins fame, wherefore irgumenl and speculation as to his Comparative rank among the heroic figures of history are unprofitable and useless. One of his best biographers spoke wisely when be said: "Let ns take him as simply Abraham Lincoln, single and solitary as we all see that he was. Let us be thankful if we fan make a niche big enough for him among the world's heroes without worrying ourselves about the proportion may bear to other niches, and there let ham remain forever, lonely as inOus strong lifetime, impressive, mysterious, uruneasured and unsolved." . LINCOLNS DAY. he-wa- s Certl- f i - i . r. of -r Street South Temple end East Temple halt Lake City, I'lah. - Horae. 3. Whitney ' 6UB8CR PTiQN Buainas htooeser PRICES (IN ADVANCE) . JJ year Daily; prNew Saturday per year I or eekly. per year k Cent Steel - Copteor I Cent Neon idltioo 1 ,.... Fvrit Addreet all huaioea eommuehatlons end 11 remittance THIS l'EERET NEW a, i Salt Eaa City: Utah. t and o'hrr reading matter COrreaponder.re publication ahould be addrcaied to the Editor. Member Atid.t Bureau Circulation P. McKinney, Viutein Rei.rraentaUT A Sew York Office Fifth Arenas, . Avenue. i r- - Cbieeaa Office, tit 1" tt Jj. a Entered at the poatolfce of halt LakeCtty, doeond claaa matter - according to Act of Congress March I. 17. FEBRUARY 12, 1019. SALT LAKE ClkY. OBSERVANCE OF BRITISH DAW been I SUNDAY next, ebur&ry IS, having of ...ohsury ante lor the designated British Day" In the Slate of Utahlhir ob- Servance to consist of appropriate exercises In pi churches, chapels and other places of. worship of the people it is hereby requested that Bishops and others having charge of the services in the meetinghouse of the Latter-da- y Samis, not only m this city but throughout the f'latt arrange their programs for lfiatday in compliance with the spirit of the executive proclamation on the subject They are advised to choose their musical numbers, and to make provision for suitable speakers, to the end that the occasion may fitOngly signify American gratitude for and pride in British valor m defense of the priceless heritage of human lib- -' Arty; and to the further end that the bonds of brotherhood and esteem which should subsist between the great branches of the Anglo Saxon race, may be more closely knit and sealed by the sacrifices they have lately made. , r 1 i? f - " v GEBER J. GRANT, H. LUND. CHARLES W. PENROSE. ' aNTHON , i THE PROBLEM OF LABOR SURPLUS. best opinion, after a survey of the situation, is that the existing labor First Presidency. surplus is more a "matter of poor distribution i and assimilation than of any general unemJAPAN (DTIIE pacific. In many localities there is still as ployment. -A, 'UJGQCNT-CHINDJapanese embassador acvia-shortage of labor s existed before Great Britain, makes a worthy attempt demobilization other t began, while is many U relieve a strained diplomatic situation by seolioos the balance between supply and his dental --of Japanese pressure upon the remains about een. Yet there are of Chinese peace delegates in connection with the coursq many parte q the country and this Shantung controversy, and incidentally in conappears to be particularly true of the West nection with Japans announced determination where the labor supply is far in excess of the U bold two important island groups in -- the to expect demand. It is only natural Pacific ocean. It is to be hoped that the baron that where will grow it condition obtains, this knows whereof he speaks, and that the ugly worse more by a sort of arithmetirapidly, rumoTS of Japanese arrogance and obduracy cal progression, as -- demobilization continues; whichjiave disturbed the peaceful atmosphere and if it were possible to relieve it by a of the Allied capitals during several days past, national distribution Of the surplus, are without foundation. The incident serves to systematic a great step would be taken in the solution illustrate vividly the confusions, and quarrels of one of the gravest problems of the time. The into which victors are apt to fall when parthousands of workmen released from industitioning fhe spoils of conquest. The only hope tries' that have been prosecuting war work for escape from throe unhappy dispute by the pressure,-cannOUatat0ncete nations represented at the current peace pon- - underhiglY the absorbed into suspended peace industries of the ference, Iies4n the speedy organization which are only cautiously resuming their proposed League of Nations, with power to enold-tilines; and when tbs Tanks of these force Its decrees and to punish disturbers of the workers are augmented conworkf peace. It is just such a contingency as unemployed the discharge of soldiers from the by stantly for-ward this that Justifies the policy of pushing return of others from abroad, the snd the plans for the League, even in ad- camps once very real and beeomesat the problem' vance of the settlement of the terms of peace. too, is coming The wage question, pressing. If Japan and China and the Untied Slates and to Thus far attention. more and more claim the rest of the Allied nations . were already reducare few where instances the arbitrary signed up in such a league, no such conflict and Where have occurred. tions by employers controversy as have been rumored could have there has been & scaling down, a fair explanaarises. , Of the conditions has shown that the new tion to will be doubtless Meanwhile, It necessary was not unreasonable, and the thoughtscale present a firm front in resisting the jingoistic element ful among the workers has accepted statesmen. tendencies in eome of the Japanese as an incident in the slowing The pledges given by the "Land of the Rising it in good faith, of down especially in products inactivity, GerKen when her fleet and soldiery forced term war materials. in the man surrender of the Shantung peninsula are cluded been often As has said, the problems or not superseded or abrogated by the later coui-smore difficult in are many peace respvl held must be binding oj events. Those promises come upon and have war of those than they until the Peace Conference make final adjudithan even with natron the is Also it cation of the whole colony question. Moreover, the energizing force of the latter. no the'armistiee that belligerent during expected itself is now lacking, the intensive oi aggressive operations among the Allies them- the war direction no longer exists. All in every urge out for undertaken. be shall selves Reaching considered, however, much progress is things enemy island possessions, and threats to late in made restoring industry to a peare being not calculaare of immediate possession them, post-w- ar of great extent and and ted to create diplomatic friendships op basis; have been plans in put operation, with revariety is strengthen international confidences. Japan not are that sults yet conspicuously perhaps, a comparatively new member of the family of in evidence, but which should roon begin to ' gfeai nations, and has reaped great gains, with- be more visible and effective every day. out much cost or loss, from this war. In fact she baa suffered nothing and her strength is un--- i. bGoze and a Brigadier. Uni d luck sbe hiipairiad.,No one env ife,ber, i bad bad but on the other hand, no, one likes to Is the Cheyenne liquor dealers who it NOW - see her show off m any such blustering, plunged in lo unfathomable depths Of rest as Iher the' toinake of family fear and gloom because of the Irony specter of way uneasy. financial ruiij which has taken to staring them in the- - face. There happens to be i federal ABRAHAM LINCOLN. law prohibiting the sale of liquor within five IKE the Biblical patriarch whoe name he miles of .an army post. Fort D. A. Russell, Li bore, the great American whose birthday through no' fault of its own, is within, four the nation today celebrates was the agency miles of Cheyenne. Previous commandants .of through which humanity was to be blessed this post have either been ignorant of the from generation to generation. He struck the law, or have winked at the indisputable fact shackles from the hands of the bondmen, he that the law was being constantly violated. It eh larged the doctrine of liberty and put an goes without saying, that the saloon keepers Md slavery, and he saved - and, of the Wyoming .capital have profiled by that imuica the greatest nation on uliicn Iho oversight" arid" have' cbTned"irwhey"hahi'Svpr sun shines or ever hae shone. Xo wonder he fust in slaking the burning thirst of the is held In ' men's esteem as one Of tfys greatcansoldiers who dwelt in the wind-swe- pt est benefactors of the human race one of the tonment- , , , weleck few to stand in the very first place of But a change has come oer the spirit of American - toaiWvsUtesmea Land . oitizens.---- : their- the Jjo man ever reached, so. high an eminence war department of Brig. Gen. Peter W. David-eo- n from h lowlier origin than Abraham Lincoln. as commanding officer at Russell. He fs Bis' career as miraculous yet as well an officer whose prohibition record has' been ordered as it was providential. He proved to perennial nightmare to saloon keepers in be the exact one out of all the host of able the yicimty of every post to which he has non that flourished when he came upon" the been 'assigned.' His reputation in' the1 'enfeeoe of national activity he proved to be the orcement of this particular federal law has snwet one fittest fof the work that was to be preceded him to Cheyenne wherefore the S' r THE a - i ; i i e more-abruptne- ss the-goo- AH bus u j'l j r--- I i - -- dwm"Wrt,h-'the-iippomiment;h- s y- .13th , w tion. Their ram a ware not L. T, Sherman and Borah and Reed and Lodge, but tb Oipoat-tio- n eounded about the earns in th slxttea, The words are different, but the tune Is the same. And wouldn't Lincoln lautrh If he could see Colo nay Harvey as it! flame old stuff. President all wrong. Why didn't he do thiaT And why did he zIol thatT The eternal Bourbon is ever with u never learns anything and never forgets ' Bond Election Day ' '- One Days Work at $3.50 a Day Would Pay It for Ten Years. st S' Chaplina Through It oil It is a comfort to reflect that the people of the United States bavs measured up to every task of Destiny. Ws adopted the Constitution, In spite of th statesmen who thought It a death-bloto We our liberties.- - We abolished Slavery. liberated Cuba. We built the Panama Canal We licked, Germany. We have abolished Alcohol. And we will have World Government, the Society of Nation universal Disarmament and the End of War. For Lincoln done not die! He moves on. He reincarnates. He 1 the advancing Common Sense A All. He was the Servant- - of Democracy. Democracy his found Its Servant today. And will also find it Servant (Copyright, ISIS, by r ,d Educational arid Church Activities Have Resumed AH and Campbell miners' cag'e. ' them, . - ff.H.PYon,D.a,ph.c. CHIROPRACTOR A Elisabeth Clauue, mother! Of A, G. GiatKine .of the Salt. lAk . CUy board of education, was badly hurt by falling on the Ice rear her home In the Sixth, ward. Her .advanced ge 80 yeays rendered her Con- -. dition Quite critical Josephine, th daughter of Congressman and Mrs. Wltlism H. King, died at the family residence in Salt Lake. The speakers at the Tabernacle were Elders Elias Woodruff from 'tho Southern States mission. Charles Stevenson, Frank Freeze, Isaac Barton snd Brigham Perkins from the German mission, and President Georg Q. 'Cannon. iMrs. Office, Was. 6433. Res, Was. 3157-J- 0. . His Record Four years in high school and six years technical college Hundreds of patients work. Buffering from a great variety " of troubles have been made well by his work. ; By AlT -- rado constabulary, for some unexplained reason, has been fJmost supernaturaliy artive of lale in trapping bootleggers, ' it having even been found necessary to kill some of -them ,- - Th is-- - obviou sly- - ha discouraging effect upon the industry; and the trade with Colorado has fallen off so, greatly that the Cheyenne dealers stocks are aebumulat-in- g rapidly on their hands. With an inflexible brigadier eonsttuting Uie upfror millstone, and the Colorado constables the nether, the wet goods purveyors of the Queen City of the Plariffl.. seem doomed to a mercilessly . fine grinding. : II GOLD FEIN IN a f '50c ........ ............. A50 First and Second Intermediate. life of 'Christ for the Young. Young Folks History of the Church Wheat BREAKS - 4 - , Means Coasult Him. four-year-o- ld r.'''Nor'''iFThis'tTieTF'oriTy"wrY.nt'Cot(J' School Text Books Sunday ' Kindergarten Text Primary Text -- saloon, arltsto of that burg ere jn a stale of eenoua pertucbaUron, We are equipped to supply your every need Grade and High School Text Books. Young Men and Young Ladies Reading Course. , Priesthood Quorum Text Books, 1919-2- , 522.315 Felt BulUing. Phones: told of th wounding of Private . Charles & Hills of Battery B, Utah artillery. Fire destroyed a cottage of the state insane asylum at Yankton, S. D., causing th death of 17 Inmates who were unable to make their escape.' , Sixteen skaters were reported adrift on ioe floes on Lake Michigan, and a detachment of cavalrymen was sent to reecue Up lime . .osf ! were badly Injured the Eureka Hill mine through a confusion of signals In connection with the operation of at Manila He IBs ramrAKT u, iss. A soowellde swept down Cheyenne canyon,' near Silver Plume, Colo., causing the death of at least ten persons. A bulletin from Gen. Otis J w Frank Crane.) News Vos received of the death at Pal" myra, N. Y, of, John E. Ford, aged (S years. Mr. Ford was said to have been a friend of th Prophet Joseph Smith and to have lived In the some house with him at an early age. Mrs. .Caroline Loveridge, pioneer reet- -. dent of Lehi. died at her home there at th age of 7 year. She arrived In Utah in lSSS with ox teams. v ; ON IMPROVED ROADS.7 From the Files of The Deseret New the K Under the bond issue plan of road Improrements, no special taxes will be levied against properties ABUTTING r! TWENTY YEARS AGO. 'Messrs,' Ferguson i t SaltLake county to take care of interest and sinking fund -- at Eureka, - f An issue of $1500,000 worth of bonds will call for but 38 cents tax on each $1000 of the toUl property Ykluation of . ageen-agewtelilng- ' Registered Voters who are ... Taxpayers Can Vote anything. Also, thanks bet the eternal progressive, the optimist, the idealist. The world, the pbetS say, is a wheel and goea round and. round, and not etralght on. Even Solomon thought there wa nothing new under the eun. But a better figure is that the world is . not a wheel, blindly repeating nor yet a car, gojng straight on, but a combination of the two motion. In other word Evolution is Spiral, reway, yet ever ascending. producing In , In Lincoln's day It was'the. Federation of U iji the Fedthese State In Wilson's--daeration of the World. We eay we live in crista We have al- woks lived in crislw right now, es It was in Longfellow's time, There were people then who predicted 'the Great Revolution, th Sweeping Away' of 11 th OM Landmarku, the End of the ' World, the Tellow Peril, Negro I turn tree- tion and Hell to pay generally but things go right along human nature remains and in the Twenty-firCentury they will he still viewing with alarm, there new will fee LincoIn. new Roosevelts, also new La Follettee, Jeee Willards and Charlf - f i Thursday,-Feb- a4 -- nd f Next If Lincoln war alive b would look out on vary mueh tba earn world new that bs aw then. ' , Name bare changed, and ahlfibolatha, bat bunjanlty la wUiut what it always was vr aliaU ft, only fcattwi There were people then that thought the as country was beaded for tb bow-wothere r today. Then, also, eld women and eenatora shook their heads and didn't know . what' was going to beooms of u all, what with newfangled notions and unheard-o- f goings on. Tber war the same kind of editorials In th nswspapers then, dsclaimlng against bigotry and intolerance and interference ith stated rights, rat abolition, that ' you find nOw In New Tortt papers re prohibi- re-eu- lls -- -- I For The Daaaret New by Dr. Prank Crvne. . If Means to Be a Mormon 73c 60c .... THEOLOGICAL STUDIES: New Witnnes for VoL 1, Roberts .. . . .v. God, ... ...... . HOUBS-T- RY IT! . , First dose of Papes Cold Compound relieves all Grippe Misery.'"- Don't stay stuffed up! . Quit blowing and muffling! A dose of Pape's Cold Compound token every two hours ftntil three doses or taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either In the 'head. thesCbody" or limbs. 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