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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAL1NA. UTAH ' s as 5 ? ! S rs g Soldering Simple Job; Big Factor in Result; All Joints the antenna should in b. corrosion and resistance Imv. In receiving, ver weak currents are present in t lie ai teiiita circuit, and therefore any resist ance tends to weaken the strength o! die signals. To make a soldered connection the ful lowing are necessary: a soldering iii.n, solder, flux and a piece of sal-- i ammoniac to clean the Iron, While the iron Is being heated, j either in a blow torch or ether flame, ' or by means of electricity, if it Is kind of an iron, carefully scrape I that the two ends of wire for about four indies. Re sure the wires are clean. Cross the wires about three inches from the ends and wrap eaeli end around the other wire. This gives the best possible mechanical Joint. When the iron Is hot, clean the tip by rubbing it on the block of sal am-- 1 moniac. and then apply enough solder to the tip to tin It. Coat the Joint (with a thin film of flux. Apply the hot Iron to the joint, and at the same time with-th- e other hand, touch the solder to the tip of the iron. If the soldering iron is sufficiently hot and die Joint-clean- , the solder should flow easily and instantly cool. Fada Bulletin. . soldered to prevent , j , j . ZfiS.S, jTjEAZTfJ C4 ic!rr ibqfarrtXXHf' . . ! By ELMO SCOTT WATSON NE February morning Just thirty years ago the' news flashed over the country that the United States bat- . tleship Maine, commanded, by Capt. Charles Dwight Sigsbee, had been blown up In the harbor of Havana, Cuba, and that two hundred and men and two otlicers hud sixty-fou- r been killed. Since that time disasters at sea linve claimed many more American lives and after the first outburst of horrified amazement at them the public has quickly forgotten. Dut far different was the aftermath of the destruction of the Muine, for It came at a time when relations between two great nations were strained almost to the breaking point and It pred to be one of the fnetors which plunged America into a war from which she emerged as a different nation from that which the world had known before and Inevitably committed to a role as a world power and a player In t lie game of International Although historians of politics. not do usually point to this disaster In today Havunn harbor on February 1.1, 1898, os a turning pohit In history, historians of the future may do so. To get a proper perspective on the Importance of the Maine disaster, It Is necessary to go hack to the beginning of American history. For three centuries and a half Spain bad held llie Island . of Cuba, although she had lost most of her colonies In both North and South America. The. Cubans, moved by the success of other ' In throw ing off the yoke of Spain, which had become a galling one, began to dream of the day when they, too, should be free. As early as 1822 sympathy with this desire was openly expressed In the United States, but no opportunity for showing sympathy In a more tangible form occurred until 1818 when the Cubans revolted agulnt their Spanish .rulers and succeeded In keeping up a guerrilla warfare for a number of years. ' In 1851 Col. William I,. Crittenden of Ken-tueJoined a filibustering expedition which' set out from New Orleans under. Nnrciso I.opez to aid the Cubans. The Spaniards captured the whole party and Lopez, Colonel Crittenden and some fifty others were shot at Havana. There was nothing that America could do about Crittendens execution, for a nation cannot countenance a filibustering expedition against a presumably peaceful neighbor nation. Rut when Spain put Cuba under martial law American sympathy grew more outspoken. And then came In 1S73, the VI rthe fnmohs Virglnlus affair. vessel, was capglnlus, an American-registeretured by a Spnnlsh gunboat, tnken to a Cuban port and fifty of her crew, most of them Aincr- leans, were stood before a firing squad. At this outrage excitement in America ran high, but the American administration, after a long series of negotiations with Spain, allowed her to settle by paying an Indemnity. Meanwhile the rebellion In Cuba was continuing and the horrors of the Spanish attempts to put It down continued with It. In 1875 the United States Intimated to Spain That unless the war were stopped Intervention might become necessary and Spain took the hint. She granted certain reforms and the struggle seemed to be ended. i Rut It proved to be only the beginning, so far as the United States was concerned for the Don failed to keep bis promise to the Cuban patriot, and In 1895 another Insurrection was under way. Under the leadership of such men as Gomez, Maceo and Garcia, (be ribels put up such a valiant fight that they gained control of most of the provinces and their plucky resistance to ttie harshness of .Spanish rule won for them the admiration and the uctie sympathy of the American people. As the struggle continued America was more closely Involved- - by outrages against American citizens living In Cuba at the hands of Ruteher Weyier, they called General Weyler him and early in 1897 the situation In Cuba became the subject of considerable debate In Up to this time the question of intercongress vention in Cuba was one upon which the American peqde probably were as much divided the members of congress. All during that year the war in Cuba and the efforts of President McKinley to bring about peaceful solution of the problem, that would be satisfactory to both Spain and the United States was foremost In ttie minds of Americans. Rut as time went on the realization of that hope seemed more and more remote. Then the situation of Americans in Havana began to cause uneasiness and It was decided to send n warship to that port, not only to protect American interests In cae the need for such protection should arise, but as a friendkv gesture to the Spanish authorities and a symbol of good will between the two nations. Accordingly the battleship Maine was ordered to Havana for that purpose. Compared to the battleships of today, the Maine would not be considered such a mighty engine of war. but thirty years ago she was one of our finest vessels and as a fighting machine she was as formidable as any of her class. Tie Maine was In: at the Brooklyn avy yard In November, 1890, at t Tube Prongs May Not Be in Perfect Contact . Many "fans have searched iu vtin fer trouble in Jtlieir receiving sets and failing to find it have torn the set apart, and built one from some other hookup. And the trouble has been all the "time tliatoite of the tube prongs has not been in perfect con-- , tact .wtli-thsprings of the tube-socke- t. This-I- s a small item, but one of the most vital, elements qf the. receiving set. In the case . of contact of the filament prongs, it is- - easy ko trace poor .contact; because the filament will not light unless the contact is goial, and if. it is pbor the filament will flicker in. such a manner as to give some guide to actual conditions. -- ii News Notes a Privtltsfe to X Liv in Utah MT, PLEASANT Maple canyon, In Sanpete county, Utah, is so narrow and the wralls so high that a person In the bottom of the canyon finds stars visible in daytime. LAYTON Farmers who have been bothered with coyotes this winter are cooperating with G. E. Holman of the state and U. S. biological survey cooperative campaign against predatory animals in an effort to destroy the animals. The heavy snowfall recently, It is thought will result In more coyotes coming down from the mountains, and more precautions will be taken to protect the chickens and sheep. Poison bait will be put out to attract the marauders. SPANISH FORK Havoc among the deer is being wrought by four or five canmountain lions in Spanish Fo-yon near Red Narrows, it was announced by D. H. Madsen, state fish and game commisioner. Some weeks ago two lion kittens were killed in that section by George Holman, who is in charge of the federal work of exterminating predatory animarsn "Utah, Mr. Madsen said. The old lions could not be found at that time. Since then, however, the old ones evidently haveT returned and brought reinforcements," as several deer have been reported, . . killed in that .section. VERNAL Lovers of pets, wild and otherwise, find this city a paradise. Quail and Mongolian pheasants with: , out number are in town, driven bysnow and cold weather, and they are d guestq in barnya.rds. Li tlie domestic fowl get too plain at times, in signifying, objection to the visitors well the pheasants are good boxers and make use of. their knowl" : edge. EUREKA At the end of" Its first yeaiyuf operations, during which development has been carried forward .quietly and methodically, the 'Amerir mine on tha can Beauty South fork pV the Huipboldt river neflr Lee, Elko co.unty, is shipping six tons of concentrates daily to the Utah, self-invite- lead-silve- smelters. . OGDEN Ogde'n is covered by 'the heaviest blanket of snow of the .winter, although the fall in Weber county Rut in the- case .of the contacts is reported to be not as heavy as that made by grid and plate prongs the of points in Davis and Salt ,ake countracing of trouble hark to this source ties. Snow fell at intervals during tho is not so easy. But mailing sure that day. The city streets department, unall contacts are good is a simple mat der the direction of Harold Jripp,. ter, if the fan will only take this pre street supervisor, was busy with snow his set. caution before wiring plows clearing streets' for traffic and ttie tube sockets" to tie ned ' ' Although the Spanish authorities in Havana in'Take good progress. reported laiilt the being hookup pa'rticnlaV Americans to the all aid af'er the gave MYTON Importance of alfalfa in possible nser the tube to be used In the Utah the destruction of the Maine and paid the highest agriculture is shown by valuation Un is intended. . which it - jzxpzo&roir Latin-America- cost of $2,50fl,(K)0, and was first commissioned in batSeptember, 1895. She was a barbette turrets, with a tleship with two feet length of 318 feet, beam 57 'feet, draft 21 and displacement of ' 6,(582 tons. 'The barbette armor was 12 indies thick and tti'e plates of the turret armor were eight inches thick. The hull was encased In an armor belt 12 inches In thickness, tapering to seven indies .below the water line. Like most of her class, her ends were unprotected by side armor, but at both ends there were transverse armored bulkheads of sufficient thickness to deflect projectiles. A steel deck covered- the vital parts of the ship and afforded protect i n to the machinery and boilers. The Maine's armament consisted of four ten Inch rifles, en barbette In turrets, In the main battery and six rifles on the battery deck for the auxiliary battery. Four eight and two rapid tire guns, four revolving cannon and four Gattiings made up the second battery and there were armored top9 on each of the two masts.. She was propelled by twin screws of manganese bronze, the power being furnished by two screw engines of 9,000 Indicated horse power. Carrying 822 tons of coal, she could steam 2,770 knots at 14.8 knots an hour or 7,000 knots at 10 knots an hour. She had a double bottom and numerous water-tigh- t compartments. A bulkhead divided the engine room, so that each set of t he machinery was in a water-tigh- t compartment by Itself. The story of the tragedy which caused the loss of this magnificent vessel and was a contributing factor to the Spanish-Aniericawar Is told in the following excerpts from the message by I resident McKinley to congress late in March steel-armore- d ten-inc- h l' - six-inc- h three-pounde- -' d -- n . 1S9S: fr honors to the first recovered dead when they . ie socket has a closed base, It were buried hy the municipality in the public .an enf:y niatter to ascertain attiwas the in offset the this hy cemetery city, tude of Spain that the disaster had teen caused by an explosion of her magazines, dut to ttie cartdessness of her otlicers. The first blaze of wrath which swept America the day after the explosion was calmed somewhat by the report of Captain Sigsbee, asking that judgment be sus- s(.ts to receive the high pended until the cause of the accident be inves-- I frequt,ncy sl,rnas from' the radio McKinleys plea for a. caS!t tigatedgand by Tresi-den- t statios who have started this calm consideration of the facts as established by. se.vk.e ghould carefully adjust their the board of inquiry. But the conviction grew (WM.tor Vireuits f0r maximum sen that Spain bad struck in the dark and In a later sitivity- - ln tlie uua radiocast re message from the President to congress he reiver ln which two or more summed up the feeling of America toward Spain of amplification are radio.frequency In the words The destruction of the Maine by , useJ fhe vn)ue of ,he grid eak whatever exterior cause, is a patent and Inipregthe other hand in tin critical, slve proof of a state rf tilings in Cuba. that' is ghort.wave receivers, where little or intolerable. That condition is tints shown to be such that the Spanish government cannot assure safety and security to a vessel of the American, navy la the harbor of Havana on a mission ol pence and rightfully there. In that message he asked congress for authority to establish an independent government in Cuba and on April 19 congress adopted a resolution declaring that Spanish ru'e in Cuba must ceae, recognizing the independence of Cuba and empowering the President to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States to d'dve Spain from Cuba. Tliat meant only one thing war. When America went to war it was t,y a formal document passed h.v congress on April 25., The Rut t lie American people went to war with n(l pliers can build a receiving set. formal phrases. Their deelnraMon was summed soldering of the connections is in the new battle cry of Remember tin. duoed.tn its simplest expression be. Maine! It was one of the shortest wars in Ante' lean history. Reginning in April its end was fore1 shadowed in August when Spain made overtuies for peace, a protocol was signed and .ho- tilities ceased. The end came with the treaty of poffee signed' on December 10. Ty the terms .of tlie ,ririhl any standard circuit full size drawings are furnished showing plaintreaty Spain gave up all el, tint to 4uha and ceded ly t he place each part occupies in the to the Guam nnd Porto Rico, . Pl.Il.ptdnes the assembly and the various wires United States, receiving the sum of twenty milconnected to each one. lion dollars for the latter. The decisive naval victories of Manila and Santiago definitely established the position of the United States as a naval power nnd her acquisition of territory in FOR THE NOTECOOK the Orient brought her out of t lie seclusion of concern with only domestic affairs to a new interA power amplifier will give increased national relationship. volume and minimum distortion war was tn No doubt the Spanish-AuierieaDust accumulates moisture in a set evitable and would have been ficglit whether and causes a drain on the batteries tiie Maine had been destroyed or not. Rut "Unit To save the power unit always turn disaster was the one thing necessary to give the us power off before he filaments of American people the will to fight and the de- i the set are turned off. and vice versa termination to back up t heir lenders to the j p, turn on the filaments before the utmost in prosecuting the war. So it may fairly power gaits. tie regarded as a turning point tn history, one of When variable onudons r3 are diffl those unlocked for incidents whose Importance cult to turn, adjm-iMenmay be .wde the friction ring may not be aprm luted at the time, but which to the bearings grovv in importance with the years. pm under no condition apply oil to tin on men the who Maine were working parts The perished Never barn the filaments ot a removed from the icmeterv in aftervvaids tube brighter than nmmal vacuum coffins of these first Havana and the flag draped victims of Americas shortest and most bril- - Nothing is gained and the life of ttie If more war were returned to the United lube s unduly shortened. liantiy-vvoStates on American warships. They were buried power is required, use a larger tube, An orange wood stick or sliver frmi in Arlington National cemetery nnd the marker fer the place where they rest Is the gigantic a fruit crate, covered with a piece ol aiuhor of ttie battleship on which they perished, cotton, is handy for getting in dost the name of which is still remembered by Aruer- - quarters to clean out dust and dirt leans whenever the buttle cry of 1398 is re Xle cotton can be moistened with cohol. Remember the Maine. peated s - re-u- p Th Maine entered the port of Havana on the 2ith of January, her arrival being marked with no . special Incident besides the exchange of customary salutes and ceremonial visits The .Maine continued in the harbor of Havana during the three weeks following her arrival. No appreciable excitement attended her stay: on the contrary, a feeling of relief and confidence followed the resumption of the long Interrupted friendly Intercoutse So noticeable was this immediate effect of her visit that the consul general strongly utged that the presence of our ships In Cuban waters should be Kept up by retaining the .Maine at Havana or in event of her recall, by sending another vessel there to take her place. At 40 minutes past nine in the evening of the 15th of February the Maine was destroyed by an explosion, by which the entire part of the ship was utterly wrecked. In this catastrophe two officers and two hundred and sixty-fou- r of her crew perished, those who were not killed outright by the explosion being penned to tween decks by the tangle of wieckage and drowned by the immediate sinking of the hull. . . . The usual procedure was followed, as In all cases of casualty or disaster to national vessels of anv maritime state. A nival court of tnquiiy was at. once organized, composed of officers well qualified by rank and practical experienie to discharge the duty Imposed upon them Aided hy a strong force of wreckers and divers, the court proceeded to make a thorough Investigation on the spot, employing every available means for the impartial and exact determination of the causes of the . . The . explosion. finding of the court of inquiry was reached after "3 days of continuous . . . labor. The report of that court of inquiry, headed by ('apt. V. T. Sampson, president, end Lieut. Coin. A. Mnrix, judge advocate, was briefly this: That-thloss of the Maine was not In anv respect due to fault or negligence on the part of any of the officers or members of the crew. That the ship was destroyed hy the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines That no evidence has been obtainable fixing the responsibility fur the destruei.un of the Maine upon any person or persons. e I j - I t -- ' n figures on that erdpr for 1927, which The next amounted to $12,420,000. most' valuable crop was wheat, which brought to farmers last year, $5,792,-900- . PROVO With over 100 birds on- ex hibition, among which are some of tlie finest strains to be found in this territory, the first day of the Utah County Poultry Fanciers associations annual poultry show opened recently. The. show is being held in the Graham building, situated at 1(12 . West Center street. COALVILLE The Uintah Ranch and- water company filed articles of 'incorporation with the county clerk of Summit county last week. The company will incorporate under the' laws of the state of Washington with its principal place of business at Seattle. The amount of capital stock is and the trustees, who also incorporators and own all tlie outstanding stock are Ben C. Grosscup, ' I. M. Annesley and Charles A". Wallace. MYTON The ice harvest has startled in Myton and this portion of the basin. W. T. Rogers has started to cut east of lyton on. the Duchesne ice. river and is getting fourteen-incSeveral of the farmers living near the Lake Fork river also are filling up their ice houses. It is also reported that the Green river at Ouray is froz-- . en over and autos are crossing there. Ice over a foot thick is being cut there. ' EPHRAIM Ephraim wool clips from range and home-fesheep were sold during the week. The home-fewool, which consists of about 15,000 fleeces, was sold to L..R. Anders nof Manti for J.eremian Williams & Co. at 33 cents per pound flat. This is o'f a cent less than was paid for Manti wool, but. is three cents more than was received for local wool last - Inter-mountai- n - - $30,-00-0 are-th- e . h and-team- . d d one-thir- year.- - d : BRIGHAM .CITY More ' than 150 sportsmen from Ogden, Brigham and other. sections of Boxelder county participated in a rabbit hunt at Promontory recently. The sportsmen were met at the Promontory station by ranchmen and taken to the hunting' grounds. According to the hunters, abount 5000 rabbits were killed during the day. At the conclusion of the hunt the sportsmen were given a dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ethelbert Larsen. SALT LAKE Predicting that 1928 will be a record breaking year for Utah poultry products on eastern markets, Benjamin Brown, former presi- dent of the Utah State Poultry Producers' Cooperative association and now director of markets for that organization, arrived in Salt Lake from New York Thursday. He is here to take up business matters of the organization and also is scheduled to deliver his annual report and address Saturday at the farm bureau conven tion in Ogden. Local turkeys and eggs, Mr. Brown said, are especially ij dcmanJ along the Atlantic seaborrd. |