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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH grigfgcagcaigacHaffigijigaeaGifijigTgiagiagggi I fj News Notes It a Privilege to Live in Utah &arai3iaiaiaia,aiarai3raraiDinaiiaranararraii5iiaara.S Moab. Approximately $200,000 has been appropriated by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company to build a line between Mack Colorado, and Price, Utah, according to company officials. The eompany expects to begin construction in March. The telephone line will follow the- location survey of the hew federal aid highway between Price and Cisco. From Cisco to Mack the line will follow the Price road. Provo. At a meeting' of the board of directors of the Provo chamber of commerce, together with a large group of citizens and medical men held here, the proposed plan . of a community hospital was discussed. Salt Lake City. Success of the Utah seed at the International Hay and Grain show at Chicago will be of Immense advertising value to the Harden Bennion, state Estate, of agriculture, declared in commenting upon prizes awarded at the grain show. The award of thirteen premiums to Utah, out of. fiftesn awards made, he salt!, "places Utah at the top of the alfalfa producing states of the nation. Ogden. Considerable local Interest Is being taken In the expected reorganization of the city government next month when Mayor-elec- t George E. Browning and City Commisioner-elec- t Harman W. Peery take offices to which they were elected a month ago. Since e.'thh will replace incumbents, there W expected to be many changes in the appointive positions. Provo. Byron Clark, 46, line foreman" of the Utah Power and Light company, this city, was severely burned while working at the companys substation at Second North and Second West streets, when he came in contact with a high tension wire 11,000 voltage. Salt Lake her most successful show year; Mrs. Minnie W. Miller of. Salt Lake City own-- , er of Thousand Springs farm at Wendell, Idaho, received at Chicago, an honor never before conferred upon a - I J woman. ffrota byStem fattm'ar By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN OU nineteen centuries the palnt-- I " k -- I1J I IO fJ Jl erB and been tions brush, the graver's tool the sculptors chisel have buss with the representaof Jesus Christ. But In all the world Is there a likeness of 111m with any credible claim to authenticity? To one who Is not satisfied with the efforts of the artists and sculptors of all ages Is recommended the word picture which Is attributed to 1'ubllus Lentulus, who Is said to have been a Homan centurion In Palestine during Ills lifetime. The centurion captain of one of the sixty companies Into which the Roman legion was divided had his virtues os well ns his vlcea He was as efficient and as " as a modern sergeant of the United States marines. Ills passion was service to Rome. And In statement of fact to his superiors he was of necessity and by tradltlon and training as literally exact as lay within Mm to be. And here Is- - the statement of Publius I.ent ulus, the Roman centurion In as Palestine, It has come down to us through the ages ; Ther has appeared In this, our day, a man of great virtue, named Jeaua Christ, who Is yet "living amongat ua, and with the Gentiles la accepted as a prophet of truth, but Hla own dlaclplea call Him the Bon of God. He ralaeth the dead and curath all manner of diseases; a man of stature somewhat tall and comely, with a very reverent countenanoe; such as the beholder may both love and fear; Hla hair la of tha color of a filbert, full ripe, sad plain down to Hla ears, but from Hla ears downward somewhat curled, and more orient of color, waving about Hla shoulders. In the midst of Hla head goeth a aeam or partition of hair, after the manner of the Nazarltes; Hla forehead very smooth and plain; Hla faca, nose and mouth so framed aa nothing can be reprehended; Hla beard somewhat thick, agreeable to the hair of Hla head for color, not of any great length, but forked In the of an Innocent and mature look; Ilia eyesmiddle; gray clear and quick. In reproving He la terrible; Jn admonishing courteous and fair spoken, pleasant In speech, amidst gravity. It cannot ba remembered that any have seen Him laugh,-bu- t many have seen Him hard-boiled- weep. . , In proportion of body, well shaped and straight; hla hands and arms most beauteous to behold; In peaking very temperate, modest and wise; a man of singular virtue, surpassing tha children of men. TO the Thirteenth century the pictures of Jesus Christ and of the Nativity were formal. TJT V Impersonal and conventional. But In 1223 was held what may be regarded as the first Christmas celebration, Inasmuch as It marked the linking of the church observance of the birth of Jesus with the popular midwinter festival that had come down from the Romans and the Barbarians of Britain and the Continent It was staged by St. Francis of Assisi, of beloved memory. In a grotto near Grecclo In the Abruzzl mountains of Italy." 'A pageant at midnight portrayed the Nativity straw-fille- d manger, ox and ass; adoring shepherds and Wise Men and all. Thomas of Celano, who was among the worshipers, writes that they saw a amlllng babe appear in the arms of St Francis as he bent over the manger. The report of this miracle spread over the land and a convent still extant was built to commemorate It Giotto painted a picture of It In a human sort of way. And this celebration and this picture was the source from which sprang the countless masterpieces representing the Nativity and the Adoration by the great artists of all the world. The Madonna and Child" Is a reproduction of the work of Luea della Robbia (Luca di Simone dl. Marco della Robbia of Florence, 1400-82)- . This famous Italian sculptor was the founder of a school which he and his family popularized for a century or more. He worked with terra cotta figures In white and with colored draperies. "NE grave at least Is sure of decorations at That one Is the grave of Dr. Clement C. Moore, the author of "Twas the Night Before Christmas." His grave Is In Trinity Christmas time. cemetery. New York city. The photograph shows the Moore family plot, with Doctor Moores grave at the left. The children of the Sunday school of the Chapel of the Intercession decorate Ills grave every year and on Christmas Day sing carols and place fresh decorations. . Doctor Moore's writing of the famous poem and Its publication are a story In themselves. Doctor Moore (1779-18G3- ) was born In New York, the son of Bishop Benjamin Moore, once rector of Old Trinity, the second Trotestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of New York and the third president 'of Columbia university. Dr. Clement C. Moore was graduated from Columbia and studied-fo- r the ministry, but was not ordained. In 1821 he became professor of Biblical learning In the General TheoThere he served logical seminary, New York. until his death. He was a noted scholar and comlexicon published In piled the first Ilebrew-Euglls- h America, In 1822 he wrote the famous poem as a jnas. gift to his children. A visitor made a copy of It, with the result that the next Christmas It. was published anonymously In the Troy (N. Y.) Sentinel. It went over the whole country In no time and then spread all over the world. Doctor Moore was vexed over Its publication, but finally admitted authorship. Now his scholarly lexicon Is forgotten. But his poem has made bis name Immortal. TNCREDIBLY prosperous are the American peo-pi- e these days. Their wealth Is shown in many ways, but In no way more strikingly than by their expenditure for Christmas gifts. Experts estimate that their shopping the country over will total between seven and eight bltllons .of dollars this year. One reason why they are able to spend such n staggering sum Is that untold thousands have been saving for It all the year through w'hat has come to be known as the Christmas Bank." In Chicago, for example, a canvass of the larger banks of the city shows that In they distributed approximately $25,000,000 Christmas savings early this month. This was an Increase of five millions over 1924 and of. ten ante-Chrlstm- millions over 1923. This, however, merely Indi- cates the growing popularity of the Christmas Bunk" plan. It gives no reul Idea of the amount Involved. For the plan has been In operation In practically every large" Industrial establishment, without recourse to the banks. CO RICH are the American people and so fast and furious Is the Christmas spending that they do not even take the pains to see that their gifts sent by mull are prqperly wrapped and addressed. Of course all are not careless about It, but Uncle-Sampostmaster. Has a bad time during the holidays. Extra clerks cost him a million dollars and no small part of this extra force Is kept busy handling poorly wrapped and Improperly addressed packages. Many thousands of Christmas gifts tills year as every year will be sold by Uncle Sam Instead of going Into the Christmas stockings for which the givers Intended them. The unnddressed department of the Inquiry section of the post olfice In the large cities resemtles a warehouse. And at that Uncle Sams experts have a positive genius for solving mysteries and sending lost packages on their way. In about 800 cases out of 1,000 letters or cards Inside serve as the saving clue. Some gifts cannot be held long-allig-ators from Florida, for example, fruit, mushrooms, lire chickens and turkeys. These are quickly sold and the sale price held In a fund which is ultimately turned into the treasury. When all efforts have been exhausted the unidentified and unclaimed packages are sold at auction by an auctioneer who has little Christmas Sentiment be gets rid of about 100 lots an hour. OI1RISTMAS Day has many Important aspects from many important viewpoints bnt dont let us overlook the turkey. Doesnt Picture No. 8 , make your mouth water? . It does, of course; otherwise you are not normal and should be put In solitary confinement for about 48 hours beginning Christmas Eve. Nature apparently created the turkey especially for the family feasts of Christmas and Thanksgiving. And heres an odd thing: It was America that gave the world the turkey, yet this delicious piece de resistance of the Christmas feast Is getting scarcer year by year. Not only is the production .of turkeys not keeping up with the Increase In population, but Is actually decreasing year by year. We are raising not more than something like 4,000,000 turkeys a year nowadays, which is not enough to go around among a population of more than 100,000,000. Chicago, for exampleniF'oba'bly paid $250,000 more this year than last for Its Thanksgiving turkeys. A good guess Is that the near future will see .us raising wild turkeys ori a large scale. The experiment has been tried In several places and glvs evidence of proving successful.. The domesticated turkey Is a hard bird to raise. The wild turkey, on the ether hand, seems to be able to taKe care of himself and to multiply with room and natural conditions. History shows that the North American continent was Just alive with wild turkeys once upon a time. d as k part of the festivities of Christmas may be doomed so . the rising generation should make hay while the sun shines or words to that effect Mistletoe is supposed to have been a sacred plant, much affected by the Druids In their mystic ceremonies In old Gaul and Britain. For this reason It was under the frown of the church. As late as the Nineteenth century It was forbidden In English churches and still may be! Now It Is rapidly disappearing because of Christmas demands. And on top of this the United States Department of Agriculture has declared war on the mistletoe In the national forests and expresses the hope that within ten years It may be eradicated. You see. the mistletoe Is a parasitic plant, which flourishes on . the life sap of the tree on which It grows. So the Agricultural department has declared It a forest pest. However, the main supply comes from the South, where the rational forests are Inconsiderable. And Oklahoma remains a final refuge for the mistletoe devotee for there It Is the state flower. TVyriSTLETOE time-honore- CHRISTMAS time again emphasizes the fact thnt all the world except Young America Is Increasingly rending the Bible. The printing presses are busy day and night and yet cannot More than 80,000,000 volsupply the demand. umes have been printed and distributed this year. Evan? day brings word of new editions, of new forms, of new translations. There are something like 1,000 languages and dialects In the world. The whole Bible has been published in 159; the New Testament In 138 more; portions consisting of al least one book In 428 more. From Albanian, Arabic and Bulu to Yiddish, Zapotec and Zulu almost every tongue has Its Bible. Yesterday the' American Bible society gave an order for 3,000,000 copies of six separate books of the Scriptures Mark, Luke, John, Acts and Proverbs each tiny book to be sold In America and South America for one cent ! Today a French publisher announces an edition of thirty volumes, with Hebrew and Greek texts opposite the French. Tomorrow there will appear a translation of some new tongue or dialect. China, torn by civil strife, Increasingly demands the Bible. Russia U the only forbidden ground ; the Soviet authorities will not permit It to cross the frontier. This Increasing world wide demand for the Bible emphasizes anew that Christianity Is still the driving force of civilization ; that the central fact of life and person, Christianity la Jesus Chrlst-B- Is and that the Holy Scriptures are the fount and Inspiration of Ghrlstmas Day. Mrs. Miller, wife of Lee Charles Miller of Salt Lake and member sf the board of regent of the Utah Agricultural college, was elected president of the American Hampshire Sheep association at the annual meeting held at the conclusion of the International Livestock exposition. Ogden. Fire caused considerable damage at the International Wool & Hide company, 2025 Wall avenue. A large supply of furs were destroyed, while other contents of the building were also damaged. The damage to the building was not. great. Lehl. George Austin, former mayor of Lehl and for many years associated with the and sugar industries of the state, died at his home at the age of 76 years. Salt Lake City. Utah corn entries, a unit of the state exhibit at the International Hay and Grain show at Chicago, .took four out et five possible places, according to word received by the Utah State Farm bureau from Prof. George Stewart, agronomist at the Utah experiment station, and E. E: Smith of Bountiful, who are in charge of the exhibit at Chi- cago. Samples from this state took first, second, fourth and fifth places. the Kaysville. After occupying rom over- - the store of H. J. Sheffield & Sons for a period of twenty-twyears, the Kaysville telephone & Telegraph company has been moved. Ogden. W. J. Parker of Ogden, who has been an important factor in the Utah canning industry for several years has been named by Governor George H. Dern as member of the state road commission. He succeeds Henry W. Lunt of Cedar City, who has held the office since the early summer of 1922. I wtfol-growin- g o I . , appe- ., Salt Lake City. General contractors have been asked for bidB on the construction of the $250,000 building for the Salt Lake City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Salt Lake City. Indications point to a remarkable attendance from taxpayers all over the state to the Utah Taxpayers Association convention to be held at Salt Lake City on Decern her 7th. Governor Dern will give address of welcome and tax probleL.. will be discussed by leading taxpayers from different parts of Utah. Revenge Donald, age two, has found a unique and legitimate method' of evening up scores with his .parents. Recently, after the humiliation of corporeal punishment hnd been endured, he sauntered up to his dad with a fly- swatter In his hand. Suddenly dad was treated to as stinging a swat as the baby hands could administer, while, with an angelic smile, his young offspring offered the explanation, fly." The performance was repeated until vengeance was satisfied, and the fond father' has to acknowledge that are' no flies on Donald.- . theie-certainl- DEMAND BAYER ASPIRIN. Take Tablets Without Fear If You See the Safety Bayer Cross." Warning! Unless yon see the name "Bayer on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years. Say Bayer when you buy Aspirin. Imitations may prove dangerous. Adv. Where Credit Is Due Reverend Whitsett Severn children; eh? My good man, you deserve a great deal of credit for raising a fam-' that lly like I certainly Truitt do, to pay most .everything Philadelphia Record. Help but I manage eventually. a man out of trouble and hell not forget you when he gets into trouble again. Gains 20 Pounds . Never knows a sick headache; stomach perfectly well, after taking Beechams Pills. I Have taken Beechams Pills and NO OTHER MEDICINE with the best results for the past fifteen years. I started - Ogden. Ludovis Isoard, sheep raiser, 36 years of age, of French nativity, was shot and apparently Instantly killed near his home in Slaterville. Walter Chadwick, 25 years of age, neighbor of Isoard, fired the fatal Bhot and shortly after surrendered himself to the sheriff. He is held In the Weber county jail without bail pending an investigation. can I dot cant I have a skin like blackheads? If 1 could only find something that would clear up my skin and give me back my soft, rosy complexion, I know I would be the happiest girl In the world! What can I do?" Is that you talking? If It Is, yon dont have to worry a minute Just build up the rich, red blood In your body. Then your skin will he as clear and soft as anybody's. Thats what S. S. 8. has been doing for generations helping Nature build rich, red blood! You can build so fast that the impurities that cause breaking out on the skin hardly get into the system before tha pure blood annihilates them kills them right out stops them from breaking out through the skin. And then this rich, red, pure blood feeds and nourishes the tissues of the skin and keeps it looking healthy. Thats all there is to It. Healthy, vigorous, red blood such as S. S. S. J helps Nature build,' makes you healthy all over. It beautifies your skin drives away pimples, blackheads, blotches, rash, bolls and eczema gives you hack your tite-builds firm, plump flesh and fills you full of new life and energy. . All drug stores sell S. S. S. Get the larger bottle. Its more economicaL g ing ey other girls? Why do I have to have these ugly pimples, blotches and com-mision- car-fyin- why niiat taking them for tick headaches, from and general debility. t know what a headache la, and my atomach la perfectly welL From a frail woman weighing leaa than a hundred pounds, 1 have become well and healthy and tip the acalea at one hundred and twenty. Mia. Fanny A. Burseaa, Billerica, Male. A clean inridr means a healthy body. Sufferers from connifution, sick headaches, biliousness and attendant illsshould keep the system clean by the regular use of Beechams Pills. Now I don today for free temple to B. 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Bird of Mapleton, who was married to iSichard Perry, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs Mark L. Peery, also of Mapleton. Ths Baby Loves Cuticura brides parents acquiesced riage. In the mar Soap . |