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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH For deeping rooms formal parlors and reception halls dining room and living room for the library and for public buildings. Properly applied it wont rub off. News Notes It's a Privilege to Live in Utah Write to US or ask your dealer RICHFIELD Crop outlook for the present year in Sevier valley Is particularly good, it has been reported. The precipitation .has been greater during the past month than at any other time 'during the past year. This coupled with the fact that a f is expected during the large next ninety days, indicates an ample supply of water. The crop prospects for the present year appear better than at any time for the past fire for a copy of our free drawing TheAlabas-tin- e book for children Home Color Book and a card. color free r-- run-of- years. LOGAN The acreage allotted tft Hyrum for the growing of beans had been cut from 100 to 70 acres according to an announcement made by the Morgan Canning Company. The decrease in acreage is due to the shortage of bean seed, it is said. Officials of the canning company report that requests have been sent to all part of the country, but additional seed is not available. been RICHFIELD Activity has started in the potash property in the White hills, five miles east of Marys-vale- . A large tonnage af aluite rock has been located and a mill is being erected on the grounds to treat the rock and market it. The mill will tons have a capacity of twenty-fiveach eight hour. MANTI Establishment of an and grading plant as Mantl which is calculated to increase the payroll for producers in Sanpete county from $100,000 yearly to $500,-00vhin three years time, was announced recently by Albertus assistant manager of the Utah Poultry Producers Cooperative association. t ' OGDEN Another large school build-,inapproximately eight miles west of the city was assured Monday night at a meeting of the Weber county board of education. Construction is to begin at once and contracts for the building have been awarded both for general contracting and the plumbing and heating apparatus. . e Write to Hi also for our beau free book Artistic tiful Home Decoration by our Home Betterment Expert, Miss Ruby Brandon, Alabas-tin-e Company, 222 Grandville Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. None genuine without the Cross and Circle printed in red. Alabastine a powder in white and tints. Packed in packages, ready for use by mixing with cold or warm water. Full directions on every package. Apply with an ordinary wall brush. Suitable for all interior surfaces plaster, wall board, brick, cement or canvas. Get An Alabastine Color Card 0 Weird Easter Rites of the Penitentes hlncksnnke on his shoulders, of his remissness; the leather whip cuts the air with a sharp whistling. No Limit to Often these rigors are not enough; the cholla cactus, one needle of which has known to drive horses to fury, la packed ubout their chests, or yet aguln, the Penitentes walk across these with their bare feet, or fling the branches of needles on their backs. The: cholla needles are long and malignant; they stick In the flesh as It barbed and burn like Are, working their way Inward, where they cause pustules. Imagine many of these And yet the needles In ones flesh Penitentes, with zealous cries con tlnue their way to the place selected as el ('u.lynrlo,all their pain suhju gated by their religious fanaticism Amid loud lamentation, the pilgrim age of the t'ross Is enacted, the man staggering under the weight of the symbol, lie precedes the group; his hack Is now bleeding, now clotted When he reels, showing signs of being uhout to fall, one of the elder brothers In rank helps him. Once attain ing the spot chosen as t'nlvnry el Cristo Is usually tied with ropes to his cross and raised Indeed, what a 8Mctncle; the sky lowers like u cloud ed npnl. und the raw. penetrating breeze fans the trousers of the Pent tentes. These people believe that had weather Is synonymous with Holy week, that the w'eather must he bad because It is a time when every one mourns. And still they worship, oh llvlous of the cold winds, lifting theU cries and chants, whipping vigorously. El Cristo hangs until he no toncei shows much sign of life and then Is taken down, wrapped In a cloth and carried away, Oeaths Not Uncommon. Formerly, nulling the victim to the cross wus quite common; death came also as often to tliclr ranks. The corpses were ferreted away und pmh ably hurled. Iut nothing definitely has ever been proved against the cult: In the past, rumors have circulated about this Penltente or that not being seen after Holy week; men have been known to die from the excessive fanaticism of tlieli ritual Now. (he news that one of tlietn has been killed during the erucllixloii spreads mw one has died fro.n exhaustion and toe tail these stories rigorous are short lived. Should a penltente lie! ray Ills brotherhood then the pen tonse ally Is to he burled alive quently, no one has ever tnlkVd i However, al present, the Is more guarded and merely takes the form of tying ihe victim to the cross with ropes. Even now. the spectacle Solf-Tortur- 1 With the approach of Holy we-- k the lenitentes forsuke the role of stupid peons und once more take up their yearly scourging. Aftei the passing of Easter, because of Tie rigors, each brother has accomplished one more net to he used for his salvation, has taken another step that should bring him closer to heinen. All the year uround. the Penitentes are Indifferent Mexicans, living In their adobe huts, which they luive made with their own hands, existing Id a land of tnnnnna. sometimes raising little fields of stunted corn, or chill peppers, or Mexican beans: sometimes tending their few scrawny chickens or goats. They are never hurried, never do anything, yet have little time. If unyone asks them for something they Invariably answer. 1 have II tie Hay poco tlempo" time." Thus theirs Is a life of poco tlempo, except during Lent. Rarely at any other time during the year do the Penitentes become active If they do. It Is on All Souls dav. two days after Halloween time. Then they make a procession to their eemo tery, whipping their hacks as they an Occasionally, when one of their hrnth erhood has died, they convene at his house to hold prayer, chanting a strange. Iltanyllke song, praying late Into the night for the departed soul Lenten Observances. All during Lent, though, they hold secluded praying, going In small tint cessions In the night. Indulging In some hut It Is Holy Erl day which awakens their seal to the highest pitch. Raw. bllstery winds of March or April blow, swaying the blackish green pinion trees dotting the region where the Penitentes live; the Innd has been picturesquely named the Snngre de Cristo range blood ot Christ by the Spanish explorers he eause of the rocks on the inountalnsles. rocks showing a ferric composition. On Friday afternoon the Penitents brotherhood hold the greatest of tlieli spectacles. They have been Having themselves off and on all during Holy week; their hacks are masses id con genled blood and outraged llesh Nevertheless. they begin again vlth augmented fervor shortly after noon coming out clad only In trousers and beginning the big procession; the en acting of the Cruel lixlmr Crewsome Ceremonies. One of the Penitentes Is chosen to take the part of el Cristo and carries the cross, a heavy, crude symbol which he usually ran hardly drag, staggering under the weight, Hehiiuj him come the others, the singers ami those who Hay themselves with whips made from the yucca or soap-weeThe plant is common throughout the Southwest und hears long, tibicus blades; It Is used by the peons to make crude soap; the tough blades are also used as twine. Usually, those scourging themselves take one step forward and then pause, bringing down the cutting fibers of the whip upon their already much bleeding bucks with a dull thwack. The rhythm of t he chant aids their reguIf any lag In his larity of motion. fervor of laying on blows or shrink under them, then a master In tharge will remind him, by bringing down a self-flayin- self-tortur- crm-IHlin- EASTER MORNING of tying el Cristo Is beginning to he eliminated, or else performed at night, on Thursday evening. Guards with guns are usually posted at the ceremonies in order to keep away the overcurious stranger. Any one approaching too close la duly threatened. Boys have taken hikes Into the mountains, to behold the spectacle of the Penitentes whipping themselves. Many have crouched behind a rock or a hush on a hill, watching the rlthal closely, while expecting any minute to receive from their rear the shot of dreaded and doubtful bacon . rind. Such hikes provide great thrills for the youths and also material for a story which they can recount to thelt A person less fortunate comrades. not having seen the Penitentes Is considered unworldly-wisand a ninny. Cult Is Dwindling. Thus does the cult flourish In New Mexico, southern Colorado, southern Utah and eastern Arizona. But each year this sect Is becoming less and less conspicuous, withdrawing more and more Into the fnstnesses of the mountains. Undoubtedly, tourists have beheld the Penltente miniature crosses erected along some highways as they have ridden over the rough, dirt roads In the neighborhood of the colonies Piles of rocks hold these crosses np right They are some three feet high But the passing of the Holy week murks the cessation of their ceremonies and of their greatest activity During the rest of the entire year, they are peaceful people who carry on their meager farming. As a peo pie. they are superstitious, Impres slonahle. and are commonly known as mestizos; that Is. half breeds of In dlan Spanish descent hut oftener. they are of Indian descent alone. e Utahs LOGAN fruit industry Instead ofKalsomine or Wall Paper is rapidly coming to the front in the region. It has takeh an added impetus this last year and bids fair to exceed all state records. While fruitgrowers and packers are stressing plantings of all kinds, some special stress has been made of late by the state for a greater planting of cherries especially sour cherries. SYRACUSE Local farmers visited various farms in Morgan today and bought three tons of certified potato seed and so.me certified grain seed. Indivldnal farmers are planting demonstration plots to help the seed business and the community and for test-linFarmers are just bepurposes. ginning to plant, according to L. E. Williams, president of the local farm bureau, but more moisture. Is needed, i HEBER CITY armers of Utah pian to sow more acreage of corn, spring wheat, oats, and barley and slightly less potatoes and tame hay this spring than was sown for the harvest of 1327, according to report of Frank Andrews, Utah statistician for the department of agriculture. : SALT LAKE Funds, to be spenl for the maintenance and repair of roads in Utah this year will Include $1.7 00,000 to be furnished the state from the federal governments road ( IF YOU KNEW all about the different grades of leather and shoemalcing, you would know that W. L. Douglas shoes are good shoes. Naturally you will judge quality by the service you get out of a pair of shoes. On that basis thousands upon thousands of men and women all over the country turn to Douglas for assurance of shoe quality and values that cannot be equalled. 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Certainly he was mu speaking of any blossoms of the type now represented by whnf Is called the Easter lily, no such lilies were known In the Palestine of His day, all of them being exclusively ot eastern Asiatic origin. Of these lilies there are many varieties, as everybody knows the finest of them ull and the one generally grown at the present time In the greenhouses of this country being a native of Japan Lillum e iongi-floru- similar lily, though of a different Is the Lillum candiduiu, or Madonna lily, which Is so culled because it Is the flower that Is supposed to have been presented to the Virgin by the Angel of the Annunciation. One finds It thus depicted in one of the most famous paintings of Murillo. A variety, Origin of Colored Eggs The custom of having colored eggs at Easter time seems to have a heath en origin. Easter time was the time of the undent spring festivals that What could b: more in season than this spring maiden with her Easter symbols. Wil-lardso- marked the return of the warm weather, with flowers and birds and animal life revived. The egg from which a live bird may emerge is a most fitting symbol of this spring The bright colors with awakening. which eggs are decorated symbolize the hues of the Easter sun. also the universal Joy at this time after the whiteness or grayness of winter. The Easter rabbit has a German origin and Is the result of an attempt to account to children for the presence of the colored eggs; of course every child knows that hens do not lay sucb decorated eggs. CLEARFIELD One thousand acres of canning tomatoes will be grown In Clearfield, Utah, this year. They will be sent to seven canneries for packing and marketing. CITY Elias Jensen, BRIGHAM manager of the Paramount hatchery of this city, is errecting a large turkey brooder on his property on East Third North street, having decided to engage in turkey raising on a large scale. The brooder is of the California type, new to this section. COALVILLE Placing of earth embankment In the downstream face ol Echo dam, being built for the United States bureau of reclamation by A. Guthrie & Company, Contractors, was started the past week. Frost conditions which have been adverse to this work, have improved within the last two weeks to permit commencement on this feature of the dam. Work on the excavation of the outlet tunnel is being carried on. EPHRAIM S. S. Van Boskirk, Fred Christensen and Paul Thompson made snow reausemenis at the Experiment station at Alpine and on the head of Seely creek recently. They report forty-threinches of snow at the Experiment station, with a water content of 10.30 inches. 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