Show DOCTOR DALBY RETURNS TOOK A MONTHS VACATION IX THE LAND OF MONTEZUMA Silver Not Agitating the Greasers Very Much Cu tom House Officials Offici-als Precautions 3Iiae l Cooking as Opals and Coins Tlie Alleged War In Central America Dr William T Dalby returned yesterday yester-day from his trip to Mexico which ha consumed nearly a month and today will relieve Dr Harrison who has during his absence so ably filled his position Sid Hooper who left with Dr Dalby did not return stopping at Fort Steele to visit military friends said Dr Dalby We had a fine jaunt and I much last evening ad am pleased i with it The weather In Mexico is very I j warm however and at first i was positively I returned tively inconvenient I have just retured from eating a Salt Lake square meal to which I did ample justice Mexican cooks are not up to our standard Peppers No Sometimes peppers Pepprs S9fetmes were an absolute relief Its the blending of styles The Mexican cook adapts everything T ev-erything new he sees Consequently our meals were marvels We would get a Mexican steak for breakfast broiled a la Americiane with Italian sauce French i peas English mushrooms and Spanish potatoes I po-tatoes all blended A man never knows i what he Is getting in a Mexican cafe until un-til he tastes i i How about the heajth departments of Mexico I Well as far as I could see they were I In a very Incipient state something like I their sanitary appliances Mexicans as a I rule are easygoing people As long as a man lives he does not care whether his l sanitary affairs are perfect or not when he isdead he Is equally Indifferent The death rate In the cities is very heavy Silver isnt as much talked of as one I would Imagine aOr course the trade class favor free coinage here to a certain extent I ex-tent a it would materially advance their commercial interests The other people do not care one way or the Ot e There are some who fear that free coinage here II would only benefit us temporarily Is there anything new in relation to the war down there Why from talks I had with leading government officials I learn that here In the United States we know more than the Mexican government Itself They ridicule the news printed In American papers Dr Dalby then related a funny anecdote anec-dote in relation to Mexican customs officials cials I appears that on many articles bought by Mexicans on the United States side a small duty is exacted The Mexican Mexi-can customs officials are very distrustful of each other A safe for the reception of customs fees had four locks upon i each of which was in custody of a separate sepa-rate officer While a fifth held the combination com-bination to the main lock on the door So i requires four men t open the safe A slot in the top admits of the dropping of coin Some of the articles demand a duty of only a nickel or a dime Why do you not simplify mater said a New York man to the Mexican Inspector of customs and Issue these people tickets 5 cards like restaurant meal I tckets I I should do that was the response I some of these men would collect the duty and punch the same holes after the I importer card was exhausted dividing up with the Dr Dalby brought back from Mexico a fine colectlon of opals and Mexican coins I Questioned regarding the death of Bertha Ber-tha Valentine alleged to have resulted j i from a injection of antitoxine a reported re-ported in yesterdays dispatches Dr Dal i by said Some other compound must have been mingled with the serum I have not enough Information to say more at this time |