Show LIQUOR QUESTION inasmuch as our policy is for the w elfare of the this paper will ever be found fighting for prohibition believing it to be for the best interests of the community notwithstanding alio ridicule the prohibition law lias been subjected to by those ho have no regard for the welfare of the people and the souls of alie rising generations but whose main desire in this life is filthy lucre the happy results that have followed prohibition in other places leads ua to the firm conviction that what is sauce for alie goose is bauco for alie gander and that if eastern cities can make prohibition a success so can prove so far as the city marshal and hia aids are concerned wo consider them in their present condition less in bringing to judgment infract ors odthe law there are certain means whereby this can only be accomplished and chief means lie in an efficient determined and thorough detective or secret service there are five or six liquor dens in provo where a wholesale whisky traffic is carried on the marshal and his force are known to them in which other way then with these circumstances jean the law be enforced than by a systematic secret service then why some will at once exclaim is not this course adopted this is readily answered simply because the police have not had ahe fi ni ancial encouragement to do so in view of these facts it would be ridiculous for us to sit in judgment upon the city marshal for neglect of duty it it all nonsense in the face of evidence to the contrary to assert prohibition hibi tion cannot prohibit let alie city council and the people give their undivided moral and substantial encouragement to the police and before anther year rolls over our heads we will see a desirable change for january is bountiful of bright and interesting reading for everybody ita frontispiece is a picture of josef hofmann alie youthful musical prodigy seated at the piano the table of contents is varied and entertaining beginning with the odd caces of sew york by W E S fales suitably Buit ably illustrated A story of fire land by william ellory curtis hick sons claim by thos P morgan tho secret of longevity by doctor felix L oswald our commercial marine by UK thurber the face in the plank by stanley henderson the demon of exchange by edward TTO lett quacks the humorous department part ment is full of fun contributed by the most popular funny writers in this country As a matter of fact chere is nothing dull or prosy in darkens haga evne and the popular price at which it is sold ten cents a copy or one dollar a year places it within the reach of everybody john X drake publisher new york TUB ship railway is apparently not only not a new thing but a very old one it has been a scientific and engineering reality since B C in 1 9 the venetian engine eer successfully moved the venetian fleet overland from the banks of the abigo to lake garda crossing a high mountain on his way with aliis incident aa the principal text F L hagadon has written an instructive interesting and timely paper on ship ancient and modem for harpers february magazine it doubtless was not intended to help on captain eadus a ship railway across the isthmus of panama but it is entirely favorable to such a project six maps illustrate it THE proposed celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of america by columbus by a grand exposition in washington is striking a popular cord the country as was expected in adevai ad vai project so thoroughly american in its character the bill introduced to this effect cannot oven be outlined here but its plan provides for a permanent exhibition of the arts industries and resources of north south and central america in connection with the celebration in which the united states will take the lead FIVE immense petitions hare been sent to washington from the various dressed beef and canning companies of chicago to the inter commerce commission these are said to be the beginning of a great law suit involving millions of dollars in interest which will be contested in the united states supreme court and involve the constitutionality tiona lity of the interstate inter state law the individual damages claimed by losses in rebates since the enforcement of the law amount to MB CLEVELAND was not elected upon a free trade platform his message was cot an argument for free trade he stands just where he is pledged by his manhood and his politics to aland advocating vo a policy which will promote alie count rys growth and prosperity he is sustained in this by his party and by a large proportion of the intelligent element of the republican party he has pointed out tha evils of the present tax hystek and it only remains for congress to apply tho remedy THE cigarette scourge has claimed another victim in tho person of a young man in troy NY who died a few day ago he was a constant smoker an affection of tha heart was followed by dropsy several physicians attended him and they all his system had become shattered by nicotine poisoning ho was twenty five years old tap to a few weeks ago he had a fine physique and was believed to have good prospects for a long life THE four famous south african dia chies are within ono muranda half of one another they have yielded over six and a of diamonds ex colcaire which have becu byna tiye laborers at about 20 per cent |