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Show DAYLIGHT SAVING. The question of daylight saving is not dead, notwithstanding tho blow delivered de-livered by congress a short time ago. In practically all of the centors of population a great majority of th0 people favor setting the clocks back at the proper time next year and the senators and representatives will be ;':vea another opportunity to go upon '.ecord. J. Cecil Alter, meteorologist stationed iu Salt Lake, in a letter to Tho Tribune, imparts the following use-t'ul use-t'ul and timely information: At Salt Fake City, according to he Nautical Almanac figures, the sun's earliest rising is from June 9 to 19, inclusive, in-clusive, being at -t:03 a. m. It rises at j o'clock on May 27 and OS, and again on July C and 3: at o:30 o'clock on April -S and ou August 7: at 6 o'clock ou April S and ou September 7, and at 6:30 o'clock on March 21, and again on October u. disregarding the Wasatch Wa-satch mountains. Considering the de-'ay de-'ay due to the mountains, applicable alike to most Utah cities, the sun actually actu-ally rises about 30 minutes later than given in the official tables, on the av-cracc. av-cracc. "Therefore there is net a full liojr of suuiight availabV? thai could be saved by the Utahn that rises at 6 o'clock; for the person that rises at 'j;30 o'clock a full hour is available I'rom May -L'7 10 July 3, inclusive; for ;he 7. o'clock Tiscr a full hour may be -t-vj-.l frosn April ; !.-, A-,ig-.;st - ! elusive; and for faose who rise regu-j regu-j lariv at 7:30 a. m. a full hour may be saved by setting the clocks back as I u-'2f gted from April S to Scpfsm- ! ! ' r-" ' |