Show GREEK COLONY IN SALT LAKE INTERESTING HAS WELL REGULATED NEWSPAPER EDITED BY INTELLIGENT I LIEN WORKING MEN WORKING TO UPLIFT HOME ACROSS WATER VATER WATER NEW NEW V IMPRESSION IM IN OF OP FOREIGNERS I S Over Greeks reside In Salt Lake o CIt City and vicinity They have formed 1 a Greek Greck colony comprising half halt this num aura ber They have a well organized church society A Greek newspaper the only onh ono one of Its kind hind printed west of ot tho the Mississippi Is la Issued once a 1 week b by Greeks Greck of or education education edu edu- cation of ns as as high an order as American Institutions otter offer They Thoy have a P. society for Cor tho the promulgating of ot Greek freedom Inthe inthe In the tho mother country and withal have an organized system of ot social living And yet the great majority of or American American Ameri Amen can people speak of ot the Immigrant Greek as a a. something not worthy of respectful mention By tho the Ignorant Js they are arc considered considered considered con con- a by word ord on a race that once was tho the light of the civilized worl world E Everywhere there Is a general misunderstanding misunderstanding standing concerning them The Tho writer until recently abided by bythe bythe bythe the v verdict of the majority A trip through the Greek Creek colony an Introduction and friendly chat with f the I leadIng lead lead- adIng ad- ad Ing lag men tJ was the means of a a. radical change In opinion and the source of ot some wonderfully Interesting facts In the office cf cr the tho tho the newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper mentioned are to be bo found tho the higher t typo Q of ot Greek men In this country P. P an educated Greek of ot talent and ability Is the owner of ot tho the paper Ho He also writes the Greek editorials which are arc read by tens of thousands of ot Greeks the country over His chief assistant who has charge chargo of ot the paper the gre greater ter part of ot the tho time timo U is one John Georgiades scarce scarcely more alone than a youth in your years oars and yet as aa accomplished a a. young Journalist as could bo be expected from a person with with five n years rears cx experience In this countr country English Department Georgiades handles the English department department depart depart- ment mont of the publication which deals with tIel timely topics the tI-ia world orld over He lie Is a scholar and a II student with a high purpose pur- pur pose poso In tn his ork work He believes In his brother Greek and Is 19 working for tor his hla redemption Born and educated In Greek schools where a a. premium has been bron placed on Ignorance by br tho the Turkish tyrants Georgiades has every t reason to bo be proud of or his success Ho was 1 able to get out of ol the rut Into which Turkey has placed tho the natives of ot Greece and managed to obtain schooling of ot a n higher r order Before leaving his home he had mastered mas mas- toned the French language and had schooled himself in Iii the higher arts so o far faras faras faras as opportunities presented themselves cs in his country Now he Is devoting hl his ability ability abil abil- It ity of oC no small degree to bettering conditions conditions conditions condi condi- amon among his countrymen The Tho Is gotten out or e every week eek at atthe atthe atthe the little office on lower Second South street It con contains ta Ins articles written In both English arid and d Greek Local news pertaining per per- taming to the Greek colon colony Is printed with accuracy and th rules of ot the newspaper profession are arc observed But tho the primary purpose e of ot the Uio publication Is he the raising raisins of ot tho the Greeks from the tho dust and of oC several thousand years ears Good It Has Done The has been Im instrumental in bringing about the building of the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed library library in connection with the Greek church chinch on west Vest Fourth South street A gymnasium whore personal health anti and cleanliness are encouraged will Ill be lie connected connected con con- meted with the new hall I Lectures will be delivered and a r rending readIng room will be bo up to make It possible for the Greeks to pass their evenings to advantage Tho The cost of tho the building Is and the tho Greeks Creeks at the Instigation of their leading men and anti the Ers have already y pl pledged dS d this amount l The Tine paper has ins come comae to mean much to tho tha m members of ot the colony The Greek laborers have q ha learned to trust and re respect respect re- re It Tho In Individuality l of th tho men who publish It shines chines through h Its pa pages s and find the Greeks of lesser abilities have learned to look L to It to for l' l advice as well weli as uJ news and education The Tho paper goes to most of ot the Greeks who work ork In mines S SIn In the tIme outlying districts or on the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads anti and construction g gangs gang It Is re read everywhere e that Greeks arc aro to bo be found and its Influence Is for good as ag an any one ono would v decide by examining the pages of ofa a a. casual COP copy They Are Loyal There Theme Is much mitch talk of patriotism and boosting of the manner In which lh the thiO American sticks to hl his country but the actual manifestations f of patriotism m among amon the Greeks even e after th they have left len their native would put to shame the average nation of oC p people popie ople The story of tho the Greeks and of ot Greece Is one of tho the great tragedies of history For thousands of years ears the country ant and the people who gave Jave birth developed and fo fostered t civilization el hive have been subject to toa toa a a. race ace of the lowest order of Tho The Turks with a tyranny unequaled destroyed the healthy Caucasian civilization tion of the ti-ia Greeks and for hundreds of or years yea have attempted to force torce on that weaker nation But through h It all the Greeks although deprived of ot all aU their splendid Institutes tes of learning have resisted d cea ceaselessly olesI and have o preserved their thell language an and 1 their identity from Turkish h assimilation At the tho present time a continual state of warfare exists In that country country- Tho Greeks Creeks of the lower peninsula comprising the ancient states of ot Athens Athena Sparta and other lc lesser districts ha have haa a nominal freedom with King Geor George o I. I a nominal of or the tho royal rOal fatally family of ot Denmark ruling them The swa sway of ot the Turks Is Js still felt however and the Greeks cannot turn turna a hand to help their l less s fortunate broth broth- cr eis en-a tho the Macedonians who aro are fighting year car In and year car out for tor freedom They Aro Are HopefuL Financial help of or such a nature as tomake to tomake make maice possible pos th the building of or battleships tho the equipment of ot large bands of fighting forces Corces and other accessories to rebellion I Is contributed to W the Greeks from every part of ot tho the world their brothers are areto areto areto to be found Cound The Salt SaIL Lake society for Cor the freeing of Greece has sent home a substantial sum for this purpose Egyptian tian Greeks who comprise the largest t portion of tho the wandering race furnish munitions of war In open defiance to tho ho Egyptian government so and even from Madagascar Madagascar Mad Mad- money comes to aid in tho the move mOVE- ment This patriotic spirit of the tho Greeks ks Is said to bo bl detrimental to good citizenship citizenship citizenship citizen citizen- ship after nIter naturalization but tho the Greeks of ot the Salt Lake colony have destroyed any such euch impression Tho The fact that they the thelIe live lI In communities somewhat Isolated from irom the rest of ot the population does not necessarily mean that they take no Interest in tho the city outside their own district The Tho first question put to the writer by several se of the prominent reeks Greeks was vies What do you ou think of ff f tho the bond Issue This question settled tho the Salt Lake Greek community evinced e its progressive spirit way ay In advance of tam tain other othor factions of the tho city b by declaring In favor tavor of tho the bonds They were keenly Interested In tho the outcome of ot the election and not ono one of th them m doubted for a n. moment moment moment mo mo- ment that the bonds d were necessary But having hating cd themselves cs on the paramount paramount para para- mount local Joeal question the they the turned to national na na- politics and discussed the coming presidential contest with I all the Intelligence Intelli gence and Interest of ot Americans bornand bornand born bornand and bred In this country The Tho Greek with his pick I and shovel ma may not be the best specimen of man man- hood but tho the Impre Impression lon that all Greeks are aro pick and shovel el men Is an I erroneous one and some da day the Greek community will be a It somewhat Influential part of ot all large largo Am American cities |