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Show THE MAMMOTH RECORD. MAMMOTH CITY, UTAH THE BEE HIVE STATE! I I , U. T. Jones of Cedar City, state senator, has filed an application with the state engineer for the pri ilege of Storing 10,000 nere feet of water in Duck lake, Kane county, and for gier mission to divert it by means of a tunnel and canal about eight miles long to Coal ci eek, where it will be used In the irrigation of 7680 acres of land The harvesting of the peach crop at North Ogden has begun. The continued diy weather and excessive heat Is taxing the orchards to the utmost to carry the burden of fruit now ripening. It is said that the quality, as well as the quantity, is equal to that of former seasons The body of F. C. Rinehart, formerly auditor of the Salt Lake office of the General Electric company, was found one day last week tossing on the waves of Lake Michigan. His absence had not been discovered by his friends. It is believed he was accidentally drowned. Parents and employers of children of school age are being informed of the workings of the new laws governing the schools which were enacted by the thirteenth legislature. The informa tion is being unparted in a circular letter, which is being sent to all interested. B. M. Fox, livestock man of 'Ogden, has been selected as the chairman of the Ogden Wild West show which is to be held at the Lorin Farr baseball park, September 25, 26 and 27. The committee will raise $20,000 for the event, it was announced. Miss Zina Allen, the Salt Lake school teacher who died from Spanish Influenza contracted while helping the sick during the epidemic last fall, is given special and honorable mention in a resolution passed by the Suit Lake County Medical society. By way of hanging up a mark at which to shoot, the representatives of the Davis county farm bureau have gone on record that they propose to put Davis county in the front ranks of the state in the raising of hogs. With a gathering of 200 or more sheep raisers and buyers from all parts of the countiy as an audience, the fourth annual ram sale of the National Woolgrowers association was held at Salt Lake last week. A protest concerning the alleged mistreatment of the Koreans under Japanese rule was addressed to President Wijson by members of the Intermoun-taChristian Workers institute, in confeience at Salt Lake., More than 200 members of the Dav Is county fann bureau, in fifty automobiles, peaceably invaded Salt Lake City and Salt Lake county one day last week on an excursion of inspection and investigation. Proclamation for the calling of a special session of Utah's stiate legislature for September 29 will be issued within the next few days, according to an announcement made by Gove,-po- r Bamberger. Approximately $800 is available at the Utah Agricultural college to help deserving students, It is announced by Secretary John L- - Coburn of the college committee of scholarships and awards. Of the forty-fiv- e boys who left Coalville to enter the war all have returned but two. One paid the supreme sacrifice and his body lies in France and the other is expected home w itlun two months. A Logan judge fined William Bank-heaand Itobert Larclnnan of Wells ville $15 each for killing prairie chickens. Jacob Krouse of Providence w affined $50 for taking trout with a dip net. The Utuh Postmasters' association and the state contingent of the National League of Third and Fourth Class Postmasters held a combined Convention at Lagoon on Monday. Twenty-thre- e former service men werd honored guests of the people of Clearfield at one of the most largely attended entertainments and banquets ever given in that little city. County committees to aid in the Mormon battalion monument campaign will be organized immediately through out Utah. Seven persons will constitute each county committee. Means for enforcing the twelve month education law passed by the lust legislature are being peifefted by Francis W. Kiikman, director of vo uitional education. The demurrer filed by the five Ogden, chiropractors to the complaint of the state board of medical examiners was sustained in the district couit. Notwithstanding the high cost of living and the high price of matu als considerable building and improvement work Is going on at Hyrimi. Twenty buildings were destroyed and a total loss of $50,000 entailed In a fire which, oceiured In the Highland Boy section of Bingham. The Cache county fair opens September 23 and to encourage producers cash premiums for live stock have been doubled. The activities of the Utah Water Storage association,, recently funned by representatives appointed by the county commissioners of Suit Luke, Davis, Weber, Utah, Wasatch, Tooele, Summit and Morgan counties, will be extended to the entire state. Typhoid fever season Is Just coming en In Utah. The state board of health announces that typhoid vaccine Is furnished free by the boaid. With the opening of 'he automobile road up Cedar canyon In southern Utah, 20, (XX), 000 feet of lumber w 111 b obtainable. d Geneva: Gpifoi of tM ' vAT A Complete Jewelry Store Known for Service Famous forQiiality Easy Prices ' f 01 't a A BOYD PARK FOUNDED 1662 MAKERS OF JEWELRY WO MAIN SALT LAKE STREET CITT Business Courses Stenography Dictaphone Civil Service Bookkeeping Typewriting Posting Machine i i L. D. S. Business College Salt Lake City, Utah Day and Evening i All the Year Typewriters All makes Rented, Repaired, Sold Wri'efor prices $7.50 to $100. Utah Office and School Supply . 32 W. 2nd South, Salt Lake City, Utah HELP WANTED It you want big waxes learn. barber trade Many small towns need barbers: good opportuneaes open-fo- r men over draftage. Barbers In army have Get prepared-igood as officers Commission few weeks. Call or write Moler Barber-College- , 43 8. West Temple $t., Balt Lake City. BROUGHT BACK PYGMY HIPPO Hunter Spent Weary Months In to Prove That the Species Really Existed. s Jun-flie- It seems incredible, but there exist hippopotami that do not , exceed 30 Inches in height. For a long while nobody believed that there were any pygmy hippos In Liberia. The natives Insisted that the Hippopotamus lived deep In the forests; but that was another reason why explorers and hunters shook their heads In incredulity. The hippopotamus lives along the rivers, -t- hey said, and this talk about pygmies of this species In the forests Is nonsense. Nevertheless a pygmy hippo was caught as far back as 1873, "and brought from Africa to the zoological gardens In Dublin. It might have convinced the world, only It arrived In a dying condition, and perished before It could be exhibited. After that, people took to doubting it again, ard considered throne recorded specimen s a,teenk. ut Car Hagenback, famous animal man, made up his mlAd, at last, that the pygmy hippo could be. and should be, introduced to man. He sent an Intrepid hunter, Schom-burgafter It, and Schomburgk, after speeding a year and a half In the jungle, reappeared with three pygmy beasts, two of which were at once brought to the New York zoo and placed on exhibition. New York Herald. is ENEVA, Switzerland, is to be capital of the League of Nations if there is a league of nations. It seems rather an approprtate selection. The city is cosmopolitan and has historical, literary and philosophical traditions In keeping with the purSwitzerland pose of the league. has preserved its neutrality In a way to be above suspicion. And finally the Swdss Confederation is in Itself a sort of League of Nations. From the practical viewpoint the city of Geneva Is attractive, not too.large, and centrally located for many of the members of the league, la fact, the enthusiasts say that considering Genera's past, "its long history full of struggles and suffering through which It won its freedom, It weald appear that from all time this city has been predestined to become the capital of the intangible kingdom of all free peoples, lfnlted to defend, not only their rights and liberty, but also the rights and liberty of others. The requirements for a location stipulated fifteen hundred meters along the edge of the lake, embracing large properties; a port for hydroplanes, facing the Alps and having access by land and water. Within the walls of the small territorial district of Geneva, amid the country adorned with parks and decked with gardens, several estates were available to the representatives of the different nations. The parish of Genthod, about four miles out from the town, perhaps the more readily fulfills these conditions. Genthod, one of the oldest villages, was a part of the bishop of Genevas property. In 1535 It became the property of the republic and Is inclosed in the land that the Bernese took from the duke of Savoy. An unusually beautiful spot, looking down upon the lake fiom time Immemoilal, It has been a chosen place for the Genevans. In the tenth century the noblemen replaced the country house of their forefathers by beautiful estates; gardens were laid out and planted. Two of these estates with the houses intact, rendered all the more beautiful by the passing of time, with nvenues and venerable woods, were first chosen. The Creux do Genthod belongs to the family de Saussure and the de Pourtales estate. The estate adjoining was added; It is occupied by a large modern house called the Chateau-RougOn the other side Is the property of Naville, the Egyptologist, temporary president of the International Bed Cross. Spacious grounds that belonged to the estate of the naturalist and philosopher Charles Bonnet, were also secured. Incidentally, one of the eighteenth century houses on the Bonnet property was taken stone by stone to Geneva and scrupuCrowning this long hillock lously reconstructed. with Its gentle slopes Is a plateau Inclined toward the Jura mountains, the crest line which fills the horizon. This presents a magnificent panorama for a distance of over a mile along the lake shore, and a mile and a half Inland, half of the township of Genthod, bounded on the north by the Vorsolx river and on the south by a road and crossed by railroad and the route to the Geneva-Bern- e Lausanne. The most ancient of these estates, nnd the most symmetrical, Is the Creux de Genthod. It was built by Anil Lullln, theologian, professor and collector of rare manuscripts.1 Bloiulel, the great In 1723 he French architect, drew the plans, planned the gardens and park. This house laxnme the property f the naturalist. Horn1 Benedict do Saussure, who married the granddaughter of Ami house adjoined that Lullln. Du Bar-tholo- ni e. El-wa- the latter In the early day of the sixteenth century. uncle, Charles Bonnet. De Saussure, filled with a passionate love for the high Alps, the outline of which he gazed at every day, went exploring, climbing Mont Blanc, writing his Voyages dans les Alpes His daughter, who became Madame Necker de Saussure, grew up In this delightful atmosphere. Charles Bonnet continued to carry out his study of nature, and when he lost his sight gave up his time to philosophical problems, strengthening his scholars belief In an after life. Haller used to come from Bernfe to work with him. Lenrnea men and scholars came from all parts of Europe to visit them. In this way the small circle of Genthod, passionately interested tn scientific culture and Christian philosophy, became a European center In direct opposition to the one at Ferney, where Voltaire derided the austereness of Geneva and tried his best to destroy It. After the death of Charles Bonnet his property returned to the de Rive family, which was connected with Madatne de Stael (1776-1817Her house is near Genthod, and Corrinne came often on fine summer days to sit on the terrace of the philosopher and w riter. The de Pourtales house was built about 1750 by Jean Louis Saladin, a diplomat of Geneva attached to the court of Louis XV, who as a mark of appreh ciation gave him his portrait In oils. The de Snlndin house Is on a height and commands a vide view of the lake. It is to be seen In the center of two broad avenues with tts simple gray front, Its semicircular outbuildings, nil magnificently located. Beyond the fields that slope gently are the trees of the Creux de Genthod, the rare species that Amt Lullin had collected at a great cost, chestnuts that were brought from Lyons In carts, Immense vistas of foliage, wonderful tree architecture Infolding the old French garden. Along the walks wheie the two scholars meditated. around that hpuse of pure lines, the meeting place of so many distinguished men, a breath of European thought seems to float In this Genevan atmosphere, say the enthusiasts. An intimate communion seems to unite all these grand and simple homes to the grand old trees, the gentle distant slopes behind which nppenr the Alps, the long, clear stretch of hike. To all this vista, at the same time so big nnd so complete that It would seem impossible to destroy this Incomparable harmony certainly these homes nnd historical grounds will remain at they are and the new buddings will bo erected Inland on the plateau. Geneva Is nn old, old city. Its origin js lost In antiquity, but It was of sufficient Importance in Caesar's time to be mentioned In his It was early the sent of a bishopric. It was one of the tnpitnls of the Burgundians. In the sixth century It passed to the Franks. In the eleventh century It became Incorporated with the German euipiie. About that time the temporal was added to the spiritual power of the bishops. The dukes of Savoy began to encroach on the tompoin! power nnd at the same time the burghers took n lemd In affairs. The struggles between the 'n favor of dukes of ' and the citizens end(1779-1786- city-state- ). ). full-lengt- Com-menr.re- s. - Geneva is thes capital of the canton of Geneva. It contains possibly 60,006 'people a little over 100,000 with Its suburbs and the canton lias a population of about 135,000. , There are 22 cantons, with a total population of about 3,350,000. The Romans made themselves masters of the country in the first century, B. C. Their dominion lasted about four centuries. A succession of masters followed. When It became a part of the German (Holy Roman) empire in the eleventh century It was a hodge-podg- e of petty states lulled by dukes, counts, bishops and abbots, together with little The beginning of the confederation of ' cantons was In the thirteenth century. In 1276 Rudolph of Hapsburg, Holy Roman emperor, secured control of the duchy of Austria and threatened the liberties of the Swiss. To resist its nggressions the three forest cantons of UrI, Schwyz and Untenvalden In 1291 entered Into a league. In the fourteenth century five other cantons joined. The house of Hapsburg found the mountaineers invincible. At the close of the middle ages the connection of Switzerland with the German empire came virtually to an end. The confederation was enlarged by fresh accessions. In the sixteenth century, as stated, Geneva shook off the authority of the dukes of Savoy and of the bishops. After the reformation in the peace of Westphalia (1648) Switzerland was formally declared independent of the German empire. In 179S the French occupied the country and established the Helvetic republic. Iu 1803 Napoleon res stored the cantonal confederation and new were added. The congress of Vienna in 1815 decreed the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland. Genev a, of course, at once suggests noted men and famous events John Calvin, Rousseau nnd others ; the Geneva convention, the Alabama claims, etc. Modern Geneva is an exceedingly attractive city. It is beautifully situated at the southwest end of Lake Geneva, which here narrows and pours out into the Rhone, which is shortly joined by the Arve. The Rhone is crossed by nine fine lnidges which join the old town on the left banl?, with the principal i'esidence quarter of the foreign colony on the light hank. There arfe ninny fine structures of interest. The College de St. Antoine, founded by Calvin, has nearly 2,000 students, over half of whom are foreigners. Geneva Is noted os an educational center. The Cathedral of St. Peter is Byzantine in character nnd is snid to have been built in 1124. The botanical gardens are Intel eating. 1here are several museums, Including the Musee Itatln ; the Fol museum, with collections of Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquilles;1 Hu Athcneum, devoted to the fine arts, and the of Natural History, containing de Saussures geological collection. The lie Jean Jnuques Rousseau attracts many visitors. Tourists are shown the house of Calvin, on whom the possibly ( kit.f ' historical fame of the city lests. Is one Geneva of the beauty spots of thP Lake world. It is ubout 45 miles long and Is eight miles wide at Its place of greatest width. Its northern nnd western shores afford striking views of Mount Diane and tts chain. The lake Is very deep uml a beautiful durk blue. New boulevards encircle Geneva; they are laid out along the lines of the old fortifications which were demolished In 1851. Handsome villas crown the surrounding heights. Altogether the tourist seldom visits a more attractive city nnd one more Interesting historically x caj-ton- Mu-scu- k, MAKE BUSINESS CALL BRIEF Well to Remember That Executive, a Rule, Have Little Time - at to Watte. Mouth-talor brain-talwhich kind do you chiefly use during a business call or conference? "I cant see half as many men as I could see or as I should like to see during the day because my callers, once they get Iu to see me, waste my time with Inconsequential talk, said a busy executive recently. Consequently, my secretary Is under Instruction to admit only such persons as she thinks I must k k see. If you make a business call know beforehand what you are going to present and how. Dont waste time in nonessentials and trivialities. Fix the. objective of your talk before you call. It may be a decision; It may be a promise merely to consider your proposition ; It may be the fixing of a specific date when you can go into the matter In detail. Whatever your objective Is, work toward It as rapidly ns you can; and when you huve reached it pick up your hat nnd say Good by. This is one of the surest ways of making a favorable impression. Face Student. yes-or-n- o Would Save Ship. submarine can spot a ship five miles away, estimate its course, submerge and later intercept It. But this ship might have a keel painted fifty feet down Its side and the actual keel blocked out.., This would give It the appearance of traveling In a course that was quite off the actual course. The calculations of the submarine would tie quite wrong and the would not be Intercepted at all. It would be saved by the deceptiou of Camouflage A Oiling Machine. Many women oil their own machine frequently nnd carefully, as they should, but they forget to put a big drop of oil once a month In each end of the treadle. The mnehine runs with the expenditure of effort If this Is regularly done. one-thir- d A Glasa Brick Now in Use. novel Idea of building construc- tion which hns been Introduced In some European cities Is the use of gins bricks for certain porta of the outer walls. |
