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Show DESERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY APRIL 28 1917 lira. R. L. Rex. Reynold. Mr W. Rex. Mias Mr. W. Winlatt end Mr. Fried lend. EA. Kick entertained a fear lira. of her friends at luncheon. lira William Spry and her daughter, lira. R. h. Woolley are v tattles (Compiled From the Files of The Deseret News of 1867). friends In Knr York. Mrs. D. C- - Rich entertained at an afternoon tea. About guests attended. the Norman Kane represented Georgetoam Lear school debating team against the South Carolina University. NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE OUR GALLERY OF PIONEERS strontium ore has been marketed from deposits In the United States, chiefly In Arizona and California. Goats from Spain have been import-e- d Into the Islands by the government of the Philippines to improve the standard of Jhe native animals. Attachments hsve been patented for fastening old automobile tires over new ones to protect the latter from blow outs and external Injuries. A revolver, small enough to be carried In a vest pocket and fired when concealed In a man s hand, has been Invented by a Frenchman. Five and a half tons of coal are burned annually In the United Stales for each undeveloped horsepower available in the streams of the nation. A South Africsi agricultural society baa offered a substantial Cash mite for the best, cheapest and most effective means for pulling stumps. The porcelain insulator is easily removed from a new spark plug for cleaning and to permit a cylinder to (Continued from page one.) jjr passed by Congress for the relief of Inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands, and approved March t. H7. Told by the Telegraph. A Washington dispatch of recent date said a rumor was current In Washington that negotiations were pending to purchase British America by the United States. Mr. Seward proposing to give the Alabama claims An expedition In part settlement. was being organised by the state department to explore the recently purchased Russian America and acquaint the people of the United Statee with the value of the new acquisition. A New Tork dispatch stated that the Union Pacific Railroad company were now offering tor sale their first mortgage SO year bonds bearing 1 pes cent interest, at tt per cent of their par value. The company reported that SOS miles or the road had been completed and that tnere was enough materiel on hand to finish the construction to the Rocky mountains, SIT mils from Omaha. The expectation was that the road from California would be met some time In 1ST. As ja mailer of fast. the twe roads were -- ofaihnShorpgi Hie driving of the Last Spike, May 10 1869 at Promontory, Utah was attended Mr snd Mrs. W, R. Wallace spent a few days in Washington on their with due ceremony and marked the comwly home from Cuba where they have been spending the spring pletion of the great months. Hie last lap was conA. W. McCune visited Washington highway of steel. on his way to 8outh America. structed under the direction of Bishop Mrs Lee Charles Miller attended the D. A. R. convention held In Wash- John Early settlers will Sharp Sr. ington last week. Mrs. S. Reuben Clark and her slaold the stype of engine and cars ter Mrs W D. Rlter sue visiting recognize In New York. friends which rattled over the first Utah lines. trans-continent- Miss Louis Clark entertained at a theatre party. Mrs. O. A. Johamiseen entertained at a luncheon in honor of Mrs. M H Welling. The Utahns tree sell were al |