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Show A Live Democratic Newspaper The Democrat will save you money on your legal notices. For Live Democrats Call Was. 1587. - Entered as second class matter, July 18, 1922, at the postoffice at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924 VOL. 3, NO. 25 $1.50 A YEAR i 0 Talks to Big Crowd The large audiences which greeted William Jennings Bryan on his entry into Utah showed the high esteem in which the Commoner is held by the citizenry of this state. In his speech at the Salt Lake theatre he was greeted by a packed house although the hour. (3 oclock), made it hard for many of his admirers to attend. Mr. Bryan talked successively at Brigham City, Ogden, Salt Lake and Provo, and in each address he expressed his thoughts: in the simplest language and carried his hearers with him in his arguments. In his closing address at Provo Mr. Bryan said that the State of Utah might settle the election, so close is the race expected to be. In all of his speeches delivered he urged his audiences to vote for John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan for President and Vice President of the United States as the only chance of winning the country over to a progressive government. Saved Obstinate Lady Some Embarrassment The landward face of the Iiock of Gibraltar stands directly opposite to a conspicuous height, called the "Queen of Spains Chair." This name has Its origin In a legend of the great siege. It is said that the queen of Spain took up a position on this height, vowing she would not leave It till she saw the Spanish flag flying over the Hock of Gibraltar. A report of the royal ladys situation ultimately renched the governor. General Eliott, who at once most gallantly caused the Spanish flag to be waved on the summit of the Hock. Whether the legend is true or not. It is certain that there are no more striking aspects of the Hock than those obtained by the pedestrians who make the rough ascent up to the "Queen of Spains Chair." In traversing the Spanish town of Llnea, separated from the Rock by the tongue of neutral in length, picground some half-mil- e tures of primitive Spain present themselves at every turn. , In. making the tower the objective, " rule 'Emerges from the towri'b'iarrow footpaths and donkey tracks. The rough slopes of the hill afford pasture for numerous herds of goats, every herd tended by a shepherd with a long staff. A pile of naked rock crowns the summit of the hill. Od the topmost of Woodcock Second to No Bird for Intelligence If we may believe the naturalists, the woodcock is an unusual bird. When migrating he flies at a great height until he wishes to rest, and then descends almost perpendicularly to the spot which he has chosen. As a worm-digghe Is unexcelled, and has even been known to have a batting average of .1000 when sticking his long bill into the turf in search of er breakfast. Among the other characteristics is a dislike of bright light, which makes him keep In the dark during the daytime. Whether this is due to thwarted vanity, naturalists do not tell us, although he is described as having legs which are too short for his large body, a tall only hulf as long as it should be, a neck which is both too. short and too fat, and a bill which is too long and too straight. To complete the list of his qualities, his eyes are said to be too far back and his head entirely out of drawing. Undoubtedly the nature fakers could tcllnsw lint sort. ofcompley afflicts hlmT tor tiiey. have again revived the story that the woodcock is capable of and has been known to a broken put leg In splints and to dress his wounds with plaster made of mud and grass. The authority for this assertion is given in the Living Age us a writer In l'Echo de Paris, who has these stands an ancient watch-towegathered testimony from witnesses in From here the whole circle of the Sardinia, Thrace and France. The horizon Is a magnificent panorama of Jackdaw of Heims apparently isnt 1m sea and mountain, a picture In which it for pure avian acumen. the situation of the Hock presents its full significance, thrust out into the Trenchers of Wood blue Mediterranean toward the mounMorocco. j tains of Often Works of Art , self-surger- y, r. , Tree Gives Evidence as to Age of Skull More than four hundred years ago a man died in British Columbia and Mother Nature herself erected over his grave a tombstone on which she Inscribed considerable data concern- ' ingThehim.tombstone was a tree. Anthropologists, digging under Its roots, found a skull of unusually narrow type in which a. hole had been bored, presumably so that It could be filled with some preservative material. How long ago did the red man practice this form of embalming his dead? For a time this question puzzled tub scientists. Then they turned to the tree. Annual rings of growth Indicating more than four hundred years were found on the trunk. A still greater age for the skull is probable since the outside layers of this stump had been burned off. The studies leading to this interesting conclusion were conducted under the direction of Harlan L Smith of the geological survey of Canada. Protect Birds of Paradise The lure of the gorgeous plumage of the birds of paradise leads many hunters to the almost Inaccessible parts of New Guinea. In spite of the risk and danger, so many are in the business that this wonderful, feath- Wooden trenchers, commonly called Mtreen" were in common use during the ng Editorial vaults, he said. NEW LE880N IN HIGH FINANCE. They went over, and in the vaults NOW YOU SEE IT AND big packages of currency were exNOW YOU DONT. hibited, counted md verified. EARNEST WORK WILL BRING 8UCCESS Does this belong, to the Lorimer Commenting on the Dawes speech bank? of acceptance, the New York World "Yes. says: So Lorimer, s oank was started on "General Dawes has gone right to it .hammer and tongs to raise hell. wind, and when ji went bust 4,000 deHe has named La Follette the enemy, positors were skinned. For 10 years the lawyers of the and has denounced the farmers and banks wfcgled and twisted as Dawes the workingman who support him as court after cout decided that if it He calls it a battle revolutionists. between the red flag and the Ameri- said the money was Lorimers it must can flag, and one way and another make good. works himself up to a fine frenzy. A By a curious coincidence the Illinois more dangerous, a more foolish, a supreme court finally decided against more unstatesmanlike speech has not the Dawes bank and in favor of the been made in our time. The country Lorimer depositors on the very day is threatened with the most embit- that the Cleveland' convention pinned vice presidential tered sectionalism it has known for a its twice-spurnon Dawes rose the lapel. generation." And Dawes says obedience to law The World is quite right. The speech was dangerous, foolish and is the chief issue in this campaign! unstatesmanlike. Also, it was impuNo, thanks. dent, for Dawes preaching of respect We are willing to take lessons in for law is about as appropriate as an morality that we are all poor critters essay on celibacy by Solomon. and miserable runners, but we just It was Dawes whose bank flag- cant sit still and be lectured on the rantly violated the blinking laws of sacredness Of law by Hell and Maria Illinois and made possible the fleec- Dawes. ing of 4,000 depositors. P. S. You remember it was the You may not remember the story. Dawes familys f Pure Oil Company Back in 1896 Dawes worked for stock that was so greatly fancied by Mark Hanna to line up Illinois for Jess Smith andJtoxie Stinson and the other boys and girls of the late "Ohio McKinley. Washington News. McKinley, being elected, appointed gang. Dawes comptroller of currency; that is, he was the keeper of the con- P PrViietheus science of all the national banks. He t The word Prometheus, the name of was their mentor and advisor. a character tln Grecian mythology, Then Roosevelt .became President joseans foretbfiuv;. and forethought Is and Dawes went out of office. .the father f invention.' " Accordingrio' He started a bank in Chicago, the Grecian tradition, Prometheus taught man the use of fire, and called the Central Trust Company. . him in architecture, astronLater Lorimer was thrown out of omy, mathematics, writing, rearing cat-tithe United States Senate. navigation, medicine, the art of prophecy, working metal, and Indeed, a So he started bank in Chicago, to man. The tale Is known art .every too. that he made man of clay, and. In orUnder the state law it is necessary der to endow his clay with life, 'stole to show the state officials the cash fire from heaven and brought It to surplus before a new bank can open earth in a hollow tube. Zeus, who in Grecian mythology corresponds to its doors for business. Lorimer claimed to have $1,250,000 Jupiter in the Roman mythology, in .punishing Prometheus, chained him to capital and surplus. and sent an eagle to consume He wrote a check for that amount .ahisrock, liver daily. During the night it on Dawes bank. The check wasnt grew again, and thus the torment of worth the paper it was written on, Prometheus was ceaseless, until Herbut it was part of a scheme to keep cules shot the eagle, and unchained Inside the letter of the law, while the captive. actually breaking the law to smithe' - . - e, Middle ages in Great Britain. "Masers or cups and bowls were frequently mentioned In wills and inventories. The finer specimens belonged to the richer abbeys thus, there was the Great ereens. Maser at York, the Judas Cup at DurThe state banking officials called on ham, and at St. Saviors, Southwark, Lorimer and asked to see the $1,250,-00- 0 there was "a maser with a bordour and in cash. knop of sylver and gilt which was over in the - Central Trust "Its given to the church wardens to drink These valuable when they mete. Famous Pleasure Spot wooden cups were sometimes ornamented by a rim of silver, but otherof English Monarchs wise they were seldom decorated by Many kings have done their part to more than a few low moldings or Inmake Hampton court what It Is today, cised lines. Their value and beauty a writer in John OLondon's asserts lay in the graining of the wood, genand it erally maple, and the old turners Weekly. Wolsey began it all,when he Is to learn that Interesting chose the part of the trunk where it divided off into branches so as to ob- walked in his park he liked to be left tain the speckled birds-ey-e graining. to his meditations. He would allow Tudor times pewter began to take no servant to come near him; his orBy the place of treen, though poorer folk der was that they should keep as far from him "as one might shoot an arcontinued to use these wooden trenchWhen Henry came into posers and bowls till much later, especial- row. he at once extended the garsession ly In the north of England and in Scotdens, planted quickset hedges, and land. bought apple and pear saplings. Ilentzner described the gardens in The Marriage Problem j Elizabeths reign as "most pleasant, i You can no more make yourself adding that he "saw rosemary, so .keep on loving some one to order than planted and nailed to the walls as to you can make yourself fall in or out cover them entirely, which Is a methof love with some one to order. Its od exceedingly common In England." like asking a small boy to light a Charles I formed lakes. Charles II street lamp with only a match. He planted more than two linpdred elms cant reach the whole things beyond and as many lime trees. William HI him. Thats the tragedy the whole in his turn, brought in the note of relationship is dependent on some- Dutch formality with yew, box, and thing that sails as airily remote above holly sculptured into bird and animal your head as a drifting cloud. To shapes or arranged to represent his base on that an Irrevocable agree- royal Initials; he formed rectilinear ment? Its simply asking for troucanals and did strange things with ble. Its like jumping Into ten feet terrace and balcony, and fountains ,of water without knowing whether better designed (said Horace Wal'you can swim or not, and then pole) "to wet the unwary than to rebecause youre drowned. fresh the panting spectator." HapFrom "The Marriage-Craf- t, by D. H. pily, nearly everything he did was S. Nicholson. afterward undone. - ered beauty is In danger of extinction. As a result the Dutch government of New Guinea is considering a law to protect them. The birds are found amid high mountains and waste, swamps and jungle, and hundreds of gunners, brave these perils every year. Sometimes a party is compelled to live for months amid perils of poisonous everglades surrounded by deadly reptiles, hostile savages and prowling animals. The of the plumes most sough are those of the blue bird of paradise. Unite to Save Game. As much as 3500 has been paid for a Eleven countries have been Invited single specimen, while red, brown and 323 to have tlieir leading organizations prices from yellow ones command I unite on saving game birds. Ten have to $500. Naalready formally accepted, says ture Magazine. These are Australia, Cardboard Houses Canada, Franco, Holland, Norway, A new building material made from Luxemburg, Switzerland, Italy, Great Each waste paper has been perfecied by a Britain, and the United States. memtwo Swedish engineer, and, besides being organization has appointed fireprool and durable, this product can bers to serve on the international be made at a very cheap price. foul-smelli- A com-.plaini- ng unoq uu sanui asp u jjbjs b auiSue meow aqj 3uAiSJdtjB 3u)iind poAtud oiaiooia eqj, 'ntA nj - joj-iadn- s jo 3nj b uj potfttfud dAJJUlUOOOl uiudis &iq b pun aAjjouioDoi ojjj opBXUK oaia uy b,i aiJM jb ijjunoo aqt jo sjjud iiw cuiuj uain pcoiiitu BJiajoaia l bad pun tuna is 005 ejojoq A'q pou;B))B ueaq ouiojoi afjjaaia'uB uu J lads V COI anoq ssq sauui Xp99d8 SaA)0UI030-- l 3IJ)093 -- -- Benefits of Democratic Danger in Carrying Good Humor Too Far Tax Reduction There was once a woodcutter who, Davis and Lorimer Bank s)) Let every Democrat gird on his armor and go to work. This is no time for apathy. -- The opportunity is now before us if we will only reach out and grasp it. Ball games have been won by a single score, races by an inch and Presidents elected by States which were carried by precincts. In the strubgle now on to restore honesty in government and bring leadership to the White House, every vote of every precinct will play an important part. The honor of the Nation depends on the result and that result may depend on you. Do not shirk your duty but go to work now. "Which are the strongest oil companies? asks the Magazine of Wall Street. We dont know, but we know which smell the loudest. Radiogram from the Coolldge-Dawe- s motorcaravan enroute to the fields: oil Oil is well." Chairman Topping, of the Republic Iron & Steel Co., thinks the Harding-Coolidgadministration is entitled to a vote of confidence. So would we, if we were a tariff pet and had received tariff favors that swelled our profits at the expense of the buying public, by three hundred per cent in one year. Mr. Topping is at least not lacking in gratitude. e Millions of income taxpayers have profited by the prevent Democratic tax reduction law, which was forced through the Republican Congress and grudgingly signed by President Cool-ldg- e after his Secretary of the Treasury and the leaders of his party had opposed the measure for many months. These income taxpayers had opposed the measure fori many months. These income taxpayers had a new proof on September 15 of the benefit the new Democratic law gives them. They will derive even larger advantage from it next year when the normal rates on taxable incomes of $5,000 and less is reduced from 4 to 2 per cent. The new Democratic law makes a flat reduction of 25 per cent in the amount of Income taxes payable this year on incomes earned in 1923. The first deduction authorized by the law was that on tax bills paid last June. On September 15 an additional deduction was made by income taxpayers and on December 15, another saving will be in order. Next year the tax rate on incomes of $5,000 and less will be only 2 per cent, thus giving further considerable relief. The deduction allowed on Income taxes payable this year will save small taxpayers all the way from a few cents to $100 in 1924, while the lower rate effective in 1925 will still further decrease their burdens. The Deaf and Dumb club, organized Throw Out the Life Line to further the candidacy of President Just before the conclusion of the : In a country Collidge, wont be able to keep any weekly pravp Ihah'AlbSVTJialC'' about' one it town tnetfSrsdtrrirose, etching quieter and glanced over the congregation, j "Is there anybody present, said he, For membership in the Keep quiet "who wishes the prayers of the conwith Coolidge Club, we nominate Algregation for a relative or a friend? bert Fall, Charley Forbes and Harry "Yes, parson," answered a tall, anDaugherty. gular woman, rising to her feet. I .want the congregation to pray for my It is reported that Coolidge's suc- husband." Sister exclaimed Martha, cessor as Mayor of Northampton, af- the"Why, with a surprised expresparson, ter a lapse, was a jbarber. sion, "you have no husband. His White House successor will be "I know I havent, was the calm a lawyer. rejoinder of Sister Martha. "I want all hands to pitch in and help pray for one. Trc.-(lo- . one-ter- m The Wrong Hat ,.,,-- The good parson was and somewhere or other during the day, possibly at the barber shop, he acquired a hat that looked very like his but belonged to some i Shakespeare or Bacon? pne.else That evening he dined out A heated discussion .. arose -- 4nthe and when the guests were leaving the Nineteenth century from an attempt, host accompanied them to the door. on the part of Miss Della Bacon, to "This is yours, is it not? said the prove that Lord Francis Bacon was host, picking up the parsons hat. .the author of the plays commonly atThat is Yes, said the parson, tributed to Shakespeare. William U. mine. Smith, an English scholar; Nathaniel There was a qneer smile on the Holmes, In his "Authorship of Shake- hosts face as he handed over the speare, and Mrs. Henry Holmes have headgear. For pasted in the crown also labored in the same direction. In thereof was a card bearing this le1888 Ignatius Donnelly produced his gend, meant for all and sundry : No, work entitled "The Great Cryptogram, fool I This aint your bat." Boswherein he endeavored to show "that you ton Transcript. Bacons authorship is avowed under a cypher In the text of the plays, in the Precedent Established folio of 1623. Shakespearean scholars do not accept the Baconian theory Seated In dignified ease on a mat beof authorship. fore his booth, a Chinese vegetable vender proceeded to' arrange some A haughty measures of artichokes. Odd Form of Punishment a and came overturned citizen In the days when It was customary measure, thus along the finest that disclosing to bestow the title "Mrs. on all women were on top. Whereupon specimens of mature years, whether married or he upbraided the vender, saying: unmarried, deprivation of the prefixes "now is It, wily one, that you put the Mr. and Mrs. was among the punishartichokes at the top?" ments enforced lu the American colo- biggest 1$ it not that way with life. Honornies, says the Detroit News. The reo. able? responded the vender calmly. ords of Massachusetts show that in "Are not the biggest men at the top? 1080 Josias Plaistowe was condemned "for stealing four baskets of corn Safe from tbe Indians, to return them eight A bright little girl, aged four, and baskets again, to be fined five pounds and hereafter to be called Josias, not her brother, aged six, were spending Mr., as he used to be. the night with their aunt. When bedThough the penal code also provided time came the aunt asked them how for depriving women of the prefix, they said their prayers. The little there is no record of this clause hav- girl answered : "Sometimes I say them on muddys knees and someing been enforced. times to the side of the bed. "And how about you, little boy? The First Ad asked the aunt. The first known English newspaper Oh, I dont need to pray. 1 sleep advertisement concerned, not pills, with Everybodys Magazine. daddy. soap, tobacco, liquor or ladles clothing, but a lost horse. It appeared in the Moderate, of March 27, 1649, and Many Crops of Leaves. ran: "Reader, thou art entreated to Evergreen trees differ from decida blackish kind of and enquire after uous trees, which shed all tlie!r leaves piebald nag, very poor, his face, feet annually. In that the leaves of everand flank white, and a little white tip green trees last for a full year or on his tail, wall eyes. He was stolen more. This means, says Nature Magfrom grass 'from John Rotherham, of azine of Washington, that one crop of Whosoever leaves can always be found on an Barnet, In Hertfordshire. will enquire, find him out, and bring evergreen tree and sometimes as many or send tiding of him shall have what as five or even ten annual leaf crops content they will for 'their pains. at one time; a'blt-absent--mind- - Burial of Braddock Gen. Edward Braddock was burled In the middle of the road about 50 Care miles- from Cumberland, Md. - , was taken to close the grave and have the troops and wagon train pass over It to efface all marks of tbe burial. This was to prevent desecration of the remains by the Indians. Many years later General Braddocks grave was discovered when a road was being built through that part of Pennsylvania. Part of the bones of Braddock finally found their way to a museum in Philadelphia. It la said that some of them were also taken to England. At any rate they were removed from their resting place in the forest. Bird Imitates Mole A remarkable bird, in appearance not unlike an ordinary farmyard denizen, and known as a Highland cock, has broken away from the bird tradition and Instead of building its nest among the trees or eaves, has launched out on bold and original lines of Its own and has learned to make a subterranean nest. The Idea Is exclusive. So far ornithological experts have Osfailed to discover imitators. triches have been observed flirting with the Idea, but so far they have only been able to get their heads below the surface. Source of Suns Heat. The source of the vast amount of heat which the sun gives off cannot be the result of combustion, for if such were the case it would have been conThe Helmoholtz sumed long Ago. is generally accepted. It astheory sumes that the suns bulk Is gradually contracting, and that the energy thus produced is turned into beat.. It has been calculated that a contraction of 150 feet a year would be enough to account for the heat developed. had the reputation of being the most man for twenty mlies round, says a writer In the Yorkshire Post. UIs life bad been bard, for bis parents had died when he was barely sixteen, and he bad had to support himself by woodcutting, with no help from any one. lie had never been able to marry, and lived by himself In n small hut deep In the forest. One day he was out cutting down a very hard oak tree; he hnd only struck a few blows when crack the handle of his ax broke In two, and the bead, bouncing off a knot In the wood, rolled away down the sleep hillside, and In a moment had vanished from sight Into a deep ravine. This was the only ax that the woodcutter possessed, but he simply smiled, scratched his head, lit his pipe and returned home. It was cold weather, and on reaching his hut he found that wolves bad broken in and eaten nearly all his food- - "Never mind, he said to himself. "No use getting engry. Its lucky I still have a bit of cheese locked In the cupboard, and as for the ax. Til have to try to borrow one. That night there was a heavy snowfall and the woodcutter woke to find his roof leaking, and snow streaming onto the floor. "I must mend that tomorrow, he thought. "I'm lucky to have a bed to lie In. But during the next hour, the blizzard redoubled ; the woodcutters roof gave way completely; he was snowed under in his sleep and never woke. This story shows plainly that good humor, though a useful quality. Is a little dangerous if entirely unmixed. good-humore- d Esparto Grass Used for Many Purposes The route to Gafsa is constantly traversed by trains of camels with es- . j I. pi- tiful in the central uplands of TunUia, but as a depot Is sometimes a six days journey and CO centimes is the price of a load, there Is not much of a fortune in it for the collectors, remarks the Christian Science Monitor. At the depots it Is pressed Into bales with primitive presses and then exported. Esparto Is of very tough texture and great flexibility, and for centuries It has been used for making ropes, sandals, mats and baskets. In the Spanish navy cables made of esparto are used. Gafsa Is an Arab town with no European buildings except the barracks. Two Arab houses, at a little distance apart, constitute the only hoteL The oasis here Is specially beautiful, particularly the apricot trees which ere of Immense size and apparent age and laden with very small fruit. Arabs never prune their trees; when the fruit becomes too woody to eat, down comes the tree. , V Smelling a Rainbow From time immemorial English country folk have believed that they can smell a rainbow. Of course ii Is a mistake to believe that a rainbow odor lias any smell, hut the tuny he cuused lu this way: Itniniiows are most common in the warm days of spring, when growing vegetulion of many kinds Is giving out friigrun-and the moist air Is filled with a wonderful blending of aromatic odors. timv many people believe that (he direction of the wind at the turn of ihe season Indicates what Is to be exacted during the coming three months! There Is no scientific evidence that such in the case. Probably the Idea arose from the circumstance that British weather tends1 to preserve Its character. Thus, If a certain kind of weather Is experienced for ten days, the probability in greater that the type will persist for another period, rather than that a change 111 come about." Yes, Why Net? If the. worlds chemists and the world's engineers ..would hold annual meetings in a friendly spirit, for the salvation of mankind! If they could agree together that to exercise their Ingenuity on the perfecting of destructive agents for the use of governments was a crime; to take money for it a betrayal of their siecles! If we could have such exchange of International thought as that, then Indeed we might hear the rustle of salvation's wings. not? John all why And after Galsworthy. ( j One Fighting Rabbit. Rabbits are not supposed to fight In fact you will say that you never All Fear ,Duppyrt heard of one that did. But In Brigh"Duppy is the legendary horror of ton, Eng., they had a rabbit that was a hard and vicious fighter. This rabbit Jhe Jamaica Negro. To see Dupoy, not alone fought and whipped, crack who is variously characterized as a terriers, known as the figlitingest of woman In red, a lame man or a white-sheete- d figure at night, means calamdogs, but also killed rats for ities without number. 4 i |