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Show MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS REACH THE TOP OF ! OBSERVATORY A mountain climbing party composed com-posed ot William Crossman. H L. Griffin, Seth Griffin. H L Grout, Wil Ham Critchlow, Victor and Marcus Critohlow and Clifford and W'lllard Kay Jr, made a trip to Observatory Peak Saturday night and Sunday I morning that proved to be well worth I th' energy expended Taey ieft the city shortly after 11 p. m Saturday, and climbed steadily until Malan's Heights was reached. ' The peak was reached between 5 and I 5:31 a. m, Sunday The sun rise, as viewed from the 5000-foot eminence above the city was said by all to have been supremely beautiful, while the lights of the city, which they turned bach to lock at at intervals during the climb, made a wonderful scene Mr Crossman. who Is 71 years of ai,e. proved to be one of tbe best mountaineers in the troop and stood the arduous climb exceptionally well. no iSCIENTIFIC ASPECT OF THE WORD OF WISDOM Professor Alfred J Pack of the University of Utah gave a splendid address In the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon on the subject of "The Scientific Sci-entific Aspect of the Word of Wisdom Wis-dom " The service was conducted by Elder Frank Williams and the following fol-lowing musical numbers formed a pleasing part of the program: Prelude 'Communion' (Flagler) Sam F Whitaker Duet Thv Will be Done'' Vera and Howard Shupe Solo "The Door or Hope" ( E. R Bell) Ethel Layne Duet. "God is Love" (Jeromei . Vera and Howard Shupe Solo. ' Atter the Storms of Lire". Miss I,avne The invocation was offered by El der William Owens and Prof. Pack was introduced to the congregation by Elder Heber Scowcrort In his opening remarks. Proressor p:ick stated that he had studied many religions carefully, but had come to the conclusion that Mormonism was in a class by itself It Is the only true religion in its Intlrety. he said, although there are many good doctrines doc-trines taught by other creeds Continuing, he said that salvation was based on obedience to law and that God had given laws to men that they might work out their own salva tlon The Word of Wisdom is one of these laws and if men would gain a physical salvation they must obey It ! is a sad thing that the body should grow old, while the spirit Is still young, but this condition would not be, (I men would study the Word of Wisdom and itve according to its teachings, it is the opinion of the great scientists of the world that a proper habit of diet will make it pos- 1 s'ble for men to live forever. In speaking of the salient features of the Word of Wisdom, he referred In particular to the awful effects of. alcoholic liquors and tobacco on the human system It is useless, he stat-1 ed, for a person to believe that these things can be Indulged In even to a mlnbr extent, for a poison Is always a poison and its effects are cumulative cumula-tive In nature. As to the use of tobacco, he brought out the fact that the deaths of 1600 boys, are annually traced to it. more '.ives than were lost in the great Titanic Ti-tanic disaster. In the opinion of the gieatest thinkers or the age, the use ot cigarettes cuts down a man's ef ficlcncy for work of anv kind, to a marked degree. In an Investigation that was held at the University of Utah last year, the speaker stated, it w8s found that the users of tobacco fell 37 per cent lower in their studies than did the uon-uers. Tea, coffee, coco and meats were HBWjawwyjauj.1"'' " "' also proven to come under the ban ot science In a manner similar to th; ban placed upon them by the word of wisdom He cited the statement or Hr Harvey Wiley to the effect that ir I the American people do not call a halt in the use of tea, coffee and kin dred hot drlnk6. the time will come I when laws will be agitated against their use. the same at- l-ivs are now being agitated against the use of i-quor i-quor In conclusion h said hat the revelation reve-lation of the word of wisdom alone was proof of the divinity of the mis sion nf the Prophet Joseph Sm'th, and that through living it he Mormon I people had cut tbe death rate In their ' communities down to one half of the death rate among gentile communities communi-ties In proof of this he cited the fact tbzt in Salt Lake the death ra'e 1 among the Mormons during 1910-12 was 9 out of 1000. while among the gentiles it was between 15 and 20 out or 1000. OA , , |