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Show THE BATTLESHIP UTAH! ; ; rrs-: '.',:. $-M& Iww.ftttW-h Butt l.aks City. The baltleahlp "Utah," launched at Camden, New Jersey, December 21, linn). Is a veasid of Ihe lireadnsiiHlit type, 610 fuel long, all feet wide and displaces 21.ti-f tuna, with a draft of 2H feet Inrhus. Her arniainent Is composed of ten t: inrh guns, sixteen 6 lin h gun, and the usual small calibre suns. Hhe hss two II Inch submerged totieiio tubes. The vessel will be propelled by Par-anna Par-anna turbines, bolng the llntt I'nlted Blalea hutlleshlp 'Willi thla type ol machines and alio will burn oil fuel In connection wrttll coal. Him h:is the usual complement of officers and men and la lilted up. In every respect, according to the customary practice ol the United Blatcs navy. The "I'lah" will be, when placed In commission, the largest vessel completed com-pleted for the I'lilled Unites navy, snd will have sieed of about SI knots. A patriotic, custom has been fol lowed by the aeveral stales of the Union In whose honor haltliwlilps have boen named, of providing Ihe vessel with t Bllver service. The coat of these services has luiiKCd from Ave to twenty live thousand dollars. Tho funds for purchasing the same have been nil m d In tlin several alntes In various ways by legislative appropriation, appro-priation, private aiilisciiptlon, and sub serlpiluiis by the Mil Inns ci.ios ol the lutes. Tho "I'lah" will not be behind the other vessels In this reaped, a com mil lee having been appointed to a i-cure i-cure a silver service which will be the prldu of the officers and crew ol "Utuh," and a credit to tho stnto. The diver icrvlc which ha been selected by the committee consist of admit one hundred and thirty p. coos. On the larger ploeea of Hi service, ai- a typical of Utah natural na-tural scenery and resource, a well as those which are of a historical nature, na-ture, will be engraved. Among the larger engiavlnxa will bo arcno rep-tesenilng rep-tesenilng pioneer and modern meana of transportation, the artists having o-bited for thla puriioso the pioneer Hi-team and the modern palatini Kieam train crossing the l.ucln Cut off; lilack Hock at (lurfleld, showing the lake In the distance; composite picture pic-ture of a mining camp; Pioneer Monument, Monu-ment, and uumber oT typical Utah mounlnln aecncB. The twenty seven punch cups which go wllh the punch service will bear scenes typlcul of the twenty seven rountlea of the state, and each Individual cup will hear legend setting forth In a few words the ro sources of tho county It represents. repre-sents. Piactli'iilly all of the coun-tles coun-tles havn rcaimuded to the committees' commit-tees' Invitation fur auggustlon and Ihn collodion of pliulographa will convoy splcudld Idea of the diversified diversi-fied producta and resources of the sluto. All the cltlrena of Utah have been, or will be, given an opportunity to contribute to thl silver service, for tho battleship Utuh, which la to nave lis trial trip In tho near future. Kven , ,. " the school children aro to contrlbuto . '' their luilo. so that the men and : t women of Iho future may have a real '' ' Interest In tho great war voasel ,; . . named for the state of Utah. '. f- ' |