Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1916 — Page 3

City of the Saints

USUALLY it’s the young school ma’am who pre-empts the seat next the driver of the sightseeing auto, who asks the question: “Is polygamy really extinct among these Mormons?" The others behind strain their ears, for they’ve been dying to make the same query. You see, in Salt Lake City you never can tell. Our own guide about the city, for example, was an Intelligent young Mormon who was born under the system, writes Felix J. Koch in the Utica Globe. In reply they tell you volubly and vaguely that the United States courts have declared polygamy to be illegal, and the Mormon church itself some short time after promulgated an edict forbidding Its practice. Visitors to Salt Lake City naturally seek first of all the ‘‘holy of holies” of Mormonism, the Temple block. This, if nothing else, makes one admit that a people, born of polygamy, who can accomplish such wonders as just this structure here, are undoubtedly the peers of many monogamous races. Out on,what was the desert at the time of the Mormons’ coming, in a desert which tires the traveler even as he glides across it now by railway, there is a city that is as beautiful as any in the land. And its most beautiful thing is this Temple block. You enter by one of the large gates built of wooden gratings and come upon a small brick structure housing the bureau of information and headquarters for guides. The steps lead up between two lions into the little struc-

tn re reserved to this end; beds of palm . and cacti are "banked at either side, and ahead broad cement walks seem to Invite you to obtain your cicerone and explore. With a “sister of the church” as guide, you start. Out in the court she halts to tell the story of the sea gulls, to whose memory the new statue Is in course of erection, then continues on to the great granite churchlike building that serves as assembly hall. Within the church body is divided by two long aisles, simple walls of white plastering, reaching up to the roof. The interior Is not as large as the Tabernacle, and so suits certain purposes better. The Mammoth Organ. The assembly hall has a notable new mammoth organ, concerts on which also draw crowds. Just before it the arrangement is typical of Mormon assembly houses. High above, the celling is 1 attractive, too, being divided into sections by curving ridges of a heavy wood. Throughout the assembly hall will bear comparison with church structures in any part of the world.. Crossing the court once more, you learn more of the Mormons. No stated time for worship is set by them. Prayer may be-'held at any time. The entrance to this huge Tabernacle is the more unique because so insignificant. Just a small rear door, reached by a wed step. Thence on, up similar stairs, you pass, to the heart of the great Tabernacle. You emerge bn a platform that allows you to survey the vast spaces. Just before you Is the area for the choir, behind you other series of chairs tier up to the big organ. The instrument is of heavy wood; the great pipes gilded and over them all hangs the legend, “Welcome to Utah.” Before the pulpit, close at hand, a large leather bench has posi-

CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING

tlon. Then comes an array of chairs, covered over when not in service. On beyond you face the monster arena of pews, yellow, long, smooth benches these, in four endless series, stretching back from the rail; their evenness broke only by a curious series of yellow posts, richly veined, that extend back in severe rows to support the balcony. • ; Well over that balcony slopes the curious arched roof, one of the greatest arches of its sort in existence. Down from it depend great chandeliers to illumine the chamber. At the heart of the roofing two skylights, square cut, accentuate to the eye the height of this ceiling, as well as reveal its thickness. Temple All of Wood. Meanwhile your guide tells how all the structure was put up of wood, and this at a time when the builders were 1,000 miles from a railway. A people that could erect such a thing as this, whether born in polygamy or not, is not to be despised. Nor has It failed to keep pace with the times. The organ, for example, is run by electricity, and a people who will Invest in an organ of 5,500 pipes, ranging from half an inch to 35 feet in size, cannot be lacking in culture. Far down at the front of the organ the three seats await the presiding officers. Sometimes 22 presiding officers are marshaled here. The system maintained in the church government, especially considering the numbers governed, is marvelous. Not even the splendidly organized Roman Catholic church has ever attempted to exact a

THE TEMPLE

tithe in kind from all communicants. But the Mormon church receives a tenth of all the annual profits of its membership; it sells the wares, when paid in kind; it attends te its churches and it sends out missionaries the world over, and yet never has one heard a breath of scandal over distribution of the stupendous funds come to its trustees’ hands.

Your guide explains the division of the Church of Mormon here, while you fix the picture in your memory. You note the strange spottings caused by age upon the ceiling above; you note the strange chandeliers more closely. By and by you, take the steps to the balcony, occupying one of the innumerable seats that range back from the rail. You look straight across to the organ front, to realize distances here, then recall how the gallery is built back some two feet and a half from the wall in order to better the acoustics. Off in the distance, 200 feet or more from where you sit, a janitor, busy cleaning, drops a pin on the rail and you hear it quite distinctly. He rubs his hands and you catch the sound as though you stood close by. All this, remember, is not result of chance, but careful planning by e the Mormons. ’ In Utah today, church and state are distinct and separate and all offices of government are open to Mormon and non-Mormon. As result, the state levies its tax on the Mormon, and this he has to meet, along with his church tax. Despite this double taxation Utah folk bear up well and flourish. Sult Lake City has shops, homes, streets the equal of any in the land. In tact there Is a certain cleanliness, froshnese and charm to it that delight and th:> cause the traveler to thrrv, again anagain in the “City oi the Saints," as is exiled.

' THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

SALARY CUT IN FALL

Managers Contemplate Reduction in Players’ Stipends. V .1 " ■ ■ ■ Baseball Magnates Agitated Over Result Likely to Follow When Wages Are Reduced—Most of Trou- - ble Be From Mouth. One of the many questions agitating the baseball powers that be is this: Is there going to be any serious trouble when the salary cutting season opens in the fall? Usually the pleasant autumnal months have merely ushered in the salary boosting time. Particularly was this true when the Federal league was in its heyday, picking all the peaches from the 0..8. bough that weren’t glued fast with higher salary cement? The winds that blew across the orchard naturally boosted the total in the old pay envelope. But now that the wind of competition is stilled —ah, me! these coming days are likely indeed to be “the saddest of the year.” But what will happen when the pruning knife is taken in hand and the farmers set in to work? If, as-is reported, salaries are really to go on the toboggan, there’s bound to be trouble. Of course, most of the trouble will be of the mouth variety. The “foot” may be added to the "mouth” disease, in some instances. Where there is any doubt of the actual, real value of a player as a drawing card, he may find himself in the discard if he raises too big a howl. •’ It is said that the players are up to the minute prepared. From time to time the members of the various clubs have been meeting as the schedule has brought them to New York, and meeting not only themselves but the managers of their own mutual protection band. Just how many meetings there have been behind the mysteriously locked doors I don’t know, nor do I know how far any association has been formed and plans laid.

CLASSY RIGHT-HAND PITCHER

Fred Toney of Cincinnati Is Ranked With Alexander —Performing in . Clever Fashion. In Fred Toney. Manager Mathewson of Cincinnati, has one of the classiest right-handed pitchers in baseball, a man who ranks with Alexander in effectiveness, and who will give the Quaker star a run for pitching honors in all likelihood v this season. Toney is a Southerner, having been born in Nashville, Tenn., 26 years ago. He first began pitching regularly in 1900 with an amateur team known as the Free Silver Sluggers, in Nashville, and lost but two games all year. The following season he played semiprofesslonally in Nashville, winning 26 out of 31 games. In 1908 he played for a time with the Bowling Green

Fred Toney.

(Ky.) team, and in mid-season received a tryout with the Winchester club of the Blue Grass league. He made good and the following year wa* the star of the league, though he didn’t advance. In 1909 he made such u sensational record that the Philadelphia Nationals obtained him and took him up at the close of the year. He was shifted to Chicago, where he played the following year, and after a couple of seasons figured in another swap, this time to the Reds, with whom he is now performing in brilliant fashion.

PROVIDENCE HAD STAR TEAM

Won Twenty Consecutive Games in 1884—Charley Radbourne Pitched in Eighteen Contests. The Providence team of 1884 won 2C straight games, hearting the recent winning streak of the Giants by three games. Charley Radbourne pitched in 18 of the 20 contests. The Providence dub that season numbered, in addition to the mighty Radbourne, such players as Bancroft, Lovett, Farrell, Start, Dally, Irwin. Crane, Radford, Murray, Carroll, Denny, Bassett and Gilligan. The Chicago club that was overthrown four times in the Providence sweep had such stars as Anson, Pfeffer, Williamson, Burns, Dalrymple, Kelly, Gore, Billy Sunday and Silver Flint — a wonderful organization. .

MAKING DELIBERATE USE OF BEAN BALL

Charges that pitchers are making deliberate use of the bean ball are flying thick and fast in the American league. In the opinion of the majority it is high time that the solons of baseball took a decided stand in this matter and promulgate a ruling by which power was vested in the umpire-in-chief to discriminate between a fast ball that broke sharply at a batter and the deliberate use of the bean ball to drive a dangerous man back from the plate, says a writer in an exchange. Ajiitcher declared guilty of the, use of this unfair, if not illegal, delivery should be fined and suspended. To be sure, in the majority of cases the hitting of a batsman is due to accident, but Just so long as one pitcher is accused of making use of such unsportsmanlike tactics the batters should be protected. Imagine a man .like Walter Johnson, Jeff Tesreau, Grover Alexander or Jeff Pheffer, the

PASSING OF CHARLEY DOOIN

Despite His Light Weight, He Caught Wonderful Game of Ball—Most Accurate in Throwing. The passing of Charley Dooin to the Minors marks the retirement of another veteran from the big show.

Charley Dooin.

Dooin started playing ball 18 years ago. Dooin was the smallest of all the Major league catchers. When he broke into the big show he weighed 128 pounds, and today tips the scales at about 150. Nevertheless, he caught a wonderful game of ball, and was noted for his accurate throwing to second. Dooin is well fixed financially, being a shrewd investor.

FUTURE STARS ARE INVITED

About 10,000 Amateurs Expected to Visit Forbes Field as Club’s Guests Aug. 27. Ten thousand amateur baseball players of the Pittsburgh district are invited to be guests of the Pittsburgh baseball club at Forbes Field on Tuesday afternoon. August 29. It will be amateur baseball day and the future greats will pay tribute to Manager Jimmy Callahan and his players. The arrangements were made through the local branch of the Pittsburgh Amateur Baseball association, which includes practically every aniateur ball player in the Pittsburgh district. The day will be known as ’•Pittsburgh Amateur Day,” and a special section of the big stands at Forbes Field will be set aside for the use of the amateurs. The amateurs will have their turn On Forbes Field and the details of the program, just in Infancy, promise one of the' biggest baseball days the city of Pittsburgh has ever experienced. ■-*

OPPONENTS OF UNFAIR DELIVERY.

Brooklyn giant, standing up on the mound and deliberately trying to shoot his fast one at a batter’s head. Roy Corhan, now with the Cardinals, was hit on the head with a pitched ball and has been gun shy ever since. He was forced to take a short trip to the minor leagues because of his timidity at the plate. Walter Johnson almost killed Jack Martin on the old American league grounds several years ago. Roger Bresnahan was hit and almost killed, but he was an exceptional man, with Tare physical courage. When he recovered he plunged right bqek into the game as if nothing had happened. But many a good maq has been driven out of the game by being hit. Some have been permanently injured. John Kinley Tener, president of the National league, is bitterly opposed to the use of the bean ball and would gladly do his part in ruling it right out of the game.

NOTES of the DIAMOND

Seasonable maxim: “A hit in time saves the nine.” ♦ • * Jimmy Johnston is making good with a vengeance for the Dodgers. • • • Joe Jaekson and Jack Ness are the only Sox players hitting over the .300 mark. • * * Dave Robertson of the Giants was the first National league player to get 100 hits. * * • Zwilling should make good for the Indians as soon as he gets used to the high altitude. Manager Griffith of Washington has decided to make an outfielder out of Pitcher. Sam Rice. * ♦ * se When the thermometer is flirting with the 98 mark, ball players are in favor of compulsory bathing. _____• • Roger Peckinpaugh does not hit as often as some of the other Yanks, but his blows are usually timely. ♦ * * The big question in Cincinnati right now is: Will Matty be able to make good where Herzog failed? • • • If Larry Doyle is going to do any leading of the National league swatters this year he will have to get busy pretty soon. Philadelphia still has strong hopes that the next world’s series" will be played at the Bellvue-Stratford and the Waldorf. As it looks so far, the only president in the National league who hasn’t a chance for the pennant Is John K. Tener. •• • ~ Hughie High, according to Bill Donovan, is one of the best defensive outfielders in the major leagues and he’s hitting .280. ** * > It might be said that sometimes a manager makes an addition to his team, and when it is too late finds put it was a subtraction. f « • • Struggling along with a tail-end outfit, Jacobson, the Rochester gardener, is showing the way in International league batting. * • • Manager Jones of the Browns telle us that the Red Sox will not repeat this year, but fails to state in which direction the Browns are headed. «• * « According to a published box score, the line-up of the New London Eastern league team contains such names as M'riiefka, R’drig’z and Wh’ek’se. • * • Manager McGraw of the Giants now admits that the Robins are a dangerous flock of birds, but adds that the admission is made in the hops that it may prove a jinx to the Brook* iya speeders.

HOME TOWN HELPS

DESTROY BEAUTY OF CITY Card* and Placard* Have No Place in Street* of Any Well-Ordered Community. - Political ambitions are becoming so much an obstacle to civic beauty that the esthetic souls of many communities have been on the verge of rebellion for some time past. When a man becomes obsessed with a desire to shine in public life he announces his matchless virtues by means of flaring cards and placards. These cards are placed at every point where the human vision might be expected to dwell. Does one pause to enjoy the grandeur of a rural scene, he Is reminded from every tree and rock that “Smith Is the people’s choice for constable," or that “Jones' stands for the square deal.* The outrage is heightened by a series of homely visages showing the aspiring ones in various poses of vanity. Vandalism is a strong term, but id it too strong for such practices? The worst part is that it is perennial. The bounteous crop sown at election time Is permitted to remain the year around. By the time the elements have succeeded in destroying one crop, another has put in appearance. Cards may be found In any grove—the cards of men who have been politically dead for years. It may have been proved at the polls that the erstwhile “people’s choice” was not any one’s choice;, yet he must be regaled with the placards on every tree and eminence. Minneapolis, whose finer sensibUltj.es have been aroused, will have no more of this. Hereafter, candidates will have to proclaim their virtues in some other manner. Defacement of scenery by homely visages and trite slogans will be Inhibited by law. At an election now impending, most of the candidates have agreed to keep their placards out of public scenic places. Others are to be arrested. The example set by Minneapolis is a worthy one.—Portland Oregonian.

TROUBLES OF LARGE CITIES

Land Ownership in Europe Carries Responsibilities That Are Unknown in This Country. In Europe extensive land ownership frequently involves municipalities in unprofitable disputes. A large town owning a parcel of land in a nearby township proposes to build a hospital on It. The project Is not pleasing to the township; its council prepares a building plan for the district, and runs a street through the proposed hospital site. Berlin Itself was, only a few years ago, treated thus by a suburban neighbor. Electoral laws are severe; disenfranchisement Is sweeping in effect. Under the “three class” method of apportioning the voting power, a taxpayer in the “first class” may have thirty times as much voting power as one in the second, and 400 times as much as their “third class” neighbor. Again, municipal governments are business agencies with most liberal charters. They build barracks —in the larger cities the average number of persons housed in one structure runs from Frankfort’s 20 to Berlin’s 77 and these structures are material of a purely speculative business which cannot be regarded as a healthful influence physically or politically in the city’s life. These things and a hundred others of similar nature do not condemn German municipal government any more than the peculiar excellences of the system constitute a condemnation of the British system in which those particular excellences are lacking. But they do bring out the difficulties of government and emphasize the fruitlessness of comparison of systems. —Exchange.

Window Seats Make for Comfort.

One of the details, of planning which should not be overlooked Is the matter of window seats, of which there can hardly be too many in a home. la every bay window where possible a window seat should be constructed, and so constructed as to be useful as well as ornamental; that it have covers in the top, neatly hinged and so arranged that they may be easily opened to permit using the space under the seat for the storage of things which it Is desired to have handy and for which there seems no other convenient place. Around the fireplace there is nothing more attractive and comfortablei looking than a nice built-in seat, and 1 cover, as the space beneath is very useful for storing the kindling w-ood and occasionally a few big .sticks aswell, when it is not convenient to use a wood box or basket beside the fireplace.

Wide Streets in Uruguay.

Cities that are worrying over narrow streets and sidewalks may take a lesson from the recent action of Montevideo, capital Of .Uruguay, which has passed an ordinance requiring that all buildings be erected at least 32.8 feet from the boundary line, except in the business district, where 13.12 feet! spare frontage must be allowed for* walks and parking, and must be entirely free from steps, balustrades andt ornaments.