A. Clark, president. The guest of honor was Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. The local arrangements, and program was all that could be asked in comfort, practicability and usefulness, and the irrigation cause in the arid region never appeared before the national public to greater advantage.

PRIZES AT IRRIGATION CONGRESS.-Four cups were offered as prizes at the Irrigation Congress: The Havemeyer cup for the best sugar beet exhibit; the Pabst Brewing Co. cup for the best exhibit brewing barley; Senator Clark cup for the best general collection of fresh fruits; and the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association cup, for the best exhibit of hops. Without doubt the fruit exhibit at Ogden was the grandest ever seen in the State. Utah and Idaho were the only two competitors for the fruit cup, Montana, Colorado and Oregon not having entered for the grand prize. Idaho was awarded the trophy for the most perfect fruit. The Utah fruit was all that could be asked, except that it fell short on one point-the codling moth had marred it, there were unmistakable signs of worm depredations. The points considered were completeness of collection as to classes and varieties, perfection of specimens, correct nomenclature, and freedom from the evidence of the codling moth worm. The decision should teach Utah fruitgrowers to use the spray more. But Utah won the five hundred dollar loving cup offered by Havemeyer for sugar beets, over Idaho, Colorado, California and Kansas. It went to A. Rhodes, of Garland, Utah, who got ninety-three points; Utah Sugar Co., of the same place, ninety-two points; and Austin Bros., Rexburg, Idaho, eighty-eight points. The size, shape, percentage of purity and saccharine matter, were points considered. The Anheuser-Busch cup for hops was awarded to McNeff Bros., North Yakima, Washington; the Pabst cup for barley, to the Manhattan Malting Co., Manhattan, Montana. By a vote of two hundred and five out of three hundred and sixty, it was decided on the 18th that the next meeting will be held in El Paso, Texas. To the Executive Committee, led by Hon. F. J. Kiesel and ably assisted by Assistant Secretary W. T. Beardsley, must be credited much of the grand success of the Congress in Ogden.

AN OPINION OF THE MINISTERS.-Not long ago the Ministerial Association in Salt Lake, which it was not before known was in politics, introduced a resolution announcing that its members would not support any but non-"Mormons" for public office. This is what the Inter-Mountain and Colorado Catholic (26th) says of their movement. It is enough. If the "Mormons," however, should declare against other sects it would be considered even more unpardonable:

The ministerial Association of Salt Lake-an organization of puritanical spellbinders, who feed on sensation and provoke all the trouble they can in our municipal affairs, announce their intention to support a movement which aims at the selection of Gentiles alone for public office. What a hubbub these evangelists would raise should Catholic priests come out with a declaration against Protestants for public office. How quickly they would discover an alliance of church and state for the exaltation of Rome and the destruction of civil and religious liberty. The political party that gathers this brood of pulpit bangers into its councils deserves defeat through the votes of enlightened and tolerant citizens.

RETURN OF APOSTLE HEBER J. GRANT.-On the 27th, Apostle Heber J. Grant returned from his mission to Japan, having been honorably released. Elder Horace S. Ensign has been appointed to preside over that mission in his place. There are now six missionaries in the field, and while the prospects for genuine converts are not promising, much good is being done in presenting the gospel to the natives, and many friends are made. So far only three baptisms have been made. There is a tendency among the natives to become converts for a consideration; he had noticed that some were willing to be baptized in exchange for a knowledge of the English language. The elders are doing and feeling well, and making good progress with the language.

A NEW STAKE OF ZION.-On the recent trip north of President Joseph F. Smith and his company, the Alberta stake of Zion, Canada, was divided, and a new one, the Taylor stake, organized. The step was necessary because of the growth of the people in those parts, the settlements being now a hundred miles or more apart. It had thus become a burden upon the officers of the undivided stake to attend to their duties and to visit all the people. Appeals have come from other stakes for divisions, and these will doubtless be made in the near future. The officers of the new stake, which was organized August 30, 1903, are: Heber S. Allen, president, Theodore Brandley, and J. William Knight, counselors. The new stake was named in honor of Apostle John W. Taylor, is the fifty-first stake of Zion, and comprises the eastern part of the old Alberta stake. In the latter, former first counselor E. J. Wood was set apart as president. With President Smith were President Anthon H. Lund, and Apostles John W. Taylor, Matthias F. Cowley, and Reed Smoot.

October, 1903.

THE NEW APOSTLE.-George A. Smith who was chosen an apostle on the 6th, is the oldest son of Elder John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr, and

was born in Salt Lake City, April 4, 1870. He is the stake superintendent of the Y. M. M. I. A. in which position he has made a great success. His education was obtained in the public schools, the Brigham Young Academy, and the State University. He has been engaged as clerk in Z. C. M. I. and the Co-op. W. & M. Co., and is at present Receiver of the U. S. Land office, to which position he was appointed January 31, 1898, and which he has filled to the entire satisfaction of the public. He filled a mission to the Southern States in 1892-4, where he manifested strict devotion to duty, and was an earnest worker in the cause of truth. Politically he is a staunch Republican, one of the best campaign speakers in the state, and a man who has canvassed every county in Utah. In his new position, he will be as earnest, devoted and zealous as man can be. His life is an open book, and in the responsible position of Apostle, he will serve the people with diligence and integrity.

THE STATE FAIR.-At one o'clock on the first, the Utah State Fair, under the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, opened informally to the public for the twenty-sixth time. It closed on the evening of the 8th. Notwithstanding the storms which prevailed from the 3rd 'to the 6th, the attendance was good, and the directors came out two thousand five hundred dollars ahead of last year's receipts, and will have about two thousand dollars above the expenses which amounted to fifteen thousand dollars. Many thousands of people attended each day, but children's day, Tuesday, 6th, exceeded all expectations. The fair was pronounced the best ever held. The display of manufactures of all kinds excelled any previous attempt, while never before has there been such a splendid exhibition of first class blooded horses, and cattle. The mineral and fruit display was not as good as could be obtained in the state. Amusements were more numerous than heretofore; in fact they were made a special feature, and attracted many people who would not likely have appeared without them. A midway of amusements, baloon ascensions, and horse racing; were the main attractions in this line. A commendable feature was the mannual training exhibits of the Agricultural College and public schools. What was seen in these, had a cheering effect upon the more thoughtful visitors.

PLEADS FOR NEW TRIAL.-On the 3rd, Peter Mortensen, the convicted murderer of James R. Hay, was permitted to plead his own case in a motion by his attorney for a new trial. In a long speech, he declared his innocence, and that he was not given a fair and impartial trial, and that public sentiment is responsible for his conviction. Judge Morse of the district court denied his motion for a new trial, and sentenced him to

be shot within the exterior walls of the State prison on Friday, November 20, 1903.

MUNICIPAL NOMINATIONS.-The nominations for municipal officers throughout the State were made about the middle of October, leaving little time for orators before the November elections. In Salt Lake the primaries were held on the 12th and 15th and the conventions on the 15th and 16th. The Republicans nominated Frank Knox, and the Democrats, Richard P. Morris, for Mayor. The newspapers, and much street talk, charged great corruption in the primaries and the convention of the Republicans, but notwithstanding the heinousness of bribery, no man bribed or who knew of bribery, if such there were, has made formal charges, and there are no arrests. The public are left to wonder whether the talk is political or true. In Ogden the old Republican officers were renominated, and there is perhaps more satisfaction in political matters there than in any other place. One feature of municipal nominations this year is the placing of full Socialist tickets in the field in nearly every large Utah city. A new city, Huntsville, in Weber county, population twelve hundred, made its appearance on the 16th, when Mayor L. M. Nelson, and his Republican corps of city officers were inaugurated.

BIG MINE FIRE. On the 7th, a fire broke out in the underground workings of four of the leading mines of Eureka, Utah. Work was impossible. On the 12th, the smoke was so bad in the Bullion-Beck that it, too, suspended operations. Every known method for smothering the fire is considered, and several tried, with little or no success. Over four hundred men are out of employment. The Centennial Eureka, Gemini and Eureka Hill are affected. On the 19th, the fire is still burning.

PRESIDENT SMITH A DIRECTOR IN THE UNION PACIFIC RY.-The Union Pacific stockholders, at a meeting in Salt Lake on the 13th, elected Joseph F. Smith a member of the Board of Directors, in conformity with the plan of the road to have a Utah man in the directorate. Le Grand Young is general attorney for this State. At the meeting, one hundred and fortyseven million dollars in stock were represented.

Domestic.-September, 1903.

POSTAL AFFAIRS.-On the 15th, Miss Huldah B. Todd, postmaster at Greenwood, Delaware, was summarily removed, and Jacob L. Houseman installed in her place as postmaster of this fourth class office. The change was made on request of Senator Allee, who represents the Addicks faction in Delaware politics, because she was "politically and personally

obnoxious" to the Senator. The Civil Service Commission objected on the ground that fourth class offices are in the classified service, as far as removals are concerned, and the rules forbid removals "because of political or religious opinion or affiliations." The President has directed an examination. Postmaster Payne says Miss Todd was an offensive partizan, and allowed her office to be "headquarters of, and her family and herself to be the most active factors in, a political quarrel inside the Republican party."-The postal scandals continue to attract attention. On the 8th, the Federal Grand Jury returned seven indictments. Leopold J. Stern, the indicted Baltimore contractor, has been located in Canada and on the 10th the government began proceedings for his extradition. New York State Senator George E. Green was arrested about the 18th, charged with bribing George H. Beavers in connection with the purchase of time recording machines, of which the Department has now ten thousand on hand, manufactured by a company of which Senator Green is president. During the week ending October 15, there were seventeen additional indictments, among them being James N. Tyner, of Indiana.

EDUCATING FILIPINOS.—An interesting law has recently been enacted by the Philippine government, providing that one hundred native young men shall be sent to the States each year to be educated and fitted for positions in the insular civil service. One hundred will be chosen by competitive examination, and from these, twenty-five of the best qualified may be selected by the Governor who may also select the same number without competitive examination, but the whole number in the first year must not exceed one hundred. The government will pay five hundred dollars for the support of each student who must agree in writing to return from the States after the completion of his education, and take an examination for appointment in the civil service.

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And so the conversion of the race to our ideals will go on. in America, these young men are expected to reside with American families. The St. Louis exposition will be made an excuse for bringing from the islands twelve hundred natives to take charge of the ten thousand tons of freight that will be placed on exhibit. Incidentally these will also be trained in American ways. And then, the Civil Service Commission, on the 30th, received a call from the Philippine Government for one hundred and fifty male teachers, at salaries ranging from nine to twelve hundred per annum, to teach the young Filipino, in his native state. In the meantime, there are reactionary residents in the islands, for, on the 16th, natives attacked a constabulary post in Luzon, but were repulsed after a sharp fight. Other evidences crop out now and then showing opposition to American rule and methods.