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I' H 4 GOODWIN'S WEEKLY. H friends when he reached home, "I may never H reach home." H Living day and night, on the sea and beneath H it, every hour -with the grim spectre Derore his H eyes, but yet cheerful; that requires a nerve dif- H ferent from those an impetuous American carries H with him. In nothing is the German spirit so H shown as in their submarine successes. H After leaving Newport harbor Captain Rose H quickly showed what his mission was. H The Allies insist that the law of nations should H ie amended to forbid submarine warships from H entering neutral ports, and that in case they did, H that they be interned. This on account of their H peculiar construction and possible efficiency. Are H these good reasons? War is Avar. Suppose the H Allies had produced a specially destructive craft H or gun would they favor the application of such H a rule? H It is said our government will permit no block- H ade of our ports. As we have no merchant ships, H how would we be affected by such blockade? We H are told that our Atlantic fleet will patrol our H eastern coast in search of armed submarines. H Did not Captain Rose come into Newport with H 'more than thirty warships on watch? 1 Hj A Great Sailor THE death of Admiral Francis H. Cook should receive more than a passing notice. H When news was received that Admiral Cervera M had left Spain, and later had left Cape de Verde M islands sailing west, much alarm was felt on our M eastern coast and a squadron, called "The Flying M Squadron," in command of Commadore Schley H was stationed ostensibly at Hampton Roads, but H its real mission was to protect the eastern coast M cities against Cervera's fleet. Schley's flag ship M was the Cruiser Brooklyn, which ship was under H the immediate command of Captain Cook. M Captain Sampson's squadron was keeping watch B over Havana. Hj When the news that Cervera had sailed west H Sampson thought his destination would be the H harbor of San Juan in Porto Rico, and proceeded M there. Schley was also on the alert and from a M port in Cuba learned that Cervera's fleet or a B part of it had reached Santiago on the southern M coast of Cuba. He was ordered to blockade that M port and hold it until help could reach him. M Sampson was given supreme command and M ordered to the same place. Hj There the two squadrons were united. The H flrst idea was to block the channel with a sunken Hj ship, the ship Merrimac was selected for the work H and Lieutenant Hobson given command. He H failed because the ports and the ships inside, H riddled his craft and shot away his steering gear H and the ship sank lengthwise instead of across M the channel. H Then a day's bombardment by the fleet was H ordered and a Spanish officer in the Spanish fleet H described it as something fearful "one long thun- H der." Then the ships of the united squadrons M were given their stations around the entrance to Hj the harbor. " The order given by Sampson was in H the event of the attempted escape of the Spanish H fleet, not to wait for further orders but to rush H the ships upon the enemy. The siege lasted Hj through the whole month of June. At last on H July 3rd, a beautiful Sabbath morning, Admiral H Sampson sailed away to Guantanamo, thirty miles H east, to consult with General Shatter. Sudden- H ly the leading ship of the Spanish squadron was H seen coming out of the harbor. H Evans on the Iowa was one of the flrst to see H it, and notified Cook on the Brooklyn by firing a H gun and blowing a siren. The instant order of H Cook was "full steam ahead and steam on all H the boilers." H There was a little confusion in the fleet for a HI few minutes in all trying to obey the order to H rush at the enemy, but it was soon righted. The Oregon came on passing the Iowa and the Texas to her place beside the Brooklyn and those two ships kept side by side untii the last and swiftest Spanish ship was driven ashore. Tho names of Captain Clark of the Oregon and Cook of the Brooklyn are indiscernibly linked together in glory. They both should have been made ad mirals the day after the great victory. The Deep Creek Railroad BETTER late than never. It is understood that the contracts for the construction of the Deep Creek railroad are all signed, and that con struction will be begun right away and hurried to completion, and that the long expected is really going to happen. Had the very wealthy men of Salt Lake and the city subscribed a few dollars each, enough to build forty miles "of that road, which would not have cost to exceed $300,000; they could have borrowed enough more to have completed the road to Deep Creek. It would have returned them all the money in two years, what it would have made the next year would have continued tho road past Aurum and Murray districts to Ely, which would have doubled its revenues. Then when Tonopah was found another link of one hundred and thirty miles would have taken the road to Tonopah, and another link of forty miles would have carried it to Goldfield. When it reached Ely it would have had twenty mining districts to supply and from which to bring the ores to Salt Lake for reduction. Connected with Tonopah and Goldfield it would have had the full trade of all southern Nevada. By this time it would have made every man connected with it a millionaire and would have doubled the business and inhabitants of Salt Lake City. It was not a gamble at all but a some thing the possibilities of which were perfectly apparent, and were clearly pointed out at the time. It is still a good enterprise though twenty five years of profits have been lost and two com peting roads from the west have been built, one to Ely and one to Tonopah and Goldfield. As it is the new road will have fifteen districts to draw upon and some of them are as filled with promise as Ely was five years ago. We congratulate those interested in the enter prise and believe that part of the ground lost may yet be recovered and that the developments that the road will make possible will be an astonish ment to those who have been listlessly listening to Deep Creek talk for a quarter o a century. SPEAKING of changing the date for the an nual state fair, how would it do to have it come just after instead of just before the con ference? In that case one shirt would do for both con ference and fair, where it requires two shirts for fair and conference. But seriously the date should be changed, and tho fair should open just after the rush work on the farm is completed. PRESIDENT WILSON'S recent speeches indi cate that he is becoming a bit nervous over the campaign outlook. A week ago he was sure that Hughes' election would be followed by war; since then he has seemed nervous over those Re publican bosses which he believes are running things. Whether true or not, no one will deny the right of the president to discuss bosses. If he is not fitted to speak on that theme, there is nothing in natural and acquired ability. THE nations of Europe are like children, who have each seized a live wire with both hands. Their bu lies complete tho circuit. It shocks them so they can make no loud cries, but still holds them, so they cannot let go. It is time for the neutral nations to disconnect that dynamo. STRAIGHT TALK The recent withdrawal of the injunction suit, without prejudice, against the Cardiff Mining company and the Boston Development company probably means that the contention in which those companies and the city and county have ' been engaged for some time is a closed incident, ' and more complete investigation made following a recent article in these columns regarding the proposed suit indicates that it should be closed. In the article referred to it was stated that the city and county had agreed to expend $30,000 in improving the roadway in Big Cottonwood can yon, the impression being given that the city and ' county had put up all of the money, whereas each of the mining companies had contributed $5,000 their proportion agreed to, with the under standing that they would put up an equal propor tion if further expenditures were necessary. The correction is made accordingly. Since the withdrawal of the suit and a more thorough investigation of the conditions, physical and legal, it would seem from the reports made by Herman Harms, state chemist, who took twenty-five samples of the water, that it was not polluted, as he found colon baccilli in only two of the samples and this was not from the vicinity of the city's conduit. There is another important matter having a bearing on the case: In the city's statement of vital statistics issued by the board of health for the years 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915, we find the following figures: Cases of typhoid in the First ward, 1912 118 Cases of typhoid in the First ward, 1913 131 Cases of typhoid in the First ward, 1914 87 Cases of typhoid in the First ward, 191G 77 The record of typhoid is taken in the First ward because, as we understand it, that is where most of the Big Cottonwood water is used, and the significant fact in the table is that there was a very noticeable decrease in the number of cases of typhoid in the years 1914 and 1915, when the fight on tho teams in the canyon was at its height. We have no figures for 1916 as yet, but we understand the proportion of cases of typhoid is relatively low. In view of this and further in view of tho fact that in the agreement signed by the city and county and the Cardiff and Boston Development companies, these companies agreed to proportion ately meet any further expense that might be necessary to improve conditions, it is a little dif ficult to understand why the cry of alarm was so persistently raised unless there was some mo tive behind it, other than a desire to safeguard the health of the community. If the health of the people was the sole consideration, and it was thought that the water contained certain pollution, that might result in typhoid, could it not have been purified by means of the city's chloriniza tion plant for which so many things were claimed? By the way, it would be interesting to know if 'Jv that plant is now running, and if not why not. The stocks representing the mining companies directly affected are now considerably lower than they were before the stories appeared regarding the proposed injunction suit. They have remained at comparatively low levels since that time, though the suit has been withdrawn and we are given to understand that some trucks and tract ors are being used and that more have been or dered. Would it be reasonable to suppose that any subtle influence might have been used to depress these issues, or that any dealers in automobiles would have any interest in alarming the people jjy so that they would demand the elimination of horses and wagons engaged in the business of ore hauling in the canyon? Of course, heavy teams are detrimental to the condition of the canyon road itself, but if it has