The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-13

or so. And a sterling solid old citizen he
Was-ln his way. But to get back to his
church. Among what he deemed minor
matters, Daniel was an occasional, not to
say considerable, dabbler and dealer in real
estate and had invested in building lots on
Fourth avenue. Now a large church of
almost any denomination largely enhances
the value of adjacent real estate. Propriety
forblds that | should attribute or attempt
TO attach mercenary motive to an eminen
Methodist like the late Daniel am merely
writing real estate fact, which might
actually be current quotation from the
real estate record of nearly every fashion
able quarter In the city. Some of the fine
churches on Fifth, Madison and Lexington
avenues tell the same matter of fact bust
ness story. Some of them were well under
way long before the surrounding locality
was even settled, excepting by q scaut and
shanty population; but the lots were there,
the owners not far away, and it's simply
amazing how the land went up when the
Locality became, so to speak, respectable
In lesser way it is like beginning an opera
house on prairie and letting a town grow
UP around it.
SUNDAY SALOONS.
Nothing said recently on the liquor cues
tion mas created so much talk in the clubs
and about town generally as has Mayor
Grants few words to the LIQUOR dealers
convention last week. The mayor was
called upon to make brief address of wei
come to the delegates, which he did in an
of-hand way, and then, taking a page of
type written matter from his pocket, he
read dozen lines or so on the excise laws,
which has set the town talking Everyone
knows that the big hotels violate the excise
laws every Sunday in the year by selling
drinks to whoever comes into the bar, takes
seat at table and calls for the liquid re-
freshment required. This is done without
any attempt at concealment and yet there
is no interference by the police. But let
saloon keeper on the east or west side sell q
glass of beer, and there is likely to be
policeman handy if the customer himself
isn't an officer in citizens dress, to lead
him off to the police court The mayor in
his little speech said a law suould be passed
which can be enforced, and he favored a
measure which permitted sales on certain
hours on Sunday. This was a courageous
attitude for the mayor to take in commu-
nifty where there is so strong a prejudice
against licensing the sale of liquor on Sun
day. The fact that there has been no out
cry against the suggestion, leads TO the be-
lief that even the Sabbatarians are will
ing to ooncede the folly of the present ex-
else laws and accept the inevitable, which
is the legallzing of the sale of liquor on
Sunday. Every one, barring the bibulous
hummer, would be glad il the sale of LIQUOR
could be prohibited this one day in the
week, but since experience shows that this
cannot be done, society will have to accept
the next best thing. This question has
been pretty thoroughly canvassed of late.
and the best judgment seems to be that
the London Sunday law will solve the
problem for New York, as it has done for
that metropolis. So it will not be surpris-
ing II the next step in liquor legislation in
this state will be toward an ''open season
for bars" as it were, during certain hours
OF Sunday. In connection with the excise
question and the vigilance with which the
police watch one class of violators of the
Sunday law, new story has been intro
duced into the clubs and not without fair
OF success. 1t is to the effect that
two lmmigrents-a German and an Irish
man--fell out during the voyage and before
reaching New York had a fight, in which
the son OF Erin, strange to say was
'bested." Patrick pulled his nose into
place, acknowledged the defeat and said
"Be gobs, Dutchy licked me, but rll be
avin wild him yit" "And the very next
week." as the story concludes, 1.-THE Irish
man made his threat good, for the German
had set up saloon on his beat and he ar
rested him for keeping open on Sunday"
AN ENEMY OF STANDARD OIL.
George Rice, who has been persistently
fighting the Standard Oh company for if
teen years or more, has been in New York
for couple of weeks. Rice always
stops at the Astor house, perhaps because
he is there nearer his natural enemy on
lower Broadway, and in a better position
to scale the ramparts and seek the oleagen-
Gus citadel should an opportunity be offered
There is nothing of the fighter in Mr.. Rice,s
appearance except in the matter of physi-
cal proportions. He stands ABOUT six feet
three or four and is built to suit He is
ruddy of complexion and sandy as to hair
with reddish mustache which he keens
closely cropped to his lip. With all his |
majestic proportions and fighting complex
ion, Rice is the mlldest hammered man that
comes to town. He moves noiselessly
about the hotel corridors with his hands in |
his pockets, or issues forth upon the streets
low soft air, as if there were |
nothing but love in his heart. At the same |
time he is doubtless planning some coup by |
which he may up trip the big petroleumists. |
and become master of the situation himself !
1t is Rice's cherubic countenence and man
ners approaching the angelic, coupled with
such bulldog fighting qualities, which
make him a curious study. With that
shining morning face" of his and his mild
blue eye he is still, by all odds, the hardest |
the Standard Oil company has
yet encountered. Rice has a refinery in
Ohio, and small oil production
in Ohio, and with these as basis of opera
ton, he alleges discrimination against him
self as retner, producer and transporter. |
and once in while he makes his point
He has fought the Standard before Con- |
yressional committees, the Interstate eom-
nerce commission, legislative committees |
and dozen courts of law. This protracted |
litigation has cost him many thousands of
dollars. Sometimes it is wondered where
Ill his money comes from to fight the Stand
ard but people who know Rice say he runs |
lis refinery night and day and lives spar
ngly in order that he may have funds to
larry on what seems to be the purpose of
lis existence. l am told that he now has a
bomb under the Standard Trust and that
brings him to New York occasionally to
lee how the fuse is working. Rice saws if
he attorney gen eral of the state will give
linn a hearing he will show him that the
rust hasn't a legal leg to stand on. In the
meantime the Standard continues to do
at the old stand and the dovelike
tut destructive Rice moves softly to and
70, whistling his favorlte tune, and there
5 no telling what may happen.
HENRY Z. ABBEY.
What wonderful fellow is Henry E.