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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

The Herald greets its many readers
this morning and wishes them all a
Happy New Year.
It is the beginning Of a new era in
the history of The Herald and in the
development of the tate. The future
is. rich in opportunities and radiant
with the Jewels of promise. During the
next two years there will be a trans
formation in Utah. Business will thrive.
trade expand, cities will grow, wealth
increase, prosperity will come and con-
tentment reign.
Local differences will be trampled
under foot, ~sectarian strife abandoned,
and the work of the agitators will come
10 naught. For the blind goddess has
tipped her cornucopia this way, and in
the scramble for her favors, and
through honest attempts to reconcile
the people of this with those of other
states, the ~animosities of the past will
be forgotten. The augur who predicts
dire calamities one month, works them
up the next, and in the third exclaims,
4 told you So" viii be jostled by men
and women of more modern times.
-A- - SNG4S 4NdoOL " ACGl G4COuI-
aged over the outlook. The Herald to-
day furnishes data from which inspira-
ton may be drawn. It offers a pros
pectus which holds out a thousand in
ducements for labor and capital, the
parents Of material development, nei-
Their of which could live without the
other.
The Herald sees III the various ave-
nues of enterprise many and excellent
opportunities for public and private ad-
vancement. It wishes all of these
chances to be used to the fullest extent.
1t desires that the coming year will
nave more of realization than disap-
pointment.
This is a day of resolutions. Every
resolution which viii tend to promote
the welfare of the state, to cement the
people in a unity of enterprise, to take
advantage of the tide, which will not
wait and may not cast up such a
wealth Of opportunity again, should be
solemnly adopted and sacredly kept.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

the growth of values rapid, the in
crease of business phenomenal.
As an Illustration, n year ago,
t~hirty-one Utah mines, according
to a table printed in another part of
this mornings Herald, represented a
value, determined by the stock market,
of S9,970,000. Today these same mines,
valued in the same way, represent
nearly SIT, 900, 900.
In twelve months they have almost
doubled in value. The effect of this
has been to revive interest in mines
and mining. 1t has not alone bene-
flied the brokers. Its influence on the
state is felt in the general revival just
beginning.
The actual transactions or the ex-
change show that the value of shares
sold during the last month of 1898 are
close to six times the sales of h first
month of that year And the Off
board business is believed to be fully
as heavy now as that done on the call.
This is but the beginning of the pros
perity to come from the mining in
dustry of Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
A VERY INQUSITI CHILD.
She Makes Things Interesting In a
Trip Down Town With He Papa.
(Chicago ChronicIe.)

kCHlCdSO CHIOIllCiS.J
Her short, plaid legs stuck out
straight in front of her as she sat be-
side her father on the sunny side of
the car. Her Napoleon hat was tipped
jauntily over her brown curls, and she
rolled her eyes contemplatively over
the passengers. Her father opened his
paper. She was silent for at least a
moment. Then she said, "Papa?"
"Yes-what is it?" in the patient
impatient tone of the family man.
What makes all the people wear
hats?''
ITO keep their heads warm, I sup
pose. DON'T ask silly questions, AL
berta."
How can l tell what questions are
silly fore 1 ask your"
We'll, you might not ask any for a
little while" the father said, looking
at his paper.
But, papa, how am I ever going to
know about things if 1 don't ask ques-
lions? Say, papa, Willie Morton says
that their cat would have taken a first
prize at the cat show if they would
taken him. Do you s'pose it would,
papa?"
How do 1 know. Alberta? 1 never
saw the cat"
But, papa, what do you think? It's
a gray cat, and it's got the biggest tail
o ever saw Do you suppose the
tail would make any difference, papa?"
Yes, ut might" the father admitted,
as he turned his paper.
II suppose "a cat with a big tail is
valuabler than a cat that has a little.
teenty tail. Don't you think so, papa?'
Yes, of course, Alberta; but can't
you be still for about half a minute
while 1 read the paper?"
What makes o want to read? Say,
can you read all the words in the
paper, papa?"
The father paid no attention to this,
SO she raised her voice and repeated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
ANOTHER YEAR.

Time has slipped another link in its
endless chain of years. The circle it
makes is a mystery, the wheel upon
which it revolves the most unfathom-
able of secrets
The problem Of existence is still un-
solved. Whence and whittier are the
questions of life and of the years.
They come and 60, bearing tablets
upon which men write the story of the
world; empires rise and fall, creeds and
systems wiz and lose, leaders are born
and leaders die, and the record of the
race is kept.
Since the darkness of primordial
emptiness was relieved by he first
formed atom Of ndestructible matter
which foated into space on waves of
ether. and, lost in the realm of infni-
tude, wandered in a circle to become
the nucleus OF a universe, time has
been a mystery second only to that of
eternity itself.
In the moving panorama Of events
which has passed before the eyes Of
man since the light Of i~ntelligence
o through them, wonderful scenes
RCEA POA / - GU SOL44G DGdullul
pictures of heroism and devotion. but
tragedies-fearful dreams OF hate, and
tyranny, and superstition, and CHASTITY
sights Of war, n famine, and pestil-
lence. and poverty, and despair.
There We're Eden and Sodom and Je-
rusalem and Rome. There We're the
deiuge, and the plague, and the inqui-
sition. There are Turkey, and China.
and Siberia. Man has seen them all.
and he has felt their pains and sor-
ross, their woes and shame. He has
watched the panorama pass. But the
sun of hope, shining upon the tears of
humanity, has thrown the rainbow like
a proscenium-arch over every scene.
Another ear has come. It stands
upon the threshold of time for a well
come. It is the heir of all the years
that have gone before. The wealth of
their wisdom, the profit of their ex-
perience, belongs to this stranger. He
bears the torch of progress. He car
ries the key to prosperity. He holds
the secret Of success.
There is reinsurance in the very
presence OF the newcomer. His eyes
are full of snap. His heart is pulsing
with the possibilities of his career. His
smile is one of promise, and his step !
betokens confidence and vigor.
Let Us follow his lead. Let us catch
mis- spirit. Let US share his confidence.
Let US seek the prosperity hat lies
along u way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
A OFF.
A Captured Conversation.
:........ ....................... 49,.

CHobart in Baltimore American.)
The Christmas Present-Oh, I don't
know; you're no the only snuff in the
sneeze-there are others,
The Grip Germ-Well. you're a pre-
valent old thing, but you can't make
your presence felt as emphatically as
1 can.
The Christmas Present-At any rate,
I'm a welcome guest, and that's more
than you a say.
The Grip Germ-Hai hal Welcome. is
it? l notice they treat me royalty
wherever L CO.. Hot drinks, hot blan-
kets and a hot old time generally. AS
for you, you're thrown on the parlOr
table and forgotten in less than a week.
The Christmas Present-Yes, but my
mission is to please humanity, while
yours
The Grip Germ-Tushi I'm somewhat
of a pleasure myself. Don't l please
the doctors? Don't 1 make this old
world a place of deIirious joy for the
chaps hat write letters to the newspao
pers trying 10 explain what and which
I am? Tush, 1 say again. You aren't
the only pleaser in the procession.
The Christmas Present-That's all
right enough, but you don't creep as
close to the hearts Of the pOpulace as I
do. IL
The Grip Germ-Don't I. Ell? Well.
it's dollars to dOughnuts 1 get closer
to their hearts han you do. That's
my principal occupation, getting close
to people.
The Christmas Present-Huhl you
mir you're smart, don't you?
The Grip Germ-Pretty spry for such
a little chaDl Well, you'll have to ex-
cuse me now. Over there's a tired-loOk-
ing party walking. around in the fog
without an o%vercoat. L guess I'll join
him-tai tai
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
IRRIGATION.

Irrigation, as Iar as applied, has an
swered the question as to the value of
the rich soil found in the arid or sub
humid regions of the west. 1t has made
some Of the most barren spots the
most productive, and there is reason to
believe that its further application will
render productive. not only the rich
valleys among the mountains, but the
great stretch of the plains from North
Dakota to the Rio Grande.
The area of the plains region to which
a system of irrigation could be bene-
fcially applied, comprises one-sixth of
the area of the whole United States.
One reason why irrigation has sue
ceeded better in Utah than in some To-
calities is found in the article on irri-
cation in another part of this paper.
The writer says that "the average size
Of irrigated farms throughout the state
is but twenty-seven acres"
When western farmers. in Kansas or
elsewhere, give I'D the idea of having
100 acres or nothing, and begin to irri-
gate and tend with greater care a farm
of forty acres to the man. or even
twenty acres, for that matter. the re-
suits will be far more encouraging to
the farmer, and beneficial to the west.
Men begin with too much. They ara
not content with a modest start in life.
A farmer who undertakes to reclaim
new land should confne himself to four
or five acres, and the energy and
thought put upon this tract should be
as great as that expended upon five
times that acreage in the old way. 1t
is from the result, the experiment and
the study obtained in this way that the
power to reclaim an empire may be de-
veloped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

But the surprising portion of the mans
shabby attire was his Indulgence in the
recent fashionable fad of wearing a
badge of mourning on his left arm. 1t
was a strip of crepe, tattered, to be
sure, but it nevertheless served the pur-
pose of showing the respect due to a
departed one. Who's dead?" inquired
a policeman, with a broad grin on his
face The old tramp tenderly stroked
the bit of crepe, and simply said,
Jim" Who's Jim, and how did he
die" was h next inquiry. We'll, I'll
tell you" said the mourner, with q
sldelong glance at the policeman's club.
Jim wuz me pardner- He was shocked,
to death The other day we wuz com.
in along through Essington, when We
struck a hkely-lOoking farmhouse. We
started to skirmish around a little to
see What we might find in the way of
accommodations fer the night, when
Jim suddenly turned the corner of the
house. He just fell back dead, and
never moved after he hit the ground.
When l looked around to see the cause
of the disaster, 1 saw a couple of cords
of wood, a saw-hOrse and a bucksaw,
and, taeke5 TO the top of the wood pile,
WuZ a sign:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
OUTPUT OF THE MINES.

According to a statement published
in another part of today's Herald the
output of gold for the year just ended
is 106, 100 ounces as against S0,467
ounces from the mines of Utah in 1897.
In money this means an output OF
81, 1913, 0S7. or an increase of owe $780,
900 in gold alone
The output of silver for the year is
estimated at S4,52S, 633 in spite of the
low price which decreased the produc-
ton slightly. The lead mines of the
state produced S {, 1887, 1913 and the cop
per output was $685. 6S during the year
1898.
1t is estimated hat the total value
of the actual output of Utah mines for
the year is approximately SIG, 900, 900.
This is a very satisfactory showing
and is a fair index to the mineral
wealth of the state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
EVENTS OF THE E A


The record of the past year is one of
more than ordinary interest. 1t was
a year of significant events-a year of
rapid strides. of great reforms, of
marked advancement on the part of
civilization. 1t was a IA 0f world
wide revolutions. Impatient progress
grasped a sword and hewed a pathway
into some of the darkened corners of
the earth.
The year will long be remembered in
England because of the sirdar's
achievements in the Soudan. 1t will be
remembered in all of Europe because it
witnessed a proposal of universal peace
from one of the most powerful war
makers of the world.
But in America there will be especial
occasion to remember 1898, as the
vents of that year will have a last
ing and far-reaching effect upon this
republic. In the year just ended
began q change in public sentiment
which may result in a complete change
of national policy. It was in 1898 that
the United States entered the Orient
dS d CO1iqUcItI- OeCdlle lQeIlllleQ WIFI
the conflict of nations and interested
in international politics and problems.
1t was in 1898 that the Anglo-Saxon
nations reached q better understand
ing of each other, became ~reconciled
after years of estrangement, and re-
newed a friendship that should never
again be severed.
In 1898 the brothers of this Union,
the north and south. met under one
flag, clasped hands and faced a COM
mon foe. Southern men are rebels no
more. Their patriotism is no longer
questioned by agitators of sectional
strife. The brotherhood of the north
and south is re-established. This is
one of the most glorious outgrowths of
the year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
PROBATE AND GUARD
IkNSHR NOTICES.
Consult County Clerk or the Respect
i've Signers for Further Information.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT. PROBATE
division. in and for Salt Lake county.
State of Utah. In the matter of the es-
tate Of George A. Tyler, deceased Notice
The petition of Grace N. Tyler, praying
for the issuance TO herself of letters OF
administration in the estate of George A.
Tyler. deceased, has been set for hearing
on Saturday. the 18th day of January, A.
d. 1899. at $50 o'clock a. m, at the county
our house. in the court room of said
court, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake county.
Utah.
Witness the clerk of aid court.
(Seal.( with the seal thereof affixed. this
31St day of December, A D. 1895.
DAVID c. DUNBAR, Clerk
BY E. G. REEDALL. Deputy Clerk.
Bennett, Howat, Hardness. Bradley q
Richards.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
THE CREPE FAD.
. Hobo Tells a Sympathetic Copper
Why He Adopted Tt.
(~Philadelphia Record

A frayed specimen of humanity. who
looked rs if he had slept beneath a
r Of the recent blizzard, n had
just crawled out, ambled slowly down
Tenth street the other day. His bleared
and blcated face had a look of genuine
sorrow, and many hearts went out in
sympathy for the woe-begone wander
er. He was a t~ramp-simply a genus
hobo-and looked every inch the part.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
MINING STOCKS.

During the past few weeks the Salt
Lake mining stock exchange has
leaped into prominence as the most
active in existence.
Its transactions r not the largest,
perhaps, but the interest is intense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

Sale mountains, is bright indeed. The
output of the past al shows that
Utah mines are gradually improving;
but it is in the preparation already
made for future work hat the greatest
promise is found.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Observations at the Lo
cal Weather Bureau Office.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 81, 1898.
Mean temperature, 70 degrees; departure
from normal minus degrees; maximum
temperature. % degrees; minimum tenn
p~erature, Is degrees: accumulated deficien-
cy of temperature since first of the month.
233 degrees; accumulated deficiency of
temperature since jan. l, 61S degrees;
tota | precipitation Gnches and hun
dredths), OF inches; departure from normal
minus .03 inches: accumulated deficiency
of precipitation since first of the month,
SO inches; accumulated deficiency of pre-
cipitation since Jan. l, 10 inches.
Following is the local forecast of the
weather for today: Fair, colder.
J. II. SMITH. Section Director.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

= Isaac IA Wright hoId-over senator from the Tenth district, is a
= tive If Ohio, having been born there in September, 1919, at Spring
= field. In November, 1856, with his parents, he came to Utah and set
= tied in Salt Lake. They removed to Springv1le, but remained but a
= short time, returning the following year. In 1875 Mr. Wright drove to
= Prattvine, a low abandoned place, four miles east of Richfeld. In 1876
= he removed to the latter place, where he has resided yer since. In
= early life he became a blacksmith, combining his work with Sol study
= under various teachers.
= appointed probate judge of Sewer county by President Cleveland. He
= wa among the first to break away ron the old Peoples party, and
= since has been active worker in the Democratic ranks. In 1895 Mr..
= Wright "a elected to the state senate, and he VIZ fortunate enough
= to draw a long term.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
ANTI-ROBERTS RESOLUTION.
Kansas State Senate Takes a Hand In
the Fight.

the Fight.
Topeka, Kan, Dec. S1.-The senate
today adopted, by a unanimous vote,
a resolution requesting the Kansas
representatives in congress to use
their utmost endeayors to prevent the
seating of B. H. Roberts, the pOlyga-
mist OF Utah, as a member of the next
house of representatives.
A similar resolution was introduced
in the house yesterday, but vent over
under the rules.
Lessons in modern Ianguages-Eclec-
tic method. German classics and con-
versation a specially. Rev. II. Hof-
mann. 137 Fourth East.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

little less hypocrisy is needed in the
solution of problems peculiar to this
section.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

See Auerbach's Grand Clearing Sale
ad, on page 20.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-19
Homsnad OIcIsIrY.

Smoke the Admiral Dewey.
DR.. A. f. Bruske was in Saginaw
Wednesday.
Good second hand cook stove for sale
cheap at Brooks.
For wall paper and window shades
see Sharrar & Mulholland.
H. H. Wilson returned from a short
visit in Saginaw Monday.
John Knoertzer left Thursday morn.
ing for Detroit on short trip.
Ten per cent to 33 per cent discount
at Pettyjohn's silk and satin sale
Warren Halves of Crystal was in
Alma the latter part Of last week.
Ancient Rome and the Catacombs by
DR.. Spencer at the Presbyterian church,
Friday 20.
Mrs. Jas. Horning of Mt. Pleasant
was the guest of Miss Sarah Mcnamara
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Yer
meulen the first of the week.
The Hon. Thos. Jones and family
have been creating quite an excitement
in town during the past week. Read
the account of it on another page.
Mrs. o. j. Stilwell of Ogden, Utah,
who has been visiting relatives in Alma
for the past two week, left on Monday
for Ashley where she will visit relatives
also.
A. r. Garfield, editor of the Clare
Courier, was in Alma Tuesday on his
way to attend the meeting of the Michi-
gan State Firemen's Association in
Grand Rapids and made this Office a
very pleasant call.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Hall left for Eaton
Rapids Tuesday morning to attend the
funeral of his mother who died at that
place on Sunday. The deceased had
been i'll for some time and her death was
not unexpected. Mrs. J. s. Oaple has
been there for the past few weeks assist
ing in caring for her.
Judging from the, large sales of car.
pets, mattings, rugs, nnoleums, curtains,
portierres. shades etcA dt F. E. Pollas-
kys the ladies are taking advantage Of
the large assortment aud low prices at
this dry goods and CARPET house. Large
assortment, low prices and reliable
goods does the business.
The Union Telephone Co. has placed
an order with the American Electric o.
of Chicago for the phones to be used on
the line between Alma and Saginaw
These are the best phones in use today
and give the best of satisfaction where
ever used. They will be installed in
Alma and st. Louis ready for use on OF
before July Is.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05

state last week. Prof. Smith issprinci-
pal of Avenue A building, Of this city,
Prof. o. S. Davis of the Turon
schools, visited friends In Salina dur
Ing vacation, He also attended the
Topeka meeting,
b b. Shore Of Castleton, will teach
a term of four months in Ost school,
District No, rs, beginning last Monday
l., w. Burgess of Booth school, re-
signed his position without notice, De-
cemher 29h. This is not business and
the county superintendent should re-
member this. Any district should
have at least thirty days notice.
Prof. Eli Payne Of the State Normal
was visiting relatives in this city dur
ing the holidays.
Superintendent StrYker has prepared
a bill empowering county superintend-
ents to dlsorganlze school districts
This Is a good bill and should pass.
A Christmas entertainment was
given at the Reno school, Dis
trlct No. 81, on Friday evening, De-
cember 23d, Miss Vera Caffry, teacher,
The school house was decorated and a
large stage filled the front of the school
room. About forty pupils took part In
the program. Among other things rem
dered was Christmas cantsta, in
which Mrs. Santa Claus appeared and
tre9ted the children. She alSo pre-
sented the teacher with a present from
the pupils. The program was listened
to by an appreclative audience. Miss
Vera Caffrey is teaching an excellent
school, and her efforts are appreciated
both by the patrons and county super
intendent.
The county association will meet at
Nickerson, 1880 p. No., January IA, $780,
Nlckerson 10 preparing to give all
friends Of education a royal welcome,
President e. Stanley Of the Friends
University Of Wichita, will be present
and lecture. 1t is to be hoped that oil
teachers in Reno county will attend
this meeting. A complete program
will appear next week. You will find
1t in the GAZETTE.
Many friends of education feel very
grateful to the GAZETTE for its kind
ness in publishing "School Notes.
Education is one Of the nearest and
dearest interests of ihe great Ameri-
can people.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
No More Smallpox.

B. f. Richmond the man who was
quarentined at this place with small
pox, has now recovered his health and
will leave very soon for his family, in
new suit Of clothes furnished by the
county commissioners. When he was
taken sick they were in Kansas City
but have since gone to Butler, Missouri
where his wIfe's folks live. He will
flrsr 40 to see them and then to Kansas
City to obtain work and begin over.
He 10 a very nice appearing mau and
bis hard luck has aroused much sym.
pathy.