The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-29
HOTEL GOSSIP.

c. M. Wellman, the expert delinquent
tax collector, who halls from the Hoosier
state, was at the Walker last evening.
he had just returned from sort of Sher-
| lock Holmes expedition into the wilds sur
rounding Montpelier. IDA, and was sue
| cessfui in locating the recipients of small
fortunes loaned by a tdX-dodger in In
diana. 1t is Mr.. Wellnan's vocation to
make contracts with. state boards of tax
| commissioners to look up property that is
escaping taxes and bring the evading
genius to terms. 1t is a good paying bust
ness, but the duties are onerous and IA
tiguing. and there are more than a thou
sand ways in which to become embroiIed
/ in trouble while pursuing the squirming
non-taxpayers; guns and threats of ex-
termination are as frequent in the course
OF years work as mosquitoes are said
to be in Jersey
Mr.. .Wellman took in the agricultural
conditions in the vicinity of Montpelier
between whiles, and had this to say about
them: The town is situated in a rich
section which extends for a good many
miles down the Bear River valley. In the
immediate vicinity of Montpelier the soil
is under cultivation, and makes fair
return for the time and labor expended
upon it. but farther down the valley the
abandoned look due to- absence of irriga-
ton is evident on all sides A little atten-
ton to it would soon produce wonderful
results. The people are not over enthus-
iaStic about the country. They claim that
the winter season begins too early and
continues too long.
W. H. Turner. the feather man of Chi
cage, is at the Knutsford. Mr.. Turner
is an authority on p.umage, ard knows all
about the business from the combination
Of feathers with tar-which he says is the
most effective method of removing objec-
tonable characters from a neighborhood
to the waving ostrich plumes that be-
token the approach Of devotee of fash
ion. In Mr.. Turner's opinion fine feathers
may not make fine birds but they do
make flno hats for womenfolk, and de-
pleted bank accounts for the men who are
cajoled ana wheedled into paying for them.
Feathers come from all over the world.
and the principle supply houses employ
superintendent and natives in the lively
pastime of sprinN.ing salt on birds tails:
thSln they catch the bird, eXtFac this tail
decorations treat them with arsenical
preparations to keep the piumage intact.
and ship them to the dye houses. OS.rIch
plumes are the most popular, and quite
expensive, because they come from great
distances The ostrich islreported as be-
ing the biggest fool bird alive. They say
he sticks his head in the sand and con-
soles himself with the reflection that be-
see him. Mr.. Turner thinks that there
are human prototypes of the fool bird;
that some people are ever,aStingly fo9ling
themselves in the same way.
Thomas Riley of Omaha is at the Gull
len. Mr.. Riley dispenses good cheer in
small TASKS and large bottles, and some
times he ships it by the barrel full. The
procession due to prosperous times, and
in most towns it is right along with the
band wagon.
C. Green. Silver City; Mrs. e. L. Peck
ham and son, Blackwell, Okla; Mrs. H.
Weldon, Tucker, New: j. p. Reilly, Potts
Vile. Pa: H. A. Ayers. Chicago; j. N.
(x-ear1field Ind / T. yVippr
b. Taylor. Bingham; A. D. Mamsock, New
York; j. A. Barton, Boston.
Omaha mns h h * sooeid New Yor lfxa r.
Maloney. st. Joe; c. r. Kelsey, Mountain
Home. Ida. W. H. Turner. Chicago;
r. K. Marshall New York; Mr. and Mrs.
W. r. Norrell. Chicago: Mr. and Mrs. Ed
j. Scharps. New York; 3. H. Goddard,
Ogden; Mr. w ana 4 MrE & ,, + yan ylest
F. w. Calkins, r., d.. Hunter, Denver; D.
Q. Anderson, st. Louis; A. =. De Ricgles,
Denver.
The Cullen.-Rohert l. Brinton. Mrs
Robert l. Brinton and child. Chicago;
Eurilia Simmons, Mrs. p. w Rasmussen,
Oshkosh; Mrs, Title McCulloch. Bing-
f RoTan me- s springvtie sP Ra 9gIanee
Mapleton: D. j. March, Denver: n Soren-
sen, Logan; A J. Pratt. Boston: J. G.
Smith; Menden; c. E. Moorehouse. Chi
cago; S. J. Norris, SpriugviHe; b. II.
Goddard, Ogden.
The Kenyon. L. Fox, Omaha: T. z.
Windsor, Wellsburg;. w. Va; ". =.
Russell, Diamondville, Wyo.; E. A.
PETER, st. Louis. Royal Scott, Chicago;
Harry Lewis. San Francisco: Harry Z.
Zweifel. Zurich: Lewis. Fields and wife,
Fulton. Ky: w. F.. Forsyth, Corlnne.
Levi j. Pierce. Forestville. n. Y. ]. r.
Reilly. Pottsville. Pa: Edith Wallis,
Paris: G. NJ. Blair. Chicago: F. G. Follett.
Hastings: r. H. Mckee, Bingham Can
yon; h S. Martin. Provo. c. Arnold Ed
wards. Highland Boy Thomas NJ. Potter,
Peabody, Kan; j. A. }Twelyess Provos l..
brak. Denver; HE. Dent, Kansas CITY,
e. ]. Parrish, New York e. r. Estes,
Cincinnati; NJ. L. Meehan. Denver; 9. A.