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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
SOME INTERESTING RAILROAD HISTORY

4 ROUT THE MOST INTERESTING PIECE of
II railroad history that has been made public re-
Gently is the statement Of President J. j. Hill
OF the Great Northern railway and the Northern Sc
curities company. Mr. Hill shows that the community
of interests Is sometimes as lively a DOnnybrook
fair, and as amcabe The Union Pacific did not enter
the happy family for the purpose Of lying down on
the rug and going to sleep.
1t disturbing as the small, earnivoroUs
insect known as the flea But according to Mr. Hill
the Hartman road is going to be showed out upon the
highway at the earliest possible moment and then all
viii be serene once more During The famous corner"
in Northern Pacific stock last summer it was fre-
quently denied that Union Pacific interests were be-
hind the manipulation. But they behind it, and
they there 10 an effective purpose
When the smoke cleared away NJ. Hin discovered
that the Union Pacific had acquired a controlling IN
terest in the preferred stock of the Northern Pacific
and unless he hurried something would happen Hill
Is resoureeful He dug up an Ga contract between the
holders of the common and the preferred stock of
the Northern Pacific whereby the former we're given
the right purchase the latter par the first day
of any January up 70 1917.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the money with
which to buy this stock and prevent he absorption Of
the road Then the idea OF the Northern Securities
company occurred to him. lie has pooled the stock of
the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific in this
company and the joint credit of the roads viii raise
a sum sufficient to squeeze the Union Pacific out. 1t
is very pretty PLAN but Hartman NAV have some
trump card up his sleeve of which nobody knows
On the face of things Hill is in tie saddle. He de-
cares that the purpose Of tho Union Pacific people
to wreck his lines by diverting all the business
possible from them to its southern lines. The same
plan would. in Hills opinion, have been carried out
with the Burlington, in which the Northern Pacific
holds half interest He believes now that he is in
a position to laugh at Mr. Hartman.
Mr.. Hill claims he has the right to consolidate the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern if be wants to,
for they are parallel or competing lines He makes
the point against Governor Van SAINT of Minnesota
that the executive should have acted last May to
vent the Union Pacific from acquiring the control Of
What the public Is interested in is the fight among the
railroad brethren
1t Is to be hoped that the general good will be
subserved thereby along the lines of an old adage
which we don't dare to quote. but which IS obvious.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
CHRISTMAS.
. I989 r COD N THE HIGHEST. and .

~ L9R1 re GOD N THE HIGHEST, and OF
earth peace. good VIII toward men
Nineteen hundred and one years ago the
ness8ee was given to a little group of shepherds,
CHING their locks by night upon tie PLAINS OF Ga
Zee Nineteen hundred and one years ago today, and
s The words ring GEAR and as true as It spoken
III yesterday. The sery Of that messages delivery,
o the angel who said "Feae not, for, behold, bring
sea good tdIngs of great JOY" has been told IN every
tongue and egerye land 1t has stood times test
40 other story has stood it; 1t viii be told When all
otbar stories have been blotted from the changing
psgee Of humsn memory.
Mstn i may be; fable allegory, what you win, but
thee It stsnds, pure. beautiful uplifting to breathe
sape a6dloy and comfort to millions mcGuutabe
Slzts,4f fssre is such thing inspiration the man
penned nlaJ story was inspired. he gave the world
Is ereaest teachings he sent message down the long
rfors Of tbecenturies that win keep doing It's work
go9a until the scroll of the heavens shall have been
tllrest away IN the archives Of eternity.
Let Us al believe the story oday Let US all think
81 the Ghrit child lying IN his manger IN Bethlehem
let piotufo the shepherds and the wise hurrying
the weak tiny infant who TO establish the
worlds greatest religion The unbeliever joins today
with the believer IN celebrating the birth of Christ The
not admit it, but he Is giving and receiving
presents he Is unconsclousy carrying out Of the
preeepts q the being he processes to despise.
The Reralds earnest hope IS that every one of its
readers may find share of pleasure IN this Christmas
Of the coco year 1901. We believe you all viii find
Joy # you look for It; joy, like opportunity, rarely
e9nes him who folds bis hands and waits. You can
find JOY IN giving those you love and who love you
sou can find it IN carrying brightness to darkened
homes There VII be sad households in Salt Lake this
year. there must always be sadness somewhere but
all find time IN the midst of own JOY to do
ssome1hing toward lifting these shadows
Let those who can, be merry therefore, and those
who must, be grave. Let forget our differences.
whether they be Of politics or of religion. Adam was
the father IF FL, Darwin and others dissenting so
let us al BE- brothers and sisters IN one big happy fam
y. Once The Herald extends its holiday greet
ngs and is very best wishes May you all only have
good time this Christmas, but may you have many
geod times OF succeeding Christmases May you and
Of never forget the true significance of that mes
g from the angel choir to the shepherds of Galilee:
sGlory to God ia the highest, and on earth peace,
9ad vii s naen ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
C RIST A IDE.
BY AmeIie Beckwith Catrem
7 HIRING and dancing down,

VA HIRING and dancing down,
W The snow came on in the night.
That day might dawn on the earth aTrayed
IN its holiday robe Of white;
And it rested field and town,
Decking the earth like bride.
; Till all meet the morn 10 greet,
Of merry Christmastde
And the boys in their bOysh glee
Shouted with all their might
; And tossed their caps in the frosty air.
In their bOster0us delight;
: And the wealthy world looked out
on the wintry world dre2r
: And thanked the god Of the rich that they
No cold want need fear.
Watching the snewfakes whrl.
The Lady Clara stands.
Lifting the crimson curtains back.
; With richly jeweled hands.
; Gay their merry dance,
But not more gay than she;
For free from her glad young life,
AS q snowflake ever could be.
But what of the poor, who dwell
In hovel, and hut, and cot
When the merry white flakes come thicSly down.
Sorrow must be their lot
For carpets of pile have they,
Nor curtains of heavy fold,
To keep from a home where luxury reigns
The slightest draught Of cold.
Heavy upon their hearts,
Falleth each snowflake white;
The wintry world in its festal robe,
Is them joyous sight.
Better the splashing rain,
That covers with mud the stones
Than the bitter cold that chills the blood
And freezes the very bones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
NC a CITY FROM SMALLPOX.

eTCH FROM CLEVELAND, Mayor Tom
rs town, says that it has not had case
slaApcx for more than five months. Up to
extending back for period of two years,
always been from ten to 100 cases of the dis
Cleveland. The Observation-Disclosures are tax
eat comfort to themselves because DIR. Martin
Scich health officer of Cleveland refused to order
seiaation crusade as his predecessors had done.
lastead he started crusade against filth.
tsrF suspected house thoroughly disinfected,
Fsis ct Of garbage was taken up and burned The
trees cleaned alleys, private aud public,
venk te the last possible degree of cleanliness. A
lad quarantine, not only of those infected, bus of
aosa Fho had been exposed, maintained. The
ssoI6 IS that Cleveland Is free from smallpox.
TINS state of case, however, Is by no means an
snenf against vaccination. 1t Is the best OF good
tent to have the sanitary condition of a city well
~ after. Smallpox and many other diseases lulE
page piles and other filth, but clean people are
tackled with Il. Therefore, cleanliness does not
ltee immunity Neither, on the other hand,
aecnation, but the latter IS by all odds the best
.reVentive.
he Cleveland instance It is altogether probable
ac1cally every man. woman and child had been
ted during the two years epidemic. Conse-
they are all as immune vaccination can
hem, and the existing condition might be turned
argument IN favor of the practice. DR.. Fried
imself is not anti-yaccinationist although he
not pronounced r. support of virus inoculation
Is lnanS of hls contreres. Vaccination Is al right"
sss ~. Friedrich ST 1t IS certain that the virus is
se
would never allow the use of a vaccine point IN
5ssI knew that She virus was not taken from a COW
kspt a stable Cows for the purpose of supplying
should Be Kept In places as clean parlor.
Before I would permit the use of any more vac
eye poinls y Cleveland would require that every
one 81 them be ana5Sed and stamped pure was vac
e4ssed once in my life AID have handled more cases
Y ~ ths worst type Of smallpox 5isSa I can count"
So taken altogether, Cleveland cannot be held up
o1p5Ients OF vaccination proof of their theory
81 creates. OF is taken III these DAYS with the
nu5a ctgiss 7f the virus and with lis iDocuIaton
Sgarytaing IS done With the most modern antiseptie
saausions- ct there have been and tn re viii be
cases ioejaW from vaccinations and of deaths from
THIS isvof : all surprising. in view Of the thou
ssns opai thousands Of people who submit to the
l6on.
ass as many people die IN the course of year
pas prick. from a small splinter in the hand or
from dozens of other apparently triAmg causes
~ gaccination It Is Impossible to guarantee
nCesihle contingencies, but vaccination has
gil save maay lives.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25

Matt Berry, business manager Of "A
Texas Steer company. is in Salt Lake
to spend Christmas. He has spent most
Of the past quarter in hospitals as the
result of a fall which seriously Grip
pied his leg and brought on a cOmpll-
cation of troubles. Mr.. Berry is rap
idly recovering his health, however. he
is going on east tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
AmuSemCntS.
49, 3

Willie Collier in ION the Quiet"
comes to the Theatre for an engage
ment lasting the rest of the week, be-
ginning with a matinee this afternoon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25

Whose Baby Are Your" drew a
good house in spite of the fact that
Christmas eve is considered the poor
est night of the year. The farce win
be seen this afternoon and for the
last time tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
sLPr.s The POOR INDIAN.

ID HAS RECEIVED a bulky pam
'sng the Eineteenth annual report Of
committee Of 5he Indian Rights
3uuarters in Philadelphia. With
the worthy people who compose
cannot help believing their tine
bid be better eNTeVded on the
tenement houses and sluras Of
Is. j IS g fact worthy Of note
er cent Of the associations mem
ississippi river. Nearly ali of
e to the list published in the
ommittee's report, live between
Missouri
ion IS one Reuben Quick Bear,
resides on the Rossbud agency IN
4 first section Of the report is taken
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25

Whether he wins his case or not, District Attorney
Eichnor is entitled to congratulations for his able
fight against the consttutionality of the salary law as
applied to the present officials.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25

1t was altogether too shocking for the headline
to say that a man who died in the electric chair ha
"Gone ohm to dynamo"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25

The sugar trust magnates were careful not TO cut
price until after all the Christmas candy had been
nnadn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25

Every small boy should enjoy immunity from
hrashngs today of all days Let the youngsters have
luIl swine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
Fhis Week ONLY

in which to take advantage of the re-
markedly low prices now being made by
The GriswOld Dental Manufacturing COM
pauy on artificial teeth
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05
Lunch Prices and Dinner Prices.

ANY one who win take the trouble 10
compare the lunch and dinner menu
cards of some OF the leading restau-
rants OF New York will make a rather
surprising discovery. He will ascertain
that the prices on many dishes are cut
ON the dinner card from 10 cents to 20
cents
A gentleman whose curiosity was
aroused by this singular practice 10 the
extent that he went 10 the head waiter
for more satisfactory reason than the
table waiter could advance was given
this explanations:
You see" said the waiter "the gen
erality OF men don't care FOR heavy
lunch one dish and a glass Of milk or
a cup OF coffee. with bread and butter,
are sufficient for them; consequently TO
prevent them from getting on too
cheap we have 10 put up the price OF
single dishes. At dinner time IL is diff
ferent. 4 man wants a number OF dish
es for dinner. and so we can afford to
make our meats and fish cheaper"
but do you think that is exactly
"IIonesti Why not? IL is always
honest TO take what people are willing
90 pay you for what you have TO sell. Is
II not New York Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05
THIS is REAL REFORM.

At Alton. H., the Register says there
is humane society and II employs
special polccwoman TO look after
the enforcement OF the humane laws.
This lady whose fame we chcerfully
extend by printing her name. is Mrs.
Fannie Demuth. She Is after the lazy
man with a vigor that must bring re.
suits. and she should have the hearty
cooperation Of all men who are not OF
the class she purposes disciplinlng.
We let Mrs Domuth put her views be.
fore the public in her own words: II
favor the enactment of a lay by the
state legislature providing that men
who refuse To work shall suffer for
their Incidence. Every municipality
should have some place of industry
for such men. Here In Alton IL might
be- a rock-pilo. In some places a wood.
These / should have operated by mar
ried men exclusively would fine
lazy single men and place the pro.
cecds in the city treasury. but would
make married men pay the penalty for
their Incidence In labor The law
propose should provide for the pay
mcnt TO these married men OF a nomi-
nal sum say 90 cents-for each days
work. and this money ] should apply
to the benefit of their families. | con.
slider laziness a disease but II is one
that must be- cured. As last resort
the extreme measure would revive
the old whipping post OF the early
Colonial days and when the rock-pilc
didn't accomplish the purpose would
put II to use For every day that the
vagrant refused to work, while scrv-
ing his tine. he should be publicly
whipped. ! have an idea that he would
soon become very Industrious indi
vidual'
This is the plan May IL win it's way
to success until the sight OF rock.
pile and whipping post will have
such an accelerating effect upon the
man who was born tired that he will
overcome the constitutional prejudice
anu go to work making a living The
only amendment that We suggest TO
Mrs. Demuth's plan is that the whip
ping should be laid on 10y some woman
who has gone hungry ON account of
lazy man
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05
Don't Be Afraid Of work.

One thing that keeps young men
down is their fear of work. They aim
20 find genteel occupations, so they
and handle things with the tips Of
their fingers. They do not like to
get their shoulders under the wheel,
and they prefer TO give orders to 9TH
ers or figure as masters and let some
one else do the drudgery There is no
doubt that Incidence and laziness are
the chief obstacles to success.
When we see boy who has just Sc
cured position take hold of every
thing with both hands and Jump
right into his work" as If he meant to
succeed we have confidence that he
will prosper But IL he stands around
and asks questions when told TO do
anything; II he tells you that this or
that belongs TO some other boy to do,
for II is not his work: if he does not
try to carry out his orders in the cor.
rect way; IL he wants a thousand ex-
plantations when asked TO run an err
rand and smakes his employer think
that he5 could have done the whole
thing hiuself. one feels like dscharging
such a boy on the spot, for he is con-
WINGED chat he was not cut out for sue
cess. That boy will be cursed with
medlocrity or viii be a failure. There
Is no place in this century for the lazy
man. He will be pushed to the wall
SuccQss-f
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05
Why nIndoo. Don't 60 Mad.

Why are there SO few luuatic aSy-
lums and so small a proportion Of in
sane persons IN India? That is a ques-
tlon which many traveller has Won
derinsly asked
The HindoOs regulate their lives en-
tirely I'm accordance with their religion
that iS their working, eating. sleeping.
as well rs what we usually regard as
our life" I'm the religious sense Of the
word Everything Is arranged FOR them,
and they follow the rules now just as
they did 2,O00 years ago. This constant
observance of the same rules FOR twen-
" centuries has nodded the brains Of
thu race into one shape, as It We're, and
although their rites are queer enough,
yet there is hut an occa Sional example
OF that striking deviation from the
common which is called insanity in
countries inhabited by the white race.
They are fatalists too. With them IL
is case W what Is 10 be will be"
carried TO the extreme. This has IN
time given them the power 10 take all
things calmly and 50 freed them from
the anxiety that drives SO many white
men into the lunatic asylums.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05

John u. Long. in the Massachusetts
campaign of 1878, was making his first
ltIn for governor against General Ben
Isufler. who had captured the Demo
cretlc Nomination. and Judge Josiah q.
Bbott who was the candidate OF the
oid line Democrats.
The late Judge Thompson was max
Ing a speech for Abbott before a big
nemocratic audience and. after prals.
Ing the candidate as jurist and a
salesman, asked sarcastically, And
now. who is this John L-L-Long" No
one answering, he proceeded; They
say he has made a translation Of Ho-
niers 'Illadr What g-ggood is that TO
us? All Democrats read Homer in the
original"
Nat this the person 10 whom the Judge
was telling the story laughed. but the
Judge continued: "Th-th-that's not the
real Joke at all! The real joke is that
not a m-m-msn in the audience so niuch
rs smiled
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05

Turkey is already preparing for an
oral resistance to the demands of this
country for reparation tor the abduc-
tion of Miss Stone. II is further pre-.
pairing an argument showing that
even il the Turks did carry OF the lady
she was entirely 20 blame, because
she did not call on the Turkish gov.
ernment for guard. Bulgaria will
have in her defense in short time.
and then Uncle Sam will have To de-
eide which is 10 blame and who is TO
be held responsible, The American
people are determined that punish
ment shall be meted out TO the coun-
Try whose inhabitants inflicted this in.
jury on an American citizen. Miss
Stone may be a very small thing to
40 To war about. but il is up" as the
saying goes, 20 Uncle Sam to show
whether he means what he says in
his promise OF protection TO Ameri-
can citizens wherever they may roam.
\ government; which cannot protect
it's citizens anywhere is not much re-
spected anywhere. when a government
lis not respected beyond its own hor-
ders. the respect for il within it's
borders is bound 60 die out
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05

In the steel curb shoulder protection
whicll'now forms n part of the equip
meiit OF almost all cavalry the troops
have permanent reminder of one Of
the nost exciting adventures which be-
fell SIR George Luck, the lieutenant
gene nj commanding the Bengal forces
DnxIng the Afghan operations Of 1878
20 ! $50 he took his regiment. the Fif-
teentT hussarS. up TO Kandahar and en-
couIltered at Takht-i-Pul strong body
OF hillmen led by Afghan sowars, who
made things pretty warm for him for a
few minutes. In the hand TO hand
fghting he became engaged with a gi-
gantie Pathan, who broke down his
xuard and would have cloven him from
shoulder TO belt but that his wife had
sewed on his shoulders In the lining OF
his tunic n couple OF steel curb chains,
one OF which broke the force OF the
81 fxis
The incident so impressed the mill
tafytauthorities In India that what Is
n5w Known as the Luck or lucky
shoulder curb was soon afterward in.
trcduccd. Military Mail.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05

IL is now loudly proclaimed In Eu-
rope by the politicians that II is moth
ing more nor less than q powder maga-
zine. Il has been such for many years,
and the most dangerous place about
the magazine is that part which is
laid down on tho maps OF Turkey, Bul
garia and Seryia These alleged gov.
ernments are permitted 20 exist sim
ply because TO touch one OF them. or
10 move them roughly around, might
create a friction which would set on
the magazine Il SO happens that this
country has a settlement 10 make with
one or two OF them II the magazine
should explode this country is not in
It's immediate vicinity. That fact
makes the case OF Miss Stone of pc.
Sullar interest
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05

\ United States district attorney In
ST, Louis rules that lit is not a viola
tion of the federal postal laws to open
a letter or other package after It has
been delivered" He refers to case
whore the opening of mail was done
by person other than the one TO
whom II was addressed, The privacy
of the mail amounts TO little. IL this
is good law. Any person who gets hold
of another's letter may open II and
read IT, The district attorney hollis
that the law against opening a letter
applies only while it is in transit and
IN possession Of the postal authorities.
II this is the law il cannot be changed
too soon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05

No one doubts now but Ardmore will
raise the $4,000 for the Aransas 4
ChOctaN railroad people. and the only
obstacle LETT is the settlement with
parties on the right-of.Way. The rail-
road people seem 10 be doing business
openly, fairly and above board when
man shows disposition 10 treat
fairly and honestly with them he is
willingly met. There is no use in
placing value on property out Of all
reason Just because il is yours and a
railroad wishes 20 purchase il. YOU
are not only treating yourself wrong
but you are also injuring yom neigh
bors and your town BE reasonable in
your Valuations
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-05

\ Texas has volunteered 10 rescue
Miss Stone from the hrigands il the
expenses OF himself and companion aro
paid. and. in event the rescue is sue
cossful. the two are 20 be paid s5o.OO0,
The proposition is a fair one and
doubtless. IL accepted by the oaptors
OF Miss Stone they would be making
a good bargain. provided the brigands
would give that much time on their
present demand that the ransom
should be paid az once, On an even
break the world would quickly put its
money on Texan in contest be-
tween him and bulgarian.