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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
OUR LUCKY PRESIDENT.
Most People Admire or Excuse What
ever He Does.

Julian Ralph in Mail and EXpreSs.)
How true and yet how singular it
is that one man can do without excit,
ing protest or criticism what another
one in precisely the same position can
not do without arousing q tumult.
President Roosevelt is one of the hap
py men who appears to be able to do
almost anything and to feel sure that
the people win always either admire
or excuse his acts.
Here is one of the latest proofs of
this advantage which the president has
over most other men-eYen among the
great;
The white House lot" behind the
presidents home in Washington, is a
large space inclosed by a railing, which
is broken on either side by gates that
can be locked when closed. The fence,
the gates, the locks, and, indeed, the
fact that there is no other yard or gar
den to the house, proves that this
ground was intended for the use of the
president and his family.
The treasury department is close to
the White House, and the clerks en-
ployed there have been for many years
for many decades, perhaps-in the
habit of passing through the White
House gates and across this plot or
yard every morning in going to AMI
from work. For their convenience the
gates have been unlocked and left open
all day throughout many administra-
tions.
When Grover Cleveland occupied the
White House during his second term,
ana his little children needed a place
in which to play and get what fresh air
they could, it was no longer safe for
the gates 10 be left unlocked or for
strangers to use these private grounds
as a public passageway. Mr.. Cleveland
therefore ordered the gates kept shut
and locked. Presumably he supposed
that if he asked no more privacy and
exerted no more authority over his
dwelling than the humblest citizen 5
entitled to there would be no fault
/ found with his behavior
He quickly learned better. In the
/ press. in the streets, in the homes-ev-
( erywhere that man met man or spoke
/ or wrote to men, he was condemned
/ for his behavior, which was declared
undemocratic, exclusive. selfish and IN
pardonable. He felt obliged to revoke
/ his order and allow the gates to be
! opened during those morning and even
ing hours when the clerks next door
/ felt that their rights-even out of doors
/ were greater than the presidents
/ rights in his own home If 1 remember
! correctly, this concession TO the clerks
was churlishly accepted and the presi-
/ dent was made to feel that he was still
/ behaving like a snob.
/ Today Theodore Roosevelt is presi-
/ dent He has looked over and around
his house and has seen strangers
/ tramping across his grounds. He did
/ not take a second look before he or
dered the gates closed, locked and kept
/ locked.
What them
Nothing.
/ Nobody has protested. Nobody has
commented favOrably OF unfavOrably
! upon the action; indeed, no one has
had word to say regarding it. Lucky
! President Roosevelt who can do as h
/ pleases and be sure that he viii please
practically everybody. Everybody
that is. except the politicians.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
TAFT SAYS THERE is NO WAR,
BUT SOLDIERS ARE MURDERED

it was. and the islands are under the
control of the war department so far
as the United States is concerned"
Asked if the MOros were generally
peaceful, the witness replied that they
were so, except in Individual cases.
There is" he said, mo fear of even
Instruction in the Moro provinces,
but there are occasional reports Of the
murder of American soldiers
He had no knowledge Of the reported
fights in Mindanao. On its tour the
commission had been attended only by
a corporaFs guard on the steamer, but
there was a garrison of United States
troops at every capital visited. Gov
ernor Taft referred to the federal
party in the islands and said that he
had been given a petition from this
party to be presented to the Ameri-
can congress, but had not yet decided
how to present it. The committee ad-
jOurned to meet at II o'clock tOmor-
row. Governor Taft said as he left
the committee room. that he desired
to return to Manila on May 1.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
MINER FORCED TO co HUNGRY BECAUSE
HE HAD NOTHING LESS THAN 500 BILL

He was a plain old miner One of the
kind that wears whiskers and is a
stranger TO white linen shirt. He
looked like 30 cents. But he wasn't.
he was the genuine goods. No one
discovered it until too late Then there
was great grief
The stranger floated into a Second
south street buffet late last might and
asked if the bartender could give him
change for a 800 bill. The bartender
had evidently been there before. He
surveyed the applicant suspiciously and
solemnly said Nit"
Haven't seen that much in two
weeks" he declared flippantly. IF
some one blew in with a bunch like
that I'd have to drop him down the
rain spout and blow with the goods"
That's ali right, old man." replied
the miner, but I'm hungry I've been
around 70 half a dozen restaurants and
flashed bill on them and they wanted
TO know Il I wanted to buy the place.
didn't get in till late, when all the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01

bankers we're asleep and their shops
closed. I've been to a bar or two and
they came near calling the hurry-up
wagon on me. Now, I've got to have
a drink and bite to eat or therell b.
something doing.
Just then DR.. Gus King stepped in
for cigar. He heard the plea of the
rich poor man who was hungry, and
taking pity on his plight, rendered the
change for the bill. The visitor, who
was a stranger TO white shirts, invited
all present to have one with him.
showed his roll containing several more
centuries deep into his trousers peck
ct, and after indulging in a libation
made a bee line across the street TO a
beanery. When last seen he was strug-
Cling with half dozen raw, T-bone
steak, a plate of hash, soup, coffee and
a steaming quarter of mince.
And the crowd that had passed up a
good thing kicked their heels on the
brass rail in front of the mahogany and
wondered if it would ever wander back
again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
ASSUME WAITING ATTITUDE.
No Action Looked For by Cooks and
Walters For a Week.

Now that the restaurant proPrletOrs
have taken their final and decisive
stand, it is up TO the cooks and walters
TO either walk out on a strike or fly
the white flag and go on about their
work as before the present trouble
came UP. Which course the union win
pursue is only a matter of conjecture
until the arbitration committee makes
its report TO the Federation of Labor
next Friday night.
In the meantime some of the union
men are arguing for an immediate
rush of restaurant business when they
think they will have a "cinch" on the
proprietoTs. Those who advocate the
delay of the strike, argue that the idle
men who are now waiting for chance
at a job viii all be away then and that
with a big rush made by the Elks'
convention. a strike at that time would
be bound TO bring the restaurant
men to time at once.
The restaurant men look upon this
division among the union men as
sign that they will defeat their own
battle, and they express themselves as
not being uneasy about the outcome.
1t developed yesterday that among
the papers taken from the Cooks and
Walters union by some unknown per-
pared by the union. This schedule, it
is stated, called for a slight advance
of wages, and made a different scale
for the different class restaurants, the
first-class restaurants being called
upon to pay higher wages. This sche-
dule, in the hands of the restaurant
men. would be a warning of what was
coming and cause trouble in the ranks
of the unionist.
The union men are greatly disturbed
over the mystery of its whereabouts.
According to the way they express
themselves, they believe that if this
schedule and the roster of the union
falls in the hands of the proprietors
the latter will make a blacklist of the
names there and spread them broad
cast throughout the country. Every
effort is being made to locate these
missing documents, but no disturb
ance is looked for until after the meet
ing Of the arbitration committee and
the federation next Friday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01

A messenger by the name of Willis
was the tarket for several shots from
a revolver fired by an unknown old
man at the corner of Fifth West and
North Temple streets between and
8 o'clock last night
The cause of the shooting was dog,
the property Of the unknown man,
which showed a Partially for the
messenger boy. The boy was on the
corner waiting for a car when the man
approached with the dog following.
The animal went to the boy and, after
being petfed and fondled. showed
disposition to remain in his company
and desert his old master. The old
man returned to the scene and de-
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apparently firm in their stand. and
they declare their intention of walking
out in q body and remaining out un-
til their demands are met, if the pro-
prietors fail to make d favorable an
swer this morning.
It is said that if the inside Wirers
walk out it is quite likely that some
Of the kindred organizations of cleo
trical workers viii take up the fight
and walk out also. This would mean
a general strike of electrical workers
and serious consequences would, in all
probability. follow. Some indications
Of what the outcome will be viii prob
ably be furnished this morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
Large Clearings For January

The bank clearings for the month Of
January amounted TO Sl5.2l2649 which
is an increase Of $LI03,0U over tbs
first month Of last year. Yesterdays
Clearings aggregated S507, 742. compars5
with $3.50, 734 for the corresponding dsr
Of a year ago. The management NJ
the Salt Lake clearing house was YES
terday transferred from r. N. Nichelar
Of the Utah Commercial & Savings
bank to Charles Wells, teller al f5s
State Bank Of Utah, for the next tweIys
months.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
OLD MAN SHOOTS AT BOY FOR WHOM
HIS PET DOG EXHIBITS PREFERENCE

manded the dog. He led him of. but
the animal broke loose and returned
to the boy.
Desertion by his best friend was too
much for the Old man, and he pulled
his gun and fired several shots at the
boy, who decided not to wait for the
car. He escaped uninjured and the
dog went off with his old master.
The boy is No. %, in the employ Of
the A. D. T. company, and was on his
return from delivering a message in
that vicinity He claims that he did
not know the man and had never seen
him before last night. He says. how
ever. that he was very old and was in
an intoxicated condition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
NEW RIFLES RECEIVED
National Guard Now Equipped W.
KTag-J orgensens Az

krag-JOTgensen rifles and carbf--
kind that will send a bullet tb-o5.S-- tie
row of men half a dozen deer ooogSl a
retain a dangerous yelOcity-ba,-s 80 sin
received at the armOry and are 49, been
distribution among the militia o-1-y tor
tons that have reached the r.s1-lz5.
point of efficiency. At present 0-I,2s- t55f
organizations viii receive the neTS ales
ment, the signal corps, batter sup.
company II. q I'D
The arms are the neatest produa
factory and viii be received with ~ ne
the boys, who Will enjoy the prit.s 5v
carrying them. The old Springfis5ss q
and carbines now in use Will BE- tr-.t.s
10 the quartermasteT and shipped tch
government arsenal s-a
The krag-JOrgensen arm is che
ard Of the government and is uSa5 $50
regular army. II is credited with 81 ,la
a finer weapon than the British IL, .,5--s
ford or the Mauser, SO popular V-f-L -15.'
armies of continental Europe T. "a pa
known what disposition the goys-- l -.-
viii make Of the old Springfield rifrsg-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
4 LAKE FULL OF Oil.
Colorado People Believe it yH'
deriies the Region Ada
cent to Debeque.
(special 70 Tho Herald.l

n LENWOOD SPRINGS, Jan. 81
IT The entire population of the Grant
River valley. from Glenwood 10
Debelue, has gone wild over the oil
question. The recent oil strike near
Debeque attracted attention from a
number of persons who previously were
not interested in oil. with the result
that all the available land in the val
ley and adjacent territory is being
staked out by prOspectors.
Two drills are now al work at De-
beque on bores, additional to the one
in which oil was struck, and others
are Being arranged for at various
points IN the oil belt. which extends
from a point above Newcastle down
TO DebeqUe.
Geogolists who have examined the
stratification in the valley declare that
the territory is underlaid by a vast
lake of oil, which may be tapped at
any point, ani a flow viii result.
Raw Product is Used.
The surface Indications bear out this
theory. At various points springs along
the river bottom yield ar oil ooZe on
the surface of the water. In one place
WHtiG wen WIS Jug 10 d ucplu VI
forty feet. the water was so heavily
coated as to make the water unfit for
drinking purposes.
oil rock a soft stone which ignites
readily. is found throughout the belt.
This stone has been used as fuel by
some Of the farmers and by camping
parties for years. but until eastern
capital began be -'ug for oil around
Debeque. no one thought of acting on
these hints of nature
Now there is a rush to get in on the
ground floor. Location certificates are
being fled in the county clerks office
at a rate which almost swarlps the
CLERICAL force
Is OF High Grade.
The oil which is now flowing from
the Debeque we'll is of a high grade.
It is valuable either for lubricating
or Illuminating purposes.
1t il 50 rich that it can be burned
I'm lamps in the crude state, and even
Their yields a bright. clear light The
oil has been analysed by experts in the
employ OF the Standard Oil company.
and they declare IL to be superior to
the product of the Pennsylvania fields.
The district has the natural advant-
age Of being in a valley that is trav-
ersed by two lines of railroad. The
roads run at the lowest point in the
valley. The oil can thus be piped by
gravity to storage tanks erected be-
side the track. from whence il is easily
loaded into the cars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
STATISTICS OF SHORT LINZ
Booklet Gives Figures on Nils.,.
and Equipment

The annual booklet Of the O-s.--
Short Line, giving the list of on
and station agents and statistics as
TO the line, was issued YESTERDAY rSs
total mileage Of the road IS SHOW, -
be 1,690.8 miles. The number Of To-
motives in service Jan. I, 1892 Was n,
There are 143 passenger cars and 5a--
freight cars.
The heaviest engine il the seryfc. +,
No. 1908, one of the big helpers in e.
vice in Idaho. This weighs g1S sF
pounds. including the tender. NJ.
lightest broad gauge engine IS old "
10l. which weighs 121,3I7 pounds tn.
Ightest narrow gauge is little No s
on the TooeIe branch, which wzfg5,
s., S22 pounds. including loaded ten5z-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
All in knowing How.


She-I often wonder how you manage
10 dash of those exquisite little poems OF
yours. And what a lot Of money you must
make
The POet-Oh it's very easy. I sit
down. say in January. and think until
about August or September. Then in No
vember or December. when the poem is
high as SO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
Salaries For ORcials-

City officers, cOuncilmen and mem
bers Of the fire and police departments
were paid yesterday, the aggregate Of
the salaries being S9,1O4.O7. The Cd
city officers and councilmen came in
for five and One-half days pay. and
the new ones for twenty-five and one.
half Clerk Moreton Of the board of
education viii distribute SL587 among
the janitors of the various schools To-
day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
Mcintosh Not in Contempt.

New York, Jan. 31.-Judge Lacombe
of the United States district court to-
day denied the application to hold P.
]. Mcintosh in contempt for his re-
fusal to testify in the suit of the Butte
Consolidated Mining company against
the Montana Ore Purchasing company.
Mr. Mcintosh is a director of the Anal
gamated Copper company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
Chinaman is Hanged.

South Bend Ind. Jan. 31--At 9:15 this
morning Lum You, the Chinaman who
murdered oscar Bloom at Bay Center,
August last, was hanged in the court
house yard. He displayed remarkable
nerve bade mis- friends goodbye and
asked to be killed quick. His neck was
broken and there was barely a percepti
cution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
A Rod in Pickle.
(Philadelphia Press.

Mrs. GOodsole-Why. Johnny. are YOU
just going home now2 Your mothers
been looking for YOU all afternoon.
JOhnny-Yes N. I know
Mrs. GOodsOle-Just think how worried
she must be.
Johnny-Ohi she's near the end O. her
worryin'; I'm jest beginniu' mine
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
Yelled Sarcasm.

Mrs. Wedderly-I wonder why IL is that
single men are always the most anxious
10 20 to war;
Wedderly-I suppose its because they
don't know what war really is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
HOrrid
doiI4u-
Brooklyn Eagle-9

fbLUUH--t y A-tleIE-F
Harriet-Sadie's husband never gets
excited. never fights back. and she sim
ply cannot make him cross.
Estelle-Yes- The horrid thing. He is
simply exasperating.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
In a. D. 1906.
brooklyn Eagle

bow far is it from Irvington to Bridge
porte" inquired the Chauffeur Of the rae
ing automobile.
"Abcut forty-fiye miles as the flying
machine flies, responded fhe man, lean
ing against the fence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
Gentlemen.

You don't know how to make love-.
snecred the gentleman of the old school
NO. laughed the gentleman Of the
new school. 4 leave all that TO the wo-
men, nave need only to make money
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
Hotel KnHfSfOFd
G. S. Holmes, Proprietor.

New and elegant in all its appoint
ments: go rooms, single and en- suite; F
rooms with bath
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
TO CURE GRIP N TWO DAYS

Laxative Bromo- Quinine removes the
cause. z. ". Groves signature on
every box. Price p cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
SAVES HOMES
ON RESERVES
Bill For Relief of Bona Eide Set
tiers Reported FavOrably.
DID NOT MAKE THE ENTRIES
WHY THE USUAL COURSE WAS
NOT FOLLOWED.
fsneciaI to The Herald.o

Washington, d. c, Jan. 31.-Mr.
Lacy, chairman of the public lands
committee. today introduced bill au-
thorizing the president to transfer by
executive order any forest reserves un-
der the control of agriculture, and after
the transfer all laws relating to the
sale under the department of the in
terror shall apply TO the regulation ad-
ministration and control in all respects
as under the department Of agriculture.
The president is also auNhoriZed to set
apart such forest reserves as he may
deem proper for game or fish preserves.
Especial Correspondence
Washington. Jan. 27.-The house COM
mittee on public lands has made IA
vorabl report upon a bill prepared
bv the commissioner OF the general
land office and introduced in congress
at his request, which is intended, TO
afford relief to bona fide settlers in for
est reserves of the west. The COM
mittee, in reporting the bill, present
the following in its support:
Various forest reserves have been
created throughout the western states
by presidential prOclamatiOns pursu-
ant to the act of March 3, 1871. That
act protected the right of actual bona
fde settlers upon territory that might
be set aside for forest reserves. pro-
vided settlement in such cases should
hs We been made prior to the date Of
the creation of the reserve; but per
mitted no settlements to be made after
the proclamation of the president.
"The territory appropriated for these
various forest reserves had been in
many instances open for settlement for
several years. The timber in such
reservations is found uniformly grow
ing upon the mountains, while the
gulches and narrow valleys are gen
orally devoid Of timber These valleys
i are commonly fertile, and present oe-
sirable opportunities to settlers. In
| these valleys hundreds of settlers had
| esta blished their homes prior TO the
dates of the creation of the forest re-
serves
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
+ttt*t*sEa**Jyst >5st'SA+t1uys

me een1fns : : >
4 &P. Eastman
be who invented the word Kodak /
gave the world q new industry,
and pleasure. There are some deal :
ers 70 whom Ny Eastman WilnOt
sell KOdaks- Naturally they run
them down Don't be deceived in
this matter. or talked into buying
4 something else. Come ever and
4 let Johnson tel you 'all about it
4 before you buy. And don't forget
q that we are headquarters for KO-
OAK supplies and are noted fOrOUr
4 superior kadak finishing. Kodak
= cataloR free Address.
4 The JOHNSON Co. c. z. johnson
SuDt., Salt Lake, Utah.
GXGGG&GGGGG& GE&AGGGGGGE&l
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
No Chance to Make Entry.

"In many localities the lands were
unsurveyed at the time Of the creation
OF the forest reservations. so that set
tiers had had no opportunity to make
their entries at the land Office. Later
the government surveys were had. and
the usual plats filed in the various
land offices.
THE general law provides that set
tiers upon the public lands shall m, Ike
their homestead entries at the district
land offices within three months afte&
the filing of the plats of the official sur
vey in the land office of the district in
which the lands are situated. The uni
form Interpretation Of this provision OF
the law by the department has been
that the failure upon the part OF the
settler TO make his entry al the land
Office during the period of three months
after the fling of the official plat did
not work a forfeiture Of his claim:
that the only effect OF such failure was
to subject the settler TO possible ad-
verse claim Of some other settler who
might seek 10 appropriate the same
lana, and that as against the govern
ment the original settler could make
his entry at any time subsequent to
the three months period VITA the same
effect as though his entry had been
offered within that period.
There appears 10 have been a gem
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01
What then .
Nothing.

Nobody has protested. Nobody has
commented favOrably OF unfavOrably
upon the action; indeed, no one has
had a word to say regarding it. Lucky
President Roosevelt who can do as he
pleases and be sure that he viii please
practically everybody. Everybody
that is. except the politicians