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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-05
he FASTENED INTO The BOAT

In less than FIVE minutes Sammy was in boat
win ms bundle of eartabs and mtteos in the stern
h"a=ts, leaping over the pillows, and soon they
were hauling in weak6sh and grunters two at
TINE 1t was the best fishing Sammy had ever seen,
and " was not strange that neither of them noticed
nat thick fog had enveloped them until it was
impossible 70 see the shore.
HClly gee" suddenly cried George, the fisher
10y we must hustle out o here quick. or ven
never elt homeP He pulled up the anchor ant be-
gan TO row, as he supposed. TO shore. but as they
had no compass he did not take the proper course.
ehd so IN an hour or so. when the fog lifted. they
Hound themselves far out of sight of land Night
soon came, and, although George cried because he
would lose his supper, Sammy made no complaint.
-of ne had lost so many he could stand il better.
De lett that even being adrift was more fun than
'S!ing ear-tabs in summer. Soon they fell ssleep
ana We're awakened by loud shout which came from
lie oeck Of great ship that was very near them.
nsF sails Tapping idly in the sultry morning air
-hey we're taken aboard and fed. Sammy's bundle
Delns taken IN also. and soon breeze came up
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BRINGING THE ICEBERG INTO THE PORT

about there but don't intend to leave the iceberg
unless 1 have to-"
Not even if ship comes alongT
mo, sir; not even then" said Sammy, emphAs-
ically. Il have an idea, and great one, toop'
He wouldn't reveal what this idea was, and
George couldn't guess it in a month. Sammy spent
the time teaching the seahorses to go this way and
that at command, and they obeyed his orders beau
tifully. They were very playful, too and would
gamboi Ike kittens in the great waves that washed
the sides of the iceberg. One day Of them
Owed and came UP with an anchor in its mouth,
with long chain attached.
Its the ships anchorl" cried George in great
excitement. "She must be down In the ice some
wherep Sammy sent the seanorses down again, and
one of them soon emerged holding the end o.
rope, which George recognized as the mainsphce
of the sheet-top-galants. The two Hippocalnpuses,
seeing how pleased Sammy was, tugged nightly at
the chain and rope and soon the boys the masts
of the ship appear above the water Then the sea-
horses drew her into sort of cuplike bay, where
she lay almost entirely out of the The water
ran out. of the hole in her bottom in tremendous
torrent, and before morning she was empty and
dry so that the boys could 90 aboard her They
found that they could patch up the hole with panks
if she were further up the ice, so the seahorses
we're set to work again, and when she was high and
dry the boys got the carpenters tools and worked
like beavers for week. They had the satisfaction
of making her as watertight as a cocoanut IN SIX
days.
'Hoorayl" cried George when the Job was done.
"Now let's slide her into the water and quit the ice
berg right awayp
'No, indeed" said Sammy. an never leave the
berg. I've use for her yet"
George thought that Sammy was crazy from be-
ing so long in cold storage, but he was not He re-
fused to put the Skyrocket into the water bat they
lived aboard Of her and they had the best Of every
thng-pe, cake pickles, fruit, candy nuts, raisins,
bananas-in fact, l cannot think OF anything they
didn't find on board of her, and they ate six meals
every day. for they had nothing else to do. George
no longer worried about the berg melting, and so
he was quite happy. In fact, he was so contented
that he used to go tobogganing down the steep
slants of the icy mountain for hours at a time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-05
H AUGUSTUS SMEDLEY CREW. RICH BY CAPTURING BIC ICEBERG
To Add to His Good Fortune, HIS
Uncle Henry Was Eaten by
Cannibals. and Samuel, Much
to His Surprise and Oratfc6
ton, Became a Millionaire

One day, however. something appeared that pu5
a stop to his sport and that was large andSery
hungry polar bear, which had been living away of
at the end of the iceberg where they had never
been. which hadn't been able before 30 get at them
because of the steepness of the sides. When the
sun had melted the ice sufficiently there bar
rier to keep him away, and so he came proving
around looking for food. George saw him first and
uttered yell of terror which made Sammy jump
in alarm. The bear scented the boys and made Tor
them, but they climbed aboard the ship and closed
the hatchways. The bear roamed up and down the
deck for long time then returned to the ice, where
he sat down to watch. Sammy went to the captains
cabin and got a rife, and then fred through port
hole. The bullet struck the bear, but only angered
him, and then Sammy, looking closer. discovered
that his shaggy hide hung loosely on his body,
because he SO starved, that the bullet had not
harmed him at all So he aimed at his heart and fred
again The bear leaped into the air, then, turning
a somersault. plunged down the jagged side Of
the iceberg; but when he only halfway down to
the water sharp spike of hard ice caught IN his
loosened hide and stopped him so suddenly that ha
turned inside out and fell out Of his skin inta
the sea, leaving splendid bearskin ten feet long
hanging there, which Sammy soon secured
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which carried them toward Europe. Three nights
later the good ship Skyrocket struck an enormous
iceberg at midnight. She ran her bow away up
the ice and stove hole in her bottom as big as
barn door. All of the passengers got on the iceberg,
while the sailors landed provisions in hurry but
before much could be taken of the ship she suddenly
sank in the green waves. Sammy had rescued his
precious bundle with great presence of mind The
passengers had plenty of food and fresh water was
there ia great abundance of course as that is what
icebargs are made of But few had clothes suitable
to such cold resort. Had they possessed Their
nometer, think It would have fallen to about 10
degrees. It seemed like the inside of ice chest to
these people, who with all their wealth. had to suf
fer the pangs of cold on this mountain of ice in
crash suits.
~Now's my chance" thought Sammy, and he
opened mis- bundle of ear-tabs and mittens. great
shout arose. and the rich but halfrozen passengers
began 10 Deg for the Atwood even if very gaudy
goods. So great was the clamor that Sammy was
compelled to auction off the things and the people
wanted them so badly that they paid two and three
hundred dollars for a pair of ear-tabs, and twice
that for mittens, SO that he gathered in some
thing over fifty thousand dollars for the tabs and
ninety-six thousand for the mittens, there having
been 221 of the former and $50 of the latter in the
bundle On, how glad the people were to get even
this protection from the bitter cold of the iceberg
and Sammy was quite hero indeed. he wondered
what Uncle Henry would say when he told him
about IL
The next day Sammy and George fshed of the
northern edge of the iceberg catching many tom
Gods and snappers, which went toward feeding the
shipwrecked people They passed the time thus for
several days, when one afternoon Sammy pulled in
his line and found two strange little fish fast to it
by their tails. They bore the strangest resem-
blanee to tiny horses, and when Sammy seized them
before they could untwist their tails and showed
them TO George the latter cried:
"Gosh They are Hippocampusesi Now you'll
always have luck wherever you gop
$50 have heard my uncle say more than once"
said Sammy.
After the little sea-horses had struggled for
few minutes they submitted to Sammy's handling,
and in day or two grew very tame. He kept them
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FEAR THAT THE BIG LAKES WILL DISAPPEA

grafton Is going on all the time. the lakes
losing In this way 10 less than 229.ooe
cubic feet per second throughout the
year. while a quantity Of water just about
equal runs Of through the Niagara river
and over the falls. In these two ways
the water supply is disposed OF. 10 be re-
placed By rainfall from watershed Two
and a half times the area OF the lakes
themselves
The proposed weir viii hold up the ieves
of Lake Erie. preventing il from going
below a certain point. while the siuaces /.
will be counted upon 10 carry or any sur
plus during the wet season. Al the same
time. there Is danger that an exceptional
rainfall might notwithstanding the
sluIces3 raise the level too high. causing
tne water 10 hack up along the shores
and damage property. And i lands we're
overlooked at any time claims would GER
taInIy be made that the dam was respon-
sible for the mischief OF course. property
interests on the Canadian side are in
volved as well as cur own. and this
makes the AFFAIR one OF international in
porta1ce-
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mean low STAGE in the channels and IN
the harbors. whereas frequently IL Is
much less
Unfortunately. the navigation season Is
just the time Of year when the water is
lowest and 50 much trouble has arisen
from this cause that something has got
10 be done. the problem being 10 find a
way OF maintaining the level at or near
high-water sage through the months
when ships are using the channels and
harbors. or course. the Great Lakes COM
pose one immense system. and what Is
done in Lake Erie must affec. more or
less the other bodies OF fresh water con-
nected with f. The so-called Waterways
Commission has agured out the whole
business In detail. and declares that the
upper lakes serve as reservoirs for sfor-
ing up the surplus water II wet years.
thus regulating the supply 10 some ex-.
tent
This Is very fortunate. lnasmuch as
the water supply OF the lake system Is
IN soma years more than twice as great
as il Is IN other years. Meanwhile svap-
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OF the surplus water in certain months OF
the year-especially February. March and
April The most suitable spet for a dam
would be Just below Tonawanda. n Y:
but Il Is more likely that preference viii
Be given 10 a submerged vein al the foot
OF the lake. below Bnnalo Harbor. Such
structure would consist OF. 200 feet OF
nxed weir. with thirteen slulees. 30 feet
wide and q feet deep. and would cost
Sz.2S6.ooo- OF course. there would have 10
be lock 10 allow vessels To pass from
Lake Erie TO the ports on the Niagara
river.
Il IS thought that this amount OF
money would be well expended In secur-
ms uniform level for Lake Erie. which
81 the present time varies so much IN
this respect thar the water in the har-
bors. as al Buffalo and Cleveland. is
often Of insufficient depth for ships. while
the same difficulty occurs from time 10
Time IN the channels connecting the lakes.
such as the Detroit river. the St Mary 5
river and the ST Clair river. There should
De minimum depth OF % feet AZ the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-05

Lakes. with a view 10 arriving al deer
sion as to what ought 10 be done 10 main
tain the scrIace level OF those waters at
a point high enough 70 suit the require
ments OF navigation. II is proposed 10 APP
point three experts 10 represent the
United States IN this negotiation-an ON
Ger OF the Engineer Corps OF the Army.
civil engineer versed in the hydraulics OF
the Great Lakes. and lawyer OF expert
enee IN questions OF riparian and interua-
ticnal law. Canada. II she assents, VIII
designate three competent men 70 act In
her behalf. and the six. after making
thoroughs investigation OF the question.
viii present reports which are expected 70
serve as the basis OF a treaty.
The main project is 10 raise the level OF
Lake Erie BY means Of a dam or Selr
placed across the Niagara river II would
be a massive structure Of stone and con-
crete provided with sluices for disposlag
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Asv WaIt n,eDoneaII

in a pool in a sort of ice cave and they seemed to
enjoy his society, swimming about with heads ont of
the water and constantly watching him, nsighing
occasionally in friendly manner. He noticed that
they grew very rapidly beingin four days ten times
as large as when he caught them he fshed con-
stantly for more but with no success, although he
caught every other kind of fish in the sea.
The iceberg was very nearly two miles around.
and one day, while they we're on one side, big
steamer came along and took off all of the wrecked
passengers leaving the boys the ice, for the
people forgot about them in the pleasure Of escap-
ing. When the boys came back they found nobody
there, but far eff they saw the steamer and they
knew what had happened George was going to cry,
but Sammy said:
'Never mind; they've left all of the food. and
we are no worse of than before"
NBut heard man say the iceberg was melting
all the time, and some day it was going to turn
over" said George.
NEVER SAWA PIECE OF ICE TURN OVER
81 don't believe it." replied Sammy al never saw
q piece of ice turn 1t melts all the tine of
course, but it keeps sinking down into the water
Just as much as ever, ana there ISN'T enough OUT OF
the water to turn over"
And it never did turn over either. All the
time they were on il it melted in rivers but it never
stuck up out of the water any farther. Instead 1t
sank good deal The Hippocampuses grew and
grew as the iceberg foated southwark, until they
were as large as appropriateness, and they were so
tame that the boys could ride their backs. They
caught enough fish for themselves, as well as for
the boys and climbed up on the berg to sleep every
night ike big dogs.
"We're getting further south every day." said
George one evening, "and soon the iceberg viii melt
and we will have to swim for it."
''Not while we have our seahorses," replied Sam
my. 1 think they could easily find the shore if We
wanted them to-
"Then, why don't we go right off z" asked George,
as he looked out toward the sunset 81 think see
land over there nowr"
Il do, too" replied Sammy. Il think we are
near Long Island. for heard the captain say that
the current sets that way, and that if an iceberg
lasted long enough it would fetch up sOmewhere
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For His Brightness He Earned
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
and Saved His Poor Mother
From Losing Her Home Just ds
She Vas About to be Evicled

- AATUFL AUGUSTUS sNlEDLEY was
the name of boy VINO lived with his
~ widowed mother. Is never told ais
- middle name to anybody for fear he
would be called "Gussie." He had 10
broth.rs nor sisters, and as his mother was very
poor. ne did all ne could to help her. Whenever
,hines we're az the very worst he would so TO his
uncle Henry Spielnsyer. and ask him to help them,
Int his uncle was very mean, stingy man. and It
hurt MIN to give than anything. He would some
times take Sammy fishing With him and let him
carry home to his mother the smallest fish, the ess
and the crabs that he caught, but he never gave
Sammy a nickel ss most uncles do occasionally.
Whenever they vent fishing he used to sigh and
wish very frequently that he could catch Hippo
campus, and when Sammy had asked him what that
was he said:
a1ts 6sh ike horse: one of the rarest and
finest of fish, and whoever gets one IS lucky ever
utter"
Sammy always echoed his uncle's wish sitter
That Yet they caught no hippocsmpuses mainly
because they always fshed in fresh water and thsse
Ssh live in the sea; but Uncle Henry didn't know
that
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VAS OLD ENOUGH TO WORK

" ~ NA-E EffNCC<% - y VIM
One day Mrs. Smedley went 60 her brother Henry
and said: Sammy is old enough to go to work.
Won't you give him a position in your nitten and
sar-tab factory, SO that he can earn few dollars
every week and help me pay the rentp
"No." replied Uncle Henry. Il haven't work FOR
al my men now. and 1t would be months before he
could learn enough to be worth three dollars week
30 me-"
~Caa't he he elevator boy in the factOryS" she
asked.
@No-unless build an elevator for him. and
will not go to that expense, as all my men are able
to walk upstairs"
@Alas. to whom shall turnf" Mrs. smedlsy
cried
an tell you what I'll do" said Uncle Henry.
'Ill give him lot of ear-tabs and mittens, and he
can so cut and sell them
"Nho viii buy ear-tass and rrittens in summerp
inquired the poor widow. weeping bitterly.
Plenty Of psople, II they are cheap enough" he
said "And as hs'n get EN- for nothing he can Tn
dersou even me-"
So that is how It aappsnod t5at Sammy. IL The
late summer when only coal dealerI and plumbers
are thinking of cold weather, had TO become ped
der o. ear-Jqbs and wooden mitts with orange and
blue stripes. lot OF shop-worn. out-of-date goods
Thieh his unele couldn't sell at all. Very hard work
L vas TO pOd along country rosds ard try to induce
psop.e who were perspirisg By the quart. as they
moved hay or churned tuttsr, 70 purchase these
winter garments, and many tine the tears would
start Into Samlnys eyes when the heartless farmer
folk jeered at him for sellinS such things when the
Thermometer at ssh, But he persisted for many
days and only ceased when he became assured that
NOBODY would buy ear-tebs until snow came He
arrived al last az the seashore and when he saw the
iesping surf he threw down his great bundle and
stood staring out over the vast expanse o. blue
water.
boy came and asked him who he was This boy
carried pair of oars over his shoulder and had
'ah lines IN his hand and the sight Of the fish lines
set samny's heart a-beating. "Are you going fish
mgr he asked eagerly.
Yea replied the lad. do you wan. to go
Elongl"
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RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has
extended 10 the Canadian gov
eminent an invitation 20 take
part IN a CONSULTATION respect
Ing the waters OF the Great
The age-herald., 1902-04-02
Direct Action Desired.

Some favor, it is said, county action instead of State action, each county to select, say, in primaries delegates to convention. But what the people most desire to abolish are conven- tions of all sorts, with their deals and dickers. The Southern States in which there is practically but one party have outgrown the convention system. They see the swapping and trading that goes on under that sys- tenn, and they have become very tired of it.
 And when one thinks of it, why should there be a resort to the rep resentative system when direct voting is feasible and eminently practicable? :? Does any one on the face of the earth prefer to act through representative when he can step up to a ballot box and act directly for himself?
 No one wants convention, because convention cannot express each mans preference Only a primary permits this, and there seems to be no known reason in this world why a Democrat should be denied this plain and indispensable right. Mere disuse does not, or rather should not, deprive Democrat of this right.
 In a State that has a new constitu- tion calling for primaries-that has a statute protecting and guarding them that possesses choice and select electorate expressly fitted and quail fled for direct action-that desires to get out of the rut of dishonest cleo tions-in such a State shall direct action be denied when press and peo- pie alike desire and demand it? Surely not, and we believe the State Commit, tee will rise to the occasion by giving the new electorate an opportunity to act directly in the making of party nominations.
The age-herald., 1902-04-02
Music in New York,

'I was interested in reading the pro- grammes of Easter music that were rem dered in New York said choir singer of Birmingham.
 Tn old Trinity, Protestant Episcopal, Tunnels grand mass was sung in it's entirety. In many Episcopal churches Kyries and Glorias have been sung for many years on high festival occasions, but as far as I can recall last Sunday was the first time that a full mass Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Oei-was heard in Trinity
 At St. Patrick's Cathedral Haydn's Imperial mass was the musical attrac- tion. I am told that MT. Reed Miller, who was Birmingham's most charming tenor. had a prominent solo part in the cathe- dral programme. He had sung there once before and gave great satisfaction. MT. Miller was solo tenor at the Church of the Advent and Temple Emanuel in Bir- mingham last season and his friends here will be glad know that he is mak- ing fine progress in his musical studies in New York.
The age-herald., 1902-04-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
General Fitznuoh Lee.

"Of all the distinguished ex-Confeder- ates living, Gen. Fitzhush Lee has a wider personal acquaintance perhaps than eny of them," said a Confederate vet eran yesterday.
 General Lee is to deliver a lecture at the Jefferson on the evening of May 1. He will have a large audience. He is to talk about Cuba, believe; but no mat ter what his theme may be. he will be entertaining.
 'Fits Lee is a graduate of West Point. He served in the United States army from 1858 to 1861. Two years of that time he was fighting the Indians. He was wounded in one or two fights. In hand to-hand combat with brawny red man the latter was killed. Lee threw the In- dian down and choked him to death in order to save his own life.
 Tn the civil war Lee was wounded at the battle of Winchester. He was ap- pointed major general in the Confeder- ate army before he was 27 years of age.
 Since 1865 Lees public record is briefly this: Governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890; consul general to Cuba from 1896 un- til the United States declared war against Spain; major general of volun- teers in the United States army; briga- dier general in the regular army. At the age of GA General Lee was retired on quarters pay. He is nephew of the late Gen. Robert E. Lee.
 .sFitz Lee is a iovial, whoe-souled man, and is a favorite with all classes.
The age-herald., 1902-04-02
INDIAN BILL IN SENATE.
As Reported From the Committee the
 Measure Carries $9,415,339.

Washington, April 1-Senator Stewart of the Senate Committee on Indian Af- fairs today reported the Indian appro- priation bill to the Senate. It carries total appropriation of ss,415,3S9, net in- crease of $973,S34 over the total as the bill passed the House.
 Authority Is given to use the trust funds of various tribes of Indians to the aggregate extent of $1031,19l for the set clement of obligations and for other pur poses. The membership of the Dawes Commission Is restored to four in num- Der, the House having reduced 1t to three, and an amendment is inserted making final the decision of the commission as to all matters of appraisements and allot- ment of lands, and also in all matters per- taining to the right of citizenship in any of the five civilized tribes. It is made unlawful for any person to lay out track of land in the Choctaw Chickasaw, Creek or Cherokee Nations in Indian Territory, except with the permission of the Secre- tary of the Interior prior to the delivery of deed to him, the offense being made punishable by Imprisonment Authority is given the Secretary of the Interior to pay Cherokee Nation warrants amount ing to $6l0,O00 An additional Judicial dis trict is created in the Indian Territory.
The age-herald., 1902-04-02

hands of certain politicians. who are apparently trying to find some excuse for refusing to call primaries. Such a refusal in State like this would be almost criminal. Here is a State that has but one party-that has a choice and select electorate-a State in which nomination is followed by a walkover-and yet the politicians say they will do the nominating, and the people may so to the polls and ratify their selections. This sort of thing will not do. Alabama voters are keeping step with voters all the way from South Carolina to Arkansas, and they propose to select their own nomi- nees this year and all subsequent years,