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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
SCHOOL BOOK DECISION.

I UDGE HALLS DECISION in the
y school book case is good law, and in
5furtherance of good public policy. He
bias enjoined permanently the compile
lon OF the contracts Tor school books
selected by the recent state convention.
Because the bids were not read pub
=aicly, az required by law. and because
<there were other Irregularities in the
work of the convention.
The chief point is that the proceed
ngs OF the body were secret, the vote
on the choice OF books was secret. and
he public was kept out of the conven-
5tiOn when it was in sessioa.
No body Of men acting in a public
capacity has any right to hold star
Il hamber sessions. In this particular
: ease 1t was charged. with some show
/ bf proof that improper influences were
Iused TO secure votes for certain pubH-
tcations. Certainly a secret ballot on
{lhe choice OF books facilitated irres-
]nlarities in the proceedings which were
[Dpen 10 suspicion.
The net result Of the voting was a
change IN almost every textbook used
b. the state schools whioh would have
Eentailed an unnecessary expense to
parents. estimated at S5o.000.
Judge Halls injunction will prevent
u repetition of the secret proceedings.
|and give the Taxpayers chance 10
know just who Is responsible for such
changes il the recent pro-
|.ramme of selections is duplicated.
i Meanwhile State Superintendent Mel
Son has a serious problem before him.
|rbere is said to be grave doubt whether
|the same delegates can be rcconvened
kegally. and. in any event. Mr.. Nelson
must give sixty days notice before an
bther convention can be held. That
|win carry it beyond the opening of the
1new school year.
If new books are chosen it will upset
/ he school curriculum to make A change
n mfd-term. The book trust may well
|eel great regret If The old
books are retained. because it
.happenedv 90 mouopolze most
Ii the selections of new books
made by the state convention. The tax
|payers, however. viii bear with equa-
Ifmity a continuance OF the old texts.
because most OF them have paid for
books which would be displaced by the
rust publications. and retention or the
bid books means a profit 10 them with
but any serious loss to the schools or
Ihe children in attendance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
(New York Tribune. !

-
Never again will put faith in circum-
stantial evidence said one of New
York's many independent young women
the other afternoon. Never NeverI'
been wrongly convicted by circum-
stances" remarked the man.
We'll, you don't know what a narrow
escape had, she replied.
OF course, he insisted on the story.
1t was last Sunday in the park, and
Jane was with me-" she began. 1--WE
entered from the Plaza. intending to take
a long walk. a brown-eyed Italian boy
crying 'Pansies,' attracted us, and / pur-
chased a richly-colored bunch. They
were all purple and deep black, the rich.
We finally reached the Casino for
luncheon, and 1 offered TO divide the
flowers with Jane 1 had noticed her
casting longing glance at the pansy
box which stood near our table on the
porch. / unwOund the tinfoil and was
dividing the flowers when up rushed a
waiter.
It's s. fine for each flower you pull.
he said. gTuffly.
Il simply glared at him. Jane told him
/ had bought the flowers.
know you people, he said. You
pulled them He pointed TO the box near
our table. The pansies were all black
mixed colored flowers were in boxes out
of our reach. The insolent waiter hur-
ried off for the head water.
q" Did You see them pun the flowersY p
this worthy asked. His tone left no QueS-
ton in our minds as TO his doubt of our
guilt.
pinched them, all right
Too bad you didn't catch them at il.
said the head waiter. but it won't do
much good to have them arrested unless
you did
Rather exciting" remarked the man,
when she paused
1T was a case of too much circumstan-
tial evidence" said the young woman
The only reSuttal evidence we had was
the tinfoil which came around the stems
and the wind blew that away just after I
had removed it,"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
UNFINISHED ROBBERY.

IL IOCkHOLDERS who something like
- year ago were paying upwards OF
s. a share for one Of Utah's most prom
inent mining stocks. viii shortly be
Ecalied on to pay an assessment Of 3
cents a share. Ever since the big
1owners unloaded their holdings the
stock has steadily Deprecated in value,
until now it is worth not more than a
1 seventh 81 last years prices. That
company has been reorganized and, on
Monday. al a meeting Of the stockhold-
ers. the new president made state
ment.
He said some interesting things. One
4 OF them was that the original pro-
Inoters deliberately stripped the mine
4 or its high-grade ore for the purpose
i OF paying dividends and initiating the
exchange price OF the stock in order
that they might unload. That they
paid no attention whatever 10 develop
ing the property in order 10 ascertain
whether or not it had fixed and per-
msnent value.
If these statements are true, some
body has been playing a sorry part
II may be within the strict confines of
the law to rob the innocent investor
Through such proceedings, but the men
4 who viii be parties to II are beyond the
[pale OF decent society.
The dollars they have won by no
means mark the limit of their trans
sression. They have given to the min
linz industry of Utah. in the minds Of
those who have money TO invest. a seTi-
Gus setback.
Not long ago the newspapers were
|fun of protest against dishonest bro
kers that is, brokers who. for the pur-
Ipose OF influencing stock quotations.
Circulated stories that they knew TO
be absolutely without foundation. Bro
aers OF this character are even less
dishonest. if such onenses have any
degree OF guilt than the mine owner
who deliberately schemes TO sell to an
unsuspectiEg public stock which he
knows to be valueless. 1t is a pity that
There is no law to catch these offenders.
|if any there be. They are as well
|werthy of stripes and prison cells as
|any defaulter who ever robbed a bank
Tor looted a trust company.
Honest men viii suffer through their
|acts. and it is small comfort TO know
that they win never be able to float
|any more mining schemes in the state
|of Utah or its neighbors.
Fortunately, there are few dishonest
|mining men in this community. and the
|few are so well known they cannot do
bnuch harm. In this case the new man
|agement has done the industry a dis
|tinct service by giving the exact facts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

home city. and he expects to do some
local work while visiting in the city.
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Miss LOrene Leary will entertain a
number of her young friends at a Ken
sington Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. w. Donaldson returned yester-
day from vacation trip up Prove
canyon.
Today, at the Country club, the fifth
preliminary handicap for women will
be played
Miss Ethel Steele of Oklahoma and
Miss May Downey of Newton, Kan,
are visiting friends in the city. They
are returning from an extended trip
to the northwest
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew Walker and
daughter Lena left yesterday for Del
Monte, Cal, to spend the summer.
@ @ @
Miss Charlotte Micker of Los An
geles has come to the city to make her
home, and viii be at home with Mr..
and Mrs OrsOn Pratt on Sixth East
street.
The Shakespeare class met at the
home Of Miss Macintosh Monday
evening.
@ @ @
Miss Ann Cannon entertained the
employees of the county clerks office at
her home Saturday evening.
G. g @
Mrs. William H. Dale returned yes
terday from a. visit of some time with
Mr.. Dale's family in Iowa.
Mrs D. H. Styer left yesterday
morning, accompanied by her two chill
dren, for San Francisco, where she will
meet Captain Styer.
Mrs. Jay T. Harris viii be the guest
FOR the coming month of Mrs. W. G.
Lamb of Park City.
Mrs. John Cain entertained at a very
pleasant Kensington yesterday after
noon, in honor of her sister, Mrs. Bax-
ter. About thirty-five guests were pres
ent, and delightful hour was spent
over the thimbles. Delicious refresh
ments were served at the small tables.
and some fine literary selections were
rendered.
Mr.. Edgar Wilson Smith of Mime
apolis will be in the city next week. to
be the guest for a few weeks of Mr.
and Mrs. E. w. Duncan.
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The young ladies of the Westminster
church gave a pleasant lawn party on
the church lawn last night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
FROM A SALooRKEEPER.

A CORRESPONDENT who subscribes
L himself "A Saloonkeeper" writes
20 The Herald as follows:
ITO the Editor: In your crusade
against selling liquor on Sunday 1 have
failed to see anything about the wills
KY selling which is done by the drug
stores. Am to understand that you
consider it proper for drug stores to
sell intoxicants on Sunday? Speaking
for myself. 1 win say that I am per-
fectly willing to obey the law, but it
seems unfair TO permit drug stores to
sell whisky, many of them without
any city license whatever, on Sundays
as well as week days. while we who
contribute literally 10 the running ex-
penses Of the city are forced TO close
one day in the week"
There is some point in what "A Sa-
Ioonkeeper'' says. Answering his in
terrogatory explicitly, The Herald
would say as distinctly as possible
that il does not approve of Sunday
whisky selling by drug stores whether
they have a city license or not They
have no more right to violate the law
than the saloonkeeper has, and when
ever cases can be made out against
them they should be punished.
The fact that the saloon men con-
tribute literally 10 the running ex-
penses of the ely is entirely beside the
case. They do not secure a license to
sell whisky on Sunday. and that Is
all there is to it. In the matter of
law enforcement, they occupy exactly
the same position as citizens who do
not contribute one cent in taxes or
license payments The law is no re-
specter Of persons, or at least it should
not be.
To get back to the subject of drug
stores. The Herald would add that as
a general rule il looks with disfayor
upon the selling of intoxicants as
beverage by drug store proprietors IN
der any pretext whatever. except when
prescribed by a physician in good
standing
The Herald does not question the
right of a drug store to sell whisky by
the drink if a city license therefor
is taken out and paid for any more
than it questions the right of any man
to so into the saloon business. But it
does insist that the drug men. as well
as the saloon men. be required TO obey
the law in every respect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

THIS MORNING, at the home OF
the brides mother, viii take place
the marriage of Beatrice. daugn-
ter of the late Colonel Elijah Sells, TO
Mr.. James Deitrick The wedding will
performed at IL O'Clock by the Rev.
j. Brainerd Thrall
Miss Beatrice Sells is well known
in this city, although for the past few
years she has been away a great part
OF the time. In the early days of the
town her mother was one of the lead
ing women in social and literary cir
cles, and her father, the late Colonel
Elijah Sells, was secretary of state
during the two terms from 1885 to 1898.
Miss Sells, after leaving the Salt
Lake High school, went to Berkeley,
and was graduated from Mills semi
nary year or so ago. She has been
studying abroad during the past year,
and has made marvellous progress in
vocal music under Marchesf. In April
last she returned from Europe, where
she became engaged to Mr.. Deitrick.
The news of her marriage will be a
great surprise to her friends in this
city
The groom is a business man of
Richmond, Va After the ceremony
the bride and groom will leave for
Old Point Comfort, where they viii be
the guests for a month of the groom's
mother, after which they will make
their home in Richmond
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Mrs E. w Duncan was the hostess
yesterday afternoon at a very enjoya-
BILE Kensington, given in honor of her
sister, Mrs. Hartman, who is her
guest The rooms were delightfully."-
cool, and were filed with the fragrance
Tr6 VVh
graced the mantels and tables. Bowls
OF fragrant sweet peas were placed
everywhere, and asparagus fern was
streWn over an exquisite centerpiece
on the dining table. Refreshments were
served at small tables in the parlors
and on the porch, and in the game of
"Isms' which followed the needlework
hour, prizes were awarded to Mrs. A.
]. Gorham and Mrs. F. F. Reed.
The first prize was a handsome hand
painted plaque, and the second an ele-
gantly bound book. Delightful vocal
solos by Mrs. Snow and Miss Mackin-
tosh were enjoyed. Among the ladies
present to meet Mrs. Hartman were
Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. MeAIil-
Ian, Mrs. Love, Mrs. Bimford, Mrs.
Lowe, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Snow, Mrs.
Gorham, Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Ridge, Mrs.
Gannett, Mrs Kimball, Mrs. Black.
Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Sol Siegel, Mrs.
Bamberger, Mrs. Prout, Mrs Brink,
Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Reed,
Mrs. Coates, Mrs. Royle, Mrs. King,
Mrs. Sawyer, Mrs. Archer. Miss Cohn,
Miss Flanders, Miss Zerbe, Miss Oster-
berg, Miss Lowe, Miss Howat, Miss
Croft of FL Paso, Mrs. Thorne Mrs.
Newhouse, Mrs. Nelden, Mrs Weir.
Mrs Tileston of ST Paul and Mrs.
Brown of New York.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Davis and chill
dren of Chicago are in the city, visit
Ing Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Davis.
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Miss Edith Hobbs gives a Kensing-
ton this afternoon.
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DR.. NJ. r. Hughes OF st. Louis is the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
BY GEORGE AND BY GoLLY.
A Curt Note That Was the Basis of a
Firm Friendship

New Orleans Times-Democrat.)
Back late in the sos, after the war
was over, there was a considera BILE
amount Of little resentment shown bv
the men who had been making a de-
fensive and a losing fight said an old
gentleman, who went through the hard
ships of that trying epoch, ''and 1 re-
call one rather amusing instance. 1t
was UP in Arkansas, some distance out
from Helena. A Yankee had settled
in that region of the country and had
prospered- He had accumulated a
good, big estate, and was really the
Wealthiest man in the country, He
lived in fine, old mansion on the hill
side, had fine stables and outhouses.
drove fine horses, and was a big man
generally During the war he was very
active in behalf of the Union, and the
estranged men who had learned to like
MN. After Lees surrender, the coun-
try, OF course. was in bad shape Many
of the smaller farmers were on me
border OF starvation But the rich
man, who had cut such a swath before
the war, was still in comparatively
good condition. His property was in
tact. and he simply picked the thread
up where he had dropped it when hos
tliities broke out. One day he had oe-
casion TO write a note TO one of the
smaller farmers, who had not Jared
so well, and who happened to be aw-
fully sore and resentfuI on account of
the turn of the wheel against him.
The more prosperous man, after siSn-
ing his name, wrote by George as this
was the name Of the bearer of the mes
sage. This made the southerner, who
was thoroughly illiterate backwoods-
man, furious. He sat down. answered
the note forthwith, and he signed
II up. Yours, SO-and-so, by goIly'
he remarked to the boy who took the
message that he would teach the gosh
burned Yankee how to swear at him
and really this was the INTERPRETATION
ne put on the thing. Later the whole
thing was explained. and the men be-
came fast friends. both of them GET
ting d deal Of fun out OF the south
erners curt note. 1t was just one
of the little evidences of resentment
to be found in the south after the
struggle of the EOS was over"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
LAHcffah9f0lI1D D. > llINGANVNESI

Nor would Father Beret, put TO the
same test. have made a substantially
different confession. His work, to do
which his life went as fuel 20 fire, was
training the souls OF Indians for the
reception Of divine grace; but expert
ence had not changed his first impress
sion of savage character. When he
Travelled into the wilderness he carried
the Word and the Cross; but he was
also armed with a gun and two good
pistols, not TO mention "A dangerous
knife The rumor prevailed that Fa-
ther Beret could drive a nail ar sixty
yards with his rifle. and at twenty
snuff a candle with either one of his
pistols.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

for Utah county Democrats, and others
have signified their intention of coming
from various parts of the state.
In more ways than one the outing
VIII be a good thing for the Demoera-
cy. These social gatherings tend to
bring members of the party closer to-
gethcr. They learn 10 know one an
other better. and better knowledge
means better understanding. Every
Democrat who can possibly spare the
time should visit Saltair next Tues
day. Nor is the invitation confined to
Democrats alone Republicans. Popu-
lists. ProhibitiOnists and all the rest
viii be given a cordial welcome and a
chance to learn something.
With a properly conducted campaign,
and the indications now are that the
campaign viii be properly conducted.
the Democratic party will have more
than an even chance 10 win the poiit-
zeal battle this fall No battle can be
won. however. without perfect har-
mony in the party. And perfect har-
mony viii not win unless clean, capa-
bic candidates are nominated for every
office.
One way Of promoting harmony is by
such gatherings as the one which is to
assemble at SaItair on Tuesday next.
Let everybody go out and talk things
over in a friendly spirit. The festivi-
ties will not be in the nature of boom
for anybody's candidacy. No good man
is haired when if comes to a Democrat
ic race. one is just as freely welcomed
as another. and all of US want the best
man to win.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTING.

|rHE JOINT OUTING OF the woman's
IL Democratic club and the Utah
democratic club at Saltair next Tues
[,aV promises 10 be an event in the
history of the party. Senator Rawlins,
|aho is easily the most famous Demo-
|,rat Utah has Yet produceas is TO be
|one Of the speakers. and other noted
Loartv men win also deliver addresses.
[-hair1nan Roylance Of the state ccm-
E,,tttee has arranged for special train
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
An Impossibility.

Charles steckler tells the following joke
on himself:
lie was taking a short cut through
Frankfort street one afternoon a few
days ago when he came upon a child
crying bitterly. lie stopped TO ask what
was the matter.
Mamma says I can't ever be presi-
dent" sobbed the child
We'll, what If you can't?'' consoled
the lawyer. There are lots of other ways
Of making a name for yourself. even il
you don't get RooseveIt's job. You can
grow up TO be a good man, and that's
better than being president. Dent YOU
think sop
But I can't grow Up to be a good
man" walled the youngster in a fresh
outburSt OF Woe
NONSENSE said Mr.. Steekler. .sOf
course you can
Can't neithert'' beloved the child
why not. I'd like TO know
Cause I'm = little girl.-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
BARRED PHONE WIRES.
Montana Ranchmen Making a Gen.
eral Use of thu Fences

They are inaugurating a telephone
exchange in Fort Benton" said a
northern Montana man recently, that
viii put the embryo telephone compa-
MES entirely in the shade
There is nothing slow about the
people at the head of Missouri river
navigation. and when il comes 10 mu-
nicipal questions and their solution.
they can give Henry George, Ignatius
DonneIly, Edward BeIlamy and Mrs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
The Point of View,
(Chicago News.)

Education is certainly a good thing
remarked the clerical looking passenger
as he folded up his paper
Ihere Were We differ" rejoined the
man with the noisy tie, at whom the
remark mad been aimed 1T has put my
business on the pork train"
1noeed. said the c l. D. What is your
business, may / askZ''
Selling gold Bricks was the curt but
significant reply
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

as Day must have known that, he
should have refused to carry out this
/ particular one Surely IL Waller was
irresponsible he should not be blamed,
and if he was sane, Day had absolutely
no option in the matter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

General Chaffee's opinion of the Wal
Ter court-martial will strike most peo-
pie as somewhat inconsistent He
condemns Waller for issuing the order
to execute prisoners without trial and
Lieutenant Day for obeying the order.
According 10 General Chaffee. Waller
was in no condition to give orders and,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

Now that he has been elected chair
man Of the Republican state commit
tee. County Attorney Farley P. Chris
Jensen will, of course, resign the Office
to which he was elected two years
ago. In fact, to use the picturesque
language of the street, The Herald has
a photograph of Mr.. Christensen in the
act of resigning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

Speaking Of recoIIections, began the
man from St Louis. Il remember when
WAS only a chunk Of a boy
PsnaW. That's nothing" interrupted
the gray haired native % Chicago. Il re-
member when the cornerstone OF our new
Postoffiee was laid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

Now it is the plain duty of all good
citizens of the county to give Superin-
tendent Ashton, who has been re-
elected. all possible support in making
the county schools what they should
be.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

Butch Cassidy has just about had
time to skip from Illinois over to Colo
| RADIO, for, of course, it was Butch who
| held up the Rio Grande train Monday
morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

Now, if Colonel Pickett were a poll
tician people might think it was a
senatorial bee instead Of baby taran-
tula that he has been carrying around
in his ear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

AT any rate, Convict Tracy is not a
liar. MerrilPs body was found just
where he said it would be found.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

What Cheer, Ia, has been visited by
! cloudburst. 1t should now be easy to
answer the question implied by the
name.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16
PROMINENT YOUNG SALT LAKE WOMAN
is TO BE MARRIED THIS MORNING

guest for. few days of Mr.. and Mrs.
z. w. Duncan.
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Mrs J. D. Spencer returned last
night from Logan, where she has been
spending the past two weeks as the
guest Of Miss Dora Wright.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Street of Phila-
delphia are visiting Mrs. Anna Street
at her home on Ninth East. Mr.. Street
is an artist of considerable note in his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

she took her DrOdigious bulk a.
dlihg gait out of the room. - a id
Der how you danced even WI. Ciillill-
were not clumsy as a pig on - - YOU
shrleked back over her shouIsa- she
Go be Continued Tomor-o,-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-16

Big braggart." Madame Roussi1lon
broke in, contemptuously. Its a pias-
ire TO a sou that you stood gawping in
through a window while gentlemen and
ladies did the dancing I can imagine
how you lOOked-I cant" and with this