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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

ating everything It touches with its
filthy feet.
Files are a menace 10 health. be-
cause, after walking and feeding upon
filth, they can and sometimes do carry
upon their feet and tongues the germs
or seeds OF diseases like dysentery and
typhoid fever. Unfortunately, the
house fly does not conhne itself to any
particular diet. but is often attracted
from its meal Of filth 70 food that is
intended for our own use, and it takes
advantage OF every. open. unscreened
door or window to visit our kitchens
and dining rooms. and may contamin-
ate everything it touches with its
germ-laden feet. Everyone has seen
flies walking over food. but few people
know that on those six small feet and
on the hy's tongue there may be thou
sands Of the deadly microbes Of dis
ease"
Professor Underwood has just con-
cluded an experiment which shows
how rapidly and how easily flies dis
seminate disease germs. He filled a
glass with a clear, transparent, nu-
TRENT jelly and allowed one ordinary
house fly, which ne knew had been
around a spot where there were thou
sands of bacteria, 20 walk over It.
Twelve hours later. the jelly having
been kept in a warm place. groups Of
bacteria were easily seen with the
naked eye.
During this time" says Professor
Underwood, 1.-THE germs had multiplied
many thousand times. Each mass
now represents a living colony, or, as
it were. a city of germs, the smallest
spot which can be seen containing
many millions Of them. The tracks Of
the fly as ne walked along can be
plainly made out, and midway between
the fiy's tracks in several places win
be seen q number Of small rounded
spots or colonies. These came from the
germs carried and planted by the fy's
tongue, and they show the different
places where the insect paused to feed
as it walked along. The population OF
one Of these colonies was counted and
100000 germs were found to be pres
ent in a single spot"
Some day somebody win invent a fly
extermiuator that viii exterminate.
and then we may rid ourselves Of this
Acknowledged dissemination of many
diseases.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
WYE AS An ExAmPLE.

IN AN EFFORT to hold a rally Sat
urday night the Republicans had
to ask city Attorney Nye 20 make a
speech. Evading the record Of the ad-
ministration in which he IS one Of the
conspicuous failures, Mr.. Nye said,
among other things:
I'VE say that we want council in
there that VIII not spend its time in
Quarreliug and fighting about proposed
improvements. They spent all Oh their
time trying to get him (the city en-
gineer) out Of his Office, and they seri-
ously jeoDardized the city's interests
IN its water supply and threw this city
into a litigation IN which the city has
been involved for the past i've or six
years"
This refers 20 an administration
which began its career six years ago,
an administration which, with all its
faults. handled the city money hon
estly, kept the tax rate within a rea-
sonable limit and left office with a
record so much cleaner and ADLER than
this present crew shows that no Re
publican but a fat-headed chump would
invite the comparison.
If the public has not been deceived,
Mr. Nye has had every case reversed
that he has taken to the supreme
court. In the Hilton police case Mr..
Nye pitted his legal opinion against
the learned Fernstrom, and when the
case got into court Fernstrom was sus-
tained. Nye, as legal adviser Of the
council, knows that eleven members OF
that august body are Republicans. He
knows that the Republicans have had
every city executive Office save one for
the past two years. and that for four
years the party has been in control
of municipal affairs Yet IN his speech
he fails to mention a single achieve
ment of this administration in four
years. and devotes himself to ancient
history and a little cheap prophecy.
IF the Republican campaign commit
tee had wanted a horrible example"
OF what the Thompson administration
has not done. they could not have
been more felicitous I'm their choice
when they put up Nye for their orator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
THE INDIANAPOLIS WRECK.

7, EW MORE DISTRESSING railroad
i wrecks have occurred in recent
years than that Of Saturday on the Big
-Four at indianapolis. The lives Of ff-
teen young men in the fun flush Of
health and strength and vigor were
suuffed out without a moments warn
ing. Half a hundred more passengers,
practically every one Of whom was q
young man. were more or less seriously
injured. Many of them win die and a
large proportion Of the others win be
crippled for the remainder OF their lives.
Tt is difficult to imagine a tragedy
more appalling. The train. which was
wrecked was filed to overlooking with
college students and friends on their
way TO attend a football game between
Purdue university and the University
OF Indiana for the championship Of the
state. j vas the Purdue train that was
wrecked. The casualties were heaviest
among the athletic flower OF Purdue.
In a coach next 20 the engine rode the
football team and substitutes and
coaches Declled in their college colors.
ready and eager to do valiant battle
for the glory Of their Alma Mater, the
thought Of disaster was far from the
miads of these young men. In the
coaches behind them were members Of
the college faculty. hundreds Of young
women and young men who were COM
ing TO cheer the Purdue boys on to vic
tory. In a moment. I'm the twinkling OF
OF an eye. the scene was changed.
Somebody Rod r,Trr~I---T f7r-
now in the full tide OF the sorrow and
the shock that has come upon Purdue
and. indeed, upon the entire country, to
talk OF blame All we know is that
somebody was grossly, criminally care
less. Elsewise the wreck would have
been impossible. And whoever IS TO
blame viii suffer for it as long as life
is in his body; until merciful death
draws a veil over his eyes he will see.
night and day. day and night. that
scene OF pitless carnage.
coal train came out Of a switch
just as the college special, running at
a high rate Of speed rounded a curve.
There was TO time for either crew 10
do anything TO avert the impending ca
lamity; there was no time for the poor
boys on the doomed train to make a
movement toward safety. It is prob
able that some Of them never knew why
or how they died; why or how their
careers were cut short ere they entered
the doorway OF broader, greater lives.
To their families. who must mourn as
they who have no hope. win go wave
of sympathy as broad as the nation
And 20 the college which is now in
mourning and which viii mourn for
many months over its fallen sons. win
90 a tide Of compassion from all over
the land
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
FLIES AND DISEASE.

An EXHAUSTIVE discussion OF the
4 house fly as a carrier OF disease
has just been issued by Professor Will
liam L. Underwood Of the Massachu-
setts Institute Of Technology. while
the knowledge that flies do distribute
diseases has been very widely dissem-
mated. Professor Underwood throws a
flood OF new light on the subject.
Speaking generally, he says:
"The house fly craWls over
hands and faces, it gets into milk. it
walks over sugar and salt. over bread
and cake, often soillng and contamin-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
How Ga Is lid ami

Que DurpOrting to be the mysterious
Tilda Ann has come forward with the
announcement of the lady's age. Tidy
Ann certainly ought to know, unless the
family bible has been stolen, but the
circumstance that this correspondent
resorts 10 algebra to bolster up the
statement casts suspicion upon the
writer's claim to be Tilda Ann. The
real Tida Ann would in all likelihood,
I have produced other proof to substan-
tate the claim and would not have de-
pended upon figures and Tilda Ann,
many believe, IS old enough TO know
her own age and would have asserted
it without digging up some old algebra.
Furthermore, it is not likely the real
Tilda Ann has yet learned Of the dis
cussiOn regarding her age or a lawsuit
for SANDER would have been instituted.
as it is no secret that many people have
commended Tilda Ann and her age TO
a place where the iceman would do
great business II he could keep his ice
after he goes there. Painful though
the task is, we must still assert that
we believe this correspondent is q ffc-
titiOus Tilda Ann and the writer's claim
to be the mysterious lady should be
given little weight IN calculating the
age Of the real Tuda Ann.
This is the problem: Mary is "a
years old. Mary is twice as old as
as Tilda Ann is now. How old is Tilda
Ann?"
Additional answers have been re-
ceived by the Tilda Ann editor as fol-
lows
Tilda Ann is Is years old. I worked
it and proved it, Here is the way 1
worked IL.
Let lex equal Tilda AIMS age.
Let X equal Mary's age.
Then / minus 1ax equals o.
X equals "A by % equals 16, the age
Mary was.
Then equals the age Tuda Ann was.
"a minus is equals g. plus 16 equals "A,
Mary's age.
s plus equals 16 Tnda's age.
HUGH TOWALEY.
wish to hand YOU my solution of the
problem in this mornings Herald.
Let Y equal AIMS age
If at the age Of "a Mary is twice as
old as Tilda Ann was. Tuda was u
years old when Mary was as old as Ann
IS now Cor when Mary was X years old.
IF John was 13 years old and James was
8 the difference between Johr's age. and
James plus James age win equal
Johns.
Therefore Tilda AIMS age TX plus the
difference between Tflda's and Marv's
age * minus Il equals "A, the age Mary
is now.
X plus minus II equals q.
pax equals 80.
X equals Is.
City.
I have taken X as the difference be
tween the ages Of the two popular and
respected ladies whose ages are in
vOlved in this query. / have. after
much calculation. ascertained that "a.
the age Mary is now, less X, the diff
ference in their ages. would give me
Tilda AIMS age. I have thus far been
unable to discover the value Of X. IT
you could oblige me by stating the
value Of the same 7 viii remit you
Tiida AIMS age by the next mail
RALPH GEWALTE.
Buena Vista.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
Hard on the Pig.


The editor is going to have some fine
pork this winter Delinquents, who are
short OF cash, are going to bring US corn,
squash. wheat and potatoes to feed the
porker. A variety of rations like this
makes the finest kind OF meat, il is said.
delinqucnts do not bring the grub Just
when they promised to. and the pig IS
without rations for a day or Two at a
time. On these occasions the principal
part OF the pigs diet consists of light AR
and mountain scenery, which at this sea
son of the year is supremacy beautiful. A
delinquent assures us that this is a BEN
eft. however, as it makes a streak Of
lean and a streak of fat which is the
most desirable kind of meat.
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Great Onncrtunitv.
(3Iurray Eagle.)

For Sale-This paper can be bought
chcap-Only cents a. copy or $50 Tor
the whole year. which is not much more
than 3 cents for each copy. Can you
afford TO borrow your neighbours paper
or do without one at such a triflng cost?
If you have lots of mOney-that is, more
than most people have-say 5000. we
shall be pleased TO sell you the whole
plant, paper, machinery. building and ALL
Think il Over-n you can't buy the plant
to do business.
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a Wonderfnl Professor
Grand valley TimesO

IlIaUU WHEY IIIuDs-J
Professor J. r. Gullihur. former freight
agent at Thomson, under his own man.
agement. appeared in Woodman nall
Thursday night and gave an exhibition
I'm physical culture with apparatus, and
a concert. The concert comprised soma
of the latest and most popular songs OF
the Gay. The concert was followed by a
dance. the professor furnishing the music
on a graphOphone. The professor is also
the author of a book on free physical
culture. He goes from here to sunny
side,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
An Extreme Case.

tChlcagO NeWs.)
loot foot, foot!
That man who plays the flute
Is practicing, as usual the melancholy
COOt.
And the dismal dismal tones
Wiring from me as dismal grOans
AS they whiffle and they sniffle-I should
like TO throw some stones
AT the maudlin chump who's playing
That COMPOUNDED instrument;
Yet / know that even throwing
stones would hardly bring content.
I should dearly love to boot
That man who plays the flute
GOT, DOT.
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What Republicans Say About the Republican
Machine Ticket

in this has beend
y by of hsnopp
has happd there care boler kI but
d u such storm o approalOr sua
Rpu iqn patyo ii oda
t. tim ia its wgclumn interviews wrhRq
IS have Say abou the
ticket maehnecutroIa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

Il certainly would be for the best in
terests Of the city If the voters of the
Fifth precinct would give A. j. Davis.
candidate for the council. unlimited lei
sure for the performance Of his duties
as Bruce Johnson's secretary in the
Fifty-second district.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

You and your friends are cordially
invited to attend The Herald's election
returns party TO be given tomorrow
evening in front of this Office. The re-
turns win be flashed on a screen as
rapidly as they are received and their
accuracy may be depended upon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

With r. P. Norris and the rest Of the
Democratic city ticket in control OF
municipal affairs Salt Lakers viii be
assured Of honest capable government
FOR two years. anyway. Why not make
It unanimous?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

A Democrat who waits for a Demo-
cratic carriage TO come and take him
to the polls is a mighty poor sort Of
citizen. 1t is all right, though. for a
Democrat to ride to his polling place in
q Republican carriage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
Neckless Chain Lost.
Murray EagIe.)

Lost-Between ]. r. Miller & Co.'S
yards and the Eagle office, a little girls
gold reckless chain. with a solid heact
charm. The chain was Of a small, fine
Inns pattern aL pa
value, being a gift. The finder viii re-
ceive a suitable reward by leaving it at
Reynold CahOon's place.
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HUMOR IN STATE PRESS.
Lucky for Davy.

It is fortunate that election day is so
near. for If the campaign were to last for
swell up so with Importance that an ex-
plosion would be imminent. II perchauce
the Republicans win DaVy figures that
he, too, will wear a white collar all tie
time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

The machine organ says the machine
rally was "a bowling success" It was.
The machine men packed through the
house howled cheerfully at the slight
est opportunity and at no opportunity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
Side Talk With Girls.
lPrlce Advocate.l

Don't be hasty, girls, to snap up the
first offer of marriage you may receive
this year. Remember that next year viii
be leap year-2nd you l1ay get any fell
low You wish. That is. provided he
doesn't see YOU firSt-and rum
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

After Jan. 1 we may expect the peo-
pie TO paraphrase a well known adver-
hsement TO That good recorder" And
his name win be John S. Critchlow.
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How Hebsr Is Gettirc Along.


We received a very nice and interest
ing letter from NJ. Heber c. Webb who
is on mission in Iowa. during the past
week. Heber is doing well and getting
along very good and enjoys himself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
0. J. Salisbury, National Committee

man.
Il am ag good a Republican as any MAJ
In the state, but this ticket does not rep
resent the real Republican party II rep
resonts combination between q certain
man and an the elements that can Zee
purchased by corrupt methods. In car
rying out their campaign they did not
consider the good of the party or She
city IT was not q party question with
them at all They carried the primaries
Dy going out and buying everything they
could They are attempting 90 carry the
same corrupt methods into the campaign
LOT election. / am willing to go on rec
ord as saying that I am utterly opposed
70 such machine methods. They should
be rebuked.
The delegates 10 the Republican con-
Nentlon from out district included
some Of the best and leading citizens of
Utah, a former CONGRESSMAN of the
United States among them. And yet they
were not allowed as much voice in the
conventions the colOred man. Bruce
Johns on. That shows the character Of
the men who are pretending to represent
the Republican party.
Dean J. B. Eddie of St. Marks Ca
thedral.
/ suppose a person must expect to have
experiences in politics which are nauseat-
ms. i went TO the primary because
believed an good citizens ought 10. TO
say the least. the better element the re-
spectacle citizens. were not in the as
tendency there. was sorry to see that
lne good Of the city and the worth Of she
men We're not considered By so many
That selfish interests were given first
consideration.
On national issues my tendencies would
pc toward a man who is a Republican,
but / believe that in a city election she
question OF party IS of small Importance
In this election I believe II is the duty
IN a fnrnI r.HH -. -
vote for the men who they believe viii
serve the city best and to keen the better
element in control
E. M. Allison, Jr., President State
Senate.
I am out Of politics. attended the
primaries, as / think all citizens should
DO. and ] expect to do my duty as q citi-
zen on election day. L am free to say
JhaI II the things which come to my ears
are true-and / have every reason to be-
heve they are-methOds have been used
at the primaries by q certain element in
the Republican party which should he
condemned by ali good citizens Repub-
licans who have the interest OF the marty
at heart should not permit this element
70 gain control and pretend to represent
the party.
The successful efforts of this same ele-
ment in the use of money in more I'm
portant campaigns in the past leads me
10 beleVe that any man who is for sale
can Aillu ready purchaser. / do not oD-
pose Mr.. Knox personally, but he seems
20 be in bad company.
While a machine built up by alliances
with all those elements which money can
control may triumph temporarily, I am
sure there are enough men of conscience
and integrity in the Republican party TO
Keep that control from lasting long They
VIII not submit to be ruled by such mon
and methods. 1t is the duty OF the better
element in the party 20 preserve its high
character and prevent its being de-
bauched.
Representative Benner Z. Smith.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

IN LIGHTER VEIN
aaaEaEaazaaaaasaAaaaaazRsaa
He Rambled.

He Rambled.
Inere was man IN our town. who called
m himself Frank Knox
The machine named him for mayor and
- loQsened Up the rocks,
Il did it's best 10 land him, much coin II
threw away,
But the voters rose and turned him down
. upon election day.
on, didn't he ramble, ramblel
lie Tambied all around
~ ana out the town
on. didn't he ramble, ramblef
he rambleG till the voters cut him down.
The workers as they rambled soon be-
- came quite woebeecnc.
The ORGANS" failed TO win a vote with
mi, their rambling game of con"
Inc candidate looked gloomy as he ram
bied round the town
AND sought an easy place 10 light when
his balloon came down.
On, DIDN'T he ramble. etc.
He rambled out Of Zion and rambled to
the coast.
lie ramhled back IN time TO see the gang
give up the ghost.
He rambied in an 'InterviaTy' that COW
cred many reams,
lie rdmbled when be made "a speech and
rambled in his dreams.
on, clun he ramblel etc.
Election day he rambled out and then he
rambled in
The thought came rambling 10 him that
ne had no show to win.
When Dennis telephOncd TO say: They've
got as WallOped. FTank."
The candidate smiled sadly and rambied
20 the bank
on, didn't he ramble, etc.
There are four kinds Of repeaters-a
dishonest voter, a fTcarm. a timepiece
and number I'm roulette which comes
two or three times in succession. If
the first named is permitted to get in
ms work tomorrow we may expect to
NnrfN De- a
pose of removing the third from some
citizen TO stake it on the fourth.
Owing to the vigilance Of Mr.. Leary
there is every reason TO believe the
number of votes pOHed Dy machine sup
porters viii be much less than was an
leipated by the machine managers.
It is to be hoped Mrs. Burdette's ar
raignment of the 400" is not inspired
by an unsuccessful attempt to "break
in"
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Was for Knox.

This story is told of a prominent ma
chine worker who was UP town late the
other night and was hunting up a hack
driver to take him home: Are you for
Knox?" he inquired Of the first driver
ne approached. We'll, L should say
mott" was the prompt reply. Similar
answers to the inquiry were given by
several other hack drivers at the stand
until at length one shreWd driver
shouted: Here I'm for Knox" The
machine worker entered the carriage
and was driven home. When the driv-
er returned to his stand he was met by
a committee Of indignant fellow drivers.
who demanded 90 know why he was
for Knox. Me for KnoX2" said the
driver. Not in ten million yearsl But
I'm in business and I knew If said I
was for Knox that stiff would ride with
me. Business first, politics later with
me"
Did you note how many prominent
Republicans spoke at the great out
pouring Of loyal Republicans" Saturday
night?
WSen Auditor Castle Of the postohice
department says greater frauds than
those already perpetrated are not only
possible but safe" we are inclined to
agree with him. especially as regards
the safety of some OF the gTafters. For
proof OF this see the prosecutions that
have been dismissed.
How strange IL is that one brewer is
all that could be desired in the way Of
a candidate one year in the estimation
of the machine organ while another
brewer is unworthy the support of any
one the next year, according to the
same organ.
Can it be that the brewer who is a
candidate this year has declined to ex-
tend credit in a certain quarter whence
violent attacks on him are now emanat-
ing2
And yet, something tells US NJ. T.
Mulvey's record as councilman would
not suffer through comparison with the
councilmanic record Of A. J. Davis.
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Office l42 Main Street CUpstairs).

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Commercial Union Assurance
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

Vote early tomorrow. but don't vote
more than once for Chairman Leary
viii get you IL you don't watch out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
Representative Benner <. Smith

While / have no personal knowledge
that there was corruption at the prima-
ries and in the convention it is common
ruTnOr that gangs Of men Wer,- voted at
one primary after another. that PROXIES
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02
Former 60 Justice 3. S -

prevent such methods getting fOotAolt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

Wei, everything is practically up to
the voters now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

And yet, something tells US NJ. T.
Mulvey's record as a councilman would
not suffer through comparison with the
councilmanic record Of A. J. Davis.