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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
THE SALT LAKE HERALD.
Published
THE HERALD COMPANY
HELP THE sTATE SOLDIERS.
,lished EYerv Dav bal the Year bY

HE NATIONAL GUARD of Utah
L wants the legislature TO appropri-
ate $4,000 from the public treasury for
its use and benefit during the next two
years and the National Guard is I'M
questionably entitled to every dollar
that it asks. OF the $4,000, it is pro-
posed to use $50, 900 in the erection of an
armory in Salt Lake City. That the
building is sadly needed. imperatively
necessary, in fact, no one acquainted
with the situation will deny. But Of
that, later.
The first point The Herald decides
to make with reference to the appro-
priation is that this year the soldiers
of the state must be placed at the high
est possible standard of efficiency.
Next September the greatest mobiIiza-
tion Of troops ever seen in the west
viii be held on the Fort Douglas res
ervation. It is conservatively esti-
mated that not far from 100000 men in
uniform will be here.
They viii include several regiments
OF regular army men and the national
guard of half a dozen western states
A brigadieT general Of the army of the
United States will be assigned to COM
mand the troops and the encampment
will be the most magnificent spectacle
of its kind that the west has ever
known. Now Utah will come into com
petition with it's neighbor states.
California, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho. Wyoming, Colorado and Mon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01

It is easy enough now to see the foun-
dalton on which the motor car enthu-
siasts base their prophecy that the ex-
tinction of the horse for driving or rid
ing is a not remote possibility.
The difficulty about the general use
of the automobile up 10 date has been
the excessive cost Of the machines.
They have been looked upon as devices
for the entertainment of the rich alone,
and it is true. to some extent. that only
the rich can as yet afford to own auto
mobiles. But it is reasonable to sup
pose that it will not be a great while
until every man who really needs an
automobile can have one.
1t will be remembered that when BIZ
cycles were first invented their cost
was prohibitive. A first-cIass wheel
cost anywhere from $125 to $500. and a
number of years elapsed before the
prices were reduced to the popular
point. Now good bicycle can be
bought for as small a sum as $40. The
automobile will follow the lead of the
bicycle, although it can never be sold
so eheaply. However. it is not improb-
able that the machine which costs to-
day $3.50 to $4,000 win be on the market
within ten years at from $50 to $500,
and then Wen all own one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
SWEDEN CURSED WITH FAMINE.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT that the
l. University Dramatic club is to re-
peat its production of 1.-The Amazons''
for the benefit of the Swedish famine
fund, recalls the fearful suffering which
thousands of human beings are under
going. This winter will pass into his
tory as the most terrible that certain
districts of Sweden have ever known.
Since the first dispatches OF the sub
ject some time ago, little has been
said. but enough is known TO make the
world shudder.
1t is in the districts around the Gulf
of BOthnia that the greatest suffering
is being experienced. The country or
dinarily supports a population of near
ly 100000 in comfort. Last summer a
prolonged drouth all but destroyed the
crops. Then, at the end of the season
of dryness, great floods came and de-
stroyed the little that was left The
people were left absolutely helpless.
They had nothing to eat except pine
bark. which they dried ground to a
powder, mixed with stewed Iceland
moss ana made into a sort of bread.
The nourishment contained in such
a mixture is of almost no consequence
at all, but it sufficed to sustain life for
a period. Then the supply Of even this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
A LITTLE ABOUT EVERY DAY BLESSINGS

HOW MANY PEOPLE really appre-
IL ciate the every day blessings? How
many understand how great are the
privileges Of seeing. of hearing, of tast-
ing, of feeling and of being able to en-
joy delicious doors? a very large pro-
portion of human beings enjoys all Of
these blessings and more, but those
who compose it rarely stop to think
how hard it would be to get along with
out them.
Not very long ago the richest man in
the world. John d. Rockefeller of New
York City, caused an announcement to
be widely published. He offered 81
O00, 600 to the man or woman who will
invent a course of treatment that Will
enable him 10 eat and drink as the or
binary man and woman eat and drink
A million dollars is not a large sum for
John d. Rockefeller. He has hundreds
of millions of dollars. Some authori-
ties credit him with 1000 millions.
But while the reward offered will, if
earned. make no appreciate difference
TO Mr.. Rockefeller, it will make the in
dividual who earns It rich beyond the
dreams of avarice. VIII the reward
De won? The thing is possible. but not
at all probable. Mr.. Rockefeller would
pay much more than 81, 600, 900 for a new
stomach, but that is something he can
not buy.
He lives today, and has been living
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
HELLO FROM ROCKIES.
What Do You Think2 The Telephone Girls
There Have Got Raise of Wages.
New York SUM


What do YOU think of that?' re-
marked one of the hello girls in down
town telephone exchange yesterday
morning. turning to the girl who sat be-
mountain girls an increase in their
wages You know they have a union out
thew threatened to go on strike unless
the company increased their wages SIS a
month. So the company has given IN and
they'll get the increase from the LIST OF
February. That's a week from today
What do you think Of that2'
How do you know inquired the
other girl.
why. I Just got it over the wire from
a friend of mine" came the answer 1T
must be true. for il came straight from
Chicago along the line"
w ny. l didn't know they had tele-
phones in the Rocky mountains. re-
marked the other girl. I didn't know
they had any west OF Chicago
Let me tell yOu," continued the first
sneaker Il got it straight and it's true.
The news came 10 me a little while ago,
partly by telegraph and partly by tele-
along the line
II, I wouldn't be a telephone girl out
mere, remarked the listener 1T must
De dreaoful among them MOrmOns- l
suppose all the hello girls have the same
! husband But tell me how you got the
news"
In the first place. remarked the girl
who had the story, IAN operator in Salt
Lake City sent il along the wire to an
other party who sent the news 10 Payne.
Ida., and Payne sent il to Crab Tree and
crab Tree sent it to a friend OF mine
at DIllOn. who sent il TO another friend
or mine at Butte, Mont Ny friend there
sent the news to Helena 10 her friend in
Sneyenne, Wyo-- and she sent it TO her
friend at Lincoln. Neb-. where Bryan
lives, and she told il TO a telegraph opera
TOT who knew q friend Of mine in Chi
/ cdgo. and when he sent the news to my
friend in Chicago she sent II on to ne
! Strange. ism il, how YOU can get news
/ right out of the heart of the ROCKY
mountains I've just been telling II TO a
/ friend Of mine who is a telegraph oper-
| aIOr in the Western Union and he said
/ ne intended to send the news TO a friend
I OF his who was a telephone operator in
| Boston. who had another friend an oper-
atOr in the west
If I was alone in a Rocky mountain
| central office, I'd be scared to death all
| the time. remarked the other girl 81 d
! be thinking all the time that a bear or a
| lion might walk in on me some night
/ that I'd be on night duty. I'd rather be
l right here in New York without an in
| crease in wages. wouldn't yOU2''
Sure, came the answer; you hear all
/ the news here, anyway. and you get
more invitations to dinners and theatre
/ parties. Hello, George. did you get those
I tickets for me2''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01

miserable diet ran out and an appeal
for aid was sent out Other sections of
Sweden responded generously, but they
were unable to supply all Of the neces-
sary food. Two Swedish papers pub
lished in the United States, one in New
York and the other in Chicago, called
for subscriptions. They collected about
$4,000 from the Swedes in this coun-
try and sent it to their starving coun-
trymen.
And still thousands of the unfortu-
mates are dying of starvation. Thou
sands more viii die unless they are fS@
until they can raise more crops. This
prosperous country can hardly realize
the conditions that exist in the famine
districts. We hear now and then that
a man or woman has starved to death
in one of our cities, and the news
causes a shudder in thousands of
homes But these are isolated cases.
In the desolation sections of Sweden
want is the rule, plenty the exception.
The effort of the University Dramatic
club to help, in a small way at least,
to relieve some Of the distress, is en-
titled to the highest commentator.
The Herald trusts that the young &C
tors and actresses will be greeted by
an immense audience, and that the
benefit may be successful in every way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01

tana will send thousands Of their best
soldiers, armed and accoutred and
drilled to a point approximating per-
lection. Utah cannot afford to make a
cheap and tawdry display. We may
not have as many soldiers as some of
the others, but we want those we have
to measure up to the highest standard.
The credit of the state will be at stake.
Money is needed. The legislature has
the power to make Utah's soldiers es-
teemed and respected and honored or
visitors. AS plain, business PROPOSE
ton, can the lawmakers reasonably re-
fuse to accede to the moderate request
of Utah's home defenders? Certainly
not. We believe the appropriation will
be granted without hesitation, and it
should be granted.
As to the armOry: For the benefit
of those who may be uniformed, The
Herald will say that in a leaky. shabby
old building on Market street some
100000 worth OF government property
for the use Of the National Guard is
stored today. The structure is alto
gether unsuited TO the purpose for
which it is used. Ordinary re-
spect for the United States govern
ment demands that its property be
properly housed. The sum of $50, 600 is
not too much for an armory building
which should be a credit to the state.
If the legislature is wise the desired
allowance will be made without a word
of unfriendly debate or criticism.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01

on a diet which the poorest laboring
man in the Union would scott at There
isn't prisoner in a Jail or peniten-
tiary who doesn't fare better every day
than John D. Rockefeller, reputed bill
lionaire. Mr.. Rockefeller eats graham
crackers, washed down with barley
water and SKINNED milk His stomach
will retain nothing else How would
you like to live on graham crackers,
barley water and SKINNED milk?
Do you think you would like to
change places with John D. RockefeI-
Ter If you had to change stomachs with
him also? Another very wealthy New
Yorker who died some months since
was Charles Broadway Rouss. For
years before he died Mr.. Rouss was
blind, and for years he kept posted an
offer Of a reward of $1,000, 900 to the
person who could restore his sight. Mr..
Rouss died, as he lived, sightless.
Would any consideration induce YOU
to part with your eyes? Did you ever
envy Charles Broadway Rouss? Money
will buy great many things, but some
things it cannot buy. All the gold in
the world cannot buy love, IL cannot
buy one hour of life, it cannot cure q
wrecked constitution. SO there are
things in the world more precious than
gold. but as free as the air we brea the
The trouble is that we don't appreciate
them as we should until we lose them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
AN ALL-AROUHD FIGHTER.
Utah Man Tells Unique Story of Senator
Kearns' Scrap in Park City.
fWashington Star.l

washington Starr
Senator Kearns of Utah is one Of the
best all-round fighters in the senate"
said one of his constituents at the New
Willard TO a representative of the Star.
out west in many localities all that IS
necessary to establish a case of SelI-de-
Tense in a shooting is to prove that word
was leIt at two or three places that there
would be shooting on sight. This is fair
notice ali around. and no court ever goes
into the original trouble. Tom kearns
never went armed. never Intentionally
gave any provocation, but he would not
take any nonsense. Once when he was
unarmed he pounded a man up little,
AFTER pulling him off his horse, just De-
cause the man tried to pull gun on him
and got it caught in his boot leg.
Probably his most exciting experience
occurred at his own home Park City,
Utah. He dropped into the Red Wing
bar one morning to get some seltzer-the
kind they drink there-and was told that
4 bad man with three killings to his
him on sight. The 'barkeep' asked him
if he had a gun. and receiving a negative
reply, suggested that he had better get
one Tom was leaning on the bar with
his hand on the side of his face reflect
ing on the uncertainty of life when the
door opened and the bad man entered,
. Did You get my message? he thun-
dered.
Are you ready for BUSINESS cams
from the bad man, not twenty feet away.
at was critical moment. There wal
not a weapon in sight, and it looked like
sure death. Tom began an argument
with the man:
q I have never willingly injured you.
do not want to kill you, and why do you
want to take chances on one or the other
of us getting killed. he asked. As he
talked he warmed up to the subject and
gradually approached the bad man until
he was within seven feet of him. The
man suddenly recognized this and or
dered him to take not one step further
A little more parley in which the bad
man became interested gave him
chance to gain two feet more. Taking
his chances on surprising him before he
could shoot through his pocket he made
a spring. struck the man a terrific blow
the floor, and before he could recover
from his surprise had him unarmed. He
then calmly kicked him out of the back
door and down a flight of ten steps.
You have killed him. exclaimed the
'barkeep.'
% oh. no, haven't; he is all right re-
piled Tom. Give me one OF those revolv-
ers.' Taking the gun. he went to the man
and said. 'eGt up here and come in and
take drink: it will do you good The
man refused. Get UP here and take
something with me or L will kill you,
was the threat needed to bring the bad
man TO time He said nothing, bat limp
ingly entered and stood up at the bar.
Now. shake hands first and say you are
nv friend said Tom, and the man did
So That man is Tom Kearns' best
astic constituent. land that is the kind
of experience our strong men had to go
through few years ago in some of that
wild country"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
NOT BADLY TRERTED.

CENAT0R HOAR has introduced a
- resolution asking for some informa-
ton about the case of Mabini, the ceie-
brated Filipino leader. 1t is doubtful
if an inquiry into Mabini's case will
show that any great wrong has been
done him. Next to Aguinaldo, Mabin1
was the most prominent Of all the Fril'
pinos. He was a member of Aguinal-
dos cabinet and the chief advisor of
the leader.
1t is said of Mabini that he is a man
of intelligence, refinement and eduea-
ton. Moreover. he is thoroughly hon.
orable, as his actions have shown.
When all the other Filipino command
ers took the oath of allegiance to the
United States, Mabini held back. He
would not then nor has he since sworn
fealty to this government. On account
of this he was deported from the Phil
ippines and sent to the island of Guam,
where he still remains.
According to reliable authority, Ma
bini is not being badly treated. He
may wander at his own pleasure about
Guam, but he will not be permitted to
land at any American port until he
agrees to become an American subject.
Should he desire to go to Europe or to
any other continent other than North
America, or so much of it as is con-
troIled by the United States. there is
nothing to prevent him from embark
ing at his own pleasure. In all con-
science he couldn't expect any better
treatment.
At the close of the civil war the sol
diers of the confederate army were
compelled to subscribe to an oath of al
legiance, and there is no reason for be-
lieving Mabini should be accorded
greater privileges than American citi-
zens who fought for the lost cause. 1t
is entirely to the credit of this Filipino
to decline to enter into an obligation
which he cannot conscientiously fulfill.
II he wants to remain unreconstructed,
or "unassimilated," that is surely his
privilege.
But it is also the privilege of the
United States to keep him where he
cannot SOW seeds of sedition from
which a harvest of blood might be
reaped. It looks as If American SOW
ereignty over the Philippines would
be continued for an indefinite period.
Though The Herald does Eot approve
and never has approved the idea of
holding the archipelago as a colony
and its inhabitants as subjects, if the
policy must be pursued, Mabini
should be prevented from stirring up
strife.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
PAYMENT SUSPENDED.

why. Willie, what does this mean?'
inquired the president.
THE president" replied the boy, be
gan drawing out money on the sly, so
the cashier skipped with the rest"
You don't mean to say that you have
taken all the money that was in there,
do YOUR demanded the president.
Sure" answered the cashier. You
didn't ever hear OF a cashier letting any
other officer of a bank get ahead of him
did YOU? Well. 1 guess not. He's the
fellow who knows what's going on, and
when the other officers begin fooling
with the funds he Just cleans out the
bank every time. That's where he has
the best of it
MY boy" said the president, admiring-
". some day you may be a great finan-
cier. but first you have a few things TO
learn. Never wait for the depOsitors TO
prosecute when you clean out a bank.
Now come with me to the wOodshed."
But the cashier protested
If there's no prosecution" he urged.
"and the president will agree not to tam
per with the cash. III see that the bank
resumes payment"
1t was compromised on that basis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
QUAlNTTALEs.
Chicago News.)

(CnlcagO News
Old Senator Benton of Missouri was
violently opposed to the marriage of his
daughter, Jessie, to John Q. Fremont. He
threw every possible obstacle in the way.
but his arguments. pleadings and threats
were alike useless. After her marriage
Mrs Fremont often told the story of how
her father. pOwerleSs but not recOnCiled
went to the newspaper office and handed
in a notice announcing the marriage of
Jessie Benton and John c Fremont,
and how. when his attention was called
to the fact that he had reversed the usual
form he banged his fist down and cried:
ID IT, sir: il will go in that way or
not at all. John c. Fremont did not mar
~ my daughter; she married him."
At sales of pedigree cattle in England
the auctioneer, instead of using a hammer
only. has beside him an hour glass, or
rather a minute glass. This is used to
indicate when the limit of time for an
other bid has elapsed. The sale will be
held by the old fashioned rule of the hour
glass is the familiar close of the auc-
tioneer'S preliminary orations before dis
posing of the herd about to be sold The
glass runs. gentlemen, he says. the
glass runs as bids grow slack. Going.
going: the glass is running out. Gone.
who is the lucky man?
General Grant always yielded In a sort
OF whimsical way to his wife's domina-
tion of himself and his affairs. The
family ran the household as it pleased.
without much reference to General
Grants predictions. Once at the rail-
wav station in Galena he called the at
tention OF a friend to a truckload of
trunks ready for shipment east. DO
YOU see that pile2' he asked. That Is
the Grant baggage Do you see that lit
tie black valise away up on top? That S
mine
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
Hopper Tips d Waiter.
oChicago Tribune.)


De Wolf Hopper is one of those unfor-
tunates who constantly labor under the
influence of Broadway. When he is off
Manhattan island he is unhappy, and he
takes every possible chance to get back
TO the sacred soil Recently he was play
ing in Philadelphia, and he took advan-
tage of a day off to run over to New
York and the Lambs club
Sitting in the grillroom on the night cf
his respite, he was feeling ready to throw
discretion and money 10 the birds His
old waiter came UP and asked for the
order
Fred said Hopper to the waiter.
what was the biggest tip you ever got
in your life2"
Fifteen dollars was the most ever
got, sir"
well" said Hopper. his generosity
breaking all bounds, ''I'll make Your fif-
teen-dollar man look like a plker. Here's
a twenty-dollar bin for you
The waiter took the bill and started to
have a fit.
by the way. Fred" said Hopper. who
teen?"
Il think. sair." said Fred, putting tie
twenty in his pocket, "that-begcIn9
your pardon, sir-the man who gays me
the fifteen was YOU sir"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
WASHINGTON DAY BY DAY
New York world9

Horace Ankeney. the food and dairy
commissioner of Ohio, sat hUddled miser-
ably on one Of the big leather sofas in the
lobby of the Raleigh hotel
a friend.
Why" Ankeney replied, there has
been considerable talk out in Ohio about
various Republican candidates for gov
ernOr. and / thought l would take
run down here and see Senator Hanna
and find out whom 1 am for for gov
ernor anyhow
Il went to see him once. and he talked
all the time about centrifugal separa-
tors. l went to see him a second time,
and he talked all the time about oscil
lating churns. I went to see him a third
time. and he talked all the time about
the effect Of boraX on preserved meats,
and I'm darned if he has said a word
about the governorship yet.
This is the way they do it out in
Representative Monden of that state
made a speech on irrigation in the house
In the course of his speech he said:
You must remember that we inherit
as a people. as viewed from an lrrlga-
ton standpoint, a very extraordinary
rule for the use OF water, that rule unaer
which the bucOlic owner OF a rev rOdS
of reed-bOrdered shore along the lower
courses of some great river system large
ly controls its destiny. from its birth
amid the snow-clad mountains, in its
meanderings through rich and fertile
agricultural regions. past mighty cities,
to where it filings itself into the bosom of
'SHooD-IaI'' shouted Uncle" Joe Can
non
Nobody here who knows of the hold
Senator KnUte Nelson has on his Nor
wegian cOuntrymen in Minnesota was
surprised when the newly married couple
from that state who were being SHOWN
around the capital by a friend the other
day SDurned a suggestion that they go
to see the president and insisted on being
taken to Senator Nelson
Nelson" said an admirer, is the
greatest Norwegian in the country. You
must understand that being a Norwegian
is 2 trade, same Is being a Scotchman is,
and Nelson is the master craftsman at
it."
Senator Cullom of Illinois possesses
the faith that is abiding. He was asked
about the Quay hOld-up of the senate.
"Oh." said the senator, that viii stop
pretty soon"
'But how
Why Aldrich will 20 to these Repub-
licans that are with Quay and tell them
to quit"
Certainly" Senator Cullom replied. as
if astonished that there was any doubt
Of it. why. Aldrich Will tell them to-
General Grosvenor admitted in the
house on Saturday that he could not stop
the appropriations for irrigation
Tt is too large a contest for me, he
said. Il retire with whatever honOrs 1
NAV have won Dy an exhibition Of more
courage than discretion, and L shall never
oppose an appropriation for il again untiE
ii gets so large that the pay Of congress
men is affected, and then I shall rebel