The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-01


Postoffice officials arc qualxin',
The whole department is shaken,
And the cause of the tremble
They cannot dissemble
Is the charge that Machen was maxim.
1t is only fair 70 warn those Farm
ers' ward residents VINO are seeking
annexation to Salt Lake City that If
they unite with us they will have 20
assume their share of responsibility for
the city council, board Of education, etc.
The statement that Director stevens
OF the Little Christopher company
took all the music of the piece and de-
camped because he could not endure
the manner in which the other MEM
bers of the company handled the mel
odies is regarded as a malicious false
hood.
1t is apparent that Fussy Jimmy is
not the only salt Lake statesman who
IS Wen versed IN legal lore and has re-
trained from its practice. Councilman
Fernstrom has kindly consented to con-
strue the statutes defining the city at
torney's duties for the benefit Of unin-
formed lawyers.
Some of US who are familiar with
the baseball spirit which obtains in
Ogden would not be surprised if Mar
shall should get a life sentence.
With the utmost respect for law
and order" it must be admitted that
in his sermon on "Lynch:ng from An
other Point Of View" Rev. Dr. Bart
lett Of Chicago gave utterance 20 sew
eral statements which correctly voiced
the sentiments of many of US.
It is to be hoped that Assistant Sec
rotary Armstrong of the treasury de-
partmeut is not demanding a report
from that mining company with which
the customs house officials are con-
nected with a view to making an in
vestment.
The recent announcement by sci
entists that blushing is an indication
of genius viii doubtless have the effect
of causing, several people we all might
name TO begin cultivatinS the blushing
habit
Chicago has repudiated the lady of
large feet as it's typical girl and is
now claiming that Chicago girls have
the strongest arms of all American
girls. If we hear continued reports of
broken ribs sustained by Chicago young
men we shall begin to believe there is
something in the claim.
A Washington letter says Secretary
Hay and Assistant Secretary Loomis of
the state department have adopted the
rubber heel habit. They are not the
only department men who are stepping
softly in Washington these days.
A creditor of Count Boni de Castel-
lane is suing that distinguished noble
man for $4,000 which would seem to
whom Count BOni honored by his mar
riage have refused to make good for
him.
A Missouri man named Jones is
camping on the trail of some of our
most prominent Utah citizens. At re-
union recently held lob Of Jones de-
scendants were present.
Sir Thomas Upton and J. Pierpont
Morgan crossed tne Atlantic on the
same liner. but by some means Sir
Thomas managed TO retain control of
Shamrock III.
An agent for a New York dictionary
publishing firm. who was in Salt Lake
few days ago. told the following
story and accused a western senator
of being the chief character in it:
This man." said the agent, was in
New York and dropped into our place
there recently. We have a great many
different editions and bindings Of die
ttOnaries on exhibition there. The
shelves bear probably 5000 different
books. but all are dictionaries. We'll
this man came in and after looking
around pointed to one shelf that had
about $50 finely bound dictionaries on It
and said to the head salesman: What
viii you take for that row there-the
whole lot of them2' Surprising the man
was a retailer the salesman asked him
to drop in q little later and PrOmited
TO make a good rate on them. The
man came in, got the price and at once
drew a check for the amount without
looking at the books. It was then we
learned who he was and when he or
dered the books shipped to his resi-
dence in the west we also learned that
he was not a dealer, but intended the
books for his library shelves. It was a
new idea in making up a library TO
put $50 dictionaries in il and we have
been wondering how much this mans
books are read"