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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03

awarded the work and contracts will
be let In few days. The road is ulti-
mately to extend from Pueblo, Colo,
TO Denison or Sherman, Texas.
a report from Denver states that ar
ticles OF Incorporation have been filed
by the White River Valley Railroad
company. which intends to build the
connecting line between the Denver G.
Rio Grande railroad and the Moffat line
to Salt Lake. The following officers
have been elected President DR.. ID. w.
Aldrlch Of Galesburg. ILL.,. vice presi-
dent, H. G., Kindred. Denver; Treasure
err H. j. Butts, Galesburg secretary,
Nj. j. Daugherty, Galesburg, Ill.
The town Of Milford down in Beaver
county IS meeting with a steady and
substantial growth. II is becoming
one Of the most important stations on
the Salt Lake Route and has Just been
made an all night station with T.. r..
Potter as night agent. Work has been
commenced on the railroad shops which
VIII have a "a horsepower plant. Lou
Richardson has been made foreman
and Will have a dozen mechanics under
him. Engineer Of Maintenance and
Way Brown has made several trips
down the line with a gasolIne car tak-
ing measurements Of the bridges and
buildings the records OF which were
DESTROYED
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
Z. whIch wnl be the headauarters

here. which win be the headquarters
Of their religious instructors.
The Invasion OF the "MormOns" has
already had Its effect. Prices OF real
esatct have gone up, "Mormons' are
paying as high as $50 TO sos per acre
for the uncultivated lands. In some
cases they have paid as high as 5000
for some OF the best cultivated land
OF the valley. They are establishing
homes on their newly acquired prop
erty. and a number of them put up
new buildings this summer.
The sugar beet factory OF this city
Is owned and operated by the Nor
mons" and It II said that its establish
ment here was the means OF bringing
In the flock,
They are among the most thrifty and
cnierprising people OF the county The
sections IN which they have settled
are rapidly improving In appearance
Their cultivation ~ thorough and they
are practical In their methods
Only a few days ago tract Of land
In the very center Of the city was pur-
chased. A tlthing house will be con-
structed ON II. The leading officers
of the Church viii have their offices
there. Plans have already been pre-
pared for an elaborate tabernacle,
which viii be constructed In the near
future. The estimated cost Of the pro-
posed building is $4,000. Each COM
nNnity OF the surrounding country
also has places Of worship.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
PERPETUAL LIGHT.

A small quantity of radium salts in
the Currie laboratory, where this Won
dertul substance was discovered, was
SUFFICIENT TO render the walls, the nstru-
ments, the very air, radioactive. That
is, the walls, the Instruments the air,
gave off radiations Of their own merely
because radium was or had been pres
ent' Imagine the gain to mankind
when a process is evolved for making
those radiatlons luminous. Ordinarily
gas or electric light would no longer
be necessary. There would no longer
be dark corners in the world. Every
thing that had felt the influence OF the
radium would shine, and, since the
energy Of the salt is well-nigh perpetu-
al there would never be any need of
renewing the lighting contract --Theo-
dore Walters, in the September Every
bodys
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
TOO PERSONAL

81 want you TO notify the paper man
not to leave this Social Recorder here
in the future" said Mr. Lucky Strike
to his life partner.
"WhyY' inquired Mrs, Strike.
why they've got a story here about
that young chump who is going to mar.
ry Laura, and refer to him as her fin
ance."
oh, ] SEGA typographical errorl"
Typographical error! BAH Error OF
fact | have been her finance for the
last 20 years, and. judging from the
prospects Of the young man she insists
is the only one she will ever marry, |
VIII continue TO act in that capacity
for the next 20. Stop the paper"--Phil-
adelphia Times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
FLOUR RATES RAISED.
Advance OF So on Flour and 81 on wheat
To Oriental Ports.

San Francisco Nov. 2.-Today n
number of new rates on -four and
wheat shipments from Vancouver,
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and this city
to the Orient go into effect. From the
first four ports named the rate on -four
has been advanced from 81 to S. a
ton and on wheat from 81 to So ton.
In other words the northern steamer
lines have stopped flghting and restor-
ed rates back TO the old figure The
China Commercial, having made new
deal with the Mexican government
which viii permit It to carry on the
coolle traffic again, II Is deemed like
ly that flour frelghts from this port
viii 20 down from 50 per ton, the pres
ent price, TO 81 per ton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
Goes Into Oil Business.

San Francisco. Nov S.-Belween g.
900, 600 and 100000 shares Of the stock
Of the Associated OIL company held by
the Reed Crude OF and the san Joaquin
oil company passed into the hands OF
the Southern Pacific company yester-
day. The transaction took place in this
city. The Southern Pacific company
paid cash for the stock. which COM
prises the entire holdings OF both
the Reed Crude OH and the San Joaquin
on company out OF the purchase price
O0o, and the San Joaquin oil company
$40, 600.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
BIG FOUR ACCIDENT.
Grew of Students Special Blamed
For 1t.

indianapolis. Ind, Nov -Four Of
the 81 injured lying in the hospitals as
result OF the Rig Four wreck Satur-
day are in critical condition today.
They are John c. Taylor OF Lafayette,
Hendricks johnson of Evansville, II. o.
Wright OF Pendleton, Ind, and L. O..
Smith OF Lafayette, OF the others who
were hurt w. r. Butler of Plttsburg
win probably recover, although his skull
Is fractured. The sixteenth body was
shipped away today. Official investl-
cations az to the cause OF the wreck
are being made.
After an official investigation by the
Big Four officials into the cause OF the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
PROsPERING IN OREGON.
How Mormons AiY Helping Settle and
Reclaim Union County.

a Boise Capitol News dispatch from
LaG-ando, Oregon under date Of oct.
30 says; Union county, more especial
ly the Grende Ronde valley and La
Grande has received steady influx Of
"Mormons" for the last year. The fol-
lowers OF the Church OF Latter-day
Saints have come 20 stay.
They have established places Of
worship and are settling In communl-
ties throughout the district. a new
Mormon tabernacle Is to be erected
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03

land TO Valdez can be made by the
outside passage in four days, az against
eight days required mt present from Sc
attle by the inside passage. With the
completion OF the road Portland VIII be
brought within 10 days Of Dawson,
Capt. Chllcotts plan Is 20 put the
steamer line into service at as early
date as possible for the purpose of
transporting materials and laborers to
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
THE SKULLS OF CROMWELL.

Mrs. Poultney Blgelow, whose novel
"The Middle Course has excited con-
siderable comment was talking about
the British museum, which she knows
thoroughly
Every visitor to London she said
visits the museum. All sorts OF per-
sons go there, and some of the questions
that these persons put to the officers
are amusing. There was woman Of
Bath who said to an attendant once.
i have been looking about for a
skull OF oliver Cromwell, Have you no
skull Of Cromwell here?'
No, madam the attendant an
swered.
How very odd exclaimed the wo-
man. They have a fine one In the
museum at Oxford"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
ANOTHER MoFFAT SCHEME.


A story comes from Austin. Texas,
that y. II. Momat OF Denver, and
financial interests Identified with the
Colorado Fuel q Iron company have
applied TO the Mexican government for
n concession to build allne In Mexico.
1t is stated that Col. Joseph Il. Rob-
ertson Of Monterey Is interested In the
enterprise which will start from Doug
las, Arizona, and run south to Guadala-
jnra,
Its name IL to be the Mexican and
Pacific and II Is TO have subsidy of
$4,000 per Rilometer. Its route Is to
be from Douglas TO Cananea, then
down the Yaqui river to Topolsbampo
and CulIacun and back TO Kuadalajara.
The length Of the proposed road is to
be 1900 miles.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
Another Alaska Line.

Portland, Or, Nov. 3.--Capt. Richard
Chilcott, we'll known Alaska promot-
err addressed the board OF trade last
evening relative to the proposed Vail
DEE, Copper River & Tanana railroad
He stated that II Is the intention of the
company to construct railroad from
Valdez to Eagle city, distance OF 430
miles, In addition to the railroad line
the plan contemplates the operation OF
steamship line from Portland to the
Bouthern terminus Of the road al VAL
dee, The run by steamer from Port
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
A Dangerous Month.

This is the month Of coughs. colds
and acute catarrh DO you catch cold
easily? Find yourself hoarse, with a
tickling In your throat and an annoy
Ing cough al night? Then, you should
always have handy, a hottie OF Bal.
lards Horehound Syrup. j. A. Ander-
son, S54 West 9Th ST., Salt Lake city,
writes: We use Billiards. Horehound
syrup Tor coughs and colds, II gives
immediate relief, We know it's the
pest remedy for these troubles. | write
this to induce other people to try this
pleasant and efficient remedy" 2bc boc
and Sl.00 at u. G. NJ. |. Drug Dent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
A Sure Thing.

1t is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes. but that Is not al
together true. DR.. Kings New Dscov.
cry for Consumption is a sure cure for
all lung and throat troubles Thous-
ands can testify to that. Mrs C. b.
NanMetre Of Shepherdtown, w. Va,
says, II had severe case OF Bronchit-
Is and for a year tried everything
heard Of, but got no relief One bottle
OF DR.. Kings New Discovery then cur
ed me absolutely" It's infallble for
Group, Whoopng Cough, Grip, Pneu-
monia md Consumption Try It. IT'S
guaranteed by y, G. NJ. I. Drug Store.
Trial bottles free. Reg. sizes SOC. 81 90
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
TRANSFER MADE.
Agreement Between san Francisco Ter.
minal and Western Pacific Filed

A dispatch states that an agreement
Involving the transfer OF all the pro-
perty of the San Francisco Terminal
Railway & Transfer company to the
Western Pacific Railroad company, was
filed In San Jose, Cal, yesterday. II
includes the Oakland franchise, all It's
terminal properties. suryeys--in fact
everything, In consideration OF 1897, 3i5
cash and 100000 shares of fully paid up
capital stock
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
WOOL MOVING SLOWLY.
There sim Remains About 100000
Pounds In Idaho for shipment.

There ls still a million and half
pounds Of wool remaining IN Idaho. A
consignment Of 100000 pounds passed
through Ogden today en- route for Bos-
ton from the west end of the Oregon
Short Line or the clip yet remaining
at various points between Mountain
home and Huntington there are yet the
Noble and William Jones holdings to be
disposed OF, These two clips represent
about 300, 900 each.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
BIG SHEEP SHIPMENT.
Oregon short Line Moving 10000 Head
Out of Wciser for the East.

The Oregon Short Line has COM
menced moving a big consignment OF
sheep at Weiser for the Chicago mar
ket, feeding In translb at Greedy, Colo.
In all there are l2,000 head in the ship
ment, and they will occupy about 40
double-deck cars. The consignment IL
mostly made up of lambs
which were recently purchased by
Frank H. Johnson at prices ranging
between $3.50 and 50 per head.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
ACCIDENT ON SANTA FE.
Fireman Killed but No Passen.
gers We're Hurt.

La Junta, Col .Nev2.-Santa Fe passen.
ger train No, G. oastbond which was
wrecked by unknown persons AZ Apishapa
creek last Friday met with disaster again
today M Thatcher whore the engine LETT
the track and turned over on It's ide. kill
ing Fireman Charles Everharto Syra-
Cuse. Kan. No passengers were hurt Tho
accident Is attributed 10 spreading Of the
rails.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03

The finest quality OF graduated loaf
sugar is used IN the manufacture Of
Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy, and the
roots used in It's preparation give II a
favor similar to maple syrup. making
II quite pleasant to take Mr.. w. l..
Roderick of Poolesvllle. Nd, in speak,
ing Of this remedy, says: II have used
Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy with my
children for several years and can
truthfully say II is the best preparation
Of the kind | know Of The children like
to take II and 1t has no injurious after
effect For sale by T. c, NJ. /. Drug
Dent
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
Electricity for Pixies Peak.

II was announced at Colorado
Springs Yesterday by General Manager
G. w. Sells OF the Pixies Peak railroad
that next season electricity would be
used as motive power. II is estimated
the change Will cost 100000.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
Goodnow Goes to Alton.

At Bloomington yesterday ], II. Bar
rett, general superintendent OF the Chi
cago & Alton resigned and was sue
ceeded by G, A. Goodnow, late general
manager of the Chicago Rock Island
& Pacific. whose new title will be
general manager Of the Alton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03

AUGUSTUS enze who has legal victory Of Mon.
~ ny when ne mas been given possession of the
succeeded In
by the Standard oil interests
the greatest authority smelling As reu m
cent decisions thousands Of miners idle and ene
has offered to have the contentious arbaed work may he
provided oil N' ~
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-23
Ell1o. Nevada, Friday, October %. 1903.

draw ten or twelve passenger coaches at
speed OF seventy-iive milee an hour
over average track. The new locomo.
hves also include some ~ the ten wheel
high speed passenger giants for the
mountain service. These monsters car
~ upon their drivers weight, l0i.0C0
pounds. There are also number OF
very heavy switch engines FOR the pin
cipal terminal points, which carry upon
their drivers 10000 pounds. 1t is in
teresting to note that few years ago a
weight Of 10000 pounds upon the drIv.
ers was the best thing known in locomo-
tive construction, and such locomotives
were considerc:! fine types uf their class.
The average capacity of this new powe r
Ii fully thir,y.two per cent greater thnn
the average capacity of the old
power.
The new passenger coaches numbG r
two hundred and fnrty-iive including
one hundred and twenty five modern
chair cars, each Of the seating capacity
OF between sixty four aud seventy ras-
sengers.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-23
RATTLESNAKES OF GOOD OMEN.
Whore They Are POund Are Found
Also HucklsberricS, Trout 4
and Health.

II have always noticed one thing
about rattlesnakcs." said Simon Kent,
of Clinton county, reports the New
York Sun. "and that is that II am trout
fishing and tho trout are biting good
am certain to run across all the rattle
snakes any snake hunter would care to
find In Il days hunting for them. But
IL the trout are not biting brlskly will
not run across n rattler maybe all day
long.
II can't explain why II Is. because I
don't know. I can't account for II nny
moro than ! can account for the fact
that there are always rattlcsnakes where
there arc trout and hucklcberries. or
for that other curious fact that there Is
never malaria where you lind this COM
bination OF reptile. fish and fruit. am
speaking OF our own brilliant-huod and
up-to-snun rattlesnako. and not tho
lazy. ovcrgrown. rindiCtivo rattlcr OF
Florida. Texas and other unfayorod To-
calitics where poisonous reptiles seem
to breed along with fcvcra.
Wherever you find one OF Our over
cheerful rattlcrs giving forth its music
and telling you To watch ont. there you
VIII find the purcst water. tho freshest
mir and tho highest. drycst land. As
long ms you live In country where you
have To kick rnttlcr on your doorstep
every now and then you needn't be
AFRAID Of chills and fever sncaklng across
your threshold
Instead Of n locality being Stunned
because rattlcsnakcs abound therein It
should be Just tho ono for people to sock"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-23
SELECTING A WATERMELON.
There Are n Number OF Ways, hut Tn =
One In Said 10 lie Better
Than Amy.

Good, sound watermelons. not
cracked, kept in a shady place. will keep
three or four weeks Many attempts
have been made to keep them all winter.
but the fruit preservers have not made
much of a success of 1t. says the New
York Herald.
The scene at the great freight piers Is
q busy one when q cargo of watermelons
comes in. News OF the arrival is soon
spread among the dealers. and at what
ever hour in the day or night 1t may be.
the trucks Of the commission merchants
or dealers crowd the piers.
No attempt is made to handle the mel
ons in bulk or in barrels. They must be
passed out from hand to hand. and long
lines OF men are formed for this purpose.
There Is always crowd of youngsters
Italians and necroes-at the depot to
catch n stray melon that is cracked or
broken. and the tlismembered parts are
soon gobbled and disappear in n gulp.
There are various ways of telling n
good watermelon. Some persons say
they can. by pressing the sides together.
hear, in good. sound. ripe melon. pc
culiar sound of crispness like that OF
celery. A well-known expert gives these
directions:
Lay the melon on its back, with white
part up. scratch the skin OF the lightest
part with your finger nail. If the skin
is tender and the melon is yet firm to the
pressure OF the finger. so that you can
with difficulty pierce It with your nail,
1t is probably a good melon"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-23

The United States Naval Observatory
has announced the appearance Of an
eStraoTdiuar! group oi solar spots that
are nOw visible on the sun II is the
largest group discovered in the Inst de-
chdc, anh the carth's atmosphere is 20.
ing /" feel the fleet Of the great solar
storms, Tor storms the sun spots really
are.
According la the observatory people,
the group consists of about nine spots
in all, and hows indications of couden-
sing 'u'" 'N" principal spots or groups,
somewhat separated Wednesday the
total lcagth Ot tho disturbed region wns
li2,0H0 mI"H with width Of about Ea,-
O0D miles, the aggregate length Of the
principal spots being l23,000 miles The
group can hr easily seen by the naked
oy" with the assistance OF smoked Slnss,
and ought t0 bn n conspicuous object
for several days yet. a brillinni aurora
was observed Wednesday, evening. n
bright glow in tho heavens near the nor
thcrn horizon, while Intense streams
shot up coward the zenith. Those con
spiCiOus aur0r"s often accompany the
appearance Of large sun spots. The
magnetic conditions of the earth nre
affected producing considerable iis.
tuTbincc Of the magnetic needle.
StOruis on the cnrth's surface are cx.
pcc,cd ~ II rcfult Of the greater etorms
on the sun.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-23
The Humble Egg.

Russia is tho largest seller nf eggs in
the world. She sells {" foreign countries
loo. 100000 d"Z"n "c.g nearly every year.
China Is suppose :" h" the largest pro.
Queer O' cgGs IL he world. Great Bit.
ain IL th" !rrgrst buyer of ir;" En eggs
in the world. Sh" huys every year an
average ~ l,500.00O.0Un egg" from about
twenty conn rics. ind tins :, only 10 per
cent M the consumption. Our entire
export Of rggs III 1902 WAS only 2,727, 800
dozen. valued ui 5!2S,GT9. In 1899 there
were .3J S,0N5 chickens III this coun-
try, and they produced l,293, 1918, IA
dozen cggs. We consumed 90 per cent.
u. them. y train of ordinary refriger-
atW cars containing our entire crop Of
that year would have extended fron,
Chicago to Washington, with several
miles OF cars /" stretch along the track
towar.: Bnltiwor". The total value Of
the roul,ry aud eggs we produced in
the last census year w;ls 1881 ,l7S,2i7.
Tho iIi'lustry WIS worth more than all
the cattle mud hogs we slaughtered. 1t
was worth more thnn the wheat crop OF
twenty eight States and Territories; and
the value IT our eggs nlnbc WIS higher
than 'ha' "f :hr combined gold and sill.
yer product Of the United States in any
year since 1870. except IN 1890, when
the Prcc:ou' mcrnls "xrccd,d the eggs
by S9.!lS.I25 Ledger.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-23
..oLD FOES WITH NEW FACES"

Waller Clark, Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court Of North Carolina, has
IN articl" on sod Foes With New
Faces" il the Arena for October, from
which we extract the following:
The telegraph, too. originally belong
ed to onr Post toflicc Department, ms both
Telegraph und telephone do in all other
grcnt countries. England included. In
them you can send a telegram from any
point la any other FOR ten or twelve
cents. nud III some countries the Gov.
crnment char gees six tn nine dollars per
nnnum FOR the use oi the telephone. In
this country the telegraph rates are
such TINT though. as Congressional in
vcstigarInn showed, the Stockholders of
the Western Union have never paid in
but $4,000 i'll each. That company il
capitalized nt sl2o, eco, ,OCO, besides hav-
ing paid dividends all thes. years,
Ih"r" IL no reason why our people
shouId have paid the enormous Gums
accumulated toy the telephone compan.
i,=' when the Cover nmcnt could have
saved the public these sums by operat
iuG them ~ = pnrt ot tlIr p"stoilicc ,as all
other civilized countries nave done
Then, III all other countries but Onrs the
pOstoilicc operates a inrccI post, deliver
ing packages up tO eleven pounds in
weight. even l.! rural mail delivery, fnr
rsntg IN Il.. a..
monopoly Inns defeated all propositions
II the Iiini her" "" know from oi
hcinl reports tlnt the raIirOHd- charge
th" Guy"rnmc Mt for nnumHl rcninl ni
postal cgrs more than the total cost ~
building III" ears, amt Tint they charge
Tor freight uu mnil ~ addition eight
times whHt they charge the express com.
panIc-i Tor hauling the same weights
Fonr Presidents and several POstmast
cr G"ncrals have recommended the re-
turn "t the telegraph to the postofice
~ d the adoption "i European Pare, Ia
Post and Postal Saving Banks, but in
vain. In short, We have the most nn.
tquni"d postal System among civilized
States. Even the Free Rural Delivery.
nov so popular, wHs only adopted many
years after IL had been in succcFsful
operation in European countries. and
only then aitcs the Express companies
hnd been cOucliutcd by striking out The
Parcels l'ust feature. The Review nf
Reviews Tor August said that our postal
Rystcm, which ought tO bc the best III
world. falling behind TINT Of all cIyIhZ.
cd countries because private in.
,crests which absorb half the postal rev.
cnucs are much more Influential in
Washington than IL the public demand
Tor better scryir" on a better basis.-
The sole remedy il Government opera.
tiuu through the pOstufiirr oi telegraph,
telephone and parcels post, aud owner
ship ~ its own postal cars.
Tho postal scandal, which Of late has
attracted ao much public attention, did
not take from the public altogether IA
much ns the public loScs III any one
hOur 10y the excess IN Trust charges in
operating these functions over and
above WIN. the chargca would he IL
operated 10y onr post 'iiicc, Hs in other
cOuntrica.