The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-14

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Those germs which brisk autumnaI
winds
Blew freely to and fro,
While the sprinkler men sat in the
And let the sprinkling so.
over in Colorado the other day man
went into a restaurant and ordered a
I chicken stew, but he dropped dead be-
fore the order came in, thus antieipat-
in6 things a trifle.
A young man who is very busy pre-
pairing for his wedding says that lately
MS opinions have been somewhat
changed and that the pOlygamists now
have his entire sympathy.
The New York stock reports men
ton that "prunes are in fair demand,
which is somewhat surprising consider
ing that the market there has been fun
of the commodity named for many
weeks past.
From the fact that eleven scholar
ships to the University Of Utah are un-
applied for, it is fair to presume that
somebody has been urging the youth OF
Utah TO learn some useful trade and
let higher education alone.
The officer who arrested Curtis Jett
has received $500 reward. If he is wise
he viii use the money to move some
where else.
South Carolina witnessed an unusual
event recently in the legal execution Of
q negro.
It is difficult to see why the other ma
lions should kick because they were
not invited to attend the secret con-
VentiOn Of China and Russia. as no out
slider could have told what either side
was talking about anyway.
A New York cigar dealer is so patri-
otto he has had himself arrested for
using the American flag for advertis-
ing purposes. That a test of the new
flag law is desired has nothing to do
with this mans motives, which are
purely patriotic.
A New Jersey man has carried a life
Insurance policy for sixty years and has
just celebrated hts Tooth birthday. The
moral is plain: Get insured if you wish
to live 100 years.
It is possible that the street car
which was fired upon the other night
was about the fifth that had failed to
stop to take on passengers and that the
man who fired the shot was desperate.
Fortunately we shall soon have the
baseball team at home again. where we
can give them the inspiration of our
presence and help them to win few
games.
But supposing the sheepherder taken
into custody by the Salt Lake and Ida
no sportsmen who were illegally hunt
ing in Wyoming should turn out to De
a game warden after all, and should
proceed TO prosecute them, the thing
il?
If boys who steal in order to have a
good time" are given a good long time
IN the service Of the state the populari-
ty Of this maneuver viii be found to
wane.
The powers are said to be trying to
avert war between Turkey and Bulga-
ria, and if they meet with the tradi-
uonal fate Of peacemal1eTs there is a
right lively scrap in sight.
Among the late indictments in con-
nection with the postoffice trouble is
one against dentist who evidently
mas not a very strong pull.
Not His Fault.
There was at one time in this region
certain Irish contractor and pro-
moter, who operated extensively in
Utah and Idaho and achieved a great
reputation for his quaint sayings, but
more because Of his unique business
methods. He introduced some new
IDEAS in handling gangs Of men. ideas
which resulted in much profit for him
self He established his own commits.
ariat and furnished his employees with
liquor and tobacco at retail prices. This
idea he finally amended and adopted
a system Of charging each man a GER
tain amount for liquor and tobacco each
month. irrespective Of whether the man
got any of the articles named. The
story is told that one man protested
only one man, and he only did il once.
What have you got me charged with
whisky and tobacco for?" he inquired.
Il never used whisky or tobacco in my
lie. That's not my fault" was the
prompt rejoinder. 1T was there for ye.
and If We didn't get it don't come
around here blaming me, and if We don't
like the style OF running this camp We
can lave it,"
At another time the old man had
contract to build a big mill up in Ida
no ne proceeded 10 nire all the artI-
sans and laDOrers he could reach and
oFened boarding house. store and sa-
loon at the site Of the work He soon
had a host of men on the ground. Il
was observed shortly, however, that
about twO-thirds of the men were laid
of all the time, first carpenters. then
masons, etc, on various pretexts, such
as non-arrival Of materials, and so on.
No men were laid off long enough 10
induce them to quit the place. but
they were shifted around all the time.
In this way the old man had about
three times as many men as the work
required on the ground all the time
The only place where they could eat
was his boarding house: the only place
where they could buy clothes. etc. was
al his store. the only place where they
could get a drink or loaf was in his ss-
loon and they all had lots of time on
their hands. The result was that the
old man got back practically every cent
he expended for labor on the contract
and made a good thing of it. The Sc
cret Of success, it is thus seen. is know
ing your business.
Humiliating TO British Lion.
(Boston Post)
mr.. Gourlcy. a member of the Canadian
house Of commons, is noted for his intense
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