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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11

$1,000 I am ready to pay for II
to-day and want you to have the p~
pers made out at once
I'm sorry" said the other, but
don't own that property now. l sold
1t this morning to man who called
at my house before came downtown,
for 100000"
who bought it,"
The name of the young man who
had sat at the next table in the hotel
dining room was given and the law.
yer hurried ever to see him. He was
sitting at a big desk in a handsome
Office. He readily admitted that he
was the present owner of the forty
feet in question and said that he had
bought It for an Investment
How much will you take for it,"
I'm not at all anxious to sell. but
IL it will be any object to you I'll let
1t go to-day for $l50.000.'
The lawyer took cab for the ho-
tel and saw his principal. The Chi
cago man cursed softly to himself and
announced that If 1t had come to a
game of highway robbery he didn't
propose knowingly to play the part of
| the sucker. He wouldn't pay the
s15000O. That evening the two dined
together again. and again the lawyer
urged him to close the deal without
| further delay.
"If you don't look out some of the
other people will get wise" he said
land then there will be the devil tc
pay. You'd better make the best OF
a bad business and let me pay the
$l50,000."
Permission was finally given to pay
the exorbitant amount and next morn
ing the lawyer paid his second call.
sorry" said the youth. MY price
to-day is $4,000 for that lot. 1t l!
increasing in value right along"
So the affair went along for severa
days, the asking price jumping VI
$25 900 every day. Finally in shee
desperation the man from Chicago ant
his lawyer went together to call oil
the new owner of the forty-foot strip
Since you want it so badly" h
said, "Ill knock off the $4,000 In
crease for to-day and let you have tn
property for 1925, 900"
And at that figure the deal wa
finally made.
"How on earth did you get on t
this deal?" asked the Chicago ma
of the man who had held him up.
why you see, sat at the next tf
, BILE to you at the hotel the other nigh
and couldn't help hearing all tina
was said. What l heard made m
think that the forty-foot strip was Gel
tainly good buy. so l went out earl
next morning and bought it."
well" said the man from Chicago
with a sigh, that little dinner seem
to have cost me just $125, 000.-H. y
H. in Chicago Tribune.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11
Sandals for Women.

A few sandals for women may still
be seen in some fashionable shoe store
windows up town, but the dealers ad-
NIT that they have little hope Of sell.
ing them. They were made when the
sandal fad started in London last year
in the expectation, II not the hope,
that they would be worn by society
girls in New York. But the idea did
not take in New York, and in the
opinion of three or four fashionable
dealers questioned It never will.
How much are they" asked a
woman, pointing to pair of brown
leather sandals exposed In one win.
dow.
1.-TWO. dollars" was the reply, but
we don't care about selling them. They
attract attention. We made them to
sell for $6."-New York Times.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11

A Chicago man dined at a great
New York hotel few months ago He
had but one guest, and his check
called for only sS.75-outside of the
tip-an extremely modest amount for
. dinner at the hotel in question. 1t
developed later, however that the
dinner had actually cost the man from
Chicago a little matter of Sl25,000,
and that, it will be admitted, makes
the meal historic one, so far, at
least, as cost is concerned.
The Chicago man in question had
gone to New York to complete the
purchase of an entire block in the
business part of the city. He was rep
resentins large Western capitalists
who wished to make an investment.
He went about his work shrewdly.
working through half a dozen or more
local real estate brokers, each OF
whom was intrusted with the business
Of getting an option on one or more
Of the separate pieces of property
which made up the block.
The whole deal was under the gen.
sral direction of the man from Chica-
60 and his attorney. a New York law
yer of wide reputation. The Chicago
man made his Office in the hotel. To
his room each of the real estate
brokers came every day to report
progress and to receive directions for
their future operations.
The plan on which the Chicago pro-
moter was working required for its
completion the purchase of every foot
of the block, as improvements were
planned which would cover its entire
surface.
Every evening the Chicago man and
his New York lawyer dined together
at the hotel and talked over the prog
ress of the day. After month had
been spent in the securing of options
for six months it was found that prac
tically all the property involved had
been secured. There's remained, in
fact, only single plot, with forty
feet frontage and depth OF little
more than $50 feet
Unfortunately this particular pioc;
of property lay right in the center Of
the block and stretched back so thai
1t cut the block almot squarely in two
II the block was to be covered will
the single great building which th'
plans called for the possession CT tina
lot and the old four-stcry buildin.
which occupied 1t was absolutel!
necessary.
1t must not be imagined that no eff
forts had been made to get an Option
aon this keystone to the whole propa'
ty. The broker assigned to that piec'
had exhausted his ingenuity in tryinl
to get an option. From the first h
found the old man who owned tn
piece unwilling to give an option a
any figure. He would sell .es-bu
his price at the first interview wa
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11
A Costly Dinner

well in hand the man from Chicago
sent his lawyer around to see the own.
err of tho forty feet frontage. He was
authorized to buy the property out.
right, paying $4,000, If that should
prove necessary to get 1t.
Strangely enough, when the lawyer
called he was told that the place was
no longer for sale at $4,000. 1t had
gone up greatly since the brokers' last
interview. In fact, 1t would take. an
even 100000 to buy it.. The lawyer
went back and reported to his princi'
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11
A MINIATURE CHIEFTAIN.

nee upon n time, away
out in Mexico, In one Of
the old pueblos on the Rio
Grande, there was a young
warrior born among tillers
of the soil. His father
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11
An Explanation.

The trolley car is not drawn OF
pushed by the electric current at all
but is lifted again and again by the
attraction of magnets for the armature
coils of the motor.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11
g: !'~s@ and adventure; S.

buffalo hunt, as they had surrounded
an old bleached buffalo skull, which
was attacked with great vigor, and, l
have no doubt, furnished a goodly sup.
ply of imaginary buffalo-meat for the
little savage band.-St. Nicholas.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11
SAVED DOG AT COST OF LIFE.

SAVED DOG AT COST OF LIFE.
With grief according to its kind, a
faithful dog mourned when its master.
Waverly Moore, was buried recently Mt
Richmond, Va. Moore sacrificed his
life for the dog. Until the casket was
removed the dog kept vigil and then
ran to the spot where Moore was killed
by train.
Moore was machinist and lived
with his wife and mother at No. 1925
West Marshall street. When he left
his work in the Seaboard Air Line
shops his little dog was there as usual
to accompany him home. Moore was
wearied after his days work and was
walking along the main tracks over
which the fast trains pass, when the
Southern express approached from be.
hind.
Neither Moore nor his dumb compan-
ion heard the express until 1t was upon
them. A shrill whistle was the first
warning, and 1t came too late. Moore
glanced around and saw that the en-
CINE was almost upon him. He was
apparently unmindful of himself in the
presence of the sudden danger.
The dog was trembling from terror
few PAGES in front of him. Moore made
mighty effort, and bending forward
grasped the dog and threw 1t clear Of
the track. The next instant the ex
press train struck him and hurled hi
lifeless body high in the air. But th'
dog was saved.
Two tramps witnessed the tragedy
They say that Moore could probabl.
, have saved himself had he not over
> looked his own danger and turned t
{ the dog,
From the time his master was kille,
. the dog remained beside the body. III
A followed the undertakers wagon, an
was allowed to take his place besid
the casket, where he watched until tn
n time Of the funeral, when he was take
r away from the sad scene.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11
AT GRIPS WITH A TARPoN.


William King. of Southern Texas,
formerly District Judge, knows the
tarpon pretty well as tremendous
fighter at the end of n line, a voracious
feeder upon smaller fishes and an I'M
certain adversary until II has been
gated deeply. He also knows as much
about the tarpon as catch-as-catch-
can wrestler and clever two-handed pu'
gilist as any man alive.
King. who is small and under weight,
but pugnacious, gained his knowledge |
in Arkansas Bay. He and party OF
friends went aftey tarpon in small
yachtlike craft that was fast and
crank.
The boat was deckod over except in
the middle. where there was an open
| ing four feet square above the cockpit,
in which the party slept and did their
eating and drinking. This cockpit has
room nearly as wide as the boat and
some ten feet long. Its flooring was
six feet below the opening.
Fishing was good. which Is to say
that every man in the party inside of
an hour hung tarpon or two and let 1t
get away. which Is the usual course OF
events. Finally. a member of the par
ty got strike. reefed the barb into his
foeman as deeply as strong arm ana
wrist could send It. and the fun began.
All the others reeled In to get their
tackle out of the way and watch the
fight.
This tarpon was possessed of devil.
1t took out 200 feet of silk In Its initial
rush. and the moment 1t felt the drag
went a yard into the air. They saw
that it was more than five feet long
and the man who was playing it-or
being played with-said that 1t weighed
ton.
The war. with ups and down, lasted
for more than an hour. Thrice the hsh
was reeled within five feet Of the boat
and each time broke away. King, who
is excitable. had most of the hour
danced from stem to stern, shouting
advice, eXpostulation, encouragement
and anathema.
When the tarpon was brought In FOR
the fourth time 1t seemed utterly ex'
e hausted. 1t came heavily within
:, yard of the taffrail and its head wal
: raised six inches from the water.
The lord high executioner or thu
s band lifted his gaff to deal the fata
! blow. With a mighty bound the fisl
It rose from the water and crashed upol
y the deck. 1t was near the cockpit ant
II not foot from King.
With lightning sweep Of the tail ]
s struck him across the knees. knocke
e him backward into the cockpit and fel
z after him, landing across his legs. The
o in the semi-darkness of the little cabi
C ensued combat that would have use
s. up fifty pages of Victor Hugo's bes
:, work. II was Titanic.
q The men above could see little, blu
D. they could hear the thud of blow'
e which fell like hail, the mighty thump
IL of falls, the rasping of heavy bodies o
u the planking, snorts, grunts, gasps an
10 calculations.
is The Judge and the tarpon had Tough
the length of the cabin twice and
IL around the walls once. when sailo
IN Jumped down with Ratchet and ende
the match. There was n good deal
u blood and scales everywhere, some
III them In Kings hair. The fish weighe
;, nearly 100 pounds.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-11

$50 900, which was just $4,000 more
than the maximum set by The pro-
motsr from Chicago. So the broker
had been obliged to report his failure
and had been finally told 1t made no
difference-the property was not at
all essential and the Chicago people
did not intend to be held up"
Finally after everything else was
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Andy Fitzpatrick, of George
town spent the week in this place
A. E. Klein of Bear creek came
over the divide last Tuesday for
more supplies. He is making
good headway in his tunnel.
Miss Marie Normeyer, cousin of
Miss Nora O'Donnell and with
whom she has been visiting, re-
turned to her home in Illinois the
first of the week.
Ruth NJ, the little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cory Waugh, of
Evergreen, died at this place last
Sunday and was taken back home
for burial.
S. w. Shaw, the piano man of
Denver, made a trip up here We'd
nesday. He is interested in the
Shaw lode, in Dry gulch, one of
the promising veins of that local
ity and from which some very
rich gold has been obtained.
The first lecture inthe Epworth
League course, Grit and Gump-
tion," was given at the Methodist
church last Tuesday night. DR..
Young is talented speaker and
his lecture was full of good things
Owing to the excitement of that
day, following the arrest of so
many prominent people, and the
interest taken in the proceedings
of the Red Men, the attendance at
the church was nor as great as it
would have been, and SO the treat
was missed by many who really
had intended to be present. The
second lecture in the course, "Afoot
and Alone in Ireland,' will be de-
livered by DIR. h. A. Carmine next
! Tuesday night and undoubtedly
will be better patronized. The ad-
mission price has been set at IS
cents. The proceeds of this
course, we understand, will be de-
voted to the work of the league.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15
Newspaper Comment

ity must for the time calmly and
deliberately be law unto itself
Such was California in the old days
of the Vigilants and such will Colo
RADIO be if ever a vital necessity
should arise-which Heaven for
bid. The members of the Miners
Union who were escorted out of
Idaho Springs by citizens COM
mittee after a mass meeting denoun-
cling the dynamiting of the Sun
and Moon mine electric plant will
look in vain for sympathy in Den
yer or from any law-abiding com
munity provided they were in any
way implicated in the atrocity. The
actions of the citizens committee
may have been technically wrong,
but the westerner is too openmind -
ed to waste himself in untangling
subtleties. He recognizes the es-
sential rights of their action even
though individual injustice may
have been done. Over five humid
red members of the Citizens Ali
ance of this city joined in an eX-
preston of sympathy with the peo-
pie of Idaho Springs in their act
ion, and these resolutions may be
taken as indicative of Denver's 5
attitude in the matter. colorado
State journal.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15
THE LOCAL SITUATION.

THE LOCAL SITUATION.
The problems this week to the citizens M n of this GG%mu
still topics vital only residents but also to eastern
miners walked of up present
promised to have been most prosperous season
appointment When the strike ordered practically every prop
employment This condition held good for matter sixty days
association number of mines resumed work To the credit
many weeks frequency
community i'll state suspense and measure the wnes
when dabo attempt made odesro all the buildings the
who were at work at the time me- Dynamite & was the @ agency employ by
instead gloatng their victims antc
pad the destruction of but worth property was all that was
manged remains of the demon being found the of his
man to be good standing miners
until II can pc proven 10 M the cont uws & % ; % % G % M
peatedy threatened and predicted the disaster while expressing
of this and that the mines would not be allowed to operate with
held by peace officers
arose in their might on the night of the goth and escorted fourteen
the to the outskirts of town politely but firmly informing
business interest of the city done without blow
buster disorder the depoed being vs
any ndgnity There strong element that
% punishment but the best element of the citv was charge
affairs and them the banhed debt of gratitude for
quetude the commercial world again took its abors
capital midst feeling confident that violence
would be attempted
ne pc ft 70 connect well known agitators with
the outrage when Judge Overs OF Leadve at the invitation OF
The first business taken the complaints
filed eghyour citizens of this place
charging them with all the the calendar and the court
issued bench reurnabe forthwith The sheriff had
his the
wealth of the district and of these
to law the
the their
in presiding showed
CHASING vloators OF law in where the victim
that the time the trouble
being
would henceoh aid
protecting depoed when they should and the
the
and released
of The
victims vigorously dealt with Upon waving
would allow the
considered
mutual admiration society good citizens of Georgetown
Idaho Springs cash would
be received by court in lieu of bonds.
Tuesday afternoon the deported miners returned here in body
by officers and taken into custody
with They arraigned
Wednesday, continuance of the premi
Wednesday, In direct
Attorney Richardson, Denver
surety of them without question: thus exploding the oft
peaed mpuaon that the would be the
obof Springs citizens
This salient points of the trouble from its
to there been
When cited by the court sought to evade
him available satisfy the laws demands
thus
indignation In Judge Overs blanket did
criminals the the of the
upright substantial liberty loving and abiding c
of and prepared
court for their every
hope matter will be adjusted and
be accorded without malice
practically all OF Idaho Springs criminal will bereued before
entire world.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15

If the parties who dynamited the
Sun and Moon shaft house at Idaho.
Springs can be apprehended their
punishment should be swift and
sure and meted out without mercy,
The dastardly deed was no doubt
the work of the scurviest element
in the miners union, which, fail
ing to control the property and
dictate its management, would blow
it out of existence, thus wiping out
thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty and endangering hundreds of
lives in order that they might
wreak their vengeance upon the
owners who declined to do their
bidding. The parties guilty of this
deed are murderers at heart and
should be given the limit, Glen
wood Post.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15


for aid in furnishing citizens caught embarrassing
forgotten knts closely and with ndesruct e
mutual existing between the two cities
asunder All praise to the citizens George
They have anything they want IN TINS CITY. Ney
little makes the whole world akin
wild acclamatons multitude, the Peahng q" bells
the blowing triumphant OF the choir the
triple pontifce placed the head OF Pope Pus
Sunday Cardinal Mach ST. Peters at Rome 1t was one OF
elaborate ceremonies witnessed on SIM
liar occasion.
of 1aboers of employment at Cripple
Creek the behes of the Western Fedora
been closed down indefinitely
that all goods passed the
will be for cash only Who Will be the SUFFERER cap
ital or labor?
1t will be great Disappointment large of knockers
sroevS air shin should happen There has been
line that has brought out the
hammers numerously as has this same arshlp
# TO he regretted that recent should
entertaining the Red Men But moth
entertainment of the guests and the meet
ing a success in every particular.
Pennsylvania man that illegally appoint
returned all the salary that he
has dead cinch that he is no politician
from the Cheyenne county Jals
evidently thought that the of the country was be-
ginning to forget him.
Judge situation regards the labor problem
entirely in his will held responsible for the
suits.
The crops of vicepresdentia candidates MULTIPLYING
amazing pace section of the country will be able to escape the
disease.
1t order mind business and let for
eign governments do the It's OF no use to butt
The who predicted in the north is
now smiling out of both corners OF his mouth
The glamour title has ued American girl to life OF
misery, and still the farce is kept up
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15

are a set of would be. slave drivers
bound to go to any extreme to
gain selfish ends, thus placing the
employer and the employe at
enmity even before either party
knows it. Once the newcomer to
this country becomes imbued with
this idea and he considers himself
a patriot especially fitted to be-
come a sacrifice, if needs be, to
ameliorate the condition of his fell
low-workers.
1t is not the rank and file of the
miners union that is to blame for
the blocking of progress and the
destruction of property which fol-
lows-but the few INSCRIPTIONS
leaders bound to promote trouble.
Yet, found in bad company, under
bad conditions, the good must suf-
fer with the ungodly among
whom they affiliate.-Loveland
Reporter.
1t looks as if unionism were
showing its hand pretty boldly just
now, even though all the acts of
irresponsible members cannot be
!
charged to the better class of
unionists. One may put the ques-
ton whether the commonwealth of
Colorado is not face to face with
the problem as to whether it will
dominate the unions or be domina-
ed by them.
Most thinking people haveknown
for a long time that matters were
approaching a crisis, and the recent
outrage at Idaho Springs empha-
sizes the point. The plain fact is
that the unions must keep within
the law. America is no breeding
groun d for anarchy. The recent
uprising of the citizens of Idaho
Springs is an instance of that
Anglo-Saxon respect for law which
rises above the mere letter of the
law. No men hold their courts in
greater esteem than this race, but
there come times when equity and
Justice demand immediate express
ion, when the slow machinery OF
the law is too tardy and in order
to protect their homes a commun-
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15

AS a result of the action of the
Idaho Springs Citizens Alliance,
remarkable respect and regard
for law and order has developed
in an unusual quarter-that is, 1t
is unusual to hear demands for
respect for the law from that
quarter.-EX.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15

The "mob" that marched those
gentlemen out of Idaho Springs
last week were more corsiderate
than was the mob that marched
miners out of Marshall basin two
years ago. Here the men were de-
prived of their shoes and forced to
walk over a rocky, icy trail, bare
foot. Up at Idaho Springs they
were permitted to go over smooth
beaten road and were not deprived
of their boot and shoes.-Tellurlde
Journal. ..
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15

Fully ninety per cent OF the
"people who know" i'll this state
and the United States are congrat-
ulating the citizens of Idaho
Springs for their prompt and con-
servative work in getting rid of
the obnoxious agitators in so quiet
a manner. 1t is a disgrace to any
community to endure unlawful
acts and threats of more unlawful
acts, and the life of no energetic
citizen of Idaho Springs was safe
so long as anarchists were head
ing a union of men and inciting
them to acts of obstruction.
We believe the miners, unions
of Colorado have done more to
retard the growth and progress of
the industry than all other unions
combined. The reason for this is
plain.
A large percentage of its mem
bers are ignorant of the English
language, know nothing of Ameri-
can ways and methods. When
reaching here those leaders who
would ruin if they could not rule
can instill into their minds a great
misconception of conditions: de
clare to them that mine owners
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15

1t will be great Disappointment large of knockers
Prof Iangev ship should happen fly There has beer
nothing line that has brought out the
ham 81 numerously as has this same a1rshlp
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15

IT TO be regretted labor troubles should
time when Idaho Springs entertaining the Red Men But
ing was left undone of the guests and the
ing was a success every particular.