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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13
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USELESS LEGISLATION.

If THERE SHOULD EVER be a COM
petition Tor prize for the most abb
surd law, we shall insist that the medal
be awarded to the new Utah statute,
now awaiting the signature of the gov
ernor, under which it is proposed to
compel the Associated Press to furnish
its news service to any individual or
corporation who agrees to pay for it,
The governor should place this bit OF
folly in the morSue by the veto route
1t is the duty of the chief executive
whenever possible 70 keep useless laws
out of the statute book
Even if this measure is signed by the
governor and so becomes a law, it is
not possible to believe It will stand a
court test. The Associated Press is not
a corporation in the ordinary accepta-
ton of the term 1t is an organization
of newspaper publishers for the gath
ering and exchange of news. 1t is not
a common carrier, and it is not subject
to common carrier laws For the pur-
pose of illustration, let US lay down a
suppositious case.
Jones of Salt Lake. Brown of Omaha
anu NrIeGn OF Denver are SOOd TRENDS.
For the purpose of improving their
own minds and the minds OF their
friends, Jones and Brown and Green
agree to write stories and exchange
them. They enjoy the proceeding very
much and are greatly benefited by it.
Whatever cost there is is divided equal
ly between them. Now comes Robinson
of Salt Lake. He says he would like
to join the organization. Jones, Brown
and Green decline to let him in. Robin
son, being an influential citizen, per-
suades the legislature to pass a law
requiring the others TO admit him.
Does anybody suppose such a law
would have the effect of admitting
Robinson. even if it stood the test of
the courts? Certainly not. The only
effect it could possibly have would be
to prevent Brown and Green from
sending stuff to Jones and Jones from
sending it TO them.
We have already an abundance OF
useless statutes. The governor can
save us from this one. 1t is his duty
to take the necessary step.
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Patriotism and Politics.

Baltimore American.)
My pa s a rampant Democrat, but some
times he forgets.
An when things gets eXcitln' like he
fumes around an let's
His feelin's for tn flag an things run
plum away with him.
An then he talks more publican than
even Uncle Jim
NV pa he thinks we shouldn't try to
make OF Castro pay
The debts that he's contracted since the
first Thanksgiving day;
But let somebody say that job is more
than we can do,
An pa he sweils up an says: I'VE could
if he wanted to.
My pa he thinks the Philippines had ort
And that in ali of them outside things
we'd best go kind @ slow
He says that San Domingo plans the
worst he ever saw
OF all the kickers ever seen the very
But 'tother day English chap he said:
Good reason why
You feilers tries TO keep OF Ted from
You know quite well he's bitten off lots
more than Ee car chew
Then pa he cussed that I1an an said:
I'VE could Il we wanted to-.
Ny pas a rampant Democrat but ain't
afraid 4 bet
That if there S %2 for9 9ther war bout
An go right out an fight for things he's
always said was wrong.
An keep on fightin' till we licked. no
matter much how long.
Ny ma she said to pa one day: You
don't know where you're at
You're whole lots more American than
you are a Democrat
I guess that's right, cause every time
some task comes up that's new
My pa SAYS: 81 m agsn H. but We would
il We wanted TO-.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13
UNDO THIS WORK.

r HE LEGISLATURE is in it's closing
hours, and much work remains to
be done But the lawmakers cannot
afford TO adjourn without undoing
something that has already been done.
We refer to the defeat of senate bill
No. 20. 1t is impossible for one TO be-
lieVe that the house, in which this
measure was killed, thoroughly under
stood what it was doing. Some of the
members. of course, understood, but
we credit the majority with too much
patriotism, too much desire to work
for the greatest good to the greatest
number. to insult its members by say
ing that they deliberately defeated sem
ate bill No. 20
This bill provides as we have ex-
planned in other issues Of The Herald
that cities may condemn water rights
when they are able to show that such
rights are absolutely necessary for the
people. For example: Jones owns a
valuable water right just outside the
corporate limits of a given municipal
ity. The city stands in sore need of
water. IT is growing city More peo-
pie are coming into il a.. the time. more
homes are being built, more water
must be had. Jones is approached and
offered q fair price for mis- water right
He says he does not want to sell.
Finally, though. he Iixes price that
is high out of all proportion 10 the
worth OF his property. Under our pres
ent statute the city would have 10 pay
.TOr1oSs
without the water Jones owns. And
Yet, if railroad Corporation surveyed
a line that took it through the middle
of Jones' home, and il the company
could show that this was the most feas-
ible line, Mr.. Jones might rage and
swear and fix eXorbitant prices until he
was black in the face. If he refused to
accept a reasonable price the railroad
company would simply go into court
and condemn his property
Is n home less sacred than a water
right? 1t viii be said that when water
rights are condemned homes VIII be de-
stroyed along with them. Very well.
Senate bill No. 20 provides that cities
must pay the full value Of all damages
sustained by any individual by reason
Of the condemnation of his water right.
This in addition to the value of the
right itself. So that, if Jones can show
that the loss OF his water right carries
with It the loss of his home. the city
must pay him a reasonable price for
his home.
The individual is amply protected.
First, he is protected by the necessity
clause: second, he is protected by the
provision that requires the payment 10
him of damages of every character.
We CO not see that any one can posi-
bly, be harmed by the passage of the
measure. 1t viii simply make it impos-
sible for the owner of a water right to
compel a city to buy it from him at five
or ten times its real value.
The legislature should place the law
on our statute book. 1t is needed there
so badly that we are surprised at the
necessity for arguing the question for
even a moment
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so to be absoived from his obMga-

sl.50 to be absoived from his obliga-
lions.
So confident is John w. Gates of the
success of this waiting plan Of cam
paign that he has gone TO California foI
vacation and taken some of his lieu
tenants with him. In spite of all this
wheat has gone up and up. In two
days of last week il jumped more than
cents, and the Gates crowd is said to
have bought little or nothing. Neither
did they sell, if the observation of some
of the market experts is to be trusted,
and the bears" are just as much wor-
ried as ever as to how they viii be able
TO fill a 1900, 900 bushel void with g.
000. 900 bushels of wheat.
The tight is an interesting one and
its outcome viii be watched eagerly
in the speculative world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13

corps has reached it's high stage of eff
ficiency. With less politics and more
hard work the American corps should
at least equal the japanese. And the
man is poor American who believes
otherwise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13
NOTICE.

All creditors of b. II. SchettIer, the
defUpct banker. are requested to cal
at room No. SOC. Mccormick block, on
Tuesday, March H. 1905. All claims
must be duly presented to the court II
the depOsitors wish to realize anything
on their respective claims John
Beck, Amelia Dale. James Bell. Hyrun1
Smith, Frank p. Hall, Peter Hanson
Committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13

General Oyama is said to have told
his soldiers about a week ago that he
O'Clock in the morning. If he really did
make the promise, he fulfilled it on
schedule time. The Russians believe
there is something uncanny in the Jap
anese successes, and it really begins to
look that way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13
TYsEWRITERs REPAIRED,

We have a most competent mechanic
who can repair any kind of a type
writer.
The Breeder Office Supply CO.
so West Second South
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Time Table
IN EFFECT
DEC. 4th, 1904
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ARRIVE.

ARRIVE.
From Ogden. Portland. Butte.
Touis. omshs and ffB eaGG9;r St S: m
ST points Ogden and Intermediate $40 m
From ogden. Cache Valley and II.SE
intermediate points ..---.--..-. HE'D q LII
From Ogden Chicago, St Louis.
Kansas City. Omaha. Denver aIS . -,
and San francisco ..-.--.---.-- LID Y Hl
From Ogden, Cache Valley.
S Fl Aais9Sny. . Portland and San 74O p m
DEPART
For Ogden. Omaha. Chicago,
Denver. Kansas City and St I'm a ~
LOUIS .-----.-------- -----------..- WV - ~
For Ogden. Portland. St An
t te9ny a9 B6iaPs and in 1920 m
For ogden. Omaha. Chicago
R aSa san F Sraaais6 S'y St LOU. lilo N
For Ogden. Cache Valley. Den
louis TSF K and ch Sitys omaha. St 55 m
For Ogden. Cache Valley; Butte
Helena Portland. San Fran II.fE - -.
cisco and intermediate points. tts7O Y III
T NJ. SCHUMACHER
Traffic Manager
D. f. BURLEY.
d. S. SPENCER
A. G. P. & T. A
City Ticket office. POI Main Street.
Telephone go
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13

George H. lift of Pocatello wants a
diplomatic job. It is much to be hoped
that Mr.. lift will not be biffed. for
then he might be miffed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13

Commercial National bank, savings
department Open for deposits Satur-
day from Z TO D. N.
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q . IT,. =: :; j: 80 :: +: =.
r. R. Co.
DEPART

City.
For Provo, Lehf, Fairfield Her-
cur, Nephi and Sanpete Valley ga . ~.
points -----..-.- ..- = CIV a Ht
For Garfield Beach, Tooei~.
stockton. Mammoth, Eureka T,IE a -
and Silver City .-....--.-.-.--.p As7O q IA
For Provo. American Fork, Le-
nj, JUab Milford Frisco Ca 6.aE - ..
nente and intermeCiat poinI.s Vsbe Y II
ARRIVE
From Provo, American Fork
Lehi. Juab. Milford, Frisco
Cauent0 and intermediate s.i5 - -
bOA-S9 1890 .-ss.-.-- - -
From Provo, Lehi, Fairfield,
Mercur and Sanpete Valley S.1S "A ~
Railway points Commencement" OsOO " IN
From Silver City, Mammoth
Eureka Stockton. ToOele and 5.95 . m
Garfield Beach ........--..-.-."""S" az
Daily.
Daily Pullman Buffet Sleeping Car
service between Salt Lake City and Mill
ford. MOdena and CaIiente.
Direct stage connections for all mining
districts in southern Utah and Nevada
City Ticket office. 201 Main Street
Telephone go.
E W. GILLETT, Gen. Pass ASG
J. l. MOORE. District Passenger ASSnG(
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13

PERFECT DINING GAR SERVICE
All trains except Nos 1 to stop al
intermediate points
Ticket office, DoOly Block Phone 1G
l. a BENTON. c. A. p. D.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13

Joe Letter lost because he could not
get out of his holdings. He hung or
until he was confronted by a big crop,
the direct result of the high prices he
himself had brought about. He had
some powerful foes, too. Armour was a
bear on wheat, and broke Letter sim
ply because the So-called young Ma
poleon" could not take and pay for all
the actual wheat Armour delivered to
him. Armour even Sidetracked the pas
senger trains on one of the trunk lines
running into Chicago, in which he had
controlling interest. in order to get
the wheat into Chicago on time.
Notwithstanding the disaster that
came to Hutchinson. Letter. Keene and
Partridge in wheat, John w. Gates and
his following believe that their
squeeze" will be successful. They say
they have adopted some new methods
and are favored by new conditions. In
the first place, the methods of gather
ing crop data have been improved so
much that they do not believe there
exists any large supply of deliverable
wheat which they have not considered
in their calculations. In the SECOND
place, they have already bought their
Wheat-the promises to deliver-at rel
atiVely low prices. They do not intend
TO buy any more. 1t is a mathematical
certainty, they say. If the bears have
agreed to deliver so 900 900 bushels OF
wheat and can get only 5000, 600 BUSH
els. what will they do about it.?
So the Gates plan CT campaign is to
let the shorts" do the buying in their
effort to cover their sales. This will
be better than buying by the bulls as
il is likely to result in a stampede. Ac-
tual wheat-the wheat that is made into
-four and bread-may not be worth more
than $1.10 a busneI, but a frightened
bear is liable to be scared into paying
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13

According to conservative authori-
tles, VINO are supported by the esti-
mate of the depa rtment OF agricuI-
ture, the crop of American wheat is
about 544, 600 600 bushels. Considering
the needs of home consumption this is
short crop. especially as the world s
visible supply is not large. America
this year has been unable to export
any wheat, as all of it was needed by
domestic mills Good authorities
state that there is now in the visible
and invisible supply about sc. O0O. 600
bushels OF this amount, so far as can
be ascertained, there are only about
100000 bushels of grade good enough
to be delivered on contract. With the
Gates crowd holding about 60. O0e 600
bushels of contracts it can be seen
what would happen to prices If the
campaign is carried out to the bitter
end
OF course. all these well laid plans
do not work out as we'll in execution
as they do on paper. In 1887 Hutchin-
son planned a similar coup. To be
sure. the provisions for gathering
statistics in those days had not been
brought TO the high standard they
effort to learn the true state of at
fairs. He sent scores of agents
throughout the wheat belt to deter
mine the extent of the invisible sup
ply-the amount held by the farmG~S
The figures We're satisfactory. "Old
Hutch Went into the market and bid
the price up to the skies and tri-
umphantly called on the shorts to de-
liver But the gCileless farmers had
lied to the emissaries of "Old Hutch
Where they had a thousand bushels
in their bins they reported that they
had but hundred. The high prices
made by the shrewd old manipulation
loo Cd fIn Il
the wheat poured into Chicago like a
mighty river and Hutchinson's great
fortune was swept away like a chip
in it's current
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The statistical position of wheat IS
strong Last year wheat was SELL
ms around so cents a bushel. EARLY
IN the summer reports came from the
northwest OF rust that had damaged
the crop badly AS usual there were
two opinions as to the amount of
damage, but the price crept upward.
and soon after it. passed the dollar
mark 1t began to jump. 1t went above
S.l2 in Chicago. and then the price
began to drop. 1t was thought that
the campaign for higher prices was
over. Armour was reported to have
sold out and gone short" Other big
traders dropped out for the time be-
ms The bears tried time and again
TO break the price but failed. although
they sold millions of bushels in the at
tempt. Finally it was learned that
the Gates crowd, with the assistance
of some Of their Wall street following.
mad bought line of wheat ranging.
according to estimates. from thirty to
forty million bushels. Moreover IF
was stated that they were in the game
with the intention of staying to the
finish and would take delivery of all
the cash wheat that could be ten
dared.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13

DR.. Hanchett's office removed TO 4OI
Mccormick Block.
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GATES AND HIS WHEAT DEAL
Ohm W. GATES has embarked

Ohm W. GATES has embarked
upon a speculative venture that
has bru1ght disaster to some of
the greatest market plungers this
country has ever seen. He is going to
run deal" In May wheat. Mr..
Gates says it is not going to be a
| corner" although he modestIy adj
fnits that 1T viii be squeeze" says
the New York Press. He also has said
that somebody is going to get hurt -
and his smile of complacence indi-
Gated that, in his belief, he was not
that somebody"
Mr.. Gates. before leaving California
last week, said that if there was any
corner in wheat il would be because
wheat would corner Itself. He said
the price will reach at least $1.40 a
buSheE He intimated with a roll of
fat cigar that this figure may not
be the top-and probably wiz not.
Some of his followers talk $50 and
others go so far as to predict 81 for
the May option. This will mean ruin
Tor some one. Whether the engineers
OF the squeeze are to be caught in
the collapse of their own fabric re-
mains to be seen.
The Gates following is the strongest
ana most active speculative clique in
the country. The names are familiar
around the stock exchange in this city
and the Chicago board OF trade. The
most prominent are Drake Elwood
Lambert and Black. There is not one
that VIII bait an eyelaSh over the loss
or 100000 on horse. and when they
believe they are on the right side of
the market they think nothing of
swinging q deal OF 100000 shares of
stock or 10000, 900 bushels of wheat
fhey are what is known as the west
ern crowd in Wall street. Sometimes
they are called the Waldorf crowd -
as John w. Gates and his friends fire.
qnent that hosiery, and Charles c.
Gates has a branch Office of his brok-
erage house In that hotel.
Wall street has learned to respect
Gates and to fear him. Some of the
New Workers that have been hard hit
by the operations of the western man
nave been trying to get him for a.
number Of years, but so far he has
proved as elusive as the Irishman' s
flea. No matter how deeply the Gates
crowd may be involved in a deal thew
are able to turn like lightning when
thlngS are going against them They
play the system of small losses and
big profits most excellent system
II one can get the key 10 it,
There is no doubt that the bull cam
paign in wheat is on. For weeks. even
months. the price has stayed above
the dollar mark The period has been
longer than for a good many years
Last Thursday the price jumped to
xl-2l1e. the highest since the Letter
deal OF 1898
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-01-11
Farmers and stockmen.

| will sell the Farmers Encyclope-
dia during the month of January,
1905, for one dollar and fifty cents.
This is less than cost. The reason is
for more room for another edition.
The canvassers' price is five dollars.
This book treats on the diseases of
horses, COWS, sheep, hogs, giving the
remedies of each disease, and gives
recipes for cough and condition pow
ders. Teaches you how to graft and
bud fruit trees, how to mix phosphate
and the ingredients necessary for a
complete fertilizer. No farmer can
afford to do without this book, es-
pecially the young farmer. Order now
and save three dollars and fifty cents.
j. e. DAVIDSON. TaneYtOwn, Md.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-01-11
Everybody should buy Pedigree
whiskey.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Prof. j. T. Simmons, a former SUI
perintendent of the Dawson public
schools and now president of Shorter
Female College at Rome, has been in
the city.
Mr.. Geo. F. Roberts returned to
his home at Shorterville, Ala, Friday
after spending several days with his
brother, Judge j. w. Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Commander
have returned to Mitchell county after
spending sometime at the home OF Mr..
A. Jordan, near Dawson.
Mrs. B. M. Wilson of Albany has
been in Dawson several days at the
home of her parents, DR.. and Mrs. w.
w. Farnum.
Mrs. John Wilkes of Valdosta is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Turner.
Mrs. w. B. Saville and Miss Chap
Saville have returned from visit IN
Americas.
Mr.. C. ]. Dunn of Oglethorpe, the
well-known banker, was in Dawson
Monday.
Miss Emma WoOten returned to
Wesleyan college, at Macon, Satur-
day.
Miss Corinne Pagan of Americas is
the guest of Mrs. H. w. Pittman.
Mrs. c.. M. Adams is visiting her
mother in Marion, Ala.
Mrs. j. M. Griggs will leave for
Washington today
Joe Christie is on a trip to White
Sulphur Springs, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Weaver return
ed to Thomaston Monday.
Mr.. j. c. Rogers was here from
Fitzgerald Saturday.
Mr.. Frank Harrell has been here
from Ouitman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-01-11
DISTRICT STEWARDS MEET.
Prominent Churchmen Gathered in
Dawson on Monday Night.

The district stewards of the Meth
odist church of the Americas district
met on Monday night at the district
parsonage in Dawson. The following
were present: Rev. W. F. Smith, P.
E.: w. P. Wallis, Americus; N. A.
Ray, Americus; S. j. Jordan, Ella
vile; j. J. Wilson, Smithville; j. H.
Williford, PARROT; M. L. Everett,
Lumpkin; j. H. Carter, Richland; G.
H. Sanders, Coleman; N. w. Dozier,
Dawson; N. M. Weaver, Cuthbert; j.
D. Glover, Plains; J. G. Hill, Graves:
NJ. D. Laing, New Hope; j. H. Kelly,
Herod; G. D. Speight, Fort Gaines.
These gentlemen met according to
the law of the church, fixed the salary
of the presiding elder, and apportioned
that amount to the various charges of
the district. They also apportione
the general assessments on the di strict
to each charge according to its ability
and liberality. These assessments are
for the following benevolent purposes;
foreign missions, home missions,
worn-out preachers, the widows and
orphans of preachers, education,
church extension, American Bible So
ciety, delegates expenses to the gen
eral conference, and the printing of
the minutes of it's annual conference.
They also provided for the balance
due for the district parsonage.
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HAVE MODIFIED CONTRACT.
WATERWORKS COMPANY WOULD
KEEP MONEY FOR YOU.
Adopts That Plan Instead of Making
the Small Consumer Pay for More
Water Than He Uses.

The general kick that was made
against the notice given by the Daw-
son Waterworks Company that be-
ginning January l the minimum
charge for water per quarter would be
So, whether the consumer used 1T or
not, seems to have had some effect.
The News understands that the new
rule has been modified somewhat, and
that the company now proposes to be-
come depository for its patrons and
keep the amount paid in excess of the
water used on hand and apply it to
the account of the consumer when
more than $500 worth per quarter
is consumed. In other words, if
the consumer uses only $500 worth
of water during the first quarter
of 1905 the minimum amount, $500,
will be collected from him, and the
company will hold $l.00 to apply to
his account when he uses water to the
amount of $500 or more.
While this is perhaps some better
than what the company at first pro-
posed to do in fixing its new rates, it
will not strike the public very forci-
bly,. They would prefer to pay for
just what they get, and to keep their
own money until they owe it.