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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
RATS IN WASHINGTON.
The Rodents a Great Pe.t-Thcir Rapi6
Mutt plication.


Notwithstanding the fact that Wash
ington is said to be the cleanest city
on the American continent, says a
Washington special 10 the New York
Tribune. a census Of rats would show
that the national capital has about as
many of these pests as any sister city.
1t is said that the conditions here
are peculiarly adapted to the preserva-
ton Of rodents. and there are mer-
chants around the Center market who
are willing to make affidavit that there
are rats in that vicinity fully 20 years
old and which have escaped and
thwarted every known effort to e1-
terminate them.
AS is known, the rat probably has
more out-and-Out enemies than any
other animal on earth. Its persecu-
tors, animate and inanimate, come in
the form Of poison, traps, cats, dogs,
birds, ferretS and men. Some or all
OF these agencies are at work con-
stantly, and yet the Washington rat
thriycs, wakes fat and raises a large
and nearly everybody is afraid Of
them, especially the great gray fellows
which seem to have taken possession
Of some parts Of the city. These mon
ster rodents put up a bold fight when
cornercd. and they are sharp-toothed,
keen-eyed creatures.
The rat is by nature true gamin-
sharp. cunning and, when necessity
requires, bold and fearless, fighting
men and dogs alike. There is no ques-
ton that the Norway or wharf rat
the big gray one-drove off and killed
the small black rat which was COM
mon throughout the Unued States two
decades ago.
When a rat is attacked he will first
make break to scamper out of the
way of his enemy, but if he sees that
successful retreat is out of the ques-
ton, then he boldly and defiantIy tries
to put up winning fight for freedom
and liberty. Rats have been known
to attack human beings in many in
stances where they were not first as.
Sdultcu. Large IdlS are OILeu Icu-
dered bold through force Of numbers
and hungry through enforced absti.
hence.
And. too. the large gray rat is a can
nibal; the male rat will not hesitate
when hungry to make a meal off his
young. This, however, he never does
without first having battle with the
mother rat who always fights for her
babies. 1t is only the male rat which
is given to cannibalism. A Louisiana
avenue commission man says that
about the fiercest battle he ever wit.
messed between animals was few
weeks ago when he saw an old gray
rat ILL young one. The mother rat
interfered and for fifteen minutes the
two rodents engaged in a combat
which for ferocity would rival almost
anything ever seen in the arena. They
fought until weak and exhausted from
many wounds and then were dis.
Matched.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13

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Sevick. the master who taught Kube-
lik, has but one eye.
The German Emperor has a special
room where his uniforms are kept.
Harry Furnis, English caricaturist
and illustrator, has written a novel.
Russia has lost its best known chess
player by the death of Emanuel Schif-
fers.
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore is
pedestrian of note. He walks ten miles
every day.
Senior de Cologan, new Spanish min
lister at Washington, is the scion of an
old Irish family.
Grand Duke Sergius drew s1,50O,OOO
year during his term of office as gov
ernor of Moscow.
The King of Italy possesses the largest
collection of coins in the world. 1t is
valued at 100000.
Richard Strut, Il son of Lord Ray
leigh, has invented clock which, ne
says, will run 200 years.
In spite of the cares of state, King
Edward finds time to devote to his coun-
try estate at Sandringham.
The German Emperor speaks and
writes English and French as fuently
as he does his native tongue.
The London Pilgrims Club is arrang-
ing a dinner for Gen. Horace Porter, re-
firing ambassador to France.
Henry Tollemache, for twenty-four
years a member of the British Parlia-
ment, has never made a speech.
NJ. COquelin, famous French actor, is
ardently DESTROYS of breaking into poll
tics, and is sanguine of success.
Prof. W. r. Dunstan, an Englishman,
has discovered several minerals in Cey-
lon which contain the rare earth thoria.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Seventy-five Years Ago

Uprisings in Belgium were daily oc-
currences, the country being Oh the
verge of revolution.
The Legislature of Georgia annulled
ali laws made by Cherokee Indians.
The State road from Lake Michigan
TO Madison, on the Ohio, was begun.
The parish prison at New Orleans
was erected ut Il cost of 100000.
East Tennessee was swept by cy-
clone
Work was begun by the surveyors
for the laying out of the city Of Chi
cagO.
France addressed its uitimatum to
the Dey of Algiers, demanding a pub
lie PREPARATION and $16,OO0,OOO indemni-
ty for the expenses of the war.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
twenty fears Ago.

The British forces under General
Graham captured and burned the Arab
village Tamai
General Grants condition was such
that the end appeared to be near.
\ Cabinet meeting decided that
while this nation was not concerned
with the internal affairs OF Colombia.
then in a state of revolution, it was
responsible for free and uninterrupted
transit across the iSthmuS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT
Emory McCintOck Put in Charge of
Technical Affairs Of Mu-
tual Life.

New York, Dec. 27.-Emory McClin-
took was elected vice president of the
Mutual Life Insurance company at the
meeting of the board of trustees today.
Mr.. McClintock is a native of Pennsyl-
vania.
Mr.. McClintock is to be put in active
charge of the cOmpany's technical
affairs. In addition he was elected a
trustee today as was also President
elect Charles A. Peabody. They were
chosen to fill the vacancies made by the
designations of Elihu Root and Rufus
w. Peckham.
It was voted to put all general agen-
cies on a salary basis after Jan. next,
instead of a commission basis. Two
of the foreign agencies are to be dis
continued, the Australian and the
agency at Copenhagen.
Acting President Frederic Cromwell
issued a statement about the purchase
of stock of the Lawyers Mortgage
company, which was bought out during
the legislative ivestigatiOn.
THE whole affair."" Mr.. Cromwell
said, upon investigation proves to be
a personal transaction of one of the
trustees, who purchased 1000 shares of
the stock at the price of issue and who
gave some of his friends an Opportu-
nifty to share in his purchase"
Mr.. Cromwell said that examination
of the minutes of the finance commit
tee showed that the stock was never
offered to or considered by the COM
pany.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
CONFIDENCE IN BERLIN.
Germany Believes Russia Will Wea
Their the Storm.

Berlin, Dec. 27.-The conviction pre-
walls at the foreign Office here that the
Russian is more than holding his own
with the disconnected elements, and
the situation is regarded as having
improved within the last two days.
The Russian government expects the
national assembly TO be representative
and 10 include strong men who, in a
certain sense viii bring the people into
representative partnership with the
sovereign in the administration of the
country. The opinion of the German
government is that Russia has wealth.
cred the worst of her difficulties. and
that she viii emerge into a period of
constitutional development.
Identical opinions exist in financial
circles in Berlin All Russian securi-
ties rose from one to five points on the
Bourse today and it is added that the
Russian finance minister appears TO
have chosen an opportune time to issue
fresh treasury bills abroad.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
COUNT OF VOTES
IS COMPLETED
TF%wEFP
Judge Richie Will Hear Arguments
on the Challenges Today.
IN THE ELECTION CONTEST
VALIDITY OF 545. BALLOTS is
QUESTIONED BY ATTORNEYS.

Judge Ritchie and the attorneys in
1he election contest cases completed The
count of the accepted ballots yester-
day. Judge Ritchie will sake up the
challenged ballots this morning. There
are 545 challenges in all and with the
disposition of them the case will be
decided. 1t is not likely the case will
end today.
Challenges were made yesterday as
Follows:
District 40-Against Hartenstein, g.;
against Tuddenham, 81; against Ferry,
%: against Arson, 81.
District 41-Against Hartenstein, rs;
against Tuddenham, 80; against Ferry,
~; against Arson, "a.
District 42-Against Hartenstein, IL;
against Tud1Cnham. 45; against Ferry,
20; against Arson, %.
District 43-Against HaTtenstein, %;
against Tuddenham, 28 against Ferry,
20; against Arson. 80.
The proceedings thus far do not serve
TO indicate how the case will come
out" Nothing will be known as to that
until the challenged ballots are passed
upon by the court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
B0ISE-PAYETTE
PLANS APPROVED
Advertisements Authorized for Bids
for the Work,
AN IMMENSE UNDERTAKING
WHAT IRRIGATION WILL DO FOR
IDAHO.
Especial to The Herald.)

Washington, D. c., Dec. 2.-The sec
rotary Of the interior today approved
plans of the Boise-Payette irrigation
project in Idaho, and authorized an
advertisement for proposals for con-
structiOn of the first unit, embracing
fifty to sixty acres. Proposals viii be
opened Feb. l, and if satisfactory blds
are received contracts viii be awarded
Immediately and work begun without
delay The specifications call for the
construction of a dam in Boise river
eight miles above Boise, and twenty
seven dams from that dam TO Deerf1at
reservoir site. In addition is the con-
struction of two earthen entertainments
near Nampa. involving two million Gu
bic yards of earth and gravel, $1,000
yards of concrete masonry, one and
one-half million yards of excavation,
besides the use of thirty tons OF steel,
eighty tons of cast iron and a half
million feet of lumber. There is ST.
300, 600 available to begin work, and
more will be provided as necessary.
Works to be Immediately constructed
for the cheapest part of the project,
contemplate the reclamation of $4,000
acres at an aggregate cost of 81, 000, 600.
Senator Dubois said today of the pro-
posed project:
1.-The secretary of the interior has
finally approved the plans and esti-
mates of the engineers Of the reclama-
ton service for the largest irrigation
project in the west in point of area re-
claimed and total cost of works. 1t is
called the Payette-BOise project, and
provides for the irrigation of $4,000
acres of land, more than twice the to-
tai cultivated area of Rhode Island.
The results of the successful compile
ton of the great irrigation project may
be briefly summed up as follows: New
dams, $3.50, 600; increase in irrigated
land in acreage, $4,000; value Of new
farms at $5S per acre, $15,776,000; value
of farm property, including livestock,
SO, 430, 900; total increase in farm
values, $2S, 206, 900. Total gross annual
income from new farms, $6,732, 600. The
Payette-BOis projects alone will add
AZ per cent to the value of farm prop
erty and 81 per cent to the gross in
come from farms in Idaho
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
SUE BROKERS AGAIN.
Two Other Railroads Bring Iniunc-
ton Suits Against Scaipers.

Two more injunction suits against To-
cal ticket brokers were filed in the dis
trict court yesterday. The plaintiffs in
the suits are the Oregon Short Line
and Union Pacific Railroad companies,
and the defendants in each case are
Oscar Groshell, Fremont H. Groshell.
NJ. J. FARMLAND, Samuel H. Sharman.
Elmer Z. Darling, Jasper Fletcher,
Isaac Kahn. Harry Fred, o. B. Engle-
hart, j. c. Baker and A. Ottinger.
The allegations are identical in both
complaints and are substantially the
same as those contained in the COM
plant filed against the brokers by the
Rio Grande Western Railway company
last week. Ticket brokers are alleged
to be violating the interstate commerce
law.
Judge Morse made an order yester-
day requiring the defendants to show
cause Feb. 10.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP
NOTICES.

Consult county clerk or the respective
signers for further information.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT. PRO-
bate division, in and for Salt Lake coun-
ty, state of Utah. In the matter Of the
estate of Charles ". Watson; deceased
Notice.-The petition of Martha j.
Watson, executrix of the estate of
Charles w. Watson, deceased, praying
for the settlement of final account of
said executrix and for the distribution
of the residue of said estate to the per-
sons entitled. has been set for hearing
on Saturday the SOth day of December
A. ID. 1906. at 10 O'Clock a. m, at the
county court house, in the court room OF
said court, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
witness the clerk of said court
(SeaD with the seal thereof affixed, this
18th day of December, A. ID. 1900
j. u. ELDREDGE, Jr, Clerk.
BY w. II. Farnsworth. Deputy Clerk.
Bradley & Pischel, Attorneys for Es-
tate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28

in favor of the plaintiff IN the case
OF Nicholas Judas, as administrator Of
the estate Of Peter Judas, against the
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany.
Judge Lewis yesterday granted re-
newal of judgment for $2,91S and costs
IN favor of II. c. Frey against Rudolph
Aft. The judgment was on a bill for
glassware, etc, sold TO Mr.. Aft several
years ago.
The Butte Brewing company of
Butte. Mont. yesterday filed suit
against c. K. Burkett to recover $91.22,
alleged TO be due for fifty-two cases of
beer furnished during 1902 and 1903 at
Pipestone Springs, Mont
Bankruptcy petitions were adjudi-
Gated and referred in the federal court
yesterday for the following persons:
Fred L. Bradley, ogden; Ephraim
Blanchard, Logan; Frank w. Way,
Salt Lake; Isidor Hesselberg, Salt
Lake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
DENIES FATHERS PLEA.
Children Do Not Want Him to Be
Their Guardian.

Judge Armstrong yesterday denied
The petition OF Albert G. Mathews ask
Ing 10 be appointed guardian of his
three minor children, and appointed
Captain NJ. NJ. Woods, probation Off
Ger of the Juvenile court instead after
TWO OF the children, Eva Pearl. aged
IS, and Eta Mable, aged 8, testified
that they did not want to live with
their father, and did not want him APP
pointed as their guardian. Heber c.
Mathews. aged 16. the son. has run
away from home, and his present
whereabouts are not known.
Mathews set out in his petition that
he wanted TO be appointed guardian of
The children because they would not
consent TO live with him and that he
would not continue to pay premiums
=Do his life insurance policy Of $4,000 in
their favor unless he were made guar
dian. The mother of the children is
dead and Mathews is now living with
lids second wife. He made the policy
kpayable to the children when his first
wife died. The policy constitutes the
entire estate so far as known.
bishop S. NJ. T. Seldom, an uncle of
the children, explained to the court
that for family reasons he did not wish
10 act as guardian, and Captain Woods
'~Eas appointed guardian Of the estate
and persons of the girls and of the es-
tate OF the boy. His bond was fixed
at $3.50, with the understanding that it
;NEOuld be increased if any money came
F1nto his hands The question of keep
eng up the policy, or converting it into
FoaSh, will come up for consideration
Batter,
The girls have been in charge of the
auyenile court for some time. Mathews
sand his wife and Mrs. Ellen n Mars
Sien. an aunt of the Mathews children,
are parties to two damage suits now
HOending IN the district court. Mrs.
Matthews sued Mrs. Marsden last month
for $1,000 for alleged slanderous re-
marks concerning her and Mrs. Mars
den later filed a suit against Mathews
for $4,000, alleging that she had used
elanderous language concerning her.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
Special Stockholders Meeting.

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEET
fng of the stockholders OF the Petro Min
ing company at the offices of the com
pany- in rooms 305-S Auerbach building,
Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday. Dec. q,
1865 at 2 O'Clock p. m.
First-To ratify the action of the board
nanV' taken on Nov. %. 1906. in accepting
a proposition from the Utah Apex Mining
COMPANY to pay to the Petro Mining
Company 1000 for all the real and per-
sonal property of every kind and nature
owned by the Petro Mining company, and
authorizing the president and secretary
10 make the necessary transfers. for and
in the name Of the Petro Mining COM
pany TO carry the said sale into effect
Second-To transact any other business
which may properly come before the
meeting.
Done by order of the president and
Utah, this 9th day of November, A D.
1906. B. III. OREM. Secretary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
Assessment No. IS.

THE SILVER SHIELD MINING q
Milling company, principal place OF busl-
ness Salt Lake City, Utah. Notice Il
hereby given that at a meeting Of the
board Of directors Of the above named
company, held on the. 18th cay Of De-
cember, 1905, assessment No. 16, of cents
per share, was levied on the capital stock
Immediately to r. H. Mead, secretary. at
ia Mccormick building, Salt Lake City,
Utah. Any stock upon which this as
sessment may remain nnRald on saturday
yerfised for sale at public auction. ana.
unless payment is made before, VIII be
sold on Monday. Jan. 70. 1906. at 10 a. m.
AT the office of the ASSISTANT seefetaFy.
514 Mccormick building, Salt Lake City.
Utah. to pay the delinquent assessment,
together with cost Of advertising and ex-
nenses of sa4e. z. H MEAD,
Secretary.
514 Mccormick Building, Salt kske City
Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28

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You may be willing that somebody else
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

LOWER MAMMOTH MINING COM.
pany, SIG Dooly block. Salt Lake CITY.
Utah Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Lower Mammoth Mining company
will be held at its principal office, SIG
the Sth day of January. 1906 at 2 O'Clock
p. m. of said day. for the election Of
a board of directors consisting Of seven
members, and for the transaction OF such
other business as may legally come be-
fore such meeting. a. REEVES,
Secretary.
Dated at Salt Lake City this 18th day
OF December, 1905.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
NOW HAS 145 MEMBERS.
Manufacturers G. Merchants Associa.
tion Is Daily Growing.

The Manufacturers and Merchants as
ISOLATION now numbers 145 members, the
membership being brought to this fig
firms: J. A Johnson, S. L. Hardware
company, Globe Advertising agency, II.
J. Kendall, Grocer Printing company, r.
Auerbach & Brother, Young & Young,
Kelson Brothers, Metcalf bottIing works,
Western Moline Plow company, John @.
Critchlow.
George L. Hyde of the Springville Com
mercial club, who believed he has Iocat-
ed fine vein of silica near Springville,
was visitor to the associations tempo
rary quarters, 10 West Second South
street, yesterday afternoon.
Manager c.. H. Place has received a
letter from the Nevada chamber of COM
merce acknowledging receipt of the aSso-
cations circular letter relating to freight
legislation. The Nevada organization
promises to give the letter consideration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
PREPARATIONS FOR
JUBILEE OF THE POPE

Rome, Dec. 2.-Preparations are al
ready going on TO celebrate in 1903 the
jubilee of the pOpes ordination as a
priest. Being asked if he desired the
festivities to be similar to those wit
messed on the occasion of the priesthood
jubilee of the late Pope Leo, when an
international exhibition was held in the
vatican. the pope answered, Certainly
not l wish the celebration to maintain
"a strictly religious character"
Committees will be organized all over
the world with the object of presenting
the pope with large offerings during the
jubilee mass which he will celebrate in
ST Peters in the presence of pilgrims
from all countries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
HEARST EXPECTS TO
PURIFY POLITICS

Los Angeles, Dec. civilian Randolph
Hearst, in an interview printed today,
said:
Il shall not run for congress again. I
regard office holding like jury duty. Also
a man can accomplish more with his
newspapers than in office. Furthermore.
to be a member of the minority does not
give one much chance for results.
Il insist that / DOlled a plurality of
the votes for mayor in New York and
had most of the population with me. [
began a fight that will be carried on
until its object is accomplished and poll
ties is purified. l still hope TO have the
votes properly counted
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
ADVERTISING "LIMITED."
Northwestern and Union Pacific Are
Booming New Train.

Although the new "Los Angeles Linn
tied" train is primarily Salt Lake
road train, the Northwestern and
Union Pacific lines, over whose tracks
it runs from Chicago to Salt Lake,
and which roads operate it Jointly with
the Salt Lake, are using much of their
advertising space in eastern newspa-
pers and high class periodicals in adj
Vertising it.
The reason is that the new train is
proving to be a popular train not only
for travel through to Los Angeles, but
for all points west of Chicago, and is
furnishing a great deal of local BUSH
ness for the Union Pacific and the
Northwestern.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
Railroad Notes.

General Superintendent A. e. Welby
of the Rio Grande Western returned
last evening from a trip down the
road.
J. L. Moore, district freight and pas
senger agent of the Salt Lake Route,
is home from Los angeles, where he
spent Christmas with his family.
J. E. Stimson, official photographer
for the Union Pacific, who went to Los
Angeles on the first Limited" last
week, is in Salt Lake on his way home
to Cheyenne, Wyo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
HASTENS TO CORRECT
VERY GRAVE ERROR

New York. Dec. 2.-During the testi-
mOny of Howard X. Stokes, third vice
president of the Bankers Life Insurance
company OF the city of New York, before
the legislative investigation committee
on Thursday last Mr. Stokes was erro-
neously quoted to the effect that the
companys expenses exceeded its premium
income. Mr.. Stokes said today that the
company during 1894 received $7S5, 900 from
premiums, and that its expenses were
S2S3, 900. OF the balance nearly $3.50 900
was paid to policy-holders and 500, 600
was added to the cOmpany's assets.