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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29

There is a strong feeling agains such
a strike, however not only on account
of the poverty OF the workmen, but
also because il would interfere with
the great strike planned for January.
eopon in ST. Petersburg.
a delegation representing the news
paper union called upon Count White
yesterday TO demand that the writer
N. Serracheffsky who was expelled
from Warsaw by Governor General
SkaTon. be allowed 10 return. The
premier said he would telegraph 10 the
governor general suggesting the exer-
else of ali leniency possible in the case
OF NJ. Serracheffsky. but he was un-
willing to issue a direct order. You
KNOW" he said, how touchy these gov
ernor generals and governors are just
now. Say a word to them and they
resign"
Professor Hodsly, editor of the Nasha
Shisn, called upon the premier to de-
mand permission for Father Gopon 10
return To Russia.
What is the use of deception among
friends2'' said Count Witte to the pro-
lessor. You and ] know. even If the
police do not, that Father Gopon has
been living in your house since
Aug 49,"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
NEW YORK LIFE AGENT IN TROUBLE
Policy for 100000 Issued to Philadelphia Man and the First
Years Premium Rebated-Agsnt Held in
10000 Bail

be able 10 get a special bonus from
the company, and thus get more COM
missions than he could otherwise OBJ
tain. To this Warwick assented, max
ing the provisO that il must be regular
and within the law as he would not
accept il otherwise. About a month
or two later the receipted policy was
delivered 10 him without his paying
any premium thereon. Warwick said
he subsequently decided that the trans
action was not regular and requested
the company TO take back the policy.
He informed his attorney about the
matter and added that he knew moth
ing of this prosecution until he was
summoned to appear in the case.
Agent PIERCE declined To discuss the
case after the hearing. He said that
he would have a complete answer 10
the charges at the proper time.
The prosecution was brought under
a state law TO prevent discrimination
and the awarding Of rebates in insur-
ance premiums.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
MESSAGE WILL SETTLE ALL DISPUTES
lust What the President Desires in the Way of Rate Legislation
Will Be Made Known When Congress Meets
Next Monday

view as 10 the best form of rate legis-
latiop, In other words, his views have
not been affected by any of the Pr0pe-
sIlions recently made public.
Senator Dolliver OF Iowa, member
of the committee on interstate COM
merce, talked with the president briefly
today After his interview the senator
remarked when asked about rate legis-
latiOn:
I'VE are moving along toward a
practically unanimous stand for the
presidents policy"
Representative Hinshaw of Nebras-
ka, who also talked with the president,
declared:
The people of Nebraska are unani-
nous in support of the presidents posi-
ton as to rate legislation"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
LAND SHARK ARRESTED.
Amid Todd to Be Taken Back to Ne
braska for Trial.

Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 2S.-With the ar
rest of Amid Todd in Denver last night.
the cases of Bartlett Richards and his
partner, Comstock, who were fined for
illegal fencing OF government land, are
practically reOpened. The charge
against Todd is that he conspired to de
fraud the government by securing the
filings of soldiers and their widows on
government land in western Nebraska.
and after having ii proved up by "dum-
mics" turned the title over to Richards
and COmstOck. About g. 900 acres OF
range land is said TO have come into
possession Of Richards and COmstock
in this manner. Todd formerly lived in
PlattsmOuth. Neb. The warrant on
which he was arrested in Denver was
issued from the Nebraska district of
the United States court and he will be
brought back to answer the charges
against him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2S.-Cha

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2S.--Charged
with unlawful discrimination in ia
vOr of Benjamin G Warwick of this
city in connection with the issuance of
a life insurance policy for 100000, Har-
old Peirce, the general agent in Phila-
delphia of the New York Life Insur-
ance company, was given Il hearing be
fore Magistrate TeTnan today and held
in $780, 900 bail for his appearance in
court. Peirce, il is charged, caused to
be issued a policy on the life of War
nick for which the latter did not have
10 pay the first years premium, which
amounted to 5000
The principal witness in the case is
Warwick. He said a man named L. A.
Riley came to him and tod him that
he could get Warwick a S100 900 policy
in the New York Life company through
Peirce without Warwick having to pay
a cent of the first years premium
Reilly explained Warwick said, that
10y obtaining this policy Peirce would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
WOULD IRRIGATE
$1,000 ACRES
New Company Propose to Reclaim
Large Tract in Valley.
SEEKS GOVERNMENT AID
LAND IN UTAH AND SALT LAKE
COUNTIES AFFECTED.
| IRRIGATION OF fifteen thousand

IRRIG ALTON Of fifteen thousand
acres Of land il Utah and salt Lake
counties is the purpose back of the
organization OF the West Mountain ca
nal * Irrigation company. which will
file its articles of incorporation u. "a
short time The company 10 being
formed with a view 10 increasing tile
prOducuVeness of land lying west OF
Utah lake in Utah county and west o.
the Jordan river ia salt Lake county,
and its promoters hope 10 be able 20
make q showing that VIII induce the
federal government to assist in the
project
Representatives of the company nrVe
applied for 2e0 secOnd-feet of water
. in Utah lake already, and have rCds Do
Ia hope that the application viii bc
approved bN tile state engineer. Too
/ companys plans call for the installa-
ton OF j pumping plant and pipe line
at the lake To raise the water To "a
height Of about 10 feet. thus insunn&
the needed head" t. send the water
through the canal which the company
proposes TO build The application for
the water fixes the point Of diversion
about 800 feet nOTtheasterly from lie
I corner of sections g. and So. township
; south. range I west.
The proposed canal is to be about
eighteen miles in length and viii Irl-
gate a strip of land that is, roughly,
two and One-half miles in width The
canal Is 70 run approximately two ana
one-half miles west Of the canal Of
the South Jordan Canal company. and
viii. therefore. maintain an average
distance OF about four miles west OF
the Jordan river from Utah lake into
salt Lake county.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
GRUES0ME CARGO IN
A BIRCH BARK CANOE

Grand Marais Mich. Nov 2s.-A frail
birch bark canoe, containing what was
once the body of an Indian girl, has
come ashore near here. Indians fish
ing along the shore sighted the canoe
far out in the lake and were preparing
to go out to ii when the wind shifted
and blew IL ashore. The bones of the
girl rested on rich blanket and on
the wrists We're heavy silver bracelets.
The Indian buried the body and ex-
pressed the belief that the body was
set adrift in the canoe in compliance
with some religious rites of the red
men
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
CONNECTS ESCAPE ON
THEIR WAY TO PRISON

Erie, Pa. Nov 2S.-Handcuffed to-
gether and in gang of seventeen pris-
oners on heir way TO the Western pen
.tGutiary early today, Billy Morrison.
a local crook sentenced to three years
imp isoHmeut for car robbery, and Will
liam Clamm, a Duluth tramp, sentenced
10 two years and eight months for high
way robbery. made most remarkable
escape from Sheriff Sedgewick and nine
deputies.
The escape was made while they were
in a crowd Of over 500 at the depot. 1t
was dark and the two were not missed
until a count was made on the train.
1T is supposed Morrisons friends in
Erie were i'm the crowd and assisted the
TWO to escape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29

Nov. est deyel-
w Oped today that the subject I'M
der consideration al The White
House conference last night which was
participated in by the president Sec
retaries Root. Taft and Bonapartes
Senator Knox and Commissioner OF
Corporations Garfield, was the project
ed legislation affecting freight rates.
1T has been positively decided that
there shall be no further expression of
The administrations views on this sub
ject pending the publication of the
presidents message TO congress in
which it is treated at great length.
Ii is also learned that there has been
no change whatever in the president s
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
WARM DAY IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, Nov. 2s.-Never. since the
establishment of the weather bureau
has a day so warm as this been re-
corded late i'm November. The mercury
this afternoon reached 6S degrees.
Early in November. 1888 the mercury
touched 10 degrees, which is the record
for November weather Ia this city.
Today was the second Warmest day
ever known during the mouth and by
far the warmest for the latter part of
the month A fan Of 40 degrees is pre-
dicted by the weather bureau by to-
marrow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
LIFE PRISONER Is
SAVING HIS MONEY

jefferson City, Mo. Nov. 2S.-Govern-
or Folk is greatly incensed to learn
that James Hale. q federal prisoner
who was removed to Fort LeavenwOrth
prison last Friday, is a stakeholder in
the Central Broom Manufacturing COM
pany. a corporation doing business in
the Denitentiary
The stock was bought by Hale about
two weeks before ne was removed 10
Fort LeaVenworth with money he had
carefully accumulated by boarding
tins that were given him IS a prison
barber. Hale was sentenced by the
federal court of Indian Territory for
ninety-nine years for murder and has
served six years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
CONDITIONS BETTER.

Phoenix, Arlz.. Nov. 2s.-Flood condi-
tons here are better today. II is cold
er and the rain has ceased. Al rail-
roads TO the south are temporarily out
of business The steel bridge OF the
N. & T. at Tempe which is the last
one TO suffer. was damaged at one OF
the approaches sufficiently 10 stop
traffic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
GIFT OF THE STATE.

Philadelphia. Nov 2S-In the pres
ence of many state and city officials
and officers of the United States navy
now at the League island navy yard
Governor Pennypackers on behalf OF
the state. today presented the aTmored
cruiser Pennsylvania with a handsome
silver service consisting of 1f3 pieces
weighing nearly $50 pounds and costing
S35 600
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
PURELY TECHNICAL.
Patrick Loses His Motion in Court
of Appeals.

Albany. y. Y. Nov. 2S.-The court Of
appeals today denied the motion made
in behalf of Albert 4. Patrick for an
amendment Of the remittitur recording
the courts dismissal OF his appeal from
conviction Of murder in the first de-
gree.
The matter is purely technical, but
it was of great Importance to Patrick
because its intent was 10 have the
court. so amend the papers as TO show
that points involving the appellants
rights under the federal constitution
had been passed. This procedure would
have facilitated Patricks appeal 10 the
supreme court of the United States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.

Bellingham, Wash, Nov 3S-Mrs.
Emma Campbell wife of David H.
Campbell. Was burned 10 death at Ma
PIE Fails yesterday. Her dress caught
fire from flames which are supposed to
have burst from defective heating
stove. With garments ablaZe she
rushed to a neighbor's and died soon
afterward. Her i5-months-old daugh-
ter was in the house at the time,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
TWO LIVES LOST IN
NEW ORLEANS FIRE

New Orleans. La, Nov. 2S.-TwO lives
were lost in the burning Of a two-stOry
residence at 1917 Euterpe street early
today. Seven members of the Klein
and Lips families occupied the three
Second-stOry bedrooms and were fast
asleep when passers-by discovered
flames on the first floor. Pistol shots
aroused some Of the innlates The
stairway. however. had burned away
and they were compelled 10 jump for
their lives. Before they could be
reached Mrs. Mary Lipps, an aged Wo-
man. and John Klein, boy of 10, were
SuffOcated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
INJURIES WERE SLIGHT.

New York. Nov. 2S-Nearly "a score
of persons Were slightly injured TO-DAY
when a crowded passenger train on the
Long Island railroad crashed into a
section of a freight train which had
broken apart a few Minutes before at
Newton. l. 7. Fire which Immediately
broke out among the wrecked freight
cars caused a panic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
STORM RAGING ON
THE GREAT LAKES
Shores Strewn With Wreekage-LOss
of Life Unknown.
FIERCE BLIZZARD ON LAND
TRAINS DELAYED AND BUSINESS
AT A sTANDsTlLL.

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= Toronto, Canada, Nov. 2S.-The =
= Oliver MoWat, a Toronto schOon-
= er, laden with coal from OsWego y
y for BOwmanViile. is on the rocks ?
= off OshaWa. The sailors are =
. dashed to the rigging and calling =
y for help.
= Captain ReasinOn and -four or y
. i've sailors are on board The =
. schooner will likely be total =
= loss
= Milwaukee, Nov. 2S.-A Sentinel =
= special from Superior, Wis, says. =
= Life savers have been unable t. =
e get the crew off the wrecked =
. steamer Mataafa The boat has y
q broken in two, but the decks are .
e stiIl out OF tho Wd.eI IL is thought Y
y that twenty-siX men have trozen =
Z 10 death, as there is no sign o.
e life on board.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
MURDER AT NAMPA.

Nampa. Nov. 2S.-At . o'clock tonight
Sam Clark was shot 10 death by Texas
Clark. in the barroOm of the Grand ho-
tel Both men We're gamblers. There had
been trouble between the men. Texas
entered through rear door and shot sam
four times. Clark was grabbed and dis
armed by Lex Brunsell proprietor of the
hotel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
BUSH 10 SUBSCRIBER.

London, Nov. 2s.-The British allot-
ment of S31 $50 600 of the Japanese loan
of s125, 600. 900 was largely oversub-
scribed today that the lists were closed
three hours after they were opened.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
BIG BOOST FOR
HOME INDUSTRY
Merchants & Manufacturers Associa.
ton Starts Off With Enthusiasm.
HEWLETT IS PRESIDENT
NEARLY 200 BUSINESS MEN AT.
TEND AND ORGANIZE.

tkI ITH large attendance, and with
w much enthusiasm. the new Mer-
chants and Manufacturers asso-
citation completed its organization last
night Between $50 and 200 men gath
cred at the Commercial club at O'clock
and, although it was nearly midnight
when the meeting adjourned, most Of
the crowd stayed to the end.
Fifteen directors OF tie club We're
elected, and these in turn elected the
following officers:
President-OrsOn II. Hewlett.
First Vice President-GeOrge S. Nc
Aliister
Second Vice presideut-LeOn Sweet.
Secretary-G. r. cleveland
TreaSuIeF-C. .. Harris
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
Heavy Snowfall
RAN IN FOR SHELTER.
(Harbors Filled With Ships Which
Fled Before the Storm.

Fled BEFORE tne storm.
Detroit Mich. Nov. 2S-Lake Su-
periOr from Duluth To the SoO the
upper peninsula of Michigan, the up
per ends of Lakes Huron and Michi-
san and the northern counties of low
cr Michigan have been swept last night
and today by a terrific wind and snow
storm, and number of shipping acct-
dents have been reported. The bliz-
gard ragged with a velocity of forty TO
sixty miles AN hour, and all the har-
bOrS from Port Huron and from Sault
Ste. Marie north on Lake Superior are
nlled with vessels which have run in
ion shelter.
Tonight il was reported from Sault
Ste. Marie that the wind had fallen 10
twelve miles an hour. and although
he barometer is falling, the weather
situation is regarded as greatly i'm
proved. Eleven boats on the lower end
Of Lake Superior are supposed to have
VNeathered the storm in safety. Scores
of craft are tied up in the st. Nary
river and in the vicinity of Whitetlsh
point, waiting for clearer weather.
Tremendous Seas Running.
Marquette reports an unusually
heavy snowfall. with drifts SO high
that train and traction service is
greatly QtlAN ttl. iElllCilAfuS H-tlH az Z
running on Lake Superior OF Mar
,mette harbor and more than a dozen
vessels are riding out the gale inside
the breallwater there.
At Alpena on Lake Huron. the
NVaterlOgsed barge Harvey Bissen,
which was tied at a dock, was born
10 pieces by the gale, and the barge
Ninland broke away from her consort
and Is aground The small assenger
and freight steamer city of Holland
went on the rocks while ssying 10 make
The haIbor at Rogers CiU- The pas
Seugers ana crew We're rescued by
crew from shore. Docks and other
water side property sustained heavy
damage at Alpena. Much damage was
also done on Thunder Bay island,
where the weather station and watch
house were surrounded with water and
the northern portion OF the island was
submerged. More than a dozen YES
sels are in shelter at Port Huron, at
No lower end of Lake Huron. One
small schooner the } NJ. Spauldng,
Bound down from Rogers City, was
unable 10 make the harbor today and
went on the beach near Fort GratiOt.
The crew OF four men reached shore
safely.
Forty-MiIe Gale.
Ludmgton reports a forty-mile gale
sweeping the upper end of Lake Aiichi-
gan this afternoon and no boats leaving
the harbOr but the Pere Marquette
ferry steamers Thousands of dollars
worth of damage was done to water
side property at MenOminee and alonS
the west shore of Green bay. At the
Straits of MackinaW the wind reached
a velocity of fOrty-eight miles an hour,
accompanied by a heavy snow
From Fort Williams ont, Oh tho
north shore OF Lake Superior. comes
news OF the Bleaching of the Canadian
steamer Rosemount inside of Welcome
island The ROsemount il is UNDER
stood. Is not ~reat'- damaged and her
crew Is Ia little danger The steamer
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
NEW METHOD OF
HIGH FINANCE
Nephew of Chicago Packer Worked
Ont Scheme.
MORTGAGE BANKERS LOSE
YOUNG MAN IN JAIL IN DEFAULT
OF BAIL.

n HICAGO. Nov. 2S.-Samuel y. Hoff-
L. neimer, a nephew Of Nelson Nor
ris, the millionaire packer, was ar
rested here ton ght charged with hav-
ing swindled 5. w. Strauss & Co, mort
gage bankers at ia La Sale street, out
of $256.000, eBing unable 10 furnish
bonds fixed ar $4,000 by Justice Coch-
lane. who issued the warrant for his
arrest, Hoffheimer was taken to the
Cook county Jail
The alleged swindle operated by HOfI-
heimer extends over a period of eight
cen months. His relations with the
Norris family, 1t is said, made il posi-
Bile for Hoffheimer 10 carry out the
scheme for such a long period without
detection. Two years ago. while the
young man was carrying on a small
commission business in buying and sell
ing cattle feed, it is alleged he went TO
:. W. Strauss & Co, and explained
that he was buying large quantities of
cotton seed and cotton seed hulls which
ne disposed of TO Nelson Morris & Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
-
UTAH POSTMASTER.
lspecIaI 10 10 Herald.!

Washington, .Nov. 2S.-Hiram L. Spen-
Ger has been appointed postmaster at
Indianola, Sanpete county, Utah, tyice
r. II. Spencer, resigned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-29
Complete Directorate.

TWenty-fOur men were placed in
nomination for the fifteen places on the
board of directors, and it was decided
that the five receiving the highest vote
should serve for two years. and the
ten next highest for one year The five
directors elected for two years, together
with the vote which they received. were
as follows:
Orson II. Hewlett. a; Leon Sweet, 81:
c. O. Harris. Il; j. G.. Mcdonald, 81 ,
George Austin, g..
The ter directors elected for one year.
and the number of their votes. was as
follows:
Nephi L. Morris, 50: J. r Valentine.
AZ; II. Z. Dearborn. 81; G. r. Cleave-
land. 81 John r. Bruff 40: H J. Faust
81; George 8. McAllister, 81: George r..
Whitaker. 50; ]. NJ. Marriott, 90: Albert
Fisher. 48.
Those who were placed in nomination
and not elected were. Theodore Nys-
from. w. +. Hubbard. George Z. Muel-
ler Martin L. AIulvey, August N0geler.
John p. Cobb, Heber 5. Cutler and J. y.
Jensen
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az ILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 2S.-The
W fercest windstolm in many yeats
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az ILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 2S.-Ihe
tW fercest windstorm in many yeats
prevailed on the Great Lakes last
\ night and today, causing much damage
10 shipping and other property. Lake
Michigan on this shore was mass or
roam, aud the water was driven high
ON the beach and against the clay
banks south and north OF Milwaukee.
Dn Lake Michigan the wind reached a
velocity OF fifty-siN miles an hour. but
on Lake Superior the storm approx
mated hurricane, racing at over
sixty ma Is an hour.
The government lighthouse and fog
signal building at the end or the MIL
Nvaukee breakWater pier was battered
by the high seas and the assistant
keeper, William Foster, was rescued
with difficulty by The Ike savers. The
entire east wall of the fog signal build
ing was smashed in by the waves.
which, according to Foster, We're the
worst he had ever seen I'm his fifteen
years experience on the lakes
Big Steamer Ashore.
The big steamer AppomatoX, coal
laden, which went ashore seven miles
north of this city several weeks ago
and was later abandoned, was battered
The boat broke into pieces Boat and
stern were washed away and driven
upon the shore.
Wreckagc streWs the shore OF the
lake from Lake Park 10 Whitefish bay.
Port Washington, thirty miles north
"f Milwaukee. reports that the steamer
-. G. Whitney. coai-laden, ran ashore
during tho gale. The vessel belongs
1o the GHchrist fleet of Cleveland. The
Milwaukee llfe savin" crew went 10
the rescue, aud this afternoon took OF
IIr crew ll safety. 40 3lilWaUkea
tugs also went To the scene and viii
endeaVor 10 release The vessel The
barge George. which was cut adrift by
the Whitney. has been lowed into She
boygan, Wis.
Heavy Snowfall,
\ special from NashDUru, Wis. re-
vorts an extraordinary snowfall rem
dering train service irregular. COnsid-
cradle damage was done 10 dock prop
erty and lumber and coal piles at Me
nominee Mich.
Mackmaw City reports that The
straits experienced one Of the worst
storms ever known. The temperature
There is at the freezing point.
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10 Reach Unirriqated and.

The area TO be reached by the pro-
posed canal is not now under iTriga-
ton. and the successful completion OF
the COmpany's plans would add largely
10 the agricultural wealth Of the two
counties affected. The promoters Of
the company say they do not cOntem-
plate going into the land business aHL
are not seeking 10 acquire territory
under the proposed irrigation system.
but. on the contrary, are concentrating
their efforts to interest the present
owners of the lands i'm the scheme.
The articles OF Incorporation provide
that the water rights acquired under
the proposed canal shall be insep-
arabic from the lands affected
The idea was conceived by Freeman
r. Lloyd of RivertOn. who has been
elected president of the company. Mr..
lloyd is now deVOting himself to the
work of presenting the plan 10 the
farmers in the territory affected and
reports that his efforts are meeting
with gratifying success