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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
GATES GIVES UP.

John W. Gates has determined not to
die roor. He has given up his May
wheat corner. just how much money
the attempt TO corner May wheat cost
Mr.. Gates will not, perhaps. be made
known TO the general public. He must
have lost a considerable sum. however
for he was a heavy buyer of wheat at
figures much higher than the prices
now prevailing. We cannot say that
we sympathize with Mr.. Gates. He
gambIed in wheat and made a bad
guess.
Gates is not the first man who has
come to grief in a wheat corner. and he
is not likely to be the last. It is aston
ishing. too, that shrewd business men
cannot see the utter impossibi1ity Of
coruertng wheat. that they cannot profit
by the examples of men who have failed
before them. A wheat corner is almost
as impossible in this country as a cor
ner on air or water. The yellow food
must inevitably enguIf all who try to
dam IT.
There is too much wheat for any one
man or any set of men to handle. They
can buy millions upon millions of bush
els. but there are still millions upon
millions of bushels left. And if il were
possible for them to buy every busheI
Of a given crop they would some day
be obliged 10 sell, and the moment they
began selling the price would go down
with heartbreaking rapidly. Before
they could close out at a profit the new
wheat would be in and that would be
their finish.
This. at least. has been the history Of
all so-called wheat corners heretofore
There has never been d real corner be
cause a real corner means that ali the
wheat is owned or controlled by a given
individual or coteTie. And there has
never been an attempted corner that
did not result disastrousIy. What is
true Of wheat is true of other great
staples. SulIy went broke in New York
trying to corner cotton. Other men
have been bankrupted by corn and pro-
vision transactions.
The United States is too big for the
spectators. IT is so big that harvests
are going on in it all the year round.
a crop failure in a given section does
not mean a crop shortage. nationally
speaking. for failures in one section
arc made up by gains in others. The
average production is steadily increas-
ing
But. while the gambling fever burns
In the veins OF men. they viii pursue
the isnis fatuus Of wheat corners ana
corners i'm other staples to their ever
lasting sorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
Society,".

A caucus of the members of the La
dies Literary club was held yesterday
AFTERNOON, and names were pronosed
Tor officers for the coming year. The
election will take place at the first
meeting IN May. The following names
are submitted: For president Mrs. A
!. Gorham and Mrs. NJ. L, Ritchie. for
hrst vice president, Mrs. g H McMa-
non, Mrs A J. Hosmer and Mrs J. II
Brown: for second vice president. Mrs.
A H Boxrud and Miss Ella Dukes:
Tor recording secretary Miss Myra
Sowles and Mrs. S, L. Boggs: for cor
responding secretary, Mrs O. l.. Cox:
for treasurer. Mrs. r. e. Critcnlow,
Mrs. F. L. Oswald and Mrs c. G. Dey;
for critic. Mrs. John Cain; for his
toTian, Miss Linda Jessup and Mrs. L.
Z. Hall; for librarian. Mrs. j. F. Grant
The directors named. OF whom three
are to be elected. are Mrs Frank b.
stephens. Mrs. w. II. Bintz, Mrs
Aaron keysOr, Mrs. S. f. Fenton Mrs
A. Parmalee and Mrs. Hal w. Brown
r = =
Miss Lucille Mccormick of San Fran
cisco is a guest at the Mccormick home
for short time.
Mrs. Ledyard NJ. Bailey entertained
few friends at a luncheon today in
compliment to Miss Anne Starting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Post and Mrs.
street.
Mrs. George Y. Wallace and Mrs.
George futile viii be home today from
the coast.
Mrs j. F. Grant, jr., has returned
to her home in ogden.
Samuel Newhouse returned last even
ing from the east. Mrs. Newhouse re-
mains for some time longer in Paris.
-
Miss Helena Critzer entertains this
afternoon in honor Of Miss Nell Gull
len.
Mrs. John Ward and her sister. Miss
Brereton of Provo, spent yesterday in
the city
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Fisher VIII
return from New York a week from
tomorrow.
Mrs. ], CroxaH and daughter have
left for Los Angeles.
The meeting of the Browning sec
ton of the Ladies Literary club. which
was to have been held with Mrs. Wal
ter @. Kelly today. has been post
poned for two weeks on account of the
death of Mrs. Sarah J. Burgess, mother
of Mrs. w c Jennings
A reception was rendered Thursday
evening to Mr.. and Mrs Joseph H.
Roberts of eli Sixth street. who were
quietly married on March 80. One
hundred or more of their friends were
present. Refreshments were served,
and the evening was otherwise spent
in carrying out a musical and literary
programme. The decorations consist
ed of cut roses, carnations, ferns, pot
ted plants and the national cOlors. The
bride is the daughter of Mrs. Julia
Dye Thomas, and sister of T. F..
Thomas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
Wife Learns Something.

Your husband doesn't love you any
more was the statement a young Salt
Lake matTon received from a fortune
teller whom she visited Just for fun"
a few weeks ago. The thought preyed
on the young woman's mind. She tried
in many little ways to win back the
regard she thought she had lost. The
husband did not understand why his
path had suddenly been made so pleas
ant but, like wise boy, he said moth
ing and took the favOrs showered upon
him.
The wife worried much over the stu
alton. Then Anna Eva Fay came to
Salt Lake and the young matrOn de-
clded TO lay the case before Miss Fay.
Employing merely her first name, she
asked Miss Fay If the husband still
loved her, but no answer was given.
The wife was late in getting home
from the matinee and found her
husband already in the house. He
greeted her dutifUlIy but not en-
Enthusiastically. She fancied she could
detect warlike CLEAN in his cold eye,
but he said nothing until dinner time.
Then he began:
Where did you go this afternoon"
i went TO see Anna Eva Fay"
OH How was it?''
All right
Did she answer your question:"
No"
so you don't know about it yet?"
Don't know what?"
Don't know whether still love Won"
why, what do you mean"
Just what I said
Il don't understand"
We'll, you wrote a question to Anna
Eva Fay asking if I loved you still"
Were you there"
NO. | was at work all afternoon"
it,
L know all about 1t. I'm a sort of a
he Anna Eva Fay myself Next time
you want to go pikin' on me don't write
your question out and leave it on the
table when you go"
OH
Yes. 7 should say OH I think
you've got your nerve to send in a thing
like that First thing you know You'll
get an answer that will astOnish you"
HostiitleS were in immediate pros
poet when the wife Weepingly explained
that she had been given the inforrna-
ton by the fortune teller and was dying
of anxiety to have il confirmed or de-
MED. Hereafter she Will consult her
husband when in doubt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
MINISTERS ARE WANTED.

The Philadelphia North American
having learned that there is dearth Of
young men I'm the ministry. caused re
centIy n canvass to be made OF the
senior classes of Harvard. Princeton
Yale. Cornell, Johns Hopkins and the
t-aiversity of Pennsylvania with a view
la. ascertaining the reason In each
university not less than fifty students
were questioned only thirty-two out
7f all classes. numbering not far from
a thousand young men, have chosen
+ ne ministry as their life work.
Many reasons were assigned, we are
Old, for declining to enter the ministry.
The chief one was that salaries in the
ministry are entirely too small and that
here is no opportunity TO provide
1sainst old age II was also argued
hat, owing TO the growing diminution
Ia religious training in American homes
there is not as much interest in spirit
IaI affairs az there was a generation
slzo. There is much force ir the latter
lreument.
T. would be interesting to know how
rauy men and women who have fami-
les Of their own and who, when they
we're children. listened TO scripture
leading and prayers in the home at
east once a week and sometimes often
r., have prayers and scripture readings
n their homes now. A canvass would
doubtless show n decided falling Oft in
he practice. Yet the records show that
he churches arc gaining steadily, that
young men and young women are join
.ng churches and taking interest in the
services.
They do not. however. have constant
= before them in their homes the
christian example, and by that We
mean the Christian who breaches
,h1istianity as well as practices it
Therefore. the young man who has
-o1ne leaning toward the ministry does
bot receive sufficient encouragement to
Warrant him IN continuing.
The argument regarding salaries and
provision for old age is without force.
ministers from time immem0Tial have
been poor men. No man whose motives
arcre pure. has ever entered the minis
ry- for the purpose OF making money
bat Of it, OF laying up treasures on
earth. The only incentive is the desire
q help ones fellow man. TO lift him
got of sin and put him in paths Of
righteousness II the desire 10 do this
s not I'm his heart. and this 20 the eN-
lusion Of all other considerations. the
.-ouug man had better stay out of the
ministry. for ne win be a failure there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

has increased during the last thirtyf five
years from 1919 70 32.5.
This is very respectable showing.
indeed. when it is remembered that the
average in New York is 1926. in Phila-
delphia 1897, in St. Louis 1913. in Bos-
ton I7.SS and in Baltimore 1908. The
chief reason for the more satisfactory
condition is the decreased mortality
among children. + Our grandmothers
thought they knew how to raise young
sters. but they didn't begin to know
half as much as this generation. In
1873 the child mortality was 81 per cent
of the total number of deaths. In 1904
the percentage was reduced to 10.
we have not the Salt Lake figures at
hand. but we are quite sure that the
average duration OF life is far greater
here than IN Chicago. To satisfy ones
self or this point it is only necessary
10 go TO a matinee given for the pleas
ure and benefit Of the old people or to
one of their excursions. They turn out
by thousands on such occasions. Light
hearted boys of 80 and 50 go strolling
around making love TO young girls of
so and So. A man or woman at an old
folks party who is only 20 or as is
looked upon as an infant that should
have the constant attendance of a
nursemaid.
Seriously, though. Salt Lake has a
larger percentage Of old people. If APP
pearances count for anything, than any
city of it's size in the land You see
them everywhere and all the time.
They are not doddering along in their
second childhood. either. No lean and
slippeved PANTHEON" about them. They
work I'm their gardens. they look after
their little irTigaJing bitches. they drive
horses and take an interest in the every
day matters. Not long ago the writer
heard q man past 80 complaining be-
cause he didH't feel as strong as he
had felt few years before.
A friend explained this by saying
that. at the age of 50. the old fellow
broke a colt. During the process the
colt kicked him SO that his arm and
two ribs were broken. He recovered
from the injury, however. and to all
appearances was as hale as most Chi
caso men Of 80.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
LEVAN IS GUARANTEED.
Smallpox Widespread There-GIan-
ders in Cache County.

The widespread prevalence of small
pON at Levan has made it necessary to
quarantine the town. The disease had
been III progress for weeks before any
effort was made TO report or diagnose
the cases Of eruption. with the result
that 4 large percentage Of the pOpula-
ton has been exposed. NOtwfthstand-
ing the lax attitude Of the community
and the refusal to submit to vaccination
as a means Of checking the epidemic
the people are inclined to resent the
strict quarantine which is now being
effectively enforced.
This is the second Utah town to be
quarantined during the month, Lewis
ton having been placed under restric-
lions on the 9TH. Both places furnish
practically the same history of expos
Ure and spread of the disease.
on instructions of the state board Of
health. Professor r. w. Clark of the
Agricultural college has made care
full investigation of the cause of death
of certain horses in Cache county, and
determined the presence or CHAMBERS
beyond question. As little effort has
been made TO isolate the horses affect
ed. il is feared that other cases will
develop in the infected locality
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
GOOD EASTER WEATHER
May Be Local Showers Today. But
the Outlook Is For a Fair
Sunday.

Unless the weather sharps are great
~ mistaken, Salt Lakers will have
pleasant weather Sunday. and Easter
viii be all that one can desire. The
indications last night were for rain
during the night and perhaps today.
with warmer temperature. From the
latter representation it may be de-
duced that the pain will be purely 10
cal and will pass away III short order
inasmuch as Salt Lake is now in a
high area"
II. G. Frankenfield. of the weather
bureau at Washington. who is really
the big man in weather matters, ar
rived in the city yesterday on his way
To the coast and stopped over to spend
little time with DR.. r. J. Hyatt. the
local weather fOrecaster. He expressed
himself as well pleased with the man
ner in which the Salt Lake bureau was
conducted and said it was equal TO
any in the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
LOW JAPS PREPARED.

the attention paid by the Japanese TO
'"t'lS Whlch many nations do not con-
. sldef' worthy OF much thought Is well
. Illustrated oy story told by Mayor
{ LOUIS l." Seaman, the American sur
econ, who mas recently returned from
IN stay OF several months IN Japan and
MaIohuria- One day he visited the
naval base at Sasebo and was taken
pau" long squat ouiloHis III "hich
s'oAttS were oeiA6 pIepaieu Aoi 'NeIi
"o'h on the Ssd' oalu N'Jo4 0eii-l''Ii-
Icre were long lines of men doing
Inn. J,b ,V' rc y,t ebayelinE coal but
large pebbles. supposed 10 represent coat
.aun,r5.i Inn, no nt-ers ON an iron floor
TIC men then saoveied them Back again
Hour aftst pom ms work wen. on the
.stokerE seeming O." execute their tasks
srtii NJ ,, IIoi v-arsbip ana engaged
in hostile operations.
The Russians. jan the meanwhile, were
.contentiHg themselves with loud boasts
las 30 what :hey would do with the
Japanese when the real lighting began.
-The Japs had proven their efficiency IN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
Live Wires.

After reading the testimony of rail-
road and Standard Oil officials, one can
not but wonder how that rebate story
got started.
Members of these bachelors and
''spinsters' clubs will learn later on
that ones view changes materially
after leaSing school.
That franchise is scarcely in shape to
be submitted TO a final vote yet The
city stiH has several properties that the
company has not asked for
Americans may be shorter lived than
Germans, as a German doctor alleges.
but at that Americans have more life
than our friends across the sea.
Mr.. ChristenSen's statement that the
Bowery style of dancing has invaded
even the highest social circles will cause
much regret in a popular quarter of
New York City.
The reason no political influence is
necessary to get those twenty-nine as
siStant paymasterships in the navy is
probably because the men who get the
jobs viii have to work for their money.
About this time each year we always
feel sorry for baseball teams in other
towns.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
MEN COME BACK
Will Wait Till Beginning of Week
Before Resuming Clip in
Four States.

Many of the eastern representatives
Of wool houses, who have been scat
tered through the states of Idaho,
Utah, Wyoming and Nevada during the
past two weeks, came into town last
evening to spend today and Sunday.
They said last night that there is every
reason, Notwithstanding the two spells
of inclement weather. to expect a full
fllment Of the early forecast as to
the size of the wool clip in the states
mentioned.
Nearly every bit of wool shOrn du-
ring the past three weeks is now well
on the way eastward. and il only re-
mains for continuance of warm
weather TO complete the output. 1t is
expected that this will be resumed at
the beginning of the coming week. and
from that time on the work Will be
prosecuted with rapidity.
No big sales are reported outside of
the few already stated, nearly all the
clip having been taken under contract
last fall and early in the winter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
.aEoIAN AGE INCREASES.

II has been figured out by Chicago
,eaIth statisticians that within 40
ears the average lifetime in the Ill-
aois metropolis VIII cover a span Of IL
ears. We don't know why anybody
-hould want To live 112 years in Chi
ago. bat some people sre so infatuated
sIth life that they would live anywhere
ust 10 be living. Statistics given out
be other day by the Chicago board of
pealth show that the average lifetime
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

In an effort 30 get 81 umbrellas f5r .
injured iu "a Philadelphia store The
other day While they are recovering
from their injuries they viii have pleg-
~ Of time in which TO reflect on the
trials Of bargain hunting. Most oc us
would rather take chances with bears
anv time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

Hagerman Pass is one of the crown
ing glories of the Rocky mouuta ms
The Colorado Midland Railway has is
sued a magnificent steel engraving
26x40 inches, showing a view OF this
pass. 1t is suitable for framing. and
will be sent to any address on recent
of 10 cents in stamps. Write c. H
Speers. G. p. AZ Denver. or L. H
Harding. general agent. SAX Lake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

Sam Dowse has been chased out #
Goldheld because he acted as deputy
sheriff during the Carbon county coal
strike. The Utah Fuel company should
look after it's own
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

It won't be long before the fact that
a lawyer is not employed 10 help
straighten out that Equitable muddie
Will he a certain indication that ne =
not of very high standing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
eLoBE-wERNIcKE CABINETS

Are the best filing cabinets on the mar
ket. They have devices for all papers
and build uD in sections. We are
agents exclusively.
The BREEDEN OFFICE SUPPLY co,
90 West I'd South
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
S&R-A

However much we may suffer from
the eNtortions of the Utah Light &
Railway company, we will hardly be
ready for municipal ownership until aft
eT Fernstrom and Wells have been re-
tired TO private life
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

trifie with the neutrality laws by ia
voring the Russian fleet. First thing
she knows Japan viii make her wish
she hadn't.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
Easter NeckWear.

\ beautiful line of special patterns
for the occasion
BROWN, TERRY & WOODRUFF CO.
Tel. 1913. 166 Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

Bisamist and wife murderer Hoch
wants a German jury to try him. Won,
we are inclined to have enough faith in
the Germans to believe that they would
hang Hoch as neatly as any Americans
could.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
TERRIFIC RACE WITH DEATH.

Death was fast approaching" writes
Ralph F. Fernandez, of Tampa Fla
describing his fearful race With death
'as a result of liver trouble and heart
disease, which had robbed me OF sleep
and OF all interest In life. 1 had tried
many different doctors and several med
icines. but got no benefit. until | began
10 use Electric BitteTs. So wonderful
was their effect. that in three DAYS L
felt like new man. and today I am
cured of all my troubles" Guaranteed.
Al 4, {. Nj. ], Drug Dept. Price 80 cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
Different Proposition.

Ardup docking AT some suburban prop
ertyD-What are lots worth along here?
Five hundred dollars up2
Real Estate Dealer-NOt at all. Five
hundred dollars down.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
CLEARED FOR ACTION

When the body is cleared for action.
by DR.. Kings New Life Pills you can
tell il by the bloom of health on the
cheeks; the brightness OF the eyes: the
firmness Of the flesh and muscles: the
buOyancy of the mind Try them. At
Z. c. NJ. /. Drug Dept, - cents
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
Another Sort of Air.

cleveland Plain DealeT)
Miss Smiley has decidedly insouci-
ant air about her, don't you think"
y guess it must be that awfulIy cheap
perfume she's always buying"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

Minister Bowen is said TO be what ais
Venezuela We arc inclined to think
however. that Castro increases the SUI
feriug some,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
Correct Easter Neckwear.

We display tasteful patterns for the
occasion.
BROWN, TERRY & WOODRUFF co.
Tel. 1913. 166 Main Street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
An Easter Bazaar

OF fancy articles and homemade
edibles begins today at 10 n. m at
Rivers Bros. store. 140 Main. Ladies
of First Baptist church in charge.
Finest dance floor and best music at
Salfair tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22

This lady is positively the greatest
feature in vaudeville at this time. Her
success in the great vaudeville houses
in the east was truly sensational.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-22
Terms Of subscription.

Eastern Offices. ". j. Morton IN
Washington street. Chicago
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
HOME NEWS.
NEW-YORK CITY.

The annual Thanksgiving concert in aid OF ST
Marks Hospital will be held at Carnegie Hail under
the direction OF Victor Herbert on SATURDAY.; even
ing next.
William Poel. director Of the Elizabethan Stage
Society. Of London viii deliver lecture on "Thc
Stage OF Shakespeare at Havemeyer Hall, Coum-
ha University. on Tuesday. November 2S. at 4
O'Clock.
DR.. James H Garfield, librarian of Columbia Uni
versity, will deliver public address at Cooper
Union this evening under the auspices Of the Board
of Education. His subject VIII be The Public Lii
brary Integral Part of Public Education" ."
The address will be open the public without tick
cts of admission.
The Unitarian Club. of New-York will hold
meeting and dinner the Hotel Manhattan, f2i-st
AID Madison-aVe.. November 20 at 6:9) o'clock
fhe Rev Charles w. Wcndte general secretary of
the International Council OF Unitarian and other
Liberal Religious Thinkers and Workers will speak
Oh The Progress OF Liberal Religious Thought in
Europe" and the Rev. DR. Minot j. Savage will
have as his subject Untarianism in Calvin's City
Vincent Sans bcftboy al the Cafe Martin was
discharged In the West Side Court yesterday after
explaining that he fcurd diamond sunburst val
red AZ $50, belonging to Mrs. John b. Lyman who
lives at the Hotel congwood The boy tried e
pIwn fne sunburst at6 was a-rested on suspicion.