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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-17

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at his old stand until he finds
another suitable location.
Judge Fruit came here from La
Crosse by appointment Thursday to
hear arguments from attorneys as
to whether change of venue should
be granted in the cases in which ex-
Sheriff Watson is interested for
Selling property of the defunct
Northern Building company on an
attachment some time since. Judge
Clementson's opinion was that fair
trial could be given in this circuit,
but was modest about announcing it
and so in spirit of fairness called
Judge Fruit IN to decide the ques-
ton. After bearing all the testi-
mOny and arguments presented
Judge Fruit handed down his deci-
sion that all parties concerned in
the litigation could get as fair a
trial before Judge Clementson as
they could anywhere else. The an
nouncement has now been made
that counsel for the parties desir-
ing the change of venue will appeal
from Judge Fruits decision and
take the matter to the supreme
court. Considerable ado over a job
lot of sc cond-hand truck.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-15

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kind of groan, it would pause and lick
the injured paw piteously.
when the lion saw the young lieu
tenant it came slowly toward him. He
stood his ground, rife in hand. But
the beast meant no harm. 1t drew
close to him; it rubbed against him
with soft feline purrs; it extended its
hurt paw.
The lieutenant examined the paw
and found that there was a large thorn
in it. He extracted the thorn. the lion
roaring with pain, and he bound up
the wound with his handkerchief.
Then. with every manifestation of re-
lief and gratitude, the animal with
drew.
But it remembered it's benefactor.
1t was grateful. And in practical
way it rewarded the young man.
This lion ran over the regiments
list of officers. and ate all who were
the lieutenant's superiors in rank Thus
in a few weeks the young man, thanks
to the astute animal became a colo
nel'-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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diagram in a lesson in perspective.
Overhead, as he looked up through this
rift in the wood, shone great golden
stars, looking unfamiliar and grouped
in strange considerations. He was sure
they We're arranged in some order
which had a secret and malign signifi-
canoe. The wood was full of singu-
lar noises, among which he distinctly
heard whispers in an unknown tongue.
His neck was in pain, and. lifting his
hand to it, he found it horribly swollen
He knew that it had circle of black
where the rope had bruised it His
eyes felt congested; he could no longer
close them. His tongue was swollen
with thirst; he relieved its fever by
thrusting it forward from between his
teeth into the cool air. How softly the
turf had carpeted the untraveled ave
nue-he could no longer Ieef the road
way beneath his fee,
Doubtless, despite ais suffering. he
had fallen asleep While walking, for
now he sees another scaue-perhaps he
has merely recovered from a deliriUn.
He stands at the gate OF his own
home All is as he left it. and all
bright and beautiful in the morning
sunshine. He must have Travelled the
entire night. AS he pushes open the
gate and passes up the wide white
walk he sees a f1utter Of female gar
ments; his wife. looking fresh and coof
and sweet, steps down from the verauda
to meet him. At the bottom II the
steps she stands waiting, with a smile
of ineffable joy, an attitude Of match
less grace and dignity. Al how beau
tiful she is! He springs forward with
extended arms. AS he is about to
clasp her. he feels a stunninss blow
upon the back of the necr: a binding
white light blazes all about HIM. with
a sound like the shock of = cannon
then all is darkness and silence!
Peyton Farquhar was dead, his body.
with a broken neck, swung gently from
side to side beneath the timbers Of me
owl Creek bridge
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-15
POOLING THE FOWLS.

Prof. Meyer E. Jaffa of Berkeley
launched a conspiracy against the
peace and comfort of the barnyard
fowl during the session of the Farm
ers' Institute yesterday. Prof Jaffa
told the farmers of a successful eX-
pertinent that was designed to solve
The problem of fattenfng poultry for
the market. The experiment, as he
pictured it. had been tried with re-
markable results at Petaluma.
'AH that you require explained
the professor, lis an electric light in
your henhouse. Three hours after the
fowls have been well fed and have
gone to roost for the night You turn
on the electric light. The unreason-
ing birds jump to the conclusion that
the sun has risen and they fly down
from their perches with intense appe-
tites and eat another hearty meal OF
corn. Then you turn out the light.
Three hours later you turn or the
light again and once more they cram
their crops with food. In this manner
chickens can be fattened for the mar
ket on short notice and at compare
lively small expense"
Now all the farmers who are at
tending the Farmers Institute are
planning TO have their chicken houses
equipped with electric lights TO de-
ceive the simple mind of the trusting
hen.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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A LIONS GRATITUDE.

John Burroughs, the naturalist, ~ as
laughing about the story. widely pub
lished not long since Of a wild duck
that got a salt water musser ga ugbt on
its tongue, and had Intelligence en-
Ough to fly from the SALT 10 the fresh
water. where it dipped the mussel.
sickening it through osnosl&. and thus
causing it to loosens its nrIn grip.
Il believe that story Of tins duck that
understood the theory Of osua.sis,' -
said Mr. Burroughs. 7 Relieve It as
implicitly as 1 believe the story u the
crippled lion and the young lieate1ant.
"A young lieutenant. during an At
rican campaign. came one day upon a
badly crippled lion. The erea brute
lfmped over the 1awuy sand on three
paws, holding its fourta paw N the
air. And every uow ana then, with a
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BY AMBROSE BIERCE

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A bashful young couple, who were
evidently very much in love, entered
q crowded street car in Boston the
other day. DO you suppose we can
squeeze I'm here?" he asked, looking
doubtfuIly at her blushing face. Don Z
you think, dear. we had better wait
until we get home?" was the low en-
barrassed reply.-Life.
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No man who needs my treat.
menr viii doubt my ability to cure
him in the face of this offer, aud
il you, reader. belong in the class
OF half-men. l want you to come
10 me at oLce and let me show
you that I can do for you what
/ have done for thousands of other
men as tad or worse off.
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of the bridge. 1t is now dry and would
burn like tow
The lady had now brought the water,
which the soldier drank. He thanked
her tremendously, bowed to her hus-
band, and rode away. An hour later,
after nightfau. he repassed the plan
tation, going northward in the direc-
ton from which he had come. He was
a Federal scout.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-04
AMERICANISM IS PROGRESS.

In n vein of spiteful envy at the
making under American control, our
morning Democratic contemporary.
with emblttered venom, says: "Curi-
ously enough, the American party has
not as yet claimed credit for Mr. New
house real estate purchases.
The credit is Mr.. Newhouse s, and
his will he the profit; no one will grudge
il TO him, but all will Join with
him in the feeling Of satisfaction that
a magnificent stroke of enterprise will
also yield good business returns.
At the same time, there is no denying
the patent fact that the triumph of the
American party in this city last year
gave a dynamic awakening TO all forms
of business that has shown thfoughout
the year in the comparative increase
of an average Of about fifty per cent
in the clearances of the local banks
1t has given confidence to every one
in the business-like progress which this
city is bound TO make, and. assuring all
that the church fetters upon municipal
administration and activities have been
broken, has attracted outside capital as
that capital has never been attracted
before.
The city. redeemed, disenthralled, has
begun it's triumphant march onward to
its destiny as the metropolis of a region
a thousand miles in dimensions, and as
the central city of the mining and
stock-raslng region, as well as the cen
trail railroad point for all the vast
mountain region of Western America.
Mr.. Newhouse S great investment and
planned improvements are a tacit recog-
milton of the central facts of our po-
litico"business situation. With dom.
nant, church-ridden administration, he
would never have thought of investing
vast sums in Salt Lake, nor would any
other millionaire do it, With a
progressive, unshackIed municipal con-
troll, he puts in his money by the many
millions, And other millionaires will
follow his example.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-04
Smoot Case Impending

II is expected that within fort.
night the Senate will have performed
the unpleasant and delicate task of de-
Gliding the fate Of Reed Smoot
That Mr.. Smoot will be ousted from
his seat by final vote in the Senate
is not Mt all q foregone conclusion, in
spite of the adverse majority report
Of the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, which closes as follows: /" Re.
solved. that Reed Smoot is not entitled
TO seat as Senator of the United
States from Utah. As against this
there is minority report over such
strong names as Knox, Foraker, Bever.
idge. Hopkins and Dillingham;,
There is no denying that, as mat
ter Of technical and legal right. Mr.
Smoot has a strong case. To unseaJ him
tional and dangerous religious test OF
fitness for office. He is not law
breaker. The initial attempt to convict
him of polygamous practices broke down
completely. Personally, he disapproves
of polygamy His private and domestic
life has been exemplary. Record for
record, he is more scrupulous man
than Depew (who is for eypelllng him) !;
he is paragon of decency and personal
dignity compared with Thomas Collier
Platt.
The investigation of Mr.. Smoot de-
veloped into au investigation of the
Mormon church, and the revelations,
while not touching him directly, served
TO increase the public repugnance TO
the idea of Mormon in the National
Senate. He is one of the twelve apostles
Of a church still holding to doctrine
and conniving at n practice contrary TO
State and National law and abhor-
rent to the National conscience. He has
not broken the law himself, nor person
ally countenanced others in breaking 1T,
except constructively through retaining
Office In tho church,
The theory that Mr.. Smoot Will set
his duty to his church above his duty
ms Senator seems little strained and
gratuitous, and to SAVIOR of determine
tion TO get rid of him on general prln-
ciples, case or no case.
Perhaps 1t comes down TO that, any
way. Sense of propriety is revolted at
But then arises the question of the pro-
hibited religious test. We shall see
when tho final vote is taken whether
sentiment (using the term in no invid-
ious sense) or regard for strict legality
is TO govern IN the matter
IL is safe to assume that the Senate
will be governed in its decision by its
own sense Of dignity. propriety, and
right. and not by outside clamor. If
memory serves, the late Senator Hoar
publicly rebuked group of petitioners
against the seating of Senator Smoot as
guilty Of improperly and officious in
reference with the right and duty OF
the Senate TO pass upon the qualitica-
tions of its own Observation-Disclosures
Sentinel.
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vested, MS ho believed, all his rights of
citizenship in the control Of the HE
rarchy-othcrwiso he would have been
cxcommunicated from the church.
The very genius Of the Mormon gov
ernment is obedience to the presiding
authority. The constant inculcation is
Follow your file leader - The assump-
tion ia that the head of the church ia
the prophet OF God receiving daily rev
elation. If Reed Smoot would not give
to his church n devotion superior to
that which he gives to the Government
of this Republic he is n false apostle
Of tho Mormon church, false teacher
of its doctrines and hypocrite in re-
lgion.
All this is so plain as to be far be.
yond dispute. For purposes Of political
pelf, Reed Smoot is permitted by the
hierarchy to say that in civic affairs
he gives his chief devotion to the civil
government But that is only to blind
tho eyes Of the Nation. He would not
dare to utter that sentiment and to
make it effective in his life here in
Utah on peril of his aPostlcship and his
membership in the church. The distinct
teaching of the cult is that the prophet
is as God Himself when he utters a
command; and denial Of that doc
trine is fatal. IN a church sense, to the
individual who denies.
Tho government Of the Mormon
church is complete in all respects. 1t
assumes to be all things to its members.
1t directs them in every affair Of life.
1t has its executive. legislative, and ju-
dicial departments. 1t takes up viola
tions Of the civil law by its members,
adiudicates these cases, and fixes the
punishment 1t assumes TO be a SUI
perlor form Of earthly government, call
ing itself the kingdom of God; and
Reed Smoot, as an apostle, is not only
responsible by his supreme devotion to
the hierarchy Of which he is a member,
but he is responsible as teacher Of
supine obedience to all the followers Of
the church.
These are facts known to all men in
Utah. In view of such a condition the
esteemed and intelligent Milwaukee
Sentinel may find occasion to revise its
idea concerning a strained theory.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-04
Topics of the Day
SAVING THE BIRDS.

Philadelphia Ledger.
The National Association OF AUDUBON
Societies deserves the highest common
dation for the efforts it is making 10
save tho songbirds Of the country
Despite its efforts and the free exPres-
sion of sentiments in accord WITH then,'
some species have been extermlnated' :
or at least reduced TO n pitiful traction
of their old numbers. .
The association has an income OF
$4,000 from investments and the pay
mcnts of dues. 1t has received NUM-
bcr of bcquests, the largest one
amounting to $33l,00o, All the money
is devoted TO the avowed purpose or
spreading the work. Among children
there is being conducted campaign OF
education. Appeals are made to Legs
latures for restrictive laws, and Con
gress will be called upon for enact
ments covering the field not TO he
reached by individual States
1t is the plan of the ASSOCIATION TO
prevent ultimately the use of feathers
for personal decoration. Confnlng sueh
use to the feathers of game birds Killed
for food would have been satisfactory
except for the easy evasion of the stat
ute The feathers on non-game bros
continued to be sold, often so disguised
bv dyes that even an expert would
have difficulty in identifying them
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| legitimate business in the world than
honest mining. 1t is an original pro,
ducer Of wealth. and as such is entitled
to respect and encouragement. There
is no excuse for the statement that min.
ing securities will become drug on the
market, because ms development of a
mine proceeds the value of the enter
prise is usually enhanced The price
of mining stock depends entirely upon
the worth of the mine; there can be
no imitation OF dishonest manipulation
without discovery-the ore bodies are
measured and their intrinsic worth is
determined, then the cost of extraction
and the expense of treatment of the
ores are footed up and deducted, lcav-
ing the balance as n legitimate basis
upon which 10 value the shares. If the
price OF the stock of any particular
mine shall advance, it will be simply
because new ore bodies have been en-.
countered or some other new values
are discovered, adding that much to tho
worth of the property; and the appli-
cation Of the safe rules under which
the original value was appraised and
exploited gives to the advanced price
of the shares stability and a legiti
macy which are indestructible except
in the event of unforeseen accident
and no human thing is exempt from
that possibility,
In view of the insurance and other
financial scandals which have been un-
earthed IN some quarters quite remote
from the West, it would seem that min
ing, after all, is about as good an en-
terprlse as one may put his money into.
1t can be said of Utah mining men par
ticularly that integrity has been one
of the chief characteristics in their
dealings; and Of the Utah mines it is
sufficient to say that their products arc
the best evidence of their honest value,
To warn people against business
recklessness is one Of the legitimate du-
ties of newspaper, but the particular
stock to which the warning is applied
should be better selected than in this
case, Mining does not deserve to be
made the subject of attack, especially
from newspaper published within
sight of Wall street. where more of the
money Of widows and orphans has been
lost in rotten speculation than in any
other locality in the United States.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-04
A M1sAPPLIED WARNING.

There is a boom in mining stocks They
are now In such demand that almost
anything will sell. The belated are those
who close the stable door after the
horse has gone Hence the advisabiIity
OF a hint here and now: In due course
OF time, most OF the mining securities
now commanding good prices Will be a
drug In the market-Ihey Will be worth
about the price Of paper sold by the
pound. or course. this will not be true
as TO some OF them, but the exceptions
VIII prove the rule as TO worthlessness
Think twice before you buy once Better
stiil. keep on hesitating Brooklyn Eagle.
Very well; if Eastern people do not
want to invest in Western mining en-
terpriscs a larger field will be left to
the Westerpers themselves, who are
quite satisfied to take advantage of
that profitable business. II NAV posi-.
bly, be more TO the liking Of the East
erner TO speculate in securities which,
for no earthly apparent reason, may
rise hundred points in a night or fall
two hundred points in day, The gam.
BILE is greater in that case, of course,
and that may constitute the attractive
feature to the lover of financial excite
ment.
1t is a fact that Western mines pro.
duce most of the money with which
the Easterner meets his obligations
Aud for this reason there is no more
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-04
A CHANCE TO DISCIPLINE.

President Theodore Roosevelt may
find task Immediately to his liking in
the investigation of the charge made
by Special Agent Myendorff against
Hon. Francis +. Warren, United States
Senator from the State Of Wyoming.
Mr., Warren is particular friend of
Mr. Roosevelt; and as such it is to be
presumed that he is all that gentle
man, an American citizen and a Ma
tional Senator should be-without fear
and without reproach. But Mr.. Myen-
dorff, special agent of the Interior
Department. late a witness before the
Interstate Commerce Commission in Salt
Lake City and a somewhat noted inves
tigator Of land frauds, not only included
by direct intimation the Hon. Francis
e. Warren as protector Of offenses
against the laws Of the United States,
but upon being contradicted now quotes
what he claims is n letter sent by Hon.
Francis r. Warren TO himseIf-absolute
ly diverting him from the trail of the
land thieves. 1t ought to be jov to
Mr. Roosevelt's heart TO bring Mycn.
dorff on the carpet; to prove him
traducer of innocency; and to vindicate
Hon. Francis e. Warren, gentleman,
citizen patriotic citizen and immaculate
Senator.
Mr. Myendorf gives to the Associated
Press of this country, to be published
in every city in the United States, the
following document which he declares
is AN extract from a letter from Hon
Francis +. Warren;
Washington. D. c., April Z. 1904
Dear Mr. Mycndorff:-I know Of moth
ing that Is pressing In the State north
of YOU and should say that IL would be
Just as we'll TO do the work nearest to
you that is pressing hardest After we
adjourn here and | return 10 Wyoming
| hope 10 see you at some early and con-
venient date. +. e. WARREN,
That letter SO plainly indicates an
interference to prevent the discovery of
frauds and is written with such cheap
cumming in its avoidance of the use of
the word "Wyoming' as to make its
writer appear TO be protector if not
the partner of men who are stealing
from the Government, and TO make him
appear Of such low intellectual order
that he would seek to escape through
the little mystery. of using the words
the State north of you rather than
TO name the State-that Senator War
rem has right to feel resentful and he
has right to expect that his friend.
the President of the United States. will
come TO his rescue. Mr. Myendorff says
the letter was addressed TO him at Den.
yer, Colorado. If he did not receive
such communication, if it is not au-
thentic, if he is traducing Senator War
rem, he should be dismissed with
obloquy from the service of the United
States.
OF course it is inconceivable that
Senator Warren actually wrote such a
communication; because a Senator who
would thus interfere with the course
Of Justice and thus protect people who
are defrauding the United States Gov
ernment, would be unworthy of his seat
in the highest parliamentary body Of
the world, and should meet the fate
which encompassed Senator Mitchell of
Oregon. two Congressman from Oregon,
and Senator Burton of Kansas,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-04
CONDITION, NOT THEORY.

The Milwaukee Sentinel takes an in
teresting and, in many respects, accu-
rate view of the Smoot case, and treats
that cause celebre in an editorial which
is reprinted in this morning $ Tribune,
under the title; "Smoot Case Impend.
ing"
The Tribune hegs the attention of it's
esteemed contemporary, the Sentinel, TO
one of its own paragraphs and fol
lowing answer thereto by this paper,
The Sentinel says;
The theory that Mr.. Smoot will set
his duty TO his church above his duty
as Senator seems a little strained
and gratuitous. and TO SAVIOR of a de-
termination TO get rid of him on general
principles. case or no case.
1t is not theory: it is condition
1t is the one great fact in the Mormon
church discipline. The moment an apos.
tie ceases TO pay to the hierarchy of his
church his supreme devotion, that mo-
ment he is "out Of harmony with his
quorum and, as is shown by recent
events, he is dismissed. Moses Thatcher.
the most brilliant member of the twelve
apostles of the Mormon church. diff
fered with the highest authority in the
church government on a question of
citizenship. He contended that he had
right to engage in political activities
without the consent of the presiding au
thorities Of the church, including his
own quorum The hierarchy took the
opposite view, Moses Thatcher was
unfrocked on the ground that he was
'out of harmony with his quorum:" he
was defeated politically; he was re-
duced to mere membership in his
church; lie was compelled. after all this
degradation, to sign the document which