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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
WORKERS ARE NEEDED.

From San Francisco and the Pacific
coast a cry for help has gone UP. Forty
! thousand men are needed, and at once.
Men are wanted to clear away the de-
/ bris in the ruined city; men are needed
! in railroad construction and other
work. The report is that unless more
! laborers can be secured there will be
and in completing the railroads that
are under way. Some surprise is man
| ifested because enough men to fill the
places on the coast have not come for
ward.
There is, though, no occasion for sur
prise. The coast is a long way off and
every man who honestly wants en-
ployment can find it nearer home. Here
in Utah there is a great dearth of la
Dor. The man who tolls with his hands
has never received such high wages
but even with that condition the en-
ployer cannot get enough. Similar con-
ditions prevail elsewhere. Kansas and
the other big agricultural states are
shouting for harvesters. Men of all
sorts are being pressed into the service
and still the supply is short.
1t is difficult to understand why able
bodied men should remain in stuffy cit
les these days 10 toll for small wages
and during long hours. There is said
to be an army of unemployed in New
York, another army in Chicago, another
in Philadelphia, and so on. Why don't
these men go to the harvest fields, to
the railroad grades. to the open air
work of various kinds that is freely Of
fered? Why do they prefer hand-to-
mouth existence in the cities TO a COM
paratively luxurious existence in the
country?
It would be hard for them TO give a
satisfactory answer. The allurements
of the city are great but no city pos
sesses, at this time of the year, a 1.-THE
of the charms of the country. There is
no comparison between sleeping in a
stuffy tenement room or on the roof of
a tenement house and sleeping in the
country where the fresh breezes blow,
where the leaves are green and the
flowers are blooming Instead of begging
for men the country employers ought
TO be in a position to pick and choose.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
VALUE OF SOFT SPEECH.

The value of soft speaking is quite
generally recognized by people of INTEL
ligence but Texas furnishes an example
of quick returns such as one rarely
sees. ]. w. Campbell and r. H. Blan-
ton were rival candidates for the DEM
ocratic legislatice nomination in Cooke
county. Campbell challenged Blanton
to a joint debate. A few days ago the
debate was held at a central point in
the county. Now politics is pretty
hot proposition in Texas as a usual
thing, and, in expectation of seeing the
candidates figuratively eat each other
alive a large audience assembled.
Blanton, however, was not in an eat
ing frame of mind He spoke first and
said, in. effect: Fellow citizens: Mr..
Campbell and myself are candidates
against each other for the legislative
nomination. 1 desire to say to you that
he is a most estimable gentleman. AS
a citizen, as a neighbor, as a true, tried
and trusted friend he has few equals
and no superiors. Should you decide
that Mr.. Campbell instead of myself
should represent you in the Texas leg
islature 1 am sure you will make no
mistake and nobody will give. him
heartier. more ungrudging support than
myself" Mr.. Blanton then briefly and
generally discussed campaign issues
and sat down.
The audience must have been disap-
pointed in his talk, for he had, instead
of saying unkind things about Camp
bell, spoken of him in the most COM
plimentary terms. When Campbelrs
turn came the people sat up to listen
believing that they would surely hear
something worth while. They did. Ad-
vancing TO the center of the platform
Mr.. Campbell said:
Gentlemen, 1 have listened atten-
lively to what Mr. Blanton had TO say.
I approve of what he stands for. He
has had experience, and l will ask you
to return him to the legislature. I'm a
pretty good farmer and I will go back
to the farm. What I'm interested in is
having a good man in the legislature. .
Blanton's rhetorical bread. cast upon
the waters of Campbell's generosity
had struck an eddy and been whirled
back Immediately.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
THE HOPEFUL MAN.
|. An old Jingle runs:

Aha" said John Thomas De Spinet
"a shoe | have found
And now Til be bound,
I'll soon have a horse to put in it,
There is a considerable distance be-
tween the possession of battered and
discarded horseshoe and the ownership
OF a horse but John Thomas De Spinet
didn't see it. He was elated over his
small stroke of good fortune and went
cheerily on his way determined to seize
the first opportunity to attach a horse
TO the shoe. The record of De Spinet
is incomplete. II does not show wheth-
er or not he ever acquired the horse he
said he would acquire, but the chances
are even that ne did, for he was the
kind OF man that keeps on trying.
What would the world be without the
optimist 1t is greatly to be feared that
a majority of men, finding a horseshoe,
would see in it no cause for self con-
graduation. For them II would be no
augury of better things to come. Most
of us would throw the horseshoe away
unless we happened to be feeling par
ticuIarly superstitious-and go on about
our business without giving it another
thought. The chap who finds some good
In everything is the one who is really
worth while An ounce of encourage
nnent IS better than ton of criticism
though criticism. rightly applied, has
its place in life,
We have known men to so about,
making themselves and their friends
miserable. because they had failed to
make more than 500 when they might
have made $500; we have known other
men to lose a fortune and stand face
IN face with ruin smilingly. Some men
will groan and grumble and complain
over a little boil others. hopelessly Grip
Med. hobble through life spreading the
blessed gospel of sunshine as they 60
Generally speaking the man you like
best. the man you would choose for
constant companion if you had TO
choose is the optimist.
The erowler has few real friends, and
he deserves but few. Who cares for the
fellow who. when you are feeling
trjfe seedy and run down, comes up to
YOU and SAYS: "Old man, you are not
looking we'll. Have you been sick or
are you going TO boz" Doesn't he make
YOU sicker right away? It's the friend
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

who comes and says: well, you GER
tainly are looking fine. What are you
doing for yourself these days?" that
you like TO meet.
That it takes all kinds of people to
make world is a trite but true say
ing, but some of the kinds we could
very readily dispense with. 4.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

You will readily understand, OF
course, when you come TO pay your
taxes that the 'reformers" have not
raised the city levy. The increased
amount you will be called upon to pay
was caused by the election of the DEM
ocratic county ticket in 1898.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

Mr.. Bryan lacks a very great deal
of having as much money as Mr..
Rockefeller but when the two men re-
turn from Europe the crowd that goes
to meet Bryan will, in comparison with
the Rockefeller crowd, show a consid-
erably bigger ratio than 16 to 1. There
are some things that cannot be bought
with money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

The letters that are beginning to ap-
pear in the Thaw case furnish another
illustration of the desirability of al
ways sending verbal messages. Then
if any trouble arises you can always
say the messenger misunderstood you.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
THE SHIRT-WAIST
OF LAUGHING WATER
New York Worldly

NNeW 1OrK WOrl0.)
The newspapers assert that a crusad
far from Puritanical, is being waged i
America against the peek-a- boo shir
Waist.-World cable from London.
Then appeared fair Minr ehaha,
Minnehaha, Laughing Water
Spoke she thus to Hiawatha
Thus she spoke and made him listen:
Cant you take little notice?
Can't you see | need some clothing?
Must you always spend your wdmpum
All on bows and feathercd arrows?
will you see your little wiley
Going to a luncheon party
Looking like a last years bird nest?
Can you never, never, never
Get move at least approaching
Something like gentle hustle?
Up spake then the Hiawatha:
What wouldst have. o Minnehaha?"
Then her heart was filled with gladness-
'Ha.'' she cried, I'D have a shirt waist
OF the brand called peekaboowis
Thereupon did Hiawatha
HE him to the nearest knot-hole;
Cut piece from out the knot-hole;
Then he found a darning needle
And constructed such shirt waist
As would make the heart of maiden
Sing for JOY to see such beauty.
Thus we see, in the beginning,
Minnehaha Laughing Water,
Fairest maiden of the Dakotas,
Made her husband. Hiawatha,
Get a move akin to hustle
And construct a lovely shirt waist
With a needle and knot-hole,
OF the kind called peekaboewis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

All Republicans have been cordially
invited to contribute a dollar each to
their congressional campaign fund and
in order to secure full party repre-
sentation 1t is understood that no Of
fice-holders or candidates for office will
be barred. Those lists include prac-
tically every Republican.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

Mr.. Borah apparently has the sena-
torial nomination in Idaho cinched up
tight. 1t is quite possible, though, that
the next Idaho legislature will not look
favorably upon Mr.. Borah's politics and
will conclude to compromise by electing
a Democrat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

The new meat inspection law went
into effect yesterday, but you'd better
wait until the old stocks have been
cleaned out before you begin Dragging
about the purity of the Jungle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

The fact that the morning organ of
the Americans and its little afternoon
appendix referred to the $1,000 beauty
as Edwards" gives us an idea of what
fame really is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
Stood on His Head to Save Life.
Detroit Free Press.

Elkhart, Ind.-The Rev. NJ. H. Me-
Mahon, Methodist minister, was forci-
bly, stood on his head the other day TO
save him from choking to death.
A piece of food lodged in his throat,
and heart action had almost stopped.
pending arrival of physicians, when
some one suggested this treatment, and
ii proved to be effective.
Mr. Mcmahon weights nearly 175
pounds, and the job was a severe task
for the men executing 1t.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

If the governor calls special session
of the legislature that body is to be
asked to authorize an increased assess
ment for Salt Lake City. Then the ''re-
formers" would be able 10 reform the
finances of their henchmen in great
shape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

It's a sure thing the American con-
gress would not do all the travelling the
Russian douma is doing without first
being sure it would be able to collect
mileage
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
Americas Possible Contributions.

(New Orleans Times Democrat)
In case the general disarmament scheme
goes though, will the big stick and the
pitchfork go TO the general scrap heap?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

The fact that he was unable to take
his millions with him to the grave must
have been a grievous disappointment
to Uncle Russell.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

The car is said to be troubled with
insomnia. The insomnia is probably
the result of a rising. as nearly as we
can figure things out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
The Secret Is Out at Last.

philadelphia North American)
Senator Depew has broken his long ST.
lence to say that he won't resign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
With NegIigee Shirt and Tan
Shoes.
(MilWaukee Sentinen

A Paris paper predicts the disappear
ance of the silk hat. Still, an occasional
freak persists in wearing one even with
a sack coat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
Now, If He Could Only Dodge Jones

New York Tribune)
Mr.. Rryan's chances are Frightening in
Massachusetts. Hon. George Fred Will
liams has announced that Mr.. Bryan is no
longer advanced enough for him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
For Once the Ice TRUST Is sIameI.s.
louisville Post)

T
The fear IL expressed that Peary Is lost
in the Arctic regions Maybe he has sim
ply struck fashionable summer resort
up there and has had to pawn everything
to pay his expenses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
What's Become of Nan Patterson

philadelphia Ledger)
Some enterprising chorus girls are find
ing a murder almost as good as a press
agent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
He Is Right Solid Himself.

Baltimore Sum-
Secretary Taft ought not to object to
the solid south.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
Good Crops Mean Good Times
New York World

Government crop reports this time of
year are surer guides than Wall street
quotations
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

The oldest of German breweries
makes our famous beers, "Pilsner Bur
gerbrau," Munchner Hofbrau." Karl
H. Mayer, The Heidelberg.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
Must Be About All in, Then.

milwaukee Sentinel)
1t Is reported that King Edward will
give up the race track
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

(Houston Post.)
Beatrice Fairfax says love is woman'
long suit" We suppose ii Is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
CLEVER PARAGRAPHS.
Too Many Bill Collectors Now,
(Philadelphia North American


The sultan has his doubts about the
raising OF the American legation to the
rank of an embassy being a mark of
friendship
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
Let the Law Take Its Course.
New York Herald
The BATHING Suit Is Not.

About to enter a protest against the a
rest of John D. Rockefeller when t
news came that he is to write book.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
COURSES OF STUDY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Horticulture. Ami
NAL Industry, Veterinary Science, Dairyng. frrlga
ton and Drainage, Etc.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND ARTS-Cookine
and Detetics Sanitation, Hygiene Sewing. House
hold Economics, Etc.
MECHANIC ARTS-Carpentry. Forging Pattern
Making Carriage Building, Foundry Work, Machine
Work, Etc
COURSES are also offered in Music
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

lively more favorable rates than those from New England. If the 4nterstate Commerce Commission had power 10 fix rates there Is no doubt that there would be formal complaint cf this rely ative adjustment of rates on cotton goods, and an order of the Commission fixing rates on uniform basis would certainly be injurious to the southera mills.
 "Discussion of the railway rate prob lem during the past year has convinced many thoushtful people in the South that their section of the country, at least, will fare better if railway rates are left to be adjusted by railways and shippers as at present. national icEis :. Iation being restricted to the preven- tion of rebates and discriminations and. in tt language of President Roosevelt. to keeping the highways ot commerce. open to all oa equal terms. I Is becoming generally undersood that giving the Commission power to make rates would not. in any way. lessen the evil of rebates. while it would turn the commerce of the coun- try over to political body in Wash inston that would have power to build up one community of one section of the country at the expense of other communities or sections"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
SEEKING PORTRAITS
PICTURES OF Ex-MAYoRs WANTED
 AT CITY HALL.
MT. Teague's Private Secretary Writes Letters to Families of Men Who Have Served Montgomery As
 Executive Ofacer.

Within few days it is expected that three portraits of ex-Mayors of the City of Montgomery will have been se- cured with which to adorn the walls of the Mayors office in the city buiid- ing.
 Sometime ago. David crossIand, the Mayors private secretary. wrote let ters to the families of the deceased ex-mayors and to living ex-mayors asking for life size portraits for the office. He thought that 1t would be we'll to have portrait of each citizen who has held the executive chair of the city.
 Mir. Crossland has met with par. tial success in his undertaking. Life size pictures of the late E. B. Joseph and Thomas H. Carr are now being made in Montgomery and will soon be completed. Information was also received yesterday from New York that large portrait is being made there of ex-mayor H. F. Faber, who was the chief executive from 1870 to 1874, and who gave A. Gerald his first appoint- ment as Chief of Police of Montgomery.
 The only three remaining portraits to be secured will be those of Judge J. B. Gaston, John c. Crommeiin and M. l.. Moses. It Is hoped that they will also decide to have an artist en- large one of their best photographs and send the portrait to hang with tho gallery of ex-Mayors.
 Police Chief Gerald has a fine col lection of portraits of ex-Mayors oe Montgomery on the walls of hts ori- Yate office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

E. T. Watson, Commissioner of Agri- culture and Immigration of Mississippi; Commissioner Hudson of the Depart ment of Agriculture of Georgia, Pro- lessor R. E. Rose. State Chemist of Florida. and Professor B. B. Ross, State Chemist of Alabama, and W. D. Rodden- bery of Cairo. Ga, perhaps the most successful cane grower in the South. The railroads have already agreed to give one fare. plus 25 cents for the round trip.
 Captain Purse. the head of the as- sociation, and to whose indefatigable efforts the success of the association Is largely due Is a well-known busi- ness man of Savannah. He was for fifteen years President of the Savannah Board of Trade. In his incumbency of that office he started and carried for ward the agitation in favor of the deep water harbor and the artesian water supply of the city of Savannah. He was also instrumental in the building of the Tybee Railroad. The valuable service given by Captain Purse to the Cane Growers Association Is given free of all charge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
TW0C0NVICTS FREED
WESLEY INQUIRE AND PETER MoB-
 LEY PARDONED,
They Are Negroes From Pike and Houn- ton, Counties RespectiyeIy--Eu- dorseznenfs of the
 Governor

Pardons were issued yesterday by Governor Jeiks to Wesley Mcclure of Pike County. and Peter Mobley of Houston County. both negroes. Mcclure has already served eighteen years in the penitentiary for the crime of rape and there had come to the ears or the Governor strong expreseions Of doubt as to his guilt. Mobley's crime was obtaining money under false pre- lenses and he has served four monfha of the thirteen to which he was aeflt- enced.
 Significant in the file papers of Mo- Clure Is the latent evidence of a last ing regard for the old negro after SO long a soJourn in the suit of stripes. More than one white man confessed to the governor that he remembered dis tlnetiy the exciting circumstances of the assault on a woman named de Hick- man Tn Pike County. It was in the year lSsS. These correspondents of the Governor used the names of men who were members of Q committee that made special investigation of the crime with a view of lynching the man" who they felt sure was guilty. These investigators now express grave doubt as to the guilt of Mcclure. Be- sides the woman who was assaulted bore a bad reputation.
 The Governors own explanation of his clemency follows:
 This man has served eighteen long years in the penitentiary. He has been valuable all this while to the State. His conduct has been very good, he having been for long while trusty. The trial judge is not now in life to speak for him and the trial solicitor has moved away. He is a poor, old and friendless negro.
 T sought to know something of the case and found that all who could re- call anything of the circumstances ex- pressed some doubt of his guilt, all agreeing that the woman on whose testimony alone he was convicted was of notoriously bad character. After so many years he perhaps ought to be free. The Board of Pardons recom- mend that he be set at liberty.
 "A pardon is granted" Peter Mobley presented also come ex- 1 tenuating circumstances which weighed with the trial judge. the solicitor and tho Board of Pardons and the Cover l nor. He was arrested and once pros eeuted for an ofEense in Houston coun- ty under the debt law. Threatened with being imprisoned he sought bond and secured it and the bondsmen was the prosecutor of the charge of obtain ing money under false pretenses. It | seems that Mobley made a contract to pay back the bondsmen the amount of the debt which was owing to the third party. Some doubt was expressed as to the existence of the original debt. His imprisonment was for a year and a day.
 The Governors words in this ease are as follows:
 For reasons set forth at length by the trial judge and concurred in by the solicitor. both expressing grave doubt of the mans guilt, a pardon Is issued '
 Mobley was convicted at the spring term of the Houston County Circuit Court in 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
DECEMBER WITH POLICE.
Sergeant Smith Completes His Monthly
 ReDOFt,

John Miles Smith. day police sergeant of the Montgomery department, was happy yesterday. He completed the report of the police department for the month of December and the receipts showed a fiattering increase over the same month of the previous year.
 This Yas the second report made by Sergeant Smith since he has held the day sergeant's desk. and he was com plimented by his associates and supe- riors for the neatness and accuracy displayed in compiling the statistics.
 During December, the department col- lected total of $1,635. which includes $l,615 cash fines, and $20 from the city pound and for hauling dead stock. The receipts for December, 1904, were $l.325.50.
 A total of AIS arrests were made during the month of December. The day force arrested 1S9, while the night force made 229 of the cases.
 The most important arrests, convic- tions and acquittals were as follows: