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ment. "When we cleared Salt Rocks
siding aud got down among the Quak.
ers was cutting along pretty hard to
make the canyon when | saw OF
thought | saw a headlight flash be-
tween the buttes across the river IL
startled me. for knew the 202 special
could not be very far west Of us Any
way. | made a quick stop and reversed
and backed tight as I could make il
for Salt Rocks siding Before we had
got a mile l saw the headlight again.
and | knew the 2O2 was against our
order We got into the clear just as
the special went by humming. Nobody
but our train crew and my fireman
knows anything about this"
The three men in front OF me made
no comment as they looked at each 9th
/ or. How was II possible for one train
to have seen the headlight OF another
among the buttes OF the Peace river
country?
II indispensable. Just possible But
70 figure once IN how many times
vista would have opened for a single
second so one engineer could see the
light Of another would staggcr a multi
perhaps. But there were no sugges-
tons Of that nature that night under
the dispatcher's lamp at the Wickiup.
with the storm driving down the pass
as it drove that night: and yet at
Peace river. where the clouds never
rested, that night was clear Black
burn, getting up. steadied himself on
his feet
eco ia there and lie down." said Cal
lahan To- him. You're used up. old fell
low I can see that I'll take the key.
Don't say a word"
Not word, Blackburn" put IN
Bucks, resting his big hand on the dis
patcher's shoulder There's no harm
done. nobody knows t. Bury the thing
right here tonight You're broke up.
Go in there and lie down"
He took their hands. started to speak.
but they pushed him into Calahan's
room. They didn't want 20 hear any.
thing
An the night it stormed at the wicki.
up. I'm the morning the Irving special.
flying toward Chicago. was far down
the Platte. 40. I was steamng west.
deep IN the heart Of the Rockies
Blackburn lay In Callahan's room II
was o o'clock. and the sun was stream
ing through the east windows when
Fred Norman opened the Office door
Fred could do those things even when
be was sickest Have hemorrhage
one day. scare every body 10 death. and
20 back Co his trick the next He asked
right away for Kit. as he called Black
burn. and when they pointed 70 Gala
hans door Fred pushed Il open and
went In a cry brought the operators
20 him Blackburn was stretched on
his knees half on the floor. half face
downward ou the sofa His head had
fallen between his arms. which were
stretched above Sc. I'm his hands. clasp
ed tight, they found his watch with the
picture ~ his wife ana his baby Had
De asked when De first went into that
room that n glt-w when Dee wreStled. like
Jacob OF old in his agony OF prayer
that his life be taken II only their lives.
the lives of those In his keeping. might
be sparedg l DO not know. They found
him dead
NEXT WEEK.
THE N1GHTMAN'S STORY.
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word wrung its bead OF agony. ct was
answered" be exclaimed. with strange
confidence. there wiz be 10 wreck I
cannot see what will happen. | do not
know what. but there Will be no wreck.
believe me or mott is So
His steadfast manner staggered the
superintendent | could imagine what
he was debating as be looked at Black
burn-wonderiug maybe. whether the
mans mind was gone. Bucks was stag
gered; he looked IL. and as he collect
ed himself to speak again the hall door
opened like an uncanny thing. and we
all started as Callahan burst I'm on US.
What's SOP" he echoed. whats up
heref What did il mean. Blackburn
There's been trouble. hasn't there2
What's the matter with you all2
Bucks2 Is everybody struck dumbT"
Bucks spoke There's lap order
out on ] and the theatrical special. Cal
lahan. We don't know what's happen.
ed" said Bucks sullenly Blackburn
here has gone crazy-or he knows
somehow-there won't be any wreck. -
added the superintendent slowly and
bewilderedly. ITS between O'Fallon's
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ter mechanic sprang NJ each other In
silent fury. 30 man dare say where
II might have ended had not Fred Nor
man staggered between them with his
hands up-but the blood was gushing
from his mouth.
II was pretty serious business. They
caught him as he fell. and the boy lay
on Blackburu's arm limp as a dead
wire. Nobody thought after they saw
that hemorrhage that he would ever
live 70 have another. / was scared sick,
and I never saw man so cut up as
Doubleday. Blackburn was cool In a
second, for he saw quicker than others,
and he knew there was danger OF the
little dispatcher dying right there IN
his tracks. Blackburn stood over him,
as much at home facing death as he
was I'm q fight or IN dispatcher's
chair. He appeared 10 know Just how
TO handle the boy 10 check the gush
and TO know just where the salt was
and how 10 feed it. and he had Double
day telephoning for DR.. Carhart and
me running TO saloon after chopped
Ice In a Jny. When anybody was
knocked out Blackburn was as regular
q nurse as ever you saw. Even switch
men, when they got pinched, kind OF
looked 10 Blackburn
That day the minute he got Fred into
Carhart's hands there was Fred's
trick to take care OF, and nobody, OF
course, but Blackburn TO do IT, He sat
In and picked up the threads and held
them till noon, then Maxwell relieved
him. Doubleday was. waiting outside
when Blackburn left the chair. saw
him put out his hand to the night dis
patcbcr. They spoke a minute and
went out and up Third street toward
Fred Norman's room. 1t was a gloomy
day around the depot. Everybody was
talking about the trouble and the way
IL had begun and the way II had ended
They talked in undertones, little groups
4 In corners and In rooms with the doors
shut There wasn't much OF that in
our day there, and IL was depressing
| went home early TO bed, for was on
nights. but the wind sung so. even in
the afternoon. that ! couldn't quiet
down 10 sleep.
We were handling trains then on the
old single order system. mention this
because In no other way could this par
ticular thing have happened, but there's
no special poIlt In that, since other
particular things do happen all the
time. single ORDER. double order OF no
order system.
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A KANSAS EASTER.
dandei's messiah" Sung Every Year
by Four nnadred sNvedcs

dandeis "Nessinh" Sung Every Year
by Four Huadred sNvedcs
At LindSborg q quaint town. the cen
ter OF Swedish colony in Kansas.
the annual Easter event which the
sturdy farmers and their housewives
look forward TO is the singing of Han
deIs oratorio The Messiah" by "a
rhorus Of 400 trained voices, accompa-
MED by an orchestra and a three man
ual pipe organ which cost 5000.
The oratoriO brings TO the little viii
lage of LindsbOrg. with a population OF
1000. at least 10000 people during the
event In this same little town Nine
Lillian Nordica once gave recital to
an audience OF $500 people. All this
has been made possible aud successful
by the perseverance and toll OF the
colonists.
The Swedish colony was founded in
1867 by Or. Olaf Olson, who had been
minister in his native country and
who, with his friends, purchased 90
600 acres in the Smoky Hill valley to
found Swedish colony-a colony that
was 20 have no saloons and that should
be without vices. Today the Lindsborg
church has 1900 communicates.
DIR. Olson heard 1.-THE Messiah" sung
In England. His people were a sing
Ing race. He returned to the colony
with the idea OF making the singing
Of the oratorio an annual event at
Eastertide in honor and glory OF the
resurrection. II would be something
TO inspire his people. He talked with
the settlers Of the Smoky Hill valley.
They gave from their moager savings
TO bear the expense. Mrs. Carl Swens-
son drilled the first chorus OF forty
voices. The solOists came from Rock
Island. The first oratorlo was "A sue
cess. Seven years ago an auditorium
was built with n seating capacity for
1000. 1t was predicted that not enough
people could be assembled to fiji II.
but II has been crowded every year
since IL was built
The days that the oratorio Is given
. the visitors travel TO LEndsborg by
, train and by wagon. Farmers with
their families drive twenty and thirty
miles to hear the chorus. - Chicago
Tribune.
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uere was TO II. The hind section split
into the standing train like a butcher
knife into a sandwich. 1t made a
mean wreck. and. worse. it made a
lot OF hard feeling at the Wicl1iup.
When the investigation came il was
pretty near up 10 Fred Norman right
from the start, and he knew II. But
Blackburn, who shielded him when he
could. just as all the dispatchers did,
because he was a boy, and a sick one
among men. tried 10 take part OF the
blame himself He could afford II.
Blackburn. His shoulders were broad,
and he hadn't SO much as fly speclr
on his book. Bucks looked pretty
grave when the evidence was all in. and
around the second floor they guessed
that meant something for Norman.
Fred himself couldn't sleep over Il.
and 10 cOmplicate things the engineer
OF the stalled train, who hated Double
day, limited quietly that the trouble
came Ia the first place from Double
days newfangled idea OF putting the
driver shoes behind instead OF ln front
Of the wheels. Then the fat was In the
fire. Fred got hold Of It and. boylike,
sore over his own share I'm the trouble
and exasperated by something Double
day was reported TO have said about
him over at the house. lighted. into
Doubleday about the engine failure.
Doubleday was right 60 his device as
time has proved. but IL was unheard of
then. and, moreover. the assistant mas
ter mechanic, sensitive TO criticism at
any time, was a fearful man to run
against. Sunday morning he and Nor
man met In the tralnmaster's Office.
They went at each other like sparks.
and when Doubleday. who had a hard
mouth. began curslng Fred the poor
little dispatcher. ranking with the
trouble. anyway half sick. went an to
pieces and few at the big fellow like a
sparrowhawk. He threw a wicked left
into the master mechanic before Dou-
bleday could lift a guard. but Walter
Doubleday, angry as he was, couldn't
strike Fred. He caught up both the
boys hands and pushed him. struggling
madly. back against the wall to slap
his face. when froth Of blood stained
Fred's lips, and ne fen faintiug. Just
at that minute Blackburn stepped into
the room.
To wasn't the kind OF q ume-they
weren't the kind OF men-to ask or
volunteer explanations. Blackburn was
on Doubleday I'm a wink. and before
Walter could right himself the night
dispatcher had thrown him headlong
across the room. AS the operators
rushed n Blackburn and the tail mas
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NoAaA not 10 SO. A AT laat
cured him by a simple
home remedy which any
one can give secretly. 1
want every one who has
dru n kenno IS IN their
homes TO know OF this and
uthey are sincere In their
desire TO cure this disease
and viii write 20 me. Twill
tell them Just what the
remedy Is. My address is
Mrs. Margaret Anderson.
Box sos Hillburn. n. Y.
i am sincere in this ofier.
i have sent this valuable
fnrrvrnrNar4 80 rl..aa..,.,., a..
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Il Il It It It It Il s. = Il y = = Il
By
FRANK H.
SPEARMAN


big fellows pretty cl0se-the fellows
who were to turn while I was growing
up among them into managers and
presidents and magnates and some of
them from every day catch-as-catch-can
men with the common aikaH decking
their boots into dead men for whom
marble never rose white enough or high
enough
Blackburn was four years at the
Wick'up on the night trick II wouldn't
have seemed natural 90 see him there
In daylight II needed the yellow gloom
or the OLD Kerosene lamp I'm the room
tho speckod knottod. warped. smoky
pine ceiling losing itself iu black and
Cobwebhcd corners. the smoldering
murk of the soft coal fire brooding I'm
the shabby OLD salamander and outside
in the darkness thc wind screwiug
down the gorge and rafting the shrunk-
en- easements to raise Blackburn IN the
dispatchor's chair. blackburn and the
lamp and the stove and the ceiling and
the gloom-in word. blackburn and
The night trick-they went together.
Before the short line was opened the
No. I and 40 . trains caught practical
ly oN thc coast passenger business.
They were Immensely heavy trains
Month after month we sent out two
and three sections OF them each way.
and they always ran into our division
on the night trick Blackburn handled
an that main line business with mile
age OF ~.1. besides the mountain
branches. s0y 4oo more. and the pas
sengor connections came OF them.
mostly at ui-lr for I ana .
Now three men wrcstle with Black
burns mileage. hut that was before
they found ont that dispatchcrs. al
though something tou-hcr than steel. DO
wear out Moreover. we We're then q
good way from civilization and extra
men IT dispatcher took sick there
was no handy way of filling in. 10 was
JUST dounle up and do the best you
couid.
one lad in The office those days every
Dolly loVed Fred Norman. Tie was or
me burlington. kid ot q fellow who
looked more IKE "a choir boy than a
uain dispatcher. Rut DC was all light
hing-a laughing. restless, artlcss boy
open as boo6 ANA quick as current
ueIe was heiter reason still. though.
why tney loNed tred-the boy had CON
''''- ln"' = why ne was out tn
.-.' '.''' NUS Nl" iii. mother IN DE.
.''' ~,1 20 "I''c BUCKS asking about
"l I'D 0'.'d us aI uAinc'
'o- .'N. iiI9 Ne7N was as white.
'''N '' '' '-.'"'H SNOW and h'
-.f '' -''i u'1.
49,, 'e'"oN
sct with hu. t'- t-~f ur ever saw Bon
Ale.I'ne Bond "ni before hc had been
l-'t .ue an .'nr Doc had Ne.glblr. big as.
-rftt. rnI callahan with "a pipe
in one .'n- 1ad % tennis guide n the
',-er. "lI-.ar ..I over the yard after
.''''' ana lili.e> trying t' figure forty
love N.i-e treI Taught Bucks Che Law
A''" ''.' con say what Dee was o.
.''' 'N.- '-'L -c I'uSlt wa all ever
N"o" '' ever VIII SNOW about handling
'-".''' '-..- ..i'l-l was carrying mes
'' ..i -' WAS signing orders.
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Cured Her Husband OF
Drinking.
Write Her Today and She viii
Gladly Tell You How She Did II.

My husband was hard drinlxer for over %
years and had tried in every way 10 stop but
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and WIN gladly send It TO you II you win buf write
me to-day. AS have nothing whatever to sell.
tWant no money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
GUN CLUB IS ORGANIZED
Weber County Men Have
Organization for Promotion
of the Shooting Sport.

Articles of incorporation of the We
Der Gun club were filed with the sec
rotary of state yesterday by Ogden
men. The headquarters of the club
will be at Hooper. The company is
capitalized for $500, the par value of the
shares being $25. The officers are:
President, Lorenzo Olsen; vice presi-
dent, ]. L. Garner; secretary, J. H.
Garner; treasurer, Charles Garner
These, with William r Flinders
Thomas r. Reed and Frank Arnave,
constitute the board Of directors
The Alpine Dairy & Exchange com
pany, of Alpine, Utah, filed its articles
with the secretary of state yesterday
1t has a capital stock OF $4,000 di-
vided into shares of S1G0 each. The
officers and directors are as follows:
President, J. J. Beck; secretary. James
w. Vance; treasurer, Don G. Strong.
The Leonora Mining & Milling com
pany filed amended articles of incor-
poration, announcing the removal of
it's principal place OF business from
Salt Lake to Milford.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
WILL IMPROVE
SECOND Street
Property Holders Take Action Look
ing Toward Identifying
This Thoroughfare.
H. L. THOMAS is CHAIRMAN
PROPERTY HOLDERS ARE READY
TO ASSIST IN MOVEMENT.

Initial steps looking toward the
formation of a district Improvement
club were taken at a meeting Of some
of the property holders along Second
street yesterday in the office of H. L.
Thomas, in the Bell Telephone build.
ing. The purposes Of the new organi-
zatiOn are to beautify the street, take
care of the property of landlords not
living in Salt Lake in such manner
as 10 prevent such property destroy
ing the general beauty of the street,
and to work toward the opening of
Second street from Canyon Road TO
State street. A committee with Mr.
Thomas as chairman was appointed to
draft a constitution and inquire into
the legal phases of the contemplated
club.
Stirred to action as the result of tie
formation of and the announcement of
the plans and purposes of the Civic
Improvement league, the residents and
property holders on Second street have
organized.
The work of the new body will be
carried on in harmony with the Civic
Improvement league, but will be con-
fined to the identifying and improv-
ing of Second street.
To improve Vacant Property.
One of the first steps to be taken up
ganized will be the matter of improve
ment of vacant property 1t will be
the aim of the organization to have
the property curbed, graded and side
walks placed about it. The proposition
to have grass planted on part of the
vacant lots may also be gone into.
At the present time there are before
the city council petitions asking for
the grading and CUTbing of Second
street. Other petitions ask that the
street be cut though from Canyon
Read TO State street. Both of these
! contemplated improvements will be
watched and fostered by the club AS
soon as these are we'll under way, the
club expects to ask further favors at
the hands of the council.
Interest is General.
Almost all the property holders
along Second street have signified
| their willingness to support the club
! III all of it's proposed movements.
! Among those who hold property on the
| street but who could not attend the
! meeting, were A. G. Ellis and S B.
| Miner. Each of these men telephoned
! TO Mr.. Thomas during the progress of
| the meeting, stating that they would
do all in their power to aid the new
movement.
! Those present at the meeting We're:
J. J. Iangford, Frank T. Roberts,
Judge ]. z. Prick, Glen Miller, A. L.
Thomas, A. H. Welsh, Perry Arson.
! D. e. Kelly, w. H. Bare, Clarence
Warnock, w. D. Mclean, j. F. Mar
shall. c. H. Post, w. n. Clark, and H.
L. Thomas The next meeting of the
1 club will be held during the coming
week Az this gathering will be pre-
/ scented the constitution and bylaws
| governing the body.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01

was not sure of it. though. until to
day, when the ceremony was really
over. / have had to work pretty hard
these last three days"
This morning the couple will leave
Salt Lake for San Francisco. Next
Saturday they Will sail for Japan and
from there they Will go to China.
They will remain there for six or
eight months.
While in China Captain Kirton WI
study conditions there. It is possible
that the captain and his wife will. if
it be not too dangerous, travel into
the interior of China. Upon CONFLICT
ing his work in China, the captain and
his bride will return to the United
States He is under contract TO give
a series of lectures for the Pond Ly-
ceum bureau Of New YG&-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
OFFICIALS ARE IN LINE.
They Will Boost M. & MS Home In
dustry Movement.

The regular meeting of the board of
directors of the Manufacturers and
Merchants association was held last
night at the association headquarters.
The committee appointed to perfect
a system for distributing labels re-
ported that 1t had visited Governor
Cutler and Mayor Thompson, and that
both of the officials had pledged their
support to the movement, and offered
to cooperate with the committee in
any manner possible looking to the
raising of the standard of Utah food
stuffs.
It was decided to abolish the demon
stration of Utah-made goods at the
headquarters of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the association in the Keith-O' Brien
department store during April. Dem
orstrations will begin Monday to con-
tinue through the month.
A resolution was adopted indorsing
the aims and work of the Civic I'm
proVement league.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
WILL STAND BY DECREASE
License Committee viii Again
Recommend $500 Cut for
Wholesale Dealers,

The license committee of the city
council will again recommend the re-
ductiOn in the annual wholesale liquor
license from $1,000 to $4OO, as petit
toned for by the Baer Bros Mercan-
tile company The committee recon-
mended the reduction two weeks ago,
but the council referred the matter
back for further investigation
The committee has decided TO stand
it's ground. Baer Bros. is the only
firm in Salt Lake which does an ex.
clusively wholesale business, and the
only one which will be affected by the
reduction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
MRS. DIXON RESIGNS.
Cashier in County Clerks Office Will
Leave the City.

Mrs. Cora S. Dixon. for six years
cashier in the county clerks office,
severed her connection with the office
yesterday, and will remove to Ia
coma, Wash, where she will make her
home in the future. Mrs. Dixon re-
signed in order to accompany her
daughter. who is compelled on ac-
count of her health, to live in a lowd
altitude. to Tacoma.
Mrs. Dixon was presented yesterday
with handsome gold bracelet by hef
associates. The bracelet was suitably
engraved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
BONDS ARE CARRIED.
Granite School District Will Make
Some improvements.

The bonds for new school houses and
repairs on existing school houses We're
carried yesterday in an election in the
Granite school district. The bond
issue was overwhelmingly carried in
the Jordan school district last Friday
The total vote for the bonds was $50
for and SO against l..
The following is the result of the
votes cast in the different polling
places:
Granger: 20 ayes: noes.
Sugar: ayes; noes.
Mill Creek: So ayes; 10 noes.
Farmer Ward: Sc ayes; 9 noes.