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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

CLIMBS FROM OFFICE BOY
NOW HAS CHARGE OF GOUlD'S
ENTIRE SYSTEM.

d. E. Cain, whose appointment as
assistant vice president of the Denver
& Rio Grande with headquarters at
Denver takes place Jan. l, has a nota-
BILE record. In thirty years service he
has lost but seven out of a total of
1886 days.
Mr.. Cain has worked himself up from
office boy in the employ of the Chicago
e Northwestern.
Mr. Cain will have complete charge
of operation of the Denver & Rio
Grande, according to common report.
Charles 5. Schlacks is vice president of
the Rio Grande, and some surprise is
created through the existence of two
vice presidents. This is explained by
the announcement that Mr.. Schlacks
will devote his time to the financial end
i'm the future. These duties have been
large owing TO the extensions, improve
ments and changes being made by the
Gould system in Salt Lake and the
building of the Western Pacific toward
the coast
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
BIG PROFIT IN FEW DAYS
Davis G. Levitt Clear $500 on First
and o Street Prop
ertv

That property in the northeast section
of Salt Lake is moving with great &C
tivity was demonstrated yesterday when
A. Richter announced that the corner
property at First and streets, sold to
Davis & Levitt several days ago for 3d.
800, has been resold to Thomas sheldon
of Diamondville, Wyo., for $4,000.
The Sdie is a cash transfer and the
new purchaser will go on With Davis
q Levitts plans for $4,000 apartment
house on the property, which has a
frontage of 122I2 feet on First street and
a depth of 165 feet on o street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

W
added to the public library Monday morn
ing, Dec. 81 1906:
Miscellaneous.
Anthony, Susan B.-'Life and Works -
vols
Beowuf.
Buel & HilI-"Reinforced Concrete"
Cook & NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from Old
English Poetry"
Choate-"AddreSses and OratiOns.'
Cynewulf-"Elane.'
Observation-Disclosures Proverbs.
FreemanS"GeneraI Sketch of History"
Houghton-"Telling Bible Stories
bian Exposition" (reference)
Roosevelt Messages and Speeches, y
vol 2
Rouse. Educational Documents" (ref-
Shoemaker-"Winged Wheels in
France"
Thomson-"Herbert Spencer
Whiting-"Land of Enchantment
German Books.
Suderman--"Es War" 'Geschwister.
Suttner-''Martha's Kinder" 'Hoffen
Nieder.' vols.
Wolff-"Die Hohkonigsburg." Der
Raubgraf."
DonnelI-"very Small Person
Distractions of Martha.
Keon-.'Not Judgment"
Kiukead-'Invisible Bond.
Mathews-'U
Moore Memoirs of My Dead Life"
ChiIdren's Books.
Good-"Magical Experiments
Hough-'Hing of Gee WhiZ.'
Iossing-"Two Spies.
1.ummis-"ISand of PCco Tempo.
Nicolay-"Boys' Life of Abraham Lin
coln.''
Sweetser-"Boys and Girls From George
Eliot
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
Credit for Eighteen Days.

by the same contract the city prom
ised to give Moran a premium of $50
per day for every day before July Is,
1905, he should have completed his
work.
"As a matter of fact, Moran did not
complete the work until Aug 10, 1906,
or twenty-six days after July Is, 1906,
but the board of public works suspend
ed the work on the conduit from Feb
10, 1906, until April (date to be inserted
by the board. 1906. by reason of the
change in the plans for the construc-
lion of the conduit. This suspension
extended forty-four days.
IF from this forty-four days which
Moran was delayed by reason of this
order there should be deducted the
twenty-six days which elapsed after
July 10, 1905, before the work was COM
pleted, eighteen days is the actual
amount of the premium Mr.. Moran
would have earned under the contract,
had he not been delayed by the order
of the board as aforesaid"
Moran will probably accept the
amount allowed him by the board un-
der protest, and viii probably carry
his claim to the courts for final ad-
5udiCatiOn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

One of the most appropriate gifts
FOR the New Year is a Bank Book
with sum credited therein. This
company issues pass books upon the
receipt Of one dollar or more for each
account, and will mail them direct
to the recipients or deliver them to
the person making the gift.
A deposit account encourages
thrift and economy, teaches business
methods and is available in the hour
of need.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Ashbv Snow to Claude ": Gates,
part lot l. block -, plat D.: 81 40
CT Granger to Ellen Julian. lots
). etc, block 1, Kimbalrs subdi- -ao
vision .'..' wv
Rachel l. Lewis to Frances A. Lang
ton, lot ., block 2, Langton Park.
croban1 lawrence to Worcester
IruS Isl o9 n 500
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
SKATE FOR CHARITY.
Infants to Benefit at Wasatch Rink
Next Thursday.

The proprietors of the Wasatch skat-
ing rink have given the use of the rink
for next Thursday to the women i'm
charge of the Infants Home and Day
Nursery on l street, ana from 10 O'Clock
in the morning till 1890 at night the
patronage of the rink will be divided
equally between the home and the rink
The women in charge will ask that
their friends give up the day to skating
for the sake of the little orphans Tea
will be served during the afternoon
and number of the leading women in
terested in the home will be on hand
to serve it.
If you like hot stuff you will like
MOUNTS Mexican Hot.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
UTAH STANDS HIGH.
Figures on Railroad Construction for
the Year 1906.

A table which will appear in the Rail-
way Age for December will show that
six railroads have constructed 1906
miles of track during 1906. This state
ranked high among all other states in
the Union during the past year from a
railroad building standpoint. Nearly
twenty-five states fell away below this
record, while very few passed it, Ne
vada's six infant lines built 360.S7 miles
of track during the year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
MARKET WELL STOCKED.
Dealers Prepared to Furnish Mate
rails for Feast.

Commission men are cOngTatulating
themselves on the fact that this New
Years market, unlike some of those
which have passed. will have a full
supply of everything on hand for the
needs of the housewife.
Shipments of all kinds were arriving
all day yesterday and UP to a late
hour last night, and if there is a short
age in any one line, dealers yesterday
were unable to think of it. Apples
have been arriving in carloads for some
time past from Oregon, California and
Utah points, while small fruits of all
kinds are in abundance. Bananas and
all kinds of tropical fruits are plentiful.
as well as the more hardy northern va
rieties. The sales yesterday were very
large, but dealers say that Mondays
business will be even greater.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
TIRES OF Welded LIFE.
Mrs. Alice r. Gray, Married Al Years
Ago, Seeks Divorce.

After forty-one Years of married life
Mrs. Alice r. Gray filed SUIT in the dis
trict court yesterday for divorce from
her husband. Andrew Gray. who. she al
leges. has for the last twelve years been
an habitual drunkard- They were mar
ried in Philadelphia, Pa, I'm 1866 Mrs.
Gray has lived in Salt Lake for five
years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
TRANSFER YOUR LETTER
FILES.

We can fit you out with fling cases
cabinets and indexes.
BREEDEN OFFICE SUPPLY CO.,
System Experts. so W. I'd So
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
PERSONAL.

Mrs. ". II. Jones leaves the latter part
Of the week for southern California 10
spend the winter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
FA|RCHILD IS
READY TO RETURN
Had Little or Nothing to Do
With Action for Which He
Was Indicted.
NO PROFIT WAS DERIVED
FORMER SECRETARY SoJoURN.
ING AT ROME.

Rome Dec. 29.-Charles S. Fairchild.
ex-secretary of the United states treas
ury, who, with George w. Perkins of
New York was indicted yesterday by
the grand jury 1t that city in connee-
ton with the affairs of the New York
Lille Insurance company. has been
here for three weeks. Mr. Fairchild
said:
THE matters referred to are probably
in connection with the Chicago &
Northwestern and the St Paul railroad
securities, of which the insurance COM
pdny held large amounts. Under it's
bylaws the company il was believed
must remove the stocks from its assets.
and 1t could not sell such large
amounts of inactive stocks without Sc
rlous loss, and apparently requested
the trust company, of which am pres
ldent, to take these stocks and hold
them until advantageous sales could be
made. The books of the trust company
SHOW that these stocks were taken.
Changed to Loans.
subsequently for some reason the
holdings were changed into the form of
loans to individuals, and late, / am
told, the stocks We're sold at a profit of
several hundreds of thousands of do:-
lars to the policy-hc!ders of the insur-
go SOnipSiiy, Win 10 pTOHC OF dd-
vantage to any other company or indi-
Vfduals. The transaction occurred long
ago, and | cannot now be certain about
the details. What | state is based upon
a recent examination of the trust COM
pany's books and from statements
made to me by others. / have no re-
collection Of any affair connected with
the Prussian bonds.
u. personally, derived no profit from.
the transactions on which the indici-
ments are based, which were entirely
for the benefit of the poliey-holders of
the New York Life Insurance eompa-
n.y." o
Mr.. Fairchild is awaiting develop
ments and is ready to return to Amer
lea Immediately. if necessary
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
|MORAN'S CLAIM
CUT TO $3.50
Board of Works, Backed by
City Attorney, SlaSheS Con-
duit Bonus.
WEATHER PLEA IGNORED
ALLOWANCE MADE ONLY FOR
ALTERATION OF PLANS.

At a special meeting of the board OF
public works held at the city and coun-
ty building yesterday afternoon, the
claim Of p. ]. Moran. general. contract
or, for a bonus of $3.50, was shaved
down by the board ON the advice of the
city attorney. Judge Ogden Hiles. to
50. $50 "a difference in the city's favor
of $4,000.
At the meeting the claim was
threshed out from beginning to end,
and il was decided that instead of a bO-
mus of $3.50 per day for sixty-one days,
Moran is entitled to a bonus for eight
cen days.
The decision of the board rested upon
an Interpretation of the letter of Dec.
IA, which was mailed to Moran Feb. g.
.City Attorney Hiles holds that the let
ter is not a mandatory order to sus-
pend work, but merely calls the con-
tractors attention to the fact that the
contract provides that no concrete shall
bbe laid when the temperature is below
81 degrees above zero. This interpreta-
ltion upsets Moran's contention that the
claims for bonus should begin Dec. q
with the exception of the days when
he worked, which was deducted from
his computation of the amount of bo-
nus he alleged was due to him.
Those who were in attendance at the
meeting were Mayor Ezra Thompson
City Attorney ogden Hiles, City En-
sineer Louis c. Kelsey, Assistant City
iEngineer C. o. Clancy, Councilman
Thomas Holiday, President F. J. Leon
ard, and w. j. Halloran, c. d. Rock
hedge, Sam Barlow of the board OF
public works. and Contractor P. ]. Mo-
IAN.
Weather Plea Ruled Out.
President Leonard of the board ruled
that there was no record of the for
NAL order to suspend work on the con-
duit before Feb. 9, the date the letter
dated Dec. "a was given to Moran. City
Attorney Hiles ruled that as the basis
for discounting the work was that the
weather was too cold that the delay
was caused by no action of the board
and that this delay should not be con
Sidered in the claim for the bonus.
Has the board the right to grant the
bonus for the time the work was sus-
pended by reason of the cold weather.
asked c. D. Rookledge of Attorney
Hiles.
No, you have not" was the answer
of the attorney.
Il will be the sufferer" said Moran
when asked for his views of the mat
ter. Whatever trouble there has beer
has resulted from the failure of the
board or the engineers office to keeI
proper and full records. I don't want
one day bonus that does not belong tc
me-
City Attorney Hiles drew up the fol-
lowing proposition, which was SUBJ
united to the board and unanimously
adopted upon the motion of BOARD
Member Barlow
Under this contract with the city
Moran bound himself to pay $3.50 a:
Iiquidated dana ges for each day after
July Is, 1906, his work on the conduit
should remain unfinished.
Hredif for Efdbfaan nave
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY.

The following thirty-five books will he
added to the public library Monday morn
ing Dec 81. 1906
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
SALT LAKE SECURITY AND
TRUST COMPANY.

Security & Trust Bldg.
80 and "a Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

TO REPEAT MUSIC-The special music
rendered at st. Mary's Catholic cathedral
Christmas day will be repeated at to-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-12-22
A Unique Reward.

Tagish Charlie, the Indian who first
found gold in the Klondyke creeks
and reported his discovery to white
men, was rewarded by the Dominion
Government in a fashion as unique as
it is discreditable to the authorities.
In consideration of the public service
he had rendered and on payment of
$4,000 he received the privilege, ac-
corded to no other Indian in Canada
of purchasing whiskey. as poor
Charlie avails himself of his privilege
by getting drunk nearly every day,
and is as regularly fined $25 by the
White Horse yukon territory police
magistrate, the period Of his riches
he is said to be worth 500, 600
may be accurately calculated.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-12-22
BUCKS WEATHER,
WRECK AND MUD.
Sale of Lots of Colorado Southern Addition Survives
the Elements and Proves a Success--$30,OOO
Worth Of Property Sold.

this day all the transactions in ths
manufacturers subdivision tool
place. The crowd that went on
there Tuesday went for business, ant
soon the public auction was discon
tinued and heart to heart talks be-
tween purchasers and vendors was
the order Of the day. I want thai
piece Of land, and will give you SC
much for it, a purchaser would say
No, we are asking so much for it, '
the vendor would reply. A middle
ground would be reached, or the deal
declared off, as the case might be.
In this way we are told that about
the same prices which prevailed at
the auction sale Monday were paid
for everything bought at private sale.
To show that the people of Opelousas
have confidence in the Colorado
Southern Addition, we may say right
here that most Of the purchases at
private sale were made by home peo-
pie, and, as we said before, the prices
paid were about the same as those
paid by the strangers who bought at
auction. Several strangers, who had
remained over for that purpose,
bought at private sale also.
The day at the Addition Monday
was very pleasantly spent, notwith-
standing the ugly humor Of the
weather man. The large circus tent
protected the people from the wind
and cold, and there were many ladies'
present. The barbecue, consisting Of
beef, mutton, pork and chicken, was
enjoyed by the big crowd, and all had
bountifully, preparation having been
made for FIVE thousand people.
All in all, the auction sale Of city
lots in the Colorado Southern Addi-
tion to Greater Opelousas, the Com
ing Railroad Center of Southwestern
Louisiana, was decided success,
and would have been q glowing one
but for the drawbacks.
N. B.Since the above was put in
type information reaches US that the
sale Of lots and truck farms at pri-
vate sale continued Wednesday, and
SO far the aggregate amount will
come to over $50, 900. The lots are
holding their value.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-12-22
THE WASHINGTON HIGH
SHOOL ANNEX FINE EDIFICE

The annex to the Washington
High School will be completed by the
end Of this month, and when the
finishing touches are put on it our
sister town will be able to boast of a
modern and handsome school edifice.
The annex is 40x60, with a 12-foot
gallery all around it.
The Washington High School is
the second in Importance in the
parish, being next only to the st.
Landry High School in 0pelousas in
point of attendance and size Of faculty.
It was the second High School es-
tablished in the parish, and as the
school grew in size and Importance it
became evident that the building was
inadequate for the purpose, and on
September 7th last an election for
the levying of a special tax Of three
mills for FIVE years was held in the
town, this tax money to be used in
enlarging the building. The election
was carried almost unanimously, and
the erection Of the large annex com
menced at once. The plans had al
ready been prepared by Mr. George
g. Pulford, of Opelousas, and Mr..
Thos. McCafery, of Washington,
secured the contract Provisions
were made for sanitary closets, mo-
dern school furniture, etc.
The tax money is collectable next
year, but we are informed that it will
not be necessary to enforce its pay
ment, as it is proposed to pay for the
entire building with the liquor license
money. The first note Of $1,000 has
already been taken up with q surplus
of the liquor license, and it is prac-
tically assured that the source Of this
revenue will not be less for the COM
ing year, at least, and If this is a
fact, the special tax will not be col
lected at all.
The Washington High School has
| "a faculty of seven teachers, with
Prof. A. w. Bittle, an able, consciem-
ton and energetic educator, as Prin-
lcipal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-12-22

Judge Albert ". Dejean, who shot
and wounded two negroes who re-
fused to give him the right-of-way in
the public road, came to town last
Saturday and furnished a bond Of two
hundred and fifty dollars, B. H. Pavy
going his surety. The negro Charles
Guillory, who it was thought would
die from the wound, has about re-
covered. The charge is shooting
with intent to murder.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-12-22
|ELKS RUN FOUL
| OF WEATHER NAN.
The First Elk's Circus for Opelausas HAS 10
be Postponed
UNTIL SUNDAY. TOMORROW.
The Large Tent Will be Pitched ON the Hook
3 Ladder Iof. and the Carnival
Of Fun will Begin at Seven.

The Elks could not pull off their
big Circus last Monday night, as ex-
tensively advertised.
The rain had rendered the grounds,
newly worked and travelled over all
day, nasty and sloppy, and the cold
weather coming on top Of that, made
it advisable for the boys to postpone
the fun until some other time, when
all could attend, and tomorrow even
ing, at Z o'clock, at the Hook & Lad
der grounds, was selected as the time.
Extensive preparations had been
made. The large tent, covering
nearly block of ground, d Ia Ring
ling Bros, had been pitched for seye-
raj days, and the interior thereof had
been provided with rings, animal pens,
hay for the elephants, and everything
necessary for a first-class circus.
On Monday morning the Elks as
sembled at Fraternity Hall, as per ap-
pointment, and everything was gotten
ready for the street parade, which
was to have taken place at ten o'clock,
but the streets were in such condi-
tion that the parade of ferocious ami
mails, sleeping beauty, etc, had to be
abandoned, and the cages sent back
to their quarters. The Elks, however,
paraded on the sidewalks, twoabreast,
accompanied by martial music made
up Of tin-horns, whistles, bells, and
other noise-making devices. In this
way they started the crowd TO the
circus grounds, where the sale Of
lots Of the Colorado Southern Addi-
tion took place.
There were several visiting Elks
from New Orleans and other places,
who had come to help out the home
boys in their novel entertainment.
Messsrs. w. G. Tebault, Tranchina,
Murphy, and others, Of New Orleans,
were among the number Of visitors
from New Orleans. and they were TO
have taken part in the fun. They
have promised to return tomorrow
Sunday and to bring with Dthem Ma
yor Behrman, who is q prominent Elk
and finished Snowman.
There was disappointment on every
hand at the inability of the Elks to
pull off their circus. The people here
and in the neighborhood had been
waiting anxiously for this grotesque
performance, and many Of the visit
ors had come for the purpose of see
ing an Elk Circus" Naturally, the
local Elks were among the most dis
appointed. Besides the extensive
preparations, requiring time and
labor, considerable expense had been
undergone, all of which, however, will
not be loss, as the performance at
the Hook & Ladder grounds to-mor-
row is announced to be the same as
was to have taken place at Colorado
Southern Addition. The same cos
tunes will be used, as Mrs. Smell and
her son, OF New Orleans, who were
here with the regalia, will return with
them on tomorrow; and If anything
the show will be greater than pro-
posed, as the local actors will have
more time to rehearse.
Don't forget the Elks' Circus, on
the Hook & Ladder Grounds, to-mor-
row, Sunday, beginning at 7 o'clock
P. N. It will be the funniest thing
you ever saw.
Judge Albert ". Dejean, who shot
and wounded two negroes who re-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-12-22
oPELoUsAs, LA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER p, 1906.
FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
Raffles Prohibited in AbbeviIle--Shoots Sweetheart
Two Days Before Wedding--PreacherD Drinks
Beer and Comes to Grief.

was stealing ride, were killed out
right, and a negro substitute mai
clerk was seriously injured. The en-
gineers of the two trains, when they
saw that collision was inevitable
jumped, and in that way saved theil
lives. Wrong orders are responsible
/ for the accident.
The apparent discrepancy Of
81 ,855.2 .27 in favor Of the parish OF
Acadia reported some time ago by an
expert who examined the books of
Sheriff Murrell has turned into one OF
/ $536.21 in favor of the sheriff, upon
a second examination by the same ex-
| pert. So instead Of Murrell owing
the parish, the parish owes him.
A Crowley dispatch of the 18th
says: Mayor Shelby Taylor to-day
received a check for 100000 from
the sale Of the bonds issued by the
lcity of Crowley to cover the cost of
installing a sewerage system, extend
ing the Waterworks and erecting a
public school in South Crowley. The
city is in possession of the money
before the bonds are delivered.
The Franklin Banner says: Last
Wednesday at Adeline Mr.. Louis
Thomas shot and mortally wounded
his sweetheart, Miss Matte Coulter,
and then killed himself. The couple
were to have been married in a few
days. The young man being heavily
in debt and feeling that he could not
provide for the girl whom he was
about to marry, led him to commit
the rash act.
Dispatches announce that what
promises to be the first step toward
developing the almost inexhaustible
hardwood resources of Calcasieu par
ish was taken last Saturday night,
when party of Illinois capitalists
closed deal for 1900 acres Of
hardwood timber land lying along a
twenty-mile stretch of the Sabine
River bottoms, near Merryville, in the
western portion Of the parish. The
cash consideration was $4,000.
The land is heavily timbered with oak,
ash and hickory, and steps will at
once be taken to convert it into mer-
charitable lumber. Calcasieu parish
adjoins St. Landry parish, and the
latter is equally as rich in timber
lands Of the same quality.
A Baton Rouge special to the Pic
ayune announces that the Southern
Bitulithic Company, which has laid
some 100000 yards of street paving
in that city during the past year, is
preparing to complete its contract,
and that the paving of the streets of
Baton Rouge, for a time at least, will
also come to an end. The entire
business portion of the city has been
paved, and is in excellent condition
except on the street paved with as
phalt some years ago, where the sur
face is broken and apparently rotting
out at various points. 1t has been
said that these places are caused by
the escape of gas from defective
mains and various other causes are
attributed, and there is a suit now
pending which might clear the mat