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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
NAXXAENS
90. KIN 1X'X
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Mrs. A c. Ewing and Mrs. w. C. AL
exander were the hostesses yesterday
afternoon at a bridge party given in
the Kenyon in compliment TO Miss
Elizabeth CosgT-iff Four tables were
filed with the players and prizes We're
won by Miss Elizabeth Cosgriff and
Mrs. L. Seton Lindsay. The rooms
were bright with pink carnations and
ferns and the friends to meet the guest
Of honor were Miss Cosgriff, Mrs. j. B..
COsgTiff, Mrs. Wilbur W. Flagg, Mrs.
David s. Murray, Mrs. Richard A
Reyes, Mrs. David Keith, Mrs. Clifford
r. Pearsall, Mrs. George w. Rose. Miss
Gertrude McGrath, Miss Leta McMil-
Ian, Mrs. NJ. II. Kriebel, Miss Lillian
Fitch, Mrs. Elbridge Thomas, Mrs. Da-
Vid r. Gray, Mrs. 3. G. Lockwood,
say, Mrs. NJ. l.. Bishop, Mrs. H. T..
Cleaver, Mrs. Ashby Cleveland, Mrs.
N M. Wick, Mrs. Il. d. Niles, Mrs. H.
R. Perry and Mrs. A. NJ. Smith.
X y
Mrs. z. o. Howard has issued invita-
tions for a large luncheon to be given
next Saturday in honor Of Mrs. George
Jay Gibson and Mrs. Dana t. Merrill.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Kiser are home
after a stay Of a month in the east
They visited all through Iowa and
went to Chicago and up into Michigan
for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Jennings en-
tertained q party Of twelve at q dinner
at their home in Second street.
Miss Laura Sherman entertains at a
luncheon at the University club today
in compliment to Miss Elizabeth Cos
griff.
Miss Elsa Green is back from a stay
Of some two weeks in Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. F. Fenton enter
tanned at a dinner last evening for
Judge and Mrs. Bartlett Trip Of South
Dakota
x4a
Mr.. and Mrs. Alma w. Cowan are
here on their wedding trip and are
guests Of MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Lynn at
42S Second street.
Miss Gertrude Richards is in Denver
visiting friends for a short time.
The tourist section Of the Ladies
Literary club will meet this morning
at the club house. Mrs. S. F. Fenton
Will read paper on the Sacred
Mountain and the MOnasteries of Chi
ma" and Mrs. James L. Franken will
speak of "China's First Foreign War
x
Mrs. N. L. Green and Mrs. J. D. La
Forge entertained the guests of the
Manitou Sunday evening at an infor-
NAL musicale. Several well known ar
lists took part IN the programme.
y
The women of the First P.resby-
terrain church will give q get togeth-
er" dinner to the men Of their congTe-
cation at the church on Jan. % at 6
o'clock.
A number Of friends gathered Friday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Flora
Nelson to celebrate the birthday Of
her mother, Grandma" Hart, who was
SO years old. During the afternoon
grandma" sang a song. The invited
guests were Mesdames White, Geddes,
Sibley, Mcclure, Sutherland, Norman,
Sullivan, Bates, Thomas, Young, Ress
Grange, BirreII, SatOrtas, Buchanan
Powell, George, Robinson, Pearson,
Baker and Stirling.
Y
Mrs. @. Hill was hostess at a farewell
party given at Bingham Junction in
honor of Miss Ollie Blarger, who left
yesterday for California.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
USEFUL DISCOVERIES

Are Not Always Startling, Neither Do
They Create the Most Talk.
It IS not always the greatest, most
startling discoveries Of science that are
most useful to the human race.
Comparatively few people were direct
Iy interested IN Herschefs finding Of the
new plant Uranus, but many thousands
have been benefited by Professor I'm
mas experiments, which proved beyond
question that DandTuff and Badness
are the results Of the inroads of q para
site germ which invades the roots Of
the hair.
The discovery Of the true cause of
badness made NewbrO's Herpfcide pos
sible Herpicide effectua1y kills this
germ. Destroy the cause you remove
the effect
Smith Drug Co.. Special Agents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local OF.
flee of the Weather Bureau.

Maximum temperature, 80 degrees; min
imum temperature, % degrees; mean
temperature, "a degrees. which is de-
grees above the normal
Accumulated excess Of temperature
since the first Of the month. degrees
accumulted excess of temperature since
Jan. 1, 5 degrees.
Total precipitation from 6 p. m. to
.. m, none; accumulated deficiency of
precipitation since the first Of the month,
% inch; accumulated deficiency Of pre-
cipitatiOn since Jan. l. 20 inch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

Several generals on both sides were
killed or wounded" says a dispatch
regarding a conflict in Santo Domingo.
Inasmuch as you couldn't throw a
brick at either army without hitting
a general the statement that several
generals were killed OF wounded seems
superhuous. Now If a private had
been hurt that would have been news,
indeed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

The ship subsidy bill ought to be
passed, says one Of its supporters,
because it VIII encourage the building
of ships in which to carry our soldiers
to foreign countries with which we
may become involved in war. And
who was the lady that cried because
her baby daughter might get married
and have a baby that might die?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

President Roosevelt was, unfOrtu-
nately, so busy passing out patronage
10 senators that he didn't have time
to participate in the Antelope Island
buffalo hunt, Nevertheless the gentle
men who were there managed TO kill
the allotment OF buffaIoes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

Evidently brokers sometimes lose
their own money. On no other
hypothesis is it possible to account for
the suicide OF a Cleveland broker who
lost $500, 900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

Why, yes, Best Beloved, it is entirely
probable that the reason our esteemed
contemporary continues it's violent
bowling against the late Democratic
administration is to distract attention
from the mistakes Easy Ez" has al
ready begun to make.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

It is now said that there is posi-
bflity that McCurdy will turn states
evidence. 1t is to be hoped, however,
that no bargain viii be made by which
he will get his old Job back. His tes-
tfmony would not be worth that con-
ce9SiOu
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

The statement Of Boss" Durham Of
Philadelphia that he is going to retire
from politics is amusing. The people
of Philadelphia have retired politics
from him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

It is surely not possible that the ''re-
formers" will fail to add the cutting
Of cakes for rings at weddings, pro-
gressive euchre parties and all that sort
Of thing TO their index expurgatorius
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
LOS ANGELES EXCURSION

Feb, 10, via Salt Lake Route. $33 rount
trip, good for thirty days. Important
to make early application.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

A witness who knows all about stan
dard OIL affairs has been discovered
The witness is neither Ida NJ. Tarbel
nor Thomas w. Lawson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
But Don't Blame the DOCS.

milwaukee SentineL)
Dltra-fashionable dogs In New York
are now wearing earrings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
Time Table
IN EFFECT
JAN. I, 1906
csaL
sS4'1M.'s
Es
ARRIVE.

ARRIVE.
Omaha 48 aaa s. SO Koai;. Kansas sis an
No Rf @Fg rom S 9gdgR P Psgrdo $50 n
No @sS mFsQ 60,S Ogden and inter $3.50 n
No. 12-From Ogden, Cache
B EaiIlSy and and lHtsfmsdiat@ lI:45aR
S 9Saf9 and iatermodiat: k05 pm
No. From ogden, Chicago.
st. Louis, Kansas City.
P Pmfsfi; Denver .a,':. and San Sl5pm
No, 10-From Ogden, Cache
g Sn5lf Fra Batts; Portland and TBS NJ
DEPART.
No. 5-For Ogden, Omaha,
GGih city s6d ST Pe HDsfs: Kansas 7:l0 u
Rqt5s s9p P P599sisoo and IN 1880 n
Nc For Ogden. Omaha.
Chicago, Denver. Kansas
F FI5S Sc Louis. Louis and San l:5o pm
Ne ley and nt 9E9s9 Gso Poin Hs 48 N
No 1I-FOr ogden, Omaha
P S6iiS!sso and intermediate SIS pm
k k5Psas and fi G&los 9aaha. St 6e5 pm
No. 9-FOr Ogden, Cache val
ley, Butte, Helena, Portland
m ad tsFp p0infS and inter ll:S pm
D. E. hurley, C.
D. 8. SPENCER, A G. p A
City Ticket Office, POI Main Street
Telephone $50.
Note.-The train numbers shown aboye
are oregon Short Line train numbers and
do not apply to the Southern Pacific west
Of Ogden. or the Union Pacific east
thereof:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
ADJUSTMENTS TO-DAY.

ORPHEUM-After ana night,
vaudeville
LYRIC-"JoIly GiyIs Burlesquers.'
GRAND-"Captain herne, Z. 5. A.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
CpOu
THE METALS.

Silver, 55Ssc per ounce.
Copper, IS5zc per pound.
Lead, in ore $3.50; New York, $3.50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Jennings en-,
tertained q party Of twelve at q dinner
at their home in Second street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16

CITY TICKET OFFICE.
Y West Second South Phones 1885.
]. L. MOORE. Dist. Pass. Agt.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-18
Adopt Contract Plan

After much consideration the plan
already promulgated by the Secretary
of War was adopted. This plan in its
essential features was drafted. after
careful and thorough study and con-
sideration. by the chief engineer Mr.
Stevens, who. while in the employment
of Mr. Hill. the president Of the Great
Northern Railroad. had personal ex-
perience of this very type of contract
TO the chairman OF the commission
Mr.. Shonts. who went carefully over
it with Mr. Rogers, the legal adviser
of the commission. to see that all legal
difficulties were met He then sub
mitted copies OF the plan to both Sec
rotary Taft and myself Secretary Taft
submitted 1t TO some of the best coun-
sci at the New York bar. and after
ward / went over it very carefully
with Mr. Taft and Mr. Shonts. and
we laid the plan in its general fea-
lures before Mr. Root My conclusion
is that il combines the maximum of
advantage with the minimum of dis
advantage Under IT a premium will
be put upon the speedy and econon-
zeal construction OF the canal. and a
penalty imposed on delay and waste
The plan, as promulgated. is tentative.
doubtless ii Will have 10 be changed
In some respects before we can come
to a satisfactory agreement with re-
sponsible conxractors-perhaps even
after the bids have been received: and
of course il is possible that we can
case the Government will do the work
itself Meanwhile the work on the
isthmus is progressing steadily and
without anV letup
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-18
Maintain Good Schools

Inasmuch as so many both of the
white and colored employees have
brought their families with them.
schools have been established, the
school service beng under Mr.. ICON
nor For the white pupils White Amer
lean teachers are employed. For the
colored pupils there are also some
white American teachers. one Spanish
teacher and one colored American teach
from Jamaica. Barbados and St Lucia.
The school-ooms were good. and II was
Z pleasant thing 10 see the pride that
the teachers were taking in their work
and their pupils.
There seemed TO me to be too many
saloons in the zone, but the new high
license law which goes into effect on
January l next will probably close
four-6f1hs OF them Resolute and sue
cessfuI efforts are being made 10 min
iuIze and control the sale OF liquor
The cars on the passenger trains on
tins lsthmus are divided into first and
second class, the difference being
marked in the price of tickets. AS a
rule secon6-class passengers are coll
ored and hrSt-class passengers white.
but IN every train which I saw there
were number of white second-class
passengers. and on two OF them there
vera colorsd nrst-class passengers.
Next in Importance 10 the problem OF
sanitation. and indeed now of equal
and caring for the mechanics lahorers
and other employees who actually do the
work on the canal and the railroad.
At present there are some 5000 white
employees and some $4,000 colored en-
psoysS on the isthR1us
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Proud of Americans

Nearly 5000 OF the white employees
had come from the United States No
men energetically doing their duty
without e thrill OF pride in them as
Americans They represent on the av
erage z high class. Doubtless 10 Con-
gress the wages paid them seem high.
but as a matter OF fact the only gen
eral complaint which / found had any
real basis among the complaints made
10 me upon the iSrhmus was that ow-
ing 10 the peculiar surroundings, the
cost OF living. and the distance from
nome the wages were really not as
high as they should be In fact al
most every man I spoke 10 felt that he
ought 10 be receiving more money!
view. however. which the average man
who stays At home in the United States
probably likewise holds as regards
himself. Later I shall confer on the
subject with certain representative la
Dor men here in the United States, as
well as going over with Mr.. Stevens the
and al home. and I may then commu-
nicste my findings to,the canal commit
tees OF the two houses
The white Americans are employed.
some Of them in Office work. but the
majority in handling the great steam
shoTels- as engineers and conductors on
great repair shops. as carpenters and
tiUekeepers. superintendent and fore
men OF divisions and OF gangs, and so
on and so on. Many of them have
brought down their wives and fam
lies; and the children when not in
school are running about and behaving
precisely as the American small boy
and small girl behave Al home
The housewives purchase their sup
plies directly or throu~A their hus-
bands. from the couln1issary stores OF
the commission. all to whom I spoke
agreed that the supplies were ex-
cellelr, ard all but two stated that
there was no complaint 10 be made /:
these two complained that the prices
-
l did not feel that this complaint was
well founded The married men ate at
home The unmarried men sometimes
ate at private boarding houses. or
private messss- but more often judg-
ing By the answers OF those whom
cues toned. at the Government can
teens or hotels where the meal costs 80
q. l.. Il.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-18
Food Cheap and Good

This 56-cent meal struck me as being
as good meal as we get IN the United
cent meal is provided. Three-fourths
OF the men whom l questioned stated
that the meals furnished at these
Government hotels were good the re-
naming one-fourth that they were not
good 1 myself took dinner at the La
boca Government hotel. no warning
whatever having been given of my
coming There were two rooms az
generally in these hotels. In one the
employees were allowed 10 dine without
their coats. while IN the other they had
10 put them on The 30-cent meal in
cluded soup. native beef (Which was
good, mashed potatoes. peas. beets.
chilli con carne, plum pudding. tea.
co1ee-each man having as much of
there was z bottle Of liquid Quinine
tonic. which wo-thirds of the guests
as / was informed, used every day
There were neat tablecloths and nap
kins-
1 think that the complaint as to the
food on the isthmus has but little
foundation Moreover. I was given to
understand that one real cause OF com
hotels no liquor is served. and some
OF the drinking men, therefore, refused
to go 10 them The number Of men
using the Government hotels is steadily
increasing
OF the nineteen or twenty thousand
day laborers employed on the canal, a
few hundred are Spaniards- These do
excellent work
Their foreman told me that they did
twice as we'll as the West India labor
ers- They keep healthy and no diff
Guilty is experienced with them in any
way. Some italian laborers are also
employed in connection with the drill
ing AS might be expected. with labor
as high priced as at present in the
United States. II has not so far proved
practicable TO get any ordinary labor
ers from the United States. The Amer
lean wageworkers on the isthmus are
the highly paid skilled mechanics of
the types mentioned previously A
steady effort is being made TO secure
Italians. and especially TO procure
more Spaniards. because of the very
satisfactory results that have come
from their employment and their
numbers will be increased as far as
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-18

Of the ordinary laborer stamp Not
only are the men carefully cared for
whenever. they apply for care. but so
Tar as practicable & watch IS kept 70
see that II they need il they are sent
10 the hospitals whether they desire
70 go or not From no responsible
source did any complaint come 10 me
as 70 the management Of the hospital
service. although occasionally q very
ignorant West India negro when he IS
first brought into the hospital becomes
frightened by the ordinary hospital
routine
just at present the health showing
On the isthmus is remarkably good
SO much better than in most sections
Of the United States that / 90 not be-
iieve that il can possibly continue al
quite its present average Thus early
II the present year band OF several
hundred SpaniarCs were brought 10
the isThuus as laborers. and additions
70 their number have been made from
tine 70 time, Vet since their arrival IN
February last but one OF those span
isrds thus brought over 70 Work on
the canal has died OF disease, and he
q typhoid fever.
Two others were killed one n q rail-
road accident and one by dynamite
explosion. There has been for the last
six months a well nigh steady decline
IN the death rate for the population
OF the zone. this being largely due 10
the decrease IN deaths from pneuno-
MIA which has been the most fatal dis
-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-18
STOCKTON CHANNEL
To Be CLEARED

STOCKTON. Dec 17.-The Govern
ment IS TO expend $4,000 this year TO
clear out the bar formed IN Stockton
channel al the junction with Mormon
channel This information was con-
veyed 10 Mayor Gardner today BY Colo
mel HeueT. the Government engineer.
The recent rains sent down a freshet.
forming a sandbar which effectively
closed the channel 70 navigation
Captain de Merritt OF San Francisco.
connected with the Government en-
cheering corps. was sent 10 Stockton
today 10 take soundings with a view
10 having the channel dredged out
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-18
Muck Raker Exposed

The writer in question usually con-
61s6 himself 70 vague general men
dsciIr. but in this case he specidc
stated that there was 70 water IN the
vicinity TT for q reservoir Il drank II.
and X was excellentl. and that this
water anyway. Accompanying this
message. as I have said before. is q
photograph OF the reservoir as myself
saw Il and as Il has been in existence
ever since the article IN question was
published With typical American hu-
NOR the engineering corps still at work
At the reservoir have christened q large
boat which IS now used on the reser-
yotr by the name OF the Individual who
thus denied the possibility OF the res
ervoir's existence.
The result of the Investigation Of one
honest complaint was typical OF what
occurred when ] investigated most OF
the other honest complaints made to
me-thst IS. where the complaints were
not made Wantonly or malicioEsly they
almost always proved due TO failure 10
essary = the creation and completion
derness- II Is impossible 10 avoid some
mistakes in building a giant canal
through jungle covered mountains and
swamps while al the time sanitating
tropic cities and providing for the feed
ing and general care of 10000 to $4,000
workers The complaints brought to
ne either OF insufficient provision in
failure 70 finish the pavements of Co
lon. or Of failure 10 supply water. or OF
failure TO build wooden sidewalks for
the use OF the laborers IN the rainy
season. on investigation proved almost
without exception to be due merely to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-18
Death Rate Is Low

In October there were ninety-nine
deaths Of every kind among the en-
ploves Of the isthmus- There were then
on the rolls 500 whites. seven ghths
Of them being Americans OF these
whites but TWO died Of disease, and as
Il happened neither man was an Ameri-
can OF the 5o0e white Americans, IN
Guiding some 1900 women and children.
not & single death has occurred IN the
past three months. whereas IN an aT-
e-age city in tne United States the
Of people in that time would have been
about thirty from disease This very
remarkable showing cannot OF course,
permanently obtain. but i certainly
the iSthmuS Is not particularly IN
healthy place. In October OF the $4,000
negroes on the roll eighrg-si died from
disease pneumonia being the most de-
strucIlVe disease ana r1aiaTla- Fever
coming second The difncGlIy OF ex-
ercising thorough supervision over
the colored laborers Is, Of course,
greater than IS the case among the
tent 70 take care Of themselves, which
accounts for the fact that their death
rate is so much higher than Inat OF the
whites IN spite OF the fact that they
have been used 70 similar climatic con-
6itions. Even among the colored en-
ploves Il viii be seen that the death
rate is not high
In Panama and Colon the death rate
has also been greatly reduced, this be-
ing directly due 10 the vigorous work
OF the special brigade OF employees who
have been inspecting houses where the
stegomyia mosquito IS 70 be found and
destroying It's larvae and breeding
places and doing similar work in ex-
terminating the malarial mosquitoes
81 short IN performing all kinds Of
hygieltC labor. A little over q year
ago al kinds Of mosquitoes. including
The Two fatal species. were numerous
about the Cule5ra cut.
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President Predicts Completion Panama Canal in Eight Years

the utter inability OF the commission to
Go everything at once
Care and forethought have been ex-
erciseo by the commission and nothing
has reflected more credit upon them
than their refusal either to go ahead
too fast or TO be deferred by the fear
OF criticism from not going ahead fast
enough II IS curious TO note the fact
that many of the most severe critics
OF the commission criticise them for
precisely opposite reasons, some COM
planning bitterly that the work is not
in more advanced condition. while
the others complain that il has been
rushed with such haste that there has
been insufficient preparation for the
hygiene and comfort OF the employees.
AS matter OF fact neither criticism is
just It would have been impossible
70 go quicker than the commission has
gone, for such ouickness would have
meant insufficient preparation. On the
other hand. TO refuse to do anything
until every possible future contingency
had been met would have caused wholly
unwarranted delay The right course
TO follow was exactly the course which
has been followed