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Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-11
Burkett tRt Leigh.

p LEIGH, Neb., Oct. ~10.-(Special, )-The
campaign was opened here last evening.
Senator Elmer ]. Burkett was the principal
speker and made one OF the best addresses
ever heard In Leigh. On account of the
sudden change in the weather, the crowd
was not as large as was expected. but
every one present was a good listener and
the logical speech had good effect.
Although not advertised. Judge j. f.
Boyd, republican candidate for congress
from the Third district, was present and
made few remarks. and among other
things touched upon the pass question
which is claiming the attention of the
press Judge Boyd took the people into
his confidence in the matter and defined
his position like a gentleman, and the ex-
PLANTATION seemed to satisfy the voters.
Sixteen years ago Senator Burkett was
principal OF the Leigh public school for a
term of two years. There are still few
OF his old neighbors here, with whom he
especially enjoys to visit. He is spending
the forenoon with them and tonight will
speak at Humphrey.
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UNDESIRED SETTLERS.

A few years ago Mormons were in
vited and welcomed as settlers In the
agricultural regions In States sur
rounding Utah. Their industry and
thrift were undisputed. and the sup
posed deference to law and fulfillment
Of pledge by the leaders of the church
had removed the community objection
to their presence. But today-and in
Idaho particularly-with a strong i'm
migration into the new lands Of irri-
gated districts from the older States
an immigration composed almost en-
tirely Of religious and lawabiding poo
ple-there is rising an objection in the
various localities against the influx Of
Mormons in large numbers lest they
shall gain a numerical preponderance
and exercise political and commercial
control under the dictation OF the law
breakers Of the church at Salt Lake.
This was little cloud, no bigger than
a mans hand. In the sky of Mormon
expectation until recently; but now 1t
is growing black and ominous for
them. A significant utterance is the
following from the Twin Falls Times,
which is the concluding part of an
earnest and forceful editorial:
The fault Is not with Smoot, nor the
individual Mormon, but with that 'sys-
tenn of which he is a part. The evil
lies with that hierarchy at Salt Lake
which dominates Its peoples actions
In business and politics, as has been
manifested by the Smoot Investigation
1T ~
Falls tract are wide open, and we well
come to our midst good citizenship and
helpful means, but once 1t becomes
generally known outside that our fair
land Is In control OF an element in such
III favor. 1t will warn away rather than
attract the people and capital"
more swift descent from high re-
gard to unpopularity has seldom been
witnessed In history. Here Is a large
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THE AVERAGE MAN.

The Mt, Pleasant Pyramid records
that the venerable president" of the
Mormon church throughout the entire
world, speaking at the recent quar-
terly conference OF the North Sanpete
stake OF Zion regretted that business
took so much of the average mans
time from his religious duties, AS
suming that the sorrow was well-timcd
and justified and that the average man,
who is compelled to earn living,
gives too much Of his worldly time TO
worldly things. what shall be said OF
The unaYerage man who stands at the
head of the community as an exem-
plar. who is the religious leader and
the religious beneficiary OF the entire
Mormon mass and who is presid ent
and director in more than twenty Of
the largest corporations doing busi-
ness In this State? Isl It really fair
for the venerable president" to ap-
ply the bastinado to his toiling and
struggling followers for doing, in A
small way and from grim necessity.
what he does at wholesale and from
choice?
The average man In the Mormon
church gives from two to five years
In the mission field at his own ex-
pense; he attends from two to six re-
ligious services every week during the
other years of his life; he gives %
per cent OF his total time to that para
mount religious duty-viz., the pay
mcnt of tithes, he gives another 10
per cent and usually moro of his time
COR the product thereof TO the second
important religious duty--viz. the pay
ment Of donations for various purposes.
All these contributions of his time he
makes without any worldly return
from the church. Can the unayerage
venerable president" match this rec
ord? He may give much moro time
to what he calls his religious duties,'
but surely he receives a magnificent
return in the perishable pelf OF COM
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class OF people possessing most of the
qualifications for good and helpful
citizenship, and even a growing region
which needs their toll and their cxpe-
rience in irrigated agriculture prefers
their room to their company because
their presence would warn away a
more desirable citizenship. And the
awful part OF the situation is that the
fault Is not to be found with the ipdi-
vidual Mormon, but with the cruel syR-
tenn Of which he himself Is a victim.
Verify the sins of the leaders are yis-
tied upon the followers,
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MOTHERS GOOD REST.
Atchison Globe.

Atchison Globe,
An Atchison woman who worked very
hard at home was invited to visit
married daughter for "restful time"
The married daughter had never donC
a stroke of work when she lived at
home. but since her marriage had made
such a fuss about how hard mother
had to work that the Atchlson woman
made up her mind TO accept the tnvi.
tation, and told her family sha wouln
have a good rest and come home much
refreshed. When she arrived at hel
daughters home she found that her
daughter had put off house cleaning un-
til she arrived. She did the houst
cleaning. Her daughter hated to cook.
she cooked three meals q day. Her
daughter complained that she had done
nothing but wash dishes ever since her
marriage. Mother" postponed her
"restful time" BY washing the dishes
three times a day. The children needed
clothes, Mother" put OF the restfu'
part of hor visit again to make the
clothes. And now the family at homt
arc saving money to pay mothers
hospital expenses when she finally
breaks down after her "restful time. =
Atchison Globe.
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THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING June a. 1906

with tho metric ones. The scTew-threads
of England and America arc standard
all over the world-and they are wholly
inconvertfble into any metric express
sion which could be used as guide or
practically reproduced by a workman
Every part now standardized
TO decimals Of an inch would have TO
be redesigned TO commensurate decl-
mails OF A centimeter. Then the new
and old would not interchange, All the
old machines and all the old repair
parts would become bastard
And 1t would take more than nifty
years of endless confusion and double
standard working to clear the deplora-
bic and expensive wreckage out OF our
shops.
To say that all this has to be
changed. all the machinery remodeled,
new standards adopted and the inter-
minable chaos which would result by
the throwing of new measures upon the
market without any means OF supplying
the old and to the confusion of every
form OF manufacturing, is carrying
theory altogether too far. IL rs I'M
possible that the manufacturers OF TINS
country should be compelled to be at
this enormous expense and TO enforce
NDlS IpiluSlpIl upon 'hf H'''us ''NNN''
because certain gentlemen have a the
oretical admiration for the metric sys-
TEN. An important and disastrous ef-
feet OF the compulsory adoption or the
metric system in this country would De
TO drive American engineers and the
manufacturers of iron and steel from
the worlds markets. as just now IL -
the English and American standard In
these forms of manufacturing that arc
known and used all over the world
With the compulsory metric system
America would be ruled out In this
competition, and exporting manufac-
turers would be placed at an unneces-
sary and tremendous loss In their ex-
ports on industries and expert engin-
eering preferment. Liberty OF choice
in this matter is all right; indiscrimi-
nate compulson would be ruin
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BREAKING 1T TO FATHER.


Mr. Gidsmore, began the young
man, when you proposed to your wife
or 10 the estlmable lady who Is now
Mrs. Gidsmore-did she tell you to ask
her father?"
She did. my boy" affably replied
Mr.. Gidsnore
And did you try to shirk the tob?"
Well, come to think OF II, ] did. ]
1 believe I tried to get her TO do the
asking, Don my soul. Ha, hal"
And when you did ask him-of
course, YOU had TO speak 10 him
finally-"
"Of course l did or course"
And when you did ask him. did
your knees shake, and was your tongue
dry, and did you have stage fright
generally"
Il was scared to death"
Well that's the way / feel l told
Gladys I knew ! could find some mu-
tual bond OF sympathy between US
when I came to tell you that she has
promised TO marry me-"
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MISS KRuPP.s INCOME.

The yearly income Of Bertha krupp.
who inherited the famous iron works
at Essen, Germany, Is steadily increas-
Ing. 1t having amounted in 1906 10
about Sc ,000.0 900. Miss Krupp manages
her great properties With remarka bre
ability. Her business Is expanding and
the number of those dependent on her
for employment and subsistence is now
fully 100000. To protect the works sht
has 9 small army OF 600 men, armed
and under strict military discipline, She
also has police and g secret service.
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Here and The,I
MARVELLOUS MEMOIR,

MARVELLOUS MEMoRrr
New York Tribune.
One OF the strapgest sensaua
can be felt by man ia thai
startling consciousness on ~,
some new scene that II Ia nd
new, that in some other statA n
ing he has known 1t well ana "
an actor therein. These 80.
"Reminiscences" have been tba "a;
philosophers. poets, nystics ~
teiiers, and the study Of their 1 !.
tations Is always fascinatin
Rev. Forbes Phillips offers I'm -
teenth Century some curious ~!
or these glimpses OF what NJ
been thought to be pre-exisfcr {.
OF these anecdotes-which mslC
given TO Mr.. Kipling a hint fn
tain story-has for its scene ~
or a Roman fortress which !
far from Mr.. PhIlllps's home ~
man called upon him one ~.
asked him 10 accompany him, n
an examination OF the ruins
me he had distinct recollecf,ol
Ing there and that he held sosAl
OF priestly nature in the 5avl
Roman occupation. One facfs
me as significant. He insisfeF
amining a ruined tower whisf
bodily overturned. There usf
a socket In the top OF it. he 4!
In which we used TO plant a n,
archers used 10 be hauled to
In q basket protected with .
from which they picked off f2
ers among the ancient Gorles
We found the socket he had inf
How may these flashes of rejf
which have Waited so many h,1l
ings be explained Mr.. Phlnips
that the true explanation lIer1
any theory OF pre- existence. hi
cestral memory"-au inherif!
the records Of an ancestor's
which require but the esaeuiI1
Justment and conditions to eivel]
secrets" He thinks that dres
largely q free play of this 6
memory. He develops his hx
with arguments which are ass
Ing as they are undoubtedIyI
able. v
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NO SAILOR.

Cleveland Lender.
A Baltimore school teacher was tell
Ing one day Of how. often the instruc-
tor of "the young Idea" Is astonlshed
by the auicknees Of wit exhibited by
the pupil who Is otherwise deficient.
Ono day. says this teacher. she had
encountered such a degree Of ignorance
md mental obtuseness on the part oil
one of her boys that she became dis
hcartened. So it was with considerable
sarcasm that she said to the young
6ter;
IT wonder IL you could tell me
whether George Washington was SOL
dier OF a. sailor.
The kid grinned. He was soldier
all right" was his reply.
How do you know?" asked the weary
teacher.
Because I seen picture OF him
crossin' the Delaware" explained the
boy. ANY sailord know enough not
TO stand up in boat.
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EMBARRASSING TO pr

New York Evening Sun.
Mr.. Bryan's first long speech
gress was on the tariff and it 4
considerable attention at the
woman from the West who W.
House gallory while Mr.. Br,
speaking became enthusiastic
eloquence and was constantly
ing. the Washington correspo
a New York newspaper mis-
woman for Mrs. Bryan. and 1r
count OF the speech he wrote
Congrsssmans Wife sat In thu
and applauded him with great.
asm. Mrs. Bryan was at her
Lincoln. Neb., at the time, Al
she heard of the newspaper
her husbands speech and IN
ing woman in the gallery n
some business for the telegra
pany, and William ]. had to
hurry-up explaining. Wher
came 10 New York in 1895 he
reporter who had written the
the cheering woman. Look
over with an icy stare. Mr.. Br5
your face seems familiar. !
met before?"
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OLD BUT PERSISTENT ERRORS.

OLD BUT PERSISTENT ERRORS.
Chicago Tribune.
Everywhere one hears. II seen Jim
yesterday and he told me he done well
at that job" The people who may be
broadly characterized as the at seen
I done" tribe pervade everything and
seem to include nearly everybody.
When II comes to verbs like Gle, lay,
lain" and LAY, laid. laid" or "sit, sat,
sat- and "set, set, set" the best OF us
are liable to error. and mistakes are
pardonable. But what excuse can
anybody find for confusing "see. saw,
seem or do. did. done7" 1t Is the
first verb which suffers the more for
those who do not say II seen him
yesterday" are likely TO say "I see him
yesterday" whereas even those who
say II done 1t yesterday" never fall into
the absurdity OF II do 1t yesterday"
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MINISTER ORDERED BEER.

Boston Herald.
DR.. George D. Towne Of Manchester
n. H., and the Rev. w. II. Morrison
now of Brockton, Mass, with others
made the tour of Europe together sew
eral years ago, and. according to the
stories told there was plenty doing al
the time.
When the party was In Heidelberg
as in duty bound, they visited beel
garden, to hear the music, eat a pref
eel. etc, and, the better to enjoy the
music and the scenery went upon g
platform In the building. When there
il occurred to the minister that possibly
they we're intruding and the platform
was reserved for the students, and he
suggested as much to the doctor.
"You can find out easily enough. "
said Towne; Just say to the waitress
'Siepen grosser Pilson, and she will
fell YOU" So the dominic beckoned tc
a trim waitress and said, 'Sieben gross
er Pilsen7"
yah. meinheer." quickly responded
the lass, and disappeared. In few
minutes she reappeared. bearing wait
er on which were seven huge and foam
ing glasses of beer. The seven tourists
laughed, mono louder than Mr.. Morri-
son, and he cheerfully paid the bill, but
he did not drink of the beer.
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GIRLS ODD OCCUPATION

Kansas CITY Journal
Miss Winnonah Won Ohl, a New Jer-
scy girl 20 years old, is making quite A
reputation as horsebreaker, Fiv.
years ago. a slender slip OF a girl. she
went to South Dakota with her mother
who had been sent thlther for e change
of climate Miss Winnonah learned 10
ride bronchos out there and on return
ing East she took to training and
breaking horses. In which work she
has been remarkably successful. She
has never sustained any injury while
thus enEa ged.
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THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE.

lHE SW Ell GIRL JR-ADU A r..
Standing with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet
Gee. but amt she just too sweet
How can such daisy be
Such a sturdy oak as she
Thinks she is2 She can't, but say,
Don't let's give the thing away,
Let her find 1t out herself.
We are old and on the shelf.
And have learned enough to know
That the roses ought to grow
Now for her, for all too soon
She will learn that after June
Comes December. and an, well,
II we say more we shall tell
Amt she got a lovely gown?
Fluffy as a white swans down;
Bits of color here and there,
At her belt or in her hair.
In her cheeks and In her eyes
Pink of peaches, blue Of skies. -
Hear her reading from the stand
Amt her essay simply grand
Standing with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet,
There's no sweetness quite so great
As the sweet girl graduate
Ts there
Now, really?
W ]. Hampton In New York World
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HE KEPT TT
Harpers Magazine.

Harpers Magazine
Little 4-year- r-old Billie had an al
ready vivid imagination, continually
fed by the wonderful tales Of James,
the gardener. Not long ago he ap-
preached this prolific narrator with,
James, my kites gone,
"Whar to. sonny-man?' the old ne
gro asked.
Into heaven" replied Billie, impress
slvely. 1T hew-ed, and flew-ed, until
Il went clean thro' the skies"
But you had de string. honey whaT.
fore didn't you pull him down again
"'Cause, James," the child contin-
ued, when God saw that kite He cut
the string and kept the kite
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27
DIDN'T FIGHT WITH PoPGUNs.

Representative W. Bourke Cochran
was delivering an impassloned speech
against the policy OF increasing the
navy. when he declared with vigorous
gesture that the people OF Greater New
York have no fear of being destroyed
by a foreign foe. The American spirit
and courage In New York is so great.
Mr., Speaker, that our people would re-
pei q foreign foe with the cobblestones
from the streets before they would sur
render finished Mr.. Cochran.
John Sharp Williams Of Mississippi.
who was standing near. remarked ia
those around him:
That reminds me Of an old blowhard
we had down our way. When war was
declared he told his neighbors at the
corner store that We could whip the
Yankees with popguns, When the war
was over, that same old fellow. who
did so much Dragging, was trying to
explain the terrible result. Some one
spoke up and remarked: I thought
you said before the war that we could
whip the Yankees with popguns.'
''I know I did, replied the old fell
low, with ready wit. but the Yanks
didn't fight us with popguns-'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27
NEEDED REPAIRS.
London Titbits

My brother bought a motor here
last week" said an angry man to the
salesman who stepped up to greet him.
"and he said If anything broke you
would supply him with new parts
Certainly" said the salesman.
What does he want p
He wants two deltoid muscles, cou-
pie Of kneecaps. one elbow and about
half a yard of cuticle," said the man,
"and he wants them at once"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Prof. j. NJ. Tanner has been In AL
berta recently, and finds that II justi-
hes what has been said about It as a
desirable country in which TO build UP
new homes.
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Short Stories
A SAD ERROR

Cleveland Leader
We wish,' wrote the editor of the
Thrtown Trumpet, Ito correct an error
which crept into our issue OF last week
In describing tho unfortunate runaway
accident in Main street. we wrote:
While awaiting the arrival OF the am
bulance. DR.. Skinner. who was fortu-
natcly present. took the victims pulse.
1t was the printer who carelessly
changed the Il In the last word to t.
We make this correction in justice to
DIR. Skinner, whose fees are always
moderate and who never presents a
bill In advance. Office over Jed Kim
balls drug store"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

AS tho Smoot case Is not to be yotea
on until winter. will 1t not be neces-
sary for the hierarchy to think UP some
grandstand play for one of the features
OF the October confercnce7
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

In voting with the majority to ap-
prove the letting of the paving con-
tracts. the minority Councilrnen showed
no regard for the feelings OF the part-
san fault-finders.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Mr.. Howelps course in the Ogden
poStoffice contest, after his action In the
Springville case. would indicate that
our Representative rather likes trou-
BILE.
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Wednesday, June 81, 1905.

It need not be feared however that
the public will be denied the privilege
Of complaining of hot weather much
longer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Young couples who run off to Farm
ington to be married may explain that
they are deeply impressed by a recent
injunction to not delay marrying.
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HOW THEY SING 1T IN BOSTON.

HOW THEY SING 1T IN BOSTON.
Every one labors except our distinguished
progenitor.
He reposes in a recumbent position within
our residence through tho day
His pedal extreTIties idling upon the
bronze OF the steam radiator.
Serene1y engaged In extracting nebulous
atmosphere from a tobacco recep-
table of mundane matter.
Our maternal mentor receives .soiled linen
for the purpose of cleansing IT,
And In this connection 1 should include
flial Ann.
Indeed. everybody Is engaged In some va
riety of occupation in our domestic
habitat
Excluding. as primarily suggested. our
distinguished progenitor.
-Sprin gfield Republican
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Dancing masters In session in the
East contend that there should be moro
grace and less bear-like embra cling in
dancing. and quite number may agree
With them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Resort proprietors would remind you
that you should show your apprccia-
ton of the blessings Of liberty by
spending your money freely on your
country's birthday
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Logan is at last to be able TO prove
that one OF Its citizens is In Congress,
by the appropriation 1t is to get for a
public building.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Young people are finding 1t quite
pleasant to vary a days fun at Lagoon
by strolling idly over to Farmington
and getting married
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Mr.. Rockefeller is accused Of infu-
enoing rate bill legislation in Wash
ington, but he can prove an alibi By
his nelghbors in France
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

1t is evident, from the patronage
given places of recreation. that there is
much money here. but 1t Is difficult to
make some bill collectors believe It,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

Soon the question Will be before the
hierarchy. whether it should oppose a
GENTLE Democrat or Mormon one for
Congress this year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

The rising temperature and the ef
forts of those laboring for the success
Of Real Estate day promise to make II
q hot one
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

What a wellinformed WON!
Wadleigh is, isn't she?"
why shouldn't she be? II
has worked for nearly everybod,
neighborhood."- Milwaukee Ser]
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27

1t is improbable that Senator Suth-
eriand and Mr.. Howell will be able to
unite IN commencing the Administra-
ton for its action in the Ogden post
mastership case