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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
THE ROYAL. FAMILY.

even to the personal cleanliness of the
barber himself. The following rules
have recently been promulgated by the
government of large German city:
The cutoff hair must at once be re
moved; the floor of the shop must be
washed at least twice per week: cold
and hot running water must be sup
piled, and the barber must wash his
hands with warm water before attend
ing to a customer. No cretOnne or
carpets are permitted in barber shops
The head rest must be covered for
each customer with fresh napkin of
paper or linen. The employees must
wear clean, long upper garments of
light color, without pockets The soap
used must be in form of powder or
small tablets.
The lather from raZorS must be re-
moved by means of paper. Instead of
spongeS pieces of wooden cloth or
napkins have to be used. Alum or
magnesia can only be used, kept in a
powder box. The bowls and shaving
brushes must be cleaned each time
after having been used. Nobody is
allowed to be shaved suffering from
a visible skin disease, unless the pro
prietor of the barber shop is con-
WINGED that it is not contagious
Sponges, powder puffs, magnesia and
styptics in Jumps, and revolving
brushes are prohibited. Scissors,
brushes, and combs, as well as the
hair-cutting machines and razors,
must be cleaned with ammonia or
soda and an antiseptic solution.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
COGHLAY NE4RTNG LIMIT.
'Hoch der Kaiser" Rear Admiral Has
Unlocked for CeIebration-Re-
tires Next Year.

One of the most troubled men in
Uncle Sans Navy, on certain Satur-
day last month was Rear Admiral
Coghlan, commandant of the New
York Navy Yard He discovered it
was his sixty-frst birthday.
According to all accounts the ad-
miral did not, or would not know his
age. His headquarters in the old
frame building at the yard was fra
grant when he walked upstairs yester-
day morning Sixty-one American
Beauty roses were on his desk. At the
entrance the admiral halted.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
Not n Laughing Matter.

A pompous, plethoric Englishman
was ascending the front steps of one
of our sky-scrapers, when hustling
cowboy style of a young man, rushed
past him, giving him a vigorous slap
upon that part of his anatomy which
a very tight pair of corduroy pants
made especially conspicuous. Looking
back, the young man, much to his EN-
barrassment, perceived the English
man was an entire stranger.
Il beg your pardon, my dear sir
he said, Il thought you were Haw.
kins."
The Englishman Strengthened him
self. and with most disguised ex
preston cried out, who the 4 is
'Awkins? 'Awkins may like that sor
of a thing but Hi don't"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
nforced its growth would have been i'm

enforced its growth would have been i'm
possible.
1t is often asserted in defense of large
holdings that, through the operation Of
enlightened seltishness, the land SO held
will eventually be put to its best use.
Whatever theoretical considerations may
support this statement, in practice it is
almost universally untrue. Hired labor
on the farm can not compete with the
man who owns and works his land, and if
it could the owners of large tracts rarely
have the capital to develop them eff
feCtiVely.
Although there is n tendency to sub
divide large holdings in the long run, yet
the desire for such holdings is so strong
and the belief in their rapid increase in
value so controlling and so widespread
that the speculative motive governs; and
men go TO extremes before they will sub
divide lands which they themselves are
not able to utilize.
The fundamental fact that characterizes
the present situation is this That the
number of patents issued is increasing
out OF all proportion to the number of
new homes.
Respectfully submitted.
W. A. RICHARDS,
F. II. NEWELL.
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

The most expensive tea is known as
gold tip" 1t is worth from forty to
fifty dollars a pound. On every tea
bush grow four or five little gold tips
Great care is taken in gathering and
preserving them. \ plantation of
three or four thousand acres will
yield only a few pounds of gold tip
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
The Making OF Events.

Some men are hammers, and they fall
With swift relentless shock.
This life for them is, after all,
one grand persistent knock.
And some are anvils standing there
In undismayed repOse.
Firm placed and solid they must bear
The impact of the blows.
The hammer has it's work to do.
The anvil may not yield
In opposition. '"'IWiXt the two
The world work is revealed"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
Great Surgical Feat.

OR. SplintOn is the most expert
enced surgeon in town. Why there S
no kind of a fracture he can't set, and
set with satisfactory results"
rs that SOP" said the man with the
steely blue eye. Il wonder if he would
be any good at setting broken egg.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
Horace TO Susan.

"The ballot and the bullet go to-
gether," Horace Greeley once said to
Susan Anthony you women say
you want to vote; are you prepared
to fight, too?"
Eyes, Mr.. Greeley" answered Miss
Anthony 1--WE are prepared to fight
exactly as you have always fought
with the point Of goose quill"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
Corporal, why those fowers?"

corporal, why those foWerS?
Congratulations, Admiral" Captain
Cronin bust out, stalking into the
house, "and many more to YOU"
MANY more what?" asked Admiral
Coghlan, looking worried.
Birthdays, SIR" said the captain.
Isn't this your sixty-frst?"
Admiral Coghlan looked for his
chair
Good Lord" he calculated, am I
as old as that?"
All day the congratulations poured
in. There was a tinge of sadness in
them, because one year more and
Rear Admiral Coghlan will be retired,
according to the naval regulations He
insists that he is in no need of the
official chloroform and is good for and
anxious for many years of active serv-
ice.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
DISIlyFECTED BARBERS.

Our German cousins have gone far
ahead of us in hygienic requirements
with reference to barber shops, ac-
cording to Consul General Guenther,
of Frankfort.
The municipal restrictions apply not
only to the utensils and cosmetics, but
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

J. a y Il ImMedtdfclV
-fioHgylGe Iia1g Been
Taken W GHaey The
De9-t Land Lar
b. raise Swearing
Tie LaHa kudeNfiy
Being Desert.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
Mining Laws.

Your commission has not yet found it
possible to tehe up the extremely impor-
tant subject of the revision of the mining
laws Nth the thoroughness which it dc
Ssrv From the evidence already sub
Init it is obvious that important
Zcha IS are necessary both in the United
sStat,s md in Alaska. The commission
hoI treat this matter more at length
=-Lsequent report.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

UnIrrtgated Far M
Scene az TIE Great
rs, Montana
Land District.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-29
AGAINST THE COMBINE.

There Is trouble among the brethren.
II IS not long since any talk of the
'Smoot machine" by any paper of Nor
mon and Republican proclivities would
have been deemed TO be religious and
political apostasy, but now comes the
Logan Republican OF approved par
tisanshID and ecclesiastical trust, with
front page article in which an open
attack is made upon the Smoot-CutleI
combine. The occasion is the supposed
effort OF the Smootlerites to overthrow
the Agricultural College as q matter OF
vengeance against President Kerr and
as a matter of punishment to certain
recalcitrants OF the party who have not
recognized the apostolic right divine 10
rule I'm all political affairs The Re-
publican does not say so, but to the
reasons given might be added the very
well known purpose of tho ecclesias-
tlcal-political cult to provide adequaec
buildings for the Brigham Young Col
lege at Logan by the removal of the
Agricultural College to the University
at Salt Lake
The Logan Republican desires 10
make Itself thoroughly understood, not
only as to its defense OF the Agricul-
tural College and its effort to retain
that institution In its full flower and
fruitage at Logan, but also as to the
authority and scope of the Smoot- Cut
Ter machine.
1t says: The so-calIed Smoot- Cutler
combination is not the Republican
party of Utah, and most certainly
those members named are hardly the
dominating forces of Republicanisn
Nor can 1t be honestly set forth that
any great portion-and certainly the
Cache end-of those who supported tho
Republican ticket two years ago arc
necessarily adherents OF tnat or any
machine now" That Is plain talk.
and is all the more momentous since it
comes from a part of Utah which is
ruled by the iron hand of ecclesIastic-
Ism in politics. Nearly the entire mem
bership of the Smoot party in Cache
county is Mormon. 1t is therefore of dou-
bic Significance when a revolt occurs
against his leadership; for 1t proves
what The Tribune has been saving for
some time past-that Smootism. which
is but another name. tor the abused
Republican party Which he controls. Is
dislntegrating and will soon be an ut-
terly ValueleSs force III the polls I'm this
State.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-29
THE STATE EQUALIZATION.

The equalization by the State Board
adds in all $2s ,30S to the valuation
by the assessors in the different coun-
ties. This will probably bring the
whole State valuation up to something
like $40, 100000 since there has been
an increase generally in the county
assessments, although the State equal
ization falls short almost a quarter Of
million dollars as compared with last
year.
This State equalization seems a little
spotted and streaky in places, and yet
1t is probably about as well done as
the Board can see It's way to equalz-
ing the values. 1t seems curious, for
instance, that Box Elder county should
have by far the greatest railway val
uation of any county in the State.
Still, Of course, Box Elder has the
Southern Pacifics Lucin cutoff over
the lake. as we'll as the old line over
the promontory, and mileage counts
Salt Lake county, which would nat
urally be supposed to be the leading
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-29
ONE CASE.

a Salt Lake woman, writing 10 The
| Tribune in letter postmarked on the
eth inst, says:
Editor Tribune:-I write to inform
YOU that of the Mormon
| church is the father OF an infant child
about month old, born to him by his
fifth wife living at street.
"It might be well for the American
party to Investigate this open polygamy
commonly being practiced in this city,
and also to see If the birth OF the child
has been recorded"
Salt Lake City, Utah.
The name Of the reputed father and
by The Tribune for palpable reasons.
The charge made in the communication
may be. and doubtless is true. In fact,
the statement was made to The Trib
une two or three months ago that
an event of this kind was impending.
But neither this paper nor the Ameri-
can party has any duty or inclination
to investigate individual cases OF
polygamous cohabitation resulting or
not resulting IN the birth Of children.
All the individual cases together make
up the general situation, the general
calamity, the general transgression OF
the law, the general defiance OF the
Government, and the general violation
of the pledges given by the Mormon
leaders. One case more or less does
not add to or take from the general
offense
There is no dispute concerning the
community situation. The supercandid.
not to say boastful and defiant testl-
mony given by prominent men of tho
church before the Committee on
Privileges and Elections at Washing
ton, and the exposures made in their
Sunday sermons and their daily living
in the Mormon communities OF Utah.
are all so precise, unequivocal and un-
contradicted that this new case was
not needed to prove the charge of con-
tinuing Dolygamy, There is an aspect
OF the case which may interest one
human creature twenty years hence
When that child shall come to an age
of understanding, when he or she shall
desire to take a place In the world, the
awful fact will stand that neither by
the social customs nor the laws nor tho
commandment OF God, as proclaimed
by the Mormon church, has the child
any recognition Piteous as the cir
cumstances will then be, the sad
prospect Is now only a part of the gen
eral wrong. And 1t is against the gen.
.eral wrong that the American party
directs its attack.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-29

| thnt TO the penitentiary. to Calder s
| Park. to Murray. has been so satis-
| factory and profitable that there is no
question but the extension OF that sort
of service would pay well TO those who
would inaugurate 1t.
We understand that MIR. MAILER.
who was here last year In the inter
csts OF the interurban line from Pay
son. through the towns of Utah coun-
~, OF Salt Lake county. OF Davis coun-
ty, of Weber county. and of Box Elder
county to Brigham. is here again
working on his scheme. We would be
glad to see him succeed and also to
see the Hon. Simon Bamberger put in
all the lines he wishes through Davis
county to ogden and on to Ogden can
yon, and wherever else he may think
IL profitable. All these lines Will be
great helps in the development Of
trade. and will afford needed conve-
nience for the people in their business.
their light transportation, and their
social intercourse.
In direct line with this We note the
petition Just formulated by the people
of Bingham Junction and West Jor-
dan for closer, more frequent. and
more speedy communication between
their towns and this city Last year
II was said that q trolley line to Bing-
ham would certainly be built along
west of the Jordan perhaps starting
at the southwest terminus of the pres
ent Rapid Transit line. which begins
now at the junction of First West and
Second South streets. That would cer-
tainly be a good line to build, and
would meet the needs OF large and
thriving farming region this side OF the
big sand ridge, and would be OF very
great convenience to the people of
Bingham and also TO those Of this city.
Another projected line to the smelt
ers. and stu another to Mill Creek
and Big Cottonwood, would no doubt
pay well.
1t is found In the East, where these
trolley lines have been made a regular
network Of intercommunication, that
they do not In any way diminish the
business or the profits OF the main
steam railway lines. They mako new
business for themselves and are Of i'm
mense service and benefit TO the peo-
pie. We hope to see the present pro-
jects here develop well, and To see
this season a start made on these in
terurban lines which will yield us re-
suits in a degree commensurate with
like results had In the thickly-settled
portions OF the East, where these lines |
are indispensable
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-29
FARLEY AND LIGHTNING

| Some of the newspapers OF his party
| are calling upon the distinguished
| County Attorney OF Salt Lake, the
| tic Farley p. Christensen, to take OFF,
cial cognizance OF certain lnfractions
OF the law I'm this community. The
demand Is somewhat unfair; for Par
ley's hands are otherwise occupied, his
eyes are turned in another direction
and his massive intellect is entirely
concentrated upon the prospective
shock of political lightning stroke
Congress has, no doubt, an intense
yearning for Parley's presence In the
halls of legislation; and. as matter
of reciprocity. Farley himself is anN-
ioUy; TO crafty the hopes of Uncle Joe
aNd Messrs Payne and DalSell The
Hon. Charles II Grosvenor the ia
nous statistician of the Republican
party. is to retire, from public life on
the 4th of next March, and tho House
VIII need a new flEurer: and If Farley
Is not good on figures he Is. as he
modestly admits, an almighty good
figure
Our distinguished fellow-citizen Mr..
Christensen, has invested In large
and varied assortment OF lightning
rods, which he carries about on his
person. No one can see him without
noting that tense, expectant gaze
that look OF almost panied anxiety to
have lightning strike once more In
the same place. Parley knows where
the electric bolt is stored, he knows
that Smoot holds 1t and hurls 1T at his |
pleasure; and if 1t shall miss the in
ducements which Parley is holding out |
there will be job lot Of secondhand |
lightning conductors for sale at any |
old price Immediately after the next |
State convention For our |
part, we are for Parley-for the nomi- |
nation. He would make much more |
handsome and distinguished political
corpse than Howelli
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-29
Is WYOMING GUILTY?

That Is an awful charge reprinted
in The Tribune today from the Cora
Wyoming. Sentinel. If 1t be true, as
stated, that polygamy is protected I'm
Wyoming as q matter of political bar
gaining, then the situation In our
neighbor State is no better than that
in Utah. A steady, reputable paper
like the Sentinel would scarcely make
the accusation except upon good
ground, and however case hardened
we may be In this neighborhood, the
charge Of such monstrous inIauity
should arouse the self-respecting peo-
pie of Wyoming to a sense of their
responsibility toward the laws Of the
commonwealth and the homes OF the
people.
1t has been commonly talked that
aspiring politicians in Utah would not
bring prosecutions against the favored
offense OF the Mormon leaders, lest
political destruction should follow, and
there has been no successful denial OF
the accusation. 1t has been currently
understood, also, that In certain parts
OF Idaho the same kind Of immunity
for the same reason was granted to
the local ecclesiasts of the Mormon
church. But until this exposure was
made by the Cora Sentinel, 1T had not
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-29
A Serious Charee

Senator Dubois OF Idaho insists that
the Mormon church dominates the po-
litical situation In Idaho. Utah and
Wyoming. There is more truth I'm the
statement than some are willing TO ad-
NIT. We do know that two years ago
when the Mormons showed evidence OF
dissatisfaction some of the leaders of
the church were told that they would
be arrested for polygamy II they did
not fall in line, and the bluff was car
ried to that extent that the arrest OF
certain well-known church officials
was published. Then certain poll
ticians, high in office and in the esti-
nation Of the people, apparently came
to the rescue and promised immunity
from prosecution " the church vote
was delivered properly labeled, That
polygamy is openly practiced in
Wyoming is not denied. 1t is one of
the dangerous and disgraceful factors
with which our social and political
conditions are confronted and TO our
disgrace there are not men and women
enough In the State With sufficient
courage to oppose II, but IL Is nurtured
and turned 10 political advantage A
brother OF q Wyoming polygamist said
to US, speaking OF his brother His
faith In polygamy is measured by his
passions. Cora (Wyo) Sentinel.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-29
Is 1t Kingdom or Republic ?
and Valley Times. Moab. Utah.

Grand Valley Times Moab. Utah
We have been asked why do we
jump onto the Mormons2" coupled with
the further query, have not the Nor
mon people treated you all right? This
is a figurative queN that covers too
much for a direct answer. We never
had any fault even to find with the
treatment from Individual Saints, far
less than from the Individual ungodly.
as the Times columns for the past ten
years bear evidence of There Is a
vast difference between organized and
individual action and it Is the organ
lied we have lately dealt with. Indi-
Vlduals may act in either the one or
the other capacity. We could not class
all on the level OF the poor fellow we
once heard remark. I'VE Mormons
came here and settled on the land.
built our cabins. and now the Gentle
devils come In and want to buy US out, +"
OF Of the brass kettle variety who said
in meeting, II have no use for Gen
tile except for what | can get out OF
him. 1t Is only individuals Of such
grades that Will have any complaint
There Is but one Government within
these United States and that is defined
In Its Constitution, Any persons set
ting any form of government in oppo-
all true citizens. 1t has been on those
lines that the principal opposition 10
the Mormon church has been made
since Its earliest days II is only -he
bigot that objects to a religious belief
that deals with spiritual matters. But
the leaders of the Mormon church nave
taught that It's organization deals with
both spiritual and temporal affairs.
We have had occasion lately to talk
with Mormons in evident good stand
Ing who differ widely on this PROPOSE
ton; some have held strongly that rhe
church ruled In both spiritual and tenn
poral affairs-the latter must include
political; while others, evidently as
faithful, have strongly asserted that
the church never could dictate to them
in temporal affairs, one at least going
as far as TO assert that an apostle had
tried to change his political Views with
out success, and further admitted that,
for time at least, 1t hurt his standing
with certain powers that be. Another
prominent churChman In Salt Lake City
told the writer within the past few
months that there was no question but
what the church must drop politics for
all time as well as It's hand In CONNER
cial affairs.
But one conclusion can only be
drawn. that there Is a wide difference
of opinion among the Mormons, We
have individual opinion and organized
action to draw conclusions from We
are dealing entirely with the latter. and
we regard the action OF church leaders
as the action of the church organiza-