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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20

companies. The California delegation
in congress viii have something to
say on the subject next winter. The
of defaulting companies are
to be sent broadcast through the
world, and the opinion is universal In
San Francisco that in the long run
the defaulting companies will dis
cover that they played a losing game
when they defrauded policy holders of
their rights.
Insurance litigation promises 10
become great. Policy holders who
have money enough TO fight are not
slow IN invoking the aid of the courts.
One or two important cases already
have been decided. but the critical
question is yet to be passed upon
This question is as to the part played
by the earthquake in causing fire
losses. Policies are y~ariously word
ed, but in the main they provide that
payment shall o be made IL the
loss is caused directly OF indirect.
ly' by earthquake or other act OF
God. OF course, II there had been
no earthquake there would have been
no fire, but the man whose house was
consumed three days after the
quake does not think the indirect
cause is quite close enough TO the
effect 10 justify the insurance com.
panies in re~pudiating all liability.
Show True American Grit.
During the disaster the good humor
and self-possession OF San Francis
cans astonished the world. Now, in
the long tug of disposing of the
ashes and rebuilding the city, this
good humor never deserts them. and
they are as confident as though they
were beginning a city for the first
time. There is inspiration in num-
bers, comfort in common trouble. and
a spirit of brotherhood that has not
deserted them, although II is not as
marked as it was during times of
danger. The love OF good cheer in
the way of eating. drinking and lis
tening to music is as strong as yer.
The climax is a continual tonic, and
invites TO hard work, The very size
OF their disaster seems to nerve the
San Franciscans to hasten the recon,
struction of the new city. They come
very near to Boosting when they show
their ruins, and some of them display
a remarkably fresh memory of his.
tory by comparing their disaster with
the fate Of other cities that have per
ished by earthquake and fire. and
risen again. According TO these men
who cite history while making IL
the only bonfire that excelled Sar
Francisco's was that which con
sumed Rome In Nero's time. The
great fires OF London, Boston, Chi
cago and Baltimore were mere hint.
of what a real confiagration can do
So say these dusty. smiling. tire)esi
San Franciscans, who revel In tn,
advertising that their city has oh
tained. Their belief IN the speed,
reconstruction of the city is absolute
: and they are backing their belief will
money and energy that balks .
nothing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20

debris and the arrival OF materials
the work will proceed. Nothing could
be more absurd than to doubt the re-
cOvery of San Francisco from its
great misfortune, in the face of the
work that is actually in progress.
The contract for the reconstruction OF
the Palace hotel on its old site, on
a grander scale than ever, has been
let. The st. Francis is now complet-
ing it's great steel annex. Business
houses are arranging TO build newer
and stronger structures than those
which succumbed TO the confiagration
of April IS TO 81. The city will not
be rebuilt in a day. or a year, but 1t
will go up with a remarkable quick
ness.
"city Beautiful" Must Wait.
There has been much talk of a "city
beautiful" with winding n
about the hills, broad ~boulevards, park
extensions, and so on. 1t was thought
that with the buildings leveled TO
the ground the opportunity was open
for the construction of a model mod
ern city. uniting utility and beauty TO
a degree yet approached in
America. A little study of the sit
uation shows that this is nothing but
a dream. San Francisco people have
enough on their hands in the way Of
getting into business again, In any
| shape, without tackling the great
task of forming a city on aesthetic
lines. Here and there a street may
be widened and a little park estab-
lished, but in the main there will be
no attempt to reform the plans upon
which the city was built.
The railroads terminating at San
Francisco are among the most potent
forces In rebuilding the city. They
saved San Francisco from panic and
possible greater disaster during the
time of stress by carrying away thou
sands Of people, free of charge, and
bringing In emergency supplies.
After the crisis the railroads turned
in and assisted in the removal Of
debris. Temporary tracks were laiC
and rehabilitation was immensely as
sisted. Merchants ordered big stock:
of goods from the east, and the rail
roads rushed the stuff to San Fran
cisco. There was a time, indeed
when the stun piled up to such al
extent as TO ~paralyze the operation
of the roads. Five thousand cars o
freight were ~congested at San Fran
cisco and Oakland. By heroic ef
forts the lingering freight was dis
posed Of and a serious situation re
lieved. ANow that the railroads ar
able to look after their own business
they are expanding great sums Il
permanent improvement, which vii
facilitate the reconstruction Of tn
city.
Insurance Situation Hurts.
The insurance situation at Sa
Francisco is exasperating to thos
who happened TO have policies 4
shaky or dishonest companies. bu
on the whole the lapses Of these con
panies have not affected the cit.
as seriously a. early reports Ind
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20

is an amalgamation of all the unions.
and the old wages we're restored. But
the owners Of buildings which we're
nearing completion at the time OF the
disaster are feverish in their anxiety
to complete their buildings and obtain
famine rentals, ard their tactics In
raising the wages Of workingmen
have caused labor prices to On
this emergency work plasterers are
getting 50 to s11 a day; bricklayers.
$40 a day; carpenters. 81 and S.;
stoneme:ons. IS to $40. and other
skilled labor in proportion. San Fran
cisco is u paradise Cor a workingman.
unskliled Labor In Demand.
Unskilled labor IL hard to INA The
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20
GOLD HID in ~GUATAVITA'S

that the discoveries since made BY
Europeans to some extent at least
confirm the truth o; this strange leg
end.
All the PEOPLE. says the narrator.
marching in solemn procession. with
music and banners flying. assembled
from the various towns aad villages
round the shores OF the lake. Pres
entity. after a silence. they made a
great outcry. for there. in a litter on
the top Of one OF the surrounding
hills. they saw a golden man glitter
ing in the sunlight This was their
king. who had first been bathed In a
kind Of tu~rpentine and then covered
With powdered gold. He came slowly
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20
MY FIRST BALLOON ASCENT

Everything vas ready and at the
psychological moment MIR Percival
Spencer. the aeronaut, tilted a whole
bag of ballast overheard, and the next
moment we were above the elm trees.
BY that time the heophy'e had suffi-
ciently recovered a sense of his where
abnuts to look over the side. The
crowd on the lawn was a procession
of specks streaming over the bridge
towards another part of the grounds.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20

ssting and inspiring one. Another
pressing problem, however. was that
of clearing the streets In order that
communication might be restored,
Thirty-six miles of streets were piled
high with debris. Within Ave months
this enormous mass OF material has
osen removed, trolley wires have been
strung. street car traffic reestablished
and a system Of debris removal inau-
surated which dlsposes OF 100 a T
loads a day. II more labor we're TO
be had the work would 90 much
eAster.
Admission day was celebrated this
ysar on Monday, September 10. ! saw
eAs city On that day for the nrst ume
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20
Diplomatic.

Reporter-Colonel. how do you
stand on the question of the spelling
reform?
Political Leader-Any system OF
spelling that suits the plain peepul az
this country. sir. is good enough for
me.-Chicago Tribune. E
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20

since the disaster. The scene was
appalling. With the exception of a
worker here and there, the destroyed
district was destitute OF laboring men.
Ruins, ruins in every direction, as far
as the eye could see; millions of tons
OF bricks aud mortar piled up in half
destroyed easements; a strong breeze
blowing dust and ashes everywhere;
writing steel beams and crumbling
granite marking the sites of once i'm
posing buildings, and the very thought
Of bringing order out of chaos sufi-
cient to stagger the imagination.
On the next day a far different pic
ture was presented. In every base
ment was a gang of workmen. They
struggled with Orders. piled brick.
sifted good material from refuse. han.
died pick and shovel, mixed mortar
and loaded wagons with debris. Thou
sands of busy hands were to be seen
down every street. Thousands of
teams went about on the simultane-
GUS task Of removal and ~reconstruc-
ton.
Little Loss Of Population.
To one familiar with the crowds
that made Market street and the fer
ries famous. there does not appear
to be any diminution Of population.
The car system is wholly inadequate,
although herculeau efforts have been
made to establish communication.
The ferries are as crowded as ever.
Theaters are filed to s%uffocation. The
st. Francis hotel put up a temporary
structure in Union square, and 1t is
turning away a hundred guests daily.
Other hotels are filed and turning
people away. 1t requires only a visit
to San Francisco to ~disprove the re
port that the city has lost half its
population.
The quake shook the life out Of
some old firms and fastened the birth
Of many new ones. Dozens of stores
bear the names of men who were
clerks before April is. Merchant:
from other cities have stepped in anC
established houses here. Competition
is keen, and money appears to bC
more plentiful than for many years.
The scarcity of skilled and un
skilled labor is the chief drawback t
rapid construction. Wages are eX
brilliantly high, but this is the faul
of contractors and proprietors rathe
than of the labor unions. The plumb
ers and stationary engineers though
they saw a chance to get rich quicl
and raised their scale, but were no
sustained by the labor council, whicl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20
Domestic Science.

81 may be old fashioned" said
Uncle Jerry PEBBLES, hut I'm burned
IL / can see any economy in buyin' a
25 cent chunk of ice to keep six cents
worth OF blue milk from spoilin'."-
Chicago Tribune.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20
Doesn't Always Work.

Money has wings and flies away.
I've heard said the man with a scar;
.Bat i've put lots of dough In a flying
machine,
Yet IL never has hown very far"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20

First English Work on Angling.
The first English work on angling
was The Book Of St Athens" rub
lished In the fifteenth century.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
FLIP FLAP Wins WITH
TERRIFIC BURST SPEED
Pulls Down Big Purse and Shaves
Close to Worlds Record
Time.
NEW YORK

NEW YORK. June so-sefore a
crowd of $4,000 persons and closing
with terrific burst of speed in the
final quater j. A. Bennett's Flip Flap.
an added starter at 30 70 won the S1o.--
900 Advance stakes, I one mile and
three furlongs, at Sheepshead bay to-.
day J. T. Gaynors Whimsica the 2
TO ! favoritc. was second. with j. Z
Madden's The Quail 10 to l. third The
time. 3; 40. was within q NTH OF
second of the world record, made by
Irish Lad in this race Swo years ago.
Sir Huon, the great Western colt
made his first appearance In the East
He was never able to keep step with his
field, and finished hftll.
Flip Flap Comes Up.
When the Held Strengthened out for
the run TO the finish the pink jacket OF
Flip Flap flashed Into View This mare
had been running last nearly all the
way and, coming on the outside OF her
field. she gradually gained on the lead !,
ers and fifty feet from tho wire she had
from Whimsical who outgamed The
Quail for the place. beating the colt a
head
quoted at Is to /. defeated a flrst-class
field of 2-year-olds IN the $500 great
trial stakes over six furlonss of the
futurity course. Resultsi
First race, steeplechase. full course
Kernel won, Phantom second. Knight OF
Elway third. Time. 5;14 30
Second race. six furlonGS-Aeronaut
won. Hendzarra second. Tiptoe third
Time. 1:12 3-5.
Third the great trial stakes. six fur
Iongs-Oran, liz (Miller), 16 to l. won:
Water Pearl 12s Lyne). IL to 8. sec
ond Ballot liz CRadtkel, to 3, third
Time 1:19 4-5. Ethon. Charles Edward.
Yankee Gun, ". H. Daniel Red River.
Alethano. Paumonosk. Faust also ran.
Fourth race, Advance stake. mile and
three furlongs-Flip Flap, los knapp
so to l. won; Whimsical 106 IL. VIII
namsl. . TO l. second. The Quail. Ill
(SewelD. 10 - /. third Time. All 40.
Cairngorm. Accountant, Strhoun also
Fifth race. Eve furlongs and a half
Gold Lady won. Elfall second. Molesey
third Time, 1901
Sixth race. fiye and half furlongs-
Magma Stella won. knight of Ivanhoe
second. Marriane Banns third. Time,
1907 4-5.
Seventh race. mile and sixteenth. on
turf-:Running Water won. Tradition
second Pirate Polly third. Time,
l:4I 10.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
ON SAUCER TRACK.
Three Race Meets Will Be Held Dur
ing the Coming Week.

Three Race Meets VIII Be Held Dur
ing the Coming Week.
For this week Manager John Chap
man of the Salt Palace bicycle track
has arranged a series OF events that
should attract every lover OF the sport
In the city. There Will be programmes
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
nights. The extra meet will be on the
night Of the Fourth of July and Will
be one Of the big nights of the year
Over $500 In prizes has been put up
There has been among riders and
patrons Of the track considerable dis
cussion as TO whether Samuelson Is
riding as fast this year as he has In
previous seasons. In order that the
'Pride of Provo" may be tested. Man.
ager Chapman has arranged a quar-
ter-mile unpaced trial against Sam
In addition to this trial against time
there will be a one-mile handicap pro-
fessional Wednesday night and a Ave
mile lap race, also, for the mon who
make their living by encircling the
saucer Jack Hume's crowd of anna
teurs will disport themselves in two
races-a quarter-mile open and q
three-mile lap
Tuesday nights programme has as
its feature an Australian pursuit race
open to all professionals. There will
be qualifying heats and the eight sur
yivors will be stationed at equal dis
tances from each other to fight ou,
the final. There Will also be a half
mile handicap for professionals, This
amateurs will ride f1ve-mile lap race
and a mile invitation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
Gulls AS Scavengars.

Gulls love society. They always nest In
colonies and live together the entire year.
They are most useful birds about the
have developed certain traits that mark
them as land birds rather than birds OF
the sea. In Southern California and Ore
eon ! have watched nccks Of them cave
ihe ocean and rivers a. dnybreak every
morning and sail inland for miles. skir-
nfshing about the country to pick up q
living in the flelds, following tGs plow All
dav long as blackbir6S do. and lighting
at tho farmers necls 10" ang e-worms. |
have seen others rummage daily about
pigpens and gorge on the ofai thrown
out from the slauSh'sr-holscs. TX any
lrIniy OF great economic importance AS il
scavenCer.-American MaSa2i1e
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
Results at Latonla.

CINCINNATI, June 30.-Latonia re-
suits '.-
First race, six furlongs-Sussane Roc
comora won. Granada second, Toppy
Girl third Time, 1;14 2-b.
Second race. Ave furlongs-Old Hon
esty won. Harold D. second, Laveita
third. Time, oil 40,
Third race. steeplechase handicap,
club house course-Snowdrift won,
warchIef second, st, Enoch third. Time
1926 40.
Fourth race, the Brewers exchange
handicap, six furlongs-John Carroll
won. Finiculalere second. Mayor j. 7.
Carson third. Time, lib 40.
Fifth race. five furlongs-Mildrene
won Lightning Conductor second,
Anna Ruskin third, Time, l;01 1-6.
Sixth race, six furlongs-Oasis won.
Harding second, Garret Wilson third.
Time, 1913 2-5.
seventh race, one mile-Monochord
won Capitano second. Proteus third.
Time l 40 4-5
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
On Overland Track,

DENVER, June 3o.-Overland results;
First race, 1924 class trotting, Cham
Der OF Commerce stake, S3000-Silver
Band won, Betty S. second, T. C, B.
third. Best time. 2;l6A
Second race, six furlongs-Mary
eileen won, Prince Ching second. Re-
dan third, Time. 1:14A.
Third race. FIVE furlongs-Jack Gilroy
won, Tire Joll second. Marie Esher third.
Time. 102.
Fifth race. mile. over hurdles-Salem
won. Mabel Sims second. Profitable
third. Time, 1;5IA.
Fifth race, six furlongs-Mary B.
Clark won. Lady Bay second, DR.. Nash
third. Time, 1:l3&
Sixth race. six and half furlongs-
Narcese won. Mosketo second, My Or
der third. Time, 1:1ola.
Seventh race. six furlongs-By Play
won, Silver Heels second. Buckster
third. Time. 1:14%,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
TAllORS WIN ANOTHER
GAME FROM L0BSTERS
Bat Out Victory in the Ninth
Inning, With Two Men
~ Gone.
Standing of Clubs.

And after 1t was all over Father John
Dubei shouted to one of his intimate
friends. Didn't I told you so?" There
was a smile on the little baseball mag
mates face that reached from ear 10
ear. 1t was easy money. even II you
hadn't seen the game. to wager that
Ogden had got her bumps again. II
may be that Father Dubei does not
know great deal about baseball. II is
even Iumored in the Inner circles that
he does not know ball from a strike.
But however this may be, he has gath
cred together ball team that has
wreaked sweet and final revenge for
Salt Lake Don't ask how he has done
IT. Rut Just whisper sweet and low to
your friend who does that Manager
Dubei carries around the biggest rao-
bits foot that ever made it's way into
these parts. And thus after years "
triumph Dad Gimlin with all his SCI
ence, experience and knowledge OF the
art Of baseball goes down to over
whelming defeat before the lucky star
Of JohE Dubei.
Luck With TalIors.
And thus it was yesterday. With the
score tied in the ninth inning and two
men out, Page and Gum surprised the
fans by driving out a double and sin
gle. breaking the tie and giving The
Tailo!'s another victory over the Lob
sters by score of a to Although
many clever plays freshened yester-
days game the finish was the best part
of il. With the score 3 to 3 In the last
of the ninth. Margetts went to the l At
for the Tailors and after two killing
swings knocked an easy one down 10
f1rst. Beck few out to third and 1t
looked as though the game would at
least go for ten innings. Page, who
had struck out twice before during the
ad nllf o nj "a
was up, went to the bat. The umpire
called the first ball thrown a strike.
Page struck at the next one, but missed
II q foot. Then he shut his eyes and
as thefpitcher threw the ball he made
an awful. swing. There was a sharp
crack. and the next minute the ball
was seen rolling and bouncing over the
grass out In the left garden But no
one dared to think that the tie would
be broken, In the first place two men
were out and in the second place uunn
was next at the bat, Now Gum is the
best third baseman In the league md
fields his position like professional.
but It Is only now and again that We
singles. out nice hit. But as luck
would have it he bingled out the nice
one yesterday. The first ball up he
smashed In the face and drove It right
over second basemans head. 1t vas
just the right kind OF a hit at the right
game was won,
Both Jensen and Bluxrud were efrec-
tive In the box, the former allowing but
FIVE hits and the latter four.
Play Miners Today.
This afternoon at o'clock at Walk
er's field Park City will meet the Dubei
Tailors. Romney will pitch for the
Tailors. Father John Dubei says there
Is no getting away from II. that he
must have today's game. The Miners
have reorganized and strengthened
their team, so that the contest should
prove close and interesting,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
Colorcd Ball Team Organizes.

Manager w. Mckenzie OF the only
colored aggregation OF ball tossers that
there is in the fair city OF Zion an
nounced Saturday that bis team was
ready to meet any of the leading anna
teur OF scmi-professional clubs in this
state and would like to hear, from the
managers of the American Fork, kays-
VILE. Bountlful. Pennington. Murray.
and other clubs.
ored team having adopted the name OF
the Occidentals. Will clash with the
Vincent Mott bunch on the grounds
at the corner ofsrwelfth East and Third
South streets.
Gans-no relation 10 the famous 10
and Ross will be the battery for the
Occidentals.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
A Little About Cement.

Cement. concrete, and especially re
inforced concrete" will, according TO
some authorities. solve many of the
hard problems confronting the archi-
tects end builders OF modern struc-
lures. Cement Ia known to have been
used by the Chaldeans, Egyptians
Greeks and Romans. The most ancient
form of cement was simply burnt lime
stone, more or less pure used very
much as ordinary lime is used at the
present time The Romans were the
first to adulterate lime by adding Ger
tain clay soils and slate for the pur-
pose OF making a cement OF a hydraulic
nature, that Is, on which would set
or harden uDder water. Pliny. Who
lived in the first century A D.. ds-
scribes the method OF modifying or
dinary burnt limestone and converting
1t into a form OF hydraulic cement.
In ancient times II was believed that
the best cement was made from the
hardest rock, and this opinion was not
modified from the time of the Romans
down to the eighteenth century. How
ever John SmcatoD. the man who built
the second Eddystone lighthouse, m
course of examining the various NY
draulic cements for use in the Youndn-
tion and masonry, made the important
discovery that the quality of hydraulic
cement depends upon the amount OF
clay III the limestone. This Is concede ed
to be the most important discovery In
the art in nearly twenty centuries.
One the Isle of Portland, In the south
of England there are certain quarries
OF limestone which have been worked
for many years. In former times pro-
ducing building stone. In 1924 an Eng
lishman named Joseph Aspdin of Leeds
patented a process for mixing and
burning lime and clay. The product
looked so much like the Portland lime
Ea cd nd
ment," from which the commonly
known name given to nearly all kinds
of hydraulic cement was deriyed.-Chi~
caRo News,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
pittshurc 8, ST. Louis 8.

ST LOUIS. June 30.-With the score
lied 2 to g. Ritchie triped In the eighth
inning, scoring two runs and later count
in9 hlmseSf, winning the game for Pitts
h,t,s S Score. r. H +.
St Sttf onJs .,oo012oOoo-3 Ii
Pittsburg . e.. o1 o01 3 % u l
Batteries-Th Egan' Mccarthy
pnitz Earned runs, ST. Louis 8: Pitts
hnro & Two-base hits. Wagner, Beckley,
MCCARTHY, Three-bnse hits. wagner. o :;
Thomnson, /, of Lynch l; on Hllder-
brant. i, Struck out, by Brown, /; by
Irnch. 4; by Hilderbrant' / Umpire
O'Day