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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-06
Ballinser Has New Office

Washington, April president
Roosevelt has appointed R. A. Ballin-
ger. commissioners Of the::general land
ofIice, q member and chairman Of the
public land commission, to succeed
former Commissioners Richards. The
commission was established in 1908 90
consider public land matters and 70
suggest changes In tho law.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-06

New York, April 1.-THE decision
of the Minnesota court was no more
than we expected. said J. J. Hill
when informed that the supreme court
had upheld the Great Northern stock
issue. For fifteen years we have
been doing the same thing with never
any serious objection fro them author
tiles of that state
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-06
MAY ISSUE STOCK
MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT De.
CIDES FOR GREAT NORTHERN.
Statute Delegating Legislative
Powers to Railroad Commission
Declared to Be Unconstitution-
al, Reversing Contention of the
Attorney General.

preme court has upheld the Great
Northern railroad in it's contention
that it had the right to issue the $50,
100000 of stock authorized by the
board of directors some months ago.
and which we're enjonined at the in.
stance of Attorney General Young,
who claimed that the company should
first come before the state railroad and
warehouse commission and submit to
an examination tc show the necessity
and the purpose of this issue. This
contention of the state was upheld by
Judge Hallam, in the Ramsey county
district court, who ordeed an inJunc-
ton to issue. The supreme court re-
verses what decision.
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was unan-
imonus. Chief Justice Start delivered
the opinion, the syllabus of which is
as follows:
81. The terms and conditions upon
which corporations may be created,
the powers and capital stock they may
have, the purpoes for which they may
increase the capital stock and the con.
ditions and limitations of these are
exclusively matters for legislative &C.
ton which cannot be delegated.
SO The state having created rail.
way corporations for public purposes,
the legislature has the right to enact
laws regulating the increase of their
capital stock. Such regulations tend
to prevent secrecy of operation and
accounts by such public agencies and
the issue and sale Of fictitious or wa
tered stock, which is felony in. thu
state.
Legislative Powers $500
$50. In the exercise OF, this right
the legislature may enact statute
providing generally for what purposes
and upon what terms, conditions an0
limitations an increase of stock may
be made and confer upon commission
the duty of supervising the proposed
increase.
"a. It may also delegate to the
commits sion the duty of finding the
facts in each particular case and au
thorize and require it, if it finds the
existence of facts that bring the cass
within the statute, to allow the pro
posed increase, otherwise to refuse it
Statute Declared Unconstitutional
"5. Any statute, however, which
attempts to authorize commission ir
its judgment to allow an increase o.
capital stock for such purposes and OF
such terms as it may deem advisable
or in it's discretion to refuse it, woulc
be unconstitutional as an attempt to
delegate legislative powers.
Sc. Section 1872. R. s. 1905, rela
ting to the increase of capital stock o.
railway corporations, does not violate
article 1, section IL, of the state con
stitution, or article 1, section 10, Of
the constitution of the United States
which forbid the enactment of any
law impairing the obligation of con
tracts. It does, however, violate sec
ton 1, article 8 of the state constitu
ton in that it delegates to the com
mission legislative power.
"The order of the county court il
therefoe reversed"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-06
SAID Big BRIBERS
Will Be INDICTED

San Francrisco, April 2.-With the
evidence now before it. the grand jury
is in a position to indict those repre-
sentatives of the United Railroads
who arranged for the bribery of the
mayor and the board of supervisors.
It is stated that more testimony on
hte trolley deal will be heard before
the indictments are voted. As matters
now stand three branches of the trac.
ton copmany are involved: The con-
troll, represented by Patrick Calhoun ;
the active management, represented by
Thornwell Mullaly, and the law de-
partment, at the head of which is
TREY L. Ford. Just which of these
branches the grand jury will hold re-
sponsible for the briery deal the next
fewdays will determine. 1t is stated
that in the end all three branches
may be held culpable.
Company's Official Gives Evidence
Strong evidence against the United
Railroads was supplied by Supervisors
Gallagher and Sanderson, but more
important will be the testimony of one
of the high officials of the corpora
ton, who will take the witness stand
and tell the whole story to the grand
jury.
This important evidence has been
secured only within the last few days
and is considered sufficient to clinch
the case against the United Railroads.
1t has been stated by the prosecu-
ton that it is not its purpose to call
before the grand jury either Calhoun,
Mullaly or Ford. Their testimony
will not be needed.
The disclosures which will attend
the conclusion of the United Railroads
bribery deal will b., the most sensa-
tional OF the graft cases.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-11
A Study in Babies.
LAND LISTED BY COUNTIES
Certified Transcript of All State Sc
lections to Make Titles
More Settled.

c. S. Tingey, secretary of state, is now
engaged in preparing a certified transcript
of all lands In the various counties Sc
lected for the state under the provisions
Of the. enabling act of congress as shown
by the lists approved prior to January
by the commissioner Of the federal land
office
According to q law passed by the last
legislature the secretary of state must
before October l transmit to each county
recorder q certified transcript of all such
lands in his county. This act was passed
In order TO make the title OF much of
this land more settled, as at present none
OF the patents are recorded in the cOun-
ties and reference must be had to the
records of the secretary of state and state
board of land commissioners every time
a dispute arises.
It is made the duty of the county re-
rorder to enter these transcripts upon
the records Of his office, for which he
shall make no charge. All certified tran
scripts so recorded shall be accepted in
lieu of the original approved lists and
shall be sufficient evidence of the con-
veyance of the lands described by the
United States TO the state of Utah.
on January l. 1893. and on the first days
of January and July thereafter the sec
rotary of state is required to transmit
to county records similar lists of lands
approved during the proceeding SIX
months and thus keep the record up to
date.
The task is q monumental one, but Sec
retary Tingey says ne hopes to have II
completed by October 1.
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go faster if they put on little more
speed, and was doubtless of great value
as they would repeat it every lap, yelling
through the swiTling cloud Of dust You
would have thought they had money on
the race. Maybe they did The amount
of the pool at the Mutual stands Qt is
mutual between the gentlemen who run
it, handed out when my pal, poor old Sill
verheels, lost out, was three-siXty. It only
paid three-fifty-fiv however, as some
one had rung in a Provo beer check on the
reckless gamesters who operated the
booth and on the pOpulace.
Different Lodges.
And then the cowboy race Oh, YES.
they gave advice to the cowboys, too.
Just where 1 could look across the PAD
dock from my window there were three
sports standing. The sport eastern. the
sport western and the sport juvenile. Diff
ferent lodges, but all unmistakable men,
bers of the craft. They had their union
cards in evidence, whisky breath, assault
on the English language and the Big
Glass Rocks. The sport eastern was clad
in checked suit, a diamond pin, a brown
derby, and spoke in two sections. The
sport western talked nothing which would
be allowed over the telephone, had pro-
file like a dish, with little whiskers trick
hing out of his chin like milk out of a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-11
MERCHANTS WILL ORGANIZE
Appoint Committees to Draw Up Res
oIutions

The retail merchants OF the city have
decided to organize for their mutual ben
eft and last night about thirty repre-
sentative retail business men met at the
Commercial club and discussed plans for
their proposed association.
The debate lasted for several hours. The
Retail Butchers and GTocers' association
has extended the retailers an invitation
for them TO affiliate themselves with that
organization, but whether this will be
done or not has not been determined II
is probable that a separate Organization
will be formed The merchants say they
are constantly sWindled through cashing
worthless or forged checks and have trou-
bic in collecting their bills. Committees
were appointed last night to draw up res
buttons looking to the formation of an
association in the near future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-11
DTOmedary, Grand Old GeIding,
Gives His Impressions
of Whole Show.

My name is DTOmedary. I'm sixteen
hand, rat-colOred trOttng geldIng. They
used to call me DTOmedary, because TWEEN
" years ago / was wont to get consider
able of a hump on myself L regret TO
say that it has lately become permanent
and the casual spectator now thinks my
name has reference to my shape Thirty
six years of strenuous lie and twenty
three years on the track are apt to duh
persons sensibilitieS, but today did want
to shake the sulky for one minute and
hook d fresh guy from the east-Just one,
I heard him say: If that horse ran true
to his form he'd need roller coaster fof
I've done my best. The years have
piled up the seconds on my mile and in
terfered a bit with the action Of my fore
legs, but they haven't changed a sunny
disposition. When they josh me I just
look around and grin. There are lots of
you; may your oats never run out" he
said, politely.
What a Horse Saw.
Suppose for a second I should tell you
what l saw this afternoon. I like to go
to the races at Wandamere- The fact that
most of my competitors are on a short
vacation from the moving machine has
ceased to hurt my feelings. They are
pretty Scrubby lot and they come on the
scene with the cOckleburr still clinging
TO their tails and all that, but they are
pretty good fellows and 90 their days
that's sure. They do their work honestly,
get fed. mostly, and 1 certainly never
heard that they asked TO come to the
track. If you listen for a moment here
in the paddock you will hear d Whinny of
relief: Thank the lord that's over
Just look around and see If, with all
the joshing that is handed us. you Will
see a forelock with so little behind it that
IL would be moved TO project its owner
through the hot sun with eight babies in
its wife's arms and sixteen drinks under
holt md sit n a al =
and hOller at three-minute race like
Wild Indian
A Study in Babies.
Shall I tell you what 1 saw today2
lot of half-baked imbeciles, slowly cook
ing, watching the race and wondering if it
was their watch or the horses which had
stopped. Twelve hundred Of them in al.
Eight hundred and forty were babies, who
always enjoy races. Pink babies with
blue eyes, and blue babies with the pink
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-11

eye. Babies of all ages up to the limit of
babylon. Babies asleep and babies
awake. Babies being fed on popcorn,
lemonade, ham sandwiches and pink pop
and au natureL The gTandstand was
one gentle rocking, spanking motion to
the accompaniment of two-tenthS of a
brass band and an infantile oblSato.
1.-TWO hundred men and two hundred de-
serted wives completed the audience. OF
the two hundred wives only one was
babyless as well as husbandieSs. She sat
in the front row of the grandstand and
watched the races. Occasionally the
small child next to her would smear up
q corner of her dress with a choice mess
of the Cannon-Dick Young brand of
baby food, consisting of dirty wrapping
paper. alleged peanut brittle which had
been in the sun too long, and a little of
everything else the aforesaid infant had
managed to get stuck to it. The babyleSs
one would glare and draw her skirts
about her and be glaTed at by the
mother.
The Men and the Boys.
1.-THE two hundred men. mostly boys,
gathered about the track and told the
riders how to win the races. Their adj
vice was mostly elemental and consisted
of informing them that they could Go
better if they acquired the rail. or would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-11
Some Horse Sense Views of the
Crowd, the Races, the Bet.
ting and the Babies.

watering can, the checked suit, the dia-
mond pin, the Big Boots and the Black
Sombrero. The sport Juvenile spat vigor-
ously through a hole in his face, which
was surrounded on all sides by a mass of
freckles and red hair. and which jumped
suddenly back from his nose to his cow
lick He also had a number sixteen
square colIar-Sixteen inches both WAYS
around and up. with little gap in the
front for his Adams apple to bob up and
down in They all three cheered loudly
and shifted cOntemptuously alternately
Earker how to ride. Later it was learned
that all three fell off the merry-go-round
when 1t stopped suddenly.
'Oh, yes, we are undoubtedly a lot of
funny old horses and it is quite worth
your while to come out here and then
cropper.
Cowboy Relay Race.
''Then there is the cowboy relay race
each half mile lap of the track. The race
today was between Mr. Hicks of Mur-
ray, described by the gentlemanly an
noUI1cer as the man with the sombrero
and Mr.. Harker, of Thompsonville. SINH
larry referred to as the gentleman with
you wish to put up q monument to the
man who invented Barbed Wire, even if
he did catch the publcs pants on it after
the steel trust got next. They had twenty
selected horses, which would have made
the army beef contractors call an inouest
in the bunch with ideas of his own Mr.
Harker drew him. Mr.. Harker won the
race"
The old horse turned sadly toward his
manger. It's a funny world he said
for the horses looking on.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-09
MAKING OLIVE OIL.

Consul General Hector de Castro, of Rome, forwards to the bureau of manufactures description and illus trations of an improved and inexpen- sive machine for separating and sav- ing oil dregs in the production of olive and other seed oils. The drawings will be loaned to those interested, in the order of their application, MT. de Cas- tro writes
 One of the great drawbacks in the process of manufacturing Olive and seed oils in the formation of dregs and the subsequent extraction of the oil therefrom, resulting always in a cer- tain amount of waste, no matter what the method of recovering the oil may be- A separator lately invented by Professor Bracci, of Spoleto, Province of Rome, appears to fill a long felt want, In this apparatus, of simple and inexpensive construction, the oil is separated automatically from the wa ter as fast as the mixture from the press runs into the separator.
 This eontrivance is not at all com plicated The separator, formed of a double cylinder, is filled with fresh water through tube. The mixture from the press runs into the vat through a sieve and tube. It be- comes diluted and washed in the fresh water and the oil being lighter, rises to the surface and runs out through the opening of a cone into the reservor and out of a valve. Meanwhile the surplus water is forced out through a siphon and outlet.
 It i snecessary once in while to renew the fresh water in the separa- tor and to clean the sieve, but all this work can be attended to by a boy without fnterrupting the work of se- parator may be made of any size de- sired, and one single aparatus may be used simultaneously fortWo or more presses. The great advantage lies in the fact that a better and more even quality of oil is produced and that there is no waste.
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TESTERDAK'S STOCK MARKET
Active Hour at the Opening-Some
 Questionable RumOrs.

New York, Feb. 8.--The stock mar ket had an active hour after the open- ing to-day, during which prices were held above the level of yesterdays re- covery. Apparently distribution was going on at that level and the mar ket lapsed into extreme dullness and hesitating fluctuations thereafter. The effect was to revive doubts over the speculative outlook. Most of the ma terial of the days speculation was in the form of runprs chiefly from Wash ington. There were large buying orders at the same time executed by houses with important Washington connec- tions. The effect was to produce the impression that important develop ments were to be forthcoming there, bearing fruit on financial and stock market conditions but authoritative in- formation was lacking. Confidence is felt in the financial district that mod crate measures of currency reform have been undertaken at Washington under auspices that give good promise of success,
 The impression has got abroad in the been received in some way of a likeli- hood that the interstate commerce commission would not be opposed to an advance in freight rates if the process were equalled, There was a still more specific rumor about the stock ex- change of an inteded alteration in the government process against the Stand ard Oil company. which is regarded as a sort of typical and test case of the attitude to be taken towards the great corporations in general. The uncertain ty in the stock market movement was probably the outgrowth of the rather unsubstantial material on which it is thus seen it was based. The marke felt the effect also of the short interest by reason of covering of shorts in yester- days market, A hardening of the call money rate late in the day also weigh ed somewhat on the market. This was supposed to be due principally to the making of provision for paying the sub scriptions to last weeks New York city bond issue of $300O0,OOO The pre- liminary estimates of the weeks cur
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IN CONNECTICUT SHOPS.


 The United States census bureau has just issued a very timely report on child labor in the United States, based on the census of 1900 and later informa- ton. The bureau has carefully com- piled all the various occupations, and their investigations show the number of bread winners, who are from ten to fifteen year of age. Connecticut shows up very well, and as compared with other states, especially in the south, very few children are compelled to work.
 The total number of male children working in the state is placed at 6,SSS, nearly all of whom are employed in factories. The total number of female children is estimated at 4,741 in fac- tories. The total number of male chill dres in Connecticut is given as 45.834, and the percentage obliged to work is given as 149.
 There are 45,7O7 girls in the state and only 1O.4 per cent. are employed. The general average in the United States is 26.1 per cent.
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nrTING MAGAZINE.

The February number of Outing is especially midwinter number, and is particularly worthy of attention be- cause of its excellent illustrations, mo- tably the drawings by M. c. Wyeth and Oliver Kemp. The special articles for February give the reader a glimpse of forest trails and open prairie stretches that make one uneasy to get away from desk and work. Emerson Hougb writes about the Canadian Northwest in an informing manner, giving the reader a clear idea of the big possibilities of the country. Rein forcing this article is 8 story by Law renee Mott, entitled "The Best Man Out of Labrador" and an installment of "The Long Labrador Trail by Dill lon Wallace. "The High Leapers, by Charles Frederick Holder, is fish sto- ry for. once in line with actual fact, be- ing a record from personal observation
 of some marvellous high leaping feats of the swimmers of the sea. Beyond the Gap-the Breeding Ground of Feuds," by T. c. Revere, gives the reader an insight into that strange American anachronism. the Kentucky feudist The authors opportunities for intimate observation were unexcelled, tnasmuch as he was on the ground for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-09

 several months in his capacity of Uni ted States civil engineer. Lynn TeW Sprague tells of Americas most hu- initiating war with "Osceola, the Chief of the Seminoles," The department ar ticles on Camp Equipment" by Stew art Edward White; Learning to Ride" by F. M. Ware; Building an Ice Yacht by Archibald Rogers. and. How to Measure Horns and Antlers," by D. c. Elliott, are packed with top ies of practical and timely interest. Caspar Whitney's editorial comments on the reasons why the United States is losing it's race for commercial su- premacy among the Latin republics are worth studying, especially as he points a way out.
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rency movement also indicated weak ened banking petition. Reports were current also of further note issues by railroads, either placed or in contemp- lation.
 The dropping tendency of the mar ket more than wiped out the earlier gains, and held to the closing which was easy.
 Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par value, $1,694,OOO.
 U. s. bonds were unchanged on call.
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Bonton Stock auotntionS.

Reported over private wires of Horn blower & Weeks. members of the rew York and Boston Stock Ex- changes. New Haven office. 27 Center street.
 Boston, Feb. 8, 1907.
 High. Low Bid. Aasked
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NEW FORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Prince & Whitelr members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges, New York office 52 Broadway and IS Center street New Haven. Conn.
 New York, Feb s, 1907.
 High. Low Bid. Asked.
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Cotton Market.

Reported by Dick Bros. 6 Co.,, mem- of the New York Stock and Cotton Exchanges. Branch office, No. SS Center street New Haben Conn.
 New York; Feb. s, 1907.
 High. Low. Last.
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ClosIne Prices.

Reported over private wires of Prince & Whitely members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges, New York office b2 Broadway and IS Center street New Haven. Conn.
 New York, Feb. 8, 1907.
 Bid. Aasked.
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Miscellaneous Bonds.
Bid Asked,

6 PER CENT. guaranteed first mortga- ges on improved Greater New York City property, in amounts from S1 800 and upward. Inquire for a few days at 990 Chapel St. f5 3ta
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St, Paul and Union Pacific were the most active stocks yesterday, advanc- ing sharply in the early trading on what seemed to be good buying. This strength did not hold, however, and both stocks were sold heavily before the close, when the market sold off in all sections.