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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-09
.sur LOOKED AS grRAlaAr AT ME AS AT HER

81 need money-right away" was
his answer,
That's all right" said l. Let me
give you an order for what you need
Thank you, thank you" said he,
so promptly that knew had done
what he had been hoping for, probably
counting on.
| give this incident to show what
our relations were, He was a young
fellow of good family, to whom | had
taken a liking. He was a lazy dog
and as out of place in business as
cat in a choir | had been keeping
him going for four years at that time,
by giving him tips on stocks and pro-
tecting him against loss, This purely
out of good nature and liking; for !
hadn't the remotest idea he could ever
he of use to me beyond helping to
liyen things up at a dinner or late
supper. or down in the country, or on
the Yacht. In fact, his principal use
10 me was that he knew how to beat
the box" we'll enough to shake fairly
good music out of it-and | am so
fond of music that | can I'LL IN win
NV imagination when the performer
isn't too bad,
They have charged that ! deliberate
" ruined him Ruined! The first
time / gave him a, tip-and that vas
the second or third time | eve saw
him-he burst into tears and said:
you've saved my life, Blacklocl.. III
never tell you how much this windialI
means to me now" Nor did with
deem and dark design keep him along
an The ragged edge. He kept himself
there. How could | build up such
man with his hundred ways OF vast
inc money, including throwing Il
away on his own opinions OF stocks
for he would gamble on his own &C
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Happier Poor.

"Old Uncle Dewberry thought he
was going to fall heir to a fortune
and move in high society. He spent
six months learning TO cultivate the
taste for olives"
"And was he disappointed when the
fortune didn't conner
Not at all. He's glad he is poor.
He says 1t doesn't take six months to
learn how to cultivate the taste for
corned beef and cabbage. Chicago
Daily News.
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at u was In two oioces. He dropped
lhem, one at a time. into the waste
basket then smiled beneyolently at
me You are right" he said. You
Shall have what YOU want. You have
seemed such mere boy to me that.
IN spite of your giving agajn and
again proof OF what you are. have
oeen putting you off. will talk the
matter over with Langdon and Mel.
vile. Rest assured my boy. that you
VIII be satisfied" He go ip. put his
arm anectionately rounc my shout
ders' We all like you. 7 nave a feel
ing toward YOU as If you ere my own
son | am getting old. and like to
see young men about me. growing up
to assume the responsibilities of the
Lords work whenever He shall call
me to my reward"
1t will seem incredible that a man
OF my shrewdness and experience
could be taken in by such Shiny stuff
at that who knew Roebuck as only
few insiders knew him, who had
seen him at work, as devoid of heart
as any empty spider in an empty web.
Yet ! was taken in to the extent that
| thought he really purposed to recog
nize my services, to yield to the only
persuasion that could affect him
force. ! fancied he was actually
about to put me where | could be OF
the highest usefulness to him and his
associates, as well as to myself
1t was with tears in my eyes that
| shook hands with him, thanking him
emotionally 1t was with a high CHR
and a proud heart that | went bach
to my Offices. There wasn't a doubt
in my mind that | was about to ge
my deserts, was about to enter the
charmed circle of high finance"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-09
Renlnnninn a Career.

Aspiring Youth understand there
is vacancy on you local staff
City Editor-Yes there is; In fact,
we are very short-handed, and l can
give you job at once, l want some
one to go around and interview Slugg
Bulldozer. the eminent politician.
This paper charges that he beats his
wife and starves his children, and we
want to know what he thinks about
1t.
terviewer for that kind of work?'
ooh, yes, several of them, but they
are all in the hospital N Y.
Weekly,
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ue RLACKLOCk.

yonoleon was about to crown
D,p so I rAye somewhere read
'' anbmltted % him the royal gene
\. ,bey had faxed up for him. He
E,,lsd the parchment and flung 1t
tooo of the chief herald, or who
. was. MY line" said he,
rom Montcnotte." And 30 ]
=, line dates from the campaign
u = npleted and established my
,tom wild Week"
.Aan not pause to recite the de-
~ tbe obscurity from which /
|,,,ad 1t would be an interesting,
l.@ontic story; but 1t is a familiar
l. also, in this land which Lincoln
|snely and so fully described when
s,Id. THE republic is oppor-
H. fact only: l did not take the
he Blackjack.
was born Blackjack, and chris
la Matthew: and my hairs being
4 black and growing SO that a lock
f. often falls down the middle of
iorehead is coincidence. The
|rcIous and insinuating story that
4 ,ad to go under another name
I,o no doubt. from my having been
|hootblack in my early days, and
Eing let my customers shorten my
he into Matt Black. But, as soon
Il graduated from manual labor, !
|umed my rightful name and have
me i'll think i may say without
blty-in honor to honor
End Week! Its cyclones, rising
Il on fury to that historic climay
chaos sing their mad song in my
/ again as ! write. Gut | shall by
means confne my narrative to
LiDess and finance. Take a cross
Edon Of life anywhere, and you have
langled Intervening of the action
| reaction of men upon men, OF
|men upon women, OF men and
men upon one another. And this
bl be a cross-section out of the very
brit Of our life to-day, with its big
b bold energies and passions-the
|lttest and intensest life ever lived
the human race.
20 begin:
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CAME A WOMAN.

In my suite in the Textile building,
just off the big main room with its
blackboards and tickers, | had small
office in which l spent a good deal of
time during stock exchange hours. 1t
was there that Sam Ellersly found
me the next day but one after my
talk with Roebuck.
81 want you to sell that Steel Com
mon, Matt" said he.
"It'll go several points higher said
l. Better let me hold it and use my
judgment on selling"
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[FF5A g q ,Dza2S1;!|, s.,
STILES
TOO MUCH.

First College Graduate hear you
have job What doing?
Second College Graduate-Oh, run
ming errands and cleaning inkwells
and so forth.
Like it?"
First rate; that is. until my en-
ployer had the nerve to ask me out to
his house % dinner. It's pretty
tough TO have to associate with your
social interiors out of business hours"
Life.
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II.
THOSE DAYS AROSE KINGS.

A
imagine yourself back two years
b half before Wild Week, back
The time when the kings of finance
Just completed their apparently
Al conquest of the industries of the
fnntry, when they were seating
Fmseyes upon thrones eacircled by
Ft armies of capital and brains,
zen all the governments of the ma
Irrational, state and city-were
bstrate under their iron heels.
lOu may remember that | was not
conspicuous figure then, OF all
lr financial agents, | was the best
$own, the most trusted by them, the
st believed in by the people. |
q magnificent suite of offices in
building that dominates Wall and
EOad streets Boston claimed me
~ and Chicago; and in Philadel-
a. New Orleans, st. Louis, San
&snciSco, in the towns and rural dis
RctS tributary to the cities, thou
los spoke of Blackjack as their
SIed adviser in matters of finance.
ehemi9s-and | had them, numer-
anu venomous enough to prove
d man worth while-my enemies
PIKE OF me as the biggest bucket
Up gambler in the world"
gambler | was-like all the other
falpulators Of the markets. But
ucKeI'shop' / never kept. AS the
r. OF finance were the representa-
n oi the great merchants, manu-
'ufers and investors, so was the
preventative of the masses, of those
wished their small savings prop
4 invested. The power of the big
"~S was founded upon wealth and
4 brains wealth buys or DULLES or
iuceS into its service; my power
1 founded upon the hearts and
NJ OF the people. upon faith in my
fnk honesty.
~" mad J built up my power? by
ID OsulIlng The possibilities of pub
n.y. the chance which the broad
sowing of newspapers and maya
HI put within the reach of the in
'uuaI man to impress himself upon
a "no'e country upon the whole
En'led world. The kings of finance
'eu upon the assiduity and dexter.
a VI sundry paid agents, operating
vash the stealthy, clumsy, old
4'onea channels for the exercise OF
1T ! relied only upon myself;
4 4" trust to no fallible, perhaps
II 'o'ous understrappers; through
q mesaphone Of the press | spoke
.C'ly to the people.
Ny enemies charge that | always
4, { oeen INSCRIPTIONS and dishon
n 90! Then how have lived and
n leu all these years in the glare
olare of publicity?
% hali-past three o'clock on {
a''ernoon, dismal, dreary raiT
4 oenB "hirled through the stree
A ~ 40 nasty wind as ever blew on
w east You are In the privat,
II Do y, mat kings of kings" Henry
nr rSeDuck, philanthropist, eminent
8,o,neuii'ah' leading citizen and--iI
h. as corrupt a creature a.
used used the domino of respectable
4 ,ba Ha' onice is on the twelfth foo
'o"er Trust building and the
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rhe Real Embarrassment.

Does 1t never embarrass YOU" we
asked of the Pttsburg millionaire.
when you happen to be in position
where you have to introduce your Wife
to one of your ex.wives?'
Not very much" he replied. THE
really embarrassing moments are
when | find myself SO placed that l
haye to introduce my present wife to
my next one."-Judge.
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No Pure AduIterant Available.

Your honor" said the mllkman, ar
raigned for selling an article below
the standard, Il did the best | could. y
Go on" said the court.
IF there were impurities in the
milk" continued the prisoner, please
bear in mind that the filtration sys-
TEN here isn't what it ought to be-"
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The Brain Storm.

When Mamie slams the kitchen door
And burns the breakfast cakes.
And stamps her feet upon the floor
Until the table shakes.
We do not hint she's in a pet
Or mad or angry-no.
We simply say when she's upset:
THE brain storm soon will go!"
Chicago Daily News.
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A Martyr to Principle.

Yes; poor Hawkins was victim
to his anti-expansionist sentiments"
in what way?'
He made up his mind that he was
getting too fat, and he doctored and
starved himself to death. Chicago
Tribune.
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Young Bird ton tree)-There
comes a hunter. We'd better fly away
Old Bird-No hurry, He's got to
climb a fence before he gets to us.
and his gun will probably catch in
rail and shoot him. They most al
ways don. Y Weekly.
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HAS that man any sound rating as
a fnancier?'
THE very best. He was in the
recent Wall street rich mars panic.
and he contributed a large share to
that five million fund to pulverize the
president and his policies"
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During the Honeymoon.

The Friend-And you and George
have excellent appetites for every
meal What kind of appetizers do
you use?
The Bride-Kisses, dear. And we
have the grandest dessert.
The Friend-Gracious And what
does 1t consist of?
The Bride-The same, of course
kisses Chicago Daily News.
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A Safe Pronosltion.

Caller-ld think that your fathers
duties as building inspector would be-
awfully dangerous, going round I'M
safe buildings.
Small Son of the HoGse--Oh, no;
he doesn't go near 'em till after they
fall down-Life.
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Her Answer.

bashful swain was he. and so
His ferv!d declaration wrote.
And finished up his letter thus:
MY love, on you i simply dote!"
But by return of post he got
An answer to his frenzled note.
II just contained this crisp advice:
you'd better find an antldotew
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Sabbath School Teacher - What
does the parable of the Prodigal Son
teach us?
Bobby Thickneck-Not to be fatted
calves ma 'am-Puck
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Cause and Effect.

The Doctor--Ive just come back
from San Reno; been away week.
The Joldst-Yes, l saw it mentioned
in the paper.
The Doctor eagerly ~ indeed
What did it say?
The Jokist--It drew attention to the
remarkable decrease in the deathrate
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Mrs. Church, met that little boy
who lives next to you, yesterday. l
could tell he was good little boy by
his face.
Mrs. Flatbush-Oh, ! suppose yes
terday was one of the days he'd
washed his face!-yonkers States
man.
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Bootiess.

You can't expect that those Mica
raguan heroes will die with their boots
on"
why not?"
Most of them are barefooted."
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Defined.

Knicker-What is a scientist?
Bocker--A man who wants TO find
out how many germs there are In
spilled milk.-Judge.
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Not Even Still.

A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still;
A maid convinced against her will
Is not convinced. nor even still.
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Il hope this proposal Of mine
hasn't taken you completely by sur
prise, dearest?"
We'll, yes, it has. long ago
abandoned all idea of it"-Chicago
journal
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Mrs. Swellington during the tiff
II am ever left a widow | shall never
again marry for money.
Mr.. Swellington-No, suppose not.
But the man who marries you will!
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
WHERE ARE THE GATES?

The fatality at the c street cross
ing has sounded a warning palmer
than all words, palmer than any pro-
tests. The city council should take
immediate action ITO see that the
crossings of the city are protected.
Every passenger train. every freight
train, every switch engine that
crosses a street crossing is a men
ace to human life when the crossings
are left without protection. There
should be gates to guard from acct
dents when trains are passing. and it
seems to be up to the city council
10 take some action in this matter.
Public sentiment following the rail-
road accident is strong, and many
expressions have been heard in which
there has been censure that no gates
have been placed at the crossings.
If the railroad company is going to
close thoroughfares of which the city
is in constant need, it is no more
than just that the city requires the
railroad company to see that what
crossings are left open should be
properly equipped for safety.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
Downfall of Bill.

I've got letter, parson, from my
son away out west,
An my OIL heart is heavy as an anvil
in my breast,
To think the boy whose future had
once so proudly planned
Should wander from the path of right
an come to SIGH an end!
7 told him when he left us not three
short years ago,
He'd find himself a-plowin' in a
mighty crooked row
He'd miss his fathers counsel, an
his mothers prayers, too;
But he said the farm was hateful, an
he guessed he'd have to go.
know that's big temptation for a
youngster in the west
But believed our Billy had the cour-
age TO resist,
An when he left l warned him OF
the ever waitin' snares
That lie like hidden sarpints in life's
pathway eyerywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful to be
keerful an allowed
He'd build a reputation that'd make
us mighty proud:
But it seems as how my counsel sort
O. faded from his mind,
An now the boys in trouble o the
very wustest kind!
His letters came so seldom that
somehow sort oknowed
That Billy was a-trampin' on a
mighty rocky road,
But never once imagined he would
bow my head in shame,
An in the dust'd waller his oil dad
dy's honored name.
He writes from out in Denver, an
the storys mighty short;
! just can't tell his mother, it'll
crush her poor OF heart!
An so leckoned, parson, you might
break the news to her
Bills in the legislature, but he does
mt say what fur.
james Barton Adams.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
Accept No Bids
On CITY Schools

Bids for the construction of the
new high school building and the
Lincoln school building were opened
by the board of education at the
clerks office Monday afternoon. All
bids for the construction of the high
school were rejected and another call
will be issued by the board at an
early date.
A special meeting will be held this
afternoon by the board to make de-
cision on the bids for the grade
schools. They were unable to come
to a conclusion Monday afternoon
on account of the variety of condi-
tions attached to the bids. A decision
will be made today at the meeting.
The bids opened by the board were
as follows:
High School-Corbett e Raymond,
$10S,704.27, with heating apparatus:
Gibson & Smith, S12S,92S, without
heating; A. E. Howard, S10S,29S,
with heating; Olsen & Johnson, $751;
95S, without heat, wires or ventilla-
ton.
Lincoln School-Olsen G Johnson
$31,700, $500 less with use of old
material on ground; Corbett & Ray
mond, $31,293; Gibson & Smith
s31,215; A. E. Howard, $39,533.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
SPECIAL RATE.
One Has Been Granted For the
Women.

The Northern Pacific has an
nounced the intention of providing
a special rate from May &c to June
5. The rate will be good as far as
Spokane. the occasion being the big
convention Of Women's Clubs to be
held in that city. The rate will be
fare to Spokane and one-third re-
turn, providing there are 100 at the
convention. 1t is probable that the
meeting of the Women's Clubs will
be held in Masonic Temple in Spo-
kane.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
MCKEE HARDWARE COMPANY

nue., $1S0,00O; total area to be re-
claimed, 100000 acres.
Garden City, Kansas, project, 5000
acres, to cost $50 an acre; total cost
$256,000; annual revenue, $25,600.
Carlsbad, New Mexico, project,
$1,000 acres, to cost $40 an acre;
to tai cost, 1000; annual reve-
nue., 100000.
Umatilla, Oregon, project, 10000
acres, to cost $50 an acre; total cost,
81, 900; annual revenue, $780,.
900.
Klamath, Oregon-Californi pro.
ject, 10000 acres, to cost $25 an
acre; total cost of first unit, $780,.
900; annual revenue, $4,000; total
area to be reclaimed, 100000 acres
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
RECLAMATION WORK.
Many Big Government Projects Near
ing Completion.

Exclusive of the Washington pro-
iects, a summary of which were given
in yesterdays Herald, following are
the big government projects nearing
completion:
Sun river project, Montana, 49,
900 acres, the estimated cost of the
reclamation of the first unit will be
s25 an acre, or 100000 for the first
unit; the annual revenue from the
one-tenth payment by the settlers
will be $4,000. The total area ul-
timately to be reclaimed is 100000
acres.
The Huntley, Montana, project,
10000 acres, estimated cost OF re-
clamation, $50 an acre, total cost
s90O,000; annual revenue, 100000.
The Lower Yellowstone project,
Montana-North Dakota, $4,000 acres.
to cost $33 an acre, total cost OF
first unit, $1,65O,O0O annual reve-
nue., S165,OOO; total to be reclaimed,
$4,000 acres.
Shoshone, Wyoming, project, 90
600 acres, cost of reclamation OF
first unit, S32 an acre; total cost of
project, $2,Ss0,OO0 annual revenue,
S2SS, 1000; total to be reclaimed ul-
timately, $4,000 acres.
North Platte, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
project, 100000 acres, to cost $S5
an acre, total cost of first unit, $3.-
100000; annual revenue, $3.50, 900;
total area to be reclaimed, 100000
acres
Truckee-C Carson, Nevada, project,
1900 acres, to cost s27 an acre
total cost of first unit, s4,S60,000
annual revenue, 5000; total area
to be reclaimed, $4,000 acres.
Hondo, New Mexico, project, 5000
acres, TO cost $26 an acre, total cost
of first unit $4,000; annual reve
nue., s24,400; total area to be re-
claimed. 1000 acres.
Rio Grande, New Mexico. project,
| 10000 acres, to cost $40 an acre;
total cost of first unit, 100000; an
nual revenue, $4,000; total area
to be reclaimed, 900 acres.
Strawberry, Utah, project, $4,000
acres. TO cost $50 an acre; total cost,
s1.300,000; annual revenue, $780,
900.
North Dakota pumping plants, 3d.
600 acres, to cost $50 an acre; total
cost of first unit, $500. 900; annual
revenue, $4,000; total area to be
reclaimed, $4,000 acres.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota, pro-
ject. $4,000 acres. to cost s35 an
acre; total cost, $4,000, 900; annual
revenue, s2SO,OO0.
Salt River, Arizona, project. 200.-
900 acres, to cost s35 an acre; total
cost. s7.OO0.O00; annual revenue.
100, 900.
Yuma. Arizona, project. 10000
acres. to cost s35 an acre; total cost,
first unit, s4.550.000; annual reve-
nue.. s455.O0O.
Uncomphagre. Colorado. project.
135, 900 acres, to cost sac an acre:
total cost. s4,S60. 900; annual reve-
nue.. s4S6,00O.
Minidoka, Idaho. project. 10000
acres, to cost $22 an acre; total cost
first unit, s1,S2O.OOO: annual reve-
nue.. $4,000; total area to be re-
claimed. 10000 acres.
Payette. Idaho. project. 10000
acres. to cost $40 an acre: total cost
first unit. s1.s00.0OO; annual reve-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
To Enjoy a Good Dinner.

There is MO need Of any self-deny-
ing diet list, no call for nasty dis
agreeable medicine, no list Of hard
exercises; simply a Mi-o-na stomach
tablet before each meal, and one be-
fore going to bed, and it will so
strengthen the stomach that good
dinner will give you pleasure and
comfort without the least fear of
distress.
The best proof of the value of our
advice is the fact that Fred l.. jan
eek gives a positive guarantee Cap
plying to two soc boxes Of Mi-o-na)
that your money will be refunded
unless the remedy cures. A guaran-
tee like this must give you confidence
in Mona stomach tablets.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
Bitten by a Spider.

Through blood poisoning caused
by a spider bite, John Washington
of Bosqueville, Tex, would have lost
his leg, which became a mass of run
ming sores, had he not been persuad-
ed to try Bucklen's Arnica Salve
He writes: "The first application
relieved, and four boxes healed all
the Sores" 25c. Guaranteed b!
c. c. Case. druggist.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
Go to Reclamation Service.

Frank Anderson, former night
clerk at the Bartholet hotel, and
Charles E. Moore, former night clerk
at the Washington hotel, will leave
this morning for Seattle. They have
accepted positions with the reclama-
ton service.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-01
Seycnty-Fifth Birthday.

D.. L. Stone was surprised ON his
seventy fifth birthday Saturday at his
residence on North Ahtanum. There
were about 40 members of the G.. A.
R. and w. R. C. and Mr.. Stones
children present. The evening was
spent playing games, and lunch,
consisting Of cake, coffee, oranges
and sandwiches was served.