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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17

look the whole field over. / must ge,
in line and In touch with @respecta
bility" When Sam Ellersly came In
for his "rations." I said: Sam.
want you to put me up at the TRAY
elers Club"
THE Travellers echoed he. with
a blank look
The Travellers" said l. Its about
the best Of the big clubs. isn't it.
And it has as members most of the
men | do business with and most OF
those | want to get into touch with.
He laughed. 1t cant be done"
why not2" l asked
OH don't know. You see-the
fact is-well. they're lot OF old
fogies up there. You don't want to
bother with that push. Matt Take
my advice. Do business with them.
but avoid them socially
Il want TO go in there | insisted
Il have my own reasons. You put
me up"
Il tell you. it'd be no use" he re-
piled, in tone that implied he wished
to hear no more Of the matter.
you put me up" / repeated. And
if you do your best. I'll get in all right
I've got lots of friends there. And
you've got three relatives in the com
mittee on membership"
AT this he gave me queer. sharp
glance little fright in it.
| laughed. You see. I've been look
ing into it, Sam never take jump
till I've measured it,"
''You'do better wait a few years.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17
HIS RUSH MESSAGE
WAS VERY IMPORTANT

A well dressed young man ap-
preached the desk in a telegraph
branch otrice and wrote a message
Laying tae pen down, he handed the
message to the girl. according &c
Modern Society" and said. You can
rush this for me. can't you?"
Yes. indeed replied the girl.
Its very important" he went on
Il must have il rushed"
1T shall go right through"
All right" he said. turning away
BE sure and rush it now
When he was gone the girl showed
the message TO another operator
standing near. Look what is TO be
rushed" she said
The message read: Henry still
loves his little wife and wishes shs
could be with him"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17
Boy Scored One on Teacher
Hereafter the latter Will Likely Be
More Precise in His Language.

Many a schoolmaster discovers Ia
his cost the need of the utmost pre-
cision in language in speaking to his
pupils and questioning them day by
day
The lesson in geography in a GER
tain class dealt with the islands of
the southeast of Asia, and reference
was being made to the Philippines
and the adjacent groups
What are the inhabitants of the
Sulu archipelago called?" asked the
master.
There is no specific name for
them" answered one of the sharpest
of the BOYS They may. however, be
classified under the one general name
of fish. Among these fish, sharks.
flying fish. and others of various kinds
may be mentioned. Then there are
sorts. though these cannot really be
tortoises or turtles of different sorts,
though these cannot really be called
fish. but"
What on earth are you talking
abouts~ exclaimed the master. as soon
as he could recover from the astonish-
ment created by the inhabitants of the
Sulu insands. and YOU ought to know
that these are Malays by race and
Gy rengfvas.
i neg your pardon, sir. retorted
the lad. You asked me about the in.
habitants of the Sulu archipelago, and
| believe am not mistaken in think
ing that an archipelago is merely a
sea or body of water interspersed with
islands"
The master gasped. and has since
nad . dread OF that boy.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17

the National Goa undertaking, ~ aa0
directed me to push Textile up toward
par and unload him OF two or three
course, TO .epurchase the shares after
he had taken profits and Textile had
dropped back TO its normal so.
'1'll have it up to 5S by the middle
OF next month";" said l. AND there
! think we'd better stop"
Stop at about 90" said he. THAT
will give me all | find I'll need for
this Coal business. | don't want to be
bothered With hunting up an invest
ment."
! shook my head. Il must put It up
to within point or two Of par" de-
Glazed. In my public letter I've been
saying it would go above 95. and
never deceive my public"
He smiled-my notion of honesty
always amused him. "As you please. .
he said, with a shrug. Then saw a
serious look-just feeting fash of
warning-behind his smiling mask;
and he added carelessly: BE careful
about your own personal play.
doubt If Textile can be put any
higher"
1t must have been my mood that
prevented those words from making
the impression on me they should
have made. Instead of approaching
at once and at it's full value this char
acteristic and amazingly friendly sig
nal of caution, showed how stupidity
inattentive | was by saying: Some
thing doing? Something new?y
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17

cepting favors; 1t struck me as being
particularly silly on this occasion. be-
cause for once he was to give as well
as TO take.
He didn't call for his profits, but
wrote asking me to mail him the
check for them did so. putting in
the envelop with il a little Jog to
his memory on the club matter. /
didn't see him again for nearly a
month: and though ! searched and
sent. ! couldn't get his trail On open
ing day at Morris Park. | was going
along the passage behind the boxes
in the grand stand. on my way to the
paddock. wanted to see my horse
that was about to run for the Sal
magundi Sweepstakes. and to tell my
jockey that I'd give him SIS. 600 in
stead of 10000, il he won-for / had
put quite bunch down
In one of the boxes | spied my shy
friend. Sammy. He was looking bet
ter than / had ever seen him. Less
heayy-eyed. less pallid and pasty. less
like man who had been Sinking bed
and keeping up On cocktails and cold
baths. He was al the rear OF the box,
talking with lady and a gentleman
AS soon as l saw that lady, knew
what it was that had been hiding at
the bottom Of my mind and ranking
there.
Luckily ! was alone; ever since that
lunch | had been cutting loose from
the old crowd-from all its women,
and from all It's men except two or
three real friends who were good fell
lows straight through. in spite of their
having made the mistake of crossing
sport" and professional. leaned
over and tapped Sammy on the shoul-
der
He glanced round. and when he saw
me, looked as if ! were a policeman
who had caught him in the act.
'Howdy. SAM said l. Its been
so long since I've seen you that /
couldn't resist the temptation to in
terrupt Hope your friend1l excuse
me, Howdy do, Miss Ellersly2" And
put out my hand
She took it reluctantly She was
giving me a very unpleasant look I
as If she were seeing, not somebody. /
but some thing she didn't care to see. |
OF were seeing nothing at all liked /
that look; l liked the woman who 1
had 1t in her TO give 1t. She made 4
me feel that she was difficult and /
therefore worth while, and that's I
what all We human beings are in bust
ness for-to make each other feel 4
that we're worth while.
"Just a moment" said Sam, red as
l cranberry and suffering And he =,
made a motion to come out of the box
and join me. At the same time Miss 4
Anita and the other fellow began to
urn away.
But was not the man TO be cheated
n that fashion. ] wanted TO see her,
md l compelled her to see it and to
eel it. Don't let me take you from
Tour friends. said to Sammy Per
laps they'd like to come with you
md me down to look al my horse.
can give you good tip-he's bound
o win. I've had my boys out on the
ails every morning at the trials of all
he other possibilities None of ems
n it with Mowghli."
'Mowghli," said the young lady
he had begun to turn toward me as
Don as | spoke the magic word tip"
here may be men who can resist
hat word tip" at the race track, but
here never was a woman.
"Mowghli," said Miss ElIersly
What a quaint name,'
MY trainer gave it." said l. I've
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17

until" he began. then stepped anC
turned red
Until what?" said l. q want yor
to speak frankly
We'll, you've got a lot of enemies
lot of fellows who've lost money in
deals you've engineered. And they'd
say all sorts of things"
I'll take care of that" said /. quite
easy in mind. ''Mowbray Langdon S
president. isn't he? Well, he's my
closest friend" l spoke quite hon
estly- 1t shows how supplemented
was in certain ways that | had never
once noted the important circum-
stance that this closest friend" had
never invited me to his house, OF any
where where I'd meet his uptown as
sociates at introducing distance.
Sam looked surprised. "Oh. in that
case" he said, IN see what can be
done" But his tone was not quite cor
dial enough to satisfy me.
To stimulate him and to give him
an earnest of what l intended to do
for him. when our little social deal
had been put through, l showed him
how he could win $4,000 in the next
three days. And you needn't bother
about putting UP margins" SAID /. as
often had before. I'm take care of
that"
He stammered refusal and went
out: but he came back within an hour.
and. in strained sort of way. accept
ed my tip and offer.
That's sensible" said l. when
will you attend TO the matter at the
Travellers? l want to be warned so
| can pull my own set of wires in con-
cert"
'Tll let you know" he answered.
hanging his head.
didn't understand his queer &C
tons then Though | was an expert
in finance, / hadn't yet made a study
Of that other game-the game OF
gentleman" And | didn't know
how seriously the frauds and fakirs
who play it take II and themselves.
attributed his confusion to a ridicu-
Gus mock modesty he had about &C
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17
Hits Girl for Proposina.

New Haven, Conn.-Michael Delugi.
in the city court. gave Judge Thayer
as an excuse for pummeling Emma
Goss on the nose that she had pro
posed marriage TO him 400 times
Every night after work she waits
for me, and insists on walking home
with me- he said Then she keeps
proposing TO me"
He showed the judge box Of let.
tiers from her which began:
rMy Very Sweetheart-My heart 10
burning for you"
The judge imposed a $40 fine. how.
ever. Michael paid, but he registered
a solemn vow never to wed.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17

got a second son of one Of those
broken-down English nobIemen a. the
head of my stables. He's trying to
get money enough together to be able
10 show up at Newport and take a
shy 81 an heiress.v
At this the fellow who was fourth
in our party. and who had been Civ
ing me nasty. CLASSY stare, got as
red as was Sammy Then | noticed
that he was an Englishman. and all
but chuckled with delight However.
said; NO offense intended and
clapped him on the shoulder with .
friendly smile He's a good fellow,
my man Monson, and knows a lot
about horses"
Miss Ellersly bit her lip and col
ored. but noticed also that her eye1
were dancing
Sam introduced the Englishman to
me-Lord Somebody-or-other, / forget
what. as | never saw him again
turned like a bulldog from a toy ter
rier and was az Miss Ellersly again.
Let me Put little something on
Mowghli for you" said l. You're
bound to win-and Ill see that you
don't lose I know how you ladies
hate 10 lose"
That was a bit stiff, as I know well
enough now. Indeed. my instinct
would have told me better then. II l
hadn't been so used 20 the sort OF
women that jump at such an offer.
and if hadn't been casting about so
desperately and in such confusion for
some way to please her. At any rate,
hardly deserved her sudden frozen
look. Il beg pardon" / stammered.
and think my look at her must have
been very humble-for me.
The others in the box were staring
round at us. Come on" cried Sam.
dragging at my arm. Tets 60"
Wont you Gomez" | said to his sis
ter. shouldn't have been able 20 keep
my state of mind out OF my voice. If
had tried And / didn't try.
Trust the right sort of woman to
see the right sort OF thing in a man
through any and all kinds OF barriers
of caste and manners and breeding.
Her voice was much softer as she
said: I think / must stay here.
Thank you. just the same"
AS soon as Sam and were alone.
I apoiogized. I hope you'll tell your
sister I'm sorry for that break" said I.
~Oh. that's all right he answered.
easy again, now that we we're away
from the others. You meant we'll
and motives the thing"
"Motive-helli" cried ! in my anger
al myself Nobody but q mans God
knows his motives; he doesn't even
know them himself / judge others
by what they do. and / expect TO be
judged in the same way. l see I've
got a lot to learn" Then / suddenly
remembered the Travellers Clue. and
asked him what he'd done about it,
1--we been-thinking it over.
said he. Are you sure you want tc
run the risk OF an ugly cropper.
Matt?"
/ turned him round so that we were
facing each other DO you want &c
10 me that favor. or don't your"
demanded
~Tll do whatever you say" he re-
1iied I'm thinking only of your in,
erests."
Let me take care of them" said
You put me up at that club to-mor
ow. I'll send you the name of a
not later than noon"
up goes your name he said
But don't blame me for the conse-
uences."
ITO be Continued)
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17

But he had already gone further
than his notion of friendship war
ranted. So he replied: 'Oh. no
Simply that everything's uncertain
nowadays"
My mind had been all this time on
those Manasquale mining properties.
| now said: Has Roebuck told you
that had to buy those mines on my
own account"
YES" he said. He hesitated. and
again he gave me look whose mean
ing came to me only when it was too
late. Il think. Blackjack, you'd bet
ter turn them over to me-"
Il can't" l answered. Il gave my
word
AS you please said he.
Apparently the matter didn't inter
est him. He began to talk of the per-
formances of my little two-year-old
Beachcomber; and after 20 minutes
or so. he drifted away. Il envy you
your enthusiasm" he said. pausing in
my so5Tway Wherever | am. wish
/ were somewhere else. Whatever
I'm doing. l wish | weresdoing some
thing else Where do you get ali this
joy of the fight What the devil are
you fighting for?'
He didn't wait for a reply.
l thought over my situation steadily
for several days l went down to my
country place. looked everywhere
among all my belongings. searching.
searching. restless. impatient At last
! knew what allied me-what the lack
was that yawned SO gloomily from
everything | had once thought beauti-
full. had once found sufficient / was
in the midst of the splendid. terraced
pansy beds my gardeners had just set
out; ! stopped short and slapped my
thigh. "A woman" | exclaimed.
That's what | need. A woman-the
right sort of woman-a wife,"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-17
A CANDIDATE FOR "REsPEcTA
BiIfTYv

Te handle this new business proper
ly l must put myself in position to
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-02
ONE HUNDRED TEAMS
WORK NIGHT AND DAY
MiIlard County People Fear
Water viii Overflow Sewer
Bridge Dam.

All Millard county has been work
ing since Sunday morning to repair the
Chopper cut' in the dam of the Des.
eret Irrigation company at Melville,
Utah. During the past winter the Des-
eret Irrigation company has been con
structing n big concrete spillwsy on
their dam on the Sewer river, below
the big Sewer bridge dam.
While the work of constructing the
spillway was in progress, the officers
of the company decided to make the
Chopper cut in the dam in order to
protect the concrete work on the spill
way. This was made through the CEN
ter of the dam It. was a little over
two hundred feet wide, At this point
the dam is some thirty feet high All
the flood water of the Sewer river has
been held in the Sewer bridge dam
during the past winter, but some water
flows through the "Cropper cut. ''
Last Saturday Mt noon the watchman
on the dam sent word to Melville that
the water was rising at the rate of
nine inches day., and 1t would be i'm
possible TO hold iPany longer than next
Wednesday.
President Melville Of the company
decided that strenuous efforts must be
put forth to close the "Cropper CUT
were released and allowed TO flow into
the lower country. Messages were sent
out over the entire county and by Sun
day morning there were over a hun
drcd teams ready for work.
Working Day and Night.
Beginning Sunday morning four hour
shifts were instituted, and since that
time the men have been working all
day and night. Fresh teams have been
used on each shift
Piles were driven up against the wa
ter's edge and the water is gradually
being crowded into n space about four
teen feet wide, When this has been
completed. sheet piling Will be ,lriven
in the clay bed of the river, and eight
thousand sacks of, earth that are now
on hand will be rapidly crowded into
the narrow onening. Then the hundred
teams, which are now being used TO I'll
the other part of the cut, will rush
over the gap, pulling with them i'm
monse loads of earth and brush. After
the dam has been built up to a safe
point word will be sent up the river to
open the gates Of the Sewer bridge
dam.
The cement work on the spillway is
not yet completed. John Lyman has
iofCe VI twenty Iitu Dusyf anu eA-
poets TO have the concrete work fin
ished by the time the water is re-
leased.
Whether President Melville and his
aids will be able TO fill up the gap in
the limited period is highly question
able. IT is certain, however, that if
they fail before the waters held in
the SEWER lijdge dam are released
that their dam at Melville will not be
closed until fall. Hence, it is OF the
utmost Importance that the dam be re-
filed. Not only for this reason must
the work be a success, but the cost OF
the work now in progress amounts TO
$4,000 The spillway costs $4,000
and the back filing $4,000.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-02
q Bold Step.

To overcome the wel-grounded snd
reasonable objections Of more intel
lieent TO tho uso OF secret, cinal com-
pounds. DR.. Il. Y. Pierce. Oh Buffalo, II.
Y, somc tlmo ago, decided TO make bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers OF put-up medicines for do
mestic use. and, SO has published broad
cast and otz 20 the whole world, a full
and compfe:e list OF all the ingredients
entering int5>she composition OF his widely
celebrated hedicMes. Thus he has taken
his numcrpus patrons and patients into
his full EODGGence. Thus too he has re-
moved/b /bis/hcdicine from among secret
nostrEyS OF doubtful merits, and made
themS4acTlcdicS OF KT0lcn Composition.
By thls, bold sstsp pr. Ilerce has shown
IT'LL lls -lQrmnlas ara u such -eXcelIenlY
thAt he is not AIE0ld- 70 subject them y
of Dr, pjercc's Golden Medical Discovery, the
famous medicine for weak stomach, torpid
liver or blllousncss and all catarrhal diseases
wherever located hare printed upon It, IN
plain En0itsh, full and complete DsJ Of al
the inGredients COMPOSING u, but snail
standard mcdlca! works, Of all the difTciunI
schools OF pract!ce, containing very nunalr-
Gus extracts from the writings OF leadin2
practitioners OF medicine, endorsing IN ais
stron0est possible terms. each and every incrc-
diept containcd In Dr. Pierce's incidence.
One OF these llttle books Will bo mailed !roa
to any one sending address on postal card Di
by letter. 10 Or. Il. V. Pierce, Buffalo. h. Y.
and requesting the same, From this NtIC
book 1t Will DO learned that DR., Perce's nc0-
lcines contain no alcohol, narcotics mineral
agents or other poisonous or Injurious agents
and that they arc made from native, mcdici-
nal roots OF great ya!uei also that some OF
the most valuable ingredients contained II
DR.. Piercc's fRsSritc Prescription for weak.
nervous. over-wori;ed. "run down." nervous
and ocbilltated women. wer0 employed, long
years ago. hy the Indians for similar ailments
affecting thcir squaws. In fact, one OF tho
most valuable medicinal plants entering inta
the composition OF Dr. Pierces Fayorite Pro
scription was known 60 the Indians -
"SQuaw- Wccf," Our knowledge OF the uses
OF not a few Of our most valuable notivc. mo
dicin2l plants was GGiocd froca the Indians.
AS made UP b. improved and exact pro-
ceSses. the "Favorite Prescription is 4 most
efficient remedy FOR regulating all the woE'~
anly fuDctlons. correcting dispiacemcnts. n
prolapsus. artevcrs!or and retorversior.
overcoming painful periods, toning up the
nerves and hYi1Ging about n perfect state 81
health, sold hY al dealers 81 sne1Iclne4
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-02
MONTANA HAS REFORMED
For First Time Since 1868 There Is No
Gambling in State

HELENA, Mont, April 1.-The
Griffin anti gambling law became effec,
tive today, and as a result all games Of
chance are strictly tabooed 1t is the
in 1868, that nowhere in the State can
public game Of faro, roulette, poker,
dice, card games of all kinds and even
slot machines, be found All of the lat
ter were removed from cigar stands
and other establishments yesterday,
merchandise will be strictly a CONNER
cial proposition.
Positive instructions have been is
sued by the Attorney Generals Office
to all peace officers that the law will
be strictly enforced and as under its
moved if the prohibited games are per-
mitted TO continue. there is no reason
to doubt that the purpose of the law
will not obtain.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-02

ent laws should forbid oil combinations
instead OF sharply discriminating between
these combinations which do good and
the corn nbinatlons which do evil. Rebates,
for instance, are as often due 10 the pres
cure OF big shippers Gas was shown I'm
the case OF the Standard OH company
and which has been shown since by the
investigation OF the tobacco and sugar
trusts) as TO the initiative OF the big
railroads. Often railroads would like 10
combine for the purpose of preventing
big shipper from maintaining improper
advantages at the expense of small ship
pers and OF the general public. Such a
combination. instead of being forbidden
by law. should be favored. In other
words. Il should be permitted to railroads
TO make agreements provided these
agreements were sanctioned by the In
terstatc Commerce commission and were
piled with II is impossible to see what
harm such a combination could do to the
public at large"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-02
A FRIENDLY GROCER.
Dropped a Valuable Hint About Coffee.

"For about eight years. writes
Mich. woman, 81 suffered from ner.
Tousness-part of the time down in
bed with nervous prostration.
Sometimes / would get numb and it
you'd be almost impossible for me to
Ipeak for spell. At others, l would
lave severe bilious attacks. and my
ieart would futter painfully when 1
gould walk fast or sweep.
81 have taken epough medicine to
tart small drug store, without any
benefit. One evening our grocer was
Urged that | quit coffee and use Pos
um, so he brought home pkg. and /
made II according to directions and we
we're both delighted with it.
so we quit coffee altogether and
lsed only Postum. | began TO get bet
er in month s time and look like an
ither person, the color came back to
NY checks, | began TO sleep well, my
Ippetite was good and / commenced 10
axe on flesh and become interested in
werything about the house.
Finally | was able TO do all my own
york without the least sign of my old
rouble. | am 80 thankful for the little
,ook. 'The Road to Wellville.' 1t has
lone me so much good. haven't taken
nedicine Of any kind for six months
md don't need any
ga friend of ours who did not like
Postum as she made it, liked mine. and
When she learned to boil it long enough,
ers was as good as mine. 1t s easy if
.ou follow directions. - Name given by
Postum Company. Battle Creek, Mich.
lead the little book, "The Road TO
Nellvillc,' in pkgs. "There's Rea-
on -