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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-21

in case 1 had been trying for flush
The others did not laugh, though
/ Winterbottom thought he detected a
smile on Titcomb's face and thereupon
prepared himself for extra watchful-
ness.
Hobert dealt next, and while he was
shutting he went on talking. -Of
course, everybody knows the average
hand is a small pair, and if player
has better than that"
SAY stranger" said Joe Bassett
abruptly, II don't want to cash in this
early in the game, 'thouten it's RELY
needful for to do it, an 1 amt 'xactiy
what you'd call nervous, but if you was
to give UP that there preachin' about
mathematics AMI averages I'd c'nsider
/ ii favor. 1 don't wish for to get nut
/ ty afOre my time"
"Oh, very WELL" said Mr.. Hobert,
/ and he took the next pot.
When Winterbottom dealt he stayed
out, but on PearsalPs deal he won
again. Then he stayed out until it
came TitcQmb's deal. Then, 1t being
Bassett's age, he stayed. The others
ell stayed excepting Pearsall and Blais-
dell, and Bassett raised it S., where
upon HoDert promptly made it SO
more.
There's very pretty explanation to
be made of the science of that play,
when you figure the proportion between
the size of the pot and the size of the
/ bet, but as long as you're not interested
in mathematics I'll cut that out"
The others were impressed, and they
dropped out up to Titcomb. He made
it $40 more, and Bassett looked at his
hand again. He was about to put his
money in, when Jake Winterbottom
spoke up.
| Looks like there was a fair openin
f'r some whipsawin just about now.
he said dryly, and Bassett hesitated
Then he threw down his cards.
Titcomb picked up the deck to serve
the draw, but, pausing a moment, he
said with a soft drawI: 'sMebbe the gen.
tleman will speak a leetle' more plain
next time. Pears like he said some toe
much or not enough. If he was just
putin up a ante I'll come in, but if he
was chippin', l raise him, an mebbe
he'd better thrown down his guards"
''S'posin' you call it on'y just a ante,
said Winterbottom coolly, but reaching
for his gun as he spoke-a motion thai
was so plain that Hobert and Titcomf
both reached for their at the same mo-
ment.
Just then, however, old man Green.
hut burst into tn Groom brandfshing
his bungstarter. II knowed there was
| somepin' wrong!" he shouted, "whel
this here zap begin talking mathemat-
les an here's George Miller just come
in as knowed him at sight Joe Bassett
there's a reward of $4,000 FIR the cap
ture O. that man, Dick Taylor (pointinl
at HObert, an you're the sheriff. l cal
on you for to arrest him, an I'll com
nit him to Jail"
There was a brief struggle, for Tay.
Tor and his pal were both desperate
but the odds were too great and they
were quickly secured.
You didn't tell us what became o
Red Ritter" said Ten Spot Ike after tn,
excitement had subsidized.
'Oh, they sent him to tn insane asy
lum," said old man Greenhut, AN thel
made him superintendent | reckon i
must "a been because there want no
body else there as crazy as he was"
EXPERT KODAK FINISHING.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-21

EXPERT KODAK FINISHING.
Harry Simpler. Commercial Photog-
rapher, ISL Main street. Get my new
price list.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Rossfni's LnZiness.

Rossini was one of the most indolent of men and in his younger days used to do most of his composing in bed. Once he had almost completed a trio, when the sheet fell out of his hand and went under the bed. He could not reach it, and, rather than get up, he wrote another. The lazy man, if he works at all, does so by spurts, and Rossini, working against time, wrote ''The Barber of Seville" in thirteen days. When Donizetti was told of this he remarked, Tt is very possible. He Is so laZyw The overture to the "Gazza Ladra" was written under curious cir culnstances. On the very day of the first performance of the opera not note of the overture was written. and the manager, getting hold of Rosslnl, confined him ill the upper loft of La Scala, setting four scene shifters on guard over him. These took the sheets as they were filled and threw them out of the windows to copyists beneath.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Measured the Time.

An old sailor was being examined in an assault case by cute young law yer, who questioned his veracity re garding q matter of time.
 "You had no watch. aud yet you are positive that the defendant was only ten minutes absent. I doubt if you are able to estimate ten minutes of time correctly" he said
 Try me- said the old tar.
 The lawyer drew his watch from his pocket and said, When I call out Now you allow ten minutes to pass, and when 1t is up call out Times up.' :"
 The old salt nodded and the lawyer called out "Now.' Slowly the time passed, and the lawyer, with watch in hand, tried to wheedle him into an ad- mission that time was up. The sailor paid no heed and exactly at the end of the ten minutes shouted, Times up." The beWildered lawyer turned round confused at the courts loud laughter, and his eye lighted on the courtroom clock behind him, which had assisted the oil sailor in his task.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Subjective Drowning.

The dentists chair was tipped so far back that escape for the village seam stress, lady of remarkable conversa- tional ability, was impossible. Wads of absorbent cotton were tucked be- heath her tongue, some patent appli- ance held her jaws apart, and all the lower half of her countenance except one back tooth was concealed under e decidedly damp rubber dam. The patients mouth was full of water, speech was impossible, and the poor, naturally talkative lady was suffering agonies of discomfort.
 The engrossed dentist paid no heed to her squirmings or to the appeal in her eyes. Fortunately, however, the patients hands were free. Groping in the reticule that hung from her belt, she brought forth paper and pencil and wrote:
 "Help! Help! I'm drowning."- Youths Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
JOE FAILLA.

VVE EA1IUAe
 Dealer in oysters. All kinds do- lestic and foreign fruits and nuts The only place in Pine Bluff. where you can get Oysters in the shell. 222 w. Barraque. Old Phone 1O33
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Cold Storage In Irish Boss.

Cold Storage In Irish B0gs.
 For long it puzzled me to know what the poachers did with the birds they shot in July. There Is no cold storage In the north of Ireland, but they have discovered an excellent substitute. The birds are buried four or five feet deep In dry peat, and, l am told, come out perfectly fresh at the end of two or three weeks. When one remembers the bog butter dug out of the peat bogs in a comparatively fresh state after being buried for probably 200 or 300 years, 1t Is not difficult to believe that grouse might keep, under the same cir cumstances. for two or three weeks.- Letter in Country Life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
4 Poets curiou. Compliment.

~ k08V0 NUK1Ou0 upAA"C0ts
 1t was the habit of Richard Henry ctoddard, the poet, to always speak we'll of every one. No matter how bad the character of a person, the good gray poet invariably found some trait to praise. One day in his office on Park row some friend entered and asked him whether he knew so and SO and. If so. what was the mans reputa- ton. It happened that the man had a shady reputation and was well known @ "gold brick" operator. The aged poet lighted his pipe and answered:
 "Yes, I know him. He Is the most energetic, progressive, irrepressible, good natusd, artistic kind of an un. mitigated rascal that l ever met."- Leslie's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Shredded S:k Skirts.

The girl with notil:ag a year shoale know that silk ratt"o1ts and tininos when reduced to s.Teds and litter. unequal to the:;' ..zs>t purpose can b, utilized for millinery trinaIil.s vii. very little picking over. The iut.ies c: gosIcred portions which renaia in5aci are specially sery!cc;l5!e One @i!l WIle Is wearing a very becoming silk hat ot this kind for theater and other ev"ain affairs confessed to her women friends that it was evoked from d wo:..oIl petticoat and arranged over a frame made from q pasteJoard banuboX
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
The Tact Market.

Chancellor James R. Day was once advising a young undergraduate of Syracuse university to cultivate tact. "But, alas" he said, T fear that advice on such a subject must always be wasted. On tact the last word was spoken by Barbey d'Aureville when he said:
 "'1f tact could be bought, only those already possessed of 1t would want to buy it."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Artistic Candle Shade.

Three dainty candle shades were re. White crape paper, tinted the shade of crab apple blossoms, on the lower part of the ruffle, which fell over the shade, produced charming effect. On the upper rim of the foundation was laid an encircling wreath of crap apple blossoms and buds, fashioned from white crape paper, tinted with water colors, the buds being colored pale or deep, to correspond with the flowers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Governor II. R. Patterson.

first time he has been chosen execu- tive of the state. He was the Democratic candidate for the office and was rep resentative in con- gress rom the T e mt h Tennessee district. He was born in Somerville,
 Ala, in 1861 and, a fter graduating from the Christian RrOtharS' cnl1opo at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Making New Rubber Plants.

From rubber plant which is grow Ing in a llviug room, the best way to get plants Is by scoring the bark of tho limb where you want the roots to grow and covering the injury with sphagnuln moss, which must always be kept damp. Roots will soon permeate the moss, when the limb should be cut of and potted.-Garden Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Kept Her Word.

"This," said the school friend who had not seen her for year. "this is the girl who vowed to me that she never would belong to any man, ehr'
 "I don't" said she who had been married the matter of some few months or so. "He belongs to me-"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Women Writers.

We know number of women writers. and many of them are very good looking-much better looking. at any rate. than men writers. whose ap- pearance Is very seldom as attractive
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23

Memphis, Tenn. studied at Vanderbilt university. He was admitted to the bar ill 1883 and served from 1894 to 1900 as attorney general of Shelby county.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
Cracks In the Floor.

Cracks in floors around the skirting board or other parts of a room may be neatly and permanently filled by thor oughly soaking newspapers in paste made of pound of -four. three quarts of water and tablespoonful of alum thoroughly boiled and mixed. The mixture will be about as thick as put ty and may be forced into the cracks with a knife. It will harden like pa pier mache, and the floor will be as smooth as when new.
 Governor M. R. Patterson.
 The new governor of Tennessee, Malcolm Rice Patterson, is not new man in politics. although this is the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Some of the Leading

PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS
 General Founders and MachInists.
 Brass and Iron Castings and As chine Repairing. Stock of all Atand ard goods and castings carried U stock all the time. Locomotives. 1D zines and Boilers Repaired. Lonl distance telephones, day, 476; nigbt 334. Pine Bluff, Arkansas Note: We operate our machine shop botl day and night.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
SHOT IN THE FOOT
DURING QUARREL

NAPAs Feb: -1.--As the result of a
quarrel on the Miller ranch on Sonoma
road this morning, in which John
Miller and Edward Burdick were the
combatants. the latter received a Sc
'rious gunshot wound in the left foot
and was beaten and cut on the face.
The trouble; started with quarrel be-
tween Burdick and his wife, and he
attempted to shoot her: Miller inter-
fered and took. the revolver from Bur-
dick and hid it. Burdick secured an
other gun and attempted to shoot Mil
ler, who grappled with him. and in the
struggle Burdfck- received cuts on the
face and: stepped on the gun. which
had fallen, and received both barrels
in the foot. Drs. Hennessy and Leach
amputated the leg below the. knee, and
as result of the shock the man is in
a very dangerous. condition. Burdick
was taken to the County Infirmary.
where he is receiving treatment. OFF,
GERS are investigating the case.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
SANTA ROSA PROUD.
OF ITS ADVANCE
Suggestion Is Made That
Celebration of City's Rap
id Rise Be Held in April
MANY FINE BUILDINGS
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
SANTA ROSA, Feb, The sugges-
tion has been made to the Santa Rosa
Chamber of Commerce that big cele-
bration be held IN this city on April IS
of the greatest strides made in re-
building the City of Roses which was
so severely damaged year ago. The
suggestion has met with approval from
all who have heen approached with the
idea. and the matter will be taken up
oy the chamber at the next regular
meeting, two weeks hence.
As is Well known all over the world
all of the business. center Of this city
was destroyed by the earthquake and
the fire which followed but the prop
erty owners all determined to rebuild
at once. which resulted in race to
see who would be the first TO get
into a new building. The debris was
cleared away in less than six weeks,
with few exceptions, and by July I
building began under the present mod
ern building ordinance. All new build.
ings are of the most approved style OF
architecture, reinforced concrete being
used.
During the last seven months prac-.
tically $1,000. 600 worth of building
permits have been granted by the City
Council, while hundreds Of new per-
manent buildings have been completed
and many others are under course of
construction. Work Is progressing on
100000 class A. steel frame rein
forced concrete home for the Santa
Rosa Bank, four stories high: on the.
new Occidental Hotel, two stories. COOK
800 feet; the Union Trust Savings
Bank, two story. steel frame stone
facing; three-story Masonic Temple.
steel frame, stone and concrete rein
forced. Ground is being rapidly pre-
pared for the $2S0.000 Sonoma County
Court House. for which the bonds were
voted last fall, while the Federal Gov
ernment has purchased ground at A
and Fifth streets for a postOffice build
ing. which will soon be under way.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
THIRD-March to April IA. six
weeks
THE PRIZES

THIRD-March 3 to April IA, six
weeks.
THE PRIZES
There are twenty-five prizes TO he
competed for during each contest ne
riod, consisting of twenty-five purses
of gold coin ranging in amount from
$40 up to $500 and making a total of
$4,000 for each period.
There will also be twenty five special
purses or grand sweepsrake prizes for
the twenty five contestants making the
best scores during the entire contest.
tie largest of these purses being $1,000
ar,l the smallest $40, and amounting to
$4,000 in the aggregate.
he final distribution of the prizes
will be made on April Is, the first an
niversary OF the San Francisco fire:
The twenty five purses for each of
the three contest periods and the twen-
ty-five special sweepstake prizes make
a grand total of 100 prizes. amounting
to $4,000, to be distributed among the
winners. Each contestant has the op-
portunity to win not only one but four
purses aggregating any SUM up to s25O0
big pay for the amount of work and
length of time required to earn it.
HOW AWARDS WILL BE MADE
Subscribers to The Call will have
the privilege of electing the winners
of these prizes by preparing their sub
scriptions for any length of time that
may be convenient. each prepaid sub
scription counting for certain number
of votes that may be cast in favor of
any contestant whom the subscriber
may desire to assist In getting a share
of the money. The contestant receiy-
ing the highest number OF such votes
during any contest period will receive
the largest purse; the one receiving the
second highest number of votes the
next largest purse, and so on until the
number of prizes allotted for that pc
riod is exhausted. The same rule will
apply to the final distribution of the
larger prizes given for the highest ag-
gregate scores.
VOTING POWER OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
The following table shows the sub
scription rates of The Call and the
voting power of subscriptions for any
period paid for:
DAILY CALL, INCLUDING SUNDAY
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
AUTO SERVICE FOR
LAKE COUNTY
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GAIL.

VALLEJO. Feb. 1.-Plans have been
completed for the installation of an au-
tomobile stage service between Lake
port, Lake County, and the line of Cal
ifornia Northwestern road at Hopland.
The company has been Incorporated
by Lake County capitalists, and M.
Sardou, formerly of the White Garage
in San Francisco, will be the manager
OF the company, which will make the
trip from Lakeport to Hopland to con-
meet with a Lake County flyer to be put
on the railroad, which promises to re :
duce the time between >Lakeport and
San Francisco to four hours. The own
ers of the Highland Springs tollroad
will spend $1,000 on the Improvement of
their road, lowering the grades and
Strengthening the highway.
1t is planned to extend the service
later to Upper Lake and Kelseyville.
The company will operate four cars.
which will carry fourteen passengers
and their baggage.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
MRS. KENNEDY CELEBRATES
NINETY-SEyENTH BIRTHDAY
Aged Healdsburg Woman Given Sur
prise Party by Her Neighbors
She Nears Century Mark

HEALDSBURG, Feb. Mrs. E1ecta,
Kennedy, better known throughout this
part of Sonoma County as Grandma"
Kennedy" celebrated her ntnety-sey-
enth birthday this week. In honor of
the event the ladies of the community
gave her a most delightful surprise
party at her home in Lincoln street.,
Mrs. Kennedy was born in Derby.
Vermont, in 1910, and came to Califor-
MIA in 1874, expecting to remain five
years. but in 1S46, owing to the break
ing out of the Mexican War, she re-
turned from Sonora, where she was
residing, to Missouri, riding the whole
distance of over 400 miles on horse
back. She returned to this State and
attended the Centennial in 1876.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
LATHAM SAYS THE CHARGE
Is DUE To BAD BOOKKEEPING
Mining President Says Company Owes
Him Money, and Pleads Not
Guilty of Embezzlement

Los ANGELES. Feb. Fred G..
Latham, president of the Kern River
Mining, Milling and Development Com
pany. who was arrested yesterday at
element of $1,000 OF the company's
funds. on complaint of c. z. Shippee.
secretary of the company. was ar
raigned today before Justice Stephens
and pleaded not guilty. Latham as
serts that the whole trouble lies IN
faulty bookkeeping by Shippee. and a
factfonal fight among the directors. He
says that the company owes him
money.
Latham's hearing was set for Feb
ruary 7 and he was released on $4,000
bail
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
Steffens Says Graft Has
Stifled Democracy
Reform Writer Ad-
dresses Univer-
sity Students

BERKELEY, Feb. 1.-Graft is de-
clared by Lincoln Steffens to have
caused the passing away of repre-
sentative democracy" the statement be-
ing the conclusion of brief address
on Graft delivered by him this morn
ing to an audience of university pro-
fessors and students In Harmon Gym
nasium. Steffens is on the coast to get
material for magazine articles about
corruption In San Francisco and else
where in California. He made no refer
ence to local conditions in his talk to-
day.
Steffens,. who is the son Of Joseph
Steffens, vice president of the Califor-
MIA State Bank of Sacramento, gradur
ated with the class of 'S9 at the Uni
versity of California. President Wheel
er introduced him as "one of our men .
The students gave the "old grad: an
ovation. -
Steffens told a, few. stories of expe-
riences he had passed through while
investigating graft in various cities,
emphasizing the point he made that
representative democracy no. longer ex-
listed in this country, because corpora
sented in city, State and Federal gov
ernment, rather than the people,
Students We're Informed by Steffens
that If they went forth to fight for city.
for State or for country they were
quite certain to meet with :Cisfavor
from men and to forego the chance to
make much money or gain so-ca!led
honors. They must be reconcfled to
meager returns in the way of money
If their determination was to fight for
purity in politics and the; right of the
people to be represented by their Of
f1cials.
II have noted, however" said stef-
fens, that these men who are thus
lighting for their cities and their
States and for the country are the very
happiest men alive, and that is one
reason why am an optimist."
DR.. Endicott Peabody master OF
Grotton School, Boston, and Rev James
u. freeman, an Episcopal rector of
Yonkers, NY. made brief addresses
to the students, each advising the cher
ishing of high ideals and the living of
noble lives.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
NeWsboy Jack Receivers.
Some Lost Ground
More Contestants Enter the Race
for The Calls Gold Prizes
ToDAY7s SCORES FoR SECOND SERIES OF PRIZES

oakIan CaI.
920
Cal
CaI.
Cal
Emilio Costa
RoSeB County.
II-g EGe Cal.
GIadys Adcock.
GarSC Deasy. NapaC
1900
15-M Aamed
George II.
1a-NIss
FRESNO. CAL
San
sS-N Rafael
in CAL.
6S-NT eFIDo County
26-Jos
27Nfr silver Francis
3O--Joh 2aRC Francis
3I--yS 1S0Ja
81 Cal
a. a
ar
SD San Francis
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
CONTRA COSTA CANDIDATES

Outside of San Francisco there is no
county in the State except Alameda
that has so many representatives in
the contest as Contra Costa County.
Miss Emile Hayward of Martinez was
the first to enlist from the opposite
coast county. She won fourth prize,
$3.50, in the first period and at the
present time is No. s in the second
period. Mrs. Ellen Smith of Walnut
Creek finished as No. 21 in the first
period and won $40. Her present
standing is No. "a and she is having
hard struggle to keep within the
prize winning limit. Mrs. Theresa
Coleman of Point Richmond did not
enter until the second period and her
present standing is No. 9. She is not
very well acquainted in the county,
but so far has proved herself to be an
efficient worker.
Now comes Miss Tillie Hartz of Dan
vile from the southern interior of the
county and gives notice that she de-
sires to be enrolled as a contestant and
promises to do her best to secure sub
scriptions for The Call in order to win
some money to pay for her music
lessons.
CONTEST PERIODS
The contest is divided into three
periods, constituted as follows:
FIRST-November 10 to January 13,
eight weeks.
SECOAD-January i to March g.,
seven weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
RAIN IN soNoMA

SANTA ROSA, Feb. 1.-The rainfall
here for the last twenty-four hours has
been over LIS inches, which brings
the total since January l up to MS
and for the season to 1888, as com
pared to 1870 inches to the same date
last year. Owing to the heavy rain
fall during the last month the creeks
are all rising and lowlands are inun-
dated. All farm work is at a stand
still and building operations in the
city are tied up. Nothing is being
done except work under cover, owing
to the almost continuous rain for the
last six weeks