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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-09-07

mere was no one III the CABIN anu
we thought that the old man had gone
down to the camp for supplies. l
don't know why we went into the
tunnel, but I suppose that we want
ed to see how he had been getting
along. Well, few feet from the
breast we found Emerson as dead as
a door nail.
KILLED by missed shot?" we quer-
ried
"No, just died." he continued
There were no marks on his body
or anything to show that he had
been hurt. A barrow half filled with
rock was standing just where he lay
1t looked that he had fallen in his
tracks. Must have been heart fail
ure."
did anyone ever do any more
work in his tunnel?" we asked.
did they? well rather. Four or
five years afterwards, Mr.. Nichols
who is now the president of the lib
erty, thought he would put in few
shots He had only gone in short
way, when he broke into the ore
You know what that means. He is
now a millionaire"
Who was Emerson, did anyone ever
enquire after him?"
Gle came from the east" was the
reply, down around York state some
where, and when the Liberty PANIED
out so big that it became known all
over the country man came out
here who said he was his nephew, and
tried to get portion of the proper
ty. He didn't get any though, as old
Emerson's title had lapsed. He said
that the old man had left home years
before to make his fortune in the
west, and that the family had lost
sight of him. There was some girl
connected with his going away, but
she had married years ago and had
died too"
And thus the story was told. Fill
leu Will nlSll hopes lie Ildu lclt the
old home, determined to make his
fortune and return for some loved
one. The years had passed and she
had rown weary of waiting, and
while he had been delving in the
mountain, another had wooed and
won her. Still, dreaming of her, he
kept on at his lonely work, until death
had overtaken him in the darkness
Another had reaped the benefit of
his years of toll. His was only the
quiet sleep in that lonely and unfre-
quented grave on the mountain side
where only the soughing of the wind
through the pines sang requeum to
his memory.
But after all his life in vain7 A
great mine had been discovered
through his unrequitcd labors. The
natcn had been made richer, and
some city had been made more beauti-
full because he had lived and toiled
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-09-07

ed which will create a reservoir OF
over twenty square miles in extent,
and impound enough water to irri-
gate between 100000 and 100000 acres
of land. This is not all. Another
enterprise headed by Johnson and
Ward, are surveying a reservoir on
the San Rafel river which will irrigate
in the neighborhood of 100000 acres,
and still another is projected on the
same rivers which will contain an
equal amount of water.
Thus it is that long neglected
portion of the state is coming to the
front. But few people even in Utah
are aware of the fact that Emery
county is region of such vast re-
sources. Lying off from a railroad
but few people visit it, and to the
outside world it is in a measure un-
known, yet in all Utah there is no
spot which is more worthy of at
tention.
At this time, when the attention
of the country is turned to the coal
shortage, it may be we'll to say that
within the boundries of the county
there is enough coal to supply the
world for centuries. A government
engineer told the writer few years
ago that in the neighborhood of what
is known as Huntington canyon that
if all the coal there was mined at a
profit of one cent ton, that the pro-
fit even at that small figure would
amount to the enormous sum of $Io,-
100000. The Huntington canyon
measures are one half of the coal
which the county contains.
Castle valley and the valley of the
lower San Rafel, contain over I,ooo,-
600 acres of land which is capable of
being irrigated, and the San Rafel
river system discharges into the Green
river and from it to the Colorado,
enough water to irrigate every acre
of this land. For unnumbered years
this water has been running to the
Gulf of California while that land in
the valleys has remained parched
desert.
Castle valley has been proven to be
one of the finest sections in the west
for the production of fruit The soils
are rich and deep, the climate is
mild, while the altitude is just right
to produce all the fruits of the tenn
rerate zone in their greatest per-
lection both of appearance and fla
vor, 1t is in reality the orchard spot
of the state, and when once develop
ed will produce enough to supply all
Utah and then leave enough over to
supply all the ntermountain west.
1t seems strange that this section
of the country has been so long ne
elected, and stranger still when it is
taken into consideration that the tab
les of the capital city of the state
are supplied from fruit grown outside
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-09-07
WE CAME UPON A GRAVE.

was rude cross which was fast fall
ling to decay. AT the foot the ground
had caved in, and the hollow thus
made, was filled with water left there
from recent shower. Along the
sides a clump of rosin weeds were
growing rank and lusty, while a sim
gle flower, like a tear of pity, strovc
to show its head among them. To
the right and above the spot, was
thick and tangled grove of noun
tain pines to which the morning
breeze gave voice low, soft and
mournful, which mingled with the
lighter music of nearby brook in
a manner indiscribably sad.
A sausy magpy was perched upon
a lower limb of a nearby cottonwood,
and at Our approach, scolded in the
impish manner his kind alone can
scold Besides ourselves he was the
only living thing in the neighbor
hood
We paused and looked at the grave
and then at each other. There was
history here which we fain would I'M
rave No name was carved upon
the cross. There was nothing to tell
who slept beneath the rudely made
mound. We only knew that human
hands had laid him away in the lone
ly lowly bed, and that they had gone
away and left him to his rest.
We spoke to each other with sub
duel voices, as if we feared to break
the slumbers of the sleeper below,
and then taking long look at the
spot, went on Our way.
Upon rounding ridge which came
down the mountain side like the rib
of an enormous umbrella, we came
upon the opening of a tunnel INTO
whose mouth the weeds were growing
and just beyond it log cabin with
its roof caved in and the rude stone
chimney half tumbled over.
"A prospector!" said my compan-
ion, pointing down the path to the
grave The story is told"
Just then a smothered boom as OF
Il distant cannon came from beneath
the ground, which told that others
had discovered what the sleeper had
vanly strove to find.
That evening at the mine office of
the great Liberty mining company,
we spoke of running upon the grave
and the unused tunnel far up on the
mountain side.
EYES," said a grizzeled old miner
That is the grave of old Emerson,
helped to bury him. He had lived
for years alone in the cabin you saw
near the tunnel which he was driv-
ing to catch the ledge which crops
just above.
1t was five miles away from the
nearest prospect and | don't suppose
he saw a human being for months
at time. One day Sam Tressel, and
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-09-07
IRRIGATION GOES FORWARD

The news comes from Emery county
that one of the greatest irrigating
propositions that yet has been in
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-09-07

J. l.. Thomas has gone to Minneap-
oils to attend the annual meeting of
the Sovereign Grand lodge of Odd Fell
lows in that city
The daily sentinel., 1907-11-12
Don't Look at
These

unless you want to get your moneys
worth.
Broom modern house. Just COM
pleted. between Eighth and Ninth
on Chipeta, for a few days at $2,-
500, and on easy terms.
Good 4-room house and two lots
in Carpenters subdivision, for only
$3.50.
New 10-room modern house and
good barn on Grand avenue. A gen
uine bargain for $4,000.
so acres good raw land under the
Grand Valley ditch for a short time
only at $40 per acre.
20 acres improved land: acres
apples; s acres alfalfa; balance cul-
tivated land. $4,000. on easy terms.
The daily sentinel., 1907-11-12
PAYS
HE PROVES IT
(speolaI to 7,he sentinel J

New Britain. Conn.,, Nov. 12.-
The Rev. j. e. Klingberg. pastor of
the Swedish Baptist church, has
been raising his salary by prayer for
year.
He says that he thinks the method
big success.
He has raised $1.131 for his own
salary and $17,092 for his church
during the year. He notified the
church trustees last year that he felt
1t his duty to give up his salary and
trust to prayer to bring him contri-
buttons for his family.
Through Mexico by private train.
Tour of all Mexico via Colorado &
Southern, leaves Denver January 2s.
Full information on request. T. E.
Fisher, @. p. A.. Denver.
The daily sentinel., 1907-11-12

In an editorial appearing In I
= Saturdays Denver News, written
. by Hugh O'Neil, the interesting
= story of how Birmingham, Ala, Z
$went dry Is told and some very I
= timely comments and applica-
= tions are made by the News. The I
= managing editor OF the paper I
= had Just returned from a South I
= ern paper and had personal Z
. knowledge of the peculiar con- 7
= test waged in the great pitts Z
= burg of the South" =
= The lineup of the corpora I
= tions for the saloon men and the I
= laboring men for the prohibition
+ element was one of the strong
= characteristics of the contest. Z
= The News editorial is we'll =
= worth reading. 1t follows:
. = $++ ++$$ !
In the records of Uncle Sam Bir-
mingham IL credited with $4,000 or
40, 900 Inhabitants. AS a matter OF
fact. Birmingham is the county seat
of county containing 900. 900 inhab-
itaLts, nearly half of whom live in
what will soon be Greater Birming-
ham. The place is second Pitts
burg, without Pittsburgs peculiar
social Characteristic and with more
than Pittsburg's advantages in the
manufacture of iron. Within radi-
us of five miles may be found every
thing needed for the manufacture of
steel rails--iron ore. coal and lime
stone fiux. Naturally there is a very
largo dinner bucket brigade In Bir-
mingham. Naturally. also, 1t Is Just
the kind of place that you would
think was immune to any attack of
prohibition.
But the women didn't think so.
Ono OF them stated the case to a
Northern newspaper man about as
follows: I'VE feel that the Southern
man is temperamentally unfit to
drink strong liquor, and he has
shown that he won't drink beer.
Light wines might do, but they have
never got hold. The result is that
It jS distilled liquor or nothing, and
distilled liquors rank poison to our
kind of men, living In our climate.
There is not house In this block" "
said one, "in which l cannot show
you the scar OF whisky. 1t may BE-
soI, 1t may be father, but l know
1t exists in every house in this
dock" So the women turned out
and worked with all their might and
main for prohibition. 1t is the very
first time In the history OF the South
that women have gone into politics,
but they went III this time. and they
made good.
One Birmingham man. a news-
paper man aud a cultured student OF
social problems. gave his reasons for
supporting prohibition. First among
these was the presence of the negro.
Here is race notoriously suscepti-
bio to the influence of liquor. and In
whom drunkenness often leads to the
most fiendish crimes. For this, In
deed. there Is no small measure OF
white responsibility. 1t was charged
In the Birmingham campaign-and
never denied-that the saloonkeep-
ers In the lower quarters of the city
made business of selling to ne
groes whisky in bottles on whose
wrappers were the picture of nude
white woman. The only way the
decent whites felt sure of keeping
the negro away from whisky was to
put 1t aside themselves.
Then there Is the argument of the
women. the argument stated above
that climate and temperament
combine to make it unwise for the
Southern whites to drink distilled
liquors. But perhaps the most i'm
The daily sentinel., 1907-11-12
BIC ELEPHANT
HAD TO BE
KILLED
(sentinel's Special News service)

t6enL1uelS > Special NcWb 6cErhccJ
Bridgeport, Conn, Nov. 12.-
Columbia, the first elephant born in
this country, was executed yesterday
in the presence Of twenty-one other
elephants, including her mother, be-
cause she was considered neither safe
nor sane. Columbia was born in
Philadelphia twenty-eight years ago,
and was easily handled until = month
ago.
Toward the end Of the last cir
Gus season Columbia begun to have
ugly moods. Trainer Denmark WINS
the only person who could approach
her by the time the season closed and
the elephants were housed In the win
ter quarters in this city.
Her uglincss at the end Of this
week was such that the keeper de.
cided there was no cure for her, and
that 1t was dangerous for both man
and beast to be in the same build
ing with her, so the animals execu-
ton was arranged for.
The execution of Columbia was
simple. She was choked to death.
Keeper Denmark shackled her to
one corner of the elephant barn. A
rope was thrown around her neck,
and with the aid OF block and tackle
five men pulled the rope around her
neck SO tight that the elephant was
choked before she had time to make
an outcry. Her bulging eyes were
the only sign of pain.
The body, weighing 0,35O pounds,
was dragged out of the barn by Al
bertn, one of the largest elephants
in the herd. 1t will be cut up into
small pieces.
The hide, feet, and teeth will be
saved. The teeth are to be used as
paper weights and the feet followed
out for umbrella stands. The hide
makes fine leather covering.
The daily sentinel., 1907-11-12
GRANTS SON IN
OLD VIRGINIA
(sentineI,s Special New. Service,

Richmond, Va, Nov. 12.-One of
the social events of the year In Rich
mond will be the reception to be
given at the executive mansion to-
morrow by Governor and Mrs. Swan
son, In honor of General and Mrs.
Fred d Grant. General Grant, who
is the son Of the famous military
leader and president. has become
popular in Virginia through his work
in connection with the jamestown ex
position. Mrs. Grant, who is a sis
ter of Mrs. Potter Palmer. of Chi
cago. has also been one of the shin
Ing lights In exposition society.
leaders of Richmond might have
been somewhat frigid in their rece-
ption of the son of the Union Gener-
The daily sentinel., 1907-11-12
TO SAVE HIM
FROM GALLONS
sentinsl's Special Now, serv,ce.

Benttnod'o 6peciaI NoW1 Service.
Hong KoLg. Nov. 12.-An appeal
for executive clemency has been
made to the government by Amer
lean residents in behalf of w. E..
Adsetts. formerly an American mar
inc, who Is under sentence to be ex-
ecuted here tomorrow. Adsetts
murdered Gertrude Dayton at the
Hong Kong hotel here in August last
He has confessed his guilt. He says
his aged mother is i'll and that he
has a wife in Philadelphia.
The daily sentinel., 1907-11-12

al, but that time is forever past. A.
the recent meeting of the Confeder-
ate veterans of Virginia the name U.
s. Grant was greeted with vocifer-
Gus cheers by the old soldiers who
wore the gray. and his son Will be
given reception that will attest to
the respect in which he Is held by the
people of the old Confederate capital
The daily sentinel., 1907-11-12
Is THE GUEST
OF THE EMPEROR
(sontinel's Special Ncws Service,

Toxic, Nov. 12.-Thomas J.O'-
Brien, the American ambassador to
Japan. will be the honored guest of
the emperor and emperess at lunch
con. The royal Invitation is a spec
ial mark of favor seldom conferred
upon diplomats. and its purpose is
believed to be to emphasize the friend
ly and amfcable relations now exist
ing between Japan and the United
States.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-03
THE POOL EXPERT.
Rev. Charles StelzIe Writes of Man
Who Reformed.

He could play pool. He was the
champion pool player of the ward. In
deed, his reputation had extended to
nearly every saloon in town. The
saloonkeepers sometimes arranged eX
hibition games for him, advertising
them on big posters. He enjoyed see
ing his name in display letters over
the saloon windows. He was pleased
with the complimentary remarks of
the audience. He didn't get very much
else out of it, excepting few drinks
and some Indifferent cigars, but-he
COULD play pool. | saw his two little
girls one morning. One of them-as
pretty little thing as had ever seen
was sick. She was burning up with
a fever. He hadn't come home the
previous night. He had given an exhi-
bition game away off in another sec
ton of the city, and-well, for several
reasons, he didn't get back. The little
che needed doctor. One was quickly
found. Yes, he could play pool. A
few days later ] called again. He had
been il two or three times during the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-03
DESPAIR LANDS IT.
Appointed Deputy Labor Commissioner
by Governor Sheldon.
print

Don Despair, for the past three
or four years chief clerk in the Office
of deputy labor commissioner, has
been appointed deputy to succeed Bur
rift Bush, resigned. Governor Sheldon
may have had his reasons for this APP
pointment, but if he has he has care
fully concealed them. The labor bur-
eau for the last four years has been
. farce. Despair has given a great
Geal more attention to playing peanut
politics than he has to gathering sta
tistics, and Bush has spent most of
his time in Omaha. The bulk of the
work was performed by Miss Minnie
Governor Sheldon had desired to show
appreciation of work, Miss Dojon
would have been the proper party to
appoint If some one in the Office was
absolutely necessary.
If any laboring men in the state
recommended Despair it must have
been under misrepresentation. He in
nowise represents labor, and the bur-
eau was established for the express
purpose of benefitting laboring men.
But having been the plaything of poll
ticians most of the time it has served
only to afford fat jobs for political
machinists. 1t has confined its efforts
to getting out statistics of crops that
were always far behind the statistics
issued by the Union Pacific railroad,
both in time and in point or RELIABLE
ity.
After signing the garnishee law and
appointing Despair Governor Sheldon
has given pretty good evidence of the
fact that he does not care a snap for
the welfare or the support of uuion
men. Despain's appointment is consd-
erabiy more than disappointment.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-03

day n get a mea, He n: dn't been
home nights since the last big exhi-
bition game Most of his meals he
got at the free lunch counter, and
there seemed always somebody who
was willing to stand treat. He had
lost his job, but-he could play pool.
The doctor told me that both his
children were now sick. Lack OF
proper nourishment," was the doctors
Lrief comment, when I asked him for
the cause of their illness. His wife
had become the breadwinner for the
family. Soon afterward l was sent for.
The children were better, but she was
now in bed They had found her early
that morning in an alley on the way to
the back door of a saloon, where she
was to have done days washing. But,
go without breakfast, or the children
would have had none. She wasn't
equal to it, however, and had collapsed
even before she began her days work,
But he could play pool.
A month later | met him on the
street. He was wonderfully braced
up. His clothes were fresh looking.
The flush had left his face. There
was steadiness in his gaze which
pleased me- l stopped him with a
CHEEKY salute. "Oh, I've got job,
ba caid with a LITTLE confusion hut aS
though that were the most important
event of his life. I've cut out the
exhibition pool, too. I'll no longer be
than that, but it wouldn't look well in
print
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-03

veterans and feel the great RESPONSE
bility resting upon each.
There were twenty-One new men
present wishing to become members.
The vote being in their favor, the Of
ficers adopted the twenty-one new
members. We, as members of Lincoln
Lodge No. 435 Brotherhood Railway
Carmen of America, feel proud of what
has been accomplished and are de-
termined to push the good work farth-
er.
Our chief carman, C. II. HenrickS,
has the good will of all the men and
with his twenty-five years experience
we believe we have selected the best
man available to lead us on to success.
This new railway brotherhood looks
like winner. 1t started off with over
forty members and here it comes with
twenty-one new members at its first
meeting That looks good, and is a
promise of what all old hands at the
labor game call "a 100 per cent un-
ion''-every man working at the craft
inside the union fold. The Wage
worker will rejoice when it can call
the local carmen "a 100 per cent uni
ion
Secretary Cox IS taking hold of his
duties like a veteran, and is hustling
in great shape. If he will only send
fhn 1n'n h.a
listed among the, "crackerjacks.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-03
A SUCCESSFUL BANQUET.
Gas Company Tenders Spread to Elk
hbitors at Exposition.

Last Tuesday night Manager Honey
we'll of the Lincoln Gas and Electric
Light Co, rendered to the exhibitors,
on behalf of the company, banquet
at the Lindell hotel Every detail was
arranged to perfection and the affair
was one of the most successful ever en-
joyed in Lincoln. The tables were
handsomely decorated and the menu
all that could be desired
Mrs. Hitler officiated as toastmis-
tress, and while there were no set
toasts a number of witty and enter
tanning responses were made to toasts
suggested by her. Every speaker spoke
in the highest terms of Lincoln, the
success of the exposition and the pub
lie spirit of the gentlemen responsible
for the exposition. Manager Honey
well paid compliment which was de-
served to the gentlemen in charge of
the exhibits, and Mr. Mitchell frankly
eXpositions success was due to the
electrical workers and gasfitters who
had worked SO hard and faithfully to
make the exposition attractive to the
public. Mr.. Mitchell evidenced great
feeling when he paid this tribute to
the boys in the overalls."
The exposition closed Saturday after
noon, and was easily the finest thing
exhibitors were a unit in declaring that
il eclipsed any former efforts in that
line. That the public appreciated il
was evidenced by the crowds that
flied the auditorium to suffocation ev
cry afternoon and evening.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-03
BOOSTERS ARE BUSY BOYS.
Little Joker" Committee of Printers
Union Hard at Work.

Little Joker" Committee of Printers
Union Hard at Work.
The committee of fourteen recently
appointed by the local typographical
union to boost the printers label is
certainly carrying on the campaign in
thorough and systematic manner
Various schemes have been suggested,
all having more or less merit and de-
serving of corresponding degree of
attention.
A large box has been placed in the
main hallway at >AleXander's hall and
another at Union Temple Above each
box is large poster bearing the fol
lowing:
SCAB PRINTING
Please put all printing which does
not bear the union label
IN THIS BOX.
1t is likely that these receptacles for
non-union work will be placed in Rich
mond, Holcomb, A. o. U. w. and other
halls where organized labor is wont to
hold forth.-Memphis Union.