The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-23
Different People.
THE Salt Lake.

THE Argus"-Salt Lake.
While Mr.. Pierce is to be congratu-
lated, Salt Lake City may plume itself
upon the great and signal honor paid
It. in the naming of Frank Pierce as
first assistant secretary of the In
terror.
There Is not an attorney that stands
higher in his profession in the state
of Utah than does Mr.. Pierce. Care
full, conscientious, a gentleman,
scholar and man of affairs, he reflects
everything that is good on Utah and
this city. The dispatches state that
Mr. Pierce will assume his position on
November |.
During his residence in this city
Mr. Pierce has impressed all those
whom he met with his ability and con-
servatism. Always tolerant, he is
broad-mnded and equitable, essen
tials requisite to the position to which
he has been appointed. As a lawyer,
Mr. Garfield, the secretary, will find
none more competent few as fearless,
Just and learned Mr. Pierce com
bines at once law and sense. comb.
nation that does not always follow.
1t is a signal triumph for Mr. Pierce
and a great compliment to Utah.
The appointment of Mr.. Pierce is
an open refutation of the statement
that nothing good can come from
Utah" Had there not been a great
lawyer here, the appointment never
would have come to Utah.
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Mr. Doull of the Doull Drug com
,.,u,. t.IIg ~. Tp1Ipv.fuV stprNys
week wild-eyed. disheveled looking
man came into the store. That he
was excited did not require a micro
scope to determine; that he was
troubled was equally apparent. APP
preaching Mr.. Doul he asked for a j
dimes worth of carboic acid Moth
ing doing" replied Mr.. Doull, "therei
has been such a steady demand for
condiments and inner heating appar-
abuses of all kinds, that we are run
out of II. We haven't enough left to
feed bedbug' The man went away, |
but returned in about half an hour.
He stated that he had been to two
or three other places, but could not
get what he wanted. Lying on one
of the show cases, Mr.. Doull had a
few packages of cleansing soap wrap
ped in tin foil Calling the man aside,
he said: Say. If you are determined
to end your earthly existence; II the
prosaic condition of life does not APP
peal to you in this morbid and mori- |
bund feeling that now concentrates
throughout your umbicus and ref
erendum, paitake of some of this
stun. II will do the work for you.
The man took the soap and retired
out doors. chewing about half the
cake. Returning to Mr.. Doull, he ex-
hibited face half-covered with
lather. Say" he said. this, stuff
won't do the act" MOI" queried Mr..
Doull, better eat the rest of IT,"
Not for me-" returned the man, as
he started for the door, III I'm too
blamed tough to die after eating that
stun I'm going to live for while"
and he faded into the night and Mr..
Doull knows him no more.
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One OF the daily papers a few days
ago stated that the latest New York
fad for women is in carrying a cane.
The item met the eyes of certain
Salt Lake miss who prides herself on
being up-to-date--and other things
The idea appealed to her Starting
out to find n cane. after learning that
her brother never used one, she en-
tered a store OF buy one. After with
standing the joshes of the clerk who
waited on her who insisted on learn
ing who Il was she was going to buy
a cane for, when she was about the
proper cane when II came To having
something to lean on, she started
down the street. Then the riot be-
gan. Every young man she knew cast
Sleeps eyes at her-for II was a
swell cane all right and every one Of
them just knew he needed a cane, and
would be so glad to receive it--every
girl friend she had looked at the cane
and glggled. Finally, rounding the
corner of Second South and Main, she
bumped into an old sport that stands
there quite frequently. The old sport
saw the cane, and cried. BLESS my
heart. She must have some strong
deformity to have to carry that
thing" The cane was given TO the
first invalid she saw limping along.
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o. o. Robertson. captain of indus.
try and one who has done much for
the northwest, rose from an obscure
land agent to land. lumber. and coal
baron He bought land on nerve. He
was one OF the first to see the posi-
bilities of development of western
Canada. He erected two of the
largest sawmills in Canada. His hold
ings in coal land in the northwest
makes him one of the richest men I'm
America. In Taber Alberta. n mining
plant will soon be built which will
rank with the worlds best. Another
plan Of his is a railroad to run from