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as they was given to me by the con
ductor and the motorman."
We'll I'm glad they didn't come
foolin' round me, said ST. Wother-
spoon. 81 should hardly know what
to do in case | got into a muss with
a bear"
It's a queer thing about that"
said the captain. 9TH instinct Of
self-preservation will almost alters
tell We what t do when We get into a
tight place. | remember the first time
| run onto a bear up Mount Agamen-
ticus. | didn't have no weppins with
ne other than a fish-rod an my
lunch basket. We'd just had a pretty
hard winter an it sort O. fingered in
the lap o. spring, an all the bears
that had been sleeping in their holes
through the cold spell, h%ibernatin',
was hungry enough to eat the head off
an iron hitchin' post. | got kind o.
thirsty for trout one mornin', so I
done up my lunch baskit, filled her
full O doughnuts, an a big hunk o.
beefsteak, an a bottle O. cold coffee.
an started for a days fishin up in Bill
Durkin's brook. Everythin' went all
right till | got up nea the top o the
mountain, when what should see
comm towards me, walkin on his
hind legs. an growlin' like d trombone
at a band concert. but q great big
black bear. HIS eyes was red an Gilt
term like them otter-mobyle lamps.
an he was wavin' his paws in my
direction S much as to- say 4 CORY
that ielle, looks like my breakfast.
Well, Sir, my heart stopped beatln'
Runnin' was out of the question. be.
cause | had on big rubber boots com.
in mp TO my hips, an what's more. a
bear hayin' four legs a run twice as
fast as g man havin only two"
Stands to reason, don't it, Cap?'
put in the postmaster.
Twice two amt never less n four. "
agreed the captain. "Realizln' that
fact, ! didn't try to rum, an knowed
that climbin a tree warn't goin to do
me nc good, because tree climbin' Is
a hand fun o trumps for a bear. |
tell you ! had to do some quick think.
in he was gettin nearer all the.time,
I've allus had a feelin, that when the
time comes ! want to lie in a Gene
terry, with a nice slab O Vermont mar
Bile speakin' O my virtues laid a top
o me, an bein' buried on tn inside Of
a bear amt appealed TO my
sense o the fitness O things.
you wouldn't have no trouble lyin'
a%nywheres. said 81 Wotherspoon.
That's as i may be, ST.. grinnsd
the captain. 0All the same. Just Al
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into the car, slams the door to, leav.
in the motorman out in front with
the bears, and makes a break for the
rear platform, goin a mile a minute.
leaps over the back dashboard, an
landin' in a snow drift up to his neck A"
"Gee!" cried 81 Wotherspoon. That
motorman had his hands full"
He would ha' had II the bears had
been in a iightin' mood, said the cap
tain. But We see, they wasn't. They
was jest out for a trolley ride an was
as good natured S a jackass in a
thistle patch. All they done was to
grab the motorman around the waist
when he tried 10 shove EN-, an chuck
him overheard. Fortunately for him
the snow wasn't very hard packed.
an when he landed it was like fallin'
into a pretty derned damp feather
bed.
I'D ha' thought the bears might ha'
bit him. said the postmaster.
Wei maybe they would have, re-
turned the captain, but We see he had
on a big bear-skin overcoat an a cap
an gloves made O. the same material
pulled down over his ears an on his
hands, and guess they thought he
was n o their party tryin' to get
fresh. Anyhow they chucked him
overheard into the snow, and went
boundin merrily along on their way
to Portsmouth,
"Warn't there no collisions" asked
81 Wotherspoon.
No. said the Captain. They only
run one car after midnight, an this
was the last trip until mornin'. For
that reaso they wasn't no serious
dammidge done
They must of ended up some.
where's" said the postmaster.
They did, assented the captain.
They run along without no Interrupt.
ton w~hatsomever until they come to
the dock down by Kittery where the
trolley ends. About that pint the
track havin' exhausted itself, the car
left the tracks, bounded over the
wharf, an jumped down onto the ice
in the river an slid half way across
to Portsmouth "he"c thcy- FOUND :;
next day. What become of the bears
I don't know but the details O this
story as ! give EN- to you is exactly
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Il sammon,' said the captain. Soon,
he'd swallered tn steak | reeled hin
in tight, and jumped behind a tree
The line bothered him some, an he
gave it a couple O. wipes with hi:
paws, an then, seem me lafin', he
gave a growl like a clap o. thunGal
an made for me at full speed.
gave him line enough around the tree
and then when he come up by it
played out about three yards. an run
around him. BY slow degrees | got
him all tangled up, an after a half an
hours m%anooverin, tackin' this way
an tackin' that. | had him bound M
to the trunk as hard an fast as g
papoose to a board on a squaw's back
| don't know, but | guess that was tn
only time a 70O-pound bear was eve,
caught with Il trout line loaded with
raw beefsteak.
What We do with him." asked the
postmaster,
Il came back later with a gun an
dispatched him., said the captain
We fed on bear for two months tn
follerin' summer, an tn oyercoat
YEA in tn winter is the very same
n he Wore when ! got him"
Wen with proof like that | don.
guess We need 30 no further in salts
flying ourselves as to the truth Of tn,
story Cap said the postmaster
YEARLY Nevertheless as the loca
representative of tn administration.
ain't comnittin mysef ON the subject
IN have TO write to The POSTMASTER
general an find out what my duty i.
in the matter.
zoo ahead retorted the captain
Write to the president himself If We
want to-only J wouldn't i'll was YOU.
He's sore on The subject O. bears.
What makes We think so?" de
manded the postmaster
Wei, I'd be sore If was him
said the captain. rising to leave III !
was tn most famous hunter in the
world, an after chasin grizzlies all
through the Rocky mountains. savage
cinnamons in the northwest. an hand.
lin poler bears in the arctic circle /
only had a small plush thing stuffed
with sawdust like them Teddy bears
named after me. ! think I'd be kind O.
sensitive about bears, an I'd dis.
charge any gol-durned omceholder
that 50 much as mentioned the crit.
ters 10 me-
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stopped for a second an glared at
me. Then he got down on all fours
an walked up to the steak, shifted it,
an with a roar of pleasure gobbled it
down, hook and line, likes if it
wasn't no more'n a steamed clam.
Didn't even chew it,"
That was lucky" observed the
postmaster. Might have broke the
hook if he had"
90 on, sad 81 Wotherspoon.
breathlessly. What d We do next.
Captain"
81 played that Teller likes We would
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that p'ticular minute I wasn't hankerin'
TO be slowed away inside that an.
miles stummick. As l says, l done
some quick thinkin, and l done il
well. Havin' nothin' but my fsh-rod,
hook an line and my lunch, l had to
use them agin tn intruder. Whiskin'
open the baskit I grabbed up the
piece O. raw beefsteak, an fastened
Il to the fshhook, backin slowly away
as l done it. Then | made a cast with
it right in the path O. Mister Bruin.
It kind O surprised him, an | guess
the clickin' O. my reel as tn line ran
out skeered him a little, because he
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Being the
"reminiscences
of a
Nature Fakir
By
John Kendrick Bangs
copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.j


There was considerable excitement
in and about the post office. The hum.
drum placidity of life in the village Of
Mousam had been subjected to a very
material disturbance in the scandal
Gus behavior of an alleged bear that,
taking advantage of a beautiful moon
light night, had CONT down to the
r~ock-bound edges of the sea and with
out waiting for the .formality of an
introduction had Rugged one of the
lady boarders" at the %Inglenook, who
was sitting thereon gazing out upon
the restless waters of the ocean, and
doubtless filled with romantic dreams
of what might have been. Miss Su.
a Weevil, the heroine Of the es
capade, was a woman of many angles
and an uncertain number of years.
Her age varied from 81 to 40, accord.
ing to the temper of the various sew.
ing circles on the hotel piazza.
It's curious though how it could
be- said the postmaster, when the
news reached the Nature Fakirs' cir.
Gle, They amt been any bears seen
around here for nigh onto ten years"
Maybe it wasn't a bear at all, put
in 81 Wotherspoon. q sort of has my
suspeeclons that some one O. them
Winieboys up to the ~lnglenook done
it,
Ever seen the lady, si?" asked the
captain.
Don't know as l have returned
81.
We'll, if We had We wouldn't suspi-
cion no mar o havin' done it, said
the captain. shes one O. these here
wimmen as makes We think some hu.
man bein's had ought to be pervided
with a safety face SOS it won't cut We,
like them new tangled hoe razors
they're seliin' up t TIL hardware store,
/ believe it was a bear just as they
says it was, because | don't think
nothin' but a bear would O. Rugged
jest that kind O. a lady"
Then ye don't think bears has in.
telligence?' asked the postmaster.
Il amt sayin' they amt got intelli
gence, Joe" replied the captain. But
sort o questions in my W mind il
the dern critters has taste. | do know
they've got a great deal of humor
and it may be that bear done thai
huggin' jest for a joke. | don't know
but that bears is most as full o fun
as monkies. Remember the time
when the trolley first came through
Joe, how six of EN- got aboard the
front platform one night an in the
dark the motorman thought they was
a lot O farmers with their fur coats
on?"
mo, l don't" said the postmaster.
You amt got a very good mem'ry, %
said the captain. 1T was right up
there back o my farm where the line
runs through the woods. 1t was a ter.
rible cold December night, an the car
was a boundin' along at about ten
miles an hour, with the conductor an
motorman inside tryin' to keep
warm. These six fellers made a jump
for it as tn car passed through the
woods. They was seven in all, but one
o EN- slipped on the snow an got left.
Tn other six landed all right, an
stood in a row along the front O. the
dashboard with their noses snifin'
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Mueh Money From LIquor sals,.

The New York state excise depart.
ment receives from the saloons Of
Manhattan and the Bronx boroughs
ti',SJS each day in the year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
MANY SALOONS CLOSED
Miss Marie Brehm Accomplished Much
in California.

Miss Marie Brehm. special lecturer
Of the National Presbyfery on Scien-
tifc Temperance. passed through the
city Saturday on her way from Cali.
fornia TO her hcmc in Chicago, where
she Is scheduled TO lecture before the
w. c. r. L, institute of Cook county,
which couvenes May Q. While visiting 2
fer an hour between trains with friends
here. Miss Brehm talked eDthusiasticaI.
~ of the temperance work done in Cali
fornia recently. Her week in Frisco
was spent at the San Francisco Pres
bvterv convention last month, which
she addressed. being the guest Of honor
at the banquet
One week was given to addressing
mass meetings in Santa Barbara, San
Luis Obispo county, by means of a ref
erendum vote. closed the saloons in all
incorporated towns, and In that county
ffty-ive were closed on May !.
In Ventura ana Santa Barbara coun.
ties together sixty-six saloons have
been closed in the last three months.
The saloons had to go entirely from
Berkeley, the seat of four Of Cali.
fornia s State schools and several
preparatory schools. The number of
saloons at Vallejo was reduced one. half
The United States ships are built at
this place.
Miss Brehm will speak at several
places in Colorado
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
OFFICIALS AGREE ON
THE INSPECTION WORK
Street Department and Board
of Public Works Arrange
Differences.

The Board of Public Works and the
street department have been unable to
agree lately as to the responsibility for
inspection of various classes of work
being done about the city. The opinion
of II. j. Dininny, assistant city attor-
ney, was given the council few days
ago, that the Board of Works had moth
ing to do with inspecting work done
under franchises granted by the council,
and that such inspection should be made
by Supervisor of Streets Raleigh IS men.
The street department on the other
hand has nothing to say abUlt work
done by the holders of contracts for
city Improvements.
Saturday conference was held be.
tween f.. j. Leonard, chairman of the
Board of Works and Supervisor Ra.
leigh, with the result that all differ.
ences of opinion concerning the matter
have been settled The street depart
ment Will inspect all work done on the
streets by corporations under franchises
and the inspectors of the Board all
work done by the contractors with the
city. The most important of these in
spectIons will be Of the work now in
progress by the Utah Gas & Coke com
pany, in the laying of mains which the
street department will follow up.
All the inspection of this sort is paid
for by the companies holding franchises
though the city department appoints
the inspectors. The inspection Of work
done under city contracts by the Board
oil Works will be paid for by the city.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
NEW BUSINESS CONCERNS
Three Companies File Articles Of Incor-
poration With State.

Stock in the Cyprus Mining company
Of Eureka is within the reach of all, The
company was incorporated by articles of
incorporation fled Saturday with the
Secretary of State. The capital stock
Is $4,000, in shares having par value
of ] cent each, The company owns and
Will exploit four claims in the Santaquin
mining district, Utah county The Off
GERS are: G.. A. Udall, president; J. r.
Boyle, vicepresident; G. f.. Berry, see.
retary; G., a. FRANKIE, treasurer.
The Huntsville Lumber and Water
company has filed articles of iucorpora.
tion with the Secretary of State. Ii has
capital stock of $4,000, in shares of So
each. The officers are Albert Engstrom.
president; j. II. Jorgensen, vice.presi-
dent; Charles Felt, secretary; !. c..
Wansgard, treasurer
The Moscow Mining and Milling com.
pany filed articles OF incorporation on
Saturday with the County Clerk Head
quarters are at Salt Lake and the capi.
tai stock is 100000, in 81 shares. The
officers are Mathew Cullen, president:
Pat Ryan, vice-prseident; f. T., McGur
rim, secretary; l.. III. Farnsworth, treas.
urer. The company owns the we'll
known Burning Moscow mine and other
claims located in the Star district.
Beaver county.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
THREE YEARS FOR YOUTH
Sole Support of His Mother Gets Term
in State Prison.

David Reese, young man who was
the sole support of his widowed mother
and six small children, will spend The
next three years In the State peniten.
tiary: Were it not for this fact he
would have received n heavier sentence
He was arraigned before Judge Arm,
strong Saturday. and pleaded guilty 10
the charge of forcing, or rather OF rails.
ing, the amount of check from Sill
yer Bros, foundrymcn. from SS 70
5000. He was represented by 4 A
Duncan and W. l.. Dunn as Joint omar.
dlans and attorneys There were some
other charges against Reese, but he was
only arralgned on the one on which he
received the three.year sentence.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
UTAH HIGH SCHOOLS
IN ANNUAL MEETING
First Gathering of the Kind
Is Held at Lehi; A. c.
Nelson Attends.

n. c. Nelson returned Saturday at
noon from Lehi, where he attended the
first annual gathering of the High
schools of Utah. The affair was very
successful, 312 pupils being in attend
ance. The High schools represented in
the programme were Payson, Lehi,
American Fork. Pleasant Grove, San
taquin, SpringvilIe and Spanish Fork.
There was programme of exercises
which included addresses by State
superintendent Nelson, Professor Rich
ard f. Lyman, \. J. Evans. l.. e. Egg
gertsen, county superintendent, and G..
y. Childs, district superintendent.
There was also a programme of track
events under the County Athletic Asso-
citation.
cltal was given in the tabernacle.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
W. H. Parent, Notorious Thief,
Here When Onyx Bank
Was Robbed.
TRAVELS UNDER WING
OF DEPUTY SHERIFF
Trial of James Donaldson Will
Be Commenced in Dis.
trict Court Monday.

When the Onyx Bank saloon was held
up Thursday night, w. H. Parent, n
self-confessed crook and thief, Was
roaming the streets of Salt Lake under
the protection of Sheriff G. Frank en-
cTv and County Attorney Willard Han
son. Parent himself claims that he
never separated man from his money
unless he could talk him .)uy o. IL or
win it at cards; but he belongs TO the
notorious Blonger gang Of crooks IN
Denver, and, under the protection of the
county officials, he is at liberty TO plot
and plan as many crimes in Salt Lake
10 he may see ft.
To meet Parent on the street these
days. one would imagine that he is a
millionaire. Ho is dressed in the
height of fashion, and is wearing con-
siderable expensive iewery. lie does
not venture around tho streets in day.
time alone, but is much in the COMPANY
of Deputy Sheriff Joseph c. Sharp, who
is spending much of the couuty's time
acting as a bodyguard to the pet wit.
ness, crook and protegs of the church
county administration.
Boards at County Jail.
Parent eats and sleeps at the couu
ty Jail. Although he is at liberty on
ms own recognlzance he is being board
ed at the counJy's expense. This is
contrary to law because he has NOT
been ordered committed to the county
Jail by any court Indeed he has been
specifically released from custody. Tho
Law provides that the following persons
shall be confined IN the county iail:
tlrst-Persons committed to secure
their attendance as witnesses in Grim
inal cases
Second-Persons charged with crime
and committed for trial.
Thlrd-Persons committed for con-
tempt, OF. upon civil process, or by au-
thority of law
Fourth-Persons sentenced to impris.
onment upon a conviction of crime.
Parent comes under none of these
classi6cations, and Sheriff Emery ;s
clearly violating the law bv barhorinSa b %
nun IN the county jail at the public
expense
Donaldson Case Monday.
James Donaldson. accused of robhorv
and grand larceny in connection with
the alleged bunkoing and robbing of the
NC hlrter brothers, will be tried Mon
day before Judge Armstrong, s
hing, one of Donaldson s attorneys.
went before Judge Armstrong, Satnr
day. and asked that the case be con.
tinued' District Attorney f. C. Loot,
oio" opIeclcu 10 any further con-
tlnuanee. Mr.. King insisted that the
continuance be granted, and urged that
he had legal business in Nevada which
necessltates his immediate attention. He
offered to pay all expenses of the con.
tinuance
Judge Armstrong was disinclined to
grant any continuance, md said that
none would be granted unless the de.
tense makes strong showing by aff-
aaVit Aonday morning. Donaldson will
Dc detended by Judge W. II. King, S.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
FIRST BAPTIST SERVICES
There Will Be Three Today, and Prof
Stout VIII Sing

Prof. B. P. Stout. the singing evan.
geist from Philadelph will conduct
his last Sunday services during this en-
gagemept at the First Baptist church 10.
day. He Will conduct three services OF
song, IN the church. one this morning
at II clock, and two this evening a1
and s o'clock. respectively, that all
who desire to hear the noted singer NAV
have an opportunity to do so. AT the
morning service the evangelist will sine
Some Sweet Day - "TGough He SIay
Mo- and "Come Unto Me- by Neil
son. Many of the favorite songs have
been requested by tho congregation,
among them, sometime, Somewhere, .
Papa, Shall [ Look For Yop p,
t When Our Ships Come Sailing Home, y
The 0ld-Fashioned Wav,6 HTbe
Model Church - ''Tell Mother I'll Be
There - These, and as many others as
the time will allow, will bo sung.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05

string-a piece of fishing line-being
fastened TO the gate. rs Steunepberg
entered. the opening of the gate sprang
the trigger of the bomb. He was ter
ribly mangled, being blown nearly hf.
teen feet from the gate, He lived
nearly an hour, and was conscious and
spoke, but his ruptured eaTirums were
dead to sound aud he died without
knowing what had killed HIM lie asked
his wife who had shot him and the
mvslifcation Of his ewes showed Tint
he could not hear her reply.
The explosion of the bomb aroused
not only the little town. of Caldwell.
but the whole State of Idaho. Orchard
had murdered Steunenberg, and before
the day was over be was suspected. lie
had gone to Caldwell from Denver rs
Thomas Hogan. and varously. claimed
TO be IN insurance man, buyer oi
sheep and n scml-Nrotc5sionli gambler.
a search Of his room IN tho hotel re,
yealed the FIRST definite evidence, and
on January /. 1906 he was placed under
arrest. Orchard s trunk revealed
more evidence, and then a score Of wit
nesses located him at various zines.
lurking about the Steuncnhcrg home,
with Jack SimDkiuS, 4 member Of tho
executive board Of the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners, who has, not been
caught. watching the StcUnenberg house.
WIN uelu SlHSstN, itN'A ll'thAHS 'AH'i'-SS
as to Steunenbcrg $ movements.
Significant Reply.
AT this jurcturc there occurred cir
cumstancc to which great significance
has always been attached, II is stated
that Orchard, when asked Mt his prel!m-
mary examination ii he wanted counsel,
said that il news of his arrest were pub
lished abroad counsel would promptly
be on the ground TO advise him.
Subsequently "Hcgan' was ldcnti-
fed by the Colorado police rs Harry
Orchard, wanted on the charge Of blow
ing up the Independence depot and
upon this Identification he admitted that
Hogan was an assumed name, that his
real name was Harry Orchard
In the meantime the case had passed
into the hands Of the Pinkerton detec-
tive agency, and James Mcfarland, IA
nous for his part in the Molly Mcguire
affair, assumed charge of the inquiry,
MCFARLAND secured what is claimed TO
be a free and full confession from
Harry Orchard. who had been removed
from the jail at Caldwell to the peni-
tentiary in this city for safe keeping,
as feeling ran high against him in Cald-
well. Orchard S confession has never
fully been made public, but it is known
that it contains an alleged admission of
participation in nearly thirty murders,
and that Orchard charges Haywood,
Mover and pettibono with having in
duced him 10 commit the crimes and
having paid him in money an agreed
sum for each. II is alleged that Or
chard s confession has been amply con-
frmed; that he will go upon the stand ]
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05

nations. A uniform systsu
promotions was also agreed /
meeting adopted estimates toI
ted to the State Board OF Ei
the school books required q,
ing year. Z
The principals OF Sal, la
will meet IN the city and col
ing next Saturday to discuu
ton of a field day and CON,
exercises, Time and plsss
agreed upon,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
SCHOOL BONDS SOLD
Jordan School District Disposes of
$4,000 Iss11e at par

The Jordan school district has beep
more fortunate than its neipbbor. the
Granite district, in disposing of IT'S
school bonds. The latter was only able
to get 80 for it's $4,000 bond issne,
but the Jordan district Saturday trans,
fcrred a $4,000 issue at pat, and these
only bear interest at 4'l-2 per cent
while the Granite bonds were at ) per
cent. Inc transaction took place
Scott representing the purchasing com
pany.. E, II. Rollins G. Sons OF Rostnn
and the treasurer of the district. r T.
Booth, representing the district.