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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
WELL OF OUR BOYHOOD
Out in the Yard, Underneath the Peach Tree

, ing treatment in this way: and dad, he
drew all the well water while the mel
on was down. say, you can have your
watermelons cooled in crushed ice. and
your watermelons plugged and Hlled
with champagne, and all like that-a-
way, but there never was any kind OF
watermelon anywhere on earth to COM
pare with those that my dad used to
slide out of the silver dripping old
bucket after the twilight had fallen
and the stars were agleam. and cut
with the long butcher knife on the pine
table i'm the kitchen.
Then, too how us kids used to try
to dodge the additional ceremony at
that we'll on summer nights after we'd
been trotting around barefoot all day.
BY turning in time we'd be pretty
sleepy, and when we were ready to
make for bed we'd sort O. side and
stink to dodge out of our mother 5
range of vision; but never once in all
the years did any of us get away with
those sinking proceedings. Shed nail
us every time, even when we were all
but in the door and on our way 10 bed.
My son, she'd call out quietly
from somewhere or other, you haven't
bathed your feet yet
But they haint dirty. maw,' would
be our invariable reply-as if a boy
could trOt around fields all day and
keep his feet in condition to turn into
spotless sheets. Honest they hain't
dirty, nav
But l think they must be-you may
come here and let me see them. son,
she'd reply in that quiet way of hers,
and then we'd nudge over to her and
she'd hold the oil lamp to look at our
disgracefully soiled feet, and then she'd
say:
1T certainly is a shame, son, for
you to stand there and be telling such
fibs Go right out this instant and
draw bucket of water and wash your
feet
(which 'ud settle it. The one of us
thus admonished would go and get the
little old rusty bottOmed tin wash bas-
in set aside for that purpose, resting
on the wooden bench in the yard, and
then we'd draw bucket of water from
the well and fill the basin, and catch
ing up a hunk of yellOw-no, yaller-
kitchen soap, also reserved for that
stunt, we'd sit down on the edge of
the board platform around the well and
perform the job that my mother never
failed to see to it that we did perform
before sinking into her clean sheets.
when it comes TO that a good
deal of the life at the old home clus-
tered about the well. and when the
pump at the corner disappears I'll have
to find some other way to be reminded
of our old well house, standing serene
and sweet and inviting in its slowly
drifting shower of peach blossoms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02

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The rarest of the 12-cent stamps is
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ton, and the last one sold brought $685.,
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day.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
MOULD MAKE GOOD OFFICER.

The Herald takes more than a pass
ing interest in the suggestion that Will
liam Balderston, editor of the Boise
Statesman, be given the appointment
as register of the land office at Boise,
to succeed Addison T. Smith, who is
soon TO resign. While we have no right
to Offer any suggestions on the mat
ter, for reasons that are perfectly ap-
parent to those who are familiar with
The Heralds political beliefs, we can
not refrain from commenting favor
ably or the proposition to appoint Mr..
Balderston.
He II in every way qualified to fill
the position. That, in our judgment,
should always be first. And if party
service counts for anything Mr.. Bal
out making half a try for it. His ap-
pointment would be an altogether de-
served recognition of those services.
Senator Hepburn would do a very
graceful thing if he consented TO the
appointment of Mr.. Balderston and
Joined with Senator Borah in recon-
mending him for the Office.
Mr. Balderston has lived in Idaho for
many years, but he is by no means I'M
known in Salt Lake City. A long time
ago, perhaps longer than some people
care to remember, he was engaged in
the newspaper business here, and he
has MANY Salt Lake friends who re-
member him kindly and who would be
very glad indeed to see this recognition
cnna II him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
WIRELESS HAS LIMITS.
Hiram Maxim Tells Why 1t Cannot
Supersede Cables.

Sir Hiram Maxim, the great inventor
and experimenter. says the unscientific
public is expecting too much from the
experiments Marconi is making at Cape
Breton to establish a trustworthy wire
less telegraph service across the At
lantic. according to a London cable to
the New York World.
"Marconi has done splendid work in
establishing wireless Communication be-
tween vessels at sea-" Sir Hiram said
to a correspondent today. IF a ship is
lost it can be traced quickly now.
But there is a limit to everything,
even to the strength of steel. The
sometimes, as we learned the other day
when the Quebec bridge collapsed. Be
fore that we did not know such a thing
could happen because no bridge had
ever been built like IL and steel had
never been put 10 such a tension. So
it is with Marconis system; its limit
must be reached.
Il see the cable companies stocks are
falling and owners of stock are grow
ing excited. but there is absolutely no
raphy is something more than a play
thing, of course, but it never will be a
serious competitor with ocean cables
at least not in our lifetime.
THE reason is this: The man who
pays to send cablegram wants it kept
private to himself and the man at the
other end of the cable; and ii is kept
private. If the same message could be
sent by wireless there would be moth
ing to prevent you or me from putting
up a little apparatus and tapping 1t.
That would be the simplest thing in the
world.
Again, the first thing our enemy does
i'm time of war is to try to cut our ca
bIes and so stop communication. That
is a long and difficult job, because ca
bles are protected by battleships, and
even if the enemy does break through
and cut one line 1t can be repaired
soon. Besides there are a dozen other
cable lines, each independent of the 9TH
err and the enemy must go to work and
cut or break through them all.
Now, see how difficult is the case
with wireless messages. All you have
to do is to put up a ten-hOrse-pow
gas or oil engine between two wire
less stations ana work it out of SYM
pathy with the apparatus that is try
ing to send wireless messages. What
is easier than to counterfeit the Wire
less waves in that way. There is moth
ing to prevent it, as far as 1 can see.
so you perceive there are very great
draw backs to the wireless system in
times of war and peace, too"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
YANKELE ALMOST SITS IN

well. it's near closing time now"
said Yankele. Can I come in later
and see how things come along?"
"Oh, all right" said Lyman. ''You
come along and bring what money
there is in the drawer when you come
at closing time. Maybe I'll need il"
he added, with a smile.
The three went out, leaving Yankele
alone in the store.
Il want to explain to you" said La
ban. This young man, he says he
understands Yiddish, so be careful
what you say. He is one of these fell
lows who talks about being so inter
ested in our people and their ways and
all that sort of high-toned patronizing.
For that reason I wouldn't mind get
ting what he has to spare. Besides, he
has bought a good bill and I don't
stand a chance now of getting any
thing more out of him for a year He
cut me down so close this time that !
! didn't make as. much as usual"
That will be all right" said Hy-
man. III be careful what 1 say"
The little games in the rear Office of
Laban's place were not at all unusual
because he was filled with the poker
spirit. AS he explained to the Gentle,
when he introduced his friends. it was
1t was a slack season for Yankele,
too, as he sat in the rear of the Good
man store, looking up at the dirty wall
behind him, with nothing to do. He
figured i'm his mind the chances that
he had of getting the raise that Good
man had almost promised the week be-
fore. Not a customer came in. Yam
kele liked to watch poker and to figure
out what he could win at the game,
but he knew he would not be permit
ted to take a hand because he couldn't
afford to lose. Not that he ever ex-
pected to lose.
1t was almost two hours later when
he presented himself in Laban Wurzels
back office. The workers and clerks
in the place had gone home, but in the
room in back sat the poker party. The
flaring gas was on and the place was
hot. The seven faces had about the
same look, but when Yankele came in
he saw that the visitor had almost all
the money.
mot a customer" said Yankele to
his employer in English. Here is what
was i'm the drawer" and he handed
over the small sum of money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
TORN TROUSERS GRAFT.
An Easy Plan to Collect Old Clothes
Tried in an Uptown Street.
New York SUI

Here is the story of graft so simple
and effective that some enterprisins
stranger to work should patent it. 1t
was practiced by a New York genius
and had its tryout on the respectable
upper West Side of this city.
The originator set out dressed as a
workman, his clothes rusty but neatly
patched. Arriving in the neighborhood
he had decided to work, he stepped
into an area way and, hauling out a
knife, slit the right leg of his trousers
from hip to knee.
Next he produced a newspaper,
spread it out and held it over the silt
in his trousers. Leaving the areaway,
he hurried along the sidewalk, making
apparently a great effort TO hold the
newspaper in place.
The wind was blowing, and whoever
cared to look noticed the mans pre-
dicament. At the steps of big house
in Seventy-second street he stopped
and pretended to tie the paper about
his leg. BY a perhaps not very strange
chance. since the hour was 5;15 p. m,
the owner of the house appeared.
The CRATER greeted the man. briefly
lifted the newspaper and remarked:
81 Just had an accident over on Co.
lumbus avenue. Truck showed me
against a stake and tore my pants
awful. Wonder if you could lend me
some safety pins?"
1t was successful. From that house
the man carried away not only a readi-
ly salably pair of trousers, but a hat
and coat as we'll A quick trip 10 a
corner saloon to deposit his bundle and
the tale of the torn trousers leg was
carried to another house in the block
An observer with more sheer curiosi-
ty than police instinct watched the col
lection of six bundles from six houses
in Seventy-second street before he re-
luctantly left the window and went in
TO dinner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
We Recommend Sexine Pills.

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West Temple streets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
HIS ONLY CHANCE.
washington Star.)

Captain John Z. Pillsbury, the navy
boards new member, said the other
day i'm Washington of a recruit who
could not shoot:
THE sergeant tried the fellow first
at 500 yards, and he failed to come
within a mile of the target
"Then he was tried at 300 yards, then
at 200, then at 100; and his last shot was
worse, If possible. than his first.
THE sergeant looked at him disgust
eddy, got very angry, and, walking up
close to him, shouted in his face:
Attention. Fix bayOnet! Charge
the target It's your only chance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
Urgent.
CCathoIic STANDARD and t

Catholic Standard and Times)
Ma" began Tommy, trying for the
sixth time to say something.
Tommy said his mother, sternlv,
didn't 1 tell you not to interrupt Mrs.
Gaddle and me? Wait until we are
through"
But ma. I want to say this today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02

Royal Bread is made in a clean
bakery. The Crown Label is on every
loaf. Ask your grocer for il.
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Total Copies of The Herald
Printed October. 1907.
THEATRES TODAY.

THEATRES TODAY.
Salt Lake-'Zira'
MISUNDERSTANDING
Grand-"The Cow Puncher."
Lyric-"A Mothers Devotion.
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
Fair
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-22
1anan,s rold en- the Orient.

At banquet in St. Petersburg dis
tinguished Russian general. veteran
of the disastrous war lately concluded
In Manchuria. drank toast TO the next
war and "Russia's revenge prepara-
tions for which, he declared, were al
ready on foot 1t is going to be big
job to humble Japan-troublesome ex-
pensive, dangerous. 1t will be job for
the navies of Christeniom, not the
armies. Until Japan is driven from the
sea she will rule Korea and hold Man
churia. There is nothing in history
like the rise OF Japan. She is first
class power and er the present cen
tua.y is con- e nothing iag to be
done in the most eastern east with
out her consent, and she will not con-
sent unless she shall approye-that is.
If she does not TOO soon get into mis-
understanding with a certain institu-
ton known as the British navy, now
her ally. offensive and defensive Japan
will hold Manchuria against the Rus
sian army as long as she is superior on
the water to the Russian navy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-22
Notice of Transfer

Notice is hereby given that the H. X.
Wheeler Company. Qnc.) has, this 18th
day of January, 1907, sold all its right,
title, interest and good will in its Sur
veying and Engineering business in Ely,
Nevada, together with all Surveying
Notes, Maps, Plats, Surveying and
Engineering data belonging to said
business, to Edward L. Half, Alfred B.
Colwell and Walton Il. Cowel of Ely,
Nevada, who will continue the business
at the old stand under The firm name of
Half & Colwel Bros.
II. X. Wheeler will continue the store
business of the Wheeler Supply Go.
II. K. WHEELER COMPANY.
HAFF q CoLwELL Bros.
Ely, Nev. Jan. 18TH 1907. Jan % ct
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Reading on a Train.

II you travel back and forth into
town every dav you no doubt read your
morning and aning pa er. or a mag
lzine. on IT, train, says the Chicago
American. While this is not, indeed.
the best practice for the eyes it seems
1 pity to waste so much time which
might be turned to good account
Much of the annoyance which comes
from train reading is due TO the iolting
Of the cars. which continually knocks
he printed line out of focus with the
eye.
This can be in some degree obyiated
by laying Il eard or some other object
below the line to be read. and moving
It steadily downward while reading.
This acts as a guide TO the eye. and
helps to keep the sight fixed Those
who have tried 1t say that it wonderful-
~ assists to decrease the difficulty OF
reading while in motion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-22
NOTICE

Inc rates on business telephones SER
wee VIII advance from $500 to SIS. 90
per month after January list, 'O7.
WHITE ZINE COUNTY TELEPHONE Co.
De25-tf.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-22
To Joe Son
ELY, New, January q, 1907.

ELY, New, January q, 1907.
You are hereby notified that we, D
P. CURTo and w. N. CURTo. both OF
Ely, New, have expended, during the
year 1906, the sum of one hundred
($l00.00) dollars in labor and improve
ments upon the JAMES MCDoUGALI
lode mining claim, situated in Robinson
Mining District, in White Pine County,
State of Nevada, the location certii-
cate of which is found of record in
Book 6, page 422, Mining Location
Records, in the office OF the Recorder
Of said county, in order to hold said
claim under the provisions of Section
1924 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendment
thereto approved January o. 1880,
concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said lode for the period ending the
81 st day of Decemer, 1906.
And if, within ninety 900 days after
The first publication hereof, you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as a co-oWner which
to thirty-three and thirty-ihree
one-hundredths (S33.33) dollars, your
interest in the claim will become the
of the subscribers, your CO.
owners, who have made the required
expenditures according to the terms of
said section and the amendment thereto
D. T. CURTo,
w. N. CURTo
First publication, Jan. q, 1903 mo-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-22

NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals to publish all the legal adver-
Using required by White Pine County,
for the year 1907, will be received by
the Board of County Commissioners of
said County, up to and including the
18th dag of February, 1907
Said bids shall specify the amount
for which the bidder will publish such
advertisements per square, (ten lines
solid nonpareiD per issue. The success
full bidder to furnish a good and suffici-
ent bond in the sum of 100000 for the
faithful performance of the contract
The Beard reserves the right to re-
ject any and ell bids. By Order of the
Board OF Commissioners of White Pine
County.
Attest; J. F. MILES, Clerk.
J-15-1 m
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new Mine MERGER
AT GOLDFIELD
Win9field and Nixon Are Said to Be
Planning Another Combination
in the Southern Camp

Word comes from San Francisco that
George Wingfield and Senator Nixon,
the millionaire mine owners of Nevada,
are on the eve Of cffccting d new and
Independent merger Of mining interests
in the Goldfcld district, which, if car
ried out according to plans, viii equal
in magnitude that Of the recently or
gained merger which included some Of
the richest mines in the district.
The Florence, it is said, will be the
nucleus for the new combination just
as the Mohawk was nucleus for the
old one. To this it Is planned to add
the Portland the Red Hills and per
haps the southernly claims Of the Com
bination Mines Company, which I'll
ready is a part Of the cid merger.
Wingfield and Nixon already have a
controlling interest in the Portland, and
it is said, have lately gained controll-
ing interest in the Red Hills.
Place your orders for 1907 automo-
biles with William h, Miller, care THE
News. Prices of all makes on appli-
cation. Jan 8 limo
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HENRY TuuRTELL,
State Engineer.
First publication Dee. ivy

Lindsey the builder, isnow prepared
to build houses on the instalIment plan.
Nov. so, t f
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To keep posted on Ely mines, read
The WHITE PINE News.
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Dissolution Notice.

The co-partnership heretofore exist
ing and known as Bassi & Pietrini, doing
a saloon business at Cherry Greek, Ne
vada, has this 18th day of January, 1907,
been dissolved by mutual consent, Mr..
Bassi retiring.
All bills due the late firm will be col
lected by G. Pietrini, by whom all bills
will be paid.
A. BAsSI,
G. PIETRINI.
Cherry Greek, Nevada, January 10Th
1907. jamie 80 d
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-22
5. P. Land Sale

"SrrclAt To The NFws"
San Francisco, Jan. 81. All lands
of the Southern Pacific Company in
cluded in the Government grant to the
old Central Pacific Railroad i'll the
States Of Nevada and Utah, with the
exception of timber properties, will
be placed on sale not later than July
next. The company's holdings in this
State amount to approximately 6,000,-
900 acres