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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-13

iox132, corner. on 17-foot street. lst
South between End and 3rd East You
can build twelve 8 and 4-room flats on
this that Will pay you Is per cent TO 20
per cent. Per foot-Sl50.
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HOMES.
Elegant T~room mod. pressed brick,
very artistic, east side-$6000,
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Groom brick. g. l., LOT 66X165 feet. 11tl
East, near Rrieham-S3i00,
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MEET Us TODAY AT
PARADISE.

MEET Us TO-DAY AT
PARADISE.
Take WANDEMERE CAR to 11th South
and Ith East where II will be our pleas
ure TO please you by showing
PARADISE ADDITION LOTS
At prices LOWER than others and OH
terms within the reach OF all
$1,000 CASH AND $1,000 PER MO.
$4,000 AND UPWARD.
Office hours on ground, 10 a. m till
y. m; sundays. IL n. IN. till noon, TO
p. ~. daily, or any time YOU say Don't
fall to pay us visit, Come one and
all.
DO IT NOW. They won't last long.
15 lots sold last week
We Will build your house and YOU can
pay for II on monthly payments at about
what your rent would he,
Yours for success toward a home.
MEEKS & LYNCH. OR PETERSON r.
Il. INV. CO.
$40 Main. or SIS Atlas Blk
Phones 5S2O-h and c622 Bell
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sSl 900 buys department fiat. strictly
modern and up to date, close in,
east side. this pays over 12 per
cent interest on the Investment.
Figure it UP. Rentals S310 per
month, taxes $500 per year.
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$40 Main, or SIS Atlas Blk.
Phones 3S20-k and c622 Bell.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-13

Now Groom mod. pressed br,. all rms.
OH ground floor. cor, lot. S. $4,000
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-13

7Oxl65, blks. east of our office; $40
per foot
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Sl000-4ljXi15, cor 3rd So and lith 4.
s oi0-30Xl20 II. to alley. 7th So. near
18th T.,
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Another fiat site on lsI st, near State.
This has special features. Per foot
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Need of a Larger ARMY.

Secretary Taft stands on solid
ground in urging an increase in the
army. Making allowance for the re-
cent small expansion in the artillery
branch, the total military forces of the
United States number only little
above $4,000. About 10000 are in the
contiguous part of the United States,
10000 are in the Philippines and 5000
are in Cuba, with the rest distributed
in Porto Rico, Alaska and other sta
tons.
Fully 10000 men would be needed
to man the coast artillery, according
to Secretary Taft, while the entire ar
tillery force, coast and field, numbers
less than 10000, including the recent
accessions under the new law. The
secretary believes, however, that in
war with a great naval power none Of
the chief ports would be attacked, but
attempts would be made to land armies
at unguarded spots. This would ne
cessitate the raising of a big force Of
infantry. cavalry and field artillery to
meet them. At the present time the
infantry numbers a little less than
$4,000 and the vavalry falls slightly
short of 10000. In a war with a great
military power our chief reliance would
have to be on the regular army. The
militia and volunteers could not be
trained quick enough to be of much use
unless the war should last eight or ten
months or longer.
In proportion to population the Uni
ted States is weaker in its land forces
than it was during the presidency Of
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson or Blu
chanan. It's army is smaller in num-
bers than that of any third-class power
in Europe On the water the United
States stands third in strength in its
fighting forces among the nations, but
on land it is far down on the roll. In
these days when there is war talk with
Japan it would seem that Congress
ought to heed the appeals of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft for an
increase in the army to at least 100000
men.-St. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
HigN Prices Universal.

1t is true that the tariff is respon-
Sible for prices in our country being
higher for a great many things than
they are abroad, but that is an old
story. 1t does not account for the diff
ferences between prices to-day and
prices in 1898 or 1899 or 1900. The rise
of prices that has taken place in Amer
lea has taken place likewise in Europe !:
there may have been a somewhat great
er rise here, but there has been no
radical difference. The phenomenon is
worldwide. There is little room to
doubt that the chief cause of it has
been the enormous production of gold.
But. whatever the cause, it is idle to
look for it in any political action pc
culiar to this country. And, to come
back to the main point, the rise of
prices that has come about through the
action Of economic forces operating
throughout the world and not set in
motion by the action of any govern
ment cannot. without miSchievous con-
fusion of thought, be put into the same
category with a deliberate debasement
of the monetary standard.-Baltimore
News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Wisconsin
State News
TOWN UNDER WATER.
Village of Boar in RichIand County
Nearly Ruined by Flood.

The village of Boaz. having a popula-
ton OF 400, has been entirely submerged
as result of the Wisconsin river over
flowing. A number of the houses have
been moved from their foundations, car
rIed along distances ranging from 100
yards TO a mile, and set down on some
high elevations. The people of the town
moved about in boats gathering up their
property. In some places the water was
from six to ten feet deep with an average
depth of four feet. Provisions have been
brought from the neighboring towns, but
The roads are so bad that it is impossible
to supply the people who are in need.
Most of the inhabitants went to Mus
coda. Among the places submerged were
the following William Barnes flour mill.
the Berry hotel, II. 7. Berry's saloon.
Fish Il Peterson, stave factory; Thomas
Johnson's cheese store, Keppler Co., gen
eral store; Oss Oulland's sawmill, L. W.
Parcelrs hardware store, John Ryan's
wagon shop, W. ]. Skaters general store.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Tariff and Trusts.

Morgan J. O'Brien. a former justice
of the New York Supreme Court, tells
the Democratic party that it should
get back to Cleveland's platform. which
was tariff reform" To his mind the
evils of trusts have been wrought
through unfair tariffs The very day
on which these momentOus things were
being delivered in London for Ameri-
can consumption announcement was
made of the formation in free trade
Great Britain of the Universal Steel
Trust. designed to regulate and control
the production and distribution of steel
throughout the entire world, The Uni
ted States is to cure trust evils through
free trade How, then, is Great Brit
ain to cure her trust evils? Through
return to protection? Morgan J.
O'Brien is talking through his hat.
Protection has not produced the trusts,
and free trade cannot eradicate them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

FLORENCE" he said, IT love you, and
I will always love you, even If you
never return my love-"
One of the girls became so nervous
at the incident that she shrieked out,
TT is your wife, Mr.. St Clair, truly, ii
is your wife,'
Imagine our surprise that, while we
he took it all very coolly.
why, Mr.. st. Clair" I cried, exas-
Derated at his cold and almost disinter-
ested behavior, why don't you act
mans part, to take her away from that
mans embrace, to compel her to quit
her lover, and cling to you, her loyal
husband! :"
But, Blanche he stammered, IN his
excitement calling me by my first name,
let me explain p" MOI I cried,
there is no time for any explanation,
let your wife rather explain
"Hy wife? She is not my wife," he
cried.
Not your wife?" shrieked the girls
in chorus.
"No, you had all made up your minds
to have her be my wife, SO I thought it
would be sport to have her play the
part of a wife for a time
But who is she?' l cried.
my sister, my only sister, and now,
as you noticed, she is to become my
schoolmate's wife"
"Oh,"I murmured family, for my
heart was beating so loudly that l felt
sure all present could hear it,
The girls somewhat suddenly retired,
leaving Mr.. ST. Clair and me alone, out
in the moonlight.
"Oh, Blanche" said he, my little
sister is soon to be Toms wife, and
shall have no one left to love me, al
though I love some one very dearly"
DO your" I murmured, trying to ap-
pear calm. ''Who is it, Mr.. st. Clair, if
I may ask, that you love 50 dearly?"
.You cannot but know that it is your
self, dearest Blanche"
And I don't know how it came that
soon my answer was smothered in his
strong arms. The following morning
Dicks sister whispered in my ear, ~
am engaged, too."-Hartford Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

peared on the scene, every girl present
would have shown a deeper interest in
life.
On Monday, the beginning of my sec
ond week of vacation, was sitting on
the ycranda reading. in truth, making
nm attempt to read. or to become inter
ested In book, while all the time
was longing for a stroll on the white
and glisening sands. But as there is
surely no pleasure in meandering alone
I disconsolately, almost gapingiys turn
ed to my book.
had just managed to become inter
ested in the beautiful heroine of the
book, when a carriage stopped, and,
imagine my surprise a young and eX-
rrenrelv handsome fellow jumped out.
NV heart began 70 beat fast at the ex-
hilarating sight. but slowed down very
suddenly, when he CALAMITY assisted a
most beautiful young woman to alight.
Married of course" some of the
girls whispered, and I, greatly disap-
neinted, retired TO my room.
However. l decided to look my best
at the supper table, so I donned what
7 imagined TO be my most becoming
Gown. which happened TO be a soft
shade of pink, and although l am not
vain. which may appear contradictory
because l say it myself, I am positive
fbat 4 murmur Of admiration went
around the room as | entered.
At supper, the young man and his
pretty wife CHANGED to sit opposite me
at the table. BY his conversation and
table manners he appeared TO be a
most charming fellow.
caught him once or twice intently
studying my face, and began TO pity his
pretty, young wife. l can't account for
1t that he. at that moment, made the
impression upon me of being a mere
flirt.
The following morning, the girls were
in f1utter of excitement: the hotel
manager had promised to introduce the
handsome young man. But girls"
suggested, ''he is a married man."
what difference" laughed the girls
and all retired to their rooms, where
lIHey pTIHhSu LOT Iuily an HOuT~
may as well acknowledge that (,
took me also about an hour to adorn
my personality with the best 1 could
select from my by no means rich, but
rather meager, wardrobe. Richard st
Clair was duly introduced to US, one
and all.
And where is your wife. pray tell?'
asked one Of the girls.
~Oh. oh, my wife, she is out with a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
EATS MATCHES TO DIE.
Mother of Soldier Who Died In Cuba
Unbalanced.

Caroline Singleman, aged 81 years. died
IL horrible agony in Manitowoc, as the
result of having swallowed the heads
from box of matches. This was Mrs.
Singleman's third attempt to kill herself,
her first being made early in June, fol-
lowing her detention by officers on a
charge of taking flowers which had been
placed on soldiers graves on Memorial
day. The matter became public, and
the unfortunate woman, unable to bear
the disgrace, attempted to kill herself,
but was prevented. She was again ar
rested, this time on a shoplifting charge,
and again she tried to commit suicide.
Being again prevented, she awaited a
further opportunity, and while alone in
the house she ate the heads off box of
matches. Mrs. Singleman was we'll
known in Manitowoc 1t is believed that
grief over the death of her son, Charles
Singleman, who died in Cuba while serv-
ing as a soldier during the Spanish
American war, unbalanced her mind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Tariff Revision Fixed Inv Treaty.

German exporters under this new ar
rangement are permitted to fix their
own values upon goods shipped to the
United States. The goods will be ap-
praised at such figures as the Ger
mans may name and American consuls
are expected to accept the German ap-
praisals. The Germans can we'll afford
to pay the duty when they are per-
mitted to fix their own value on the
goods. BY well-known tricks of under
aluation they will be able to get their
goods into this country on a lesser ad
valorem duty and will thus save many
millions every year. If France, Eng
land and other countries exporting to
the United States shall be able to make
A similar arrangement the tariff ques-
ton will lose much Of its Importance
and a tariff for revenue only Will have
been accomplished by treaty.-Nyack
Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Foreign Trouble-Breeders.

Persistent exaggeration of war ru-
mors emanating from certain qk-rters
and magnified by the sensational press
picion that there is a plot on their
part TO involve Japan and America, in
order to accomplish some end.
The fact that neither nation is look
ing for trouble and prefers peace TO
war, in order TO develop certain great
national enterprises, has been over
looked by those who seem bent on
making trouble if possible. Japan is
busy working out her problems in
Korea and will need years TO strength
en- her position there, TO say nothing
Of the grave danger of losing this ter
ritory TO Russia in event the japanese
nation should become involved with
another in war. The cause or preteXt
for war is so small that no nation, eA-
cept one deliberately looking for trou
Bile. would discuss it. for the Japanese
residents of California who claim their
places We're damaged during a riot
have remedy in the United States
court, the same as other residents here.
The attempt to magnify the wild fury
of a mob into a deliberate insult by
America to the Japanese nation is not
warranted by any reasoning. That the
President eXerted the power of the
United States government in order to
secure fair play for the japanese race
in San Francisco, and made all honor
able attempts to retain amicable rela-
tons with Japan is unquestioned, yet
there are those in America and Japan
who are trying to fan race hatred and
cause war of untold horror.
That the United States government
has a right to regulate the immigrati ton
to this country must be admitted by
any sovereign nation. The principle Of
self-preservation gives this nation the
right to say whether or not outsiders
are 10 be admitted into our household
With one grave race problem, the
negro problem, still unsettled, would
this nation further imperil her future
by the unrestricted imn grafton Of an
other race with which the American
people have no desire to amalgamate
and whose modes of life would be a
menace to the American workingman
who is trying to educate his family
along the lines of American ideals!
Are not labor conditions now grave
enough without injecting another prob
lem fully as serious as anything our
statesmen are now trying to solve?
The sources whence the war rumOrs
come indicate that some powerful in
terests are playing a game for big
stakes. and it would be well for Japan
and this country to investigate the
pretended solicitude on the part Of
other nations and individuals before
putting themselves in a position where
by both nations may be crippled and
lose control of Oriental trade to de-
signing interests now seeking to incite
war.
These interests are holding out the
Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands
as the prizes within easy grasp of
Japan, hoping that she will loosen her
hold on Korea and Port Arthur in Or
der to secure the coveted possessions.
Japanese jingoists will do we'll to recall
the story in Aesop's fables Of the dog
who saw in the water the reflection of
the meat in his mouth and dropped
the morsel to jump after a shadow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

old college chum of hers, college class
mate of mine," he stammered.
Fair, but fckle," whispered one of
the girls.
That night, at the hotel dance, had
at least one partner, and let me say it
at once, that he was a divine waltZer !;
but strange to say, his wife was not
present.
We girls began to think it rather
queer that Mr. St. Clair had failed to
introduce to us his wife, and decided
that the next one who happened to be
with him should mention it to him.
Who can imagine my establishment,
when the evening after the dance, Mr..
st. Clair invited me to go with him for
a moonlight row. 1t was then that I
began to think that. perhaps, I had en-
couraged him too much; and at once 1
resolved to treat him in the future with
cold and studied Indifference.
"Why, Mr.. st. Clair" | said, ''ypu
cannot expect me to accept your invi-
tation in the absence of your sweet
partner, your wife? Where is she? 1t
is somewhat surprising that you neglect
her that way. People are beginning to
make remarks about It."
well, Miss Courtleigh,' he replied
with an amused smile on his handsome
face, my wife shall surely accompany
us. l should like very much that Won
became intimately acquainted with
her" and, somewhat smilingly, he add
ed, with an expression on his face
which l. at the time, could not define.
you will undoubtedly like her then
even better than now"
In the evening he brought his wife
with him, and, after an Introduction.
she impressed me as being the dearest
girl had ever met.
AS we parted for the night. Mrs. st.
Clair, with mischievOus twinkle in
her eyes, remarked, BE good to my
husband, dear"
l fell asleep that night bordering
over the peculiar remark of Mrs. St.
Clair.
The following morning she sent down
word that she was suffering from a Sc
we're headache, and that we girls were
to do the best we could to amuse her
dear Richard
Strange to say, Mr.. st. Clair did not
seem at all worried about his sick wife,
and laughed and talked as if her being
i'll were of little or no consequence to
him.
That evening we all sat on the veran-
da with Mr. st. Clair in our midst.
On a sudden, however, silence fell
upon every one of us. as by the light
of the moon we beheld two figures, one
woman, the other a man, and the
mans words were waited on US the
soft evening breeze.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

"HIS WIFE"


Life is often very tedious at sum-
mer hotel where, day after day, one sits
listlessly on the veranda waiting for
something exciting to happen; and such
was my case. | had been at the hotel
n week. and that week l had reason to
consider as q dead loss In my life; for
not solitary thing did I do, but eat
my meals, feel tired and sleep.
|, however, was not the only idler
there; for there were several girls be-
sides me. who were doing nothing but
eat, drink and sleep, and, like me. in
full expectation for something exciting
to happen.
Perhaps you will think it strange that
a crowd of girls should have no fun !;
but what we all longed for was an ami
mating power in the shape of a being
that we are wont to call man; and
really believe that, if a man had ap-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
MURDER NEAR AMIGO.
Thomas Clag Found Dead and Four
Indians Are Held.

Thomas Clag was found dead near
White lake, not far from Amigo, with his
skull badly crushed. -Four Indians who
had been drinking with Clag were held,
pending inquiry. Clag was employed as
a dynamiter by the NJ. J. Pepper Con
structton Company. Mike and Tim Cough
lin, who lived with Clag in a shanty,
have disappeared. The facts at hand are
said to indicate that the man was muir
dered by the four Indians with whom he
had been carousing. Neighbors in the vi
cinity claim that the Coughlin brothers
ran blind pig. They reported that Sun
day there was considerable noise at the
shanty and that there must have been an
hilarious time inside. 1t is known that
Clag and the two Coughlins and the four
Indians We're inside the shanty Sunday
evening. In the morning the Coughlins
had disappeared. Clag was about AZ
years old and was not married.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

coal breakers; languor and backwardness of the little
trader; the failing vision of the tenement house
worker the feet and spine traced to the
unnatural exacons Of factory labor during perodthat
should be given to study, rest and play.
report in New York City, following the state
Inert that many thousand children backward,
veaed the fact of $1,000 children examined
10000 have defective vision But want to know
this Why do 10000 children of 100000
children have defective vision? Were they born of sub
normal parents? Are their eyes ruined by bending
some piece nliserably lighted tenement?
That you must continue year after year to turn the
foods Of planthropc gifts from their proper channel
attempts the evils that act little children
through OPPRESSION ignorance neglect is article in
the creed Of pessimism which subscribe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
NEARLY FORTY PAGES.
This Years claw Supplement-" VIII
Be the Largest Ever Issued.

The publication of the session laws in
newspaper supplement form this year is
a tremendous undertaking. The number
of laws enacted and the unusual length of
many of them make the aggregate suffi-
Gent to ii nearly forty newspaper pages
or mora than have been required in any
legisl i've year since the enactment of
the l4w requiring the publication of the
State laws in the country press. The
laws of 1905 filed % pages. The amount
of white paper required for the supple
ments will be enormous.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

II. indeed, Out eA-
Iected to enter the countys service. Now we do not
want and could possibly have governing class
here But if it is fact that considerable number Of
young Americans nowadays annually leaving college
o whom necessity does not require that they should
give their time to breadwnning, is it also fact
the loud voice of public opinion should require OF
those young that they consider whether their coun
try does not need them? Oh, may talk Of culture
books and Of serving the country by being good
citizen That is very we'll But good citizens need to
know where their polling place is and need to feel the
obligation do jury duty and need TO be acquainted
with the affairs the municipality and the country and
offer themselves for definite work in the munich
paties the in the dependencies II they believe
that they could do that work well.