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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-14

day, July 16, to keep the beer and soft
drinks cool. The favorite beverage for
ordinary occasions is home made sour
wine, but many of the children do not
like this. In some cases the younger
generations do not indulge in onions
and garlic, lest they make themselves
offensive to Americans, Parents allow
their children to ent green apples and
cucumbers ad libitum. But among the
second generation an advance in cook-
ing is discovered by the Government
agent The younger women will now
send TO an American nelghbor for a
recipe for cake, preserves or other
dellcacies,
Personal cleanliness is also being
learned from contact with the Ameri.
can, as is proven by the growing fad
for bathrooms. Seeing our young couu-
trymen bathing in the lake at Ham
monton, the young Italians wanted TO
try the sport, bat were warned by
their older countrymen that they would
die from the effects of such exposure
But they took the risk, aud since then
both nationalities battle together in
this water.
Adopting Our Garb.
The older women of the first genera,
tion retain their native cotton skirts
and waists-which do not always
match; their aprons, gay shawls and
hcadkerchiefs, They celebrate gala oc-
casions by wearing clean clothes and
long earrings, their ears having been
pierced when they were infants The
men of this class wear sweaters and
cheap rcady.made suits, and cling to
their shoes until they are unfit To wear.
Lately they have taken To rubber over
shoes because they save the wear on
those underneath. Often little children
wear shoes and no stockings in winter,
hut a general improvement is dlscov-
cred among children of mothers Of the
second generation, who edo not bind
their babies, whatever that may mean.
Children of this more assimilated class
attend kindergarten, and if any part of
their apparel is lacking they are sent
home for it. Neatly athred young men
and women may now be seen coming
from even crowded and dirty homes
The women generally possess sewing
machines, and are improving in their
use, The frugal housewives are scrup.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-14
Cured Three Of the Family With One
Bottle Of Chamberlain Colic, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy.

''I purchased bottle of Chamber.
lain s Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and found 1T to be all claimed
for 1t in the advertisements. Three of
the family have used it with good re-
suits in summer complaint. IL e.
Howe, publisher Of the Press, Highland,
Wis. For sale by all druggists.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-14

ton. The house of the deceased is then
crowded with people who weep and
shout as if crazy. Frequently all of the
clothes of the deceased are put OH the
body, md in one case q baby, in add.
tion TO its other clothing, had on three
coats when buried. Artificial flowers
are placed on the forehead and petuniss
in the mouth of the corpse, Often
graves are marked with little wooden
houses filed with wax flowers statues
and pictures,
a bride and groom on their way to
he married are commonly followed by
large crowd, which shouts, fires off pis-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

our guns as well, reserving the other room
for our sleeping apartment
While debated what to do, the bear crawl
ed clumsily through the opening. My fears
for Chip were agonizing. He could not escape
by the door, and should he be aroused and at
tempt to get out by the winodw or secure one
of the guns, the chances were great that he
would be killed. looked about, and gnarl-
ed tree standing near the house gave me an
idea. saw could easily and readily climb
the tree and took account of the fact that
Ursus horribihs is not climber.
The grizzly had disappeared within the
room, and 1 momentarily expected to hear
sounds portending ill to my friend.
Running lightly up, to the opening I poked
logs, my intention being to attract the bear
without at the same time awakening Chip.
As / did so, thrill of terror passed over
me. Such a monster | had never seen. He
loomed ggantically in the narrow area of the
room: He was in the act of reaching up to
the deer, which was swung from rafter,
and his sharp claws resembled great, crues
knives.
From his immense size, I judge he han
has ever since been a wonder to me that it
81 ould have ventured into o place so much
resembling a trap. can only account for it
on the theory that the mining town had been
50 long uninhabited, and he had become so
accustomed to passing through it that his
natural fears and doubts respecting the char
acter Of the buildings had vanished.
/ partially succeeded in my effort--that is,
/ attracted the bear. He half turned when
he saw me, dropped to the floor with an
agility should have thought impossible in
SO heavy creature, and at the same time
emitted a deep growl that sounded like sub
dued roar.
This aroused Chip, who, as he afterward
told me, was in that half state between wax
ing and sleeping when the sounds we hear
and the sensations we feel are strangely min
gled with and become q part of our dreams
He had heard the previous movements of
the grizzly, and, feeling somewhat cold, had
dreamed that the blanket was being dragged
from his body and chewed up by one Of the
burros. But that growl made him wide
awake on the instant
Chip sprang to his feet and uttered a cry
Of fear and alarm as through the opening TO
his room he saw the massive and threatening
form of the grizzly.
At this the bear turned in his direction
Thinking he meant to make rush at Chin.
I seized club that was lying at my feet, and
hurled it with all my might at the great
beast.
It struck him on the side of the head and
maddened him.
Wheeling, as if on pivot, he came at me,
his Jaws wide open and his teeth cleaning
savagely; but / backed from the window as
soon as the club left my hand and now ran
at full speed toward the tree
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

| could hear the bear, as he scrambled
through the window, and the sounds lent
wings to my feet.
Then l heard him numbering heavily after
me; but l gained the tree in the nick of
time and succeeded in swinging up out of his
reach.
I was shaking like leaf from fright and
nerN business, but had enough presence of mind
to call out to Chip;
.Block up the window with something, or
he'll be back at you"
| was afraid Chip might fire at the bear
without first taking some such precaution.
OF all animals, the grizzly is probably thf
most tenacious of life. 1t is rarely killed BY
a first shot; and some have retained sufff
cient life and strength, even when literally
riddled with balls. to destroy their slayers
before succumbing themselves.
1t was a good thing that l shouted the
warning Chip had grabbed up one of the
guns and was Fastening with it to the open
The Bear had backed few PAGES from the
tree, to the branches of which / was cling
ing, and was swaying his huge head uneasily,
as if debating whether to return to the house
for Chip or make further effort to get at
If Chip had fired at that moment, / surely
believe he would have been killed
There was not much to make barricade
with; but one Of the partition logs had be-
come loosened and partly fallen out of place,
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it and the remains of a rude bunk that had
stood in one corner of the room, he did fairly
we'll, however, and made strong bar against
the ingress of the grizzly.
While he was at this, did everything in
my power, by shouting, hallooing and waving
my hat, to keep the bears attention drawn
to me.
succeeded; but, on one occasion, when
Chip made more than the usual amount of
noise, 1 thought / should fail. AS it was,
the grizzly swayed backward and forward,
scarcely moving out of his tracks, but with
his nose turned suspiciously, first toward the
cabin and then toward me. He acted as f
he feared trick of some kind, but could not
make up his mind as to the nature Of it.
With the barricade in position and as strong
as he could make it Chip took up one of the
repeating rifles and opened on Bruin in a
mcrciless way.
/ shall not describe it, more than to say
that the grizzly charged the barricade re-
pcatedIy, and finally fell dead directly in
front of it, with bullet in his brain.
Such an exhibition of savage courage and
ferocity never before witnessed, and do not
care to see again.
We skinned him. where he lay, and man
aged to get the pelt down the slope to our
burros. We both wanted it; but for a small
consideration, relinquished my claim, and
Chip has it today as foot-warmer, when
phe tumbles out Of bed on cold, winter morn
iug.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

tire afternoon, we succeeded in bagging
young black-tailed buck. We had wandered
greatly from a straight line andb Chip ascend
ed the nearest hill to see if he could discover
an easy way of getting back into the valley.
shout from him brought me quickly up
the slope. He had stumbled on deserted
town 1t consisted of half dozen log houses
and was located on what we took to be trib-
utary of the Eagle. 1t had evidently been
mining camp and was most probably aban-
dcned in the great rush to Leadville. AT any
rate, it had long been uninhabited.
Tbic was welcome find, for darkness was
rapidly coming on, we had no blankets, and
at that altitude the nights are uncomfortably
COOL even in August.
The house we selected for our occupancy
consisted of two small rooms. One held a
door, which was closed, and, by the sagging
Of log, fixed immovably in its place; the
other window, or what had been win
do, for sash and panes, if such there mad
ever been, disappeared, leaving only large
square hole. We made haste to quarter our
buck and get him across the divide, after
which we had warm supper, and took things
easy until time for turning in. We had no
fears hut that our burros would fare well
in the valley and lay down, with tired frames
and light hearts.
1 awoke at daylight. Chip was still sleep
turb him. So / got up as quietly as I could
and passed into the other room and out
through the window, which was our only
means of egress and ingress.
The Eagle is famous for trout of good size
and fine quality, and, from survey Of the
stream the previous evening, had concluded
that this tributory also offered considerable
inducements to the angler. Our reels were
with the burro-packs; but l had line and
fly-hook in my pocket, brought along for such
n, arner0nncv
/ expected to find something along the
stream that i could cut for pole, but, after
some search, turned back toward the cabins,
reccllecting that had seen what would
serve my purpose near one of them: I re
member that the sun was Just tinging the
upper part of the timber belt along the sides
OF the opposite range, and that great folds
of mist were winding in and out among the
lower slopes.
It was a beautiful morning, and 1 was
thinking how much Chip was losing by being
such heavy sleeper.
But / was startled from these reflections
as l came in sight OF our cabin. A large
grizzly was shuffling uneasily about just in
front of the window, lifting his head suspi-
ciously, and now and then poking his nose
into the opening. He had been drawn thither
by the odor of the remains of deer we had
shot.
I was horror-struck. In that room we had
placed not only the remains of the deer, but
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

cOrnSr OF Une WOTlu anu tuC A"NSo
that filled it. That was Zebulon Hagner, as
knew him, and knew him well.
He was never boaster, and our acquaint-
ance extended over many months before h.
took me into his confidence sufficiently to tell
me the following story. He would not have
told ii then but for favoring circumstance
We were walking down the one street OF
the town, when an Italian passed with per-
forming bear, and followed by the usual crowd
OF children which street exhibition always
draws.
Come over to my den tonight, and I'll
tell you of a little adventure" he said, re-
leasing his arm from mine as he turned in
Che direction of his lodgings 1T isn't much,
but it viii serve in place Of better to whiie
away an hour or so."
went; and this is what he related. al
though not in precisely his own words: ,s
Ten years ago last August, l went into the
Colorado Mountains, with Chip Burrel, for a
eummers outing. You don't know Chip?
He's school teacher, like myself-a good
fellow and as brave as a lion-and was
working up toward the superintendency of an
Iowa high school, the last time he wrote me.
We each had had hard winter, and were
run down, and the bracing mountain air
put new life into us. I've never felt SO much
like a boy since the time when really was
one, ana the erect on Chlp was the same.
i After inspecting some of the mining camps,
and knocking about until we felt pretty well
acquainted with the people and the country,
we concluded to trough it" for while.
Our starting point was Leadville, which had
lately evoluted from the condition that gave
it the name of Boughtown, and was heralding
to the four winds its pre-eminent claims as the
great Camp of the Carbonates.
We went up Tennessee Pass, and into the
then almost uninhabited region beyond Red
Cliff. Near the headwaters of Eagle River,
We left the wagon trail, and struck out into
the untrodden wilderness that lay to tn.
northward. Our objective point was the bach
elor headquarters of friend who had started
a ranch in the valley of the Grand.
One afternoon, we left our burros in a
meadow-like park and climbed small d.
vide which lay on our left. We had seen
deer tracks headed in that direction.
After hunt that occupied almost the en-.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
Copyright by James ElyersOn.l

~ICTURE thin man of 35, with sal
low complexion and light, wispy
hair, quiet, uninteresting, unas'
fis% suming man, fitted for more ambi-
tious things than teaching village
school, but content with his little
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existing conditions. The reason Civ
Ell was that most of the complained
of practices were of long standing
and could not be stopped unless the
entire postal service was overhauled.
Congress appropriated $4,000 TO
pay the expenses of the investigation.
This is the only limit placed on the
amount of compensation for experts
that the commission may utilize 1t in
the effort to root out the banefully
autocratic, useless and wasteful prac-
tices and supplant them with up.to-
date and righteous business methods.
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C. n. Thacker. Editor and Publisher.
L. e. Pugh. =. Advertising Manager.
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No employee Of tho Daily Press Company is
authorized 10 contract any obligation In the
name Of the company, or to make purchases In
che nRmc OF tho same except npon order signed
bv the PUBLISHER OFTHEDAILY PRESS.
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Entered at tho Newport News "a. Postofflcc
as second .oieas matter.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1907.
POSTAL COMMISSIONS WORK.

With the scope of its labors wider
and more extensive than that of any
like body appointed by Congress in
many years, the Congressional postal
commission, provided for by the post
office appropriation bill passed dur
meet in New York city April to
begin its much-ncedcd investigation
of the post office department.
The duty of the commission is to
thoroughly inquire into all of the bus
mess and other methods Of the post
office department. 1t Is needless to
say that the present system of issu-
ing fraud orders will be examined I'M
der the Congressional searchlight, us
well as the microscopic eye of the eX-
pcrts whose services will be procured.
And the work of tho commission
will not he confined entirely to the
post office department and its "fraud
order" appendix. It will cover the
entire postal system of the country,
of which the department is but the
headquarters. An inquiry will be
made into the method of accounting
and expenditure, with n view to de-
tcrmining what changes or improve.
ments should he instituted in organI.
cation and conduct. and whether n
system may not be devised for deal
Ing with the revenues and expenditure
SO that the operating expenses. may
he separated and assigned to the sev,
eral classes Of mail matter. The OBJ,
ject of such IL change would be to
show the true cost of the transpor.
tation, handling, and delivery of each
= class OF mail matter. and OF the vari-
GUS subdivisions If such classes, as
well rs the true cost Of each of the
special services rendered the govern
mcnt and the public by the postal
service.
The railway mail service, which
created such heated discussion in both
Senate and House and brought TO
Washington the strongest railroad
lobby which has visited the city dur
ing q Congressional session for sew
eral years past, will be given a thor.
ough overhauling by the commission.
4 The second-class privilege also will
be taken up and examined from every
viewpoint, rs will every branch of the
service, And whatever the recom-
mendation of the commission as to
secondclass mail matter, il can be
reasonably expected that every publ
cation will get square deal at it's
hands.
The pneumatic tube service will be
raked fore and aft, since It also has
come In for large measure of dis
cussion and criticism.
In fact. it would be hard to find n
e branch of the department service OF
I which some necessarily hostile criti.
cism has not been heard. Statements
were repeatedly made OH the floor O,
the House during the discussion q,
the bill that "the postal service is in
chaotic state and has been TO,
years" Indeed, the assertion WA,
made that man who would oppos,
the provision for Tie postal investi
eating commission would be lttl,
short Of traitor to the people Ii,
!. represented.
During the hearings before TIL
House committee on post offices an,
post roads TIE postmaster genera
and his several assistants admitte
1.-the chaotic state of things, and ais
admitted their inability to cope wit
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Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co.

The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol.
lows:
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The Texas legislature lhas passed
a bill which makes it misdemean.
or to drink whiskey out of a bottle
on train. That's the law but the
drinking OH the train will continue
just the same.
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Even If Harry Thaw Is acquitted
of the dharge of numbering Stan
ford White 1t is pity that he
cannot be punished for the horribly
brutal manner in which he treate
the SRI That was posing as his
wifc-t:lat is il the fair Eyclyn's
story is to be believed.
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The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol.
lows:
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Leave Norfolk, foot Of Wa.
ter street .............. 6:OOpm
Leave Old Point Comfort 700 p m
Arrive in Washington -. 700 m
Arrive in Philadelphia,
Penn. r. II. s@1O:5O m
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& o. r. r. .s.11: 10 III
Arrive in New York, Penn.
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Lyt Washington ... $3.50 pm
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Ar: Norfolk ................ *S: 90 q m
Ar Portsmouth .......... $3.50 a m
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The trip down the historic Potomac
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BOSTON, MASS. March 49,
Thomas Bailey Aldrich died at mis-
nome in this city today. He failed
TO rally from a surgical operation
performed a month ago.
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-13
THE BEDDI(E
CLEARING
CONTINUE:

ENTIRE REMAINING s.:
SUFFER STILL FURTHER In
PRICING. EVERY BEDSI1
every Comfort, every Blanket s
and we've cut prices to a po
ought to clear out every single7
Saturday night.
90c Bedspreads. "
in this sale, each .............
sl.25 Bedspreads, =
go at, each 3,
1925 Bedspreads, a.
marked down to, each ...... .%S
$275 Marseilles Spreads, q
reduced to, each ........&
1925 Marseilles Spreads, G.
go at, each .... ,-.......&
$500 Wool Blankets, colored and.
go in this sale, O.
per pair observation-disclosures
$50 Wool Blankets. go in g
this sale, per pair .....s....-%
$3.50 Wool Blankets, white and
go in This sale, G.,
per pair ......,..,....., WI
$3.50 White Wool Blankets, 11'
l2-4 sizes, 90 in this sale, @S
per pair --.--.s-...----'
$l4.00 White wool Blankets, elk
reduced TO ........,.s...,. ~AX
$500 White Blankets. e @TW
marked down TO, per pair, e.
$500 White Blankets, in OF
this sale, per pair ...,.>.- IS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-02

aishinr a better supply Of cars by
promptly unloading the cars at tide.
water and pther points Branch Offices
were established IN various cities.
THE FAiRMoNT COAL COMPANY
The climax 10 theSeffcrts initiated
E'y2 Mr.. Watson was reached in July
lasT when all sthe, Watson Interests
we're combined through the efforts OF
tis youngest son. Mr. O. w, Watson,
nv the orsraisatien of the Fairmont
Coal Company, with a capital stock OF
s12C00.000 Just previous to the or
ganizatfon ofgthis comnany the Failti
able Clark holdings had been acquired,
giving the Watson interoste the owner
shin Of all tlIn loading mines In the
region at that time. Some eastern
canital was Interested N the JlnTnr-i
taking and In all. % mines were taken
over by the new. company,
The following were iae FIRST Officers
and directors. Of the company: 2. w.
sWftsofI,t Drasii1Gnt: i. 7, Gardiner.
Elca{ f,rGsident: George DeBolt, scores
tay; s. l.. Watson. treasurer. Direc;
tors, Charles T. Barney. president Of
tho. Knickerboclia: Trust Company OF
|, Nov York: James 7 Gardiner, vice
/, nresident Of the Erie Railroad Com
many: George w. Young, vice presi
dent Of the United States Mortgage q
T,usf Company. of,New York; August
Belmont. Of belmont g. Co.. bankers
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-02

The directors of the Pittsburg &
Faimdnt Fuel Company are the fol,
loving c, w, Walson, ., II. Wheel.
wright, A. j. Fleming, Arthur a. Fow-
Ter, Walton Miller Van Lear Black,
George c. jenkins, C. H. zehnder
The directors Of the Southern Coal
G transportation Company are tile
following. C. W Watson, J. H,
Whoelymght, H. c; Black, George g.
,Iepkins, A. B. Fleming;
Several other companies are sue
teessfnlly operatin8tfe diacrent seams
Of coal In this region New compan.
les are being formed and many large
cosl deals, announced from time IL
the, SHOW thai tao coal worldshas iiG
eyes on the Fdirmo1l region.