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New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

considerable time In raising a sandbar ten
or fifteen feet high The pilots become ac-
quanted with the characteristics of that par
ticular bar. One day one of them comes down
the river and discovers that it has been wiped
out. The river has undone its work. The delta
of the Mississippi has an area of 1900 square
miles, approximately twice the area of the
states Of Connecticut and Rhode Island taken to-
gether and the equivalent of that of Connect
cut and Massachusetts, combined. 1t is pressing
its way into the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of
about 260 feet each year.
The river is more crooked than the traditional
rams horn. The distance in n straight line
from Cairo to the Gulf is less than coo miles,
but the river makes the navigator travel an
additional 500 miles 1t has the habit Of cut
ting off some Of it's curves now and then. leav-
ing the "ox-bows" in the shape of small lakes.
and taking a businesslike course on its
way to the sea This it does without regard for
the feelings of the owners of the choice bottom
lands between the two curves of the river. This
is one Of its mean traits. The river is like the
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
INL1ND W4TERW1YS.
FaI"e Of the mississippi Rirer and
It's Tributaries.

THE Missouri River is not naViSable. and the
mississippi River ought not to bc" Thomas y.
Reed is reported to have said. That, however,
was before the days cf railroad congestion and
the awakening of the pub,ic sense 10 the injustice
of the rebate system and the control of rail
roads by a fcw men. The idea that system
Of inland waterways having a navisanlr length
of approximately fourteen thousand miles join
ing the coal fields of Pennsylvania with the
wheat fields of the rakotas and the -four mills
of Minnesota with the cotton congresses Of
New orleans and the Panama Canal should be
consigned to the scrap heap hsuratvcly speak
ing. seems strange to the average person in the
light Of recent history. If Nj. Reed was cor
recty quoted official sentiment has greatly
changed in the course OF the last few years.
That change is illustrated by the words of
President Roosevelt in a letter which he wrote
to Mayor Busse of Chicago In response tu one.
addressed to him and delivered 10y means OF a
motor boat dispatched through tn. CHICAGO
River, the Drainage Canal the Illinois and
Michigan Canal, the Illinois River and IA, Mis-
sissippi River President Roosevelt wrote: 4
believe in an aI-water transportation route
from the Great Lakes to the CUR, a route
which shall practically give a seacoaSt right
into the heart Of country. / believe that
this is a national work and that tho national
government should recognize this fact"
What is this great inland system of water
ways upon the Improvement o. which attention
has been focused by the recent journey Of the
President down the Father of Waters? If the
stretches Of navigable waters Of the Mississippi
and its tributaries joined end to end and
the band laid around rectaug!e large enough
to contain the entire United States and Can
ada including Newfoundland and many of the
islands in the Arctic ocean, il would provide a
canal that would pass entirely around it and
overlap two thousand miles, or enough to slit
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

broad highway leading TO destruction 1t is easy
enough going down, but hard work getting
back Owing to the rather steep fall in the chan
mel the water courses along at the rate of from
two to four miles an hour. averaging the pace
of fair walker Only in recent years has it
become the practice to build barges of iron for
the movement of coal down the river with the
expectation OF hauling them back again. Tim
Der for temporary barges is becoming too diH-
cult to secure and too expensive for such use.
One would think that with the great volume
Of Interstate commerce congesting the trans
portauon systems OF the country the Mis-
sissippi would show an increase of traffic The
figures OF the census bureau. however show
that In the quantity OF freight handled in 1906
there was a marked decrease in the amount
borne upon the river and it's navigable tribu-
taries since 1889 The figures for 1906 are 90
Si9.6O2 tons. as compared with 2S. 80 5O3 for
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

1880 The traffic on the Hudson River betvs..
New York and Albany and Troy In 1890
prised 100000 tons of freight in addition :. 4
the 100000 that passed from the state cana,
of New York to tidewater by way Of the riv.'
The present tonnage of the Hudson is prohah,
greater than in 1880. While the conditio,
which govern commerce on the Hudson and =
the Mississippi are different the volum. -.
the commerce on the beautiful estuary or ~
sea that has had so much to do with the A
velopment Of New York gives an Easterner
foundation upon which to build I'd a pictura ,
the commerce Of the Mississippi Valley. II one =,
imagine the water borne commerce of the ri /
miles Of the Hudson spread out over the 14O,
miles Of naviral7e waters Of the greater w.
way, one may easily realize chat the f.. "
Waters l. lot Overburdened
Curiousiy. while the quantity Of freight r,ovs
on the Mississippi appears to have decreased
volume. the number Of vessels over five tons
burden has Increased since 1850 by more tb.,
1900. There are 1.461 power boats where tbs.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

We're only 972 in 1889 and S.257 uUrisged YES
sels. largely barges "a compared with 90
seventeen years ago. An idea of the ayeras
size OF the power boats may te gained from u
fact that the average horseIowyr Of the Ct
gines Of each craft Is Slightly above - BaFSs
are of great value ON the Mississippi and
tributaries. for the upper parts If the Stre@l-
are among the great sources cf r~W U,ltefl"-
such as coal iron. wheat and tm"er, WIN
can be shipped in bulk Ey joining tosethef
number of barscs into compact ho'i-a o.
steamboat can guide large quantity OF Ins-'
chandise to the sea in addition 70 its own cars
As it is as much matter Of serving as rlel
der for the flotiIlas in swinging around the MI
merOus bends as giving them motion. the
which. curiousIy. is labelled a towboat
tached at the rear Flo-jII3S laden with
tons of coal and GOVERNS an area of approNi
mately fourteen acres have been conveyed dove
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02
NOTICE.
Assessment No. Q.

Zenas Mining Company, principal
office, Room GA Mccormick Building,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
NOTICE is hereby given that at
meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Zenas Mining Company, held on
the Tst day of October, 1907, an as
sessment of one-half (h) of one cent
per share was levied and assessed
upon the capital stock of said cor
poration, payable forthwith to F. o.
Prick, the secretary of said company,
at Room GA Mccormick Building,
Salt Lake City, Utah. Any stock up
on which this assessment may remain
unraid on the 5th day of November,
1907, will be delinquent and adver-
tised for sale at public auction, and
unless payment is made before, so
many shares of each parcel of such
stock as may be necessary will be
sold on the a5th day of November,
1907, at o'clock in the afternoon Of
said day to pay the delinquent assess
ment thereon, together with costs of
advertising and expenses of sale.
+. O. FRICK,
Secretary Zenas Mining Company,
Room GA Mccormick Building, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02
MR.. AND MRS. Ebert HUB.
BARD
BARD.

We note that Mr.. Ebert Hubbard
and the present Mrs. Hubbard are
scheduled to lecture in the First
Methodist Episcopal church of this
city in the near future. Mr.. Hubbard
is a person of some genius and origin
atty, person who has gained come
fame and also considerable notorIety,
and the same may be said of Mrs.
Hubbard with justice. Hubbard is an
incisive writer and a pleasing talker.
His little journal, THE -Philistine,"
published once and a while, at his col
ony, East Aurora, N. Y, has a wide
circulation and is noted for its blunt,
iconoclastic way of handling such
subjects as it takes up. Mr.. Hub
bard controls the destinies of the little
commonwealth of East Aurora of
which he is the emperor 1t is a
kind of industrial village where many
articles are manufactured, mostly by
skilled hand labor. When the head OF
the colony is not personally direct
ing the affairs of his subjects he gen
orally occupies his time in travelling
over the country giving lectures Wit
the ostensible object of raising the
ideals and lettering the material and
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02
ASSESSMENT NO. Q.

BELCHER COPPER MINING
COMPANY, corporation, principal
place Of business, Salt Lake City,
Utah
Notice is hereby given, that at
meeting of the board of directors of
the Belcher Copper Mining Company,
held on the 25th day Of September,
1907, assessment No. 2, of 1a cent per
share, was levied upon the capital
stock of the corporation, payablt on
or before the 22nd day of November,
1907, to N. J. Sheckell, secretary at
Rooms 1856 Auerbach Building, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment may remain unpaid on Friday,
November 22, 1907, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made be-
fore, will be sold on Tuesday, Deem
Der II, 1907, at o'clock, p. m, to
pay the delinquent assessment. to-
gether with the costs of advertising
and expense of sale.
N. J. SHECKELL,
Secretary.
1856 Auerbach Building,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02
c. E. MARKS,
Attorney,
233 ATLAS BLK.
SUMMONS.

In the Third Judicial District Court
of Utah, in and for Salt Lake County.
Chancery Division.
Ann Steel, plaintiff, VS., w, s. Nc
-uos!I 4 pue 5Ioquos!1 IN 'No!uIoo
berg, and the unknown heirs Of M.
Eisenberg, and the unknown heirs
of E. Eisenberg, defendants,-Sum-
mons.
The State of Utah to the said de-
PENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within twenty days after service
of this summons upon you, if served
within the county in which this action
is brought otherwise within thirty
days after service, and defend the
above entitled action; and in case of
your failure so to do, judgment will
be rendered against you according
to the demand of the complaint,
which, within ten days after service
of this summons uDon you, will be
filed with the clerk of said court.
This action is brought to recover
Judgment quoting plaintiffs title to
the land described in said COMPLAINT.
c. E. MARKS,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
p. o. Address: 223 Atlas Block,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02
THOS. +. ASHWORTH,
Attorney,
3I2 DOOLY BLDG.
NOTICE.

In the District Court, Probate Dl-
vision, in and for Salt Lake County,
State of Utah.
In the matter of the estate of
Steave Grkovich, deceased, Notice.
The petition of lila Grkovich pray.
ing for the issuance to himself of
Letters of Administration in the cs-
tate of Steave Grkovich, deceased,
has been set for hearing on Saturday,
the 10th day of November, A. D.,
1907, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, at the Coun-.
ty Court House, in the court room of
said Court in Salt Lake City, Salt
Lake County, Utah.
Witness the Clerk of said Court,
with the seal thereof affixed, this 3Ist
day Of October, A. D., 1907.
J. U. ELDREDGE, yR,
(SeaD Clerk.
By w. H. FARNsWORTH,
Deputy Clerk.
THOS. F. ASHWORTH,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02
TRUTH
TRUTHS.

Senator George Sutherland atten-
ton was called to the statement in
the Tribune that he is not a taxpayer.
The junior senator went to Nephi
and will return for the election, later
going to Washington. Referring to
the senseless and pointless attack
made upon him by the Kearnns organ
he said:
"The statement is incorrect. Al.
though | am not rich enough to own
couple of newspapers and to hire
the highest talent in tie way of black
guardism which population of eigh-
ty millions of people can produce,
neither am l a pauper. | have seen
fit to invest the few thousand dol
lars which | have been able to save
from my earnings in the shares of
number of Utah enterprises which
are doing business in Salt Lake City
and assisting to build up the city
quite as much as is the owner Of these
newspapers. Whatever | have is in
vested in the state These enterpris-
es are every one paying taxes, and
my proportion will be found to
amount to several hundred dollars per
annum.
"If the reporter of the Tribune will
ask the county assessor for the veri
fed list of stockholders in the banks
of Salt Lake who are assessed for
the current year as well as for sew
eral years past under the provisions
of section 25o7, Revised Statutes Of
Utah, he will find that I am paying
taxes IS a shareholder in four banks
in this city in a sum exceeding $3.50
per annum. This is in addition to
the shares which | have in other in
situations which pay taxes, but do not
file verified lists of their stockholders.
! make this statement, not because
one lie more or less in the Tribune is
of any consequence, but in order hat
there may be no misunderstanding
about it."
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02

In the District Court, Probate Di-
vision, in and for Salt Lake County,
State of Utah.
In the matter of the estate of John
Squires, deceased.-Notice
The petition for approval and set
Element Of the annual account of the
trustees under the will of John
Squires, deceased, has been set for
hearing on Saturday the 9th day of
November, A. D., 1907, at 10 o'clock
a. m, at the County Court House
in the Court Room of said Court, in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County,
Utah.
Witness the Clerk of said Court
with the seal thereof affixed this 22nd
day of October, A. D., 1907.
]. u. ELDREDGE, Jr.
SEAL Clerk
By w. II. FARNSWORTH,
Deputy Clerk.
YOUNG & MOVIE.
Attorneys for Petitioner.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02
d. M. HAIGH,
Attorney,
2I2 SOUTH MAIN ST.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of VIM. Backlund, deceased.
Creditors will present claims with
vouchers to the undersigned at Muir
ray City, Utah, on or before the 18th
day of February, A. D., 1908
Chas. F. Farmer, administrator of
estate Of William Backlund, deceased.
Date of first publication, October
&C. A. D., 1907.
D. M. HAIGII,
Attorney.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02
A. B. SAWYER, JR.,
Attorney,
r RIBUNE BLDG.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate Of A. B. Sawyer, deceased.
Creditors will present claims with
vouch rs to the undersigned at the
officc of A. B. Sawyer, Jr., 3o7 Tri-
bunc Bldg, I49 South Main Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before
the Goth day of August, A. D., 1908.
Mary Augusta Sawyer and Rebecca
A. Sawyer, executrixes of the estate
of A. B. Sawyer, deceased.
Date of first publication, October
10, A. D., 1907
A. B. SAWYER, Jr.,
Attorney.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-02

however, entirely conform to the gen.
orally accepted ideas of morality, par
tculary regarding that part Of morali-
ty which regulates the relations OF
the sexes to each other He is not
by any means a young man. In his
early manhood he married and raised
a family. While living with his wife
and family at East Aurora he met
among the villagers of his little set
Element another woman who he dis
covered to be his affinity and car
ried the affinity" racket so far
as to cohabit with her and become the
father of several children by her The
inevitable result came His lawful
wife discovered the affinity" busi-
ness and obtained a divorce, after
which Mr.. Hubbard and his affinity"
.re united in the holy bonds Of
matrimony. At the time considerable
scandal ensued and Mr. Hubbard and
his new wife kept very quiet for
while. A year or two ago however they
emerged from their comp arative Sc
cluson and both entered the lecture
field. They appear at intervals i'll
the large cities, generally under the
auspices of some church. They
manage to ingratiate themselves into
the good opinions of the church
ladies and church workers and are
made much of as a rule, although
their practical standards of morality
do not harmonic with those of most
churches and church members. Put
ting the matter bluntly Mr.. Hub
bard married man with a family,
occupying the position of a teacher,
philosopher and friend to the people
of his colony was keeping a mistress.
He and his former mistress, now his
wife, will be here soon and will und-
er the auspices of the Methodist
church give lectures. They will
be received with open arms by the
good people of the church and the
mothers and fathers will introduce
them to their sons and daughters as
people to be admired and respected.
Not so long ago as to be beyond
the memory of most people i'll Salt
Lake the pastor of the First M. E.
church of this city was the Rev. Mr..
Mabry He had wife and family,
but also stumbled on an affinity in
the person of Mrs. Kelley. He was
discovered, arrested and became a
fugitive from justice. He was un-
frocked by his church and with his
affinity" became subjects of scorn
and derision. Is there much if any
difference between the actions OF
Mabry and Mrs. Reilley and Hub
bard and his present wife? -.i,
If Mabry and Mrs. Kelley went out
on lecturng tour and came to Salt
Lake would they be received and
ictcd by the church people, and would
the church buildings be thrown open
to them?
Some may argue that Hubbard ant
l., II
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-02
HAD AN AWFUL TIME.

But Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-02

There is more Catarrh In this sec
tion of the country than all other dis
eases put together. and until the last
few years was supposed TO be Incur
able. For a great many years doc
tors pronounced Il a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced IL incurable.
Science has proven catarrh TO be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
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IL the only constitutional cure on the
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Take Halls Family Pills for con-
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-02

At a bargain, the Candelaria Fruit
Farm, situated three-fourths OF a
mile from the southern limits of the
city. One-half mile from electric
street car line. One of the
finest locations in Marion county.
A splendid view OF the beau
tiful Willamette river. Polk county.
hills. city OF Dallas. Monmouth, In
dependence and city of Salem, state
fair grounds. capitol building. asy-
lum, penitentiary, asylum farm,
mute school. reform school, Mts.
Jefferson, Hood. Adams, Rainier and
st. Helens. A good crop now in the
orchard, of cherries, Bartlett pears,
peaches and Italian prunes- II sold
in the next ten days the crop will 60
with the sale. This years crop will
more than pay the interest on the In
vestment two years in advance.
J. G. WRIGHT,
7-2-1m Agent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-02
The Nulgar One.

Cornhill Magazine tells of an Eng
lishwoman of high station who be-
walled to friend the loss by death
of a somewhat i'll bred but extreme
ly wealthy neighbor who had been
very liberal in his help to her country
charities. "Mr. X. is dead" said she.
"He was so good and kind and help
full to me in all sorts OF ways. He
was so vulgar. poor. dear fellow, we
could not know him in London, but
We shall meet in heaven"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-02
NOBODY SPARED.
!. rroubles Attack Salem Men
n women, Old and Young.

s,,sv Ills seize young and old,
IL ouickly with little warning
LIlarep suffer in their early
Il. control their kidney secre-
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|bmen worry, can't do daily work
n have lame and aching backs.
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n cure the cause.-the kidneys
bans Kidney Pills cure sick kid
kre all forms OF kidney suffering
lem testimony proves II.
|IllIam Stansell, Of $50 Cottage
|Salem. Or, says: "For five or
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ksA to lay me up but there were
Hines when did not feel It still
\ and | suffered a lot from the
|aent aching over and through
kidneys and from other symp-
J Of kidney trouble. / was never
| to find anything to give me any
banent benefit until I procured
BIS Kidney Pills at DR.. Stones
\ store. The effects of this reme-
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|pr sale by all dealers. Price 80
s, FOaG-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
YOrk, sole agents for the uni
Estates
eDsmber the name-Doans-and
J 10 other.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-02
For an Impaired Appetite.

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plies free. For sale at DR.. Stones
drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-02

|toj;n Hair; lair;
,iisleading Title.

\ .u,,sing story is told OF the
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Y yowbray some months ago' g
In,nan awaited him at u
|. and he stepped into IT, eH-
II 20 be taken at once 10 MS
s,,on To his surprise, how
'.So , coachman sat motionless on
IT, without the least intenuon'
t., I.a,,v of leaving the station
,..t the bishop inquired why
as waiting o,,,,,o,
r.n cir" said the coachman
|. ,ola to wait for the Bishop Oh
| and Man. You've arrived sir
- I'm waiting for the man. =
'delphia Inquirer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-02
A Simple Cure for Piles.

re sufferers know that olntments
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"a tor Or. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid
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sn-koid is the discovery Of DR..
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Bond Gall.

Notice is hereby given that within
thirty days from the date OF this no.
tice viii redeem Bond No. 3, Series
No. 2. issued by school district No.
II. Grant County. Oregon. II not
presented within the date mentioned
interest on said bond shall cease.
Dated at Canyon City. Oregon. this
13th day OF June. 1907.
N. II. BoLEY.
e-l4-6tFri County Treasurer.