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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-17

ster teiegraphed home for a thousand
in haste The father wired back:
What fOr?" The son answered.: For
Willie" And a money order was ca
bled. But Willie didn't buy Partisan
bad habits with it. He came back and
married the delicious little Christie Nc
Donald. What a charming Meenie she
would have made in the last portions Of
RIP Van Winkls." And am told that
the father was exceedingly fond of her.
But a gO0d-enough Meenie was to be
hired at $25 a week, while Christie
could get $3.50 in singing roles, and so
she is wintering in the Belle of May
fair" while Willie acts in Playing the
Came" the conventional young man of
conventional farce eonventionally. Nor
does Aubrey Boucicault eTince any her
itage of graphic deviltry from his no.
toriously audacious father. But there
is a saving of the new farce by Joe
Jefferson the second, to whom fell nei-
the Rip Van Wrinkle ncr the Bob Acres
of Joe Jefferson the first At the drop
of the curtain on the initial act, the
knack of MOffett and Hartley to ring
any changes on the cracked chime of
marital infidelity is unproven; but
when the curtain goes up again. a man
from Mississippi arrives at the Wal
dOrf-Astoria, and thereafter the four
doors of French farce open and shut
to new purposes of fun. The American
authors have infused American spirit
into the incidents; but their work
would be futile if that Mississippian
were not acted by a good humOrist,
Beverly Clay, the truly southern gen
tleman, sub, being caught with a love-
~ bogus widow, and confronted by her
bogus husband, doesn't skulk and
sneak, as a stage Frenehman does in
a similar predicameRt, but disarmed
the fierce avenger in a jiffy, dominated
the situation and made the audience
laugh.
Don't misread me to say that old Joe
JeffeTson's Rip and Bob are equaled by
young Joe Jefferson's Beverly Clay. 1
am merely telling that New York re-
jected RIP Van Wrinkle" from one
Jefferson son and heir, and The Ri
vals' from a second, but accepts PLAY
ing the Came" not critically but hi
lariously, from a third. What do you
imagine that the dead Jefferson is
thinking if he knows what two of his
sons are doing? Well, 1 once came
upon him as he was looking through a
pair of eyeholeS into a box
Take a peep" he said.
l did so, and saw an illumined model
of the wreck scene. The dean of
American comedians was interested, in
a business way, in one of the sensa-
tiOnal melodramas of that time; so l
guess that the shades of the lovely old
gentleman don't frOwn down on the
present Joe and Willie Jefferson, so
long as they are selling theatrical
amusement at profit without actual
AMUSEMENT of the family name.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
Army Training Its Cooks.

washington.-Gen Sharpe, commits.
sary general of subsistence. has re-
turned from an inspection of the newly
established school of army cooks and
bakers at Fort Riley, Kas.. which he
found to be in an admirable condition
Already 400 enlisted men have been
graduated as fully trained cooks and
bakers. while a number of officers have
received special training with 4 view
of fitting them to pass upon the 1ualih
cations of the army cooks and the sun.
cielc- of the ration.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
Emiqration from Italy.

Washington.-Consul J. E. Dunning
of Milan, reports as follows concern.
ing Italian emigration: During the
year 1906 417.573 emigrants deported
from Italy and 1890 former emf.
grants returned to the old country. In
1905 the ebb was S50,3S1 and the in.
flow 1902 $50, so that the emigration for
1906 was greater than that for 1905
by about $1,000 persons. The greater
number of emigrants went to the
United States. the Italian records
showing 2S7.090 persons SO departing.
A total of 114.S1S went to Argentina.
13.143 to Brazil. 1907 to Central Amer.
i,d, LAS to points east of the Suez,
and 277 to other countries. The United
States also contributed the largest
n.inber of returning fortune seekers,
the total for 1906 being 94.445; from
Argentina. 24.602; from Brazil. 11.S6l,
and from Central America. 571.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
BUILDING, WHERE DoLLivER |
STARTED CAREER GONE.
Will Be Replaced BY Modern Business
Block-Story of Junior Iowa Sena-
tors Early Experience at
Fort Dodqe.

Fort Dodge-The First National
bank Of this city is making prepara-
tions for the erection of a six-story
modern business block in the place
of the Fort Dodge landmark recently
destroyed by fire. which in pioneer
days harbored several men who in
after years attained national distinc-
tion and won titles Of honor.
Chief of those who formerly inhabit-
ed the humble quarters is Iowa's jun
ior senator, j. p Dolliver, whose first
law Office was in a room in the rear
of the building. The senator recently
told this story of his experience there:
THE first night was one of quiet
and peaceful repose. My brother
shared the room with me and We con-
graduated ourselves on being so nice
ly quartered. On retiring the second
night we were doomed to be disturbed.
The tin roof which covered the rafters
of the room had during the day ac-
cumulated a large amount of heat,
which II shed in generous quantities
into the room we occupied. During
the night we were further disturbed
by something which endeavored in no
uncertain manner to devour us alive
l lit a match and turned back the
sheet and there they were massed in
football formation, all ready for an
other grand rush.
There must have been hundreds Of
the pesky little bedfellows. The war
fare was so vicious that we in time
were literally forced to abandon the
room and seek other quarters"
The building was constructed in
1868 by a man named Smithy. The
front part was occupied by grocery
store. Just back of 1t was the post
Office, presided over by Postmaster
Page, now cashier of the United
States assay Office in New York city.
Beyond the stairs was the law Office
of A. " Botsford and the late Capt.
J. a. o. Yoeman. who while alive en-
joyed the distinction of being detailed
as captain of the 30 picked men to
effect the capture of Jef Davis. Capt.
Yoeman inhabited the greater part OF
the second story, the room in the rear
being occupied by the late DR.. McNul-
ty, a man of generous proportions.
who during the time he lived there
kept stout rope in the bottom of his
trunk 10 land him safely on terra
firma. less than 20 feet below. in case
of fire.
1t is related that when Capt. Yoe-
man brought his bride to Fort Dodge
in the early '70s among other things
in which he INDUCED was an elaborate
bedstead. which is to-day referred to
IT.. ID..
ceiling of his quarters would not per-
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
FACTOR IN WORLD TRADE.
United States Provides II Per Cent.
Of Imports Of Other Nations.

Washington.-The international com.
merce of the world now exc eeds S26..
900, ,000,0 900, of which $13.500. .O00, 900 Is
in imports and s12.500. .000. 900 in ex.
ports. according to statement issued
by the bureau of statistics of the de.
partment of commerce and labor. OF
the imports of countries other than
the United States, IA 1-3 per cent. Is
drawn from this country, and of their
exports 91s is sent here. These figures
include only domestic products export.
ed. and not foreign colonial merchan-
disc brought into the country and re.
exported.
Total imports of countries other thaa
the United States are given as $12.513-
$4,000, and the share of these imports
drawn from the United States Is ST.
79S,33S 900. or 14.37 per cent. Exports
OF countries other than the United
States are given at $10.77s. .466. .0JG. and
the share sent to the United Stutcs ut
$1.031. ia. 900. or 9.57 per cent.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09

say: Come to Smiths to trade,
cheapest place on earth" He must
describe his merchandise as he would
in private conversation over the coun-
ter to customer, and then quote the
price. This will nearly always act as
a clincher and will at least put him
on standing with the catalogue
house. In fact it will give him an ad-
vantage over the catalogue house, for
in almost every case he can sell the
same grade of merchandise cheaper
than the catalogue house can sell it.
This is not mere theory but a state
ment of fact, for the reason that the
country merchants business is oper-
ated at very much less expense than
that of the mail order merchant
There are a thousand and one items
of expense which the city merchant
has to meet that are entirely unknown
to the country merchant.
The time is rapidly approaching
when people who patronize mail order
houses will be looked upon as soon
ers" by the solid and influential citi-
zens Of all commonwealths and will
suffer ostracism at their hands.
Cities and towns are built by COM
bined efforts Of the residents thereof;
not by foreign capital. So too are our
churches and schoolhouses built. II
may be true that in many instances
eastern capital has been employed to
make improvements in the west, but
always with good round interest to
the lender Of the money. No one ever
heard of case where an eastern man
or firm contributed to western enter
prise for the fun of the thing. Nor
did you ever hear of case where any
mail order or catalogue house ever
contributed to any church building
fund. Nor yet did they ever build or
help to build any of our schoolhouses
You never heard of case ~ this kind
and you never will All these eastern
sharks care for is your dollar. and
ten that they have no more use for
you. Then why should you patronize
them? You can go to your home mer.
chant any day In the year and II you
c-e short OF change. lie will extend
you credit. II you are sick and un.
able to work the nome merchant will
see that your family is provisloned
until YOU get on your feet again. lie
will do all Of this and at the samt
time furnish the same grade OF goods
at the same or even at a less price
Will the catalogue merchant do this I
q r. uEl
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
MAIL ORDER EVIL
ITS RISE IS NOT THE RESULT OF
LEGITIMATE DEMAND.
DUE ENTIRELY TO GREED
And It Feeds Upon the Prosperity
Of the Country Towns-A
Menace to tho
Nation.

copyrighted. 1906. by Alfred c. CIark.)
AS the years go by we are more
than ever brought face to face with
the vital question OF trading at home.
During the past decade the habit Of
buying goods abroad has grown to
such proportions that the country
merchant may well feel alarmed at
the probable outcome unless something
is done to forestall the great calamity
which will surely result therefrom.
Trade conditions 25 years ago were
satisfactory. At that time catalogue
houses were entirely unknown and
country merchants were "monarchs Of
all they surveyed" so to speak, in the
lines represented, and the people were
prosperous and happy. Perhaps rot
SO much because they generally had
money enough to meet their wants,
but because of the contentment that
prevailed throughout the country at
that time. The farmers raised good
crops, generally, and received good
prices for what they had to sell. They
sold their surplus stuff to the local
merchant and bought what they
wanted; and this was the height of
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
OLDLANDMARk BURNED

nit of it's maintaining a strictly up
right position, but the captains in
genuity came to his rescue IN the mat
ter and four holes made in the floor
permitted the legs to drop sufficiently
to permit of the bed assuming its
proper attitude.
1t was while occupying the rear up
per room that Senator Dolliver secur-
ed his first lawsuit, which gave him
no small amount of notoriety. 1t was
not altogether an accident, but near
ly SO. His client in reality had come
to consult Capt. Yoeman, but finding
him out unfolded his tale of woe as
to how he had been swindled in a
horse trade. and in the course Of the
conversation the attorney was paid a
retainer's fee of $40 to pilot his inter-
ests before Justice Sherman.
When Capt. Yoeman returned to his
office and found that he had lost a
client and fee as well he was greatly
displeased and lost no time in making
plain the state of his feeling to the
one directly responsible. but Dollive-
said he needed the money" and there
Is none of the early acquaintance OF
the now illustrious senator who in any
way doubted the truthfulness of this
statement o
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
MONEY BURIED WITH MINER.
Refuses to Have Grave Marked So
People May Forget Him.

Deadwood, S. D.-Nelson A. Bruck-
er. an old miner who has been a resi-
dent of these hills for quarter of a
century or more and who at one time
possessed a considerable fortune, died
few days ago in his little cabin
north of Lead and every cent of
money he had. several hundred dol
lars in all, was buried with him.
The eccentric old man made ar.
rangements before he died that not
only his money should be put in the
his grave should be dug in secluded
spot in the hills near his cabin and
that it should not be marked in any
way.
r Il have no friends who have done
anything for me to justify my giving
them what little money l have con-
trived b. stinting myself and working
hard to scrape together" he said when
he knew that he was going to die
within a few days. Il have no chill
dren nor wife to leave it to. / have
relatives scattered over the country.
however. and they have been so
neglectful and unkind that | have no
warrant for leaving the money to
them. 1t had best be buried with mo
and then | shall die knowing that 1t
will never do anybody else more harm
than 1t has done me. want to be
buried up here in the hills, because
have lived here for so many years
and desire that my grave shall not
be marked in order that folks may
soon forget that | ever lived"
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09

their ambition, hence the contentment
that prevailed.
But in after years. when cities
grew and trade expanded, the mer-
chants of these cities not being con-
tent with conditions Of trade. devised
plans by which they might reach out
for more business. Advertising in the
newspapers being a cheap way of
putting the merits OF their goods be-
fore the people, this plan appealed to
them and it was adopted At first they
operated on a small scale; then. as
the merchant saw the opportunity for
making it pay he added to his adver-
tising fund. And SO 1t has continued
until to-day millions of dollars are
annually sent to mail order houses by
the people of the United States.
The best and most effective way to
throttle the catalogue house has been
q question uppermost in the minds of
country merchants for several years
past; some advocating one plan and
some another. There are several plans
which might be presented to induce
the farmer to buy at home. In the
first place his pride might be appealed
to. There are very few farmers who
own their own farms but that would
be interested in building up his own
locality. He realizes the fact that II
his farm is to b. valuable 1t must be
farmed in the most scientific manner
and all buildings. fences, ETC., must be
kept up in the best possible shape,
and above all the farm must he To-
Gated not too far from some good
town. for we all know that farm land
brings a much better price when near
to some good town or village. 1t Is
not hard to get the farmer to realize
this. for II he ever sold any farm land
or tried to sell any, he knows this to
be a fact. Well, then. after he has
realized this fact. the thing for him
to do is to patronize his home mer-
chants and business men. SO they may
be able to build and maintain a good
town.
Public schools are much better in
the towrs than in the country for the
reason that where the population is
most dense, there Is more taxable
property to the amount Of territory
covered. hence there is more money
collected for school purposes, and as
q result more and better teachers are
employed. All this is OF the highest
Importance to the farmer. as most
farmers who are OF any Importance In
their profession are Interested In CIV
In. their boys and girls a good ed'ra.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09

tion. An6 right here Is where the good
town proposition comes to him with
great force. He knows he can send
his children to the village school at a
great dea. less expense than to send
them away to college. and that in
most cases better results are OBJ
tanned.
II the farmer seriously desires all
these good things he must of necessi-
ty help to build them. Let him under
stand that he is one of the main
spokes in the great wheel Of COM
merce in his vicinity and that he can
ill-anord to send abroad to purchase
even the smallest item of merchan-
disc, though it may seem to him that
he is saving few cents by doing SO.
It seems that 1t could be easily
pointed out to him that IL there was
no town near him and he had to. drive
20 or 30 miles to take his produce to
market and haul his groceries the
same distance home, he could easily
see that his land would greatly depre-
ciate in value and the disadvantages
he would encounter on every hand
would be very disastrous to his time
and he would gladly spend his money
at home to divert this calamity.
One of the most potent levers with
which to control trade in country To-
calities is the liberal use OF printers
ink, coupled with intelligence in ad-
vertising the wares Of the merchant.
The catalogue houses employ the best
talent obtainablc to write their adver-
tisements and spend large sums of
money in this way. Besides advertis.
ing judiciously they advertise on
large scale and consequently get the
business. The old saying that You
must fight the devil with fire" will ap-
ply in this case. The home merchant
must advertise. He must do more than
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
Just Making Speech Won't Win
Honors at Yale Hereafter.

New Haven, Conn.-Hereafter per.
sons who come to Yale to deliver COM
mencement addresses must not ex-
pect honorary degrees to go with the
invitations. The new rules. which
have been two years in building and
which have been made public this
week, state that after 1907 no hon
orary degree can be given to a person
in the same year In which he makes
one of the regular graduation ad
dresses.
In former years when public man
received an invitation to deliver n
commencement address in the law or
medical school or In one of the other
departments he was quite likely to
receive with 1t notification that an
honorary degree had been conferred
on him.
There has also been n curtailment
in the selection of candidates for the
honorary degree of doctor of laws,
and in the future the title will not
be given promiscuously, but only In
recognition of distinguished public
service. 1t has been the custom at
Yale TO confer honorary degrees only
at commencement and then only to
those who would attend the exercises
at which the honors were given.
BY the new rules. with the approval
OF q majority Of the faculty mem.
bers of the committee on honorary
degrees. foreigners OF marked distinc.
ton visiting the university can. re.
ceive degree from the corporation
between commandments. The lin
itation in number OF honorary degrees
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09

The May Company OF Denver, wne
are the largest mail order outfitters
In the West, have just completed
new catalog describing and illustrat-
Ing the many lines of high grade, low
priced merchandise carried in their
beautiful new building at Sixteenth
and Champa streets. The May Com
pany say they will send these cata-
leg anywhere upon request, free Of
charge. There are many things in this
new catalog sure to interest people
who appreciate quality, style and true
economy
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
FEWER HONORARY DEGREES.

each year will in general include not
more than two doctors of divinity
one doctor of science and four doc
tors of laws. of whom at least one
doctor of science and two doctors Of
laws are required to be Yale men.
Honorary degrees will be conferred
by advice of committee made up Of
the president, six members of the
corporation and five representatives
of the faculties. the latter nominated
by the university council under rules
of its own.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09
The United States Navy.

Recruiting office at Denver, Colo
RADIO, has good success in enlisting men
for the navy at their Denver office.
They want men Of good character and
sound physical ability. The opportu-
mites for advancement are good, and
the pay is fair when one considers the
chance that young man has to learn.
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THEATRICAL

In considering the longevity of COM
edies upon the American stage, at
tention must be paid to the seemingly
imperishable Yon Yonson. Some man
ayers are given to boasting Of long
runs in New York without discussing
the impression their entertainment
leaves throughout the country. The
popularity Of Yon Yonson however was
not confined to the city, for the Swed-
ish dialect comedy has proven a verit
able sixteen years triumph. Scarce
ly another comedy In America now
playing can stand beside this infinitely
funny comedy in comparison in point
of earning powers. It has played year
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-16
The 1907 Session Laws.

The present session of the legislature
promises to make lot of trouble for
the new 1905 code. Up TO date great
many more bills have been introduced
than any session of the past. If you
do not get copy of the new meas
ures, You will not know what is the
law. The quickest cheapest and best
way to know the new law is to buy a
copy of the Pocket Edition This
will be printed within few days after
the governor has disposed of the last
measure before him. 1t will, in addi-
ton to the laws, contain lot Of North
Dakota statistical matter. which will
be of interest. The Pocket Edition"
costs 81, but If you send $1.50 to The
Forum Printing Co it will give you
the book and The Daily Forum for
three months or the book and The
Weekly Forum for year. Old, sub
scribers may take advantage OF this
offer by paying arrearages and then in
advance
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first class and Of high class. He knows
the fraternity, the ms and outs of the
business and viii provide amusement
for the small price of ten cents such
as the best show houses in the United
States produce
Arrangements are now being made
for the enlargement of the stage. Ii
VIII be. seven feet deeper and extend
the entire width Of the building. Large
doors will be built on either side Of
the stage to allow ample exits in case
of emergency. The plans for the
changes in the building have been ap-
proved by the fire chief.
There is a continuous performance
from 2 toa5 in the afternoon and from
1880 to II in the evening, high class
vaudeville acts are being introduced in
connection with the motion pictures.
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Must be L.iheraI.

r. t. Powers, president Of the Ma
tional Association of Baseball leagues,
was talking in New York about the
business management of baseball.
sBaseball," he said, must be man
aged literally. There must be no mig
gardliness. Otherwise deadening un-
popularity and a great kick ensue. He
who tries to conduct baseball business
on pawnshop lines gets hourly such
reproofs. as fell TO a tobacconist the
other day. A newsboy walked into the
tobacconist's shop and asked for a
light for his cigarette
We sell lights here, sonny, said
the tobacconist.
The boy took out cent All right
boss, he said Let's have a box Of
matches then. He paid for the
matches, extracted one, lighted his
cigarette and, closing the box, handed
it back to the tobacconist. Put this
on the shelf he said. and the next
gent what asks for a light give him
one onime.'
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this part of the country this season,
and everybody ought to gee It.
The Ideal.

The Ideal.
Mr.. Saunders, the new manager at
the Ideal Automatic vaudeville has had
twenty two years experience as vaus
devllle actor. manager and house man
ager. He is taking hold of the work
here and announces that he only wants
the PATRONAGE Of the public when they
feel they get their moneys worth. I'm
der no conditions will he place any set
of artists or pictures before his pa
irons who or which are not strictly