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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-10
SUDDEN SUMMONS.

After very brief Illness. little I.u-
ellie Madsen the 12-year-old daughter
of MIR. Peter Madsen. died after a very
brief Illness, on Aug z The little girl
had been troubled with a cold for some
time, and Monday morning she was
feeling better, and secured her par
ents' consent To Join the crowd on a
camping trip 10 the mountains She
left Monday afternoon with her sister.
ana when they reached their destina-
ton she was apparently wcll. Wed
nesday morning she was heard cough
Ing and Immediately Or. Logan, who
Was in the crowd, was called, and he
at once pronounced her case pneumo-
mia. She WAS taken home at once ana
only lived At few hours after,
CANNING AND PACKING PLANT.
n. H. Omansen, the well known fruit
grower, contemplates the erection OF a
large packing and canning plant at
Spring CITY AT present he WIN Install
only enough machinery to meet tho
present demands, lie expects 10 have
It running by oct !.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-10
PROVO SCHOOL POPULATION.

is' school population of Provo City
a. 1n3"n by the census Just completed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-10
HOLDEN.

saltair today, children. 10 cents.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-10

Today children to saltair, 10 cents.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-10
EPHRAIM.

chIldron o saltalr loday. 10 cents.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

The coin-collector is always alert.
Within day or two of the announce
ment that the government had stopped
coming the new Saint-Gaudens double
eagles the coins were selling at pre-.
MUM Of six dollars apiece, and few
days later this bonus had advanced
to $40, SO that each twenty-dollar gold
piece was held at $50. Meanwhile the
collectors carefully enter in their
records the history of the coin and
how many were minted, for the guild.
ance of those who come after them.
Twenty-dollar gold pieces have always
been hard coins to collect. The pre-.
MUM imposes an added and discour-
aging burden.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

ago, Abraham Lincoln, one of the
worlds greatest men, was born. Some
merely give the celebration a thought,
but those who have made the life of
Abraham Lincoln a study, and those
people who live in Kentucky, Indiana
and Illinois look upon the birthday an
niversary as something more than the
mere passing of milestone. Each
OF these states claims right to being
the home OF the man who has made
Tor himself an immortal name in the
history of the worlds greatest men.
Historians say that Lincoln was
born in Hardin county, Kentucky. In
fact, he was born in La Rue county,
which, however. is subdivision of
Hardin county. Chroniclers continue
with their biographies and say that
he, together with his father, mother
and sister, went to Indiana and en-.
tered claim to piece OF land in
Spencer county. AS a matter of fact.
he entered claim to a piece of land
In Warrick county, but which has been
set aside and named Spencer county.
The Lincolns went to Indiana in 1916.
the same year that Indiana was ad-
mitted to the union as a state. He
entered quarter section Of land, built
log cabin and lived there until 1880.
1t was known that Thomas Lincoln.
father Of Abraham Lincoln, was in
poor circumstances. To say that Abra-
ham Lincoln was the son of a poor
carpenter and farmer gives an insight
into hard conditions that little Abe
had to face when he was a youngster.
When he went to Indiana he was Just
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Only One Pension Agency.

The House committee on appropria.
tions Tuesday reported favorably the
pension bill for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1909. The bill as reported
abolishes the pension agencies located
at Augusta, Maine; Boston, Buffalo
Chicago, Columbus, Ohio; Concord
New Hampshire; Detroit, Indianapolis,
Knoxville, Louisville, Milwaukee, New
York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, San
Francisco and Topeka, and consoli-
dates in one central distributing agency
at Washington. The bill as reported
carries a total pension appropriation
of $150,S69 900, which is $174,O00 less
than the aggregate estimates-the ex-
act sums available by the constitution
of the agencies.
The radical change in the pension
agency system was decided upon by
the appropriations committee in accord
with the recommendations of Secretary
of the Interior Garfield and Commits
sioner of Pensions Warner, after ex-
haustiye consideration in sub-commit-
tee. The secretary of the interior told
the committee that under this consoli-
dation of the eighteen pension agen-
cies in one central agency 100000
would be saved to the government in
CApNuoco tic III y cal vi ODtIdIlOu
$225,000 annually thereafter and that
under the new system all pensioners
could be paid as promptly as they are
now paid by the eighteen agencies and
without Inconvenience. The immedi-
diate saving will be $6S,0O0 in salaries
of pension agents, $4,000 on account of
rent of the New York office, 100000 in
clerk hire, and $1,000 in cost of exam
ination and inspection of agencies.
There was paid to 967,371 pensioners
in the last fiscal year the total sum of
$13S, ,O30,S94, and the total pensions paid
for all wars and the regular establish
ment since the foundation OF the re-
public was $5,59S, S,015.732.
Although the number of clerks in
the pension bureau was $50 less in the
fiscal year 1907 than in the previous
year, says the report, "the applica.
tions for pensions filed in the fiscal
year 1907 were 440,517, as against 201,-
322 the previous year"
There Is now living" says the re-
port, mo soldier or soldiers widow OF
the Revolutionary war, and there is no
pensioner soldier living of the War Of
1872, but at the end of the last fiscal
year there were on the roll 55S widows
OF soldiers of that war"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

If Camille Flammarion's discoveries
resulting from experiments with col
ored light prove to be all he claims,
then the science of gardening may be
reyolutionized. With certain vegeta-
bles, as lettuce, growing under red
light Is times as fast as without It,,
with ripe fruit kept from decay under
blue light for 20 days and strawberry
plants retarded for that time, then al
lowed to blossom, there is no limit to
the notifications and changes posi-
BILE in plant and vegetable growth and
their profits greatly increased. At the
same time it is not well for them to
be too sanguine until the discoveries
have been thoroughly tested. 1t is to
be remembered that blue light had no
such curative effect on the nervous
diseases of human beings as it was an
nounced many years ago on scientific
authority that it would have; nor has
the Finsen red light produced the re-
suits first promised for it in the cure
Of cutaneous diseases. But with the
hint given by Flammarion tests with
plants may be easily made.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
snowsIides Near Telluride.

Denver.-A Republican special from
Telluride Tuesday night, says:
More than dozen men were caught
in snowslides today in different min
ing camps near here and their escape
from death is considered wonderful.
One miner, Greek, name unknown,
was SO badly injured that he was un-
conscious until a late hour tonight and
it is feared that he may die.
Five men in one party and three in
another were carried long distances
and buried, but were quickly dug out.
The Valley View slide this forenoon
was one OF the worst. A large party
of miners was trying to open the trail
when the slide came down and caught
five of the party. They were carried
a distance of 1000 feet. Their fellow
workmen Immediately followed the
slide down the mountain and by hard
work dug out the buried men, who
were not badly injured.
Another slide occurred Just below
the Liberty Bell mine, three men be-
ing caught and carried several hun
drcd feet down the mountain side. A
fourth man in their party escaped the
slide and reported the accident. After
few hours work the men were res
cued. One of the party, a Greek, was
unconscious when rescued and he may
not recover
A slide just below the Stilwell tun-
mel almost caught party OF men who
were driving a six-horse team and
wagon. The horses were caught, one
being killed, but the men escaped
without injury.
The Ajax slide, back of the Smuggler-
Union mill, is said to be running to-
night and 1t is expected that several
slides Will occur before morning, but
1t is believed that the people will keep
far enough away to avert loss of life.
A second slide near the Valley View
mine carried away most of the black
smith shop. No one was working In
the shop at the time and no other dam
age was done.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
What About Lawyers7

A contributor to "The Pilgrims
Scrip in the American Magazine
says: AT each turn in the compli-
Gated finance of business the dim but
definite trail of lawyer may be seen.
Each investigation brings out clearly
that at some point in deals or con-
tracts or arrangements that evade or
break laws one or more lawyers were
in active operation devising ways and
means to give these operations spe-
cious appearance of legality, or cover
up their real meaning. In some cases,
as in the Standard Oil investigation,
distinguished lawyers boast before the
open court of their ingenuity in de-
feating the purpose of the laws of the
United States. In the Metropolitan
investigation you will find that every
one of those schemes that have de-
ceived or robbed the stockholders and
the public was invented by a great
lawyer, and for huge fee. Abe Hum
mel, the criminal lawyer, was dis
barred for wrongful practices. What
is the Bar association going to do
about these others? We have found
that it is not the low criminals in
politics Chose who buy the privilege
to cater to vice) who are the real cor
ruptors. 1t is the men of power,
who have larger game and by whose
sufferance the lower ones live, who
are defeating the aim and spirit of
democratic government. We are get
ting after them by fines, and sending
some to prison. But what about the
lawyers who help them? 1 don't
mean the great mass of honorable
lawyers. l mean the big and union
orable lawyers. Their studies of
justice and equity give them particu-
lar knowledge and a special perception
to the matters Of human relations in
volved. They cannot plead custom
and inherited methods as their clients
do. They know.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Roosevelt Likened to Isaiah,

Chicago.-Rev. A. c. Dixon, pastor
OF Moody church, one of the largest
congregations in Chicago, in an inter-
view compared President Roosevelt to
the Prophet Isaiah, crying the nations
sin and declared that Mr.. Roosevelt is
the first Of all presidents to apply un-
interruptedly Christian principles to
everyday life and to the enforcement
of the law
AT a prayer meeting In the Great
Northern theater, Rev. DIR. Dixon de-
ciared before an audience of 1000 peo-
pie that President Roosevelt's latest
message to Congress is one of the
greatest sermons ever written. Later
DR.. Dixon followed the reference to
Isaiah by lilening the President to
John the Baptist, as the precursor of
new and purer life for the nation
and the world.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

Because the daily news - about
human beings and is collected and
edited by human beings, it is rich to
whoever reads it with a philosophical
eye. The New York Globe puts into
one paragraph events selected from
two days of news" and concludes
that human nature has not lost its
capacity for originality. These are
some of the events: "a Russian
who had lost his sweetheart, and an
swered Freda' to every question put
to him, was on that account arrested
as burglar. An automobilist, to save
a child, ran his automobile into q pile
of bricks, thereby endangering the
lives Of two who were driving with
him. A mother found her son trying
to hang himself, and used the rope to
give him a thrashing. Thieves ran
away with a Thanksgiving turkey; the
owner, woman of so, mounted BIZ
cycle, gave chase and recovered the
bird" The trivial events of the hu.
man drama make interesting vaude.
vile.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

edge he did, which inspired him to be-
come the lawyer he did, It Is another
laurel for the little city in southern
Indiana.
Shortly after the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln picnic party from
the little town Of Dale went up to
Lincoln City to the Lincoln farm and
spent the day. The excitement was
so high at that time that old people
as we'll as young went to the farm and
enjoyed themselves visiting the his
torical places in and about the Lin
coin farm.
The cabin was still standing and but
short distance up on the hillside was
a marble slab that marked the spot
where the good mother OF Abraham
Lincoln lay beneath the sod. While
there the picnickers went through the
cabin where Lincoln saw his mother
pass away and from which place he
returned 10 Kentucky to get minister
to come to Indiana and bury his moth.
er. Nancy Hanks Lincoln. A few old
relics were found, among them being
an old knot maui and an old fashioned
mouldboard plow, both of which had
been left there when the Lincolns
moved to Illinois. The old plow was
brought outside and an old man by
the name of Gabriel Medcalf stood be-
tween the handles while one of the
party caught picture of the old Lin
coin cabin. The old man carrying the
pole was Joseph p. Haines, better
known as Uncle Porter Haines. The
picture Of Lincoln's second log cabin
was made from the original taken at
the time this party went to the kome
along in the seventies.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

seven, and remaining in Indiana until
1880 he spent IA years of his life in
Indiana, or until he was 81 years Of
age.
After 1920 Spencer county had, at
Rockport, its county seat, a public
library of several hundred volumes of
the standard works of the day.
Thomas Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln
were at Rockport at least two times dur
Ing the year, but the name OF Abraham
Lincoln does not appear as borrower
Of books at the library. The field from
which Abraham Lincoln could CLEAN
knowledge In that neighborhood was
very limited. though he borrowed
every book that he could get.
During Abraham Lincoln's 16 years
of life in Indiana he had read and re-
read this list Of literary and histori-
cal books over and over again. His
good nature among Lincoln City peo-
pie was not unnoticed; all agreed to
his honesty and good nature. Ques.
tions Of dispute and petty differences
were at first submitted to him in q
joking way, and later on in a sincere
way, until he was complimented for
his honest and Just way in settling
disputes and differences. He was told
more times than once that some day
he would turn out to be lawyer.
Having read all the literary books
and what few there were of law In and
around Boonville, Lincoln heard of the
court at Boonville. He resolved to go
down to that place, 20 miles distant.
and learn what he could in the real
court, which was in session there sew
eral times during the year. The cours
house in Boonville, then a small har;s-
lst Of less than 900 inhabitants. in
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS.
Commissioner Smith Says That Pub
llcty is the Great Corrective.

Commissioner Smith Says That Pub
llcity is the Great Corrective.
Washington, - Public opinion has
been prompt and efficient in the cor
rection of commercial evils when those
evils are stated specifically.
This is one of the conclusions
reached by Herbert Knox Smith, COM
missioner of corporations, and ex-
pressed in the annual report of the
operations of the bureau of corpora
tions, just made public.
Naturally, under present conditions,
the real power of public opinion
reaches only such cases as may be
specifically stated
Thus" says Commissioner Smith,
"the experience of the bureau seems to
point logically to the need for an ex-
tension of such results by the creation
of a general administrative system of
supervision of interstate corporations
which shall give, in substantially the
same form as is furnished now for
few corporations, the essential facts
relating to all the great interstate cor
porationS.
whether the system takes the form
of a federal license plan or simple re-
shall make reports and submit their
books to federal bureau, is of little
consequence so long as the information
necessary for publicity is obtained. The
thing that is important is to arrive at a
system which will accomplish the re-
suit; Which will enable the govern
ment to deal with such corporations in
the main by administrative supervis-
ion rather than judicial procedure;
whose methods will be preventive
rather than penal; and, most i'm
portant of ALL system which will af-
ford permanent practical ground for
contract and cooperation between the
government officials charged with this
work on the one hand and corporate
managers on the other hand.
1T is with such information as the
bureau Of corporations is able. under
the law, to collect and publish that the
great corrective force of public opin-
ion can be intelligently and efficiently
directed at those industrial evils that
constitute the most important of our
present problems.
Corporate combination as such ap-
pears to not only be an economic nee
essity, but also largely an accomplished
fact. 1t is not the existence of indus
trial power, but rather is misuse that
is the real problem. The government
should direct it's attention toward pre-
venting unfair methods and toward
keeping open the opportunities for
competitive industry
Commissioner Smith says he is con-
tinuing the investigations already be-
gun into the industries Of petroleum,
tobacco and steel Under resolutions
adopted by the last congress the bu-
reau is also making investigations into
the operations of the International Har-
vester Company, the cause of high
price of lumber, into the causes of
fluctuations and differences in the
price of cotton, and into patents
granted to officers anG employees of the
United States. An inquiry also is be-
ing conducted into water transporta-
ton, both coastwise and internal.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

strong contrast to the beautiful
new structure that now adorns the
beautiful little town, stood in the very
spot where the new one now stands,
in the center of a large court square.
1t was a frame building; the architec-
ture was. to say the least, very novel.
A ditch, two feet wide and two feet
deep, was filled with smoothly hewn
logs. on which was built stone wall
IS inches high. This furnished the
foundation upon which the building
proper rested. The building itself
was never entirely completed. 1t was
weather boarded, but neither plastered
nor lathed. 1t remained in this condi-
ton until 1886, which was after the
Lincoln family had moved to Illinois.
1t was capable Of holding only hun
dred people and could only be used in
the summer. In the night the cattle
which graZed about town would go
there for shelter. Such was the struc-
ture where President Lincoln received
his first impulse to become a lawyer.
Here 1t was that he received his first
rudimentary practice in pleading cases
that afterward aided in making him
the lawyer Of the reputation he had
1t was to attend court in this rudely
constructed building that the young
man walked 20 miles from Lincoln
City to Boonville. Ind. He was an
ardent listener and the lessons that he
painted upon his memory at this place
are the ones that inspired the great
man to become the lawyer he after
ward became. And, from this fact
the little town Of Boonville claims the
distinction of furnishing to him the
material that aided in his after sue
cess.
To claim so great distinction II it
could not be verified would be false
and unfair; but from the history OF
young Lincoln while he was a visitor
here attending court. and from the as
surance that he received the knowl.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
state University Civic Club.

Boulder = Justice William H. Cab
bert of the State Supreme Court will
speak before the University of Colo
rado Civic Club on the evening of Feb
ruary goth. The subject of his address
will be Good Government" This will
be the firsI public meeting of the year
held by the University Civic Club. The
organization is a member of the inter-
Collegiate Civic League, which has
branches in large number of univer-
sites throughout the country. When
first organized the league received the
sincere approval of President Roose-
ing college men in the practical ques-
tions Of city, state and national govern
ment. Articles of prominent men are
published upon pertinent topics in the
different school papers and addresses
by public officials are secured from
time to time by the local clubs. Other
talks of the kind are being planned at
the State University to follow the one
by Justice Gabbert.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

A Chicago judge has ruled that it is
as much the fathers duty to walk the
floor at night with the baby as the
mothers. The average man is content
to allow his wife to act as the court
of last resort on such matters.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

There is in st. Louis lady who
says she always gives her favorlte
poet a substantial check on Christ.
mas. She is probably the only lady
extant whose favorite poet is still in
q position to find checks useful.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

February ~ of
every year the
mind of every
American loyal cit
izen Is momen-
tarily turned to
the thought that
upon that day, just
Arizona republican., 1908-01-10
THE WEATHER
.oesl Daily Weather Report tor The
 Arizona Republican.

Forecast for today-Fair. Data for 24 hours ending 5:30 D. m.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-10

Prosper Bardone. commission mer- chant, l9 South Center St.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-10
THE SUPREME coURT.-Am

the papers filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court yesterday was an appeal from the judgment of the court at Tombstone in the matter of the Black Diamond Mining com pany, corporation, bankrupt This case has been before the court before The appeal in this case is from an or der of the lower court disalloWing the claims oc Soto Bros of Wilirox and Albert Steinfeld of Tucson
 NEW RATIONS-Articles of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday: Western Dredging Co. capital stock sl,OOO.o .oOO. incorporators A. F. Irish, Charles Battle. George C. Souther: Auto Spring Wheel Co. cap ital stock s125,000, incorporators Geo. Tarper. John M. Lead, Wm Either. Asbel G. Wedge: Ideal Electrotler Co. capital stock s100,000: incorporators L NJ. Little. D. O. Potts. A. C. Means. w. W. Parkle, Jno. Thomas, A. Hop kins, Walter Meade.