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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

spiders-beetles, which, next to ants,
seem to be his delight. Besides the an
imal portion of his food, the flicker
takes the berries of the dogwood. Vir-
GINA creeper. alder, service. elder. null
berry. wild black cherries. cultivated
cherries, blackberries and some others.
1t also eats the seeds of poison ivy,
juniper, smartweed, pigweed, mullen,
ragweed and others.
Song OF the Flicker.
The song of this bird is limited to
various call notes, which are forceful
and striking, At distance the drum
ming of the flicker upon a metal roof
ing, or on a more than ordinarily
resonant dead limb, is far more musi-
cal than the attempts at song of some
other birds which are to be clasSed
with musical efforts. The rapidly ut
tered Observation-Disclosures" of these
birds in the springtime is one that APP
peals nightly to the lover of the
open" It's "wic-a-wac, wic-a-wac
wic-a-wac," which is the f1icker's love
song, with all the various infections
which he is able to give it, and accom-
panied by expressive gesticulations
simply cannot be matched.
For intensity of devotion, irresisti.
bic entreaty and overwhelming self
depreciation. the love-making of this
bird is unequaled for expressiveness
by that of any member of the bird
world known to me- This love sone
is one of the most charming and car
ries with ii suggestions of the most
undying devotion of any that I hear
in the spring. For the applause of the
passer-by, the audience, as it were
others perform better but the flicker
speaks to the heart of his beloved. and
his utterances are for her, and for her
alone.
Its General Habits.
In its general habits, the flicker diff
fers quite noticeably from the dOwny
and Harris woodpeckers. 1t is no I'M
common thing for this bird when
ahghting in tree to take a position
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
In the Saddle.

The second day the horses will be
brought out and, at an early hour, the
forestry expert in the lead. they will
hit the trail for the tall timber where
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

One friend alone was left-my wife,
God bless her eIry hour,
She saved me from a drunkard's grave
And whisky's wicked power
Just how she saved me you shall see
This is the way she told il me:
When hope was almost dead within
Her faithful, constant breast,
She read of DR.. Haines' Cure
Then without stay or rest.
She sent for one Trial Sample free,
And gave it unbeknOwn to mel
/ drank of it at ev'ry meal
| ate it in my bread,
While Mary watched me anXiouSly,
But ne'er a word she said
Until one day ] stopped to think.
When. quite unconscious | was cured,
My Mary told me all;
1t seemed the very act of God
A modern miracle;
] call it this, because my wife
And Haines Cure had saved my life
And now my little story's done
My ev'ry word is true,
And what this treatment did for me-
The same twill do for you:
And wives and mothers-one and ALL
Take heart of Mary's Miracle.
Save those near and dear to YOU from
a life of degradation. poverty and dis
grace. You can do it by cutting out this
coupon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
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g go. and in the canyons along @
g mountains streams. or In the @
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
Red-Shafted Flicker.

l need not spend time in any de-
seription of this bird, for it is so COM
mon and widely distributed through
out our state that this will not be ne
cessary. It's familiarity and sociabili-
ty. its habit of coming into towns and
settlements, where these are within
easy reach; its tendency to make use
of the cOrnice of gable ends of build
ings as the scene of its boring activi-
ties-finding within good winter quar-
tiers, and sometimes nesting sites; its
bright colors and bounding, springy
flight; its loud, hearty and CHEEKY call;
It's food habits. which take it upon the
ground quite as much as to the tree,
and SO present added opportunities for
observation; it's laughable antics and
ingratiating manners-all these charac-
teristic features, and others quite as no
ticeable. make the flicker one of our
best known birds. well adapted for the
work i'm this grade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
Where others fail is where / have
my greatest success.
&C. E. BROOKS.

Brooks appliance cures are absolutely
without operation, pain or danger. Its
price is so low Qess than the cost of many
hurtful trusses) that anyone, rich or poor,
can have the immediate and truly Won
derful relief of this marvellous appliance,
ana no one with rupture can for single
day afford not to have il.
Multtudes of cured men. women and
children. testify to its astonishing success
and lasting cures. Mr.. James BrittOn. a
wealthy manufacturer of Bethlehem, Pa,
voices the praise and proof of thousands.
He says: ut would be a veritable God
send to the unfortunate who suffer from
rupture if all could procure the Brooks
Rupture Appliance. My rupture is all
healed up and nothing ever did it but your
appliance
Where others fail is where I have my
greatest success. No springs. pads. salSes.
ointments or harness of any kind, nothing
complicated, no pain or irritation. but just
a simple, natural appliance which cures.
Immediate relief guaranteed. No fakes
or lies. just straight business. and money
refunded if not entirely satisfactory. Ask
Brooks for full information. Do not lay
this aside. or delay, or forget, but write
today for Brooks Book 1t tells all about
Brooks marvellous new Appliance. gives
prices and names of people cured. Ad-
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building Marshall Mich.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
Three Hundred
Are Needed in
National
Service.

the real test will begin. Here the con-
testants will be given axes and will
nave chance to show their skill in
cutting and scaling timber They will
then be given work in following blind
trails, for the man who rides the range
must be able to read wilderness signs
like a book. A long, hard ride through
the mountains. testing the endurance
OF the men on rough riding, will prob
ably end the days work except, of
course, pitching camp, and notes will
be made of the manner in which each
man proceeds to make fires and prSpare
his resting place.
The third day the accuracy of the
men will be tested in judging dis
tances. This is the most important
part of the work, as a forest ranger is
often required to estimate distances
with no other facility than his eve or
the length of his stride Another i'm
portant accomplishment (which the
ranger must possess is that of packing.
and usually small pack animal is
brought out and each candidate told to
go ahead in his turn and show what he
can do in the way of putting a load on
the horses back. 1t is a revelation to
an easterner TO witness the dexterity
with which the average ranger puts on
ana
then slows away the bags of feed, the
tarpaulin, the shovel and AK, and ties
the whole with the diamond hitch. This
hitch is one that can be loosened with
a single pull at the rope. IT never slips.
and when 1t is correctly thrown on a
well packed animal the load cannot be
oucked off. A little compass work and
a few tests in the saddle will complete
the examination, and many of the can
didates will depart for their homes on
horseback, hundreds of miles across
mountains and plains.
Young and Enthusiastic.
The papers in the examination will
be forwarded to Washington, together
with the reports of the experts on field
work, and the successful men will be
assigned to the reserves that are Yn
particular need of rangers, although il
is the aim of the forest service to keen
each man as near home as possible.
Hundreds of applicants have filed
satisfactory papers with the civil serv-
ice commission, and now they are
quietly gathering for the test. They
are bronZed, hardy-looking young fell
lows, for the most part ranchers' sons
and ex-cowboys, who are gravely Won
dering what the real school house
work" Of the first day will consist of,
but there are some broad-shouldered
college graduates, too, who have de-
cided that a life in the open is what
they most desire, and they are in for
some surprises unless they have had
considerable experience in roughing it
in the west.
The typical man In this service is
young. enthusiastic and thoroughly in
love with his work, and it is from the
ranks of such men, who are ground
ing themselves in every one of the null
titudinous details of forest study, that
the government will eventually secure
forestry experts who will rival those
of Germany, where forestry has been
an art for more than a century.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

have awaited myself of the liberty
to change the outline suggested as the
work for the second grade.
In order that the children may make
the personal acquaintance of the bird.
We must take them into the open, after
we have taught them what are some
of the Characteristic markings and
features to be seen. We have quite
enough of teaching, In other subjects,
which seems to present nothing that,
TO the child. really seems TO have any,
thing whatever to do with the real,
hard. everyday facts and experiences
of life. We cannot afford to miss the
opportunity to lead him away from
this sort of work, when we have sub
ject which lends itself so readily as
does q study of bird life to the more
excellent way"
For these, and other reasons, have
substituted as the second grade study
the drummer family, in place of the
wild chicken or game birds. There are
at least three members of this family
with which every teacher may and
ought to become acquainted, and
others that may be met with on the
occasion OF visits to the mountains
during summer vacation. And the
three referred to are within easy reach
of the children, which is an item OF
supreme Importance, if we hope to in
terest them in this subject,
We take up, then, the drummer fam
lily, j. e.. the WoodpeckeT, OF which We
have nearly a dozen forms in Utah. AS
in the preceding grade, we shall make
a more detailed study of the bird Sc
lected as the emblem of the grade. That
bird is the red-shafted flicker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
Food of the Flicker.


In the matter of food, the flicker has
no small advantage over some of his
relatives. Always the bird that has the
most varied bill of fare has a decided
advantage over others whose menu is
more restricted. To illustrate: The
meadow lark feeds largely on insects -
more than three-fourths of it's food
being of this character but it also eats
seeds when insects are not available:
the swallow eats insects only (Qr prac-
fically sol. Now mark 2 result due to
the difference in the food habits of the
two birds: when insects fail, the mea-
dow larks turns to weed seeds, AMI is
so enabled TO remain here throughout
the winter; the swallow, on the other
hand being restricted to insects, is
compelled to migrate to such countries
10 the southwark as viii furnish the
necessary food conditions. The flicker.
/ say, has an advantage over some
other members of the woodpecker clan
In that he can drop down to the ground
and pick up fully One-half of the food
needful to sustain himself and his
family.
Fond of Ants.
One of the principal elements of his
diet is ants. In the biological survey
laboratories at Washington from 5000
to 5000 of these creatures have been
taken from a single bird. In order to
enable the flicker TO secure this mucn
coveted article of food, he is furnished
with a tongue--the longest among birds
which seems especially adapted for
probing ant hills. Ii is thought thai
''the function of the fine points on the
upper part of the tongue" is to form
rough surface to which the sticky sail
va will adhere and 10 which in turn the
ants will be stuck" / have repeatedly
found ant hills cleared of their tenn
ing population by this long tongued
ant-eater OF the bird world. A series of
holes near the base, and the desOlated
appearance of these deserted villages
told Enthusiastically of the devastating
visitations of the flicker.
In addition TO ants, for which he is
usually searching when seen upon the
ground, the flicker takes beetles. bugs.
grasshoDpers. crickets, caterpillars and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

6O67-Julius Q. Keller, Waterloo.
F'reda Hambold. Waterloo.
106S-Hagen Hansen, American Fork.
Mary Jackson, Lehi.
6069-Charles Maxwell, Ogden.
Cora Payne, Ogden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
Cures
Drunkards

Mary's Miracle.
The day of working miracles,
I'm sure is far from past.
And now to show you what / mean,
I'll tell you of the last
Great one that happened right to me,
For l was part of it, you see.
You know the life I used to lead
o God. a living death.
drunkard of the hopeless kind
For, scarce a sober breath
/ ever drew. and hope and pride
Were lost to me and nearly all beside
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
BY BEVERLEY PAGE,

can you throw a diamond hitch? If
you can't you are probably something
of tenderfoot, and as such would I'M
doubleday be well entertained and very
| much enlightened If you could attend
one of the examinations to be held next
Thursday, Friday and Saturday in sew
enteen of the western states. These
| examinations are for the purpose of
tinding 300 or more men qualified to fill
a position as forest ranger.
National forests are still new in the
United States, and the management of
| their vast resources is a very difficult
task. The business connected with
these forests is transacted on the
ground. The local officers consist of a
supervisor, having direct charge of all
the business, and being located at some
nearby town, and his field force of
rangers living at points throughout the
forests The national forests are vast
estates worth many millions of dollars,
and upon the rangers in a large meas
ure devoIve the duties of safeguarding
the most valuable heritage of the peo-
pie. At present there are not half
enough rangers TO properly protect the
forests, and Uncle Sam is eager to re-
cruit the little army to its complete
strength. He wants the hardest and
most fearless riders, the best shots, the
quickest and most accurate lumber
men, and the most trustworthy young
men in the country.
Applicants should have a fair knowl-
edge of readin' and writin' and 'rith-
metic, for the forest ranger is required
to scale timber, draw up agreements,
make out reports, ETC., but the man
who is q little short on book learning
and away ahead of the others in throw
ing the diamond hitch or in following a
blind trail is the man who viii have
the call with the civil service commits
sion when final judgment is rendered
Duties Are Numerous.
The duties of the rangers and super
visors are numerous. They hear COM
plants and settle difficulties whenever
possibly, without applying to the main
office at Washington. They sell timber,
grant permits to cut down trees, for the
development of mining claims and for
domestic uses. They give permission
to Craze limited number of cattle and
sheep. to build fences, to use the land
necessary for the erection of stores, re-
sidences and hotels, for the construc-
ton of wagon roads. trails, canals. re-
servoirs, telephone lines, etc. They
must guard against fire and see that
ali the uses OF the lOftStS feSOufCtS
are made within the law. This matter
is sometimes difficult in a country
where men are short on temper and
quick on the trigger.
The first day of the examination will
be given to educational tests. and it is
safe TO predict that many cow
puncher, who will shine in the field ex-
animation. will emerge from the first
days trial with ink-stained fingers and
eyes full of despair.
In the Saddle.
The second day the horses will be
brought out and, at an early hour, the
forestry expert in the lead they will
=
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
I Torture
Once Thought Necessary for the
Ruptured, but Is Now Done Away
With by d Simple, Natural lnven-
ton.

Wonderful Appliance Retains and
Cures Without Knife, Danger or
Pain in Manner Entirely New and
Peculiar 10 Itself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
Sent on Trial

Truss torture is no longer necessary.
Calling, slipping trusses and barbaroUs
methods of treating rupture are done
away with by the wonderful invention of
man who has spent thirty years to
make il absolutely perfect The marvel
Gus new Brooks appliance gives to the
ruptured instant relief, rest and security.
where all others fail 1t stops ali irrita-
ton and restores every part to its natural
position as soon as it is used and for all
time afterward. Truss torture ceases and
trusseS are thrown away forever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
Have Wide Distribution.

These birds are to be found in all the
towns and settlements. but are by no
means confined to such localities. In
fact, they seem to be quite as numer-
Gus, or even more plentiful, In regions
where nothing meets the eye but a
rolling contour covered with sagebrush,
marked in spots by the dark green of
stunted cedars. In the towns and set
Elements these birds come about the
buildings, to the tall poplars which line
the streets. TO the orchards and gar
dens. where their cottony tail coverts,
their beautiful rose-colored lining 10
wings and tail, their loud call and I'M
dulatory flight, bring them to the at
tention of every person who is not to-
tally blind.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-14
Ferdinand Stockder Dies
Suddenly In Postoffice


Ferdinand Stockder, proprietor 81
the Canon City Bottling Works and
late resident at $50 River street.
dropped dead in the lobby Of the post
Once shortly after o'clock Friday.
whittier he had gone to mail some let
ters On entering the building Nj.
Stockder was seen to staGger as il
III, but it was not thought that his
condition was serious. He made his
way to the writing table near the east
side of the lobby and tried to support
himself by leaning upon it, but his
strength was insufficient as he fell to
the floor face downwards and expired
four or FIVE minutes later without hav-
ing recovered Consciousness
DR.. Charles II. Wilkinson. whose Of
fees are in the second floor of the
postoffice block. was hastily sum
moned. but was unable to do anything
for the unfortunate man. who passed
away almost Immediately after the
arrival of the physician. oblivious to
his surroundings. Death was due to
heart disease. of which the deceased
had complained during the previous
day. The family was notified Of the
sad event and the body was taken in
charge by Coroner C. H. Whitmore
Deceased was born At Reinshagen.
Germany. September 1e. 1s46. He
came to America when = young man
and made his home In New York City
for a considerable period. subsequent
ly removing to Denver and later to
thl. s,ltv k,~in. . radiant hara for
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-14

. q sister in Grand Rapids, Mich, and a
brother In Silverton, Colorado.
Mr. Stockder was a quiet, unassum-
ing man and stood high in public es-
lnation as a citizen Of the ccmmun-
ity. He was one of the charter mem-
bers of Canon City Lodge No. S1O, B.
P. o. E. and was also a member of
Gate City Camp No. IS, Woodmen of
the World, in which he held an in
surance policy for one thousand dol
lars. Mr.. Stockder was a man that
complained little on account Of ILL
health, being possessed of more than
ordinary robustness and apparent Vi
tality. Although he had not felt quite
we'll for several days previous to his
demise he said nothing about it to
his friends, only mentioning the fact
to his wife that his heart was giving
him some alarm and Inconvenience.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-14
PART OF the WlTERWORkS
BONDS EXECUTED MONDAY

Blank bonds, 225 in number and
having a value when signed by the
mayor and city clerk Of one thousand
dollars each, were received here by
express from the banking firm Of Spit
zer & Co., of Toledo, Ohio. Monday
afternoon.
Twenty-Five of these bonds were i'm
mediately executed and returned to
Splitter & Co.. their purchasers, who
will forward $4,000. here as the ini-
tial payment on their arrival at To-
ledo.
These bonds were supplied by the
American Bank Note company of New
York and are fine examples of the
engraver's art. Under the terms Of
the sale money will be furnished the
city as rapidly as may be needed to
carry on the construction Of the pro-
posed waterworks system.
The bonds draw interest from April
1st of. the current year until paid.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-14
Advertise Your Lost Articles
PAY If You Find Them
The Daily Recoed Will Ron Your Lost Ads and Make no
Chasse For Them Unless the Lost Things
Are Found

man. some gold watches, numerous
keys and spectacles. few lost dogs.
horses and pocketbooks.
1t IL to give the lost ads q greater
influence that We are making this re-
markable offer.
We want everybody TO uss them.
and at this basis everybody oaA AZ
ford to use them. ~
When you and anything bring it %
tAe Dally Record olice. We wtll -
vsrtiss tt aAd oollsak ne Hal bar ~
aavsrt1slAG froa Tie OwaorsH u vo A11
him. Yo1 nssA never pay fpe ssoA -
vsrtising uAlaas ths luaAA article , -
sne1 volae ~ 90 ,wisA - ta1o u
haeA aAA ksao 4 q - swasr dAsVs ~.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-14
FUNERAL OF THE LATE
FERDINAND STOCkDER

The funeral of the late Ferdinand
Stockder. whose tragic death in the
lobby of the postoffice Friday evening
% shocked the community, was held
at the family home. corner OF Sixth
and River streets, at 2 O'Clock Sum
day afternoon. The service was con-
Quoted by Hiram X. Jackson and Mrs,
Bessie Smith, first and second read
ers OF the Christian Science church,
and were most impressive. At the
conclusion of the services the remains
were taken in charge by Canon City
Lodge No. 610 B. p. o. E., Of which
the deceased was a member. and were
escorted to Lakeside cemetery where
the interment took place. The funeral
cortege was one of the largest seen
in Canon City for some time.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-14

& The meeting at court house Tuesday
night to hear the report of Messrs.
J. P. Farmer and d. W. Ross on hor-
ucuItural conditions on the western
slope and on the value of smudging
to prevent injury to fruit trees from
frost was in many respects the most
interesting public gathering held in
Canon City in a long time. The splen-