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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-03

The New York Independent puts the
contest for the republican presidential
nomination as between Secy. Taft and
Gov. Hughes and thinks if neither of
them can win that Speaker Cannon or
Secretary Cortelyou will be successful.
After a careful review of the situation
and reference to the several republi-
can possibilities it says; "But what is
the matter with the Democratic party
The Republicans have plethora of
available talent, while the Democrats
are reduced to one man. The lack of
ambition for the nomination is explic-
able in the small chance OF Democratic
success, but why this long monopoly of
Bryan in party which fights mo-
nopoly?"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-03

In considering the franchise asked for
by the Shiawassee Light and Power Co,
the council will do we'll to consider the
fact that this company is really in ex-
istence, that it is composed of excellent
business men and that it has been sue
cessfully managed for several years-all
points in its favor. 1t is our opin-
ion that the council should consider the
question of granting franchises care
fully and that no action should be
taken until after fair hearing is
granted all parties interested. The
council has the opportunity to do some
thing for Owosso which will result in
the saving of many hundreds of dollars
annually in the lighting bill, to say
nothing about the gain to individuals
who buy light and power.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-03

Bailey. $3.50; S M Campbell A. %. r
Hayes, 1882; d Speck sl050: M l. Parker,
SS.45 Helt, $500; Crane, $500; Peter
Lyon 81 On. T. france etos o
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-03
CEDAR STREET SEWER FUND
f S Brewer, $500.
LIGHT FUND.
OMOSsO Gas Light Co az aR

Owosso Gas Light Co. 1875,
Aid Conant presented the claims and &C.
counts as noted above aud unanimous consent
being given same were allowed and the CLERK
instructed to draw orders for the same, ayes
nays0.
The following communication was presented
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Councils:
Gentlemen
AT meeting OF the Board OF Public Works
held Thursday. Dec. 10th, the superintendent
was instructed to furnish the council with
amount OF money needed to flush the work
now in progress and under contemplation In
order to connect wells TO reservoir.
New $3.50 co
Pipes, valves, pumps and equipments
for raising water from wells.............. 5000 90
Extension to engine house.............. $50 90
Outstanding note and interest............ POO 90
Outstanding bills due from laying wa
ter 400 90
$4,000 90
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-03
Big Wheat.

To-day the young men of Canada
see visions where the old men dream.
ed dreams" This is the text Agnes
Deans Cameron uses in the December
Atlantic, in her article, Wheat, the
Wizard of the North" Her theme
Is the great uncultivated, rich-soiled
acres of western Canada, a land more
prolific and wealthy than the best
gold country yet discovered. Silently
surely. inexorably are the nations
pouring into Canada, from the South,
from the West, from the East. The
Salvation Army brought over $4,000
immigrants last summer on eight
chartered steamships, Eng
fish, Irish, Italians, Austrians, Rus
slams, Norwegians, Welsh, Swedes,
Greeks and Hebrews, all eager for
wheat. American farmers step over
the border line to grow wheat. Miss
Cameron concludes: 1.-THE white
ghost OF Henry Hudson revisiting
the glimpses of the moon, If still to
be touched by earthly issues, would
seem to say
Open the Bay, which DER the North
land broods,
Dumb, yet in labor with a mighty
fate!
Open the Bay! Humanity intfudes.'
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Cooper, who
lives just north of the city on Chip
man street, entertained the members
of the Cooper family on New Years
day. 1t was a happy gathering.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-03
iENERAL HIGHWAY FUND

r Brown, $1,000; w Patterson, $1,000: Fl
M Post & Son. 81. 40. same, S7l5.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
ENTIRELY TOO
RICH To ESCAPE
Fitzgerald Concession in Vene-
ZueIa Contains Untold
Treasures.

Ell PasO Tex. March 22.-GeOTge FitZ-
gerald, sole administrator of the estate
which owns the Fitzgerald contract in
Venezuela, in an interview here tonight
commenting on the decision of the su-
preme court of Venezuela. which annuls
the Fitzgerald contract declares that the
Venezuelan government permitted the
authorities of British Guiana to usurp two
districts included in the Fitzgerald con-
cesSions. and that under restoration by
the American board of arbitration, failed
to return the property to Fitzgerald or to
compensate him for his losses.
Since the administration of General
Castro. says the administrator of the
Fitzgerald estate, there has been no Ell
fort on the part of the Venezuelan gov
eminent to sustain the Fitzgerald con-
tracts. but on the other hand there has
been more IN the way of intrigue and col
fusion enacted
Every revolutionary uprising and ev-
cry administration that came into power
has Usurped the assets Of the Fitzgerald
contract for pecuniary gain. Efforts in
stituted in the Mckinley administration
and terminated by the death of the pres
ident have been revived and are now be-
ing made through the state department
fer national Intervention, and Il great
MANY diplomatic documents have been eX-
changed.
'The pres nce of the Tacoma in the
port of La GUayra seems significant.
While ostensibly inoDpOrtune. the govern
ment has undoubtedly considered a diplo-
matte visit of necessity and unusual inn
pOrtance.'
The Fitzgerald concession involves o.
100000 acres of land rich in mahogany and
tropical woods. lakes of asphalt and gold
mines There are nine operating gold
almost one-fifth of the worlds production
of gold.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
WROUGHT UP TO
HIGHEST PITCH
Continued from Page 1.

porter got few words with him in
his cell at the Jail He was cheerful
and in good spirits then, but is said to
be very nervous and wrought up to-
day. He said that il was only a ques-
ton of which man could use his gun
first TO determine who lay dead at the
saloon and who occupied the cell at
the Jail. He intimates that after the
words which had been passed between
them Jensen made a move to draw his
gun and that he had no other alterna-
tive but to fire first if possible
Eye-witnesses' are still lOath to talk
of the shooting, but all seem to agree
that Burns was the aggressor and that
Jensen made no move to pull a gun
until he was shot Also that he was
aggravated and exasperated by Burns
actions before he took any notice of
him in the quarrel which preceded the
shooting
Mrs. f. G. Jensen, wife of the muir
dered man. is i'm a critical condition at
her mothers home here. She is in poor
health at best, and the awful shock
of the murder has almost completely
upset her.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
BANDITS MAKE RICH HAUL
Three Highwaymen Secure SAT 600
Belonging to Mining Company
Two Miles from Rawhide, New.

Reno. New. March 22.-Three bandits.
heavily armed. overcame Edward Hoff-
man and a companion on road two
miles from Rawbide this afternoon, threw
them to the ground and made off in their
victims two-hOrse rig, taking gold and
bank notes amounting TO about $4,000
with them. The money was consigned TO
the Coalition Mining company at Rdwhide
meet the final payment on one of the
properties purchased last week BY the
Coalition company. w. A Miller. one of
tonight that he had received only mea ger
details of the crime. Posses from Church
ill and ESmeralda counties are III pur-
suit The bandits are headed for Schurz.
1t is believed they will be surrounded and
a battle result before morning. The sher-
ifs office here has also been notified.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
WAR STARTED ON
THE GAMBLERS
Leading Citizens of Ogden Ask
Action by the County
Attorney.

II a communication addressed to the
county attorney is any criterion. the peo-
pie OF Ogden have not as yet had enough
of reform and want to go the mayor and
his advisers one better by insisting upon
the closing of the gambling joints. Wheth-
er or not the effort being put forth Will
bear fruit cannot be told at this time. A
peculiar feature of the movement re-
1erred to is that the appeal is directed 10
the county attorney this time and not to
the mayor. This is taken to Indicate that
some people are OF the opinion that the
mayor has done enough and now it is up
30 someone else TO jump IN and push the
reform proposition on a notch or two.
On Saturday a lengthy communication
was sent 10 County Attorney N ]. Harris.
1t was signed by twenty-four persons. in
GLIDING some of the best citizens of the
city. The communication calls the coun-
~ attorneys attention to the fact that
gambling is being conducted openly and
a number of alleged gambling halls are
named in the letter. The letter says:
I'VE submit that any investigation on
your part will furnish you not only 'rea-
sonable cause to believe but absolute
proof that gambling is openly and motor
iously carried on and conducted at the
several places mentioned above, as well
as at other places in Ogden City, and for
that reason we, as citizens, respectfully
ask that you will take such action in the
discharge of your duties as such officer as
indicated in chapter SO of the revised stat
utes of Utah, 1898, and cause the party or
parties conducting such places in viola
tion Of the law TO be dealt with as pro-
Vided therein"
County Attorney N ]. Harris. in a state
ment to The Herald yesterday, said that
The communication referred to came to
him through the mails and he was not
aware who was responsible for its being
circulated about the city. He said that
he had been busy i'm the city court for the
past few days and could not tell at this
time what if any action he would take IL
connection with the matter. He stated
further that he would not consider it at
this time, but would take it UP later on.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
AUTHORITY OF CON-
MISSION Is LIMITED
Continued From Page /.

of the steamship company in 50
doing"
Commissioners Lanes opinion con-
tinues:
IT has been the uniform interpreta
ton of the law that an al!-water car
rier engaged in carrying freight orig
mating at New York, or New Orleans.
may engage in such traffic between
such ports without publishing it's rates
with this commission, and so may the
steamships plying between Seattle
and San Francisco. but if such water
carriers are controlled or managed by
the same corporation as controls or
manages a rail line, or if between
rail and water line there is an ar
rangement for continuous carriage,
then such water line becomes subject
to all the provisions mandatory and
prOhibitOry of the act to regulate com
merce".
In conclusion. the opinion says:
This ruling is the only one which is
consistent with what seems to be the
policy of the law. viz: That while re-
stTictions and control are essential us
TO the inland carriers of foreign COM
merce, the ocean carriers of such com
merce should remain unrestrained and
free. There is not today, and never
has been, such a thing as stability of
rates upon the water. Perhaps it is
not desirable that there should be. The
ocean is a highway free to all. No
franchise is needed to sail the seas.
nor is the establishment OF a line of
ships founded, either in law or eco
Monies, upon the theory of q public
serving monopoly which underl1es the
relation of the railroad to the state 1t
may well be, therefor, that without
regulation, and by reason of natural
competitive conditions, the public will
be best served. and in the end treated
more equitably. by leaving the water
carriers to foreign lands entirely uu-
hampered by legal restrictions such as
the people of this and other lands
have found it necessary to impose on
the railroads."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

of inspection to the state industrial school.
The party will be driven over the prin-
clpal streets of the city. after which they
viii be dined at the industrial school and
the inspection will follow. In addition to
those mentioned, the party will consist
OF State Senator Williams, Harry Joseph
Warden Arthur Pratt of the state peni-
Tertiary, j. NJ. Sjodahl and Leroy Arm
strong.
The members of the board of trustees
of the reform school, Mayor Brewer and
other prominent citizens will meet the
party at the Union depot and Immediately
they will be loaded into carriages and
driven about the city, winding up at the
industrial school During the visit Gov
ernor Cutler will confer with the board
of trustees with regard to establishing
a girls cottage at the institution and il
is likely that some definite action viii be
the result. The inspection of the school
will include trip over the farm and the
WaterWorks site of the school. The gov
ernor and party will return to Salt Lake
in the evening
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

ing notice. Wedged in between the i'm
menSe wagons Benny did not make much
of showing, for size, but anybody could
see pride written all over his good old
gray coat. The Redman parade was
great parade, but the center of attraction
in it all was Benny, the sole survivor of
a memorable disaster.
The Redman company's fire loss was es-
timated at $4,000. There was $500 of
insurance Aside from the thirty-four
horses that were burned, ten vans were
destroyed, as well as a large quantity of
furniture and household furnishings
The investment represented in the Red
man parade was $1,000, apart from Ben
Ey, whose value cannot be calculated in
dollars and cents Mr. Redman, having
laid good foundation for the resumption
of his business as it was before. proposes
TO give time and thought to the equip
ment of his vans with matched horses
of the color which he loves so much.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

Benny was, as has been said doing his
best-what more can a horse do?
Four months ago it was that the fire
in the Redman warehouse and barns oc-
CURED. a day or two ago the Redman
COMPANY had a parade in which it gave
an exposition of its restored business. 1t
was not to be expected that Mr.. Redman
could. within so short a time, replace in
number the splendid animals which were
destroyed, but by the exercise of pluck
and energy. Mr.. Redman brought to-
gether for the parade twenty head of ex-
cellent stock. All are dapple gray. well
matched and are Utah products. Indeed,
Mr. Redman secured the animals in the
vicinity of Salt Lake. Eight great vans
were in the procession. built in Salt Lake,
spick and span and attractive.
In the midst of this cavalcade was
Benny drawing The Herald wagon. Benny
seemed to feel the Importance of his po-
sition for he gave every evidence of TAX
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

Benny's friends in The Herald office
have every reason TO feel encouraged that
their efforts 10 obtain for him a hero
medal from Mr.. Canegie's stack will soon
be crowned with success. There may be
some-not many, though-who do not
know who Benny is. Well Benny is the
only horse in all the wide, wide world
that escaped the Redman fire. Benny
escaped it because, at the time of the
fire, he was doing his best to make the
mails with the early editions of The Her
aid, and when Benny sets out to do his
best one may depend on II that the best
will be done. Some may say that it WASH
Benny's fault that he wasn't burned to a
crisp with mis- thirty-four companions.
but his friends will say that it was wholly
due to Benny's horse sense that he Sc
lected a post of duty where he might lead
a life of usefulness for many years to
come.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

In the Redman stables four months ago
there were thirty-five horses. all OF them
magnificent animals of the dapple gray.
Truth to tell. there were only thirty-four
of them that could really be called mag
nificent for Benny does not aspire to hon
ors in a beauty contest. He is content to
plod along in the walk or the trot that
fate has allotted to him and phiiosophic-
ally champ his bit when he doesn't feel
too much like resting The bit doesn't
get champed overmuch.
But Benny. like the man who seen his
duty and done it noble" is always on the
spot, and 1t is lucky for Benny that he
was on the spot on the night of the Red
man fire instead of munching hay in the
comfortable Redman stables. The thir-
ty-four stable mates of Benny perished in
the fire an awful and shocking sacrifice
that might have been averted. When the
fatal hour came for the beautiful grays
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
Oqden Briefs.

f. c. Manson, superintendent of the
Southern Pacific, returned last evening
from trip of inspection over the diYi-
sion.
A horse belonging to Lee Hammond
which was left standing on Twenty
fourth street Saturday evening, was re-
ported as being stolen. AS yet no trace
of the animal has been secured.
Thomas Smyth. who was injured in an
automobile accident on Saturday, was re-
ported to be resting easily and doing
nicely yesterday. His injuries, while
painful, are not now considered serious.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
tabernacle Services.

At the regular services in the Ogden
tabernacle yesterday afternoon Judge II.
H. Rolapp addressed the gathering on the
theme Scatter Seeds of Kindness" He
spoke for fifty minutes and held his
hearers in closest attention. The taber-
nacle choir rendered a special musical
program for the occasion. Among those
present was L. r. Martineau of Salt Lake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

are promised. General Organizer Van
Hooser is conducting the monster cam
paign preliminary 10 the gathering.
The WOodmen hope to bring thousands
of visitors to the city and all merchants
are invited TO decorate their windows
with the log and ak and the W. o. W.
cOlors-red, white and black
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

upon a big class of candidates, assisted
by Ogden's well drilled degree team.
which is said to be one of the best in the
entire west
The parade will consist of bands of nut
sic, companies of uniform rank, decor
ated fraternal floats. the head Officers
etc Sports and amusements of all kinds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

ternal gatherings in the history of the
city. The three local lodges, with their
combined membership of more than LOO,
viii entertain the outside delegations
consisting of hundreds of members OF
Woodcraft. Head Consul 1. l. Boak to-
gether with all the head officers. will be
mere and viii confer the protection degree
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
Students Of City Schools

Can so to either matinee of the Music
Festival April 1 and ?, for 10 cents
Tickets Clayton Music Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
CUTLER EXPECTED TODAY
Governor and Party of Salt Lake Cit
liens to Inspect State In
dustrial School.

Governor Cutler, Mayor Bransford and
n number OF prominent citizens of Salt
Lake will be in Ogden today on a trip
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23
BUY SALT LAKE
REAL ESTATE NOW

You will never get it cheaper. 1t
will pay you much better than money
in the bank or at small savings ac-
count interest.
You can buy it of us on small
monthly payments.
Start now and prepare the fOunda-
ton for a home of your own.
When you get your building site paid
for we will build you the home You
can pay for it same as rent. There is
nothing gained by delaying. Start
now.
HUBBARD INVESTMEN CO.
IS West Second Second South.
Property all parts of city.
In the Eyes of the Wife
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

Review of War Fleet, San Francisco.
For the above occasion the Oregon
Short Line viii make very low rates
Dates, rates, limits, etc, will be an
nounced later
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

WOodmen of the World will make the
chips fly i'm Salt Lake May 6. The twenty
lodges of the Woodmen of the World
throughout the state of Utah have nearly
completed their arrangements for what
promises to be one of the largest fra
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-23

In the Eyes of the Wife
Vienna Bakery Bread is always the
best Ask your grocer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

ly 5000 motors and generating ma
chimes and utilizing over 1000 cleo
trical horse power.
The effect of the introduction of
electric power in the Southern cotton
mills as we'll as the number Of spin
dies. The capital now invested in
cotton mills in the South is estimated
at $3.50 900, 900; an increase since 1880
of 1929, 200, 900 or 1,O9O per cent. In
the past five years the total spindlage
of the United States was increased
from p, ,239, ,633 to %, 5,924,274 or by
3,684,64 Nearly 50 per cent of this
increase was in the southern States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
State Historical Society
COU N TY BOARD
A. q. Roethe Elected Chairman
on First Formal Ballot.
STANDING COMMITTEES


The county board of supervisors
for Iowa county met at Dodgeville on
Tuesday, with all the members pres
ent The first formal ballot for chair
man resulted in the election of A. G..
Roethe of Highland by the following
vote: Roethe Is, Horn 9. Frost /, A.
E. Thomas l.
The chairman appointed the follow
ing committees:
General Claims -Campb Burns
Stratman, Gorgen, Dickinson.
Assessment and Equalization-Har-
ker, Raine. Coady, Penhallegon,
Bilkey, Jones, BOwden.
Bonds and Salaries - Jackson,
Frost, Richardson.
Public Property-Carter, Billings,
Ryan.
Roads and Bridges-Caygill, Dick
enson, Lewis.
Clerks Accounts Heath
cock, Jackson.
Account of Register Of Deeds,
Clerk Of Court and District Attorney
Ryan, Dickinson, Carter.
Report of Superintendent Of
School8-Dietzman, H. Raine, Heath
cock.
Tax Claims-W. H. Thomas, Mey-
ers, II. Raine.
Treasurer's account5-Richardson,
Billings, w. H. Thomas.
Publishing Proceedings and Print
ing-Horn, Lewis, Stratman.
Finance and TaXatiOn-FrO8t, Horn,
A. E. Thomas.
Report of Trustees Of Asylum and
Superintendent of Poor-Burns, A.
e. Thomas, CaYgill.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Skeleton is Unearthed Near
Linden.

The Leader: A bunch of dusky
dagoes employed in ballasting the Nj.
& N. track near Linden about two
years ago became involved in quarrel
one night, and blows led to knives be-
fore the disturbance was quelled. One
of their number turned up missing, a
fact not discovered until the end of the
month by the railroad people, when
the foreigner failed to call for his
check. In excavating around an old
shaft located on the Morrison farm
yesterday, workmen found the remains
of a man, evidently cast into the hole
without ceremony. 1t is the general
supposition that the shrivelled corpse
is none other than the bronzed native
of sunny Italy. who fell a victim to
the deadly stiletto of a treacherOus
companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Electric Notes.

The Columbia Mills, Columbia,
South Carolina, were the first textile
mills in the world to depend entirely
upon the electric drive. These mo-
tors, manufactured by the General
Electric company, are still giving as
satisfactory service as the day they
were installed fourteen years ago.
Today total of over 100000 h.p.
is used in cotton mills in the South.
This is more than third of the total
horsepower required. Nearly 400 tex
tile mills in the United States have
been equipped with electricity by the
General Electric company using near