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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
A CAREER.
washington Starr

Nv dSningtOn starr
He 1onged to be a Millionaire
And have a private car:
To dine from choicest bills. OF fare,
And smoke a big cigar
To hear the people gaily shout,
With smiles SO free and fair:
Just clear the route and all turn out.
Here comes the billionaire!'
He gained his wealth. But men, alas,
Ne'eF followed out his plan:
They whispered predatory class"
Or, swollen fortune clan" .
The only time they ceased to frown,
And spoke of him as great"
Was when he took his check book down
And offered to donate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
COULDN'T CATCH THE ADMIRAL

tLOndOn Ilt-BltS.l
An old admiral well known for his
powers OF exaggeration was at supper
one night describing a voyage.
while cruising in the Pacific" said he,
I'VE passed an island which was posi-
lively red with Holsters"
But" said one of the guests. smil-
ing incredulously, HOLSTERS are not red
runtil boiled"
''Of course not" replied the undaunted
admiral: but this was a volcanic island
with boiling springs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
A BELIEF AND ITS REASON.
CWashington Star.

Washington Starr
so you think there will always have
to be at least two great political par
ties p said the student of economics.
"Of course ] do answered the pFac-
teal person. why, there aren't offices
one"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
LIPToN'S SMOKING.
Exchange.

Sir Thomas Upton is a very witty
man and many smart replies are placed
to his credit. Here is one which oc-
Cured at the time of the last cup race
when he was in America. His host
brought out a box of very choice cigars
and handed them to him.
II do not know whether you will like
these cigars. Sir Thomas" he said.
What do you generally smoker
Bacon" was the quiet reply.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
CERTAINLY WOULD.

City Man Ito villager)-Wouldn't it
open your eyes if you were to look
across at that lot there and see one of
our city skyscrapers covering it2
Village Man-Wal. ] guess I would. see
in as I've got twenty head O. cattle graz
in there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22

The creditors of f. R. Thomas of
New York are mighty mean people.
They are saying that he ought to de-
vote a part of the $4,000 a year in
come he draws from the estate of bis
father to the payment of his debts. But
how could the poor man live if his in
come was reduced to, say, miserable
500 900 a year?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22

In the rejection of a Sheets case
talesman who said he believed every
thing he read in The Herald, is found
another illustration of the reluctance of
lawyers 10 take chances with intelli-
gent jurors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22

Some people are insisting on chang
ing his name to False Alarm For
aker, but they are advised to wait until
the election returns come in from Ohio
next November.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
CERTAINLY NOT AFTER 1T is.

Chicago Tribune.)
Later from Governor Hughes: He will
not decline any presidential nomination
before 1t Is offered to him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
"THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME"
(Chicago News.l

Washington furnishes the report that
the president may take the stump for
Taft. That ought to keep us all from dy-
ing of ennui next summer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22

There seems to be occasion for alarm
over President Roosevelts health. He
didn't have any letters or messages in
the newspapers yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

5s53-Charles L. Netzel. Salt Lake.
Leela NJ. Tanner. Salt Lake.
5S54-William II. Mitchell. Salt Lake
Stella Mae Mulhall, Salt Lake
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
Fair.
THE METALS.

Silver, 555sc per ounce.
Copper (cathodes). Is 1-6c per pound
Lead $3.75 per 100 pounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
Total Copies of The Herald
Printed in January, 1908.
ADJUSTMENTS TODAY.

Salt Lake-Matinee and evening. Com
ing Thro' the Rye"
Orpheum-Ma;inee and night. vsude-
Vile.
Grand-Alatihee and night. THE Denver
EXDress.'
Lyric--Matinee and night, - Daughter
of Virginia"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22

The junior dance at the High school
gymnasium last evening was a distinct
success. The hall was beautifully dec
GRATED with red, white and blue Many
American flags were I'm evidence. The
patrons were: Mr. and Mrs. A. ].
Gray, Mr.. and Mrs E. j. Roberts, Miss
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22
Terms OF SUBSTITUTION.

DAILY AND SUNDAY-One month, s.
ee,lts; Ihrse months. $3.50: one year. 5000
SSHNDAf-One year, $500.
SEMI WEEKLY IN ad,,anoo, -
ear, Sl.Oe; six months. IS cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-22

COME IN AND SEE THE MODERN
ELECTRIC WAY. FINEST EQUIP
PED PLANT WEST OF CHICAGO
Call Us Up-We Call for and Deliver
Your Work Same Day
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
JOHNSON HAS 10000 OR MORi
Republican Candidates for Other State
Offices Get Close Up to
Taft'S Plurality.

st. Paul, Nov. 7.-Compiete returns
from a majority of the counties and
Incomplete returns from the others in.
dictate that the estimate of 2 1000 plu.
rality for Gov. Johnson will not be far
out of the way. The figures indicate
that it will be a little less. but it will
be above 10000.
The returns on the other state Off
Gals are slow in coming in, but the
meager returns so far received indi-
cate that all the Republican candi-
dates other than governor will get plu-
ralities close up to the plurality which
Taft received in this state. None Of
the Democratic candidates for the
minor Offices took any prominent part
in the campaign and we're little
known. The Republican candidates
were all well known and all received
fiattering votes. Just what their eX-
act vote is will not be known until the
state canvassing board meets, which
will not be for a couple Of weeks.
The governor still continues to re-
ceive messages of good will concern
ing his election, one arriving from
Thomas w. Lawson yesterday. Gov.
Burke of North Dakota also offered
congratulations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
KILLED By THE SHERIFF.
Alleged Horse Thief Gives UP His
Life While Attempting to Escape.

Sheriff Sam Sheldon of Lyman
county is a terror to horsethieves, and
he had an experience with two OF
them last week in which one of llem
had to yield up his life when he re-
fused to stop while attempting to
make his escape. The strangers were
arrested by the sheriff in the vicinity
of Sylvia, west of Oacoma, and taken
to the county seat and placed in jail
awaiting the arrival Of the sheriff from
Gregory county. where the horses
were stolen. The Jail at Oacoma Is
not a very solid affair, and while the
sheriff was at breakfast the horse
thieves sawed a hole through the ROOF
and easily made their escape. Sherlf1
Sheldon pursued their men as far as
Kennebec, and reached the place IN
the evening, just as the st. Paul
freight was pulling out. He saw N
of the men as he was about to board
q freight car, and he called on him
to halt. The robber took the chance or
getting away and refused. The sherln
shot and killed the horse thief at the
third shot, the first two being more
to brighten him. The other one gave
TN
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12

The Republican majority on ioint
ballot in the next state legislature
probably will be twenty or more votes
larger than in the last assembly.
The assembly which met two years
ego was composed of 113 Republicans,
II Democrats and 3 independents.
making the Republican majority 80.
The membership of the house was
increased for the next session from
IS to 104. The assembly. which meet,
next January, allowing the Democrats
three doubtful seats, will be made up
Of 131 Republicans and Is Democrats.
meaning a Republican majority on
joint ballot of 113.
The Democrats have elected eight
state senators, exactly the number Of
last time. Their successful candi-
dates are I'm the districts of Aurora,
Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix. Davidson,
Edmunds, Hand, Lyman, Stanley and
Pennington.
The result on one house member in
each of Bon Homme, Meade and Yank-
ton counties Is In doubt, but giving
them to the Democrats they will have
but ten members In the house, the
others being from Aurora. Brule. But.
falo, Custer. Edmunds, Hanson and
Jerauld.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
v By A DOG.
Farmer Rescued From Attack OF In
furiated Bull by Faithful Bulldog.

Farmer Rescued From Attack Of In
furiated Bull by Faithful Bulldog.
John Kilness, a farmer living a
Dell Rapids. had a thrilling experience
with an Infatuated bull, and had not
his dog come to his rescue he would
have been killed. Accompanied by
the family bulldog, Kilness vas en-
gagged in repairing a pasture fence.
The bulldog chased a calf which was
I'm the pasture, and Kilness entered
the pasture to force the dog to let go
of the calf. He had nearly reached
the dog and calf, when the bull caught
sight of Kilness and made for him at
on speed. Kilness was som distance
from the fence, but thought he could
make his escape and ran for his life.
Before he could reach the fence the
bull overlook him, gave him a vicious
toss and rendered him insensible, n
was about to finish its work by tram
Ming and goring him to death when
the bulldog rushed to his rescue.
When Kilness regained consciousness
the bulldog was standing on guard
over him, having succeeded in driving
the bun away. Kilness was badly
bruised and sustained a featured
shoulder blade.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
State News of Interest
TRAGEDY MARS ELECTION DAY.
South Dakota Business Man Killed in
Shooting ARRAY.


Shooting ARRAY.
A fatal shooting ARRAY marked cleo,
ton day in C%odington county.
Will Bond, a prominent business
man of Florence, in the northwest cor.
ner of the county, was killed 1t is
said, without p~rovocation last night
by Gunder Tangen, a farmer living
near the town. Tangen, it is declared.
was intoxicated, and Bond happened
to be the first man he could pick a
quarrel with. Accusing him Of rob
bling him the night before, Tangen told
Bond he would kill him for 1t, and i'm
mediately left the livery stable where
he had the conversation and pur-
chased a shotgun. Bond paid no at
tention to the threat, and kep: shout
his work. Half an hour later Tangen
appeared at Bonds home with a gun
mi asked Mrs. Bond for her husband
Without suspecting any trouble, she
replied at once that he was TN the
barn, and with this information Tan
gen started for the stable, remarking
that he was going to shoot him.
Mrs. Bond started on the run to
warn her husband, but Tangen beat
her, and shot down his victim before
her eyes. The wounded man was at
once brought to the Watertown hospi-
tai, but he was too seriously wounded
to leave any hope for his recovery,
He died at an early hour this morning.
Tangen is in the county jail, N Will
be held without bail to the circuit
court. He is a bachelor and the own
err of a good farm in the northwest
orner of the county.
This is the second shooting affair at
Florence within a month. 1t was In
this place that Andy Freeman and
James Carr had a spectacular r
duel, from which Carr still lies in the
Watertown hospital with two bullets
in his body, and Freeman is out on
bail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12

handicapped by being placed upon a
separate ballot containing three other
proposed laws, two of them being
county option and a law designed to
prohibit Sunday amusements, such as
baseball games and theatrical per-
formances. The county option law,
which seems to have been defeated,
appeared first on the separate ballot,
being followed by the divorce act.
There is no doubt that thousands OF
voters, having decided to vote no on
county option, decided to vote no in
general on the proposed laws, and
thus voted against the divorce act.
Leading politicians who are in close
touch with conditions and who have
been absolutely neutral in the divorce
law fight express the opinion that the
divorce law has been defeated.
County Option Defeated.
County option has apparently re-
ceived a decided rebuke. The act was
voted upon Nov. 3, in connection with
the general election, under the initia.
tive and referendum law of the state.
The A~nti-saloon league and prOhibi-
ton party united upon the issue, and
made an aggressive campaign. Sun
day and Monday special services OF
prayer and exhortation were held In
all churches. Woman and children
wearing white ribbons bearing the in
s~cription vote Yes for My Sake"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
PUSHED FOR NEW ROADS.
Three Crews at Work West Of the
Missouri.

Unquestionably a great railroad
project has been launched with the
incorporation of the Dakota Southern
Railway company, aticles of which
have been filed at Pierre. The CAPT
talization is given as $50, 900. 900.
1t was learned from a most reliable
source that work will begin without
delay. and that already three crews
are running preliminary lines and sur
veying the entire route. One crew Is
working out of Haynes, N. D., and the
third is south Of the Big Missouri,
headed north of the Northern Pacific
road In Dunn county, North Dakota.
1t can be stated positively that the
road will be built from Rapid City to
Williston. N. D., running through Ad-
ans, Hettinger, Stark, Dunn and Nc
Kenzie counties in North Dakota.
Two branch lines will be constructed
from the main line, one running from
where the main line will cross he
Northern Pacific, near Dickinson,
northeast to Bucholde, and another
running southeast to Mcintosh, S. D.,
on the Milwaukee road. There is some
talk of the main line crossing at Dick
inson.
The new road has plenty of financial
backing. not only by the South Dakota
capitalists, but by Eastern moneyed
men as we'll, among whom are Eugene
Zimmerman of Cincinnati, former Sen
ator w. A. Clark Of Montana and other
millioniares.
The new and rapidly developing
country west Of the Missouri river in
North and South Dakota has no line
of railroad running north and south.
The road will open a country that has
few rivals for natural resources, and
IT will mean the rapid settlement OF a
vast army of homesteaders.
1t Is understood that this road, as
now proposed, is only the beginning
OF an immense system which will ulti-
mately extend from Northwestern
Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico. Al
present the work of surveying from
Rapid City to Williston, N. d., is being
rushed, and as soon as possible grad
ing will be done and steel laid.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12

ford to the senate viii be a mere for.
mality. Even II the supporters OF
Senator Kittredge should be disposed
to make trouble they cannot, as many
stalwarts elected to the legislature
have personally pledged themselves
to Crawford.
Divorce Law Probably Lost.
Opponents of the proposed new d.
vorce law, raising the period Of resi-
dence from six months to n year
and requiring that hearings be held at
regular terms of court instead OF "in
chambers are confidently claiming
that the cas- was defeated on
Tuesday. Returns are meager and
those favoring the law by no means
concede it has been defeated.
If the measure has been defeated, as
it now seems likely, it will be due to
several causes, chief of which is the
fact that the proposed law was greatly
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
TAFT CARRIES
SOUTH DAKOTA
National, Congressional and
State Tickets Elected by
Republicans.
DIVORCE LAW IS DEFEATED
County Option Apparently Receives Set.
observation-disclosures Is 0verwhelm-
ingly Republican.

Governor-Robert S. Vessey.
Lieutenant Governor - Howard c.
Shober.
Treasurer-George G.. Johnson.
Secretary of State-Samuel C. Pol
ley.
Attorney Generals. w. Clark.
Auditor-John Hirning.
Superintendent Of Public Instruo
tion-Hans A. Ustrud.
School and Land Commissioners.
G. Dokken.
Railroad Commissioner-F. c. Rob-
inson.
Congressman - Charles H. Burke.
Rep; Ebep w. Martin, Rep.
Practically complete returns on the
election make Taft's plurality
Bryan 23,712, and Vessey's, for govern
or. over Lee, 1894. The Republican
nominees for congl ess are running
close to the Taft vote, and Burke will
have q plurality Of 10000. Martin is
elected to the short term, as well as
70 a full term OF two years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
OIL FIND is REPORTED.
Well Driiiers Near Hayes, S. D., Re-
port Oil Find.

port Oil Find.
Artesian well drillers at work on
the Rentz place, a short distance
northeast Of Hayes, report having
found oil at a depth of several hun
dred feet. Just how much of a sup
ply, they do not say but sufficient
to show that 1t does exist. Oil discov-
cries are also reported in Buffalo
county. With the existence Of natural
gas proven in the Missouri valley, and
the traces of oil at different places in
the state, there is no question that
South Dakota will at some time, with
the proper methods employed for test
ing, develop a good oil or natural gas
field. Old-time oil men from Eastern
fields have been over the ground a
number of times in the past two years,
and at places a large amount of land Is
being held on oil lease options.
A great deal of the land in Hughes
and Sully counties is held under such
contracts. The only reason given by
the oil men for not putting their money
into the project at once IS that, while
all indications are so widespread that
the location of the field is too in
definite to settle by surface locations,
but that 1t certainly will be found at
some place. when local capital will
take the chance on prospecting for it,
and when It Is found there will be
plenty Of capital ready to further de-
yelop the find.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12

crowded the polls during the entire
day, and their demands were SO In.
sistent and i~mportunate that many o.
the workers OF the a~nti-county option
forces and other voters weakened and
deserted.
The returns at first indicated not
only a light vote but a victory for the
A~nti-saloon league. Later returns,
particularly from the rural districts.
indicate a decided gain in votes
against the measure, and presage the
defeat Of the amendment by a MAORI
ty of 5000 or more.
This Is all the more significant in
face of the fact that the three amend
ments, viz: county option, divorce and
Sunday amendment laws were so
placed and printed upon the separate
ballot as TO mislead many voters into
voting mo" on the divorce law, think.
ing that they were voting mo" on the
county option law.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
KILLS BABE WARNING" IT.

Galena, Ill, Nov. s.. - While his
mother was absent from the room the
three-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Rapp built a fire under the
baby carriage in which his eight
months old brother was lying. The
flames were communicated to the ov.
erines and the infant was so badly
burned that it died. The child ex.
plained his act by saying he wanted
to get the baby warm.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
KISS DEAD AND DIE OF PLAGUE

San Francisco. Nov. 8. - The fact
that nearly half the inhabitants of the
Aleutian islands are the victims of tu-
berculosis is caused by the custom of
kissing the dead before they are bur
led. according TO DR.. Robert Olesen OF
the revenue cutter McCulioch.
DR.. Oleson says the population rs de-
creasing alarmingly and that unless
something is done to stop what he
calls "barbarous practices" the In
habtants will soon be exterminated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
Run Down by 500 Train.

Minneapolis, Nov. is. L. Richard
son was killed yesterday by a 500
work train about half a mile west OF
Bulwer Junction, a station about
twelve miles northeast Of 81. Paul. Mr.,
Richardson was walking along the
tracks when he was struck by the en-
CINE of the work train. He was hurled
some distance from the track. Death
was instantaneous.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
DUMP pAUPERs ON COUNTY.
Minnehaha Accuses Iowa ~Neighbors Of
Selfish Practice.

Minnehaha county authorities charge
that the authorities of the Northwest
ern Iowa counties recently have dump
ed a number Of their paupers into
Minnehaha county. A recent case
which came to light was that of a
woman and three children, who were
discovered in a howell ear the Sioux
Falls brewery in destitute circum-
stances. 1t was learned as the result
of an investigation that she had been
a charge of an Iowa county for some
time, but had finally been gotten rio
of by the auth critics. The Iowa coun-
ty concerned furnished herself and
children transportation to Sioux Falls.
II Is stated that several other cases
Of a similar nature have developed dur
ing the last week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
To Paw Indians Soon.

Black River Falls, WIS, Nov. 7.-As
Special Disbursing Agent Bost could
not get here 10 attend to the enroll
ment of the Winnebago Indians for
their annual payment. the work has
devolved upon A. P. Jones. the former
agent. The payment will be made in
about three weeks, and s2S, 900 will be
paid. Probably about $4,000 of 1T will
be paid in this city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
Bio Lumber Barn Burns.

Cass Lake, MINI, Nov. 7.-George
Cochrane's large lumber barn, ten
horses. harness, hay and other valu-
ables we're totally destroyed by fire
at Schley last night. There was no
insurance and the loss is estimated
at $4,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
FARGO SLAMS DOWN LID.
Mayor Closes Red Light District-ln-
mates Ordered to Vacate.

Fargo, N. D., Nov. THE city coun-
Gil last night authorized Mayor Elliott
to incur the necessary additional ex-
pense to close the red light district,
which reopened in a segregated Sec
ton some months ago after a futile
experience with the lid.
Last nights official action is the re-
suit Of a moral crusade started before
the election for political effect. On
the mayors order Chief Grant imme-
diately served notice on women to va
cate inside O. f~orty-eight hours. The
chief also served notice on the poker
rooms to close, and the lid is on tight.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
REELECTED, BUT DIES.

Sheriff Of koochiching County Passes
Away Suddenly at 6emidji.
Bemidji, Mimi. Nov. 7.-Sherff p.
A. Walsh Of Koochiching county. who
has been an inmate Of the st. An
thony hospital for ten days, died yes
terday morning from a sudden attack
OF heart failure. While he was In the
hospital he was reelected sheriff.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
ALLOTMENT WORK DELAYED.
Sur. ~ to Decide Value OF Coal Lands
Near Thunder Butte, S. D.

Sur. ~ to Decide Value of Coal Lands
Near Thunder Butte, S. D.
Alloting Agent Deets, in charge OF
the work on the Cheyenne River In
dian reservation stated that the work
along the Moreau river has been com
Melted to the vicinity Of Thunder
Butte, where they will be compelled to
wait until the force sent out by the
geological survey arivesr to settle
the question of coal lands in that yicin-
ity. The work of allotment will be
continued in other sections until the
geological force arrives, which is ex-
pected this fall yet If the weather re-
mains such as to permit the WORK
II the government decides that the
land has sufficient coal underlying It,
to be set aside as coal land, it will be
out of that part of the reserve to be
oneued. and the Indians will be given
the benefit of the mineral.