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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
WHY NOT ELECT A Hossa

Former Attorney General Charles ].
Bonaparte, once more a citizen of Bal
timore, believes it would be a good thing
for the people to elect a boss in every
state to take care of the public inter-
ests, and then quit all participation in
politics. He believes that if the people
got good boss, he would provide for
them better than they can provide for
themselves.
Which is a confession that Mr.. Bon
aparte does not believe the people to
be capable of self government. And
there are times when that conclusion is
a fairly reasonable one. Even in re-
publican-democratic America, there is
q good deal to be said in favor of the
absolute monarchy. Our forefathers
cause of the hardness of fate, but be-
cause they wanted to manage the job
themselves. They didn't throw over
board the tea in Boston harbor because
the tax on it was more than they could
pay and live; and they didn't cross the
Delaware because there was anything
better on the other side. But they be-
lieved the time had come for men to
govern themselves.
That is ALL And that is all they are
working for now. They know they are
not doing a perfect job of it, and they
don't expect the job will be perfect for
a good many years. They realize they
will have to learn, and then have to
cultivate the habit of doing the best
they can-which is by no means COM
mon trait in human nature, here in
America, nor anywhere else.
Very likely a good boss would get
better service for the people than they
can get for themselves. But they want
to get it themselves. That is the point
They don't want a boss. Therefore,
they will oppose the boss idea with the
last drop of their blood.
Mr.. Bonaparte's eminent relative, the
first emperor of France, was a better
boss than either Louis had been. But
underneath all the revolution and the
feSlofdllOH anu lue subsequent SlTuB-
giles of France dwelt the desire of the
French people to manage their own af-
fairs. And they are still trying to ap-
proach perfection.
Very likely they won't reach it for
some little time. Neither will we of
America. But some time the ideal will
be realized, and all that the most be-
nign absolute monarch could do will be
done by the people themselves.
And if that isn't true, then we will
have to admit that no people in all the
world are capable of governing them
selves.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
ANOTHER WASHINGTON
MONUMENT.

Some man rises to propose that the
school children of the United States be
asked to contribute a penny apiece to a
fund for the erection of a 100000 mon
ument to George Washington.
And the Denver Republican doesn't
look with a great deal of favor on the
scheme, as may be gathered from the
following:
George has a better monument than
any ever built of bronze or stone or
concrete blocks. one which is grahder,
nobler and more enduring than any
pyramid of Cheops. II is the republic to
which he gave shape and substance and
prepared to outlast time. If the chill
dTen of the land would have a hand in
rearing monument to the father of
their country, let them be so taught in
their schools, so imbued with love of
country, so firmly rooted in the essen
tial principles of good government, that
when they become men and women
every one of them Will be a working
factor for the perpetuation of all that
George Washington worked and fought
to incorporate into our form of govern
ment.
The suggestion that school children
be invited to contribute doesn't COM
mend itself to the country generally. 1t
viii be remembered that one r. ].
Thompson some years ago carried the
same sort of proposition through, and
secured a very fine fund for the cree
ton of a bronze monument TO Lafayette,
to be unveiled in Paris, a city to which
the noble marquis was partial in his
lifetime. The proposer of the plan had
the Endorsement of some of the rich and
honored men Of the nation. The money
was contributed, and after years of
waiting, after tremendous labor of col
Letting the pennies and nickels and
dimes of the school children, the Lafay-
cite monument was unveiled-and was
found to be plaster of paris!
It will be better to wait a few hun
dred years till the scandal of that La
fayette wickedness shall have been lost
before the school children be again
drafted to provide a soft thing for any
work dreading promoter.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23

some beyond-Nephi men now are doing
On ground that never gets bit Of the
blessing of irrigation.
The University of Utah is lifting and
maintaining a whole candelabrum of
lights for the leading of the young laen
and the young women Of the state. By
following that light, they may make
themselves better than they have been
in the past; better than their fathers
and mothers have been-because more
capable for the discharge of tasks that
rest upon them.
The national and the state govern
ment are uniting to kindle a whole
armament of lights leading to the re-
clamatiOn of the lands of the state Of
Utah; to developing the mines Of the
state; to encourage the utilization Of
the resources of Utah. And all citizens
who love their state are in peace and
industry following the lights"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
"EoLLoW TIE IIeHTs.U

That's What the manager of the Food
and Industrial exposition says: Fol
low the lights" The lights can be seen
from far up and down Main street. They
make a sort of trail. You pick up the
trail at Main and First South streets.
1t leads you west to Richards street,
and then north to the door of the expo
sition building. Go inside and your
quest is ended. The Trail has done its
duty. You are in the presence of the
foods and the industrial products of the
state Of Utah.
The Agricultural college is raising a
cluster of lights over the previously
dark subject of dry farming If men
would make use Of the resources of the
state, they will follow the lights" BY
doing so. they will find themselves able
to raise thirty bushels OF wheat to the
acre en- ground that costs practically
nothing If they follow the lights"
they will be able to raise peaches--ss
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23

You come at any hour Of the day
for a private lesson. You may have
a lesson in ten minutes or stop all
day.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
Neutrality-suspicious. CITY, UTAH. TUESDAY, g.

ward Of its own force: But Brady is
still governor, and he is doing as good
q job Of it as some have done who have
gone that way before him, and a whole
lot better than some of his newspaper
critics would make"
Talk about "damning "a man with
faint praise" Surely the governor of
Idaho has learned by practical expert
ence what that means.
But for all of the left-handed compli-
ments, we are of opinion that James
Brady, governor of Idaho, is as big as
his office-and the people of his state
are very fortunate to have in the execu-
tive chair man Of his ability, honesty
and. effectiveness.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
TWO WAYS OF LOOKING Att.

Here is the way the Salina Call looks
at the matter:
The rald-Republican is very kind
to the country papers of the state, as
well as helpful. 1t recognizes them and
their good work, which is a good deal.
This paper does, and most others should,
take to heart it's criticisms of a few
days ago. OF all our exchanges The
Herald Republican is the most coveted
and the first TO be read.
And here is the way it appeals to the
Eastern Utah Advocate, published at
Price:
For the benefit Of The Herald-Repub-
lican, il might not be out of place to re-
mark that better country newspapers
might be made in Utah if the latter re-
ceived the patronage to which they are
justly entitled, and which are in a
measure "hogged" by the hyphenated
publication at Zion.
You see, it takes all kinds to make a
world.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
RATHER WASH THAN WORSHIP.

At the city Jail on Sunday the pris-
oners would not come out and take even
the smallest part in the religious serv-
number of excellent people from one Of
the churches. They remained in the
bath rooms, and cleansed themselves,
They would rather wash than worship
Wei. they might have done worse.
The recording angel probably made an
entry to the credit of the church people
who came. Their labor was as arduous
as it would have been had they received
the most profound attention from the
entire population Of the city Jail. So
far as the visitors were concerned, they
did their work. Doubtless they will be
credited with it.
And the prisoners, by the same re-
cording angel, will with equal likelihood
get credit for that cleanliness which is
next to goodness. There is a worship in
the clean skin. Every man has a bet
ter chance to think clean thoughts when
his body is clean. He has a lesser
Whether the prisoners went to the
wash in preference to going to the serv-
Ice is quite beside the question. The
church people went to the jail, and rem
dered their task. The prisoners later
came downstairs, clean, clothed and in
their right minds. The church people
were none the worse for being ignored.
And the men in jail are better for the
thoroughness with which they performed
their ablutiOns.
And it may be both will learn some
thing valuable: The church people that
IL is not fair to corner a man in Jail and
preach his sins at him; the men. that
the people who come there to hold serv-
ice do it because they have wish to
do good
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23

We loan you a visible machine at
your own home or office for prac-
tice.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
CUT OUT COLORADO.

That development congress" recently
held at Grand Junction, Colo, should
not soon be forgotten in Utah. The pub
lished plan of it contemplated united
work by the people of western Colorado
and of eastern Utah. State Senator
Brinkerhoff was one of the Utah dele
gates to the congress-" and he was
told from the platform. after he got
there, that the Utah delegates would be
permitted to take part only ''by cour-
tesy." They were no part of the con
gress.' and Colorado proposed to ex-
clude them. 1t rs gratifying to know
that Senator Brinkerhoff took them at
their word, and absented himself from
the remaining sessions of the con
gress."
For a good many years Colorado has
made it pretty clear to the people of
Utah that it had no need for them ex-
cept to bring money. And a decent re-
gard for the opinions of men make it
necessary to add that Utah can get
along quite as well as Colorado under
the terms of separate maintenance.
We don't need anything Colorado has,
and the quicker we convince them they
can't have anything of Utah without
paying for it, the better it will be for
this state.
That expression of boorishness dis
played at Grand Junction in connection
with the development congress-
should be accepted as the final word
from Colorado.
The thing for our people to do is to
develop their own state, and ignore the
"by courtesy" route to needless indig-
mites at the hands of arrogant promo
tiers in Colorado.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
AN OBLIGATION ON THE
REPUBLIC.

Far fall the day when the people can
get accustomed to such catastrophe as
that at the coal mine In Cherry, Illinois.
Far fall the day when such loss of hui
man life can be dismissed with routine
happenings; when it shall be an intru-
sion to speak of it week after it has
occurred.
The loss of life there. even if all the
missing shall be found alive, is far too
large for the nation to contemplate with
Indifference. No employer would risk
his horses and mules and baled hay as
what is true of the Paul Jones mine is
true of every mine not equipped with
provision for the safety Of the men
while at work, and their escape when
fire or flood or other visitation comes to
them. Every capitalist would reflect
that his mules represented his money,
and he would make sure they would
not be sacrificed.
The United States of America must
give to labor an opportunity TO live; to
live like freemen. Men must be as
sured of the opportunity not alone to
procure food and clothing, but they
should be able to marry, to provide for
their children as the children of freemen
must be if the nations freedom be main
tanned
When men ask for work in a mine,
they have no chance to dictate condi-
tons. The conditions are there before
them; ready made; fixed and unaltera-
BILE for the individual. He may take
them or leave them. In fact and in
practice, he has to take them. He goes
into the mine on the proprietors terms.
And the nation owes it to the nation it.
self to see that the terms are such as
can be accepted with safety to the life
and security to the republic. It will not
do TO send three hundred men into a
mine where they may lie killed without
a chance for their lives.
II The country treats labor badly, la
Dor will treat the country badly later
on. This is not the expression of an
archy. 1t does not need follow that la
Dor will rise" and exact bloody penalty
for its mistreatment. That is not
needed. But if the nation is in part
composed of citizens so neglected as
that, the nation will suffer simply be-
cause of the low grade to which it re-
duces those citizens.
Make safe the lives Of men in the
mines. For the sake of the nation into
give to men the same consideration that
is given to property-at least. And the
necessity for that more interests the ma
ton than the miners-by far.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15
An Economic Proresr.

did understand you to ask me If
wanted work?" asked Flooding Pete.
That's what you understood. IL YOU
understood anything" answered the
woman with a cold, steely eye and a
square jaw.
you've got some wood that needs
chopping, suppose"
II have"
Lady, I'm surprised at you. Don't
you know dat de trees gather moisture
gradually an by slowly lettin' it into
de ground keep up steady water sup
ply? Don't you know dat when you
leave de hillsides naked an bare de
water comes down in freshet, same
as beer from a barrel wit de head
stove in? Don't you know dat future
generations is goin' to miss de UNI
brageous protection overhead an dat
our grandchildren is liable to be at de
mercy Of parasol trust? An you
want me to chop wood! Lady, I'm
surnrised at your Washington Star.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15
Old Style PRINTING.

You all know. of course, that print
ers make the lines of type in newspa-
pers and in books Of equal length by
means Of metal spaces" of varying
degrees of thickness, says the Chicago
News. This is what is technically call
ed ''justifying."
But you do not know, perhaps, that
spaces were unknown in the early DAYS
OF printing and that the printers were
In the habit of shortening or lengthen-
ing words at pleasure to make the lines
even.
An illustration of this arbitrary treat
ment of words may be found in an old
black letter Bible, where the word
"hot" is spelled "whot," "hote" and
"hot," according to the space to be
filled to even out the line. In the same
book the words I'VE" and I'VE" are
spelled with a single "e," and a few
lines lower on the page they are SPELL
ed "wee" and "yee." In another place
the printer did not have room enough
for the two words ''shall be-" and he
made them "shalbe."
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15
FOR The CHILDREN
The subway Game.

HS runway GGE1Oa
The subway game is fur at a marty
where there are older boys and girls.
and 1t is easy to play. Prepare Sims
or paper with questions written an
them-q questions that would start a
conversation, like what is your favor
lite bookY "Do you want TO vote p
Where would you like to travei?" etc
Arrange the chairs in two lines nv
twos, leaving an aisle between the two
rows, so that 1t Is like a train. with
double seats on each side of the aisle
Then the girls are told to enter and
take the outside seats farthest from
the aisle and the boys take the other
seats. The questions are distributed
ana the players are allowed three min
utes' conversation on the subject mem
toned on the paper. AS usually han
pens In real subways, they have to
leave In the middle of their talk. for
the conductor" informs them that
time is up, and all the men move for
ward one place, while the girls hand
their questions to the girls in back.
Thus every one has new partner and
new question at every change. This
Is very good game for shy people
who perhaps know how to talk very
well II they can only begin. 1t is well
to have the questions very varied. SO
that the frivolous, the learned, the
travellers and the stay at homes may
all have their turns.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15
AMER RUS co
For Real
CIV LoTs.

CITY LOTS.
200-Corner lot on Harrison street.
6O0-Eaeh, for two fine lots m Sher-
Soo-For three hne lots on Fourth
: 2SO-cOrner lot adjoining Occur a.
: sOO- Corner lot on Foster Street.
$1500-For ie5 by IFS feet on Mullan
ave-, on Electric line. Fine To-
cation Tor factory or warehouse.
HOUSES AND LOTS.
: 4bO-Two room house and lot, Tay-
lor's Park.
: 6OO'-Corner lot and room house So.
Ninth Street
; 7O0-Corner lot ana Weaving ShoD
on So. Ninth Street. Three car
machinery.
f2b-Corner lot and three room house
on Lakeside Avenue.
SlOOO-Eight room new house and one
lot, Forest Heights.
NAVoo-FLve room house and one lot.
piastered, Forest Heights.
$1eOO-Eive room cottage, with bath, on
Front Street.
siSoO-Eive room plastered bungalow,
sI7OO-F'ive level lots and tbree room,
house; good well Of water, gaso-
$500 line tank and pump.
SASOV--F1ve room house and two lots,
s1s5O-Five room house ana Sath. BIAS
tered, cement foundation.
SzlVV-EIve room house. completely
furnished, on Indiana street,
$22OO-Corner. 76xI05, ON Sherman
street. with fve room house.
$500 with fireplace.
xS6OO--Two lots, one a corner. with
room modern house. on Garden
street.
ACRE I'm cTs
S00--Two acres in Springwater Al
dItion, with water piped
$lOOO-4O acres In Occur d'Alene river
valley; 200 fruit trees; log house
ana barn; 80 acres under culti-
walton. A good buy.
$lObO--One acre and 4 room house. on
A, Eourth street, close in.
$1O5O-Ten acres and 2 room house
800. near Heutter. on electric line.
$loOV-One acre and story dwelling,
s2sOO-is acres, With I Poo soO fruit trees.
acre strawberries; live spring of
tion,
sSs6O-l2 acres and room house. good
Darn; acres bearing orchard:
/ acre strawberries; ga acre
raspberries; Y acre dewberries;
" mile from city limits.
FOR RENT.
Twenty acres OF good garden land on
shore Of Sucker lake. tx miles
from Hauser Junction. IS room
mouse which will accommodate
summer boarders at a good
profit. About Is acres orchard
IN bearing. House plastered,
VIII rent for one to Ave years,
AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY.
Sl5 Sherman Street.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15
Game Of Farmysrd.

Ii among your circle there is one per.
son who makes himself extremely OBJ
jectionahle from his forwardness OF
bumptiousness, this Is an excellent
game for putting him I'm his right
place.
The master Of the ceremonies states
that the present company must all
imagine themselves to be the denizens
OF farmyard. He says that he viii
whisper to each in turn the particular
animal he wishes them to initiate.
Then at given signal--when he drops
his handkerchief-they must all imi-
tate together the noise Of the animal
they are supposed to be.
he then whispers to each in turn ap-
parently the name of the animal they
are to represent. In reality what he
really whispers is, Remain perfectly
silent" When he comes to his real
victim, however, he whispers, THE
donkey; bray as loud as you cant"
The youth shippers and promises him
self to attract general attention from
the realism of his performance. The
naster Of the ceremonies then cries
out, "A1 ready; now Them Every one
remains perfectly silent except the
bumptious youth, who covers himself
with confusion and ridicule by the
loudness of his solo.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15
cro,v,iIna Hlm-


Mr. PcgBon's three sons had married
and gone to settle down In different
parts Of the country. One day he re-
ceived this telegram from the eldest:
You have grandson. Fine boy. Ten
pounds. GHORcW
Mr.. Pogson answered 1t at once:
Good Buy finest baby carriage you
can md and send bill to me.
FATHER
In due time the bin came. II called
for $S6, and he sent his check for the
amount.
A few weeks later his second SON
sent him this dispatch:
You are the grandparent OF a fine boy.
Not weighed yet. but bouncer.
HENRY.
To this he responded:
Glad to hear it. Buy good, serviceable
baby carriage and forward bill to me
FATHER.
Promptly came the bill. 1t was for
$25. and he paid 1t.
Ten days elapsed. and then came a
dispatch from the third son to this
effect:
You have another grandson. Large. fine
boy. Named for you. ALBERT,
Mr.. Pogson's response to this was
as follows:
All right, but looks like crowding me.
with it. FATHER
Youths Companion.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15
A Profit in soardsr..

here nine women lose money and
T themselves out the tenth makes
pe profit keeping bOarders.
pd why is this?
Pc average woman goes into the
mess without any system. or II
does begin well she soon leaves
gs In the hands of servants. who
lder her either Intentionally or
ngh wastefulness. Then, too, the
onal touch is everything in a
e. can tell the difference in a
ng room instantly when the mis-
Of the house has been there and
2 she has not.
Is the same thing with the menu.
Pout constant watching 1t becomes
ptonous. There is a big difference
when the mistress Of the house
her own marketing.
she has good taste in interior
ration. that counts for a lot. An
&c effect may be obtained very
ply If one knows how. and people
to engage a room that has har-
Gus wall paper and furniture than
.Fhere things are more expensive.
lon't match.
secret OF succeeding with a
ing house, Ike succeeding in any
else. Is TO take an active per
interest and keep 1t up.
MAUD ROBINSON.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15

1t a knowing pencil could mark a.
cross the face of every advertisement in
this issue IT'S ACTUAL VALUE TO
YOU--to you personally, to you NOW
you would be inter ested, wouldn't your
Couldn't you make pretty accurate
appraisal YOURSELF It will not take
much clairvoyancy on your part to find
opportunities, price-concessions, chanc-
es to buy and sell-and to estimate the
money worth of these to yourself.
Besides-making such an appraisal is
an education for you. It will teach you
to know your own interests at sight
to weigh and consider propositions that
appeal to you, and to discard those that
do not. And, after cultivating the habit
OF marking the ads. that are important
to you youwill fndyourself the owner of
A Pencil That knows Things!''
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-15
Test of Culture.

Here is what a recognized authority
says on the subject: "In spoken Ian
guage pronunciation is the most strik-
ing element, cnd thus it happens that
1t is more than any other one thing
the most obvious test of general cul-
ture. Even in a speaker of recognized
ability his mispronunciations fall harsh
ly upon the ear and cause the hearer
to suspect that his early If not later
education has been wanting in polish
or that he has not been accustomed to
the society of refined and cultivated
people" Surely this writer does not
oVerstate the case or exaggerate in
any way the Importance of correct pro-
nunciation.