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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-20
Patrons in Wrong Pew.

One thousand Of the holders of the blue
tickets mistOOk ne location Of the stand
in which they We're entitled to seats and
went to Seventh South street and de
They We're refused admission and they
appealed to the police. Lieutenant John
Hempel, who was at this end of the
street, compelled the contractors to give
these persons seats. The reverse was also
true. At the Monument corner thousands
of persons sought to buy seats in the re-
viewing stand and its extension, but
We're refused because the seats were ali
reserved Tor invited guests. The street
cars were not running and the people were
unable to get from one end of the street
to the other to reach their proper grand
stands.
The executive committee exOnerated the
contractors for the failure TO have a can
vas stretched above the stand occupied
by the children of the living flag the lack
of which is said to lave been the cause
of the prOstrauO1 OF so many children.
There was no provision for a canvas COW
ering for this stand in the contract, but
the contractors had agreed 10 put the
canvas in place if the committee would
ing to the plumbers strike, the commit
tee was unable to procure the piping. The
contractors then attempted TO put the
canvas in place by means of wooden up
rights, but it was found that there was
grave danger of the canvas coming down
on the children and causing a disastrous
stampede, and the covering for that Tea-
son was abandoned.
In spite of the vicissitudes Of the grand
stand enterprise and the additional cost
Of construction, the committee yesterday
found that after paying all bills in con-
neCtiOn with them it had left of its 50 600
appropriation for grand stands about $40.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-20
GRAND STANDS
: FAILED TO PAY
Several Reasons for Losses
Received at Meeting of the
Executive Committee.
BILLS FINALLY ALLOWED
SMALL SUM REMAINS AFTER AC-
COUNTS ARE SQUARED.

Several reasons why the G. A R. eX-
ecutive committee failed to receive any
substantial revenue from its grand 5taId
concessions were heard yesterday by me
executive committee, at the eo1clu -i9,5i
OF which the bills of Wilson * McDollalu
the contractors, We're allowed ,
This firm constructed the reviewing
stand at the Monument corner, the e ~,
sion in front OF the L. G M /. anu I.IS
stand for the living flag at seventh sOutb
street In addition they obtained the
concession for the erection OF lnS PuOHC
grand stand ut Seventh South street
The contract bid for the original con-
stlrIctiOn of the grand stands Tor when
Tia. committee was to pay was Sl,1SO Ad-
ditions and alterations made necessary an
added expenditure of SOIL. Both blllS the
committee yesterday allowed.
For the concession OF building ana sell
ing seats in the grand stand erected py
the contractors at Seventh South street
as an investment the committee was 70
receive the first $500 taken in after t9e
construction Of the stand had been pdld
for. The concession granted limited the
contra ctGrs to an expenditure Oh Sz'y9J
i'm its construction. The stand cost S-,z3v
20 build and 2.Uly seats were sold at 81
each. UndeT the terms OF the conces-
sion the contractors Ibid the committee
the extra SO and We're out Sz09 by the
venture
One of the reasons assigned by the con-
tractors for the failure to make the stand
pey a profit was that there had been a
Peat deal of criticism concerning the
safety Of the stand. Several people who
knew nothing of the construction of
grand stands, according to the contract
ors, complained that the stands were I'M
safe and as a result people who other
wise might have patroniZed the stands
failed to do so. To allay these fears the
contractors were put to the added eX-
pense of adding more timbeTing, al
though they said that this was worse
than useless since the adding of more
timber instead of strengthening these
stands really weakened them. The criti-
cism of the stands, it was declared, put
both the contractors and the committee
to a needless added expense.
Another reason for The failure to make
money on the grand stands was ascribed
to the confusion and misunderstanding of
the public as 10 the locations of the
stands. The reviewing stand and its eN
tension at South Temple and Main streets
was for the use of the cOmTander-in-
chief and the invited guests of the @.
A r. Admission to the reviewing stand
and its extension was secured only by
q blue ticket given free to several thou
sand guests of the @. A. r.
Douglas Island news., 1909-05-12

A young man named Wendell had both eyes blown out and his face hor- rihly mangled by an explosion of>dyna- mite at the placer mine of J. M. Ruff ner, at Discovery, B. C., on May 9th. Late reports state that the young man died of his injuries.
 w. T. Lopp, in charge of all the rein- deer herds and superintendent of gov ernment schools far the northern div ision of Alaska, after making tour of inspection as far north as Point Bar row, recently reached the coast and took the steamer for the States. He reports that the com bined herds of reindeer in Alaska will total 22,OOO, of which nun Der the natives own l5,OOO, Laplanders near Nome 1000 and church missions 5000. The nun Der of reindeer actually owned by the government, therefore, is comparatively small, but it is nursing the industry, the object being o make deer men out of the na- tives, that they may have abundant food supply and deer skins suitable for clothing.
 Mrs. Mercer is making rough house at Seldovia again. This time she has taken possession of Herbert's hotel and is keeping him and rybody else out at the muzzle of gun. The folks think she is fool enough to shoot if the whim seizes her and they keep far enough away from the house to remove temptation to slay from the mind of the war-like lady Just how much hotel patronage she is accommodating is not stated. The lady is already under bonds to answer an indictment charg- ing her with an affinity partnership with one Fred Munson, now languish- ing in the Valdez jail under the same accusation. Mrs. Mercer went to Sel- dovia short time ago and persuaded 1. A. Herbert, merchant and hotel keeper, to let her run the hotel for him. A few days afteward when he entered the house she told him she was the whole thing and gesticulated violently in his direction with pistol. Mir. Herbert went out and stayed out. A deputy marshal will call on Mrs. Mercer in few days.-Valdez Prospector.
 Edward A. Born, of Seattle, has been awarded the government contract for delivering school supplies and mer- chandise for the natives at various goV- ernment posts from Dutch Harbor to Point Barrow. The government will ship about 1,20O tons. About May 15 the schooner P. J. Abler will be dis patched for the North with full cargo of general merchandise, followed by second ship about two weeks later. The government contract calls for freighting coal, lumber, provisions and all kinds of merchandise to be distrib- uted to the numerous stations among the natives maintained by Uncle Sam. In addition to this contract Mir. Born will deliver supplies at Bethel on the Kuskokwim river to the Friends Mis- sion. Bethel is 85 miles up the river from Kuskwim bay, and the Abler will negotiate these inland waters. MT. Born will have additional space on his vessels in which he will take North freight for private parties. The schooner Abler will remain in the far North until late in the fall, trading among the natives after discharging her carpo.
Douglas Island news., 1909-05-12
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed. Information for Everybody,

The Valdez Fairbanks trail is out of business.
 The river at Whitehorse opened up on the 7th.
 The 1908 gold output of the Susitna was S25O,OOO. Alaska now has eleven daily news papers, more or less weakly.
 The ice in the upper Yukon is begin ming to break in several places. Fairbanks is short on cream and the price has gone up to SIS case. Skagway has decided to have school exhibit at the A..Y.-P. exposition. A novel innovation in the Ketchikan district is a floating grocery store.
 Skagway has borrowed s2,5OO to tide through until the end of the fiscal year.
 Dr. Sheldon Jackson, notable figure in the early history of Alaska, is dead.
 In baseball matters-it is announced that Whitehorse will have an all-home team.
 Citizens of Valdez rendered Major Richardson banquet-one of the Sl0 a plate kind.
 It is now predicted that the Yukon river will be open for navigation about the first of June.
 Mine operators at Moose pass, Kenai peninsula, want the government to build them a road.
 Engineers representing Hirsch & Co.,, bankers of Paris and London, will ar rive in Valdez in June.
 It is reported that Charles M. Schwab has an option on Beatson's Bonanza mine on Latouche island.
 U. s. Marshal Shoup has won an other title. The Skagway Alaskan calls him "Admiral Shoup."
 News comes from Nushagak that a native woman was devoured by hungry malamutes in February last.
 Joseph Emmitt Ryus, prominent citizen of Ketchikan, died on the 9th inst, from stroke of apoplexy.
 "I expect to live long enough to see Alaska have 100000 inhabitants" said John E. Ballaine, Seattle-Alaskan.
 George Kennedy, Juneau lad, has been nominated by Delegate Wicker sham for appointment to West Point.
 Alaska travellers may now go through British Columbia without having their baggage mussed up in the foreign coun- try.
 The official headquarters of the Epis copal church in Alaska may be moved from Sitka to Seattle, says Bishop Rowe.
Douglas Island news., 1909-05-12

Milo Drogovich, a Montenegrin, shot and killed his brother in lodging house at Prince Rupert. After the pre- liminary hearing he was taken to Van couver to await his trial.
 The newly confirmed Judge Lyons will take the oath of office at Juneau and immediately hit the trail for Fair banks to hold term of court. Judge Cushman will serve at Juneau.
 Great quantities of material are be- ing rushed across the river on the Cop per river railroad for fear the high water will take out the bridge and de- lay the work of extending the road.
 Dawson is reported to be full of idle men waiting for work to start. Many Slavs and Montenegrins are go- ing in over the trail with hopes of get ting work on the Guggenheim ditch construction.
 A rate war between the transporta- tion companies engaged in handling the business on the Yukon river is as- sured for this summer. The merchants of the interior towns are rejoicing at the prospects of reduced rates.
 The sale of lots at Prince Rupert may not be success. The interest is getting less, probably because of the proposed branch of the G. T. P. which is to be built to Vancouver. There is a rumor that Vancouver may be the real terminus of the road after all.
 So many things of value are found in Alaska that new finds of strange things are common. The operator at the cable office at Seward took walk before breakfast the other morning and found man trying to dig up the cable where it came up on the beach, think ing he had found a wire mine.
 The following story comes from Sitka: For the first time in his life, Charles A. Haley, the celebrated tourist guide, went fishing today. Haley was born in Sitka B years ago and has lived here continuously, never having been below or further away from home than Juneau.
 By the terms of the agreement for the care of the Alaska insane, Mount Tabor will be given a contract for five years, but in case the Sitka sanitarium is ready to receive patients prior to that time that the contract be reopened and the home institution allowed to bid for the business.
 Whitehorse recently experienced an earthquake shock, and the Star says that it may have been caused from some interior earth bust-up or it may have been caused from some phenom- enally tight-fsted local business man realizing that he had short-changed himself to the extent of nickel.
 Edward Clausen, for years connected with the Northern Commercial com pany at Fairbanks, has just come to the outside and says that the outlook for the mining industry in the Tanana val ley was never brighter. "All we ask up there this year is rain," he said. "We have everything else. If it rains, the cleanup in the Panama will not only surprise the people out here, but will, by the riches put into the hands of the mining men, result in the opening of new creeks and districts"
Douglas Island news., 1909-05-12

The Seward Gateway quotes Bishop Rowe as au advocate of socialism, but the bishop is a little particular as to the kind.
 For selling jobs in government sur vey. work in Alaska, D. P. Goble, of San Francisco, will serve year and half in the pen.
 A party of government surveyors came up on the Dolphin as far as Ketch- ikan to start work on the boundary line near there.
 Snow x Watson have the contract for the completion of the Alaska Central railroad to mile P, on Turnagin arm, Cook inlet.
 A big strike is reported at Grass gulcb, seven miles north of Nome. It is in easy gravel, less than twenty feet below the surface.
 A contract has been signed by the Alaska Commercial company for the establishment of a United Wireless station at Susitna.
 Walter Wellman will make another try at the North pole. None of the Alaska news spaper men Have been asked to join the expedition.
 Tue publicity department of the A. Y.-P. sends out the information that for 40 jobs there are 10,482 applicants. A glutted labor market.
 The Juneau Dispatch figures it out that the Indians of Southeastern Alas ka are rapidly disappearing at the alarming rate of one year.
 Some. of the towns along the lower Yukon Will be without mail service for the next four months because, it is said, of bungle in the department.
 An exchange contends that Alaska is we'll protected against possible in- vasion by the Japs; there is the man. o'-war Peterson, stationed at Haines.
 On April 2S, when the Princess May was % miles from Vancouver, the cyl finder head on one of her engines blew out, compelling her to return to port.
 Jo Zegich, who was locked in the ice box of the steamer Yucatan for two hours, has been awarded S330 damages, which might be considered a big price for keeping cool.
 Herman Brunegroff, who fell down a hatch of the steamer Santa Clara, has sued the Alaska Steamship company for S2O,0OO damages for injuries said to have been received.
 Ten thousand tons of coal recently arrived at Seattle from West Virginia for the use of the Puget Sound navy yard. It would be some nearer to get that coal in Alaska.
 The Boston Herald says that no pres- ident of the United States has set foot on Alaska. The Herald should know that not only the president, but the congress has had foot on Alaska's neck for many years.
 Samuel Lichtenstader, owner of the Mt. Andrew mine on Prince of Wales island, is shipping 2,4oo tons of copper ore to the shelter at Tacoma. This is one of the largest shipments that has ever been made from Alaska, Forty men are now employed at the Mt. An drew mine.
Douglas Island news., 1909-05-12

Milo Drogovich, a Montenegrin, shot and killed his brother in lodging house at Prince Rupert. After the pre- liminary hearing he was taken to Van couver to await his trial.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
AMERICAN OPENS
WITH VAUDEVILLE
Success OF First Day OF Ven- /.
ture Augnrs Well for
the Season

The American theater. under the
mana cement Of Abe 5. Cohn. made its
debut as vaudeville house yesterday
and the performances. two in the after
noon and a like number in the evening.
were each attended by as many as the
seating capacity permitted. The pro-
gram was made up Of 10 numbers, all
of a first class character
The features were a series OF classic
statuary numbers and the magic OF
Carter
Jere Sanford. the whistIing and yos
deling comedian, as red headed farmer
lad. proved a great favorite in his va
rious stunts for he was called back
half a dozen times
Jack and Mrs. Golden kept the audi
ence in good humor with clever COM
edy sketch. Fay Carranza charmed her
hearers with soprano solos that were
received with much applause, and she,
too. was given several curtain calls.
Carter captured the audience with his
clever tricks. presented in a manner
that caused all TO wonder how he did
them-particularly the talking hand
The closing number OF his part of the
show, .sthe disappearing lady" was Il
very interesting optical illusion that
compares favOrably with like features
by Herman
The success of the first day and night
may be taken as an earnest that as a
vaudeville center the American viii be
one Of the popular show houses Of the
city.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
WILL DRIVE 90 HORSES
IN WORK HORSE PARADE
Feature Arranged by George
Renner for Thursday

A 96 horse team driven by George
Renner is to be one of the features OF
the parade of wo-k horses in this city
Thursday. There will be 2,069 horses In
the parade. In addition to $4,000 in cash
prizes several handsome cups and gold
watches have been offered as trophies.
The entry OF teams is 9S6, including
Renner's team of 96 horses and a 10
mule jerk line team entered by Coats
& Williamson.
In the veteran driver competition. 20
drivers have entered, all of whom have
served for more than 10 years with one
firm In the old horse class for horses
which have been in service with one
firm for at least 10 years there are SO
entries.
DR.. Ira Barker Dalziel is to be grand
marshal OF the parade, while John NJ
Ratio, H. V. Macdonald and Frank H
Harris are the parade committee work
ing with Doctor Dalzfel in arranging
the details of the parade At 9 O'clock
the parade viii form a the foot OF Mar
ket street and the horses viii be Judged
lat 9:I5 o'clock. The line of march will
be out Market street to Van Ness ave-
nue.. along Van Ness avenue to Turk
street. countermarch TO Market street
and then disband.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
WIT IS SHEER AT
DECENT THINGS
Mirth in "The Girl From Rec
tors Comes From Places
That "Take Hold in Hell"
By WALTER ANTHONY

THE Girl from Rector's- simply
smells. and l wish 1 could roast" it
without boosting it. For certain
class of theater goers the salaeious is
morsel and smut a dainty bit. Such
will say the play is great. Decent
women will not knowingly go to see it.
1t was a great night for the tender
loin last night. The play met tender
lain approval. Lines which would Of
fend the least nice went with roar
One, / noticed, called for a modest pro-
test from three patrons-women they
were-who walked out, while the out
pouring of the tenderloin shouted rec
ognition of their unclean shop talk.
WIT SNEERS At HOLY THINGS
The mirth of the play comes from
those places which take hold in hell ;
its wit is a sneer at decent holy things,
its situations unspeakably nasty and
its laekwit lines as pretty as a drunk
en- woman's joke. The play itself, as
heard a wit remark, would gag a
buzzard-
We are told that New York stood for
this stencil for a year. 1t should be
carefully covered with chloride of lime
and allowed to disintegrate on the
muekheap while passersby hold their
noses.
reached IN tillS re-
spect.- We were assured that the play
was clever, even in its suggestiveness.
1t isn't. Some of the situations are
hilariously built on sudden recognitions
and unexpected meetings. Their real
foundation rests in irreverancy for re-
lations which our fathers and mothers
regarded as holy, and the laugh they
provoke is the hollow laugh which has
no mirth. The lines are not sparkling
riotousness. Mainly they are stupid
with the imbecility of the halfdrunk.
DOES ONE SERVICE
The Girl From Rectors" achieves
this much. 1t brings into an evening
entertainment" the diverse factions of
the half world. and the morbidly Curl
Gus, or lamentably uninstructed mem
bers of the decent element II does
this service also. IL inspires what. in
my own mind, was never an accepted
theory until last night, that the thea
ter needs a censor. The government
provides against the distribution Of In
decency in the mails; THE Girl From
Rectors" spreads 1t stinking on the
stage.
The show gave me the blues.
l shall not discuss the cast. The
assumption is that they are ladies and
gentlemen earning their hring by pre-
tending to be something which they
are not. II 1 should say that any sue
ceeded in Stimulating the indecencies
they were enrolled as 1 should regard
the assertion as an insult to the indi-
vidual.
SHOULD BE ASHAMED
From Potter down. they should all
be ashamed OF themselves. The man
agement that sends them here has
done the city a wrong and the play
ers, I am happy to say. are generally
unable to fit themselves to their re-
pulsive tasks. / had rather be a dog
in Uncle Toms Cabin or the fool in
King Lear than have the job of dis
seminating his offa1.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
Personal Brevities

E. S. Cruz of San Jose is at the
Holland.
Louis Einstein of Fresno is at the
Dorchester.
R. C. Vincent Of Cincinnati, O.. is
at the Savoy
". ]. Huling of Denver is STAYING
W. NJ. Phelps OF Hartford is staying
at the Stewart
George P. Thomas of Santa Rosa is
at the Argonaat.
c. A. Belderson of Spokane, Wash,
is at the Argonaut.
DR.. e. II. Bryant of Eureka is stay
ing at the Union Square.
e. r. Baldwin OF Los Angeles is
registered at the Fairmont.
George d. Lyman of New York is
registered al the St. Francis.
E. A. Warner, a merchant of Los
Angeles. is at the Fairmont.
Senator A W. Rucker of Colorado
is a guest at the St Francis.
r. B. Oullahum and A c. Russell
Of Stockton are at the Manx-
II. B. Oberlin. a merchant of Fresno,
is registered at the Union Square
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Edwards of Los
Angeles are guests at the Fairmont
David Keith capitalist of Salt
Lake is registered at the st. Francis.
r. W. Poindexter. a banker of
art.
John Dickinson Sherwood and Mrs
Sherwood of Los Molinos are at the
Fairmont-
W. E. Curtis. a Journalist of Wash
ington, ID. c.. Is at the St. Francis
with his family.
j. Z. Stubbs. president of the Uni
versity of Nevada. is at the st. Fran
els with Mrs. Stubs.
J. NJ. Shear, Mrs. D. Shear and Ruth
and Mildred Shear Of Phoenix make
up an automobile party at the St
Francis.
Gay Lombard and his wife formerly
Miss Polly Tongu/. daughter of San
ator Tongue OF Oregon are at the ST
Francis They came in their automo-
bile from Portland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
FROM THE BENCH
A Judge Commends Pure Food

Judge of a Colorado Court said:
Nearly one year ago 1 began the use
of Grape-Nuts as a food. Constant cbn-
finement indoors and the monotonous
grind of Office duties had so weakened
and impaired my mental powers that
felt the imperative need OF something
which neither doctors nor food special
lists seemed able to supply.
"A weeks use or Grape-Nuts twice
each day convinced me that some un-
usual and marvellous virtue was con-
tanned therein Ny mental riRor re-
turned with astonishing rapidity: brain
WEAKNESS (from which / had con-
stantly suffered) quickly disappeared:
clearness of thought and intellectual
health and activity which i had never
previously known were 10 me the plain
results of few months use of this
food.
.'Unhesitatingly i commend Grape
Nuts as the most remarkable food prep
aration which science has ever pro-
duced so far as my knowledge and ex-
perience extends.
The Judge is right. Grape Nuts food
Is a certain and remarkable brain
builder and can be relied upon. There's
a reason.
Ever read the above letterl A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.