Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-07
morrow the people OF Frisco viii have

CttN ElsAND, Oct. Slow TO get
Il job and how to hold one---this Is
what John ID. Rockefeller told Sunday
morning TO the children Of the Enclid
Sunday school A reputation ia es-
sential TO get Job. he said He told
his experience fftyfour years aso
when he landed his first job He
struck place. he said. where there
was chance. and then HIS prospec.
tive employer sought out man who
knew him and he got the place.
Remember. boys" he said. when
you are looking for position. em-
ployers viii inquire OF people who
know you. so you win see the neees-
sity of being honest. Smartness IL not
,, absolutely necessary. but honesty, dill.
gence and sobriety are.
Why is 1t many boys do not hold
Jobs? Because they do not do ,sei,
work thoroughly and set thei- emplo,
ers doing the work they themselves
are paid to do"
NEW YORK, Oct. Ain most
spectacular flight the world has aver
seen, Wilburn Wright flew up the
Hudson river in his aeroplane from
Governors island again this afternoon,
passing Grants tomb and cIrcling
| about 800 feet above the ships oil the
International fleet. Wright had his
machine under perfect control and
thousands along the route stood in as
| tonishment or cheered at the daring
aviator. 1t Is estimated that Wright
made approximately seventeen miles.
NEW YORK. Oct. A. Wilbur Wright
started his aeroplane flight at 8: Sc a.
m. After circling about the Battery
for short time Wright sent his ma.
chine straight up tho Hudson river,
lying about 100 feet above the sur.
face OF the water. AT 1925 Wright
passed Fulton street again headed
south on his return to Governors is.
land. Wright landed at Governors
island at 1929 a. m.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. A
beautiful sunny autumn day made the
start In the international balloon race
Tor the Gordon Bennett cup q splendid
success. and more than two hundred
| thousand people watched seventeen
balloons soar skywards and disappear
on the horizon In what Is likely to
prove siirring battle to cover the
greatest distance. The southwest wind
seemed certain 10 carry the balloonists
toward Russia instead of toward the
yea. ana thus genuine test will be
afforded of the endurance OF balloons
and the skill OF the pilots, instead of,
as III the past. premature descents to
avoid plunge In the ocean.
ST, LOUIS, Oct Eight bnlloons
OF 10000 cubic feet capacity started
this afternoon In a long distance and
| time race as the leading feature of
the second day OF centennial week
here. The balloons In the eighty thou.
sand feet class expect to excel the
worlds record and Will ascend at A
| o'clock
DENVER, Oct. 1.-THE elownlnS
ese..t Az ,ae Deuver conyel.. Ion ses
son OF 1909 begins this morning anen
delegates TO the Electric hallway
Mems convention registered at the
Auditorium. For the sheer amount of
money expended on exhibits and ar.
rangements and the immense amount
represented by the organizations
which are conyening here, the con.
vention surpasses all records for Colo.
RADIO
The public issues to be debated BY
The delegates Will be OF no less i'm.
portance than the nature of the cor
vention Itself. The principal topic
VIII be the relation OF street railways
to public commissions appointed To
regulate street railway traffic and the
altitude of the railway companies to
ward the corporation tax favored by
President Taft. The convention has
invested capital represented by the
convention which staggers The imagi.
nation. II runs into ths billions. Del
egates we're received from all parts OF
tho United States. Many OF them
are milllonaires In their own right
The American Street Railway and In.
terurban Railways association Is un.
doubtedly the richest and most power
full organization in tho United States
and its action on the corporation tax
and eommissioa question is OF vital
importance.
The first general session will take
place tomorrow afternoon at the AUDI
iorium at 2 o'clock. The public viii
be admitted to this meeting.
DENVER, Oct. 4.-Ons man is dead,
another Is IN Jail charged with MUIR
der and third fugitive as the result
of battle to death last night between
three negroes In an alley.
While calling upon ffiend. Henry
Williams. a negro laborer, was called
TO the street by Harry Steele and an
other negro named stratton The
three became engaged In an argument
which lasted until tho alley WAS reach.
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