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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
SCORES
SUCCESS IN SALT LAKE
Tracy Loan & Trust Company Dis
tributes $2,298 This Year
Among Employees.

Employees of the Tracy Loan & trust
company have reason to look back upon
the year Just closed as a good one, judged
from the standpoint Of business. In har-
nony with the annual practice OF the
trust company to divide portion of the
profits for the year among the employees.
the president Russel l.. Tracy, yesterday
distributed the neat sum of s2.29s among
those employed in the office. Each clerk
received a check fer New Years pres
ent the amounts ranging from $40 to
$500 This policy of profit sharing was
established in 1902 and since that time
including the presents made yesterday
$ 20 has been distributed among the
faithful employees ia the office The sue
cess of the policy is reflected in the
amounts distributed in the various years
Here are the figures: 1902, 800; 1903
$50: 1904 ssa5: 1905. 81 900: 1885, s. 80
1857. s1,55e, 1905. $500. Officers and di-
rectors of the company are well pleased
with the workings of the cooperative
system as applied TO this particular bust
ness They are convinced that it aids
10 the efficiency of the office force and
in that way increases the profits of the
business. It certainly makes more pleas
ant the relations between employer and
employed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
WILL BE LOBBYISTS.
Members of Juvenile Court commet-
tee to Work During Session.

Although there is a law against lob
bying. and dire are the consequence
of the infraction of the statute, it is
likely that the committee recently APP
pointed at a mass meeting of those in
terested in the work of The juvenile court
system will be active lobbyists" for q
greater part of the coming session of the
legislature. The committee on Thursday
made its recommendations. verbally. to
the commission. Inasmuch as the present
commission expires next Monday, il was
deemed advisable not to make a written
report of the committees conclusions
The committee of seven. however. viii
continue to exert itself in behalf of the
enactment of juvenile court laws that
VIII make the institution a thing Of
value. There Is much to be done in the
way Of getting things shaped so that
measures may be presented In concrete
form. Deliberation and caution will be
the vatchwords In the framing of the
bills that will be submitted-to the leg
islature The aim of the committee is TO
get on the statute books comprehen-
sive series of acts that viii make the
juvenile court worth while"
In its experimental stage-the last two
years-tle system has worked out well.
even though there are defects. some of
them almost fatal This year the juve-
nile court advocates will approach the
problems that confront them armed with
enlarged knowledge and ripper in expert
ence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
POLICE PARAGRAPHS.


That Salt Lake. while it was net in the
dry ranks New Years eve and day.
was vet a sober town. was reflected in
the court docket yesterday, not single
case Of drunkenness appearing Five men
Judge Dieni. and these were given Float
ers'' on their promise to leave the city
before midnight
Bill Harmon whose nomadic life has
left its marks on mis- features and clothes,
was found yesterday morning by Sergeant
Reckstead and Patrolnan Lyon In an al
leyway between South Temple and First
South streets sstupefied with liquor and
with part. OF his clothing burned off. The
man had evidently lain down in the street
with his lighted pipe in his mouth, and
when he went to sleep the hot ashes had
fallen on his coat His neck and breast
were blistered TO such an extent that As
sistant CITY Physician Paul was called
in attendance after the man had been
removed to the city jail.
John Wilt who was arrested last Ge-
tober charged with the theft Of $50 from
John Rogers. was given his preliminary
hearing before Justice Dana 7. Smith yes
terday and discharged The evidence
failed to show a case against him.
Monday forenoon will mark the close of
Judge .Diehfs ten years service as judge
of the criminal division of the city court.
He will preside over the morning session.
disposing OF such state and city cases
as may be on the docket. Judge Bowman
viii assume his office at noon Monday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
NEWS FOR DYspEpTIcs.
Some Condensed Items From All Over
America, That Show That Dys-
pepsia Can Be Easily Cured,
Whiteland. Ind.

w nltelan0, Ind.
L was a chronic sufferer from dvs-
pepsia for years; tried several doctors
without relief Began using Mi-o-na
tablets. and after several weeks treat
ment l found thorough relief. and an,
able now to eat anything. I recon-
mend Mi-o-ns to anyone afflicted win
stomach trouble. Mrs. d. A. Brewer
Buffalo. n. 7.
Allow me to congratulate Won On
your discovery of Mi-o-na. I had SOW
eral of the best doctors in the city. mt
none seemed to do me any good. von1-
tied frequently. I had this trouble four
years l took one box of Mi-o-na tab
lets, and now eat most anything with
out distress. Mrs Mary Becker, 1890
BaiIy Ave.
Bridgeton. n. ].
II would be dead If It wasn't for Mi
o-na. One year ago ] weighed only 100
pounds; now my weight is I59 pounds
eat everything want-cabbage. ham
fried potatoes-everythin doctor said
not to eat OF would die.''-Mrs. Carrie
Eanaman
Mountain Island. n. c.
81 suffered with stomach trouble for
is years: spent $500 for medicines
Everything failed. to do any good until
found Mi-o-na. That has cured me
and IL will cure others that suffer.
r Nonket.
+. c. Schramm sells Mi-o-na tablets.
the dyspepsia remedy that is rnakinc
such surprising cures throughout Amer
lea for 80 cents box. and he guaran-
tees them to cure acute and chronic in
digestion. vomiting from any cause. and
sea or car sickness.
For sale by F. c. Sehramn, druggist,
corner First South and Main streets
Where the Cars Stop"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

sion of five. of which the mayor shall
be one
Recently a committee of those inter
ested in the plan made a trip to Des
Moines on the appointment of the Civic
Improv ement league. This committee has
practically completed its report This
report will be submitted Tuesday even
ing at a meeting of the directors of the
civic league In effect, il endorses. in no
uncertain language, che new plan
The committee will recommend a num-
Der of changes from the methods now in
use in Des Moines. but in the main 1t
will report that its findings have been
such as to warrant it in recommending
the plan to the legislature for adoption
with notifications. The system as it is
operated in Des Moines at this time will
be changed by the Iowa legislature to
meet situations which experience has
shown require a different manner of
treatment.
The report of the committee will be ex
haustive and will cover every phase of
the law as il works out ia fowa's cap
ital.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
BUSINESS is TREBLED.
Civil Division of City Court Shows
Great Increase.

During the past two years the civil
division of the city court has trebled its
business, both in number of complaints
received and in the receipts of the office
for the year. In the annual report filed
with the city recorder yesterday the fees
received were given for 1898 at 81, 652. %; for
1867 they were $2-665.35, and for 1906 only
81. 77e 90
There were 1879 complaints on which
fees were paid in the last year and II,
accompanied by impecUnious affidavits
on which there were no fees, making / $50
in all. In 1867 the number of complaints
totaied 1.09a-
The combining of the Luke agency to
the city increased the receipts in 1907 and
in 1858 the RetdikDealers' association be-
gan collections on a large scale, which
materially boosted the receipts for the
year. The natural increase has also been
large.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
MONDAY Is RULE DAY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT

Monday, Jan T. will be rule day in the
federal court and the following cases will
be subject to call:
Lawson ct al VS.. L. s. Mining com
pany; Telluride Power company VS.. Provo
City; L. s. Mining company VS. Lawson
ct al 'Kroupa vs. A. Ozokerite; L. 8. vs..
Uintah River Irrigation company; Stone,
administrator NeSrenik, VS. Utah Fuel
company; Silver King Consolidated VS.
Silver King Coalition Mining company
Richter. administrator Leigh. VS.. Boston
Consolidated; Bunker VS.. Union Pacific
Railway company; Commercial Union AS
surance company, Home Insurance COM
pany. Imperial Insurance company, Lon
dor & Liverpool Insurance company. and
Royal Insurance company vs. Mine <
Smelter Supply company; Bateman VS..
Utah Consolidated; Griffiths VS.. Garfield
Water Company: in re Frisbey, bankrupt !;
United States VS.. Moore; United States
VS.. Union Pacific Coal company: in re
J. II. Hamilton bankrupt: Sampson vs.
L. s. Mining company; Clawson VS.. Van
Orden: Morgan VS.. Van Orden: Herschel
vs.. Boutwell,; Miller VS.. Utah Consoli-
dated; Commonwealth Mining company
VS.. rockingham; Stevakis VS.. L. s.
Smelling company; Williams VS.. Smith:
Raft River company VS.. Lind: Croxall
VS.. Colorado Mining company: Bosgan VS..
Daly-West; Michigan Trust company VS.
Ferry; in re A c. Miller, bankrupt in
re Schrader. bankrupt; in re A. W. Put
man, bankrupt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
MORE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Fifty-one New Cases in This City, as
Reported for the Week End
inc January |

in the city is shown in the weekly re-
port for the period ending Jan. /
New cases of contagious and infectious
disease were 81 in number and included
u fresh cases of smallpox. 70 of scarlet
fever, 1 of measles, of whooping cough.
2 of pneumonia, ; of chicken pox, of
diphtheria and ! of typhoid fever
There were q deaths during the week,
Is being males and II females. and Z
bodies were shipped. here for interment.
There are now q houses in quarantine
on account of smallpox and ) cases re-
main at the isolation hospital. For scar
let fever "a houses remain Under duaran-
tine and from diphtheFia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
PATRIOTIC EXERCISES.
City Schools viii Observe the Birth
DAY of Lincoln.

Colonel E. W TatIoek, who is patri-
otic instructor Of the state departmer.
Of the Grand Army of the Republic. is
busy with arrangements for programs is
me Salt Lake public schools on IincoIr
Gay feo Il. Members of the Grand Arm
VIII Dc present at ali these schools and
mere VIII be program OF exercises al
The chief celebration, however. will b.
AT the Lincoln school. where q brouze
ta3let containing the Gettysburg adfre--
VIII pe unveiled This tablet will be SIM
ltah-tone copies of the tablet will he
framed and hung in the other schools.
each Of which will have 100 COPIES Tor
mated 100 flags to schools tbronehor1f tie
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
THE oEs MONIES PLAN.
Important Report Will Be Submitted
to Directors Tuesday Evening.

Perhaps the most important bit Of pro-
reaed legislation affecting Salt Lake City
and perhaps one other city that will come
nm for consideration at the forthcoming
session of the legislature will be the Des
Moines plan of municipal government
The Des Moines plan is. in a way. an am
MITIGATION of the Galveston plan. 1t pro-
vides for city government by commits
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
flee Of tn Weather Bureau.

Temperature at p m. 43 degrees: max
imum temperature. ss degrees; minimum
temperature. 50 degrees. mean tempera-
ture, 80 degrees. which is 10 degrees above
normal. Total excess of temperature
since the first Of the month. II degrees
Total precipitation, none. Total precini-
tatioTf since first of month, none. which
is .0s inch below normal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
Business chanue.

S. If. Taylor & Co., successors to
Joseph z. Taylor. undertakers. and en-
5almers. Same address. z51-S-5 East
First South street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

Have you secured your t. HE at the
Louvre for Christmas and Nes Years
eve? Do 1t now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
IaureIhurst.

City East Bench. Find ont about it.
Chandler & SouIes Co..
Suite 404. Atlas Block.
Bell 215s. x lind is7.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
1909

Those persons who are seek
ing safe depository for their
idle funds. as we'll as those who
desire to establish new banking
relations. are cordially invited
to investigate the facilities af-
forded by this company.
A New Years resolution which
would be worthy OF consideH-
ton of. both old and young, is to
open savings account and add
to it regularly during the COM
ing year. This company accepts
savings deposits in any amount
and pays per cent interest,
compounded semi-annually-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

Mccoy's, livery carriages and light
livery. Both phones 81.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
DELEGATES ARE NAMED.
Governor Cutler Receives List of
Persons for Good Roads Convention.

A communication from Charles Brown.
mayor of Murray, to Governor Cutler.
Saturday, states that Arthur Townsend,
d B. Jones. f.. e. Howe, Peter Mcmillan
and Edward Parkinson have been appoint
ed as delegates from the suburban city
to the Good Roads convention here on
Jan. a.
Mayor John NJ Anderson of GrantsviIie
has appointed as delegates to the con-
vention: Otto Johnson, r. T.. Brown.
James L. Mathail, o. II. Barrus and E.
NJ Clark.
The Real Estate association of Salt
bake has sent in as its delegation to this
convention and that for the care of the
adult blind on the day following the
names of W ]. Hail0ran. Thomas Homer.
II. s. Anderson and A NJ Hufnphries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

Salt Lake Photo Supply Co. 14s Main.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
s. o. Evans,

Undertaken and embalmer. removed TO
new location. ss South state street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
Tn. Best Printing
Kodak Finishing.

/ Is done by The Century, Salt Lakes
printers. I65-157 South West Temple.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06

The Steamboat Springs Pilot is tC
the front with one OF the handsomesi
editions We have encountered in q
long time. II is designated as the
Progress Edition." and If the town
and county does not stand by the
Pilot then II indicates lack Of en-
terprise. The Pilot is printed on
Nook paper and consists of thirty-six
pages. II is tasty in arrangement and
the advertising matter shows liberal
ity on the part of the business ele-
ment and an lad setter" who under
stands his business. When 1t is con
sidered that Steamboat Springs is only
a town of 1000 people and without
railroad facilities until last January,
the undertaking OF the Pilot is re-
markable.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06

Col. Watterson says a Democrat
can not be prohibitionist or a pro-
tectionist. The colonel may believe
that no good Democrat. one of the old
school to which the illustrious Wat
terson belongs, is a prohibitionist, but
the fact stares us in the face that
most OF the southern states are on
the water wagon and looks to us as
though the Democrats are the ones
who are responsible for the dry wave
In the southland.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06
HER LAST JOURNEY.

One week ago yesterday the writer
saw Miss Fanny d. Regnier leave on
the Southern for Dolores on the way
To Grand Junction on pleasure trip
apparently In the best of health and
spirits. Today all that remains of
the girl 30 many Durango people knew
as a child. started on the last sad
journey. Her father and mother.
broken with their grief, accompanied
the body to Aztec, thence overland
to the Laplata cemetery where the
funeral was to take place at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon. Rev. Waldraven of
Pennington conducted the service.
friends sent box after
box Of flowers rs a last token of their
regard.
1t seemed very sad and awe IL -pir.
Ing to think OF the difference one short
week may make to any one Of us
Here today. gone tomorrow. aA4
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06

been given his notice by Auditor Ken.
chan, after he had been assured that
his place was safe.
The chief executioner of the state
administration Is Governor Shafroth.
During the session Of the legislature
was most deeply interested were not
particularly those involving the well
fare Of the state, but several that
sought to get around existing laws
behind which some fat jobs were safe
ly protected.
The governors disappointment was
great when the legislature turned
down the bill to abolish the state
board OF capitol managers, and sim.
liar action was taken with the meas
ure to change the personnel of the
state board of health.
The prize In the one bill was the
position of superintendent OF the capi-
tol held for number OF years by w.
X, Burchinell, and in the other the
job of state pure food commissioner
1t is understood Governor Shafroth
went to Auditor Kenehan with a de
mand that Smithers be fired to make
way for good Democrat, which Is
Kenehan's explanation of his actor
OF yesterday. 1t is not likely that Ken
chan objected very strenuously. fol
he is some believer in the Jacksoniar
policy Of rotation.
Besides Smithers' removal, the audi
tor also fired Frank Varney, assistan
public examiner; Miss Mary Pollock
voucher clerk, and Miss Belva Plat
stenographer.
A. N. Patton. building and loan in
spector. who has served for two years
also received his congo from the stat
auditor. Thursday Auditor Kenehai
called In his chief deputy. Lester Cav
anaugh, and told him that II nothin
to the contrary was ordered, he shoul
tell Smithers, Varney, Patton and Mis-
Pollock and Miss Platt that their tim
was up.
Auditor Kenehan beat hurried dc
parture and there was nothing fo
Deputy Cavanaugh but TO carry ou
the instructions of his chief, which h
+ did as soon as Mr.. Kenehan got o
the train at the union station.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06

though we call ever SO loudly we can
not hear our loved ones answer TOT
the solemn Sea of Silence lies pc
tween
Fannie Dale Regnier was born Sept
20, almost twenty-four years ago. her
native state was Kansas, the family
moving to Durango when she was
about years old. A year or Two
later they moved to Leadyille, return
ing TO this part of the state ie"
years later. Then the family located
on the La Plata, one mile from the
state line, on the Colorado side, where
they have remained ever since.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. s. Regnier, the dead
girls parents, are well known III Du'
range as well as in the La Piata
| section. Her grandfather d. T. Daie
| is one of the old pioneers, wiuely
known through the stopping place ne
formerly conducted before the days oi
the railroad. Besides these, there are
left TO mourn. an elder brother, Harry
| and two sisters, Mrs. Katc Heather
and Bessie, who is about l6.
We have sweet ana pleasant mem
ories OF Miss Regnier-s0me OF III
many such. Others. who saw her bu
few times will not forget her soon
though we shall see the kindly brow
eyes with the humorous CLEAN In thei
velvet depths no more.
"As In water face answereth I
face so the heart of man TO man.
While we think she would prohabl
have been the last to have noticed j
she was so unassuming, the friendl
attitude the dead girl manifested {
all mankind called forth immediate r.
sponse in friendliness from those sh
met. Everyone was her friend. "Sh
made friends wherever she went
some one said esterday-some on
who had known her from her earli'
years
We all want to be kind-when "
have time; we want to he friendly
but often. people. never suspect 1t fro
our attitude. For the only time
now, and "he that would have frien
must show himself friendly Thi
Miss Regnier has made this plain
us, all who have known her, bel
witness. Such a life is not lived
vain.
Life is too short for aught
, But high endeavor-
/ Too short for selfishness
. But long enough for love"
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06

Every parent in Durango goes out In
sympathy to Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Par
sons In their great bereavement. And
the sympathy is not confined to par.
ents, but every one. young and old.
Miss Marguerite was favorite among
her school companions and those who
knew her. Her going leaves a sad
home, more SO owing to past be-
reavements. But the good Lord who
tempers the wind for the shorn lamb
will assuage the grief to parents and
those who are near and dear.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06

And La Plata county gets 1t In the
neck again, Governor Shafroth having
vetoed the proposition of accepting
the Fort Lewis Indian school. And
this after earnest work on the part
OF Senator Guggenheim in having the
measure pass congress. not to men.
ton the efforts of many Durangoites
and the board of trade. But what does
1t matter SO long as La Plata county
voters cause taxpayers to send the
state $4,000 to $4,000 more than
nine-tenths of the counties of the state
on the same real value of property?
In time may be the eyes OF the people
will be opened.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06

Under a new law gun toting in Mis-
souri, may be punished by a sentence
of two years in the penitentiary There
10 a heavy fine for carrying guns In
Durango. but the law is a dead letter.
We venture the prediction there are
more than one hundred concealed
weapons on people tramping Durango
streets daily. The man without a
gun seldom gets into trouble.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06
THE FLESH POTS.
%

Governor Shsfroth is for buIldinI
up a political machine. Honest John
is thrifty politician. and the Repub
licans who stood with the Democrat
last fall are finding this out. as vide
the following from Saturdays Denver
Post:
Wherever 1t has been possible to
reach Republican office holder under
the gilded dome the ak has descended
and the head has rolled into the bas-
ket.
Public Examiner A. p. smithers,
who rendered material assistance to
the Democratic ticket last fall. has