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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
LATE LOCALS S.

Successful OpcratlonNIiss Nedi g,
8Beebe, daughter OF O. C.. Beebe and
Clara w. Beebe. who was oter!itcd
or fos{5 apppendicitis Monday last at
the Groves I.aGtereaay Sa;nts ie.sseitt1t
is reported to be getties alSr.g Hsn.
The operation was constderaa
successful one.
EARLY Recovery Ironliscd-The CON
3dition of Mrs. Alice Is. smith, wife OF
President Joseph r. Smith. who was
operated on Al the Groves La tter-day
Saints hospital a few days ago. Is re-
ported to be improved today. She is
said to he getting along nicely now,
with prospects of early recovery.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
HORSES MADE NERVOUS.
When the Subtle Fluid Played With
Them they Kan Away.

E Two runaway accidents resulted this
morning from the rails of the Denver
& Rio Grande Western tracks to Park
City being charged with electricity a
Nobody was injured. but the drivers
the circumstances to the co,ill-s
sty road SUPERVISOR The railroad Off
Gals Immediately took steps u 10 re-
5lieve the situation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
BOARD MAY RE0RGANIzE.

Z The board of education Will hold its
regular meeting tonight. It is possible
that the board will he reorsanizel and
a president chosen to fill the yaca rcY
caused by the death of Judge II. r.
Henderson. Prof. Byron Cummings has
been mentioned for thespresidency. The
bidsEfoi. the furnishing of three school
houses will be considered tonight and
awarded. This Includes 1900 desks for
pupils, 80 teachers desks. five roll top
desks for principals The petition Of
the Fidelity & Deposit company of
Maryland asking for. an extension Of
time on It's contract 70 complete the
Jefferson school building VIII also be
considered v
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
JORDAN STAKE OLD FOLKS.
yyandanlerc. JIily fduh

Az Special trains via Salt Lake Route.
from Draper, Sandy and Murray,
leaving Draper $50 a. m, returning
special train leaves Salt Lake at a ~
m. Very low fare. Big program of
sports at Wandamere the peoples
favorite resort.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
PILL ROLLERS D |. |. I 4 ARE
On The R0ADHE|:.R.E:
Members Of Utah Pharmaceuti-
cal Association Heading
For Salt Lake.
FOR ANNUAL CONVENTION En-
Elaborate Program Prepared for
Meeting at the Commercial Club
81 Which Opens Tomorrow.

The ninth annual state convention of
the Utah Pharmaceutical association
will be held in this city tomorrow and
| Thursday, at the Commercial club. An
elaborate program has been prepared
as follows: "
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13

gsquelcli ME yet, because neither OF them
car. be fair, Mr. Stewart has nal \
clous'y lied in his statement. There
was no st.fcation for 1t and he made
~ up out of whole cloth right here. i
want to tell him now tina he Is a lar
and n alicious lar. To Mr. NIultlo
sI vi u say that y am in no combine alton
with MIR. Moran but ] am not afraid.
to stand mp Tor him because he Is the
best contractor. and 4 am, not afraid.
TO say it,
After Fernstron sat down Stewart
made a remark about slSuilks and then
Councilman Hall attempted to pour2otl
upon the troubled waters. Councilman
Martin a so talked at length upon the
situation
2s VOTE ON MOTION.
Murdoch closed the debate and asked
that the bill be referred to the board
of public works with instructions TO.
submit an itelnized account from the
report OF the Inspectors who were on
the work This was carried by one
vote which was MS follows:
To reconsid er4t Ferry, Hodgsor,, Hol-
ley, Hall Murdoch, Raybould, Stewart
--41. r
No-4Rlack, Cowburn Fernstrom
Martin. Reetlail Woods
Black declared the motion lost be-
cause itfsWas a matter OF appropriating
money and that a majority of the 5conn-
Gil had to sustain the motion. All ap-l
peal was taken from the decision and
carried, only Black, Cowburn and Mar
tin supporting the decisiongof the chair:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
wE.D:,NEspAY, July ia.

10 o. M, meeting called to order by
President j H. johnson; prayer by
chaplain, Rev. S. II. Goodwin; roll
call; reading of minutes; address of
welcome by DR.. w. "A. Wade, Salt
Lake; response by Archibald Bevan,
Tooele, and Alex Hedqiiist; payment
OF dues and election of new members.
2 p. M, presidents address, by ]. III,
Johnson; reports of officers and COM
mittees; reading Of papers and discus
Fsions or same.
1870 p. nj. ladies' will meet at the
Cullen hotel and take the 2 b, IN. train
to Saltair. where they will compete in
bowling and target contests for prizes,
followed by a steamboat ride on the
lake.
Al s p. M, gentlemen take train for
SSaltair. and rejoin their ladies'.
s b. M, banquet at the ship cafe, with
dance in the pavilion.
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j. o. o. r..

j. O. o. #.
midsummer Excursion To Lagoon
Friday, July 9th.
q Special trains via Salt Lake Route
from Tintic District and Nephi. See
iieares. committee for program of
sports and entertainments. Special
trains returning.
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rr,RNsE OF FERNsTRoM..


Murdoch was interruEted dozen.
times by mcinb hers Of the council who
wanted to know about some thing or
another When FernstroT assailed him
and wanted to know j the leaks OUT
side of the cement work. which Moran
had stopped2.up. We're included in ms
estimate. Murdoch turned on him
fiercely.
n .You, for one. have been working
for Moran soul and hodyslncc he wiis,
allowed Il bill OF $4,000 for extras on
the Sig Cottonwood conduit. am
inaking this light Tor the city against
i, ffavorite contractor who Is 2patted on
the back by you and allowed to
charge thejcitp anySprice he wants to-
Mr.. stewart jumped TO the floor and
greed with MURDOCH. He turned
slvagely upon Fermstrom and ex-'
claimed that he hoped he had been
effecutaliy s1uelched He charged
Fcrnstron, again witl, saving that
SHIT Lake was only big enough for
two contractors and the others ought
to be driven out for doing poor work.
HARSH WORDS ON FLOOR.
Fernstrom arose aud secured the
floor on tho grounds of personal pll-
yilege.s and e&claimed:
Neither Murdoch nor Stewart can
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
THURSDAY. JULY Is.

Ssahs5 Vas hinr TN i y a. soiicitor de-
q M, 4 rnent ~ I, ,c,,Jt,,re N I3eadinr M,
5 sners and lisoussioii3 a. came. 5TSj.
H5s'S 9 q. MIR Ing ,peTs and discus
sion Of same; new business; election
Of officers fot. the ensuing year; INSTALL
4 Ineit Of officers elect. N
Il b IS. I,i.-'rhe ladies' Will attend an or
Y pslr, recital at TIE tabernacle and will
4 then be taken FOR a street car ride to
points 9of interest about the city, IN.
Guiding d trim To Fort Douglas.
9;s S 40 IS II. THE ladies' will be enter.
taincd at the home of Mrs. Charles Van.
4 Dyke. No. 25s South Sixth East street
The ladies' Of the Salt Lake Retail
4 DRUGGISTS association will be present
II to assist in their reception and enter
tainn1ant A banquet Will be given by
the salt Lake druggists at the Com
merciai club. Y.
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The papers to be read and discussed
viii be al blows
Z e s.l,.,The Function ofsthe State Board of
Pha r1na ~ and the New Pharmacy
s. Ia VS., ~ Alex Hedauist. Provo Dis
\ cussion d,y II u s;chranirn and w. fl.
Y 1Dnvt,nl sa1f i AXE
sS9..C,hStnfstrv and MS Practical Appli-
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
EXCURSIONS EAST,
Via OREGON Short Line,

- Ia SJFeTVHH kot'OEI IltIIE.
July End. srd. 25rd and 24th. August
18th and 18th. and September 10th
and 11th Ask agents Cor rates and
further particulars. City Ticket Of
fee col Main Street.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
IVAUDEV|L Turn |. \
IN CITY COUNCIL in 1
Battle Royal Over Patrick !.
Moran's Little Bill as
The HeadIiner.
FOR FERNsTR0M.
Murdoch md stewart Accuse Man
From the Third of UItcrior
siotiycs--Th Lie Passed.

| Patrick J AIorar's billaiof $20,45S.Gfs
for repairing the leaks and patching
lup the mistakes in the outlet sewer
pipe arose and srnote him last night
Wheps Councilman j. y, Murdoch made
a comparative statenlentsaof this bill
and his bids on other work showing
that the official contractor had over
charged the. city at least $4,000 for
his work. Before he had finished his
attack on the bill "a general tilt wsts
had between several members of the
council. ]. j. Stewart. member from
the Fourth precinct, was called
malicious lar by Councilman n. s.
Fernstrom, and retaliated by calling
Fernstronl a skunk, Then Murdoch
denounced Fernstrom as working for
Pat Moran soul and body While tl,.s
spectacle was being carried on Council
man 4. r. Black. who presided in the
"a bsence of AL Davis sat back In his
chair and snilingly approved Of It..
Il Murdoch succeeded in carrying his
motion for reconsideration by one vote
and the blll$was returned to tho board
8of public works with Instructions to
make an itemiaed statement Of the re-
ports of the inspectors so that the
council could see Just what work had
been done ~ 81 q
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13

Every Day a Big Day
AT saltair. Bathing superb Hlrpo-
drome. good bill. Restaurant. .LeSia--
than
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.opIous coMPARlsoNs


Now this aqueduct,n he said was
5000 feet In length. 1t was feet s
inches In diameter on outside measure
8inents. The thickness Of the concrete
was 8 inches and the trench required
an excavation of from 12tto IA feet N
width and from six to 10 feet in depth.
He was willing to put this work In for
SO a foot. but wanted SITS for coy
tering with cement n wood stape pipe,
"a inches in diameter And the cement
was only four inches thick and his ex-.
Scavating was nothing in comparison
with what he would have to have done
ION the aaucduct.
II want to give the devil his Just
dues in any matter butlI thinlSS}tha
Moran has overcharged the city. IN
this comparison 7 have allowed Moran
70 cents Il foot for cement. S1.5O a
cubic yard for excavating, so cents a,
foot for reinforcing bars and z per
cent for supervision Moran offered to
put in the auueduct for those figures
and II believe that5'hc ought to be
able 10 do the work on the outlet pipe
Tor the same figures and make u
profit, ~ AZ 3H5a-'3
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13

NfcClclian's symphony Orchestra
on ship .Leviathan,' at Sarair, daily
$3.50 to 500. It's a treat.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
MURpocK's ARGUMENT

When Mr.. Murdoch took UP his fight
ION the motion to reconsider he read
extensively 'FRONT.' supreme court de-
#cision handed down in this state on
the duties of the board acknowledgements.
From a legal standpoint, the employ
ment8 Of Moran on force account was
done Illegally The attorneys he said,
who had advised him on the situation
declare that Moran cannot collect his
money from the city. Any complaint
that he might draw could be; tlemur-
red to successfully, The only persons
against are Mayor Bransford and City
Engineer Kelsey who ordered the work
done. These officials have absolutely
no right to employ contractors and
could not be given the authority, he
said to. doi5Worls for the city.
In passing from the legal phase of
the matter. he presented his own es-
innate for the work In detail, which he
believed from his experience as an en-
gineer, would not cost more than
81, 963 Including an allowance of 20 per
cent for supervision.
EN- He showed that Moran had charged
sthe city SITS per linear foot for rc7
pairing the work when the laying OF
gt66l!,i tst gIls he original contract only
cost 81. He declared emphatcally that
Moran had overcharged the city at
least s10Eper5 foot for the work. In any
kind of concrete work he said $40 y
foot would leave aSbig profit
Mora,'s bid on the North Temple
street aqueduct was $4,000, and here
he drew his comparison. SIR Is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13

'sNigiit In FL Paso''iSat Saltair.
Afternoon and evening. Also Aerial
Ballet. Seats 15c and csc.
Pure Drugs and Prescriptions our
speciality. Halliday Drug Company.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
AMBUSH SCOUTING FORCE
GENERAL AND THREE OTHER OF
FlCERS KILLED IN FIGHT
THAT FOLLOWED
ABANDON MT. GURUGA
APPEARANCE OF 1000 TRIBES
MEN CAUSES SURRENDER OF
STRATEGIC POSITION

Melilla, Oct IA large Spanish
force from Zeluan, reconnoitering in
the direction of Sokel Jemis. met
with serious reverse in an engage
ment with Moorish tribesmen yester-
day. General Diaz Vicario and three
other officers, together with fourteen
soldiers were killed, while 1872 were
wounded. The troops fell into an am
bush on their return from scouting
expedition, but managed to hold out
until the arrival of reinforcements
with battery of machine guns, when
the Moors were forced to retreat af-
ter desperate fighting.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
AUTO EXCURSION TO
MoNTEzUMA FARM

It is proposed to run an auto ex.
cursion of the business men to the
Montezuma farm near the hot springs
on Sunday afternoon, for the purpose
of viewing the results this year of the
sugar beet experiments there While
the successful growing Of sugar beets
has already been demonstrated, the
experiments this year were to demon
strate the yield per acre. The yield
has been so satisfactory that it is said
that besides getting back the money
invested, those business men interest
ed will receive a nice dividend on
their stock from the crop which will
be harvested from the twenty acres.
The excursion will start from the com
mercial club at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon and those auto owners who
wish to go are requested to invite
their friends to make the trip and
meet at the club building on Douglas
avenue at the hour named.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
Especial Dispatch)

Santa Fe, N. M, Oct. l.-Territo-
rial Engineer Vernon L. Sullivan stat
ted today that the northern end of
the Scenic Highway, extending from
Santa Fe to the Colorado state line
north of Ration, would be completed
in the near future. By January /,
a fine pike road with the mountain
grades reduced to the minimum will
be opened for traffic from the terri
torial capital to the northern New Mex
leo border. There will be a slight
break in this highway between Santa
Fe ana Las Vegas, where it crosses
the top ridge of the Sangre de Girls
to range, but it is expected that the
Forest Service will in time build this
stretch of the road and thus COM
plete what is destined to be one of
the most magnificent pieces of pub
lie roadway in the United States, a
good part of which is through the
mountains where the scenery is very
beautiful.
The road building gang of convicts
from the. territorial penitentiary is
now at work just above Shoemaker,
Mora county, where work on grading
the road through Dog canyon is prog
ressing rapidly. The conyicts' will
work towards Las Vegas and should
reach that city within month or six
weeks, providing bad weather does
not delay the work. At the Las We.
gas end Of the Scenic Highway across
the Pecos National forest, the road is
in need of repairs in many places and
the convicts will be put to work fix
ing up the washed-out places. e
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
He is NOT TALKING NOW
REFUSES INTERVIEW TO NEWS
PAPER MEN AT STATION
TO GREET HIM
GOES ABOARD ROOSEVELT
TO TAKE PART IN
HUDsoN-FULToN cELEBRA-
TIoN UNoFFIcIALLY

New York, Oct. 1.-Commander r.
e. Peary arrived here at 7:15 o'clock
this morning, and after a hurried
breakfast, he went aboard the Roose-
welt, which had steamed up the river
to the dock at Forty-Second street.
Peary refused to talk regarding the
Cook controversy.
The naval parade today consisted
Of light draught boats which will over
take the Half Moon and Clermont at
Newburg, where there will be a big
parade on land. The escort includes
light draught cruisers and a feet of
submarine torpedo boats.
Captain Bridgeman and the news
paper men were the only ones to greet
Peaky at the railroad station.
ANbig historical pageant paraded
through Brooklyn today, but the wind
prevSnted the chance of successful
fiigM by Curtiss and Wright during
the lay.
1tEis not decided how far up the
riveS the Roosevelt will go. When it
tock pearv, his wife, md Ri i5sE1 ~.
aboard, it was flying the north pole
flag. There was no demonstration for
Peary, although the vessels blew their
whistles as the Roosevelt passed at
the rear of the parade.
Proceed Up River
Newburg, N. Y, Oct. 1.-Newburg
today witnessed the formal transfer
Of the Half-Moon and C1ermont from
the lower Hudson-Fulton committee
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
COUNCIL GRANTS LICENSE TO
NAT REISS CARNIVAL COMPANY

The city council at special meet
ing held last night, granted license
to the Nat Reiss Carnival company to
show in this city for week, beginning
October 25th.
The meeting was presided over by
John X. Martin, president of the coun-
Gil, in the absence of Mayor K. D.
Goodall. The councilmen present
were Aldermen O'Byrne, Hedgcock,
Bacharach and Hubbard.
l. L. Peyser, general agent of the
carnival company, was on hand and
gave the council what information
they desired as to the class of shows
in the company, etc. Peyser stated
that the company would be in Albu-
querque during the week of the forth
coming territorial fair, and that 1t
had an open date Of a week between
the closing of the fair there and the
opening of the annual Ell Paso fair.
and hence wished to show in Las
Vegas at that time However, the
carnival, company representative said
that if the city did not want the car.
niyal to come here he would not bring
it, as it never antagonized the munich
pal authorities in any city.
After some discussion the council
voted unanimously to grant Mr.
Peyser license, charging him $50 fol
the privilege and with the understand
ing that the streets must be KEEP
clean, only moral shows conducted
and order maintained on the carniva
grounds This the agent promised te
do. bL g Feiglg snl
The Nat Reiss Carnival company Il
one of the biggest aggregations of Its
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
NORTH end OF SCENIC ROUTE
Will SOON BE COMPLETED

According to the territorial engi-
neer. one of the finest and most per-
manent pieces of work on all the
Scenic Highway is that part con-
structed between Ration and the Col
orado line. This is across Ration
mountain and was especially difficult
and required almost year to COM
plete. 1t is an engineering feat and
the work is of a permanent character.
All of the culverts are of solid con-
crete, while the bluffs are protected
by fence of concrete. posts and
chains.
1t is announced that the survey win
be completed in the near future for
the new road between Roswell and
Carrizozo This road will be much
shorter than the one now in use and
will pass through Picacho, Hondo.
Lincoln, Nogal and Carrizozo.
Plans are now on foot to raise funds
for the building of this road and the
Santa Fe-Albuquerque highway, the
survey for which was completed this
week. The money will be borrowed
for the work and it will probably be
possible for work to be begun within
the next month. In each instance
the counties through which the road
passes will cooperate with the terri
tory in the work, supplying part of
the labor and funds necessary.
Just now the outlook for good roads
in New Mexico was never better and
this augurs well for the rural districts
Jas well as the important commercial
centers of New Mexico, for with good
roads the volume of trade will be
considerably increased.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
ROOSEVELT 7
POLICIES
HIS
PRESIDENT TAFT DEFENDS AS
sERTloN HE is NOT CARRY
ING THEM OUT
SAYS PUBLIC is MISLED|
CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN CABINET
FOUR YEARS AND HE
KNOWS
GIVES VIEWS ON ALASKA
OPPOSED TO TERRITORIAL FORM
OF GOVERNMENT THERE
AND GIVES REASONS
SAYS PUBLIC is MISLED
CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN CABINET
FOUR YEARS AND HE
KNOWS
GIVES VIEWS ON ALASKA
OPPOSED TO TERRITORIAL FORM
OF GOVERNMENT THERE
AND GIVES REASONS

Seattle, Oct. President Taft paid
his last visit to the exposition grounds
this morning to visit the live stock
show. He then went to the golf and
country club, where he spent five
hours playing golf with an old Yale
classmate. At four o'clock this after
noon he will leave for Tacoma, where
he will attend dinner and address a
public meeting.
Last night the president made an
address, in which he dwelt on the
hustling qualities of Seattle citizens
and paid tribute to Secretary of the
Interior Ballinger, announcing that
the secretary had his full confidence.
He also defended himself against the
assertion that he was not carrying out
the Roosevelt policies, saying that
many did not know what his policies
were, and as he had spent four years
in the Roosevelt cabinet, he knew as
well as anyone what Roosevelt contem-
plated, and that he would carry out
his plans.
Speaking before the largest audi
ence he has faced since his trt., began.
President Taft last night announced
that he would urge in his coming mes
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
1AMMANY FORCES name GAYNOR
FOR MAYOR OF new YORK

New York, Oct. 1.-The democratic
convention of the city of New York
last night nominated the following
ticket: icita fojq
Mayor Justice William Jay Gaynor
of Brooklyn. ao
Comptroller Robert M. Moore. OF
Manhattan.
President of the board of aldermen
John F. Calvin of Manhattan.
The Tammany cohorts were SO
strong that they overrode with ease
the opposition faction headed by Sen
ator Patrick H., McCarren of Brook
lyn. e
In the mayoralty fight, Justice Gay.
nor's chief opponent will be Otto T.
Barnard, president of the New York
Trust company, nominated by the re.
publicans, and who has some assur.
ances of support from the fusionists
There was no mention or even in.
direct reference in the platform to
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-10-01
TOSS OF COIN DECIDES
FATE OF DESERT MINER

Los Angeles, Oct. david FL
bridge. mine owner who recently
disappeared in the desert, staked his
life on the toss of coin and lost,
according to "Malpais Nike, a pros
pector who was with him. Mike"
says the two lost most of their pro-
visions on trip to inspect a power
site and when their water was re-
duced to five gallons, Eldridge pro-
posed they toss a coin to see which
one would make dash for Green
water for aid. mike" won and when
he arrived at Greenwater and set out
with a searching party for his com
panion, the latter could not be found.