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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

How does Samuel Gompers like the
notion of Philander C. Knox taking n
job at less than the union scale"
speculates the Burlington Gazette.
1T is possible" says the Davenport
Democrat, that the United States
will have another president born in a
one-room. fioorless log cabin; but the
chances are against It."
I'm the opinion Of the Glenwood Opin-
ion THE parcels post business will
prove to be nuisance. 1t will simply
convert the rural mail carriers and
their vehicles into hucksters with
freight huckster wagons. They drive
from twenty-four to twentyeigh
miles per day and unload freight at
every house. 1t will mean shorter
routes and more carriers. There is no
just call for any such burden to be,
mall carrier to say nothing OF the
benefit to mail order houses and in
jury to local merchants"
Bedford Pre- Press does not believe
"more than 20 per cent OF the ballots
cast in this country are straight ball
lots. II this is true and those who
have watched the count know 1t can't
be far wrong, what Is the use of dis
comoding the so per cent for the ac-
commodation Of the 90 per cent, by
replacing the circle?"
''Now they want to make the term
of county officers four years, electing
part every two years They say 1t is
the custom to give a man the second
term anyway" observes the Hamburg
Reporter, and asks: Eyes. it's all right
If you have a good officer, but when
you get a poor one, what then?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald,
speaking in opposition to the proposed
public utilities commission, says
There has never been a time when
Dubuque has not been able to deal
justly with it's service corporations. 1t
has not lost this capacity. and 1t is
unwilling to surrender to the state
rights which are its protection and
its security. The Telegraph Herald
believes the interests Of the commu-
nifty are better served administered by
local officials elected by the people and
answerable 10 the people for their acts,
than they would be by state COM
mission appointive by the governor
and answerable to the people only in
directly"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

How does Samuel Gompers like the
notion of Philander C. Knox taking n
job at less than the union scale p"
speculates the Burlington Gazette.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07
FROM FOOTBALL TO FINANCE

Lee McCluug, who entered upon his
duties as United States treasurer on
The first day of November, is a young
man of great promise, but his mos,
noteworthy claim to fame, from 4 pure
" popular viewpoint. is the invention
of the football hair. IL was he, in fact.
who first wore il.
Many remarkable achievements in
this world arc brought about by acci-
dent, and so it was in this instance.
Al about the time when the new treas
urer was an undergraduate in Yale col
leee. the game of football, in which he
earned such great distinction, began to
tend toward "mass plays" which often
made is necessary for players TO throw
themselves into the rush line head fore
most. Sometimes the impact was pretty
severe: aud it struck McClung rs
good idea to grow his hair long on
The top of his head, in order that il
might serve as a cushion. Others im-
tated him, and thus what came to be
known as "footbai hair took its
start-though the development of long
locks around the cars was a later stage
of the fashion, meant to invite the at
tention of the gallery.
McClung was the most famous foot.
ball player that ever came out of Yale.
lie got his training at the Exeter
academy, in New Hampshire. where
he was easily the leader of the school.
1, IL
ball and football. but also winning the
championship OF the academy ut lawn
tennis Later on, he was captain of
one of the most successful football
teams in the history of Yale lie also
nlaved on the Vale baseball team. and
in his senior year was elected captain
of il also. The football team included !
The great Hcficlfingcr and some other
star plsycrs, but its efficiency on the |
field was due chiefly 10 McCluug S abiI- |
ity as a leader He had "A wonderful |
faculty for organizing and developing |
team work bringing out all there was
in every man.
One Of his classmates said, The other /.
day: " He played halfbacll, and WIS /
one of the most difficult men 10 tackle !
that ever saw, wriggling through the |
line in marvellous wav> But his great
est feat was running in the open field
thanks mainly 20 his remarkable facul- /
~ for quick dodging. He had the trick
of suddenly increasing his speed lust
as his opponent was about TO tackle
him, and also a way of swinging his
body to one side just out of reach. !
have seen many man land on his
face wbcu he thought he had him sure,
or Just barely touch him with the end
Of his fingers. In recent years Tad
Jones came nearer McClung in this sort
of clevcrncss than any one else ! have
ever known. but he did not equal him, -
In his senior year al Yale McCluug
was inst about as fine a specimen of
youthful manhood, physically speaking
rs could be found. He was graduated
'ln 1902, and is not vet forty years OF
.qcc Hardly necessary is il TO say that
Sc is the Youngest treasurer that Uncle II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

Of things 10 look after, in order to la
sure that the machinery OF the de-
partmenJ works smoothly From time
70 time the secretary of the treasury
calls him into consultation on business
matters of one kind or another. All
important questions relating to the
management OK affairs under him are
referred TO him for decision. He signs
all warrants for money that is to be
placed 20 the credit of disbursing Off
ccrs-hundrcdG Of these every day-as
%cll rs all kilograms relating TO tho
business OF thc treasurer Office These
latter, by the way, are always written
N a secret cipher, mainly to save cx.
ocnSe. 80 fer ss known, nobody ever
.r!ed 10 steal the code.
AZ tho present time Mr., McClune
las under his immediate charge. in tho
anlts of tho ;rcasurY department.,
iloo,p0OoGO in coined ana paper mon
:. OF ihiS amount, $i05, 100000 in
liver dollars are stored iE single
'ugc boz cighty-ainc feet long, fifty
ne feet wide, and twelve feet high.
thls box Is 2lwars exhibited IS an oh
.@i .. great c:r.iC;.ty 30 strangers who
visit TIE treasury. Tic .hove-mon-
toned sun. howcyer. ny no means re-
presents al Of the caGh under The
Gnar"o OF the t-vnan~cr. he has now
S23l 100000 in the New York sub
treasury, and There ore seven other sub
rr"asuries. IN 81. Louis. New Orleans,
Chicago. Boston, Cincinnati. Baltimore
and PElladclnhia IN carh of which
immense stores Of gCld. silver and pa-
per notes end certificates a.e stored
Tho les: thjnp iluDe to any uicce Of
rapcr moncr, bcfor" II Is iSsHed by ,hp
goVernreai. Is 10 prin' on IL the soal
of the treasury. This IS done ia tho
Office o. thc treasurer. Ills name i put
II the "lgAi hand lower corner OF lie
uocn n" certificate c-for whcn nu5pcsc
ice NsCluug has al"cady furnished Il
sample OF his signature 20 rhn bureau
or epgrav vIn", ~ u copy. Ia he DAVIS
Of The Civil War Il Treasurer of The
United States, i'yancjs T.. spinner, M
d"rtool 10 sign all OF the nCrcr .D.oncy
with his own hand. Latcr on Er en-
nIoYcd dozen CLERKS 20 help him sicu,
but tie work proved so arGUous that ie
was abandoned after few weeks. and
since thcn The sir0 manual nj Che treas.
urer has always been printed from the
engraved r!ar" Without IT, tho papcr
c"trcncJ is vdluecs5.
The treasurer is not appointed for
any definite period. lie remains III
Oiiicc until he rcsigGs or. IS removed
If any OF thc moneys in Mis- charge are
lost, by theft or otherwise. be mus
make 'the amount good. Thus, If =
clcrk in the redemption division should
steal $4,000. Mr.. McCJung would have
10 pay il out Of his pocket. Such
things baVc happened occasionally; bu.,
as u rule, congress has helped the IN.
noccnt treasurer out by passing Il bill
for his ''reIlcf. All Of this respops--
bility is undertaken for q salaTy wbicE
until recently was only $4,000 II year.
Last winter. however, congress, while
engaged III lifting the payment of tho
cabinet and i few other important Of
fic!a!s. added $4,000 to that of tie
treasurer. Thus Mr., McClUug will draw
$4,000 per annum-a fairly satisfac-
tory income for Young man still IN
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07
(By RENE BACHE.)

IIc receives and disburses all funds,
The part of the treasury department OF
which he is chief is, as might be sup
posed. very extensive business cs-
tablisbment in itself, so that the man
agcment of il is a problem of no small
compleXity. The treasurer has charge
Of the bureau OF engraving. whore all
the paper money is printed; the re.
control; he attends To all dealings with
the national banks all over the coun-
Try, and all the sub-trcasuries look to
him for orders
Mr., Meetings. work is mainly admin
lstratlve routine. He has n multitude
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

nance. He was able TO turn it 10 profit,
able account at Yale, where he reor-
gauizcd the financial system FROM top
to bottom, placing the whole establish.
ment on a solid basis His work has
contributed immensely to the welfare
and progress OF the university during
the last few years
About two years ago McClung trav-
clcd extensively In South America. and
since then has given many lectures
on that part of the world His ap-
pointment "a treasurer of the United
states came TO him as a great surprise
As treasurer of Yale, no was ono Of
the committees which received Prcsi-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

dent Taft on recent occasion when
the latter paid Il visit TO New Haven
and, for the further reason that both
were members OF Skull and Bones. the
two men were thrown together some
what. Mr.. Taft could not help hear
ing something Of what Mr. McClung
bad done for Yale in the way Of man,
and thus undoubtedly tho idea sug,
gestcd itself that the former football
player might make good treasurer Of
the United States.
1t is the business Of the United
States treasurer to take charge of all
moneys belonging 10 the government.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

Sam has ever had. He is a bachelor.
a man of some private fortune, very
handsome, and quite as popular nova.
days as when he was IN college.
The new treasurer is from Tennessee,
and was born in Knoxville, his family
being one of tho oldest and most prom
lnent in that city. lie is ,lly sort
of man. and everybody likes him. At
Yale he was chairman of the Junior
promenade committec-Wbich NAV be
said TO be the greatest purely social dis
tinetion attainablc IN the university.
Incidentally, be secured the muchvalu-
ed prize Of election 10 the Skull and
Bones society. OF which President Taft
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07
THE ROOKWORM, WHAT 1T LOOKS
LIKE, AND HOW TO GET RID OF 1T

cause YOU re too tired TO sec If there s
burglar IN the house You can't make
q hit anywhere, not even with your
dog because you re too tired 10 move
If YOU live iu the southeastern part
OF these United States YOU have an
excuse for being tired, because most
everybody who lives down there has
the hookworm disease, But, up TO the
present time, YOU have had no business
having the hookworm disease in Salt
Lake. because it hasn T. become fash
innahlc hcrc before LIS fashionable
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

The hookworm himself is built ou
long, low and rallish lines, like pir-
ate S ship of yorc. He has kindly
face that you wouldn't be afraid uf,
and when he smiles il is with benign
bcnevolcDce that makcs YOU forget that
you were on the wrong horse in the
firth race. lie Is an insinuating buggcr
Hc worms himself INTO your confidence
and into Your anatomy before YOU know
1t, and when he once gets in he rc,
fuses 10 jar loose. lie has clingers that
cling. He fasteus his clinecrS to the
inside of your intestines and proceeds
10 make himself comfortable He 81
"A slayer You can't get rid Of hum
any easier than YOU can of roor re-
lation, He fills up on the best blood
you we got III your veins, so that you
have all the while got TO keep drinking
red stuff TO make red blood cells But
you can't drink red stun any faster
than the hookworm canr and there YOU
arc,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07
is u member.

is member.
After graduation from college. Nc
Slung entered the service of the St
Paul Il Duluth railroad Five years
later he was appointed assistant TO the
second vice president, with headduart.
crs IN Washington; and in March, 1902,
he became assistant freight traffic
manager of the Southern railroad, at
Louisville. This position he resigned
in December, 1901 to become treasurer
OF Yale university. During four years
of his service with the st. Paul rail
road he had worked in the accounting
department, thus acquiring a pretty
thorough knowledge of business fl
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

Many people, especially the poorer
classes. make use Of The hookworm as
an article of household convenience.
The hoolworm, properly bent and pet.
rifed. makes an excellent clothes hook
for The closet. If he only had a screw
on the end of his tail, tho Inserting
OF him would be easier-as it is, people
have to nail him On
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

gree. They took it Tuesday night, and
can't seem to get over it. 1t was car.
rcd into their systems by the votes
they, dion I get. They are taking their
medicine right well, however. aud they
have hopes of speedy recovery,
There are no symptoms of the hook
worm disease In the business and build
ing and Improvement lines in Salt
Lake. though, under American control
The hookworm knows that he has no
show SINCE the people decided that
Mayor Bransford and the rest of the
American administration should CON
tlnue 10 run things.
The bookworm disease is not CON
hned TO any particular class, Many
an embryo actorinc becomes afflicted
with the hookworm disease on her first
and last appearance before the public
In the ease of the ambitions Young wo-
man whose soul IS desire is 60 make the
audience laugh and don {, the hookworm
disease is pitilessIy cruel Why should
she get. the c0ntagiou Just as waiting
world Is on It's toes of expectancy TO
hear her voice or 10 go INTO mysteries
over, the funny things she says2 When
the hookworIu discnse gets next TO the
amateur actress she becomes morose
dcspondcnt and itchy. She forgets to
feed the canary bird and the hairless
dog often goes without his blanket.
She becomes firmly convinced that men
are made of hardtack
While the hookworm disease in the
dramatic world has a serious and de.
tcricratIng effect upon the brightest
star-to-bc IN the whole constellation,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

risn Your troubles off into somebody
Ifo - lou wouidn Z go across tine street
a dee dircetolre gown III action, nor
Gust Og nshi, nor Is poker game. You
a. no want to lie dowu and sleep and
n ssllp and sleep. You want to become
you ',nS vmr,G cater you IRE quite sure that
eu 6eu would make success Of that. and
srsr <cn,a be troubled with nostalgia, oh.
sie or well defined.
,onle people viii say that Won arc
n yo npa shiftless and good for nothing,
voS y%m ~ havo the bookworm disease. bmt
wouIdnis uun i care, You just let them talk
Merc ynTln tnIn excite YOU bit if you
hor., told that Roosevelt had kept h!s
y and avI'9 u shut a whole DAY, or that Cook
Ee FBSsry BasGyg had swallowed each other,
IN 10 ~ you, whether the sea is boiling
SscrV VI Mount Mckinley ia full Of ant
hut, yon9 n9u are The ennui,coated pea
syasanly, ,unthinkably tired W.
EfeSI can 7 get a Job because Won re
~ You cant please Jour wffo be.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

now. II has attracted wide attention.
1t has attracted the attention Of John
d. Rockefeller, who says he is willing
to pungle up Il million 10 chase this
hooLworm follow TO his lair and annihi-
late him, Mr. Rockefeller, in n long
letter TO a lot OF doctors, says he would
like TO see everybody alort aud wide
awake. He has no use for lazy men.
but he is kind enough to realize that
people can I help being lazy that have
TO destroy the hcokWoTm and make ev-
erybody work hard, hard-for him, no
doubt. Anyway. he's come through
with the million, and the booSworm
would better take 10 tall timber il he
don't want TO be crushed by the stand.
ard Oil octopus.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

The doctor book says that the hook.
worm tbvivcs we'll on the insides OF
pccially an inviting field for the hook,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

The hookworm is the root Of tho
word "hooky." This ailmcnt is more
prevalent among schoolboys in the
,springtimo and long about fishing
time. The hookworm disease is not
necessarily fatal TO the schoolboy. but
frequently his presence renders it ex-
tremcly able-when the prin-
cipah makes up his mind TO beat the
truant down to the ground.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

In salt Lake the hookworm disease
has Increased uoticcably since last
Tuesday About two score of candi-
dates have 1t. Now: Jamie Murdoch
and Billy Wallace are afflicted with
the ioukworm disease 20 serious dc.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

many a thousand dollar house is saved
the paugs of suffering the disease it,
self
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

worm. Thus, it were we'll to use the
utmost caution in eating dirt Only
the best and tried brands should be
eaten. Inferior dirt should never be
Ted to infants IN arms-it may prove
Men who dig in tunnels. the doctor
book says, arc subject to the hook.
worm disease, because, presumably. if
they can L dig out the dirt fast enough
with their shovcls they bito il out and
swallow it. carrying it to the dump
in that way BrickIayors, too, are
IN danger from The hookworm. The
book does not say whether a freclav
brick, swallowed without being prop
common, ordinary paving brick But
IT is safe to say that both and all
classes Of brick are bad, and should
be taken only on the advice OF the
family physician.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

Spm msqpal or Morphine Habit Treat.
N NHpu HE cd. FREQ trial. Casc3
EB HH UM where other remedies
baE BB} have failed. specially de-
" ~ sU sired. CONFIDENTIAL
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Room 5S1. 400 w. 23d ST. New York
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

Have YOU got an
aukyloStouuln duo
dcnalc that 5 both
cring you! If YOU
have, you re right
in the swim, Only
Won don Z feel
much like swim
ming. AnlIylosio-
mum duodcnalc is
a big, fine Young
worm that gcts in
TO your innards ard
makes You feel as
though yon were a
faro bank dealer
that had lost HIS
Job and had JUS,
finished your FIRST
carrying.
worm, can be called
shorter name. 1T IL
/ by The easier aud
lnless you re n doc
'ictim. If you Just
you will neither in
TO blush for shame.
5 in u state Of con.
more or less red by
that nc 5 been load
corpusclcs.
cterisiic about The
10 makes YOU tired.
lire d, You don I
conversation thrust
% YOU want to even
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

E NEW U s.
fEoN YALE PUT IN INTERESTING
TRAITS FOREMOST ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

DAYS work AT hod
This thing, this
BY an easier and a
preferable to call j
the shorter name, l
Tor or a doctors ,
call il book worm,
suit IT nor cause il
for the bookworm
slant blush. being
reason of the fact
Ing up on your red
4, The chief chara
-hookworm is that
uh, so awfully [
want 10 have any
upon you. neither {
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

The HookwoYm in
his q III es C C y t
state.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-30

premiere at the Auditorium June T.
Mr.. Blinn first won recognition
through his faithful character study
of Napoleon in Madame Sans-Gene."
He is native of San Francisco, but
has never been seen on the stage
there
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-30
GREEN ROOM TALK
AND TATTLE

Portland has been enjoying a joint
production of Midsummer Nights
Dream" and 1.-THE Tempest" by the
Ben Greet players and the Russian
Symphony orchestra.
The Dramatic News says that w. A.
Brady is the luckiest of the season
managers. His winners are "A Cen
tleman from Mississippi" "a Wom-
ans Way" 1.-The Man Who Stood
STILL and 1.-THE Dollar Mark for its
New York production.
David Belasco is writing a new play
for David Warfield,> who will come to
the coast next spring in repertoire.
1.-THE Third Degree" dramatiza-
ton of police sweating" methods, Is
expected to reach the coast this COM
ing season.
Portland found "Comtesse Coquette"
very, very wicked, but attended 1t
faithfully on Nazimovas account
Judging from the oregon dramatic col
umns.
Ada Rehan's voyage to Europe may
be her last. Gray haired and feeble,
she longed to spend the summer in
her English home. Tnere Is no possl-
bility of her resuming any active con-
nection with the stage.
In connection with the casual an
nouncement that she Is going to re-
tire-for possibly a year-Anna Held
admits that she has made million
dollars in twelve years stage work.
A year from now Maude Adams VIII
be touring Europe with her entire
American company, the Frohman Of
fices announce. She will present her
Barrie repertoire, L'Aiglon," IWeltth
Night and Romeo and Juliet
"Boos" and yawns greeted Maxine
Elliott in 1.-THE Conquest" at the Lon
don first night After six nights 1t
was withdrown and THE Three Mus
keteers" substituted.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-30
STOCKMEN TO AID
IN FORESTRY WORK
CaIaVeras-AIp pine Association to Assist
Government to Secure Irrigation
in StanisIaus District

In working for the Improvement of
range conditions on the national for
ests, Uncle Sam has invited and has
received the cooperation of stock as
sociations in all parts of the west.
California stockmen have not been
at all backward in taking advantage
Of this opportunity to benefit the in
dustry.
At the last meeting of the Calaveras
Alpine Stock association of Sonora,
the fact was brought out that many
meadows and flats in the Stanislaus
national forest can be improved and
the amount of forage increased by
irrigation or other means Steps will
therefore be taken by the forest SER
vice in cooperation with the stockmen,
to bring this about, whenever such
action will not conflict with the rights
of individuals obtained under state
laws.
BY conserving the present forage
through the prevention of over graz
ing and by increasing the feed
through seeding or other artificial
means, the government hopes to be
able not only to place stock raising
on a safe and permanent basis, but to
increase the quality and quantity Of
beef-producing cattle.