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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
OlSEN'S STORY OF THE
MURDER OF CLARK.

Charles Olsen. In Jail in Omaha who
conlesses he killed Seymour Clark.
docs not tell plausible story. if he
Is correctly quoted BY the Omaha au-
thorilies. A local officer. who worked
on tho murder case six weeks is con.
vinced Charles Olsen is either a
dope" flcnd or crafty fellow seeking
Tree transportation 10 Utah, and since
reading the purported confession VIC
Incline TO the same theory.
For instance. Olsen says he and his
pal hired team and drove 10 a sid.
Ing lust outside Uintah. whcro they
broke into box car" The robbery
was committed In Uintah and not out
side
Olsen says, I'VE were piline boxes
of shoes and merchandise into the
wagon when suddenly the deputy
camc alonG and called 10 us" The
man who shot Seymour Clark was not
In wagon. nor had he a wagon on
the ground. and there was no mer.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20

chandisc other than shoes piled on
the ground
The self-confesscd murderer further
says, 1--WE both opened fire and he
fell, | don't know who hit him Two
robbers were not present at the time
of the shooting The man who Killed
the deputy sheriff was alone In his
murderous work
Olsen states that "the team was left
at the car and VIC went into Ogden.
There was no team 10 leave and the
car was one in freight train which
had pulled out of Ulntah for Ogden
prior TO the arrival of the sherifis
party on the scene.
ANY one who was In ogden immcd-
lately after the shooting could con-
struct better story of the tragedy
than Olsen Is quoted as having told.
Our opinion is that the murderers OF
the deputy sheriff are In the north
west and eventually will be caught.
Herbert Preston, who IVES arrested for
the crime. may yet tell all he knows.
When he does there will be a start
ling denouement
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
METHODIST PASTORS
TO HOLD MEETING

Salt Lake City. Aug 19.-The annual
meeting OF the Methodist Episcopal
pastors for the mission of Utah VIII
commence in Salt Lake City on next
Thursday and the meetings Will con-
tinue until the following Monday To
attend the sessions in Salt Lake will
come Bishop Thomas F. Berry of Buf-
falo, who will preside. and probably
several prominent Methodist ministers
of the west. About twenty Methodist
ministers from various parts Of Utah
will attend the meeting In Salt Lake.
Arrangements for the program dur
ing the session are being made by DR.
A. j, Talbot. superintendent of the
mission and presiding elder for the
Salt Lake district. and Rev F. r.
Short, ID. D.. pastor of the First Meth
odist church OF this city. The program
for the different sessions and names
Of the speakers will be announced
later
Important In the work Of the mission
Is the assignment of pastors All OF
the Methodist Episcopal ministers in
the Utah mission are members of con-
lerences in other states and some Of
them viii return to their conferences
TO report for duty. Dr.. Daniel L. Helm
lex, pastor of the Ililf NJ e church, is
one OF the pastors who is scheduled to
leave. He will return 10 Seattle to re-
port for duty TO the Puget Sound con-
ference. His assignment Will be made
by that conference. One or two other
changes probably will be made,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
THE STAGE NEEDS a
CLEANING.

a Denver man records a protest
against The low and vulgar in vaude-
dllc. In relating his experience. he
says:
"The other night my wife and were
down town together, looking Into the
store windows, and l suggested that
We SO TO a vaudeville show. The
first two numbers were over when We
got in. and girl was just out to sing
her song. That song told OF fellow
who had just managed 10 ship his wife
of 10 the country. and now was out
for roaring old time with another
woman. He was going TO make a night
OF it, hooray' hoorayi Well, the girl
finished her song. and folks looked at
each other and seemed to think they
had to clap OF be queer, somehow, so
they called her back for an encore
This time 1t was song about a fellow
who thought his wife was shipped to
tho country or the seashOre. He had
IIbNiuNu Will duOlutl lGIDdlc,
gone out and got drunk and raised
Cain. and then come home 10 find that
his wife had missed her train. He
guessed It was big night for him.
and ] suppose it was. But what in
the world do decent people want TO
listen 10 that sort Of stun for?
Then the next scene was a comedy
sketch. A manicure artist came In
After her came a Cholly boy. who
'jollled her In the most suggestive
fashion. For fifteen minutes the dia-
logue was ineXDrcssibly vulgar. Then
II developed that the woman was work.
Ing an old doddering lmbeciIc for all
his loose money, and expected him
TO call that day The old man had
just discharged Cholly boy; the lat
ter suggested that the two OF them
would blackmail the old fool The
Cholly boy hides. and the old fool
comes in, and just when he is making
particularly warm love to the mani
cure artist the other male person
comes out OF the closet and says, Aha,
caught, Give me back my Job or III
tell your wife The old idiot agrees
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and goes away. and then the prec-
J lous pair of blaokmailcrs go out to-
I gether.
This was 80 bad | wanted to take
the taste out of my mouth, so the next
night We won't TO the celebrated COM
| ic opera. IL was worse than the
vaudeville There were Just four kinds
OF persons on the stage according to
the lines of the play: husbands who
were decelving their wives, wives who
were deceiving their husbands. women
of the half-world and the creatures
who live OF them, That was the lay
out, Virtue didn't oven have look
In. The whole thing was gloritica'
| ton of the scarlet woman, hurrah
for the tendcrloin. And over In one
box | saw hvc boys and girls that ]
know. all OF good families. and the
oldest of them about 20 Isn't 1t en-
ough TO make man sick?"
The stage of late years has had too
much of this suggestive vulgarity.
The badness might do no great harm
to those of mature judgment and much
worldly experience, but young people
arc apt to receive wrong Impressions
OF life from these coarse insinuations.
And then any one of clean mind pre-
fers TO be amused b. wit and humor
and comlcal situations free from
nasty innuendoes.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
MRS. j. w. McelLL DIES
IN SALT LAKE CITY
Wife Of Prominent Nevada Mining
Man Passes Away at Hospital.

Salt Lake. August 20-Mrs. ]. w.
McGill, wife of j w McGiU, one of
the best known mining men of Ne
vada and prominent citizen of Ely.
died at st, Marks hospital In this
city at o'clock Thursday afternoon
OF heart trouble. disease with which
she had been afflicted for some time.
Mrs. McGill was brought to this
city week ago Thursday, in hopes
that the change In altitude and the
treatment at the hospital would re.
store her to health, She was a niece
of Mrs. A. C. Cleveland, whose hus.
band was one of the most prominent
men in Nevada for many years.
The body will be taken to Ely for
interment over the Oregon Short Line
and Southern Pacific railroad leaving
here at 225 this Friday afternoon, and
from Cobre TO Ely the BODY will be
taken on special train, leaving Cobre
at o'clock Friday night
Mrs. McGill was a most lovable wo.
man and had numerous friends In Ne
yada and Utah. The town of McGill,
New, Is named in honor of Mg McGill.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
GUNNlSON TUNNEL TO BE
OPENED SEPT. %.

The great "Gunnison Tunnel" the
first project undertaken by the United
States government reclamation ser.
vice, work on which has been pro,
crossing steadily for four and one
half years. is now completed, and on
September 2S President Taft will visit
the Uncompahgre Valley and person
ally open the gates of the tunnel. turn
Ing the flow of the Gunnison river
into the magniGcently constructed
bore, main and distributing canals of
this enormous project, which will irri-
gate l5J, 600 acres of choicest land now
semi-arid.
The "Gunnison Tunnel" is located
in Montrose county, In the Uncom.
pahgre Valley. in Colorado. The two
gangs of men boring the tunnel met
at 5:45 p. m. July 9Th 1909, at q
point 10,S12 feet from the intake on
the Gunnlson river.
The tunnel is 10000 feet (Six miles,
long, 11X13 feet inside measurement.
and lined throughout with cement
Tho main canal Is 80 feet wide at the
bottom. SO feet wide at the top. and
the average depth of water Is 10 feet
The capacity Is 1900 cubic feet Of
water per second.
The cost OF the tunnel and distrlb-
uting canals when completed will be
over s5.000.01O, and perpetual water
rights VIII be sold 10 actual settlers
at approximately $35 per acre, being
based upon the actual cost of the tun-
mel, Ten years time will he allowed
for payment. without interest
The water. after it leaves the tun-
mel, Will have S72 feet fall, which can
be used to generate electric power suf-
fcient TO light every town and every
farmhouse In the Uncompahgre Val
ley and provide power for al! kinds of
commercial and industrial purposes.
The lands under this project will af-
ford homes for population OF at
least 25.000 citizens. Already there
are three modern. enterprisIng and
progressive towns--Yiz. Montrose
Olathe and Delta-located In the val.
Low
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
OGDEN CASE BEFORE THE
HIGHER OFFICIALS.

There has been conference oil
Oregon Short Line officials and the
higher-ups Of the Hartman system In
Chicago and the supposition is that
the Ogden petition to the Interstate
Commerce Commission and the Salt
Lake rate case were the principal
subjects under discussion. The Off
cials from Utah are being drilled in
their parts and are receiving the bene-
Ats of the wisdom of the legal depart
ment of the big railroad concern.
The ogden case seems to hinge on
the section of the interstate commerce
act which permits railroads to grant
free or reduced rates to ministers OF
the gospel or to associations. The
railroad people will maintain that II
is within their right. under the law,
to grant to the church at conference
time reduced rate TO Salt Lake and
that it is optional with them to eX-
tend that privilege to any other asso-
citation but not mandatory.
Judge Henderson of ogden. who Is
to present Ogden'S side. will main
tain that the essence of the interstate
commerce act is equality, that the
law was passed for the express pur-
pose of doing away with discrimina-
ton and that no part Of the law Is TO
be construed as in conflict with the
whole aim and purpose of the law If
the exemption clause OF the law is TO
be Interpreted so as TO allow tho Ore
gon Short Line TO offer special rates
to salt Lake twice year and refuse
those rates to all other cities within
the radius OF that city's commercial
influence. then the railroad is pro-
yided with power TO nullify the whole
interstate commerce act and ruin the
industrial prospects of any city or
place which may gain the Ill vii of the
corporation. That would mean retro
gression and be all unthInkable condi-
ton of affairs.
We are firmly of the opinion that
the discrimination Will be condemned
by the government railroad commits
sion and the Salt Lake rates ordered
cancelled OF equally as good ratos Civ
en- TO Ogden's fair association.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
YOUTHFUL TRAMP SENT
TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

Salt Lake. Aug 20.-Judge Gowans
held short session OF tho Juvenile
court Thursday morning and ordered
Harry Stone a Youthful tramp. com.
mitted TO the state industrial school.
Stone. who Is only II years old. was
convicted of pilfering from the five and
ten cent stores. For some time he
has been leading the life of a tramp.
He has home in Denver, it is said.
but is affected with wanderlust An
other boy, generally incorrlgible. was
sent to the Uintah training school
Stone came 10 the city last Friday
and was picked up by the police Tues
day An assortment of pocket knives.
screw drivers, Steel-saw handles and
the like. amounting almost 10 a hard
ware store. was taken from his pock-
cts. and II he had not been so young
he would have been prosecuted in
the police court on the charge of lar
ceny, but on account of his age he
was turned over 10 the Juvenile court
A brother accompanied young Stone.
and al first was going TO fight the
case in the Juvenile court having SC
cured an attorney for that purpose,
but when he was threatened with
prosecution for giving the lad tobac-
co he hastily dropped the threatened
prosecution.
Harry told the court that he Is
through the first and second years OF
high school and that his parents are
dead but it has been learned that
both his fater and mother are alive,
and the Industrial School authorities
xrIn ,,-tfh
to their taking charge of the lad.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
BEN B. HEYWOOD IS
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

Salt Lake City. Aug 19-The hun
dreds of friends of Former United
States Marshal Ben q. Haywood will
regret to learn that he has been strick.
en- with estrauguIation of the intestines
and has been taken to St Marks hos
pltal, Whether or not an operation
Will have TO be performed Will be de-
termined this morning.
Marshal Haywood was stricken
Tuesday morning at 1 o'clock and dur
Ing the day he suffered extremely at
times. DR.. F, B Steele was called
and did all in his power to alleviate
the pain. Late Tuesday afternoon II
was thought best to remove him 10 ST.
Marks hospital and this was done.
Advices from the hospital at an
early hour this morning were to the
effect that Mt Haywood was resting
comfortable His many friends hope
for his early recovery.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20

sured. the first time in the history of
our operations that enough money
has been In sight, We could have Sc
cured previously a fraction of the
money required, but. profiting By the
! experience OF others, we appreciated
that it was useless TO proceed until
We had secured enough money on the
start TO put the project through TO
completion.
The proposition before us now Is
the organization of an irrigation dis
trict in Davis and Weber counties,
and bonding the district for twenty
yenrs; the difficulty In our way was
, 20 get money to organize the district
with. This, however. has been over
come by arrangements we have enter
cd into with the parties with whom
we have been previously negotiating;
they are TO help us with the district
formation, and VIII stand behind the
project to the extent OF guaranteeing
to build the system for stated amount
per acre, thus taking all the risk from
the people, by giving a bond to b1ild
and complete the entire system, de-
livcring IL completed to the people.
taking their bonds In payment at par.
We have thoroughly investigated
/ the project as to cost and profit and
can say to you. after having done So
that we arc convinced that the propo-
Sition OF Sl25 per acre for full water
right Is equitable and the best that
has ever come to the people. The
profits to the builders under this ar
rangcment will be very much less than
on any other proposition we have re-
ceiyed, and. therefore, we are glad to
report to you the measure of success
we have met In this arrangement
The proposition Is now up to the
people. We hope you will take steps
/ at once to form the irrigation district,
as we know that 1t means rich har-
vest of profits to You in increased
values Now that the money Is IN
sight. let us do our part and our chill
dren will call us blessed.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR
A BIG PROJECT.

One of the first steps In the organ
iZing of an irrigation district to be
the basis of a large reclamation
scheme in Weber and Davis counties.
has been taken by the directors of
the Weber Reservoir, Power & Irrl-
cation company" in circular letter
TO its stockholders, notifying them of
the enlarged scope of the irrigation
enterprise and the new plans, The
circular Is as follows:
AS you arc aware the directors Of
this company were empowered by res
olution passed at a stockholders meet
ing TO dispose OF this company's rights
in the Weber River Irrigation system
To that end we have sought to effect
the construction of an irrigation sys.
TEN, believing that the return of the
money previously invested by you
would be but small part of the
great good to be accomplished. You
arc no doubt aware OF the many dis,
appointments we have met from time
TO time. some of which We recite be-
low
1St At the commencement OF our
labors. subscriptions were solicited in
Davis, Weber. Morgan and Summit
counties. Your directors felt that they
could easily raise 100000, and begin
operations in a small way. imagine
our surprise when only $4,000 was
subscribed and as 1t became neces-
sary to raise additional money many
of the people failed to pay their as
sessments until at the present time
We have only about $4,000 OF the
stock that has paid its full assess
ments. the balance according TO law
being forfeited.
2nd Early In the spring of 1906
your directors gave an option to some
parties who, after spending about S21,-
600, threw up the option
3rd In 1907 we again found parties
who were willing to invest in the en-.
'erDrlse. They put large amount o.
money i'm the project. and while be,
lieying that the scheme was good
one. they found II impossible for prl.
vate company to float bonds whose
only security was the arid lands, hence
they were compelled to give up the
project.
We have again succeeded In inter
estlng capital: this time the money
TO complete the entire system IS as
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
ORCHARD IN THE LIGHT
OF A PERJURER.

Harry Orchard. murderer, dynamit
er. hold-up, thief, liar and salvation.
lst. has been discredlted and branded
as perjurer by the San Francisco
Gus G Electric company. The conf
pany was sued for damages 10 resi-
dence in San Francisco caused by de-
fectiye gas pipes. Orchard swore. in
the trial of Haywood for completely
In the murder of Ex-Governor Sleun-
enberg of Idaho that he dynamited
the San Francisco home. I'm obedience
to instructions issued TO him by Pet
tibone of the Western Federation Of
Miners. After careful investigation of
all the circumstances. the Gas COM
pany mas decided that Orchards state
ment Is false and accordingly has paid
damages amounting to $13.90i for th@
gas explosion
When Orchard made his confession
this paper said the evidence of per-
vert with mind so crammed with
deyiltry could be of no value In d court
of Justice If the fellow were half as
dopraved us he represented himself
10 he. he was incapable of sustained
truthful narration: if he were not the
diabolical criminal of his fanciful Gre
alton, then, OF course, he was liar.
false in everything
The Gas company evidently has con"
cluded Orchard Is a monster and that
the truth Is not in him.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
JAMES McTERNAY TAKEN
TO HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL,

Salt Lake City. Aug. l9.-JameS Nc
Ternay. one of the best known clti
zens of Salt Lake, was removed TO the
Holy Cross hospital Wednesday after.
noon. where he underwent an opera
tion for empyema.
Early last spring Mr., McTernay was
stricken with an attack of pneumonia.
He apparently recovered from this
but as has been disclosed by the op-
Grafton. pus sack formed in his left
lung and II was necessary TO operate
upon. him.
AS said. he was removed to the
Holy Cross on Wednesday. where he
was placed under the knife of the sur
geon. He rallied from the operation
and at an early hour this morning was
reported as resting easy, and while
his condition is serious. indications
are that he will recover.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
JAMES C. LEARY SAYS
HE HAS BEEN "DONE'
He Accordingly Charges Two Wild
West Men With Grand
Larceny.

Salt Lake, August 30 0-Carrying req
uisition papers upon the governor of
Nevada for the eXtradiuon of j. J.
Campbell and Edward Mcconnell. who
are charged with fimGamming j. C.
Frontier Days Wild West show at the
fair grounds encampment week. out
of S400. Deputy Sheriff Burton II, Sea
ger left for Elko. New. Thursday
night TO return Campbell and McCon-
nell to this city to face prosecution
on charges of grand larceny.
Campbell and Mcconnell cashed n
check for $3.50 given them by Leary
BY mistake and decamped with the
money. II is alleged. Mcconnell man
aged by Campbell. Was one of the
rough riders appearing at the Wild
West show who won prizes, McCon-
nell won the first prize for wild-horsc
riding and the prize for riding the
worst horse. which entitled him to
$3.50 prize money but when Lcary
came 10 settle up with them he drew
the check upon the National Bank OF
the Republic for $3.50, by mistake.
Leary discovered the mistake before
Campbell. to whom Mcconnell gave 1t,
cashed the check. 1t is said. and inn
mediately hunted up Campbell. Both
Campbell and Mcconnell promised 10
return the excess Si00 for which the
check was drawn. TO Leary, so Leary
went back Ia his ofTlce to walt for them
TO cash the check and bring him his
$500 But his wait was in vain. and
Inquiry developed that Campbell and
Mcconnell had quit the city with his
$500. The sheriff's Office and Leary
got busy with the wires, With the re
suit that the two broncho-busters were
captured at Elko New
The date of the alleged offense was
August a.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20

scopes TO make observations This.
the true astronomer declares ridicu.
lous
Question Of the inhabitabilIty of
planets This is described as purely
a biological problem. The true as
tronomer concerns himself merely
with matters OF mass, length and
time.
Probability of the destruction of the
earth by comets This Is character
lied as pure idiocy"
Talk of comets plunging into the
sun and thus generating a heat suM-
cient to burn up the earth. More
'1diocy"
Talk of satellites of the moon La
dicrous
Rumors of the rcappearancc of the
Biblical star of Bethlehem. This star,
which 1s reported frequently from
some part OF the country. according
TO Professor Frost, Is the planet
Venus.
The eyes OF a chameleon move in
dependently of one another.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
INSURANCE FIRMS NOTIFIED

George B. Squires, state insurance
commissioner has sent letter TO ev-
cry insurance company operating in
Utah, advising them that under the
provision OF the Burton law, passed at
the last session OF the Legislature. on
and after January l. 1910. no policy of
life insurance shall be issued by life
insurance company until the form of
the same has been fled with the In
surance commissioner
With each letter copy of the Utah
insurance code was sent The letters
were sent out in order that the COM
panies might be advised in ample time
to make such changes In the form of
the policies necessary to comply with
the Utah laws.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20

have each state in the union and each
province - Canada hold tourna-
ment TO select its best lightweight
amateur, bringing all these TO Spo-
kane. The contests here would settle
the eastern. western and Canadian
championships. and the final winner
would be definitely determined as the
American light amateur champion
Billiard tournaments could also be
arranged"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-20
"PRO5LEMS" ASTRONOMERS
CONSIDER UUOlCROUS

Lake Geneva Wis. Aug 2O.-Arter
the opening yesterday of the tenth
meeting OF the Astronomical and AS
trophysical Society of America at
Gerkes observatory Professor Pick
erlng and Professor f. b Frost who
has charge of the Yerles observatory.
drew up a list of the problems
which they say a genuine scientist
Will never bother with. Hero is the
list:
Going up in a balloon with tele-