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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21
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ments OF Tue various occupants OF the
White House had its beginning some
years ago, when a sudden alarm was
sounded to the effect that the Declaration
Of Independence was rapidly fading
committee OF eminent scientists made a
careful examination of the Declaration
and decided that henceforth it must not
be placed on exhibition, as it had been in
the past. Accordingly the secretary of
state ordered it locked up In a special
ireprOof, burglar-proof safe. This safe is
not only locked, but sealed, and these
seals can be broken only on the order of
the President or the head of the State
Departments concession no person has
yet been able TO obtain. When the federal
officials were thus suddenly awakened to
the dangers that threatened our most
priced documents they considered means
for the preservation Of other notable
public papers, and especially the various
presidential proclamations of Thanksgiv-
ing.
The outcome OF this safeguarding of
Uncle Sans Thanksgiving trophies is
that these proclamations are no longer
sent hitler and thither for exhibition at
worlds fairs. etc. At the time of the
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

Now right here is seen one Of the es-
oteric points Of football, The Red player
running with the ball has lodged and
Outrun his Blue opponents and he Is GER
tain of making a touchdown. Does he
keep on running as hard as he can? No,
indeed, Horace. Just before he reaches
the line he stops, turns around and glances
back at the demOralized Blues with a
superciliOus smile of supreme contempt.
Then, just as an OncOming Blue is about
to tackle him, he steps nOnchalantly
across the line and touches the bali down
between the goal-pOsts. This is good
form and according to the strictest ethics
OF the game. 1t conveys the impression
of perfect ease and confidence which, 1t
IS argued, sends the other team way up
in the air.
All the while pandemonium and seven
different kinds Of wildcats have broken
loose on the side-lines. The Football DAM
sci screeches and yells and smites the
ambient atmosphere, ever and anon, with
her college pennant; she jumps up and
down and wildly embraces those about
her in sheer ecstacy Of joy-all this,
mind you, while her hair-pins are falling
out and her locks are separating them
selves from their Marcel waves.
The rah-rah boy is doing the same
thing-only doing it worse. With husky
voice and trembling form he throws him
self, body and soul and cane and chry-
santhemum, into the college yell. He
digs up a few stray iron men from his
pockets, waves them defiantly and dares
any Of the Blues supporters to bet
against his team.
A little while later, perhaps, the Blues
make a touchdown and tie the score.
Then the tables are turned. The Blues
rah-rah boys and football damsels and
"oId grads" whOop it up for fair and let
the Reds know in a thousand different
ways that they haven't got anything on
them. The whistle sounds and the FIRST
half is over.
Both teams retire to their dressing
room where their coaches give them
''high-brow' lectures on the things they
did that they ought not to have done
and the things left undOne that they
ought to have done. All the while. re-
member, they compare them to Sunday
school scholars, old women, fee wagons
and kids playing ussy-wants-a-corner."
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

be affixed in that position to anyone's
shoulders. Fastened directly under the
aforesaid flower Is a Duncn OF huttering
ribbons. They are his college colors. By
them he swears-more often than not in
profanity
At his side he carries a dapper little
wand, to the end of which are attached
more of the same variegated ribbons.
# harmless weapon? Yes, But wait till -Ou
see him in action. When he mounts one
of the seats in the grandstand and cries
ia a hOarse, bellicOse voice: Come, fel-
labs, let's give thwee cheers for deah
cid Havad-but not too loud to be vul-
gar!"-when he shouts that, then you
see what that dapper little wand is in
tended for. 1t is used to knock the hat
of the old gentleman in front of him and
to poke in the eye Of the chappie next
to him. incidentally, it may be men
toned, it is also useful as a baton with
which to impart a certain rythm to the
cheering.
He is absolutely necessary to any foot
ball game conducted according to the ETH
quette of the first circles. Without him,
tEere'd be no game. In fact, he comes
near being the whole game himself And
what a serious time it is for him! He
storms up and down the sidelines roaring
Ike a lion seeking his prey. He mas a
chip on both shoulders and dares any
one to knock them of. He initiates his
chest like a blacksmith's bellows and
then lets it out all at once in a series
OF c. Q. u. spasms, twisting himself in
side out into knots that would be the
undying envy of any jiu-jitsu expert in
the land of the cherry blossoms. Just
about the time you're on the point Of
calling in an osteOpath, he comes out of
it-and goes back again a few second
later. You give 1t up as a hopeless task.
Scarcely less conspicuous is the foot
ball damsel. This same young lady can
assist" ut an afternoon tea with the
grace and charm of gentle gazelle or
say absolutely singing things about an
other girl in the sOftest kind Of kid-glOve
voices. But you'd never imagine her ca
pable of such things from her actions at
the game. Though the English Pariia-
ment leaders are not aware of il, per-
haps. every football damsel at a game
is an embryo suhragette. The only diff
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down fuli-length on mother eaTth's bosom
and holds II. extended at arms length,
while still another IOOtballist gently
caTesses it with his foot from beneath
and prevails upon it to soar alOft be-
tween two upright posts with a crossbar
like the letter Oh" He does this just to
show how easy it is.
Both teams do these preliminary stunts,
each in its own half of the field, until
two men, both of them dressed like
tramps, rush out on the field. Involun-
tarily you look to see the cop or perhaps
a dog chasing them. None being visible,
and no one crying stop thiefl' you come
to the conclusion that these two men are.
respectively, the umpire and referee.
They are. The duties Of each, in brief,
are to back up the other in anything he
says. right or wrong blow d whistle at
stated intervals, dig the ball out of the
natomy Of a player at each down" and
in1ict penalty Of so many yards or
chuck somebody out Of the game now
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partment library or museum in Washing
ton. The officials are usually willing, as
has been explained, to show these execu-
tive documents on request, but very few
Of the hundreds of thousands of sight
seers who visit the national capital every
year inquire for these relics, although
nine tourists out of ten express a wish
to see the Declaration Of Independence
and the Constitution
OF course one reason for the satisfac-
tory condition of the Thanksgiving proela-
nations is found in the fact that these
executive Acknowledgements of prOviden-
tial blessings are not in most instances,
near so old as the papers penned at the
founding OF the republic To be sure.
the first Thanksgiving proclamation was
issued by George Washington while
serving as president, but after that there
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- HE United States government has
~ awakened in recent years to the
81 wisdom of more carefully preserv-
- ing the most interesting and most
important historic documents of the
republic. Among the precious manuscripts
that, in consequence Of this new policy,
are now the objects of especial fostering
care are the Thanksgiving proclamatiOns
which have been issued from year to year
by the presidents of the nation. Assured
ly these official calls for an annual day of
thanksgiving are well worthy to rank
among Uncle Sans most reyerenced relics.
Aside from the especial significance that
attaches 20 Thanksgiving ProelamatiOns
by reason of their character. there is the
circumstance that these proclamatiOns,
taken as a series. present a most inter
esting collection of the autographs of our
chief magistrates. Furthermore, Thanks
giving proclamations are unique. the an
nual Thanksgiving summons being the
only presidential bulletin which is regu-
iarly issued each year IN accordance with
e-honored routine.
The movement TO perpetuate for future
generations the Thanksgiving announce
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

was a lapse until 1854, when President
Abraham Lincoln issued the first OF what
is known as the regular series of Thanks
giving proclamations. For all that there
are scores Of years difference in the dates
of origin, the George Washington Thanks
giving proclamation appears today just
as clear and distinct as the one issued
by the martyr president toward the close
of the Civil War. Washington's initial
production is penned in clear, bold
hand and is signed in autograph by &c.
Washington" and By his secretary. of
state. Edmund Randolph.
Each successive Thanksgiving proclama-
ton after 1t has come from the White
House bearing the signature Of the presi-
dent has been taken to the State De-
partment, where it has been counter
signed by the secretary of state, after
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
CAPITAL CITY news
ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUND TIE
STATE HOUSE.
NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITAL
ooinos % the State 0meialo ana
Other happenings That Are = :
Of Statewide I'm.
portanee. 81
Reduced sondins Rates.

The rates Of fidelity and guaranty
bonding companies in force for the
year 1907 were adopted Tuesday by
the state board newly createdto es.
tablish maximum rates for the bond
ing companies. This sets aside the
big increase in rates made by such
companies and enforced since the first
Of the present year. Governor Shall
lenberger. Auditor Barton and Attor-
neY- General Thompson adopted the
new rates and they will remain in
force until the board makes a more
complete investigation. Where the
rates Of 1909 apply to new classes Of
business that were not listed in 1907,
the rates of 1909 will remain till fur
Their orders. No rates have been es-
tablished for bonds Of state officers
because NO such bonds will be given
for another two years.
The rate on county treasurer was
reduced in many cases, the reduction
in Lincoln county being from $500 for
two years to $3.50 for the same period.
The rate proposed by bonding COM
panies for all the county treasurers in
the state would make 2 total of $685.
81 for two years The rate adopted
by the board will reduce this to about
s30,S7O.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
CARS IN COLLISION.

Ten People Meet Death In IN Inter
urban Impact.
South Bend, lnd.-Ten persons
were killed and forty injured in q
wreck on the Chicago, Lake Shore 4
South Bend railroad in Porter coun.
ty. Indiana. Saturday night, two of
the big electric cars colliding head-on.
According to General Manager H. U.
Wallace, the wreck was due to dis
obedience Of orders by Motorman
George A. Reed, of the east-bound
car, who was killed.
Reed received instructions 1T Gary
to wait at Wilson, q short distance
west of Baileytown, the point where
the disaster occurred, for west-bound
car to pass. The impact of the cars
was SO great that they were reduced
to a mass of wreckage.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
Cutieura Proved Successful.

about two years ago my eyes got
In such a condition that I was unable
to go about They were terribly in
named, both the balls and lids. I
tried home remedies without relief
Then I decided to go to our family
physician. but he didn't help them.
Then ] tried two more Of our most
prominent physicians. but my eyes
grew continually worse. At this time
. friend of mine advised me to try
Cuticura Ointment. and after using II
about one week my eyes were con-
siderably improved, and in two weeks
they were almost well. They have
never given me any trouble since and
! am now sixty-fve years old. Ishall
always praise Cuticura. G. B. Halsey.
Mouth Of Wilson. Va. Apr. 4, 1908"
Posses Drug Chem Corp. Sole Propa. Boso.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23

etable Compound had helped her, and
i tried II, and after the third bottle
was cured .ALvENA SPERLIN0.
II Langdon Street. Chicago, I'LL
If you are i'll do not drag along at
home or in your place of employment
Until an operation is necessary, but
build up the feminine system, and re-
move the cause of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years it has been the stan
dard remedy for female ills. and has
positively restored the health of thou
sands0f womenwho have been troubled
with displacements. Inflammation. ul
ceratiOn, fbroid tum0rs, irregularities
periodic pains, backache, bearing-dOwn
feeling, f1atulency, Indigestion, dizzi-
ness, or nervous prostration. Why
don't you try it,
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
Found Dead on the Read.

Weston, Neb.-John HuGkins, a
hveryman from Valparaiso. was found
dead early Wednesday morning about
half mile south of town. He was
lying in the road. His head and face
were bruised and his team was found
a short distance from him. The body
lishment. In the absence of any indi-
cations Of foul play. the cornorer held
no inquest. 1t is believed he was
seized with a stroke of apioplexy and
fell out of the buggy, the horses drag
ging him a short distance, which
caused the bruises about his head
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
Protects Coffee Drinkers.

Washington.-As result of a decf.
sion rendered by the government
board of food and drug inspection,
coffee drinkers are protected against
imposition by dealers in that staple
Henceforth the shipment of BLACK
jack" consisting of rotten or decou-
posed berries. coffee damaged by
water during shipment or which has
acquired permanently offensive odor
because of its proximity to hides or
other materials of Objectionable odo-,
or "Quakers," is prohibited from i'm.
poTtation.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
Commencement Exercises.

Weeping Water, Neb.-This is com.
mencement week fer the Weeping
Water academy. The sermon was
preached to the class of nineteen Sun
day by the Rev. H. w. Cope. This
is the largest class in the history of
the school.
The annual concert was given on
Tuesday evening, and the commence
ment exercises Thursday forenoon.
The commencement address was given
by Rev, H. B. Harrison Of Hastings,
Wednesday evening.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
Honor HASTINGS Priest.

Hastings, Neb.-Rev. William Nc
Donald celebrated the silver jubilee
of his ordination to priesthood Wed
nesday. Special services were held in
the church during the day and in the
evening an entertainment was give.
in his honor at the opera house.
Father Mcdonald was ordained to
the priesthood in 1884 and sas been
In Hastings for fifteen years.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
Private Banks Must Cease

Secretary Royse of the state bank
ing board finds cniy four private banks
now on the list in Nebraska, whereas
there were sixty-five eight years ago
There were twelve in existence the
first of the present year. Under the
guaranty deposit law which goes into
effect July 2, no authority will exist
for private banks to continue in bust
ness after July 2. All such banks
must go cut of business or maintain
their rights in the courts. Tuesday
the bank of Scroggin & Co., of Oak,
Nuckolls county, Incorporated under
the state law with a paid up capital
stock Of $4,000. 1t is said some pri
vate bank may refuse to incorporate
or cease doing business and 90 to
the courts to test the law.
= The State bank of EEdicott, with a
capital stock of $4,000. received a
charter Monday. The incorporators
are c. l., and c. N. Countryman.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
Selecting Site for Hotel.

Hastings, Neb.-Thomas B. Kerr
who will build for this city the finest
hotel outside of Lincoln and Omaha,
In the state, spending $4,000 in its
construction, is now selecting a site
Tor the building. Mr.. Kerr owns two
corners himself. both good locations
but he is carefully considering other
available sites. The building will prob
ably be four or five stories in height
and will cover a quarter block. The
plans made by Chicago architects
nave been accepted Mr.. Kerr is a
son of the pioneer Hastings banker
who died some months ago, and is one
OF the wealthiest men in this part of
the state.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
Stepped into the Dark.

kearney. Neb.-F. J. Switz, a local
furniture dealer stopper from an auto
mobile while it was in motion Monday
night and sustained painful injuries.
1t was dark and he could not see
from the back seat how fast the ma
chine was moving. As soon as his
feet hit the ground he was thrown on
his head. and cut about the face. He
was badly bruised Mr.. Switz is an
old man.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
The TARIFF DELAYED KILL THE SQUIRRELS
NO PREDICTION As TO WHEN
VOTE WILL De TAKEN.
HIDES QUESTION THIS week
Then Comes Wood Pulp, After Which
Senate Will Probably Take Up
Corporation Earnings Tax.

Washington-Although considerabl,
progress was made during the las
week by the senate in the considera
ton Of the tariff bill. the date 4,
which final vote on the measure car
be looked for is as indefinite now as
1t was q week ago. A large number
OF paragraphs covering duties On i'm
portant articles remain to be disposed
OF, in addition to the special revenue
features and the administrative sec
tons of the bill.
However, as there is less disposition
to discuss the theoretical problems OF
the tariff. it may be expected that
the various matters will be dispatched
with greater rspidity and fewer
speeches. While few members will
venture a prediction as to the date
OF the vote on the bill by the senate,
the possibility of sending the bill back
to the house by the first of July is
now generally considered as extremely
remote
The discussion Of the question of a
duty on hides will occupy the atten-
ton OF the senate for possibly day
or two before vote is reached. The
wood pulp amendment offered BY the
finance committee, which practically
doubles the duty on wood pulp COM
ing from countries which prohibit the
expectation OF wood pulp, will be the
next matter taken up for considera-
ton. After these two schedules shall
have been disposed of it is understood
that the tax on corporations, proposed
by President Taft, will occupy the at
tention of the senate for several days.
1t will provoke much debate.
The disposition of the lumber
schedule and the determination of a
proper duty on pig and scrap iron, as
we'll as wire nails, must be made by
the senate. The questions of free cot.
ton bagging, ties and binding Irvine
are certain to result in an interest.
ing discussion between the western
and southern senators. The house
bills provision for the free entry OF
petroleum and its products will occupy
SSNSAOSA oOAC uAIC, 0S Will the discus
sion of the duties on wrapper and FL
Ter tobacco. pineapples, shoes and
leather. and bituminous coal. The
senate will continue to meet from 10
o'clock in the morning until Z in the
evening.
While no serious effort will be made |
70 insure the presence of q quorum at |
The sessions of the house on Monday
md Tuesday, If possible, Representa-
i've Crumpacker Undiana). chairman
# the census committee, will endeavor
o have the house consider the con.
erence report on the census bill. As
senate leaders have indicated to the
members of the house that they
would prefer to have no legislation
ent to the senate while the tariff bill
being considered there, the. house
viii not take up any measures which
eight conflict with this request.
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23

/ Tne Iowa State Manufacturers as
soc,ation adopted resolutions endors
! ing Senators Deliver and Cummins
;; for the stand the two senators en-
taking IN the tari6 discussion.
John D. Ryan was elected president
of the Ama.gamated Copper company
J to succeed the late Henry H. Rogers
General John s. Kauntz, commander.
in-chief of the G. A. r., in 1Ss4-5, died
at his home in Columbus. Ohio.
Ten aeroplanes Of the heavier than
air variety assembled at the Morris
park race track, New York. prepared
for try-outs during tie next two weeks
preliminary to the contests which will
be conducted under the auspices of the
ae-onautic society of New York, be-
ginning June rs.
Directors Of the Corn Products Re
fining company declared a quarterly
dividend of 1 per cent on the COM
pany's preferred stock. This is un-
changed from the last previous quar-
ter.
The sovereign carp Of the Wood
men Of the World, ore " the largest
fraternal and beneficiary orders in the
United States, met in Detroit IN an
nUa1 session, with several hundred
delegates in attendance.
Ten people lose their lives by the
collapse of wharf at Vaudeville. La.
Fines amounting to S1,4G0 were i'm
posed by Judge Wheeler, of the dis
trict court OF Council Bluffs, OF saloon
keepers found guilty OF contempt in
failing to conform to the mulct law.
Frank Wesner, travelling agent for
a nursery company. committed suicide
at Council Bluffs by shooting.
The highest June price for live hogs
since 1882 was established at the
union stock yards in Chicago when
best poThers sold at the long predict
ed figure Of IS per hundred pounds.
With the exception of 1902, this is the
highest price recorded -. for many
months, since the Cu6shy corner in
pork in 1898. when live hogs sold at
SS.75 Per hundred weight.
A passenger train On the Mexico &
Orient railway was blown from
bridge over the BRACES river between
Knox City and Benjamin, Texas, and
one passenger was killed and several
injured.
The endorsement Of the chapel car,
and the procuring of missionary tents
for WORK among the Indians, repre-
serted the principal action of the
eighth annual conference Of the Cath
bic missionary union Of America.
Walter Weliman who is getting |
ready for another start for the pole,
has made many improvements in the |
airigib!e balloon which he will take |
with him.
The property Of the Lenp Brewing
Co., in Kansas has been ordered sold
~ the supreme court.
Because he pleaded for permission
o take part in a Sunday school pa
'sde and thus argered her, Mrs.
George Day, a New York widow,
stabbed her seven-year-cld son to
!eath. She then inflicted dangerous
wound in her own abdomen.
Miss Jane Adams of Hull house,
,hicago. is the president of the ma
icnal conference of charities and cor
ecticns for 1910. The election was
unanimous This is the first time in
be history of the conference that a
Toman has been at the head of the
rganization. --
The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
FLAG at North Eoie.

Observation-Disclosures in this city of
Commander Robert Edwin Peary,
United States navy, the explorer who
left the United States last July for
the frozen north. say they believe
Peary by this time has reached the
goal Of his ambition and has success
fully planted the stars and stripes at
the north pole. No news has been re-
ceived from Pea.y since he left Etah,
North Greenland, August II, 1908, in
the staunch ship Roosevelt, for dash
far into the icebound seas of the
frozen north.