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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES.

A thorough investigation OF the
causes OF the high prices on various
commodities that prevail in this City.
would be welcome. Whether the Legis-
laure should be burdened with tho
difficult task of taking the soundings Is
"a question on which opinions may diff
fer. but that the people here are suffer
ing under anomalous conditions in the
matter OF prices, is generally believed.
This IS usually charged 10 comblna-
lions and trusts and that such exist
&c would be futile Go deny. But their
operations do not account entirely for
high prices They have an equally
strong hold On communities where
prices are not $50 high. Among the
chief causes OF eXorbitant prices in
any city are eXtravagant city govern
ments and enormous indebtedness.
This is plain without Investigation
Tho man who maintains am expensive
house on which he owes a large sum OF
money for the use of which he pays
interest, cannot get along with o. small
income. The cost OF living is raised
Do proportion 20 the extravaganza of
his establishment and the extent Of his
Indebtedness. Communities are subject
90 the same rule.
salt Lake city has au enormous pub
lic debt IL De- owing somewhere iu the
neighborhood OF S5.OO0000-an enormous
sum for city OF this size. The cost of
carrying this burden is. of course. as-
sessed again. the property NJ the tax-
payers ln addition the city has been
unfortunate at times ln the selection of
officials 10 has had administrations
that seem 70 have had uo higher aim
than the spending of the peoples money.
The extravaganza of city fathers has.
OF course. also boon charged against
tho taxpayers. Tho result of 60 au b.
that rents are higher than they would
De under normal conditions But the
rent the business man pays for h.s
store b. added 10 the cost of the goods
hc Sells Tho taxes paid by the aud-
lord are added 90 the cost 0f tho house
rent The consumer pays the Interest
on the i've million dollars tbe city
owes and the cost of its government no.
matter hos oNtrawglnt it De-. ID a
Included boz tho cost of what he bugs
90 cat ana to wears ln h.s bls lnr
fuel and lighting, for education. Hr
amusement Wherever he goes Doc
carries This load ON hs shoulders That
% one off the reasons why ~ costs moro
10 live in "a deht-r.ddeu. badly governed
city than in one that De- governed ou n-
tional business principles.
The Same reasoning holds gooi if
the situation a. considered from MAJ
aonal point of Wow. when the goy-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
NEEDLESS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Would the prohibition OF the manu-
facture OF alcoholic liquors within this
state amount 90 a practical condscatIon
OF al least d. part OF the property de-
voted Co the brewing OF malt liquors2
Would the state BOO such case Zoe
morally bound 90 afford the brewery
owners some kind or some measure Of
compensation?
or could the brewing plants De
turned as prontably 10 other uses OF
industry without sensible diminution OF
their present money yuIue3
These are Important questions that
have oecasioncd needless apprehension
ln the minds of some OF our citizens.
Fears have been expressed by COM
sentative people chat the passage go
its present form OF Mr Caun0n's pro-
hIbiton measure might deprive brew
ey owners of "a large part of the
value 0f iHcIr property without due
process of Iaw and without allowing
them amy time or opportunity 90 re-
adjust theIr business affairs so as TO
avoid ur diminish the loss that appears
to Do. implied u stopping their con-
tuu.t manufacture of spirItuous malt
liquors.
1hn consideration is NOT without
weight but tine obiocuon might Doe
mct by providing sufficient time tor
tho bVwerica in which 90 wind up
thoir business, and dispose of their
property to the best advantage or pos-
sibly, some method OF compensation
might be found boy tho state.
hut an such speculation and thc
necessity Cor any such provisions we
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

a nird what IT, the bin Of bird
Above n and what does 10 moan2
Beast. do not refer 90 the bin OF n
hawk or a heron. on an owl.
or an ostrich. but To- that which is the
abstruct of an these and thousand
more. I hold. regardless of anatomy
and physiology that a bird is higher
being than "a beast No beast scars
and sings Co its aweethoort mo- beast
remains in lifelong partnership with the
wife of lts youth no beast builds T.
self summer-houso ana decks 10 with
Feathers and bright shells. A beast is
a groVcling deni2cn OF the earth. "a
bird is "a free citizen OF the air And
who can say that there is not a con-
nectlon between this difference and
other developments? Tho beast, think
ing only OF ice appetites. has evolved
q delicate nose, n discriminating palate.
three kinds of teeth to cut, tear, and
grind its food. salivary glands 10 mois-
ten the same and "a perfected appara-
tus of digestion The bird occupied
FIELDS on waves. or mountains" and
"shapes OF sky or plain" has made
little advance in the art and instru-
ments OF good living 10 swallows its
food whole, scarcely knowing the taste
Of H. and "a pair of forceps for picking
Il up tipped and cased with horn. is
the whole OF IFS dining furniture. For
the bill OF "a bird, primarily and essen
TALLY. Is that and nothing else In the
chickens and the sparrows that come
TO steal their food, and the robin that
looks on, and an the little dicky-hirds
you may see it I'm It's simplicity The
size and shape may vary. as a Cana
dian ak differs from a Scotch ak; some
are short and stout and have a sharp
edge FOR Smelling seeds; some are long
cr and flne-pointrd. for picking worms
and catcrpillars out OF their hiding
places; some little hooked at their
points and one that OF the crossbin
with points crossed for picking the
small seeds out Of fir-Cones, but an are
practically the same tool. Yet the
last distinctly points the way 20 those
notifications by which the simple bill
is gradually adapted to one special
purpose or another until II becomes a
wonderful mechanism IN which the or
iginal Intention is quite out Of sight
strand Magazine.
Wicked We see plainly now that tho
Cities essential wickedness Of the
Defiant. Wicked City lies not I'm the
transgressions Of its inhabit-
ants. Sin for sin, and man for man.
matching every group Of human habi-
tatlons with another clear TO the back
woods where they still pillow with oxen.
one is every bit and grain as wicked
as another They may not be so frank
about 10, but whether there as much 10
choose between open and secret devil
ment Pm not prepared 20 say. The
essential wlckedness of the Wicked City
we perceive 20 be that II. exists at all:
that IL is "A place not to make the
things that support life. but to make
prices on the things Of life, that q de-
niles that be is worthy TO be had in
honor that has caused two blades OF
grass 90 grow where but one grew be-
fore for such "a man IL contemns. and
honors him who can shrewdly get two
blades of grass and give the worth OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
BUSINESS MEN OPPOSED

Facts indicate. clearly We believe
that Senator John Y. smith OF Utah
county IS utterly mistaken and misin-
formed in his assertion that the busi-
ness sentiment Of the State is against
prohibition.
Bat accepting this assumption as
correct. we assert, without the POSSIBLE
ity OF bcing mistaken, that the unani-
nous religious and moral sentiment OF
the state demands prohibition.
Ia such contest. where the struggle is
between good business and good NOR
ais. and the issue Is whether the al
mighty dollar or the human soul shall
triumph we feel certain that we can
forsee where. In the final test, the
Utah legislature, including senator
smith. viii be found.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
JUST FOR FUN.
A Left.IIanded compIlment.

clyde Fitch was talking about
Christmas pautomimes.
1--WE don't have them" he said. "but
IN England in December innumerable
theaters are given over 20 them. The
pantomlme has developed. IL Is no
longer silent. Peter Pan rs IT'S best
type. and Peter Pan S. tho most sue
cessful pantomime Of the century.
"'Petcr Pan has harmed other pam
tomimes enormously They don't draw
at am now. Hence last Christmas n
well known pautomime writer was
pleased when a little girl said 90 HIM.
Il just love 10 80 20 your pant0-
mines
do you, my dear said the author
patting her on tho head tenderly.
"I just do' said the little girl
Peter Pan is 40 crowded you can
never get in. but at your pantomime
there are always oceans of good seats
oceans and oceans Washington
star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

only ono in exchange. 10 that the over
ais burn like Nessus' shirt. and only "a
white collar can hold a mans head up
eye TO eye with his Fellows THAI 20 the
plain command of the Almighty that
imam should eat his bread IN his orow'a
sweat that n be lives by food and
clothing and shelter he himself must
bear his part in making food and
clothes and shelter 90 the solemn
words. six days shalt thou labor" the
Wicked city lmpudently answers God
with. "A-ah, gwanl ] know a better
scheme than that ~ From 1.-THE Wicked
city" boy Eugene Wood. IN Golfers for
January 90.
Vulcan's AS I stood there IN the
Fiery cold. On the midst OF those
Furnace. cherries and God-forsak-
en- wastes, / gazed down
with specchless awe upon the untram
melted frolics OF the God OF Fire. The
tempost-tossed lake OF molten lava be-
low the rim Of the great cauldron was
a typical workshop OF Vulcan. The
face of the lake of liquid IRE alternated
continually between black and white.
like molten iron in q furnace. oxidation
and cooling of the 6ery iuld would
blacken the surface with a pail that
covered 20 In darkest gloom. then d
trembling, caused by further subtor-
ranean outbursts OF steam. would break
this ice-like oxide into a fretwork 81
tens OF thousands OF incandescent
cracks, lighting up the smoke-charged
pit With "a fierce glare. Another mo-
ment, and IN different parts OF the lake
geysers Of fire OF every imaginable coll
or would rise like fountains In a public
garden. Walking across the CONCEALED
masses OF lava one began TO think that
at any moment one was liable to drop
through TO the very gates OF Hades
and be preCipitated to the most horrible
Of deaths. Underneath one was
bottomless abyss of mud. sulphur and
rock. and 10 contemplate being cast
into that fearsome- docking lake OF fire
and birthstone was not at am comfort
able The Biblical description OF he'll
does not convey even a faint idea of
that terrible lake OF FIRE below us,
uming as though anxious to get loose
and destroy everything In its path.
The crater OF MakuaweOweo at that
time without doubt afforded the specta-
tor n more awe-inspiring display Of
the forces OF nature than has been
granted 20 man elsewhere on earth
without the sacrifice OF life."-Frank
Davey in the February Wide World
Magazine.
When n mo man can ever under
Woman stand the heartsick dread,
Is Old. the cold, abject terror
with which an unmarried
woman realizes that she Is no longer
young-that her face. her hair. her
hands cry out that youth has passed.
This merciless ageing of the flesh
God. what a horrible thing Il is to
a woman! Each day, a little more
Withpred. a little less round. angles
coming where curves have beenl Each
day, her chances Of wifehood growing
less; her stock I'm the marriage mart
fast decreasing; her value. her youth,
her freshness her fairness Slipping
away Old age, lonely, loveless, child
less-a hideous barren old age-looms
gray before her. FrantiCally she re-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
lie Was the Limit

OF am the b0rcs be- was the limit
"Dou you know be drawled n
sometimes feel the call of the polar
regions WEAKLY 4 think Ga IKE to
Join "a relief expedition What do you
think of &c.. Miss Wose7"
well RDggE' responded the woary
girl, with "a yaWu "lt certainly would
he "a relief to some of your acqualnt.
auCta"
And without word he took his hat
and cane ana departed Daily
NDwH
~ barry know ms wife by sight
You soc, I made nor acquaintance at
the masked BAH and now we're travel
Ing in our auto all tho tmcw-Jug-
end.
Winnie. I wouldn't marry you n
sou were the last man On earth
Jack know you wouldn't / could
have my choice then EN.
ne says he's interested in uplifting
thN farmer
Partly that" answered Farmer
iorniQafel, Fan partly m liftn az hiB
own voice Washington Star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

1.-THE threat OF prohibition IS doing
the State incalculable harm" says a
boomer" If that We're true, fl cam
not do the state a hundredth part Of
the injury that whisky does Il.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

War department officials say that the
refusal OF the House committee on ap-
preparations 20 grant a liberal sum for
military aeronautics has knocked bal
looming in America sky high.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

Utah properly re-elects Reed smoot
TO the Senate. After so much trouble
TO get him In, st naturally wants him
10 stay there" says the Boston Trans
cript And right the Transcript is.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

Even great and appalling disasters
are soon forgotten. It is just month
since the earthquake and tidal wave
destroyed Messina and today people
are thinking OF other things.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

When it was suggested TO Judge Taft
that the Billy Possum be substituted
for the Teddy Bear he simply replied,
"Non possumus."
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

ANY department Of the government
considers it beneath its dignity to ask
for an appropriation, for any purpose,
Of less than a million dollars.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

Senator Depew says that Mr.. r II.
Hartman is the strongest and ablest
railroad man in the world. This conhes
near being praise from Sir Hubert.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

Even President Gomez shows sofne
Of the effects Of having been associ-
ated with Castro. proving that evil
associations corrupt good manners.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

Prevention is better than cure. Pro-
hibition IS prevention Of whisky drink
ing and its attendant evils
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

The Kaiser has reached the age OF
discretion. He talks no more. He has
just celebrated his fftieth birthday.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

No one seems very much astounded
by the alleged astounding land frauds,
perhaps because people are 80 used to
such things.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

The government has plenty OF glory
for all but It is lacking about Sl35.000,-
600 for general expenses.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

so radical and unreasonable are tho
anti-prohibitionist that they are OPP
posed to dry farming
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

tho best qualities Of uuspollod, middle
class men. fio had the homely common
sensoi be had honesty with sagacityi
and he had sympathetic nature that
prepared him to accept any stormy
times"
The editor OF the "Reminiscences set
himself the task OF presentng true
picture OF the great American from
his private utterances os remembered
by men who had met him. and De has
succeeded ln this 20 o. remarkable de-
gree Both volumes have special in-
terost at this time
The storm king often reigns in this
republic
win Uncle sam sell Joseph Pulitzer
into Egypt
They who nght for prohibition fight
the good fight
The Balkan situation is Europes
Banquos ghost
A food OF bills isn't water on the
legislative wheel.
A man who can't float a bad loan
can float a bad egg.
Did any politician ever tread the
straight and narrow path?
II Is easier 60 and out the seven ages
OF man than the one age Of woman.
"A corkor" Is something that some
one has tried % cork and couldn't
What is the difference between
a mess OF potage and glass of beery
II the butter combine e. as strong as
some Of the stuff it sells. It cannot be
downcd.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

In California the race-track bin
seems to be 70 the active. the vail
ant and the brave.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

The large water users are not COM
tent TO be mere choosers; they would
be dictators
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

II the butter combine is as strong as
some Of the stuff it sells. It cannot be
downcd
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

What is the difference between
"a mess Of potage and glass Of beer?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

"A corkor" is something that some
one has tried 70 cork and couldn't
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

II Is easier to and out the seven ages
OF man than the one age Of woman
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-10-29
Difficult and Successful Operation.

Mrs. Garfield Butcher, who lives
on Lower Greasy. not far from
Whitehouse, had been a great suf-
ferer from pain in her left ear.
She had tried all known remedies,
domestic and regular, in order to
obtain relief. but nothing did any
permanent good. Sh g became al
most crazy from pain, and few
days ago her physician, DR.. Wells,
brought her TO Riverview hospital,
this city to see II surgery could
be used in her behalf. ...
After an examination Dr. York
concluded that what is called a
mastoid operation was her only
chance for relief To the laity this
means very little, but when you talk
to surgeon about doing a mas
told" he understands that Il means
very difficult and dangerous OPP
GRAFTON. Just back OF your ear is
bony prominence called the mas
told bone. Well, to do a mastoid"
you get out your little chisel and
your scoops nd things, and you go
down into the depths 81 this prom
ontory. and you keep on going In
until you find out where you are
at" Sometimes you find yourself
right among the deep lying branches
OF the jugular vein. and when you
have skirmished about in this dan.
gerous quarter, hunting for the
trouble-and sometimes you find
troule in another sense-you oper
up the middle ear. This is in the
skull. you must remember, with yer!
little between 1t and the brain.
Well, this is what was done tC
Mrs. Butcher, tht is, all but find
ing trouble" But tie source OF tn,
patients trouble was found in the
middle ear. DR.. York had to do &
deal of cutting and chiseling ant
scraping and cleaning out, but 4
was all done, and the patient is do
ing we'll.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-10-29
Tuesday.

Tuesday.
THE credit of the Commonwealth
may be given, pledged or loaned to
any county of the Commonwealth
for public road. purposes, and any
county may be permitted to incur
an Indebtedness in any amount
fixed by the county, not in excess
of five per centum of the value of
the, taxable property therein, for
public road purposes in said county,
provided said additional indebted
ness is submitted to the voters of
the county for their ratification or
rejection at special election held
for said purpose, in such manner as
may be provided by law and when
any such indebtedness is incurred
by any county said county may levy,
in addition to the tax rate allowed
under section 157 of the Constitu-
ton of Kentucky, an amount not
exceeding twenty cents on the one
hundred dollars of the assessed
valuation of said county for the
purpose Of paying the interest on
said Indebtedness and providing a
sinking fund for the payment of
said Indebtedness"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-10-29
IMPORTANT Amendment.
Vote for This Provision Next Tuesday
and Help the Roads.
70

There is one question before the
people of Kentucky, one which is to
be answered affirmatively or mega
lively by the voters at the election
on Tuesday next, which is entirely
without political color or bearing.
The most intelligent men of both
parties are heartily in favor of CIV
ing an affirmative answer to this
question which is vital to Kentucky.
Shall we have Good Roads, or
shall we continue under the old
dispensation, the old way of calling
out the hands a few days before
grand jury court" and give the
public highways scrape? The peo-
pie of the towns and cities, people
who pay very large percentage OF
the county and State revenues, are
heartily in favor OF the proposed
plan for improving the roads. The
farmers of the State should be for
the proposed amendment to the
constitution.
One of the best arguments used
to persuade farmers to vote for the
amendment is contained in the
words of Benjamin r. Yoakum
chairman of the Rock Island rail
road. He was unable to be present
as a delegate to the Alabama Good
/ Roads Association Convention.
Farming" he wrote, lis becom.
ing science, and to receive a
larger return on the constantly ap-
preciating value of land, the crop
must be increased and the cost OF
transportationg to the railroad de-
creased. After the construction OF
a good road, the question on main
tenance is one to be considered. 1t
costs more to use bad road than
it does to maintain good one. The
annual tax which the individual
pays for the maintenance of good
road is less than the individual cost
of using bad roads. +"
The Bosworth-Wyatt good roads
amendment to the Constitution OF
Kentucky was almost unanimously
adopted by the Legislature. No po-
litical issue is involved. The good
roads crusade is one which should
enlist the interest Of every Ken
tuckian who has the welfare of his
State, and his neighbors, and his
own best interests at heart. Its
object is to enable the State to
enact good roads legislation that
/ will mark the beginning of a new
era of progress in Kentucky, and
that will bring this State into step
with its neighbors in the North
where the good roads propaganda
has borne more fruit than 1t has
in the South.
The following is the proposed
amendment in full. Read and study
1t carefully, and vote for It next
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-10-29

without question the happiest living
man, because you see it is baby
No. /.
Mrs. Miles Diamond and Mrs. G.
c. See were in Louisa Monday.
In a recital contest in our school
last week the prize was awarded to
Miss Irene Carter, These series of
exercises, regularly held in our
school, reflect much credit upon our
teacher, MIR. Thompson, which COM
bined with other efforts on his part
show him to be a teacher of the
first rank.
Uncle Dock Miller calls our at
tention to the fact that in his pos
session is porcelain vegetable dish
being purchase of his Sc years ago
from the firm of CARED & Kise,
then doing business where the stone
house now stands. This dish has
been in constant use all this half
century and shows neither marks of
age or abuse.
Fl. NJ Shannon, whose injuries
were mentioned in the NEWS of
last week, is rapidly improving and
will soon be able to return to his
work.
The steamer Enquirer came up
Tuesday night and carried away .
nice load OF coal.
Bert Shannon, the genial Circuit
Clerk OF Louisa, was here Tuesday
looking after bird dog, SO the
18th may not find him wanting in
the least for the hunting season.
DIR. Watson and Mr. Sehon, of
Huntington, we're passing visitors
here last Tuesday afternoon.
Candidate Jay 0'Daniel was here
last Monday, shaking hands with
the boys. Buckskin Bess.