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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
CONFESSION OF ONE HUSBAND.
And how He Found His Niche
in the World.

"Where youth is coupled with intel
ligence Illusions pass rapidly away.
Early in my married life 1t dawned on
me that / was going to be at home
for a long stay. | realized that my
tenure In business, and even my place
In my fathers family. were insignifi-
cant in their Importance when COM
pared with this new relation | had es-
tabllshed. / saw that it was the
greatest contract I had ever signed
was also becoming conscious Of my
relative insignifcance In the general
scheme Of things. 1t appeared less
likely that should be called away to
dig the Panama canal. and more and
more probable that l should continue
In the daily performance In incon-
spicuous work.
Out Of all this there came to my
wife and me the realization that the
greatest chance within our reach lay
right there In our two.by.four house,
II the world was unappreciative Of
our unparalleled talents, the world
could go hang. We'd use them our
selves
And so we set out to surmount all
difficulties. We haven't done that
yet, but we have made a start
have cultivated my wife's relatives
until have come to the conclusion
that they are practically as desirable
as my own, Ny wife has pursued the
same attitude toward my relatives to
the point where she thinks more ia
vorahly Of some Of them than / do
myself.
I'VE never quarrel In the sense that
we harbor and nourish feelings of
hate Sometimes we talk loud but
we keep on talking until our voices
run down and become so amiable that
1t is both safe and restful to break
off l can listen to the reading Of
choice poetry, and my wife can pro-
tend that she enjoys the dog show.
I can sit through the play Hamlet
even keeping my seat while that luna
tic Ophelia Is on the stage This is my
great achievement, but 1t Is more
than matched by my wife, who can
sit with her back to the wall and ap-
pear to be calm while l read about
Edgar Allan Poe's story Of how the
rats bothered that fellow in JAIL
American Magazine.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
OPINIONS RENDERED
BY SUPREME COURT
Judgment In TWO Cases Arising In
This County Affirmed.

The supreme court handed down two
opinions Monday affirming the judg.
ment OF the lower court in both in
stances.
One of the opinions was in the case
of Thomas F. DAILY against William w
Old and R H. Officer respondents, and
Officer, insurance men, appointed Old
to solicit insurance. naming Oregon
and Washington as his territory, with
Ferry as surety, Old's territory after
ward was changed. following which he
defaulted. Officer died In the mean
time, and as no claim on the bond was
made against his estate, the lower
court held Ferry liable for nis amount
of Old's shortage. S2S27.46. Ferry ap-
pealed and the supreme court upholds
the lower court. on the grounds that
| the change In territory, argued by the
| appellant, did not render the bond In
valid
The othor opinion was in the case OF
| the Pioneer Investment and Trust COM
pany against the local board of educa-
| ton Under a warranty deed the board
| sold plat of ground. upon which stood
| a building that did not belong to it, to
| Fred A. Rosenfeldl On February 12.
| 1906, the Pioneer company negotiated
a sale of the ground to man named
| Doyle, but Doyle refused to complete
the purchase unless the owners Of the
building relinQuished the portion of
! the premises upon which their building
| stood
| To complete the sale the Pioneer
company paid to the building owners
$3.50 for the REIMBURSEMENT of their
| rights upon the part Of the premises on
which their building stood and then de,
manded reimbursement under the war.
| ranty deed The board refused to
make payment and the lower court
entered judgment against 1t, whereup-
on it appealed, with the result that
the judgment is affirmed.
Justice ]. E. FrIck wrote both opin
ions, the other justices concuring.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
ExTERMINATING CRIMINALS.

The governor of Nebraska, says the
Bee, wants to sterilize the criminal
and the insane He has sent such a
recommendation to his assembly.
The idea is not new. In the past.
and at more barbarous periods of his
tory, the method has been employed.
In America, in modern times, 1t has
frequently been advocated. But no
law of this nature has been passed
in the United States,and none is likely
To pass.
The theorists have gone even farth-
er Cincinnatlans once proposed to
the Ohio legislature to put to death
the insane, the hopelessly Invalid ana
all deformed or weak children; mere
ly reversion to Sparta, with all its
horrors. The fanatics, of course, only
incurred displeasure. We have not
come to that
AS to sterilization, the theory is
not based on sound principles. II 1t
were a mathematical facts that the
criminal always begets criminals. ster.
ilization might be laudable But it is
quite true that some Of the most noble
instances of human idealism have been
| born OF parents at the other extreme
while all must have observed thai
parents of the highest character fire.
quently give birth to criminals. AS
to the insane, II they bear the state
| Is remiss
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
A Unanimous Vote.

A German-American who had recent.
Iy arrived at the estate of riches at
tended his first banquet. Tho wine
was particularly vile, and 30 several
gentlomen who were seated near the
German were quite satisfied to have
him empty the bottles that had been
set apart for their common use. Meth
or the quality nor the quantity of the
wine in the least disturbed the Teu-
ton. and. after draining the last glass,
he looked around joylally and said;
"Shentlemen. I haf now drunken all
your wine. and safed you the trouble
Of Thinking vet you did not like.
tink you ought TO vote me a public
tank" They did d-Lippincotts.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
TILLMAN's DEFENSE.

Senator Ben Tlllman has failed to
clear himself of the charges brought
against him by Theodore Roosevelt.
Countcr.accusations Of wrong-doing
may prove the President to be guilty
of impure motives and may tend to
reflect on the good name Of the chief
magistrate, but that form or reply does
not explain why Mr.. Tillman, so scrup-
ulously exacting In his demands upon
others, should be party to a dishon-
est land deal in Oregon; or why he.
senator, should be so eager to avail
himself of inside information, sup
piled him because of his official posi-
ton, as to join with an unsayory gang
in questionable land deal
If there are many such Janus-faced
senators In Congress, the secret SER
vice would be performing an inestim-
able good for the country in exposing
them to the same public pillory 10
which Tillman was cleverly led.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
ALASkA'S WEALTH

That Alaska Is territory Of Won
derful mineral possibilities is unmis-
takably presented in the governments
estimate Of the natural resources.
The total value of the mineral pro-
ducticn Of Alaska for 1908 is estimnt-
ed by A. II. Brooks. Of the United
States geological survey, at $19, 900. 900,
as compared with $20,671,771 for 1907.
This decrease Is TO be charged to the
gold placerS and copper mines. as most
Of the other mining industries OF the
territory show an increase In value
Of output The value of the total
mineral production of Alaska from
1880, when mining first began, TO the
close OF 1908. Is, in round numbers,
$14S,000, 900. or this amount the gold
mines have produced about S142 .000.-
600, the silver mines about S1.150 900,
and the copper mines $4.100000. The
balance represents the value OF the
marble, gypsum. tin, and coal output.
Twelve gold and silver lode mines
were on productive basis In 1908
as compared with 13 in 1907, and g
copper mines made some shipments OF
ore, as compared with 13 In 1907.
Tne tonnage OF all the lode mines
In Alaska for 1908 Is estimated tc
have been between S1,65o00O and
100000 short tons, as compared with
l,30S,506 short tons in 1907. or this
amount about 100000 to 1,60O. .o0(
short tons represent the siliceous golf
ores and the balance the copper ores
The valuable contents of the oret
mined win not be shown definitel,
until accurate statistics are available
but they probably do not differ materi
ally from those of last year, whicl
allowed an average gold content 70
the siliceous ores Of $3.50 per ton liz
cluding the Treadwell. or s3.41 per to-
excluding the TIeadwell.
The average ores In 1907 yielde
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
A LESSON TO LEARN.

The farmers of Weber county can
win a name for the fruit of this part
OF Utah, IL they but resolve to have
the best fruit and then, when their
resolutions have been realized
learn how TO pack the fruit for the
market. always bearing In mind that
to be absolutely honest in packing
Will prove to be profitable
There is Nova Scotia, where Utah
orchardist would not live because of
the severe climate and poor soil, es-
tablishing a name for apples which is
opening the markets or Europe ana
the eastern part OF the United States
to the fruit In a valley six by ten
miles, known as Annapolis Valley.
the orchardlsts are reaping a rich re.
ward, exporting last year 100000 bar.
rels. What Annapolis Valley" has
developed In the apple industry can
be duplicated In and around Ogden
only here there must be more enere,
and intelligence given In the future
to apple culture than in the past, il
Ogden is to attain to the importanc,
Of Annapolis Valley" in that industry
Here there ls an indifference display
cd toward spraying and pruning; Ii
Nova Scotia they spray as often as 4
necessary and each time the work 4
thorough
Nova Scotians attribute their sue
cess In great part to observing tn
fruit marks act" The fruit is pickle
from the tree in small baskets. the
placed carefully in barrels and cor
veyed to packing house especial
constructed where the fruit is gon
over and packed for shipment. TIL
best grade is marked fancy" and col
sists of well-grown specimens of ON
variety, sound, Of uniform and OF q
least normal size, and OF good colo
for tho variety, Of normal shape, fre
from worr1 holes. bruises, scabs. IN
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
"PRlNCE HAGEN" MAKES
INITIAL BOW IN FRISCO

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. IL
prince Hagen" a fantastic drama by
Upton Sinclair, author of 1.-The Jungle,
was given Its first public presentation
in the Valencia theatre tonight, and
was pronounced success by the crit
les who attended. In the development
Of love story about which the plot
revolves, Mr.. Sinclair first transports
his nero to the caves of the under
world. where he enlists In his quest
Prince Hagen" a noble from among
the Nieblungen, who, arriving upon
earth, gains control OF the worlds gold
supply and incidentally becomes riv-
al for the hand Of the heroine. En-
suing scenes are laid in the moro
proSaic precincts of a bowery saloon.
Fifth avenue mansion and a New
port homo. The prince is finally de-
feated In his obpect by a sleeping
powder which carries him back to his
kingdom, and the hero. VINO from a
poor poet has become wealthy and
powerful, marI1es the girl of MS
choice. Robert Warwick In the title
role and Blanche Stoddard as the
heroine We're repeatedly applauded for
successful portrayal Of the authors
leading characters.
Mr.. Sinclair has been in the city
for several weeks. and has assisted in
preparations for the production.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
HuRaYINo COURSE OF NATURE
Farm Life Brought Into Union oi
CItles and Towns.

The social conditions OF farm life
undoubtedly are deplorable In certain
parts OF the country. and In other
parts far from ideal. and yet there
can be no doubt that In conIlderabla
section there bas been notable i'm.
provement This has been the result
In the main Of three things; frst, OF
the telephone; second, OF the trolley,
and third, of good roads. All three arc
tending to make farm life less solitary
and to bring 1t into closer union with
the cities and towns. In other words,
some of the advantages OF town life
are being brought to the farms, and
this is tending nightly to give to
farm life more refinement and com.
fort and communication with the
outer world. This Improvement which
has taken place In part OF the coun.
try ought to extend TO all parts. and,
while in general IL may be said that
1t must inevitably come about as a
result Of natural economic progress.
yet much may be gained by tho ap
pointment Of the commission which
President Roosevelt has named
Wall Street Journal.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12

Wyo, at the Office of p. w. Spaulding.
attorney, on January IL. 1909. Pres
ent were George s, Nixon. George
Wingneld, ]. II. Mackenzie. ]. d. Hub
bard w. C. Ralston and A. H. Howe
Eighty per cent Of the stock WAS rep
resented in person and by proxy. d.
rectors elected for the ensuing year
we're George s. Nixon. George Wing
field, ]. H. Mackenzie. Charles Hay
den Of Hayden, Stone G. Co.. Boston;
]. H. Carstars OF Philadelphia, the per-
sonal representative of Henry c.
Frick; j. D. Hubbard OF Chicago. rep
rcsenting Chicago interests, formerly
owning the Combination mine, w. G.
Relston, assistant treasurer of the
United States at San Francisco. Or
ficers elected were George s. Nixon,
president; George Wingncld. vice
president; ]. 3. Mackenzie. general
manager; George l.. Broy. second Vice
president; A. H. Howe, secretary; w.
c. Ralston. treasurer; George X. Ed.
er, assistant secretary.
The board announced that In Its
judgment dividends would be resumed
oil March 81, 1909. at the rate Of 80
cents per share per quarter.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
w EATHER.

The weather in Ogden is cold, but
the weather in Oklahoma, in the cot
.on belt. IS colder. Fifteen degrees
below zero at Vinita. Oklahoma: only
five degrees above zero in st. Louis
and to II degrees above In northern
Texas, makes Ogden warm spot
ON the Isothcrmal map of the United
States, notwithstanding tho tempera-
ture here is not that Of midsummer
or balmy spring. the thermometer reg
istering 10 TO Is degrees above zero.
For fair weather In winter and cool
weather in summer, Ogden is un-
eQualed
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
SESSION OF
OGDEN CITY
COUNCIL
SHORT MEETING HELD AT CITY
HALL LAST EVENING.
Reports Not at Hand-Adjournmen
Made After Reading of Minutes
of Previous Meeting.

The city council met In regular ses-
sion last evening. seven members be
ing present. The minutes of previ-
Gus meeting we're read and approved.
+. H. Trullinger was given permis
sion TO address the council, which ne
did. requesting the matter Of ditch
near his property at the corner of
Ninth street and Lincoln avenue be
considered and attended to. Upon
motion of Councilman Flygare. the
matter was referred to the water
committee.
Upon motion Of Councilman Fly
gare, the auditor was instructed TO
draw upon the water fund to the
amount of SIS. to be used as change
by c. H. Klrcher at the water works
Office.
Upon motion OF Councilman
Thomas, council was then adjourned
until Tuesday evening. certain re-
ports not being at hand which would
be ready by that time.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12

an average Of S130 per ton in gold
and silver and S.1S per cent in cop
per. 1t Is probable that the copper per
centage for 1908 has been slightly in
creased, as with the low price of'cop-
per only nigh grade ores could be
profitably mined and shipped It Is
estimated that the copper production
Of Alaska In 1908 was about $500 900
pounds, as compared with 6,30S.7S6
pounds in 1907. OF the 1908 production
somewhat over 100000 pounds should
be credited to Prince William Sound
and the rest to Kasaan Peninsula and
Copper Mountain districts of Prince
of Wales island. Considering the low
price of copper during 1908 this out
put Is. exceedingly cred1table and in
dicates that the coastal mines are In a
position to produce this metal at a
low cost
Statistical data for the placer mines
are as yet incomplete. but it Is GER
tain that there were not so many In
operation as In 1907. and 1t appears
probable that the output has total
value Of somewhat over S15,000,000, as
compared with $15.491. 900 in 1907.
This decrease is chargeable to tho ad-
verse conditions Of mining because OF
the scant water supply In the Yukon
and Seward Peninsula districts. Had
there not been this shortage Of water
tho placer-gold output would have far
exceeded that Of 1907.
Commenting on this decrease in the
placermining production, Mr.. Brooks
Of the geological survey, says:
Though the decreased output was
due to lack Of water, yet 1t can not
be denied that the approaching ex-
haustion of some of the bonanzas. such
as the third beach line at Nome and
parts of the developed pay streaks at
Fairbanks. would have much curtailed
deposits been found. Placer mining
In Alaska up to the present time has
been largely a matter Of taking the
cream Of some Of the richest deposits.
and even this often at an almost pro-
hibitive cost. 1t has been chiefly In
the hands Of the pioneer, who may
have neither the patience, the capital,
nor the experience to exploit any ytning
but the bonanzas Throughout the
territory there are few well-managed
enterprises endeavorlng to recover the
gold from the larger bodies OF low
grade anuvium. Until a change is
brought about in the mining conditions
1t must be expected that there will
be marked fluctuaton in the gravel
mining industry-an advance with the
discovery OF new rich deposits, a ret
repression as quickly as these arc
mined out With the advent of cap
ilal and skilled engineers, methods will
be improved, the many large bodies
of gravel having smaller gold contents
Will be exploited, and the industry will
be placed on a more staple basis. The
quicker this cnange Is brought about
tho less likelihood there is Of a long
period Of staGnation after the richest
deposits have been exhausted. This
conclusion does not imply the improb-
ability Of other discoveries of the same
grade as those that have made Alaska
famous; 1t only emphasizes the fact
that permanent Industrial advance can
not be founded on bonanza mining"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
COST SOMETHING TO WIN BET.
Took Beer to Get Wager Down and
Wine to Get II Caahed.

The problem OF getting a bet down
at the race track under the present
strict Interpretation OF the new law
was solved recently at Gravesend in
rather ingenious way, says the New
York Tribune.
A man who was anxious to wager
ten dollars on supposed good
thing" approached a one-time book
maker and asked what price he would
lay against Rye in the fourth race.
"Oh, four to one," was the response,
"but don't know you, and don't care
to be arrested for accepting the cash. u
That's all r~ht,' replied the anx.
ious better; come and have a beer.
III pay with ten-dollar bill, and you
can pick up the change. or course
I'm getting shade the best OF It, but
you won't mind that"
They had the drink. and five min
uteS later a certain man rooted long
and hard and shouted jubilantly when
Rye galloped home In front. He then
rushed off to find tho memory
broker" and get his money, but the
same old problem confronted him
again.
I'll tell you" slyly suggested tho
one-time layer, come and have bot.
tie of wine; I'll pay for it with a $50
bill, and you can pick up the change.
OF course. I'm getting a shade the
best of 1t, but you won't mind that"
The wine was opened and tho trans.
action completed and then the better
turned away, remarking; 1T costs
something to win a bet under the
Agnew-Hart law"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12

other defects. and properly packed, Then
comes No. 1, No. 2 and No. 8. There
is no, deception practiced- The pur'
chaser of fancy" apples obtains OK
actly what the description calls Tor
and, as intended, this has done much
10 popularlze Nova Scotia apples
The apples are handled with great
care. Warehouses are built to resist
a temperature 30 degrees below zero
and when the fruit is transferred to
the cars for transportation In winter
carts are employed In which the frost
Is dispelled by charcoal fires.
Weber county fruit men might view
these precautions as involving too
much expense. They have no such
cold weather to contend with, but
they have other obstacles to success
to overcome which If met In the same
thorough way, soon would make this
part OF Utah famous for Its fruits.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
INSTANT DEATH; STRUCK BY CAR
Henry Grimm Slips on Pavement and
is Killed on Downtown Corner.

Salt Lake. Jan 12.-While returning
to his wife and four children. Henry
Grimm, bricklayer, aged 33 years.
residing at 1921 South Eleventh East
street, WAS struck down and Instantly
killed by Sugar House car at 1928
this morning, at the corner of Second
South and Main streets. The fatal
accident occurred while Grimm was
attempting TO board the car. He lost
his footing on the Icy street. and as he
slipped he was struck by the car. An
examination showed that the skull had
been fractured and mis- neck and shoul-
ders broken from the force Of the con-
cussion.
Grimm had spent the evening at a
meeting of the Bricklayers union. and.
In company with friend and neighbor,
Ed Livingston, had started home at
the time the accident occurred. AS the
car, No. 351, In charge of Conductor w.
r. Duke and Motorman B. Sperry.
swung around the corner at Second
South and Main streets, Livingston
sprang on the front platform. Grimm
essayed to follow, but with the car
swinging on to the crossover switch,
he misjudged the distance, and in his
futile attempt to clutch the car railing
he slipped and then lurched directly
against the moving car.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
EMPEROR OF JAPAN
SENDS SQUADRON TO FUSAN

Seoul, Jan, 1.-THE visit OF the en-
peror Of Korea, accompanied by Prince
Ito, TO Fusan, about 200 miles from
the capital has created the impression
that Ito is endeavoring to smuggle
the emperor aboard warship and
have MIN taken to Japan. In this be-
lief the people along the route taken
by the emperor and Prince Ito, made
hostile demonstrations necessitating
their dispersal by the police
The emperor of Japan then ordered
a squadron sent to Fusan to made q
demonstration In honor Of the emper-
or of Korea. who went aboard the flag
snip amid the firing of salutes and
received a cablegram of oonGratula-
tion from the Japanese emperor to
which he replied in cordial terms. He
afterwards visited the other vessels.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-12
steepest Railway In the World

What claims to be the steepest rail-
way line In the world Is that recently
opened near Bozen. in the Tyrol The
Mendel railway. with gradient of
ca In 100, and the Vesuvian with 63.
have hitherto held the record. But the
new line In its steepest parts rises
20 In 100. and in other parts &c.
1t leads up the mountain side to Virgil
Terrace, on the River Eisack The
system employed is that Of the elec.
trical wire rope. and the ascent Is
made at the rate of Ave feet a second.
or Ave minutes for the whole distance.