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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
DEATH OF LoRIN FARR.

The sudden death Of Lorin Farr was
a snock to this community. Mr.. Farr
was one OF the great characters In the
shaping of the destiny of the Mormon
people and he was pioneer In the up-
building of Utah. He had endeared
himself to all VINO knew him, and his
circle of friends embraced all the peo-
pie Of Ogden and many outside this
city
The biography Of Lorin Farr would
be an almost complete history of the
Mormon people and religion. He en-
braced the faith he held to the last in
1892 That ante-dates the birth of
many whom Se cali old He was with
Joseph Smith II mis- youth He was at
Nauvoo ard experienced the hardships
of those trying days OF religious war
Dlre, He came to Utah when this
state was In that region of the un-
known West designated by Daniel
Webster as a place Of perpetual snow
or deeert wastes.
Wnen Lorin Farr ceme to Utah he
was q years old. 1t is 62 years since
then and yet up to his death time
had dealt kindly with him and he ap-
peased vigorous enough to live on un-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
NO REASON FOR DOUBT
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a Strong Guarantee.

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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
TRADE WITH PANAMA.

Trade of the United States with the
republic of Panama in the last five
years amounted to about S66000,000
OF this total s6.OOO.O0O. speaking In
round terms, represented the value
of the imports from Panama, and $780,
100000, still speaking in round terms,
WAS the value OF merchandise exported
TO Panama.
The imports from Panama in 1904
and 1905. the earliest dates for which
the bureau Of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor presents
figures, amounted to little over three
fourths of million dollars In each OF
the years mentioned; In 1906 they
amounted to nearly s1,500.000, in 1907
little over s1.500.O00, and for the
year 1908 to probably little less tnan
S1,500,000, though the precise total can
not yet be stated, because OF the fact
that the foreign trade statements coy
ering the month OF December, 1905.
have not yet reached tho bureau OF
statistics in such complete form as to
make possible an exact statement OF
the total trade of the calendar year
1908 with any country. The exports to
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
TILLMAN's DOWNFALL.

President Roosevelt's course in the
Tillman affair, now that all the facts
arc known. adds to the good name
of the occupant of the White House.
The senate called for all information
and documents relating to the en-
ployment OF the secret service force.
Among the documents delivered was
the Tillman investigation When SEN
ator Hale discovered that the Tillman
disclosures carried severe reflection
ON the South Carolina senator. he re-
Quested the President to withdraw the
same. In the meantime, Senator Till
man, from his place In the senate,
drew attention to the fact that the Sc
he challenged the production of any
thing derogatory to his own good name.
This defiant attitude, which carried
with 1t the assurance that Senator TIL
man was above reproach and that II
there were IN circulation stories Of any
Irregularities coupled with his name,
the author of the imputatlons was act
ing the part Of caluminator, forced
President Roosevelt TO rest under the
suspicion Of having unjustifiably and
basely cast aspersions upon a dis
tinguished senator, or. by making pub
lie the document, defend himself from
Tillman's insinuatlons. The President
did what any man with the right on
his side would have done. He laid the
whole case before the people for them
to judge. This was duty he owed
not only himself, but the American
people who had a right to be informed
as to whether the President Of the
United States OF Senator TIllman was
further deserving OF their confidence
Now that the def" of Tillman has
brought response and the senator
has been severely wounded, the plea
that the President was unduly harsh
and tnat he should have been consid-
crate Of the feelings of even an i'm
placable enemy, is without merit 1t
Is more desirable that q senator of the
United States be made to suffer de-
served rebulte and humiliation tnan
that the President Of the United States
unfairly be held under cloud Of sus-
picion as to his veracity and honesty
of DurpO6e
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
Can Jeffries Get in
Condition to Fight

work. l have been smoking many
cigarettes daily. and Will Immediately
quit this habit, and will stop drinking
with the good fellows who visit me
daily at my place of business. After
that | will FIJI my engagement at the
San Francisco theater and then will
return to Los Angeles and go about
tending TO my business. OF course, If
get other theatrical offers am liable
to accept them, In case the offer Is
what consider a good one.
1t Is business proposition with me,
pure and simple, IL the people want
to see me again we will give them a
good run for their money. The one
question these good people want me to
answer is, | suppose. can l ever get
into condition to fight again?
Can Get Into Shape.
I believe tnat | have gone over that
phase of the matter pretty thoroughly
in my weekly letters, but / am willing
TO go on record as saying that | don't
believe it is outside the range OF pos
sibillties that | could train into pretty
fair shape again. / don't believe that
| could be as good as l was four years
ago-nobody would expect me TO be.
When man has been good fell
low for four years. during which time
he has not INDUCED in athletics of any
kind, it is a very serious matter
or not he could ever be as
good as he was when he ended his athe
letic career. l speak plainly, because
| realize this is no time to misrepre-
sent facts-Jim JeffTies Is pretty
good man today, but he is not the Jim
Jeffries of few years ago.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

The message Of Governor Spry,
though lengthy, is the best review OF
state affairs ever presented to the
Utan legislature by its chief executive.
Many important subjects are brought
to the attention Of the law.mahlng body
and suggestions are made which, II
acted upon wisely, will advance the
best interests of Utah.
The creation Of new commissions
for the better enforcement Of the law
or the advancement Of the public good
is among the more important OF the
Governors recommendations. In har-
mony with the action taken by the Presi-
dent In naming a commission to Con-
serve the resources of the nation, Gov
ernor Spry advocates the creating Of
a state commission. BY cooperating.
he believes the state body can aid
the national body to attain Its aims.
The governor favors commission
for the examination OF records, an In
surance commission and n public
service commission. and presents
cogent reasons why the commissions
should be created.
The message proves that Utah has
a wide-awake Governor who is stu
dent of state affairs and who has the
energy and ability to advocate his
views in language clear and convinc-
mo
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
NATURAL GAS IN lNpIA.

Consul.General William NJ Michael,
OF, Calcuttn, writes that 20 miles from
Chittagong natural gas issues from
a crevice in the ground In consider
able quantity 1t has been burning SO
long that the oldest inhabitants can
give no Idea of when or how 1t was
set on fire for centuries. AT any rate,
the gas flow has been burning as far
back as any records have been Kept
by white people. 1t is now suggested
and some steps have been taken TO
carry out the suggestion-that the fire
be extinguished and the gas be
brought under control and piped
down to Chittagong for lighting and
fuel and power purposes. The citi'
zens of Chittagong have concluded
that 1t would be cheaper to utilize the
gas than to introduce electricity Tor
fuel, power, and lighting.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
Il, a century had crowned him with

til century had crowned him with
laurels.
Wnen Lorin Farr came to the pres
ent site of Ogden. tho coyote howled
on the bench and the jackrabbit scur-
ried away through the sagebrush on
the fat and the pioneer had to lay the
foundations Of city in wilderness.
He, was the leader OF his people; to
him they looked for guidance and COM
fort. He directed wisely and cncour-
agingly. 80 that in after years he was
esteemed and loved.
He was one of the few living men
present at the driving of the golden
spike at Promontory, which united the
East and the West with bands of Iron.
In the building Of the Central Pacific
he played an important part, having
been the largest subcontractor under
Brigham Young.
Few men were OF a more kindly ma
ture than I.orin Fhrr and few men
who nave gone to rest in this city
will be so favorably remembered when,
In the future. memory recalls the past,
for Lorin Farr was to all men an hon
orable man.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
COMMON ORIGIN OF ALL LIFE.
Biologists of To-day Now Arc Inclined
to That Belief.

Biologists having failed to prove
any case OF spontaneous generation,
Prof. Svante Arrhenius Is attracted by
the idea that all life has had 4 CON-
mon origin and has spread from the
single source to many worlds. The
discovery OF the pressure OF light has
added probability TO panspermy,
which teaches that life germs are
conveyed through interstellar space.
AT tho railway speed 81 miles an hour.
a body would occupy 80 years in go
Ing from the earth to Mars and sew
eny thousand million years in trav-
er6ing the distance TO the nearest
fixed star. but with the pressure of
radiation as motive power the Jour-
neys might be reduced to 20 days and
nine thousand years respectively.
Even these seem long intervals for
germs and spores to survive the dry
ness, cold and light Recent investiga-
tions indicate. however, that some
germs are proof against any cold that
the action OF light Is oxidation and Is
absent in a vacuum, that the loss of
vitality In the cold of space would be
one thousand million times less rapid
than at 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and
that desiocation would be no greater
In millions OF years than in one day
at 80 degrees. Hence 1t may be that
interstellar space Is trayersed at
enormous speed by living germs that
develop life on reaching favorable
planets.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
TWO DEAR OLD BOYS.

Passing down the shelves of the city
Iibrary-and the same is true of every
such institution IN the land-one is
struck not only with the numbers Of
copies OF Thackery and Dickens, but
with the exceeding frayed condition of
the volumes. This is not a reflection
upon the library, for daily presses
could not supply the American people
with fresh editions of these classics,
says the Butte InterMopntaln.
What dear old boys they were, after
all! No living humorist can compete
with Yellowplush and none has written
a scene SO sweet as David Copperfeld
appealing to his aunt for shelter Why
did the breed die out with Victoria?
England has seen no peers since and
American before nor since.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
JUDGMENT OF LOWER
COURT is AFFIRMED
Robert j. Wilkinson Cannot Recover
From Short Line, Says SUI
preme Court.

Robert j. Wilkinson was guilty OF
contributory negligence when he
Grove upon the Oregon Short Line
Railway company's track at Ogden.
April 26, 1906, and as a consequence
was struck and severely injured by a
switch engine, and hence cannot re.
cover In his action for damages, the
supreme court says In an opinion
handed down Tuesday. The trial
court, Judge ]. A. Howell did not
err In directing a verdict for the rail-
way company. the supreme court
holds, and the Judgment OF that court
IL therefore affirmed
Justice ]. E. Frick wrote the opin-
ion, Justice w NJ. McCarty concur
ring. while Chief Justice d. N. Straup
wrote a dissenting opinion, holding
that the plaintiffs alleged conJrlDu-
tory negligence In failing 10 look up
and down the track just before ne
started to cross it was a matter or
fact for the jury to determine, and
1iot one Of law.
Wilkinson, on the stand at the trial
oil his case. testified that as ne ap-
preached the crossing he saw the
switch engine. which subsequently
struck him, standing stationary about
seventy-five yards to the north. To
the south he saw the smoke from the
rapidly approaching Cache Valley
train, just about due, and assumed
that the switch engine would not pass
onto the main track In the face of the
regular train from the south. In view
of this he paid little attention to the
switch engine, and did not see it un-
til 1t was upon him. too late to do
more than swing his horse TO the
south, but not out Of the way OF the
engine.
In his suit Wilkinson asked for
damages in the sum OF $4,000. The
court granted the railway companys
motion to direct verdict FOR the de-
iendant and Wilkinson appealed The
supreme court holds that 1t was simp-
ly a case of concurring negligence and
that neither party can recover from
the other
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
SAVED BY THE TYKE
INSTANCE OF QUICK THINKING
ON CRITICAL OCCASION.
Probable Total Loss of Man-of-War
Averted by Mere Apprentice
His Warrant Officers Uni
form Well Merited.

Quite a number OF former appren-
tices are wearing the uniforms of war
rant officers in our service because
they were quick thinking boys on
critical occasions.
One Of them was extraordinarily
handy with his knife one day when
the ship on board OF which he was
serving as apprentice had a swell
chance to go to the bottom, but for
him They were having heavy gun
and coming tower practice. The skip
per was doing some firing from his
position In the coming tower by touch
ing the electric button alongside of
him. The apprentice was acting as
the skipper's messenger during that
practice.
Projectile and charge had been
rammed into one of the six-inch guns
on the main deck Some confusion In
orders came about At any rate the
skipper had his finger within a couple
OF inches Of the electric button ready
to press it and thus discharge the six
inch gun. when the apprentice was on
the job. Standing just outside the
coming tower and having from that
position view of the gun ahead to be
fired. the youngster observed that the
breech of the six-inch gun hadn't yet
been closed, and there was the skipper
on the very pin point OF touching the
button that would fire the gun with
the unlocked breech. If the gun went
off in that condition there was the
finest kind of a chance for the recoil
of the immense piece to drive the gun
right through the ships bottom.
The apprentice didn't have much
time to think. but he didn't need much.
He figured 1t all out in an instant that
IL he yelled at the skipper that the
breech wasn't locked the suddenness
of the yell might so startle the skipper
that his finger would involuntarily
come down on the button and thus
discharge the gun. The boys ships
knife with the big blade was 10 his
left hand shirt pocket hanging there
for its lanyard He had it out and
the blade open in an incredibly short
space VI tlulS, duu ue IuduG Oue CUT
like dab with the sharp blade of the
knife at the electric wire belonging to
the button that led right alongside
where the boy was standing By the
coming tower. The blade cut the
wire In two fraction OF second be-
fore the shippers finger reached the
button. breaking the electric connec-
tion and in every likelihood prevent
ing tremendous calamity
The boy was only a tyke and not
very strong. and just as soon as he
slashed the wire he fell forward on
his face in dead faint-an odd thing
too. that, for boy serving on a
man-o' war. and yet the incident wasn't
any ordinary one. The skipper raised
his head the instant he touched the
button and saw what had happened.
the loose ends OF the cut electric
wire, the prone boy and all the rest of
It, Then he darted out of the coming
tower and saw the breech OF the big
gun still unlocked. He understood Ii
all long before the boy was brought |
around to consciousness. That boy
had no sooner finished his days OF ap- |
premiership before he wore the war. |
rant officers uniform of gunner.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
IN M ExIcO.

Regarding poSSlpie opeHipSS ioi
Americans in Mexico State of Du-
range, Consul Charles M. Freeman, OF
Durango City. writes:
The individual holdings of farming
lands In the State of Durango are
immense. Some haciendas contain a
million or more acres. The tendency
is to lessen the amount OF land held
In single tracts. This tendency has
had the effect of increasing land
values, and land which ten years ago
could be bought for 20 cents Ameri-
can currency per acre is today worth
upward of 81, with the price steadily
advancing A number of plans for
placing colonies from the United
States are being worked out. | know
of no better investment In this state
than farming lands. On account of
the large holdings, a man with small
capital is at disadvantage. but one
With capital at demand, or com.
bination of small capitalists. investing
in good land is bound to sec that
capital Increase. Agriculture In Du-
rnngo is In its infancy. The man
with progressive ideas, one capable
of carrying them to completion, is
bound to make farming pay and reap
ol,~do-t rouyard
In mercantile lines here, as else
where In Mexico, the principal busi-
Tess Is in the hands of foreigners
The hardware business is In the hands
Of Germans; the French control the
dry goods trade, and Spaniards the
grocery business. In my opinion, few
openings exist for Americans IN the
mercantile line. although 1t is possible
that an alert commission house with
GOOD connections in the United States
might do well.
There Is little call for mechanics
and none for clerks OF common Ia
torers to come here from the United
States. They can not, as rule, COM
pete with the native MeXicans. The
native laborer lives on little; the
clerks are natives of Germany, France
or Spain. An exception may be noted,
however III the line of skilled railway
employees. Nearly all OF the engin'
GERS, conductors. master mechanics,
station agents, and chief officers OF
Mexican railroads are from the Unit
cd States.
Finally, for the man who can af-
ford to come to Mexico to study the
language, the conditions. the laws.
and who is satisfied to walt his op-
portunity openings exist here far
ahead Of anything in the older settled
rarts of the United States. 1t is an
old country compared with some parts
OF our own, but undeyeloped. In
many ways ii Is land Of opportunity,
but the man capable of scizlng the op-
portunity here could probably make
success at home.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
(By James j. Jeffrles, Retired and IN
defeated Champion Of the Worldly


defeated Champion of the Worldly
Los Angeles, Jan. 81 have been
asked to write a story pertaining to
my first day of training. One would
thing that | nad started work In prepa-
ration for fight with Jack Johnson
by the Importance that has been at
tached to my preliminary workout
Nothing Is further from my mind, as
L still say. as | have all along main
tanned, that will enter the ring again.
received an offer from the Wig
VAN theater of San Francisco of $9,~
600 to spar one week. This looked like
good stroke Of bus;Aess to me. so
accepted the offer That's why | am
indulglng in light training. No other
thing should be attached to my move
ments. In the first place, | did not go
down to the gym. of the Los Angeles
A c., as 1t had been advertised that
would. / knew that such action on
my part Would produce a mild stam-
pede. and did not wish to impose on
the club and Its members In this man
ner. to say nothing of inconvenience
that l would suffer myself.
| knew the minute that i stepped
near a pair of scales I would be faced
by a hundred unseen eyes. / am no
"prlma DONNA" but object to making
a public snow of myself at least until
have had ten days OF more to whip
myself into shape Instead of going to
the down town gym. used my own lit
tie private gym. in the rear of my resi-
dence. Mrs. Jeffries assisted me to rig
up my outfit, and am as proud of 1t as
a boy with his first little red wagon. I
have the advantage of seclusion and
plenty of Gods good fresh air. My
punching bag outfit Is all complete. but
/ did nothing but skip the rope and
use my dumpbells.
1t would be folly for me to tell you
I found exercising easy, and you would
not believe me If did,
Just the reverse-I found the going
pretty hard, and before 1 had been
working five minutes l was putting
away like fat man trying to climb a
steep hill, while my wife sat in the
doorway and laughed at me.
The evidence Of hilarity on her part !
did not make matters any better for
me, I assure you
Will Train for Wind.
| am going to train for wind and to |
this end | will use only the dumbells.
skipping rope and do plenty of road
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
Individual Regeneration.

This movement which is hailed as
the dawning of q new era is but the
obstruction in the path OF true prog
ress. The real uplifting of a people
socially and governmentally can be at
tained only through religious and
moral regeneration of all the indi.
viduals constituting that people It
puts before the nation and before indi-
viduals the pernicious belief that So
cial improvement can be wrought by
mere change OF forms. Consti-
tutional government Is no cure for the
evils that afiict mankind-Count
Lyof-Tolstoi.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13

Panama amounted. in 1904. to little
over s250O,OOO; in 1905, to seven and
three-quarter millions; in 1905, to
fourteen and quarter millions; In
1907, to IS and half millions; and
in 1908, to about sixteen and quarter
millions, estimating the December
figures, which, as above stated, are not
yet available. This makes the grand
total Of exports from the United
States to Panama during the five years
In question practically s6o.0oo,OOO In
value and the imports tnerefrom about
$6.000,000 In value.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
A Steel Cray Man.

A stern vispged man, VIII his steel
gray whiskers cut TO make him look
like captain Of industry, was walking
briskly down Superior avenue recently
past the city hall, Near the entrance
he saw little dead sparrow that had
fallen to the sidewalk. He paused and
picked up the dead bird. Makes me
think of when l was a kid" he NUT.
tered I'VE always used to have a reg
ular funeral and bury EN- when they
died Well. I'll put 1T over here where
1t won't be all ground to pieces by peo.
pie walking by, anyway" He placed
the feathered little body on a ledge OF
the building and then hurried on down
street.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.