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Chairman Of Decorating Committee.

OudIHldu Oi Decorating GommlCtSe,
Madsen, Jesse White. Joseph Lnlywhite.
]. z. Preible. Leslie Nichols. Hyrum
Standing, Henry Holt j. j. Nelson. Os-
car Peterson. Brigham City Fruit
Growers association. A L. Eddy. Leo
Holt, L. }. Anderson. J. d. Peters. J.
r. Bowring. Farley Thompson, Maurice
Peters, T. w. Fishburn, T. J. Billings,
DIT. Ensign and KnUdsen Brothers
One of the Jhrillers among the amuse-
ment features was the high diving of
Professors Bowen and Evans, in
which they climbed a sixty-foot pole
and then landed i'm a shallow tank.
Bowen did more than his contract Gale!
for by carrying a large load of booze"
up the ladder with him and down to the
tank. lie performed the feat success
fully twice during the afternoon, and
then tried to whip the town marshal
and superintendent of schools, and was
finally landed i'm Jail, charged with try
ing TO break down the doors of the
school building.
John H. Kidd. blacksmith of Salt
Lake, reported that his pocket had been
picked, and the man who turned the
trick was richer by $40. A distinguish
able looking individual who was found
To Doe a Rambler was arrested later, but
a search revealed no $40. Two stran-
gers who were working a "'phoney"
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DESERTED WIVES SEEK
DIVORCE FROM HUSBANDS

Three wives complain of non-support in
suits for divorce filed in the Third dis
trict court yesterday.
Lorraine katherine Plaisted Robes says
Enrico RObles married her at Portland
Ore. May Q. 1908, and then deserted her
i'm Salt Lake in September OF the same
year. She SAYS he has since refused
TO support her. There are no children.
Besides a divorce. LoreIei J.. Jonasson
wants her maiden name of Myers. She
was married to Oscar 7. JOnaSsOn I'm OE-
den May 3, 1901. but claims he has not
supported her. No children are mentioned
and no alimony is asked for.
Jacob POulsen is charged with non-sup-
port by his wife, Lena POUlsen. whom
he married at Logan May -. 1855. The
wife wants a divorce. custody of theig
two children and costs. She saws her
husband has not supported her for six
wears
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adorned the telegraph poles in the mid
die of the streets. Business houses and
residences also displayed the colors jim
profusiou from one end of the city TO
the other
All roads led To the Central school
grounds, where Mayor Thomas H..
Blackburn delivered a brief address of
welcome. i'm which he turned Brigham
over TO its guests r. ". FishDuTn fol-
lowed with a speech OF welcome in be-
half of the Box Elder Commercial club,
which has always been the moving
spirit for Peach day. The speeches were
short and to the point and both the
mayor and Mr.. Fishburn sounded the
keynote IF you don't see what you
want, ask for it,"
The peaches. owing 10 the generous
supply, lasted until nearly 4 o'clock
but the melons went as fast rs they
could be cut. and more than one small
boy literally "mussed his ears before
H. had his fill. The peaches We're given
out 10 holders of tickets which were dis
tributed to passengers ON all incoming
trains. and at the information booths
each box was stamped Presented by
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ENTERTAINED AT
BIG PEACH DAY CELEBRATION
Continued from Page 1.

clock, the first train arrived, and on
until noon they came into The new rail-
road station at Brigham at intervals Of
only few minutes. Logan sent more
than 1000, and other points in northern
Utah and southern Idaho furnished as
many more. Ogden was represented
by 1000, and Salt Lake sent 5000 with
a trainlOad from Provo and other points
down the line.
1t seemed as though all Brigham
must have been included i'm the recep-
ton committee at the station. and the
Brigham military band voiced the well
come at the station as each train pulled
In. and then headed the line of march
up Forest street TO Main and then
south to the Central school grounds.
The business streets OF the city were
handsomely decorated with the national
colors. alternating with green. pink and
yellow, the Peach day colOrs. which
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TAFT ON HIS WAY WEST
Continued from Page I

and back me up on this platform. said
the president. When we are together
there is plenty of strength and we work
better than ON separate platforms.
In Massachusetts,, from which 1 have
just come, 7 had d senator and a con-
gresham or two TO help me out on the
platform, but L do not need any one
here, for I have Governor Hughes, and
he always helps me out on the platform.
and that's where I need assistance"
President Taft then presented the
governor.
ct have made a good many speeches
in the last few years" said the govern
or, but those L enjoyed making most
were the ones for which I had the best
subject and the best subject for q
speech is a man. And I never made
speeches with better satisfaction to
myself than ] did during the last cam
paign in support of your great presi-
dent"
You did good work, governor. inter
Tupted the president, throwing his arm
around the governors shoulders. You
win never call on me i'm yain,' respond
ed the governor. who continued.
Just one word this assemblaEe, ire
spectiVe of party, desires to have said,
and that is GOdspeed and best wishes
for the chief magistrate Of the nation
He is going on long journey, so that
the people may see him and hear his
voice. 1t is AN undertaking OF difficulty
and personal hardship, but it viii be for
the benefit of the people and viii assist
him also i'm the better discharge Of his
duties. He takes with him our cordial
regards and best wishes. and I hope he
viii remember the cordial sCndoff of the
people of the Empire state. While we
do not know east, west. north or south
the people of this state have "a warmth
of feeling toward the chief magistrate
which is not equalled anywhere"
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the Box Elder Commercial Club, Brig
ham, Utah" The citizens who distrib-
uted the peaches We're: John p. Chris
Jensen, j. c. Knudsen, Nels Christopher
son, Hans Larsen. Orvil Jensen, Henry
Olson, Joseph Hansen, Benjamin Call
John Pierce Frank Fishburn and
George ". Watkins.
Peaches, grapes, plums and melons
were seen on every hand, but the chief
display was shown on the school
grounds, where more than 300 crates Of
the finest of the 1909 crop were dis
played in competition for the prizes Of
fered by the Box Elder Commercial
club. The 500 trophy cup was won by
J. A. Hanson for the best display of
peaches of not less than five boxes. This
cup was won by Orrin Barker last year
I. r. Preible took the second prize Of "a
i'm the cup competition.
The prize of 81 for the best hve cases
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went TO Leslie Nichols. j. o. Smith,
deputy horticultural inspector for Salt
Lake county, acted as judge and the
exhibit was in charge of a committee
of the Box Elder Commercial club, con-
sistiug Of W, o. Knudsen and Carl
lSaaCson.
The exhibitors were: y. T. Hansen,
i. Peterson, knUdsen Brothers, James
ByWater, Samuel Carter, Mrs. Charles
FOEgren, John Evans, Henry COtter
w. O. KnUdsen, h. w. Dunn, w. T.
Davis, +. Booth, Roy Nelson, +. H
Jenkins, J, A. Hansen, Mrs. Malmrose
William Jeppson, Martin Anderson, j.
L. Robinette, y. L. Eddy, II. Jensen,
Dr. Bryan, William Hadley, John
Pierce, J. p. Olsen, d. Q. StohI, Victor
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of Elbertas went To Hyrum Standing
and second prize i'm this department
went to W T. Davis. j. l.. RObinette
took the first prize for the best two
boxes of peaches, and Henry Holt took
second i'm this division. knudSen
Brothers won first for the best display
of peaches by "a company or associa-
ton, and the Brigham Fruit Growers
association took second. The prize for
the best commercial peck of fruit was
won by W. W. Knudsen. and Knudsen
Brothers took second in this division.
The single box of largest Elberts was
shown by W. L. Eddy, and second prize
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Stewards recipe for longevity is.
Chew Piper HeiGsieck champagne fla
vor tobacco and don't blow out the
oal'f
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jewelry racket were also locked mp and
held ON general principles, and two res
idents of Brigham, who miscalculated
their capacity for carrying liquor, were
temporarily restrained This summed
up the arrests made by the town mar
shal and mis- six deputies and the county
sheriff and deputy for the day,
There was one accident during the
afternoon, when the carriage III which
Mrs Alice Wilson was driving collided
with another rig in Forest street. Mrs,
Wilson's carriage lost d wheel, and she
was thrown out and dragged for fifty
feet. sustaining severe bruises.
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infected with impurities trouble
saOvY
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In this game, and winning team In
usually the combination that plays like
machine, each player supporting the
other. passing promptly at critical times.
and 40 by clever and pretty work working
through the opponents line until they
get close 30 the goal. when with a good
hard shot the puck IL sent into the net.
A young player will always strive
TO score himself. and IL likely to fail as
often as he tries. but an experienced
player will give up the puck freely TO
some other player on his own team and
be ready to take IL again or to support
him. as occasion requires. The secret
Of teams success IL combination play,
In other words, unselfshness.
In passing from one player TO another
they always try to slide the puck along
the ice because il Is easier then TO secure
but when trying for u goal the player
tries to lift it of the ice. send II straight
and hard and make ID as difficult as pos
sible for the defenders TO see the puck
and stop II.
The pretty plays are when the line four
abreast skate swiftly down the ice. cleverly
passing the puck one to another until the
goal is reached. The game is hard
because the puck is constantly In play.
II is Q. succession Of plays that advances
it.. as in football. but from the time 1t Is
placed on the ice it must be kept moving
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II In the amateur players who are Just
now the most popular. and In the clubs that
support the game the chief support has
been furnished for some time by Canadians
who have migrated TO this city. It was
soon seen that the game was attractive
and the colleges took II up and formed
lea que. and other colleges that have not
been able to get into this league have or
ganized teams and play exhibition games
whenever they get the chance.
Accoring TO one authority. hockey can
be traced to the old Romans and Greeks
The game that has developed into the
present hockey was played with crooked
sticks and balls filed with feathers. From
this game gradually the Scotch shinty
the Irish hurley and the English shinny
grew. Later the Canadians adapted these
games to playing on the ice. using a
rubber puck instead OF ball. and calling
1t hockey.
In the old game Of shinny, which is
the nearest to the present hockey, the
number Of players was practically un-
limited and the chief rule was -shinny
on your own side" 1t was a simple,
good natured. healthful and boisterous
game. played with bent sticks. a lump Of
Ice, stone or wood.
In 1880 the modern hockey was intro
duced in Canada and at Montreal two
ice hockey clubs were formed. These
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another or ROUGHLY oheokinu him

another or roughly checking him.
A player who has the puck can be
checked by another ON the opposing team
but often in the heat OF the contest check
are wrongly given and the offenders are
punished by being put out OF the contest
for one or two minutes to cool or
Hockey Is game which a man with a
quick temper has no right TO play. Bumps
come often and hard and quick tempered
player will resent these attentions and get
himself into trouble. Trips are not al.
lowed, but expert players know lots OF
tricks and can trip 80 scientifically that
the referee does not know that any in.
tentional foul has been committed
The game lasts for forty minutes and
is played In two halves OF twenty minute,
each. There are six officials at O. contest
two referees, one to watch the puck and
the other to watch the players; two goal
umpires. who announce when n goal |,
scored, and two timers. These TIMER,
have to deduct all time in which the puck
is not in play,
There are stops for offside plays. for
injuries received by players, for the puck
going out OF bounds. for broken skates
and many other things. To novice a
game Of hockey looks like the toughest
contest that can be witnessed and for
that reason it has been criticised very
much. but as rule the players are good
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THE TICKET CHOPPER.
Some Cheats In the World, but Lots OF
Nice peOUle.

why. certainly" said the ticket chop
per. I'VE try to be accommodating Why
shouldn't we be? We're all in the same
boat, aren't WEI Why shouldn't we help
each other? II man tries to beat me
walk past without paying. or works his
fingers over the box trying to make me
think he's dropped a ticket in, why, I'm
onto him; but il he treats me on the
level. why, l do all can for him.
Here's a man rushes up and drops his
ticket in the box and takes turn or two
round the platform and then all OF
sudden he remembers that he wants
newspaper and back he comes
81 want newspaper. he says. DO
you suppose you can remember me when
l come back?'
Now, you know, there's millions of
people crowding in past this box all the
time and might say to him:
How do you suppose I'm going 70
remember you among all these people
But what do say TO him is Sure" and he
goes out and gets his paper and when he
comes back he mods to me and | nod 10
him. and ne passes in and we're both COM
Portable and easy,
PLENTY of men forget something ana
want to go for It; and now and then there
a woman, Nice old lady came through
this morning, and in minute she comes
back to me.
I've come away without my tiat-@e,
she says, and can't see thing witnout
them. Will you let me in again wlthou;
buying another ticket when come osoS'
l say: "A
Certainly. madam. and she goes on
TO get them, and comes back in leE
minutes smiling and says, Thank you,
and walks in without a ticket pleased 70
be remembered, and I'm pleased 10 lh'hN
that could do her that little service "a
@Oh, there's some skins in the worI1i
but 10 you're accommoda ting youIssn
you meet plenty Of nice peopla'
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EnlEURSHANDY WITHFISTS
MANY GREAT BOXERS OUTSIDE
or THE RING.

Senator lROsc0e Conklins Tackled Jem
Mace-Edwtn Forrest, John McCui.
Ioush, King Edward, Squire Arlington
and President Roosevelt Enthusiasts.
There's many husky fellow chopping
down big trees in the baokwoods all winter
who could wallop the life out OF Jack
johnson. the coon champion, or big Jim
Jeffries il cornered by either Of these
professional pugilists.' said the old New
York sport while taking OF days gone by
the other evening. Il tell you the woods
are full OF great fighting men. and 30 are
the cities, but they won't come out in the
limelight because they do not care for
the notoriety Of the prizering. also the
element with whom they'd have 70 mix,
-In my days I've known q number
OF good, clever boxers among the best
class Of citizens who enjoyed boxing in
private with their friends. There was
the noblest Roman OF them all. Senator
Roscoe Conkling. who lost his life In the
great blizzard Of 1888. He was a mighty
handy man with his dukes and could
more than hold his own wheL II came 20
a pinch. When Conkling was in the
Senate at Washington he never took
water from any fellow member and was
always held In high esteem. Conkling
was a magnificent man physically. stand
Ing over ak feet. as straight as an arrow,
with tho proportions of a Roman gladi-
Rtor. Ono night In Washington Conklng
gave a stag supper to a few intimate
friends and associates in the Senate.
After the ooiIee and cigars Conkling
produced q set Of boxing gloves and
fpnered TO spar any man in the room.
tSsnstoraZach' 'Chandlerewho also was of
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navy yard. who. Ii is said, defeated Tom
Sharkey in a boxing bout when the
latter was in the service. Father Reaney
encourages scientific boxing among the
boys as long as they do not get too rough
at the game. He believes it's a good
healthy sport, and he has turned out some
clever manly fellows who can box with
marked ability. There are many other
clergymen about New York who can box
as we'll as some Of our best professio mails.
but they keep their fistio skill to them
selves. away from the outside world.
this country ever know. had followed
the prizering instead Of the stage he
would probably have been champion
OF the world. Forrest had a wonderful
physique. He was a natural athlete,
a finished boxer. fencer and wrestler and
always, prided himself on his condition.
Why, there's not man In the ring to-day
who could shoy the muscular develop
ment that Forrest had. remember
that when he appeared In England before
the footlghts the newspapers accused
him Of padding his limbs. This 30 en-
ragged Forrest that he walked to the
front OF the stage one night and deliber-
sword until the blood triokled down
into his shoe. This was rather painful
proof, but II caught the London gallery
gods. who always hailed Forrest there
after as an American hero.
-one night after a long. tiresome
performance Forrest started out 10 take
the air alone. He roamed away from the
HIGHWAYS into the byways Of old London
whaUssAddienfy~t three Ostss1 pnped,
out Of . dark alley and grabbed the actor
in a desperate manner. There was a
short struggle In which Forrest shook
the thieves OF like 30 many rats. and with
his heavy cane and ready fists he soon
had them wallowing in the gutter. Then
he used his oane freely as they tried TO
regain their feet and also astonished the
London bobby. who finally oame to the,
rescue.
Take them away. offioerl IN make
no charged Numbered Forrest, as he
walked on In his most dignifed manner,
With his deep sub cellar voice and stately
carriage Forrest was often thought 10 be
but more kind hearted
man never lived. ssnmnAe1
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Another great athletic actor a genera
ton ago was John Mccullough, who came
to this country in 1883. He began reading
Shakespeare while making chairs In
Philadelphia. Mccullough and Forrest
became fast friends and travelled as
ring of to-day could not produce such
wonderful specimens OF manhood.
Maurice Barrymore, another noted
actor. who died a few years ago, was an
accomplished boxer. and many cabman
or rowdy bore evidence OF his prowess.
The late James Richmond Glenroy. the
man with the green gloves as he was
known on the vaudeville stage, was
another noted expert with his fists. Nat
Goodwin and Bob Hilliard have also
proved that they possess fistio skill on
numerous occasions.
George Gould In his younger days was
sanni p. Morosini the T banker s % who died died
about q year ago. Both received boxing
lessons from Billy Madden years ago and
also took many good punching In pri-
vate to prove themselves game and will
ing. Prof. Mike Donovan. the boxing
instructor Of the New York Athletic Club,
has taught hundreds OF rich men--msny
Of them millionaires-the art OF self
defence. The late Hermann Oelrichs was
one OF the cleverest men with his hands
| ever saw. He boxed privately with
many professionals and always held his
own with them.
over In England among the nobility
there are many clever fellows with or
Ss44S: S!!aSss rs IiG 1i &. 9sssGs Sssin:
rules under which modern pri iseash.s are
held, could 60 some himself. and during
his erratio career he had many encounters
IN public places that demonstrated
his Boxing skill. This remarkable little
man at one time offered TO fight his second
son anywhere in the world for $50. 900
a side.
Another millionaire Englishman who
created a sensation both here and abroad
was George A. Baird, better known as
amateur boxer who liked TO indulge In
impromptu scraps 10 that he could show
how he could fght. Under the influence
OF liquor tho Squire indulged In wild
orgies and often took part In desperate
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round was another fancy exhibition.
although Conkling appeared TO be serious
and also anxious to land on Brown,
who was quick on his feet and clever
at ducking with his head
AS Brown came up for the third
round II was noticed that Senator Chand-
Ter whispered something in his ear. which
Brown answered with a nod Conklink
then let go his right and left in quick
order as Che men toed the mark, but both
blows missed the mark. Suddenly
Brown tapped Conkling with a singer
on the top Of the nose. and the Senator
looked both puzzled and astonished.
He made a wild rush at Brown who
neatly sldestepped and then hoored the
Senator with a right hand smash on the
jaw. Conkling was up quickly and went
after his man hammer and tongs.
Brown nimbly got away. and before
the Senator recovered from his headlong
rush Brown landed another right
handler that sent his distinguish ed rival
TO the carpet. fiat on his back.
THAT will dol cried Chandler as he
jumped in and pushed Brown into
chair. Conkling arose slowly and with
much injured dignity demanded to know
who Mr.. Brown really was.
It's all right, Senatorl' said Chandler,
bursting into laugh; I'm square with
yoOno~ <er tWp0nchifg>you ga0sme
the other evening over In your rooms!'
But who Is this man? Why. he's the
oleverest boxer ] ever met in my hfe!'
exclaimed Conkling. Then Chandler.
after another good laugh, said;
Senator, let me introduce TO you
Mr.. Jem Mace. the heavyweight cham
pion Of England Conkling appreciated
the joke and shaking Mace by the hand
complimented him highly on his skill.
DO You know there arc many clergy
men we never hear about who are good
boxers2 For illustration there Is Father
W. II. Reaney. the chaplain Of the re-
ceiving ship Columbia At the Brooklyn