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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

His Confession
Somcrville Journal
Shes dandy, winsome bit
OF feminine humanity,
Entirely unaware Of it,
And wholly free from vanity,
l lost my heart when first We met,
She was so sweet and squeezable-
Il own ! haven't done it yet,
1t never seemed quite feasible.)
But still she rules within my heart
And-strange peculiarity-
She binds me to her by an art
Without familiarity.
grow to love her more and more.
Though I'm husband dutiiul,
And pray. why not ? She's only 4,
And doesn I know she beautiful.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

SEVERAL Yakima men and their
families are about to make Summer
tour in California. leaving their homes
in old-fashioned prairie schooners,
and taking az much time for the trip
as seems desirable. 1t will doubtless
be a splendid outing and delightful
reminder of the Days of 49.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

THE squirrel-pest is said to be do
ing more damage this year than ever
before in Eastern Washington, and
farmers are making united effort to
exterminate them. The mountainous
districts are less affected This is
attributed to the extreme cold
weather that has prevailed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

A BIG black bear wandered into
the business part of the city of Bel
lingham, the other day, and was qui-
city eating radishes out of the tail
end of farmers wagon when dis
covered. Just how the big brute
could avoid the busy surge of human
ity in reaching the business center,
unless a call to the lunch table had
Just been sounded, is past comprehen-
sion
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

TIE casting of the great lens for
the Mount Wilson, Cal, , observatory,
100 inches in diameter, proved 4 fail
ure, but the flaws were not discOv-
cred till the work was finished.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

The farmer gladly sows his wheat.
Sows his wheat.
>ows his heat
The farmer g'adly sows his wheat.
His heart filled with elatiun.
And IN good time he thrashes il,
Thrashes il.
Thrashes it
And IN good time he thra>hcs it
And hanis II to the station.
II sells for what i, cost to raise,
Cost Ia raise.
Cost To raise
1t sells Tor what II cost tu raise.
He doesn't feel 50 funny.
The bulls and bears they play with it
Play with it.
Play with it.
The bulls and bears they play with il
And gather in the money.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

THE wearing of high-heeled shoes
was successful bar to damages in a
suit brought lately against the Oak
land (CalD Traction company. The
court held that the woman was gull
ty of cOntributory negligence in
wearing high-heels, as no one thus
shod could expect to walk level
street without being overbalanced by
her footwear. The Traction cOmpa-
ny was given judgment for costs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

PRESIDENT Taft has received from
the Philippines an unique suit case
that was the receptical of industrial
statistics for use in considering tariff
legislation. The frame is of mahog-
any and the fir ont is made of small in
laid blocks of native rood, about 12j
different specimens, highly polished,
and bearing the initials w. II. T., u
in native gold, and "P. l." in moth.
er OF pearl. The back and sides are
made of caribou hides, and the handle
is of a piece of MANILA hemp, with
the inscription Taft-Payne Philip
pine Tariff, in gold letters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

A PAIR of enterprising brothers
named Hickman it seems have adopt.
ed scheme for acquiring such title
as aged squaws may possess to realty.
One of them Leonard, aged 22, mar
ried .Siudsh kioochmdn, aged 60, de
serting her after two months of wed
ed life, and she now asks a legal sep.
aratiOn. A short time ago, Agatha
Rickman, 50 years of age. was ac.
corded u decree OF divorce from AL
fred Hickman, a brother of the de.
fendant in the above case, the intent
having become apparent immediate
after the nuptial knot was tied.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
N vE1ESAYvTSN Advice as to patent
r. N " ability and Procedure
n A~AS FREE upon request.
Send sketch and description Of your invention
Harry J. Robinson, Attorney at Law and Solicitor
Of Patents, 304-5 Judge Building, Salt Lake City
The conlurer confesses.

That the hand is quicker than the
eye is one of those accepted sayings
invented by someone who knew moth
Ing OF conjuring-or, as is more likely.
by some cunning conjurer who aimed
still further to hoodwink a gullible
public. The fact Is that the best con
Jurer seldom makes rapid motion,
for that attracts attention, even
though 1t be not understood. The
true artist in this line is deliberate in
every movement, and it is mainly by
his actions that he leads his audience
to look not where they ought, but In
an entirely different direction. MIR.
David Devant, who for a number OF
consecutive years has entertained
London with his ingenious tricks, has
said; The conjurer must be an actor.
BY the expression of his face, by his
gestures. by the tone of his voice, in
short by his acting, he must produce
his effects."-St. Nicholas.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

The mischief had been done right
under Miss Moxley's eyes. The en-.
gagement had been entered into
Miss Moxley swallowed her chagrin
and put the young man up for the
night, hoping in this way to avoid
scandal in the village, and the next
morning he departed, so his fiancee
said, to join his parents at their home
in Cincinnati and announce their en-.
gagement.
But, oddly enough, that very night
several things happened Several
college youths appeared in Sharon
Springs and put up at the tiny inn.
retreat for obstreperous schoolgirls
saw the simmer of gold and found a
convenient ladder somewhere about
the place. This he tilted against the
wall of the cottage, just where it
would do the most good. and three
dainty figures, including Miss Whit
ney's slipped down the ladder
Miss Walcott, who led the escapade,
was expelled from Miss Elys school.
but the parents of Miss Whitney and
Tom Graydon decided that further in
reference was both useless and un-
wise. The engagement was announced
with full consent of both households.
Miss Whitney returned to Miss Elys
school to finish out her term and Mr.
Graydon returned to Harvard where
he was graduated the following June,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
The Stock Gamblers Voice.

AS rule, great manipulators have
high, thin voices and take distrust-
peculiarly must be left as an arbi-
trary fact; as to their bearish slant OF
mind, It is easily accounted for. 1t
comes of the fact that their services
are more often solicited by men hav-
ing something to sell than by men
wishing to buy-in the ratio of about
five to one. Nevertheless there is no
instance of bear manipulator's hav-
ing died rich. 1t is a bulls country
Everybody's Magazine
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

both the brides grandparents were OF
advanced years, and they felt that the
girl was not old enough to know her
own mind.
Nevertheless they granted forgive
ness, and the mother of the bride,
groom, following suit, gave a splendid
reception in their honor at the st.
Regis. Later the two young people
set up housekeeping on fine estate
at n-on-the-Hudson, known
as "Verusselle," which they made into
one of the most beautiful on the Hud-
son. Their time was divided between
this home, their yacht and the st.
Regis, where they have always kept
a suite. One of their mutual fads has
been zoo given over to odd and rare
animals. At one time Mr. Hopkins
created something of a sensation by
trying to break zebras to harnes.
The old grandfather lived to see his
little girl" living Il most happy mar.
ried life. and so when he died on
March IA and his will was opened it
was found that he had made the wee
daughter of Mr., and Mrs, Russell F.
Hopkins heiress to a million dollars
of the Lawrence legacy, with the
mother as trustee.
Does 1t pay to elope?"
1T does, answers Mr. and Mrs.
Hopkins in happy chorus.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

Immediately after his graduation the
two young people slipped quietly away
and We're married, wiring later to
their respective parents for the pro.
verbal blessing.
A year later Tom Graydop's father
died and he came into an inheritance
of about $4,000, mere bagatelle
when compared with the fortune
which would be his young wifes, but
he decided to use his fortune in
most practical way. He bought
shoe manufacturing business and,
donning overalls and jumper, went
into the leather room to learn the
business from the cellar up
Sad End Of Romance.
From that time on the Graydons
lived quietly in Cincinnati, the young
hunsband diving deeper and deeper
into business. Then suddenly, to the
amazement of friends, Mrs. Graydon
appeared at her fathers home in San
Francisco, denied herself all social
attentions, but did not deny the rumor
that she was filing suit for divorce
on the ground that Mr.. Graydon had
failed to support her. Thus a familiar
excuse for divorce covers matri,
monial tragedy.
Did love wane when the man found
business more fascinating than court.
ship, or did the love of excitement
inborn in Beryl Whitney Graydon,
make a matrimonial existence seem
tame and fiat?
Now for the other side Of the pic
ture
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
Summer School

Gives you a practical ten weeks
training in Shorthand, Typewriting,
Penmanship, Bookkeeping, Com
mercial Arithmetic, Civil Service
and Mechanical Arts.
This school has larger enroll
ment, more expert teachers, better
equipment than any other Com
mercial school in the west.
1t is suitably situated in the COM
mercial center. Salt Lake City is
well supplied with summer resorts,
public parks and Libraries, and
every convenience for affording a
pleasant and profitable summer.
Living rates are reasonable.
Tuition $1,000 for session.
Summer School opens May 3lst.
Write Registrar for catalogue or
more information.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

Vera Siegrist was the grand-daugh'
ter and heirt'ss of DR.. j. J. Lawrence
of patent medicine fame who built
palace at No. 1880 Fifth avenue, and
held this only grandchild as the apple
of his q, 2. Russell f. Hopkins was a
millionaire from Atlanta Ga, sports
man and yachtsman. several years
older than Miss Siegrist, who was not
yet is. He met her during vacation
days at Narragansett Pier, and while
her grandparents had no objection to
Mr.. Hopkins, they felt the girl was
too young to marry
On the very day when she was ex-
fashionable private school, she disap.
peared from home with her maid
The two boarded a tender at a North
river pier and steamed out to where
Mr. Hopkins yacht Uno rode the
shimmering waters. Lightly Miss
Segrist climbed the little ladder to
where her lovers arms awaited her.
Then the captain of the yacht was or
dered to steam up, full speed, for
Peekskill, where a clergyman came
aboard and performed the ceremony
which capped this romantic adven-
ture. Cupid sitting aloft, smiled and
suggested a message to the brides
guardians.
Secure Forgiveness.
The news brought great consterna-
tion to the Lawrence household, for
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
Advent of the Brother"

The blond giant responded prompt.
ly, calling at the cottage and asking
not for Miss Whitney. but for Miss
Moxley. To her he expressed his
deep regret at the mad pranks of his
sister" He had come especially to
reason with this wayward youngest
daughter of the family.
He was so earnest-and so big
that Miss MoXley was duly impressed
and actually invited him to remain
al the cottage during his stay. Then,
while a servant carried his luggage
to the rooms selected for this unex.
pected but nevertheless welcome
guest, Miss Whitney was summoned.
What the brother said to the sister"
in Miss Monkeys presence helped on
the deception eXcellently, but what
happened behind the door of broth.
er's" room, into which the two disap.
peared, the one reproving, the other
weeping behind her bit of cambric
and lace, only Cupid knows.
That evening Miss Moxley chaper-
oned the three girls and the lone
blpAltl ~ a village entertainment.
In the half-light of the country thea.
ter the two conspirators forgot watch
full eyes, and Miss MoXley began to
see light, When they reached the cot
tage and that astute lady saw brother
and sister" draw back into a comfort.
ing shadow, she spoke her mind:
You two young people are entirely
too loving for brother and sister.
What does this mean?"
Then did Miss Whitney utter her
defiance. which has been handed
down in boarding school annals as a
classic
1t doesn't make any difference
Miss MoXley, ii he Isn't my brother
might as well tell YOU that Mr..
Graydon and | are engaged, and
should think an engaged girl might
be allowed TO see the young man she
is going to marry, and / don't care
what Miss Ely thinks Just as soon
as Tom Is graduated and papa gives
his consent we intend to be married
and you needn't speak rudely to Mr.
Graydon, because / invited him to
come myself and told him to say he
was my brother
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

Prince de Sagan is said TO be So
cial outcast in Paris, ostracised by the
very select circle in which he formerly
moved. 1t is not because of any more
lapses of which he may be guilty, Far
from it; society formerly received him
gladly for all his well-known record. It
is because he has refused to accept a
challenge to fight Count Boni de Cas-.
tellane, and has thereby offended a
gentleman French honor" is a
funny thing. The whole business is
like an act in a comic opera.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

murderer was electrocuted in New
Jersey and physicians We're refused
permission to try to resuscitate the
victim. The New Jersey authorities
have the right idea. When a criminal
is once dead, it is the best to let him
stay dead.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
WeII.Tralned Memory.

II do not recall anything on that
point" said the witness. "Oh. you
don't?" sneered the lawyer. You'd
better take memory lessons" Excuse
me-" rejoined the witness suavely,
but my memory has been trained by
one of the highest-priced lawyers in
the business, s,"-Philadelphia Public
Ledger
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

That Americans find life especially
sweeter than other nations Is proved
by the figures showing candy con-
sumption. The candy bill of the Uni
ted States for 1908 is 100000, ,00o,
This not only shows tendency to a
greater sweetness in national life, but
also that if times are growing more
prosaic, romance is dying hard.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

Sheep-shearing machines are now
used quite extensively in Australia In
Tasmania they are just beginning to
be installed. 1t seems only question
OF time when all the sheep shearing in
this island will be done by machinery,
driven by steam, electric or gasoline
power.
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figure. Does ii pay?"
Within the past few weeks two very
different answers might seem TO have
come from opposite ends of the con
tinent, but both from millionheir-
esses who started welded life via the
ladder line.
ITS the only way" declared Mrs.
Russell +. Hopkins, as she bends over
the cradle of her wee daughter,
Josephine Lawrence Bennett Hopkins.
the central figure in a gorgeous suite
at the Hotel st. Regis, far above the
rumble of New York's Fifth avenue.
And Josephine's admiring daddy re-
frains from the diverting sport of
coaxing laugh from his small heir
ess long enough to add, "Of course,
it's the only way"
But in San Francisco Helen Beryl
Whitney Graydon, who eloped with
Thomas III. Graydon, a famous foot
ball player under Harvard's crimson
pennant has brought six years of
married life to an abrupt close by
leaving her husband.
Marriage is failure" she says
sadly, and closes the doors to even
sympathetic friends.
And back in Cincinnati, where she
left him, "Blondy' Graydon announces
with the calm, judicial air which men
assume when masking a sad secret,
Il have nothing to say"
Yes. Yes! Yes" chants Mrs. Hop.
kins, of New York.
mo, No! Mo-" sighs Mrs. Gray.
don.
And thus romantic maidens and ar
dent suitors are left TO answer for
themselves.
But bark to the tale of these two
giltedged elopements before you de.
eide.
Down Ladder to Her Lover.
For several months before their
elopement Beryl Whitney and Thomas
II, Graydon, popularity known as
"Blondy," kept the wires between
New York and San Francisco hum
ming: they had two institutions of
learning agog with excitement; they
cost several eminently conservative
and fashionable ladies many good
nights of needed slumber, and in the
ends they obtained parental forgive
ness, Mrs. Graydon climbed down a
ladder to meet her waiting lover.
That was in 1903
Between Vera Siegrist and Russell
Hopkins there was bur one obstacle
the youth of the girl. who was just
II. The determined lover decided
that the obstacle could be removed
by Father Time just as successfully
after matrtmonay as before, so he sug
gested an elopement and the young
girl was entirely agreeable, And she
climbed up the ladder to her waiting
suitor That was in 1906
The eiopement of Miss Whitney and
Mr.. Graydon was preceded by a long
and extremely hot warfare with par
ents besieging and Miss Whitney act
ing the role of the besieged with
Miss Siegrist and Mr. Hopkins the
action was sharp and extremely brief
the young lady's guardians retiring
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Woes III Pay a
(iIliil1rll,piir,psS
NO &:IDI,c

in good order and not without some
trace of amusement
In 1902 Beryl Whitney was being
finished" at Miss Ely's school for
girls, then at Eighty-sixth street and
Riverside drive, New York City A
California girl of much beauty and
dash, it was said she would inherit
about $5,000,000. Now a girl who
may some day come into $5,000,00O
and whose indulgent parents have
homes in Boston. Chicago and Cali
fornia. to say nothing of maghif
cent hotel suite in New York, is apt
to be bit self-wiled and headstrong
All School Rules Ignored.
So 1t is not remarkable that having
met Thomas Graydon, one of the
finest football players Harvard has
ever gloried in blond giant of many
destinations. Miss Whitney should
have reciprocated his love and de-
termined to see him as often as her
heart dictated, school rules to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
Young Graydon spent much time in
New York, running down for week
ends and making the Hotel Imperial
his headquarters. And Miss Whitney,
not content with the sober calling Gus
toms permitted at Miss Elys, when a
sedate chaperon occupied the center
of the drawing-room, and young cou
pies sat in demure duets about the
walls, made innumerable excuses for
lnnNinO tho GahnnI n x-Jn
One day, in company with Miss Made.
line Walcott of Natick, Mass, and
Miss Elizabeth Joyce of Andover,
Mass, Miss Whitney went downtown
ostensibly to lay in supplies for a
school frolic. In reality they Joined
some college men, including Mr.. Gray
don. at popular tea room and over
stayed the hour of indulgence. When
the truth reached the ears of the
Misses Ely they "rusticated" the trio
of offenders. This punishment meant
Punishment to cottage at Sharon
Springs, Conn, where Miss Moxley a
teacher versed in the Ely customs,
chaperoned offenders and supervised
their rigid hours of work doing pen
ance.
Naturally the trio of girls found
this most monotonous and determined
to find excitement of some sort. Max.
ing friends with the butler, in whose
pantry the telephone was situated,
Miss Whitney managed to secure con.
nection with the Hotel Imperial in
New York city, where MIR. Graydon
was waiting in the hope of seeing her
again. She described the unhappy
plight of the rebellious three and
urged him to come to Sharon Springs
and rescue them from boredom.
Say you are my brother" she eau.
toned, as she rang off.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

An Injunction has been issued by
court in Ohio forbidding man from
making love to an attractive widow
When 1t comes to ordering a man not
TO fall in love, they might as we'll is
sue injunctions against ducks swim.
ming. Even Shakespeare, who sug
sested that lovers should be put in a
madhouse, did not go so far as 70 hint
at jail.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

The announcement is made of a
decrease in the sale of darning cotton
for stockings, This may be either the
result of prosperity which allows peo-
pie to buy new clothes and not mend
their old ones so much, or it may cor
roborate the charge made recently
that American women are the LATEST
on earth The evidence on either
side is bound to be interesting.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
In the Nature Of a slur.

Sir Hubert Won Herkomer says he
once saw the reproduction of picture
called THE Coming Storm" adver-
tised for sale In shop window and
under the title there were the words
in large type: Suitable for wedding
nreSent"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

China needs ruler who will some
out in the open. live the life Of good
sovereign and keep in mind that this
is the twentieth century. not the
tenth. Until that land gets such an
emperor her lack of modern civiliza
ton and her adherence of modern
ideas will keep her far in the back
ground among the progressive nations
of the world.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

"A naval court-martial has declared
that the delirious delights of happy
honeymoon are no excuse for deser-
tion from the service. AS long as the
cold-blooded abstraction called naval
service can command legs which
march and arms which carry weapops
little 1t recks of hearts that love.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

AS long as England expects women
who set the social pace to shoot
pheasants and deer 1t must expect
somewhat excessive readiness to re.
sort to physical violence when suf-
fragettes get excited
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
Element Of panaer 10 Society.

The real danger to modern institu.
tions is not in the difference in the
size of fortunes or that some live in
mansions and others in huts The
real danger is that the current OF sym.
pathy which should circulate freely
among the entire citizenship is OBJ
structed
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

In writing code" letter that may
accidentally fall into other hands than
those OF the person for whom 1t is in
tended. 1t is better to avoid such
words as peach" and use mud
fence" kangaroo" "turnip," or some
equally harmless substitute.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
$50 California Round Trip.

II contemplating any coast tour.
write at once to Kenneth Kerr, ID. p.
A.. Salt Lake Route, 1863 S. Main, Salt
Lake CITY
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

Castro left much of his fortune in
the hands of European hoteikeepers.
He was unwise to choose time when
the regular American tourist was at
home saving his money.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
$50 California Round Trip.

II contemplating any coast tour,
write at once to Kenneth Kerr, d. p.
A.. Salt Lake Route, 1863 S. Main, Salt
Lake City,