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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30
CITY COUNCIL HAS
. REVERSED ITSELF

Before the regular business of the
session was taken up, Councilman
Thomas moved that the rules be sus-
pended for the purpose of considering
the communication OF Mayor A. L.
Brewer submitted TO the council last
Monday night, in which he recon-
mended that the retail liquor license
OF George Frye. proprietor of the
Globe saloon. be revoked Acting on
this recommendation. the council
ordered the license revoked at the
last session Since then FRYE has
taken the matter into the district
court and an order by Judge j. A,
Howell was issued ordering the mayor
and the members Of the council TO
appear before him December with
all of the records of the proceeding.
TO show cause why Frye should be
deprived of his license
Frye Matter Causes Trouble.
A communication from City Attor-
ney DeVine was read last night. In
which he recommended that Frye be
given a hearing. This communica-
tion caused 4 storm of debate. Coun-
cllmen Austin and Dana criticised the
actions OF the city attorney and de-
clared that he should be present 10
explain this communication. Council
man Dana declared that the council
had acted on the attorneys advice
when the license was revoked and
Councilman Austin suggested that
there was danger of getting the coun-
cilmen In a still deeper muddle. II
was explained by Councilman Peery
that DeVine could not be present
Councilman Dickson moved TO have
the attorneys communication referred
10 the law committee An amendment
TO have II referred 10 the license COM
mittee was offered by Councilman
Peery. After motions and amendments
had been piled up into an almost In
extricable mass Councilman Powers
cited Roberts Rules Of Order to'show
that the council had no right TO re-
consider the action unless a weeks
notice had been previously given. More
debate followed. bur finally a resolu-
ton was passed 10 conform with the
suggestions of the CITY attorney and
next Friday evening was set for the
hearing. at which Mr.. Frye Will appear
before the council 10 submit his side
OF the controversy
The ogden Rapid Transit company
was ordered TO place It's tracks on
grade in all the paved districts.
May Dismiss Action.
The outcome OF this hearing may
probably result In the dismissal of the
action in the district court should the
council decide that 1t hnd no right TO
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30

revoke FTye's license. All of the mem
bers OF the council voted In favor OF
adopting the resolution allowing Frye
a hearing Friday night. except Coun-
cilmen Austin and Dana, who eX-
planned that they believed the council
was involving Itself in a worse muddle
than before by such action.
City Engineer Parker submitted alb
stracts OF all the city'S water rights
which were prepared By Abstractor F.
B. Devote. The records were ordered
filed with the city recorder.
Short Line Gets Franchise.
An ordinance granting a franchise
TO the Oregon Short Line railroad COM
pany for the construction of a spur
track on Wall avenue, between
Twenty First and Twenty-second
streets. and an ordinance creating
sidewalk district 102 and levying a
special tax upon abuttjng property
owners passed their third and final
reading
Upon the recommendation of Coun-
Gilman Humpris S24.549-l3 due Con-
tractor Pat Moran for work in paving
district 100 was ordered paid.
The Wheelwrlght Construction COM
pany. upon the recommendation OF
the city engineer, was allowed S4.440.-
30 as an estimate OF work done In
sewer district 100 and S7l15.95. a par
tial estimate of work done In sidewalk
district 102. The payrolls for the past
two weeks for the various employees
OF the city, amounting 10 Sl,7e001,
were approved. Sanitary Inspector
Shorten reported % cases OF conta-
gious diseases in the city at the close
OF the week ending November %.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30

Baylis Keynes, British consul at Mes
sna. and from one OF his Italian as
sistantS | learned that some 100000
had been contributed by the English.
It being known as the London lord
mayors fund Donal told ME Great
Britain had built 100 houses.
The most surprising thing in all
this work of charity is the fact that
the big Hotel Regina Elena. which was
erected from American contributions
and of which so much was reported
at the time Commander Belnap com
pleted his official duties at MesSina,
has never been occupied nor even
opened The idea in erecting this no.
tel was to furnish transients Of all ma
tionalties with a comfortable place In
which TO stop while visiting the city,
an accommodation which was entirely
lacking after the earthquake. The peo-
pie were living in tents. Commercial
representatives and others from away
would need proper accommodations
Belnap rushed the building to COM
pletlon. held his farewell banquet and
sailed away with the blessing OF many
thousands of people.
That was the last Of May. 1908. and
the building stands as II was left.
There is not even a guard on the prem
ises Some of the windows are out
and the weather is damaging II. There
were some FIVE thousand American dol
lars put into the material alone, the
Italian government paid for the labor,
America sent her own boss carpenters
over to supervise the construction,
and what should probably be termed
municipal graft" has been allowed to
prevent the use of the hotel In any
way
No one apparently dares to explain
the riddle, but for myself | would say
that the owners Of several other ltal-
ian hotels. who were laying their ce-
ment foundations when Belnap LETT
and are now doing a rushing business
caring for translents, could probably
explain all.
Golfers might use big story on
the subject. but the main result would
be TO discourage similar beneyolence
and the world has none TO spare y
few thousand wasted American dollars
is OF small importance. The Mes
SLAMS. as a people are sincerely CRATE
ful TO America, Some night the ho-
tel will burn down. houses will be
erected in It's place and the incident
will be closed
Very truly yours,
(Signed) a. w. HADLEY.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30
Messina, Ciciiy. Nov. s, 1909.

MPbSl0d, tlCllys NOV O, l5VJs
Editor Ogden Standard:
Although | am still under the Italian
flag. the change from continental
Italy is almost complete; architecture.
customs. temperaments and many
other things being more Spanish. as
] understand 1t from Cuban expert
onces. Even the speech. which is not
of a "Patwa Neapolitonese," seems
softer and more musical to the ear
than that Of central and northern
Italy
Leaving Palermo last evening, we
made an exceptionally quick run to
this port. arriving here at daybreak
As I shall not go ashore for several
hours. | will start my Messina letter
carly
This is a beautiful harbor. An Ital-
ian battleship and seven torpedo boats
are anchored near and a destroyer
is maneuyering close at hand, accom-
pNshing stunt which is new 10 me
that of starting suddenly and with
some sort OF an arrangement olsen
gaeing the anchor and hauling IT
alongside while going at full speed
The shore line stretches In huge
crescent upon three sides' Inc
burned walls of high buildings still re-
minding one of the terrible catastro-
phe OF last December. Beyond, the
green palm and cypress-clad hills
and mountains extend for many miles
inland. Two high promontories are
crowned with formidable appearing
fortresses. Il should Ike to say
"frowninG." but who ever heard or
read Of any other kind In a descript-
I've tale?.
! am having a unique experience
on this trip to Greece. in fact, | seem
TO have left commonplace Europe for
d new realm entirely. There are only
three other passengers on this DIG
shin and not a soul aboard can speak
or understand q word OF English 1t
IS a bit more than | bargained lor'
but I am beginning 10 enjoy II
thoroughly.
The day left Naples, ran across
an American In Cooks office who was
contemplating a trip 10 Athens. ana
I persuaded him TO try one OF these
Today boats which make Cicilian and
Canadian ports enroute. On the way
10 the ticket office we encountered al
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30
1 FlADLEY OF OGDEN
VISITS MESSINA

Inshman with $4,000 and a sack Of
rubies for the pope, and thereby hangs
a tale
A wealthy uncle had recently died
In Burmah. leaving a fortune in Penn
sylvania oil lands and here was this
Hibernian carrying out the dictates OF
the will
Our attention was drawn TO the
prodigy by an italian woman picking
up his sack of rubIes. which had drop
ped, and handing It to him. Ny Amer
lean friend was on the alert. appar-
emily and seemed inclined to make
him prove property" The fellow
said he was Murphy from Cork" and
seemed so oyerioyed 10 find an Eng
lish speaking person among the
Italics" as he called them, that he
forthwith showed up the rubies. and
his bullying wallet Of English bank
rotes Whenever he mentioned his
uncle's name or the pope. he would
cross himself and raise his hat with
Lord rest his soul" He wondered
II we knew his uncle Murphy In Pitts
burg and II we had heard OF the law
ing over his relatives property.
His ambition WAS 10 buy us a bit
Of drink" Time. however, was more
precious than a drink and. giving him
some wholesome advice about carry
ing the pope's property loose in his
ccat pocket. I bade him goodbye Ny
American, however. seemed inclined
to have the drink and that is the
last have seen Of either one. AS
the latter has one of my cards in his
possession. 7 am somewhat disturbed
over the matter.
To return TO the ship. 7 VIII state
that as the Egyptian business will not
start before n fortnight, there are but
two Grst-class passengers-an Italian
and wife. bound for Constantinople;
and two In second class-a Spanish
lady from Buonos Ayres, South Amer
lea. and myself We dine In silent
state five times daily. for. in spite of
the size OF the crowd" the attendants
must go through the motions" The
long dining room remlnda me OF one
Of Glbson's drawings at meal time
and we have two walters each One
Of mine has a decidedly Cicliian ap-
pearance and l wouldn't mind If he
bad been searched under the eagle
eye OF Detective Pender before com
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30
OLD GUS RETlREs.

Chicago. Nov. 30-Wlth the retire
ment from the police department Of
August Swanson. veteran lookup
keeper at detective headquarters. the
Oldest CITY employe In point of service
sewers his connection with the munici-
pal government
"Old Gus" as he is familiarly called.
has been a member OF the force forty
three years. He was appointed patrol
man by Mayor John B Rice on Sep
tember /, 1896. and has served under
nineteen of the twenty-one chiefs Of
police since the establishment OF the
Chicago police department
Swanson is slxty-Gve years old and
failed 10 pass the physical test The
retiring board asked for his resigna-
tfon
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30
WHY so WEAK
Kidney Troubles May Be Sapping
Your Life Away-osden People
Have Learned This Fact.

When a healthy man or woman be-
gins TO run down without apparent
cause. becomes weak. languld. de-
pressed. suffers back ache, headache,
dizzy spells and urinary disorders.
look TO the Kidneys for the cause Of
II all. Keep the. kidneys well and
they will keep you well Doan's Kid
ney pills cure sick kidneys and keep
them well. Here Is Ogden testimony
to prove It,
Mrs. H c. Peterson, 34Sl Washing
ton Ave. ogden. Utah says: Il was
In a miserable condition as a result
of kidney complaint. and although ]
consulted the best physicians in this
vicinity | was unable 10 get relief
suffered terribly from rheumatism
and my feet were badly swollen as
If | had dropsy. The backaches and
pains In nv loins were so acute tnat
l could not rest at night Doan's Kid
ney Pills, which procured from Bud-
cons Pharmacy gave almost instant
relief. and as ! continued their use
the symptoms of my trouble gradu-
ally disappeared To say that I rec
ommend Doan's Kidney pills but
mildly expresses my high opinion Of
ihcmr statement given IN July
l9n6D
Mrs Peterson was interviewed on
Iuly %. 1909. and said NV health
has been unusually good since / took
Doans Kidney pills have no oh
lection 10 the continued publication
OF my former testimonial"
For sale by all dealers Price so
cents. Foster -Snlburn Co. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents Tor the United
Stntes
Remember the uame-Doan's-a
take 10 other.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30
EDWARD 3. WILDER
CROSSES DIVIDE.

Salt Lake. Nov. 3O.-Edward Binns
Wilder. ninety-five years OF age. Is
dead. He died OF old age at the home
OF his son n-ia-law. Charles H. Dowse.
G93 East Fourth South street. of the
FIRM Of Dowse & Morris. Monday nigdt
AZ 9 o'clock The end came peacefully
with none but the immediate members
OF the family present The arrange
meuts for the funeral have as set not
been made.
Edward Binns Wilder was civil en-
glnocr Of note during the early part oi
his life having helped 10 la ont The
original roadbed Of the Michigan Cen
ttal raiircad. he was born ia the
Island OF Jamaica ON August ., 1914
of American parents. his father Asa
Wells Wilder. being United States
consul 10 that country.
The bis hsh in small puddles have
10 he careful 10 avoid stirring W
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30

(signed) a. W. HADLEY

Nice. little. pleasant, gentle, easy.
safe and sure pills, are Rings Little
Liver Pills. Plnesalve. carbolized.
soothes pain. In any emergency
bruises. cuts. sores. burns, scratches,
etc. Pincsalve. carbolized. is best
Sold by Geo. F. Cave Drug Stores
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30
sWiTcHmEN MAY GO OUT.

St. Paul. Nov 29.-Unless the rail-
roads Of the Northwest make salts
factory proposition. the switchmen
Will go on strike tomorrow night. ai-
fecting railroad yards along northern
routes between here and the North
Pacific coast.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30

The parental rod often Inclines
strongly toward the fallen youth.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30

The bis hsh in small puddles have
TO be careful 10 avoid stirring up
the mud on the bottom.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Has Seven Sons,

A mother who had only one child, a
son, lost him through an accident BIZ
drowning when he was seventeen. His
body was washed out to sea and never
recovered. She very much wanted a
portrait Of him, and she called ia
nous artist who was a friend of the
family. He asked for every photo
graph she had Of her son from baby
hood onward. When the painting ar
rived 1t represented glade in a wood
Playing about were five little children
of various ages. but all the same boy
as his mother had known him. Com
ing down the center, joyous, gay, was
the seventeen-year-old lad leading his
baby self Of one year by the hand.
The mother looked at the picture and
burst into tears. II have lost seven
sonsw she said.
"You had lost six of them before
your son died" the artist replied.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
A BEAVER DAM.
The Feeling II Inspired In a Univer-
sity Professor.

The Feeling IL Inspired In a Univer-
sity Professor.
have yet to meet the man who can
walk for the first time through a beav-
er works, as the range of a colony of
beavers is called, and not feel some
thing Of the sentiment Of human asso-
citation.
1t is a sensation very similar to what
we feel when we come out unexpected
ly into woodland clearing after
long day spent in the unbroken soil
tudes.
once stood with learned professor
Of Columbia college on the bank of
stream in eastern Canada and looked
down on freshly made beaver dam
one of the best in point Of construc-
tion that ! had ever seen. 1t was, in
deed, a really stupendous affair for a
beaver to have made. Built Of alder
poles and brush, weighted with mud
and small stones, it was fifty feet long.
six feet high and raised the level of
the water by about sixty inches.
Seen from the upstream side, 1t pre-
sented the appearance Of more or
less evenly disposed array of short
sticks protruding from a long mound
Of mud just level with the surface of
the restrained water From below the
brushwood supporting the dam proper
was plainly visible and the ingenuity
Of its placing at once apparent
There was Of course none Of that
pile driving or basket weaving which
at one time played so large part in
the picturesque descriptions by fanci-
full writers. but despite its roughness
1t was really remarkable piece of
animal engineering. My companion in
spected 1t for several minutes in i'm
pressed silence.
II should be afraid to kill thing
that knew so much" he said thought
fully.-Bailey's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
VIRTUE IN SMOKING.
One Man Who Now Has an Argument
Handy For His Wife.

Etafiuy TUT TliS WIFE,
The wife of Topeka man objects
strenuously because her husband is a
confirmed smoker. He is never happy
without cigar or pipe. The other
morning she gave him a ten dollar bill
and told him to buy several things for
her. He pushed the bill into his coat
pocket and rushed out of the house to
catch car.
He found that he had to wait few
minutes at the corner. for the cars
were Off schedule that morning, and
then he proceeded to light cigar. But
he found no matches-all of his pock-
cts were bare of them. Suddenly he
happened to think that he also missed
the ten dollar bill. A hurried search
disclosed that 1t was gone.
He turned right about and retraced
his steps. Just as he got in front of
his home he happened to look into the
street, and there was that "ten" tum-
bling around in the wind. His wife
saw him go and pick 1t up, and she de-
manded an explanation. He promptly
told her how looking for match had
caused him to discover that he had
lost the bill.
"Now tell me there isn't any virtue
In smoking" he snorted as he puffed
out his chest.-Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
No Authority For Saying It Mas an
Apple That Eve Ate.


what vast amount of tro ublc the
human race might have avoided if Eve
hadn't eaten that apple" remarked the
grouchy individual when something
especially displeased him.
How do you know it was an ap-
ple?' asked the accurate man.
why. the Bible says so. doesn't it?"
No. 1t has come to be popular
belief that the fruit which was eaten
by our first parents in the garden
eastward in Eden was an apple, but
there is no authority for this.
at is called simply the fruit of the
tree of knowledge Of good and evil
And when the woman saw that the
tree was good for food and that it was
pleasant to the eyes and tree to be
the fruit thereof and did eat and gave
also to her husband with her. and he
did eat What is there here about an
apple?
"a great many popular quotations
are attributed TO the Bible when in
fact they had other sources.
"'God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb is not from the Scriptures, but
from "A Sentimental Journey to Italy,
by Sterne.
in the midst of life we are in
DEATH which is found in the burial
service, can be traced to Luther.
"From st. Paul's utterahce, The love
Of money is the root of all evil,' we
have twisted the saying. Money is the
root of evil Cleanliness is next to
godliness' was uttered by John Wes-
ley in sermon on dress. The merci-
full man is merciful to his beast is Il
popular rendering of the proverb, \
righteous man regardeth the life of his
beast The tongue is an unruly men,
ber' appears in the epistle of James as
The tongue can no man tame; it is
an unruly evil."-Philadelp North
American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
FOOLED THE CITY.
Ono Of the Hoaxes Perpetrated by
Theodore Hook

In the early part OI the nineteenth
century great preparations were made
In England to receive Spanish am
bassador who was expected to arrive
at Southampton. mischlevous idea
came into the head of Theodore Hook
(born 1888. died lS41,. novelist and
journalist and above all cuntriver OF
that diversion known as the hoax. The
English feet was lying Off Southamp-
ton. Hook. then young man. knew
many of the younger officers. He
formed his scheme. and one morning
launch set out from the feet and
drew up at the quay.
In this launch was he who purported
to be the Spanish ambassador in al
most royal robes. arrived two days be-
fore the expected time. The mayor Of
southampton. who was to receive the
Spanish envoy, was greatly hustered.
1t was all 50 sudden. He did the best
he could. Several companies of sol.
1iers, some on foot some mounted.
were called out. The bells were rung.
hC diiDuHSdu'i, hNtpinIuuI'u ny ~
number of young officers Of the feet.
was escorted with much pomp to the
mayors palace. There was banquet
and speechmaking, one of the young
officers acting as interpreter for the
ambassador.
After it was over and the Spanish
envoy was supposed to be on his way
to London the true ambassador arriv-
ed There was but a sorry reception
for him. The other ambassador. who
was Theodore Hook, having perpetrat-
ed the greatest hoax ever known on
a mayor and city. had exhausted
the hospitality of the town. The scan
dal was so great, the mayor and the
people of Southampton had been so
outrageously cold. that to make any
stir about the affair would only cause
them to be laughed at all the more.
With the exception Of the dismissal
Of some Of the naval officers who had
taken part in it little was done. and
the affair was allowed to blow over
Indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
MASTERING A LION.
Exciting Experience of a Famous Ami
NAL Trainer.

Exciting Experience OF Famous Ami
NAL Trainer.
"Show lion that you are his master
andA he will be submissive; once per-
NIT him TO get the notion that you fear
him and his antipathy will increase"
said Frank C. Bostock, the famous an
imal trainer
In illustration of the lengths to
which owners of wild beasts will go
in order to retain control of them Bos-
took told the following story:
"Some years ago when we were at
the Hippodrome in Paris. I decided as
a special attraction to go into the are
ma with Wallace. huge African lion
that all our trainers had despaired Of.
The house was crowded. We placed
the lion in cage sixteen feet square,
and this was put inside twenty foot
ring. Two assistants were stationed in
the outer ring in case of accident. L
had scarcely got inside when the beast
leaped at me. 1t bit right through my
left hand and with one blow ripped
the flesh Off my back. Clear out. ]
shouted to the two men In the outer
ring. I am going to open the doors
and let him into the big arena
'T was as furious as the lion. My
pride as trainer was wounded deeper
than my back. flung open the doors.
and the lion sprang out. The blood
was pouring from my wounds, but in
the excitement Of the moment I felt
no pain-only a mad desire to be mas
ter. picked up property chair, and
when the beast came again I struck It
full across the muzzle; then, seizing
my whip, actually became the ag-
gressor.
"The audience was in something like
a panic, and loud cries Of Enough
enoughv were raised. But I hadn't
finished. In ten minutes I had subju-
gated Wallace to such an extent that
he covered like dog. got out of the
cage and just tainted away. From
that day no one attempted to teach
Wallace."-Pearson's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Where Women Do All the Work.

The smallest dependency of France
is the lie d'Hoedie, situated at the east
Of Belle Isle. Its population is 200.
They do not speak French. except the
cure and the schoolmaster, but Celtic,
and they are provided with food at an
inn managed by the women. Fishing
is the principal industry. The profits
are shared out each year among the
Inhabitants. The men live on soup
and fish and smoke pipes with lobster
claws for stems. The women do all
the hard work-get in the harvest. look
out for wreckage and gather seaweed,
from which they extract soda. The
town has no streets. The houses are
Of mud. The islanders have yearly
feast In the early part of October. The
island possesses good water supply.
The governing body is composed Of
the ten ancients of the place under
the direction Of the cure.