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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19
nowN WITH THE FLYI

War is being waged against the house
fly all over the country, and it is posi-
bic that bald heads will be used as traps
before the season is over, the work Of
destroying the pests having been en-
tered upon with such grim determine
ton. In the New York World is found
the following concerning the battle now
in progress
Edward Hatch. jr., of New York, is
one of the leaders in the movement to
make fly paper work a full day for its
wage. He is aided and abetted by the
Agricultural department at Washing
ton. the American Civic Federation.
the Water Pollution committee of the
New York Merchants association and
by volunteers in all parts Of the nation.
Churches in Montana are singing
hymns against the fly. women of
Rochester have petiuoned the city
council to abolish the pest. Boston has
put up 100000 to buy fly traps, sticky
paper and otherwise make the Bean
City unpleasant for the little visitors.
and now special experts are counting
the flies which get in traps in various
centers where disease is. or where it
might be.
Prof maps of the gaps made by
flies in the populations of American
cities show that in July, August and
September the fly gets TO work in Pitts
burg and New York, deyoting only July
to Philadelphia and waiting until Sep
TENDER 70 go 10 Chicago and drive folk
of Lake Shore drive.
Or Daniel D. jackson. who investi-
gated the conduct of the New York flies
along the water front, shows that al
most all of them are likely to bring ty-
phoid fever. He is sure that of the 1000
young children that die here annually
from intestinal diseases. a large per-
centage are infected by the fly and It's
bad habits. The campaign against the
fly viii be pushed with unusual vigo1
This summer"
Salt Lake people who value theil
health and the welfare of others, should
set about mending the screens and
making other necessary preparation.
for the summer campaign. Now that il
Is generally accepted as a fact that file.
disseminate disease. no effort should D,
spared TO lessen the danger as far a.
possible. Kill the flies
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THE SIZE OF TAFT's VEST


It would naturally be supposed that a
woman who knows President Taft as well
as Miss Mabel Boardman would have
been the right person TO select a present
for the executive The ''Tafters," that
is. the party that made the trip with
Taft to the Philippines, decided to give
the president a watch and chain. Miss
Boardman was selected to procure the
present.
The watch was a substantial one, as il
should be for a man like the president,
and the chain was one of the heavy gold
link chains which stretches from one vest
pocket to another across the front OF
the wearer.
Before presentation was made one Of the
'Taftsrs," Senator Scott of West Nir-
ginia, called at the BOardman house and
was shown the watch and chain.
Look here, Miss Mabel remarked
the West Virginia senator, you have en-
tirely miscalculated the length of that
chain. I guess you don't know how broad
Taft is across the front. Just try it on
me-" and the senator presented a fairly
TOtund form and it was found that the
watch chain would have stretched like a
taut hawser across the front of the pres
ident Upon this measurement five
inches We're added to the chain in order
to make il fit the presidential frontage
without causing any Inconvenience.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19
e A. r. ENcAMPMENT.

Salt Lake is on the map. 1t has been
there ever since the completion Of the
Union Pacific railroad. for that matter;
but this year. above all others, its place
in distinctly conspicuous. The coming
Of the Grand Army veterans to hold
their annual encampment will turn
many thousands in this direction this
summer, and it is none too soon to be
gin preparations for the entertainment
of the old soldiers and the friends who
accompany them over mountain and
plain to this valley.
As the years go by the heroes of 81
go are rapidly dropping from the ranks,
and those who remain are bent and
whitened with age. At each succeed
ing encampment the faces Of many Of
those who attended the year before are
missed, and in the natural order Of
things. the last one will have answered
the final roll call in the course Of a few
wears. It is well that salt Lake is to be
honored by their presence this sum
mer, for Grand Army encampments
will soon be only a fragrant memory.
It is we'll for the youth of Utah to gaze
upon the features Of these grizzled war
riors that they may be inspired by the
high resolve TO emulate the example
of the men who fought to preserve the
Union. and who, in their declining
years, are the pride of their country
men. 1t is well for the city to open
wide its gates and show the country at
large what can be done in the way OF
taking care of enormous crowds.
In order that nothing be left undone
10 this end, it is necessary that all the
citizens cooperate and help the local
Grand Army posts in their efforts TO
provide accommoda tons for all who
come Much is being done in this direc-
ton, and there should be no let-up un-
til the last guest has departed for his
home and left his blessing behind.
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HOW NOTED AUTHORS
DO THEIR WORK
New York Times.)

The current BOOkman tells all about
II. Jerome K. Jerome, for instance.
simply must do his work in the coun-
Try. George Bernard Shaw, on the
other hand, must have the city-Or ays
he must-to inspire him. An ideal liter
airy den for him is an express train,
preferably in the act of jumping the
track. As for William Morris. he trans
lated THE Odyssey" with "all the ce-
lestial airs of the Ionian sea" included,
no extra charge, while rushing about
helter-skelter in trains. Anthony Troll
lOpe, likewise, used TO go on in that
way. And W. W. Jacobs says the
country is too dull and the city too
exciting. And
But let us turn to the American author.
Let us find out how he works.
George AIDE, towit. Surely he desires
hustle and turmoil and confusion and
all that sort of thing.
Let US see. Horrors
When seen on his Indiana farm, this
is what he said:
"Seclusion- Quiet. Poetic surround
ings. 10 the greatest extent possible
ZephyTs. assorted.
Those are the four things which
absolutely had to have around me be-
fore I could produce a Fable in Slang.
used to HE me from the hustle and
roar of grimy Chicago to certain
beautiful Illinois dell, worthy Of the
most lyrical rhapsodies Of Words
worth, which ] hired by the month.
There. one day, after contemplating a
violet for seven hours and thirty-five
minutes, ! sighed thrice and penned
this trifie-redolent. is it not2-of thyme
and goldenrOd:
THE Fable of the Spliced Male Who
Thought He Could and Got His.
" One upon a time there was He
Thing who figured that he could put
The Kibosh On The Wife. He dOped IT
out that Logic, administered in suit
able doses, would make a Better Hail
look like A Submerged Tenth. He rea-
soned that Mans Superior Intellect was
bound to win out. In The Matrimonial
Marathon, that the one place for
wife. in a properly conducted discus
sion. was The Middle of Next Week.
He passed this out to a Group Of
Friends. who all Agreed with Him. and
Applauded, and said that he had the
Proper Idea for Running a Successful
Hearth.
&c Then He Ordered Another
Sc When he got home he made su-
preme effort to say Good Evening
Dear" without causing any casualties
Among the COnsOnants, but she was
not suffering from Drought.
g" He meant to rejOin that II was
None of Her Business. that he was
King Of His Movements. and that her
proper sphere of activity for the time
being was The Evening Meal. Whai
he said was: How is Your Cold
Then she talked to him for One
Hour and Fifty-Seven Minutes When
he came to he was in an Expensive
Millinery Shop pricing the latest Spring
Fashions in Hanging Gardens.
" Moral: To Speak TO woman
Hold Her Tongue
As Mr.. Ade finished he sighed once
more Nand pinned a rose on himself
Then he looked pensively over his type
writer and at the heavens.
There is something sweet about yon
blue vault. amt there?" he queried
pensively.
And. under the influence OF the gentle
spring air and the thousand and one
other things calling 10 poetic thought
he began to humble:
Once upon time there WAS Cir
culatins Haberdashery store, who sized
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himself up as a Third Rail among the
Skirt Brigade SO he applied an extra
curl to the fOTelOck, hooked himself to
the Nearest Replica of the Cullinan
Diamond, let the Handkerchief bangle
Coyly Over the Edge of The Pocket,
and Glided Away to Do Execution.
He
Henry James.
But we had an appointment with
Henry James, so of we went, leaving
Ade, his eyes suffused with tears,
sweeping the air with his hands.
We found Henry James going down
for the third time in the midst Of one
Of his sentences. Rescuing him with
difficulty from between two large man.
eating parenthetical clauses. we man.
aged TO revive him. He thanked US
at least We think so.
How do you work. we asked
What, young MANI" he said unctu-
Ously. IF ] may presume to ask, and.
in so doing, make all allowances for the
possibly unjustified character OF your
desire for information, to say nothing
Of the haunting fear in me that you
have never been in LOndon-Or other
wise-did you vOciferate2''
How do you work? Doubtless to
give the proper madness TO your
sinuosities you need quiet-rest-a
den," we suggested ingratiatingIy.
IF ! may venture to say so, Oh
boshl" calculated the crystal maze of
literature. There is nothing-or little
like hurry, in its rapider sense, for
him who would daily with the intrica-
cies, properly considered as such
though not necessarily. Of the written
word. Ahem. Have you a cigarette
Thank you. Why, listen, youth.
"Dou you know" he continued, how
wrOte-by that l mean. penned, al
though, TO tell the truth, ] used a pen
ell on Cccasion-and not a typewriter
do you know how l wrote my famous
opening sentence to 'CircumlOcutia
Chatter my sequel to Daisy Miller?
Not? Towit, them"
And he began to quote:
Not standing, so to speak. yet subtly
failing, in a sense, and, likewise, in two
others, possibly in three, to lie down,
though equally far from leaning on any
thing if. by leaning, we mean that los
ing Of the perpendicular without direct
ly assuming the horizontal, cOmpassed,
most frequently, with the aid of con-
tiguous furniture-sOmetimeS too.
fear, with that Of IamppOsts, this lat
ter, mostly in the smaller hours and
larger cities-SITTING, in short, in the
partly not. attractive. yet, suggesting
in its subtle waiting Of nonessentials
well-to-doness without, necessarily. any
admixture Of chic-SITTING there
confoUnd il. / must be dippy, was a
how shall I express it2-you see, she
was 2s1z, yet by no means furrOwed as
to the brow-ahem-let it go at-WAS
girl. Her name was-Maud Louise
-ha, hal have you going-guess again
-Nasturtium ?-BedeIia mot. nothing
Of the sort. Her name was Clorinda.
TIMEv'
Henry James paused and wiped the
persDiration from our brow.
Where do you suppose 1 wrote
that?" he inquired.
Tn. if we may say so, a padded. out
with it, cellr' we babbIed incoherentIy.
No he said, triumphantly. lin
swimming
We fed preeipitately and ran for
miles, until we suddenly met Robert w.
Chambers.
Have you seen a babbling brook
about here2" he walled Il have Just
mislaid one"
We fixed our eyes coldly on the DOR
trayer par excellence Of the metropolis
in fiction
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NEW TYPE OF ENGLISH PRISON.
nondon Daily Mail

Preparations are being made in Park
hurst Forest. Isle of Wight, for the cree
ton of the new type of prison instituted
by last years prevention of crime act.
As Mr.. Gladstone explained his propos-
al, professional criminals after serving a
term of penal servitude for their latest Of
tense, will be detained for an indetermi-
nable time in the new building. There
they remain until the authorities are as
sured that they will henCefOrth lead an
honest life or until. by age or infirmity,
they are incapable of resuming a life Of
crime.
In this new type of prison, however, the
habitual criminal will be subject to less
rigorous discipline than in prison. The
hours Of labor viii be less. he will be al
lowed more liberty to talk, get better
food. be able to earn wages, and have an
opportunity Of recreative occupation
Some thirty acres OF forest land on
the site Of a disused rifle range will be
cleared for the new prison, and the work
will start before long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19
STAGE VIEW OF PHILANTHROPY

"CoQueiin was very charitable" said a
Pittsburg theatrical manager He do
more for sUperannuated actors and act
resSes than any other man in France
once heard him sneak on charity in the
French Actors home that he did so much
for.
There are plenty Of philanthropists
said Coquelin- There are plenty of phi
l0SoDhers. Plenty. 7 mean, according 70
the definition that TOO many Of US accept.
He smiled grimly.
o. Too many Of US. said COquelin. de
fine philosopher as one who bears with
resignation the cold and hunger from
which his ueighbOr is suffering and too
many of Us define a philanthropist as one
who gives away other peoples money 30
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19
DEAD LANGUAGE SAVED LIFE

Once, before ne was president. andre"
jackson was making a political speech .
some obscure campaign in a 0aC67' o.--
Tennessee district His address Was yer.
well received but somehow tlrrr af. .
seem TO be exactly the enthusiast r-..-
for the occasion. Having vaiuir tired .
warm up his hearers, the genera. was
just going to sit down. when the r.e
man Of the meeting pluCked BIN Dr. .+
coat tail
For the Lords sake. general CIV.
some Latin" he hurriedly WHISPERED
the Speakers ear. They won't t1irh ..t
know anything at all if YOU quit lE= ..-
Smith, the opposition candidate. --.A.
Latin to 'em half the evening
Old Hickory rose 10 the situation. AZ
vancing TO the edge Of the platform
extended his arm and thIId7rat .4-
e pluribus unum, Sic lempaT l.a.
mis-. Habeas corpus
The audience roared with applause. ..-
credit Of the orator was saved ar. ITO
Jackson ticket won out iU that cg-..
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THIS MAN WAS ONTO HIS JOB.
lkansas ~ journal.

Railroad men are telling this incident
as having occurred on a Kansas train
some time ago. The rails spread and the
engine. tender and baggage car left the
track, but the Jar was not hard enough
to disturb the sleepers in the rear Pull
mans. In the last Pullman the porter
was shining shoes and. thinking that the
train was stopping at an unusual place,
he went ahead to see about the difficulty
He was told that within q couple Of hours
the engine could be put back and the
track repaired So he got busy with his
shoes again
Suddenly a head popped out of one of
the berths and a man shouted. Say
porter what we stopping fOr?'
oh answered the porter. we had a
wreck
a wreck? Wow, Oh-oh-oh-wov-wovy,
Ny neck, My neck. My chest. My
back, Oh-oh-ohr'
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NOTHING ExTRAoRDLNARY
OPittsbu1g ChronicIe-TsleS--

Pittsbu1g Chr0nicIe-T5L7=.-
An American tourist EailirE from
west. was out siEhtseCir= in London. -r--
took him aboard che Old pat-.e--.. s--1
tory. which was Lord Nelson -...7 +-.-
in several Of mis- most famous l- The
amnng An English -aiics --..- %
4 raised brnss tablet ON the Casa- ne "
as he reverently removed his nav. N,eI-
o. Ere. sir. is the spot where l-l--
son fell" .--t.s-, f'srs-
"Oh. is it, replied the Amszrl1aIl ,-,.7-ly
j. well. thar amt nothih %
tripDeG on the blame thing m- SD
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19

What do you want Of babbiing
brooks2" we inquired sternly.
Alas he cried, "how can one eX-
press the real je-ne-sais-quOi Of Fifth
avenue, below Fourteenth street, or
above FOrty-second. without country
air? You do not answer. ii is impOssi-
bic. Why, young man" he went on
sternly. once upon a time / was con-
fined to the city for a week end, instead
of going, as 1 had intended, to Bun
kumkuma, 7. L, and-will you believe
it'll was able to turn out only 1877, 900
words, Saturday to Monday! Oh. my
God! Lead me to a coppice! 1 must
delineate thirty milliOnaires before 7:20
D. m"
We dumped him in the midst Of some
excellent assorted scenery and started
away
Hardly had We gone 200 yards before
he called US back.
Kindly carry this to my publish
ers," he begged, handing US d bulky
manuscript. Il have written il since
you were here. 1t is new novel of
New York high Iife-entitled Town
Topics With a Plot'-warranted to sell
100000 copies before dawn tomorrow"
By this time we were ready to believe
almost anything about how authors
write. in fact, we were quite sarcas-
tic about it. Meeting Bliss Carman in
the subway, we inquired:
You write all your poetry here. Of
cdurse2"
of course he murmured, dream
lily. Nothing like the jar and melodi-
Gus voice Of the guards bawling Thru
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for starting
delicious Notwithstanding Hev.
therel Broadway or LenoN2
"a errF1 rrTf for .1f ~.
Seeks your train the rural charms
Of beautiful Van Cortland park
Or ravishing West Farms2"
And he elbOwed his way into the
nearest car. looking raptly upward
That was enough. We were now ure-
pared for anything. Continuing our in
vestigations, we learned the foIIovvine
facts:
Clinton Scollard trains for a long-dis-
lance poem on raw beefstesk He
never can get off q sonnet without in
cdpdclJdtlng punching bag He
grOwlssalarmingly from one end 70 tt,a
other of a description of a tuIin ~
weighs 300 pounds stripped. has hueb,,
/ black whiskers, and thinks .Rrov-, a.
wheatst the height of lyrical exDres-
sion in English
Jack London.
JACK LONDON IS pensive. pretty and
partial TO pansies. He lisps and is mas
sionately fond Of tea He wrote 9TH
Sea Wolf in his aunt's boudoir while
she played MendeIssohn's Snrine So
on the pianola. He almost pined 49,,
because a third cousin of his once
harmed a ny He takes it with four
humps and lots Of cream. pIeatbe ais
real name is Rossetti
William Dean HoweIIs svears 4ri,-t,+
tuiiE ana uses slang all over the
mouse. He writes in overaIls He is
one OF the charter subscribers To the
Folice Gazette He thinks Boston is the
I I'M, ana London the next station AFTER
mat he wrote English as Sbe Ts
Spoke" "S SHe Is
Rex Beach is a chronic invalid who
iids never oeen northwest Of Newark
richard Harding Davis nevor Laars
Oh matinee girl He looks ike a -
Iel his pet ambition is to meet C,baries
Dana Gibson - ii'-'' OlltIieS
s- NE, Edlth Wharton is a Jolly eo,,t
rom the interior of Ohio, ono sbe
went to the county seat. bur win tbat
ption has stuck close 10 4be desr
0la farm: SAYS War and - svrs,' =,
wrote The House of aIirth., in q b 7-,-,
'ol'- Loves calico dresses. Known as
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the Queen of the Husking Bee
to visit New York soon i1oles
Richard Watson Glider runs +-. ~
fury Magazine in sombrero and rsv-55-
trousers. '--e
Thomas Dixon. jr. was born In Ma.
saChusetts. ''a'-
-
Can you beat this2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19

1t viii be observed that there are no
outsiders in the race for the office of
United States marshal for Utah. The
three candidates all belong 10 the
bunch. The rank and Rle are used
for voting purposes only.
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40 BENEFIT POSSIBLE.

The duty on rough lumber was cut in
two by the Payne tariff bill and there
is no disposition to disturb the rate in
the senate, unless it be to restore the
amount imposed by the inspired Ding
ley measure. Regarding the hope of
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Total Copies of The Herald Printed
In March. 1903.

<%4A+ %%@%T%~ , y =
= Largest Daily and Sunday cir =
= culation in Salt Lake proved by =
= investigation. '
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Mt. Taft is willing to be known as
the president on Wheels" but he de-
clines to foot the bills. Uncle sam
ought to be willing to pay for a trip to
salt Lake during the q. A. r. 'eucamp-
rueut
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19
MARITIME MOLE.

TLUIUWI TIT-T- NINT1GnI--F
Winks-I see Newlywed al the club
quite often since his baby came. / thought
ne was firmly anchored 10 a home life.
Rinks-He was. but st the first quail
ne BEGAN 10 drag his anchor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19

The Herald Acknowledges the receipt
Of the latest edition of the Congress
siOnal Directory, covering the Sixty
first congress, from Representative
Joseph Howell of Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19

What good does the tariff on wheat
do the farmerse The duty will come
off Just as soon as the United States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19

Old Nebuchadnezzar would have en-
ioyed browsing in the Salt Lake grass
plots at this season Of the year. Moth
ing like them anywhere.
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QUITE SUFFICIENT.
ladies Home journal


A child-lOviug man was on his way 10
Denver to transact some important bus
ness. During the afternoon he noticed.
in the opposite section of the Pullman. a
sweet-faced. tired-appearing woman. trar-
cling with four small children Feeling
sorry for the mother. he soon made
friends with the little ones.
Early the next morning he heard Their
eager questions behind the curtains of de-
beTths. and the patient, Yes. dear OF
the mother as she tried to dress them. and
looking out he saw a small white '11.
protruding beyond the opposite curtain
Reaching across the aisle he took bold
Of the large toe and began TO reCitt-
This little pig went 20 market.
This little pig stayed at home.
This little pig had a piece Of roast beef
This little pig had none;
This little pig cried 'Wee-wee. al i1e
way home
How is that2- inquired the eager man.
Then the foot was suddenly withdraw
and a cold. quiet voice said-
Il should think it was quite sufficient
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Roosevelt and Castro have been miss
ing from the dispatches for day o.
two. However, there's no danger of
losing EN-.
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Plenty of room at the top. Also lots
when you try to shin up.
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1t is said that Turkey has a good con-
stitution. It's preservation is the only
hope of the sick man of the east
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19

is unable to raise enough grain for
home consumption
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Senator Smoot, not having made up
his mind regarding the marshalship, of
course Howell and Sutherland have not
had chance to acquiesce.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19

The 81 600 bill found in the collection
basket of a Pennsylvania church, was
found TO be counterfeit Even the Al
mighty is Knocked in the Keystone state.
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Straight insanity, without any quail
fcations, will be the defense made on
behalf Of Captain HaiRes. Somewhat
of an innovation.
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President Taft will be with us-pro-
vided Uncle Sam agrees to pay the bill.
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Watch the finest hotel in the west
grow.