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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
GOOD AND BAD COMMISSIONS.

A good water commission, made up
of pure. high-minded men. would be a
boon in helping the city out of its diff
fculties, but bad commission, com.
posed of those who are bent on graft
ing or playing favorites. would be a
misfortune.
The first selection of commissioners
might be worthy the cause and those
commissioners might prove highly ef-
fcient and most honorable, but in the
course of four years majority of the
board could be changed to suit the
purposes of those devoted to sucking
the public teat, and all the careful
planning would come to naught be-
cause the commissioners would be be-
yond the reach OF recall of the peo-
pie.
The water commission bill now be-
fore the legislature removes the COM
missioners as far from the people as
possible and entrenches them so
that If they be unscrupulous enough to
take advantage OF their plenary pow
ers, they can wreck the water system,
and the protests of the citizens will be
Of no avail.
A commission that does not come
back to the electorate for commenda-
tion, but stands above and beyond the
people Is menace to any community
In which 1t may be clothed with the
power to plundor and destroy great
property values.
The commission plan Will meet the
appreciation of the public II honestly
conceived and intelligently consum-
mated, but a commission scheme that
is made to offer a loophole at some
time In the future for the crafty and
cunning to crawl through and loot a
rich treasury is fraud and snare
to be condemned and cast off In its
very inception.
AS TO the proposed commission for
Ogden. nothing has done more to ex-
pose the weakness Of the commission
bill written by Mr.. DeVine under In
struction of the city administration
than the discovery of the plot to place
the city attorney in possession Of 800
a month of water money and to reward
the city engineer with So a day for
! counsel and advice. This section IN
the original bill has placed the whole
| scheme open to suspicion so that
| those who have carefully gone over
the measure have decided that not one
line of the proposed law is to be ac.
cepted as coming from a Trustworthy
source or is entitled to the confidence
of the water consumers and taxpayers
| OF Ogden
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
HARRY SMITH
NO LONGER
FOREMAN
HE RESIGNS FROM THE SOUTH.
ERN PACIFIC EMPLOY.
May Be Succeeded by Swan Olson
Who Has Been Assistant Fore
man at the Shops

Harry Smith. general foreman un-
der Master Mechanic Malone. of the
Southern Pacific shops at Ogden. has
rendered his resignation to take effect
March l. Mr.. Smith has been in the
service Of the Hartman system for a
long term Of years, working his way
upward from the bench.
He came to Ogden from Evanston
to his present position about two years
ago. He Is a practical mechanic in
every sense of the term and leaves
his present position to accept one or
several offers recently made him on
western roads.
His retirement Will probably result
In the promotion of Swan Olson. an
other veteran OF the Hartman sys-
tenn who came from the Union Pacific
road and who has been assistant fore
man of the local plant for the past two
or three years.
Other changes and promotions In
the shop force are likely to follow In
the immediate future as result OF
Foreman Smiths resignation. but Mas
ter Mechanic Malone is reticent OH
the subject at this time and in con.
yersation with Standard reporter. do
clined to discuss either Mr. Smiths
resignation or other contemplated
changes In his staff
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
STOLEN MONEY WELL INVESTED
Thief Returns Amount Taken with
More Than Compound Interest.

The happiest man In New York Is
Adam Brede, chef In a lunchroom.
Over 20 years ago Brede deposited $50
IN the Seamans' Bank for Savings.
With friend he attended festival
that night, and when he left the hall
ho found that both his friend and his
handbook had disappeared. The other
night he encountered his friend. who
greeted him effusively. and said:
Here is that handbook, Adam. 1t
has hurt my conscience for 20 years.
but It was the means OF saving my
life. After leaving New York ! went
to Albany. From there l drifted out
to San Francisco. where l started a
fruit business. prospered. and at the
end of is years was worth about $780,
900. / arrived here last Sunday and
have been looking for you ever since
He then handed over the handbook
and $4,000 for interest
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25


66.S per cent, were single or divorced; /;
3,537, or 2o.7 per cent, were mar
RED; 176.5O9, or sc per cent, were
conscnsually married; and 79.45S. or
80 per cent, were widowed The aver
age number OF persons 10 family was
4.S.
In 1907 over two-thirds, 1,42s.17s, OF
69.7 per cent, of the Inhabitants wera
white. The colored population was
composed of 274.272 negroes. 1895
mixed. and 1887 Chinese. or the
whites. 1.224.599 were natives and
203.639 foreign born. or the latter
class. Spain contributed 1888 and
the United States 6,7l3.
OF the total population, 1880, ,62Y. or
S6.9 per cent, were OF Cuban and
22S.13s, or Ill per cent, OF Spanish
citizenship. OF the 5l,63e males OF
voting age, 430,514 were Cuban cIti.
zens, and of these. 212.o5O, or less
than onehalf, were liLerate, while
217,5sl were illiterate; among those
of other citizenship the proportion or
literates was much greater, S9,217 be-
Ing literate and 31,sOS initerate,
Among the white males OF voting age
the literates were in the majority, the
numbers being 161,742 lIterates and
13O,944 illiterates for Cuban citizens,
and s4.s37 literates and 23,O5e Hitter
ates for all others,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25

! holding will commit Itself to the pros
ecutlon of tho steel trust even now.
The resolution of inquiry was intro
duced by Senator Culberson OF Ten
as. evidently with the intent TO do
politics. The judiciary committee re-
ferred It 10 a subcommittee OF five,
consisting OF two Democrats. who
were sure to convict any Republican or
fetal, and three Republicans, OF whom
two were rather recklessly taken from
the wild and woody west. One OF these.
KIttredgc OF South Dakotn. Joined
hands with the Democrats, and now
the fat is all in the fire. Presumably
the full judiciary committee can be
relied on TO put a stop to the mis-
chief in some way. but 1t is hardly
possible that il can be done grace
fully and decorously, according 10
senatorial tradition,
1t is peculiar case. In acquiring
Tennessee Coal and Iron the steel trust
did nothing more than 1t did in ac-
quirlng all the properties 1t owned
before II is no more unlawful now
than 1t has been from the day 1t be"
gan It's existence There is no moro
need OF prosecuting 1t now than there
was before 1t absorbed Tennessee
Coal and Iron. We do not understand
that any United States court has ever
yet held 1t to be unlawful for an In
dustrial corporation to buy anything
It wanted and could pay for. Some
things said In the Northern Securities
decision have been thought by some
to Indicate that the supreme court
might so hold. and yet II is hard to
see how 1t could do that without go
ing the whole length and declaring 1t
unlawful for any corporation engaged
In interstate commerce TO buy out any
other concern engaged In the same
industry. There is nothing of that
kind in the Sherman antitrust act.
That act forbids agreements between
competing concerns, but only by in
ference does II forbid their consolida-
ton The stock Of the Tennessee Goa;
and Iron was In the market. The steel
trust bought It. It had the right to
buy 1t under the terms of Its charter
The Tennessee concern is still operat-
ed as an Independent corporation con
trolled by its stockholders. Probably
its officers have not entered and Will
not enter into any agreement what
ever with any competitor. They will
not have to. Here Is undoubtedly a
great legal puzzle. II the supreme
court holds that corporations, which
arc forbidden to conspire, Will not be
allowed to accomplish the forbidden
end by consolidation, 1t will render it
impossible for any two firms or corpo-
rations engaged in interstate COM
merce in the same industry to ever
consolidate and will make criminals
OF all who have so consolidated since
the passage OF the Sherman act. 1t is
very doubtful whether the court Will
do that.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
A SENATORIAL DILEMMA.

Tho San Francisco Chronicle saws.
That the senate does not love the
President Is known. That 1t has great
tenderness for the trusts is believed.
Assuming both these postulates as
true, these seems to be doubt wheth.
er the Senate acted with cool.headeo
wisdom in formally raising the ques.
tion whether the President was or was
not derelict in his duty In virtually
promising not to prosecute the steel
trust If 1t took over the porperty OF
the Tennessee Coal and Iron COMPANY
That transaction was either lawful or
unlawful IL 1t were lawful. there is
no ground for finding fault with the
President for not hauling 1t into court.
II 1t were unlawful. the Senate. In so
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
MRS. ARMEDA C. ROBERTS AND
RALPH D. ROBERTS MARRIED

The marriage of Mrs. Armeda C.
Roberts to Ralph D. Roberts was sol.
emnized this afternoon at l o'clock at
the residence Of the brides parents.
MT and Mrs. A. B. Corey. 1850 Wash
ington avenue. Rev. J. z. Carver of
flciating. The rooms were very pret
tily decorated with carnations and
1onquils lntertwincd with ferns and
palms. Only the relatives and few
friends were present at the ceremony
after which luncheon was served.
The young couple left this afternoon
for a short sojourn In Southern Cali
fornia, after which they will make Og-
den their home,
Mr.. Roberts IS prominently connect
ed with leading railway construction
company and at present has extensive
contracts In the far northwest.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
Quite Correct.

A smooth-looking stranger recently
placed a number OF pennyin-the-slot
machines in a certain town. The ma
chimes bore the following inscription.
The greatest aid known to diges.
tion. Drop penny In the slot. Push,
then pull"
At the top of the machine was a
handle to be pushed. then pulled. and
many townspeople who could not re-
sist the temptation of trying some
new device. for the same reason that
Timothy took tho wfne-"for bis
stomach's sake"-dropped In their
pennies and took push and pull out
OF the machine. But that was all. No
result followed. and thore was some
talk Of blowing open tho boarded
treasure.
At the end of the week the agent
reappeared, unlocked the machines.
garnered the wealth and retired, after
explaining that exercise was tho
greatest thing for digestion In the
world" The crowd was so paralyzed
that the agent escaped unharmed
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
ELIMINATING GRAFT.

The Salt Lake Tribune, under the
head OF Eliminate Graft Possibilities. i"
Gays:
Since there has arisen so much dis.
approval over portion Of the Ogden
water commission bill, now before the
legislature, which provides that City
Attorney James DcVine shall occupy
the office as attorney for the commits.
Sion at a salary of 500 q month, and
that City Engineer Parker shall re-
ceive SIS day extra compensation for
his services while engaged by the com.
missions work, In addition 10 the sal.
aries already received by the two of,
hcials, 1t has been decided to expunge
these sections from the original bill.
a provision. however. is made bv the
bill that the commission may employ
special legal counsel when necessary
and that tho city engineer be paid the
actual cost Of services rendered the
waterworks commission.
Expungins that section which Is a
mandate to employ the city attorney
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
jap a Human Nonoon duetor.

Playing with death and laughing
when 1t reached out to claim him for
It's own, Hakkadote, a Jap employe at
tho Hotel Castineda, was found al
eight o'clock In the evening. recently
holding 4 live electric wire In his
hands and touching 1t to the rails OF
the street cars just to see the sparks
fly. The wire. which was the street
car trolley. carried $4,000 volts Of cleo
tricity.
When electricians came 10 repair
the break, which had been caused by
the wire burning In two. they would
not touch 1t until the power had been
shut down, but the jap stood there
with II in his hand gicefuily thrusdng
1t out at them and laughing when they
sprang back.
1T was the greatest wonder In the
world he was not killed outright" said
the chief electrician, Tho only way
ran account for 1t is that the Jep ie
human nonconductor. or else that Goa
takes care Of fools. Las Vegas IN.
NJ Dispatch to Philadelphia Inquirer
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25

and city engineer at extra compensa-
ton. but retaining in the bill the right
of the commission to do exceptional
things in the way Of employing those
men. falls to eliminate this vicious fea-
ture.
The entire bill Is so constructed that
It virtually creates corporation with
In a corporation and takes the water
system, not out of the hands, but with
In tho grasp, of the politicians and
yet places 1t completely beyond the
direct control OF the people of Ogden.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
Why kotf

II have just come from taking my
Aunt, Vrow Joemson. to q rest cure"
said a defendant of Holland. She
started out all right. but the sidewalks
Of New York soon got on her nerves.
and she kept Up: Why don't they
scrub the dirty sidewalks2' Why do
they only clean the streets whore the
horses go and leave the sidewalks
full Of garbage and Nth? In vain
We explained TO her that girls with
eorubbing brushes and pails Of sud5
were out of place In New York: she
could not see why Holland customs
could not prevail The other day we
took her for a sail down the lower
bay. and all she would say was:
Water. water. water-and not q drop
is used TO scrub those awful side
walks. New York is no place for
Holland danes with scrubbing pro
pensitles. New York Times.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
MRS. VANDERBILT GIVES
ONE MILLION DOLLARS

New York, Feb 24.-E was announc-
ed today that Mrs. William K Van
derbilt. Sr., has given more than ST..
100000 for tho erection of four model
tenements for persons suffering with
tuberculosis. The buildings arc to be
operated In connection with DR.. Henry
L. Sivley's tuberculosis clinic of the
Presbyterian hospital A moderate
rental will be charged.
The buildings vii be ertcted on a
large plot close to the East river and
each will contain about 375 apart
ments Of from two TO five rooms and
bath
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
Success,

There are two reasons for success
as there are two for failure. and these
two, In both instances, act In such
close conjunction that 1t Is almost i'm
possible to decide where one begins
and the other ends. Our mental at
titude alono will not transact material
business. nor will outward industry
compensate for lack OF mental STAN
Ina. Equilibrium, or eQuipose, Will
alone account for success In any un-
dertaking, and this means confidence
and grit. as we'll as energy.-W. J.
Colville, In Nautilus.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
NATIONAL CHAMPION
MEETS WITH DEFEAT

New York, Feb. 24.-NationaI Cham
pion H. H Hackett and his partner,
r, D. Little, met defeat today in the
match for the semi-final round OF the
national indoor tennis championship.
at the hands of w. c. Grant and T. X.
Pell, The score was 75; rs. This
result will bring Grant and Pen
against G, F, Touchard and Dr.. w.
Rosenbaum for the final round.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
MARSHALL PASS is
FINALLY OPEN TO TRAFFIC

Pueblo, Colo, Feb 24.-After being
blockadcd with heavy SHOWS for two
weeks, Marshall Pass was opened for
traffic today. Denver and Rio Grande
train No 316 arrived here today after
making the rs miles from Gunnison's
Pass In five days. Another train trav-
eled 13 miles In two days. The rail
road men say the snow is from Is to
20 feet deep.
Friday, General Manager Ridgway
walked two miles on snow shoes to
take provisions to passengers who
were almost withoutrfood
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
MUST BE LABELED
IMITATION WHlSkEY

Washington. Feb 24,-Whiskey
must really be whiskey, II It is to
be called such, according to an opin-
ion expressed today by Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte in letter to Presi-
dent Roosevelt,
The attorney general holds TO his
previously expressed opinion that
ethyl alcohol, either pure OF mixed
with distilled water, IL given the ap
pearance and flavor of whiskey by the
addition Of harmless coloring and flay-
oring substance, must be tested and
labeled Imitation whiskey."
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
SUGAR and Coffee

New York. Feb 25,-Sugar. raw
Firm; fair refining SO 23 1-2; centrif-
ugal 96 test SO rs 1-2; molasses sugar
2,9s IL. Refined. steady; crushed
S5.35, powdered s4.75; granulated
81 So.
COFFEE Steady; No, Rio s lis
as Is; No. Santos s SIS
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25

Woods Liver Medicine In liquid
form regulates the lives, relieves sick
headache, constipation. stomach. kid
ney disorders and acts as a gentle lax
atiye. For chills, fever and malaria.
Its tonic effects on the system felt
with the first dose. Tho $l.00 bottle
contains IL times as much as the
SOC size. Sold by Geo. F. Caves and
Depot Drug Stores. -
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
SPECIAL Pos!TioN-Pages and

6, two cents Per inch extra Pages
and s. one cent poG inch extra.
TOP OF coLUMN-Ncxt to reading
matter aHG first following and next to
reading matter. two cents per inch
extra. Other selected position. ono
cont per inch extra.
FIRST PAGE-Fifry cents per inch
each day. on lower half of page only.
SPECIAL CONT RACTS will be made
for advertisements running weekly or
monthly without change.
Tho Standard invites the attention
OF advertisers to the above rates for
Advertisements in The Evening STAND
Ing rates In Utah.
We guarantee that no other paper In
Ogden has even one-half the bona0de
actual subscribers that The Evening
Standard has. In fact we challenge
the comparison Of any subscription list
with that Of The Evening Standard.
THE STANDARD PUBLISHING CO
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
DENIED WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS

Los Angeles. Feb. 24-Judge James
denied today the writ of habeas cor
pus asked In behalf Of William w.
Wallace, former clerk OF Warren
county. Tennessee, charged with en-
beZzlement The accused will be re-
turned TO the state for trial
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
ONLY Colony Of Kind,

The colony Of Barbary apes on the
Rock of Gibraltar is the only one OF
its kind In existence. and Is being pro
tected by the British government
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
Good to Perfume Room.

Cut chip Of camphor. light It and
set 1T on basin of water, when II will
continue TO burn and hoat until 1t Is
consumed.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
Wool.

ST. Louis. Feb. 25.-Wool, unchang-
cd. territory and western medium Is
a22. fine mediums 15a1S; fine l2al4
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
O9nderir1e works wonders, Hproduces
haIr lust as surely as rain

and sunshine raises crops. 1t produces a thick
growth OF luIuriant hair when oil other reme-
dios fall We guarantee DApdcrlne. All drug
gists cell it-2sc. 50c and 81 por bottle. To
prove It's worth send this nd with loc IN stamps
or silver and VIC will mall you a large FREQ
sample. KN0WLI0N pANDBRINE CO..
ChIcsao, u
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
WOULDN'T YOU BE
INTERESTEn9

Just such work can be found at our
plant, as wo have recently Installed
a machine to do away with the saw
edges on collar band and collars.
OGDEN STEAM LAC nDRY co.
Both Phones, 174.
QUALITY COUNTS.
ONLY LAUNDRY IN CITY HAVING
A WATER SOFTENER.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-25
IF YOU KNEW

That there was a Laundry where your
Collars, Cuffs and Shirts would al.
ways be carefully and perfectly Iaun.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-11-01
Local Laconics.

Tuesday is election day lin Wester-
ly. as in all other towns in Rhode Is
land
Several Westerly physicians attend
ed the funeral of DIR. George r. Harris
in Norwich. Sunday
Petition is in circulation for the APP
pointment of health officer for the
village of Pawcatuck.
Alexander Smith has resigned as COL
porter for the Baptist convention of
Rhode Island, and is again in charge
of the Peoples mission.
Rev. Samuel Fl. Davis of Westerly
was the principal speaker at a no
license meeting held in the First Bap-
fist church, Providence, Sunday even
ing.
At a nuptial mass in ST. MichaePs
church Saturday Italiano Antonino
and Mary Amenlia were married by
the Rev. William A. Krause, the assist
ant pastor.
Mrs Nancy Horton Mcdonald, wife
of James Mcdonald, died at her home
in Mystic. Sunday morning. She is
survived by her husband and three
sons. John, Edward and Walter Nc
Donald of Mystic.
Joseph Rose of Stonington and Miss
Alice Kitchen of Westerly were mar
ried Saturday in the borough by Rev.
John C. Lynch Miss Lizzie WINES
of Westerly was bridesmaid and Jesse
Amorel of Stonington was best man.
Headed by Westerly band. the MEM
bers of tho Alert Hook and Ladder Co.
paraded. preliminary to the opening Of
their entertainment in Hibernian hall,
Saturday night. Forty members of the
East Greenwich fire department were
special guests
Captain Jbsse B. Lamphere died on
Saturday night at the home of his son.
J. c.. Lamphere, in Mystic. He was
born in Westerly SO years ago, and was
engaged in the fishing business nearly
all his life He leaves a brother, Jo-
seTh La,nphere of Westerly: also two
daughters. Mrs Charles Grinnell and
Miss Emma Lamphere. and two sons,
Henry r. and J. C.tLamphere.
= Guy Phillips. pianist at the New Or
pheunr theater in New London, was
seriously injured while riding through
Stonineton to Westerly on his motor
cyclic Sunday afternoon. The fork on
the motor cycle broke, and Mr. Phil
lips was pitched headforemost some ten
feet. He was severely cut and bruised
and 1t Is believed his left collarbone
is broken. He came to the home of
his .brother-in-law, George Williams,
in Westerly. and received medical
treatment.