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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

THE merchant of today in Salt
Lake City, who happens to read
the following. Will sigh for the
grand old times when merchan-
disinC paid a fair profit. and Main
street rents were not $500 per month
for 20-foot frontage. one story frame
building. Only "A few buildings remain
of that class, however, recently the
Plxton, Teasdale, Gardner store, on the
site OF which Thomas Kearns Is now
erecting, what IS said to be the hnest
Office building west OF Chicago.
But merchandising in pioneer times
is my theme, and l Will be brief.
Take for instance the price OF collee'
sugar. tea. etc, in 1865, Is years after
the advent of the pioneers. by reference
to an invoice of general merchandise
billed by n. S. Ransohof & Co, who
built and occupied the store, now used
by H. c. NJ. l. drug department
on this invoice | find billed:
9S lbs. white sugar q soc ....s.S $3.50
los lbs brown sugar a 65c 50 40
5000 10
Think OF this We economical house
wife, and this Is the wholesale price
i'm 1865. retail was at least 30 per cent
more, and, as for tea, one chest of
Young Hyson, ~ pounds. brought
S240.50, or 1926 per pound; gunpowder
tea was the same price. | have sold
many pounds of Young Hyson at So
per pound over the counter, or 80 cents
an ounce and we used Troy weights
too. The usual method was TO give the
customer all he could scoop up on
30 cent silver piece, for the half dollar.
Other items of the grocery line were
equally high: for instance, soda. 40
Ind
cloves and ginger 81 per pound; con-
centrated lye FOR laundry use, S5S
case: white plug tobacco at $1.50 per
pound and smoking tobacco S1.25 per
pound would Indicate the sum of
luXurleS-
The hardware men were happy when
they could sell:
Horse shoe nails at 40. cents per
pound.
Brass kettles at 81 per pound.
Shovels and spades at 50 so each.
Axes. at 81 to Sc each.
Cut nails sd and 10-d $40 per keg.
In fact the whole line was ON the
above range OF prices,
But dry goods show perhaps as great
change. for before the advent. OF the
Union Pacific railway, as this bill
shows. by the first item, we find 43
pieces of calico, 1850 yards at 30 cents.
$55S-a fine item to start a store with,
and all designed to furnish the Ogden
market. where this shipment was made.
This price prevailed until u. C, NJ 1.
opened its wholesale dry goods depart
ment I'm the Jennings corner, Main and
First South streets. now the Utah Ma
tional bank, about March 1, 1869. The
wholesale price of such prints, Amos
kcag, harmony. Sprague was reduced
from 35 cents to 25 cents per yard. and
= the people gathered In numbers to dis
cuss the advantages of cooperation.
that made a liberal reduction in the
leading dress goods of the people
Delanes werc only worn by the
wealthy. and they sold for 10 cents per
yard retail They. however, have long
since ceased to be In the market
Three pieces of Hickory shirting,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
THE WELLS

Twin 10
Ho the gathering of the WclIs,-
Heaps of Wells.
What world of ccnsus-tnllcrs
This family forctclls!
Junius Wells,
,7 Rulon Wells,
Hcbcr Gubernntorlal Wells.
Fruitful Joseph and his Wells,
Gcrshom Wells,
Victor Wells
Louis, Bry and. Charlie Wells:
Not to mention Culmcr's Wells.
And Il lot of smaller Wells;
Babbling Wells.
Blabbinc Wells.
Youngsters counted by the score.
Kncc-dccp on the parlor floor
Some arc Gcrshoms. some are Mcrs-
And the most of them pcll-mcIls:
Some OF them some other fcIs:
But the entire "push" are Wells.
Wells. Wells. Wells, Wells, Wells,
Wells, Wells.
Either children or grandchildren of
the Wells.
Hear the bubbling of the Wclls.-
Blubbcring Wells.
What Il tale of tantrums now their
TurbuIcncy tells!
Hear them DrattIc. prattle Drattlc,
Hear them tattlc, tattIc, tattIc.
How the Dandcmonium swclIs.
How il dwclls:
Hear their yclls'
If the srown-up folks would speak,
They can only shrlcls. shrlcll.
Out OF tune.
First TO Lena. then to juno.
In u clumorous appealing to the
Mercy of the host.
In II mad cXpOstulatioI. as those
Juveniles they roast-
Hannah Wells,
Martha Wells.
Lydia Ann and Susan Wells.
Emmclinc Exponent Wells
Iiarll the laughter! Hear the ycIlS.
Zen on Sister Grant IL tells,
Keeping time. time. time,
With patience all sublime.
To the tin-tin- Abbic Chaplin that 50
Numcrously swells
From the Wells, Wells, Wells. Wells,
Wells. Wells. Wells.
From the children's chiIdrcns chill
tlrcn of the Wells.
Hear the ciggliug of the WelIs.-
Chctchic Wells.
Abbic Wells:
And the gursling of the Wells
Hugo Wells.
Seymour Wells
Giggline girls and gurcling Wells,
Dandy bcaus and candy bellies.
Each with half dozen fcIs.
Rcsistless swells.
Laying all beneath their spells:
Silver bellies,
Golden bellies,
Anything but brnzcn bellies.
Ringing out their wild delight.
In the calm October night.
Till the chickens all take flight;
And the people,
All. the people.
And MOroni on lis steeDlc,
Spooks that dwell
In Castle Smell.
Ghosts that cover,
In Anderson's tower.
Scarcely knowing what To think,
Deem IL an affair OF drink.
Deem IL an alarm of fire,
KlndlDg Zlon's funeral pyrc.
Calling out for aid Dcvine
or the hook and ladder line.
'Tls u fire.
Loves desire,
LeaDlng higher. higher, higher.
With rcsolute cndeavor,
Now. now 10 sit or never.
In the lap OF that palc-faced loon,
The Man I'm the Moon.
oh. the weddings of the Wcllscs!
Oh, The beans and OH the bellcses.
Bellzesis and BelIzcbub
Noses aouiIine and snub
Young rs In the days OF yorc?
Quoth the raven, '-Nevc-morc,'
Nor Young nor old. but like good wine.
Are Kntc nnd Lydc and Emmcllnc-
Best OF all. Is Victor Wells
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

Victor, that all-conqucriDg name
What Wells can Gucnch his qucnchlcss
flame?
Home Fire,
High Flyer.
Maid and matrons sole desire;
Too much occupied 10 marry,
He can only tarry. tarry,
Now at Logan, now Provo,
Now at BRIGHAM. mid the Snow.
Meanwhile all the best girls go,
Picked from of the trees like cherries,
Huckleberrics,
Duscnbcrrys.
Talk of slcdgcs with the bells
We have Hedges round our Wells,
Architects and artists, too,
From whom John Cannon got his q,
And unto the lottery. flew;
Annie Wells lie said would do.
Another. Harry CuImcr drew
He's good at drawing, so am /.
And still the Wells arc not drawn dry.
Wells. Wells, Wells. Wells,
See their number. how IL swcils:
Seymour Eounes and Seymour Wells,
Wells. Wells,
Edna Wells,
Banks and braes o bonny Doom.
Banks and Books of Tommy Sloan.
And there are Ritcrs 'mong the Wells,
Anything but shallow Wells:
And there are Sears 'mong Joseph's
seed:
But Louis loves the Vikings breed,
The ancient tribe of Ingamar-
Inga's mar and Inga's par.
1.-TWO souls with but a single thoughr'
They think these rhymes are "simply
rot"
And some are Cannon shots and
shells:
And some are Grants but not Odclis;
Bcatic SIS and Bcatic bub.
Are also sDolScs In Wclls'S hub.
And there are WhitncyS, | am told.-
Black sheen, found in every fold.
With rcd ones. rcd as Furnished gold;
Wells, Wells, Ruby Wells.
Steve and Bry and Charlie Wells,
And others equally wcll-rcd;
But that's enough upon that head.
oh, the ballot OF the Wells.
How II swcIls
How ID tells
Solid ballot of the Wells.
Nh, the politician knows,
As unto the POLLS he goes.
How the danger GIBBS and flows
Yes. his practiscd vision tells
How the danger sinks and swcIls
With the sinking or the swelling i'm the
Bnllot of the Wells.
Wells, Wells. Wells. Wells.
What II tale that ballot tells
OF despair.
What chance for rising Democrats
Unless they're relatives of Katc's-
Eatc's and Emiiy-s-Fmlly Kat
And slated on Republican states?
HIS she not sworn. by firm decree,
As Croker of this Tammnny,
Including Frank and every Free,
That none but IIcbc shall Governor
be?
Wells Wells. Wells. Wells,
Solid ballot of the Wells,
Katcs. Rats, Kids. wives
They'll hold Office all their lives,
IIo the gathering OF the Wells!
Heaps of Wclls'
What worlds of future fruItfuIncss
this multitude forctcIls.
All In tune,
As birds In juno.
lifting voice and sounding Tyre,
Singing praises To their sire.
Fonormp his bonorcd name.
From whom all Utah Wcllscs came:
Best and noblcst OF the breed.
Door or the mighty decd.
Faithful. fearless. kind and wise.
Winner of the peerless prize,
Now ut rest beyond the skies;
Best aud uohlest OF the Wells.
One who's" sterling worth compcls
Tender tribute OF n tear
From all souls assembled here.
Wells. Wells. Wells. Wells.
Mid human tongues there's none that
tells,
Mid nnscl pens there's none that
spells.
4 nobler name Than Daniel Wells.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
ESQUIRE" Wells Old Homestead
Which Stood where the Templeton Building
Now Stands.

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12
ANOTHER OLD TIMER GONE
Death Of Judge Andrew c. Ranards at
Washburr. - 4

The death of Judge Andrew G. RAN
ard at Washburn on the 10th inst.
removes another of the old timers of
the Missouri Slope. Judge Ranard
settled in Washburn away back in the
early SOS. and was county judge and
justice Of the peace in Mclean coun-
ty from The earliest days down to the
tine Of his death. He was born No
vember 23,Y1s41, and was a veteran
of the civil rwar,s,a member OF Com
pany /, 22d Indiana volunteers. The
funeral servicss will be held in the
Methodist church ut Washburn today,
the 18th, and his body will be inferred
in the Conklin cemetery alongside Of
his three daughters. Judge Renard
was popular citizen and a good,
large hearted man, whose death will
be very generally regretted. -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12
SHOT and KILLED HIS wife

Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 11.-Al. Thomp-
son shot and killed his wife and also
wounded W. II. Seaman, with whom
she eloped recently, this marning near
Manteo. sss& VI %@ &>@t ~ a*s&
The wife and Seaman had return
ed and taken two children in Thomp-
sons possession. TO regain possess
ion Of the children the shooting oc-
Cured. &.;8 s& @.z #s,al.s - !
|. The report is that Thompson, upon
learning that his wife had returned
and had secured the children, armed
himself with a revolver and went and
demanded them. Seaman met him on
the porch and refused to surrender
the children, whereupon Thompson
shot him down. & Nd aseeAt1N tha
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12

T.
r Restricted as is its range Of dynan+
les, the violin has had for its votaries
men Of such widely differing tempera.
#ments as Paganini and Spohr, Will
shelmj and Sarasate, Joachim and
Ysaye. It's literature does not com!
pare with that Of the piano, for which
Bach, Beethoven, 'Schumann, Chopin
and Brahms have written their choic-
est music, yet the intimate nature OF
the violin, its capacity for passionate
emotion, crowns it--and not the organ
with its mechanical tonal effects--as
the king of instruments. Nor does tho
voice make the peculiarly poignant ap-
peal Of the violin. Its lowest note II
the g below the treble clef and It's top
note mere squeak, but It seems IN q
lew octayes to have imprisoned within
It's wooden walls q miniature world OF
feeling. Even In the hands Of 9 clum-
~ amateur it has the formidable pow
er OF giving pain, while in the grasp
Of master 1t is capable Of rousing the
soul. flames Huneker IN Nverybody'A
J h All About Her. I: 4
II winkIe-See that little woman IN
black over there? I'll bet there are
more men crazy about that woman
than any woman ia town. Hinkle :
what makes you think 30? Wrinkle.
wen, she's the matron out at the IN
sane asylum. 50, i.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12

of Vermont wore sprigs Of pine In
their hat bands. Arkansas had the
distinction of sending the sMalles.
division, there being but four wearers
of her badges. Illinois made the
largest numerical showing.
At the rear came little bands whose
banners evoked the darkes.. pictures
of the great civil war. On the white
back ground the watchers read Lib
by" "Andersonville," Macon" ETY.
ler," ''Belle Isle" and the names OF
other confederate prisons. The d.
vision consisted of former prisoners OF
war. It is estimated that 1000 vet
Grams took part in the parade.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12

without d friend the world p
Tilderness.-Ge German Proverh
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12

Batteries - Raleigh, Sullivan, Lau'
dermilk, Meter, Bliss and Bresna-
han: Crandall, Meyers" and WILSON,.
Other games postponed.
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SECOND Charge IS FILED
CONTINUED from page 1.))

tim, it has come out through the dis
trict attorneys Office that other men
suffered likewise.
One man at least was nipped. He
is J. M. Everett, of Boston, whose
New York brokers, Cram, Milliken
& Co., made an additional charge
against young Persch today. Ac-
cording to that firm Persch negoti-
ated a loan Of $1,000 on stock owned
by Mr.. Everett.
The young broker tried hard to
obtain his release through habeas
corpus, proceedings today, but after
lengthy argument in supreme court
decision reserved and with bail still
standing at $4,000 he was forced
back to the tombs.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12
500 FLYER GOES
into The DITCH
SEVERAL PASSENGERS INJURED
BUT TRAIN CREW ESCAPED UN-
HURT - BROKEN RAIL WAS
THE CAUSE ENTIRE TRAIN
ON ITS SIDE.
7 Tribune SbeciaI Service.

4, Tribune Special Serr1ce) t.
Darlington, N. D., Aug. 11.-The
500 lines crack west bound train
No.. ISL, went into The ditch at Le-
mart, a small station few miles
west of here at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. H. r. r~
The train was running about two
hours behind its schedule and was 60
ing a. high rate of speed when q
broken rail was struck and the en-
tire train was thrown into the ditch
on it's side.
Seven passengers were quite SER
iously injured, but the entire train
crew escaped unhurt. 1t is consider
ed miraculous that none of the pas
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12

fatalities. Three relief stations at
tended my trained nurses insured
prompt and capable aid for all SUI
ierers.
The hours of the parade were the
hottest of the hottest day since the
beginning of the encampment. At II
o'clock when the column got under
way, the weather bureau thermometer
registered IS degrees. Notwithstand-
ing the discomfort the parade was
great success. The old soldiers walk
ing four abreas:. had complete right
of way. The Nebraska delegation
carried ears of corn. The Mime
sotans were bearers of sheafs OF
wheat and the Green Mountain boys
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12
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midsummer HEAT TOO MUCH

(Continued from page one.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12

Maybe you are not familiar with the
luxury these little tubs contribute.
They are an Invaluable addition to
your bathroom. Come and see them
at our store. s453E 3s n
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12

sengers were killed and that so few
of them were injured.
A temporary track was build
around The wreck and traffic was de-
layed but few hours.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12
The kim Of flnstruntsnts

Rain at Milwaukee.
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BASE BALL

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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

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Asst WEEK and the week
before we talked to you
about the necessity OF
protecting your family

D protecting your family
from the dirty Fly.
The screen window and door
on a house is necessary. The
screened porch is really not a
necessity, but more Of a luxury.
How much enjoyment you would
get if your porch was screened;
a place you could go to these
hot summer evenings, after a
long day of hard work, and get
real solid comfort. Measure
your porch and come to our
office next time you are passing
and we will tell you exactly
what it will cost; it is not ex-
pensive, you will wonder why
you did not do it@before.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-12

what we obtain too cheap We esteem
100 lightly. Paine. ~
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-20
EVENING"
CHIT-CHAT
Bly,.
Ruth
Cameron

the children too small to be left at
home.
For these children tho society which
managed the camp supplied little dark
colored bingham jumpers so that the
washing the mothers had 20 do could
be minimized.
And-will you believe me half OF
those children-all less than eight
years old-iwefe so particular about
their clothes that they simply wouldn't
wear those jumpers.
/ should like to have given those
children all good fashioned
spanking.
Though really the mothers We're the
ones who deserved it for having al
lowed such a state of affairs to come
about
1 was at home the other day where
the mothers usual reward is, ''if -yuo'll
be good, I'll let you wear your blue
dress and white shoes and stockings
I think that is wicked.
1t is appeals like that which arouse
and foster a childs vanity.
Avoid them as You would appeals to
selfishness or deceitfulness or any
other bad tendency.
And when you find it cropping up
without any assistance on your part
when you find that one of the chief
questions of the day to your five or
six or seven-year- girl is, What
can I wear today?" [ think it's a
case for strenuous measures.
Which means-Well translate those
last two words the way. you like best.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-20
With the Small Farmer
Rules for. Apple Packing

Rules for picking. grading aud
picking of fruit have been issued -
the Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers
association. The rules must be fol-
lowed by all members of the ass lcia-
ton. AS they are peculiarly suited
to local conditions. they miSnt be in
voked with profit by independent
growers. They are as follows:
A'All fruit shall be picked at prop, :
stage of ripenesS and laid mot dropp-
ED into buckets and baskets, or mo
bags that open at the bottom. Ne
windfalls or fruit that drops from the
trees from any cause shall be placed
with the picked fruit
When pouring the fruit from the
picking basket or bucket. into the
boxes, the bucket or basket shall he
put down into The box until it lists
upon the bottom of the box TIE u,ck-
er shall then place his hand over the
fruit so as to let it into the box gent
~. that it may not in any way h..
bruised.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-20

Is there anything much less attrac-
thinking of it's clothes?
| often look at a crowd of women
gathered for an afternoon tea or sim
liar function and think how much time
and thought, how much deciding and
desiring went into each one of those
gowns.
And considering how much most of
us live in the eyes and opinions of
other people, and considering how
much other people are affected by this
outer layer, it seems to be more or
less an inevitable state of affairs.
But it doesn't need to begin in child
hood
A child that thinks continually about
it's clothes is an anamoly. One likes
to think of a child as something sweet
and natural and unconscious like a
flower. To hear one of these human
flowers in a temper because it can't
wear it's white dress or it's pink sash
is almost as jolting as it would be if
one could hear a pink rose fretting
because it wanted to be white.
A preference for a pretty new dress
or a frock of some favorite color is
natural, of course, in any child. But
for a child to be perpetually asking:
What dress can | Wear?' is very far
from natural.
Last summer | visited a camp
where the mothers of the tenements
who could not otherwise have a vaca-
ton were invited to come and spend
two restful weeks, bringing with them
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-20

beth, South London.
In 1870 he came to America and was
royalty received. He was made an
honorary member of the Chicago lit
erary club among other pleasant
events of his visit. In Boston and in
Cambridge he wrote letters home that
to the top of Bunker Hill monument
ana noted where the historic tea was
iastic over the home of James Russell
Lowell; dined with Mr.. Howells, then
editor of the Atlantic Monthly; called
on DR.. Holmes; dined with Judge Hoar
at Concord and went over what he
called the classic ground" of Lexing
ton and Concord.
Thomas Hughes came again to
America in 1880. One of the most i'm
portant acts of his life was the effort
to found a settlement that was called
Rugby, on the cumberland plateau
of Tennessee. The company was i'll
corporated in England and was au-
thorized by act of the Tennessee legis-
lature to hold and deal in land. 1t
was a settlement where young men
and women could begin the world with
affair and equal chance to win fortune
and independence. A paper was pub
lished in the colony that appeared
once a month and was called the Rug
bcian.
The life of Thomas Hughes was
crowded full of work for the uplifting
of the poor and the ideals Of true I'D
erty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-20

"All wagons used in conveying the
fruit from the orchard to the packin.
house, and to the shipping statio1
must be supplied with springs so :, n.
there will be no jar to mar or bruise
the fruit, and tarpaulins or other GOV :.
ering should be placed over the loads
to keep out the heat. dust or rain.
Standard Size Boxes.
"All apples shall be packed in stand
ard size boxes: the boxes must be new
and clean. The side pieces shall be
nailed with four nails in the end of
each piece. Both the top and bottoms
shall be cleated and four nails shall
be used in each cleat. Not sma' Ter
than five-penny cement nails shall Re
used throughout Do the mailing prop
erly
All boxes shall be lined with napei.
on the inside, and all apples shall be
wrapped, unless otherwise specified.
The apples shall be firmly packet
In boxes in tiers, and each box sha,,
contain uniform size of apples. Tie
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-20

waist and the extra amount of goods
at the sides is laid in draped ar
rangement.
A number of prettily tailored silk
waists are provided for the tailored
suits with a few flannel waists for
cooler days All waists to be worn
with a. tailored suit are severely plain
now.
A sleeve slightly fiared is now one
of the latest cOnceits and offers a
little change from the past modes.
For stormy wear coat that buttons
straight to the neck with military
collar is a great protection.
Foulards are largely used this fall
for separate waists to help out the
more perishable wash waists.