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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-26

sion a large picture of ShOshOne Falls.
Ida, painted by II. L. A. Gunner, and
loaned for the occasion by the owner,
Colonel (. +. Holmes.
When the guests were seated prior 10
the arrival of the presidential party Jo-
seph i. Caine announced that those pres
ent were expected TO greet the President
without showing any limit in the hearth
ness of their greeting. There was no
need, however, to SXhOTt those present 10
show enthusiasm, as was demonstrated
few minutes later, when the President
and those accompanying him made their
appearance for the members rose as one
man and made the room echo with their
cheers.
When the cheering had subsidized the
President took his seat at the center of
the table, with President Halloran on his
right and c. s. Burton, cashier Of the
State Bank of Utah, and vice president of
the club, on the left. Others at the table
were Governor William SpTy, Senator
Reed SmOOt, Senator George Sutherland,
Congressman Joseph Howell, Mayor J.
S BranstOrd, Chief Justice D. \. Straup,
Of the state supreme court; II. p. Clark,
Colonel Walter 5. Scott Jesse d. JeWkes.
state auditor; Charles s. Tingey, secretary
Of state; A. @. Nelson, state sUperinten-
dent OF public instruction, John c. Cutler,
Captain Willis Uline A. w. Carlson, w.
S Mccarthy II. l. A. Culmer, JOY H.
Johnson, Heber NJ. Wells, a r. Barnes,
attorney general, and the following mem
bers of the Presidents party. Captain
Archibald Butt Wendell W. Mischief.
Charles G.. Wagner. DR.. J. J. Richardson,
Arthur Brooks, James Sloan, jr., and JO-
seph f. Murphy.
President Is introduced.
Before the breakfast had started Mr..
HallOran arose and said, 81 have the
honor to introduce to you our distin-
guished guest, the President Of the United
States, and the first and only honorary
member elected to the Commercial club.
Let us drink a toast to the President
standing
The guests at the breakfast rose to their
feet and pledged the President. After
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-26
GREAT CROWD GREETS Mr..
TAFT AT LIBERTY PARK
President Makes Address in Which He Touches Upon His
Conservation Policy but the Reception Had to Be Aban
doned on Account OF Indictment Weather.


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Of
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

spend a sleeples night. About eight
o'clock IN the morning he would say
to himself: I can stand this no
longer. / must go to my attorney and
seek his advice
He'd go. His attorney would listen
to his story, take out his watch, note
the time-nine o'clock-and say: I
want you to go with me at once to the
district attorneys Office and swear out
warrant for that young woman for
conspiring to extort money from you
THE third partner would swear to
would be arrested. Within an hour
after her arrest the whole story
would be wrung from her and war
rants would be sworn out for you and
your other partner.
Abandon this scheme. Go to your
Office tomorrow morning and tell your
partner you came within hailing dis
lance of the penitentiary tonight, but
luckily escaped 1t. II ever you have
any honest detective work to do shall
be at your service, but this case
would not take for a million dollars"
Again the Feminine Element.
On another occasion firm of big
operators wanted to get inside infor-
nation concerning multi-millionaire's
ultimate plans for the development of
great property. There was no use
of sending men to brush up against
him. He never talked to men. But he
had evidently promised his aged grand
mother he would never be unkind to
woman, so they determined to cap
italize this trait Of his character.
From no one knows where they en-
listed the services Of as pretty WON
an as ever rode down Fifth avenue.
In few days she appeared at the
hotel in which the great capitalist
enough to be conspicuous in any com
pany-difident enough to make her
attractiveness compelling. She neither
sought nor declined introductions to
others, passing her time as any well
bred woman In afiuent circumstances
might wish to do. AS good an automo.
bile as Is made In France took her
from and to the hotel And the car
bore her monogram.
Wise Gentleman Easy Victim.
Her life in this hotel was destined
to be marked by two great days. and
1t was six months before the nrbt one
came. On that day she was intro
duced to the man on account of whom
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

err 1t was the intention of the gentle
man to force a certain stock to a still
higher figure-it was then high-or
let it sag back. She bided her time
until she believed the right moment
had come and then edged around to
the subject. A transaction that need
not be entered into here had left her
several thousand dollars which she de-
sired to reinvest. Would the gentle
man advise her to buy stock In his big
concern at its present high price?
Fell Into the Trap.
He ought to have known better, but
he didn't. He fell" for the Widows"
query without a premonition of danger.
And he told her not only what he hon.
estly believed, but what he knew to be
true. The price of the stock was to be
slaughtered in few weeks.
She thanked him and did not invest
Neither did her employers. More than
that, they sold what they did have.
And what they saved by getting out
while the price was high made the
cost of paying the widows" expenses
for six months look like a rain-check
beside thousand-dollar bill.
Another business man sent a mes
senger to request the chief of private
detective agency to call on him.
II want you to find out" said he,
what So-and-So is going to do with
| such-and-such a property. He Is the
hardest man in the world to get any
information from. He doesn't even
talk to his wife. But he's got daugh-
/ ter who can talk like photograph.
Furthermore, think that girl of his
knows what he's up to all the time.
AS nearly as can find out, she's the
only one he confides in--she winds
him around her finger II she wants to.
Now. what want you to do is this:
There are lot of young men without
much means In this town whose social
position is just as good as So-and-So's
and his daughters. want you to find
one of them who will consent to 60 on
this case. I'll put up all the money he
needs to make good with the girl.
And want you to have him go after
hef az II she were the only girl he had
ever loved. II he has to, let him even
propose to her.-but he needn't marry
her II he doesn't want to--but II she
has the information want he must
get It."
The chief politely declined. and the
case went elsewhere. II 1t vent any
where
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20
HIS EVERY MOVE IS CHRONICLED
Even Few Hours Absence from His Usual
Haunts Causes Furry Among Brother Oper-
ators---How Business Secrets Are Some
times Wormed from Shrewd Men
of Business.

IL necessary--to get one word OF busi
ness between two words of idle chat
ter, as women have also been EN-
ployed to seek the confidence of wives
| for the same purpose.
AS an illustration of what business
men sometimes do In the way of shad-
owing, the following incident sur
passes any other:
Went Almost Too Far.
In the financial district is a firm,
capitalized for many millions, that is
rated in Bradstreets at AAA1. There
are three partners. Two of the part
ners did not like the other one. He
was intractable, disagreeable, hard to
get along with. They decided to get
rid of him and offered to buy him out.
He wouldn't sell. Then they offered
TO sell. He wouldn't buy.
Finally the two hit upon a plan.
Their partner had announced his in
tention Of taking trip TO Europe.
They would send detective with him.
Perhaps he would do or say something
haps. upon his return, he would be
willing to sell rather than to have the
detectives report sent where it would
be read with the greatest interest.
So the partner and the detective de-
parted The partners visit dragged on
from week to week, and finally into
months, and upon each returning ship
came the reports Of the man who had
been sent TO watch him. But the re-
ports were of no interest even TO the
men who read them. Their partner
seemed to be conducting himself ad.
mirably. so far as his own interests
were concerned, though quite unfor-
tunately for those who wanted to buy
him out. But they knew him-or
thought they did-and waited for more
reports.
But the rest OF the reports were like
the first, and the man himself came
home without his partners having OBJ
tanned the kind of information they
wanted
II was then they shuffled the deck to
play what they believed was their
trump card.
Pretty Woman as Decoy.
One of the partners had a very
pretty cousin, young woman. She
was summoned to the home of her
relative and told that important bust
ness considerations made 1t desirable
that she perform for them very deli
cate task. She should appear at the
office and go to work, apparently as an
ordinary employe. Her purpose in do
ing so should be to cultivate the &C
quaintance Of the third partner But
she should bide her time. There should
be nothing in her conduct toward him
to suggest to so shrewd man the pos
sibility Of plot. Yet when the time
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

some one had bought all her fashion
able gowns and finery, her motor car
and paid her hotel bills. She chatted
with him for ten minutes and then
babe him good evening, just as his in
terest In her was ascending by leaps
and bounds. The next day he asked
her to ride with him through the park.
and she politely declined.
For three months this handsome
young feminine person played with
this wise gentleman In much the same
manner that cat would toy with q
mouse 1t intended ultimately to eat
Little by little she let 1t be known
she was widow. Reared by an in
dulgent father, all she had known
about money was that 1t was made In
the mint and her papa got It. Nor did
her husband force upon her more def
mite knowledge of the manner In
which dollar bills are nursed into tens
and tens into hundreds.
Then death came upon their happy
home, and In twinkling the RESPONSE
bilities of large fortune were thrust
upon her. She disliked these burdens
so. She was never trained to bear
them, she had neither aptitude nor
liking for such tasks, and she was In
constant fear Of tumbing into pitfalls.
The gentleman was duly sympathet-
ic. To the best of his limited ability
he would at any time instruct her.
Was she at that time contemplating
any investment about which he might
enlighten her? She was not.
This woman knew what to door,
rather, she had been told what to do.
Her employers wished to know wheth-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20
they KNEW HOW TO WORK
BUT DON'T NEED TO WORK NOW
so HARD.

The experience Of the Bisser Bros.
In Western Canada Is similar to that
reported to every agent Of the Cana
dian Government, whose advertise
ment appears elsewhere:
"Wheatwyn, Sask., Nov. 9Th, 1908.
ITO the Commissioner Of Immigra-
ton, Winnipeg, Manitoba.-Dear Sir:
!, in company with my brother and
other relations, arrived In this coun-
try in the spring Of 1898. At the time
we got or the train at Wolseley, Sask.,
we had only few dollars, not enough
to start farming on our own account,
SO we were compelled to work out for
considerable time In order to make
sufficient money to enable us to es-
tablish ourselves. When we thought
we had enough money to start with, I
and my brother took up one quarter
section (160 acres) land each in the
Loon Creek district. In 1900 we moved
on our homesteads with one team OF
horses and one walking pillow. While
was engaged with the work In the
field, my brother built shack and
barn Of logs, which we have hauled
during the time we were not able to
work In the field. We were certainly
working very hard, but I am glad to
say that we made our fortune in this
country. To-day we do not need to
work SO hard as we used to, as we
have three men hired steady for
whom we pay $4,000 to $4,000 a month.
besides board and lodging during the
summer time! am also glad to tell
you that to-day wes are owners of a
section and three-quarters Of the best
land, with first class buildings thereon,
besides having all the necessary ma
chinery. We always do our own
power threshing outfit.
"Our success in farming In this
country also enabled US to get rid Of
number Of horses Of less value, and
instead we bought 10 pure-bred mares,
representing value In the neighbor-
hood of $4,000.
Regarding raising grain, which is
the main factor in our district, I am
proud to say that we have always
had good success. We have raised
wheat as high as 35 bushels to the
acre; and this year, although we suf-
fered from lack of sufficient rain, our
wheat went q bushels to the acre,
and we had 900 acres In crop. We
have broken this year about 100 acres
new land, and by next year we will
have about lilo acres in crop. For
one carload of wheat which we have
shipped few weeks ago we got a
price Of 81 cents per bushel, and 1t
graded as No. 2 Northern, although we
have a quantity Of wheat which will
surely go as No. 1 Northern. During
the six years we have been farming
for ourselves we have never had one
frost around here, SO that we always
had a good crop.
II, for myself, feel compelled to say
that our Great West is the land where
person who is willing to work and
trun his hands to anything, can make
a fortune, and comfortable living.
Our country is thoroughly free coun-
try, and we have good Government;
and, as long as we have good crops.
and good Government, we are salts
fed. and I think that is all we want.
yours very truly,
"LORENS BISSER,
"P. o. Wheatwyn, Sask.."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

private detective agency with the
chief. Carefully he told the story OF
how he and his agreeable partner had
tried to buy out the disagreeable other
fellow and, having failed, had engaged
a man to shadow him to Europe. Even
more infinitely he went over the mat
ter concerning the hiring of the pretty
cousin. Then he came to his point.
He wanted two detectives assigned
to shadow the couple, first to the the
alter and then to their ultimate destina-
ton. Within a minute after the ar
rival Of the third partner and his COM
panion one of the detectives should
knock on the door. which the beautiful
cousin would thereupon open. The
other partners would at once appear,
feign surprise, indignation and anger,
and the next morning the third part
ner would be told he must sell out at
their figure or suffer exposure.
Shown Error Of Their Ways.
The detective chief listened in ST.
lence until the story was told.
do you realize" said he, you have
asked me to help you do something
for which we would both be sent to
state PRISON."
The gentleman expressed great
amazement.
you have asked me to aid you in
springing trap by means of which
you plan to force your partner to sell
at price fixed by yourself property
that he does not want to SELL Now,
what would be the result II were to
do It?
"The partner of whom you are try
Ing to rid yourself would go home and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

lew YORK.-"The man of
~ many interests can no
NJ more get away from the
penetrating rays of pub
u licity than cat can get
away from its TAIL" said
the old-time detective. In the first
place, the nation at large is keeping
its eye on him. But that's only one
eye. There are a thousand little blaz-
ing orbs that follow him wherever he
goes during business hours. Let him
be absent from his Office at time
when the bankers, brokers and traders
believe he should be there, and
straightway goes a notice over the
ticker to every one of them"
u. P. Morgan is said to be detained
at his home by Illness" runs the mes
sage, II 1t be about him. or ''E. II. Har-
riman, who is not at his Office to-day,
is reported to be about to make a trip
to the Pacific coast"
Whoever 1t may be who has tenn
porarily dropped out Of sight rush
is at once made for his office.
Perhaps the firm gives out a state
ment. II this formal communication
seems all right, that settles II. II IL
contains word or clause that looks
suspicious the chase is redoubled
Messages fly fast over the telegraph
and the long-distance telephone
wires. And IL positive. reassuring in
formation be not forthcoming within
an hour the widest rumors begin TO
appear
Mr.. Hartman a while ago dropped
out Of sight for four hours, relates Al
len l.. Benson in the New York Herald.
The usual inquiry was begun. In the
course Of 30 miputes 1t was definitely
determined that Mr.. Hartman was not
at his home. In the next Is it was
learned he had been in Boston and
was not feeling well. A full hour from
the start news came that he had left
Boston. The facts stopped coming.
No one knew where he was going. No
him.
Rumors Fly ThickIy.
During the next three hours almost
every conceivable rumor about Mr..
Hartman was started-he was seri-
ously i'll; he was about to go to hos.
pital for an operation; he had been
operated on; he was better; he was
worse.
And then definite information came
= that nothing of Importance was or had
been the matter with him.
During the panic last year Mr.. Nor
gan could not have been watched much
more carefully II he had been a spe-
cial train running a mile minute un.
der the constant observation of the
best dispatcher on the road.
Yet It is not In such daylight opera
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20
Not Afraid Of a Ghost.

In a village In England, month or
80 ago, man came running into an
Inn at nine o'clock at night and cried
out that there was ghost in his back
yard. There were IA men in the inn.
and not one of them dared to go home
with the man and investigate. There
was person who dared, however. and
that was the landlords daughter, girl
of IA. Some of the men followed her
at a distance, and she went into the
yard and up to the ghost tapping its
arms about, and discovered-what?
That 1t was no more nor less than a
mans white shirt Tapping on the
clothes line in a strong breeze. That's
about the way all ghosts turn out.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20
HE ALMOST REMEMBERED 1T.
Boy at Least Had Combination Some
where Near Right.

Donald had returned from a visit
to the country, and was full Of rem.
iniscences of persons and things that
had interested him. Il met boy,
mamma" he said, that had(the queer.
est name / ever heard. He said his
folks found 1t in the Old Testament.
1t vast was-let me see-yes, II
was Father William, or William Fa-
Their; I've forgotten just now which.
But 1t was one or the other"
But, Donald" said his mother,
there is no such name as Father viii.
liam or William Father In the Old
Testament"
Are you sure, mammal"
II certainly am, dear. have read
1t through several times. William is a
comparatively modern name. 1t isn't
anywhere in the Bible"
well, but-oh, remember now!"
exclaimed Donald. 1T was Bildad!"-
Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

came she should recognize the moment
and play the game.
The time finally came. The partner
asked her to go to dinner with him
the next evening. She had been to
dinner with him before and had gained
enough OF his confidence to know this
dinner was not to be like the others.
But she lost no time in accepting the
invitation. and still more promptly
told her cousin.
An hour later the cousin was In q
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

lions. lasting only a few hours, that
Cuisines" shows its greatest acute
ness Of vision or its most unflagging
persistence. II is when the big finan-
ciers want TO force somebody's hand
Or to obtain inside Information regard
lag another's plans that the eye Of a
hawk becomes. In comparison, like
that OF grocery store Goldfish. In
such emergencies beautiful women
have sometimes been hired to follow
men for months--to Europe and back
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20
FROM a RECENT NOVEL.
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM

The following is never falling
recipe for rheumatism. To one-half
pint Of good whiskey add one ounce
syrup sarsaparilla and one ounce
Toris compound. which can be pro-
cured Of any druggist. Take in tea
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20
FULL OF HARMONY.


II 10 coming fashion to hire hall
to entertain your friends, to give din
ner parties In q hotel, to be married
In church. to be taken to hospital
when You are sick and to an under
takers az soon as you die, and left
there until the funeral. The tendency
10 to conduct all public occasions
away from home. The home IL get
ting . black eye.--Atchison (Kan.)
Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

The Gallant--May ! kiss the tips Of
your little white fingers?
The Debutante-Of course, silly!
But mind you don't rub any Of the
rouge on my lips.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20
UncompIimentary,

Il didn't think he was a singer
when / saw him." 49,
That's what I thought when
heard him."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

You can not learn to be dramatic
critic by reading the Acts.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

Lewis Single Binder straight &c. You
pay l0c for cigars not so good. Your deal
er or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20

A good son is good brother. good
husband, good father, good kinsman.
good friend, good neighbor and good
citizen.-Chinese proverb.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-20
Try Murtpe Eve Remed,

Try Murine Eye Remedy
For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to the Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Murine Doesn't Smart Soothes Eye
Pain. Try Murine for Your Eyes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
Patriotic Services,

Do not forget the special services at
the M. K. church Sunday. February 81,
both morning and evening. Special
musicsand singing. The topic for dis
cussion at the morning service is: "The
EVIL of Christian Science, or Satan as
an Angel of Light" There are earnest
souls who are desiring to know the
truth. There are perplexed people who
are hesitating, wondering, and lowering
between two opinions. 1t is for the
help Of the sincerely perplexed and hest
tating that the pastor speaks.
The patriotic address in the evening
will be illustrated with fine art, stere.
optican views and motion pictures. The
subject is: "The American Soldier"
Illustrated songs and music by the
orchestra. A unique and splendid SER
vice. Go and take your friends and
help and be helped.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
Circuit Court.

The case of the State VS.. ii. g. Snod
grass, for forgery, which was on trial N
we went to press last week was finished
Thursday, the Jury bringing in YER
dict of not guilty.
The case of Carl Knutson VS. Henry
Oberg was continued.
In the case of NJ 4 Rick VS. Victor
Hilmar the parties moved for directed
verdict and the court took it unde,
Amusement.
Friday, the case of Matt Guse nins VS.
Meuer 81 Engler occupied the attention
of the court aud resulted in a verdict.o
$74.90 for the plaintiff.
Saturday, the matter of the insanity
OF John Krauser came mp and the hear.
lug was set for Wednesday February IL.
On Monday the jury in the case of j.
l.. Clark VS.. @. K. Hawley brought in a
verdict for the defendant
In tle case of Howard Wright VS.. @.
G. Rieger, the defendant not being
present. judgment of s25 was allowed
the plaintiff
The SANDER case of August Gruba vs..
August 1t snar was tried aud the jury
found for the defendant.
Tuesday the damage case of Lars
Gunderson VS. Kolbein Mork occupied
the day and the jury broughtin a ver-
dict of 81 90 for the plaintiff.
The case Of Gilbert Lensegrav VS.. the
Security Bank of Webster was decided
Wednesday, the jury finding for the
Defendant.
The case of b. f Wade VS. W. J..
Marsh which occupied the rest OF the