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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
cHERIF EMERY SAYS COUNTY
JAIL IS SADLY INADEQUATE
TO PRESENT DEMANDS ON 1T
D.tirinQ Officer Says Re Is Glad
nv n Be at Liberty After Six
Years Service.
comments on His Experiences
and Says Prisoners Have
lille Chance to Reform.

~, years OF strenuous service
- of salt Lake county, c. FRANK
has retired into private life lie
- ~ only man who has ever served
'H' .t,r one term as sheriff in the
na' Of the county. and the election
'ii.''y So, sharp. who was chief deputy
d lin animation that the policies
nv sheriff Emery for six years
i9aos ,,nfiDued by his successor. III
HHi y ,srards the elect ON OF MI
bl..' ,s mark OF APPROVAL OF ms az
slaip tim by the voters of salt Lake
Uunty .-t.5I,, welcomed his re-
MI When seen last night, ne
sid: - 20 have INV time 10
~ soain. During the SIX years
H!s nave been sheriff there has
hH'- t,sn "A time when there was rot
new. .s.,r going on wni1h demanded
sol' - ana attent on. aId the very
H' . ..at The sheriff is subject to call at
,.y time of the day end nisht' puts
't-siu mon the occupant on tiie oiiiee
,i5rb am glad TO escape
n1riue the six years Whlch nave
A.5 the office. 1 have had charge OF
--t.,nars charged with nearly every
- mentioned in the statutes. These
--io,es range from peti- larceny 20
,,ur5er in the first degree. Many inter
Inc nrisoners have been housed with
i7g the old county Jail, the most IN
-snius and dangerous Of which was
5rebably Joe Sullivan.
Provides Executioners.
-rvica during my term of Office it
h.s fallen To the sheTiff's Office to pro-
lido executioners for men sentenced TO
h. shot for the crime of murder. Nor
tspsen and Rose were both shot at the
state's prison. paying the penalty of
tbeir crimes at the hands of the men
snnointad nv me. In addition, I held
featb warrants for Lynch, King,
Sbockley and Day. but their sentences
we're afterward committed. kinS being
hardened by the governor.
THE old county Jail is totally made
guate for its purpose. Ii was built 70
house but forty-6ve prisoners, and al
some times We have had as many ds
eightv-six confined within its walls. II
Is not right that the prisoners should
be crowded as we were forced to crowd
them. and the county II salt Lake
should build a new Jail at the earliest
possible moment. There is no doubt il
my mind that the sheriff would be en-
ablcd to obtain much better results Il
he were able TO Con6ne the prisoner:
separately The old-stagers have {
most communicating influence upon the
men who are serving their first sea
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

W, " b billi 81 ~ Mat ' 8. so
A. II. Little to John G. Lynch, part
lot S. block 60. plat A..-..--.:.---..: S'io9
I. A. Laid to George c. Ladd, part
lot 6. block %. plat A -. l
O. G. Oberg to Edward 3. Wicks,
lots 7. etc, block I, Ontario 49, .
n. n. Wood to Henry c. Hoffman,
lot s. etc. block 2, Denver place -. ,
A. Matson TO J. D. Johnson, part lot -.
2 block b. plat B -..---...----.--.. 10
NJ Wavman TO John II. Wayman,
Land, section TO- township 2 south,
range / east s....-.......-..-..-.
7. r. Kelly to John Thompson ct al,
T 1sile least .......................... $50
Amos K. Smith to Alice Daughters,
land. section 4, township south,
range / east ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Low
John Phillips to Bertha Philips
lot s. block 3 Franklin addition e.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
Salt Lake Charity Association.

The purpose Of this organization is to
investigate all applications for charity.
70 help the helpless; to give opportunity
70 the worthy but unfortunate TO help
themselves; TO protect the public from
s'-.,,-,s;tion. In short, to make charity
nractical and systematic
FUNDS are urgently needed. and those
contributing may &c assured that the
money will be judiciously expended
where IL will do the greatest good.
contributions should be sent TO NJ II.
walker. treasurer, at Walker Brothers
bank
Of1cers Of the association are; Ut /
--,.,.,i5ent. I 3. Evans. secretary; NJ. =
walker, treasurer.
Ctber directors: Simon Banberger
" Mont Ferry. ". V Rice, T. a
Toruehl Rev. E. l. Goshen, William ID
Tibbals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
Three Large Fires

In one week in the heart of the business
district. What next2 Are your VAL
liable papers protected against loss by
fre2 Take no chances. when, for the
small sum of $500 a year. you can have
the complete protection of our fire and
burglar-proof vaults. We have the best
equipped plant in the west, and access
to papers may be had at any time
Hours. $50 a. m. to p m, and sat
urdays until $50 p. m.
SALT LAKE SECURITY & TRUST
COMPANY.
81 In. Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
Small Chance to Reform.


now does not tend TO have a reforma-
tory effect.
Small Chance to Reform.
NO. | do not believe that jail SEN
fences tend to make the criminal re-
form. Once that a man is branded as "A
crook the path of right living is appaT-
emily closed to him either through as
sociations. his own choice or other cir
cumstances. It is seldom, indeed. that
a man who once serves Jail sentence
breaks away from evil companions and
reforms In all my years of experience
| have known OF but few such. Ac-
cording to my idea, the thing which
starts most young men and boys upon
the road of crime is evil women,
Through association with women of this
class the young boys are led TO drink
and to the commission of other crimes.
I sincerely believe that the Temperance
movement which has been so pro-
nounced throughout the United States
during late years will be successful III
closing the saloons of Salt Lake. l DC
not think that there will ever be q law
enforcing actual prohibition, but ] be-
lieve that local option measure vii
be adopted. 1t may not come iBlHcdi-
ately. and the election which decides
upon I will undoubtedly be close one
but il is bound to come. Most OF tbs
/ saloons of Salt Lake are well conduct
/ cd, but there are some dumps which
! ought never to be allowed to operate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

scription had been arrested there, sae
Detective Golding. accompanied Ds n
Rates went to that town. they Iouhu,
however. that the man in custody was not
the mar wanted and ne was released.
All the trains were closely watched yes
terdsy but up to q late hour last hisnt
no clue had been obtained as 10 the Mss
ing hartender's whereabouts.
The money stolen was taken from tne
cash register and sack concealed in enc
Of .he drawers. While there IS large
safe n the saloon. the proprietOrs nau
SS,friesent confidence il their new man
to trust the money in his keeping
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
STEAMER ON FIRE.

Savannah. Ga. Jan. 2.-The steamship
Texas. bound from Christiania to Ha-
vana, which put in here yesterday on ire.
IS still burning. and it may be necessary
to sink her Much of the cargo has been
thrown overheard. The ship is valued at
10000 and the cargo at about the same
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
LOCAL STOCKS QUOTED.

Conservatism marks the opening of the
year in the realm of local dividend paying
commercial stocks. So Prices are holding
firm and few transfers are recorded.
Last year 3. sol. SOC was paid In dividends
on these stocks and interest on the local
bonds. Thursday last the Utah-Idah0
Sugar company distributed 1890 in
dividends and other companies will fol-
low suit this week with the final dividend
payments for 1903 Money at the local
banks is in good demand. so that interest
rates are well maintained. The best quo
tatioas to be obtained on local securities
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
PROVE WHAT SWAMP ROOT
WILL Do FOR YOU

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about
to take is absolutely pure and contains
ne harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such a medicine is DR.. kiimers
Swamp Root. the great Kidney, Liver
and Bladder Remedy.
The same standard Of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp Root and has been TO-
years.
Swamp-Root is scientifically com
pounded om-vegetable herbs.
II is rot a stimuiant and is taken IN
tea spoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
It is natures great helper IN reIievins
and correcting kidney, liver and bladder
troubles.
A sworn statement Of purity is with
every bottle OF DR.. kilmer's swamp
Root.
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE BY MAIL.
send to DE-. Kumer q Co. Bingham
ton. \. y. for a sample bottle. free py
MALT will convince any one You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information. telling all sbour the KID
news. When writing be sure and men
ton the Salt Lake CITY Sunday Herald
You can purchase the regular 1ifty-Cent
and one-dollar size bottles at all drug
stores.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
GiEI FOR 6OWpOIN.

Brunswick. Me. Jan. 2.-President VIII
liam Dewitt HYDE of Bowdoin college an
nounces the receipt of a holiday gift to
the college of about $4,000. The donor
wishes for the present to remain IN
known.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

tence, and the punishment as melted out
now does not tend to have reforma-
1 f,yrx- offo14
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29
MORAL lNsTRucTloNIN SCHOOLS

A course of moral instruction planned
with reference to the interests and
needs of the third and fourth year pu-
pills in Wisconsin high schools is pre-
sented in new bulletin of the high
school series of the University of Wis
consin prepared by DR.. F. c. Sharp,
professor of philosophy at the state
university. This course which DR..
Sharp has arranged was given success
fully last year in the Eau Claire, New
Richmond and Menomonie high schools
The principal aim of the course is to
develop habit of thoughtfulness on
the part of the high school pupils in re-
gard to the problems of daily conduct.
The subject of the work is success in
life, in connection with which the means
of obtaining success and the nature of
genuine success are considered.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29

The Sawyer County Record devoted
seven columns of its space last week to
the Ledbetter murder case, which had
it's preliminary hearing at Mankato,
Mimi, last week. Whether the part
les in the case are known in Hayward
or not, the Record does not say. All
the narrowing details of a most brutal
murder, as brought out in the evidence,
are given verbatim. How country
editor can hope to elevate the morals
of community by feeding his readers
such slush is uncomprehendable. we
would venture a small wager that a
similar murder will occur in the vicinity
of Hayward within a year. A news
paper is certainly an educator-one way
or the other.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29
THAT TYPEWRITER

Editor Maloney Of the Glen Flora
Star saw fit to make some criticism of
the wisdom OF necessity of the purchase
Of typewriter for the district attor-
ney's office. Nothing of this kind
escapes the watchful eye of the dis
trict attorney, neither are any such
criticisms permitted to go unchalleng-
ed. There was Immediately an inter-
change of some warm" letters, the
last one from the district attorney mott
flying the editor that he would be given
one more opportunity to square him
self. = Editor Maloney is capable OF
doing that stunt in a manner which
ought to be satisfactory even to the
doughty district attorney. Here is the
way the Star squares itself:
eve don't think it either necessary
or customary in small counties like this
to furnish the district attorney with a
typewriter. An attorney necessarily
has machine of his own, and needs
one more for personal than for official
business during his term of office. II
would look rather ridiculous to keeL
two machines in the office, where one
is sufficient, and certainly there is nc
reason why the county machine should
be used for personal correspondence.
The case Of other officers is quite diff.
erent. Quite frequently persons chosen
clerk, treasurer or register do not have
machines of their own, and during
their term of Office they have little use
for them except for official business.
cit isn't worth while going further
into detail. We believe the purchase
unnecessary and unwise, needless ex
penditure of county money, though
small in amount. If the district (Oh
yes, we almost forgot, - also city, at
torney used his best efforts to get the
appropriation, the act was not crimina
or illegal, but it wasn't very high il
the ethical scale. There would have
been nothing illegal in asking for flu
coat and a box of cough drops. Never
theless, we consider such action wrong
petty, it is true, but, wrong just tn,
same"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29
number 81"
By LUCY BAKER JEROME
Copyright, by j. B. Lippincott Coz

He had been sentenced for three
years, and now they were ended.
Thrice during those three years his
wife had come to him. Once she had
brought Barton She was coming to-
day, he remembered He wondered If
Barton would come as well.
The prison bell changed six. Pre-
cisely on the last stroke of the trem-
bling monster the huge iron gates
swung slowly inward, the figure OF
man slouehed through, keeping step to
a soundless rhythm, and the gates
FLASHED behind him, with vibrating
sweep that sent the blood racing
through his veins.
The woman by the roadside waited,
pressing one hand hard against her
heart
Molly! Molly!' he exclaimed, wild
ly. "At last All these years, and
now"
He drew back at the chill touch of
her lips
What is it?" he instinctively asked.
The man in the background held out
his hand
We'll, Fraser" he said heartily
glad to see you, old chap. Not quite
up to the mark, are you?" he added
sympathetically; but We'll soon make
| that right
For an instant the old Fraser ap-
peared through the prison mask. He
involuntarily Strengthened himself,
| and his eyes sought his wife's.
Thanks, Barton" he said quietly
Then, with tender ring in his voice
Aren't you glad, Molly?" he asked
beseechingiy.
'Of course, JIM answered Molly
| quietly. why shouldn't l be glad
| when my husband is free from prison
walls"
But, Molly he stammered, you
you speak so oddly"
do II" She laughed a little. Its
your imaginatic jim. Let's sit down
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29
ton, they have nobody but themselves
to blame.

Whatever has become of that Omaha
road which was to have trains running
into Ladysmith this year that was
lust as good as built, !" some one said?
The last heard of it the matter was in
the hands of committee, which was
to consult with the officials of the road
several months ago, but it has not yet
reported EauClaire, Chippewa Falls
and Ladysmith capitalists were to COM
bine to build the extension if the Omaha
people would not undertake it. The
pull which one of the members OF
hat committee professed to have ought
10 have been strong enough to have
llnded anything. One mean man IN
Inmates that it did land all that was
ever intended.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29
AIDS I'M FRAMING ORDINANCES

In order to assist the cities of the
state in framing their ordinances by
giving them the advantage of inforna-
ton regarding the best municipal legis-
lation throughout the world, the extern
sion division of the University of Wis
consin has just established new de-
partment to be known as the Bureau
of Municipal Reference.
This new department will undertake
to do for the city councils of the state
what the Legislative Reference Depart
ment at the Capitol has been doing for
the state legislature. Ford II. Mac
Gregor, who has had charge of the mu-
nicipal work of the Legislative Refer.
ence Library, has been appointed tt
take charge of the new bureau.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29
THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BOY

| sometimes think that our high
schools, which are SO largely taught by
women, and where the number of fe-
male teachers is generally about three
to one, are more potent in robbing our
young men of real manliness than any
other cause. A graduate of an average
high school is really graduate of fe-
male seminary. A recent critic says
that the average high school male grad
uate has learned from his associates at
school about enough to become a mill
iner or a dressmaker and that is about
all. Look up some of the recent writ.
ings and speeches of the leading psy-
chologist in America, DR.. Stanley Hall,
and you will be surprised to see what
such an authority as he thinks is the
effect of'our women-taughth high schools.
DR.. Hall is quoted as saying that when
mother has brought her son to the
age of IA, she should unite her apron
strings from around him hand him over
to his father and say, Here is our son,
| have had the care of now for fourteen
years and have made the best boy out of
him that | could. Now it's up to YOU
to make him man. w D. Taylor in
the Wisconsin Engineer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29

on this rock while. I'm so tired"
she added drearily.
lie looked at her with close atten-
ton. Barton's figure was visible round
ing a headland a few feet away.
You're a little pulled down, Molly,
dear, but We'll have you right again i'll
no time" he said cheerfully. Nov
that I'm free to use my brains once
more, you and Margie sha'n't want for
anything. How is Margie?" he sud
denly asked.
She's WE'LL" his wife answered list
lessly.
He took off his hat, barring his head
to the twilight breeze.
His wife kept her eyes fixed on
tuft of yellow daisies at her feet. Her
voice was very low
Where are you going, Jim?'
Where am l going!" He stared at
her in amazement. Why, home, of
course. Molly, what's the matter with
your"
She sprang to her feet and faced
him fiercely, her loosened hair blow
ing in the wind.
You're not coming to my home!"
she cried, bitter, concentrated ring
OF rage in her clear tones. You're not
coming to mine! Do you think, James
Fraser, that I've toiled and shaved all
these years that you might have a
comfortable place in which to throw
off your prison letters at your leisure?
Do you think that this shame and dis
edge that our name is blighted, and
that, wherever we go, we are likely
to be pointed at and scorned? Do you
think | can brush this knowledge
aside, as / would brush away fly? Do
you think I have enjoyed Shaving ten
hours a day, with this remembrance
raging at my heart and brain! And
wh. does your coming out mean to
me, she cried shrilly, her eyes afame
and her bosom heaving 1T means
ruin-ruin. Margie and | have moved
People where we are now don't know
you They don't even know that
have a husband. They respect us, and
now our lives will be ruined for the
second time, andy your hand!"
At her first words Fraser had
sprung up like man shot through the
heart. He swayed as he stood leaning
heavily against the rock.
"Molly!" he gasped you never
said"
mo, never said anything" she in
terrupted TITS been eating my heart
out, and you never even suspected it, |
never can live with you again." she
said coldly Her eyes repealed him.
She extracted a shabby pocketbook
from her dress, and with shaking fin
gers undid the fastenings. 81 have
brought you some money" she said
shortly. Il do this, as l have done all
the rest, because you were once my
husband, and because | still bear your
name, but now l have done my duty,
and this is the end of it, She ex-
tended the money rigidly
lie tossed it CONTEMPORARY over
the rock The beautiful virgin sky
had suddenly grown dark. With
fierce pang, he felt a wild rush OF
longing for the solitude of his prison
cell. At this moment his wife seemed
less woman to him than disturbing
clement in his long-cherished plans.
He flushed darkly To wait three years
for thisi
He crossed over and laid one arm
on her bowed shoulders.
Molly" he said huskily. Molly, you
don't know what you're saying-you
don't know what You're doing There
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29

There are many little annoyances
which the travelling public put up
with, which are seemingly indispensable,
such as showing your ticket before you
get on the cars, for instance, when you
have your arms full of babies and bun
dies. But it is rank imposition to
keep people waiting half hour for a
train and then inform them that it is
two hours and half late, as happened
here last Tuesday. The matter of the
train being late was perhaps unavoid-
able, but the stations ahead could cert
ainly be notified before the train is due.
Some day maybe railroads will not be
operated on the''dam the public" plan.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29
FRANCE ADOPTS FORESTRY

France will be destroyed for lack of
forests cried one of her greatest
statesmen, and the prophecy was very
nearly fulfilled. Just fifty years have
passed since unprecedented floods in the
valley of the Loire called the attention
of the government to the fact that the
Central Plateau had been almost en-
tirely denuded, that the fertile soil
was being destroyed, the reservoiring
effect of the forest lost, and a beginning
made toward the creation of a desert
in the heart of the nation.
Not only the Loire was affected; on
the northern elevation of the Pyrenees
the protection of the Garonne was gone,
and in Savoy that of the Rhone The
stripping away of the trees on noun
tainsides of Savoy had released the
mountain brooks and turned them into
torrents. TIL e binding roots rotted
away, and tiny streams became gashes.
continually widening to chasms. Liter
ally the whole slope of the mountain
begun to slide down into the valley,
impelled by an unrestrained deluge of
water. The Rhone, always a swift
stream, filled it's b ed with moving
gravel and sand, and with unprecedent-
ed rapidity extended its delta out four
miles into the deep water of the Medi-
terranean. Navigation was impeded
or rendered impossible; villages which
had grown wealthy on In orderly
waterpower, awoke after a storm in
| the mountains to find their brook beyond
control and their streets piled many
feet deep in gravel and powders.
The prospect of the continuation of
such calamities aroused the whole peo-
pie. The engineers, after experiment
alton, discovered that in many places
masonry dams must be erected at short
intervals, not in order to hold up the
water, but to check the descent Of the
streams bed itself. The reclamation
is still going on; and in many parts of
France public and private energy is be-
ing concentrated to-day on this work.
Three million acres of public forest
and fifteen millions of private woods
are now standing, but there still re-
main sixteen million acres absolutely
barren, much of which must be con-
uuered by bunchgrasS before it can be
planted in trees. France has learned
her lesson. Her object now is twofold:
to preserve her rivers and mountains
by forestry, and to provide domestic
supply of timber She is achieving both
ends rapidly, and is finding that her ut
most efforts are repaid promptly and in
actual cash returns. John L. Mathews
in August Everybody's.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-29

Until railway trainmen are notified
by their superior officers that the high
ways belong to the people and not to
the corporations which have been given
leave to build across them, it might be
a good move to begin agitating against
grade crossings, or at least demand
that a fiagman be stationed at crossings
Such talk is useless, however; the City
of Ladysmith has ordinances, which, if
enforced, would make accidents almost
impossible, and no one would be greatly
Inconvenience by train blocking a
crossing. If people will not take adj
vantage of laws made for their protec-