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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20
News of the LntermOllntain Region
LEHI NEWS NOTES
to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
LEHI, June 19.-Lehi will have TO
hold another bond election in order to
make her last issue of water works
bonds legal. The city council has ac-
cordiugly called another election for
July 81. when undoubtedly the vote for
bonds will be cave The new issue
will be for $4,000 The first issue, for
$27 900. also was illegal and required
special act by the recent legislature
TO make il valid.
| The contract for seven miles of vitrl-
fed pipe has been let to the Utah Fire
Clay company and work on the trenches
will be commenced at an early date,
The rst work will be to put in several
! thousand feet of drain pipe connecting
together the series of springs which con-
sti,ute the source of supply.
4 force of men has Just finished the
work Of protecting the pumping plant
at the outlet Of Utah Lake from in
undation. During the dry seasons of
three and four years ago the water OF
the lake was lowered to level Of four
feet below the pumps. Now 1t Is three
feet above compromise point and four
| feet above the pumps, making differ
ence of eight feet. Jordan river is a
mile wide at its head and the road
leading TO the Saratoga springs through
the Lehi fields is covered with water
up TO the wagon boxes for long dis
tance each side of the river bridge. Fol-
several days the lakes level has beer
stationary and it is not thought that
| the water will exceed three feet above
compromise point. Many pastures and
much of the hay land is covered with
water and Will be valueless this sea
son. For several miles the county road
on the west side of the lake is GOV
cred by the lake and vehicles have tc
meander through the sage brush ant
around deep water 10 reach their desti
nation.
Homer ]. Kendall, president and man
ager Of the American China Clay com
pany, is in Lehi making arrangement:
to commence shipping china clay from
the mamoth kaolin beds in Cedar Val
ley.
The Utah Oregon Mining company
whose property is al Toplff, Utah, vii
send some men out Monday to continue
the 250-foot tunnel into the vein where
it is confidently expected that shipping
ore Will be encountered. The Utah
Oregon has been recently organized ant
owns the property formerly owned By
the late William Ball and was knowr
as the lucky Bill mine The vein tha'
the company expects to cut is an eight
foot ledge Of iron ore carving value.
in lead and silver,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20
STARTLING STORY TOLD
IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN, June 19.-Joe j. Won Rool-
huyzcn has in the past few months
cruelty assaulted and beaten his wife,
Emily Chandler Won Rookhuyzen, ac.
cording TO complaint for divorce filed
this afternoon. Mrs. Won Rookhuyzen
says that her husband is possessed of
q violent temper and is of nervous
and excitahle temperament. In Octo-
ber, 1908, she says that he made an as
sault upon her, inflicting injuries up
on her body arms and shoulders from
which she suffered considerably, as at
the same time she was in a delicate
state of health.
On June Is, she says, he again at,
tackled her, and that it was necessary
TO call the police to her aid. The next
day. June II. the complaint declares
that Won Rookhuyzen scratched and
lacerated her arms and tore portion of
the woman's clothing from her body,
but was prevented from inflictng other
injuries by the interference of neigh
bors who rushed TO her assistance.
Won RookhuyzeD, the complaint says,
is employed as a baker at the May
flower bakery. His wife asks for a di-
vorce, the custody of two children,
twins, $50 attorneys fees, $25 monthly
alimony, an injunction against him
from disposing of certain household
property and the restoration Of her
maiden name. Emily Chandler.
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Bon ELDER COUNTY
BOARD HOLDS MEETING

Special 30 The Tribune.
BRIGHAM. June 19.--The board of
county commissioners met in the clerk S
office this week and transacted Il great
deal of business.
J. c. Knudson. James Knudson and
r. w. Fishburn, representing the Brig
ham Commercial club. appeared and
asked permission to place some I'M
provements on the county court house
property. An agreement was reached
whereby the city was granted a strip
along the north side Of the grounds for
n sidewalk.
Jensen and Daniel w. John road super
visors in different road districts, APP
pearcd and asked the commissioners 30
change n number of roads A petition
was also read from residents of Curlcw,
asking to change the county road.
Some changes were granted,
The G. S, Shccly Bridge Contracting
company of Pocatelo, Idaho. represent
ed by Il. r. Dahlherg, submitted plans
for 4 proposed bridge across one of the
canals of the Utah-Gdaho Sugar com
pany. The plans were accepted,
The Hone yville bridge over Bear
river was reported by Peter NJ. Hanson
TO be in an unsafe condition, The sur
veyor was instructed to establish a
grade, and the clerk will advertise for
bids for building the grade and remod-
cling the bridge.
The county surveyor submitted plans
for an under grade right of-waY under
the o, S. j.. tracks at Collinston. The
matter will be investigated before ac-
tion is taken.
Joseph II. Watkins was appointed
registrar Of vital statistics and Justice
of the peace of Beaver Dam.
j. II. Hess, road supervisor of Field
ing. appeared and asked for road i'm
PIGMENTS, also for the removal of q
bridge west of Fielding. The matter
was referred to the surveyor, who will
I get plans and specifications for chan
mel to be constructed under the new
bridge,
The residents Of Plymouth presented
petition by A. T. Zundel, asking for
a bridge over the Malad river at that
place. Action was deferred.
Officials bonds of Brigham Nelson,
constable. and j. r. Roberts, justice of
the. peace of Perry, and Alfred Olsen,
justice of the peace at Bear river, were
accepted
Alex Anderson, road supervisor of
Junction, asked for an appropriation
Of $500 for repairing the road. He was
allowed $50 at this time, and $25 was
granted for the right of-way offered
the county by A. n. Grover of Field
ing,
Two hundred and fifty dollars was
appropriated for the G, A, K. encamp'
ment to be held in Salt Lake City in
August,
A new voting precinct was created at
Lucien, This district will include all
that part Of the Grouse creek precinct
south of township line between town
ships 8 and g.
a petition from Mrs Rowena Jensen
to change road at Point Lookout, was
denied on the ground that Eli Anderson
refused to grant right of way.
Peter Jensen was appointed consta
BILE, and Ernest Dewey, road supervisor
| of DewcYNille.
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Courtesy as a Business Asset.

@ Everything else being equal. We do
business with the man whom we like
the best, writes Richard A. Harte in
Harper's Weekly. .'Good breeding,
good nature, expressed in an attitude
of universal courtesy, constitute a bust
ness asset as valuable on one side of
the desk as on the other The aver
age American, says the author. has no
use for n chronic 'fgrouch, 'Epickle-
face or knockerp There is the
type of authropoid ape who paints the
word private on the door of the inner
room in which he sits and around the
outer door Of the outer room he places
Il railing with gate that swings out
He then hires an Office boy. or, pref
crabIy, an Office girl mt $40 week. to
sit in the outer Office, answer the tele-
phone, and furnish information as to
when the great man within will see
those who come on business bent.
The author recounts some amusing IN
stances of the discontinue of this type
of Bandarlog.'
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How Moros Came Under Flag.

1t was during his second term at Con-
stantinople that Mr.. Straus performed
q signal service 10 the American people
and to large section of our wards in
the Philippines. 1t so happened that three
of the leaders of the Mohammedan Moros.
VINO had never been conquered by Spain
and who were giving our military forces
much trouble in tho archipelago, including
two sultans and n chief. were at Mecca
paying their devotions 10 the Moslem
shrine Mr.. Straus went directly to Sui
tan Abdul Hamid and appealed to him. as
Padishah OF the Moslem faith, to advise
the Moro chiefs TO place themselves un-
der the protection OF the United States
army instead of casting In their lot with
Aguinaldo. The brielcst Of telcgraphic
messages from the Bosphorus 10 Mecca
(the appliances Of modern life work In
the Turkish empire better than most OF
us imagine) was sufficient. The United
States had come into possession OF the
Sulu archipelago and other Mohammedan
lands of the Philippines without battle.
President Mckinley afterwards coDiided
to MIR. Straus his opinion that, but for
the iatter's efforts. would have been nee
essary to send 20 000 more American
troops TO the Philppines.-From "Embas-
sador Straus, the Man for the Emergency
in Turkey" by Louis E. Van Norman, in
the American Review of Reviews for
June
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20
BREEZY ITEMS FROM
GEM STATE CAPITAL
Special to The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
BOISE, Idaho, June 19,-The mem
bers of the nonpartisan board Of pub.
lie works of Boise City rendered their
designations tonight to the city council,
owing to a claim that the council was
exercising prerogatives desioned by the
law for them. The council tabled the
designations temporarily, pending an
attempt to adjust differences,
f, Grandiean. chief forester for
Idaho, arraigned State Game Warden
Stevens today for his failure to prop
erly protect the fish and game in the
forest reserves of Idaho He holds
Stevens responsible for indiscriminate
slaughter of big game and for a fail
ure TO provide proper food for fish and
runwsys az the rapids in mountain
streams.
Harry Kessler claims today that the
local option petition in Ada county
has 2400 Of the requisite 5000 sigma
lures 10 call for a local option eiec-
ton, in accordance with the act of The
last legislature Of Idaho. lie also says
Canyon county is progressing with a
petition equal TO Ada,
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Whale Hangs Itself

A big whale tried To run away with
the cable connecting this city with
Alaska, according to story brought
down from the north ny Captain Latin,
of the United States ship Burnside.
The Burnside was sent north along The
coast OF Alaska TO repair the cable be-
cause during the past winter difficulty
had been experienced in sending and re-
ceiying messages. The Burnside picked
up the cable connecting Valdez and Sitka
a few miles Off Cooks Inlet. not far from
Sltka. The crew never had such time
hauling q cable on board as they did that
day on the Alaska coast. Finally the
cause Of the great weight was found
Some time during the winter a whale
feeding on the bottom of the ocean with
wde-open mouth collided with the wire
rope.
Unable 10 shake the biz wire from the
mass OF whalebonc i'm itS jaws. the big
fish turned turtle, rolled over once, turned
around, rolled again. and diyed. In these
few movements the FISH proved himself
his own hangman. for the cable was
twisted tighter about the head Of the
whale than any mortal could have done
with the most powerful machinery.
The whale drowned and the carcass
was devoured on the oceans bottom By
other fish. The crew of the Burnside
hauled up great load OF whalebone and
found q great twist in the government
cable that had been the cause OF the
unusual difficulty in sending messages
to and from either end of the rope-Se-
attle Dispatch TO New York Herald.
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NOW SORRY he TRIED
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
Nevada Man Who GaShed His
Throat Glad He Is Still
Alive.
Special TO The Tribune.

! Special 10 The Tribune
OGDEN. June l9.-Johu c. Waters,
mining man from Nevada, attempted
to kill himself Yesterday morning IN
the lavatory of the city jail by slash
ing his throat with a razor. a sense
less effort was made by the police de
partmcnt TO suppress the facts. Why,
nobody has yet been able TO figure out,
unless the department desired to keep
from the public the fact that the man
had lost practically all of his earnings
in city-protected gambling houses,
The custodian of the city hall oh
served the blood on the lavatory floor
yesterday morning The police and
sanitary departments were notlhed ny
the ianitor, as he felt that n crime
had been attempted or committed from
the large amount of blood and blood
stained finger prints on the door and
sides of the walls. Late in the after
noon Waters was found walking aim
lesslv about the city with bad cut
across the throat. He was taken to
the city Jail where DR.. Browning, the
city physician, was called to attend
his injuries.
Waters says that he has been drink
ing heavily lately and becoming de-
spondent decided to end his life after
he had lost all his money in gambling
! houses of the city. He is peniicnt
now, and sober. He declares that he
tried to sever the jugular vein, but
the razor was evidently too dull. Wat
ers says now that he is glad that his
drunken intentions miscarrled anC
hopes he will never allow the subject
of suicide to ever enter his mind again
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PROVO NEWS NOTES
Special 10 The Tribune.


PROVO, June 19.-At the adjourned
session Of the city council last even
ing the Nat Reis company, which is
showing here. asked for a reduction
in its license because of poor business
The matter was referred to the com
mittee on license.
The Provo Reservoir association
asked the council for the privilege OF
crossing the city water pipe line al
the mouth of Provo canyon. Referred
TO the committee on waterworks.
A subcommittee of the Prohibition
league committee presented a petition
asking that no licenses be issued fol
the sale Of intoxicating liquor i'll Prove
city after December 81, 1909. A like
petition was presented by the board
Of trustees of the Brigham Young uni
versity. Both petitions were referred
TO the committee on judiciary and the
city attorney, with instructions to cal
a convention Of the county and city
officials with view to having uniform
legislation on the liquor questioS
throughout the county.
The council appropriated $50 tc
Heber city to help defray the expenses
of bond suit in which Provo city
gained some valuable information.
Fire Chief Armitstead asked the
council for another street sprinkler
and also suggested that pipe line he
City cemetery. Referred to the com,
mittee,
The committee on waterworks recon-
mended that John Bestclmeyer be paid
ope-half Of the cost of a private water
pipe line. Report adopted
The matter OF appropriatIng money
for the entertainment of the G. A. r
veterans was brought up and discussed
The members OF the council expressed
the opinion that no money should be
given to the general committee, but
if Provo spent any money, il would be
to entertain the veterans in Provo,
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Olmstead of
Coldwater, Mich. stopped off IN Provo
this evening OH their way TO Seattle
Mr. Olmstead is an uncle Of DR.. George
e. and A. Y, Robson and Mrs Eva
Rydalch of This city. This is his first
trip to the West.
Tho Mountain Lake Extension Min
| ing company has begun suit in the dis
trict court against the Pittsburg Con
soIidated Mining company for posses
sion Of certain conflicting area between
Good Hope Nos. 4 to mining claims
in American Fork canyon. The de
PENDANTS have made application for
patent on these claims and the suit is
TO correct the conflict in area before
the patent issues.
The Provo Fair Ground association
has arranged for the following horse
races on Strawberry day. June %;
2:40 trot, three in FIVE, $75; $3.50 trot,
three in five, 800; 2.20 pace. three IN
FIVE. 500 Queen Pomona will go an
exhibition mile TO beat the track rec
ord of 2;ll a
Marriage licenses have been issued
to Warren s. Schow and Minnie A,
Larson. both Of Lchi; Ernest \. Webb
and Annie Loveridge, both OF Lehl.
The committee having in CHARGE the
building of the boulevard between
Provo and Olmstead, visited Salt Lake
City yesterday to investigate the dlt-
ferent road building materials. and af-
ter looking over the county they have
now decided to give the petrolithic
system a trial
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Pauper Hospital Patient,

Since its establishment IN 1905. the
Convalescent Relief office DE Bellevue hos
pital has assisted upward OF six thou
sand discharged patients who would have
become rccurreut cases except for TINS
aid. saws Robert Sloss in Uarper's Week
lv. Since the beginning Of this work.
half a dozen of the New York hospitals
have followed the same plan. The idea
which undcrics il Is that by this means
The % percentage Of recurrents could he
reduced TO negligible quantity and the
efficiency of the hospital service in
creased one-half. In the case OF suffer
ers from chronic ailments instructions
must he given which. when followed out
will prevent the recurrence OF an acute
stage that sends tho patient to the hos
pital again for another all too brief treat
meut Those unfit for work must he as
sisted, and jobs found for the voorhees,
II is the FIRST step toward the scientific
cleaning up OF unfinished business by tbs
general hospital
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20
For Cleaning Wall Paper.

To clean wall paper use the follow.
ing recipe: Ten cents worth of liquid
ammonia, ten cents worth OF OIL or or
sassafras, one teaspoonfnl (even fulD
of soda, two teaspoonfuls (even fulD
of salt and one quart of cold wafer. Mia
the cold water with the ingredients
then add white flour until it is THICK
enough to drop from spoon. Put 10
a covered pail, set in kettle of boil
ing water, and cook until done. stirring
often. If il does not stick to the hands
when cool, it, is done. Remove from
the pail and divide into loaves'
working each piece while IN the hand
Take out only what is needed, leaving
the rest covered in the pail, TO prevent
the ammonia from evaporatlng: Run
the wall with loaf, working the dirt
into the dough. When very dirty, ex-
change for clean loaf. This removes
dirt and grease magically and leaves
old paper as good rs new when used
arefuliy-Woman' Home Companion
for Juue
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20
News of Midvale.

Spccia! 10 The Tribune.
MIDVALE, June 19.--At recent
meeting Of the East Jordan Alumni as
sociation, it was decided to make its
annual ball and banquet an elaborate
affair The members of the board of
education, Principal G.. ]. Goff, and the
sixteen members of the graduating class
of 1909 are to he the honored guests,
The citizens of Midvale and commun-
ity are awaiting the decision of the
court on the question of the reopening
Of the copper plant of the u. S. smelter
here, and IL is their one wish and desire
that it will be in the affirmative. Mid
vale will then be booming little city
and desirable placed 10 locate.
The Industrial Lodge Card party.
held in the Woodman hall last night,
was largely attended and all had n good
time
Alma Hogensen and Carl r. Gaufin
have lust returned from Bnrlcy, Idaho,
whore they visited Charles Hogenscn to
arrange the purchase of some land in
that vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas have Just left
on an extended trip through Oregon
and Washington.
VIM Wenet expects TO move TO Sill
yer City in short time, as he has sold
his home to Sam Williams. .Jr.
Assistant Postmaster Cora j. Denet
was married to Ralph Van Doron in
Salt Lake City last Wednesday,
John and a. G, Watson and families
have returned from a weeks trip in
the canyon,
Mrs. Lizzie Williams Of Mammoth is
visiting with her folks for a fow DAYS.
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Hilda Anderson, Dora Day and Han
nah Hanson.
The stockholders Of the Salina bank
met during the past week To add two
names to the board of directors. When
tne bank was organized it was de-
cided TO have five directors, but since
the business has increased it became
necessary necessary to add two more. Those
ciectcd were 2. G. Scorup of Salina
and Andrew Ross of Joseph. The Of
ncers now are A. j. Lewis, president; :;
v" III. Brown, vice-president. and these,
with Chrls Jorgenscn. Charles Lam
mersdorf, M. a.. Freeze, 2. G. Scorup
and a. Ross constitute the board of di-
rectors.
The following births are reported
from Mount Pleasant during the past
week; a hne pair Of twins at thc
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hanson,
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Chris,
tensen, son TO Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Sorensen, girl at the home of Ericls
Erickson and a girl at the home OF
D. 2. Nelson.
The High school teachers who have
been, engaged by the school board OF
Richfeld to teach there during thu
coming year are as follows: Prof, III
v. Aston has been chosen as prin
cipal, and Miss Edith Duimmitl anC
Delpert Bigler will be his assistants
II. f, Jensen, who was the principa
last year, has accepted a position a
the Snow academy in this city.
Dr.. Hagan of Gunnison left thi
morning for Salt Lake with Andrev
Jensen Of Centerfeld, who is sufferin,
with appendicitis DR., Hosmer viii
perform an operation if he finds it ne
cessary.
Cards have been issued announcin,
tho, marriage of Miss Anna Sorensoi
and Fred Rasmussen, which is TO tax
place at the Manti temple mex
Wednesday. They will leave on a wed
ding tour to California and will b
at home in this city after July 20.
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FEW KICKS REGISTERED
BY PROPERTY OWNERS
Special Ia The Tribune.

OGDEN, June l9-Few complaints
have been registered with the county
commissioners who have been sitting
as board Of equalization, by property
owners of the county,
This is considered rather remarkable,
since the assessed valuation Of realty
in the outside districts, not including
Huverdale, have been raised 10 per
cent. The board at one OF its sessions
in the near future contcmplates re-
classification Of all farm lands of the
county so that the assessments placed
on each will be more uniform.
Next Monday, Wednesday and Friday
the board will meet at . clock and all
day the following Saturday, which will
he tine last sessions at which complaints
can be made
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RARE OLD COINS STOLEN
BY THIEVES AT BRIGHAM
Special TO The Tribune.

BRIGHAM CITY, June 19.-At an
early hour this morning thieves broke
into Joe Zimmerman s saloon and car.
ried away two large showcases con.
tanning valuable old coins. Entrance
was forced through back door of the
saloon by the use Of an Oregon Short
Line pick without handle. The cases
containing the coins were hung on tie
wall
The display Of old coins was. one Of
the rarest III this part of the country
and was valued at $4,000. No clue was
left by the robbers, but two suspicious
looking characters were seen hanging
around the saloon during the previous
day Tho officers viii make every
possible effort 10 catch the robbers.
a private safe may be rented in the
fire and burglar-proof vaults Of the
Salt Lake Security and Trust company,
80 Up Main street, $500 per year.
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Keyes Is Appointed.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN, June l9.-In the probate di-
vision of the district court, Alma Keyes
was appointed guardian of the person
and estate of Maria l.. Stoddard, an in
competent, upon the request of Flora
Kcyes,
G.. J. S, Abels was named as guardian
OF the person and estate of Girard G..
klomp, a miner. Nellie A. Perkins was
named by the court as administrators
of thc estate of her son, George L.
Perkins, who died while attending col
lcge in the east several weeks ago.