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The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11
She Hastened Forward, BreathIessly

performance and when the time came for his appearance before the foot lights he had worked himself into a state of nervousness almost rivaling that of the debutante
 Iris made up very we'll he thought, as he came forward on the stage, but 1t remained to be seen how she would act. He advanced repeating his lines in jerky, irresolute fashion and mix ing the sentences so that the cue was lost Much to his surprise and relief, however, Iris saved him from the con sequences of his lapse of memory by an eXtempore word or two that brought the play back into its proper groove.
 On the following morning the news papers spoke in highest praise of the opening performance of the Sterling stock company in The World and a Woman" To Gerald Morrison was given the greatest credit for the sue cess of the play, although mention was made of the clever work of Miss Margaret Deane, who, owing to the 
 the leading lady's part of Iris, and rem dered an admirable performance, con sidering her extreme youth and the fact that she had appeared on such short notice. Before Gerald left the city for tour in the south he signed contract with the Sterling Stock Company for the next season When En of bled to be cast for the play which was to be produced at the opening of the season, the new manager turned to Gerald.
 "I want you to meet Miss Deane, who will play opposite to you, MT. Morrison" he said
 The introduction is scarcely neces- sary," responded that young lady, in a freezing tone of voice. q have had the honor of meeting MT. Morrison be- fore"
 Our acquaintance was rather short" remarked Gerald. T am happy in being able to resume it so soon." Miss Deane merely bowed and was silent. They met constantly at re- near ISdlS anu oSi "'u N"o 9ui pi ioCu anu annoyed at the hauteur and disdain with which he was treated by the girl whom a few short months ago he had looked upon as httle more than a child There were moments when he thought he could detect little more cordiality in her tone or glance, but any encouragement thus derived was quickly overbalanced by her coldness, if he presumed on it. He overlook her one morning as they left the thea ter.
 Our ways seem to lie in the same direction: may l accompany you?" he asked, somewhat timidly.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11

There was much surprise and no little consternation in the ranks of the Sterling stock company, when it was announced that the star of the cast, Miss Halliday, had been taken sud denly ill and that the part of Iris would be given over to the mercies N a substitute that night. Gerald Morrison, who sustained the principal male character of the play, was par ticularly worried over the unfortunate occurrence. He looked about him in quisitively as he stepped upon the dimly-lighted stage. The new leading lady was not visible and the only strange face he observed was that of prettj young girl, who had appar- ently been brought by some friend in the company for a peep behind the scenes.
 Ready for the first act!" cried the stage manager, and Gerald was sur prised to see, when the stage was cleared that the strange young girl remained. He was about to go for ward and warn her that the rehearsal was to begin and that the leading lady would want the stage to herself, when he was amazed to hear her repeat in rather nervous tones. the opening lines assigned to Iris" The act pro ceeded and the girl became more nervous as each new character ap- peared, until when Gerald approached her, she greeted him with trembling voice and fearful eyes, instead of the gay flippancy assigned to the part This annoyed him and he spoke his lines in rough, careless way that made her almost forget hers. She glanced at him appealingly and whispered: Please forgive me; I'll do better to- night" Gerald left the theater in anything but a pleasant mood. He looked forward to all sorts of unpleas ant happenings during the evening
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11
LIKE THE STEEL POSTAL CAR
Railroad Authorities Pleased with Fashioning of Latest Equipment
 for Line.

Superintendents West and Stephens and Assistant Superintendent Lewis Of the railroad mail service and Mir lhrall, who has charge of the mails on the Hartman system, have just of ficially inspected the steel postal car built in the shops at Omaha. So pleased were they with it that 36 cars like it will be built in the shops with In the next year and put into service between Omaha and San Francisco and Omaha and Portland. Superin- tendent West came to Omaha from Chicago and Superintendent Stephens, Assistant Superintendent Lewis and MT. Thrall from San Francisco.
 The new car was built under in structlons from A. H. Mohler, vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific. It is a standard 60-foot car and has many improvements not found in the old wooden cars.
 The new car has a round roof. with exhaust ventilators that have been in use on the Union Pacific gasoline mo- tor cars. The car weight 117,000 pounds, while the old wooden car weighs 90,000 pounds. The floor is of monolith. The letter cases are of metal.
 The car is equipped with the axle system of electric lighting, system which when the car is in motion charges storage battery which SUD- plies the lights.
 The loss of life in mail cars has been so great in recent years that public sentiment has come to demand that cars be constructed that will in- sure satefy to railway postal clerks and safety to the mails. The mail car occupies the most dangerous position on train, being just behind the loco motive and in front of the baggage cars, coaches and sleepers, and in a wreck the wooden car has practically no chance of escaping inury In the event of serious wreck 1t is likely to be torn to pieces and its contents be destroyed
 To guard against these dangers the railway companies have been trying to build steel car that would meet all the requirements of the service and not be too heavy. The Union Pa cific thinks it has done that in the car inspected.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11
On a Slow Train.

It was on railroad that runs from Mansfield to Coshocton, O., and only freight trains at that-one daily in each direction.
 The leader and manager of a con, cert company compelled to journey thus asked the conductor: Do you carry baggage car?'
 Do we carry a baggage carl" ex- claimed the conductor. Say, quit yer kiddin'! This ant no real passenger train. Why, femme tell you how slow this train is One day las November some fellers with their guns an dogs got on tL train at Mansfield an start. ed down t Coshocton ( hunt birds. Before they got t Coshocton tn open season for birds had expired"
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11

right over all except first-class east bound trains East bound second-class have right of track over all except east and west bound first-class. All west bound second-class trains have right over all except east and west bound first-class and east-bound sec ond class. All east-bound third-class have right over all except east and west bound first and second class.
 The chief part of the train dispatch CTS business is the movement of trains by special telegraphic orders Sitting in his office at the end of the division, his finger on the clicking key, his eyes glued on the train sheet, with it's maze of thousands upon thousands of figures that indi- cate to him the whereabouts of every train on the line and their every move ment. he sits during his trick of eight hours, not daring to permit any one or anything to divert his attention from his responsible work
 The time table shows what the regu- lar trains are supposed to do; the dispatcher's sheet shows what they have done actually. The train sheets are made up by divisions and the branches of each division, and have the names of the stations and sidings down the center, and two lines on either side, in which to record the time each train arrives at and leaves each station. Each sheet is started at midnight. On one side are the east bound trains; the other side is devot- ed to the west-bound.
 For all except regular trains, and for those regular trains that are not running on schedule time, special or ders must be issued for each move ment. The dispatcher does that Studying the condition of the line from one end to the other, taking into calculation the class of the train the size Gas determining her running possibilities), the rights of trains she might meet or pass, the necessity of keeping Instructions from the path of the through trains of a higher class. the capacity of the sid ings, and mindful of an uncounted number of other essential things, the dispatcher sends the order directing the conductor and engineer what movement to make.
 The whereabouts of every train must be known. If a train has been running on schedule time, and it's time at certain station has passed, 
 1t. He has noted An his train sheet that it passed the last station at g. 55 o'clock and is due at the next station at 10:06 o'clock It is now 10: 30 o'clock and the train has not been re- ported.
 He calls up the station at which it is past due and asks for it. It has not been heard from. It evidently is In an accident. The minutes pass, and soon he hears from the last station reported from. A brakeman has come reporting a breakdown that will re- quire an hour or perhaps more to repair. This necesSitates special or ders to following and meeting trains.
 All these things must be covered with special orders to trains. This is where the dispatcher has to think with extraordinary rapidty and ac curacy. When a train dispatcher day is done without accident counts himself happy man This does not mean that accidents are ire quent, but that they may be in spite of close attention.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11

the task of the train dispatcher, in whose hands every hour of the day are life and death and a vast amount of prop erty.
 To understand the value of a train this explana- tion is necessary: Frst-class east bound trains have absolute right of track over all other trains on the time table. First-class west bound trains have
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11
Australia Needs Settlers.

Australia has more unemployed area in proportion to the population than any other country.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11
WEARING ON NERVE
HARD WORK IS THE LOT OF
 TRAIN DISPATCHER.
His Task One of the Most Arduous Called for in Ranks of Railroad Empoyes-Some Simple
 Explanations.

Few persons not in railroad employ have any idea of the compleXity of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
Cutting Hair According to Directions

'eYo' airs haiuh 'ud look some bettuh,
sur, eff yo' all KEEP it long in de BACK
lake" said the barber.
Then the Hon. T. Reed, speaker Of
the house of representatives, removed
his gaze from the dOOrknob of the bar
Der shop, fastened it upon the ceiling
cleared his throat, and drawled some
more, as follows:
Permit me to assure you. my ton
serial friend" said he, that the APP
pearance of my hair as have been &C
customed to wearing il is eminentiy
satisfactory to myself. and. perhaps l
might also say, to my friends and con-
stituents. What little hair still adorns
my head I have. possessed for long
time 1 know it well. I have been on
familiar terms with this hair for many
years.
I have inadvertently mingled spruce
gum and chewing tar with it in the
years Of my extreme youth. [ have
often sundTied il in order to present a
proper nOt-guilty appearance at home
after surreptitiOus swimming eXpedi-
tious. Z have had IL pulled the wrong
way by boys whom Z O0{y {eacued "a
thrash later on, when the triumph had
become stale. At the same period Of
my life I even endured the ignominy of
having il cut-in ascending tiers, with
a certain china implement as guide-by
experimental maiden aunts. The con-
sequence of all this is that this bit of
hair and I are old and. 1
trust, inseparable friends. 1 indulge the
hair and the hair INDUCES me. The hair
me by permitting me to wear
it after my own conception as to the
way it ought to be worn, and I indulge
the hair by firmly declining to have It
trified with by gentlemen of the scis-
sOrs who possess artistic ideas more BIZ
zarre than my own. / fear I'll have to
ask you to indulge US both-the hair
and me. Now, you cut my hair the way
| directed you to cut it,"
The black barber looked dazed. When
the great man had numbered out of the
shop rolling like man-O'-war bo'sUn's
mate on three-day shore liberty, the
black barber mumbled:
'Speakuh! Well, All should say he all
is a speakuhp'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
Assessment No. 10.

NEW YORK BONANZA MINING
company Principal place of business.
No. y East Second South street, Salt
Lake City. Utah.
Notice is hereby given that at a meet
ing of the board of directors of the New
York Bonanza Mining company, held on
June ., 1903, an assessment of three 90
cents per share was levied and assessed
on the capital stock Of said corporation.
payable at the office, No u East Sec
Ond South street, salt Lake CITY, Utah.
to J. H Deming, secretary, on or before
July 10, 1903 ANY stock upon which said
assessment shall remain unpaid on the
said July 10, 1909, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction, and
unless payment is made before, will be
sold on July 81, 1903. at / o'clock D. m of
said day, to pay the said delinquent as
sessment thereon, together with the costs
of advertising and exp nses of sale
J. H. DEMING, Secretary.
No. Z East Second South Street. Salt
Lake City Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
washington starr


1t may be that your barber cuts your
hair the way you want and direct him
to cut it,
! If so, this story won't interest you.
/ It Is said that there are BARRIERS, in
/ this and other cities, who viii cut your
hair the way you want IT II you are
sufficiently circumspect, humble and all
/ like that in making your request as to
how you want to have it done.
/ If this is so, the present writer. who
moves about among many cities, has
not been able to locate any BARRIERS OF
that kind
The only BARRIERS he has been able to
find. after much wistful searching, are
the BARRIERS who insist upon cutting his
hair in just the ding-whOppEed way that
they themselves desire to cut it.
However, that's neither here nor
there. because this is a story about the
late Tom Reed and how he tagged a
barber. The moral of it is that it takes
a man just about as big as the late Tom
Reed Bas physically and mentally, to
Aag q barber once q barber hss got his
teeth set together and has formed an
intention to do things his way.
One day, while he was speaker Of the
house, Tom Reed reclined in a Wash
ingtOn hotel barber chair, looking like
an aprOned Buddha deeply plunged in
contemplation of the limitations of the
infinite
Inscrutability beamed from his
shrewd, penetrating, fat-lidded eyes.
He seemed to reck not that the burly,
selfish world was amOve.
He gazed with continuously focused
gaze upon the knob of the barber shop
door-whether attempting to hypnotic
=a1f 10 hn ~hy,
shall say?-and he spake no word to the
grinning black barber with teeth like
peeled almonds, who swept the scissors
with zephyrOus touch through the color
less wisp of hair that family fringed the
after part of the great mans skull.
The Discrimination of the Hon. T. Reed
to be discursive was not according to
the black BARRIERS idea of things.
He attempted to draw out the re-
nowned man, perhaps in order to be-
queath a legacy Of epigrams to poster
ity.
But the great man only grunted
replies and resumed his
reverie
Whereupon the barber, persistent, de-
cided to switch to the subject of the
great mans htrsute peculiarities.
"Yo' airs haiuh sut'nly is thinnin' out
a heap, sun" he said to the speaker. ]
"Um-m-m," replied Mr.. Reed.
'Teenchy bit O. tonic do it a hull lot
O. good. suh," said the barber
"Um-m-m; no tonic" said Mr. Reed /
Bin bald on de top O. yo' alTs haid
long, sui? ?" inquired the barber.
Mr.. Reed didn't remove his gaze from
the door knob Of the barber shop as he |
drawled-Of course he always drawled: |
II came into the world that way /
Then 1 had an interval Of comparative /
hirsute luXuriance. But that period /
was not enduring. I have long since !
emerged from the grief of the depriva- |
ton. 1t no longer afflicts me. Do not, |
request permit it to weigh upon you" I!
The barber studied over this for a /
while. However. it is not probable that /
he fully apprehended its meaning For /
after a few moments Of silence he be- !
gan again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
Chicago Tribune.
ALCOHOL IN BREAD.
London Tests, as Repeated in Chi
cage, Reveal IL.

J
cage, Reveal II.
On the theory Of many persons that
the partaker of any food containing
even slight quantity of alcohol is LA
bic to acquire the liquor habit, those
Chicagoans wishing to guard against
such a result must cease eating bread,
! says the Chicago Record Herald.
Experiments conducted in London es-
tablishing the presence of alcohol in
every bun have been repeated in Chi
cago with more impressive results. Chi
/ cago bread of the scent loaf variety has
been found to contain from three-tenths
to fouT-tenths Of per cent alcohol. The
/ proportion found in the London buns
was .068 per cent
The experiments in Chicago were be-
gun by DR. Max Henius of the VAIL
Henius institute, 327 Fullerton avenue.
before he was aware that a London
medical commission was engaged i'm
fs1milar- research.
DR.. Henius insists that the percentage
OF alcohol in any bread is far too small
70 create an alcoholic taste" while as
for acquiring what is commonly called
calls attention to the vast number of
loaves it would be necessary for the
candidate for q jag" to consume before
attaining his desire.
L was very much interested in the
Record-Herald editorial on 'Teetotal
Buns, because we have been conduct
ing experiments along the same lines"
said DR.. Henius. For several weeks
we have been anaIyzing bread pur-
chased In open market in all parts of
the CITY, and we were very much sur
prlsed by the results we obtained
we found that in an ordinary loaf
OF bread, costing cents, there was
from three to four-tenths Of 1 per cent
alcohol This percentage is surprising
~ large of course. we knew there
would be some alcohol in bread, because
OF the yeast Yeast is a result of fer
mentatlOn, and wherever there is fer
mentation there is alcohol.
We did not suppose, however. that
the percentage could be so large. be-
cause we thought the terrific heat of
the ovens would drive out almost all
the alcohol Instead. it seems the heat
forms crust about the bread so quick
~ that practically all the alcohol is
Kept within the loaf
I do not believe that there is enough
alcohol i'm bread to create a taste for
liquor. There are others. however, who
disagree with me and insist that aico-
mol no matter how small the quantity,
When taken into the human system
tends TO create a taste for liquor. The
United states government does not rec
ognize as Intoxicating any beverage
that contains less than one-haIf of 1
per cent of alcohol. but in some of the
more radical prohibition communities
laws have been demanded prohibiting
the sale OF even these beverages
Dr. Henius became interested in the
alcoholic ingredient in bread several
months ago through a letter received
from a correspondent in southern Illi-
nois- He Immediately began his ex-
periments, and has just completed the
compilation Of the results of his re-
search.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
BUREAU ADMITS
ITS LIMITATIONS
Knows the Tobacco Trust Is
Mighty, but Can't Say
How Mighty.
MANY MILLIONS INVOLVED
TAXES FALL OFF AS PROFITS IN
CREASE.

Washington. jane 5.-Responding to a
resolution introduced in the senate by
Mr.. Beveridge. an exhaustive report
made by the bureau Of corporations on
Information collected affecting the prices
OF tobacco was sent to the senate to-
day by President TAFT Much of the
lD1OTDlaDOD COVERS matter heretofore
made public by Herbert Knox Smith.
II IS stated that the bureau has in prep
aratiOn complete report covering the
subject of the prices Of tobacco and OPP
eratiOns Of corporations, infOTma ton of
which was obtained in accordance with
the law creating the bureau. The more
Important material, showing in substance
results Of the Investigation, is included
in q preliminary report
Commissioner Smith says that any con-
siGeratlOn Of the subject of the tobacco
industry in recent years is necessarily
largely consideration of the relation
o. the tobacco combination to the in
duStry. 1t is stated that the tobacco
combination CONT DIS substantially three
fOUrths of the business of manufactur-
Ing tobacco, other than cigars, in the
United States. To show the extent of
this business. it is stated that the out
put Of independent concerns, excluding
cigars, now amounts to $35,OOO,O00 per
year
Tables are included in the report show
ing the remarkable increase Of profits
60 concerns in the tobacco COmbina ton
from 1890 TO 1907, inclusive. The only
pany in its early years was able to earn
liberal dividends on its entire capitaliza-
ton, the report says, lay in its mOnOp-
oily power. After reviewing capitalization
and earnings of the combination, the re-
port says:
1T Is evident, therefore. from these
facts, that uO comparison Of any signifi-
cance can be made between net earn
ings Of the tobacco combination and its
capitalization or its reported assets"
Among the most interesting subject tax
1H mp by Commissioner Smith is the
amount Of tax paid by companies in the
tobacco combination to the federal gov
ernmcut. in comparison with profits made
oy the combination. The report saws that
The maximum amount Of taxes paid, as
mght be expected. was in 1899 to 1901
VIXEN the war revenue taxes were in
force. The amount of tax collected fell
DIFF git atty in 1902 and 1903.
AS the amount of tax paid fell off
The amount of profit increased" said the
commissioner. From 1899 to 1903 taxes
Tell off about SSC00.O0G while profits in
creased about Sl3.600 600. rising from So
Psi in 1899 to SIS. 49, SSg in 1903. Profits
fell off somewhat in 1894 but again in
creased, reaching the maximum in 1906,
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