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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
MEETING OF
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BOARD
CUT SHORT OWING TO SPECIAL
SESSION OF COUNCIL.
D. H. Cannon Resigns as Head Of Man
uaI Training Department of
City Schools.

The meeting of the city board OF
education was cut short last night be.
cause Of the detention Of President
Browning and Mr.. PIngree at the
meeting of the whole of the city coun-
Gil to consider the matter OF granting
a franchise TO the Ogden Rapid Tran
| sit Railroad company over Wall ave-
nue. between Twenty-flfth and Thirty
| third streets.
The board took up the matter of the
| resignation of ID. Il Cannon, who has
| charge of the manual training depart
ment of the city schools. Mr. Cannon
| rendered his resignation on the
| grounds that he had been offered a
better position and he expressed the
| desire that his resignation go into ef-
| feet on the first of April. The board
| seemed to be taken rather by surprise.
and In considering the resignation re-
| fused 10 grant the petition at this time.
The contention made by the board
members was that II would not be well
10 accept the resignation of Mr.. Can
non until they had time to find some
one who could fill the position. The
resignation was not accepted. and the
clerk was authorized to advise Mr..
Cannon TO that effect, and that II he
vacated the position before the board
was given time to select another man
for the place the board would with
hold the payment OF his salary for the
month Of March.
The finance committee reported that
they had received the sum of $4,000
from the ogden State bank from a
fund that had been unclaimed for
something like thirteen years, and
that 1t had been deposited In favor
of the board Of education.
Acting Superintendent D H. Adams
reported that there were in attend
ance In the city schools 5.724 students.
and that the daily attendance in the
schools had been. since the previous
meeting of the board, 4,61S. the aver
age attendance having been 80 per
cent.
1t was reported by the clerk that
the receipts from the county school
fund for this year had been decreased
81 700, due to the delinquency of the
taxpayers. The report of the clerk
also showed that the receipts from E>
county fund this year were S2GS per
capita of the school population, Z
cents less than last year. but that the
school population had so mucn
increased that the receipts
this year were $1,000 more than last
year.
The financial report showed cash on
hand to date. SS1. .566. and paid ont
to teachers for the month of February,
S9,12465
George Brown. an athlete of repu-
tatlon from the state university, was
employed to assist in the athletic work
of the high school for the ensuing
year at a salary of $50 per month.
this amount being considered only
enough to pay board and room expense
for the instructor 1t was stated that
Mr.. Brown did not ask a salary at
all, but simply requested that he be
paid a sufficient amount for his serv-
ices to defray necessary expenses. He
expresses the desire to aid the track
team in the high school In their work
this spring because OF his interest in
the better accomplishments in athletic
work
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20

takes the opportunity for failure or
IL not failure of a dead level of doing
nothing. are so many that / look for.
ward with great hesitation and reluc-
tance TO the results of the next four
years"
Eight called voice and others
took up the chorus.
II do all that | ought to do in the
the next four years." rojoincdS the
president. II Will have done all that
Is In the contract and the noxt four
years can take care of themselves"
Eight. eight cried the alumni
again In swelling chorus
There are great problems TO solve"
added the president, but Will take
To them the application of honesty of
purpose. Industry and common sense.
mat Is what / understand we learned
at Yale, and If In bringing those things
TO bear | solve all the problems OF the
next four years satisfactorily. | will
be willing TO meet you again at the
end OF that time and compare notes"
President Tat. just before entering
into this brief discussion OF the pres.
Gency. had quoted what Clifford Pin.
chot had once said OF President Roose-
Welt. that "also subjected to influence
of four years at Harvard, President
Roosevelt. still remained Yale man. -
When President Taft was intro
duoed by Toastmaster Sheffield, the
demonstration WAS prolonged, filed
With college cheers and songs.
Now for the event for. which we
Eave waited COS years." said Toast-
master Sheffield. and the president
began:
Men of Yale" he said, 81 have
made In the last six months more
Than 400 speeches. but none of them
presented the difficulties of this oc-
casion. | have a brothers affection
Tor every Yale man within sound OF
my voice, and / desire to express to
| them my personal gratitude for thcir
joining in this occasion and for the
expression Of the feeling which j take
| 1t is affection for me-
AS [ look back upon my life, it
| seems to me that / have been a Yale
man from the first time | had con
sciousness. From early youth | havo
| been breathing in Yale atmosphere.
| No one could live under the range OF
my fathers influence without being a
y ale man. and what success has come
to me ! most largely attribute TO the
| spirit of Yale"
President Taft said that his father.
as Yale man. had not such thing
as dress suit up to the time OF his
| graduating year. when ihe hired a
preacher TO make him one IL tell
you these incidents of my father TO
show you all the influences that pre-
failed in our home. They were Yale
All the way through"
Commenting upon some remarks
which President Hadley had made, as
TO changes at Yale, Mr Taft said he
believed the tone OF the institution
morally was higher today than 1t had
ever been before.
And" he added. the spirit thai
Yale has handed down for more than
200 years is stu strong enough to ac
oomplished those great purposes for
which it was intended"
MI. Taft was cheered to the echo rs
be concluded. and quickly made his
way TO waiting automobile TO be
taken to the Twenty-third street fer
Ty. He left shortly afterward for
Washington.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
MAKES WORK EASIER.
Ogden People Arc Pleased to Learr
How Ii Is Done.

It's pretty hard to attend to duties
Doan's Kidney Pills make work
With a constantly aching back;
With annoying urinary disorders.
easier
They cure backache.
They cure kidney ills.
Mrs. Thos. II. Reeder, NS32 22Dd St.
Ogden. Utah. snys. for several years
Mr.. Reeder suffered from kidney COM
plaint. which was sometimes so bad
as TO completely lay him up. He con-
suited. physicians and used many REM
edles but received no relief until he
procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Bad
cons Pharmacy. 1t was not long be-
fore he was free from every sign of
kidney trouble and despite the hard
work he has since done. he has re-
manned cured. / also used Doan's
Kidney Pills. and the results were just
as satisfactory"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan Sand
take no other.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
GRAND JURY
IS NOW IN
SESSION
Investigation of Graft
Charges Against Mayor
and Others Begins

Los Angeles. March 19.-The spe,
cial county grand jury OF 10 members
convened today and began the widely
advertised investigation into the yari-
Gus charges of graft made openly and
covertly against various city officials
and residents and owners OF property
in the red light district.
Chief among the charges inquired
into were those surrounding the sud
den and unexplained designations from
office OF former Mayor Arthur c. Har-
per. Former Member of the Board OF
Public Works Edward c, Kern and
the impending designations of one or
more other city officials. Both Mayor
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
CLOSING EVENT AT PALM
BEACH TOURNAMENT

Palm Beach, Fla, March 19.-The
fourth days tournament of the fit'h
annual motor-boat carnival and boat
races concluded the events today In
the endurance contest for all boats,
rInety nautical miles, for the Beach
club trophy and the Reed and Barton
cup, seven boats started. The Buffalo
Courier ran a phenomenal race and
croseed the finish line a victor
The closing event was the consola-
ton race between boats which hal
not won a cup during the four days
tournament for four and half miles,
Tor the Drenham company's cup and
the Clismic cup. Flying Fish won
drst prize and the Bruiser second.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
Railroad Bridge to Match House.

Before giving his consent to tho
Great Western railroad 10 build rail
road bridge across a part Of his prop
erty landowner stipulated that It
should be constructed OF stone which
should match that Of which his house
was built. and should consist of three
elliptical arches. The bridge. which
has been successfully completed de-
spite the difficulty OF construction, Is
the only one of its kind in England.
perhaps in the world.-Railway Maya
zine.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
PLAYED CLEVER RUsE
ON HIS CAPTORS

Chicago, March 19.-After being
held up and robbed of his watch and
money by two men on lonely south
ern side street tonight. William Paul
informed the robbers that he too was
a highwayman, waiting for a victim.
The robbers gave Paul his money
back and he asked them TO walk with
him. The trio walked until they came
TO a policeman. Then Paul helped
the policeman TO capture the robbers.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
DEFEATED IN TWO
= STRAIGHT FALLS

Toledo. March 19.-John Billeter,
lightweight champion wrestler, de-
feated Walter d. Machowski, of De-
troit. In two straight falls here to-
night. The first fall In 16 minutes
and the second in 1914 minutes.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
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First Methodist Episcopal Church.
AS Twenty-fourth street G. w. Nc
Creery, pastor. 1000 q. M, Sunday
school. Mr.. B. E. Newton. superintend-
ent. Classes for all. HOO a. m. morn
ing worship Sermon by Rev. Fl. B.
Johnston, D. D.. superintendent of
the Methodist Japanese work on the
Pacific Coast. Anthem by the chorus
choir $50 p. m. Epworth League;
MI Kenneth Griffin, leader A well
come to all young people, 1880 p. M,
Gospel service. Sermon by the pastor;
topic. &C. o. D. The Sinners Wire
less" This service begins a series of
Revival meetings to continue for two
weeks. Special music. Anthem. cho-
rus choir, Sing Ye Jehoval's Praises"
Duet, Rock of Ages" the Misses Den
mark The Woman's Missionary So
ciety will hold meeting with Mrs.
McCreery at the parsonage. next
Thursday afternoon.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20

Church Of the Good Shepherd
Twenty'fourth and Grant avenue VIM
w. Fleetwood, rector. Services for
the Fourth Sunday In Lent. March
Sunday sumo school. s.45 a. M ~ Morning n m
prayer. Litany and sermon, Hoo a. m.
Evening prayer and sermon, 1880 p. N.
All are cordially invited to attend
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
You Use
PEERY,S

CRESCENT FLOUR for your
oaEing the RESULT is the SAMEi
Two and two alwayY make four be.
cause the value of twb never changes
Flour.
-, inere's always the SAslB VALUE,
ue same quality. the same goodness,
which cannot fail TO produce the best
bread you've ever baked.
order sack at your grocers this
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20

Central Park Presbyterian Church.
Corner Washington avenue and Thlr-
ty-f1rst street Morning service at II
o'clock. Sunday school, IL 20. Prayer
meeting and Bible study, Wednesday,
7:30 p. m. Rev. s. C. C. Hickman,
pastor All are cordially invited to
these services.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20

STANDARD TELEPHONES
EOiTO RIAL ROOMS
Ind. '?hone, two rings. No. e6
Bell phone, two rings. NO. Do
BUSINESS OFFICE
Ind. phone. ono ring mo. So
Bell 'Phons, one ring. mo. 80
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20

Swedish Lutheran Church-Rev. l..
B, Benson, pastor. Sunday school ev-
cry Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock. Ser.
vices the first and third Sunday OF
each month. Morning services at IL,
in the swedish language. Evening ser
vices at eight in English. Luther
League Sunday evening at 7.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20

Harper and Kern were among those
subpoenaed TO appear before the grand
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20

First Unitarian church-K. p. Hall,
over Utah National bank. William
Thurston Brown, minister. Sunday
preaching service at 7:45 p. m. Miss
Mary Phelps. A. NJ of Pasadena, will
give a reading and Interpretation Of
Lbsens drama, The Master Builder" q"
The public cordially invited.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20

these services. Special Lenten serv-
ices every afternoon except Monday
and Wednesday. AIS; "Wednesday,
500 p. M; Thursday. 10. 90 a. m.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25
~he Making of a New
American Citizen,


typical, but certainly story to make people think
Four years ago there landed alone at Ellis island Hun
garanJewsh boy of lone of the class which forms
large part OF present day immigration. He in the
Storage He could not speak word of English.
In appearance not much different from hundreds of
others who landing our Shores this bov-we can
call him Morrs-had a shrewdness and ambition and keen
ness and energy that uncommon.
lie struck bndy but confidently out into the country
landing Chicago with few cents in his pocket What
his earliest hardshps must have been can only be mag
med But within two years he had good working com
mand OF English was the of souvenir postal card
stand had brought his older sister Hungary to
run it, and had 5000 in the bank.
That represents achievement For Morris was
teess and shrewd He sold candy and papers and post
card and bought and sold small articles with grasp of
business principles that would have done credit to
three times his age
At l6 Morris had married his sister off to rich fellow
contryman who had her and admired her. but who
too mid to press his suit Norris with an eye to bust
quickly brought them together. Them looking for
worlds to conquer he sold out his stand bought
suit-American cut-and started for San Francisco
The western trip didn't pan out well except that it
broadened Morris mind and opened up new avenues of
enjoyment 1t bad year. and the location he had set
up in wasn't well chosen Still he had broken fnan
cially when he got back to Chicago year ago.
But now wearing good clothes and having lost of
the aertness OF speech which had characterized him at
first Morris wasn't content to settle down in the grind of
lShouraday plugging of matching his wits for pennies
panstaklng progress He felt the lure of big stakes and
easier existence
He went to New York after month He came back to
Chicago again month ago He had lost his savings-or
spent tIeh rather lie nad learned 10 drlnk 10 smoke
clgarets and play the He spoke with eastern
drawl.
IN loik's the only burg he told his friends
temptuously as he anguidy rolled cgaret. 'Chi's
dead one"
He too good to work by now-four years after he
had landed He liked to good clothes, and his
were fast fixed the elusive tomorrow when fortune
through the gamblingshoud claim him for her
her
He got money from his rich brother But he
had to do work He looked for easy job He found
ltas usher in moving picture show. That's what
he is doing
The hours aren't bad. He good clothes. He
meet his friends after hours He play the
with all the money he can earn from his sisters
husband.
Morris is looking fashy, almost tough After his taste
OF pleasure will he be content to settle down to the
of life where steady, honorable money is earned
Can he make a startf
1t is question. 1t is also tragedy.
Morris has lived in four years the history Of three
eatons the generation of work. the generation Of
perity. the generation of decay
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25
LADY BARRIERS HERE TlSTAY;
HOW THEY ENJOY THEIR WORK

ES the lady
'That will l
husband the probability that will remain lady barber for the time being
sfromhe
fuly and proceeded to talk reminiscent
Six Lady
Spokane,
There are six shops employing 40 80 lady BARRIERS and the business
Labor regular bill
has probably the best lot lady BARRIERS that have anywhere
ana worked Angeles Portland
The gradually
cutting on the trade of the BARRIERS for with the lady BARRIERS there
of
with the do their work with and
skill and will eventually break with the barbers
ss.. g. "a .F,..r Lucky to Get Price"
What about the repor
"Tp" fairly yelled the Aeen;
the original of the shave without looking The number
OF receive would buy the his
smoking tobacco The
way and the lady BARRIERS believe in observing the law.
sorts OF people visit the lady BARRIERS and when find their first
visit that do with % they look
some amaement and invariably are favoaby impressed
Wives Should Send bubbles
married would send
Of broke
Pearl Wallace the girl on the middle chair The easily dudd husbands
but nothing of this kind permitted by the BARRIERS We regular
school
to be California millionaire proposed marriage told him that
the million that would
talk to him.
a
in of
hostility folk
other the the
the has not
Ready to Marry
I that the
right
and shave him and cut his hair the of the living be
madeb living
to
point to the ever increasing ranks of the lady barters
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

Notwithstanding you seldom
come into unless you break into it.
Quartet--Four voices with but a
single thought, and sometimes not
any.
Fly Paper-Decorative effect for
a dining room table.
Pleasure Something without
which every basket picnic is com
plete.
Paim-Part of a Pullman porter
subject to itching sensation; prob.
ably for the same reason an en-.
blem of success.
Painting-One of the fine arts
almost monopolized by women.
Cocktail - Fluffy beverages &c
tickle the palate.
Rocaer-Chair ingeniously fash
Toned to osciIIate when you bang
your shin against il in the dark.
Tenant-Person who purchases
another's home for him..
New York-The ultimate con.
sumner.
crepe-Pieee Of goods that gets
all cut up over a death.
candeIabra - Wedding present
alias for an ordinary candiestick.
co-ed-corruption Of .coo-ey d.
vinity.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25
Forest Fires and State
Cooperation.

whole forest raging proportonae SCALE and think of
the heat it generates the velocity attans and the de-
structon it accomplshes.
Each fire burns up ten millions of of timber
Pause IN your days work and consider this monumental
fact Ten million acres An imperial fortune going up in
smoke 1t ought to make the nation groan and then result
IN popular uprising to stop it ALL
Forest fires during the past few weeks have destroyed
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of timber in the
Inland Empire The federal forestry service does all it
can TO prevent the fires.
But why not have the state of Washington cooperate
with Uncle Sam in the work of prevention? And why
organize campaign stop the fatal foolishness of camp
who through careessness and ignorance start
disastrous fires9 Why not!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

and the dangerous crossings near
the fair grounds.
Nelson also served notice that he
will insist that the Milwaukee road
make provisions for grade separa-
ton ON Front avenue in its fran
chise. If it is to receive his vote.
This will probably be done, as 1t is
understood that the Milwaukee
contemplates grade separation at
all dangerous crossings.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

Preserving the Unities.
Talk about realistic makeup
Vaubarret, the matinee hero, is the
limit"
How sO?"
HE never wears a wig but he
Ike dandruff"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25
IN THE BOOK STORE.

Customer want "Lincoln's Get
tysburg Address"
New Clerk-Thern's the directory
over in the corner. sir. look it up
for yourselfClcycland Leader.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

Probably the new battleship Ar
kansas will have magazine stored
with Jeff Davis explosives.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

game VIII doubtless be permitted
to pedd'e shoe strings round the
edges of the crowd.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

Put a few sticks of pine
timber in your fireplace
and watch how quickly.
and fiercely they will
burn. Then imagine a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25
The law making physi-
cal examinations necessary
in the granting of mar
riage licenses has been re-
Washington and Its
Advanced Laws.

mucn the same as before But valuable experiment has
een made Nationwide attention to the state of Wash
ngton has been attracted Theoretically the law was
exceedingly good one, and The Press believes that given
me to work out it would have proven satisfactory and
)f immense benefit
But the chief things to be remembered and weighed
ow are that experience has been gained and foundations
AID Tor permanent beterment of marriage laws, when
ondltions more favorable for their enforcement.
A national movement in all of the states, would be a
wise method to pursue next time.
Meanwhile Washington is leading other states in dis
,ussion and adoption of twentieth century ideas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

Here is a little story
about the making of an
American. Not a very
pleasant story, but a true
one One NOT altOUathar
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25
MOST ANYTHING

"A woman don't resent extrava-
CANT statements with tn remark:
L wasn't born yesterday She
rather wants we ter think she was"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

The. New York curb market
won't allow any more cats and dogs
to be sold by it's members, but spec
ulators who go broke against the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

TO MAIL SUB3CRTBERS-The when your
pss on the sddress label Of each When that date
res your subscription
name is taken from the list address
label b receipt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-25

the corporations going to stand
thiS2
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Roll on Me.

Extra special in the hat shapes made from fine chip
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