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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
SHOOK RAILROAD MANS FAITH,
Incident That Turned Claim Agent
Into Confirmed Cynic.

How cynics are made in the claim
department of the great railroads is
illustrated in a little story told by
Frederick w. Pringle of Chicago when
he was in the claim department of the
Santa Fe years ago. A young man
passenger on the line checked a trunk
to his destination and it failed to ar.
rive. Tracers were sent out after 1t,
but it could lot be turned up. After
scrutinizing the listed contents of the
trunk as submitted by the passenger
1t looked cas- to the department,
save for a mothers Bible which was
in the young mans trunk and which
still further contained a lock Of her
hair between it's leaves.
Fifteen dollars at the most ought
to have squared for everything else
in the trunk. But what would com.
pensate for the dead mothers Bible
and lock of hair?
After much correspondence on both
sides the injured party agreed to &C.
cept 500 as payment in full for his
material and sentimental losses and
the incident was closed. But about 9
year later some baggageman at q
junction station on the line, tearing
up things around the place, discovered
the trunk. Everything indicated that
it was intact and undisturbed. At the
claim office it was opened and the
Bible and the hair we're there, unin.
jured in anyway.
I'VE tried that young mans sent.
ment out" said Mr.. Pringle. I'VE had
his address and we wrote him a let.
ter. We explained that the trunk had
been found at last and that it's con.
tents were in good shape. We told
him that a matter of $3.50 for storage
charges had accumulated, but ex.
planned the willingness Of the com.
pany to forward the trunk to him
merely upon his sending the $3.50 ad.
vance charges.
But we never heard from that
young man afterward," and Mr.. Prin.
gle sighed as he recalled the fact.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
THE USUAL THING

No more We'll swear, no moro we'll
drink,
No more our money squander;
No more we'll lick their mother;
OF church we'll be much fonder.
No more we'll cuff the children's
NO more We'll lick thei rmOther;
No more we'll kick our dog about
Or borrow from our brother.
Well steal no more, though oppor-
Well tap no tills this season.;
And highway robbery give up
For most sufficient reason.
Wen want to murder, but we won't
Well want to play at arson;
Wen want to steal the pews from
church,
Ard rob the good old parson.
Wen thirst to kill a cop or two
Well itch to make abductions;
Wen want to burn the p]oorhouse
down
And make some big reductions.
But it's the Day when all resolve
The Day OF resolutions;
The Day when all awake to feel
The need of evolutions.
So put it down in black and white,
And say it altogether;
Wei angels be the coming year,
No matter what the weather"
JOE KERR.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
UNDER THE SNOW
TRUE STORY OF NEW YEARS EVE

1t was New Years eve on Jack Rails
toms ranch, and the family and guests
were all gathered about the huge open
fireplace in the living room, drinking
their coffee after a late dinner. The
tights were not lit and the party sat
In the Pickering light of a big fire Of
cracking pine logs, which threw out
quaint shadows in every direction.
This party was the usual one that
yearly gathered at Jack Ralston's to
spend the Christmas holidays with
him and his family. AS they sat in
the cheerful warmth and glow Of the
Ore they listened to the fearful storm
that roared outside. A blizzard had
been raging for the past three days;
the wind howled and shrieked through
the mountain peaks. driving the fast
falling snow before it and piling it
up in immense drifts against every
obstruction. It was a bitter, biting.
cold wind, too, as it tore through the
valley like a demon seeking whom it
might destroy, doing its utmost to
completely bury the house from view
In the snow; but, sheltered As it was
by two giant rocks, n on each side.
with the m~ountain-side at it's back.
the house was safe, in it's snug little
spot, eve from the storms greatest
fury. The inclement weather had
kept the men indoors, and they were
grumbling over their enforced idle
ness, and Dragged about the amount of
game they would have bagged had
they only been able to get out.
Say, Jack, it's some time yet be-
fore midnight. Can't you spin us a
yarn?' finally said Bobby Caruthers,
after a long pause in the conversation.
We'll, | was just thinking" said
Jack, " of just such a night as this,
fifteen years age, when, if it had not
been for the pluck of that little wom-
an yonder, l would not be here tonight
to see h new year come in," and
he gaZed fondly at his wife. who still
looked like a young woman as she
sat in the Pickering light, although on
one side sat her son, a fair young
giant, and on the other her daughter,
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and our last horse dropped down ex-
hausted. What We're we to do? | don't
know where I got the strength, but
shouldered the pack myself and we
both plunged on. would not give
in-the thought that they might be
starving at home forced me N | don't
know how far we walked: | hardly
knew in what direction we were 60
ing; my one thought was to keep NOV
ing. The poor fellow neal me was
completely gone. and lay down to
sleep. | begged him to get up. to try
to move l beat him; | dragged him
along; but he only begged to be left
alone. | grabbed him by the collar
and just pulled him along, stopping to
rest every few minutes. | couldn't
see; | couldn't feel; | myself longed
to lie down in the soft snow and go
to sleep. Then | thought Of the dear
ones at home; | would never see them
again. This gave me renewed energy.
and. dragging my half lifeless com
rade. stumbling under the weight OF
the pack, | plunged on. Finally | was
completely done; couldn't go another
step; I felt that death couldn't be far
off. Oh, the utter misery of despair
of that moment, l sank down II
cried in utter helplessness. l don't
know what made me, but | struggled
to my feet ono more and called again
and again, but the storm only Knocked
me, and | sank down ono more. |
was SO sleepy and tired, and it was so
MIC and soft lying in the snow. The
next thing | remember | was feeling
some whisky being poured down my
throat, m then that | was being
dragged through the 10Y and that
| was home and safe. Well. boys, do
you know who did it? Why. it was
that little woman sitting so quiet by
the fire, there. 1t appears that she
somehow had a prr3entiment that |
vas out in the storm and she kept
going to the mouth of the tunnel every
little while, as she had been doing
nearly every night. When | gave up
to die | was nearer home han
thought, and she heard M call. She
got some whisky. and, making the
man hold a torch so that she could
find her way back, she ploWed through
all that snow and storm until she
found me, and then by main force she
dragged me back to the house. Not
only that, but she went back again
and brought in the other poor fel
low. What do you think of that for
pluck? 1t was weeks before | got over
tho offartc of that nioht. I,,t 7 Tpll
you what, boys, that was the happiest
New Year l ever had. It's nearly
twelve o'clock; go fill up, all, and
make ready to drink the New Year
in when the clock strikes, and one
toast that l know you'll all join with
NE In drinking will be: The Heroine
Of New Years Evenly Little Wife"
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And he told him to eat till he was
through.

And he told him to eat till he was
through.
And the tramp he ate, and stuffed and
stuffed,
And chewed and chanked and
stuffed some more;
And of cider he drank a bari or so,
And of goose he continued to eat
galore.
From Morn till noon-from noon till
night
He ate and drank, and the cheer
was his;
But strictly attended to what was
biz.
When night had come, with the hens
at roost,
The farmer old with the merciful
heart;
He threw out hints that twas time to
go,
And said he was sorry with friends
10 part.
He limited some more-unheeded his
words
He rose and bent over his guest Of
the snow:
And he found him as dead as a nail
in the door.
He had gone in the way ev'ry
tramp wants to go.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
Heavy Loss bv Railroads.

According to Harrington Emerson,
an authority on several different kinds
Of engineering, the American railways
lose 800 million dollars every year
through petty leakages, such as the
stealing Of coal, duplication of tools,
petty jealousies among officials, un-
skilled supervision in shops, etc. Not
many practical officials take issue with
Mr.. Emerson, but they explain it par
TALLY on the ground that there is a
scarcity of good men; that higher ef-
ficiency of the individual employee is
the real railroad problem.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
She Was There.

A New York man recently wrote to
a lawyer in another town asking for
information touching the standing OF
a person there who had owed him a
considerable sum OF money for a long
time. What property has he that
could attach?" was n Of the ques-
tions asked. The lawyers reply was
to the roint. THE person to whom
you refer" he wrote. died a year
aeo. He has left nothing subject to
attachment except a widow"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
A Breakdown.

THAT dog of yours" said Tete de
veau, "looks thoroughly tagged. Havs
you had him out h%unting?"
L'Oignon, shaking his head, patted
the animal compassionately.
NO" said he. my wife took him
on a Christmas shopping trip and he
has been OFF his feed ever since. He's
a young dog, you know, and not good
for more than forty or dfty miles a
day"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
Children Play on Trains.

A great deal toward solving the
problem Of making q journey less serf-
GUS for children has been accom-
plished by the Great Northern rail-
road Of England. 1t now provides tor
the amusement Of its little passengeru
boxes Of toys and small trains.
railroad play box contains . repr nI1S'
ton in cardboard Of the COM
trains and stations. with It'll
of passengers. guards, poe
newSboys.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
Electrical Sinnalina.

A system of automatic signaling,
worked entirely by electricity, is be-
ing installed on the Metropolitan rail
road In London. The system is said
to be less cumbersome than the cleo
tro-pneumatic one in use on the
Tubes" The new system provides
for the brakes of the train being at
once automatically applied II a driver
MOULD pass a signal set at danger.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
rhouoht Il Time.

Emily ~(playing "house")-Now. III
be mamma and you'll be papa. and
little Ben and Bessie will be our ba.
bies.
Willie latter a moment, anxiously)
Amt 1t about time to whip the chill
dren?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
They Stuck to II.

They Stuck 70 Il.
They were discussing the fraeility
Of New Year swear-ofs.
And. yet" said L'Oignon. II know
personally eleven pampered million.
aires who swore on at the beginning
OF 1908. and who are still firm to
their OATH
Come. come" sneered Tete de
Veau. impossible. And what did they
swear OFF,"
Their personal property tax" said
L'Oignon.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
The UnattainabIe

You never want the thing you can
afford with half the passionate long
ing with which you yearn for that
which is beyond your means.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
Not Clear,

Doctor latter e%x'mining baby
The child needs " rnustard plaster"
Young Mother Yes, doctor-ex-
%ternally or intern II 2"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01

No man can think we'll Of himself
who does not think we'll Of others.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
Tho Real Christmas Shirt.

The real Christmas spirit is pos
sessed by the man, woman or child
who, having received a poor little gift.
treasures 1t because it was all the
sender could afford to give.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01

He had escaped at Christmas,
And felt happier than a sinner;
But little did his turkship know
He was kept for a New Years din
ner!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
GRADUATING EXERCISES
AT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE

The twenty-eighth annual graduating
exercises Of th= Salt Lake COLLEGIATE in
stitute will be held in the First Presby-
terrain church this evening at \ o'clock
There are six graduates in the class this
ear and all will take part I'm the exer-
Cises. Mrs. +. S. Bennett president Of
the Woman's Board OF Home Missions
viii award the diplomas. The program:
Invocation.
Nalse-Ballet ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Chaminada
Arvilia Vanderhoff.
Essay, "A Problem of the South. ".....
-..-.-.----.... Pauline Brokmeyer
The Maybells and the Flowers"
.-.....-.. ......-............. Mendelssohl
Girls Chorus.
Essay, Life on a Western Farm"
..................-... Annie NJ. Lauridsen
Grafton. ''Sav0narola" ...... Marian Smith
A Gypsy Maiden T. .................. Nella
Ellen Jamis0n.
Grafton, THE Rise of Japan" ..........
49, .-..--.....-.-............ Viola Z. Rankin
Mlnuet ...-----...--.--....--- Pederewski
Frances Johnson.
Essay, Evidence Against Alcohol.
............ ................... Emil Nyman
Inc Angel .-,.-..... ......... Rubinstein
Girls chorus
Grafton, American Ideals. ...........
--......-....-- -----...-.... Dora B. Clark
Award Of diplomas. Mrs. F. s Bennett
president of the Womans Soard Of
Home MissiOng).
Pale in the Amber West" .......... Parks
Miss Ellen Jsmison. Miss Dora
kiser, Miss Rose Jamison. Miss
OrDha Kiser.
BeuediCtiOu
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
GRADUATES ANNOUNCED
FOR JORDAN DISTRICT

The following list of graduates from the
eighth grade was announced yesterday by
the authorities of Jordon school district:
West Jordan-Henry G. Anderson, Mar
ina Burmester, Hyrum Glover, Harold
Nelson, John Milton Peterson. Robert
Richards, Edith Steadman. Mabel Sever
son. Neda Williams Inez Englsr
Upper Bingham-Wiliam Askew.
Levern Cunliff.
South Jordan-Jennie Beckstead. VIII
nam Holt, HeVer Jensen. Lillian Martin.
Marvel Ray, George r. Stocking, Junus
Wardle, Martha Peterson. MILFORD Scott.
observation-disclosures Bowen, Anna NJ
Crane, w. Louis Miller
East Jordan-Edward l. Bateman. Vera
Bateman, Alma Golf. Winnie Holden.
Farley Johnson, Lovina Jenkins. Maxwell
Lyon, Maren Nelson, Annie Steiner
Louis Sharp. William Thayne.
Butlerville--Eva NJ. Butler. Alice Jones'
Bin6h am-Mary Brynes, Myrtle Black
James II. Caulfield. Lee Dean, Ernest
Dean, James L. Edwards, Ruth Herrin-
ser, Winnie Ivie, Gorilla J. Jones, VIII
liam F. Jones. William Johnson, William
Jones. MILFORD 5. Jensen. Nellie c. KIop-
ensteine. Frank r. Moore, Eleanor Moore
Ruby salt. Paul Smith. Jerome Wines.
Draper-NiOla Clark. MILFORD Crane
Nathan H COe. Irene Dewey, Bessie F.
Ellis. Grant Ellis. Agnes Fitzgerald
Blanche Nelson. Roxie Norris Wilson
Nelson, Geneva Norris. Joseph SOranson.
Emma Snow, Homer Smith. Marven
Suingfellow. Valetta Smith. Little
Thompson, Leslie Thompson. Ivie r
Nandrey
Sandy-Glora Boherb. Gertrude Ander-
berg, Clement Grape, Eddley Charter
Roy DObsOn. Tillie Erickson Ada L. Far
Ter. Wilburn Golf otto II. wins. Olivia
Johnson, Clyde c. Jensen, Cecilia Larsen,
Benjamin NJ. Peterson. William V. Parn-
ley Esther J. Swensen, Alvin O. Thorn
bald. Rex Ward, Earl White
nion-Belle Forbush. Edison Denney.
Glenn Jensen, Irwin Milne
RivertoI-MarchslI Page.
Granite-Ruth Parry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
WOODhEH 7 OBSERVE
THfIR MEMORIAL DAY
Joint Services by M. W. A. and Royal
Neighbors on Next Sun
day Morning

The Modern Nvoodmen of America will
hold their annual memorial services at
the X. Of p. hall next Sunday at Il
o'clock. A. r. Talbot. head counsel Of
jhe WOodmen, has designated this date
for the annual memorial day for the or
der and joint services will be held by the
WOOdmen and the Royal Neighbors in
memory of their dead brothers and sis
tiers.
Judge George G. Armstrong will deliver
the memorial address for the WoOdmen.
Mrs. J. II. RothWell will speak for the
Royal Neighbors. Music during the ser
vices will be furnished by the Excelsior
quartet and Miss May O'Neil
At L clock the two lodges will form
a parade headed by Held's band and
march to Eagle Gate, where special cars
will be in waiting TO convey them to
the City cemetery. Special memorial ser
vices viii be conducted at tn cemetery.
A. D. Mcguire will be master of cere-
monies
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03

who also took the same stand of privi-
lege as Robinson. may be considered
further. According to information Civ
en- out at the United States district at
torney Office tonight. Heinze is not
registered with the clerk of the court
Of appeals at Albany. as a lawyer. al
though he graduated from Columbus
and practiced until about 1901
Another angle in the Heinze tangle
was heard today in the first examina-
ton in bankruptcy into the affairs Of
NJ Rothenberger & Co, a defunct
brokerage firm. for whose failure it has
been charged that F. A. Heinze was re-
sponstble. Heinze will be called as a
witness at the hearing on Tuesday,
June s.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
VETERAN HUNTER GETS
GAME IN SlERRAS

Captain John Welsh. globe-trotter. who
was a visitor in salt Lake a few months
ago, has sent word mere to the effect that
his hunting trip through the Sierra Ne
vada mountains has been completed and
that he met with great success. Captain
Welsh reports having killed eight bears
five mountain 4ions and several wildcats
on the trip. He says that the hunting In
the Sierras was rather difficult at times
and that he was forced to make part Of
the trip on snow shoes
Captain Welsh is now resting in Los
Angeles for a while. but will soon start
on an extended hunting trip through
Mexico.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
Home Instruction in Music,

A lady-formerIy a member of the
musical faculty of Jacksonville QL)
Woman's college, and q student of
Madame Cappanni, wishes pupils at
their homes for voice training and
guitar instruction. Summer rates
Highest references furnished. Call Bell
3955-Y.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
FOUNDER TO BE HERE.
Or. Clark VIII Attend Christian En-
deavor Society Convention.

The state convention of the Christian
Endeavor society will commence Satur-
day. June u. at the Phillips COnErpga-
tional church at which DIT Clark. known
as Father Endeavorer Clark. having been
founder of the organization. will deliver
an address to the gathering. DIT. Clark
VIII also deliver the sermon at the Phil
lips Congregational church Sunday morn
ing June l3. At o'clock Sunday after
noon he Will address d meeting at the
First Methodist church and IN the even
ing he will deliver a sermon in Ogden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03

which he said was a direct result of
prohibitive rates OF duties Asserting
mat 200 manufacturers Of shoes came
to Washington begging for a hearing
before the committee on finance because
the beef packers were obtaining con-
troll of the tanneries, Mr.. LaFollette
prophesied that the packers would
reach out and eventually control not
only the tanneries, but all the products
Of leather.
Il would like to ask the senator if
this combination OF capital which we
all recognize as true is not worldwide
and Is not confined to the United
States?" said Mr.. Dixon.
1t is becoming worldwide, and prob
ably in the end will be worldwide" re-
piled Mr.. LaFollette u don't expect
TO see the trusts of this country con-
trolled by the protective tariff" and he
ADDED that an International agreement
only exists on some prospects Of the
united States Steel corporation. SEN
ator LaFOllette, during his argument.
became somewhat exhausted owing to
the close air in the senate chamber and
brief recess was taken. When the
senate was again called TO order, Mr.
LaFollette appeared much refreshed
ana said that there was no occasion for
the anxiety Of his friends who feared
that he would become exhausted. Mr..
LaFollette frequently pitched his voice
70 a high key and became greatly over
heated. He was often compelled to gasp
Tor breath, and long pauses marked the
progress of his speech.
-s-q
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
Gore Produces Facts.

The cotton schedule was construc-
lively under consideration all day, but
no feature of il was voted on.
Astonishing the senate by the eta
ton Of a long list of cotton and wooden
and manufacturing companies and Civ
ing their earnings, capital stock, sur
plus, etc. Senator Gore undertook the
task Of showing that corporations en-
gagged in the cotton and wooden indus
tries were making very large earnings.
The speech was one that no other SEN
atOr would have attempted without con-
slant reference to notes, but the blind
statesman from the southwest found no
difficulty in giving off-hand the great
est varieties of details without the abil-
ity to assist his memory in any way.
The senate had promptly begun the
days business by resUming considera-
ton of the cotton schedule of the tariff
bill, and Mr.. Gore was the first speaker.
Referring to the cotton and wooden
manufacturers and in a rasping and
sinister tone the Oklahoma senator said
he did not blame them for their large
earnings.
Il know they are intelligent citizens"
he said. Judging from their business
success and from their selection Of
United States senator's
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
A.-Y.-P. EXPOSITION RATES
Via Oreaan Short Line 3. 3.

$500 from salt Lake to Seattle and
return. on sale daily. commencing June
1. Ask agents for further particulars
City ticket office. POI Main street.
Geo. W. Peck. Gen1 Agent Fidelity q
Casualty Co, VII move to room 323
Boston building. June l.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03
Question Of Legality Raised.

New York, June 2.-The question of
the legality of the election of the new
directors was raised tonight, and it was
reported that members of the old sboard
would meet tomorrow. maintain that
they were still the duly accredited di-
rectors, and vote to Gust Heinze from
the presidency Of the company.
Today's election is questioned on the
ground that Heinze's representatives fg-
nOred the S5,OO0,O00 of preferred stock
and proceeded on the theory that a ma
jority Of the common stock was suffi-
cient to elect
If Heinze's move is successful, he will
have accomplished two things:
Firstly, secure control Of the new di-
rectorate, and secondly, place the old
directors in a position where they can
not be subpOenaed as officers of the
company and held i'm contempt for fail
ure TO produce the missing books. Stan
ley Clifford, one Of the new directors,
sailed for Europe more than a week
ago.