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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
UTAH PEOPLE CAN DO BETTER
IN UTAH.

Building castles in Spain isn't entire
" a Utah industry. Men have long
been putting their hopes, and their
money, into ventures far from home.
WeII-meaning people picture the ad-
vantages of some condition in another
land, or another climate; and they get
their friends to invest money there. 1t
looks promising. There are great pos
sibilities. Profits seem certain and life
will be one beautiful dream when the
new venture begins to pay. 1t will re-
turn dollars for the dimes that have
been invested-and that looks very
enticing to men who have TO work
hard for their money. They want to
look forward to an easier old age than
is assured them In the course Of their
present lives. 1t is very natural for
men to look for easy money.
But. gentlemen, when they ap-
proach you with propositions to in
vest your money in another land
Mexico, or Canada, or Peru, or other
where-what is the prudent thing?
Should not you want to know what
are all the conditions there? Shouldn't
you be perfectly familiar with the eli
mate, and the temperatures, and the
soil, and the phenomena of nature; the
record of the land in the hands of
people who do know 1t; the certainties
of product, and the certainties of mar
ket2 Should not you be perfectly as
sured of the outcome of your invest
beautiful stories OF promoters, how
ever honest and friendly, and then dis
count 1t fifty per cent? is It safe to
say: eff even half they claim is true.
that is better than 1 can ever hope for
here?" For If one-half they say is
not to be depended on. how do you
know the other half is to be depended
on, either?
Here in Utah you know the condi-
lions. And you know that a man can
make a living here. You know that If
he have a faculty Of earning and &C.
cumulating. he can get rich here.
Others have done 1t. and that proves
1t can be done. And be sure of this:
If you have not the capacity for earn
ing and saving. you will not get rich
anywhere in the whole world, no mat
ter what your income may be. Make
sure of that.
You can make a living here. The
pioneers did Ii. They didn't have one
thousandth part of the chance you
have today. They didn't have one
millionth part of the things to work
with. They had little but their empty
hands and the soil. And yet here they
fought and conquered the wilderness.
Here they established farms and or
chards and gardens. Here they built
roads and cities and bridges and
school houses and churches. Here they
loved and lived, and here they brought
up their children. And there are no
better children anywhere on the face
Of the earth.
But those children are making bad
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05

at the old prices, or have been reduced
in cost to the customer.
And we see only one chance for the
''cussing" gentleman to reply. He may
say he doesn't care for hops. any way.
On the other hand, the tariff has been
reduced on beef. bacon. mutton, veal,
pork, ham, barley, green peas, dried
peas. cream, starch, cabbages. lard.
cornmeal and sugar, among other
things-and on all these things. or
nearly all OF them. the prices have
gone up.
There is no question of the high
price CT living. But ii isn't fair to
charge the tariff with being the cause
OF it. For the tariff doesn't do it-as
the facts and the figures show.
Living costs more and more because
more and more the people who produce
have quit producing and have gone
into the consuming class. And there
is little hope OF the cost of living get
ting down to old-time prices until the
tide of population turns from the mills
and the cities, and the millions now
dependent on wages-or charity-turn
to taking care of themselves by rails
ing what they need for food, and lit
tie for the market.
Then things viii get down to the
normaI-and not until then.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
A GIRL, AND NOWHERE TO GO.

That is rather an impressive story
in Fridays neutrality-suspicious.
one telling Of the girl who contracted
scarlet fever, and had no place to go.
Looked at from any direction, 1t
comes pretty near cornering the citi-
zen. We hardly think it is an open
question whether a city has the right
to permit such q condition as will re-
suit in a girl-sick, friendless, home
less, penniless-being without shelter
and care. Does It?
And yet that is exactly what hap
pened.
If her condition as a sufferer from
scarlet fever had been detected before
she left the house of her employment,
the place could have been quarantined,
and she would have been assured of
shelter, at least. And pitiful as is the
fact, that would be better than the
utter homelessness of a sick girl in a
big city. But she was taken from that
house by her employer-and society
stood helpless before the spectacle OF
her restitution. Stood sorry IN the
presence of her distress
No use turning from one institution
to another, and explaining on paper
why she couldn't be taken care Of. No
use bemoaning the fact that shea
girl of sixteen-didn't have money
enough with which to buy furnished
house in which to find shelter Here
was a condition. And it isn't fiatter-
ing to the pride of any citizen to re-
fleet that the girl presented a problem
that lacked solution.
A homeless and penniless girl In
the city is a sufficiently pathetic spec
tacle. When you add to that her ILL
ness, her suffering from contagious
disease-and the mercilessness of the
ancient leper colonies come mighty
close down 20 our twentieth century
establishment.
We are blaming no one, and nc
party. We simply are admitting that
the community didn't do what a COM
munity should have done in such a
circumstance.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05

commentary on their parents In going
to another country for the means of
livelihood, when II is so certain there
are many chances right here. II the
old people could make q living, the
present generation can make a for
tune.
Utah men can do better here than
they can anywhere else IN the world.
They are here, and don't have to pay
car fare. They are known, and friend
ship is big capital for the good men.
They know the soil. and don't have to
experiment with 1t. That has been
all tried out before them, and for their
benefit.
There is better than gold mines IN
the now unused acres of Utah. Let
the boys take those lands that are not
yet working, and there build their
homes. Let them make their fortunes
where their fathers have fought the
harder battle-and won. Let them
help in the building of the state that
needs them. Let them realize the ben
efits of conditions they know, In a
community where they are priced ano
appreciated and trusted.
Don't chase rainbows.
For far too much Utah money has
been sent for the reclamation of land
in other parts of the earth-iand that
isn't worth as much as Utah land, and
never WIFI be till the evening stars
sing together.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
FAIRGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN.

Children are better in Fairgrounds
than in prison. It is better for the
community to have children exercis-
ing on ladders and horizontal bars and
swings, than to have them haunting
the doors Of pool rooms, or smoking
cigarettes in the hidden shadows.
Children with plenty of play ground
have a better chance with life than
children without And most children
are without unless the community pro-
vides them.
1t is cheaper to amuse than to ar
rest. 1t is cheaper to develop than to
dwarf. It is cheaper to save them
than to sink them.
Here is a great community, much
like ten thousand other communities,
great and small. The children are
here, and about the only municipal
provision for them is for their arrest
and punishment. They have abundant
opportunities to go wrong. and little
inducement to go right. We have q
very efficient system of courts and
jails and reformatories and penal in
situations. But should not there be as
much money invested in the other side
of life? Would it not be well for the
public to duplicate the court and
prison establishments with play
grounds and gymnasiums, and places
of entertainment of a clean and up
lifting kind? Is 1t wise to throw all
the chance on the boy or the girl, and
then punish him If he goes wrong
Aside from the bad economy of it, is
it fair?
One Of the blessed developments OF
recent years is that out of which has
grown the playground movement
From it has flowed amazing benefits
for the children-the little people who
are masters of the city and of the state
and of the nation in a very few years
1t is matter for graduation that Salt
Lake is not Indifferent to the silent
and unspoken petitions of the children
the unvoiced prayer for a fair show
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05

Pieass EXPLAIN without further oblIgsticn On my
part. how ! can qualify Tor larger salary n the
position before which have marksd 3.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
TEAM PLAY is THE THING.

Bully for the Y. NJ. c. A. basketball
teami
Those young men won more because
they played together than for any
other reason.
They were against men individually
as strong as themselves when they
went to Provo. But they had had the
benefit of some instruction which i'm
pressed the one big lesson-team play,
And they prof1ted by it.
There is no disgrace in having been
beaten by them. And there is abun-
dant honor in having five men who
play for the team instead of for per-
sonal glory.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
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WHAT YOU GOT, YOU GoTI

BY L A.
Weather breeder?
Storms a-coming?
Think its goin' to blow q blizzard?
Look for snow, and sleet, and windstorm?
Think we're goin' to have a rainstorm?
Imply dumpty dump te dumpty2
Don't you worry.
Don't you bother.
What you got, they can't take from you.
Do you recollect a-Tuesday?
Sun and cloud and wind a-fighting;
Cloud ahead along at lunch time,
Then the sun, the old tactician,
COINED the wind to help his battle,
And the clouds were chased to nothing
Just thawed out and rolled to nothing
But the mem'ry of their beauty
And the day was warm and pleasant
Do you recollect "Wednesday?
Sun peeped over Wasatch bastiOns-
All his gorgeous robes around him,
Just like splend0rs out of Heaven,
Pinks and blues and reds and purples
and the melted Colds of Ophtr.
AS he peeped, the whole sky frightened,
Oquirrh stood straight up and blessed him
Hands outspread and forehead flashing
Glad to welcome Wednesday morning.
And then Thursday.
And then Friday
With the sun across the heavens.
All day long In light triumphant.
Sweeping higher, sweeping westward
Urging men to rise and labor
Sweeping westward, sweeping lower
Beck ming men to love and leisure
Till the dancing stars could gather
Till the moon could smile her blessing
And the night could come with music
There was Tuesday,
There was Wednesday,
There was Thursday and then Friday,
And the grass looked up in wonder
Put on green below the window
Felt across the pansy borders
Swore It heard the apple blossoms
Through the bark and wood a-coming--
Bathed in sunshine warm and mellow,
With the Jonquils and the myrtle
Bathed. and didn't mind the chickens
That came scratching, nor the fires
Where the smoke of spring was rising.
Blizzard coming?
Snowstorm certain?
Rain and wind and cold attaching
Let 'em come-or let 'em loiter
They can't take the days we have had.
They can't blot the sun that cheered US,
Nor erase the Joy II carried
To the hearts and souls of peoplei
Thank the Lord for all His blessings,
Nail them down and keep them safely
In the casket Of your mem'ry
What you had, they can't take from you.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
THE EASIEST WAY.

Gentlemen who insist on "cussing''
the tariff for the high cost Of living
should take a copy of the new tariff
law in one hand and a price list of
groceries and meats in the other and
inform himself. Maybe he would find
what the philosophers call food for
,hougnt. And It isn't a very high
price for that sort of food. either. II
is just a little comparison.
For example. 1t win be noted that
the tariff rate has been increased on
figs. pineapples. dates. hops. split peas,
grapes In barrels, buckwbeat flour
and all Of these things either remain
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
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guess. Maria" he said. IT misdoubt
II we see them all"
The old lady's mouth set grimly.
well, silas." she replied, and her man
ner was more than significant, ''bein' as
I'm with you, there's some, expect, that
you Amt goinf to eee."-Ldppsncotfe
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05

after all. some basis OF truth in the I'm
Gle JOSH jokes of the allegedly funny pa
pers. The old man grasped his carpet
bag and bullying green umbrella firmly,
and looked up and down the street, his
mouth agape.
There's heap o. sights IN New York.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
RESTRICTED SIGHTSEEING.

Out in the Grand Central station the
other day came a couple the sight OF
whom caused citizens who saw them to
admit to themselves that there might be,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-05
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QUESTION AND ANSWER.

The class was being questioned or
the cardinal points of the compass.
eff turn to the east and look at the
rising sun, what is behind me?'
Boyer Observation-Disclosures Guar.
dian.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-12-22
Plans for New Reservoir

Maps and statements have been
filed with the county clerk by T. D.
Jones, a Denver engineer, for Gree
ley No. reservoir, project that Is
estimated to cost $782.526.
1t is proposed to build Q dam II
feet high that will impound more
than four billion feet of water. or
sufficient to irrigate about 5000
acres of land. 1t will cove about
500 acres and will receive its supply
from the Poudre and Laramie rivers.
1t is proposed to enlarge the the
Greeley-Poudre tunnel to get the
supply to the reservoir. or in the
event this can not be arranged, a
new tunnel will be constructed.
The water is to be carried down
the Poudre river into the bitches of
the Larimer and Weld Irrigation
company into the reservoir. The
bitches will be enlarged also. accord
ing to plans specified. New bitches
will also be constructed in the event
they are needed to carry the water
supply.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-12-22
soO, 900 SPENT ON LOWER
LATHAM IMPROVEMENTS

Mccarthy & Donovan have COM
pleted the extensive Improvements
on the Lower Latham reservoir,
which have been under way for three
months past, and are hauling their
outfit away this week. A concrete
wave wall six feet high has been
built almost round the reservoir.
and at the spillway sheet pi1ing has
been put in and the concrete wall
built above 1t. The work has cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Nearly two miles of concrete wall
have been put in. and the dam raised
somewhat. This work has been made
necessary in order that the big pond
may hold its original appropriation
of about 2OO,0O0,000 cubic feet.
Heretofore 1t has been found feasi-
able to fill to capacity Of not more
than 175,OOO,OO0 cubic feet. The
improvements will also practically
stop the seepage which has bothered
somewhat heretofore.
P. A. Hartung of this city has been
chief engineer of the job. with I. w.
Gelder assisting.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-12-22

authorized by Judge Allen. which
amount will be used for completing
the Denver Reservoir system ana
paying certain obligations against
some of the lands under the system
If the contracts are promptN
signed money will at once be maze
available through New York oahKs
for beginning construction work ana
paving the water tax against 4o'ooo
acres already sold under the system
which is now past due.
A considerable amount OF WORK
will be done on the system this WIN
ter so that all the land that has peeh
sold will be supplied with water
next year.
The contracts provide that the
Henrylyn district, which covers
about 100000 acres near HUDSON.
shall acquire $4,000 acre feet OF
water from the Standley company IN
addition to the water rights 1t al
ready owns. Much of the work al
ready done on the Standley lake sys-
tenn will be turned over to the
Henrylyn district in return for bonds
of that district already issued.
The Henrylyn district voted Its
bonds some time ago, but had been
unable to find a suitable market for
them. Under the present agreement
these bonds are to furnish most OF
the security under which the French
syndicate is expected to furnish the
money to complete the system. The
Henrylyn will reserve $1.000.000 in
these bonds for the completion OF
tunnel through the divide to take
water from the Williams fork OF the
Grand river, which will supply an
additional 100000 acre feet annu-
ally for the system.
The receivers certificates are also
to be retired by bonds Of the Henry
lyn system, according to the plan
agreed upon.
The details Of the settlement Of
the financial difficulties Of the Den
yer Reservoir and Irrigation COM
pany have not been made public. 1t
is understood, however, that the
Denver parties interested in the en-
terprise have sacrificed consider
able portion OF their holdings to in
sure the success of the project.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-12-22
DENVER RESERVOIR CO.'S
AFFAIRS LOOK BRIGHTER

Although the annual delinquent
tax sale is still going on there have
been no bidders for the Weld county
lands owned by the Denver Reser-
voir and Irrigation company upon
which an amount approximating
some $4,000 is due. 1t was ex-
pected that a cablegram from Paris
would be received before the sale
began from Representatives of the
company there announcing that the
money to pay off the obligations OF
the company would be forthcoming
at once, but this has not come. The
company is in the hands of re-
ceiver, forced there by its inability
to pay contractors that have been
constructing the big irrigation sys-
TEN planned.
Judge Allen, of the district court
of Denver, has approved contracts
that seek a settlement of the diff
culties of the Denver Reservoir and
Irrigation company and the compile
tion of the Henrylyn systems. They
have been agreed upon by local rep
resentatives of the companies and it
is expected that they will meet with
the approval of French capitalists
who are figuring on taking the bulk
Of the bonds of both enterprises.
The plan provides that the French
bank shall at once advance $650.000
on the receivers certificates already
The Greeley tribune., 1910-12-22
Hoppers in Other Conn.,.

Not alone are srasshoppers
ing over the United States u
growing OF alfalfa and cloyo.
they have become a matter ~
concern in many OF the conn,
the world. The British colo
South Africa all have found i,
sary to have laws upon The
Some OF them furnish insnac,l
superintendent and poisor
their destruction. Two of n,
onies have laws compelliny
destruction by land owners i
viding a heavy penalty for
grasshoppers on other ND
Similar conditions and laws
in New Zealand and British j
OF Australia. The Eoyernms
Argentina appointed a coma
on the subject and emnloya,
braska man as advisor. tn.
ish authorities in Cyprus an
dia have had to take govern
action.
In 1883 the French goyernmI
Algeria spent $500. 900 for th(
troll OF the locust, and In lSS
Turkins government in Mosopd
took a thoroughly Turkish
deal with the grasshopper d
Every inhabitant not only IN
country, but of the cities. ws
Quired to deliver to the goyen
25 Kilograms (55 poundsl of
hopper egg pods and If he ov
plow, he had to bring in 50I
grams or 110 pounds, This 4
the Turkish government emf
the principle that the Colorado
ers are insisting upon. that m
men help in the matter whict
Germs everybody, both in the
try and in the city, but all thd
OF the city man is that he help
the law for the pest district Il
tion.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-12-22
c.t.rrh Cannot BE Cured

cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease. and in order to cure IT you
must take internal remedies. Hall $
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one OF the best physicians in this
country for years and is regular
prescription. II is composed of the
best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers. acting directly on
binafion of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results
in curing catarrh. Send for testimon-
ials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props,
Toledo, o.
Sold bv druggists. price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-12-22
A Simple Safeguard for Mothers

Mrs. d. Gilkeson, 326 Ingles Ave,
Youngstown. Ohio. gained wisdom
by experience. "My little girl had
a severe cold and coughed almost
continuously. My sister recommend
ed Foley's Honey and Tar. The first
dose gave her relieved the inflam-
nation in her throat and after using
only one bottle her throat and lungs
were entirely free from inflamma-
ton. Since then I always keep a
bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar in
the house. Accept no substitutes
Sold by all druggists.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-12-22
RED CROSS STAMPS WON'T
CARRY THE MAIL ALONE

Greeley people have fallen victims
to the common error that the Red
Cross Christmas stamps may be used
for postage, and since the children
have been selling them on the streets
the postoffice has been deluged with
postal cards and letters having no
regular postage on them.
Postmaster Gray is anxious that
everyone selling stamps inform the
purchasers that they are not good
for postage, but are merely to show
that the person using them has paid
one cent for each stamp toward the
great fund that is being raised to
fight tuberculosis.
He wishes to inform the people
also that when the stamps are used
on packages that are mailed they
must not be placed over strings ty-
ing the package or to seal It In any
way. The fact that package is
sealed SO that 1t can not be opened
without breaking seal places 1t
automatically in the first class of
postal rates. Many packages have
been received at the poston1ce with
sufficient regular postage to carry
them under their proper classifica-
ton, but which have been sealed with
Red Cross stamps. These have to be
held and the sender notified to put
on more postage, SO that not only
delay is occasioned but extra work to
the postoffice clerks. who have all
that they can possibly do at this sea-
son to handle the extra mail.
1t has been suggested that every
one selling the Red Cross stamps
explain to every purchaser that they
are not good for postage. In addi-
ton. they should be placed on the
back of postal cards, letters and
packages, and not on the front or
anywhere near the regular govern
ment stamp.