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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03
THEY HAVE STATE HOUSES.

In the recent conference of governors
in Washington it was a constant
source OF embarrassment for the Utah
people to, answer the question: What
short of a state house have your For
there is no state house in Utah, The
Governor of the state--one that is due
to have a bit more pride than has yet
been evidenced-rents his executive
offices from the city and county. So
does the state auditor. and the secre-
tary of state, and few more. For the
rest of the state officers-for consid-
cradle more than half of the business
the people have TO transact with the
state-one must go hunting over the
city. The state engineer is in one
building. The state treasurer in an
other. The state statistician in an
other. The fish and game warden in
another place-and so they go.
In Chicago the city offices are in
rented rooms. but that is because the
city is building a city halI-and it If
going to be rather the best of its class
in the entire nation. But there is nc
such excuse here in Utah. The state
has no capitol, and Utah suffers ir
comparison with the other states Of
the Union because of that lack.
Also, Utah should have a home fol
its governor. Wyoming has. Illinoi.
| has. All the states either have a hom,
| for the governor, or provide for hil
home out of the state funds while h,
| is in office.
/ 1t isn't like Utah to go on as ",
/ have been going.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03
WHEN THE SNOW GOES AWAY.

You will bear US out in the state
ment that pretty much everything
that pertains to Salt Lake is approved
by The Herald-Republican
That being thus, there will be no
misunderstanding when we take a lit
tie laugh at the mounted policemen on
the street corners. They are the fun
niest thing since the summer of the big
wind
Where the chief got his notion for
mounted policemen at the corners in a
city of this size is one of the things, as
Lord Dundreary remarked. which no
fellow can find out" There are mount
ed policemen in every big city, of
course-park policemen, and that sort
of thing. But as patrolmen, as officers
walking" beat, as conservators of the
peace and preservers of order at the
principal corners-weIl, they are funny
That's all
BUT there they are. And some good
reason will have to be found for re-
moving them. Let us suggest that the
| excuse be made that a policeman
at the busy corner is necessary
for that is a fact. Then let us
pretend that it is inhuman and
| cruel to ask a policeman to stand
there in the slush and snow. Then we
| will be in position, don't you see. tC
have the officer dismount as soon as
| the snow goes away.
Crossing policemen should be OF
every busy corner, and all the time
while the crowds are there. But he
| doesn't need be mounted. And he
| shouldn't be, either.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03
LUKE IS CHARGED
WITH GROSS FRAUD
In Answer Made in District
Court by G. D. Harding to
Agency's Suit.
Trying to Collect Note
Without Consideration.
Collects Debt, Then Demands
Pay to Drop Proceedings.

Gross fraud and Misrepresentation are
charged against James A. Luke ana 'ie
Merchants Protective association IL an
answer filed IN the district court Iues-
dav by c. D. Harding, whom the mei-
chants Protective association Is SUING
to recover S25 en- a check given the as
ISOLATION and dishonored by the bank.
II is claimed in the first place that
there was absolutely no consideration LOT
the check and that 1t was secured py
false and fraudulent statements on the
mart of Luke. The answer further al
Ieees that in the early part Of last year
Harding gave q claim for $3.50 against
man named Koer to the association Tor
collection. Suit was filed against Koer
after Harding had assigned the claim TO
Luke for the purpose Of bringing suit
and the money was paid by Koer IN Oc-
tober. 1909. Later, without knowing that
the claim had been paid, Harding ASKED
Luke not TO attempt 10 collect the money
and not TO harass Koer IN connection
with the matter at all, ne says
been pafd by Koer he informed Hard-
Ing. it is alleged, that IL had not been pS sO1
and that If Harding would give MN Szo
ne would dismiss tho case and not potner
Koer Harding gave Luke cneck LoF
the S25 but evidently discovered that the
claim had been paid and stopped payment
on the check. Luke then sued MIN On
the check. ..
Harding alleges that all the representa-
lions made by Luke were false, and ASKS
that the complaint be dismissed.
Newspaper Report, January So-lV
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03
Mr.. Koer is a farmer near ogden.

c, d. Harding is a real estate agent IN
Salt Lake City. Harding sold Koer his
interest I'm some land in Salt Lake county
about fourteen years ago and took Koer's
note for s22s. Koer refused to pay the
note Harding sued on the note IN 1895.
Koer filed an answer, claiming he had
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03
GOOD AS FAR AS 1T GOES.

There is the story OF the man who
taught his horse TO get along without
food. Just as the horse had estab-
lished the habit, the contrary beast
died
This campaign against nigh prices,
expressed in the general abstinence
from meat, is something in the same
character. If all the people viii quit
buying meat, they win reduce the
price, very likely And it will stay
down just so long as they don't absn-
don their boycott, and return to the
comforting steaks and chops.
II people would make the same sort
of campaign against -four it would re-
duce the price of bread. So with the
other articles Of food. But by the
time the people had succeeded in re-
ducing the prices OF food, they would
themselves be reduced 10 starvation.
The method is good as far az IL goes,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03
BRING ON THE NEW SPEEDWAY.

Some Of the gentlemen with benzine
buggies tell US there, will be a new au-
tomobile club. and with it will come
the new speedway to the lake. So mote
it be.
We have never been able exactly to
classify the Old auto club in it's decli-
nation to build that speedway. We had
given the auto owner credit for being
a good deal in advance of the regular
procession, and being there, it seemed
incumbent on him to make that speed
way TO the lake, and let us see him go
flashing by. The thing appeals to the
general Imagination. There is the dis
tance, the level land. the right of way
the compromising objective point. And
yet they didn't arrive.
Let us hope better things for the new
organization. The speedway viii be a
big feature for Salt Lake. 1t viii add
TO the fair name of the town. 1t will
put new feather in the hats of all Salt
Lakers wherever they may go. They
| can brag of their speedway. Nothing
else anywhere viii be quite so good.
And out of that beginning will come
the biggest thing in the whole autOmo-
bile world: The establishment of a
race track and a club house and a gen
| eral centering here in Salt Lake Of all
the big drivers, the famous owners and
| the premium cars that are made. Salt
Lake has the best foundation for the
| foremost automobile center on earth
and it is just about up to the new au-
| tomobile club to realize the dream.
Honk hard, gentlemen, and bring il
| to pass.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03
QUERY:

Who has been deceived, Koer. Luke or
Harding? Koer is money out Luke
worked Il years for so profit. Harding
drew his check.
We collect all kinds OF claims from all
kinds of people for all kinds Of people
everywhere.
We will collect some for you If you turn
in your claims.
Merchants Protective Assn.
Scientific Collectors Of Honest Debts.
Rooms z, "a. s.. Sc, %, 81, g. 90, 81, Is,
20. 100 Commercial Block
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Francis @. Luke. Gsn'l. Mgr
Some People Don't Like Us
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03

century of steam, and the twentieth
the century Of electricity. Only ten
passed into history, years of wonderful
achievements. Each year finds us a
step in advance of its predecessor That
the progress will continue indefinitely
there is no room TO doubt. Edison
troIleyless electric car is only one more
demonstration that the possibilities
have not all been worked out or the
limit reached in the electrical field.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03
EDIsoN's LATEST.

The Wizard of Menlo Park has con-
structed a street car that Is propelled
by a storage battery. The wonder Is
that 1t has not been IN operation long
before this. IF automobiles can scud over
lin and dale with the power stored IN
the machine no good reason can DO Civ
en- for the failure OF a street car to
glide along over smooth rails with the
same kind Of power. The cost of OPP
Grating the new car is estimated by
Edison to be one cent a mile. The
nineteenth century has been called the
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-03

been deceived by Harding and that he
got nothing for the note. That Harding
did not own the land or any interest in
It. Then Harding sold the note TO James
A. Luke for IS. Fourteen years later,
when the case was being pushed. Harding
became anxious TO have Il dropped and
offered James A. Luke $50 to settle, and
the proposition was accepted When
Harding failed TO pay, more energy was
applied on the Koer case. Harding re-
newed negotiations and offered $50. sfIoer's
attorneys also offered se5; Koer paid.
Harding gave his check for SIS, and then
stopped payment. The Merchants Pro-
tective association then sued Harding on
the dishonored check.
II Koer's check had been bad the Mer-
ohaints' Protective association would have
sued KoeF.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Utilize All the Ground.

There is enough land on the farms
of this country that is not productive
because it has not been properly
drained to cause serious consdera-
Lon. Going about the country at any
time during the year one sees on al
most every farm low, wet spots that
in ordinary years do not produce any
thing in the spring. Such spots are
almost without exception the most
fertile spots on the farm when drain
ed. 1t is not uncommon to find two
or three acres of such land on the
farm so situated that it would not
cost more than the value of two or
three crops to put in good condition
to produce large crops. The time will
come when unproductive acres on a
farm will be disgrace to the owner,
but in the west it seems just now to
be long way off.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Lunch Room Repartee.

The young man with the iron cheek
entered the quick lunch room and seat
ed himself at the third table.
Belinda" he called Familiarity, "you
look fresh this morning"
mot half as fresh as some Others"
retorted the pretty waitress, with an
elevation of her nose.
"Well, well! Have you calf brains 2"
"If l did you wouldn't order them,
for you have an oversupply now"
my, but you are getting good for the
matinee! With the high price of meats
eggs come in handy these days, don't
theyw
mo; they come in crates"
"Wow! Did you ever hear the story
Of the incubator chick? It's not out
yet"
THAT will do, sonny Did you ever
hear the story Of the cold porridge? Z?
Well, it's on your
There was an unexpected fitting of
a dish, and the young man with the
iron check was showered with oat-
meal.-Boston Post.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Doesn't Know Her Aoe-

There is a glaring phase of unfair.
ness in the position of the two sexes
despite all our struggles for the suf.
frage. A woman still breads to tell
her age, no matter how youthful she
may look, while as long as a man
looks youthful he is generally willing
to admit and even to boast of how
many milestones he has passed There
Is at least one father who understood
this problem in time and who gave
his daughter a fair chance in life by
never letting her know how old she
was. He realized at her birth that a
time would come when she would not
want to tell her age, and he spared her
the humiliation of having to prevari,
cate, so she was never told either her
age or the place where she was born
and there were no birth records pre-.
served IN the family.-New York
World
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Murder Revealed by a Dream.

Perhaps the most amazing crime
mystery ever solved by a dream was
that revealed by a murder trial a
couple of generations ago. The dead
body of Mr.. Norway, an inoffcnslve
Cornish gentleman. had been found by
the roadside between Wadebridge end
Bodmin, brutally murdered No trace
Of the murderer could be found, and
the mystery of the crime seemed be-
yond all solution, when Mr. Norway's
brother, naval officer, arrived in Eng
land and told the following singular
story:
On the very night of his brothers
murder, when he was on his ship in
the West Indies, he saw him in a
dream walking along the Bodmin road,
when from n dark recess In the hedge
two rutians sprang out, slew and
robbed him and then made their way
to a house in Wadebridge, which he
saw vividly in his dream. To this
house he conducted the police officers,
md there he found the very two men
whom in his vision he had seen COM
init the murder. They confessed and
suffered the extreme penalty of the
law.-Pearson's Weekly.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16

Years ago a gentleman settled in the
south of England and became very
popular in the neighborhood. The
county families could never discover
how he had made his money, but
were satisfied by his solemn assurance
that it was not in trade. Nothing
could exceed the ordinary gravity of
his demeanor, which indeed caused
him to be placed on the commission
of peace, but now and then, without
any apparent provocation, he would
burst into such laugh as no one ever
heard before except in one place.
Where they could have heard it puz-
zled the county families for five and
twenty years, but at last he was be-
trayed unconsciousN by his own
grandchild, who, after a visit to trav-
cling circus, innocently exclaimed,
"Why, grandpa laughs just like the
clownr'--James Payn.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
The Parson Bird,

Among the feathered inhabitants of
New Zealand there is a bird called the
parson bird, or tut 1t is about the
size and shape of blackbird, but has
a pair of delicate white tufts at it's
throat and is a glossy dark green 9th
erwise, which looks black in the sun
shine. 1t can be taught TO crow, to
speak, to whistle tunes, and, besides
these tricks, it has a repertory which
is not often equaled by any other
feathered songster. At vespers it has
a note like the toll of a bell or the
clear, high note of an organ. 1t can
mimic every bird in the bush to per-
fection. 1t will break off in the mid
die of an exquisite melody and indulge
in a strange melody of sounds which
are impossible to describe, but if you
can imagine 1.-The combination of a
cough, a laugh, sneeze, with the
smashing of a pane of glass;" it will
be some approach to the idea.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Horse Dentists,

In every large city there are now
dentists who devote their entire atten-
ton to horses, and they are kept sur
prisingly busy the year round. The
equine dentist is of course provided
with special instruments for the ex-
traction and filing of the teeth of ami
mails needing attention. 1t is rather
interesting to observe an operation in
horse dentistry. One of the instru-
ments, called a speculum, presents the
appearance of an ivory handle and
four small bars of nickel working on
a ratchet and crossing one another in
such a manner as to form. a hollow
square that can be made large or small
by the turning of a screw. Setting
this device to the proper size, the
horse dentist will slip it gently into
the suffering animals mouth. which,
during the operation, is kept partly
open by a groom, and when the instru-
ment is fitted upon. say. one of the
back teeth the beasts mouth is kept
open as wide as possible.-Iarpers
Weekly.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16

The Kansas City chief Of police has
issued rather drastic order, as fol-
lows, says the Twentieth Century
Magazine: ARREST on view any person
throwing paper or other rubbish on
the streets or in vacant lots, any per-
son eXcayating without a permit, any
person tacking or sticking cards or
posters on sidewalks, fence poles or in
other public places; any person scat
tering handbllls or circulars on side
walks, streets, porches, yards or pri-
vate premises or distributing them 20
passersby; all teamsters who allow
dirt or rubbish to fall from their wlg-
ons. Patrolmen are also instructed T.
notify all owners or agents Of vacan,
property on their beats that weeds
must be cut at once and all rubbish
removed; TO notify owners Of abuttlng
property where earth has washed
down on to the street or sidewalk to
remove the same Immediately; cause
the immediate removal Of manure
piles which may be in the alleys"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Arrests May Solve Murder.

New York, Nov. 10-By the arrest
of three men on the charge of bur-
glary the police are of the belief that
they are now in fair way to solve
the mystery surrounding the murder
of stephen Sinkovitch, who was killed
in the hallway of 436 West Thirty
eighth street week ago. Sinkovitch
was stabbed to death while resisting
the efforts of three men to rob him.
The police declare that the three men
know something about the murder of
Sinkovltch.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Tearinq a Proverb to Tatters.

One of our correspondents, to whom
so far as we can remember we never
did any injury. sends us the following
Carlyle said that genius is an in
finite capacity for taking pains. We
venture to think this definition appro
pirate to a clerk.
But in a doctor genius is an inf
mite capacity for shaking pains.
In a commercial traveller, for taking
trains.
In literary man, for raking brains
In sanitary engineer, for making
drains.
And in Don Juan, forsaking
James.
Oscar Wilde's emendation of the
proverb was at once briefer and more
obvious. Genius" he said, sis an in.
finite incapacity for taking palms,
London News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Consolation

little girl of thirteen or so found
herself one day possessed of a new
emotional desire to be pretty. She
struggled with 1t, but finally went to
the long mirror in the hall and for the
first time in her life looked at herself
critically from head TO foot. She saw
what most girls see at thirteen-a
lanky creature, mostly legs and arms,
hands and feet. 1t hurt her, and she
went out of doors to think it over.
Thought resulted in tears, and in tears
she was found half an hour later by
her particular chum, boy near her
own age. Anxious inquiry as to why
she was crying induced her to speak.
"Oh, Harold" she walled, "Pve Just
looked at myself in the glass, and I'm
so homely.
The boy was puzzled, but sympa-
thetic, and made an effort at consola-
ton. He looked at her a minute, then
awkwardly patted her, saying sooth-
ingly:
Not homely, Alice; just funny look
ing.'-New York Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
KILLS SELF TO PAY DEBT.
Brooklyn Man Concluded Only Way
Out of Difficulties Lay In Suicide.

New York, Nov. 10.-Michael S. Kee-
gan Brooklyn tobacco dealer, killed
himself in his room back of his shop
at 11S Adams street because that was
the only way he could pay back a debt
of $45.
Three weeks ago Keegan borrowed
the money from Jasper Collins of 1914
Pearl street to replenish the stock of
cigars and tobacco. He was fairly
successful in selling to the people of
the neighborhood, but made most Of
his sales on credit and found it hard
to collect. The debt of $45 preyed on
his mind, and he finally came to the
conclusion that the only honorable
way out of his financial difficulties lay
in suicide, and he turned on all four
gas jets when he went to bed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
cave.pWellsrs In Wales

Cave-dwellers still survive among
us here and there, and there is living
at Llandudno an aged woman known
colloquially as Miriamr Ogo'. She
is ninety-three years of age and till
quite lately lived in a cave on the
side Of the Great Orme. There she
bore and brought up a family of thir-
teen children, one of whom is the stall
wart bowman" of the Llandudno lite
boat. Miriam's husband-also a cave
man-made himself a pair of wings
out Of feathers for the purpose of get
ting up and down the face of the cliff:
but his clever efforts in aviation lef
at last to a serious accident.-Cardi
Western Mail.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16

If you would have abutting property
owners interested in having clean,
beautiful streets to the extent of ac-
tive cooperation municipalities must
be progressive In street improvements,
1t is hardly TO be expected that clean
parkways and well cared for street
trees will abound in districts where
town officials do not do their full duty.
1t is hard enough TO obtain full coop
Grafton even whcre existing conditions
are well nigh perfect, and every de-
gree Of negligence on the part Of
town is fully renecred in the slovenly
condition of those parts under care OF
the residents
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16

The kingdom of Portugal counted in
its royal house one of the men Who
hold first rank in scientific attain
ment and practical application. He
was the son of John |. Of Portugal
and Queen Philippa (who was an Eng
lish princessD; he spent his life in
sending out ships on voyages of dis.
rovery, and 1t was through this Prince
Henry. called "the Navigator" that
Columbus got his idea of seeking for
q new land across the sea.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
A SLIGHT Differences.

Undue rapidity of speech or indis.
tlnct utterance often leads to curious
misunderstanding. An instanee Of
this is given by Walter Seymour 10
his ups and Downs of a Wnndcrin
Life" "a clergyman" he says, "vn.
sent for by a sick old parishioner WIN
was not churchgoer and who was
deaf. The clergyman said: What in.
duced you to send for meT what
does he say| said the man to his
wife. He says why the deuce did you
send for himT"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Handling a Potato Crop.

Use bushel crates, four-horse dig
ger, and put the potatoes directly into
crates, says a writer in Baltimore
American. These are loaded into
wagons and put on the barn floor. We
finish harvesting in early September.
During the late summer we spray for
flea beetles and other insects that
bother. We do not use any fertilizer
after planting, nor do we use any COW
or crop, as the land is seeded to wheat
shortly after the potatoes are har-
vested.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16

A simple and easy way to take up
barbed wire fencing is to use a small
hand cart made from two low buggy
wheels. A frame is built on so that
the old reel the wire came on would
go between. Make holes in the reel
square to pass wooden crank shaft
through the top OF the frames on the
cart. With such an arrangement two
men can easily take down barbed
wire; one handling the crank, the
other rolling the cart as the wire is
rolled on the reel.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-16
Remove the Burdock,

Any Of the fields full of burdock? :?
II this pest has good start 1t will
spread all over the farm by the end
of another season. Easy to kill it.
The burdock only lives q couple of
years If frequently moved off close to
the ground, but the best way is to
take an iron bar, drive it down deeply
by the side of the root and pry the
whole miserable thing out and burn
1t, root and branch. Every plant thus
treated is dead and done for.