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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
QUEER TALE OF FORTUNE
PURSUING UNWILLING MAN
Especial to The News.)

Portland. Or. Jan. 31.-Because his
employer 81 years ago owed him a
weeks wages and also lost his shot
gun. which he had borrowed. Peter W.
Severson, OF Portland, this week
realized a fortune of over 100000.
II these things had not happened
over a hnlf a century ago. Mr. Sever
son would not now have received
this sum.
Mr.. Severson has just sold a lot in
the Portland business district that
was literally forced upon him so
long ago. when the property was
comparatively worthless. He bemoan-
ed his fate when he had to take 1t.
He had a weeks wages due him and
on q duck hunting expedition his
shotgun. borrowed for the occasion
BY his employer. was lost. His en-
ployer offered the lot in payment OF
the double debt and as this was all
he could get, Mr.. Severson took 1t
with poor grace. He would much
rather have had the shotgun.
The property is on the corner of
Morrison and Fifth strets and has
lust been sold by Mr. Severson. A
bank Will erect a new building on
the location, moving the old struc-
lures that now cover It, Leases on
the property, which have some time
vet to run. were also bought for
$4,000 additional
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Prof. Buffum of Wyoming Declares
Doubling of Production of
Farm Staples Is in Sight.
THROUGH PLANT BREEDING
In Kansas Cost of Living Is Sec
ondary Consideration TO
The People.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-A doubling OF the
present production OF farm staples is in
sight. according TO Prof c. B. Buffum
of Wor1and. Wyo.. who IS a pioneer In
the science of seed breeding.
1--WE have already practically doubled
the yield OF corn by selection breed
ing" said Prof. Buffum yesterday. but
we need not stop with corn, as we can
deal with all other crops in a similar
way. The reason that this has not been
done earlier Is that plant breeding has
been utilized heretofore mainly for the
production of curiosities. Men who
brought out anything new were wiz
ards Few saw any practical value in
what was being done Much was ac-
complished in an esthetic way with ref
erence to Improvements OF flowers. but
the great farm crops were neglected.
"As Mark Twain said in 'Puddin'head
Wilson, training Is everything. The
peach was once a bitter almond, and
caulifower Is nothing but a cabbage
with a college education. Plant breed
ing supplies this college education to
the plebians of the vegetable world.
and therefore, by increasing crop yields,
promises more than anything else With
reference to a growth OF the worlds
permanent wealth"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
ANTI-MEAT CRUSADE
SHOWS NO SIGN OF CEASING

New York. Jan. 31.--Neither the anti
meat campaign nor the general crusade
for lowering of the high cost of liv
ing showed any signs of exhaustion to-
day
woman's mass meeting was held
this afternoon in Madison Square.
Tuesday night meetings of club women
viii be held to help push the postal
card campaign which the Gotham club
has inaugurated.
Cards already are in wide circulation.
going to all parts OF the country and
making personal appeals to stop using
meat
Preparations were under way, 1t was
announced today to have the Fedora
tions of Women's Clubs of America
take up at its convention a concerted
movement to make every woman in the
country send a post card to President
Taft asking him to take measures
against manipulation OF meat prices.
Meat prices held about stationary to-
day
Retailers are showing strong dlSpo-
sition to resist further cuts.
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COST OF LIVING SECONDARY
CONSIDERATION TO KANSANS

Chicago. Jan. 31.-"The cost of living
is a secondary consideration to the
people OF Kansas" said Foster Dwight
Coburn. secretary of the Kansas state
board of agriculture yesterday. Guess
We'll have to plead guilty to the charge
Of doing pretty we'll" said Mr.. CO.
burn. but / don't see that the farmer
is responsible for the high prices on
necessities. l know If working early
and late makes him deserve the prices
he gets for his products that he de-
serves them and IL you are willing to
pay &C cents for corn. he would be a
chump to sell it for 80 cents.
There must be some blame some
where for the high cost of living. But
the farmer has never set the price on
one of his products. He brings his
steers TO market and takes what is p6-
feed him. IL ne doesn't do this he
must take his cattle home again and
that makes bankruptcy.
Out our way were not worrying
aJbout it. We just ride around in auto
mobiles and within the last week a
farmer In the wheat belt paid 800 for
an airship. But We're not crowding
out the horses at that. Horses were
never such good property nor go highly
esteemed as at present"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31

asks for an increase in the salary of
his old men, laborers and teamsters,
% cents a day.
j. w. Tcrman, the veterinary In
spector. whose department was Great
ed last fall comes into the salary list
year for the full amount, his salary
and four inspectors.
BIGGER PAY AND MORE HELP.
Walter Frazier. food and dairy COM
missloner,-has asked for an increase
from 1920 to Sl,5o0.He wants an
assistant and clerk and a steno-
Grapher which will bulge the pay
rolls. $4,000 in all
A. B. Hirth, whose department is
showing much prosperity on account
OF building operations. wants s2;100
a year, an increase of 5000, Even
Walter Croine. the pound keeper.
wants his salary increased to $1,000
a year. a raise OF $500.
The members OF the board OF public
works want their salary more than
doubled Chairman H. G. Mcmillan.
asks for 81. 900 a year an increase
of $500 and the other fo,f' members
have applied for $500 year. an in
crease of 5000. Every other official
who Is not mentioned here, also ask
ed to put his hand In little deeper
Into the city's pocket.
OTHER INCREASES SOUGHT.
Another increase sought is that for
Mike Fitzpatrick, chief inspector of
the board of public works. an official
whose duty 1t is to safeguard the city's
interests In seeing that specifications
governing contracts are carried out to
the letter. 1t is affirmed by those who
should know that Fitszpatrck is inno-
cent OF at least two OF the three RS,
namely reading and 'ritln However.
an increase in his stipend OF $500 per
year is down on the list. bringing his
salary to s.. 100 per year.
Another board OF works nest which
It is sought to feather is that OF Frank
R. Christensen, secretary to the board.
Christensen wants 5000 a year added to
his salary. bringing 1t to 81. 500.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
PARIS BUILDINGS
WILL NOT COLLAPSE
According to Opinion Of Prest. E.
X. Morse Of Engineers Society
Of Western Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg, Jan. 31.-Alarm that any
OF the great architectural masterpieces
in Paris are in danger o" collapse Ia
wholly unwarranted, according ." the
long distance view of F.. K. Morse.
president of the Engineers society OF
western Pennsylvania and chairman of
the Pittsburg flood commission. He
has had no little experience with floods
In Ohio valley
Every city between Pittsburg and
Cairo" he said. lis Hooded on an av
erage from once to thrice year Pitts
burg has often seen a 32-foot rise and
Cincinnati a 72-foot rise. In 1854 l
sailed into Marietta, o., in steam
boat when the water was up to the sec
ond floor OF every building In the main
portion of the city Yet none OF our
cities have collapsed. When a modest
brick dwelling will not succumb to an
nual foods, IL Is prepostcrous to De-
leve that buildings like the Louvre
Notre Dame and Pantheon are In any
danger. They are masterpieces OF con-
struction, so strong as TO be considered
Hasteful in these days. There arc no
better engineers In the world than the
French bridge and structural engi-
neers."
sir. Morse Is also chief engineer OF
the Pittsburg Subway company, and
is something OF an expert In subter-
ranean matters. He believes that the
many large sewers and subways In
Paris detract but little from the soiidi-
ty OF foundations. The subways were
built. he said, five times stronger than
nof iroQ r.
ecncy and with few exceptions they
and the buildings are not likely to suf-
fer any serious permanent damage by
the food.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
YOUNG TRA|LBLAzERS
ON The WAY TO UTAH
Rows Arrested In st. Louis Had Vivid
Picture OF tho West Painted
In Bright Colors.

That the biggest store in Utah is
mere trading post. that It's most pala-
tiaI residences are Indian tepees and
that its citizens are either redskins at
tired in blankets OF many colors or
white men called by such cndearing
terms as Rattlesnake Pete or Badeye
Dan and Its fora of pungent sage
brush and lone pine tree. its fauna the
bear the wolf, the buffalo. the noun
tain lion and other varmints-all this
the picture OF two Pennsylvania boys
arrested In St Louis today and held
as runaways until their parents can
be herd from They were bound for
Utah to hunt Indians and were armed
with Instruments OF torture OF various
kinds. Their commissary consisted OF
a loaf OF bread. The story is told In
the following Associated Press dis
patch from St. Louis 10 The News this
afternoon
Two brave Indian hunters. William
Lobosh and Michael Patrick OF Cher
leroi, Pa. 16 years and 13 years old
respectively, were checkmated ut the
Union station today. They arc being
held al police headquarters until the
police hear from their parents
"The sombrero hats with yellow
bands aroused the suspicion OF the po-
lice. The boys baggage included a
knock-down rife. pistol. a hatchet
a dirk. a dagger. ammunition, n telc-
scope. loaf OF bread. roll OF stage
money and a prayer book.
THE boys said the reading OF dime
novels caused them TO start for Utah
to unenrth a buried treasure. The
rife was to fight back invaders and
the telescope to detect Indians"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31

heart and Mary Ingle, was born AZ
years ago in Evansville. Ind. where the
family Is as old as the state itself. He
was educated in the city schools and
afterward went to the University OF
Indiana, where he took the p. a. de-
gree For. several years after leaving
college he was identified with his faith
er and brothers in the flour milling
business In his home city.
In 1891 Mr.. Iglehart went to Chi
cago an1 for q time was one of the
staff on the Chicago Daily News.
later he went to the Record. now the
Record Herald. He was chief of the
Records Worlds Fair Bureau in
1928 and his work attracted much
favorable attention After the fair
he was made financial editor OF tn.
Record and held that position until
his health failed and he came to Salt
Lake in the fall OF 1894
He went to the Salt Lake Tribune
In the capacity OF telegraph editor and
later was advanced to the city editors
desk.
When ex-senator William A. Clark.
OF Montana. took over the Salt Lake
from r. c. Chambers estate.
the reins OF management were given
to Mr.. Iglehcart He continued as
manager of this property until the mer-
ger was made which resulted In the
present erald-Republican.
Rapidly failing health compelled him
to cease active work at this time. AT
times he rallied and it seemed as IL he
would recover. but these interlms were
short and after a time il became a sad
but foregone conclusion that there was
no hope. He fought hard for his life.
however. nobly supported by the devo-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
GET BODIES OUT
SOON AS POSSIBLE
Request of Manager of St. Paul
Mining Co. to State Mine In
spectors at Cherry, III.

Cherry. Ill. Jan 31.-'Get the bodies
out as quickly as possible" was the
request made today by w w. Taylor,
manager of the ST. Paul Mining COM
pany. to the state mine inspectors
under whose directions the shaft of the
st. Paul mine will be opened tomor-
row after having been Theoretically
closed for two months to smother the
flames that have smouldered in the
second level since Nov. 10.
This does not mean." added Mr..
Taylor that any chances of needless
ly sacrificing other lives will be taken.
There are 100 odd bodies In the subter-
ranean galleries. About 35 are in the
third level. floating on a two-million
gallon lake. while about 100 are in the
second level. If fire is present, as we
suspect. a new gallery Will be cut
around and the burning section will
be walled In.
In the meantime the water Will be
pumped from the bottom of the mine
so that the bodies down there may be
brought to the surface"
Owing to the failure of the helmet men
Williams and Webb Of the University
of Illinois, to reach Cherry today, the
cap will not be pried from the mine
shaft until tomorrow. These men with
oxygen HelHlets, VIII tHteT tIlc SndIt as
soon as II Is opened on their report
of conditions will depend subsequent
action.
DR. H. NJ. Orr. OF the Chicago. Mil
waukee & ST. Paul railway believes
the bodies In the second level will be
partly mummlfed.
Several women, mostly Scotch and
English. today said they would not re-
new their poignant grief by seeing the
corpses OF their husbands and sons,
but would prefer that the identification
be made by mine officers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
DIR. G. C. SIMMS RETURNS,
MUCH BROKEN IN HEALTH

San Francisco. Jan. u,-Broken IN
health after many hardshipe and peril
ous adventures encountered In the Is
land OF Luzon. P. l.. Dr, G. c slmms
OF the Field museum OF Chicago. arrived
here Yesterday on the steamer Man
churia. He brought with him the spec
linens collected by himself and l.op col,
lccted by William Jones. his FRIENDS ana
associate in the Field museum. VINO WAS
Killed by the nonsiotes. head hunters, =,
Oyertakcn on Oct IL by typhoon In
the LuEon mountains. deserted by MS
native attendants. Dr. simms' his elothes ars
wandered three days on the mountain
tops, naked and stSLyins ar ns,,.cs,dn. sn 'nS os
snecInoAns which are valued at $4,000
DT sms said the killns 9o9 .4ssS. o1 sones eS
the theory OF a freak OF barbarous
band 10 take the life Of man who had
been regarded as friend
Ho donled that Jones violated any
tribal ideas OF propriety-
DIR. Simms Is one OF the first American
srIentista 10 penetrate the Wild country
of the Philippines He went there hrst
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
REVENUE CUTTER THETIS
AFTER ALLEGED P0ACHERS

Honolulu, Jan. %, via San Fran
cisco. Jan. 31.-The United States
revenue cutter Thetis. recently
stationed in these waters. is on a
cruise to Midway islands to investl-
gate the reports OF extensive poach-
Ing operations by Japanese, who arc
said to have destroyed millions OF
birds for the sake of the plumage.
All the islands under investigation
were included in n Hawaiian islands
bird reservation" by the federal gov
crnment some months ago.
Nearly all OF the Japanese sampans
engaged in the fishing business off
Honolulu have been fitted with pow
cr engines and many of them are
now capable OF making extended
ocean trips. They frequently remain
out of port for days together. there
have been suspicious that some OF
them visit the bird Islands. Other re-
ports have come here OF Japanese
schooners calling at the islands.
Captain Jacobs OF the Thetis is cx-
uected TO report to Collector Customs
Stakable in a few days
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
making 1t $500 a year. w. s. Dalton
would like 5000 tackled on to his salary.
making 1t sl.soo year
CHIEF GLoRE IN LINE.

Fire Chief Glore was not outdonc by
anybody either. He wants an increase
OF N.o00 Yenr. making his salary
$500. and a general increase in the
salaries OF the members OF the depart
ment
Harry Mercer. humane officer wants
raise from 81 200 to S1,500; Joseph
Farrell, plumbing Inspector. an In
crease from 1880 to $1.sSo: j. d. Beas-
ley, sea1cr of weights and measures,
$500 to $1,000. H. f. Heath. parkkeepcr.
asks for $1,000 a year, an increase OF
$3.50. he also wants an assistant ap-
pointed at $1,000 a year and the florist
given n raise of 5000 year. Dick John
son. head janitor. and his employees all
want O raise of SIS Il month. City
Treasurer Gideon Snyder, who under
stands the financial conditions OF the
city only asks for an increase among
his employees. 1t is we'll distributed and
amounts to only ss31.34 for the year.
THESE ARE MORE MODEST.
City Recorder Ben Rives was very
mild in his recommendations. He
wants his employees to get little
larger salary. Rudolph AIN, city audi
tor, asks for a slight increase In the
salaries OF his employees.
j. B. Wiscomb wants $500 raise In
creasing his salary 10 S1,200
year and also increases his employees
who work mostly by the month 25
cents a day. He also asks that George
Parsons, the chief grave diggers,
salary be increased from $500 to
$1,000 a year
Jake T Raleigh, street supervisor.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
ORDINANCE REGARDING
TIME OF COLD STORAGE

Chicago. Jan. 3I.-Alderman Dennis
]. Egan will present to the city council
tonight an ordinance prohibiting the
cold storage men from keeping their
supplies more than so days. Egan de-
clares that the cold storage places are
used to keep foodstuffs and cause what
seems to be a scarcity OF supplies
which raises the prices abnornally.
The alderman said that he wanted such
a thorough and com plete Investigation
-ri1at some perrnhnynt good would come
from the inquiry.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
HINTEO IMPEACHMENT
OF GOVERNOR HASKELL

Guthrie, Okla. Jan. 3l.-A hint of
Imncachment OF Gov. Charles n. Has
kell and other state officers is made in
a resolution introduced In the lower
house of the legislature here today by
representative Humphrey
The resolution demands an investi-
cation OF the Columbia Bank and Trust
Company, which failed at Oklahoma
CITY last fall. and calls upon Atty.-Gen.
west to bring before the Legislature
matters which he previously stated
we're being considered by the grand
Jury at Oklahoma City when that oody
was discharged recently by order OF
Gov. Haskell.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
Resolution Being Prepared for
Introduction Into House for
One by Congress.
CRUSADE IS STILL GROWING.
Woman's Mass Meeting in Madison
Squarc-ChlcaSo City Council May
Act or Cold Storage.

Washington. Ian. 3l--Foreshadowing
an investigation by Congress OF the
high cost OF living, the house ways and
means committee today authorized
Chairman Payne and Representative
Clark. the majority and minority lead
ers in the house. ia. collaborate in the
preparation of a resolution providing
for such Inquiry and defining the form
of procedure
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
JUDGE WILL MAKE
DRUNKARDS TAKE REMEDY

Los Angeles. Jan. Sl.-Convinced that
a reliable cure for the liquor habit
has been discovered. Judge Curtis 81:
yTilhnr of the criminal department OF
the superior court Will order the sup
nosed remedy which has come 10 his no
lice to be employed IN cases In which
victims OF the drink habit are involved
and n results warrant he says he will
have the formula made public,
Last week n victim OF the drink habit
appeared In Judge Wilbur's court and
nfeaded guilty 10 the commission OF a
ppr1,,,a committed while under the influ-
encs OF drink Judge Wilbur sentenced
him 10 take the new cure. As observed
thus far. the results have been eminently
saSisfnctory and further tests will be
made as fast as suitable subjects ap-
pear.
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HIS BROTHER STILL LOST.
lspecIal to The News)

Portland. Or. Jan. 3i.-Believing he
had found his long lost brother on a
moving picture film OF Oregon apple
picking scenes. ]. E. Hnage of Phila-
deIphia has written TO the Applegrow-
crs' union of Hood River for infor-
nation. Mr. Haagc's brother is entitled
to q $4,000 share In an estate and Mr.
Haage, seeing the pictures In a Phila-
delphLa theater, thought he recognized
hIs brother in Frank Dethman. n fruit
grower OF tho Hood River valley. who
is seen packing apples. In the picture.
DIR. Dethman says. however, that much
TO his regret, he cannot establish any
relationship to Mr.. Haagc.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
BIG WOLF HAD A PRICE
AND WAS FINALLY KILLED
1snscial To The News.O

Portland. or. Jan. 3i.-With price of
x1i7 on his head, fierce wolf that has
been killing stock near Prineville, Or.
for the last two years. has been shot
and the big reward paid. The wolf got
his foot into a coyote trap. tore loose
the chain and made on Into the hills
with the trap still on his foot. After
chase Of several miles he was over
taLen and shot The wolf was 90 inches
tall and III feet from tip to tip- He
10 charged with having killed about 80
head OF yearling calves during the past
two years, besides sheep and other
stock. The big reward for his capture
was made up by subscriptions OF stock
men who suffered from the VOLTS In
roads into their hocks and herds
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
BOYCOTT ON MusTAcHEs.
Hns Been Declared by Girl Students nj
The University of chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-A boycott against
mustaches has been declared by girl
students at the University of Chicago
and several residents of Beccher Hall.
woman's dormitory. where the agita-
ton is stronger, consented yesterday 20
enumeratc tho various forms OF dis
comituro that await those who ignore
the rule.
it-too polite to tell n man to his face
why he is snubbed. They act, but do
not talk about H.
They have given orders to maids TO
admit no pcrson--thcy do not refer to
him as man-wlth a mustache- The
style Is to leave him standing In the
vestibule admiring the architecture
No coed OF Beechcr Hall may become
engaged to a bewhiskcred man Any
resident OF Bcecher Hall who forgets
herself and lifts the boycott. Is 10 be
brought before a trial board and the
proper penalty meted out to her.
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PRIEST. WINDER's CONDITION.
DIR. Youne's Bulletin Today Is That
Recovery Is Certain.

President Wlnder is on a plane OF
absolute recovery II no accident oc
ours" said Dr. Seymour b. Young TO
The News Monday afternoon. We
feel very good over his condition to-
day. as everything seems to be moving
along for the best, with absolute re-
coyery in sight"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
TOM HANSON KILLS
WITNESSES AGAINST HIM

Globe Ariz.. Jan. si-News reached
here today that Tom Hanson. the Apache
Indian. had killed two trIbcsmen who
were witnesses against him when he
was sent to the penltentiary for killing
his sQunw. Hanson was Just out of the
penitentlary and slew the two witnesses
as soon as he returned. Cavalry from
Fort Apache is on his trail.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-31
MINERS DEMAND INCREASE.

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 3l.-Ten cents
per ton Increase is demanded for the BIZ
the scale committee OF the United Mine
Workers of America. submitted In IT'S
convention today. New wage contracts
ARE to be made In Kansas. Missouri. Ok
Wyoming. Montana and British Column
bia.
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CHILD MURDERS IN NEW YORK

New York. Jan. 31,-Another child
murder startled the city today 1t
occurred in a house on East FfftIcth
street where a man shot and killed
one child. wounded another probably
fatally and then shot himself. The
police are following a theory that the
man may have been the slayer of
two boys shot recently while coasting.