The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11

and decide, and with mercilcss press
on one hand and n bowling public on
the other, il is likely 10 be kept busy.
The retirement of Robert G. Clowry
as president of the Western Union
Telephone aud Telegraph company. and
the appointment OF Theodore \. Vail
10 succeed him, marks one more step in
the progress made by the American
Telephone and Telegraph company.
From almost every quarter of the
union there have come during the last
few years notifications that Bell telc-
phone companies have increased their
capital and extended their business.
The understanding is that Mr.. Vail
has been given unlimited scope, as
well as Capital, in developing his
organization. and that III due time it
will grow to gigantic dimensions. 1t
is said that ultimately its capitalize
tion will exceed the billion dollars Of
the steel trust. The latest incident,
therefore, is TO be viewed as merely a
link in a very long chain, which may
one day circle the whole of the United
States,
Indian Taste in Blankets.
B: NJ. Kelly, a prominent resident
of Pendleton, Or. is in this city on a
business trip, Mr.. Kelly has been
thrown constantly in contact with the
Indians in and around Oregon on the
reservations, and the other night while
speaking Of the customs and habits OF
the Indians as he had observed them,
said:
"There are two important factors
which in the minds Of the braves must
be present to comprise a genuine In
dian blanket, and the skill and judg-
ment he exercises in making his selec-
tions are worthy of mention. Whether
he is to possess one OF twenty blankets
has nothing to do with the great care
used in selecting them. His first de-
mand is that the robes contain three
colors-red. yellow and green, one Of
the three being usually the prevailing
shade. Secondly, be demands that the
blanket have three bold stripes-all of
the same pattern and carrying the
same colors-two being ten inches
from each edge of the robe, while the
third and center stripe is trihe
wider and also runs the entire length
of the blanket.
''Wben the blanket is worn by the
Indian, the center stripe falls in the
middle of the back, giving the tall and
stately effect so much desired. II the
Indian is in mourning, the pattern is
not changed. but the blanket contains
only dark blue and black as colors.
The manner in which the Indian wears
his blanket and wraps 1t about him
denotes very often the state of mind.
"Gricf or sorrow. for instance, would
be marked by the blanket being drawn
over the lower portion of the face,
leaving exposed the nose and eyes only.
There is no article of wearing apparel
so much used bv the Indian as the
blanket. AS saddle while he is rid
ing his pony, as shelter OF bed while
huAting or fishing, carefully hung about
the sides and bottom of his tcpee dur
ing the winter. and as indispensable
covering the entire year, the blanket
is ever in use.'
Tribute to Newsgirl.
A touching tribute TO the memory Of
their former "queen' was witnessed
last week at the burial in Lutheran
cemetery of Winnie Horn. who WAS
probably the best known newsgirl in
America, when many former newsboys,
long since grown up, attended the flu
neral and literally covered her coffin
and grave with floral offerings.
The girl first became known in 1896
Her mother had news stand at Sixth
avenue and Twenty-tbird streets. Up
at Broadway was the Fifth Avenue bo-
tel, at that time perhaps the most ia
nous hotel in the city. 1t was there
that she FIRST sold papors, and many
well.known men, including Senator
Thomas G, Platt, Theodore Roosevelt
and President Mckinley bought papers
of her whenever thcY were in toWn