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TITLE PAGE OF PEKIN ILLUSTRATED DAILY WITH OPIUM
CARTOON BENEATH.

the English language at Annoy, Foo
chow and Hankow: and there Is a Ger
man paper published at TSingtau In
Shantung. The Japanese have several
papers in China, and there arc Portu
guese journals in Macao and HongkonS
All of these papers cater to the for
eign population They are mostly blan-
ket sheets of the style which we used
to have. and they sell on the average at
f1ve cents per copy. AS far as adver-
tising is concerned they are we'll sup
ported and most OF them are run at
profit.
CHINESE PAPERS ABROAD
There are quite a number of Chinese
papers outside China, some of which
have considerable circulation here
There are three such In Singapore, one
In Penang, seven in San Francisco. four
in Honolulu and one in Manila. Japan
has two, Sydney two, and there are
number In Hongkong.
The empire has also several mission
ary journals, some of which arc medical
and Others religious 1t begins 10 have
magazines and with the new schools
and the new civilization it Will probably
build up a new literature
I understand that the prince regent
is contemplating starting an organ of
his own. He Is greatly interested in
newspapers, and has given orders to
the grand council to have deputies
read all the Chinese daIlies and to
furnish him abstracts OF the important
news contained in them. Eight men
have been chosen to translate the
foreign papers, and his highness has
these classified and pasted away in 4
scrap book 1t is said that Yuan Shih
kai. owned a newspaper while he was
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in Pekin, and that several of the
cabinet officers are secretly Interested
in the different journals there The
statesmen watch the papers to SEQ
whether they are properly mentioned.
and desire for notoriety Is spring.
ing up among them.
THEY WANT FOREIGN NEWS.
Now that China is adopting the new
anxious to learn what Is going on all
over the world. They are studying
public opinion in New York. Berlin
and London: and they watch the
market reports China Is borrowing
many millions of dollars from outside
nations to develop her country as
to railways and other things; and the
government has to know what goes on
abroad The Associated Press tele-
grams are forwarded to the viceroys
and to the cabinet officers at Pekin
as soon as they are received, and they
are translated and read before they
appear in the newspapers.
The government officers are greedy
for articles about China, and one of
the leading cabinet ministers at Pekin
recently told his interpreter to give
him a full translation of the London
Times from day to day. The man
protested that such a thing WAS I'M
possible as we'll as unnecessary, say
ing that the English local news and
the announcement of marriages,
births and deaths were of no value 20
China. The cabinet minister replied
that he wanted the whole thing. and
that he would get another interpreter,
| am told that The Times Is now
translated for him.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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management Of this newspaper office.
In the first place. the printers are not
hired individually. A contract Is made
with the foreman, who sets up the
paper al so much per day and employs
his own assistants. In this he has to
conform to the printers union. for
everything In China Is done by guilds
and labor organizations. The employ
ers have also a union. and so have the
ncwsdealers. The proprletors have to
pay the latter guild so much for each
copy of their circulations, and they dare
not push their sales Independently of IL
The latest guild is that of the news
paper owners. They have combined to-
eether not to cut prices and to defend
themselves from the printers and 9TH
eTS
The Sin Wan Pao has a circulation of
about 20 coo, but this is equal to more
than 100000 In the United States. be-
cause every copy of a Chinese news
paper is sold over and over again 1t
first goes to the rich. who use 1T for
the morning. In the afternoon the
boys call for it and sell II again In
the morning 1T Is worth IA cash, or
about Y cent American. In the after
noon II will bring a quarter of n cent
and the next day perhaps half that.
Every copy is supposed to reach five
different families, SO that, as FAR as
the advertisements are concerned, II
touches five times as many people as a
United States journal.
IN THE COMPOSING ROOMS.
But come with me into the composing
rooms and see how a Chinese newspa-
per Is made The printers work In
pens made of type cases. which rest
on the ground and rise high above their
heads. The cases slope backward and
each contains thousands of lead char
acters The types are thicker than
ours. but not so tall. They are made
in the establishment, and boys are kept
busy day in and day out casting new
type for the paper, Some of the dali
lies are now putting in stereotyping
outfits, and the Sin Wan Pao is cast
i'm cylinders just like an American
newspaper. 1t is run off on a rotary
press which prints 10000 an hour II
goes to press at o'clock in the morn
ing and has telcgraphic news up to that
hour
The paper used by the Chinese jour
nails Is thinner and better than ours.
This is necessarily so, as many of the
characters are black and they hold ink
like a sponge. The advertisers often
want white letters on a black back
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railroad property and franchises and Its
other assets and property TO the lien OF
the First Consolidated Mortgage of the
Rio Grandc Western Railway Company
of date April l. 1899 and for the purpose
of taking any lawful action In relation
to the mortgaGinG of the company's
railroads, railroad property and fran
chises and its other assets and property
as may by the stockholders at such
meeting be deemed requisite or desir-
able
Also for the purpose of considering
and confirming or disappearing certain
action of the Board of Directors of said
company. providing for the sale and
conveyance OF all of the railroads. prop
critics, assets and franchises of tho
company To the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad Company. but subject to the
lien thereon OF the First Consolidated
Mortgage of the Rio Grande Western
Railway Company of date April l. 1889,
and for the purpose f taking any law
full action In relation to the conveyance
of the companys said railroads. proper
ties. assets and franchises as may by
the stockholders at said meeting be
deemed requisite or desirable.
Also for the purpose of taking action
upon a proposition to dissolve the cor
poratlon after tine making of the con-
vcyances above mentined
UTAH EASTERN RAILWAY CO,
BY c. H. Schlacks, President
r. a Greenwood, Secretary.
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IN A CHINESE COMPOSING ROOM

inc Sin Wan Pao Is situated on what
might be called the Fleet street of
emma. This Is a part of the Shan
tung road which Is lined with news
paper offices. and lies In the heart of
foreign Shanghai. with big business
buildings on either side
The most of the papers, however. arc
housed In low, dark. ill-lighted struc-
tures, the Offices being reached by mar
row stairs. l was especially interested
IN the sleeping accommodations put up
Tor the compositors and editors IT
VIII seem strange to our newspaper
men that the, employees OF Chinese
dailies should be slept and eaten"
Their wages always include board and
lodging. But the meals cost but few
cents each per day, and the lodging Is
not as good as the steerage accommo-
dations of an Atlantic steamer For in
stance, in one journalistic building l
found 10 men sleeping IN a bedroom not
over II feet square They lay one
above the other in hunks built around
the walls. and the only private proper
ty could sec was the boxes in which
the men store their clothes, Not only
the compositors and reporters but some
Of the editors sleep on the premises in
this way. They are always on hand and
there IS no trouble In getting out an
extra tl any nour oil inc night
WAGES OF NEWSPAPER MEN.
AS | went through the establishment
/ asked as TO the wages They are eX-
ceedngly low. Compositors are paid by
the month. They each receive from
81 to 81 for 30 DAYS of hard work there
being no rest on Sundays. The 81 men
ara the apprentices-boys who have
had slight education and are learning
TO set type. Editorial writer's are fairly
well paid, some receiving as high as $S5
month, while reporters get % cents
and upward per day. Some space work
is done. and correspondents are paid
for what they send in. according to
the valuation of the editor The Sin
Wan Pao has in all about 200 corre-
spondents who send In letters and tele-
grams, They represent every section
of the Chinese empire, and especially
the large cities In the provincial CAPT
tails. The paper gets the news of the
world by cable through the Reuter- AS
sociated Press Much of It's correspo1-
dcnce Is sent In on approval. and not
few of the writer's are paid small sal
aries with bonuses for extra work
THE PRINTERS UNION.
l found many queer things in the
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

CASTLE VALLEY RAILWAY co.
Notice of Special Meeting OF Stockhold-
eIs Salt Lake city. Utah. January Sth.
islo.-To the Stockholders of Castle VAL
iey Railway Company:-Notice is here
oy given that a special meeting or the
Company Will be held at the PRINCIPAL
oince of the company in tho Judge
Euilding. Salt Lake City. Utah. upon
friday, the Hst day of January. 1910.
OF taking action upon a proposition to dis
solve the corporation and to authorize the
Board of Directors to cause application
TO DC made for judicial declaration OF
by law
CASTLE VALLEY RAILWAY CO.
- BY L. T. Jeffcry. President.
T. A. Greenwood Secretary
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE

COLUMBUS EXTENSION MINING
co, Principal place of business, N2-s
Judge Building, Salt Lake City. Utah.
Location of mines. Alta. Utah. Notice
Is hereby given that at a meeting OF
the Board of Directors of the Columbus
Extension Mining Company, held on the
18th day of December. 1900 assessment
No OF ono % cent per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, Issued and outstanding. pay
able Immediately TO the secretary, at tho
office of the corporation. 2J2-3 Judge
Building. Salt Lake City. Utah Any
stock upon which this assessment may
remain unpaid on Saturday. the 22nd day
OF January 1910. will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction
and unless payment IS made before will
be sold on Friday, the llth day of Feb
company's office. TO pay the delinquent
assessment thereon. together with tho
costs Of advertising and expense OF sale
" s. SNOW. Secretary
First publication December 21st 1909
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

SEWER RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice of Special Meeting of Stockhcld-
ers Salt Lake city. Utah, January 9Th.
1gO.-,ro the Stockholders of SEWER Rail
way Company:-Notice Is hereby given
that a special meeting of the stockhold-
crs of SEWER Railway Company Will be
held at the principal Office OF the com
pany in the Judge Building, Salt Lake
city, Utah. upon Friday the 21St day
of January. 1910. at 1915 o'clock m. for
the purpose of taking action upon n
proposition to dissolve the corporation
and to authorize the Board of Directors to
cause application to be made for judicial
declaration of such dissolution In the
manner required bv law.
SEWER RAILWAY COMPANY.
By f 7. Jcffcry. President.
L a Greenwood Secretary.
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seret News by Frank G. Carpenter
Especial Correspondencc)

Especial Correspondence
~ HANGHAI, 1909-China is now
looking at the world through the
4 J right end Of the opera glass Its
400 900 have their almond eyes
open, and 1T wants something yellow 10
stir up Its blood, Moreover. 1t Is frd-
ing that something in the new news
papers, which are now sprlnging up all
over the empire. Within the past
three or four years about 400 periodical.
have been esta ablished, and half that
number of dailles are now coming ont
in the different cities. There is a vel
low journal on the borders of Tibet,
newspaper reporters are interviewing
the statesmen in Pekin; and the native
editors are demanding boycott
against foreign goods down in Canton.
There are already 2l dallies in the Chi
nese capital, and eight here in ShanS-
hal Five have been started in Hong
Kong; and more in Canton and others OF
the provincial capitals
These journals represent every shade
of opinion, and not a few of them are
sensational. Some are ardent sup
porters of the imperial government.
and others arc critlclzing It. Some
boom certain local issues. while Others
denounce them The public officials
are beginning to wake up to the power
OF the newspaper, and not a few OF
them are starting journals to forward
their Views.
Hero in Shanghai there are altogether
about 100 periodicals. These include
monthlies, weeklies and dailles, the lat
ter being among the most important in
China. The papers are published IN
the foreign section of the city. and are
therefore free from government in
spection. This allows their editors
more latitude of expression than is
permitted to the papers in the native
towns, and the Shanghai dailles there
fore go out to all parts OF China.
IN A CHINESE NEWSPAPER Of
FICE.
/ spent some time today going
through the esta blishment of the most
important of these papers. II is known
as the Sin Wan Pao. and has about the
largest circulation of any newspaper in
the empire 1t belongs to a limited
liability company, made UP largely of
Chinese, but most of the stock is owned
by an American, DR.. John c. Fergu-
son. who Is also proprietor of the
Shanghai Times. 1t was with DR.. Fer
guson that l went through the offices.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

UTAH EASTERN RAILWAY co.
Notice OF Special Meeting OF Stockhold-
ers. salt Lake City. Utah. January 5th.
19iO.-To the Stockholders Of Utah East
ern Railway Company is hereby
given that special meeting OF inc
Company Will be held at the principal
office of the company In the Judge
Building. at Salt Lake City. Utah. upon
Friday. the 2ist day OF January. lslV;
ot 10 o'clock a. m. for the purpose OF
Considering and confirming or disnpprov-
ing certain action OF the Board OF Direc-
tors of said company providing Tor me
subJection OF the company raliroaoS'
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

TINTIC RANGE RAILWAY co.
Notice OF Special Meeting OF Stockhold-
crs Salt Lake City. Utah. January 5th.
19lO.-To the Stockholders OF Tlntic
Range Railway Company:-Notlce is
hereby given that a special meeting OF
the stockholders OF Tintic Range Rail-
way company will be held at the prlnci-
pnI office of the company In the Judge
building. Salt Lake city. Utah. upon
Friday. the 2ist day OF January, 1910
at II O'Clock a. m. for the purpose of
taking action upon a proposition TO dis
solve the corporation and to authorize
tho Board Of Directors to cause appliea-
tlon to be made for judicial declaration
ar such dissolution In the manner re-
TINTIC RANGE RAILWAY CO,
BY l.. r. Jeffery. President.
Il A. Greenwood Secretary.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

SANPETE VALLEY RAILWAY co.
Notice Of Special Meeting of Stockhold-
ers. Salt Lake City. Utah, January 5th
1e1O.-To the Stockholders of Sanpete
Valley Railway Company;-Notlce is
hereby given that a SPECIAL meeting of
the stockholders of Sanpete Valley Rail-
way Company will be held at the prlncl-
pal office OF the company In the Judge
building. salt Lake City Utah. upon
Friday the 21st day OF January. 1910
at II 10 o'clock a m. for the purpose
of taking action upon proposition to
dissolve the corporation and to authorize
the Board of Directors to cause appllca-
ton TO be made for judicial declaration
of such dissolution in the manner re-
auired by law.
SANPETE VALLEY RAILWAY CO.
By c. II. Schlaclls, President
f a Greenwood Secretary.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

"COPPER" BELT RAILROAD CO.
Notice OF Special Meeting OF Stockhold-
ers' rs' salt Lake City. Utah. January 5th.
isl9n,-Io the Stockholders of Copper Belt
railroad Company is hereby
stockholders of Copper Belt Railroad
company will be held at the principal
othee shee of the company In the Judge
Buiiding. salt Lake City, Utah. upon
rrioay. the lst day OF January, 1910, at
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DELINQUENT NOTICE.

UTAH CONSOLIDATED MINING &
MILLING COMPANY. incorporated un-
der the laws OF the State of Utah. Prin-
cipal place of business Salt Lake City.
Utah. Notice-There are delinquent upon
the following described stock on ac
count of assessment No. . levied on the
Goth day of November. 1909. of one-half
of one cent (ia) per share. the several
amounts set opposite the names of the
respective shareholders as follows:
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DELINQUENT NOTICE.

UTAH-ARIzoNA GOLD & COPPER
MINING COMPANY. Principal places of
business, Chloride. Ariz, and Salt Lako
City, Utah, Principal office. l07 Conti-
City. Utah. Location of mines. Mohevo
County. Territory of Arizona. Notice
There are delinquent upon the following
described stock on account OF assess
ment No OF one cent Gc.) per share.
levied on the 18th day OF October. A.
D., 1909. the several amounts set oppo-
site the names OF the respective share
holders, as follows:
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IL o'clock NJ. for the purpose Of taking
action upon a proposition TO dissolve the
corporation and TO authorize the Board
of Directors TO cause application to be
made for judicial declaration Of such dis
solution In the manner required by law.
COPPER BELT RAILROAD co.
By g. II. Schlacks. President.
Edward r. Murphy Secretary.
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And IN accordance with law and an or
der of the Board of Directors made on
the S0th day of November 1909. so many
shares of each parcel OF such stock as
may be necessary, Will be sold at public
auction at Room No. i25 Atlas Block,
Salt Lake City Utah, on the 21st day
of january 1910. at the hour of 10 o'clock
n IN. to pay delinquent assessment to-
gethcr with the cost OF advertising and
expenses of the sale.
HART ]. FITZGERALD.
Secretary.
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DELINQUENT NOTICE

THE SILVER DIPPER MINING co
Principal place of business so1t III.
city. Utah Notlce.-Therc arc deiIno
ouent upon the following described stock
on account Of assessment No. ! levied
on the 22nd day of October. 1909. the sew
eral amounts set opposite the names of
the respective shareholders as follows:
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THE PEKIN GAZETTE.


The old Pekin Gazette has been
modified. 1t is now Issued In a differ
cnt form. but 1t comes out regularly
and has wide circulation all over the
empire. This Is the oldest journal in
The world. II was being read by the
Chinese centuries before America was
discovered, and it had been In ex-
istence over 500 years when the Frank
iort Gazette. the first daily newspaper
OF our civilization, began Its publica-
tion In 1915.
Until recently the Pekin Gazette was
set up from movable type made of
wood. and printed on double pages of
about the size and shape of the old
fashioned patent drug store almanacs.
1t then contained, as 1t does now, the
imperial DEGREES. and gave the Of
licial news of Pekin. 1t recorded the
times when the emperor went out to
sacr,fice at the Temple of Heaven, and
when his imperial majesty prayed
Tor snow or rain. or started the spring
ploWing. 1t gave the official reports
from the provinces; and the sentences
OF slicing to death and other punish
ments. which were so common until
the new regime came in.
The Peliln Gazette of today is largely
devoted to the modern movements
now going on over China Ii contains
memorials relating to the schools and
the establishment of constitutional
government. 1t Is full of cdicts re-
Garding the opium evil, and the i'm
portation Of morphine; and 1t has
much to say about railways and
foreign loans. I. contains now and then
a paragraph concerning the emperor
and the empress dowager, as we'll as
some of the doings of the prince re-
gent and his cabinet officials. 1t is
more interesting than were the issues
Of the past. although it IS staid and
steady and lacks the gossip of the new
Chinese dailies
A WOMAN'S DAILY.
The only woman's daily newspaper
published in Asia, If not in the world
is issued by woman in Pekin Its
editor Is a Chinese girl belonging to
well-to-do family. Her paper is known
as the Pekin Woman's Journal II is
published in an attractive form and
is written In classic Chinese It Is
largely devoted to educational matters
and especially to the advancement of
woman. 1t advocates the anti-foot-
binding movement, supports the anti
opium crusade. and. in general. Is for
woman's rights from a Chinese stand
point.
FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS.
There are now foreign papers pub
lished at nearly all OF the ports of this
country. There are a half dozen or
more here at Shanghai. The North
China Daily News and the Shanghai
Times come out every morning. and
the Mercury and Gazette every evening.
The French have a daily known as
L'Echo de Chine and the Germans have
one. the Ostasiatishe Lloyd. Shanghai
has four foreign weeklies. Tientsin has
several dailies. including the Pekin and
Tientsin Gazette. and so has Hong
kong. including the Hongkong Press.
the China Mail and Hongkong Tele-
graph. There are papers published in
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WHY USE YOUR

Letterheads for scratch paper when
We can sell you scratch paper so
cheap? THE DESERET NEWS
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sane mind, and over 20 years of age.
They must have never been punished
OF imprisoned, and must be in good
standing All Gaily papers must be
tibm!tted to the local censors be-
lore midnight of the day previous to
tncir iss1o; and all corrections of mis-
statements must be In the following
Issue.
There are many restrictions as to the
character of tlo news to be published.
The reports of TIE proceedings Of clos
ed trials are prohibited anC all secret
DEGREES must be held back until they
arc officially Issued Tae articles pro-
Vic against the publication of any
thing walch Is likely to destroy the
stability of the government, or TO low
er the standard Of the living of the
Teo7ic. The fines fer the various Of
lenses are GXcG. and for some i'm
prlsonmeCt not exceeding six months
is the penalty. All papers may be
suspended at the wifi of the govern
ment and all persons signing articles
which are published. shall be liable I'm
the same way rs the editors AL
together ;he regulations are strict hut
IN fast changing country. such as
TINS now i5, they are almost n neces-
.tt
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And In accOrdance with law and an
order of the Board OF Directors made on
the 2nd day OF October. 1909 so many
shares OF each parcel OF such stock as
may be necessary Will be sold at tho
office OF the company. sos Scott Building,
Salt Lake city, Utah. on the 18th day OF
January. 1910. at p. m. OF said day, 10
pay delinquent assessment thereon. to-
Gethcr with the cost of advertising and
expense of sale
Date extended from December 10. 1917.
10 date hereof.
CHAs. E. STREET. Secretary.