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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
SMOOT PRESENTS
IMP PORTANT BILL

Washinctn, March 2S-The move
ment for the transfer OF water power
sites from the national government TO
the several states and territories took
shape today when Senator Smoot tn-
tToduced a bill for that purpose.
Contrary TO general expectations
tne bill. will provide for the leasing
OF power sites by the states and would
not permit their sale under any con-
dltions.
1t would provide for the transfer To
state whenever it was shown to the
satisfaction OF the secretary of the
interior that any track was chiefly
valuable for power site. Only one
reservation would be made and that
would be that the four should not in
terfere with prospecting OF the de
Selopment of mineral resources
Other conditions OF the bill are:
That the land shall be devoted by
the lessee only to the development
Of water power. that the state shall
reserve the right to fix charges by
power companies for each ten year
period that no monopoly shall be per
mitted to be lessecs under the law
The last section would provide for
the forfeiture of the lands by the
states In case OF any disposition OF
the land contrary TO the provislons
Of the proposed Law.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
THORNE SMILES
At PHOTOGRAPH PHS

Salt Lake, March 2s-A smile
played about the corners OF Harry
Tnorne's mouth when he was pointed
out In his cell in the city jail 10 two
Idaho ranchmen this morning. He
did not look like the boy self-con-
fessed murderer of George w Fassell
He paid little attention 10 the men
VINO watched him
AS he sat on his cot he rolled a
cigarette Then he got up and walked
about his cell several times, all the
while smiling as If somebody had told
him a funny story When he returned
10 his cot he picked up a magazine
and turned to the pages containing a
story entitled AT the Musicale APP
parently he enjoyed the story.
When he turned to the photograph
oi group OF chorus girls in tights he
laughed outright His laugh was that
Of a merry boy and not a criminal.
Not once did he look straight into
the eyes OF the men who peered at
him curIously from without the bars.
From Harry Thorne's cell the
visitors were taken TO another part
of the Jail TO where James HAYS, also
charged With the murder of Fassell,
the grocer, was lying at ease in his
cell. AS the men approached the
jailer called out,
These boys would IKE TO have
look at YOU. Hays"
Tho prisoner said "All right" stood
up, Strengthened his muscular shoul-
ders and looked each man square In
the eyes Perhaps he was trying 10
look innocent His countenance shows
the lines Of craftlness, the love OF ad-
venture and bit Of hatred.
AS the visitors started TO walk
down the corridor Hays went back 20
his cot His shoulders dropped A
look OF hopelessness spread over his
face For an instant he looked like
a man Of 40 years OF age instead of
&c Then with 4 sigh he threw him
self on the cot. picked up the butt of
a cigarette and lighted It.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
0RPHEUM INCREASES
ITS CAPITAL STOCK
Special Meeting Of Stockholders Hold
on Monday Orders Increase
to 100000.

Salt Lake, March 29-fribune;
Stockholders Of the Orpheum theatcr
company on Monday at special meet
ing held in the office Of the manager
OF the theater. decided to increase
the capital stock OF the company from
$50 1000 to 100000. The purpose of
the Increase is TO purchase site
and erect new theater for the circuit
here. Now that tho construction of
tho new Newhouse theater. which is
To be taken by the William Morris
company. is being pushed to compile
tion and which It is understood Will
be ready for occupancy this fall in
time for the opening of the season
OF 1901, the Orpheum people feel
the need OF a larger theater The
Morris company is the strongest conf
petltor In the vaudeville world that
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
OF CHICKENS
GIVES GOOD RETURNS

Salt Lake, March 2S.-Fred w.
Chambers. state fish and game COM
missioner. is elated over the success
that has followed the feeding OF a
bunch of native prairie chickens near
Paradise, in the south end OF Cache
valley Late last fall about 500 OF the
chickens were discovered In the
south end of Cache valley, and Cham
Lers gave Instructions that as the win"
ter was a hard one. feed was to he
thrown In such places as the birds
would lnd It For several weeks dur
Ing the worst OF the winter weather
this plan was followed.
Saturday &Ir Chambers visited the
vicinity in which the birds had win
tored and counted over $50 healthy
birds. With the customary increase,
it IS expected tbat there will he AT
least 1000 birds In that VI 'mi,y by
next fall Mr.. Chambers returned to
Salt Lake this morning
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foreign COUPLE ARE
BELIEVED ACQUITTED

Salt Lake, March 2S.-Patrolman
Woods this morning arrested two
Italians. a man and woman VINO
were acting in strange manner
upon the streets. 1t Is believed The
foreigners are dcmented. and they
viii be examined rs 10 their sanity
AT the Federation of Labor Hall the
pair were discovered tearing open a
number oil envelopes as it troy ex.
pected TO fnd some money in them.
They are also reported 10 have gene
TO the Office Of the Metropoie hotel
and started TO tearing open envelopes.
Neither Of the Italians can read or
wrlto or speak English
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WinGer Funeral
Next Thursday

Salt Lake City, Utah. March Is
The funeral of John r Winder, first
councillor of the presidency OF tho
Mormon church. will call together the
highest officers of the denomination
from the many states and provinces
In which 1t Is organized.
The rites will be held in the taber-
nacle on Thursday morning. March
81
John Henry Smith. one Of the twelve
apostles and cousin TO President
Smith Is most prominently mentioned
in connection With tho post made va
cant by the death of the councillor,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29

in the west. Is critically III at his
home, "a street For some time Mr.
EIdredge has been suffering with
Brghts disease. but remained at
work until a few DAYS ago wren hc
was compelled TO take tn his room
Since iAat time everything that medl.
cal science and loving hand 81 foull do
has sbeeH>>done for him. hut Inc has
Slowly grown worse. \ reeott from
tho home this morning was To shs,
effect that he seemed slightly bett sr.
hat tbs; his condition was extremely
clltlcal.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29

raises a serious question as TO the
action of the court regarding the
Standard OH and American Tobacco
company suits and 1t is not improb-
able the case Will have TO be re-
tried, since there now remains but
seven justices to pass upon them.
Justice Moody not having participat-
ed In the trials by reason or Illness.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
DULL WEATHER
AFFECTS MARKET

Salt Lake. March est was eX.
tremely dull on local change this
morning Dull weather cast a gloomy
pail over the trading pit and the brok-
ers were lacking in spirit. with the
result that business WAS unusually
quiet.
Total sales Amounted 10 but 22.300
shares, representing financial tran
sactions of sS29o.50 Mason Valley
sloughed off from 81 10 TO sl6O. sci
Ter, and Colorado and Iron Blossom.
which were the other fayorites this
morning, hung around normal quota
tlonS
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
AGREEMENT EXPECTED.

Cleveland. March 2S.-It is believed
an agreement viii he reached late to-
day OF tomorrow between the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern rail
road and the train men and conduc-
tors, regarding the proposed wage
Increase and adjustment of wording
conditions.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29

any woman TO wear i hat pin that
protrudes from her hat one inch Coun-
Gilman Edward J. Moran. Jr., Will In
troduce an order in the council Tues
day. providing a SO fine Tor such Of
feDse.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29

The Republicans of the tenth con
gressional district in Indiana. which
includes the manufacturing district
around Gary, have renominated f.
D. Crumpncker for congress and up
proved the Payne-Aldrtch tariff act.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
RAILROAD MEN IN
CRITICAL CONDITION

Salt Lake, March 2S.-Dan b. Ed
ridge, travelling freight agent for the
II ok Island and one OF the best
known and most popular raiiroa1 men
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29

If silk ties or waists arc wanted
Ttlfi, iron them while quite damp. III
!hey are wanted soft and silky, iron
ghen almost dry.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29

If a wire clothes line is used it
should be painted.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
ANOTHER FIGHT ON

ANOTHER FIGHT ON
THE LONG HAT PIN
Lynn, Mass. March 27-FollowinG
the crusade against long hatplns in
Chicago, a movement has been start
cd here to make IL 4 misdemeanor for
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-29
Talks Longing!y
PEE RY'S
CRESCENT
FLOUR

the Ideal Bread Flour. and see If tho
Sresults won't satisfy the most critical
man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10

Old Abe Cruger lived in New
England in the DAYS Of Indian war
fare. lie was fatalist of pro-
nounced type. Nevertheless he
would not venture forth without his
blunderbuss. One day he had an
important errand, but the blunder-
buss, when he came to get it, was
missing from the rack made of an
tiers where it always hung. Some
one Of his family had taken it. Abe
Eat down to wait till it was brought
back.
"But, Abe, | thought you were q
fatalist?" said a friend
80 ] am" the old man an.
sNercd.
"Then why bother about your
blunderbuss ?" taunted the friend.
"You are in no danger from the IN
dians, since YOU can't possibly die
till your time comes"
"Yes," said the old man, |but
suppose ! was to meet an Indian
and his time had come. 1t wouldn't
do for me not to have my blunder-
buss, would it?"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10
Not Afraid of a Ghost.

In a village in England man
went running into an inn at 9
O'Clock at night and cried out that
there was a ghost in his back yard.
There were fourteen men in the
inn, and not one Of them dared to
20 home with the man and investi-
gate. There was a person who
dared, however. and thai was the
landlords daughter, a gil. Of four
teen. Some Of the men followed
her at a distance. and she went into
the yard and up to the ghost, flap
ping its arms about, and discovered
a mans white shirt tapping on the
clothesline in a strong breeze.
That's about the way all ghosts turn
out.-Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10
Why Elsie Was Sent TO Bed.

While little Elsie's elder sister,
May, was entertaining her latest ac-
QUESTION, a most dignifed and gen
teel young man, in the parlor Elsie
was relegated to the dining room to
play with her doll.
This particular one, the possessor
Of kid body and bisque head, had
been somewhat ailing of late, owing
to the fact that its head was grad
ually becoming detached and its
pivotal eyes refused to perform
their functions Of opening and
closing. After considerable prob
ing for the cause of the trouble
Elsie made the discovery that there
was something inside of it and final
ly succeeded in extracting a large
roll Of tightly curled hair. A mo
ment later she burst into the par
lor in great state of excitement
and shouted.
''Pity sakesl No wonder Dorothy
was sick. Look what was in her
stummick. She must have swallow
ed Sister Mays ratY' - Pittsburg
Gazette.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10
Sound philosophy,

OF all methods Of making anoth.
er person angry and disagreeablc
the worst is to tell him that he will
shave to" do something. How often
do we hear. "You will have to 60
to the other window" "You will
have to 20 into the other car"
"You will have to wait an hour"
"You will have to write the general
passenger agent or superintend-
ent," and the like! Primarily we
are all free agents and don't "have
to" do a darned thing. We may
find it cxpedient or necessary to a
certain end, but we don't even
shave to" eat IL we don't want to.
How easy to put the direction in
manner, such as, "The 9th
er window, please" or "Will you
kindly take the car ahead?" or "The
rules require" A short, very short,
explanation Of why certain thing
is necessary will always work won
ders in avoiding trouble.-Railroad
EMPLOYEE.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10

Kinglake, the author Of go
.hcn,' was afflicted with gout, and
he had a fancy TO try lady doctor
and wrote to one to ask if gout was
beyond her scope. She replied,
Dear sir, gout is not beyond my
scope, but men are"
1t was Kinglake who uttered one
Of the neatest OF mots on the pecul-
lar character Of the Times. He had
iittlc fondncss for that journal, in
spite Of personal friendships which
might have been expected to soften
his views Of the question. The pa
per was stiIl to him a sort Of Jug
rornaut. irresistible and fateful. On
seeing the announcement Of the
new editors marriage he exclaimed:
@Heayensl That brings the Times
INTO relations with humanity"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10

A Turkish paper tells this story:
ibnhim EfTendi, to whom things
happened. did YOU perchance hear
Of the things? The effendi was
crossing river. bearing with him
hls mothcr-in-law and a bag Of gold.
hs savingg. Then rose the flood,
winch wrecked the vessel, and lbra-
MN know not at first which to save,
lhe gold or his relative. Then, hav-
Ing taken counsel with himself,
thought lbrahim and spake: My
goa will | save, for where can !
get more gold? But Allah to me
VIII give all the mothers-in-law
Inat ] need and perhaps more
Ihen, having thus said, he thus did,
and all the Turks said that he was
wise"
Uncle Ephraim Raylfcnse-Why,
mats perfect picture of my old
ter?
Artist (who has been sketching
N the neighborhood)- when
mat painting is finished it will be
worth 800 anyhow.
ncle Ephriam-Ain't there 60
N to be nothin' else in it?
Artlst = No, nothing but the
~ Incle Ephriam-Well, you can't
sel i anywhere's around here fur
~ Sioo. Everybody knows Pve Of
.e,ed the hoss himself time an
a. n fur Sl5 an take it out in
1uck.-Chicaro ro Trihnna-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10

! ashmgton man, whose busi
ness lal ,aglt him to New York
took a rln not long ago into Con
ncctc,t. where he had lived in hi,
childhood
In the place whore he was born
he accostcd a venerable old chap OF
some eighty years, who proved to
be the very person the Washington
an sought to answer certain in.
quirics concerning the place. As
the conversation preceded the
Washington man So d.
81 suppose SoA have always lived
around here"
"Oh, no, said The native: 81 wa,
born two good miles from here. .
Cincinnati Commercial: Tribune.
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AN ALGERIAN STORY.
All and Mohamnci Exchange Secrets
of Their Trade.

OF Iheir Trade.
Mohammed ben Mohammed VAS
narabout whose affairs were in a
most houriahing condition. Pill
rrims visited his ancestors tomb by
hundreds, leaving many and rich
offerings, and Mohammed ben No
BANNED grew fatter and wealthier
daily.
lis seryitor, Ali ben Ali, became
tired Of watching his masters in
creased wealth and bulk, while his
own pocket was as ilat as his body
was thin. So one dark night he 81
lcntly tyok his departure. riding on
tie back OF young ass belonging
to his master.
After a march, OF about thirty
mi.us the ass had enough Of carry
in Ali 1t was a young ass and
knew no better. SO il went on
strike. lay down and forthwith died.
Therearon Ali dug hole and
put the ass in, piling great noun
TAN Of stones over it. Then, sit
ting down beside the heap, he be-
gan 70 pray. \ traveller passing in
quircI by whose tomb he prayed SO
ieUentlg. Ali was filed with as
tonishment
What! Had he never heard Of
the great saint Amar ben Amar
literally "an ass, the son of an
ass' All the people Of the coun-
try around came there to pray.
The traveller did not fail to .meA-
ton the marabout Amar ben
Amar's tomb, and soon pilgrims
focked to il with offerings, and Ali
ben Ali grew fat and rich.
The faithful neglected Moham-
med ben Mohammed, who at last,
furious, abandoned his marabout in
order to pay a visit to his rival.
Great was his astonishment when
he recognized his runaway servitor.
Taking him aside, he whispered:
"Tell re the truth. Who is your
marabout ?"
"The ass | stole from you. And
now tell me-who is your mara
bont:'
The mother Of the ass you stole
from me"-"My Experiences In
Algeria" by Baroness de Boerio, in
Vide World Magazine.
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a Lively Chin.

The 81 time darky had a great
admiration ior high sounding word.
and plra c Ne also had a deer
respect fora ln who has the bold
ncss tn devise innovations Of speech
81 ics' tell you Nassa Rawson has
2 paw fnl control Oh language" said
one o,d plantation negro thought
Iully oa hls !, turn from neighbor
~ q =" -pcct 20 learn some
ting cbc~ me | hear him talk.
'c r telling Major Williams
b s. e. being tooken sick aft.
rr n ~" J.e She had. an stead
ob sar'r in respects to her shaking
tit She Had at she Shook like she
had Dc agrr, same as most folks
wolll sav. nat fgur' is YOU S pos
ns l.c.utA:"
81 dunno" said the old mans
n.fosalkl rom the ironing board.
VIE said sac shook ike nm ash
paa' Nat's Los GruI, an I amt
gwine forget it loath's Compan
ion.
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An Indefinite Number.

Three e-year-old Andrew was in q
"a ther petulant mood, and in order
to restore his customary good hui
NOR his mother promised him some
preserved strawberries if he would
BE- a good boy. Calling a servant,
she said:
".Jcnnie, please give Andrew
about folr straw berries
Jennie proceeded to fulfill the
wish OF her mistress and counted
out the berries. "One, two, three,
four"
81 want Eve" protested the child.
"But vour mother said four"
said jennie.
"AIamma said about FOUR" re-
piled Andrew.
And he got the Gfth.-New York
Times.
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The Old Constitution.

The Constitution originally car
ried forty-four guns. A particular
ly interesting history is connected
with this ship. During the war
with the Barbary powers in 1903
she was Commodore Preble's flag
ship in the Mediterranean and
played a conspicuous part during
the whole var Lieutenant Wads-
worth, v,o was blown up before
Tripoi in the III fatcd Intrepid,
was one OF the ollicer, of the Con-
stitution. In the.coursc Of the war
with England IN 1912 the English
papers laughed at the Constitution
and spoke Of her as "a bundle Of
pine boards sailing under a bit of
striped bunting.' But when under
Captain Hull she captured the
English frigate Guerriere, a vessel
of nearly equal force, the people
who had before ridiculed her called
her zone of the stanchest vessels
afoat" A few months after this
victory the Constitution, then com
manded by Captain Bainbridge,
compelled one of the finest frigates
in the British navy, the Java, to
strike its colors.
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Rival Accomplish ! r...

A new hoy had moved into the
ncigh5orhood. lie was sitting on
the line fence that separated his
particular back yard from the yard
to the ncXt door neigh
Dor and was proceeding to cultivate
the acquaintance Of the next door
neighbor's boy
I've gone through grammar
school," he said. 81 can do every
sum in the mental arithme.ic and
| ALWAYS got hundred mark in my
history and geography
"Well." responded the other boy,
out his lower jaw, Il can
move my ears, and YOU can't. =
Youths Companion.
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Second Thouuhts.

at cannot be-" sighed the maid.
II respect YOU highly, Mr.. Hunter,
but we are incompatible"
"Well, | suppose it cannot be
helped the young man replied,
pocketing his chagrin and looking
about for his hat, "but it defeats all
my cherished hopes. l had planned
a house in which fondly imagined
we might be happy. 1t was to have
had a pantry twice as large as the
ordinary size, with roomy closet in
which TO stow away the new cooking
utensils and things that a woman
naturally buys when peddler
comes around"
"Stay, George" she said, falter-
ing perhaps i have been too has
tv. Give me another day or two to
think it over. 1t is not impossible
that-that"-
Philadelphia Ledger.
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His Great Weight.

Nothing expresses better the i'm
portance Of a person--in his own or
in the worlds cyes-than to state it
in terms Of his relations with the
physical world.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, it will be
recalled. remarked that the axis Of
the earth sticks out in every mans
back yard. A bonmot of not dis
similar kind is recorded Of Wash
ington Irving.
The conversation was turned on
the pomposity Of a certain Ameri-
can diplomatist
"Ah, he is a great man." said
Irving, "and in his own estimation
a very great mana man Of great
weight Nhcn he goes to the west
.he east tips upw
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"Yes," She admitted. with a sad
little sigh, there was time when
| thought him the erandcst man in
the world-when | fancied that
nothing could ever make me cease
to love HIM"
"Woll,' her friend replied. 81
suppose we are all doomed TO these
disonchanting experiences. We have
only TO become acquainted with a
man to discover that lie is not the
god we had supposed him to be-"
"But it wasn't becoming ac-
quaintcd with him that destroyed
my ideal. am sure that could
still think him splendid if had
uever seen him in riding breeches." +"
Chicago Record Herald.
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AT dnacr one day. ay. r
writer ID thc Philadelphia illhc
Ledger. sal0e men wc discussing
the merits 1f dTcrD-t kinds OF
game birds Ono pro'o-rcd canvas
back duck. another Aa1dcock. ana
still anotker thoualt quail the
most delicious article Of food. The
discussion ana the dinner ended at
about the same time.
"Now. Frank" said one Of the
men to ihe waiter at his elbow.
"what kind Of game do you Ike
best?"
"Well, sub. to tell the truf. al.
most any kind Of game suits me,
but wtat like bcs' is. an Anc- ras
eagle served on a silver dollar"
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Nailed to O Goose's Eco.

A Hungarian blacksmith recently
tent rs present to the emperor OF
Austria horseshoe, pair OF pinch
.rs, a ile and a knife, all in
yeniously nailed to a goose's egg
without the egg being broken. The
Emperor sent in return his photo
raph. a gold medal and 30 duosts.
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81 anced. | cannot write.
ST was the refrain of the bud
ding poets latest production, and
when il reached the hands of the
weary editor, who had been bonn
bardcd by bushels Of unavailable
outpourints from the same source.
he promptly sent it back, with the
following terse and businesslike in
dorscmcnt:
"Glad to hear it! Keep Kit,
right on the jobl Any time tha'
she strikes for higher wages let me
know, and | viii make up the diff
ference myself rather than have her
stop. New York Times.