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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

The premium list for the farmers,
agricultural far is now out. Get one
ana look over the premiums and figure
on what You have to enter Itis your
falr and its success or failure depends
on the people No one of the manage.
ment1s making any money out of the
enterprise. Thew are donating a large
amount of time and effort for the
0ood of the cause, jain 10 and con.it-
bute your mite.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

lhe great coal strike has ben
settled and things are beginning to
mum around the coal mines as Of
Old The settlement seems to be
satisfactory to both sides of the
controversy. The railroad bows
Will soon be called on to get busy
now and the empty coal bins to
fill up.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

The former secretary aid treas
urer OF the Sugar Refining Co. got
a me OF S5' 900 and a penitentiary
sentence OF eight months for his
snare In the short weight fraud.
This is the man higher up that has
been talked of, The company has
already put up over So, 900, 900 to
the government to pay dues on
short weights already discovered.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

For the best interests of the party
and the good of the service we
suggest, as has been sugg ested
before, that Ballinger and Uncle
Joe resign and let the wrangle
cease.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

The success of the Democrats in
the next national campaign would
be sure check to the much talked
of automobile extravaganza.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23
Superiority Of Our Railroads.

81 return from the International
Railway Conference at Berne,
Switzerland, with much greater
enthusiasm over our railroads as
agencies of transportation than l
ever had before. From the stand
point of efficiency the conference
established, beyond question, the
supremacy of the American railway
system" p" These words from Frank,
lin K. Lane, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, as he land
ed in New York, tell something
which was already known to the
authorities, American and European
who have studied this question.
This truth, however, will not only
be new to the masses of Americans,
but 1t will be of large interest to
them.
Of the $40, 900 miles of railway
in the world, z4o, 900 are in the
UAited States. In the whole of
Europe there are only rs 200 miles
of road. England was ahead of us
in building railways, but in 1910
there ale ten times as many miles
of railroad main track in the United
States as in Great Britain. Over
SI7, 900, 900 is invested in
American railways. The extent of
our roads increases at the rate of
5000 or 500 miles a year. In
number of accidents our roads,
however, make worse showing
than do those of any other country.
They have taken more precautions
to protect life than we have. Rates,
however, for passengers and freight
are lower here than elsewhere.
What would John Stevens, Ross
Winans, Matthias Baldwin, Peter
Cooper and the rest of the pioneers
in the creation of the American
railway system have thought If
somebody had told them that a day
would come when the United States
would be far in the lead of England
or any other country in the mileage
of roads and in their equipment
and general ficieneyl In the be-
ginning we were obliged to import
rails and locomotives. Nearly half
of the worlds aggregate mileage in
rails is now made in the United
States. The successors of the
Baldwin here mentioned make more
locomotives today than any other
concern in this country, and several
times as many as are manufactured
in any shops in the Old World
Railway equipments manufactured
in the United States are found in
Europe, Asia, Africa and the islands
of the sea. More men are on the
pay roll of the American railways
at the present time than were in the
armies of Japan and Russia com.
blned at the seat of war In Man
churia at the time of the peacc OF
Portsmouth.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

"A big fire In hutchinson the
other day caused heavy damage to
the stock of the Hutchinson Whole.
sale Grocery.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

Pres. Taft and Teddy have at
last got their heads together and
who knows what will happen.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

MIS- ). F. C,evu,aD0 aud dSugfter
Hazel arrived here YESTERDAY morning
over tue Katy fr"m Guicago for visit
with her mother Mrs, E l. Usutrand
otiier relatives and friends.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23

of egotism would destroy their
popularity, But in the case of
Roosevelt the more he talks about
himself the better the people like
him.
The common rule is that the man
who continually holds himself up as
the special champion of honesty
and constantly takes himself as an
example of what a really honest
man will do to the unworthy is
looked on with more or less
suspician and doubts of his own
sincerity, but In the case of Roose-
welt, the majority of the people
hold him apparently IN full as high
estimation as he holds himself.
which means that he is just abb
delfied in popular opinion.
That he is arbitrary and at times
unjust, there is no doubt. He does
not possess that dispassionate
temperament that judges all men
fairly. H forgives cffenses in his
favorites that he would punish with
relentless and vindlctive vigor in
those who have incurred his dis
pleasure. Yet Notwithstanding his
egotism, his Inconsistencies anu
his, at times, manifest unfairness,
he is certainly one of the greatest
men this country has produced.
Ordinarily the man who boasts is
fraud and a coward. Roosevelt
i boaster, but he is also a man of
undoubted physical and moral
courage as has been repeatedly
demonstrated. Ordinarily the man
who breaches about his own
integrity is to be regarded witt
suspician as hypocrite, but every
thing indicates that Roosevelt is al
honest man and sincere in hi:
preachments.
Personally, l. would like him g
good deal better if he were more
modest and did not seem 10 carry
the impression that he has shoulder.
ed the task of correcting the
political and personal morals of the
entire country, but jast the same !
consider him a tremendous force
for cleaner government.
1t is said that his speeches are
made up of platitudes and that is
largely true, but he has way OF
putting a platitude that makes ii
sound original and there are a
number of people in tLis country
who need lot ofplatitudes pounded
into 'em.
His talks about building up a
huge army and navy do not suit me
If this country would get out of the
Philippines, where we never really
had any business except temporarily
and attend TO our own business, We
would not need much of an army Of
navy either.
am far from being a Roo. .vel
worshiper. There are a good many
things about him that l do 10
particularly admire, bat On the othe
hand there are good many thing
about him that l do admire.
weaker man whe would do and say
the things that Roosevelt does anC
says wouldn't have lasted for s.,
mouths if by any chance he hac
gotten into the White House.
Roosevelt said and did these
things and grew stronger with The
people all the time. 1t would be
impossible for hyPocrite and q
fraud to fool the American people
for 10 years, during all of which
time he has been IN the spotlight
The fact that he has lasted sno
grown in popular esteem convince:
me that he is really sincere and a
great man.
II he wants to, he can be elected
president in 1912. Most people
believe that he will be candidate,
l doubt it. Another term in the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-23
M ajority for 103

1t will be noted that the first and
fourth wards we're for and the second
and third against the proposition.
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
Walt Dream. ? Pp-zd P.
Peary's Birthplace and to Include
Part of the Old Home.

Peary's Birthplace and to Include
Part of the Old Home.
land ports, the coming and going of
clipper ships, laden with Maine lum-
Der and many other products, by sug.
gestion and appeal aroused in the
youth love of the sea and its adyen.
lures. Lieut.. Peary's distinct ambi.
ton to discover the pole is known to
have been born in him as a result of
the Greeley expedition and its relief.
He was then young officer in the
navy, as were a number of those
prominent in the work of exploration
at that time, and hence the glory
which now shines upon the water arm
Of Uncle Sans military service by
reflection.
It is strange how soon we are for
gotten. People who knew Lieut..
PeaFy's father are not now certain Of
his Christian name. Charles H.
Peary Of Chest Springs, a cousin of
the explorer and who spells his name
Perry, calls the Heutenant's father
Charles Peary. EX-Judge A. V. Bark
er of Ebensburg is certain his name
was George. It has been suggested
that perhaps his name was George
Charles PeaTy. However that NAV
be, Mr.. and Mrs. Peary on coming into
this county located in the woods near
what is now CTesson, where Pearv
established a shook shop. A house
standing on the turn of the road from
Cresson to Loretto, about 100 yards
from the town, is now generally ac-
cepted by the people of the county as
occupying part of the site Of the orig.
inal Peary home, and is said to actu.
ally include a fragment of the old
building.
1t was in that house that Robert q.
Peary was born, and there, two or
three years later, his father died.
Frank O'Hara. an old farmer living In
Munster township, recalls Peary's
birth clearly and tells a story of the
elder Peary sending a messenger in a
conveyance to a point some distance
away to fetch a physician. "KiII the
horse If you have to-" Mr.. Peary is al
legged to have said to the driver, "but
get the doctor here in hurry" And
It's another reminiscence Of OHara
that the elder Peary, who died at Gal.
htizin, was buried amid a blizzard.
That was like the north pole itself"
says the aged Munster man, Pearv
was buried at Cape Elizabeth, Ne.
The only basis for the claim that
Peary was born at Chest Springs is
the residence there Of his cousin
Charles H. Peary's father, James
Peary, came from Maine about ths
same time as George Peary did. but
instead of locating at Cresson. settled
at Chest Springs and there his chill.
dren have resided ever since.
George PeaTy, fortunately. left
enough Of an estate to make It possi-
bic for Mrs. Peary to educate her son
thoroughly and he finally found his
way to the Naval academy.
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08

Published b. American 2Ielo4y como-ny, New EoH
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
PEARYS BIRTHPLACE
Explorer First Saw Light of Day
Near CreSSOn, Pa.
Love of Sea and Adventure an Inner
tied Trait-Ambitious TO Find Pole
Ever Since He Was Young
Naval Officer.

JohnstOwn, Pa.-The movement from
Maine to Cambria county, in the fifties,
which brought to this district the
prominent Barker and other families,
also made it possible for Cresson,
nearly the highest point In the county,
to claim the honor Of having been the
birthplace of Lieut.. Robert Edmund
Peary, most daring and most per-
sistent Arctic explorer Of modern
times and claimant for the title of
DiscOverer of the Pole. The father of
Peary was not bothered about polar
discovery. The building of SHOOK
shops" and the manufacture and ship
ment Of shook and slaves to many
distant points was his life work
Maine afforded ample opportunity for
the lumber industry with its vast tim
ber acreage, but for some reason the
elder Peary thought Cambria county,
Pa, also a virgin wooded land, better
suited for his purpose, so he located
at a point now generally admitted to
be on the outskirts Of CressOn.
Psary's naval career sheds an inter
esting light on the question of in-
hsrited traits and predictions. The
elder Peary, an Englishman, trans
planted to Maine, came from forbeaTs
who loved the sea. For some reason
he did not share this fondness for the
bounding wave and deliberately left
the shore line for a life far In the in
terror, away from even inland lakes.
But after his fathers death Robert
q. Peary, then little boy, was taken
back to Maine by his mother, and as a
result of his life on the coast and his
education the yOungster instinctiVely
went back to the life Of his ancestors.
The whaling industry from New Eng
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-07
G -NERAL BURIED
BY LAMP lGT 7

WEST POINT, Dec. 6-MaJor Cen
eral Wesley Merritt, L. S. A, retired,
twenty-firSt superintendent of the
United States Military academy. was
buried here tonight by lamplight. with
the military honors OF his rank
His body was laid beside that of
his wife In the military reservation
cemetery, There was no service in
the chapel of the academy, as had
been planned The special car bring.
ing the body from Washington was
delayed by the storm and the hour
was so late Ii was deemed best 10
make the ceremonies as brief as the
due dignities would allow. Officers
who have attended every mill ary fu-
neral within the last thirty years
could recall no other held by lamp
light.
AS the regulations provide, the fife
and drum corps, followed by the cadet
corps, fell In at the front on the ap
pearonce OF the ccffin. The filters
breath froze on their instruments as
they shrilled the SLOW measures OF the
dead march Behind them clanked
the escorting battery Then came the
coffin, draped In the colors, followed
by the pall-bearers, mourneTs and at
tending civilians.
As the long procession moved
through the darkness. the flash of
the minute gun glared for an ms ant
across the shro7ded fields and the dull
jar of the report sounded sol mnly
across the river Thirteen guns were
fired
Buales Sounded "Taps."
Lanterns guided the pro esaion u
/ the grave, and there, while the mourn
ers stood barehe ded IN the snow the
coffin was lowered into It's final rest
Ing place, the words OF The burial sery
Ice were spoken, three crashing ,cl
leys echoed across the river. the bu
gle sounded "taps.' aud again the
minute-guns tool, Up their count
Wesley Merritt was horn I'm New
York June 1G. 1896 and was appoint ted
to the Military academy from Illinois
in 1855. He graduated with the class
Of 1860 and almost immediately
plunged into the Civil war. For the
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-07
SANTA CLAUS TO
VISIT THE POOR

,sDear Santa. y wish you would
come TO our house and bring me a
now dresh. am little girl eight
years old and i've on Wall avenue
Ms papa is dead and my mamma has
TO do washings. Sometimes We don't
have much to cat, but my mamma is
so good. wish you would bring her
a new apron first.
DO not forget me, Dear Santa; my
nnmo is Matte -."
A reporter for The Standard called
al "Snowand" yesterday afternoon
and SANTA Claus gave him the above
letter and told him to tell the poor
children who read this paper that
Santa has so many places to go that
all letters 10 him should be addressed
to Postoffice box sec in this city or
he might not get them.
Santa Claus was very busy when
the reporter called aud would not talk
much, but seemed TO be very happy
For fear that some of the poor little
boys and girls might be unhappy at
Christmas time he told the reporter to
be sure and have them send his let
ters TO box SOC.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-07
MAcHINIST CHALLENGE
Carmen AT CHECKERS

That spirit of friendly rivalry which
has so long existed between the en-
ployes of the machine and car shops
of the Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany was made manifest again yester-
day morning, when a formal challenge
was issued from the machine depart
ment to meet any team OF checker
players that the carmen may produce.
A month ago 1t was not known that
there existed a macbnist in the shops
that could have distinguished check
er board from a washboard. Imme-
dIately after It became known that
there was team of checker players
formed in the car department which
was Haunting a red-flag ed challenge
In the faces OF the nachintsts. the
squared boards became ono of the
common fixtures in the m9chine
shops. MONDAY lunches were gulped
down without Fletcherizine by the
workmen and the long end of the
eating hour devoted to pushing wood
EN- discs over the block-painted sur
face OF the board
In those preparatory mental Skir"
mishes Charles Johnson and jack
stockton proved themselves worthy
of being singled out as the champ ious
OF the machine shop In a challenge
sent to the carmen. Whether or not
this challenge will be accepted is not
known.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-07
ENGLISH ELECTIONS
ARE VERY CLOSI

LONDON. Dec. 6.-At the close OF
today's polling the complexion of the
house of commons stood;
Government Coalltion-Llberals LOG,
Laborites 30, Nationalists 20, Total.
152
Observation-Disclosures 147.
A situation has developed almost
phenomenal in the closeness of the
race between the government coali-
tion parties and the Unionlsts The
pendulum swung slightly toward the
government today, and the result OF
three days voting, in which 299 seats
have been filled. gives the coalition
one more member than in the last
parliament from the same cOnstituen.
cies.
Up to last night the Unionists had .
gain of five
The returns tonbght showed the
UnioDists had reeained st. Hslens
from the Laborites This borough,
with the exception OF the last election,
has been Unionlst since 1906.
The Liberals gained Southwark
(WesO, Burnley and Coventry. and
the Laborites gained WoolwIch and
Whitebaven, all from the Unionists,
while this mornings returns fr m
Sunderland showed that the Liberal
candidate. Greenwood and the Labor
tie. GoldStone, had replaced the two
Unionists there.
The turning of the tide toward Lib
eralisn IS a surprise and a great dis
appointments for the Uniouist, who
counted upon captu.in ing half a dozen
seats from the enemy. Phe great
est surprise was in Coventry, be-
cause that Is the seat OF motor man
ufacturlng. and the Protectlonists he'd
put great stress on their plea that
the reform would prevent the grow
Ing competition from American ma
chimes.
The Liberals hardly expected t. win
Burnley, because tha Socialist, Hynd
man. was In the field and hoped TO
take part Of the labor vote The
Southwark contest was ono of the
| interesting. the Liberal candidate win
ming by II votes The battle I'm w oil,
wioh was one of the hardest VIII
Crooks, worliine man. who was
turned out in the last election recap
| tured his seat by 236
The Unlonista concentrated their
I heavy fire on B9t'ersea, but John
Burns president OF he local govern
mcnt hoard. again surDriscd tNem.
4 hringinE his majority from 555 in
4 The last election II cog.
i Almost eyerywhors lever ballots
we're cast Than in the last election
! More Liberals than U0iou SIS stayed
! away from The polls Excluding the
districts which chanee1 th1ir com lex
| ions. the Uniorlsts made telatiye
| gains In eighteou tho Liberals IN
twelve. The Socialist candidates In
! London did poorly. none commanding
five hundred votes.
The newspapers appear exercised
over their surprisingly small influ-
ence. Almost all the most important
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-07
.BASKEIBAttsAI
OGDEN II GH


At a meeting of the ogden High
School Athletic association heli yes
terday afternoon, "Stnffy Eva@s way
elected captain OF the basket ball
team, to be formed in the near lu-
ture, and Ed Smith was ch-ssn man
ager. This team will b. inc nded IN
the recentIy-formed league. oompris-
ing the teams from Weh3r academy,
Utah State school and Logan High
school
The plan decided upSn at yester.
days meeting is to form AN iEterciass
league, each class TO have team, I'd
the various team captains chosen yes
terday were as Follows;
Seniors, Roscoe Glasmann,
Juniors. Harry Stowe.
Sophomores, Milton Boyle.
Freshmen. Caesar Evans
Coach Brown was select d TO di-
rect the trainlng work and Will be as
sisted by MI Bailey. The inteTcl1ss
games Will be started at once aid the
team to represent the local High
school in the league will be picked
from the members OF the fouy class
teams. The first league game vii be
played on January l$. when the High
school five will meet the Weber
academy team.
This is The first time that high
school basket ball team has essaye1
TO take part in league and IL VIII
nor be q great disappointment to the
bows if they fail 10 capture the pen
nant. for they are working under de-
cidedly unfavorable conditions. Having
no gymnasium in which 10 practice
II will he necessary for the team TO
use various buildings about the city,
and, needless to say, this plan is not
looked upon as 4 favorable one.
At the same meeting yesterday ait
ernoon Dan Moran was chosen cap
tain of the track team for next sea
son and he will lay plans at once for
an energetic campaigns next sp Ing
There Is some excellent material
among the present students for next
springs track team
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-07
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DAMON AND PYTHIAS.

Under the auspices of Ogden lodge
No. =, Knights OF Pythias, the historic
drama, Damon and Pythias." was pre-,
sented at the Ogden theater last night
to a fair-sized audience The piece is
beautiful story of devoted friendship
ca which Pythianism is based, but is
not well presented.
Phillip Keene. son the late TRACE
dan, Thomas w. Keene, appeared in
the title role Of Pythlas, and he in
herits much of the talent possessed by
Eis paternal ancestor. but beyond
Laura Keene, in the role Of Calanthe,
his support was very weak The pro-
duction was not as elaborately staged
or costumed as IL might have been.
The company is not sent out by any
~cll-known theatrical agency. 1t tours
the country and appears exclusively
under the auspices OF PyulIan lodges.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-07
ERECTING LARGE
CREAMERY PLANT

The Blackman and Griffin creamery
and refrigerator building. which Is
now under way OF construction on
Canal street, lust back of the firm S
offices on Washington avenue, Will DO
the most absolutely fIreproof struc-
ture in the city, according TO Archi-
tect C A. Graves, under whose super
vision the building is being erected.
To make the building fire-proof and
sanitary we're the first considerations
in the drawing of the plans, and tne
structure Is TO be built with prac-
tically no combusuble material what
over. The rooms will all be finished
with a material which VIII make IL
possible TO turn the hose into them
and wash the floors, walls and cell
ings without discrimination. There
will be no place In which dust OF dirt
can lurk.
The capacity of the plant will be 2O.-
600 pounds Of butter per day. This is
the largest capacity OF any similar
plant in the entire iptermountain
country. 1t will have cold storage
capacity equal to eight refrigerator
cars. The machinery which will be
required to operate the plant will be
of the latest design and VIII be run
by electricity. 1t Is estimated that
the equipment alone Will cost more
than $4,000. and the cost OF the en-
tire plant will probably exceed $780,
600
The building is being erected by the
Llewellyn Construction company and
must be ready for occupancy by
March /. The walls are of brick and
reinforced concrete and tho window
frames OF steel. Nc wood will be
used in tho floors or in any other
part of the interior construction
where it can possibly be avoided.
In size the building will be 40 feet
wide by ia feet in length and Will
have two stores and basement
Every provision possible In the way
OF fire and sanitary equipments will
be made. The most modern steriliz-
ing apparatus Is 10 be Installed and
the doors in the upper rooms, where
the stock of butter will be kept, will
all close automatically should the
rooms reach a temperature indicative
OF fire