The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-11
WOMAN PROVES
TO BE HEROINE

Salt Lake. Mar, 1O-"That woman
is worth her weight In gold; her hus-
band should be proud of her. and her
five children should worship her. She
makes the best OF the world The
speaker was a we'll known Salt Laker,
Wednesday when a gentleman and
Il lady passed upon the street.
"I repeat what ] said" continued
the Salt I.aker. "She is worth her
weight in gold She and her hus-
band and Ave children, one of them
only two months old, and | and 242
other persons were on ono OF the
trains on the Southern Pacific. ma
rooned at Winnemucca and Battle
Mountain on account of the flood They
Just got here yesterday. nine days on
the road from San Francisco. The
famsly refer TO had come from Los
Angeles and had been four days on
the road when we were tied up.
Did Family Washing.
The family was OF course, anxious
to reach home, as all others were.
but when it was ascertnined that We
might be held up for two or three
days. this mother said: Mac. you
| look after the children. these tots of
| ours have got to have clean linen, and
| we are about out That house over
| there looks good 10 me and am sure
| the woman of the house Will lend me
| waShboard and a tub" and over
| she went TO the house A wave of
the hand signalcd that everything was
oil right, the husband carried over the
solled linen and 1t was big bundle.
too. Hulf an hour afterwards 4
clothes.line swung in the yard. Child
ren's clothing was pinned thereon and
an hour later a tired. but contented
and happy woman. returned to the
train. Later in the afternoon the
clothes were tahen down and while, OF
course, they could not be ironed. they
could be folded and put away.
"As | said there were $50 pnsseng
ers on our train and every adult per
son In the cars expressed admiration
and complimented this Salt Lake wo
man for doing as she did in making
the best Of the situation, The entirf
train was in love with her.
There was another incident tina
was pathetic. a mother with two lit
tie ones was on the train. bound 10
town in Wyoming. where her mothel
was dangerously i'll She had but lit
tie money and when Battle Mountain
was reached her provisions gave on
and she was stranded, travelling
man ascertalned her condition an
hve minutes later he presented tn
woman a purse containing s75, gif
of others on the train, IL you eve
saw gratiGed person 1t was tina
woman. as she cried over happines
with hor two children clasped In he
arms
After all, this is a pretty goo
world there are exhibitions every da
that demonstrate this l am sure tina
every ono of the $50 passengers o
our train are lrmly convinced of hl
and they are likewise convinced tina
there are corporations that nave soul'
for there was nothing left undone b
tho railroad officials. from the genera
officers down to the section hands
that would add 10 the comfort of In
passengers"
Salt Lake City, March 10.-Throug
IN arrangement r1ade today, by whfc
the Western Pncihc railroad Will us
the Southern Pacific tracks aroun
the washout at Palisade. New. IN
former road will be able to restore IL
through freight schedule next Satu
dav. It's own track at Palisade
badly damaged and cannot be II
paired In less than two or thre
weeks