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The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15
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Rem Il AL OF
BARN

The trial in the case OF Charley
Ducheneau against l.. w. Patrick is
before Judge Howell and jury made
up OF o w. Badger. Charles III. Cos
ling, Thomas j. Edwards, l.. ~ Meid.
Daniel Davis. NJ. S. HinchEffe. Jo-
seph L, Hodson and William ii. Eddy
The suit was brought to recover
on contract for the rental and re-
pairs on premises owned by the plain.
tiff on Seventh street, consisting OF
n lot upon which are corrals and i
barn used for keeping horses and
sheep. 1t was started in the munich
pal court, the plaintiff securing u
judgment for $51, the defendant ap.
pealing the case to the district court
The plaintiff alleges that he leased
the premises to the defendant for $50
q year. October D, 1908. the understand
ing being that certain repairs to the
barn and fences surrounding the
premises should be made by the de-
fendant The place was occupied by
the defendant one year and fourteen
days. according to the testimony OF
the plaintiff, but the defendant fail
ed to make the repairs agreed upon
The plaintiff stated that the barn
was changed considerably by the de-
fendant. while he occupied 1t and
that when Patrick moved out of the
place he failed to place the barn in
the same condition it was In when
leased.
The defendant testified that he had
complied with the terms of the con-
tract with the plaintiff and that he
had paid all the rent He said that
while he occupied the premises he
had made numerous repairs upon il
and had expended something over 500
for material. besides furnishing mate.
rial that he had on hand, Mr.. Pat"
rick stated that the fences were In
had repair when he entered the prem
ises. but that he left them in good
condition and that he had remained
on the place six days after the end of
the year, because Mr.. Ducheneau de-
sired him to purchase the barn and
said that he might remain on the
premises until he decided whether he
would accept the offer made him by
the defendant
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EXONER A TED
IN POLICE
COURT

Charles Muhs, the local contractor
morning Of all blame in the alleged
theft of bride from liver Iverson
According to the complaint, the bride
was stolen on October 10 from the
Iverson barn.
MuhS was brought into court Mon
day on a charge of petit larceny. ".
erson swore that the young man had
attempted to purchase set Of har-
ness from him IN October, but sat
isfactory terms had not been reached
at the time. Muhs promised to re
turn later. but did not. and during the
same week the bride Of the harness
was taken from the barn Some time
later Iverson says he saw the bride
on the head OF Muh's horse and ac.
cused him of stealing 1T.
Muhs claimed that he had purchas.
ed the bride at the Alyord second.
hand store, but Iversop, believing
that his story was not true, caused
his arrest,
Muhs, In testifying in his own de-
fense Monday, said that the bride
which he had was not the bride which
Iyerson had attempted to sell him
AS the bride was not in the court
room. the case was continued and
Muhs ordered TO bring the piece of
harness Into court,
When the case was again taken up
the bride was produced by the de-
Tense. Iyerson was placed on the
stand and handed the head-gear for
inspection, He testified that the
bridle was the one stolen, but that it
had been changed by MuhS so that
he would not know 1t. Several straps
were different, he admitted. yet he
was positive that it was the identical
piece OF harness which he once had
ill his possession VERSIONS son,
about 10 years of age. testified that
II was the same bride, but he also
noticed the difference In it-eyen the
bit was different
|. r. Alyord aud other witnesses
swore that the bride shown in court
was the one which Muhs had pur-
chased several months prior to the
time when Iverson claimed that his
bride was stolen.
In dismisslng the action against
Muhs, Judge J. d. Murphy stated that
IL was a case of mistaken Identity.
the complainant having mistaken the
identity OF the bride.
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FARMERS TO
GET SUGAR
FACTORY

Plain City, Dec ia Farmers
Protective association was organized
here last night. The organization
was launched at beet growers
meeting The meeting had been call
ed for the purpose OF organizing the
farmers, and a good. strong, earnest
representation OF the beet growers
of this district WIS present
Officers were chosen and a COM
mittee selected to draft a constitu-
tion and a set Of bylaws for the gov
ernment OF the association. The com.
mittee hopes to complete It's work In
a few days, and submit 1ts report in
nhout week When the constitution
and bylaws are adopted, the organ
ization shall have been completed To-
caily. 1t will then be brought into
alliance with kindred organizations
throughout the county and elsewhere.
AT first, 1t was intended to limit the
activities and tho sympathies of this
organization to the interests OF the
beet growers. but, as the proposition
WAS canvassed. strong sentiment de-
veloped In favor Of making the useful
ness OF the organization Wide enough
40 embrace the interests of tho gen.
ersl farmer, and 1t was upon these
Zines that the organization was final
1y effected AS 1t Is now, any farm
9r, whether beet grower or not Is
eligible to membership In the as.
Fociation and entitled to all the bene.
lits of such membership.
A farmeTS' sugar factory Is n r-oe,
pibllity of the future, according TO n
etatement made at the meeting last
hight 1t was said that some east.
srn capital is seeking investment in
Che sugar business in the West and
that an agent Of the capitalists had
made a proposition to representative
Farmers OF Utah TO the effect that II
lhe farmers would subscribe for about
fifty per cent OF the stock in an in.
dependent concern, that such fac
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The show at the Or
pheum will make you for
get your troubles.
MISTOOK FOR CANDY
MERCURY TABLETS
Pennington Children Ate Them and
Their Lives Put in Peril.

Pennington. Dec l5-Lorin Ramp.
ton, the 9-year-old son Of Walter w.
hampton. who runs drug store here,
got the mail for his father after school
this afternoon and found in II a pack
age of bichloride of mercury. which
he took for candy. Being OF a gen.
erous nature, he passed the tablets
around, and in proportion to their
hunger for candy the children were
soon afterwards very sick
Little Erma Land, who took six Of
the tablets, was in grave danger OF
losing her life for some time, although
she is now considered out OF dan
ger. Gladys Stevenson took TWO OF
them, and Raphael Steed, Ralph
Steed, Laveri Southworth and Clara
Todd each took one The children's
ages range from 9 to Il years, and
all of them were very Ill for a short
time
DR.. A. z. Tanner has his Offices di.
Tectly over the posto1lce. and the sick
children rushed up to him, his prompt
work undoubtedly saving the life of
one and perhaps two of them.
II has grown TO be a custom here
TO have the children call for the mail
on the way home from school, and
the package OF tablets seems to have
been unexpected
READ THE CLASSIFIED pAcE
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15
W | n I E r | n
AN IDAHO
TOWN

Forester f. A, Sherman has return
ed from Salmon City, Idaho. where
he has spent the last ten days look
lug into forest service affairs.
The forester says winter weather
is fairly on at the Idaho city. the ther-
mometer registering IL degrees be-
low zero and snow in the streets of
the city being II inches deep. The
snow on the continental divide. near
Salmon, was Is inches deep when Mr.
Sherman crossed it on his way home
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15

would attend to the matter at the eX-
pense Of the railroad company.
The stone block workers state that.
unless larger force of men is placed
upon the job. it cannot be completed
this winter The blocks are being
cemented and this cannot we'll be
done after the ground freezes. The
blocks are laid about one-half the dis
tance between Twenty.fourth and
Twenty1fifth streets, the completed
surface being the best OF its kind N
the city.
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8 DAYS
MORE
That 8 All

acres, OF which 2,449,12i are under
lease at an average rental of 10 cents
an acre. The state has applied for
20S.lS2 acres of lien selections
The bureau has audited claims for
$15.S2S for fire filters last summer.
with others still to come, On the
Flathead and Saltwater rivers 22,500..
600 feet were burned or fire killed.
while the losses in Gallatin, Missou-
la, RavalH. Saunders and Lincoln
counties have not been estimated
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15
MONTANA LAND SALES.

Helena, Mont. Dec. 15-F. Fl. RAY,
state land register, today filed with
Governor Norris n statement showing
the business of that department in the
nscal year just closed. Land sales Of
ldS'5S9 acres We're made, netting S2,-
'3"'li2. while the cash receipts from
all sources aggregated $S26,S ,S3G. The
state still possesses title to 3,S7O,165
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SUGAR AND COFFEE,

New York, Dec. l5.-Sugar-Raw.
firm; Muscovado. 50 test. $3.50; cen.
tritugal, SO test, $500. molasses SUe'
ar. s 9test, $325.
Refined. steady.
Coflee-Spot, quiet
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CHICAGO CLOSE.

Chicago, Dec, l5.-Close: Wheat.
December % Is; May, SO l-S@1-4;
July. 90 1-2
Corn-December. 40, May, 81 7-S;
July, is 1,2@5-S
Oats-December. 81 3-4@7-S, May.
81 III July, 81 Ia.
Pork-January, 1920; May, $500
@1S02 IL.
Lard-Januay. $1O.25; May 1895
L.
Short Ribs-January, $lo.17 IL,
May. 9.57 L..
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MINERS ESCAPED.

Bluehelds, w. Va. Dec. 15.-Two Of
the men entombed at the Greene
mine at Tacoma yesterday. today
made their way out of the mine,
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VANOGVENrEO AND
LAMAR CONF FlRMGO.

Washington, Dec, 15.-The
senate today confirmed Joseph
X Lamar of Georgia and VIII
liam Vandeyenter of Wiscon-
SIM as associate justices OF
the supreme court of the Unit
ed States.
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GyV(as&AxA,
THEATRE

WILLARD SlMMS G. CO.
In That Wall Paper Scream
"Flinder's Furnished Flat"
THE FLYING MARTINS
Premier Double Trapeze Performer:
THUReER G. MADISON
Presenting ION a Shopping Tour"
AOOLPH CLOSE
In Pianolo9ue and limitations
CARLTON CHASE.
Singing New Songs.
RIO
Modern Gymnast.
NEW KiNoOROME PICTURES
oRPHEUM ORCHESTRA.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-12-24

ing girl started on run for the place
She was passing the Maynard resi-
dence when she paused. enehante hv
the many lights and the sound of sweet
Isic emerging from.thS was'n looking
mansion.
Minutes flew by hut still Martina
tarried. If she only could spend one
christmas with such merriment she
would be well satisfied
The sever cold penetrated the giri,s
clothes and caused her To SILVER but
still she stood listening to the music
and watching the gaily dancing lights
Then all of sudden she seemed t.
fan asleep in the snow and she dream
ed Of Santa Claus and the pretty things
h" gave to the rich little girls
IL seemed as though she had slept
for an hour before she opened her tired
Eyes. When she eventually regained
Consciousness everything seemed So
warm and different And the lights
and music seemed To be more easily
distinguished than when she was out
side
Why she was i'm the Maynard resi-
dence of course There was Elsie
standing by the bed she was lying on
with telephone in her hands Could
il he true and was she really awake
or was she still dreaming. Surely she
was awake for there was Elsie now
talking to somebody through the tale-
phone So she listened.
Hello. is this Santa" said Elsie
Yes-well this is little Elsie MAYNARD
at No. 800. Blank street Poor little
Martha Jone is here now-she tainted
out in the cold and mamma brought her
in here and said that she might spend
Christmas with me- Now know what
the wants for Christmas for she told
me once. Dear. good. Santa Claus
please give her the doll and carriage
and candy you was going to bring me
cause I've got all the toys and candy
I want and she Is poor and hasn't got
anything"
That was all that Martha heard She
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cottage and little Martha was dolde
NJ the dishes. The house was neat.
scrupulously so. but the shabiness al
pcorness of the furniture and rugs was
manifest. old Man Jones. as he rds
called by his neighbors, was a worth
less sort of a fellow who AT one tim"
was considered a good carpenter. But
hard drinking had claimed his prpw,ss
along this line and now he was but able
Ia do odd jobs of repairing when -
could secure such work.
Mrs. Jones had died five Years ago
when Martha was but small child
four years old. Since that time she
had struggled for herself. one might
say. as her father did nothing but pro-
Vide the harder with what was abso-
'nisIy necessary to keep the child alive
Now Martha was nine years Old
and as pretty a grille as one would
care To set eyes upon despite the fact
that her clothing was ragged and old.
As she toiled at her dishes she
thought Of the pretty toys and things
which her companion who lived in "A
brown stone front house. but low
q, "rs from her. was sure To get f,am
Santa Claus Each year the rugged
white haired Santa had bestowed beau
'ifui gifts upon Elsie Maynard and .lcl
rrar she looked forward to Christmhs
e. with great anticipation.
But what did Christmas mean - a
roor F'rl like Martha? Surely .;an.a
had never visited her before and there
was no reason 10 believe that he would
call this year
Martha was reused form her reverie
by the harsh voice of her father who
demanded her tn go To the corner sa
loon and get him a flask of whisky.
How Martha dreaded this task. She
realized that the old man should not
use the vile liquor but she was power
less TO refuse him for a large stick
applied with no weak arms was the
alternative.
So Martha bundled herself up the best
she could with a cheap calico shawl
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Eel asleep fatigucd
sure enough the next morning thu
was thu doll and carriage and candy
and lnts NOR. pretty things Tor Martha
Juu"S. but Santa claus did not forget
the little girl VIII" was wiling to dividr
h,I presents with her companion.
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dear dead mothe hadlef
o las
the
he started Il,
takes drftei
the al earests III,
the Jpnes' cttaee the
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-12-24

Job work At the Nugget.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-24

of q century and many! heads Of fam
Ala. and Mrs. Amanda Black Of Laura.
~. would not keep house without 1t.
pilIs. salts and such things for tho
milder. more gentle and more effective
&DT.l CaldwellB Syrun PepsIn. which ev-
cry member OF the family. from tho
younEest.Eto the Oldest. can use with
safety. It Is In the homes OF moro
families today than any other laxative,
but II you have never used 1t DR., Cald-
well urges you to send him your namo
and address and he Will send you a
sample bottle free OF charge. II It's
use conv!nces you; that 1t Ls The REM
edy you have been looking for then buy
II IN the regular way OF? your druggist
at fifty cents or one dollar a bottle, 3ust
as 80 many othera- arc doing.
Dr. Caldwell personally Will be pleased
to give you, any, medical advice you may
desire for yourself or family pertaining
to the STOMACH. liver or bowels nbsoe
lutely free OF charge. Explain your
case in q letter and he will reply to you
IN detail. For the free sanple simply
send YOUR name and address on n ms
tai card or otherwise. For either res
Quest the Doctors address In DR.. w, b.
Cald we'll: R.622 Caldwell building. Mon
tfceiio. III. y3fE -
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returned from a short visit with rel.
atiyes at Clarksburg.
Mrs. Stella Brown. OF Salem. return.
ed home Sunday, after a couple of
days visit here.
Mr.: J. NJ. Smith, of State street. has
been quite sick for several days.
Thomas Russell, Of Grafton, Is the
guest Of relatives at Pittsburg.
Blanche Vnnata. OF New street. Is
able to be out afer a weeks Illness.
a daughter was born Saturday to
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashcraft, OF Polk
street.
Miss Lulu Layton. Of Morgantown.
was the guest Of Miss Pearl Jacobs
Saturday.
Mrs. D. s. Helmick. OF Diamond
street. Is quite sick.
Mrs. Nancy Breakiron. OF Morgan
town. Is visiting friends and relatives
here.
Mrs. William Gray. OF Diamond
street, was real sick Sunday.
Mr.. Stewart BonaAeld. OF Tunnelton.
Is the guest OF relatives In this waril.
Mr.. Lewis Eigerman. OF New Jersey.
Is the Eeust OF his sister. Mrs. J. p.
Turkelson.
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the bearing down. I recommended 1t
to some friends and two of them have
been greatly benefited by it."-Mrs.
MAE mcknight. Oronogo. Mo.
Another Grateful Woman.
St. Louis. Mo.-"I was bothered
terribly with q female weakness and
had backnche, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. 1began taking
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound regularly and used the Sanatiye
Wash and now have no more troubles
that way."-M Mrs. Al. HERzoG, 57a2
Prescott Ave, st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case Is q difficult one,
doctors having done yon no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound q trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills. such cs in
Illumination. liberation, displacements,
flbroid tumors, irregularities. periodic
pains, ,backache, that bearing-down
feeling. indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
yons prostitution. It costs but Il triile
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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guns. Slipped 1t into a capac.,us
poeket, or hid II beneath a v]olurninous
coat, or, perehance, walked away with
It beneath his arm. Anyway the Ice
Eox wac gene.
For weeks the Secret Service shcr.
loeks,fthe Leeoqs, the! Dupins, analysed
and deduced, but alas! without result.
The refrigerator can mot be found.
So the sercres Service carries a col.
leetivc long face, and has a secret sor.
ROY" craving at its collective heart,
for a Secret servs:e man has been
"done' by a common thief.
II you value life, liberty and The
pursuit Of happiness, so speak not Of
%rcfrigerators to a Secret Service man.
When Senator Crane, OF Massachu.
sets, arose In the Senate and offered
an amendrnent to the interstate CORY.
r1erce law the other day, the floor and
gaIlerieE were agog.
Anything appertaining to that Law
Is Of large interest at:stbe. Capitol he.
cause Of its possible effect On the vast
business and transportation enterprises
OF tho country.
Crane is one Of the Republican lead.
ors In the Senate and It was naturally
assumed that he would not monkey
with the a"esome statute unless ho
had something imposing in mind. Per-
haps he was eorrying out some SUD.
gestlon made by President Taft. The
crowd looked at Crane, serene and In
different, seated ON the senatorial ma.
hogany.; Then they looked at the ma
gie paper that had been carried to tie
front by'a flyas page and lay on the
clerks desk.
The bill had been announced only
by title, but It was this title that
Jared the nerves and fired the inau.
ination: "a bill to amend the Inter.
state Commerce Act" /
There was more or less discussion
as to ita effect on Wall street, railroad
earnings, the price of living and the
English elections. Crane was the
cynosure of all eyes, the center Of All
Thoughts, the)magnet and man of mys.
terry.
What had he evolved to change that
great Legislative aehievemnt, the IN.
terstate commerce act, that ~everybouy
talks about and nobody understands7
Such as have early access to papers
that figure in the business Of the Sen.
ate were on The qui vfve and the an.i.
Gus seat.
In the regular course Of business
the historic document was transferred
to the office Of the secretary of the
Senate, where 1t was opened witt,
trembling fingers and scanned with
eager eyes.
Several huge linen sheete were un.
folded. On these were pasted a print.
ed copy Of the interstate law, Which Is
longer than a speech on the tariff.
Search for the amendment dis.
closed a line Of ak that started be.
tween two words on the printed sheet
and pursued a sinuous course to the
chaste and expansive margin. Quick
reading showed that the section af-
fected provided that, among others.
railroad companies might give free
transportation to men having charge
Of shipments of cattle and fruit.
Following the sinuous line Of Cranes
amendment, the anx'ous ones found
that When it reached the margin It
resolved Itself into the momentous
wordG land milk"
That waa all.
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NORMAL LOST.

Before a fairly large crowd, consid.
ering the weather and the other attrae.
IN town, the Fafrmont State MOI
NAL School basket ball team met d.,
feat last Saturday night at the Normal
sym at the hands Of the Morgantown
Athletic Club. The final score was SO
to 10 in tvaor Of the visitors. tn.
scoreE were az foIIoMs: -.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-24
MITCHELL PRESENT.

INDIANAPOLIS Ind, Jan. 24.-The
convention OF miners today was mark
ell by the presence of John Mitchell
former president OF the organization
and Mother Jones Beloved by thc
miners for help in strikes.
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FtElIs NITENI.I 4IU64 - q " ".."| "T-"T-81
~
Ah%A+&@44
VIM Build New Residence.

Work will be begun soon on a two
story frame residence on State street
by !Mr. Ernest Hawkins. The contract
was let Saturday to Messrs. ]. Nv.
Snowden and jerome Merri1e1d.
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Mothers Meeting,

"A Mothers Meeting will be held on
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Halle Cunningham on GuEey street
by the members OF the ". C. r. U,
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SHINNST0n FIELD.
OIL COMPANIES GETTING READY
FOR GREAT ACTIVITY IN
EARLY sPRtNG-NEWRtG
ARE BEING BUILT.

The .nuless.ons are that there will
be much activity in the shlnnston oil
field in the early spring. The com.
panies are getting ready to pat down
a great number Of wells and It looks
as II this Is to become the greatest
oil center In the State.
Three new locations were made the
past W%eeL!GiThese locations were as
follows: Sarah J.. HartIey's heirs No.
:. On this location the rig ie being
quilt. c. w. Williamson, No. 8, WORK
not started yet. s. Z. James, No. 5,
building road to haul rig timber to the
location.
The rig at the e. J. W'hiteman well
No. 3 is about completed and the drill.
Ing will be started within five or six
Gays. The rig at the ). e James vel,
No. 3 Is completed and is ready to- start
the bit. J. 9. swiser rig No. 4 is be.
ing built. /
The Thomas swJer we'll No. 6 is in
the top Of the sand. The j.. g.. swia.r
heirs well No. 2 is in the top Of the
sann. Is.
The guages on the wells SHOW the
following production:
Philadelphia Company.
tE. e. Swigel, No. .......... -. AIS
e. e. swi6er, No. 3...-......... 100
g.. F. Anderson. nos 1-5......... $50
Thomas ,Swiger, Nos. is. $50. $50
South Penn Company. I;
e. J. Whitenan, No. 1..........1,25o
~. s. Wititeman e25
J. B. swIger heirs. 225
r. 3. Martsa, Nc. .............. 2!o
T. q. Martin, No. 2............. 1870
J. e. James, No. 131
$. e. James No. 4................ 1856
c. A. Williamson, Mo. 2......... IFS
Bradley Allender Company.
sarah'J. HartIey's hairs, No. 2.... 900
There are about fifty bumpers in tine
field that produce from five to ninety
five barrels per day. The production
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-24
Quarterly conferen &c.

Quarterly Conferen &c.
Quarterly Conference will be held
this, evening at the close OF the revival
~aeryices at the Diamond Street VI. o.
Church.