The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02
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whittier are we drifting?'
Roosevelt Not So Dangerous.

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whittier are we driftingP'
Roosevelt Not So Dangerous.
"The newspapers nowadays contain
the views of many people well known
in public as well as business life, stat
! ing that Roosevelt is bringing about a
financial panic, is disrupting all politi-
cal parties, and is making himself gen
orally disliked. said John 3. Hunger
ford of Rochester, MINI. "Men prom
inent in the politics of the nation is
sue broadsides every day against Roose-
welt, telling the people that be is lead
ing them astraY; that he is a danger.
Gus man; that he is seeking the dicta-
torship Of the United States, and prob
ably the whole world. and prophesying
all sorts of cslamitics should his ideas
! be adopted by the people
Did YOU ever 90 little deeper into
talk of this kind?' asked Mr. Hunger.
ford, DO YOU men who make state
ments of this kind imagine for one in
| slant that the great mass Of the Amer.
lean people has not sense enough to
Judge what Roosevelt is doing and what
he stands forY If one mana private
citizen of the United States-and his
ideas constitute such q grave danger
to the business interests of this coun-
try, these interests must certainly stand
on very mcclure foundations. There is
nothing to fear from anybody, if the
law Is complied with and honesty and
truth are made the corner stones of our
business interests. -
Entitled to Medal.
:" If they ever start giving Carnegie
medals for LOYALTY and perseverance
under difficulties. there is a rugged sea
captain on the Pacific coast that should
come In for one of the first, remarked
\. c, Witherspoon< OF Port Townsend,
Wash.
John Kriofich is his name and he
is one or the most faithful captains of
whom / have any knowledge. Nearly
four years ago the schooner Bender
Brothers was stranded by the ebb of
the tide on the mud flats of the Kus-
kokwln river in Alaska. The vessel
was left helpless about twenty miles
from Beung sea. The owners were sat.
lsiied that the boat could not be saved.
But Captain kriohich was determined
to get her off. He got together a num-
Der of Indians and even enlisted the
aid OF some missionaries in the vicin-
ity With this force he began to dig
q canal from the boat TO the river On
account of the lay of the ground ii was
necessary TO dig three miles of canal.
and with the comparatively small force
OF laborers. tins was an immense under
taking, although the ground was not
hard 20 eXcavate. As it was. it took the
men more than six months to complete
the task When the canal was finished
the work was only begun. The tides
at this point are not high. bur the YES.
sci could be foated and advanced only
short distance each day. But the
workers kept at it, and finally the boat
the vessel back TO Port Townsend was
then the question TO be solved. The
Indians were of no use. They would not
leave their homes, and they could not
have been of much help in sailing the
boat. Captain kriofiich had one sea
man with him. lie enlisted a crew of
four prospectors who had been stranded
and were eager to get home. With this
force he started southwark, He had
small store OF supplies but no navigat
ing instruments. In spite of these
handleaps he brought the Bender Broth.
ers 20 Puget sound in safety"
Brcathitt County Again.
Rreathitt county, Ky. the hotbed
of recurrent fcudsm, is on the verge
OF another bitter faciional warfare,'
said e. A. Mcclure of Louisville "Just
n few days ago John Abner, who has
been mixed up IN Kentucky feuds for a
dozen years or more. was shot from am
bush. The Abner faction is ready to
go cunning on the slightest indication
OF the identity of the ambushers. These
mountain folk. good at heart in their
way, have this spirit instilled in them
practically from birth. Nothing but
education Will eradicate it, and educa-
tion penetrates slowly into mountain
reccsses.
"Abner was feudist of the first or.
der. He was implicated in the old Har-
gls-Cockrell feuds that ended only with
the murder of Judge Hargis by his own
son and the imprisonment, Just prior
10 that time. Of Curt lett. Altogether.
Breathltt county has been the scene of
perhaps fif:y mountain murders within
the last decade, including the Staying
OF Marcum and Cox, who were killed on
the streets of Jackson
1.-The outsider cannot gain an idea of
the viewpoint OF these mouutaineers
unless he has heard their side OF the
story. suppose il 5 born In the blood;
the feudists themselves will tell YOU
so. If You possess the nerve TO attempt
70 prv into their affairs.
With the Galatians. the Deatons.
the Smiths and the Abners. all feudist
families OF Breathitt on the warpath
for their respective opponents. it would
not surprise me at any time TO hear of
fresh outbreak of bloodshed' -