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The Ordway new era., 1911-08-18
New Court in Moffat.

Craig.-The first criminal trial In
the new county OF Moffat began here
before Judge John 7. Shumate, when
Impaneling jury to try Mrs. Anna
Bernard and Tom Yarberry on
charge Of cattle stealing, was begun.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-18
No Use WASTING It,

Mother-Charles. see you have
written me a little letter to say how
sorry you are you took the jam? Well
l forgive you for your thoughtfulness
Charles-ies. ma. Please don't tear
the letter.
Mother-Why not?
CLarles-'Cos it'll do for next time.
STRAY Stories
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-18

face trial for the murder of Mrs. La
Guardia. Mrs. Forgians broke down
following visit with the officers 10
the scene of the murder. and con-
fessed all.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-18
Irish Chancellor Dies.

Dublin.-The Right Hon. Sir Samuel
Walker. lord chancellor of Ireland
died here. He was seventy-nine wears
old.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-18
GEN ERAl.

Hon. William Jennings Bryan, it is
reported. is soon to enter the ministry
and give up politics altogether.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-18
On Second WASHING,

i've Just washed out n suit for my
little boy-and now it seems too tight
for him.
Hell fit it all right If you'll wash
the boy" -Meggendorfer Blaetter.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-18

Take every possible chance to be
kind. because. some day, there may
he no more chances.-Margaret De.
land
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-18

Evelina-l am sorry. but I cannot
marry a man OF your character.
Edgar-What have l ever done?
Evelina-I have just learned that
you are director in life insurance
company.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
TAX RATE WILL
Be ABOUT s18.4O
Assessor Nagel Estimates That $25,-
100000 Worth Of Property Has
Been Added To Rolls.

Predictions OF a s25,00o.00 increase
In the city's assessment, the largest
in its history. with one exception,
were substantiated by Assessor John
c. Nagel, Thursday. on the completion
OF the work of the board OF review.
Nagel had refused TO make any pre-
dictions before. because he was not
certain what the board OF review
would do with the increases which
he made in the eastern district. mo-
tably on Jefferson-ave.. the Indian
village" and the Cook farm. With
these approved and his district as
sured OF a $12.000,000 boost. he gave
out a statement.
His estimate includes a $4,000, 900
increase in the central district, leav-
ing the rest to come from the western
district The total increase will place
the city's valuation at $402, 600. 900.
and means tax rate of about $1S.40.
The boost Is $3,000,00O in excess OF
last years increase, when $4,000, 900
of ID. U. r. property was put on the
tax roll. II is exceeded only by that
OF 1877, when the annexation of &
large amount of territory and a boom
In the automobile industry caused an
increase from $305,000,000 to $685.
00O, 900.
The council held a short special
meeting, Thursday night, and adopted
the report OF the board of review.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

series and the ranger sets them out
I'm the burned of tracts. .t
(. The forest ranger is under civil
service. He must know something OF
forestry and the technical part OF
estimating growing timber. He must
also stand o practical examination on
loading pack on burros, making
camp and in other ways showing he
is able to take care of himself, when
far. from civilization. For food he
doesn't have to worry. Deer and other
game animals abound in the govern
ment reservations The streams are
well stocked with fish and from a
culinary standpoint he lives like a
prince.
Scattered throughout the country
there are hundreds Of men in tho
forestry service today. who are gradu-
ates OF Yale and Harvard and many
other big eastern colleges. They arc
working for the practical experience
In forestry.
"Its a great life in some respects"
was the recent verdict of an old for
est ranger. "but there are many
drawbacks to the work. It's hard and
it's mighty lonesome at times, but
all I'm all | guess it's Just as good, and
perhaps a whole lot better, than be-
ing cooped up in stuffy oflce all
day and sleeping In smoky. dusty.
dirty city all night love the open
the great mountains and the silence
and I wouldn't change lots with the
man In the city for twice my salary" /"
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
FIRE FIGHTER DEAD.
Capt. p. J. o'Rourke Member Of De-
partment 90 ,Years-

4. F.
Capt. p. !. o'Rourke Member Of De-
partment a. Ysars.
Capt. Patrick .. O'Rourke. IS years
old, member of the Detroit fre de-
partment for 80 years, died in his
home, No 664 Commonwealth-ave.
Thursday, after a brief illness. He
was attached to engine company No.
IL. While stationed at engine house
No. II, Sixth and Bakersts., couple
or months ago. he injured both ankles
In sliding down the pole In response
To IN alarm OF fire. He-wa laid up
for several weeks He returned TO
work but found that he was unable to
remain on duty.
The captain was known as a brave
fireman. He was among those injured
In the keenan, q jain fire, some years
ago, and sustained injuries In other
big fires. He became CAPTAIN Of Co.
No. 12, Grand River-ave. and Six
teenth-st., on the death OF Capt. Levi
Fletcher, killed In the fire in the Girls
void Motor q Body Co.'S plant, some
weeks ago.
Funeral services viii be held for
the captain In the family home at
$3.50 q. m, Monday, and 80 minutes
later in st. Leo's church, Grand River
ave. and Fifteenth-st. The burial will
be in charge OF the fire department.
Capt. O'Rourke was q member Of the
Detroit Firemens Fund association
and Stevens tent, X. o. T. M. He
is survived by his widow, two daugh-
ters, Misses Anna and Kathleen. and
one son, John. who is connected with
the fire department.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

greatest energy to preserve them
For this reason II is unwise to per-
NIT any false ideals, no matter now
seemingly successful they might be
carried out I'm spots, TO assume the
position of accepted and granted con-
ditions. While, owing to circum'
stances and development, Mormonism
may have been satisfactorily meeting
the wfshes. and inclinations Of q
small portion of the large population
of this great country, which gives In
some phases of living too much
license, to the detriment OF the gen
eral morals, feel we ought not TO
permit the Haunting of such condition
before the whole world, as II conveys
the general impression that Mormon
ism is the general and accepted prac-
tice of this country, and not simply
a federation. | most heartily regret
that such proposition as advertising
the matter, which We trust may elm
mate itself, should ever be entertain
ed"
Mrs Helen ]. Andruss, speaking
for the New York County Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, OF
which she is president, replied. AS
to the silver service to be presented
to the Utah, will say most emphati-
cally that we are opposed to its bear
ing either the picture OF Brigham
Young or the Mormon Temple"
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

BANNING, CAL, May 5.-To live for
2S years on the desert with only bur-
ros and rattlesnakes for company, go
ing for weeks without seeing hui
man being, and then only an Indian.
Why would any man accept such a
life?
Sixty miles from the railroad, in the
heart OF the Colorado desert, lives
Johnnie Wilson, desert rat For
20 years he has lived there. Why!
No one knows that, or where he came
from. He never receives letters On
all subjects he will talk except that
one-why? When 1t Is asked his face
darkens and he quickly changes the
subject.
Wilson lives from hand to mouth,
cultivating little patch Of vegetables
and mining enough gold to buy a lit
tie bacon and -four. He is one OF the
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

mysteries OF the desert country-and
there are many OF them-dozens OF
men eking out miserable living who
never talk about the past.
Once Wilson went TO civilization
and got married. His wife came to
live near the Indian village at Tweu-
ty-nine Palms, where Wilson made his
home. She stood the solitude. rattle
snakes and burros, for month
then she gave up. Wilson helped her
60 back to civilization-but he stayed.
II am going to die before many
years." he said suddenly one day a
few weeks ago. II want them to
blast tomb out OF the rocks over
there" He pointed to peak of solid
granite. Men don't die OF solitude
in the desert" he went on. civil
ization kills US. Civilization, which
means a continual fast pace, has killed
every nation that had II. Rome de-
clined because OF too much civiliza-
tion; so have other nations.
When ! was a young man"
Then Johnnie" Wilson, desert
rat" stopped. Unconsciously he had
gone into the past. He was ready to
discuss literature, history, art or min
ing and tell strange legends Of the
desert country, but about the past
never
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

ways be watchful 10 fire. Millions Of
acres are destroyed every year by
careless campers. II is the rangers
duty to fight and prevent fires.
A ranger, sitting on his horse on a
mountain ridge, sees tiny haze Of
smoke far away. He watches II as
It grows larger. Then he knows
there's work ahead. Down the rough
trail he gallops, risking his life to
reach the scene quickly. Sometimes
the ranger loses his life-caught in
a pocket to be slowly burned to
death. There are many of these
martyrs OF the Forestry service.
Then in winter he Is snowbound--
sometimes for days and days, shut in
with only his animals for company.
In the winter he builds fire breaks,
cleared spaces on the ranges OF the
mountains so feet wide which checks
the summer fires. He rebuilds and
repairs washed out trails. In the
summer he watches for FIRE, rides the
range and plants trese. These are
furnished from the government nur.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN
No. 727.

4NN'
How long does an advertise
ment live?
This subject has been dis
cussed many times by every
body interested in advertising in
any way.
Some people claim that maga-
zine advertising lives longer
than daily newspaper advertis-
! ing, because the magazine re-
mains on the library table from
one months enc to the other,
while the newspaper is thrown
aside as soon as read.
Yet it is a fact that Ludwig
Baumann & Co., the we'll
known furniture house of New
York, received a response to an
advertisement o. theirs fifteen
wears after it appeared in a New
York newspaper.
I have forgotten just where
the response came from, but !
think it was from Australia.
A young Philadelphian, who
Is interested in advertising
Mr.. w. C. Jacobs-wrote me the
other day of an incident that
came up while / was on a bust
'sness trip to Baltimore.
He called on the manager OF
a large manufacturing concern,
Scs-si..sa o. page ia)
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
D. M. FERRY BUILDING HAS
FIRE ESCAPE ON INSIDE
Safety Devices Not Being Visible
From Outside, Citizen Asked The
Times to Investiuate.

The fact that there are no fire
escapes on the outside of d. M. Fer
ry & Cos. big main building. which
takes up a large part of the block
bounded by Monroe-ave., Champlain,
Randolph and Brush-sts., caused a
citizen to get solicitous for the well
fare of the employees of the firm. FRI
day morning, he called up The Times
and suggested that an investigation
ought to be made.
A reporter sent to the big seed
house was courteously received by
Supt. E. r. Des Roches, who explain
ed the equipment for protecting en-
ployes from fire. On every floor are
exits leading to fire escapes, enclosed
along the outer walls. Each entrance
ls covered with a paper shield, on
Which are Signs 70 the effect that the
shields are to be torn open In case OF
fire.
At the foot of the escapes are auto
matte platforms, which cause the
doors to swing open as soon as any
weight Is placed on them, such as a
person stepping on them.
In addition to the escapes the COM
pany has provided exits to the spaci-
Gus fat roof, around which Is high
battlement. The roof could be used
as a means Of escape II the fire were
on the lower floors.
To demonstrate the efficiency of It's
equipment, Supt. Des Roches turned
in a fire alarm. Within few seconds
the big army of employees, men and
women, came pouring out Of the
premises, from the eighth, the top
floor, to the basement. There was no
excitement and everybody came out
In order. Many of the girls carried
their street wraps in their arms. be.
lie wing that the alarm was for real
fire.
The entire plant Is equipped with a
sprinkling device, by which tons of
water can be poured on the different
floors in an instant, in case of fire.
The water is supplied by immense
tanks on the roof
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

SPRINGFIELD, H., May 5.--Act-
ing on the recommendation OF the
state board OF pardons, Gov. Deneen
yesterday issued a pardon to former
Police Inspector McCann, of Chicago,
who had been sentenced to the Joliet
penitentiary for tarking protection
money from landlords and keepers OF
disorderly houses. McCanns record
was one OF unrelenting warfare
against vice. Preachers and settle
ment workers credited him with hav-
ing rescued hundreds of women and
girls. He was indicted, tried and con-
victed of obtaining hush money al
most entirely on the testimony or
keepers and inmates of resorts.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

The old days when the forest
ranger-the policeman OF Uncle
Sans vast preserves--had to rough
IL are passing. Now the government
IN furnishing him modern house, q
salary Of from s1,1oo to $1,000 a year
and even installing plumbing and
other comforts in them for his wife
and family.
But at it's best the life Of a ranger
il hard. Tenderfeet are not wanted
in the service, neither is the man
who comes from the west Tor his
health and hopes for snap out In
the open under Uncle Sam. The for.
est ranger must work, and IL is hard
work. Each reserve is presided over
by a supervisor, who has about 30
rangers under him. Each are given
a district for which he Is responsible.
He must furnish his horse and his
pack burros. The greatest danger
and the one for which he must al
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
RELIGIOUS FANATIC
Is NAILED TO cross

ADALA JARA, Mexico,
May 5.--Ciriaco Cornejo, a Tex
pan Indian, who took part Of
the Christ in the annual holy
week passion play at the town
Of Texpan in the southern part
OF the state, Is dead as the re-
suit OF his insistence that his
hands be nailed to the cross In
the crucifixion scene.
Cornejo was religious en-
thusiast and was not content to
be tied to the cross as had been
the custom In previous years.
He insisted that nails be driven
through his hands. The nails
were rusty and blood poisoning
developed. For many years the
passion play had been a feature
Of holy week observance among
the Texpsn Indians. e
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
MRS. McKIM RETURNS
OBSCURELY TO PARIS
Now Occupies a Small Furnished
Flat; Her Retired Hotel Sc
lected BY Vanderbilt Agent.

iecteo ny Nanoerpiit agent.
PARIS, May 4.-Why Mrs. Smith
Hollins McKim should have taken
refuge at the Hotel Metropolitan, No.
8 Rue Cambon, an insignificant side
street, called after former French
ambassador to Washington, has its
genesis and rise in a game of poker.
The street Is so insignificant that it
would be known to no outsiders ex-
cept for the fact that II contains the
drinking club OF the Duke de Morny,
and that the Prince de Sagan, the
present husband Of Anna Gould, had
5000 year fat there In the days
of his poverty.
Not many years ago Alfred g. Van
derbilt, DR.. Alexander |. Rykert, then
a fashionable man about town; P.
Thorne, brother Of the president Of
the Trust Company Of Aherica, and
another man, whose name l forget
used to play poker and sometimes
bridge In Thorne's fiat on the Place
vendome. They all became fast
friends, and all were old-timers In
Paris, except Vanderbilt. When he
wanted discreet and unlikely place
for Mrs. McKim to stop. he wired Mr.
Rykert to find such. Mr.. Rykert, who
is living now near Boulogne In a
gorgeous villa, paid for from the large
fortune of Mrs. Rykert, formerly Miss
Macintosh, of Salt Lake City, made
a special trip to Paris. After a care
full investigation, Mr. Rykert decided
upon this obscure hotel in an obscure
street. So careful was the secret
kept that even Mrs. McKim's mail
was not delivered there. Mrs. Nc
Kim, after she was discovered In
this retreat, left Paris by a Berlin
train, but went no further than Brus-
sells. She is now back in Paris living
in a small furnished fiat. Alfred Van
derbilt Is in London
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
MAKES UNIQUE REQUEST.

KBALAMAZOO, Mich, May 5.-ln
order that his wife might wed her
lover OF school days, John Baker, a
prominent Kalamazoo farmer. has ap-
piled for divorce. He told the Judge
that he wanted his wife to have the
custody of his four children, knowing
that she was entirely competent to
care for them. The case. according
to the Judge. is one Of the most re-
markable ever brought before him.
He has refused decree and will at
tempt to bring about reconciliation.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
TO ESTABLISH PLAY GROUNDS.

BAY CITY, Mich, May 5.-The
public playground idea has secured a
strong hold In Bay City and the Civic
league is planning to extend the sys-
tenn this year. Two school grounds
have been equipped and will be in use
during the school term and the vaca-
tion months. There is now proposi-
tion by which one OF the city's unim.
proved park plats shall be transform
ed into a large public playground, 10
citizens offering 800 each II the city,
or board Of education will duplicate
the total by an appropriation. The
Civic league offers to pay a salaried
instructor for the summer.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
WOMEN CONDEMN
BRIGHAM YOUNG
Call Him Traitor and Oppose Placing
of His Picture on Utah's
Silver Service.

NEW YORK, May 5.-The action
of Secretary OF the Navy Meyer In
again ruling that the navy depart
ment has no authority to censor in
scriptions on silver services present
ed 10 naval vessels by individual
states has disappointed patriotic or
CARNATIONS In all parts OF the United
States.
While all New York club women
are not willing 10 join a twentieth
century tea party" as was recently
suggested at a Staten island meet
ing, and throw overheard from the
battleship Utah the $4,000 silver SER
vice presented to the vessel by the
State after which the vessel is named,
they are quite unanimous in agreeing
that President Taft should not allow
the acceptance OF the gift. The last
stand against such acceptance has
just been taken by committee OF
Presbyterians from Utah and other
states, who have taken the matter up
with the president and have asked
him to order the navy department to
refuse the gift.
The sentiment of the women of the
country may be judged from the fol
lowing replies by New York club wo-
men TO this question:
Should the United States Navy
Department permit on the battleship
Utah the use OF the silver service
presented TO that ship by the State
of Utah and bearing the pictures of
Brigham Young and the Mormon
Temple"
No Honors for a Traitor.
Mrs. William Gerry Slade, who is
connected with score Of clubs and
societies, including the Daughters oil
the Seventeenth Century, Founders
and Patriots, Navy League of the
United States, Colonial Chapter, ID.
A. R., and other equally well-known
gave this opinion:
Like every other true woman In the
United States, think 1t will be u
disgrace to our government and to
the Navy Department should the pic
lures of Brigham Young and the Nor
mon Temple, be placed upon any sill
yer service that is to be used by our
navy on one Of it's battleships. IL
consider Brigham Young not only a
traitor but an adulterer, and not in
any way a representative of our ma
ton in any form OF loyalty, patriot
ism, truth, honor, progress or all that
goes to make up true man"
Mrs. Clarence e. Beebe, president
OF the Young Women.s Christian Az
sociation of New York Speaking for
myself, and Mnofhcially, will say
that / do not approve of the. United
States Navy Departments acknow-
ledgment of Brigham Young and the
Mormon Temple on silver service
to be used on the battleship Utah. 1t
is not customary to SO immortalize a
traitor and a man who defied his
country's laws. consider the very
idea disgrace to this noble ship of
our navy"
- Detrimental TO Home Ideals.
Mrs. Silas p. Leveridge, chairman
of the Local School Board of District
No. A, Manhattan, and a member of
the Woman's Democratic City Fed
Grafton, Political Study, Municipal
Art, City Mothers and New Workers
clubs, said: The question Of Nor
monism has not touched US very ser
iously in New York, and but little at
tention has been given to 1t by the
average New York woman. Woman
must needs stand for the sanctity and
tha ideals of home and nut forth the
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

the methods being used by the special
interests to undo at the polls at the
next California election all that Is pos
sible OF the great accomplishments of
the Legislature, and points out what
the story he has told means TO you.
as an individual American citizen, no
matter where you live.)
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

LoSiS SOSoEN, steward OF the
Fisher.
MRS. LOUIS suooEN. assIssant
steward.
Three lives were lost when the
steamers Stephen Clement and the
Fisher. both freighters, collided In
tn Detroit river. opposite wyandotte.
about midnight, Thursday.
The dead are the steward Of the
Fisher, his wife. and one of the en-
gineers.
The Fisher sank within three min
utes after the accident and now lies
on the bottom Of the channel almost
in midstream. The Clement is an
chored on the foot OF orleans-st.
Nothing is known as yet as to the
cause Of the collision. Both captains
came to Detroit. Friday morning, and
reported the accident to Capt. Vest
colt. marine reporter at the foot Of
Woodward-ave. They had nothing 70
say as to the cause OF the disaster.
Both boats are owned in Cleveland.
The Fisher was bound up. with .
cargo of coal and deckload OF rails.
The Clement was bound down with
ore.
This is the first serious accident
OF the season in local waters.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
Ex.senator KIttredae psad.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark. May 5.--For-
mer United States Senator Kittredge.
of South Dakota. died here last night
after an illness of more than month.
Senator Kittredge was a member Of
the senate for eight years. Early IN
his career he was chairman OF the In
ter.oceanlc canal commission and I'm
that capacity investigated Tor tho
United States the title to rights on
the Isthmus OF Panama, purchased
from the French government His 70
port on this matter was regarded -
an unusually strong document. He
was a staiwart Republican.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
DETROIT BOY KILLS SELF.
Daniel Noble Plays With Revolver
Which He Thought Was Not Loaded.

JACKSON, Mich, May 5.--Placing
a 32-caiiber revolver, which he sup
posed was not loaded, against hio
right eye as his playmates looked Or
yesterday afternoon, Daniel Noble, ~,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Noble. ok
Detroit, pulled the trigger. and felI
unconscious to the ground from q buI-
let wound. He was rushed to the city
hospital. where he died last night.
The lad was here on a visit TO hi1
aunt, Mrs. Jerry Cronin. No. 10s Muir
phy-ave. and while she was down
town, the boy found the revolver, TOOK
II out Of the house to play with t.
He pulled the trigger once. and when
IL did not 60 or. declared In the
presence Of his playmates. that II was
not loaded. and placing IL against his
right eye. pulled the trigger again
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05
Late Telegraph News

NEW YORK-Richard H. Edmonds,
editor Of the Manufacturers Record
calls the south the Nations biggest
asset"
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

NEW YORK-For returning a check
for $4,000. James Mccarthy, nine
teen-year old messenger boy received
dollar reward
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

ALBANY, N. Y.--State Senator Nc
Manus says that the bill he proposes
for fifty cents q bottle tax on cham
pagne would add $5.000,0o0 to the
state annual revenues.
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

BALTIMORE-Dr Lyman Abbott
told the Peace Congress that New
York city Is worse morally than It
has been In twenty years -
The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

(Gov Johnson's final article will ap-
near in The Times tomorrow. You
can't AFFORD to miss II. Johnson ex-
ooses the preparations being made and