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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
AN OLD CASE JUDGED.

There have been references in the
in which the L. s, Supreme Court held
that q reorganization and change OF
name of a company aud the taking over
of the property of that company by
the new organization does not relieve
the new company from the obligation
to pay the debts of the old. The case
is one that has beeu long pending, hav-
ing been on the court dockets for twcn.
ty-seven years.
J. H. Boyd q contractor, of Spokane,
was awarded s7l,273 by this Judgment
against the Northern Pacific Railway
Company. The matter hinged upon the
effect of the reorganization OF the
Northern Pacific in 1896 The name OF
the former company was the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company. The new
organization STYLES il the Northern Pa
ci6c Railway COMPANY, Boyd held
claim against the old company. and
asked the new organization TO pay lt'
but his right TO collect from the reor'
panized company was denied. BOYD
sued. with the result given. The court
held that the property of the new com
pany was identical with that of the old
and that the obligations OF the old
company must attach TO that property
and to the new organization III tins
matter of liabilities since the new or
ganizatiou had all the property 1T mus
pay the Just debts, even though there
had been a judicial sale. Justice La
mar in delivering the opinion of th'
court held that although there had beer
no moral flaw, yet the decree OF sale
Of the property of the old Northerr
Pacific Railroad Company to the ne"
Northern Pacific Railway Company wa!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
PoKING FUN AT BRYAN.

Secretary Bryan having given a dip.
lomatc dinner in Washington. at
which he apparently cudeavorcd to
make up 10 his guests for the wine TO
which they were accustomed in dining.
by providing au imitation drink Of
grape juice, made TO sparkle bv effer.
vescIng mineral waters mingled with
1t, there is no lack Of fun being poked
al the whole performance. both on this
side of the Atlantic and Oh the other
side. Primarily, no one would have
cared particularly 10 discuss the matter
at all but Bryan FASTENED TO discuss
il publicly, and thereby TO invite dis.
cussioDs by others. Accordingly, there
has been no lack Of responsive discus.
sion, n good deal of it contemptuous
"a good deal Of it frivolous, but more
by way Of sarcasm and fun.
No one cares in particular what Sec.
re;ary Bryan serves at his table, No
one cares whether he drinks wine or
does not drink wine. Nobody cares
what he has been FUSED to- in mat
tiers OF this kind. But here was a pub
lie function in which he flagrantIy
transgrossod public usage. aud under.
tool, to make up for that transgression
by providing a sickiy sort OF imitation
of the real drink which it is usual to
provide There is where the sticking
point comes in. II Bryan had frankly
served tea. coffee, milk, or mineral
water, without excuse or pretcnsc, no
one would have had occasion 10 jibc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
.oid a, acaip.t the non.consenting cred

void as against the non-consenhng erea-
itor.
Justice Lurton. dissenting, held tna'
the reorganization was not i'ioi
transfer of the property OF the ola com
r,rv IN any wav 10 themselves as
stockholders of the Northern faeino
Railway Company, but was an euort
&c tho stockholders to save the prop
ertv in situation where the properly
had gone into the hands of receiver
and where conditions were S'eau'iy
growing worse; and that the sale snouio
stand as valid against any one "ho'
,oars after the sale. came forward TO
attack the act to save the property
.Tustice Lurton said that the erecl OIL
the decision upon railroads reorganizea
about the time of the Northern Paclne
rooro,n;zatior was alarming. The
court divided FIVE TO four, Win JUS
tees Holmes and Vandevanter' ana
Chief Justice White concurrlng WITH
Justice .Lurton's dissent
condensed statement of the case
is given from Washington as follows:
The Boyd litigation against the Nor,h h.
ern Pacific dates hack to asS6 WEI w9en t'nt Sn5
Co was organized in Montana. IN tnt
fall OF that yeSr 1T became indenteSS eS
10 one William L Spaulding Tor wors
done and materials furnished In tne con
| structIon OF a narrow gauge rali,9sG u
| Idaho, from Burke to Old MISSION
thirty three miles. spaYding brought mn re, a. a.
i,ter Judgment was rendered in hi
favor for $36.5S5, which was the orig
| inaI sum plus interest.
| I'm 1896. ]. H. Boyd Instituted an acuol
against spaulding on The ground tna' ne ne
| Judgment. and In 1901 an ldano cour
! handed down decision In Boyd S laNot
| In 1905, Boyd brought an action asains
the Northern Pacific. which had =, take re
over the Occur d Alene property, 10 re
| cover a Judgment for SIl,2t3, represent
| ing principal plus Interest.
From this it appears that the cour
looked beneath all of the transfers an
changes of name, following a cham o
continuing interest throughout, an
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

4 s Vermont dairyman is going out of
fbusiocss, and offers bis cows for sale,
rs he is tired OF 1.-The detcstuble bcha-
,ior Of bum help On this Boston
,Papor advises the young men of the city
sf'yho ought TO be in tue country for
the sake of their physical aud moral
welfare. 10 20 out on the farms aud
thus add their number TO the "bunl
'kclp.' -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

gave to Boyd. the complainant, ., {
amount Of his claim. II is No.
sec the causes for alarm wh;ch
Lurton discovered in this act;on ~
court, for there seems TO bo :.
that the reorganized company
took over the property of tho ~,
pany got the benefit Of thu ~, ~
which the account was reuderoa
difficult TO see, therefore, WIN y
should be any alarm expressed :.
idea that this debt is properly i.
ible. as the court adjudged II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

II appears that when the ladies so.
srcted the fifty male beauties TO adorn
their New York parade, they had a
design OF uniform for the beauties
which would have exposed their knees.
but the charmcrs won't staud it: they
arc nearly all knock. k.knecd. aud the
exposure would make them ridiculous.
So they struck. and won; the ladies
give in, and the male beauties will
have tbcn dcformity hidden. And thus
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

The ''pcacc delegates - in session at
'St Louis. in declaring that they " do
not fear Japan aud are opposed TO
any war preparations. display an apt
illustration of what Gen. Homer Lea
ssjyled 'sThe Nslor OF ignorance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

Secretary Bryan s dinner diplomacy
is all right with the American people.
NTberc is no law of nations or of cti-
quotte that says a man must feed his
guests ON liquors, if his principles are
against the custom, says II contem-
'Sorary; all OF which is quite true; but
WHY get up limitations?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

Il Tt is not good to see that so much
OF the milk offered and used in this
city s below standard when tested. II.
after while. the restrictions should be
conc more rigid. and those dealers who
repeatedly offer milk below standard
requirements. should be shut out OF this
market altogether, they Will have no.
body to blame but themselves
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

There is no doubt that the revision
of the tariff all as il stauds. is a gross
discrimination against the West; but
The .uggestion TO rctaliatc by taking tho
tariff off from manufactured woolens
lie probably impracticablc The East has
the votes. and is using them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

y President Wilson denounces the
- whispering system in politics in New
Jersey Wonder what he would say TO
lhc political whispering system that
si,as cursed Utah politics for 10 these
manv wears!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

If the California Legislature passes
s.be autisiicn lsnd-holding bin 10 the
form now reported. resting its pro-
visions Oh the japanese treaty direct
instead Of on the naturalization laws,
aud permitting pon-naturalizable aliens
70 lease agricultural lands. then Secre.
tsry Bryan can justly claim a great
VirtarV
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

9 \ late report states that Ethere is
1donstitutiou in Mexico This Is sen
satfonal news indeed. But it must have
ygu, lost surely.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

The dispatches say that Montenegro
is expected to back down in the matter
of Skutari. OF course: there IS nothing
-clse for her TO do. But now, or here
nb,nt ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

And so the United States "recog-
S,nizes" the Chinese republic just as
>'that recognition has become of no man
ner Of account
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

= Tyrus Cobb has signed up, has been
reinstated. and now the activities OF the
baseball season can proceed in proper
tardcr and form.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

does the tyrsnt man have his way, even
when in captivity.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

=, The "banana glide is the name of
"a new dance. And yet it ism Z AT all
<new Any one can see it in perfection
on the sidewalks in the banana season.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

The Mullen investigation establishes
n cunning method of turning cam
paieu political contribution into a rail
road asset or porflt. left-handed
sort of way of getting at the usual re-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

After July 1st. no saloon licenses are
.,te be granted in the Panama Canal
-.Zone. This will boom the saloon busi'
%ness in Colon and Panama.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

- 4 "noiseless world y is called Tor by
sihose who want TO make all the noise
themselves
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

= Essad Pasba continues to carry out
tlfs role of self-coustituted ruler OF
Albania. But when Austria gets after
HIM he may be Es-Sader Pasha than
lie WAS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

of the powers in interest, and which
are left in control
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
FEW REAL BARGAINS

$50 each, only $3.50 cash, balance three
years two lots in Smithfield on 4th
avenue near 4th street; all such lots are
priced at $1,000 to $3.50, but for certain
reasons these lots must be sold at once.
$3.50 One-half cash, balance one year a
store and corner lot In East BrmYng-
ham, on car line, fronting 140 feet and
renting for $l4 per month. | know
this Is 800 less than this property is
worth, but must sell.
S375c-8 room. story modern home near
Idlewild car'lne, South Highlands; $3.50
cash
$40. .0C0-s0 feet on 21st street near 5th ave-
nue., four business lots.
S. E. THOMPSON, Agent
Telephone "a. 2l7 North 21st st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
TWO HOURS OF BOREDOM
All Due to an Unsought and I'm
justifiable Introduction
Iale in Boston Herald.

Philip Hale in Boston Herald.
Ferguson farewells his guest at the
railway station, and as he is about tc
mount his motor car spies you await
ing the train for Boston. II say, John
son, l want you to know Mr.. Blizzard
of Spokane. He'll keep you company
Be good to him. You had looked for
ward to pleasant couple of hours
in the smoking car. You had saved
two cigars for this journey. and seen
yourself reading the newspapers al
leisure, or the short stories and ad-
vertisements in magazine, and pos
sibly making progress in George Fin
lays mastery but nto engrossine
Greece Under the Romans"
And now you have two hours with
Blizzard. whom you have just met a
sallow, melancholy person. with an
apologetic cough. Yes. he'll smoke 81
don't care If l do" This formula al
ways excites your anger. He sits and
says nothing, but looks at you. Know
ing nothing about Spokane, you talk
desperately about 1t. wonderful. city
Remarkable progress For a western
err. he is singularIy uncommunicative
You try baseball, the prospects OF war
between Germany and England. the pit
liable condition of the stage; you ques-
tion the sanity of Mr.. Roosevelt, and
inquire into problems of Irrigation
Hard labor for two hours-and you
are without tobacco. You offer him a
newspaper and a magazine. mo.
never read in train; it's bad for the
eyes"
Exhausted, you arrive in Boston. Mr.
Blizzard milks your hand. II have en-
Joyed meeting you. II you ever come 10
Spokane let me KNOW"
or which one of US could not this
fable be related? There is always a
ferguson who dumps a departing guest
on friend or mere acquaintance There
is always Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
chatty, sometimes reserved. And who
knows whether Mr.. Blizzard is not more
bored for the two hours than he that
feels himself obliged to be entertain
ing?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
NOW ON DIVIDEND BASIS

The production of nine wells the Electra oil now
sufficient dividends At meeting of the directors
January quarterly dividend of one per
(par value This really of per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice of sale


Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, J. N. Hull, will offer for sale at
II o'clock m. on the 4th day of February,
1918. at Maxwell & Crouch Mule Co, 15l2
Second avenue North at public out
cry to the highest bidder for
cash, to satisfy a lien on one sorrel
mare named Mystery" about years old,
about 16 hands high, blaze face with three
white feet and weighing about HOO pounds,
and also her colt. said lien being in favor
of the undersigned for $3.50 for the board
of said mare from the 4th day of jan
uary, 1912, to the 4th day of February.
1913; and also for the purpose of satis-
flying a lien of $40 for stallion service,
together with the cost of advertising and
selling same, said mare and colt being
the property of Matte Kates.
This the Sth day of January, 1918.
j. N. HULL.
1-12-3t-sun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
Beautiful
S15,5OO at a Sacrifice

You might look for six months
and you would never find a
home like this for the price.
Has three baths" steam
heated, finished in solid quar-
ter-sawed oak. has large liv-
ing room, parlor. dining room
breakfast room, oak kitchen on
first floor, four fine, airy bed
rooms and porch on second
floor, large finished attic. A
servants house and garage.
This would cost you $1,000 to
build. Listen. it is just off of
Highland avenue, in one of the
best locations. Look, the lot is
f00x160, and is worth $4,000.
You could not put the i'm
proyements on the lot for s10,-
900. Don't you wait If you
want a home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
legal Notice

= the district court of the United
states for the Southern division Of the
Northern district of Alabama. In the
matter of White-Bakeslee Manufactur-
ing company, in bankruptcy.
To the, creditors of the above bankrupt:
You will please take notice that Pc
tition was fled in the above entitled mat
ter on thef20th day of December, 1912,
praying for a. sale of the property belong
iDx to said estate and for a final settle
ment of all matters pertaining thereto.
1t is therefore ordered that a general
. meeting of creditors be held at my office
room, Lyon-Terry building. Birmingham,
Ala, on the 31st day of Januarys 1913. at
10 o'clock a. M, for the purpose of con-
sidering said petition and al other mat
ters that may arise affectn4 said bank
ruptcy estate. N. w. TR1MBLE,
1-s-lf-su Special Referee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
If You
Want to Buy the Best

New eight room home on the
South Highlands for $3.50. Call
me Monday; | can show it to
you in so minutes and arrange
extremely easy terms, too. Has
hardwood floors nicely papered,
furnaced heated. You can select
you own electric fixtures; good
lot 170 feet deep. If you want
this one you will have to be
quick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
TICKETS TO THE
PRESIDENTIA
INAUGURATION VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
WILL ALLOW STOP
OVERS AT ALL POINTS.
GOING OR RETURNING.
FOR HENT

FOR HENT
SEVERAL CONNECTING OFFICES
IN CLARK Building. JANITOR
SERVICE, STEAM HEAT AND WA
TER FURNISHED. LET Us SHOW
YOU THE INCEST SMALL OFFICE
BUILDING IN THE CITY.
LOUIS ". CLARK \ CO.. AGENTS, Ri
CLARK BLDG. l'HONE 81.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
I'm the Guy That Put
the 'Eas" in Easy Terms
Handsome
New Brick Home

Located fine, just south of
Highland avenue, Birming-
hams most beautiful thorough
fare. Has large living room,
den, dining room, breakfast
room, kitchen and lattice back
porch on first floor; four fine
bedrooms and two tile baths
on second floor, beautifully
decorated; hardwood floors in
every room. fine electric and
plumbing fixtures. There is
nothing that will touch it on
the Highlands for the price.
Can arrange attractive terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

based the selling Of the stock go cents shre
Heretofore all from the producing wells used for drill
advisable sell stock for the purpose OF
further developments order that stockholders could begin now
to realize profit their investment
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-06-12
DRINK PURE WATER AND AVOID
SICKNESS

Impure water aus typhoid
fever and other diseases. There Is
no excuse for an impure water sp-
ply I'm Idaho.
1t is the duty of the proper au-
thorities of every town to install
a pure water system.
1t is the duty of every citizen for
the protection of his family to in
sist that pure water shall be pro
vided In his locality.
Surface wells are dangerous In
towns where there lis no sewer s,s-
tenn and In which dry earth closets
r not exclusively used.
Open irrigation bitches are
dangerous as a source of drinking
water.
Streams used for drinkink pur-
poses should be protected from hui
man and other contamination.
The best water supply is one
taken from springs and conveyed in
pipes.
If springs cannot be secured, the
supply should. IL possible, be piped
from montain streams which are
carefully protected from contamina-
ton.
Filtration through a sand filter
furnishes an additional safeguard
and can be inexpensively installed.
Artesian wells are usually free
from dangerous contamination.
Water used for culinary purposes
be boiled If there is any
reason to suspect its purity.
The state board OF health will in
vestigate complaints relating to i'm
pure water supplies in any locality
In the state.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-06-12
WHATS IN A M

The Society of Friends, In their
annual convention in New York,
have raised objection to the promis-
cuous use OF the word Quaker
There was no small kick from the
sect when an enterprislng firm
named their brand of breakfast
food Quaker but when a distil-
lery began advertising Quaker
whlskey, there was an outburst Of
Indignation.
1t is proposed to have a law en-
acted prohibiting the use of names
like Quaker for manufactured
articles. Says the Official organ OF
the Quakers, how would ads like
these strike you:
Baptist Beer Is the Best Booze"
Methodist Martins Make Null
titudes Merry"
"Episcopalian Paint Covers a
of Sins"
Catholic CocktaIls-A Cure for
All Care"
presbyterian Purses for Pleth-
Dric Pockets"
Lutheran Looking Glasses Give
Pious Reflections."-Twin Falls
Press.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-06-12
MURDER!

II you break quarantine you be,
come a spreader of disease-in othe
words you become a murderer.
What would you do to a person
who killed ycur child this way?
How many children have you
Filled?
No human being will visit the
Guaranteed sick and then associate
with the we'll. Inhuman beings do
Don't break quarantine and
spread disease; In other words
don't be a murderer.
Keep your children away from
children who have their throats tied
up.
doctors who don't report their
cases Of contagious diseases are
wellknown enemies Of children as
we'll as Mothers and Fathers who
expose their children to CONTAGIOUS
disease believing that Children must
have such disease.
Permit Sunshine to flood vomr
home and admit 1t into your life.
Stick close to the simple life.
Do not ~patronize the dirty milk
men. fly infested market and res
taurant. unprotected fruit and can
dy stands or other Health menace
ing agencies.
The best Spring Tonic 10 pure air
and sunshine.
How about your children? Arc
their births registered. II not
are you treating your children
right? An official birth record 10
best proof Of legitimacy, of de-
scent, or right to inherit and Of
age for schooling. for work. for
voting and for marriage.
Despise the wretches who braak
and slaughter nttle
children; smite them II o cant
inform the health officer.
All persons are forbidden to entor
leave Guaranteed premise
without special permit from the
health officer having Jurisdiction
me penalty: A fine OF fifty dol
lars, to which may be added i'm
prisonment.
For a clear conscience observe
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-06-12
We ehould rejoice

We should rejoice. On.
have the doughty defendars ssda
honor turned back the in,,. =. op
vaders from England who se' y
carry from these shores Tho ss =, .
national polo cup. In tbs 'atss
three games the American ,o" ~'s q
loped the British quartet '.af Wy
AS before sad, we shoun aog.
merry for tie a great victo.. nals
the most democratic y
earth. OF course not one o
ten thousand in Amerioa 'a y
Played polo, and many tbo,..s.
have never even seen the sss'
Only the most wealthy can le
this advertisement; it ia a.. 't.st
the ponies used by the aa'
team in the game cost NOR
100000. But we have demon., ,a.a
tnat the newly rich Of this coas.s
have just as much time. AZ 800
money, to spend on e~xtrayass,. =.
exclusive sports as have The aaa
Gratis of Great Britain.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-06-12
TIlg SAGE BRUSH

Talk shout the original advertiser
Nature first advertised. and tbs
49, brush was her medium Of pub
licit. Nature planted the sage
whsrsvsr the desert soil held plant
food. And her guarantee. back Of
the advertisement. was that wheat
would grow wherever sag would
grow. She didn't claim ~ much as
shs might, being . good advertiser.
But iattsriy. and when men finally
havs accepted a. true her pledge
q fertile soil. men have found that
not only wheat but corn, and alfalfa
and splendid po~tatoes--and almost
every crop Of the humid lands will
grow and flourish on the land that
once Was covered with sage.
And the sage brush Il willing to
quit when natures purpose has
been effected: when the advertise
ment c0nvinces. and man 10 ready
to reclaim the land. 1t 10 not deep
rooted. It comes away easily. 1t
does NOT leave fibrous roots that
persist In s~pringing up again when
the land 10 plowed up and seeded
down. II has held the nutritiye
Of nature. and Is willing to
quit when man II willing to begin.
Besides which. the sage 10 not an
ugly shrub. 1t keeps all the color
the desert knows through winter
tone OF green. And 1t Is bright
and fresh and full of response to
greet natures sun when springtime
Gomez again.
Great u nature, and--in the dry
land--the sage brush 10 her prophet
Ogden Examiner.