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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

A railroad company lie asked to pay
100000 for the death Of chimpan-
zee. Evidently its owner is not eager
to work for his living now.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

A western telegraph manager adver-
hses for girls with wheels" He
sught to And them by going to any
moving picture show.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

A Minnesota health official says the
only place to kiss a woman is on her
photograph. Not on your tintype!
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

A bird said to be French owl was
captured by policeman. France il
the last country In the world to think
Of for producing anything owlish
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

Real babies are to be used in q
school of mothercraft at Acton, Eng,
where girls will be taught the art Of
infant management Poor little kids!
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

A New York bigamist has been sen
fenced to prison for five years, one
year for each wife. Why not make
him live one year with all FIVE wivesf
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03
Lays for Him.

Brown.-Does your wife always sit
up for you when You are out later
Smith-No; she lays for me at the
door.-Milwaukee Sentinel
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03
HELPFUL HINTS.

This being leap year, 1t behooves
all men who are not already in the
golden letters of matrimony, as the
poets so aptly put 1t, to become &C
quainted with the signs and symbols
that indicate proposal.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

Philadelphia is offering a bounty on
rats to get the fieas of them. A tick
lish proposition.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

The price OF steel hoops has been
advanced 50 a ton. but not because
hoopskirts are coming in.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

This pretty waist can be made Of
satin or wool. 1t fastens diagonalIy in
front, where It ID ornamented with
buttons and finished with little frill
OF lace. II has q rolling collar faced
with dark or black velvet.
The sleeves are entirely new; the
cuffs are cut in one piece with the in
sides OF the sleeves and ornamented
with buttons, the outsides are slightly
full and plated into the cuffs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

Chicago has school for brides, but
no guarantee of q position goes with
. scholarship.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

The next thing to become popular
is the auto milk cart. Then we'll
probably find gasoline In the bottles.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

In China. which now has the tele-
phone. hello" is just hello" no more,
no less.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

China has no forests. There are NO
woods for her unpopular politicians to
take to.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

A New York suffragette says: ~I'm
thirty-eight. and don't care a whoop
for the men!" Probably it's mutual
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

Naturally the baseball fans find in
the restored Venus OF Milo southpaw
with good curves.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03
Impure
Air
Found
in Many
Places

by L. a. wFLss. Chicago

you would think they all be poisoned indeed they
The this particularly beautiful air is
charged with all the qualities in the world it's
life strength thousands people that really
cold fresh air
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

1t Is too much to expect OF a deli
cate young creature of the opposite
sex, whose constant education has
led her to believe that some mere
man, dazzied by her beauty and en-
thralled by her many charms, will
sink to one knee on the parlor rug
and beg her to be his'n-it lie too much
to expect that she will at once grasp
the opportunity, or that she win even
know the opportunity when she sees
it.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

It difficult for Yid To decide whether marry who
will feed her vanity and her sentiment mddeaged
will feed her real food.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03
"The Old Bank" greets you
i'm its new building

The officers and directors OF Walker
Brothers Bankers extend greetings 10
the people OF Salt Lake City
and the Inter-mountain Re-
gion, and invite you to in 4
spect their new home go
The Oldest bank between %GHE
The Missouri River and the 4lNS
Pacific Coast is now open lRM
for business in the tallest MM{iMl
building between the Mis- <{HA&atl1
souri, River and the Pacific kY<S&G
Coast. kl9MfEd
You will always be well Sn!Nl3gsa
come at the "old bank" IT pfIl}uys2
is still the 'old bank" ENlli5I!s1
though in new, handsome Ell(tlI,lsd
and larger quarters, where E}{IlIf!1sT
1t has better facilities TO hHlIIi!tsI
serve you. HnIINash
To the old friends, some gH'HHHH
OF whom have known this jt Riirify5sfxsS
institution during the en- HT@iSS
tire period of its existence WNaH
NOW nearly 81 years--Is &9NNM
extended a special invita-
ton.
The bank had it's beginning when the
city was struggling village in the
midst of a wilderness. It has pros
pered with the community.
The new building typiHes the great.
growing, progressive Salt Lake City.
And toward the solid growth and prog
ress of the future this bank will al
ways endeavor to be potent factor.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

mar when he is tired Of play; when she
work Is wonder that married people appear
tired feeling?"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

When has done anything particularly arocous he loves
calling himself fool it makes him feel injured
and irresponsible
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

The late Ruth Ashmore could han
die this subject better than we. She
had seen leap years come and go and
had advised thousands of girls as to
the course to pursue and the man to
catch.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

he officers and directors OF Wakes
theirs Bankers extend greetings TO
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

1t is practically incumbent upon
man who appreciates and values the
attentions OF a young woman to make
the proposal easy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

But any man who discovers during
the evening that the young lady is
squeezing his hand and that she is
sitting on his lap may understand at
once that It is a matter of his whis
pering yes or signing no.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-01-03

Telling her he will be brother to
her Ia a gentle way of declining her
hand, but the surest and most grace
full way Ia to ask her II she can sup
port him In the style to which he
would like to be accustomed.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
THE GERMAN AND THE LITTER.

While the lift is being packed with In
tending travellers, a German will stalk In
and bring the case Of nervous prostra-
ton almost into the class Of violent cpl
lepsy by refusing to produce a ticket
"Ach, tickets. tickets" says he, In a
fury. Here are your two sOldi; so buy
the ticket yourself
The boy quick to act on the sugges-
ton, leaps out OF the elevator. and, shut
ting and locking the door Of II Oh the out
side SO that those already in cannot es-
cape and those still outside cannot steal
in. he goes off 10 buy the Germans
ticket.
After he has returned packed in his
full cargo Of fifteen souls, closed all the
doors and battened everything down with
an attention 10 detail that is used in pre-
pairing a ship for a transatlantic voyage.
he presses a mysterious button with an
air OF awful import. and before one can
quite count twenty thc mighty vehicle
begins almost imperceptiby 10 rise.
II one could only see the view as one
glides upward-the lift Shaft is not in
closed and the car is always visible until.
a tiny speck. 1t disappears through the
ceiling above. But there is no view for
the incascd ones. as all tho doors and
windows Of the lift are Of ground glass.
The occupants have merely to look at one
another and 10 hope and pray.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
Tie 05vaye LE5Z 60alC Co10eTEedNvlo o AorJue

the problem Of sanitation we'll in hand
another and very pressing question con-
fronted us-wherc TO get enough food
10 supply those In need
ON the Tuesday that the flood broke
Mr.. Patterson. with rare foresight had
sent his motor trucks and delivery wag-
ony into the nearby country and had
bought up all tho farm produce that
could be found This was stored In the
National Cash Register buildings al
most before the inhabitants OF the city
realized the seriousness Of the calamity
and during the several days immediate
ly following the Hood there was an am
plc supply ~ food on hand.
As the DAYS wore on, however. this
supply dwindled and wellnigh disap-
pearcd Tor days the relief stations
which fcd a hundred thousand people
Nm the week which followed the Hood
were the only sources OF food. Al one
time there were four miilionaircs M tho
bread limo. receiving their rauous IKE
the humblcst workman in their facto-
ri,s As high as 800 was offered for
basket ~ food hut there was no food
sold at any price. There were thousands
OF dollars worth OF II 10 be given away
but not q crumb 20 be bought
ono day, upon taking inventory We
found that wc had on hand only one
and a quarter rations for tho entire city
that is. only enough food TO supply
the refugees for that day and a quarter
of the next Tho War Department was
notified. and a. once shipped one hun
drcd thousand rations from Chicago
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

Major Rhoads, Who, Under the Direction OF
the Secretary Of War, Restored the
Health and Fair Face Of the City,
Pays His Respects to Her
Brave Citizens.

ing purposes. The large number OF open
priyy vaults in Dayton. tho contents OF
which were swept by the water over the
flooded section. would surely have pro-
voked an epidemic Of typhoid had the
people not been exceedingly careful with
their drinking water.
As preliminary step toward the san
itation Of the entire city. We commenced
a house to- house inspection in all parts
of The flooded district The visiting doc
tor was always accompanied by
trained nurse and the sick were re-
moved TO one Of the two large city hos
pitals which remained open. It was
thought best to close the other smaller
hospitals that had been established as
emergency stations. so that a smaller
force Of nurses might be able TO take
care of the sick This action was also
taken FOR its influence iu removing foci
OF infection from among the well
The house-to-house inspection and re-
moyaI OF the sick 10 the large hospitals
had the effect Of decreasing the sick
ness i'm Dayton more than % per cent IN
ten days. and the lowered rate continued
during my service there
The actively sick having been cared
for the next problem was the attention
necessary 10 bc given TO the sewers
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

and apparently ready Go use them was
sufficient 10 assure the people that they
had to do tine work directed. and do u
at once.
$40 labor. including tUU oi the four
thousand or mon. Wortmcu. was paid
for out OF funds raised uy thc Citizens
Relief Committee. which 0 understand
Rl uIuHtcls pui ihe bills up 90 th"
rlt, for payment The Iahprcrs were
Daid s. 20 day. the 'oromcn 81 and men
with teams received S.. n was most
lAIcult to obtain the teams during the
early days of the cleaning up process,
aud DO became necessary 10 impress
them Gom uy.Ghborng farms. once
tb. farmers understood, however. thar
they were Geo receive s. day for their
teams. together with food and shelter
for themselves and forage Tor their
horses. they wanted 90 lct us keep them
indefinitely and IL VAS almost as hard
20 get rid Of them as 30 had been to oh-
tuu tbcm in on" first place.
In addition TO these teams. We us"i
twenty automobile trucks which had
been sent boo from nearby towns loaded
with supnUrs The owners of tine trunI g
bad not Intended them for uso boz Day
ton hut ve needed th"m. They were
therefore impressed into service and zoe
manned with us for three weeks. doing
splendid work in connection with the
distribution OF food and the twenty cur-
loads of chloride of lime and forty ears
of plain Im" which had 90 hc disTih-
utod over the Hooded section
About tho time Wc commenced to got
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
THE cHlLDLlKE FLoRENTINe.

Incidentally the young Florenune men
have been very amenable 90 the discoN-
cry OF the childlike In them l'auaH
young ladies and their paps and mani'hS'
have always been 20 wretchedly Gus
picious OF them that they nave Oe's
forced TO spend their afternoons 49,
evenings together or else ~ to'u
gatherings Never have they been 80
10 enjoy the charming tete-a-teies WI"
budding young womanhood that hS,s
come their way since the advent OF "'
American girl ,..
Now an that IS necessary Is 10 sV'A'
up an acquaintance with none 100 -
rious madame who keeps the usual p'n
sion and who is pleased 10 nave ~.
house the gay centre of evening Hi, 7"
and afternoon Irritation. and the 81
riously independent aud discrinIih@''.s
young American girl student aeC''S
madam's introduction Of con,e Ihs
Marchese That. who is SO dehshuVN
anxious TO take her out on httle 'NSO'
sions into the country or for al''''
tea al one n the cafes on the hllIs
Italian girls have been living IN tu''
country for centuries now wlthou' u's
covering that they could have NV
wonderful sparkling times. Whl'n on,
goes to show what new and dIl''''"'
things a fresh eye will SEE. a
Sometimes the young Italian ""
oycrstimulated or overenthusiasuc-iH
hans "oyersimple request
pleasure of ;he American gifIs ool'f
through less formal channels than 'n'
PRODUCTION OF the pension madame a. ~.
will then lind. to his surprise th"' "a "a
American has a certain inconsistent ~
curious adherence 20 convention OF s'''S
kind after all .,,
To tho Italian the queer thins 49,
American prudence Is that you hs
know when II II going TO pop up
Occasionally one hears OF the mar''',
OF an American girl student To a 49,
Italian count, but as. "A rule no'n'hs
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

the sanitary officer of mF zone. and
through him TO the official Zoe charge OF
his district
The houses of the poor were attend
ed to FIRST This VAS done FOR two I'a-
-ons first. because wc considered 30 im-
rcrativc that tho dwelling houses should
Doe the first Co. receive care and the benz
Gifts Of sanitation. and. second. because
She more vell-to-do were 800 q position
to employ labor 90 clean up their own
premises. and were forced 10 do 90 hy
the civic government
when informed of house who.c c"l-
lar or first floor bad not been cleaned
out. I sent or gave verbal notice to tho
owner to have IL attended 60 within O.
certain time. at the same time making
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

which had been damaged by the food.
A. many of the house connections 10
these underground passages we're broken
and left open when tho food rcceded.
the first thing TO be done Iu connection
with them was 10 attend 10 the breaks.
and then 20 establish public comfort
stations over the surface water sewers
throughout the city. one hundred and
two of these public conyenicnces were
maintained until II vas possible 10 re-
new the plumbing in the houses.
During tho four weeks necessary
thoroughly To clean the city wc had an
average Of four thousand men at work
in the flooded area. This force was di-
yided into sections. each under = fore
man, who wos. in turn. responsible 70
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
THE ARRIVAL.

Finally. after the passage Of several Of
the mighty spaces which separate floor
and ceiling in Florentine palaces. the
deus in machina discovers by some means
or other that the car has stopped. lie
unlatches the lattices, unbolts the doors.
throws open the easements lets down the
portcullis. and announces that one has
arrived. with the dazed expression OF a
Lazarus In the first moment Of resurrec-
tion, the passenger steps hesitatingly out.
4 considerable distance ahead he sees
some natives who entered the building st
the same time he did and who walked up
the stairs. They do not laugh They re-
spect the American for his wonderful In
yentions and realize that he must have
his ,home comforts aud arrangements
whether they seem an advantage or not.
In fact, the lift In the Ufizi Is one Of the
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

IS rather expected 70 ride In fact, any
one who would consider two cents OK
orbitant for riding in that elevator has a
distorted point Of view.
II runs once in every 20 often. which
schedule Is subject 10 change. Tho man
who runs II wears dazzling blue uni
form with glittering buttons. and he must
be by now almost eleven years old. In
voice and with manner promising an on
coming attack OF nervous prostration he
demands the tickets which cntltlc the
bearer 10 one single trip aloft. Round
trip tickets, be II noted, arc never sold.
because lifts arc for lifting. not lowering.
humanity, and one is expected to walk
down.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
A FIRST DISCOVERY.

lie has discovered. for instance, that
Florence is noted for nothing but paint
Ings by old masters, and II is with mind
bent on crude oil that he enters the city
gates. How 20 clarity the mess so as TO
carry away the whole thing In one com
psrtment Of his brain, remembering who
did what and where and how, Is the prob
lem that confronts him. And already he
has begun 10 systematic the gallery
question.
The American has discovered In this
connection that climbing two double
nights OF sweeping grand staircase in
he Uffizi Gallery not only takes time
but exhausts effort that could better be
used above among the pictures. lie has
therefore stamped his cane In impatience
and asked why there was no LIT 10 shoot
him aloft.
The first time they hearo this exclama-
ion Florentines Immediately saw their
mistake. bored big hole through the
granite and marble floors Of the Ufiizi
Palace. and inserted q III in which, at
tho expense Of two cents, every American
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

TT IS hardly any wonder that after
having spent great many trying
Il years iu being discovered Ameri-
cans should at last have taken notion
for turning the tables and going over TO
discover Europe. Indeed, it was only TO
be expected and there is no denying II
has yielded many results. some of them
amazing. some delightful, some both.
\ great many Of those European cities,
,or instance. had been going on for years
-one might say centures-under the inn
preston that they represented this or
that development or phase OF culture or
characteristic, and that their people and
customs had certain accepted advantages
VI specialties. II is usually the way with
,eople who are housed up by themselves.
With never fresh eye levelled at them
and never a fresh tongue to tell them
that tie fresh eye saw. Since the com
az of the new kind of American travel
er, however European cities have had
am opportunity TO see themselves in
somewhat new light And most Of them
have taken advantage OF this outside
point OF view.
Nearly every city in Europe has now
set apart at least one street or avenue
where It may be seen as the American
Columbus has seen II. In Paris this is
he Avenue de rOpera, in Berlin the Frie-
1erichstrasse and the Passage, in Mu-
uich. Karlsplatz and the short winding
way leading from there TO Odeonsplatz;
In Rome II is the Corso; in Florence the
Via TornabuonL
II is I'm Florence, particularly, that one
would like to call attention TO American
discoveries, for in spite Of the drawing
power which Paris has on the imagination
Of the New World it is doubtful II the city
of light is any more visited by the hitting
American than is Florence, and certainly
The discoveries Of the filter are nowhere
more remarkable.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

sights of Florence for the Inhabitants
and they often go there % sec u mount
upward IN its majestic flight thinking
the whuc how clever Americans were "
have discovered that It should b. there
In spite OF the intent 70 make a sclsn'
tine meal OF the old masters, taxing mem
in courses and digesting them thoroughly,
most Americans ind themselves 80 busy
discovering other things when they gct
TO Florence that after a while the mere
mention OF an oil painting or a ralsfy
will cause an unexpected food Of resen'-
ment.
The young American girl for nstance
has found to her delight that italian men
are so simple and childuke ard 20 in-
formal IN their customs that she can ~
TO Florence and have the very tine o.
her life Tor six months or 80 without
soul 10 say her nay
OF course. this Is immense
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

Altogether the federal government,
through the War Department, supplied
us with six hundred and nifty thousand
rations-but II also gave us that which
WAS more precious than food. the A..
surance that the government az Wash
ington WAS interested In the food SUI
ferers and was anxious 20 help them. |
consider that this moral effect was ot
even more value than the food for Il
nut hope into those who had lost every.
thing In the catastrophe and made them
feel that life was not quite as dark as
IL looked just then.
As soon as possible the bakeries. gro.
cerios and markets We're cleaned out dis.
infected and opened FOR business. This
relieved the food problem considerably.
and there was little want from that
time on. particularly after the tide OF
trade had been fully established.
The immediate wants OF the people
once attended to. We found IL neccs-
sary 10 hurry with the work Of clear
ing away the bodies OF the animals
which had perished In the rising waters
The removal OF human corDses had, Of
course. been going on ever since the trst
work OF rescue began.
REMOVING BODIES OF THE DEAD.
morgue had been established IN the
new National Cash Register garage, and
all the undertaking establishments IN
the city we're closed by special order
so that dead bodies could boo collected AZ
one place 20 facilitate Identification.
The final toll OF the dead showed that
eighty-four persons had lost their lives
bv drowning. while thirteen had died as
the result Of exposure or accident incl
dent TO the food
Tho task Of remoyinc the bodies ot
the dead horses was much more dim
cult. Dead horses were found in Ntch'
crs. garrets and other uu'-of-t1e'ea'
places. where they had sought refuge
before succumbIng to the struggle
Many Of these bodies had 90 Do removed
from houses by use Of pulley ard tackle
n all we disposed Of Lf-o dead horses
and more than 1000 bodies OF other anil
mals-cows. chickens and dogs
An the large animals were inr.nera'ed
i'm nearby plant The smaller ones
were buried in the city dump. deep M
der the debris hauled from the streets
To these dumps the sanitary depart
ment also hauled $4,000 wagon loads
of dirt and refuse. The wrcrhago was
burned st night under guard Of hfe-
men. who stood ready t0 prevent the
sprcad Of the flames. II was also found
necessary 10 station number Of soi'
dicrs about the dumps 10 keep sea'eh'
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