Piute Courant | 1907-11-16 | Page 1

VOL. III. MARYS VALE, UTAH, SATt HI) AY, NOVEMBER 10, 1007. The Piute Courant.Published Every Saturday at - - The Courant Printing and Publishing Company. Salt Lake City, Utah, and Marysvale, . Piute County, Utah. Room 14, Offices of publication. Eagle Block, Salt Lake City, and Johnson Bros. Store, Main Street, Marysvale, Piute Co., Utah. Subscription: One year, $1.00; six months, 75 cts; matter FebEntered as second-clasruary 8, 1907, at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act s of Congress of March 3, 1879. LIONEL H. GRAY. Manager. LOCAL MANAGER J. A. BELL PIUTE COUNTY OFFICERS. County Seat, Junction, Piute County. Clerk E. Treasurer E. Sprague. Lorin Fullmer. Recorder L. T. Stark. Sheriff Charles MorrilL Assessor C. J. Heinhold. , Attorney James Walton. Surveyor J. F. Neville. Commissioners E. C. Bagley and H. D. Willey. WANTED. A resident agent In Piute County to handle our full line ofof goods. Special inducements fered and high commissions allowed. Write for particulars. Grand Union Tea Co., 58 W. 1st South Street, Salt Lake City. THE SALT LAKE ELECTION. Salt Lake Argus. If isfy, because there are so many who are in politics for revenue. They have promises to redeem, that cannot be redeemed unless there is a radical change of front, from bigotry and fanaticism to American principles. As usual after every election the disappointed parties are seeking explanation for their defeat, and as usual they are blaming everybody except themselves. Nobody will admit the possibility of miscalculations or misjudgment of public sentiment. The explanation is always sought in some untoward circumstance that could not be , foreseen. Church influence has been the puerile cry for a number of years after every election, as well as before. We know not whether this is to be raised again, but if it is, it ought either be proved or silenced forever. Hobgoblins should not be permitted to hover over Utah politics forever, to terrorize those who between are unable to distinguish phantoms and realities. The progress of Salt Lake cannot be stopped, no matter what kind of an administration it has. It can be retarded, as it has been during the past two years, because many desirable citizens refuse to locate where the flames of hatred are kept burning and where the prospect is of an exorbitant cost of living on account of public But the growth will extravagance. continue, no matter what the conditions are. If, however, the present administration will commence a policy of conciliation and unite the various factions, In spite of the efforts of those who live upon strife, the development of the city will be rapid and sound. The party organs have promised prosperity. Those promises will never be redeemed under a regime of bitterness and hatred." Salt LaKe Citys Mayorrand Mayor Elect. j some-plausibl- e Every one knows by this time that MAYOR BRANSFORD THANKS THE PUBLIC. in a complete and sweeping victory for the American party, who elected Salt Lake Argus. The sentiments expressed by Mayor all the general officers and five mem- Bransford sound good. May his fondbers of the council, which will give est hopes be realized: I wish to thank, heartily, my many them a good working majority of three out of fifteen. The council for the friends for the successful outcome of next two years stands; Americans, 9; their efforts in my behalf and in behalf of the American ticket. Democrats, 6; Republicans, 1. It shall be my constant endeavor We could not better express our opinion of the result that can and throughout the ensuing two years, by should be achieved than by quoting a faithful and conscientious discharge of my duties as mayor of this great, the Deseret News. Following are the statements of the growing and progressive city, to do three most interested men in the cam- all possible to merit the confidence reposed in me by my fellow citizens. paign, as given to the News: A great campaign has been waged; Mayor Brantford I wish person- bank fhe graet vlctgi'y won.. The mandate nJ-L- l - d attitude it has main- of the" people has laid upon us the tained with strictness and impartial- duty of administering the affairs of the city for the next two years, and ity through the campaign, and espe- this demands that we shall give to the cially for its fair treatment of myself, personally. Mrs. Bransford has spok- people the very best that lies wtihin en of this with surprise to me fre- our power. To the end that this shall be, I quently, and in going into office for two years I wish to offer assurance will use my best efforts to continue to the improvements that that I hope to get along well with ev- carry forward been commenced and to eryone who will act reasonably, and have already much-neede- d improveI expect to join hands with, everyone suggest other who will help in working for a big- ments for the benefit of the whole to promote, by a rigid enpeople; ger town. I would hate to see any re- forcement of the law as it pertains to ligious antagonism characterize my ac- our municipal life, the elimination of tions, and I hold no religious hatred. crime, and by thus doing secure for Chairman Devine Well, we cermany channels of investment, capital did if their get money they tainly got a stimulus to our mercantile and give has The votes. the taught campaign me one thing that a party organiza- commercial enterprises. I that at all times I shall tion is indispensible to getting votes. have trust of all good citThis year our organization was per- izens the who have the interest of the the and were so the others, fect, but at heart. s city unprecedented totals show what I desire to .express to Dr. Plumbeen fair to us during the cam- mer and Mr. Morris my sincere appaign, and taking its reports all along, preciation of their method of conductin will the do peogetting ganization ing the campaign; they have at all ple out. I wish to say that the News times shown themselves to be gentleto they have shown no disposition men and citizens of high standing and favor the opposition. The Republican have conducted a clean campaign. vote shows that in our fight with the Let us unite for a Greater Salt fina to we them Democrats whipped Lake,' 200,000 in 1910. ish. JOHN S. BRANSFORD. Chairman Ashby Snow I want to not News has the that to you say Hurry. given us any the worst of it. I know To our own age belongs the credit of perfectly well how difficult it is to are write day by day things which having raised hurry from the degraded n'ot partisan and yet give a record of position of a disease to that of a compassing events; but the balance here mercial process. hurry simhas been carefully maintained, and I ply brought peopleFormerly to an grave, nonearly been has feel that the News with nothing to show for whereas partisan i nthis campaign as complete- now it is become the meansit, of transly as a paper could be. In their comments the News is very forming peace of mind, which is a fair, and we endorse the last state- solecism, to say the best of it, into ment made by that paper: The party ready money. Hurry has grown to le a great fact in life. Even the fashions prosperity. organs have promised Those piomises will never be re- take account of it, until women are deemed under a regime of bitterness found doing up their hair in sqfijj a and hate. way that they may go the speed limit The entire editorial is good, hence without fear of its coming down. And we repeat it. Under the caption, The the best of hurry is that it isitS own News the says: Election, sufficient justification. Nobody ex As a result of the city election of pects' hurry to have any particular Tuesday, the political complexion the administration remains unchanged. reason behind it any more. Life. Americans continue to The Chir-ma- n of Promise. hold the general offices and to domiSeid Bac Jr., son of the wealthinate the council. There is no change. They are neither stronger nor weaker est Chines" merchant in Portland, than they were before. Ore., has b a admitted to practice at But there is one important change, the bar of the feedral district and cirwhich, however, antedates the elec- cuit courts. tion. At the head of the city now stands a gentleman in whose ability and Merely a as a business man, integrity, a A man who takes the gar3 out of is That doubt. no is honor there his pocket when he sits on the sofa great change from the conditions that prevailed two years ago, because the with hi3 best girl Isnt really in love. influence of Mr. Bransford will be wielded, as far as it goes, for a good and clean city government. The apDanger in Greataess. to the German proverb: The gi eat pointment of Mr. Bransford office of mayor after Mr. Thompson are in most danger of failing. was a signal victory for the decent element of Salt Lake- City over the UVUU. O j o gang that defended the McWhirter robbers, and the election was but a Dr. P. J. Lyon, confirmation of that victory. The new officers have a difficult PHYSICIAN AjD SURGEON, j task before them. The city treasury, according to reliable reports, is empty, ( Maryavalo, Utah. and the available resources are used of a number have They ago. up long demands upon the public? funds to sat- n ON GOOD Took Fire of Opponent Without Returning It, and Then Refused to Shoot When Adversary Was Defenseless. ' 4'.. JOHN S. BRANSFORD. American Party Candidate for Mayor. H- - . John .S. Bransford, American party candidate for mayor of Salt Lake City, epitomizes all that is progressive and conservative. A larger city, conducted on business lines for all the people. Is his axiom. The success that has always manifested itself In his private enterprises is an Indication of the results he will attain in public Ufe.(5 Mr. Bransford was born August 26, 1856, in Richmond, Ray county, Missouri. In 1864 he went to Plumas county, California. The entire overland trip was made by ox team, and when tut eight years old he first saw the city for which he was to afterwards act as its guide ahd mentor. After living in Plumas county his father movd his family .later to Indian valley, vv to Plumas then to Petaluma, Sonor county. Unci' fctunty an.V there Amain e3t uaUFM. received his education In the public schools, a'dded to by six months in a San Francisco business college. He became a bookkeeper for several mining companies and engaged In commerce and mining. In 1878 he married Miss Rachel Blood of Crescent Mills, Cal. He then entered the merchandise business at Greenville and also engaged In building saw and quartz mills. He has appeared some in politics In that state, but not in the Btate of Utah until made mayor. In this city Mr. Bransford Is identified with several enterprises. He was, soon after becoming a member, elected president of the mining stock exchange. He has large mining Interests in Eureka, Park City, and Beatty and Ely, Nev and represents large Interests in the Silver King. He Is a director in the Utah State1 bank; the Keith-OBrlecompany; Is president of the of the Utah Bullfrog Mining company, of Beatty; Is InsurSilver King Coalition Mines company; president of the Rogers-Evan- s ance company,.and a director of the Utah Mexican Rubber company. Under his management the Bransford and Emery-Holme- s apartments were built, and he built and owns the Plumas block, on West Second South street. He is a member of several clubs, and is, in every sense, a progressive, consorv- 1 n K33&B or-ha- Make-B-Uev- F0EMAN LIFE WAR AGAINST CRIME MAGNANIMITY CALHOUNS FIELD OF HONOR. the Salt Lake City election resulted S GAVE NO. 4. Ask Your Dealer For MARBLE SPRINGS, The Pure Whiskey. RIEGER WATCHES. & LINllEY, Distributors. DIAMONDS. JEWELRY. BOWERS, The public has read with much the stories from San Francisco Involving Patrick Calhoun, a former South Carolinian, who Is charged with being Implicated In the San Fianclsco scandals. According to the Rome Tribune, a Georgia paper, Calhoun spared the life of John D. Williamson, president of fhe Chattanooga & Rome railroad, by fliUighia revolver in the air after accepting a challenge to a duel with Williamson. The Tribune says; In 1887 John D. Williamson, who Is well remembered in Rome as having butlt the first horse car line In this city, was president of the old Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus railroad, now the Chattanooga branch of the Central of Georgia. At a meeting of railroad men In Atlanta, held some time during the winter of that year, Williamson got Into an altercation with Pat Calhoun, who was at that time a high official connected with the Piedmont Air Line railway, and the lie was passed. As it is now recalled, Williamson was the one who charged the other wlthlylng, and Calhonn Issued the challenge for a fight according to the code. 4 Revolvers were the weapons chosen and the spot selected was on the Rome & Decatur railroad, now a branch of the Southern, somewhere between Rome and Gadsden. "Calhoun with his second and another surgeon, went arpund through Gadsden and came up he road to about the Georgia line, where they found Williamson In waiting. 'Both cars, with their special engines, stood on the track, while the duel was In progress, about 50 yards away. "Williamson won the toss for position, and as the sun wag setting chose wltte efw-the light behind him. They took their re places, armed with volvers, and the terms were that each was to fire until the chambers were exhausted or until one or the other fell. It Is said that the seconds became involved In a quarrel themselVes while on the ground, and that pistols were drawn. At the word fire Williamson fired at Calhoun, and then, as fast as be could pull his trigger, emptied his gun, only to find his opponent unhurt. Calhoun had not fired a shot, but stood with his revolver upraised. It looked as though he had Williamson at his mercy, for he was privileged, according to the code, to fire at will. The Roman, It Is said, looked at Calhoun Intently, probably expecting to receive a bullet the next instant, and when Calhoun said, I have five bullets here, with either one of which I can take your life, Williamson replied: Fire, sir, I am ready to receive them. For reply Calhoun slowly raised his revolver until It pointed straight above bis head, and then pulled the trigger five times, discharging every bullet In the air. Williamson was thunderstruck, and when Calhonn smiled and made a motion a3 though to approach him, he took the first step, and they met between the pegs which they had been toeing. Calhoun and Williamson returned on the latters car, and when they reached Rome they were again fasl friends, and there was nothing to lndi cate that they had come so near t shedding each others blood. It Is said that on the way up several small bottles were drunk to each others health In renewal of their friendship. Richmond Times Dispatch. w t., Youthful Sport. There is a certain western congress man, a golf enthusiast, who when he came to Washington for the first time was accustomed to get to the Chevy Chase clubs links early In the morn Ing, when there would be no one tc witness his lack of skill. On one occasion a caddie had folhim to the tee and offered to go lowed 73 Main Street. 1 the course with him for the modest compensation of 50 cents. I dont need you, my boy, said the representative, Ill go It alone; and as he spoke the westerner, making a tremendous swipe at the ball, missed It by a foot. TV skirts. Jackets, bats, gloves, Suds, Ill go around with you for a portieres, piano covers, ostrich plumes or anything that has become soiled orY quarter, sir," said the caddie. Wt faded, to us and we will Again the amateur declined the caddies attendance; and again he swung CLEAN, DYE OR EE- asl. It so that It will be almost as good at the ball, with the same result PAIR Ill go with you for 13 cents, said pay particular attention to work j We out the boy. of the city and on jobs of Sffrom This so rattled thd newcomer that f$5.00 or over we prepay the express he made three more wild swings. The charges. caddie, as he retreated a bit, called Main office, 112 hT rnd So. St out: Grand Theatre (Opp. Say, mister, wont you take me W 1st So. St Salt Lake City. Works, 338-4- 0 round for nothing? Ill go for the fun of it. Harpers Weekly. JEWELER, Salt Lake City. NOW: k Send Your . WORK DONE BY POSTAL ' SERVICE. Mighty Army Ever Engaged In Serving and Protecting the Public-Swin- dling Advertisements Detected snd Barred. Just how much of Its amazing development this vast country owes to its postal service would take volumes to tell. A mighty machine Is this, whose pulsing Is felt ta every home and place of business, however re-mote, from Alaska to Florida. It is served by a mighty army of 319,898 disposed In employes, strategically some 70,000 offices, which handled last of year 11,361,090,610 separate pieces ' ' mail. s . It Is evident that to protect these;' postal myriads, and to see that their units are not used for fraudulent purposes, Is the work of a Titan, who, however, looms unobtrusively as Postmaster General Georgq von L. Meyer. Crimes of all kinds connected with the post office are published In a jour-ha- l never seen by the ordinary public e depredation bulletin of the service, which must be read by every soldier of the postal army under pain of fine. Monday morning frequently brings a startling wire to a state center Post office robbed last night; safe blown with guncotton or nitroglycerin., An Inspector Is on the spot as fast as express trains will carry him. And a stringent inquiry is begun on the spot. Occasionally suspicion falls on an inside man. who, if convicted, is taken before the federal courts and sentenced to at least three years. I may mention here that every post office In the country Is periodically overhauled by an expert and everything from staff to stamps checked and And incidentally passed "All well. all complaints against postmasters, carriers and clerks are sifted, tor charges more or, less well founded are often- - laid, against these .for intoxication, laziness, loitering, carelessness . downright dishonesty, But uieTj'rauiiufent uaeof the Inafls J, is through swindling advertisements vastly more difficult on account of legal technicalities and flaws of which swindlers know so well how to avail themselves. John Hill, Jr., of the Chicago board of trade, estimates that every year, the people of the United States contribute the, enormous sum of $100,000,000 to .and safe investment swindlers alone. All classes are affected, from the laundress to the lawyer, clergyman and merchant. There are victims in the cities, on farms, ranches and plantations, and in every hamlet and little For distance is swiftly village. bridged by the United States mall and the publics money flows freely and quickly through that gigantic artery. Only the other day an enterprising seed merchant was sentenced to a years imprisonment and a flno of $300. Amateur florists all over the country bad tor years been receiving gorgeous colored catalogues from him and in every case he announced the discovery of a rare and marvelous flower and he agreed to send a small quantity of the precious seed for one dollar a package In the first flush of enthusiasm few amateurs let such a chance go by. Even professional florists subscribed. On each package was the usual trade notice- - that no guarantee could bo given as to germinating power Much anxious watching, careful watering and weeding availed nothing, however, and for the most part the gardeners concluded their methods were too crude for so exotic a flower A New York woman thought other wise. On receiving her packet she took it to an expert and found that the priceless "seed of that wondrous bloom consisted entirely of palm leal fans crushed into seedlike fragments r-h- Better Than Two. The foreman of a railway construction gang engaged on a spur near Philnot long adelphia was approached since by an Irishman of the gang, who asked about a Job for his brother Dennis. Hes Just as good a man as said Mike. Cant ye fix him me-sil- here? I guess so, responded the foreman. Send him here morning. Whoile Im about it, continued the Celt, Id loike to put in a wor-rfor me other brother, Malachi. Is he a good man, too? "Me frind, said the Irishman, impressively, Malachls a better man than mesilf an Dennis put together!" In that case, said the foreman with a grin, tell Malachi to come, and you and Dennis can look for other jobs. Harpers Magazine. d Those Foolish Questions. Hello, old man. Back in town again? ny No, I am out on the ocean, sailing boat Look out now. Im going 'o jibe" !