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Show KepuiUcan iThe woman who studies the "ads does like to save a little, that is possible but she does not save at the expense of quality in the thing she buys.. Cultivate a personal interest in the Tads for that will be an merely important way of your purse from the little leaks!, that occur through unwise buying. safe-guardi- BOY TIEli Denver, Colo., July 22. Facing a crisis developing from the threatened abduction of Joseph F. Smith,7head of the Mormon church In Salt Lake City, to the impenetrable passes of the Jackson Hole country in Yyoming, where a ransom of $100,000 is to be demanded for Smiths release by the three daylight robbers who committed the holdup of 125 passengers touring Yellowstone park July 9, and who more recently demanded $6,000 ransom, for the release -- of E. A. Empey, a wealthy cattleman living near Idaho Falls, federal authorities of justice - of the department AT Manager B. F. Riter of Riter to-da- of church history y. ers that the waschartered by Brooklyn some 0f iftreaster if members of ereunderordersrmWash ington, today decided upon ex- the church, and after being traordinary precautions for "the loaded with farm and household Mormon church implements, a printing press . safety of the head and laid new plans to scour and other things, was( started the entire west for the caoture on a journey around Cape Horn." This was in the early part of of the bandits. Knowledge of the contem- 1846 and the voyage, consumed' plated abduction, which was to six months. It was thought that a season's the Mormon pioneers would be the. big prize-- of successful operations, came to join the voyagers at some point Roy O. Sampson, in charge of on the coast, but of course the district federal department Brigham Young decided otherof justice and his assistant, J. wise. The Brooklyn arrived in Yer-b-a W. Melrose, two months ago to claimed . letters Buena, as San Francisco through have been written by Edward B. was then called on the 29th of .Trafton of Denver, now a fed- July 1846, but the voyagers were in a terrible state. They eral prisoner in Cheyenne. The matter , practically was had suffered fromscurvy, and dropped by the federal authori- sickness of other sorts and then The Bul-le- n ties at the time of the arrest of had been of this Trafton at Rupert, Idaho, May county is perfamily 22 on the supposition that the haps the only one in Cache government had apprehended whose ancestors made that fatethe leader of the proposed Smith ful voyage around the horn. Newell Bullen of Richmond waS abduction.. With the abduction, however a boy at the time and heTemem-ber- s some of the incidents of of Empey, near Idaho Falls, Idaho, last Saturday and by the the journey. same three bandits, according to Getting back to our story - Levi Riter, father of R F. Riter theWashreceived, descriptions evidently shipped " someof 7 hisgbods on ington authorities concluded thatr the "alleged the Brooklyn and after the stop threat of Trafton following his had been made in Utah, he was arrest was no mere idle boast. designated by President Young Melrose, who largely was re- to go to the coast and secure sponsible for the apprehension some of the stuff that had been of Trafton, was ordered to re- sent around the southern end of turn from the Mexican border the hemisphere. When he reachand arrived in Denver tonight ed San Francisco he found much of the merchandise - destroyed, to arrange the bandit hunt. From letters in possession of and after getting all he could the authorities, the kidnaping together, he transported it to of the head of the" Mormon Utah on the backs of pack anichurch was closely to follow on mals. The tray and snuffer were the heels of the kidnaping of the among the articles thus brought is an old time Idaho Falls rancher, according in. Then-ther- e to Mr. Melrose. No definite date camp baking pan, suspended was given, but the ransom to from a tripod, that came from be obtained was $100,000, this Nauvoo and reached Utah in included in a list of contemplat- 1847. It was made in Chester ed jobs of blackmail, holdups county, Pennsylvania by David and ransom that would continue Brinton. throughout the summer months. Another interesting relic is a .tail table with three drawers Blackmail already has - figurrecent ed in the developments (Continued on page five) of the bandits, who, on May 6, demanded $5,000 of a banker in St. Anthony, Idaho, as' a peace price for charges of a purely fictitious nature. Thinkings the men might be trapped, however, -- half-starve- d. - MINIMS , the banker arranged with. government officials to watch the spot designated by the holdup men. The money was "secreted there at the appointed time, but the robbers evidently learned of the governments plan and failed to carrry out their plan. Descriptions furnished the district department of justice from time to time tally with those of three men recently seen by authorities near the Jacksons Hole country. - - . An automobile, the same which was to carry the Mormon church head into the hills df Wyoming, flayed a prominent part in. both the ransom and the blackmail schemes . committed by the trio of robbers. With the arrival in the city today of Mr. Sampson negotia- tions with the Salt Lake - federal authorities probably City will ,be reopened at the instance of Mr. Melrose, who has" been- - at work almost continuously on the many new angles arising from ' time to time as a result of the holdups in Yellowstone park. The district department has photographs of two of the three (Continued on Page Five) r , Cache Stake High Council and. Hom- e- Missionaries will visit the various Awards of Cache Stake on Sunday! June 25th as follows: Benson Ward Heber K. Meri rill, Wesley Anderson."Hyde Park Joseph Quinney - 7 e . SOI JOTTINGS ADOPT THE CELEBRATION . The city is beautifully decorated today for the big Pioneer Day celebration. The way that people have flocked to the support of the committee is gratifying. Practically every detail had been arranged by the various committees last night. Several concessions have been leased to different people for the purpose of aiding in the entertainment of the large crowd that will be here today. The baseball game this after- - noon should be a good one. The Howell-Federteam has been a practicing great deal of late members are determined an(j to give the Logan fans a good game. Hyde Park always has a good team and besides that they are fighters. The game will commence at 4 p. m. The sports will commence on the sqquare at 1 p. m. The swimming races and the main al KITH WORKERS foot races will be pulled off on the" B. Y. campus, just before the baseball game. In addition to sports arranged by the committee, the Saunders Sporting Goods store has offered to pull off a motorcycle race between Logan and Smithfield. This will take place promptly at 9 a. m. Besides the motorcycle race there will be a bicycle race on the campus just before the game, also promoted by the Saunders Sporting Goods store. The dancing carnival at 8 o clock on the streets and the big dance at the auditorium at 10 wilTconcIudeTthe days program. The dancing public will have the privilege of seeing one of the greatest dancing exhibitions that this city has ever had. The meeting at Nibley Hall will commence at 11 oclock instead of at 10, as at first an- nounced. ' ASK ATTORNEYS ll. A. C. FOR A NEW TRIAL Dr. F, S. Harris returned on Tuesday night from a trip through Millard, Juab, Utah and Salt Lake counties. At Nephi he inspected the state experiment farm and reports the experiments being carried on there as being in good condition and giving satisfactory results. They July 21. Alleged ir regularities in the proceedings of the court, in that night sessions were' held, insufficiency of evidence to justify the verdict, in law; are the principal grounds upon which the attorneys for the Eccles estate today filed notice of motion for a new trial in the Geddes-E- c cles case. The official notice, which is signed by Attorneys C. A. Boyd and Frank J. Gus-tiwas filed in the office of the county clerk at 4:40 'clock this afternoon. This .was the last day on which the defense could have filed notice of its intention, The holding of three daily sessions of the court during the famous trial is declared by the attorneys for the estate to have been an abuse of the discretion of the court. According to the verbal assertions of the attorneys it prevented them from properly , examining - witnesses and from having a fair trial. . OF THE are experimenting particularly with the breeding of wheat,' bar ley, and rye along selective lines.! . IDAHO .FALLS DOCTOR ENDS LIFE WITH GUN Ogden, and-erro- rs n, "Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 23. About 6 oclock this evening B. M. Bradbury, who has an office in the same building as Dr. T. M. Bridges, entered his office and found the latter lying on the lounge with" a bullet in his temple. It is a case of suicide. Jr., J. W. MorreHr" Dr. Bridges had been a residNorth Logan John E. Carent' of this city for many years. lisle, Wm. Worley. Logan First Andreas Peter- He came from Missouri and was for several years physician at son, George Thomas. B. Samuel Second Indian agency at Ross Fork. DROWNS IN SNAKE RIVER the Logan Mitton, "R. E. Yeates. Logan Third W .M. Everton MONTPELIER BOY DROWNS Blackfoot, Idaho, July 21. A. E. Bowen. Will Kleinschmidt, 30 years of Fourth George Z. Montpelier, Idaho, July 21. Logan afe, formerly of. Sutton, Neb., George Birch, a son Of Mr. and Lamb, Fred Ballam. W. A. W. Mrs. R. Birch of this place, was drowned in the Snake river Roundy Logan Fifth. drowned was Reese. G. W. early this evening near Blackfoot this afternoon. when he Sixth Baer, walked off a Bear riv- Wjth four companions he was Adolph Logan er sandbar into deep water. assisting in the construction of N. W. Merkley. Logan Seventh R. O. Larson Birch was swimming with Lew- a wing dam for the New Lava is Perkins and another youth. A Slide Ditch company, John Quayle: ThatchW. G. posse was formed, but were on a boat, loaded dragging Logan Eighth no trace of the body had been stone, which overturned. er, A. E. Anderson. Providence First Louis S. found at a late hour tonight. 'Some men never .forget to Cardon, A. E. Cranny. Before marriage he imagines take the makings with them George Providence Second that it is sentiment that makes when they go. out, but they alLindquist, Ole Sonne. Z. save his love letters, but af- ways seem td forget to take any James her . River Heights E. ter Cowley. . marriage he learns better. matches. Stewart, Joseph - PH boyS-wh- o - by-read- SlU UKE England, one of the WAS IN LOGAN NOT LONG AGO" BUT WAS riCKED UP BY . is attending Logs'll OFFICERS the - Military- - Jnstructiori Camp 7, at the Presidio in San FrancisSam. Lyon the man whosh0t . co,, sends home the following in, ' letter. , teresting Nightwatchman Hargrove in Salt Lake City a few- - evenings Presidio, Cal, July 16. Dear Mother, and the rest. ago land was in turn killed by T am laying off this afternoon Policeman Merrick,' spent some and so I will write you a letter. time in Logan a month or two The Liberty bell came in this ago and there seems to be no morning and all the soldiers, doubt that he was here as the sailors and army including all scout of the party of cracksmen at the Presidio, that -- takes 1 in who did the Salt Lake robbing. escorts. We He posed as a deaf mute while me, acted as marched to the depot or ferry here,- - and made the rounds of from ihe campand then formed) the business district soliciting aidrand mcidentall'yTriaking Tfy and back, to the fair and all observations as to the best over that and then to the camp places to raid. City Marshal again, and say this is" not a tired Petersen believed the man . was bunch, well I guess yes. After faking so he arrested him and marching all that distance, all after his "appearance in police of the boys have sore feet, and court he was given 30 days in are pretty tired we were on the jail. This was about April 21st. march for about five hours, but The Marshal questioned the we have had (mess) or dinner man closely and was informed and are feeling better, so you that he had a wife and family cant blame me for laying off. in Trinidad, Colo. He telegraphI cant hardly explain the ed to the address given by Lyon feeling that arose in me when I and was informed later that saw that line of soldiers about a there was no such a street or mile and a quarter long, and number in Trinidad, and that then came a (wo mile parade of they knew nothing of a man by autos; when we went into the that name. When Lyon was arfair we went past the bell arid rested there was another fellow saluted the company that was with him and as soon as he there, as we went by the band learned that his pal had been was playing the Star Spangled taken, in, he left at once for Banner and honestly the tears Preston taking the interurban came to my eyes, I cant explain car. From that place he telethe feeling of patriotism that phoned to the Marshal here and filled us. Of all the wonderful made inquiries as to Lyon.Later times that was the most beauti- he sent a car d written in the ful I ever witnessed, people code used by criminals, asking along the street were cheering Lyon to meet him in Pocatello and I dont think there was a or Blackfoot. one in "the company that didnt After serving about ten days' feel the honor of being an of his sentenee, Lyon was reArrierfcan citizen. leased upon bis promisetoleave Wellthat"Is enough for that town and he at once departeds ; but I sure did enjoy it. In June" Marshal Petersen reI am well and having a great ceived a query from the Sheriff time, I am acquainted with a lot of Malheur county. Oregon, as of the boys and we have a man- to Lyon. The latter had been ardolin and guitar club here and rested there and on him was ; have cairip concerts and sing found a letter head of the Cache and play and have a good time, county 'Treasurer," which of course gave the Oregon sheriff , CACHElUMTERLY a clue as to where Lyon had been. Mr. Petersen gave the sheriff what information he had and asked Whether or not Lyon posed as deaf mute while there. The reply of. the Oregon officer The regular quarterly confer we give it in ence of the Cache Stake will full: convene in Nibley Hall of the N. C. Peterson Chief of Police, B. Y. College, at ten oclock on ", ' ' Logan, Utah. n ,! Sunday August 1st. There will Dear Chief: . be, other meetings held at two In reply to your letter of the oclock p. m. and 7:30 p. m. 23rd relative to Sam beg Elder Levi Edgar Young of the to advise you that he Lyon, is a very General authorities of the talker and has a good comchurch will be in attendance good mand of the English language, upon the conference, and there the slang and vulgar will be others, whose names will especially of it.. He "certainly read it . part be announced later. On Satur- to us when he was arrested,. day evening, July 31st the genOntario came to He with a .. . eral priesthood meeting will be held in Nibley Hall, at 8 p. m pair of crutches and acting the L All members of the priesthood cripple and was begging for his children, he was are urged to be in attendance. poor orphan arrested and given 10 days for Cache Stake Presidency. drunk and disorderly and given time, he went to the jungles unGANGSTERS HERE TO evening and came back to LIBERATE MURDERER til town that night, a safe was and next day we ar.Salt Lake, July 23. That the cracked him rested at Payette, He had gang of safe blowers who killed his appearance and had Special Watchman A. C. Har- changed and walked as lost his crutches grove Wednesday morning is the I am satisfied as good anyone. same gang to which Harry Brew was he the that capper for the ; er and Frank De Pretto, convictcracked the safe, but ed murderers, belonged, is the gang that, evidence. not could we the get opinion of Deputy Sheriff C. C. Yours very truly, Carstensen and other members BEN J. BROWN, . of the sheriffs force. . Likewise ' Sheriff. it is believed that this same gang With the letter came photo- is responsible for the robbery of the Smith Mercantile company, graphs of the prisoner, left no doubts as to his identity. ; about three weeks ago.- About two months ago, while Nor did the facts leave any' Brewer was in the county jail, doubts in the" minds of the local awaiting trial, it became known officers as to Lyons ' business to Sheriff Corless that he had when here! He picked out Logan been smuggling letters out of as a place in which to ply his . the jail. A letter which was in- trade of burglar and' was maktercepted, told, according to the ing observations and collecting court record, that Brewer, had information when he was arrest written previous letters to mem- ed. He had a very clever scheme , bers of his gang asking them to to escape arrest. He generally come to Salt Lake and deliver appeared in a place as a cripple him from jail He told his com- or mute and of course after a offic- panions, who were then in Great robbery had occurred the Mr-gtat- Bros. Drug company did not build, a float for the parade but instead he decided 4o gather some interesting relics of pioneer days and make a window display of them, and the result is a window that in point of interest eclipses anything that will appear In the parade, perhaps. Chief among jhe relics is a small tray and an old fashioned candle snuffer, that were among the goods which were taken round Cape Horn in the ship Brooklyn. It will be remembered ng f - - 1 . -- - ' - " " (Contlnned on Faso five) ( Continued on page egfct) -- . |