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Show DAILY THURSDAY UTAH STATE JOURNAL. AIGLST1. 1M7. PAGE FIVE AUGUST CLEARANCE SALE IVES ALL SUMMER GOODS MUST GO Genuine Price Reductions on 1- -4 TO Wearables High-Gra- de OFF 1- -2 C. D. IVES, Broom Hotel Corner Harriman Spent How a Quarter correspondence to the Chicago William E. Curtin quotat length in reply . H. Harriman ed to the question, What good have you of the done with the proceed in bond and stock that you have floated since you secured control of th Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railway system?" In hi Becord-Heral- d. 1259,-OOg.o- oo 1 tin reorganised and rebuilt and ds m. ' no-ho- djr miles additional struction or projected. hive uder 2,210 con- Shortened! Grades Reduced shortened distances, have re1 duced grades, cut out curves, re laid the track! with heavy steel rails, have replaced the wooden bridges with steel end masonry, have double-tracke- d a eniiderable distance where ithe traffic k the heaviest, have provided additional terminals and facilities for hand-Ik- g bright have built eight of the IM steamships on the ocean, have mred the finest fleet of any nation n the Pacific, have bought or built Distances have 1,-1- 11 locomotives, 1,050 passenger can ud 42,566 freight cars. In these Improvements," continued fir Harriman, I have spent 3257,760.-- N to promote the material development of the states and communities tnveraed by the transportation lines mentioned. They serve the livi- ng between people the Mississippi river and Pacific ocean and a The water lines fur-- At gulf and the of Mexico. iit Jj transportation between New York, jfeKOrieans, Havana and Galveston, Ban Francisco and Japan, Chi-P- a tnd the Philippines. Ho many miles of road have you ander your control? 1000 Miles of Nsw Road. A little less than fi.000 miles In the n Pacific and a little more than I" the Southern Pacific. J When JmmsoHdated the Union Pacific sys-consisting of the Union Pacific J2v. the Oregon Short Line and the Railway and Navigation comma?. nine years ago, those three roads a mileage of 5.S25 miles. To de-tadjacent country and to pro-- Jr he mwnpt transportation for the Increasing population, we have 15 miles of new railway and have miles pore under construc-ut- fi Mr. Harriman called William the comptroller of the two sys-- m he neXt pooin t0 lve the l T these Improvements," he said, mere expended from 1898 to the the year 1908, for changes in reductions of grade, lmprove-- n " alignment and In other nd better-1J- 7 additions to the roadway 11,781,-130.- in lines, improvements 95 In grades and alignments and in other to the roadway and improvements structures 880.998,248; for locomotives, cars and steamships, 839.850,712; for new steam or electric lines and for terminal property 860,754.002 an aggregate expenditure of $140,008,052. "There were built or acquired during this period 400 mllea of new lines In Louisiana and Texas, 765 miles in Cali- fornia, Oregon and Nevada, which Includes that remarkable piece of work across the Great Balt Lake, known as cut off, and 170 mllea the Ogden-Lucl- n In Mexico, making an aggregate of 1,295 miles, and construction is progressing on about 1,760 miles of pro-SO jected lines. There were also added miles of second track and 720 miles of sidings, and there were purchased 787 locomotives, 820 passenger cars, 26,036 freight cars and eight ocean steamships. Assists in Development comThese additions enabled pany to secure Its full share of the increased business of the country and to assist materially In the develipment of the country traversed by Its lines. With miles, or a an increase of forty-tw- o fraction over 5 per cent over the mileage operated in the year 1901. there were carried 1,897.411.788 paisengers ,one mile In 1908. against 085.143.320 In 1901, and 6,826,597,208 tones of revenue freight one mile in 1906, against In 190L of the company's "Nearly one-ha- lf mileage consists of branch lines, on which the development of traPto Is much slower than on the main line, and a considerable part of the main line runs through a still sparsely settled country The Increased traffic Is, therefore. concentrated on probably somethin over 40 per cent of the total mileage of the system, which Is 9,216 miles. First Dividend in 20 Years. The gross transportation receipts Increased from $77,244,898 In 1901 to $105,(32,549 In 1906. The surplus earn1908 were ings for the fiscal year of more than twice the amount of he fixed charges, and the first dlv!en1 since the organisation of the company in 1885 waa In 1908, paid on the common shares." te 4.873.-257,7- 28 JVwnlnal facilities 840.984.274; for Trth. cars and steamships for the construction of nnt and w purchases of terminal 130,(16.814; a total expendl-j- -t 1111.157.657 One hundred and a ur miles of second track and sidings were built and (81 Skives. 250 passenger and 18,404 t cars were purchased. . lotk nd Service Trebled. ",int of Increased service given to the public as s re ,m u 889,-a- BALCH FAMILY REUNION. NORTH BEVERLY, Mas., Aug. 1. The descendants of John Balch, who emigrated to America In 1628, held a family reunion here today at the old The Balch house, Balch homatead. which la still practically In ita original condition, waa built In 1688 and la still occupied by one of the deacendanta of John Balch. There are supposed to be about 5.060 member of the Balch family now living la the United States. BORE HOLDUPS IRE IS THIS HEW LAW! Billion sult of these timely expenditures is best conveyed by the statement that, although 'here was an Increase of only 77.87 miles In the mileage opened between the years 1898 and 1906, after deducting the miles of railway sold to the Ban Pedro, Los Angeles and Balt Lake railroad In 1908, there were carried (42,544.422 passengers one mile in tn 1X98; and 1008, against 228,22.75-5,251,274.071 tons of revenue freight one mile in 1906 against 2,187,588,072 in 1898, or expressed in another way, the relative ratio of passenger service to the public was 2.81 passenger miles in 1908 against 1.00 In 1898; and in freight service 2.44 ton miles in 1900 against 1.00 In 1898. The gross transportation receipts increased from in 1899 to (67,281, 5420 in 1906; and the disbursements for dividends to the shareholders from in 1898 to 819,582,424 in 1908. Rsbirth of Southern Pacific. To open up the undeveloped country adjoining the company's lines, and to bring the property up to the highest standard of efficiency for the prompt and economical movement of its traffic, large outlays were necessary on the Southern Pacific. Since July 1, 1901, to the end of the "ear 1908 there haa been expended for reconstruction, two of the biggest rall-intIn the world together about 15,-0- 0 miles of track," replied Mr. Harri-i'When I commenced to reorgan-- m the Union Pacific In 1898 there u so reason why any one of a dosen nn ihould not have done it, but die seemed to have the nerve. It The road waa practically a wreck. Imd tees five years in the hands of a Ttettar. and the times were so bad tMt ttooriA not earn enough to pay have since made a new xptsiM. road at K, ud to promote economy and and convenience of management to benefit the stockholders with the gou then Pacific, the Oregon Short Una the Oregon Railway and Navigation company, the Pacific Mall Steamship line and various other railways and steamship lines of lesser Importance. I have practically rebuilt them all hive opened up a vast area of valuable contributing territory by building nearly f.OOO miles of new road, and changes reequipped fflO OH, WHAT A JOKE Mary Cavanaugh Is Near Century Mark REPORTED Oldest Person Now Living in Weber County ALLOW OCCUR ON WALL BETWEEN 9 AND 8LEEPY LEGISLATORS 11 O'CLOCK THE PIPES TO FREEZE UP. LAST NIGHT. Season for Shooting Doves Opsns Today But No One la Taking Advantage of It Becauae They Are Not Allowed to Kill Enough. Thla la the flrat day of Auguat, when the ardent sportsman Is supposed to rush Into the hills and valleys to enjoy his annual shooting trip. But Is he going thla year? Nut yet. lie would be foolish to go, because it would not do him any good, unless he could keep from under the eyes of the Charley Van der Vlles and kill a few more than the law allows, and the experience of a few people around this county lately indicates that It Is pretty hard to get away from Charley. Laying all jokes aside, the law regarding the shooting of doves is one of the most silly, milk-nic- k apologies for a law that ever disgraced the statute books of any state. Whether the owl-lllegislators, like W outer Van T wilier, slept four hours afters each meal or not, it Is hard to say, but they certainly were troubled with some sort of a brainstorm when they voted for this statutory miscarriage. In order that the people of the county may understand the exact situation and enable them to become acquainted with thla freak of leglalatlon and thereby keep out of jail, the State Journal prints this story. Heretofore one waa allowed to go out during the proper season and kill enough doves to make a meal. That waa all well and good. Tlis birds should be protected, and were absolutely protected up to a year ago, when they became so plentiful that they were put on the open Hat for the pot hunter, as were chickens and other game birds At the last session of the legislature, however, some cow county Demosthenes arose and with owl-ligravity Introduced a bill amending th game laws, and thla waa one of the amendments: That one could shoot doves after the first day of August, but ho must not kill more than eight If that wouldn't put a crimp In the trigger-fing- er of the average Nimrod then there Is nothing on earth that would. If guns could read It la a two to one bet that they would all go on a strike and refuse to work until that law waa moved from the books It Is another evidence of Mother, may I go out to swim? Yea, my darling daughter; Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, And don't go near the water. Eight doves! That wouldn't bej enough to even give an appetising odor to the frying pan. If you take a good fat dove, he might weigh an ounce after he was dressed. That la, he might have an ounce of edible annex to his, framework, but he would have to be a good one. A hungry hunter would j In a hard row of stumps living on eight ounces for one day with a wife and four kids with him. The result la that there la but little interest being taken today In the opening of the season. ever-watchf- ul ke ke j Some of the Momentous Events Which have Taken Place .4 ing Her Long L if Southern Pacific Carpenter and Man E and W.fo Are Victims of Two Stick-u- p years of age and NINETY-NIN-hHle and hearty Is the Artists, Who Go About Their Mrs. Mary t'uvunaugh of Work Like Professionals, thla elty, who presented herself at tin annual reunion of the old folks at Glen-woo- d park yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Two nmre liuldiijm wore reported was born the next year afto tlu police last night. In both raws Cavanaugh ter Fulton made the first steamIsaac the thugs gut nothing for their imiii. boat ever made. She waa 4 voyage The tiit one wns thnt of W. H. Smith, a curpeiiier, employed liy the Southern years of age when the aeennd war with one of the holdups kept a revolver Great Britain broke out and 5 years when Commodore Perry won In of Twenty-secon- d and Willi avenue be- old memorable victory on laike Erie. Hie 9 Rnd Id o'clock and the second tween was that of a limn end wife, name saw the Invention of the printing machine and was In her Hev-ntyiar unknown, who were slopped at tlic when General Jackson routed the Brita of near the Scowcroft gun point ish at New Orleans. She was a girl house on Wall avenue. Smith was on hie way home when he when Wellington defeated Nu.sih mi at waa accosted by two young men who Wuterloo and can remember the first commanded him to throw up his litind. steamboat voyage aeniss the Atlun'le She waa just a dosen years Id lie lost no time in doing so and while one of the holdusp kept n revolver when Jesse Thompson of Virginia pointed at his head the other went placed the now famous "Ml'uiri In Ihe hands of Henry Clay through his pocket. Thiy got nothing for their ilns. Fifteen feet away and asked him to introduce it in confrom the holdup party of people were gress. She remembers the da duration sitting on a imrch conversing but had of the Monroe doctrine and the first not the leant idea that such a game passenger railroad In the United States She waa a young woman during the was going on. Just a few minute before 11 o'clock French revolution of 1836, and was mnn and wife homeward hound were 27 when Morse Invented the tel .'graph held up by two sttekup artist near code. She can tell you of the Semlnol'i the Bcowcroft warehouse on Wall ave- war in Florida or of the accession rf nue. Both complied with the com- Queen Victoria to the throne in Engmand to hold up their hands The land. Blie tan remember when Texas woman screamed but this did not was annexed to the United State and deter the thugs fnun beginning a of the Invention of the newlng machine search of their 'victim Before the hy Ellas Hii'ie. If you want to kn-isearching operation had been fairly of the Irian potato famine in 1844 rbe started a light on a porch nearby was ran tell you ubr ut that or can glva you turned on and the robbers became a history of the war with Mexico In 1848. The revolution of 1836 Is fresh frightened and fled Into the shadow in her mind, as Is also the discovery SWEDISH SONS IN SESSION. of gold (n California in 1848 by Thims CALUMET, Mich., Aug. 1. A meet- Marshall. She can tell you when Naing of the grand lodge executive com- poleon became emperor and th. beginmittee of the Swedish United Bon of ning of the Crimean war; the gr-n- t America convened here today for the mutiny In India and the Dred Scott depurpose of considering many matters cision, aa well as tha laying of tnc Atof great Importance to the order. Near- lantic cable by Cyras Field. Alts InJohn Browns raid and Linly all of th- - grand lodge officer cluding Supreme President Alex. Ry-da- coln's emancipation of the slaves vtd will address the delegates. The all aubseque.it Incidents In coiinwTlrn copper country members have made with the civil wx' r.nd all other thin a great plans for the entertainment of the d vn to data. visitor the program concluding with The aged lady rpent the day with a mammoth picnic Saturday. ether young filkr" at Glenwvxl c ltd d-i- coin-promis- e" hl, N.B. STANDS Dur- to cn.i. herself Imm- i.sely. shicer.-'It li. ; that she .vlll ,lv away beyond tie- - ttntury goal a:i-- l tlu.t slw will be .teen at many slmllj- - enla j tIII tile futu.'e tell ua sli.ib-of the oliVli times. Everything pastied off lovely at the INirk. Tile committee are certainly deserving of a world of credit for the iiiHgniihviit way in which they handled the affair, am If they don't lomt out (lid Folks day" will be a holl-d- a, anil never was a 1st ter time min iiliu-re- - - (lct-lurc- at that ipular resort. The awards made were as follows: Oldest man, W. 11. Cole, tin year Iloy; oldest woman, Mrs. Msry c'nvau-aug- h, Ogden, 99 years; earliest pioneer, Alexander Brown, Ogden, 1417; eldest pioneer women, Mrs. Elisa J. Ensign and Mrs. Klinlra C, Baker, 1947; mother of the greatest number of children, Mrs. Christina Allen, Ogden valley, 14 children; father of the larges: family William Driver, Ogden, 21 children; oldest Irrigators, Janies Burch and Wells Chaae.who have Irrigated In Weber county for fifty-eigyears. ht DO YOU KNOW that four years sgo Russell A James had a small meat market, employing one delivery hoy besides themselves? Co. has tha Today th Rusacll-Jame- a largest and lx at equipped market In Ogden, besides a branch market, employing thirteen people. There Is a reason for this Increase. Do you know what It Is? Trade with us a month and you will understand. The Russell-JamCo., Chicago market. 185 24th at.; branch California market, 126 25th st. es TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. Examination for positions as teachers will be held In Ogden August I. and 10, under the direction of tha county superintendent of schools. On the same day examinations will be held for those desiring state certificate under the direction of the state superintendent of schools. FOR TAKE NOTICE ot j b--- 8ANTA FE REARRANGEMENT. TOPEKA. Kas., Aug 1. Some Important changes in the operating department of the Santa Fe railroad were put Into effect today. These changes amount to a practical reorganisation of the operating department, necessitated by the large Increase In business during the past few years. Under the new arrangement the different grand divisions are composed of the following divisions: Eastern Grand Division Illinois, ; Missouri, Kansas City, Eastern and; Southern divisions. Central Grand Division Middle Oklahoma, Western and Panhandle divisions. Western Grand Division River. Colorado, New Mexico and Rio Grande PRICES ARE ALWAYS CHEAPER AT THE PAINE & HURST STORE Come FRI DAY and SATURDAY For a apacial spread of good things haa baan prsparad for you. Ito tho final August Clssrancs of all Sum-mGoods don't daily tha prieaa will novor bo ar lowar. So thaasi Draoa Good So; 12 ( Lawn 3 1 -- 2c and 15c Drtss Good yd 10c 9c; 15o and 17s Dross Good 19c. A lot of 13c; 25c waists worth and $1j00 35e Dross Good and $1.25 on tha Also many sthor items bargain tabls at which you will too when you coma to ths atoro Friday 50c aach. and Saturday. |