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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1909
Page
4
The Evening Standard announces in force February 1 1908 new flat rate ad pricing with per inch changes by position on pages six to eight and first page lower half rates. Special contracts offered for weekly or monthly runs. The publisher claims unmatched bona fide subscribers.
The Honolulu bulletin from the Hawaiian promotion committee explains common mispronunciations of Hawaii. It notes how vowels should be sounded, detailing "Hah-wy-ee" for Hawaii and "Ho-nolu-lu" for the capital, while criticizing a congressman's repeated mispronunciation.
E. H. Harriman argues in Chicago that regulation should target government waste not railroads. He urges cost per mile concepts to cut expenses and prevent deficits, saying current administration is unlikely to change current wasteful methods.
A discussion on government spending and tariff policy critiques excess, urging regulation with protection. It cites Harriman on regulation, securities, and railroad accountability, and covers disputes among Harriman Gould and Western Pacific routes amid lake-crossing issues and potential reorganizations.
The Western Pacific railroad along the Great Salt Lake shore faces submersion risk. Officials debate rebuilding from Salt Lake City to the lake’s western rim as lake waters encroach, turning the area into marsh after past construction through a lake bed.
Wadsworth Haynes discusses the global spread of baseball and the joy it brings to players from Buenos Aires to Manila. He notes American expatriates forming teams abroad, Filipinos adopting the game, and oil company crews in remote camps bonding over batter up under tropical suns.
The American minister at Peking transmits, dated January 5, 1909, regulations from the Chinese Imperial maritime customs on morphia and injection instruments. Effective January 1, 1909, manufacture of morphine and syringes is banned in China, with importation forbidden except for duly qualified foreign physicians and chemists who sign bonds and follow conditions for medicinal use and landing permits after duty payment.
Pierce Oklahoma April 1 Colonel Hoffman reduces guard detail as scouts search Tiger mountains for the Creek Indian leader Chitte Marie with crews patrolling the rocky terrain. Five prisoners are reported taken to Henryetta after a night pursuit but no new location for the chief is found.
Through Salt Lake and Ogden special trains run to Salt Lake with round trip fare one dollar. Late return trains available. Contact our agent or call Phones 2000 for details.
Harvard President Taft offered Dr. Charles W. Eliot the ambassadorship to Great Britain. Eliot, age 78, may decline due to age and foreign service demands, though in good health. Harvard graduates hope he will accept, but friends think his views to decline will prevail.
New York April 1 reports that Canada plans to purchase Silver Dart type aircraft after negotiations with the aerial experiment association led by Glenn H Curtiss. The deal aims to equip the Dominion government with modern machines following successful trials.
After eighteen months of trials under English army officers the Braddock experiments ended this week and the Aerial Experiment Association dissolved. Dr Bell will continue kite experiments with his tetrahedral design.
A brief notice promotes the conference special for Salt Lake and Ogden travel by bus running at 8 a.m. Sunday Monday and Tuesday with fare 1 dollar. Contact phones 2000 for details.
Chicago reports the murder of Dr William Jones in the Philippines while researching tribal religions. A Harvard and Columbia alumnus, Jones worked with the Carnegie and Carmela institutes and was praised by Prof George A Dorsey as a top ethnologist and psychologist.
St. Petersburg March 31 A Duma debate on military ability led to swift changes in Russia’s command structure. General Guerdelmann is named commander of the Vilna military district and first army corps. Samaonoff becomes governor general and commander in Turkestan. Mistchenkok retires. Plehve leads Moscow troopers. New appointees are aged 50 to 65.
Observations describe a fox detecting a man half a mile away with favorable wind. Mice in sheltered areas sense a person up to 50 feet. A deer may sleep and still catch a human scent from 200 feet off, illustrating acute olfactory abilities.
San Francisco held a March 31 celebratory dinner at the Fairmont for Dr Rupert Blue and his U S Marine Hospital Service team, honoring their plague campaign. Gov Gillett, Mayor Taylor, and health leaders attended as Blue received a gold watch and medals were awarded to his district commanders.
Diontal Papa known as Papa Isla or Papa, celebrated as a notorious bandit chief on Negros Island for over 20 years, led a devout following. He surrendered with followers to Chicago authorities, claiming divinity and wielding protective amulets amid barbarities attributed to fanatics.
Pinehurst March 1 C L Becker of Woodland Golf Club Auburndale and J D Standish Jr of Detroit Golf Club survive today's semifinals in the ninth annual United North and South Amateur. Becker beat Harold Weber 4 and 3 while Standish defeated George Emore. They head into tomorrow's 3 hole final for the title trophy.
In Princeton New Jersey on March 31 Pennsylvania defeated Princeton 46 to 13 in the Inez swimming meet. The water polo game went to Princeton 2 to 1, keeping them competitive for the frat championship with Yale. Pennsylvania set an intercollegiate record in the 800 foot run way at 2 36 5.
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