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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
4
Public notice from The Standard Publishing Co. published daily except Sundays. Second class matter at the Ogden Utah post office under federal act.
Special position rates per inch on pages five six seven eight with varying charges. Top of column and first page terms. Special contracts offered for recurring ads. The Standard proclaims higher bonafide subscribers and challenges Utah rivals.
An old timer asserts Utah’s climate is shifting with less moisture and higher temperatures than in early settlement days. A pioneer recalls winters once seeing 10 degrees below zero, while recent records show no stretch of five degrees below. Ice trades worry as ponds fade and ice men foresee ponds moving to Ogden canyon or Weber canyon mouths.
In northern Utah a coyote menace prompts Ogden sheepmen to fund a two hundred mile hunt to poison and shoot coyotes. John Spires leads a committee to outfit a camp wagon and deploy trappers from Garland toward the Idaho line. Each sheep owner contributes ten dollars, justified by expected savings if coyote numbers drop.
A long, critical piece decries coyote eradication by Ogden wool growers in Utah and Idaho. It details poison, trapping, scare devices, and an automatic gun as failed solutions, urging a return of bounty laws and contrasting German welfare with British schemes to emphasize thrift and self-reliance. It condemns mass pauperization and praises individual resilience.
The piece argues Roosevelt’s fearless stance against corruption in high places wins public admiration. It says Senate ridicule failed to deter him, praising his battle against predatory wealth and corporate influence, and predicting his eventual triumph and opponents unmasked.
The British government begins paying old age pensions from January 1, 1909. Eligible subjects over 70 with income under 105 dollars yearly may receive 2 to 0 shillings weekly, provided they have not crime or public relief in twenty years, and can prove poverty stems from social condition rather than personal misconduct. Over 700,000 applications pour in. eventual disbursement projected from 36 to 51 million dollars annually through post offices.
Consul Walter C Hamm reports from Hull that a London Telegraph excerpt shows a Wenatchee Valley Washington state apples display in Covent Garden on November 27 1908. The Winter Banana variety draws attention and suggests potential for Pacific coast fruit shipments to Europe with an active London market planned.
Consul Isaac A Manning reports that Colombia grants several citizens exclusive five year rights to manufacture denatured alcohol in Bozota and Cundinamarca. A stock company must form within 90 days of contract approval, with tax exemptions and machinery imports allowed. The government shares profits from 2 1 2 to 25 percent over five years and sets factory sale price at 18 cents per liter. The product may be used for fuel and waw other uses.
Anton Kovec sues Montana Coal & Coke for 396000 damages claiming loss of an arm from an on the job accident. He worked ten years as a coal miner and was directing a hoisting engine in September 1907 when a misused tread threw him into gear causing severe arm injury.
The battleships Rhode Island Wisconsin Winona and Kearsage arrived at the Bitter Lakes this morning amid naval movement reports from Port Said.
Paris reports Louis Hamon known as Cheiro the palmist and John Warner fled France amid embezzlement charges. He allegedly took $500,000 in stocks and sought a $150,000 loan through London banks, leaving creditors at the American New York London banks. Hamon once lived in Rue Du Bois Bolonge and social circles, with ties to Abbe De La Freeney, but his assets are gone and the bank faces adverse effects.
In Flushing on January 6, Thornton J Hains faced more than six hours of cross examination led by District Attorney Darrin over the William E Annis killing. Hains claimed illness affected memory while admitting some minor details but maintained the core points of his direct testimony. He said he left Captain Hains as the boat float neared the club house and that the captain disappeared after he walked away. The court adjourned with the prosecutor pressing for evidence piecemeal to be saved by Saturday night.
Mukden, Jan 7. There is no truth in the report that 1,000 Chinese soldiers mutinied near Mukden and fought loyal government troops. Amoy dispatches claimed a revolutionary attack in Manchuria reached Mukden with a mutinous force defeated by a government column. Native reports said the troops were driven back and the official version claimed repulsion.
Media Pa January six jurors begin deliberations in the Beisel and Erb murder case. After four hours of discussion the panel recessed for the night as the fate of Captain J Clayton Erb hangs in the balance.
WwW. W. Ramsey served as president of the German National Bank of Pittsburgh.
Rome reports Ambassador Griscom delivered the Washington House resolution of sympathy to Italy. Foreign Minister Tittoni praised the gesture and accepted proper acknowledgment. Griscom notified Italian Red Cross head Count Taverna that $100,000 from the American Red Cross funds has shipped relief to Messina aboard the steamer Hayern. The ship flies the Red Cross flag. outfitting costs total $460,000 for two weeks, with a daily charter of $1,200. Remaining funds covered supplies as Italy seeks needed materials amid scarce resources.
John W Gates advocates free lists for iron coal and lumber in a letter to Speaker Cannon. Dated Port Arthur Texas the missive argues a 40 percent tariff cut would not harm U S iron and steel manufacturers and urges placement of these articles on the free list.
Tokyo reports a meeting at Count Womura's residence approved a fund of 1000 yen toward relief for Italy's Messina victims. Attendees included Count Matsukasa Marquis Nabashir Masuo Bank of Japan officials Baron Sonoda and S Takeshi plus thirty others. Committee aims to raise 100000 yen in two weeks as Red Cross adds more.
Washington journalist Jane Washington reports Surgeon General Wyman stated no large epidemic is likely after the Messina earthquake. He noted decomposition of bodies alone does not cause disease and San Francisco saw no outbreak beyond a temporary typhoid in camps before conditions were improved.
Rome, Jan. 6. Mr. Grisecom received warm congratulations from several admirals of the Italian navy and from King Victor Emmanuelists. They praised the Americans for organizing and loading a relief expedition within 48 hours and shipping the outfit swiftly.
Rome dispatch notes Ambassador Grit com will leave for Moravia to greet the American relief ship Bayern which sails from Naples with Red Cross emblems. The Bayern carries 1,460 blankets 1,000 underclothes 1,110 pairs of shoes 1,100 hats and other supplies for earthquake victims.
Representatives of all train service organizations in Montana met this week in Helena and formed a joint executive board to pursue desired legislation before the eleventh legislative assembly. Attendees included trainmen from Glendive Glasgow Helena and others. J H Wall of Great Falls named conductor on the committee with AC Wilson of Livingston engineer, Sam Ross of Helena fireman, and A Lyons of Helena brake man.
Springfield Ohio January Wart Tinian accompanied by Vice President Co BE Schatt General Manager JQ Van Wintle and Superintendent W Tagley New York Central officials visited for a four line inspection of the McRoy lines en route from Cleveland to Chicago and later to St Louis. The party rode in a pine scene vehicle bent over the engine fed by high officials for inspection.
An information charging forgery was filed today against Dominico Labatesa over two checks stolen from Francisco Calo. Calo was murdered on a rural Billings road, his body found last October 25. Labatesa is jailed in Billings pending trial.
In Union City on January 6 the defense argues as juror Rosson sick with measles is ferried to court. A room is prepared at the courthouse and he is carried to his chair each morning. He has a high fever but aims to finish the case.
A Dec 15 train tragedy in Muskogee led to a misidentification when a man claimed to be Irving Thomas Edmisson. The man confessed he was not Thomas, a Dallas resident, and had fake ties to disguise his identity. Thomas’s mother plans to exhume the body and return it to Texas.
Tenants of the Stewart building at State and Washington streets were shaken by a quake at 1:17 PM causing a near panic. With no accident found, the tremor was attributed to an earthquake and scores of tenants fled the thirtown six story structure.
Bozeman Montana January 6 William L Alward of the firm Reeches and Alward former mayor died at his home from a complication of aliments He served two terms as mayor and several as treasurer and had been a member of the board of school trustees for many years
Stephen B. Greene of San Francisco recalls an early crude steam car from 1800 built by a mining engineer. The vehicle, used to travel to Nevada mines, faced fierce opposition and was dismantled in Sacramento with fatal and injuring violence. No later attempts at self driving or gasoline engines are noted.
The article lists counts of periodicals by region: about 12 500 newspapers in the United States with 1 000 dailies and 120 run by Black editors, 3 000 in Asia led by British India and Japan with Japan publishing 1500, and Africa about 200 with 30 in Egypt and others in European colonies.
In a routine court appearance defendant Hains faced the judge as prosecutors outlined the next steps in the case. Attorneys indicated dates for forthcoming motions and potential hearings, with the proceedings closely watched by observers.
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