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WMMJJMjBJB,1 -xmnmrn inwiiiii i in mi' . 4Titimgzxg.wgMK5S;BBBBll I I 4 QOODWIN'S WEEKLY b Hi REVUE DE LA VILLE H "Adrift in a Great City," or "Asleep on the B Deep," might bo the title of the latest sketch M John Critchlow and Lester Freed have appeared B in. To those who don't know, it is well to ex- 1 plain that Mr. Critchlow lives in the same house ' with Mr. Freed. The latter has recently built a M new residence on South Temple street and it was l undei stood that the move to the new home would B, he made on Monday last. However, it was not m ceitain and Mr. Critchlow was informed that Mr. B Freed would telephone him at which place he B was to sleep. Mr. Freed says he was busy on i Monday and forgot it. He did not see Critchlow 1 and did not telephone him Tuesday. On Tuesday i evening Mr. Freed, who was at a dinner party, B was called to the telephone, and upon answering, B was greeted with: H "Where in hell am I at?" B Needless to say, it was Mr. Critchlow, wonder- M ing if ho had a place to sleep. j "Where did you sleep last night?" .asked W Freed. H "At Bob Sloan's." H "Well, sleep there tonight." H "I can't find Bob." M "Well, sleep anywhere you want to. It will m be all right with me." H1 At this writing neither have seen or talked K to each other since, and so if any kindly disposed M person with a spare room will call up Mr. Critch- H low before the eventide they will find an appre- V ciative guest. H 1 The failure of Bert L. Smith of Tonopah, the H' one-time millionaire promoter, who operated so Bi extensively in Nevada, Utah, and in fact all over H the west, is but another example of that coterie KH of men, young and old, who could not take a profit H when they had it. It was the dream of thousands H down in the desert but four short years ago to H finish their spectacular careers with millions, and B such paltry profits as a hundred or two hundred H thousand did not appeal to them. I know of one B or two instances in the career of Mr. Smitn when H he could have taken down small fortunes, but he, H like thousands of others, spurned them in his as- H suranco that the piofits would double and treble. H He had a large enough inteiest in Mohawk alone H at one time to make most men comfortable, but H the plan was to turn it into Goldfield Consolidated H and wait for that to go to forty dollars. He and H his associates were offered enough for one "cat" H iu Wonder to make them independent. They so- H cured it through a small grub stake and were of- H fered many thousands of dollars for it, but it was H not enough, for money was the cheapest thing H in the camp. It seems almost incredible that so H many men with so much money and such bril- H liant prospects four short years ago are now H practically bankrupt; but it has been the way of H the world ever since the mining share certificate B was invented. Theie are few with the courage H to take a small loss or who remember that a H man never goes broke taking profits. B H The mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Althea H Walker, Clarence Walker and Mrs. Margaret . H Walker Smoot on Monday afternoon, puts a new H phase on the proceedings in regard to the will con- H test of the late Dr 'd F. Walker. It seems that H after the sheriff had served the papers on Mrs. H Walker and her daughter, in which D. F. Walker, H Jr., was named as administrator on the plea that H the woman and the young man were about to H leave the city with negotiable securities worth H $25,000, thoy disappeared in thin air that is, an H automobile is supposed to have pushed the air H aside, while they beat it f5r a state more con- MV ducive to their happineLj. VV It seems that the move on the part of Mrs. BBB Walker and the others was somewhat hurried, but it is fair to presume that the subsequent de velopments in the case will be extremely inter esting. There was trouble in the late D. F. Wal ker menage from the time he man led her. In an earlier day here she was a spiritualist, who, with her mother, conducted her seances in an old adobe building which was on the site at the corner of Second South and West Temple. The story is that Althea's mother got it from the stars, super induced by her more confidential sphits, that it would be best if Mr. Walker married her daughter, and so the wedding took place, though greatly opposed by the chil- ( BF WftA rmSftSCvwM t5" PBB? BBv wBBVIBBBBBC' I V wk jBHBBBBNL jltyv iinK?&vi oBJfct. j . Copyright Undtrwood & Underwood N. 1", MOISANT, THE AMERICAN AVIATOR. ROUNDING THE STATUE OP LIBERTY In hisBlerlot Monoplane, on the flight in which he won the $10,000 prize given by Thomas P. Ryan, during the aviation meet which closed this week at Belmont Park, N Y The course was from the aviation field at Belmont Park to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor and back, a distance of thirty five miles, sailing over Brooklyn and the Battery. Moisant's time was thirty four minutes, thirty eight and four fifths seconds. The photograph reproduced here was taken from the deck of a boat in the harbor close to the foot of the statue. dren of his first wife, who was a most- esti mable woman. After the feud had become very bitter, influenced by Althea, Mr. Walker moved to California and remained there for years, while his wife did everything possible to estrange him from his children. Within recent 'ears he re turned to this city and remained here, conducting his local interests until Ins death a short time ago. It is said that Althea has been of a saving nature and has a large private fortune beside that which she is struggling to keep his children from participating in. The case presents some inter esting possibilities, and the denouement will be closely watched by those who are even more fa miliar with the circumstances than are set forth above. The return of W. W. Armstrong from the east with the tidings that business conditions are ' greatly improved, made a noise like a welcome sound to those who are wondering just what is going to happen after the business depression that really began with the return of Theodore. It has been expected that the election of Dix in New York m Tuesday next will change the situation mightily and from the recent remarks made by the president of the National Copper Bank re garding conditions generally it is apparent that the tide is about to turn. He states that all in terests are in better shape than they have been for several months, that the country appears very prosperous throughout the east and south, but that nowhere is the feeling better than it is right here wheie conditions really warrant Salt Lakers in being moro hopeful than the citizens of aver age eastern communities.