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11 ( Optimist Club of America
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I At a time when Uio financial strin-
I I goncy 'was at its height, and when the
I f public had reached such a nervous ton-
f pion, it wnfl ready to believe any "pan
H t icky" story that might be generated,
IH I the Optimist club of America was or-
ganized in Salt Lake. Tho object of
ihe club was to spread optimism in i.ts
true and broad sense; to turn public
H t attention from morbid brooding ou the
H threatened panic and imbue tho entire
H nation with cheerfulncsR.
H , Such a movement came into existence
H ), nt tho psychological moment. It wsb
instantly "taken up by prominent men
1 in every city of any size In tho United
H : States, and its membership ran from the
I "original thirteen'' members into tho
I hundreds and then into tho thousands.
I I Olubs havo been formed in St. Louis,
I I. RoswclK N. M., Now York City, Louis
I k villo. Iiy.; Denver. San Francisco, De-
troit, Cincinnati, Opdcn, Boston, Colo
I redo Springs, Jackson, Miss.; Racine,
I "Wis.; Chicago. Boise, Los Angeles,
Pittsburg, Kansas City, and Philadel-
i; phia.
! ' The initiation fee is only $1.00. the
l other requisite is a choorful counten-
jl ' anco that betokens a hopeful heart.
I Tho declarations of principles adopted
H "by tho club were struck off on snort
rSL . notice at tho suggestion of William J.
i. Robinson, of New York, who conceived
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the idea of founding the olub while in
Salt Lake.
The prominent men of the city readi
ly responded to the movement, and tho
membership roster .bears the names of
the boat known men in many Staten.
Governor John C. Cutler is prosideut
of tho oxocutivc committee, which is
composed of the governor of oach
State in tho Union, together with
prominent men of different cities. Tho
president of the, club is C. A. Quig
ley; known every place, his name is
mentioned ns an ''optimist," and it
was even so before the club came into
existence. Fisher Harris was elected as
treasurer and H. Van Dam, Jr., secro
tnry. Following is the declaration of
principles of tho Optimst club;
"Wo invito every man who can smile
in tho fuco of trouble to join and
pass tho smile along. When wo arc
a half an hour dead we cannot change
a quarter, and life is sweeter than death
because we can still smile, and our
smile may make some poor fellow for
get his woes. Nothing goes to the dem
nition bow-wows but the dead ones.
Any old dead flsh can ilont with the
current, but it takes tho livo ones to
swim up stream. It behooves good men
to stand together and smile vinegar
vendors have the floor. Let us estab
lish a honey exchange, and smilo, stick
and smile."
I About the Alta Club
The Alta club enjoys a membership
" bordering near live hundred of promi
nent men in almost every city in tho
United States, as well as many cities
of Europe. The club originated in
; March of 1SS8, with eighty charter
members, twenty-six of whom are still
actively connected with tho club.
Tho club originally occupied rooms
in what is now the D, F. Walker build
ing, but to which it gave the name
of the Alta block- From there the
, club rooms wero moved to the Dooly
block, and then to the splendid club-
house now standing at the corner of
Stato and South Temple stroets. Tho
members moved into their new quarters
Juno .1, 1898.
Twelve directors control applications
for membership. They pass ou all ap-
Elicants and their decision as to eligi
ility Is final. The officers of the club
are: Edward W. Packard, president:
William M. Bradley, vice-president
F. C. Schramm, socrotary; and Hcbcr
M. Wells, treasurer. The executive
committee is composed of E. W. Pack
ard, F. C. Schramm. C. W. Whitley,
D. C. Jackling, and E. Buckingham.
1 Assessed Value of Personal Property in Utah, 1907
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Wm ' Seaver ..... ....I? 91,615 J 207.2901$ TffTi 38.210 ? 3U.S90
W . Box Elder ( 370.G6S 330,818 70,310 66.040 905.836 fl
liS !xcIle 154.405 397,625 S31.26S 204.613 1.257.011 I
.hM Carbon 140.4S5 165.397 2,406 117.850 426.238 ffl
B Davis 138,890 113,689 202.730 455.30& H
atnery 80.230 41,904 41.553 69.275 232 962 1
.;ue Garfield j 3S.025 30,650 18,000 17.720 94 395 1
ritjyH Grand .... 1 18,720 5.S40 260 14.122 38.902 H
Jron 38,975 21.179 67.339 53,582 181.075 1
IlBM "Iuab 148.730 334.755 5.000 222.270 705.765 1
nffU S?,?C i ) :1'250) 4-160 3.000 1S.290 46,700 1
V-vW Jitllard ( 53.3551 56.426 17.400 19.172 146.353 ffl
biStl Morgan 36.150 1C3.390 25.440 36.400 260.380 1
.aiitK Piute I 30.555 107,831 S.S60 30.713 177.749 B
to3 Rlcb- I 15,630 40.412 58,987 12.711 127,740 Q
fSM aait Lako 5,664,415 2,767.72S 3,545.192 2.734.595 14.711,930 I
SSB &in .Tuan 17,050 8.993 1.430 5.723 36.196
'SSSB Sanpete 158.225 114.050 255.746 166,606 694.627
Sevier 120.703 143.805 96,338 64.S06 426.71-i
aClljM Summit 195,340 257.361 5S.459 22.225 632. 3SS
jm. Tooele S7.940 287.015 850 130.912 506.717
Tlntah , .'.I 114.465 39,352 27,575 2R7.552 468.944
Utah 666,620 654, S75 264.150 215,330 1.S00.975
B Wasatch I S6.S95 39.005 4S.305 S5.190 259.305
IK Waahlnprton 1 35.615 38.065 9.220 21.6701 104.570
EK Wayne 1 12.390 14.198 19.0991 45.6S7
HM" Weber I 1.2D5J55 242.479 4.S70I 1. 326,681 1 2.869. 1S5
ToUls 15 10,125,498(5 6,787,095 1? 4.S69.7435 6,201.2471? 27.986.5S3
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RETRENCHMENT OF
OREGON SHORT LIRE
Dnring the Past Two Months
Much Work Has Been
Curtailed.
During tho past two months the
Oregon Short Line has so effectively
followed the retrenchment policy or
dered on tho Ilarriman lines through
out the country sevoral months ago that
tho operating and maintenance ex
penses of the system havo been cut
more than $150,000, according to rumors
that havo been going the rounds among
local railroad men tho pasl day or two.
The company has made its biggest cut
in the expenses of the engineering de
partment. Eleven crews of surveyors
and field men were called in on ISo
vember J and the construction work ou
the Snake river brnnch. Kemmercr coal
mino branch, tho Yallowstoue park ex
tension aud all other engineering work
not absolutely necessary lius been
etoppod and the men laid off, jiffccU
ing a thousand or more laborers in this
line alone.
The latest movo of the company was
laying off all tho men in the local shops
until January 2 not absolutely neces
sary to the operations of the shops and
roundhouses.
rne men state tncy nave no ub&m- -anco
they will bo put back at work on .
full time after January 2.
Expenses havo been cut on a big
scale in the opernting department, and
the road is not running ns man3; trains .
bb it was two months ago. Mr.' Harn-
man's retrenchment policy is .being
worked out strenuously by overy Ore
gon 8hort Line department head, and
it is estimated that the amount to which
expenses will be cut the coming month
will execod the decrcaao of both De
lcmbor and November.
The work on the Lucin cutoff is still
progressing, as it is necessary to get
the purt ot tho line which is subject to
heavy action by the lake watora in
first-class condition by oarly spring.
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Eailroad Notes,
i J. M. Greaves, city ticket and pas
senger agent of the Salt Lake route
here, left for Eivcrsido Saturday night,
where he will occupy a like position
for the road. Mrs. Greaves left with
him.
Tho derailment of three freight cars
near Murray Saturday morning about
'9 o 'clock on tho main line of the Den
ver & Bio Grande tied up traffic over
the line for Beveral hours during the
day. Tho Bingham local was forced
to 'turn back to Salt Lake.
W. W. Dickinson, the newly appoint
ed commercial agent of tho Now York
Central lines for the Northwest, with
headquarters in Seattle, loaves Sunday
night for that place to opon his office.
Mr. Dickinson was formerly- traveling
freight and passcuger agent for the com-
nnnv Vifirp.
By the first of the year the Salt Lako
route will have changed express com
panies, the Wolls Fargo having installed
offices to the number of forty along
tho line, succeedinf tho Pacific Express
company. For the past few days audi
tors have been checking up tho ac
counts of the different Pacific offices
preparatory to the change. Tho deal
is one of the most important of rocent
years in Western express business.
The promise made Salt Lake soveral
weeks ago bv General Manager Ridgway
of the Denver & Rio Grande while in
Salt Lako thai the new depot planned
for this city will be eroded in spile
of the financial stringency is evidently
being carried out. according to reports
brought homo from Denver by 1. A.
Benton, general agent in Salt Lake
Mr. Benton slates that while in Den
ver ho heard numerous orders given
fr tho direction of initial operations
on the new depot immediately artcr the
first of the year. The orders wore all
construction 'orders.
Barely Escaped Going "Dry."
UN70X, S. C. Dec. 28. Final re
turns from the county local option elec
tion hold yestorda' give the dispensary
I a majority of eleven votes over pro
hibition. Tho total vote polled was
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DON CABLOS W. MUSBBB. f
i CHURCH SECRETS EXPOSED I
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One of the Leaders Tells How Followers of i
t Brigham Young Practice Polygamy X
and Plot Treason Against
I the United States.
IN THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE OF t
JANUARY 5 t
"Will appear the installment of a most interesting story, 4
t which will expose the secrets of the Mormon church. It is 4
T from the pen of Elder Don Carlos W. Musser. In his opening,
Elder Musser says: 4
4- "If this composite, which I vouch lor as havirj come 4
imder my own observation, vail weigh one pennyweight in the "j
J balancing of conditions in the West in the making of an
4- American State of Utah I will consider that I have done some-
thing to offset the missionary work I performed in my youth j
t and ignorance. If this narrative will influence one n to
J decline to subscribe to the treasonable endowment o.ith, if it
4 will influence one Latter-day Saint to decline to sustain ac-
t knowledged law-breakers as heavenly anointed and inspired 4
leaders of his church, if it will lighten the burden and cheer "
4- the way of one polygamous mother awakening from her first
t dream of love to a knowledge that the inscription in the 'Now -I
' J and Everlasting Covenant' is the inspiration of hell and not of
heaven; if it will help one poor wayfarer on life's troubled sea
to break the chains of superstition and priestoraft with which
j he Is bound, then will I feel that I have done something for H
I the cause of humanity, and then will I welcome all the curses
4- the god of Mormonism can heap upon the head of an apos- J
t tate. Elder Don Carlos W. Musser."
4- As the above statement sets forth, the object is to show
"j up the crudities and monstrosities of tho religion of the Latter- j
J day Snints. Tt is the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of lyiormonism, j
4- and no one is better qualified to present it than is Elder Musser. H
lie served his church in the Turkish empire and afterward was
1 a member of the Utah batteries, which served with so much
4. distinction in the Philippines. While in Manila Elder Musser
founded the first American newspaper there, Freedom, now
one of the dailies in tho Orient.
.j. Elder Musser 's father is a pillar in the Mormon church.
I 4- The author of the story declares that he still loves tho church,
" but he .sees its errors. Tho chief character in the story is in- .
.j- troduced as a young man and at a time when Salt Lake City .
4 was a mere frontier camp. Captain Mahrad is the hero of Ihc
narrative.
1 The story details how he came to inarry two sisters and tho .
4 horrors of pol3Tganry are brought out. Copious quotations arc
f made from "The Journal of Discourses." It is an intensely
7 interesting story and facts which cannot be controverted are
presented.
1 4- The opening chapter will appear in The Sunday Tribune
of January 5. You would better order The Tribune sent to
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