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' m ; , THE OGDEN STANDARD. OGDEN, UTAH: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1914. , , A " "" - ' if- IK) . , - 1 ' I SOME OF THE MANY USEFUL GIFTS AT HOLIDAY PRICES FOR LADIES- ' FOR CHILDREN -( r Sweaters Caps Suits Stockings Gloves Furs Mittens Waists Coats wa,sls Furs Silk Petticoats F0R BABY Bath Robes C?ps Silk Klmonas Bonnets Gloves Dresses Handkerchiefs Jackets Shawls, Outing Gowns Bootees Silk Hosiery Sweater Suits SHOP EARLY GET THE BEST AT CHRISTMAS PRICES. 66e M. M. WyRes Co. 2335 Washington Ave. - I8TANDARD TELEPHONES. For Editorial, News and Society t Department, CaJI Only Phone No. 421. For Subscription and Advertising ( Department, Call Phone No. 56 RANDOM REFERENCES Good watches z Price 278 25th. -Dr. F. L Narramore was released ifrom the Dee hospital yesterday alter an illness of a week's duration Dr. Coulter aDd Dr. Bart'ett. First National Bank Building. Phono 95 j Advertisement j c Cbrk was arrested yesterday by Detectives Burk and Peterson, bu Itlio charge of assault and battery The icomplainlng witness was R. M Lar isen. COAL All kinds. M. L. Jones Coal and Ice Co., office 413 24th St Rich Larson was halted yesterday by Officer William Reast and order ed to appear In the municipal court for riding a motorcycle without a num ber. Strictly a home produce B & G C!oer Leaf Butter Asst. Supt. G. O. Brophy of the Wyoming division of the Union Pa cific departed yesterday evening for an inspection trip Congregational Ladles will give a I bazaar Saturday. Dec. o. ivoggie Studio. Fancy articles and homo cooked food and candy. Girl Born The many friends of Mr and Mrs. Richard Tucker will be pleased to know of the arrival of a five-pound baby girl, Pearl Ramona. at the Tucker home In Mill Valley, Cal., November 19 Mrs Tucker wss formerly Mii. r-earl Peek of tnis city and Mr. Tucker, a popular rr lway mail clerk, also has numerous friends li Ogden. IHOW GIRLS LIVE ON SIX DOLLARS Details Garnered From Stores, Factories and Shops Throughout N. Y. New York: Dec. 2 How girls live on $6 a week. Under this caption there was read today in the record of the factory investigating commis sion first hand details, garnered from stores, factories and shops through out the stale of the fight for exist ence which the commission's investi gators say is being waged daily by tens of thousands of underpaid wom en and girls in New York state Mibs Esther Packard, assistant sec retary of the Consumers league, aw the result of her personal investigation, cited many instances among them the following Go Without Meals. "Miss C W When I have to pay for shoes or anything like that T don't buy meat for weeks at a time ' ' F, M.4 I never eat breakfast at all. I found that was the easiest meal to do without." I "Miss T I generally buy beans for three cents and bread for two cents lor lunch; I seldom pay more than seven cents." No Vacation in Years. One girl, Mlas Packard says, lived on one meal a day when she has to pay for 6hoes or a hat. Many girls frankly admitted that they counted on their male friends to buy their Sunday dinners. A girl of 23 had taken no vacation for six years because she could not if ford to lose her. salary for a week A woman of 40, withou4.a vacation for 25 year3, cannot think of -.stopping work for a month to take a rest wjjich she needs. Q IF YOU WANT Tf WM n GLASSES p BKil m EYES EggS If THAT FIT FACE f Li THE POCKET- K S&jjja n book p KvNH M Better come here. We us L HrflH1 nj the VERY BEST quality W EftfrjMi L J lenses, frames and moun'.- H M nS- We have been in JHtagS Ogden fourteen years . gEB&M n't that enough. i. 3KI Li J. T. RUSHMER aflBHl rl optical co. r WMMfH M Manfg. Opticians and L BJMW If Optometrists. H Wash I liiiTr" BBHI ADVANCE HOLIDAY SALE NOW I ON EVERYTHING CHEAPER. THIRTY - FIVE EXTRA CLERKS FOR MAIL SERVICE Chief Clerk W. F. Bangasser of the railway mail service In this dis trict has organized his force of clerks and substitutes for the haudling of the holiday mail and about thirty-five ex tra men will be employed in the dis trict during the present month Mr Bangasser was given authority to em ploy this number some weeks ago and the first five were put to work at the local parcel post terminal several days ago On December ?. the force at the terminal will be increased by six more men nnd additions will be made at In tervals until thirty out of the thirty five extra men will be employed hem The remaining five will be used on the road Three shifts are now be ing worked at the terminal and, be ginning on the 15th of the month, four shifts will be working This will be kept up until the holiday rush is over The extra men are all substitute elerkp most of whom reside in Og den nnd, in addition to their help, tno railway man cierK? win ne assist ed w hile in the local yards by regular clerks who are on their vacations These clerks will put In about two hours a day and. instead of receiving money for their service, will be giv en "plus" marks on their records, which will prove of future value Chief Clerk Bnngasser. in reference to this stated that his clerks were always willing to help each other out In this way and that a little time put In by an experienced man during a rush period was of more value to the public and the clerks than a 'oncer period by an inexperienced man. The district of which Ogden Is the headquarters includes all of Utah, Idaho, east of Pocatelio; on the Ore gon Short Line to Butte, Montana, east to Brand Junction, Colorado, on the Denver & Rio Grande There are 128 clerks working under the ju risdiction of Chief Clerk Bangasser and, in addition to these, he supervi ses the work of 40 helpers working out of Ogden on the Southern Pacif ic. The last mentioned, however, come under the Jurisdiction of the chief clerk at San Francisco The Salt Lake and Marysvale branch has recently been extended to Ogden and this city is now virtually the headquarters for that branch- Its six clerks, however, now have their homes in Salt Lake City, but eventu ally will come to Ogden to live. The parcel post business is now rapidly increasing and considerable quantities of flour, potatoes, salt, su gar and dressed poultry are being handled. During the Thanksgiving period nearly 300 turkeys were han dled in the mail cars, most of them being shipped from Vernal, Utah. An evening's entertainment for 25c. 8-piece orchestra. 2 hour show, "Threads of Des tiny," at the Globe, last time tonight. Children 10c Open at 6:15. Curtain 6:30. 3 shows. Advertisement. WATSiFME TEAM VICTORIOUS, The Brow n-Carlson-Treseder bowl ing team of the City league was de feated last night on the Bradley al leys by the N atson-Flygare team. AVatkins rolled 203 pins in the first game, securing the high score, and Fisher secured .the high average, with total of 539 pins. The complete score follows: WATSON-FLYOARE TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd Totals Capt Flygare .. .139 149 163 441 Gysln 188 158 156 502 E. Brophy . 148 127 185 460 D. Stevens 165 165 133 453 Watkins 203 179 145 527 Totals 833 778 7722383 BROWN-CARLSON-TRESEDER. 1st 2nd 3rd Totals Capt. Fisher .171 180 188 539 Selver 166 176 146 488 Langworthy . ...178 131 155 461 Greenwell 148 124 161 433 Fuller 168 141 156 465 Totals . . ..831 752 8062389 See Evelyn Thaw, last time I tonight. 2-hour show, 8-piece orchestra. Adults, 25c; Chil dren, 10c. Advertisement. oo Ask your Grocer for Gol den Rod Butter, 35c per car ton. ' Advertisement. SUPREME COURT OF UTAH HANDS 001 SEVEN OPINIONS The state supreme court yesterday broke its 6llenco of several months by handing down seven opinions, five of which affirm the lower conrts and two order new trials The lower court's findings In the case of Edwin T. Woolley, adminis trator of tho estate of Moses Davis, deceased, against the executors or the estate of Joseph E. Taylor de ceased, are affirmed. Woolley sought i to recover real estate and stock In the Utah-Idaho Sugar company which had been given to Joseph E Taylor by Rachael Davis, who had come in to possession under bequests from her father. Moses Davis It was charged that Rachael Davis's title to the prop erty was not good and that there was no consideration to the transfer to Taylor. In a previous Rult 1t had been charged that Taylor exercised fraud and undue influenco to obtain the properly. The lower court held that the trans fers were legal as pertaininc to ihc real estate and stock, but It found for the plaintiff as regards the household furniture in the Davis' home, which had also been transferred to Taylor, and awarded judpmont for $75. In the easo of E. A. Wall against Maurice M. Kaighn to quiet title to two mlnlnp claims in the West Moun tain district, judgment for Wall in the lower court 16 affirmed and a point of law is laid down with refer ence to tax sales Kaighn rested his title on tax sale deeds, but tho su preme court finds the deeds were defective In that they showed that the county, as highest bidder, had pur chased the property when It was sold for taxes It setB out that the County has no right to voluntarily bid or buy property at a tax sale, but must do so onlv in the absence of other bidders. The deed must eo sho-.v, it is held Title to an acre of ground contain ing a hot mineral spring, valued at ?20,000. is quieted to the Oregon Short Line as againBt the Salt Lake Investment company The lower court's ruling quieting title to the in vestment company nnd awarding $4000 damages for alleged wrongful occupation by the railroad company is reversed. N W. Miller wins in the supremo I court, as he did in tho lower court. In his suit to recover $2500 on a prom IgBory note from L. A. Marks. Mil ler held the note by assignment Marks refused to pay It on the ground that it had been obtained from him by fraud and mlsrepresentationn The lower court sustained the charge of fraud but gave judgment to Miller on the ground that he was an Inno cent purchaser Justices Straup and Frlck affirm this judgment, but Chief Justice McCarty dissents, hold.ng that Miller learned or Marks'a ch-im of fraud in time to have stopped the payment nn checks given for the note. The chief justice abo dissents in the case of Joseph G Shephard against the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, in which the judgment of the lower court, in favor of the rail road Is reversed by the prevailing opinion. Shephard is given a new trial in bis suit for damages for the loss of a leg. In the case of Orphir Rouleau against the Continental Life Insur ance companv to recover $5000 on an insurance policy, the judgment ol the lower court for the plaintiff is af firmed. Judgment for Ernest Dayton against the Snake Creek Mining & Tunneling company for personal injuries is affirmed. oo The McCune Foulger Co. Is showing the newest lines of Shoes and Slippers, from THE BEST THAT'S CHEAP TO THE BEST MADE. 2461 Washington Avenue. Advertisement. 'OO - m THEATERS A clever company in a clever play si. ms up the William A. Brady pro duction of Margaret Mayos comedy, 'baby Mine," which was presented at the Orpheum theatre last night A large crowd saw the famous comedy am: was kept in continuous laughter by its scintillating lines of humor and tunny situations The comedy was founded on a re port in a New York newspaper sev eral years ago to the effect that 3000 Chicago women had adopted infants and passed them off on their hus bands as their own and the husbands wre none the wiser. Acting on this theme, the playwright weaves her play arouud a young couple who have a misunderstanding, which causes the husband to leave home. The w Ife and her friend plan to bring him back by securing an infant from a settle ment hospital The friend's husband Is brought into the scheme and be fore the mixup is ended the first ma:: is the father of one child, twins and triplets and then loses them all, In the course of a few hours. The comedy would not be a success exempt in the hands of finished players and those who presented it last night were without a weak spot The role of Alfred Hardy, the father, was played with fine skill by Paul Athcrton. Jimmy Jinks, his friend, was played by Howard Fay, who proved himself a comedian of the first water. Mies Edna Davies es sayed the role of Mrs. Hardy and proved one of the best actresses of the ingenue type, ever seen in the city. Mrs. Jinks, her friend, was played by Gertrude Wathera, an un- uiually capable actress, whose nat ural manner of acting went a long way toward making the production a success Other members of the coat wor Dick Collins as Michael O'Fla herty; Charles Munnel as Finnegan; Dave Towers as Donaghey; Grace ilenard as Gobs! Gattl and Etta Kerr as Maggie O'Flaberty. Their roles were small, but Important, and they proved to be well cast. MUSICAL COMEDY 1 BE GIVEN By THE ELKS' LODGE Two cf the most difficult roles in "A Chinese Honeymoon." the mu sical comedy to be given In the Or phejm theatre next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, under the auspices of Ogden lodpe No. 719, B. I', O. Elks, are carried by Miss Flor ence Drowning and C O. Do Wolf. Miss Drowning, the daughter of Commissioner T. S Drowning, will I :ppear as Fi Fi and is the principal commedienne. DeWolf la the pomp ous Emperor Hang Chow. MISS FLORENCE BROWNING Early in the action of tho play, l';ing Chow becomes imbued with the idea that women lo e him, not be cause of his good looks and personal ity, but because of his royal position and wealth. He decides to make a search for a woman who will love hlrn for himself alone. To his lord hi-ii admiral, Hi Lung, is entrusted the mission of procuring a bride. The admiral is instructed to inform can didates that the would be bridegroom its a bill poster. . C. O. DeWOLF After sailing the seas for a year, the admiral returns without a bride for the emperor, and to save his head he induces Fi Fi (Miss Brown ing) to accept the honor The em jeror is not pleased with FI Ti. how ever, and FI Pi, the admiral and oth ers find themselves in a predicament until other startling incidents take place upon the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Pineapple on tuoir honeymoon Miss Browning has virtually re created her role. She has clothed tin. pari Id so much original comedy that all who have attended re hearsals declare her reading of the lines and action are Eupenor to those prescribed for the part Also Miss Drowning Is given opportunity to dis play her 'ocal powers. She has a voice of professional timber. DeWolf has appeared in most of the productions given by the local lodge and is perhaps the most experi enced member of the cast. nn TERRIFIC STORM SHEER TEXAS Street Car and Train Service Demoralized, Bridges Wash ed Away and Houses Flooded. Houston. Tex , Dec. 2. One person was killed and several injured and dozens driven from their homes by a terrific wind and rain storm here early today. Six inches of rain fell. Street car and train service was demoral ized. A number of bridges wore washed away and houses in low lying sections were flooded. E. E. Dasblt, an employe of a gas company, was killed by lightning which damaged a number of build ings. Information here Is that the down pour was general over the coast sec tion of Texas. Railway tracks are under water at many points and all pouth Texas streams are brimful. In many rural regions the lowlands are Inundated. Twelve Inches of rain has fallen since Novembor 1. oo j 1 Society CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY. A very pleasant surprise was given at the home of Mrs. R. B. Mlnnoch in honor of Mrs. Mlnnoch'a mother, A COODXUte TO TRADE )"- ' - Crowds of Women at the I Coat and Suit Sale I This final clearance of Coats and Suits is attracting I many prudent buyers the year will not bring lower prices this is the final reduction and the assortment is much better today than it will be later. Suits Reduced to Three Lots Nearly every suit in the store has been included in one of the lots here mentioned. Notice the sharp price reductions: at Q.95 I at JJ-95 at '95 The suits which have been The suits valued up to $35 Some of the handsomest selling up to $25 are in- are to be on sale at this suits we have received this eluded at this price. The price. In jhis lot are some season are included in the styles are all new all new- of the very handsomest $JM5 est fabrics. In order to models of the season, hvery 6 i i j i . oo-ro Qf,,U SIL , are suits worth to $4U. Al make a quick and complete one this season s style. Sell- . clearing out, the sale price ing begins tomorrow of the latest fabrics. Choice is to be $9.95 at $14.95 I of the lot $19.95 Coats Reduced to Two Lots There are more than a hundred coats in the two lots here mentioned coats which could not possibly be made for the prices we now ask. We will not attempt to sell every coat before stock taking. i In this lot are coats worth to $10, and Some of the Coats in this lot were actual moresome are this m $25 vaules some were j. season's styles a few Ad more. All are of hand- ff from last season. The some materials some Hi M materials would cost M g r r this season's styles lJm f r much more if you wereJL p ? some from last season. B J to buy them for mak- All marked to close out J ing. Sale Price at Mrs A. Empey, the event being her cepntlr;th birthday. During the afternoon a delightful program was given. Music was fur nished by Miss Lillie West and Win nie Geiger. Later m the afternoon a delicious luncheon was served Those present were Mesdames A Empey, E Rennie, H. A. West, H. Ste phens, M. Doyle M. Stone, L. Jones. J. Willett, T. M, Wheelwright, L. Wheelwright, M Brown, L Fluman. M. Empey. Eva Wheelwright, Lilll1 West. W. Geiger, Vivian Willott, Mas ters Leroy Willett, Jessie Brown, aud the grandchildren were Adeline Lo dma. Roberta and George Fluman, Thelmn and Dorothy Minnoch and An na Wheelwright MRS. ECCLES LEAVES. Mrs. David Eccles departed yester day for Now York City, where she will spend the winter with her sons and daughters who reside there. GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATED. Last evening at the home of Dr. A. C Wherry In Salt Lake, Mr and Mrs. E. J. Wherry of this city celebrated their golden wedding anniversary In a fitting manner. Mr, Wherry is a well-known fruit grower of Weber county, having a farm near Orchard He was born near Washington, Pa., March 1, 1844 and is of one of the oldest families of that state. Mrs Wherry was born, June 23, 1845, at Rochester, Ohio, whore she was mar ried to Mr. Wherry In 1864, the cou ple later moving to Lawrence, Kan. Twelve years ago they came to Utah and located immediately In Ogden. where a son, Dr. 8 W. Wherry also resides. The children of Mr. and Mrs Wherry are Dr. S. W. Wherry of Og den, Dr. C. A. Wherry and L. O. Wherry of Salt Lake, and Mrs. C. W. Jowett of Denver. MEETING OF CHI RUE CLUB. Miss Marie Farrell waa hostess last evening to members of the Chi Ruo club t tho borne of her aunt, Mrs. , C. W Veasy on Adams avenue. Af ter the usual needlework piano selec tions were given by Mrs. Alice Fran c.ls Yarrington, Miss Orella Black man and Miss Norma White. Miss Farrell was ably assisted In entertaining and serving luncheon by Miss Blackman. Covers were laid for the following: Miss Irene Paine, Miss Norma White. Miss Marie Sao ford. Miss Orella Blackman, Mies Ma rio Farrell, Mrs. Alice Francis Yar rlngton and Mrs. Grace Russell Bajt lett Mrs. Yarrington will entertain the club at its next meeting, Monday, De cember 7, at her home, 3228 Lincoln avenue. 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