The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-28
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misc Ida. Jan. 26.-For the first time
O.. .r. history OF the state IDAHO is on
..s basis. state Treasurer LuciUs
- p..e Issued a call for all outstanding
.--1r-s and announced in the call
.s,. ne would pay all warrants on pre-
----7-an .a cash. The outstanding
l--.rt- .-sregale SlS0,000. The i'm
nf condition of the hnaLcial af-
-..f Oh. state les due in general TO
o. -ta rra-.ut careful and economical
... ADMINISTRATION, and especially to
%- VIGILANCE ~ State Treasurer Rice
g.. -.r-a...n- moneys due the state. IN
81 be- cam. into office the matter of
ss- saa- was allowed to drift along
anil but few counties reported anything
IN This head Mr.. Rice at once took
.E.s matter aD in his usual business
--.- s-gLa with the result that he has
elected s-49 delinquent docket fees,
.-I placed 5000 more in the hands of
III attorney general for collection
.-.sr-r ax-.uuuty clerks whose duty it
,--s r1 collect and turn in these fees,
r.-- r.ra neglected to- do so, TO the finan-
.f loss al the state. The entire
--.rrr amounting TO more than s., 600.
y-.r7. had it not been for the care Of
an. Rfaa would have been lost to the
State viii now be collected and turned
5- Fe has inaugUrated a method in
--4r.fo1 since last April, of sending
uni rsplrts t0 be filed in and returned
br the county clerks, which so far,
F.s Welded satisfactory results. The
5-.Eer fees have been collected month
IT. since that time. and the amount so
soil Tn, .
charles Of an the district court stenCg-
r4rbsr- fn the state with money in ad-
Hffan TO turn into the state treasury.
Idaho bonds are at a premium, and
s.parIv sought after in the martS of
+r55a. her state warrants are paid IN
cash and the present administration is
saving the people of the state SOS, 600
rar wear. This record speaks well for
The Democratic and silver Republican
a6mfns,rlri1u. over $35 a day interest
IS now saved by paying cash. Hereto
fore the people have been paying near
In $4,000 each year for interest on their
warrants.
lis the c0ncenSus of opinion in Boise 4
thai Idahos delegation in congress
should not attempt TO allow the pro-
posed federal building here. the fOun-
dltans NJ which have been laid, to be
constructed on the reconstructed plans
submitted by the department, but that
they should work for an additional ap-
preparation To complete the building as
al f-sr proposed. and according to the
original designs. Hon. Edgar Wilson
ay05 this step. and il seems to meet
with universal approval here.
Ex-senator Fred T. Dubois has writ
ten O letter 20 the Capital, in which he
d.nrunels in Uumsasured terms the
proposition introduced by MOndeu to
lease grazing lands His position id that
such policy would result in the per
pe-usu5u of the large livestock trusts I
of such firms as Armour. Swift & Co, /
yu5l6y and others. te the serious det- |
rmsrr Of our local st0Ckmen. He says /
our people ought 20 stand in solid sup
nu If the Idaho delegation TO the
Texas st1ek-ETaWerS' convention, IN OD- /
-..i0u CD the scheme to turn stock
raising in Idaho over to the tender mer-
,Ie5 uf the meat trust He says we
should earnestly support our stock
growers association in their fight
l-als this niQUiroUS measure, which
means the formation of a gigantic live
stock trust