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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18


THE ANNOUNCEMENT that the
North Jordan canal directors and
stockholders are likely 20 consent to
the irrigation amalgamation scheme
VIII be good news to every resident of
Salt Lake and Utah counties. and to
every one interested in the welfare Of
the state. Upon the success of this
plan hinges the hope Of government aid
in the project to make Utah lake a
great storage reservoir; and upon the
success of that project depends the flu
ture permanency Of the water supply
for every farmer and every resident of
Salt Lake, not only for the immediate
future. but for years to come.
With the rapid increase Of city and
suburban population, the supply of
water now, even in the best seasons. is
inadequate for the land already under
cultivation. If Utah lake is made a
reservoir according to the plans in con-
temptation. it will not only assure a
good supply for present consumers, but
IL will bring into cultivation thousands
OF acres of land now lying idle for lack
of water. The addition of this land to
the taxable property of the community
will provide an increase of public rev.
enue, provide homes for hundreds, pos
sibly thousands, of families, and con-
tribute to the prosperity of the whole
state in a measure hardly conceivable
by those who have not studied the pos
sibilities of the scheme.
Tt appears that the North Jordan di-
rectors suspected their stockholders
interests might suffer from the merger
with the other canal companies. but
the attorneys for all the companies in
terested have taken every precaution
to guard vested rights, and it is certain
that the administration of the merged
canals can be conducted more econom-
ically and to better advantage for the
owners under a consolidated manage
ment.
Considering the great gain to be had
through the reservoir scheme, and the
absolute certainty that it cannot be
carried out unless all the canals are
merged, it is most earnestly hoped that
no obstacle will be placed in the way
of the consolidation plan, especially as
obstacles can only come from the peo-
pie who will benefit most by the reser-
voir undertaking.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
COMMUNE
CHANGING SCHOOL OBSTACLES


To The Salt Lake Herald:
Nlll you give one who IS deeply in
terested IN our schools space tor a few
words upon the proposed changing OF our
This is question OF vital importance.
AMI should not be adopted Without care
lui consideration and direct vote Of the
people. | have been interested in school
WORK for good many years ard have
mace a careful study Of the sc-calsesi
unit system, and While an rot in favor
OF STAYING in Iha same Oil groove. bAt
oeiisvs in the advancement OF the public
SchooiS and the adoption CT new IDEAS
and improvements. 1 am not in favor OF
taking W every new tad and exp srtrncnt-
ing upon our children- There IS altOgethe-
too much Of this done in our public
schools.
While the object aimed at 10y the friends
Oh -this measure is a ncDie one Il s. ems
70 ne that the very means used VIII Ge-
teat the end sought to be attained. j. 2,
the hetterme1t Of the schools in our small
districts, because, Tor CRe reason. the
small districts could not hope TO have
representation On the board CT county
trustees. and VIII n il came TO a question
OF building school hOUsS S, employing
teachers, furnishing libraries. or expend-.
Hlng money in any of the many ways
which might be required. an outsider, no
matter how faiT-nainded he might be,
could net be expected to have ths same
interest as one whose children were. re-
eeiving the direct b, nefits Of The exnsndi-
lures, ana instead of receiving q benefit,
the sman districts woula suffer.
1t is too great an act of Capitalization
OF power IN that which every person IN
our great state is 50 deeply interested,
and then in order to get men who were
competent to fill the posi- ton Of trustees
You would have 10 pay & good salary, and
though you might try 10 make it nOn-paT-
tisan. ana for d short time might sue
coed, it would be too great q bait for the
politicians, and would eventually throw
our schools. more than they are now.
into the whirlpool of politics. and not
only trustees. but teachers, would be
chosen. not on their qualifications. but 10
reward them for their political work We
ali know, try to hide IT as much as we
will, that this is politics. God save our
schools from such q fate.
l hope that if a bill of this kind is
brought up in our legislature. our law
makers will weigh well both sides of the
question before taking. a step fraught
with so much danger.
N T. MATSoN,
INinrnnr,a I-f..L L.,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.

ONE WOULD THINK from the pro-
~ test that has arisen that Speaker
Hull had done something unusual in
giving the best legislative committee
appointments only to friends of Smoot,
when he is simply following the rule
established by the Republican organi-
zation to reward your friends. punish
your enemies and let Providence take
care Of the public service. That fitness
should be regarded under the circum-
stances or that it should be a subject
Of comment when incompetent men,
bers are placed in charge of great state
interests is unusual when one recalls
the methods which have dominated the
party organization for at least two
years.
Beginning with the city administra-
tion and running straight through
county and state affairs, competency
has been the last question raised re-
garding an appointee's fitness for Of
nee. Did he vote right; was he with
the machine; can he round up votes on
election day; does he have a pulp
these are and have been the really seri-
Gus points considered in filing official
places, and the men who have reaped
the logical result of their own party
policy ought to be the last to make
any objection to it.
A few OF the Hull appointments are
good-the very large majority of them
are rewards for personal service rem
dered Mr.. Smoot and his organization
within the party lines. Some Of the
heads of committees couldn't tell the
difference between statute and a
cross-eyed icthyosaurus if they had
an encyclopedia for reference, and yet
they have been selected to frame legis-
lation affecting the lives and property
of the whole state.
The one redeeming feature Of the
appointments as they stand is the hope
that they VIII discredit the machine
idea in state government and politics so
thoroughly that the politicians them
selves win get disguised with it. If in
dependence in a choice OF senator is to
be made a reason for Furnishing able
legislators and preventing their par
ticipation in the work for which they
were elected, the limit of machine fool
ishness has been reached and reac-
ton is pretty sure to follow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
ELM.

''And they came to Film, where were
twelve wells of water, and three score
and ten palm trees-"-Ex- XIV =.
Do you remember Films palms. be-
loved.
The wells of water there,
The .restful shade, the blended psalms,
beloved.
The verdure soft and fair?
We fingered long and watched the hot
air culver
Along the burning sand;
Why need we leave it for that distant
That far-on promised landi
But onward lay. the march, meath skies
whose brightness
Seemed fiercer day by day,
Till eve and heart grew weary of the
Wilderness.
Along the toilsome way.
still do I oft look back with yearnings
tender.
To catch with strainipg eye
The feathery fronds of Elm 5 palm trees
outiineS against the sky
And surely when we reach that country
fairest
Whose toughest airs are balms.
Shall we moi find where fruits and flow
ers are rarest
The wells and Films palms.
Amelia BeckWitn Gatreil.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

THE UTAH SENATE had consider
able fun out of a measure presented
by Senator whitmore on Friday And
yet the bill was introduced in all seri-
BUSINESS. and it has to do with seri-
Gus matter. If 1T is enacted into law
no member of the legislature or of the
judiciary or any other state official
who rides on a pass will be allowed to
collect mileage from the public treas
ury. AS an evidence of his good faith
Senator Whitm04e announced that he
would collect no mileage for himself
for the good and sufficient reason that
he always rides on pass.
1t is not likely that the bill viii pass,
but it should pass. One objection Of
fered to it is that the constitution fixes
the salaries and mileage of members
OF the legislature and that the legisla-
ture cannot abrogate a section of the
constitution. Very well, then; if we
cannot have all. let US be content with
a part It is a well-known fact that
most Of the states district judges
travel on passes. It is also a we'll
known fact that most of them collect
mileage.
The Herald believes the mileage sys-
tenn was inaugurated in order to en-
able judges and other officers to pay
their necessary travelling expenses.
When they have no travelling expenses
they have no moral right to collect
mileage. although the legal right I'M
doubtedly exists. Any district judge
would consider himself highly insulted
if railroad company should present
him with a check for $500 or 81, 0e0 He
would send the check back promptly,
accompanied by a scathing letter The
railroad man responsible for it might
even be cited for contempt of court
And yet, viewed purely from the
ethical standpoint and without refer
ence to any particular case or cases,
the state official who accepts railroad
pass and then collects mileage, virtu-
! ally accepts money from the railroad
company. That is the inevitable con-
cIusion. It is impossible to avoid it.
The Herald does not question the legal
! ity of the procedure, it does not charge
/ that any official is bribed when he ac-
| cepts a railroad pass and then charges
the state up with mileage, but it does
question the moral rights Of the parties
! interested to mulct the state.
/ Custom does not make a wrong right
or right wrong. When the compen-
sation of state officers, including judges
and members of the legislature, was
fixed, a specific figure was named
in each case. The trainers of the
constitution and of the statutes sure
" did, not intend that the serv-
ants of the public should increase
their pay by collecting expense
money which was not expended. W'
hope Senator WhitTnore's bill viii be-
come a statute. 1t should have beer
enacted into law a long time ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
lons UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHT

sons UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHT
ZEN YEARS.
Plainly put. the passage ct there sec
begin debauching the boys Of the COM
munity just three years earlier than
the present statute permits them to.
begin. A boy IS years old is at
just the age TO yield readily TO tempta-
ton He is at the age when ii seems
to him manly to drink whisky and 10
indulge in the vices that go hand in
hand with drunkenness. In al con-
science let US protect our boys until
they are old enough to vote, anyway.
Mr.. Cahoon has carefully left out of
his bill the provision in the ole stat
ute which gives an injured party the
stoned by the sale Of whisky. He mas
also left out the section which go
hibits women from frequenting wiue-
rooms. Perhaps the representaa Je
from Murray considers these prOvIsIoas
unimportant, although he is thoughtful
enough to desire them repealed.
Section p relates to sales by drug
gists, and prohibits them from selling
intoxicants, except on prescription
from some reputable physician. Ihysi-
clans are prohibited from issuing such
prescriptions in quantity or in blank.
Without pretending to sabsOlate kaowl-
edge on the subject The Herald does
not believe the legislature can Legally
pass law under which druggists may
be prevented from taking out whole
sale or retail liquor licenses or both.
This would clearly be legislation
against a certain specified class. ard
we hardly believe the courts would s'Is-
tain it.
Without going further into detail,
The Herald will say that certain other
provisions of the bill, notably those re-
lating to Sunday liquor selling, are
sound enough. The most important is
the clause which makes entering a sa-
loon on Sunday prima facie evidence
that the law is being violated. This
should enable the officers to make out
cases against offenders much more cas-
lily than at present. However. the leg
islature should proceed with the great
est caution with this measure. 1t con-
tains so much that is bad that it might
be wise to strike out the enacting
clause as a starter and then give some-
body a chance to incorporate the good
features of the bill in an entirely new
measure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

A SIDE FROM A FEW Of its twenty
II eight sections, the bill for the regu-
latios of the liquor traffic. introduced
by representative Cahoon. a Murray
saloonkeeper, Is altogether bs-s- IN
ITS present for it should not FeS<ss-e
serious consideration from the iegisla-
ture- Among a number Of bad fea-
tares. the bill contains two @jolzcrs'
that are especially deserving OF coz
demnation.
Both are along toward the middle Of
the bill. where they might escape the
attention OF readers. The first is the
eleventh section. which provides that
il shall be unlawful for dealers in in
toxicants TO allow any person under the
age OF EIGHTEEN YEARS to lo;ter
about his place OF business. The fol-
lowing section makes It unlawful to
sell whisky or other intoxicants TO per-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
They Paw the Freight.


Two old pals met on the street
II saw YOU In the liquor mems parade
Tuesday one of Them said
..0h. yes.
those fellows IN front on h0rses2v
'-Those2 Why. those were the whole
Salers.
Well. who were those fellows in car
rjages2
Those fellows in plug hats. smoking
the big black cigars
Yes
.,Fhey were the distillers and brewers :
who were those fellows walking there
with the white plug hats. white coats and
gold-headed canesY
They were the retailers.
Who were those fellows that brought
NJ the rear
Fellows with cauliflower noses ana
frin@e on their Pants-the crowd + was
within
yves"
"Oh they were the corsumers-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
MoNDELL's DEMAGoGY.

To The Salt Lake Herald:
I notice that one of the reasons given
by Representative Mondell for his op-
position &c the rebate measure in remOv-
ing the duty on coal was the fear that
coal mined by Cinnamon in Canadian
mines might come in competition with
coal mined in Wyoming He was not
disingenuous enough to say that a por-
ton of the coal mined in his own state
was the product Of Chinese labor, but
what better reason could you expect from
political darnagogue2
WILLIAM HINTON.
Evanston. Wyo.. Jan. 1G
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

Arthur StanwoOd Pier is one of the au-
thors of the younger generation who IS
making a good name for himself rapidly.
Although he is one of the editors of the
Youths Companion, he has found time in
the few years since his graduation from
Harvard to write three worthy novels.
In college he was editor of the leading
literary paper. His first book was The
Pedagogues," a story of the Harvard
summer school. rThe Sentimentalist
followed. and. the story just completed is
called 1.-THE Triumph" 1t is this last
story which marks him for fame more
than either of the others. THE Triumph
is story whose setting is the oil country
of western Pennsylvania, a love story IN
which the principal character attains his
hearts desire at. the expense, perhaps. OF
his ambition to become a professional
man of some fame. The story is to be
serlaIized this spring in one of the lead
ing magazines.
Mr.. Pier is known to many as one OF
the crack tennis players OF the country.
He is among the first twenty players in
the American association
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

All uneasiness regarding the safety
of the American line steamer St. Louis
is now at an end. the vessel having ar
rived safely in New York. The delay
was caused by leaky boilers. These
days it takes more than leaky boilers
or hurricanes to wreck steamships, and
journeying by sea is just about as safe
as stroiling alongsa country lane.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

The story OF the Kentucky grand
juror TO the effect that an attempt was
made to bribe him. is false on the face
OF il, inasmueh az the juror declared
that the alleged offender was q news
paper man..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
WoODENWARE

the title ''Typhoon." is one in which ne
eoliaborated with Ford Hueffer The
Conspirators" the story was called. a
story of the fourth dimension. which was
not understood by many readers. and.
consequently, not appreciated by many.
As matter of fact. none of Mr. Conrad S
books has been tremendously popular.
but his writings have earned him the
name of being one Of the best story writ
ers in England. and that is something to
strive for In England, naturally enough.
Mr.. Conrad is much better known than
in this country, but that fame viii come
to him from this side of the Atlantic is
sure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

President Allison's committee APP
pointments are in striking contrast,
from the standpoint Of fairness, With
Speaker HuiFs. Mr. Allison made fit-
ness. not petty politics. the test and
the results are all that could have been
desired.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

A boy in a Baltimore & ohio railroad
block tower gave a. false signal that
caused the loss OF several lives in a
wreck. The question naturally arises:
What was the boy doing IN the tower?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

Senator Larsen Of sanpste county
wants the state to pay a bounty for
sFasshoppers. He evidently believes in
encouraging the Sanpete hopper IN
dustry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
RIBBONS
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK

Capital paid in. 100000
General Banking in All Is Branches.
Directors-Dr. Theodore Meyer. John ].
Daily, o. J. Salisbury, Moylan c. Fox.
Thomas Marshall. w. P Noble George
NJ. Downey, John Donnellan, A. F. Holden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

We don't like to be too critical. but
we consider it or duty 70 cali atten-
ton to an important omission from the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

work Of the legislature thus far. The
solons have been in session q whole
week and nobody has introduced a bill
increasing the salaries of the justices
OF the sunreIne court and the district
judges. We trust ii viii not be neees-
saEE 10 mention this matter again.
And we trust. too. that when the bill
Is Introduced, its author will canvass
salt Lake City and see If he can find
six lawyers OF high standing who viii
say the measure is constitutional as
applied to the present judges. precedent
or no precedent.
Any member Of the house who wasn't
for Smoot seems to have gotten merely
a boot from Speaker Hull when it
came to committee appointments.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18


]. Pierpont Morgan is well known as
one OF the most enthusiastic collectors in
the world and rare and valuable books
form no little part of his hobby. He re-
Gently was attracted by the work of the
Booklovers Guild of Germantown. Pa.
md purchased from them some of the
best examples OF their work He paid
large sum OF money for special editions
Of "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address The
One Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm,
-Franslin's Essays. Shakespeare $
Love Sonnets.r THE Deserted Village
and The Eve OF Saint Agnes. Some
Of these productions were printed on
parchment and illustrated by original
pen and ink drawings. 1t is said to be
the purpose of this guild of artists to
publish in old English type and in choice
bindings various classics of literature.
Of course. the editions in most cases
will be limited TO few hundred. Three
OF the books purchased by Mr.. Morgan
were limited to one copy each in the edi-
tien
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
Terms Of subsorIptIcn,

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

The passing Of Mr. Finley p Dunno
into the editors chair in Golfers Week
" office calls attention to the number
of well known authors who are occupy
ing responsible positions as editors at
the present time The author of The
Letters of a Self-made Merchant" Mr.
George H. Loraimer, is editor of the
Saturday Evening Post; Lynn Roby
Meekins. author of adam Rush. was
for some time the assistant editor of the
same publication. Samuel Churchill Wiz
Hams occupies a responsible editorial po-
sition on one of the Philadelphia papers;
Ripley d. Saunders is one of the edi-
tors Of a Washington paper; George AIDE
and John T. McCutcheon both occupy
regular positions on a Chicago paper
John Kendrick Bangs Is about to become
editor of the Metropolitan Magazine un-
der its new management; Bliss Carmen
| is Just taking up work as editor of ut
erary magazine in Boston. Indeed. most
/ of the editors of the leading magazines
are better known through their books
than through their editorial work. The
list would include such men as Bliss
/ Perry. Richard Watson Glider. Henry NJ
Alden. William Dean Howells, Walter h
Page Tudor jerks and a dozen others
more or loss well known The number of
men who have at one time or another
| been connected with publications in an
| editorial capacity and are known solely
as authors is also very large Leaving
out those writers of former generation,
when. in fact. the proportion was much
larger than now, we shall find the names
( of Winston Churchill. Irving Bachelor,
| Mark Twain. Sara Orne Jewett, Ida NJ
| Tarbell. Booth Harrington, E w. Town
| send. Richard Harding Davis, John Fox,
! ir.. Henry Van Dyke. Thomas Nelson
Page Joel Chandler Harris and many
| others now in the public eye. The two
| professions are very closely allied;
doubtless the training in one fits for the
other
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

From England there comes the news
that Lord Rosebery is writing book
on the American war for independence
Nothing is said as to the character of
the volume to be. but it is doubtless a
critical work on the historical side There
is. of course, much to be written about
the period. Not until Mr. Claude H.
Van Tyne published his 'Loyalists in the
American Revolution last fall had it oc-
Cured to anyone, apparently that there
was here d most interesting field for his
torical writing. Mr.. Van Tyne's book
threw considerable light on the other
side OF the war and its times. the side
which Engiishmen had perhaps consid-
cred but yet had not written much about.
Americans had not taken into account
any sort OF history that did not deal with
the period from the side CT the revolution
lists.