The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-30
POLITICAL CRY
AT P0CATELL0
Mayor SteeleY Ambitious to
Become Governor of Idaho.
POLICE POLICY IS AN ISSUE
BUSINESS MEN HAVE GRIEV-
ANCE AGAINST RAILROAD.
POLICE POLICY IS AN ISSUE

] especial 70 The Her3la.1
Pocateiio, Ida. Jan. 29.-The Advance
/ of this place says that the comments on
/ the announcement that MAYOR Steelev
VIII be candidate for governor. are
various and Of wide range. That the
doctor is an ambitious man in the po-
! hticai arena there i5 no doubt. and
there is a possibility that q, good many
men less able to I'll the gubernatoriaI
chair than the doctor could be nom
mated by the Republican party. How
ever. there are some people living right
/ here in POcateno who do not believe
mat the mayor Of this city VIII be nom
mated at the state convention TO 81
the important position Of governor.
The coming campaign IN politics has
already started and the principal topic
OF controve rsy is the police investiga-
/ tlon- This consists Of certain charges
OF allowing opium joints TO run and
sraTters being allowed to ply their trade
: IN the city. The investigation has been
prolonged, and much political capital
! IS being made out OF IT
( They may charge the police force
1 with whatever they please; they NAV
claim rot, F." grating" opium ioints's
and other things, but take Pocatelio as
a whole aud residents 60 not know OF
A city of its size with less crime than
is this city. There nave been but few
r0bberies, only two e. three. that have
been heard Of. There has not been a
man knocked down and robbed. neither
mas there been a murder committed in
the past year The streets have been
safe and the people have slept in safe
~. There may and possibly will be a
revolution in the politics and q Demo-
cratic mayor elected in the spring, but
II viii be from Other causes rather than
the safety of the present police depart
ment. There are many other Issues that
VIII carry the Democrats TO victory
issues that have some weight and will
WiIz but not on the charge that the city
IS unsafe or dangerous, neither that
crime is rampant.
A committee meeting of some Of the
most prominent business firms Of the
city has been held and a lengthy COM
munication sent to TEainmaster Platt
at salt Lake asking him that the inter
ests of idaho be not Disseminated
against. II is pointed out in the COM
plant that Idaho belongs 20 the Short
Line in a business sense, and that the
railroad should protect its interests;
that If Salt Lake and ogden joobers be
given the advantage in rates over Ida
no, the people of Idaho viii fight for
their rights, not against the road, but
against the jObbers. The petition is
right, the business men assert. and they
feel sure the Short Line will see that
fair play is given to the state through
which it runs. If not much of the
business Of Idaho viii be diverted 10
the coast and other points.
News Notes.
The Eagles are making extensive "a
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be held among the fraternity on the
anniversary of both the order and local
aerie, which viii occur on Feb 4. The
DANCE viii be held in the new Wedez
kind hall and the banquet in the lodge
rooms. 4 number % candidates are
awaiting initiation "a the date Of the
celebration.
Sheriff Griffith has left for Winnie
muca, New, TO bring back a man who
is supposed tC be The fellow who robbed
Tim Fafrel's house in this city SONS
time ago. Mr.. Farrell, who IS q con-
ductor on the Short Lire, preceded the
sheriff &c idenufy the prisoner. Ny.
Farrell says he has vivid impression
Of the mans features.
The p. Q. G.. club VIII give a private
dance to the members of the club in
Wedekind' : new hall this evening. They
claim It viii be the SWEETEST Of the
swell"
D. J. Windsor and family Of Des
Moines have settled an this city and
are pleasantly located on South Gar
field avenue. AR Windsor represents
the Moline Plow company in this part
Of the west.
The churches viii unite in series
Of revival meetings in this city on Feb.
8. The first meetings viii be held in
the Baptist church Rev James
Thompson Of Ogden VIII take charge
OF all the meetings.
=. 3 Woodl Of Butte q representa-
tive OF the Elgia Watch company. has
been in the city. q guest OF his cou-
sin Mrs. Wedekind.
The Pocatello Electric company,
new company. consisting of Milten-
berger * Walker. has been formed and
is located above Weuermanis shoe
store. on the corner CT Cleveland ave
nue. and Clark street. ~ L. 8fiiten-
berger, the senior neaIber Of the firm.
IS the young man who received the
81 600 volts OF electricity while ia the
employ Of the American Falls Water
Power & Idgat fnpany last October.
and whose life was spared, no nan can
tell how. Mr. Walker his partner, is
the young man who was 8 the power
station at the falls and whose quick
action in turning the current of was
They are both popular young men, and
il is predicted they win do a large
business.
4 suit was 81 progress the other day
in one of the Justices Offices when the
prosecution accused the attorney of
being a ''iiar," whereupon the attor-
nt.v. who is unsccustomed to this kind
of outside interference, declared the
matter as insufficient evidence. and
promptly Knocked the accuser down.
This ended the case for that day.
Frank Alexander Of Chesterfield was
brought TO the city yesterday suffering
with appendicitis, and was from here
taken To the hospital ut Salt Lake for
treatment He was accompanied BY
his wife.
4 little daughter Of ar and Mrs.
Charles Sell strayed from home the
other day and got over miie away.
She was discovered by one Of the driv-
ers Of the Smith Coal company and the
chief OF police notified. after which she
was restored 10 her parents late in the
evening
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