The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-28
READY TO QUIT
ON CASH BASIS
st. Louis Fair Commission Wipes Off
the Slate.
HAS MONEY IN THE BANK
OsTEIN NAMED FOR EDUCATION
AL DIRECTOR AT PORTLAND.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
commission for Utah is still in existence
and has s4.20 to its credit in the bank.
1t was hoped that all the business of
the commission could be closed up yes
terday and that the organization could
adjourn sine die but night came before
the end of the tangIe was reached and
another meeting today is necessary.
When the commission met yesterday
morning IT had the 81, 500 appropriated
by the legislature. the $2.131 deposited
TO the credit of the state and S412O
turned i'm by Director General Whitaker
as the proceeds from the sale Of con-
centrstes.
All the members Of the commission
with the exception of Samuel Newhouse
We're present at the meetings, which
were held in the office of Governor
John G. Cutler. Judge l.. w. Shurtliff
came down from Ogden in the morning,
as did also Mr.. Whitaker. Senator Viii
lis johnson reached the city Sunday
from his home in CircIevilIe. They met
with Governor Cutler at 1890 in the
morning, and spent the entire day in
Strengthening out the affairs of the
commission.
Banks Had Heavy Claims.
The chief debit against the commits
sion consisted of claims held by the
local banks amounting to IS $50. an
overdraft of $500 at the Commercial Ma
uonaI bank, the salary Of Professor
Horace Cummings and some freight
bills. The total of these claims amount
fT,.a- sU.,r,T
funds The deficit was made up by the
sale or eighteen cabinets to be deIiV-
cred at the close of the Portland fair.
by TINS means all charges were met and
a surplus of $3.50 left in the treasury.
The bill of T. 5. Lovesey was turned
down by the commission. as Secretary
Whitaker produced a receipt from Mr
LoVesey covering the amount
IL was the intention of the old COM
mission TO turn over all fair property
IN their possession to the Lewis and
Clark commission, and then wash their
hands Of the worlds fair business al
together; but this could not be done
owing TO the late hour at which the
other business was disposed of. There
VIII be another joint meetinf, at Q
o'clock this morning. At this meeting
the Louisiana Purchase commission
VIII submit their final report to Govern
or Cutler and take a receipt from the
Lewis and Clark commission for the
property turned over
Lay Stress on Education.
The Lewis and Clark commissioners
were in session all daY also, and Gov
ernor Cutler put in a busy day rotating
back and forth between the two bodies
The most important business transact
ed By The latter commission was the
appropriation Of $1,000 for an education
al exhibit, and the employment of l.. 4 .
Ostein of the Agricultural COLLEGE at
Logan as director Of the educational ex-
hibit at Portland
1t was decided that SO, 600 was all that
could be set apart for the educational
the expenses connected with this branch
of the states exhibit except transporta-
ton charges on the material to and
from Portland. Professor Ostefn will
begin his work of collecting the exhibit
April l. He viii receive $50 a month
salary and pay all his own expenses
except transportation to Portland and
return. He was unanimously endorsed
for the position by the state board of
education. He is considered one of the
strong men in the educational work of
the state.
1t was voted that no ores would he
received for exhibition at the fair OK
cept from mines that are now or have
been diVldend-payeTS. This does not
apply TO the ores now in the hands of
the commission returned from St. Louis.
The date for starting for Portland
was changed to 1920 Wednesday morn
ing next. The change was made So
that most of the trip to the coast would
be made in daylight.