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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

The city has been rid OF numerous law
suits and a number of serious claims
among them the Alta Iona suit" which
threatened the water supply of the city.
The strongest feature OF the commits
sion plan of government lies in the cen
tralization OF responsibility. as we'll as OF
vidcd into four departments, with the
mayor president as the executive head, he
being charged with the duty OF seeing
that all OF the city laws are enforced.
The commissioner Of finance and reve-
nue. has under his direction the offices OF
the city assessor and collector. the city
treasurer and the city auditor. He is also
charged with the duty Of examining into
OF the city. and, with the advice and as
sistance of the other commissioners pre-
pairing an annual budget for the city.
The commissioner of waterworks and
sewerage has under his special charge the
construction. maintenance and operation
of the waterwOrks and sewer system.
The commissioner of streets and public
property has under his charge the super
vision or all matters relating to the
streets, alleys and property belonging TO
the city, and is charged with the duty of
lighting the streets, looking after street
cleaning and sanitation. the supervision of
street paving. construction of drains and
seeing that the conditions Of the grant Of
public franchises are complied with
The police and fire commissioner sees
to the enforcement of all police regulations
and has general supervision over the DO
lice and fire departments
The chief of police. chief of the fire de
partment and the judge and clerk of the
corporation court are under the supervi-
sion of this commissioner.
The city engineer and his assistants.
city health physician and his assistants.
superintendent of drays and his assistants
and the city sexton are under the super
vision of the commissioner of streets and
public property. The city secretary and
city secretary and city attorney are Off
GERS with whom the mayOr-Dresider ie
closely associated. All officers and en-
ployees are nominated by the commission
ers i'm charge of the respective depart
ments and are elected by majority vote
of the entire board
The city charter requires that the board
shall meet in regular session at least once
each week. Which occurs at O'Clock each
Thursday evening. These meetings are
conducted In dignified businesslike
manner, and are free from wTangling or
dispute. All important matters are dis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

eral intelligence and raising the stand
ard of citizenship.
Tie experiment station is also a
prominent feature of the work Of the
department of agriculture. All the new
agricultural implements are tested and
reports are furnished upon their merits
there are several seed-testIng stations.
where farmers can secure at cost price,
not only selected seeds, but seed shown
by experiment 10 be suited to the eli
mate and soil of their locality. Then
there are a number of model farms 10
Gated at convenient points which are
intended to be object lessons TO the
neighborhood in which they are stu
ated, At these model farms and at
OTHER centers breeding establishments
are conducted where horses. cattle. hogs
and sheep Of the best breeds are kept
and loaned TO the farmers about These
breeding farms have resulted in a
marked Improvement I'm the quality and
value Of the stock
Nor does the agricultural department
confine its attention TO stock raising
and other ordinary farming; il is
equally Interested In horticulture vine
dressing, forestry and even bee culture.
Government nurseries furnish the
hardest varieties of young trees and
vines and train those who desire TO
give special attention TO these branches
Of industry. instruction i'm the prun-
ing Of trees and the training of vines
has an artistic as we'll as a utilitarian
side, and taste is developed in the orna-
mentation Of the arbors and gardens
Here. as elsewhere fl Europe. much at
tention Ia given TO forestry, and under
the direction OF the department of agri-
culture tho work of preserving the old
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that time in session in that city.
remembered this because it was the
only cablegram received from any body
Of Europeans during the campaign.
Originally there were two cities,
Buda on the south bank and Pesth on
the north bank, but they were united
under one municipal government some
wears ago, the names of the old towns
being preserved in the new. The foot
hills of the Alps extend to the very
bank of the Danube and furnish mag
nificent sites for villas, forts, public
buildings and the royal palace while
on the opposite bank there is a broad
plain which affords ample room for
the rapidly extending limits of the com
mercial- and manufacturing sections Of
the city. Several bridges connect Buda
and Pesth, SO that the river. while a
great thOroughfare, no longer divides
the business and the official sections.
The streets OF Budapest are wide, well
paved, clean and lined with buildings
quite uniform in height, one Of the ave-
nues rivalling the Champs Elysee IN
Paris and Inter den Linden in Berlin;
the parks are large and near the city:
the business blocks are imposing and
this public buildings models In designs
and construction. The parliament
building. only recently completed. is one
of the handsomest i'm the world.
The Hungarian people are distinct
in language and history from all their
neighbors. In fact, the Hungarians dff-
fer In many respects from all the other
people of Europe. the inhabitants of
Finland being their nearest kins-peopie.
Their early history is unknown. but
they came from western Asia. where
the Mongolians. the Turks and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

with Mr. Cooper after her. Finally we
got her and put her under a tree while
we went. on TO look for the cows. We
FOUND them not far away (and we were
mighty happy to get them back. tool
and then l got our horse and put the
badger on him Mr.. Cooper gave me
some advice:
We got the badger this time. Bill"
he said, "bUS don't you try 10 get one
by yourself unless you have a gun. A
badger is harmless animal unless Ii
is aroused, but is a terrible antagonist
when provoked to use its means of
defense. A badgers teeth are not only
Ions and sharp, but its jaws are SO
formed that when its jaws close the,
lock together by a peculiar structure
OF their junction with the skull and re-
tain their hold without any need of spe-
cial effort on the part Of the animal.
The badger is slow and clumsy in
its action. 1t rolls along so awkwardlv
that you may think il is a young pig
in the evening. 1t is very great the
way the badger digs The animal IS
able to sink itself in the ground with
marvellous rapidity."
Nest of the Badger.
The nest was made OF well-dried
grass and stored with provisions i'm the
shape of grass-b balls, firmly rolled to-
gether. The food of the badger is of-a
mixed character, partly vegetable and
party animal Snails and worms are
Sreedily devoured by this creature. and
! the wild bees, wasps and other things
! ind a most destructive foe in the bad
ger. which scrapes away the protecting
earth and deyours honey cells and
grubs together, without being deferred
from its meal by the stings of the an
CRY bees.
When we came home it was about
2 o'clock in the afternoon! The first
thing was TO lind out what color the
badger had, and we soon found out that
she had three colors-gray. black and
white. The head was white. with the
exception of a rather broad and very
definitely marked clothes line on each
| side, commencing near the snout and
ending at the neck, including the eve
and the ear in it's course. The body
was OF a reddish gray, changing to a
white-gray on the ribs and tail The
throat, chest, abdomen. legs and feet
were of deep blackish brown The
length was three feet, and its height at
the shoulders one foot two inches.
That is the biggest badger I ever
| saw" said Mr.. Cooper Il have lived
on this farm for forty-five years and
never saw a badger that big"
We took the skin off and put II in
Mrs. Parks (the president of the Can
yon Crest ranch) house. II is the first
badger at the CANYON Crest ranch. 4
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forests AID of planting lew groves is
being intelligently and systematically
done.
In addition to the work above out
lined, the agricultural department has
taken in hand the matter Of furnishing
general information 10 the farmers and
farm laborers. II encourages the for
nation of workingrlen's clubs, CO.
operative societies and parocSial relief
funds. It has established more than
LOCO free libraries and publishes a
weekly paper with circulation of
about 10000 More than half of the
copies are published in the Hungarian
language, the rest being divided be-
tween five other langua ges, the SlaYic
coming next to the Hungarian and the
German following. although less than
10 per cent are printed in the latter
language. To strengthen the ties be-
tween employers and employees harvest
feasts have been inaugurated. and the
attendance at these feasts is yearly in
creasing.
have gone into detail somewhat in
describing the scope OF the work under
taken by the agricultural department
of Hungary because / think that We
might with advantage adopt some of
it's features. Our national appropria-
~tion for agricultural purposes bears a
small proportion, not only to the
amount OF taxes paid by the farmer,
but to the appropriations made for
other departments.
Budapest. the capital of Hungary, is
one OF the most attractive cities in
Europe. In 1895 I received q, cablegram
of congratulation and encouragement
from farmers congress which was at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

Finn Ugrians struggled for mastery
about the beginning of the Christian
era. They were first known as Huns
and claim Attila as one of their race.
They have more often, however. used
the word Magyars to describe their peo-
pie, that name being a popular one at
present Their occupation of their pres
ent territory dates back from about tho
ninth century, since which time they
have figured prominently i'm the history
of Europe. About the beginning Of
the eleventh century Hungary, under
the leadership OF King Stephen Cater
known as St. Stephen). became Chris
ton nation. and since that time she has
been conspicuous in all the religious
wars of Europe. In the fifteenth CEN
fury she furnished the leader Of the
Christian army in the person of John
Hunyadi, one of the greatest military
geniuses of that period. His promi-
hence in war brought his son Matthias
10 the throne of Hungary. king who,
when warned Of a plot against his life,
exclaimed: Let no king, ruling Justly
and lawfully. fear the poison and as
sassin's dagger of his subjects
AS early as the thirteenth century
Hungary began TO inaugurate political
reforms, and i'm 1922 her nobility ended
a struggle of a hundred years by secur-
ing a concession which is regarded by
her people as equal i'm importance TO
England's Magma Charta of 1915. IT
was IN the form of a royal letter, issued
by Andrew II. and called the Golden
Bull lowing to the fact that the seal
attached TO IL by silk string rests in
box Of gold) This document con-
tanned certain promises to the mobiles
and admitted the binding force OF Ger
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
A CITY WITHOUT AN
ALDERMAN OR COUNCIL
Continued from Page 1.

Under the old mayor aldermen system
the annual budget OF the city exceeded
the income producing regularly an an
nual deficit OF $100, 900. which necessitat-
ed interest-bearing scrip Every two
years the legislature was asked for au-
thority 70 issue 800 900 I'm floating indebt-
edness bonds TO meet this over-expend-
iture. AS city taxes were not due until
October. the city borrowed regularly
from $50. 600 to 100000 TO tide over the
summer months.
This money was usually borrowed
through the bank with which the city
treasurer who received a salary OF S1OC
per month. was connected. the interest
being per cent per annum.
Year after year the policy continued.
Many disgusted citizens refused to pay
taxes. which only tended to aggravate
the trouble.
This was the situation uD TO Sept. 8,
1900 Then came the storm with It's aw-
full destruction of life and property.
The city was practically bankrupt. hav-
ing defaulted in the payment Of interest
and its bonded Indebtedness. Scrip was
being offered TO meet current bills. The
city hall and other public buildings were
in ruins and the local city government
was in most deplorable condition.
All OF the business streets of the city,
paved with wooden blocks, were insani-
tary, unsightly and almost impossible.
The floating debt of the city on Jan. 1,
1901 was $2O4974.5 a. fractional strife jeal-
ousy and dissension continued in the city
council Common interest and universal
disorder did not still the clamor Of one
or prevent the senseless opposition of the
other.
In the spring of 1901 the now famous
commission bill' was framed and pre-
scented to the state legislature 10 be en-
acted into a law This bill was accom-
panied by a strong statement covering
existing conditions, and from the state
ment the following extract is taken:
1--WE believe that municipal govern
ment as il has been administered I'm this
community for the last twenty years is a
failure.
"A radical change is imperative. These
and other considerations have moved us
to seek relief from the municipal de-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

many particulars the buzz wagon,
model OF 1906.
This vehicle was known as Hancock Z
steam coach, the Era" The car re-
sembled two stage coaches end on
end with a third compartment similar
to mail or luggage van I'm the rear.
The Era carried passengers and bag
gage between London and Greenwich.
The steering apparatus, a brake with
chain running to the front wheels. the
steam generator and drivers beneath
the body Of the carriage and other parts
of Hancock's machine are similar 90
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

Inventors and joke makers laugh at
the adage, There is nothing new un-
der the sum-" but others who have
some acquaintance with the world S
history cheerfully admit It's truth. y
Ferris wheel was found I'm China some
time ago which careful investigation
proved was 1000 years old.
The odd-loo<ing vehicle shown here
is the first notorious, automobile or
horseless carriage. This steam coach
is an 1888 model, somewhat out OF date
at the present time. but resembling I'm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

those found in the neat car of today
although, like all beginnings. they APP
pear crude and clumsy IN the COMPARE
son.
Hancock had a chauffeur. Speed and
speed laws, however, were unknown 10
motordom In those days, according to a
parliamentary report Of 1893, which de-
scribes Hancock's continuance as a ma
chine I'm daily use on common roads.
Mr.. Hancock reckons that with his
carriage he could keep up a speed Of
ten miles per hour without injury to
his machine" explains the report.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
Juvenile MayOrDesCribes Habits Of the Badger


= William Eckstein, mayor of Can =
y yon Crest ranch and author of the y
y story following, was formerly a =
y Salt Lake Herald newsboy. Will y
. liam is IA years old, Polish by =
= birth, and has been in America =
> but two years. Despite this, he =
= has mastered the English Ian y
= guage and American ways thor \
= Oughly. Some time ago he went =
= TO the Canyon Crest ranch, the =
= home for boys established near 4
= Pennington by philanthropic Salt :
y Lakers. Willie was elected \
mayor at an election participated y
y in by the boys at the ranch, and is =
: now filling that office in a credit =
able manner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
The Badger of Canyon Crest.

The Badger OF Canyon Crest.
(By w. Eckstein. Mayor of Canyon
Crest RanchO
This was the way it happened. We
had lost the ranch cows and were wor-
ried because We couldn't find them.
though we hunted hard. Mr. Cooper.
who manages the farm, offered to go
with US, so we went on the west side
OF the Cave hills, the name of the big
mountain. While we were going along
Mr.. cooper said
Look here. Bill, did you ever hear
about a BADGER"
Sure, / said, I have heard about a
badger, and I'd like to know more
about it,
You see that hole in the middle of
Cave hills?" he asked I'VE used to cut
our. wood there, and one night my
brother and / went there to cut wood.
The moon was shining and we took
some food along in a white sack TO stay
all night. We stopped in the cave and
made our bed and put the food four or
five feet from the bed. Then we went
to sleep. About O'Clock l walked up
and it was dark. | could hardly see
the white sack, and as / looked it be-
gan TO move. I woke my brother and
asked him If he saw it,
'Y-e-e-s,' he said, his teeth chat
lSTHlB- he uldD want me TO get up,
but / did and got an AK and swung at
the sack. It went whirling through the
/ air. and when l struck a match there
was a badger with the sack i'm mis-
mouth. That happened to me thirty
years ago at this very place
Badger Is Located.
Well. we walked along and about a
! quarter of a mile ahead l passed big
hole without paying much attention,
! thinking Of the story. Then 1 turned
! back and ran to that hole and yelled to
Mr.. Cooper:
"A badger. a badgerl"
He ran to the hole, and sure enough
there was a badger. He was looking
out of the hole with his SHINY eyes as
/ if he was asking what we were doing
there. Mr.. Cooper told me to go after
a gun, but I said I'd watch him, think
| ing the badger might run away.
! We got Some clubs and I put mine
| in the hole to stir her out. She started
10 back into the hole, but I poked
some more and out she came.
Mr.. Cooper hit her and she went
down, and we thought she was dead
but when | started 10 stoop over and
pick her up. down the hill she started
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

Rubber tires were unknown I'm 1893.
Ordinar heavy wooden wheels were
used. Present day automobilists who
step into and from their machines with
little or no effort would. find 1t awk-
ward TO climb into their ears on lad
ders. Passengers, especially women
passengers on Mr. Hancock's Era
probably had difficulty in allghting
when ladderless town was reached.
The steam engine had it's origin In
Isaac Watts mothers teakettle Han
cocks steam coach was a forerunner
of the automobile.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
B | 0 O D


pains, catarrh, and don't know IL In
BLOOD POISON. Send to DR. BROWN.
BaoMNs BLoop hclaTq RR sso per b fSr
tie; lasts one month Sold IN Salt Lake
only By +. c. ScHRAMM, First South
and Main Streets
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

II the worst dis
ease on earth, yet
the easiest TO cure
W II K ~ YO u
KNOW WHAT TO
DO. Many have
pimples, spots on
the skin, sores in
the mouth, ulcers.
falling hair, bone
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-25

debris. This fire spread into the city,
and wiped out all the buildings ex-
cept three residences and the paper
mills. Then the fire spread into the
timber and, running north 40 miles,
finally joined the flames sweeping
east of Escanaba. It was also learned
that Woodlawn and Kingsley, on the
Escanaba & Lake Superior railroad,
and Perkins, on the Northwestern
road, were destroyed.
The town of Soperton, Mich, owned
by the Bay Shore Lumber company,
suffered a heavy loss from the forest
fires. For a time Soperton and Wa
beno people were cut off. All that
saved the towns and people from COM
plete humiliation was the change Of
the wind
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-25
NARBED IN ALAMEDA, CAL.
Fugitive Puter Was Long Sought by
Uncle Sam.


Uncle Sam.
S. A. D. Puter, accused of completely
in the Oregon land frauds, the man
who has been hunted for months by
the federal authorities since he
escaped from detectives in Boston, has
been arrested in Alameda by secret
service men. Puter did not willingly
submit to arrest, and attempted to
draw a revolver. The detectives
quickly covered him with their pistols,
but even then had much trouble in get
ting their prisoner to the police sta
ton.
Puter had taken the name of James
William Barr, and travelled under that
alias since leaving the east. He in
formed the detectives that he had en-
gagged passage on steamer for China
and intended leaving for that country
in a few days. According to the Sc
cret service men, Puter's room on
Park avenue resembled an arsenal.
Over his bed hung a Winchester rife
and in a drawer was a heavy Colts
revolver, besides the one found in his
possession when captured.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-25
Spokane City LEAGUE.
Labor Union Bank.

The Commonwealth Trust & Savings
bank, Chicago's first union labor bank
ing institution, opened it's doors May
18th. The bank is organized under the
laws of Arizona and has an authorized
capital of 100000, divided into
shares Of SIS each. This capitalization
has been reduced to 100000, half of
which has been subscribed for. The
managing officers of the bank are
practical bankers and men of long ex.
perience. The board of directors is
composed of men who are prominent
in the labor world.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-25
SPORTING NOTES.

Billy Honey Melody of Boston,
Mass. and Dick Fitzpatrick Of Chi.
cago, ILL.,, have been matched for 20
round glove contest at the Spokane
Amateur Athletic club, June 9Th. The
weight has been fixed at 145 pounds at
3 o'clock. Fitzpatrick has fought three
Ground draws with Melody, all of
them in Chicago Fitzpatrick is a
heavy, tough fellow, little bit above
the welterweight class, and in making
the weight at 145 pounds at 8 O'Clock
the points are slightly in his favor, as
Melody is really better man at two
or three pounds lighter.
Harvard won the annual dual track
meet from Yale by the score of 57H
points to 46A. Three dual meet rec
ords were broken. the two mile run,
the 100 yard hurdles and the running
broad jump.
Seattle will remain with the Coast
league and the games will go on as
scheduled" This is the statement
made by Manager Jim Agnew upon his
return from the meeting of the direc-
tors of the Coast league teams held in
Oakland.
The University Of Michigan athletes
walked away with the honors in the
dual track meet at Chicago with the
University of Chicago. The final score
was 70 to 46h. Nine first out of the
Ia events went to the visitors.
Sailor Kelly and Young Tracev of
Butte fought glove contest at Ross
land. Tracey lost on blows below the
belt in the eighth round.
The largest crowd that ever saw
baseball game in Chicago was that
which yelled itself into a frenzy last
Sunday, when the Cubs administered
an overwhelming defeat to the New
York Giants. Long before the visitors
had come within sight of the grounds
every seat and all available standing
room had been sold to $4,000 ticket
holders. When the gates of the
grounds were closed nearly $4,000 peo-
pie filled the alleys and streets out
side and clamored .menacingly for ad-
mission.
Seattle won the interscholastic track
meet under the auspices Of the Uni
versity of Washington with the over
whelming scort of 78 points. From
the start Seattle took the lead and
added from one to nine points on each
event. They scored in every event ex-
cept the high jump.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-25
Plot to Depose the Car.

The London Tribune's st. Peters
burg correspondent claims that he has
obtained information of a plot that
has been elaborated at large meetings
of the military officers to surround the
Tauride palace. arrest all the men,
bers Of the parliament and proclaim
General Trepoff dictator in the event
Of Emperor Nicholas failing to abol-
ish the parliament.