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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
A PRIVATE SNAP.

There has been a great deal Of Jug
Cling in Utah with the bids for print
| ing delinquent tax notices. To such
extent has the manipulation been car
| ried that the advertising for sealed
| bids has become in most instances,
| nothing but a cheap pretense under
| cover of which County Commissioners
have given the printing to favorites,
| and In some instances have forged or
have attempted to induce forgery oil
public records,
In one of the important counties Of
the State two years ago the Commits
sloners solicited bids from the daily
papers, received the same, and then
awarded the contract to the highest
bidder, whose figure was more than
one hundred per cent greater than
that Of his competitor. To cover their
unfairness they procured statement
from the County Attorney that the
paper which had offered the lowest bid
did not have q general Circulation-al-
though the County Commissioners had
previously solicited bids from this
same journal,
Interest in the subject IS revived by
the complaint OF q local newspaper
that the County Commissioners of salt
Lake county have dealt unfairly with
It's bids and that these same County
Commissioners have made an attempt
TO get the County Clerk to change the
official record OF proceedings 10 pro-
tect them in their unfairness.
Is It possible that these gentlemen.
after the repeated exposures which
have been made of misappropriatlon of
funds by them, are so reckless OF the
public interest and the public tudG
ment that they would descend to such
depths to favor certain journals which
may be relied upon to defend the off,
cials against just charges OF graft?
Has a combination been entered into
by a certain newspaper-which is
known. to be q counsellor Of illegality
shall stand behind the Commission
ers OF this county and their fraudulent
practices. It's complaisance being re-
warded by contract for public print
Ing unfairly obtained 1t is to the in
terest of every taxpayer in this COM
munity that this matter shall be i'm
mediately ventilated There is no
sense In advertising for bids and then
awarding the contract TO any but the
lowest bidder provided that paper full
fill the legal requirements, There is
no fairness in advertising for sealed
proposals and then permitting some
favored newspaper to telephone its
figures to the meeting of the County
Commissioners after 1t has learned
what the other bids are. Taken all
together this particular scandal adds
to the evil reputation which the
County Commissioners have gained In
their dealing with the public finances.
A lesson should be taught, Through
out all Utah the custodians of public
revenues should learn that they must
not deal with money belonging 10 tax
payers as II 1t were their own personal
possession, At present some OF them
seem to regard public office is a prl-
vate snap
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Indications are that all Of these COM
panies Will meet their liabilities
promptly: even where their surpluses
are below the face OF the risks, they
VIII, no doubt weather the storm and
pay 1t Is pleasant to be able TO say
that in every case the companies show
n commendable disposition TO avoid
technicallties and to meet their llabili-
ties in a liberal spirit. and with prompt
ness. There Will. apparently, be no dis
position to quibble about the point
whether it was the earthquake or the
fire that destroyed the property. these
being inseparable I'm their destructive
effects. And all this is precisely as It
should be
The estimated risks Of the chief 9TH
ers among the larger companies are
given In this table, these being mostly
foreign. and among the foreign com
panies no doubt has been expressed OF
their complete ability to meet every OBJ
legation, Here is the list;
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
BROTHERHOOD OF MEN

Chicago Rccord-Hcrald.
The news columns Of the press Oh ,Ile
United States-indeed. of the whole CIV
nized world, judging by the caoled tor-
eien comment-arc replete with CON
vincng evidence Of the TACT mat tne
greatest lesson OF the San francisco
catastrophe has been instinctively felt
and acted upon,
That lesson, as the eloquent sermon
of DR. Emil c. Hirsch tells us. is the
solidarity the brotherhood OF man. The
dire calamities OF nature are calculated
to give an acute sense Of his insignln-
canoe and helplessness In the presence
of elemental forces. Scientists esti-
mate the loss OF life from earthquakes
and attendant disturbances during the
last nineteen centuries at about 2,0Uo.
coo persons. while the loss OF wealth is
beyond computation. But who can es-
innate the amount OF moral and social
benefit which the pity and sympathy
and generosity excited by the vista
tions have permanently yielded to man.
kind?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
COOPERATE NOW.

Cash. $40: to be sent to Ogden committee
for local aid to refugees.
The foregoing were the words which
Tribunc's list yesterday.
The reason for 1t is obvious, II ono
Will peruse the accounts which come
from Ogden of the magnificent work
which IL being performed there by the
local committees. All OF the refugees
who reach Utah must come through
Ogden. II is true that hundreds or
them Will arrive in Salt Lake and viii
have TO be cared for here. but the
greater numbers Will dispcrsc through
the Ogden gateway to the North . and
the East; and as the Junction City is
the first place OF Importance ct which
the wants of the travellers can be sup
piled after they leave Reno, all the
available resources Of the splendid
committee at ogden are none TOO great
for the work which must be performed
The Tribune's announcement concern
ing its subscription list was go definite
that no money contributed to the gen.
eral fund cnn be diverted 10 1hese sPe-
cial local requirements. The entire
amount OF the general subscription VIII
be placed in the hands OF the proper
committees or authorities In California,
and receipts will be obtained therefor
However, anyone wishing to follow the
example of the cash subscriber ana
contribute to the local relief fund or
to the Ogden fund. may carry out MS
purpose by marking his SUBSCRIPTION
plainly, as in the case recorded.
The generosity of Salt Lake VIII
never be better employed than by nav
ing a committee OF men and women or
this city go to Ogden and tender thelr
services free to work under the direc-
ton of and In cooperation with the
Ogden committee to care for the refu-
orr
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
Current Comment
r,,,, ,,71pr1rss RUBBERNEcK.

THE WIRELESS RuBBEFN bN ~
Pittsburg Dispatch us-
A New York inventor evidently pos
sassed of a very pretty amateur 'es'e ''
wireless electrical development Is
ported to have introduced 2 new e' e.
nent to tho wireless situation. nc Is
stated tn have erected or top OF ms
house a tall pole with thirty-two au,Jnc ,,',,,.
nae that are kept in state "l sou'Ei % -,
gathering wireless messages oi "li u.
scrIptiors. Goodby messages rom 49, ocea :, ,
steamships. reports from GoVernsn1,. IL.
stations and lot OF other IhtoI I',laI'o,'
moi addressed to him come 10 MS net'
Hence the wireless business Is en,ll ,
ened by the presence Of an element '""'
is termed the wireless rubbernech'
The rev development creates PuN
cling legal problem. Highest Juo,CI@,
authority has affirmed that a MAJ,
title to his property reaches from ene
center Of the globe to the zenith. ~
people allow their wireless messages 70
go wandering or floating through the
ETHEREAL regions on to man atInoe,
nheric property what are MS iega,
rights? The laws of trespass. OF WHO
game. of strayed or lost chattels ana OF
flotsam and Jetsam. all must De mar
monized to decide that question
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
Two Mormon Apostles
Deposed
The (ChIcagol Interior.

The (ChIcago) Interior.
As a final effort TO square the Nor
mon church with the public opinion oil
the country-a desperate resort 10 save
Senator Smoot from losing his scat at
Washington-the first presidency OF the
church instructed the annual conference
of Latter-dny Saints at Salt Lake CITY
TO vote for deposition OF Apostles
Matthias F. Cowley and John w. ray
lor, The conference obedienIy ala SO
These are the two apostles, out OF
whole board OF twelve. who are unmis,
takably proved TO have taken plural
wives since the publication OF the man
ifeSto abolishing polysnmy As socn as
the Smoot Investigation was COM
menced. subpoenas were issued for THESE
two men, and ever since that they have
been mysteriously missing. IL has new
er been possible for the subpoena a-serN-
ers to discover their Whereabouts Nhen
Smoot was put on the stand. he was
asked if he had ever protested to his
fellow-apostles against their violation
of the laws of the church and OF tho
State, and no was obliged to confess
that he had not-a point whose UNA
vorable effect the defense realized. AL
annual conference a year ago, II was
considered sufficient for Apostle Smoot
to be conveniently absent when the
along with the rest OF the apostolate.
But this year, as matters looked FAR
worse at Washington, IT was deemed
necessary to cast off these incu0l-
brancee and Senator Smoot Is now Civ
en- the credit for having oustcd the two
defiant absentees. IT is hoped that this
Will convince some OF the Senators that
he la not involved In the transgression
OF the outlaws. But unfortunately for
the Mormons the public announcement
OF the vacancies was made In terms
stating that the two apostles had re
slgncd"-which Of course implied that
they are In communication with the
first presidency. Thus President Jo-
seph F. Smith and his immediate col
leagues unwittingly bring upon them
selves the odlum OF conceallng the
where abouts Of the offenders. and
shielding them from the call OF the
investigating committee at Washing
ton as well as from the severer pro-
cesses OF the law.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
SAVING NIAGARA.

Century
The question as to whether Niagara
should be used solely as a source OF
mechanical power. or TO be preserved as
q beautiful and wonderful natural fea-
ture. has come up In our day for per-
manent decision. There are some minds
that have decided, for themselves, In
favor OF the former proposition. But
they seem, fortunately, to be In NIL
nority both in Canada and In the
United States Niagara is to be pre-
served both in what have been called
Its little loveliness' and in its gran
deurs. America Is practical" 1t has
allowed It's forest to be dangerously
diminished il has allowed Niagara to
be seriously threatened; but American
sentiment, when once aroused, is ire
sistible. and American sentiment has
declared In favor of Niagara as Ma
CARA.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
Observer S Observations

/ observe that fashionable lies in
fashionable society are oil the fashion.
That It is next to impossible 10 tell.
when compliments are passed, whether
one Is lied to or not
That there are scores of girls in Salt
Lake city who, night after night, give
10 cents for the chance of being hugged
by creatures whose breaths are hot
with the fumes of liquor and whose
language reeks with the venom of
hell
That 1t is much better for parents to
indulge In a little corrective for an
honored home than to indulge In a
flood Of tears for a dishonored life.
That the Mormons are very iudig-
nant because the City Council did not
pass the ordinance closing Sunday
theaters
That some. people open their mouths
so wide, when gaping on the street
that any one can see what they had
for dinner tomorrow. .,rs-S -.
That some men never take anything
home for dinner for the reason that
they have spent all their money for
beer and tobacco and, besides, had had
a free lunch for themselves
That when a city is In distress It
closes all the bars" or else spills all
the liquor. Wonder why7
That the load which is the heaviest
for US to carry Is usually the one we
do not need to bear.
ON ORTHOGRAFY.
! obzerv that the spelling kraz IL too
be eklipst bi the reding fad
That childrn ar to be tot too red and
rit sentensez furst and too spell and
max letrz afterwardz.
That 1t IL an evidens ov a klasikal
edukashun not too be abl too spell
kOrektly. ------
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
NOT PATRIARCH

The Rev. Edward T. Hc1;
ton told this story at rec.
Of the Ancient and Honorahl
company;
"A woman went marketing
hall" said the minister. 81
before a stall where were dis;
so aged as to seem almost ID
" What do you sell tho5,
quired the woman, wondea
proprietor would dare call D
ems. -5s-,7 u
We usually sell them 1
marn.' was the curt respons
" Oh said the woman;
they were patriarchs.,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
PITFALLS TO AVOID.

New York Sun
Modern society Is full OF pitfalls and
perils, as a certain smart young man
realized to his sorrow the other day
"Oh, I'm sure I've met you before" he
declared to a pretty woman whose
name. OF course, he had not caught.
Ignoring the warning frown from a
friend he rushed on: why, OF, course,
] used to see you around with Blank
Dash; now. didn't II" And he smiled
trlumphantly. II can't deny it," she
returned sweatly, "but I-couldn't help
1t. / used 10 be married to him.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

with the Senate and to save Smith with
his tlthe-payers.
Tho article OF the Interior is dem
onstration that the country Is not de-
ceived and the murmurs OF the Mormon
people. if they could reach the sensi-
bility OF the chief hierarch, would
demonstrate TO him that they are not
satisfied with his immolation OF others
TO save his own marital monopoly.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

The total insurance carried in San
Francisco. is given as s2Ss. 900 900. This.
OF course covers all property Insured.
whether destroyed or saved. 1t is. evil
dent, therefore. that very substantial
relief will be afforded to property own
ers when the insurance adjustments
and payments arc made. The assessed
valuation OF San Francisco realty and
personal property, was on June last
In round numbers s524, 250. 900. this on
scale of valuation supposed to be
about 10 per cent Of the actual worth.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
PRETTY coon g.
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the most useful Ichthyolu-
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This soap Is specially MAD,
good trial for the materiak
be used long time becau1e
hard.
If you once used It, IL hss
arity OF imparting Its desir.
and noblest odor Of Musk q
jects. n
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
Here and n
A BRET HARrr !,

suce.., y 'Nhr HAkrE ID
Sam Davis of Nevada /.
wager that he could success
the style CT any livinv i
and do il go thoroughly ~.
ence was not discernIb,Ie eua'
public. the press and ~. Y
not detect the fraud 'e q
AS a result he wro,.
46. to which he signed r q
name. Tho fake WAS m,,
lication known as Tho Nv ~, oa'
described an engineer VIZ I'm
eine through a snows,"ro no =
ras, dying at his post. 'n
From the Atlantic io -
poem was copied "Bin,e,e e
given a full page in Iss,''
with a portrait OF Brer ny ny
scrlbed as the best shor, r,s
decade" Vst ,
1t was many years bs,a.
MED Its authorship. Th.
since been Incorporated lr
of popular recitations no, ~
Binley freezes to death -
locomotive furnace. with 9 -
steam UD and tuo Cod
reach, 20 VI
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
REFUSES TO REF0
fNEf Cf'bo ~ is1rpA
Ncrnal Express. ~.

Vcrnal Express. II
With all due respect 10 III
Board OF Geographic Nama.
Express will continue 10 81
county with an IN" and albs
ing OF the word to remain u
the head of the paper as III
past fourteen years. The y
are perfectly satisfied wild
although 1T may not lo1l
others.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
TIME TO LIVE ON nv,

IL OAN EHUI
Baltimore Sun.
The parlor ought to - .
summer for the open a,r
ing-room likewise. Wi.A
and easy chairs a dclivh,.
there Is practicable ana M
Is much more health-e5.1
the contaminated air En- of
Many persons nowadayr :
night on the porch in ~
not a few find the air hs,,aa
winter also. There ars w -
porchcs. A bare, bleax ~
to the sun has Its draSha'
can be made attractive i
around II in the spring o',;, ~
vines. Porch furniture Il {,
many styles, including ihs 4
BILE table for books ms.
Hanging baskets with fovs,
have a decorative effect
Is to be added that win =,
household from the hous,
open air.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Perhaps Prof. Hyatts idea in bring
ing on a snowstorm was that the peo-
pie had talked about the earthquake
disaster long enough. and needed a
change OF subject
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Those who have not yet given their
yards a spring cleaning, can explain
20 the Improvement League now that
they knew all the time that spring
was not really here.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Among those who think this broth
erhood idea very good thing. and
that the generous spirit of the time
should remain permanently, may be
included borrowers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

1t Is certain that the Big Cotton
wood will be a large stream the COM
ing summer. but Will It be large
enough TO have any water for Salt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Numerous carloads Of supplies have
now convinced the San Francisco suf-
ferers that the report they heard that
Salt Lake had been destroyed was
unreliable.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

While New York has had no earth
quake, It's life insurance companies
can prove that there has been great
shaking up there.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
ARoUsEs NOBLE. FEELING.

AROUSbS NOBbEs FEELING
New York Herald.
The one compensating element in the
calamity that overshadows the country
is the evidence OF the manner IN which
1t arouses the nobler emotions OF hu-
manity.
Dc Special cable dispatches to the Her
aid from London and Paris this morn
ing tell Of the steps being taken by
Americans abroad to aid IN the work of
relief. In every city and town through
out the Union the citizens are organ
izing; the ready machinery. OF the
Government Is In motion: transporta-
tion by sea and lard is devoted TO the
work OF succor, and with generous
hearts and ready hands everything pos
sible is being done to relieve the dis
tressed. No one can read the story
without a stirring of the pulse and a
better feeling toward mankind.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

It is now proposed 10 vote on the
rate bill in tho Senate about the mid
die Of May, though Senator smoot
sees no good reason for being so
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
IN THE OCEAN, !

Philadelphia Press.
II suppose the Gaileys n
at Newport ?'
II don't know. They 'o'>
expected to spring In Bem1
Gracious, l wonder ~
fall2"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Weddings are reported everywhere,
notwithstanding the decision OF the
United States Supreme Court making
divorce more difficult.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
FROM THE JoKEMAKERs

Il was just having a lite business
chat with your sister" said Mr.. Willie
boy
"Aw. that don't go with me" replied
| little Johnnie, When sister talks busi-
ness to a guy she always takes him in
the conservatory" Milwaukee Senti-
mel.
She-So these are the china bargains
| you advertised?
Dealer-Yes. ma am and they're go
ing for little or nothing.
She-AlI right, I'll take that blue dish
for Bits.
Mrs. West (recently divorced)-Don't
you want the candy, Gertrude9
Little Girl-No, thanks; it's against
my principles to accept gifts that are
purchased with al.mony.-Life
Visitor-What a we'll behaved little
boy,
Mother-Yes; told him IL he was
good he could watch his father take up
the carpet.-New York Sun.
why is Justice represented with q
bandage over her brow?"
There Is classical reason for r.
said the lawyer. but to my mind q
serves chiefly to impress the freouencv
with which Justice gets a black eve -
Washington Star
H Teacher-Willie. WHAT'S half or EIGHT ,
I Willie-Up and down or across7
. Teacher-Why. what do you meano
Willie-Well. half of up and dowp
is 3. and half across is 0.-Amerjcan
Spectator.
FROM DAY TO DAY
VIII hunger knockin' at the do
A-waitin', 70 de crumbs
d Sc got ernough oh hoecake LEFT
Until toInorrcr comes.
wiz sorrows lyin' all aroun'
A-crushn'. out de fun,
Ise got ernough OBJ smiles to last
Until de settin' sun.
VIII Satan doggin' oil my steps
A-spilin' fo' a fight
Tse got crnough OBJ grace 10 last
Until dc stars am bright
And so l git crlong right smart
A-puttin' oh nv trust
But II two days should come nf onc Il
My golly, ~but I'd bust.
-McLandhurgh Wilson
AN APRIL FUNCTION.
The social fetcs FOR coming brides
May vary every hour;
But she who weds In April can
Expect All April shower
-SieVefends Plain Dealer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Friends OF the grounding who
thought that winter was ended enrly
IN February cannot think much of our
latest snoWstorm.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Contributions by the school children
of the land will do the children good
by arousing in them noble feeling and
lessening their supply of candy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Remembering their treatment in the
Fort Douglas matter. the Utah sena-
tors probably think that Secretary
Taft Is pretty small for a big man.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
TRUSTING.

Somervlllo Journal
Customer-"But are you perfectly
sure that this is real Vermont maple
sugar.
Grocer-"Sure' or course, I'm sure,
Don't you see the label on the bottleo"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

any time that they Will accept office
whenever offered, but the assurance
is not at all necessary.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

parment that the marching from
Fort Russell 70 Fort Douglas Is just
about as good as from Douglns to
Ru66ell2 2
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

There will be enough work In San
Francisco during the coming year 10
keep a good many men away from
there
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Looking at Bryan going around the
world. New York Democrats find that
distance lends conservatism TO the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
Fridny, April 27, 1906,

However, it Is comforting TO k'o"
that Winter cannot come arouno very
many more times.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

MANY cars have already reached the
coast loaded with good Things TO eat
and breakfast foods.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

All over the country people have
learned during the past week tha'
they are generous.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

Salt Lakers find each other to be
about as human as ANYBODY, "nen
fellow beings are In distress,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27

More clothing having been called for.
do you regard your old suit as SUM-
clentIy worn to send to the sufferers Z