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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
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FOREST S5RYICE
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national forest land may not be unlaw.
fully taken up. But 1t rests always
with the land Office OF the interior de
partment to decide whether the title
should or should not be granted The
branch of lands in the district forest
service organization does not mean
any new assumption of land business.
There will also be in each district
chief of silviculture, who will have
charge of timber sales. planting and
silvical experiments, and a chief of op
Grafton. The latter will supervise the
personnel of the forests; the perma
nent Improvement work, through an
engineer in charge; the accounts of
the district, including receipts, dis
bursements and bookkeeping. which
will be directly supervised by an ex
pert accountant; and the routine bust
ness of the district.
In each of the lines of work the
management will be in the hands OF
man who is specialist and who has
had thorough experience both in the
west and in Washington. The for
esters and clerks at each district head
quarters will number about so.
The establishment of these field dis
tricts will bring the service into more
immediate touch with the public. II
is merely the completion Of the move
ment, started some time ago, to have
the forests administered as far as pos
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
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charge OF range matters. A chief OF
products will handle the preservative
treatment of timber and strength tests
and study market conditions. A chief
OF lands Will look after such matters
as land examinations. The office of
lands deals with questions involving
the validity Of claims asserted under
the public land laws; applications for
special use OF the resources of the
national forests; changes In bound
aries OF forests, and the examination
OF lands applied for under the act OF
June IL, 1906, for agricultural settle.
ment
The forest service. however, never
passes on the titles themselves. That
is entirely matter for the general
land office to decide In the case OF
applications for homesteads under the
act OF June IL, 1906. the forest service
is called upon to decide whether the
land is in fact more valuable for agri-
culture than for timber, and If II is, to
recommend its listing as open to entry
and patent. In the case of claims the
service ascertains whether any facts
exist which seem TO show that the
claim is not legal one, in order that
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
BANKERS IN DENVER.
Thlrty.fourth Annual Convention OF
American Bankers Association.

Denver, Colo.--The American Bank
ers' association, meeting in thirty
fourth annual convention in the Dem
YER auditorium on Wednesday, re-
ceived the reports of its officers and
various committees, and listened to
scholarly addresses by w. e. Walker,
president Of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce, Toronto, Ont. and by
Woodrow Wilson. president of Prince
ton university. Both speakers were
literally applauded.
One of the most important OF the
committee reports was that of the
committee on express companies. The
committee told OF the efforts made to
prevent the express copanies from
going further into the banking bust
ness and to compel them to give up
the money order business. The chair
man of the committee explained that
the Interstate commerce commission
will hear the complaint OF the bank
ers October Is at Washington.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Roosevelt VIII Not Take STUMP.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Loeb on
Wednesday made the. statement that
President Roosevelt had no intention
at present OF making a speaking tour
In behalf of the Republican candi
cate for the presidency. Many invi
tations had been received by the
president, Mr.. Loeb said, but Mr..
Roosevelt never has stated that he
would take the stump.
When asked whether. IL the situa-
ton took such a turn that the presi-
dent might consider that making a
speaking tour would materially aid
the Republican cause. the president
in that event would take the stump.
Mr.. Loeb replied that he might or
might not do 80. and added that no
one could tell what the future would
bring forth.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
chanler Told Of Nomination.

Poughkeepsie, ~ Y.--Lewis Stny-
vesant Chanler was ON Thursday Of
ficially notified at his home In larry
town of his nomination for governor
10y the Democratic state convention.
che speech OF notification was by AL
ton b. Parker. Democratic presiden-
tial nominee In 1904. Mr. Chanler,
In his speech Of acceptance. said:
"The people cannot rule in nation,
OF In state, SO long as the power and
patronage of the presidency is sue
cessfully exerted to control the de-
alterations OF state and national con
Nentions."
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03

Plans for the forest service field
headquarters which are soon to be es-
tablished In the west are being rapidly
worked out in detail. Each headquar-
tiers will be modelled after the Wash
ington office. In all there will be six
distinct headquarters, one located at
each Of the present inspection district
Observation-Disclosures, San Francis
co, Albuquerque, Salt Lake, Denver
and Missoula, Mont, or some other
points equally well or better located
for the purpose.
AT the head Of each Office there will
be a district forester and an assistant
district forester. Under these will be
experts in charge Of the various lines
of work. A chief of grazing will have
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Improvlna sweet earn

Farmers and 'seedsmen give more
or less time and work to improving
the quality of various seeds and
plants, but the suburbanite rarely
takes interest in any special product
In order to better its quantity or
quality
Some years ago | took up the study
OF sweet corn, as II grew in the gar
den. The earliest and finest ears
were selected, marked and wrapped.
so that they might not be molested
by birds or other trespassers.
The result OF several seasons selec.
tlon was that | had corn which ma
tured five days earlier than any
known variety.
me Improvement was made by
choosing the earliest ears, then using
only those grains that grew on the
middle OF the cob, rejecting each end,
then selecting only the largest, best
shaped Suburban Life.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03

Ogden, Utah.-Declaring that more
trusts have been organized Ia the last
eleven years OF Republican rule than
in the entire history of the world,
more than from Pharaoh 20 Theo-
dore and from Harnesses to Roosevelt,
Senator j. p. Gore. the blind orator
from Oklahoma. addressed gcther-
ing OF fully 5000 people at the fair
grounds here Thursday evening. Sen
otor Gore spoke for forty.nve min.
utes. his speech being filled with
witty sayings that kept the crowd IN
good humor throughout.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03

Memo and John. believe those
names are false-some OF them
"Ding-a-llng-br.r-rr-rrrhl' came from
the other telephone. The sergeant
said yes, that was No. 4, and wom
ans voice said:
Il want you to send officers out to
look for Leo right away, He's lost
may be killed He's so inquisitive and
his mother, Mrs. Miller, is sick In bed
here at 1916 Charlotte. Tell all the
policemen right now. Leo Re a white
cap and blue coat and a pair"
Pardon me, madam" interrupted
sergt. Larrabee, kindly. Just step
over TO the drug store at Twenty-first
and Troost, and youll find Leo--and,
for the druggists sake, hurry"
"Oh, thank you; thank you SO
much"
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Shameful Abuse Of olrI.

New York.-A horrible story of
mistreatment after she had been splr-
tied away from her home in jamaica,
l.. l., was told by. i6-year-old Lena
Thorn when she was rescued early
Thursday by policemen from filthy
howell In East New York, where she
declares she had been held pris-
oner for six weeks. Rayheld SUISSE,
who occupied the house where the
girl was found, and Annie Carlo, who
is charged by the girl with having
aided In keeping her a prisoner. have
been arrested
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
EIsTEpDFop AT SALT LAKE.
Musicians From All over the coun.
try Contest for Prizes.

Salt Lake City.-The fourth ma.
tional Eisteddfod, under the auspices
OF the Salt Lake Cambrian associa-
tion, opened Thursday with the larg.
est and most enthusiastic audience
that has ever gathered at the opening
session OF an Eisteddfod in the Unit
ed States This statement was made
by William Ampadoc, conductor of
the Eistedfod and superintendent OF
musical instruction in the public
schools OF Chicago. Professor Ap-
madoc said he had attended 1873 Els
teddfod contests In the United
States. Wales an England. and at
none OF these had ha heard
group Of singers so talented as had
appeared before the adjudlcator in
Salt Lake an at no Eisteddfod had
he seen so large crowd as had APP
peared at the opening session.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Hartman Says IT'S an Outrage When
Accused OF Wearin, corsets.

New York;. II. Hartman, rail-
road magnate, was properly indignant
when seen on Wednesday over the
published report that he had stiffen.
ing Of the spine and wore corsets
IT'S an outrage" he said, refralnlng
with dinlculty from employing
shorter and asller word although
the CLINT in his eve and the tone OF his
voice suggested that he would have
no great aversion to putting a knk in
the author OF this story II he knew
his identltY.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03

Chattanooga, Tenn. William Cook,
a former publisher Of this city, but
now a resident OF Baltimore. has Sc
cured a divorce from Mrs. Grace Nc
Gowan Cook, the well known author
ees. Cook charged desertion Mrs.
Cork was not present, aud made no
effort 10 fight the case The Cooks
have not lived together IN years
some twelve or fifteen years ago Mrs
Cook, 80 her husbands bin for al
Norce alleged, severed the matrimon-
~ relation between the two. and al
though they lived IA the same house
they were niles a.art.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Increase Freight Rates.

Chicago-By the first OF January
the transcontinental railroads hope TO
be able TO increase freight rates on
more than eighty commodities west
bound and on about twenty commodi-
ties eastbound between all points and
the Pacific coast. Conferences are be.
ing held frequently and trafiic men
admit that all OF the commodities are
being gone over with view to maxi
ing increases where possible and
equitable The proposed increases will
De from every territory east OF the
Missouri river 70 the Pacific coast.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Result Of Fool Joke.

Hammond, Stealing up behind
Andrew Babo. an ignorant Hungarian
laborer at the Illinois Steel company's
cement works at Burlington. a group
OF American workmen turned cur
rent OF compressed air on his hack.
Babo turned around with smile at
the joke and some one turned the
air on his stomach at pressure OF
100 pounds TO the inch The air was
forced through Babos stomach into
his iDtestlnes, decorating them so
badly that he is not expected to live.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
VIII Plead Insanity.

Pocatello, Ida.-"Dementia Amerl.
cana" or emotional insanity, will be
the defense OF John Ennis, now on
trial in the district court In this city
before Judge Alfred Bulge, for the
murder of his old friend. Evan
Davies. The killing occurred IN the
Short Line blacksmith shop here on
the morning of July 81. Ennis 16-
yearold daughter, ON the afternoon
preceding the crime. gave birth to
an illegitlmate child. She told her
mother that Evans Davies, a friend
of the family for twenty years. was
the author OF her ruin.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Rift In the Clouds.

Man was made to mourn" quoted
the fair maid.
Originally, yes" reioined the mas
culine end of the sketch, hut later
the good Lord made woman for him
to laugh at"--Chicago Daily News.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03

A German newspaper had an adyer.
tisement the other day for the sale
OF the properties of theater. This
postscript was added; ITO be sold
az the same time, 80 substantial old
ghosts, with very fine new deyil--a
striking likeness OF Bonaparte."
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Dubious Praise.

DAublst--Do you think my battle
picture expresses, as have meant Il
to, all the poignant horrors OF war?
krittick-oh, yes; it's the awfullest
thing ! ever saw,--Cleyeland Leader.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Why.

Friend--You nearly won the race.
Runner-Yes-nearly.
Friend-Why did you give In?
Runner gave out. - Cleveland
/ pader
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-03
Work.

She-Why, her husband hasn't done
a bit of work since she married himl
He-Indeed! Who buttons up her
dresses In the back?-Yonkers States
man.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29

Just now there In deficit In tho
city's finances, according to the Comp
trollcr, OF about 100000.
The big corporation known M Swift
& Company makes an official statement
that 1t has over $lO0,O0O,OOO In re.
sources.
The just annual tax on this sum
would be $1.4OO.OO0.
This would wipe out the city's deficit
twice over.
The Assessors only value Swift 4
Company ut $3,OOO,OOO, the tax on
which Is only $4,000.
This shows a yearly loss to the city
OF $l,35S,O on this one concern alone.
Does the City Council pay any at
tentiOn to It?
oh. no!
Then there Is ]. Ogden Armour.
This man Ia commonly believed to be
worth long ways over sl0O.Oo0.OOO.
lie Is said to be the principal owner
Of the stock Of
Armour & Company. Of New Jersey.
Armour 4 Company, OF Chicago.
Armour Car Lines.
Armour Grain Company.
Hammond Packing Company.
q. II. Hammond Company.
Kansas City Electric Light Com
pany, OF Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City Railway and Light
Company.
Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany, OF Kansas City.
National Packing Company.
Stock Yards Savings Bank.
Northwestern Elevated Railroad
Company.
Union Stock Yards Company, of
Omaha (limited).
Resides that he owns much Of the
stock Of Schwarzschild 4 Sulzburger.
and a great deal OF the stock Of the
Central Leather Company,
United States Leather Company,
Chicago. Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Rail-
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company,
Fort Worth. Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co., Hutchinson,
Kansas.
Northwestern National Fire Insur-
ance Company, Of Milwaukee, Wis.
Omaha Packing Company,
Prussian National Insurance Com
pany, OF Stettln, Germany.
There are some other concerns that
Armour owns stock In, but we pass
them up for the present.
Figuring that he IL worth only
Sl0OOOO,OOO, the tax on $lOO,OOO,OOO
would be $1.4OO0OO annually.
The Assessors only value Mr.. A..
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29


The Board Of Review should sum.
mon the following well.known citizens
and interr0gate them with reference
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor.
porations owned In Chicago. which they
have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift.
John A. Sp0or.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to be pubhc-splritel.
They should both be willing TO help
In this matter.
They can, " they will, help q great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour IL a director In the e.
lowing corporations and the Board Of
Review, II It wishes, eau ascertain how
much stock he owns In each. or what
ChicagOans do own II, as 1t 10 taxable
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company.
Central Leather Company,
q. II. Hammond Company,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company.
United States Leather Company.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail.
way Company, y.
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company.
Fort Worth, Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co., Hutchinson.
Kansaa
Northwestern National Fire Insur.
ance Company Of Milwaukee, Wis.
Omaha Packing Company.
Pr,,ssian National Insurance Com.
pany OF stettin. Germany.
Mr.. Louis =. Swift b Q dissctoe u
ths following. Hsw much stock desa
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29

tiOn a statement Il made that the tax
rate on personal property has been
raised over 81 on every hundred dol.
lars Of valuation.
OF course this docs not apply to the
multl.milllonaire tax dodgers who have
no much influence with the assessors
They escape lightly, and the burden
falls on the poor.
The tables Of rates for the various
parts Of the county's personal property
taxes for 1900 aud 1907 show gen.
cral increase Of taxation throughout.
The tables are as follows:
1908. 1907.
South Town, Hyde Park
and Town Of Lake ...&0.577 &7.20
north Town n...'...'':.. uJI1 1.0J
Lake view .............. u1l1 III
West Town ............. 1912 10
Lake View residents must pay the
highest tux.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29

turned to indianapolis last night and
Mr.. Woodson will 60 to Kentucky this
evening. Chairman Taggart named a
grievance committee to protect cOnven-
tion visitors from being overcharged by
the hotels.
~
The Eagle will keep up the fight for
honest taxation, II 1t takes years to
bring about reform.
The poor man and the man In me-
dlum circumstances must bear the tax
burdens. The rich corporations and
their stockholders escape.
The following opinion by the Attor-
ney-Gcneral OF Illinois, yltally affects
the many millions OF stock owned by
Armour and other Chicago multi-mil'
llonalrcs in outside corporations.
Mr.. Armour, It will be remembered,
Is only taxed on one-fiftE OF S2OO,OOO
'June 81, 1905.
Hon l.. VI. Eckert, States Attorney,
Princeton, H.:
Dear Slr-I am in receipt OF your
letter Of the 2Gth Instant, inquirlng
whether or not a note secured by mort
gage upon lands in foreign State and
owned by resident OF this State can
be taxed In this State II II has been
taxed in foreign State.
In reply thereto, would say that
all personal property owned by resi-
dents of this State Is, unless exempted
by the provisions Of the statute, taxa
Bile here at tie domlcile OF the owner.
Our court has held that stock in a for
elgn corporation owned by resident
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29
OR THE PEOPLE TO DEMAND AN ACCOUNTIN

he ownf At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable infor.
nation:
Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, McNeill b Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com
pany.
swift's Rsfrlssrator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Company.
Aischanioal Manufacturing Company.
South San Francisco Land 3 LIN.
provement Company.
Springfield Provision Company.
Rwlfts Fertiliser Works.
Western Meat Company.
~6A
The Beef Trust and its pals got q
fine showing up from DR.. John y.
Cr0well Of New York, associate editor
Of the Wall street Journal, who spoke
before the social and economic section
Of the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science In Cobb Hall.
University Of Chicago. Dec. 81, 1907.
',rhe leaders of the great enterprises
to-day probably do not adequately aP.
precinte the smOldering fury Of dlScon.
tent which their own management Of
business has steadily engendered." DIR.
Crowell continued. I'VE are educating
our children In the public schools TO
point where society will neither toler.
ute nor endure the perpetuatiOn OF an
economic lie. A lie means war.
"The high prices Of to-day are a
manifestation Of that economic lie. we
read that the prices OF hogs are going
down, but pork does not. That Is but
one OF many instances back Of which
IL cupidity and interruptions specula.
tiOn.
"This discomfort Of the masses is not
confined to any one section. 1t Ia not
typical Of New York, Chicago or San
Francisco. 1t is national. The disturb
ances which eliminated In the French
revolution were Partisan. That was
tempest In teapot compared with tho
far.reaching, deep.rooted discontent In
this country that has sprung from the
encroachment of the speculative spirit
upon industrial and commercial fields.
1.-The hoggishness of corporate greed
has done more than anything else to
bring conditions to the danger point In
American society. 1t Ii time to take
heed. Tie bandit must be prevented
from getting away with Ills booty, for
the people are beginning to realize the
extent to wieeA they have been swin,
dlAdw
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29

OF this State is subject to taxation here,
although the corporation has paid
taxes thereon In the State of Its crea.
ton. Greenleaf VS.. Board of Review,
lS4 ILL.,, 22S.
II am, therefore, Of tie opinion that
the note and mortgage In question 10
taxable In this State.
"Very respectfully,
wv. II. STEAD,
"Attorncy.General."
From the above 1t will be seen that
the Board Of Assessors and Board of
Review have not legitimate peg to
stand on In their refusal to assess the
personal property of man like Ar.
mour, for instance, at not exceeding
100000.
- ~
The following, taken from page Ss
of the Chicago Health Densrtment
annual report for 1906. ISSUED In 1907.
speaks for itself:
I'm addition to this the Inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards have de-
stroyed G37,37s pounds of cut meats.
Most of this was returned from the
various branch houses or was confined
In the sausage rooms of the large
packing houses, where 1t was being
made into sausage. The principal
cause for condemnation was decOm.
position. Most Of this meat Is either
sour or sllmy or in some cases even
putrld.'
And In the face Of these facts, city
inspectors have been withdrawn from
the large packing houses"
Thee are too many "business men"
In politics for the peoples good.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29


Swift 4 Company. the great corpora.
tiOn which the assessors only valued
last year at &3,OO0O00, reports that 1t
has over $lOO,OOO,OOO In quick assets on
hand this year. Read Its annual re-
port and draw your own conclusions.
The tax rate is seven per cent on
onc-tifth Of the actual cash value.
This would make Swift & Company
legally liable to tax Of $1,4OO,OOO a
year. This would help out the other
taxpayers some, II 1t was paid.
But the kind assessors only value
Swift 4 COmpany's $1OO,0OO,OOO plant
ut $3,OOO,OOO, which makes their an,
nual tax only $4,000.
Quite q loss to the city In the diff
ference between $4,000 and ~ 100000
The funny part of 1t Is that In
eliminating the rich fellows the asses.
sors could only lind $06,OOO,OOO worth
of personal property in all Chicago last
year. Four millions less than the re-
houECes VI CNHL ~ Soutpuuy'
The annual meeting of the stOckhOld.
ers Of Swift 4 Company was held at
the offices of the company mt the Union
Stock Yards January 2, 1908.
Treasurer J.. 4. Cartons report states
that the turnover" or gross business
of the company aggregated $o5O,OOO,'
600 during the year.
The financial report shows a surplus
at the close Of the year amounting ia
$l5,2OO,0OO, which IL nm increase OF
$2,S03,09c c,'mpared with the previous
year. These figures. after allowing
about 81 100000 for depreciation, which
was the amount written off, indicate
earnings of substantially 1880 per cent
on $D.0O,O0O capital stock, out OF
which the company paid 7 per cent in
value OF each share OF stock Is figured
dividends during the year.
There was IN increase of $G0i1, ,005
with the preceding year, ana the book
In the value Of quick assets compared
the financial report for the year end
at $3.50.