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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

some Of tho members OF the council
We're not In full sympathy with the
sp1an,i nevertheless 1t has 50 far worked
well. In the previous years, the ola
city council had exceeded its income
& by $4,000. The new administration
closed It's first year with $4,000 in tho
treasury, by strict watchfulness and
close checking OF accounts. In short
there was a saving of 100000 under the
new system. There has been great
elimination of small wastes. In fact,
this more than covered the salaries OF
the commissioners. SIS, 500. Under the
old aldermapic system, no interest was
received on city funds, They now draw
4 per cent on time and 2 per cent on
daily balances. HI Nj d
"There has been a Wonderful i'm
fprovements in the STRENGTHENING ser
vice. With only $4,000 in the fund, the
streets have been kept in good tcondi-
ton and the alleys clean for the FIRST
time in the history of the city. With
out litigation the city lowered the rates:
foS electric street lamps In July from
ninety 10 seventy7ffve dollars, and
few months ago from seyefity-fiVe- to
sixty-five dollars under an all-night
schedule instead of a moonlight sched-5
t,le. The system has reduced water
rates from thirty cents to twenty cents
per thousand gallons. Whether this
the result of litigation. Gas rates which
Mere!arbitrariIy raised by a former city
council from seventeen to twenty-five
dollars, have been dropped back TO the
old rate. steps have been taken To-
ward the establishment OF the Chicago
protlt-sharingf plan for the settlement OIL
all litigation between the city ana inc
sstinet railway company, by winch inc I.
city VIII have an interest In the rail-
WAY coinpanys business. The djsreptl-s
table district has been wiped out.
While It could not be truthfully SAID
that the reform IN this respect S com!
plete. the evils have beei areatly re-
duced. Coincident With the suppression
Of disreputable houses, the bond shark
business has been abolished. Bonds
men are no longer allowed to operate
in the police court. An agreement be-
TWEEN the railroads and the city for the
construction of u vladuct over thorittl-
way tracks has now been reac hed Will +
out litigation. 1t can be safely snid
that the city hall Is free from polti-
clans and political influences. and that
the old political machine has been sent
i to the junk heap.
These facts are worthy OF eonsidera-
ton. If through the elimination OF, corr
rupt politics from municipal elections
tax rates can be reduced and improve
rnents yet go on; If morals can he irn-5
proved and harmony established be-
tween the City and the corporations
an object lesson is presented that
should not be lost. In this City q rnu-5
nlclpal election will be held next fall
Voters should think the matter over.
They cannot elect a commission this
time, but they can elect an honest and
capable business administration that
has no ante-election debts to pay to
Orators. And on that proposition all
good citizens should be united.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25
THE TARIFF PROBLEM.

Just now the representatives of the
American nation are earnestly trying
to solve the tariff problem. which Is
p the problem of how to raise money
with which to meet the ever increas-
ing expenses OF the government. Hon.
Thomas Watson does not believe that
the new law will be much of an i'm
provement on the old. He says 1t will
tax about 1000 articles that the con-
s,lmers are compelled to buy and the
tax will be paid by them in the price
of the goods. This is. Of course true,
and as the people generally awaken to.
a. ealization ofsthe fact dissatisfaction
with any kind ola tariff that does not
distribute the tax burden with regard
/ to perfect equality and Justice will
prevail. tS 53} 81
Perhaps it,would be just as well to
remember that when the nations fed
crate and submit their differences to
a supreme court Of the world, there
Will be no tariff problem to solve. Tt
lis. chiefly, the taxation needed for mill
itary exploits, past and future, that
makes a tariff necessary. The real
problem before the world today Is how,
to get relief from the taxation created
by the necessity of maintaining mill
tary arrnuments and building battle
ships at a cost of s10,000.000 per unit
This taxation is inlpover1shlng England.
Germany and Japan, and now Austria
gets into the struggle of building a
great navy at a cost Of 800, 100000, ind
Russia will soon follow the example.
That is the problem. When nations do
not have vast armies and navies to
maintain, and no enormous war debts
to pay interest on, there will be no
tariff problem, and the cost of living
will be reduced without any reduction
in the wages.
And that time will come. The diff
culties Will be removed. An interna-
tional militia under the command of a
world government will stand ready to
restrain national violence. We Will
have ain international court and a
police to enforce, IL necessary, its de-
cisions That will mean not only I'M
iyersal peace but an end of the strug-
giles in the Industrial world which are
generally caused BY the inability of
the laboring classes to bear the tax
| burdens necessarily imposed under the
present system.
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by TILE RESULTS.

Colorado Springs has just adopted
Z che commission form OF government.
HIS charter eliminates party politics.
provides for recall, initiative, and re-.
ferendum, and places certain restric-
tons on the granting Of franchises.
\ Colorado Springs Is the first city in the
state to- adopt the commission form OF
government. but Grand Junction and
i Pueblo are about I'd take steps in the
same direction.
8 According to the Colorado Springs
v charter. the mayor and four councilmen
Y aressth elective officers. There are
five departments: Water and water
works lat the head of which is the
mayor; finance, public health and sani-
tatian, public works and property, and
\ public safety, each OF which is headed
B by Il councilman. Provision is made
Isl q put the water system on d self
sustaining basis, and an effort is made
h 10 obtain a uniform system of public
accounting. The mayor receives a
salary Of $500, the councilmen $1,000.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, describing the Colorado
Springs form Of municipal government,
4 says the most radical measures, per-
liaps, are in regard to elections, the idea
{ being to eliminate all factional control
Nominations are made by the fling or
twenty -five individual certificates, the
sigper Of each of which, as we'll as the
nominee, must make affidavit to the
i fact that the candidate is not the rep
resentative8nf any political party, The
charter further provides;
Nothing on the ballot shall he in
= dlca.tiye of the source of the candidacy
or OF the support of a candidate. No
ballot shall have printed thereon any
party or political design or mark, and
there shall not beappended to the name
Of any candidate any such party or
political designation or mark, or any
4 thing indicating his views or opin-
ions.
8 A majority Of ali votes cast is re-
s quired; in case no one receives a ma
jority second election is held. En-
cept for inyalids, no carriages are al
lowed on election day.
Through the recall an elective officer
may be removed from office. A civil
service commission is authorized to pro-
vide for placing the fire, police, and
public works employees under civil SER
vice. Other employees are appointed
by the mayor upon recommendation of
the councilmen. The bonded indebted
ness is limited to 3 per cent of the to-
tai valuation, excepting for the pur-
chase of profit-yielding utilities. One
section makes it obligatory on all ply
sicians to report infectious, contagious,
or communicable diseases, and the de-
nartment of public health is authorized
to require such means as it deems wise
for protection.
There Is quite a general revolt all
over the country against the spoils.sys-
tenn and party domination of municipal
affairs. City after city is trying to
eliminate the obnoxious features.
What has been achieved in the City
of Des Moines, by the new form of
government is described in an article
in the Worlds Work. From this we
"a gather the following:
THE system has been in operation
in Dies Moines but one year. Although
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25
ANNUAL Y. NJ. AND Y. Il. NJ. I. a.
CONFERENCE.

The Fourteenth General Annual Con Z
Z ference OF the Young mems and Y Guns
Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associa-
tons Of thet Church OF Jesus ChTlss
OF Latter-day Saints will be held IN
Salt Lake City. on Saturday and sur
day June 9Th and 9th. 1909
y All officers and members Ct the as
ISOLATION are requested to be present
at all of the meetings OF the CONFER ME
ence, and a cordial invitation is here
q by extended to the Saints generally
10 attend the meetings TO be held IN
the Tabernacle on sunday. June June, eth.
ut 10 a. m. and at 2 and pm.
JOSEPH +. SMITH.
HEBER j. GRANT.
B. n. ROBERTS.
General Snptcy. Y. M, NJ. l. A.
:533s MARTHA II. TINGEY,S
RUTH NJ. FOX,
MAY i. NYsTRoM.
Presidency z. L. M. I. A,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25
p1NcH1NG A PAPER TRUST.
Springfield Republican.

The latest paper comb ination to SUE u
fer from federal prosecution under the
Sherman act Is the associati lon Of tip g,
and manila paper makers. + they & nag !, az
Incorporated as a single legal entity
they might have Jared better; as u; it's y
they meet exactly the same 5ungnlelit
passed upon that price and selilns as
ISOLATION Of western papermakers tNn
On. three years ago. The Sherman law
mas proved pretty effective against ~
these Informal Industrial combilla lions,
as witness also the early Addys 81, lf,
nine case: but against incorporated
which are too numerous
to be mentioned. 1T continues to a l1ls
10 nothing, nor can Il be made 70 now now
without a tremendous Industrial Y y I
setting. ss @
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25
pEsEREr EVENING NEWS TUESDAY May #25 1909

Usual capacity for friendsili alto-s
4 gethers a singula blend of q positea
+ CHI raeters- Robert Louis Stevenson
K would have been attracted By the eN-
hibitton of dual personalitS made by
4 he benefactor of Fairhayen.sthe gen
1al host of Watching cruises and the
irasctble and conteinpt uous witness
knocking tho efforts OF a sovereign
{ state TO investigate his business meth
DDS. Like the rest OF Mr. Rocke teller
lientcnants like this chief himself,
Rogers came from the rank HIS
career is another OF the familiar
stories OF the poor boys rise to great
riches. Its novel feature is to pc
found in the unique monument to his
ambition. the Underwater Railroad.
one-man enterprise. constructed at
the cost OF It's builders fortune ana
in all likelihood at the cost OF ms
life. In H. FL. Rogers Standard Oii.
loses its chief executive officer, the
man most in its creators con1idenlce
and most competent to carry out ms
policy of commercfal aggression. With
him the #oil regime passes. .fherss
now remains in the active management
of the company not one of the mas
ter minds who devoted their genius
to it's development and who leave q
10 their successors the most perfect
example Of q business organize, ton
* in the world. They bequeath to them
also the harder task of keeping y
Intact.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25
W-I'rCHCRATT.

M
In the American colonies, in the early
days as in the rest of the world, the
belief was current that human beings
could become witches" and could
make a compact with5tho EVIL one which
would enable them to change their
harm Ia, their enemies. There We're
some cases of execution of witches in
this country, though the superstition
was very far from as common here as
in other parts of the world. In 1852
the children of minister in Salem,
Mass, accused an Indian woman of
having bewitched them, and, as if
the fear that had ceased these chil-
dran, was contagious. in a few weeks
scores of people were accusing their
neighbors of foul crimes and orgies.
The general testimony was to the eff
feet that the accused people were stick
ing pins into the accusing parties, and
otherwise hurting them. On such
testimony nineteen witches" We're
hanged, and one was tortured to death
for refusing TO plead either guilty or
not guilty.
Sometimes the accused witches. to
save themselves, accused others, and
the craze went on until more than
half hundred persons confessed
that they had been flying through the
air on broomsticks; that they HAD
celebrated the devils sabbath, and tor
mented their neighbors. But when,
finally. the wife of the Governor was
under suspicion. the prosecution broke
down, and the superstition subsidized, al
though in Europe the persecution con-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25
Omaha Bee.

The sudden taking off Of a man oc-.
$cupSing such a pivotal position IN ne
world of finance and connected WITH q
so many enterprises might reason!anilsl
costly confusion in the securities OF
those corporations in which ne was
largely Interested. THAT it's erect on
the market Was inconsiderable rs 81
tribute hothto the perfection of these
Industrial. organizations and also a
demonstration of the oft-repeate re-
mark. that no man is Indispensable. no
matter. how great his power Or now "
commanding his genius. An incompe-
font can wreck them, as has pe en-
demonstrated often, but as q rii u "
dropping out Of a leader SIM Yes Y, :
others who have helped develop out
The scheme step to the front and carry arr
&on the work. i
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25
sANNUA1 PRIMARY CONFERENCE

The seventh annual general confer
ence Of tho officers OF the Primary as
4 social ons OF the Church of Jesus Christ chris
$of Latter-day Saints viii be held in
Salt Lake City, June 4th, 9Th and 9Th.
1909. All officers. stake and local, ara
requested to DO present at all the ses-
sions OF this conference. ss
LOUIE B. FELT.
MAY ANDERSON.
CLARA w. BEEBE,
Presidency Primary Associat tons
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

Undoubtedly Colonel Roosevelt's re-
ply, If one lie makes, to tho Rev. DR..
Judson: Swift, who said in the Preshy-
terrain general assembly at Denver, the
board OF foreign missions wants more
arithmetics. These books are wanted
by the natives Of Uganda who wish to
bcSable to compute the number of lions
and tigers and giraffes slain by our be-
loved former President" will he, Ma
5ture faker! There are no tigers in Afri-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25
h. H. ROGERS.
New York World.

Next to John ID. Rockefeller, H. II.
Rogers was the most important figure
ablest or the captains
or industry the organizer of the oil
monopoly gathered about him and
personally the most picturesque Of
them ali. ruthless and cold-blooded
In his business relations. yet in private
life the most companionable of men;
a man warm sYmpathies. philanthrop-
list, sportsman, and manifesting an uR-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

The postal authorities have taken,
prompt steps to run down and capture,
the bandits who held UP the Overland
Limited and robbed the United States
mail. But their steps do not seem to
have been. 50 rapid nor so long as those
OF the fleeing robbers. II
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

"a The Kaiser Is said to have been In
Austria making q match. So long as
he does not drop a match in the Euro-
pean powder magazine there will be no
objection.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

The push Of californians IS proverb-
ial, but those people of Oakland and
Napa. who are preparing to contest this
will Of Mrs. Hetty Green SO soon as
that lady is dead, show 50 much push
that one wonders whether they are
not ghouls.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

There Is no record that the Glretan
bull was first wounded, made his way
into the marshes and was dispatched
the following morning.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

The situation at Adana. is reported as
being improved There must be plenty
of room considering the number OF peo-s
pie who We're removed by the Turks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

The only consolation the ultimate
consumer has is that he has to coll-i
sumo less and so cannot be taxed more.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

& The cement workers have formed a.
union. Something after the reinforced
concrete order doubtless.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

The flowers that bloom In the spring
have but one more week in which to.
bloom.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

Atlantic City is to have a church
where men can smoke. Holy smoke!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

Wayfarers on life's highway should
not place their trust in automobiles. &
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

In the matter of naval programs Eng.
land leads and others follow.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

Handle with scare accounts OF
Colonel Roosevclt's killings.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

6 The new tariff bill should fill the bill
and the national Golfers,
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4 tinued and thousands were unnlerci-,
fully killed for crimes no one could

tinued and thousands were unmerci-s
fully killed for crimes no Il one could
commit.
H Prof Sumner, in an article in the
Forum, takes the view that belief in.
witchcraft is not dead, and that 1t may
burst forth again n any moment. He
argues that the difference of human
nature does not vary materially from
age to age Formerly credulity was
conferred around supernatural phenone-
ma. Today It Is politics. Struggles for
political power, he says, cause even iIl-
tenser rage than for dognas. 1T is
political factions which in the future
may return in violent repression of dis
sent In the history of city after city
we meet with the ii1tensest rancor be-
tween classes and factions, and we find
this rsLllcpg producing extremes Of
beastly cruelty when interest seems 70
call for. Anarchists who are fanaticala
enough TO throw bombs Into theaters
or restaurants, or to murder kings and i
presidents Just because they are such.
are capable of anything which witch
judges or ingut5at,rs. have done, II
they should think that party success
called for At II bad times, he con-
cludes, should come again upon the
civilized world through overpopuation
and an unfavorable econoraic conjunc-
t,ire, popular education would decline,
and classes would be more widely sep
arated. it must then be expected that
the old demnnisnr, would burst forth
again, and would reproduce the old phe-
nomen;l.
A musician Is the slave Of time.
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3. The uplift movement in wheat con-
tinues.
Cold snaps and real estate snaps seem
to alternate.
How is5it that binding storm never
blinds anybody?
In the Thaw case the hush money. is
beginning to talk.
The new tariff bill should fill the bill
and the national Golfers, Il
--------.- la
will the Martians flash their mes
sage in reformed spelling (.
Handle with ''scare''all accounts OF
Colonel Rooseyclt's killings.
a7@ ---------
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

will the Martians flash their mes
sage in reformed spelling? (,
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In the Ttaw case the hush money is
beginning to talk.
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The "tenderfoot" cannot always tell
just where the shoe pinches.l
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

How issit that a binding storm never
blinds anybody?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-25

Cold snaps and real estate snaps seem,
to alternate.
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< musician is the slave Of time.

The uplift movement in wheat con-
9tinues.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-27
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY

TIE San Juan County exhibit. at
the A.Y-P. Exposition is by no means
what it ought to be, and the fault
lies wholly with the farmers and fruit
growers of the county. Taking Tito
consideration the material with which
he has to work, Mr.. Court, who has
charge of the exhibit is making a
most excellent showing, but without
fresh samples of fruit. grains. grasses,
etc. it Is impossible to compete with
the other counties of the state, whose
people are responding generously to
every call from the men in charge OF
the various exhibits. Because of the
public -spiritedness of DR.. Judd, OF
Last Sound. our county will in all
probability carry off first honors for
the best cherry exhibit at the great
Fair. this matter having sifted itself
down TO a contest between two coun-
ties only, viz. Whatcom and San Juan
with San Juan far in the lead. The
Judges have carefully examined all
the cherries shown in the great agrl-
cultural building and have decided
that the contest shall be between the
two counties mentioned. and have ia
ken their specimens and placed them
in the states booth in the center of
the building. This single instance
shows clealy what can be done pro.
vided the growers of the county wake
up to the situation, and follow the
example of DR.. Judd.
The attendance at the Fair is in
creasing daily, the trains from the
east bringing more people each day
than they carried the day before.
The Fair management express the be-
lief that September will be the ban
ner month of the exposition season,
and railroad men bear them out in
this. 1t behooves the people Of San
Juan County to get busy and to exert
every possible effort to keep Mr..
Court we'll supplied with fresh fruits.
vegetables, grain of all kinds, and
grasses. All of theses are grown in
our county in abundance, and as per-
fectly as any other county can pro-
duce them. Why not convince our
eastern friends of this by showing
samples in San Juan County's booth
at the Fair Another such opportun-
it, may not offer for years to come
Don't let it pass. Get busy.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-27
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Any person over the age of Is years,
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