Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
CALLISTER GRABS
LUKE'S FURNITURE.
ay.Protective Association
Man Is Making $4,000
A Year Profits.

Because Francis G.. Luke. president
OF the Merchants Protective associa
ton. refused to paS an hssessiic,, ~
on what the government claims ~ ~ ~
the net profits Of the company, "
accordunce with Il law passed lnst
wear. causing all corporations 70 ply
a percentage on their net prol,.s ~.
excess of $500. as an aSsess,nen,t n,, is'd
against certain office property IN MI;
Luke's office. and Monday man ana
fray nppearcd at the office to take
away tho property. o,,
Mir, Luke protested against the prop
.riy being taken. which includea
polden-onk desk. n mahogany fiiihe
case. n plnnotypc machine and II car
net but 10 no avail and the man I'M
inedlately set to work to take UP lne
carpet. In the meantime Luke went
10 soc Internal Revenue Collector +.
Fl, Callister, who appointed him keep
or Of the property which had been
leviedsinn until November 3, until
which time he wax even to ne an
amended statement of the protlts OF
tlietcorporation.
The lntenal revenue department fig
ured that the profits of Lukes conf
pany from his statement amounted 10
about s50O0 n year. Mr.. Luke refused
to pay an assessment on this amount.
contendtnE that 1t was not the prollts
Of tho corporation. but his personal
profits. The government would not
see II the same way, however, ana,
when he refused to pay the assess
resulted in the experience OF Monday.
Salt Lake Tribune. September 20.
1910.
Uncle Sam got after the Standard
trust. and the railroads. now he is
after ,ls. Who dathotit We'll. there
lis nothing like getting your name In
the paper. but we never supposed we
would get our name in the paper be-
cause we collected TOO much money In
one year. Uncle Sam would not have
taxed us anything If we had only CON
fined our profits within the 5000 I'm
II. But We got very busy last year
and collected n lot of money, we are
going to collect more money this year
We Just collected n claim for MAJ
tin Nadel. 1t was nm old motto made
in the Wood River county twenty-s!x
years ago. Tho litigation over this
E tees court and ended In, the supreme
court Of the State of Idaho. Tho debt
was originally SGT 80 You can imagine
how much 1t took to settle. Martin
Nadel was in the clothing business in
Salt Lake City a number, OF years,
back at Bellevue. Idaho. doing we'll.
There Is more pleasure In tho col
lection business than In any other
business in the world. There is al
X
We collected money for nearly 1900
clients scattered from Africa to Alas
ka. We collect all kinds Of ch,!ms.
and handle all kinds OF cases. We re-
Gently obtained divorce for one OF
our former employees, and ut another
time collected over $500 from the
railroad for Mrs. Mary n. F'rew
of Syracuse. Utah, for the death of
her husband. Turn in your claims
of every kind anu we will collect
some money for you,
we are giving a solid gold watch
aud chain with diamond settings free
of charge to the lady who turns In
he greatest number of claims and
October 10, 1910. +
Ton Mt Daynes Jcwelry store. is
South Main Street. 1t Is a beauty
o nf ss ndss nrze y s4o n sash
Their names are not published. but
each ono has n number. The men
Gan help the ladies If they want TO
by turning in claims to be credited
help the ladies gather in honest debts
TOT collection. and everybody likes ~
help us collect them.
Merchants Protective Association,
Scientific Collectors of Honest Debts.
Lake City. Utah,
!, FRANCIS g.. LUKE, Gen, Mgr.
Some People Don't Like Us."q 4,
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