The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

wonder why they can't have a thing. that
thing is mighty apt to appear pretty soon
in their midst And with the develop
ment of the tastes in food has come n
demand for better service. Nowadays rs
much. II not more. attention Is paid to
service of a place as is paid to the food.
Stole Specs From Statue.
\ certain police commander once made
the boast that he could hang his gold
watch on Il lamppost In his precinct and
It would remain there unmolested such
terror was he 10 crooks. 1t wouldn't be
safe to leave the tlmepiece there nova
post, Is the opinion Of the park authori-
ties. who have had to pay $50 TO give
President Chester y. Arthur's statue in
Madison Square park another pair OF
which was held In the statues right hand.
were stolen over night. II was the oldest
theft Of park property since thieves car
rted OF pair OF bronze gates from Cen
trail park several years ago. The gates
weighed 600 pounds.
La Toilette Has Cinch.
1t may be possible 20 beat Senator la
Toilette for reelection, but Fred Soper
of Rtpon, Wis. who is not la Toilette
man by the way. does not believe It, Mr..
Soper says: Although ! am a stephen
son man. IL Is my belief that La Toilette
VIII be reelected to the senate. He IS
very strong IN the state. II is generally
understood that former Representative s.
a. Cook VIII oppose La Toilette, and
while ne Is an excellent man and popular.
I do not think he can succeed In defeat
Ing the present senator II may seen
strange, perhaps. that prohibition should
have much strength In Wisconsin, but Il
is fact that IL is making hcadway there.
! myself am n temperance advocate. but
I do not believe In prohibition. because
] do not think II would be n good thing
for the state II would cause an enor-
subsequent legislation. / believe in tenn
Derance in everything. but / do not be-
iievc that any person has the right TO
prescribe moral code for others
Irrigation Great Question.
Irrigation is the great question in the
west. according TO L. l. Slusher OF Den
Slusher said: Nearly everyone interested
in irrigation. which is the one great ques-
tion before the people Of the western
states. is in favor OF the bill introduced
by Representative Mondell OF Wyoming.
The bin provides that irrigation cor
poratlons and individuals may enter land
reputed 70 be underlaid with coal or
lands In which coal Is actually known 10
exist Unless some such measure ~
passed, vast areas Of land In the west
ern states which might be turned into
fine agricultural lands VIII remain deS-
erts on which nothing but sagebrush can
be grown. Irrigation OF these lands has
come TO a standstill, and as a result the
territory OF New Mexico. and other sec
tions OF the west are losing millions Of
dollars every year. l believe that II
the Mondell bill were TO become law MIL
lions Of dollars VIII be spent by the great
irrigation companies 10 make these des-
crts fertile.
/ Seattle Men Boomers.
used to think that no boomer could
boom as enthusiastically as the Denver
boomer but the man from Seattle can
run him n neck and neck race. Here
is what E. 3 Cox OF the big Washing
| ton city says. I'm ten years Seattle has
| made greater gains than any city In the
| northwest. The number OF names In the
| city directory has increased more than
| four times: the school census more than
three times. OF telephones. more than
| twelve times. Our bank deposits are
| fourteen times as great as they were a
decade ago; our bank clearngs six times
] as large. Building permits arc twelve
| times as many as they were ten years
ago; customs receipts eight times great
| er: imports four times. and exports three
times. The postal receipts were more
than seven times as great in 1909 as they
were in 1899. ] do not believe any other
| American city can show q record like
this during a similar period OF existence
| In another decade Seattle will show In
| crcases proportlonare TO those shown IT
the last ten years. and while In ls2'
| great cities. IL surely Will be one OF The
worlds wealthicst communities
Borah on Conservation.
United States Senator william q
Borah OF Idaho who has a bin before
congress authorizing a new $4,000 OO
claiming arid lands in the west. was II
New York recently. Western people
are Just as thoroughly devoted To tn
principle of conservation as are peopl
In the east" said Senator Borah. 'Bu
AZ we understand II, conservation means
the use and development of our natura
resources. Conservation that has for ~
basis the tying up OF these resources 70
an Indefinite time is waste. Why one
third Of our state is in the forest reserve
When Governor Hughes went west las
summer ne said in a speech; You'd b
surprised to know that we have in New
York a forest reserve OF 100000 acres
!, Some enthusiast spoke up ard said
You'd be surprised governor, but we v
got in Idaho a forest reserve into whlcl
we could put the whole of New 1orl
state and lose tt There are 100000
l. IL MI In IGnhn ~