The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-17
SHER|FFS WIND
Up BUSINESS
Name State Vice-PresidentS and
Then Indulge in Big
TaIkfeSt.
WILL SEE LUCIN CUTOFF
AND OGDEN CANYON TODAY
Heavy Work of Convention Is
Over and Now Will Come
Only Pleasure.

FIFTY members OF the 1ntermountain
Association of Sherirfs met at Saltair
Thursday and wound UP the business OF
their 1910 annual convention by naming
state vice presidents of the body and in
dulgng in a talk fest. Now for jollity,"
is the cry OF the peace makers.
The vice presidents OF the ASSOCIATION
are follows; Montana. j. n, O'RourKe
OF Butte. sheriff OF Silver Bow county
Idaho, James \. Bennett OF Boise, sher-
III OF Ada county; Oregon, 7: 5. Taylor
III Pcndleton. sheriff of Umatilla county
Washington. Macl. X Pugh OF ooiS3 SpokiS23neii e.
Tooele county; wyoming. Jonathan Jones
of Evanston, sheriff of Uinta county, Ne
vada, l.. @. Clark of Elko, sheriff OIL biKo
county.
Association Enlarged.
AT the suggestion OF Sheriff John
Knudscn of Saupetc county, the sherifis
OF Colorado. Arizona and California VIII
be invited To Join the lntermountaln
Sbcrlffs' association, adding three more
states to the body
The sherirfs hereafter will make de-
tcrmincd effort TO get the commissioners
of their respective counties TO pay their
way to and from the convention ana thclr
board and lodging while the convention
lasts.
Bannock county. Idaho and Sherir
Sharp of Salt Lake county will revise
tho bylaws of the association and pre- |
sent the revision TO tho next convention
in Butte.
Sheriff Arthur Bulge of Bear Lake.
Ida; MIR Bennett and Sheriff Jonathan
Jones OF Evanston. drafted hearty reso-
lutions OF thanks 10 the oregon snort
Line Railway company, the Saltair man |
agement Warden Arthur Pratt OF the
Utah state prison. Howard Garrett OF
the Orphcum theater, and Sherin Sharp, |
for courtcsies extended IN the conven-
ton. which were unanimously adopted.
The secretary was instructed 10 ad-
dress circular letters 10 all the sherins
OF the several counties OF the differ |
ent states included In the association.
urging them to attend all conventions of
the body. that there VIII be more and
better interest.
Indulge in Talk Test.
Then, came the talkfesl, Sheriff,
O Rourke started il with some highly |
complimentary things about Sherin
sharp Incidentally, Sheriff O'Rourkc
gave away some of tie inside history as
TO how the peace officers sometimes
transfer prisoners from another state 10
their own when acquisitions fail or work
baby
sheriff Sharp urged more attention to
correspondence between shcriffs, wheth-
or by wire or letter, and In this he was
heartily supported. Promptncss is the
thing. declared Sheriff Sharp. Frequent
Of another county as many as dozen
times without getting response, ne
snid. Courtesy. let alone efficiency In
nnnInI running down srhlsr CRIMINALS demands
The prompt answering OF such corre-
spondence promotes better feeling
among peace officers. Sheriff Sharp de-
clared. besides helping In the apprchen-
sion OF fugtives from justice.
AS means OF increasing interest II
was suggested that the county sheriff
term be raised 10 four years Ia the states
OF the association where the term ex-
pireS in two years.
Too Much Politics.
Then the convention got into little
politics. n, w. Crookston of Cache coun-
~ declared that there is too much poll
tics In Utah, and cited the farcical pro-
hibiiion agitation ut the last session OF
The legislature i'll support OF his conten-
lion, He recommended that the sheriffs
OF Utah get together and decide upon
uniform liquor legislation, TO be urged
upon the next state legislature. The
sherns ought TO have fund for their
reequisition In other states, Mr.. Crookston
also thinks.
Then Sheriff Sharp told some of his
troubles in getting rcqllisition papers
honorcd. and Sherif O'Rourke threw an
other hot jolly into the conventions
CHAPMAN booming Sharp for a life term.
Incidentally, . Rourke announced that he
IS going to try again for sheriff of Silver
Bow county when his present term ex-
pres % kourke decried campaign funds
and said that with four-year terms poll
ties would be someWha. eliminated from
the sherIf's office.
The terms of all the sheriffs in Utah
will expire the first OF the year and the
retiring sheriffs. tho convention decided
are TO use their efforts to got their sue
cessorS to become members Of the asso-
citation.
Sheriff O'Rourkc. who captured the
next convention for Butte, will decide
on the date after he gets home and no
notify the rest Of the associations mem
ber5.
Visit Prison and Jail.
>, In the morning. by courtesy of Warden
tie state prison. Then, by courtesy of
Sheriff Sharp. they admringly inspected
Salt Lake county's handsome new Jail.
BY courtesy Of Chief Special Agent Joe
Jones OF the Oregon Short Line, the sher-
ifs will see the Lucin cutoff and take
In the delights of Ogden canyon and the
Hermitage today. They also will visit
the. Stale Industrial school. The peace
makers m will go to Ogden In special train
OF two coaches. leaving the Oregon Short
Line depot at 1910 o'clock this morn
ing.
The festivities will conclude with din
ner given by Mr., O'Rourkc, at Casa Con-
tenta Saturday evening, beginning at
o'clock,
Some of Those Present.
Among those attending the convention
w. /, Robbins Of Moscow, Ida; Arthur
Bulge OF Bear Lake. Ida. A. w.
Stephens OF Oneida county. Ida; c. l..
Monroe, Nez Pcrce, Ida. John Ellis.
Bannock county Idaho; o. C., Gosman OF
Beaver Head county, Montana; J. X
o Rourlee. Michael Murray. +. J.
ORourke. Neil O'Donnel and Luke Nor
man OF Silver Bow county, Montana; T. |
a Bennett Of Boise. Ida; Joseph Sharp.
Axel II. Steele. Edward p, Carter Ira
Beckstead. Arthur Pratt, Alfred Pautsch,
Samuel NOVEL;, r. W. Stokes j. r.
Clinton and II. G, Green of Salt Lake coun-
ty; Nj. NJ Bush of Tooele county; John
c. Coffee of Summit county; N. w.
Crookston and John II Barker of Cache
county; W. j. Bliss of Grand county:
John Knudson of Sanpete county; Joseph
Josephscn OF Boxelder county, Richard
Pope OF Uiutah county; G.. T. Judd OF
Utah county.
Kodak Pictures Finished.