The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-18
Sanitary Inspector Blows Mild
on the Church Sugar Fac
tory Fouling.
SECRET LEASE ON LAND
TO BIG SHEEP OWNERS
A Palpable Outrage on Smaller
Owners. and Bad Faith
to Public. ,
BY C, E, ARNEY.

% v. L. AIM 4 4
Special 10 The Tribune.
ST. ANTHONY. Idaho, Aug 15.-This
is the day Of reck oninu for the politician
who is abroad in the land seeking re-
nomination to public office. The every
act done by these servants of the peo.
pie is undergoing scrutiny of that
minute order indicating a deeper inter
est than was exhibited under the old
convention system OF nomina tiong of.
ficers.
Fremont county is very much "torn
up in her political affairs. Fremont
politically is an uncertain county.
Until the certified returns are in, no.
body can tell what she viii do. The
voters hereabout are discussing little
else than state administration of af.
fairs. Not content with the topic of
state land management alone. they arc
concerned over the sanitary board con-
duct.
The state sanitary inspector is from
Fremont county He is Mormon
named Wallis. Formerly he published
the Standard at Rcxburg.
Last January seventeenth this active
servant of the people sat IN Judgment
on a complaint filed against the Utah
with polluting the waters of the Teton
river, mountain stream flowing
through Sugar City, where their large
refining plant is located
Evidence in support Of this complaint
was given by Luke and ;. j. Lavcry.
B. r. Harris, G.. f.. Peck, j. Rock and
Albert Perrenoud, while Mark Austin
and four others defended the company
against the charge.
Although the charges were sustained
at the hearing and the report of the
inspector showed that quite all the allie
cations against the factory manageme mt
were sustained. the fact remains that
this evidence OF the pollution Of the
waters of this stream was carried about
in the massive brain of this distln
guished servant Of the people until July
9, and then no arrest was made, but on
the contrary most mild hammered
remedy for the existing evil was pointed
out by the charitable inspector as 2
guidance to the sacred company, owned
Jointly by the Sugar Trust and "Our
People y
1t occurs that the dilatory tactics OF
the sanitary inspector in this case where
a factory of the church is IN error
stands out in contradiction to the con
sidcration given the people of Twin
Falls and of Nampa over matters of less
public concern.
The Wallis administration rs state
sanitary inspector has been more re
plete in the line Of publicity given the
active head of the bureau than IN its
administration OF equal Justice TO I'll
and special privileges TO none, He does
not operate in q manner calculated tt
strengthen the political standing of his
chief, Governor Brady. in Fremont
county. where he is known best.
Land Boards Favoritism.
The State Land Board is not popular
in Fremont county.
Their playing of politics with th'
peoples assets is the serious indictment
necessarily about an instance at hand
In 1904 Il sharp conflict arose Owe
the sheep range in Fremont county
The industry was very attractive ant
manv engaged in 1T, reaplng rich re
wards They chiefly occupied the ricl
range on the foothills to the east an'
north Of Rexburg and ST. Anthony
To ard the end Of the 1904 grazing sea
son four big Mormon sheep companie
who we're powerful in politics. induced
the State Land Board to make selec
lions of this large attractive graZlni
area. Then they proceeded 10 quietly
obtain five-years' lease on ,thl
range.
The indignation of the lesser flock
masters asserted itself. They protested
bitterly Some forced their way u
around the edges and others quit th
business or removed TO distant field
of operation. Those who remaine
looked forward to the lapse of the lease
which was due to expire on Decembe
81, 1908
They read the rules Of the State Lam
Board requiring applicants for .re-leas
of state school lands. TO apply IN writ
ing thirty days prior to the eXpiratlo
Of an existing lease. and not only then
but any and all others who might dc
sire to make bid for the lease o
lands These smaller flock owners rt
lied on the rules governing the bonrc
They believed that the big four shee
companies were leasing the lands for
less sum than they were worth fo
ianpe purposes, and looked forward I
putting in their bids for larger SUI
BY November 80, 1909.
Imagine tn surprise of the iDtcnde
bidders for this land, the smaller shee
,aisers Of Fremont county, when d.
.ember, 1909, came around. to discovt
hat on MAY 16 previous Little Jim
Webster had slipped over to Bois
.allcd special meeting OF the stat
Land Board and procured for these bl
,our sheep companies release for flN
years longer. Of this splendid range
Fremont county.
Here is flagrant evidence Of II