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Show LOGAN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,1910 volumexxxl THE ADDRESS OF WORK OF LEAGUE i IS NOW COMPLETED Municipal League of the state concluded its - conven-tjo- n T on Tuesday, after one of the most succe Mul gatherings in its session was history. The morning held at the A. C. in accordance wth the announced program. The visitors assembled there at 9 a.m and an hour was spent in inspecting the College and grounds.Pres, the party conducted Widtsoe most of and through the shops -them were amazed at what they saw there. Mayor Byajisford who uas among the visitors was parti cularly impressed with the College and the scope of its work. At ten a. m. the convention met in the reception room of the college and Prbf. J. IL Paul of the U. of U. delivered a 'most excellent paper on the relation of the public servant to the private citizen. MAYOR BRANSFORD every year and at least 1,500 of them could be prevented, and possibly more than tKat number.. The Doctor emphatically approv- HE ed the introduction Into 4,he CHAIRMAN and Gentle-mei- n In coming before you on this occasion, I am deeply conscious of my inability to prdfieily place the subject that has been assigned to me. Yet, as the Municipal League of Utah has been organized for . the specific purpose of discus ing the various questions affecting eity government alid for the further purpose of advocating that which will be been commensurate with other forms of civic administration, and this in spite of the fact that the people are' more directly affected byjnunicipul rule than by any other. This condition is so generally teeognized throughout the country that it has become the subject of serious and deliberate discussion by the ablest minds, of our nation regardless of pijrty affiliations. , for The recent -- exposures of cor-in respect to the conduct of ruption in many of our larger municipal affairs, we, who have cities- are still fresh in the public been selected to hold office should mind. The reeognition of the at all times be ready and willing weakne s of the system is 6f to do our share in the worn. course the first important step After moie thani eenturjrof towards its solution. The next popular government, we are to- consecutive step is of necessity day confronted with the undeni- the ascertainment of the causes able truth that oup progress in that permit this state of affairs, municipal governnfentT has not and in my judgment the answer to this proposition carries with it the suggestion of those reformaGOOD TIME AT tory measures essential in remedying the existent evils. BOOSTERS CLUB Among the many proposed, plans, and the one I am to One of the most delightful even briefly discuss, is called the Des Mines or Commission plan of ings spent at the Commercial Boosters club for a long time was City government. .This proposthe informal reception given to ed scheme consists of a commission, of five men elected Jby the n the visiting Mlayors and eity in whom shall he vested Monday evening, the hosts people, absolute the power of administrabeing the reception committee ot of tion all the citys affairs. the club, P. A. Thatcher, chairman. There was a good represen- They shall appoint all officers of tile municipality the treasurer, tation present, hesides the outside visitors and club members a num- recorder, auditor, attorney, suber of local guests participated in perintendent of water works, the evenings festivities. Among etc., down to the humblest officer the persons who were heard to in the city.s employ. They shall . have the power to pass laws, give a gpod word for the work that the local club is doing and grant franchises, issue bonds, axeSr-in -s-hort- perform - all con gra t nlatcd the city for main- levy -tfunctions the of every nature at taining such elegant quarters. the present time executed by the. wrere Mayor Bransford, Prof. council and the Mayor. There "'city Paul and Dr. Beatty. some excellent arguments are Aide from the refreshments submitted in favor of ,thls change. that were served and the games For instance it is pointed out that all took part in. was the fine that a sufficient salary eould be music that was rendered by the paid as an inducement for men JcppesonOrchestra.This orchestra of large business interests to behas played on several occasions come the peoples servants, and for the club giving its services thus give to them the benefit of gratis and consequently is deserv- their experience in private afing of the thanks of every club fairs. To this argument I ean member. From the expres-ionsee no possible objection, for I that Were heard Monday evening am of the opinion that the it eould be plainly seen that these menfirmly elected are not adequately services are greatly appreciated compensated for the devotion of by the Boosters. These Booster their whole time to the office to boys have given their services on which they are elected. Concedoccasions when money has been the tiuth of this contention made and turned to the treasury ing it eould hardly be urged as a of the club as instanced on the substantial ground for a change ve of the vaudeville at the opera in the form of government so house. The members of this orches existas fn much a the weakness tra are 8. J. Jeppesen,LeRoy Car-dofoini that eoidd be easily Frank Harris, J. C. Wahlen ing rectified. ' It is further contended and J. P. Smith assisted by C, M. these commissioners being Harris and Harry, G.Smurthwaite that under heavy bonds for the pro- -' per discharge of their duties, and Robbers Hold up Bar being directly accountable to the1 26. While Salt Lake, Jan. people for the administration of i , was the each department, there would no , bartender, Hugh Rooney, W. C. and Ilanling. longer be any difficulty in laying drawing beer the proprietor was telling a sory the responsibility for the mal- -' to six customers, two men with administration of any office to the handkerchiefs tied over this .faces proper party,' If the men who entered the social ' bar at Fifth were honored by being elected South and State street at 11:55 commissioners were always absoTuesday night and commanded lutely honest, this and kindred everyone to hold up his hands. arguments in favor of the system Everybody complied, ' when - the would "be good. But we have no smaller of the two men went be- - more assurance of honesty in hind the bar. and after opening them than , in the- - average officer -up the cah register, stole $39.15. elected' under the present methrifle. Laugh od. The fact that tlier are under and a small of the men lin heavy bonds, is not in itself sufing at the snectacle ed no with their hands in the air. ficient nor Is it enough to know the holdups calmlv departed. that they come from the higher walks in life. Contracts involv-Rockefeller Hookworm. ing enormous sums of money, would frequently hinge on the s assent or dissent of one member, Washington. Jan 25. of the Rockefeller hook- and I consider this one of the worm eommiesion have been op- chief reasons for the failure of ened in the Union Trust building the plan. It is much easier to reach one indi jdual by bribery, in this cty. Its work wll be Continued on Page Three from Washngton. MR. pub- lic schools of a system of study along the lines of the prevention of disease, and endorsed the new prrimer on that subject that has just been issued and that is to be placed in our city schools. At the conclusion of his speech the Doctor- - was asked a great many questions, all of which he answered. -Dr. George Thomas,, chairman of the special committee that, was appointed to prepare a report on the matter of improving our r present system of taxation made the report embodied in the following resolution: RESOLUTION. the revenues of the Whereas, In the next issue of the Journal of the various municipalities an extended synopsis of what the of Utah are found to be inProfessor said will appear. It was State to meet the crowded out of this issue. Mayor creasingly inadequate towns and Bransford of Salt Lake City was growing needs of her and ALBERT A. LAW. cities; the next speaker and he treated A. most of in various the Law, was born in Pafadisq, Cache 'County, Albert Whereas, The Des Moines Plan of City states where our present system! Utah, on January 3rd, 1872. He lived at that place until he Government. His address apex-- 1 of to not taxation reached the age of nineteen years, workifig on the farm during prevails, full elsewhere in this ispears 20 ceed of the personal the cummer months and attending school during Winter, uring per cent sue. After his remarks on this -. v assess- which-tim- e he attended the --district schools and later the averagesubject he made a brief bat verjT propertr C B. Y. which ed he went t ) Colorado and there taught after ; and, interesting address on the methods school for a year, afterward taking up with. mining and reWhereas, under the present sysemployed in the administration of 48 real cent the of tem about per turning to Cache County. During the La Plata mining boom city affairs in Salt Lake City. Mr. United he engaged in the mercantile business.and subsequently engagBransford was an entire stranger property throughout the States is ed in farming and other business at Paradise. Mr. Law came and, assessed;, to people here but he made a very undef to Whereas the present Logan in 1903 and has resided here since that time. He has favorable impression upon all conalways been a reader and student and in 1900 took up the who heard him. for he impresses system realty is bearing a taxof burden study of law and was' admitted to practise in the Supreme one as being entirely honest in stantly increasing Court of the State in February, 1906, and recently,, admitted, t .views, and frank enough to state ation; and,. ofto the Whereas, system present practise in the Federal Courts. Ever since that time he has hem without reservation. When each to a fers been great temptation engaged in the practice of his profession here in this he had finished the visiting gentle district, during --whiehtime he ha? achieved 'sneecssrbeing men went to the college chapel county to undervalue the proper esas one of the leading attorneys of this section. Mr. where the students were assembl- ty of the county in order to s of the as Law' as much has held of trut, school director, member possible ed for chapel exercises and there cape ' state of state the and, tax; legislature, Deputy County Clerk, and is at pres addresses were made by Mayor been and ent has for three Whereas, the system of apyears county attorney, He is Clark of Farmington, who was the as of a reliable, number in local regarded erally depubeing dependable and acting president of the League, pointing to his and attention business. assessof He has wide a leads to public private inequalites Major Bransford and Dr. Beatty. ties circle of friends and is conceded to be one of the strong Br Widtsoe in introducing the ment in the same county ; and, young men of the county. Whereas, gome of the states of speakers called attention to th fact for the first time in the his-- , the Union have already separated toij of the big school it now has the sources of revenue for the enrolled more than one thousand rtate and the municipalities, and others now' have commissions constudents. After the meeting was over the sidering tlje best administrative Domestic Arts department of the systems for collecting a just tax most College served luncheon to all the and aPo investigating the sources available and visitors at the College cafeteria. equitable favor of the winners. The line-u' It was one of the nicest little of taxation, Standing of Teams. Therefore, be it resolved, by spreads ever served" at the instiDry G.IIdwe.& Imps. Clothiers Played Won Lost- Pr.Ct. Jenkins tution and won the heartiest the Municipal League of the State Hansen L P o1 i,ooa Jones praise from all is ho partook of it. of Utah in convention assembled Boosters R F Thorpe The afternoon meeting of the at Logan this 25th day of Janu- Doctors, Larsen C Morrell 1 1 l,00d convention was held at the Com- ary, 1910, that it respectfully peChristensen L G Stoney-Jense- n 1 1 1,000 mercial Boosters Club. Dr. Beat-"t- y tition his Excellency, the Gover- Clothiers R G Jensen ' 500 Tyson I delivered an address on Public nor of Utah to appoint a commit- Bankers ... .. 2 BakSummary Baskets from the Sanitation, and he was listened tee of seven to investigate all Butchers, field 00(1 Hansen 6; Morrell, Jones, 0 to with a great deal ofinterest. matters pertaining to taxation in ers. Grocers.-Jenkins. From free throw Jen... He insisted that all the contagious the State of Utah both. as to the Dry Goods, five kins of eight tries ;Thorpe out and Hardware and diseases could be absolutely pre- methods of administration 000 10 out of 12 tries. Halves fifteen 0 4 I vented if the people would only likewise as to thev sources of' tax- - , Implement i , minutes each. take the proper precautions. ation. y The boys of the Merchants There can- be no casq of typhoid And be it further resolved that ' In the other game the bankers an- fever unless it comes from some we ask tke Governor of Utah to basketball league provided etc. putup a very other ease and if the first , case require the said committee to re- other evening full of fun for local of even balf both teams on good game had been properly attended to port on or before December 15th, basketball fans Tuesday considerable improvethere would have been no germs 1910, and ask him' to furnish the ing, when two more games were showing ' ment In in their the, first play: left as a starter for, the second President . of the . Municipal played.They DryGoods.Implement B. as B. Gs., if it looked the half the He therefore urged that League of Utah ten copies of the and Hardware men tackled , case. to the greatest care be taken in all to be used as a basis for Clothiers and were defeated by a were going win, as the half clos cases of contagious ailments to discussion of the tax question at score of 24 to 9., while the Bapk- - ed .with the score 10 to 8 in.their the-lis- t half Sonne see that' the discharges from the the next session of this body. er3 walloped the Butchers', Bakers favor,. but dn Thi. completed the program andGrocers to the tune of 21 to 16 got his stride and the way he lobpatient are completely disinfect-d- . In the first contest the defeated bed the ball into the basket was a War must be made on the fly proper, and then the business of for he is the greatest disseminator the League was taken up. Tie team was outclassed 'the clothiers caution. lie got four of them in of 'disease known. The cities constitution was read and an ef- having too many old players on rapid succession, and victory was should pass ordinances requiring fort was made to so. amend it as their team boys who had played assured. The Butcher boys put up however and the fel- a hard fight people to maintain tight closets, to make only city officers eligible while at college, and the "other was Howa never had chance. game interesting all the way so that the flies eannot get at the for membership, but instead of lows on Page Continued disease-laden See that doing that the convention ordered! ever, Orson Hansen and Wilford refuse. wells are not maintained within that county officer? also be made, Thorpe were the whole show pret- one hundred feet of closets and eligible for membership ty much when it came to scoring TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that there are no manure piles prof. John T. Caine, Jr., put Hansen got six. field baskets and This is to notify all persons who left for flies to breed in.' Pay out the thought foythe conven- the throwing of Thorpe from the have bought coal of Gnehm & Co.. your health officers more and de- tion to consider, that it would be foul liuewas as good as any ever mand that only men fitted for the a good thing to have county mu- seen in the state. Out of the first of this city that payments theremust be made only to John II. place be appointed and that they nicipal leagues as branches of the ten tries hie missed but one and for Alfred Gnehm.' Gnehmvor keep posted as to their business. state league, stating that he that by a very narrow margain. The first half ended 9 to 3 in j; ii. gneiim! There are 4,5001 deaths in Utah (Continued on Page PiveJ -- . - -d- -- s NUMBER 50. ( mariy-position- gen-prom- LOTS OF pt AT BASKETBALL GAME p. Dent-ists.Drnggi- .... -- 2 . , v - and-butcher- s - coun-cilme- s n, -- re nead-ouarter- dii-reete- d I ? |