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Show THE CITIZEN 8 I Treasurer Barton discharge Halverson for circulating secret propaganda against Democratic county officials. Straw Vote Faked To Aid Corless Sheriff In Belated Raid On Resort Under the benign auspices of a certain Mr. Bock the American and other Swanson theatres are taking straw votes which are cast upon the screen for the purpose of convincing the peo- pie that the state will give a majority for Cox and that the county will reelect Corless. The nature of the vote may be gathered from the fact that it directly reverses the straw votes taken in the Rexall drug stores of the state and given publicity all over the nation. At this very moment former Mayor Bock, who, while auditor, robbed the city of $12,000, is working for Corless s in the downtown districts. The machine still exists and is in Another automobile accident resulting from riotous life at a protected Although Halverson is said to have admitted authorship of a circular denouncing nepotism among the Democratic officials the county treasurer declined to dispense with the services of a trusted lieutenant. Just before the Democratic conventions an anonymous circular was distributed among the members of the n Democratic machine and many party workers. It read as fol- MMWIIIimillllllllMlimilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllWmillllllllMWMIlimimimillllllttllHIMIMMIIMHMMmilllllMUIIMUIMMIMIIIIHIIIIWIIimilllllllllllll OBSERVATION PLANE .u...MmMHMiiuiiiiuuuiiiimiuyuuniiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiimiuiiiiiiimmiimuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiS i Bock-Corles- active operation. The Citizen warned the people of Salt Lake City against Bock in the last election. It was right. Today it warns the people against Corless- because of Corless's record as sheriff of this county, because of his partnership with bootleggers and gamblers and because of the underworld slush fund which has been gathered to keep him in the office of sheriff. If he is elected the underworld will claim the credit and he will be tied hand and foot. Swanson has been a cog in the machine. Today he is using his theatres to play the game of that disreputable machine. - Bock-Corle- ss road house compelled Sheriff Corless to close a den of revels on Walkers Lane. Coming from the road house after a wild night the revelers were injured on Highland Drive when the driver of their car ran into a telephone pole. The story got into the papers and the sheriff hastened to take action. Making a statement for publication, the sheriff took occasion to refer to the notorious Rose Lawn road house, which, he said, was closed last May and had been closed since. There was no reason for mentioning Rose Lawn except that The Citizen had alluded to it a few weeks ago as one of the dens of vice which had long received protection from the sheriffs ring. The citizens of the villages and farms near Rose Lawn exerted all the pressure they could bring to bear to have the sheriff enforce the law against Rose Lawn, but it continued to operate. That was before the campaign and pitiless publicity had not made it necessary for the sheriff to be careful. Therefore the revels at Rose Lawn were not interrupted. Accidents similar to the accident s which caused the injury of five last Tuesday night were of frequent occurrence in the region of Rose Lawn. Drunken parties of men and orgies, would women, after board the street cars on which the children of the vicinity were going to per-son- all-nig- No doubt Mr. Bock can get a majority for Cox and Corless at any time. Was he not an expert in counting money while a city official? At any time he could count the money favorably to at least one Democratic party. And now he can count the vote favor- ably to the Democratic party in general and Mr. Corless in particular. For months Bock has been employed as bookkeeper by the Swanson theatres at a big salary. His duties as a bookkeeper have been light, but other work has been found for him to do. We suggest that if Mr. Swanson would obtain an accurate straw vote he dispense with the services of Bock In this particular business and let a committee take charge. A leading Democrat and a leading Republican, they to select the third member, would constitute a fair committee. The voting at the Swanson theatres is at variance with reports at Republican, or even at Democratic, headquarters, and with the straw votes taken by the Rexall drug stores. ht This aroused the indignation of the residents and they tried to coix-pe- l action, but. met with no success. Since then Rose Lawn has operated with more secrecy. Why did not the sheriff close the Walkers Lane den before a scandal brought it to public notice and constrained him to take action? He admits that he knew the resort had been in school. well-know- lows: "Are party interests best served by its elected officers who insist upon appointing as deputies and clerks their sons, daughters, or others related to them, to the exclusion of less fortunate but more deserving adherents to party? No! For as a rule they come and go much as they please, are kept on pay when it is not earned, causing discontent, and aids the breaking down of the morale in the working force, are impudent to patrons and do not earn their salary. Before voting for county s officers find out who are your and relegate them or they will do it The hero on the brink of the precipice is all right for the occasional movie, but for steady diet BREAD ROm bread that K d to our party. The county pay Toll shows that one who seeks nomination today has half a dozen sons and relatives in his office. . These pleasant remarks were directed chiefly toward County Commissioner Hughes and John Clark, the county clerk, it is said. The county commissioner sought renomination, but was defeated. He believed that he was entitled to the nomination, inasmuch as the Democrats were boasting about the road record of the commissioners and defending the high taxes. The truth was that, although the Democrats were seeking excuses for the terrific increase in taxes, they realized that they would simply be flaunting Democratic wastefulness and inefficiency in the faces of the taxpayers if they renominated the commissioners. Consequently they rejected Hughes and caused his bosom made mother qnlt baking CJ The Provides more solid satisfaction. Theres nothing tiresome about Royal Bread. On the contrary, it provides what the cartoonist might have described as the thrill that comes once at Co. Royal Baking .I.. Dont Follow Strange Gods Industry, Economy, Thrift-the- se are roads on which yoi can travel to the Promised Land of Prosperity and Success. Keep in the road. Dont heed the sires call that leads to Luxury, Extravagance. Idleness and Luck-Follo- not after strange gods. The right road is not always the beaten one it's often hard to travel; but it brings you ultl mately to the Promised Land Prosperity and Success. of The National Bank of the Republic Main and 2nd South Street SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH to swell with indignation and resentment. We appreciate that anonymous circular and hastened to pick a quarrel with Halverson. In the brisk interchange of compliments Hal- our customerspros-perithas built this Democratic brethren are not dwelling together in harmony at the city and county building. In fact, the discord is of long standing, but it came to a head recently in an open quarrel between Commissioner W. B. Hughes and John Halverson, a deputy in the verson is said to have admitted that he wrote and circulated the attack. Then bank's success. Hughes demanded that Halverson resign. The cheery suggestion was Walker Brothers spurned and Hughes went to Barton and ordered him to discharge the dep- Founded 1859 county treasurers office. demanded that Hughes uty. Again he was rebuked and retired to his own entrenchments. County Officials In Big Fight County each meal. job-hog- Mr. Hughes placed the blame for his defeat partly on the author of the operation. A THRILLER y Bankers Member Federal Reserve System . |