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Show v THE CITIZEN 6 William Spry favorably report the bill to provide funds for essential reclamation work, and if so Utah, Idaho and the other western states will, of course, receive ample proportions of the money which would be Smith-McNar- y provided. No good purpose can be gained by Former Governor of Utah, now Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washington. Commissioner William Spry has come home to Salt Lake to recuperate for a few weeks following his late illness at Washington. Commissioner Spry has entered again actively into the detail work of his office and has given out many public statements, both since his arrival here last Wednesday and while he was at Denver the fore part of the week, which in terse, unmistakable terms, forecast the great things that will ensue for the west and the nation, during his tenure as head of the general land office and director in chief of reclamation. The commissioner upon his arrival began a series of conferences with his chiefs in the field divisions of the intermountain section which- will continue for several days. Monday, E. C. Finney, first assistant secretary of the interior, will arrive to take part in the conferences. Touching upon the vital aspects of the land commissioner's duties and covering the wide range of the bureau's activities, Commissioner Spry gave out the following to the press on his arrival last Wednesday. , lie said in part: With the determination by the present special session of congress of the pressing problems of the tariff and of taxation the way will be cleared for action on irrigation and reclamation measures of vast importance to the west, and the probabilities are bill calling for that the an appropriation of $250,000,000 for such vital domestic undertakings will - Smith-McXar- y be approved. must devote our energies to the upbuilding of the country, to the development of the interior, and through public works. to that end we can provide employment, odd vastly to the wealth producing possibilities of the country, and better the general economic conditions in a most wholeWo some way. "It Is probable that both committees in the house and senate will failing to frankly face the fact that business is poor in almost all parts of the country, though Utah is in a much better position than many other states. And it is probably only fair to say that perhaps the bottom has not yet been reached. But as soon as congress fixes the tariffs and determines both the amount and the nature of the taxes to be levied, progress is certain. Development of the west will prove a most important phase of that progress when it comes. We can confidently look forward to an order bringing into use of vast reaches of now unproductive lands through the medium of government irrigation and reclamation undertakings. The land office is proving one of the busiest of the government departments, and it may be interesting to note that in oil activities of particular interest to Utah, this state is now forwarding more applications for permits to prospect for oil than any other western state. It is the policy of the department to facilitate this work as well as possible, but despite very great efforts, and although the office has materially increased the number of permits handled daily, new permits continue to pile up. They are handled as they come in for the most part, though in exceptional cases where immediate development is assured, exceptions are made to this rule. The department is desirous of seeing production accomplished, but a production which must be governed to some extent by the demand and facilities for handling oil. It may be necessary for the department to promulgate rules governing questions of production. I am out of politics, entirely, and have no knowledge of what changes if any may be made in the Salt Lake offices of register, surveyor general and receiver. There have been cases where receivers and registers have been removed, but for the most part where there were special reasons for such action. Methods. Politics is a game of give and take, remarked Mr. Wapples. Ill subscribe to the first part of your statement, said Mr. Grabcoin, who had just had an experience with I dont an alert "money digger. particularly object to giving, but I do object to the kind of back talk I have to take for not giving more. Birmingham Strong-Ar- Age-Heral- A. I. E. E. CONVENTION. The annual convention of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, came to a close in this city Friday, following a session of four days. The convention was largely attended by delegates from the four corners of the nation and one of the most interesting s on things and instructive ever electrical and staged anywhere, was held. The visitors were, for the most part, accompanied by their 'women folks and may delightful sightseeing trips were taken. Salt Lake did herself proud as a host and again established the fact in no uncertain manner, that she is the premier convention city of the midwest section. pow-wow- hydro-electric- al PRESS COMMENT. Tulsa, repenting in sack cloth and ashes for the crime committed against a portion of her people whose only offense was the color of their skin, is rebuilding the houses of the negroes rendered homeless by the fires started by mobs. Race prejudice is blamed for Tulsas disgrace, but in Europe it is white against white, and in China yellow against yellow. Here is a problem that psychologists would do well to study, for unless science can trace mob outbreaks of the Tulsa kind to some weakness, some diseased condition of the individual mind, then we must admit that we are much nearer to savagery, much closer to primeval man than we like to confess. Idaho Falls Times. More people were killed in the Unit- ed States during the past year and a half on streets and highways than by all noisy Fourth of July celebrations in the past one hundred years. Noise on the glorious forth surely reminds some people that we have a national birthday, whether they care for it or not, which is some compensation for noise and burned fingers and an occasional death by lock jaw. On the other hand the people are spending billions of money each year and stand for the killing of tens of thousands of her citizens by reckless drivers who use the roads for speedways. A rough place in a road brings forth more protest now a days than the killing of a few people. Kaysville Reflex. m d. Evened Up. Did the laundryman find those cuffs he lost last week? No, John. The shirts are no good to me without the cuffs. "Evidently he figured it that way too. This week he lost the shirts. The growing importance of the west in the politics of the nation is somewhat reflected in the election of John T. Adams of Iowa, as chairman of the Republican national committee, and Ralph Williams of Oregon as. vice chairman. The secretary is Clarence II. Miller of Minnesota, and the treasure, Fred W. Upham of Chicago. All four or these officials of the committee come from west of the population center of the United States. Logan Republican. Why is it that democracies will sit on volcanoes and only wake up when the explosion has arrived? Perhaps it wont do any good to say again that the United States of ica is sitting on a volcano full 0f trouble. But it is a fact. We think few whites have any hatred of the negro. On the hand the negro is seething with a f ing of enmity against the white Ji that is daily becoming more J (Ir bitter it is fanned and fanned by propaga of the worst sort propaganda tered broadcast by some of the edutt ed and more intelligent of their race,, ; Duchesne Record. The producer of the raw mateit raised the price of his products, factories raised the price of the nap? factured article, the workman his w'ages, all prices were increased meet the increased cost of operatic and about this time the circle completed back to the producer, fr he made another raise and the was started over. This process rt continued .until the card house off n flated prices had reached its peak. in fifty Instead of coming down fromt rickety structure to a safe foundatfe: everyone tried to cling to the top t tl shove his neighbor off first. The boring man says: "I cant reduce: wages until the cost of living J The producer says: Icr cut my prices until wages come do To relieve the situation, Old I Economic Law stepped in and kid' 1 the bottom out of the card house let the structure of inflated prices if rwep wages down in a heap, and th1 byjth about the way things stand todav.fMn. The wise ones are getting up (oThc have already shaken the dust of Mrs. themselves and are starting aheai- Swtli a new basis with a sound founds Apost Teton Peak Chronicle. 3 cr gaa- i1 ; . table BONUS INVESTIGATION. !"Pd fe Senator Boles Penrose of PeiE 8?011 vania, chairman of the Finance JSf6 mittee, has appointed a subcomn;ffjj to Investigate the subject of soldirl, Senator Porter J. M e Cumte. le North Dakota will direct the tof and associated with him will b V ators Howard Sutherland of We' ginia, and Walsh of Massachtfj4. The subcommittee will concern selves particularly with probable M )p to the government of the varIou! gestions that have been made ing the form the bonus should The actual need of such Qscar will also be ascertained. Rigby G A TIMELY HINT. A restaurant in Butler, Mrs. Mo., d:'heriius his sign: wife here and Dont divorce your ho cant cook. or a pet. Eat Life. at her AT THE OPERA. Willy "I wonder if ' l A larg dailies, fella slcepttyg ess is as dangerous as they sa;ated in You ought toopij8 Nilly (dryly) mve had It at the opera all Pfesid -- Musical Courier. Gillian, |