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Show CITIZEN THE years, each is hard of hearing and I feel that a change will be for the better. Soon there will be a civil service examination when men will be placed upon the eligibility list. Applicants for various positions will be given serious consideration before permanent appointments are made. While no changes in other branches of the department are contemplated at this time, some may be made if we feel that conditions warrant them. That Lieut. Clayton will succeed Beckstead. is the one thing that seems certain. It has been pointed out repeatedly that during Claytons command of the detective bureau last summer for a period of 30 days, he inauguerated and put into effect some new ideas, more work was done and cases were followed up more thoroughly than they had been before in a long time. This is acknowledged by Chief Burbidge. ft! The weekly schools now being conducted by the department are doing much good to develop real material for executive positions, in the opinion of the chief, and only those who show aptitude, earnestness and a desire to advance, will be considered. Find Tax Sentiment The theatres of the State are putting forth much effort to ascertain the public sentiment for or against Senate Bill no. 129, which has been introduced by Senator Marsden, designated to impose a tax on amusement and theatre admissions. The theatres have combined in asking those who disapprove of the tax to sign protest statements which it is planned to present to the Senate while in session. The theatre men claim that special taxes imposed upon such articles as gasoline are used to im en-mas- se I met one of our very prominent mining men on the street the other afternoon and he looked all fagged out, and during the course of a very 5 prove the industry from which the tax is exacted but that a tax on theatre admissions could in no manner assist in promoting the enterprises that they are collected from and as such is unfair to such industries and enterprises. In Salt Lake alone, without returns from outside points, some fifteen thousand protests were gathered in just two days and the number is increasing hourly as the patrons of amusements realize the importance of expressing their opinions. Stock Market Nonsense Thousands of ordinary human beings, who have been bitten by the Wall-Stre- et bug during the recent period of speculative fever, will sympathize with H. I. Phillips the popular author, who gives an account of his stock-mark- et experiences in the March American get-rich-qu- ick Magazine. Im human and gullible, writes Mr. PhillI like to believe there is a Santa Claus. ips. Stories of quick riches made in Wall Street by outsiders, fascinate me. Until very recently I yearned to get a thousand shares of some stock that would leap 300 points and not keep me waiting. All my neighbors have done it if theyre not boasting. I know an office boy who insists k he made a killing in airplane stocks and a who has confided to me that he was lucky in coppers. Both still have frayed cuffs and runover heels, but they talk prosperously. It was my boast for years that I would never fall for the lure of the stock market. I gambling, with the regarded it as emphasis on the out. But at last I weakened. I played the stock market entirely by ear. boot-blac- out-and-o- ut I have been the answer to the tipsters prayer. The only consolation I have left is the thought that there must be fifty million others like me. But Im through. Ive gone back to working for a living. Im not saying there isnt money to be made in the stock market. Theres a lot of it there, including mine. Jay Walkers Beware THEBE properly regulate, the bad habit of jay walking in Salt Lake City. Regulation would seem, at present, to be the alternative since repeated warnings (official and otherwise) and railings and by sundry journals apparently have failed to impress the citizenry with the seriousness (not to say slovenliness) of this habit of meandering across the business streets at just any old place. Of course, Salt Lakes blocks are long and it takes quite a few moments to walk to the intersections, if one happens to be in the center of the block and wishes to cross the street, but with the congestion of present-da-y traffic in mind, it would not seem to be to apply the old adage about it being better to be safe than sorry. Added to this consideration, of course, is the minor one of the looks of which, after all, fun-poki- isnt so minor when Bain-berger- Mc-iiftb- sh : ed it, it is remembered that, as a modem and growing city, Salt Lake should wish to make a good impression, not only upon strangers, but upon its own people. Its good advertising for the inhabitants of a city to ap- pear and act thoroughly distressingly many pearance of J. O. Elton of the International. Many other mines now in the making .Standard; of Jesse Knight and the are bound to develop a new crop of 'McIntyres; of Walter Fitch at Chief mining men to take places in the jCon. mining world on a par with our presI recall ah incident told to me in ent day ones who so ably succeeded mines which would about double the connection with Mr. Fitcli that I their predecessors. amount of taxes now paid by minWhat a pity it would be for our ing companies, and he volunteered cannot refrain from retelling, as it the statement that the passing of shows his whole hearted interest in state if perchance legislation would such a bill might tend to curtail and mining. A certain group of Eastern be enacted that would cause the possibly stop any further develop-me- n capitalists desired a report covering cessation of development of promisa property in Utah and wired to ing properties and in turn retard the of new mines in the state. their representative here to ascertain development of these younger minMy first thought, after this stateif Mr. Fitch would report for them. ing men. ment, was not concerning the mining Mind you I am not arguing the Upon being advised that he would companies or the amount of the tax do wired stated so a they again pros and cons of any legislation; but solely of the men who had deserhis would amount for others more capable will do that; pay they veloped our mines and who in turn Mr. submitted to this I am only thinking of the future being had been developed by the mines vices; his answered services that he results on the development of our Fitch, they developed. could not be had for that or any younger men. Isnt there some way Utah Copper, the seventh wonder other amount, but that he would ar- that this can be avoided? collie world, greater in engineering Some years ago, I think it was range a report to be made covering Panama the than accomplishment method the the property and while the last legislature was in sesproper Canal, has been responsible for the of to sion, a very prominent newspaper operation, without any fee success of men like Col. Jackling, himself Yes of any kind whatsoever. man, just returned from a trip cast the late Bob Gemmel, Louis Cates, he was right in his report, for the told me that in trying to interest Doug Moffatt, Chief Goodrich and property made good and is still going Eastern capital in some Utah enipany others. Utah Apex for the late strong. terprise, he was told by the EastVal Bo we and for Joe Norden, the erners that they were afraid of obGeorge Lambournc and his assoU. S. Mine for Downey Muir and and drastic legislation. noxious Ed Hamilton, Bingham Mines for ciates labored for many, many years But, he responded, there hasnt Imer Pett, Josh Billings, John at Park City before their propertiess, been any. No, came the prompt became productive. So did the Bergli. Ernest and Clarence, and answer, but they arc always threat- Then consider some of the earlier also. The Kearns, the cning it, tt father their Col. Wall, o'i;f at Bingham. and the Keiths and their asI wonder if all the old time and others and a host of long Judges desociates had no path of roses in present day mine developers would since passed away. have accomplished much under these At Eureka and Tiritic I cannot veloping their properties. Of late years the North Lily has conditions? It seems to me that it recall the real old timers of whom to tax there were many, but think of the clearly shown the qualifications of will lie plenty of time to add short conversation I learned that he had been to the Capitol to attend a legislative hearing on a proposed bill to increase the net proceed tax on ng far-fetch- TO Maim Atoorotl: TOwm Outstanding pioneering of E. J. Rad-det- z and his associates in Tintic ought to be some way to cure, or at jay-walke- sleep-walker- rs wide-awa- ke and so to have the ap- s. burdens of mines, when the doodle bug geologists can point accurately to the exact spots in the innards of the hills, where that there gold is located. Then millions and millions of dollars now spent in prospecting and development by mining companies will gladly, I am sure, be paid, or a portion of it at least for taxes. I earnestly hope that no legislation will be enacted that will in any degree retard the development of the mines or more important still of tt men. ii Why dont the mining companies of Utah publish a monthly paper, call it, say, the Utah Mining Journal, make it the official organ of all mining companies, who are admitted to membership, give to the people of the State and the entire country an exact picture from month to month of the mining industry of Utah; the part it plays in the development of the state; the amount of taxes paid; and other information valuable to the public. Dont wait and publish it every three years as is done now by compulsion: do it regularly and accurately and above all officially, every month. It will do much good. More than one young couple has reduced the family budget to two items, the cost of running the car being the first, and other expenses, the second. Boston Transcript . Congress, in 1820, formed the Committee on Agriculture. first |