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Show DESERET founded 1S50 WEDNESDAY igiJ E BEMR EUFCTRI C Hearing. ROUBLES and PCOKB of Individual corporation are today appearing before the countyroard of equalization ln to orders to show cans whjr not be placed upon ftentroe should assessments in ex- for roll tax U,, County of those madeby James E-- lynch. The ques-toinvolved Is largely that of Intangible' asset value or the axatlon of goodwill. Several tteduettons. Mr. la making the J919 assessment Tch did not place any intangible rolls, met assessment upon the taxassesssad consequently a number of over those redaction ments showed a 'or lil. when some of the interested Parties paid the taxes under protest. and individuals Thd corporations morn-u- r nosering before the board this follows: HeberJ.Orant were as Auerbach A Co., iioylan t- Company, H. y0x, Auerbach estate, William E. A. tclntyre. Samuel H. McTntyre, and A Woodruff Vail Brown, Terry Bamberger. The cases of a majority of these, the board took liner advisement. J. E. Bamberger was willing that . g oame should be placed on the roll 100,000 as It was or an additional year since he admitted that he The assessment of ad the property. tuerbach A Company was left unhanged in view of the fact that the ones is carrying a smaller stock than The assessment of the i 1918. jown. Terry A Woodruff company so was allowed to stand. Heber J. Grant A Company that the company had a t axil value, but took the stand that should not be required to pay taxes n this good will value if other in the county doing a slml-- r business and possessing a similar pod will are not taxed. An assessed ilue of $29,600 for good will was year left off the assessed value ' this company by the county assea-- r. and It is the question of putting is back on the rolls that the board ok under advisement. As-tem-or B ed ad-itt- : na -i Case. A number of other companies were n fore the board this afternoon, D,s-.ssto- of the Utah-Idah- o Sugar comease has been set for tomorrow, is the largest single case, involv-- c 10,600.000. on which the county pan re r was restrained from collect-- s ity h s taxes last tiirt. year through order of 'oloradoans Regale Salt Lakers With Full Deck of Songs Colorado Rotarians are glad they fped Salt take land the convention, owirg they were to have a great e here they came ln full force. Two Imaa cars filled with them came the convention. They came for a rd time and they are having it. th a comet and an accord ean lead-thethey have brought a card k fall of so fit's to tell about It. They knew Salt Take, knew what ty would find here and came pre-reThe Pueblo song book con-th- e following song which has a given in more than one serenade: 'HomegoinTownto get em Back to r theyve seen Salt Lake, w ya goin' to get em away 'from Main Street 2in' around and Painting the town. r goin to get away from here after Rotary. Salt take girls Have got the m d. ooks and style how the deuce can we resist their smiles. ya goin to get em Back to Home Town r they've seen Salt Lake. Pueblo club has 100 members their delegation haa LLmembere The women In the give a representation hereparty equal to club membership. imminent in the party are one of the own-- f the Franklin Press, which op- the Utah Lith company of Salt Dr. J. J. Patte. Harvey Klee, wlf and two daughters, rt and Ereckenriilge two daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Presl-Fehribn- Mr.-Robe- of the novelties brought to the Is the bar of pig Iron. GC,J 'hr paper weights at the ado Fuel nd jron company's at Pueblo. ? rkular weekly meeting of the tiotarjr club was not uee the members were on passed there to a convention. The meeting In the Pullman route and , , i? y ,falk by President Schribner no delegation Into the finest kind f'enilon humor. or to leavlr- - for Salt Lake the P entertained the Rotar- President Poole special when it reach" For tire day they were Oqebio, hosts. With automobiles the special train lana were whizzed over the canvon tour of 108 miles iorado'a best road. Taking a inch -- "e each member of the the vi- - . were taken te Canon Creek, Victor and At Colorado Springs was Ha at th d famous , hotel. f t -to Pueblo the visitor urnlng fam-uanto- m Colo-bprln- ga ' w :Y. Boyhood to Build Man- Bor Scoot frefk, June Mb to 14th. i 18 19l9 SALT JUNE LAKE k- -'t - CITY UTAH propose SEVENTIETH YEAR es In of a municipal TWO Stabilize World Following War k f ho Ln Big International Campaign to AV Replies to Charges Made to Qijwtlon of Intangible sion by Patrons of Service eU Considered by CounPublic Utilities - Commis- ty Equalizers at 'Special Ttah-Ida- Invest hood, TEFT IK j - Ohio Delegation Cheers Up Orphan Homes With Band Concert The Ohio delegation spread good cheer in Salt Lake Tuesday afternoon. Three hundred of them accompanied by their band and a number of vocal soloists visited all of the orphanage osylumns inJSalLXake. Neverdo the Same thing twice is the motto of the Clevelanders according to Frederick J. Gillespie, who, heads their publicity campaign for the text convention. Each year the Cleveland delegation has some new method of making the world a better place in which to live. If it is not an old (oiks' home serenade it is some other kind of hojne cheer. ' Furthering Us campaign to land the 1920 convention for Cleveland the Ohio delegation will entertain 200 prominent Rotarians, both visitors and Salt Lakers, Thursday evening at a banquet in the main dining room of the Utah hotel. A four-piec- e Jazz orchestra will furnish music as will a number of vocal soloists. The big featurclot the musical program will be the appearance of Harry McDonald who Is noted as the Great Lakes Naval station band drum major and baritone Other soloist who will apsoloist. pear are Mrs. Frank J. Hemler and Mr. Norman Atkinson. i were taken, to the Minnequa Country club wharO' a regular Fprty-Miner- s' party wasj staged for them. All that an affair was brought gdes with forth. roulette wheels, faro bank, Indians, oldtime miners who wrote a big hart of the mining history of the west. an obliThe Pueblo delerate -- nh gation to boost this convention and doing It all the time. they have b In doing their boosting they have had one of the. glorious times of their Uvea . T . elec- tric plant are disclosed ln some detail in the reply of the Beaver City plant1 to , the complaint a against Its service, presented by score or more business men and other anresidents of the municipality. The utilities the public swer was filed witji commission of Utah by D. I. Frazer, city mayor, and Russell E. Parsons, conattorney, who declare that they sider an investigation of the matter by the commission unnecessary, but that if the commission cares to make one, they would welcome such inquiry. They further insist that if the Beaver conplant is to be required to furnish tinuous service, it will have to Increase its rates. Say Not Operated for Gain. The city officials admit that their service is not perfect, but they deny strenuously that their plant is being operated with the sole aim of financial to the con gain instead of with an eye venience of its patrons, as was alleged in the petition. In fact the officials deny that it Is operated for a gain at all, and contend that the patrons of the plant are the real gainers in service, at the expense of the city. The answer admits having powet purdays" and denies that power is posely shut off without notice on any of those days The answer then goes on to explain that on May 0. which was a "power day," aif insubordinate employee did cut off the power, without notice to the petitioner, and that it was unable to resume the power service that day. The city admits, also, that it has some troubles in the winter time, and that at times the patrons may have to use candles or other lighting 'meant early in the evening. The city officials blame this in part on the ice flow in the river from which the city plant derives its power, and says that last winter, also, the Beaver River Power coma plant pany, with upstream, water appropriated wrongfully" belonging to the city plant, and thereby interrupted the service. The city claims It did all that it could when it started legal proceedings to compel) the Beaver River company to desist. The- answer also uses the "argument urn and homlnem." For example, it goes on to show that Samuel O. White, Jr., the first signed of the petition, is not a resident or a taxpayer of Beaver, but that "Juice is furnished to him outside the city limits for his convenience. It alleges that J. H. Pollock, another signer, is not a resident or a taxpayer; that Neilson A Son, who operate a garage, now repudiate the signature, saying it was given by the son and not by the proprietor of the firfn; that the Consolidated Wagon A Machine company is not a user of power from the municipal system; that the Weekly press does not use to exceed SO cents a month, and that it does its printing elsewhere after persuading the municipal plant to extend its lines ln order that the paper might operate a linotype In Beaver. The linotype was operated for only a short time, says the answer. Some Not Mentioned. Further the answer alleged that Ir. E. B. Fairbanks, is, according to its information and belief, an "itinerant doctor," who had not been in Beaver City a week when he signed the petition, and who therefore could not have had any remarkable grievance. The answer does not mention several of the other individual signers, such as the banka the J. F. Tolton store, the barber shop and other business houses, but it does assert that the signers represent only about 20 per cent of the monthly bills of the municipal plant. WE Three Southern Beauties Enter As V audevillians - ON FOREIGN ,j Nominations Are to be Made Paper by At Conclusion: of Thursday Morning Session in Tabernacle. Director Pan-Americ- an or more speakers this morning at the third session of the International Rotary convention emphasized the fac that under the existing unusual world conditions, a maximum amount of service to mankind must be given by believers in the principles of Rotary Th dispeech of the Hon. John Barrett, rector general of the Union, and chajrman of the International Association of Rotary club committee on foreign extension, was probably the most important, read by Secretary Chesley R. Perry. International secretary. Mr. Barrett nas unable to be preaent, but had sent on his greetings and address to the convention officials Not in the least undiminished ln enthusiasm after yesterday's strenuous program the Rotarians at the session greeted each speaker with round after round of applause. The program opened with an organ recital ln the tabernacle by Rotanan Edein Barnes of Battle Creek. Mich The opening prayer at the session was offered by Bishop William Hall Moreland of Sacramento. California. Mr. Barretts message was as follows: "The discussion of a great theme before this great convention is my responsibility. Though I shall do it briefly. I would that I were more competent As I obey the mandate of those who shaped this program to plead the cause of Rotary as an International Influence, I invite your practical but sympathetic interest. Sincerely conscious of my own shortcomings in endeavoring to master fully such a big issue, vital to the very basic fabric of Rotary, I rejoice with you that we have sound advisers and able leaders In whom we can repose complete confidence. Where I fall, they will be strong. "First, I shall be reminiscent and sentimental possibly very sentimental for sentiment must underlie practice where a mighty cause Is at stake "I love Rotary. You lot e Rotary. Otherwise w i are disloyal to Rotarv and have no right to foregather here in extraordinary conference. Such love prompts and Inspires what I shall humbly submit to you today. Such love, ln turn, should prompt and inspire you to lend kind ear to my simple suggestions, and then, in your superior wisdom, improve upon them. This love of ours for Rotary as a mighty organization of society, should correspond to a mans love for his EVEN m. Organ recital by Tracy T. Cannon, asistanf organist of the - tabernacle. : 30 Call to order and opening prayer by the Rev. A. H. Denoon, Lethbridge, Alta, Canada. :3S Report of credentials committee by Joseph A. Patrick of Salt Lake, chairman. 1:40 Report of registration committee by Charles Tyng of Salt chairman. Lake, 45 Report of committee on employment of soldiers and sailors by W. A. Brady of New York, -- - - chairman. John Barre t, General and Union, Consideration of resolutions offered by the board of directors and by committees of the association not given a special place on the program. 11 a. m. "A Father's Responsibility to His Son, by Dr. Charles E. Barker of Grand Rapids. Mich. 11 :40 Miscellaneous business. 12 noon Nomination of officers. 10 a. m. v4V - s'' 12:30 Recess. 2 p. m. Report ? tC-; - 4'- --- tf-Kar-- - ' ;; .45. of resolutions - - f ' disbe will resolutions zi:: committee; 'A; , , cussed and acted upon as presented by Robert Stone of Topeka, chairRotarlan vaudevillians will tread the boards at the Salt Lake Theatre man. t Thursday evening as part of the big ,nt. Ad 3 p. m. Report of committee on to - turn. work among boys by John Dolph or more big time vaudeville acts already -- - - -. Prominent among the acta whici sill appear is the Hulu Girl act of Washington, D. C.. chairman. 3 'IS Discussion and action on furnished by the Shawnee, Oklahoma, oelegation. Three southern beauties report and resolutions offered by annear ln this act. the committee. and during th afternoon .the international convention, 1917, i risque stones be told, no rum shall ! Trip to Bingham and the Utah Copchairman international convention, be used and the highest regard shall per company's mines. committee which planned and direct- be shown all women. Paying a beau ' 2.30 Wild west show provided ed the eighth annual convention of tiful tribute to womanhood he said: by the Ogden Rotary club, assistInternational 1918, "What fellow does not wish you Rotary clubs, ed by the Indians from the Fort delegate to the Kansas City Interna- could go to your mothers knee as fins Hall, Idaho, reservation through tional Rotary convention, where he a fellow as when you left it." Rum is the courtesy of the Idaho Rotar was elected vice president of the In- not tolerated at Rotanan affairs, he clubs. Association of Rotary clubs said, because there never was a time ternational 9 p. m. Rotary vaudeville. Salt which position he now occupies. that it was a stimulant equal to the Lake theatre. Talent will be suphigh ideals of cleanliness for which Michigan Campaign. plied by vtsitig Rotary clubs. stands. While the Atlanta delegation Is Rotary Politics are barred from Rotary, he claimlng as certain the election of said, not because of a lack of patrt Indication today is that Mr. Adams to the presidency of otlsm but because Rotary puts country & Adams, Tic president ternational Rotary the Michigan dele- - above party. Rotary la an irganixa- EVERT International Rotary D BYggws "(De'trlt! . wotogetb1' PePh t0 T V'4 'J1 club, the Atlanta. Ga Interna-- 1 Michigan, will carry off the office. 'I aid; , tional Rotary presidential nominee, i The Michigan delegates have comei(sj mak ij tha to 10 strong gam j and William D. Bigger, of Detroit, to llvB. t.her things the Presidency place 'better men. It is(desires'" will be leading candidates at the a practical Bigger. tary convention election on Friday. The nominations for office will be u before sp'ec.'fie Yn or- to?'! lht Pye s 1fotaryh ff Chritiahn'ity ' ee-that made at the conclusion of the Thurs- ifienl InHe Is a work affair ot men- we may grasp this point of or' n ,h tirae pest view. day morning session In th taberna- the "My to have the mother and your mothers, opportune advantage International organization during others cle did not have so thajthey may , in our active lives, are the most r won- The withdrawal of B. F. Harris of which tenure of office he visited ts grow up with higher ideal derful. most sympathetic and the the It puts wide clubs has which a him given from the presidenabove seif and finds its most helpful Influences we have ever Champaign, III., with Rotary memoers community tial race was decided upon this morn- acquaintance in the motto of the club, "lie known during our formative years a keen knowledge of Rotary reward most who serves best" and even later in our days of advancing after a conference between the and It waa he who originated the profits Adams campaign committee and the work. ed maturity. Our Rotary is the most divided and the United States plan campaign committee of the Twelfth and Canada into wonderful, the most sympathetic and Redistricts. Rotary was Mr. district which authorized by the most helpful organization of m-- n cently he was unanimously elected to which we have ever belonged. For Hams to make the announcement. Since the Twelfth district, which president of the Detroit Rotary club. me is mother the my only woman, if I Among thoee most prominently embraces Illinois, carries with it the may be that personal to bring home vote of the Chicago club, the parent mentioned for vice president of the 1 my horn have argument.. International are John Napier Dyer and always loved; my Rotary deeply Rotary organization,' it is believed of Is the Vincennes, Indiana, who brought that support will go to Mr. Adams only club, among manv, to which I In a conference with the Twelfth the convention to its feet cheering at a have similar devotion. given district campaign committee Mr. Har- the conclusion of his speech at yesterSwayed by sentiment, let me enris proposed his withdrawal because day morning's convention session mot this large upon, he spoke on "What Rotary of the short time h has been ln Ro- when to example, good advice, unflagging inmeans the man. average avsry beHs day terest to the desire in the welfare of her son. and tary. expressed come mors acquainted with Rotary James Finlay of Chattanooga. Tenn., Eastern Rotarians who came to the her noble, almost perfect. Christian R. Perkins of Sioux City, la., have been his guiding and character through committee work, believing h Jacob would be of more value to Rotary in and Estes Snedecor of Portland, Jore., west for real frontier thrills are going supporting influence, whether he has In are race vice also the for president to have(them in plenty at the Wild been serving the government and that way. peoMr. Harris is president of the Illiof on Speech Brings Candidacy. America the plateaus of the West show to be staged Thursday at ple nois bank of Champaign and has been in the When John Napier Dyer, governor the State Fair grounds by the Ogden Himalayas, valleys of the Amazon. In the gay capital of Europe or president of both the National Bank- of the Eleventh and president club. Frontier talent such as in our own beautiful ers and Illinois Bankers' associations. of the Vincennes.district Rotary club Washington or Rotary The campaign committee of the concluded hi speechInd., on "What Rotary broncho busters, lariat throwers, and most hospitable Salt Lake City Mr. district is which' Adams Eighth Owes Membership to Poole. means to the average man of affairs'' j will be shown campaign committee Is composed of he was Immediately booked for the "bulldopging" expertsa t0 the lBitor, and demonstration a I owe my membership In Rotary to Loo is D. Hicks, chairman, Lee M. vice great and good man. I owe it to a presidency. Jordan, vice chairman and Willis M. The dream of Rotary, he said, "is will be made that the wild west movies noble friend and leader whom you Timmons. no means ot the and I profoundly esteem. I. owe it exaggerations an- to be international, to bring Into thejre by This committee following th to our international frontier life, nouncement of Mr. Harris' withdraw affairs of all classes and creeds president, our of! Dow Young has charge of the show. John Poole of Washington. the world Again I owe wbS initiation Into my the real mean-lin- g InLUsde5o.COGar of otEI to cannon be beat Rotary, j into my cau9 plow: of its It is believed certain that the hog tying record holder; ' inspiring principles appreciation and splendid pothe New Orleans delegates will sup- shares and swords into pruni. I Paso, of Chamnk Carter a to tentialities our Cheyenne, He told of the first meeting enport Mr. Adams who is from ihe hooks. . r,nchS busier - and adept at thusiastic and able secretary. Chesley south and with the added support between fanners and city people ln his XIul" R. Still .ot owe I Perry. an in effort to develop a ?arrlt again my actual from the parent organization of Chi- community trlck of the real stuff that r?Per; realization cago which is anticipated by the better community spirit. The first Pablo Martinez and Roy makes Rotary, of the kind of men It Adams committee, hi election is ex--c 1 attracts, to my association with those pected. f.ne fellows who constitute the memthz Mr. Adams' Record. of theWashington Rotary club, ?7ee!U bership Mr. Adams' record In Rotary is as of th international directorate, and tor together lso follows; 1913, charter member of the be ln the ,how 2J5 horses, one of the international committee on forAtlanta club and delegate to the Buf- a wholesome betterment of community buffalo, a score or so of the army eign extension, of which It Is my un- falo International convention; 1914, affairs. and a genuine deserving honor to be chairman j brand bucking mules, ta t0 rtn1 he of time, stage coach. I had not enjoyed the privilege of This old coach once president .of Atlanta Rotary club, s.1 be must h it founded said, chairman of the real estate aectloa plied between Salt Lake and Butte, the being a Rotariaa more than a week Ilf Internatioof and Christ. Christeachings and delegate to the Houston driver being an old stage coach oper- before X catee to the conclusion that nal-convention; 1915, chairman tianlty must be it dominating force. Jator who often had skirmished to save1 it had. in Its principles and practice. International credentials committee No better comment can be made of the mail from the Red Skins something that was (he best possible and delegate to the San Francisco In- anyone, he said, than was said about Preliminary to the Rodeo, there will j Influence for Washington, Salt Lake ternational convention where he was Him, '"He went about doing good." be a parade at 1 p. m. through, the. City and awr other representative The ideals and Ideas of Rotary business district; wild Indian war town r city of the United States elected sergeant at arms; 191. chairman of the are fixed and definite, he said. Canada and (Meat Britain, acf that, whoops, cow boy pranks, bucking committee and sergeant-at-arm- s and mustangs and a wild west if this were Cleanliness must dominate the life , u shou- ix at the Cincinnati International con' of Rotarians, he said. A fixed rale at stunt or.two in be featured the will, venUon where Atlanta was awarded all Rotary meetings he said, la that no Un of march. (Continued on page Six.) , j- - V fVniiam Ro-Jm- o" nt i Rotarians Will See Real Wfld West Show " ofwt1r.dhti;Y,Srn,P- j g" broad-minde- J j B'T'oT, , ' ; cay-use- w d, $ That Maintepmce Work Has Not Been, Done. OR the second time since it started making monthly reports to the publfc utilities commission of Utah, more than a year ago, the Utah Light & Traction company has an increase in the number of passengers carried, as compared with the corresponding period a year ago to report. The report, signed by H. F. Dicke, general manager, shows that the company ln May, 1919 carried 2,788.535 revenue passengers, which was 9,314 more than we carried during the corresponding period of May 2 to June I, Inclusive, 1918. Of the ssengers 1,218,117 or 43.6 per cent of the total paid cash, while 1,474,812 traveled on four cent tickets and 97,606 on the school tickets. Gross Revenue, and Expense. Gross revenues for the month were 152,692 16, an increase of 12,310.05 over the revenues for May, 1918, and of 824,233 61 over the revenues for May, 1917. Operating expenses were $107,712 08 in 1919, which was an increase of only 83,338 80 over May, 1918 and 6.730 96 over May, 1917. The net revenue, exclusive of depreciation, derived by the company from its operations, in May, 1919, therefore was 44.980 08, which was an increase of 9,071.25 over Sfay 1918 and of 17.502 55 over Mav, 1917. Mr. Dick makes this comment "With respect to the tncrease In net from operation. I want to say for your Information that we have not as yet for this year increased our maintenance gangs for the purpose of doing the usual amount of maintenance work during the summer season. For example, repairs to pacing show the following comparative expenditures for May. 1919. and M ij, 1918 1,161.-4- 0 this year, as compared IS Jat ) ear, or a decrea-- e of F Chairman Extension Committee Read. Thursday Events For Rotarians 9- IDE IS In Report, However, Manager Dicke Points Out ' n i 4 V' ! 1. rt i; h 7.894.78 In ma.rtenance of equipment expenses, Mr. Dicke notes a decrease for the month of May in the two years from 9.694 07 in I'M 8 to 8 418.65 in 1919, a difference of 1 275 52 "On at count of the adoption of the skip-sto- p system, together with some curtailment of service,the letter reads, "a saving ln cot of power was also effected from 14 043 65 In 1918 to 813 256.05 ln 1919. a decrease of Ut t - f 4 8785 60 "Without going Into further details, you can readily see that If the same amount of maintenance work had been done during this year as last, there would not have been any increase m net 'earnings, but on the other hand a decrease "It is altogether needless for me to say to you. I know, that maintenance work deferred does not mean having done your dutj, but it means only deferring the day of reckoning. Soldier Tells of Events on Night Of Briggs Murder Preliminary hearing ln th case of the State of Utah against Thomas J. and Maude Linker and William H Brooks, charged with murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Joseph Briggs, who was killed on west Second South street Jan. 12 last, was resumed this morning before City Judge William Reger. a James F. Malvay. a returned soldier, was the principal witness examined at the morning session. He testified that on the night of Jan. 12 he took a young woman hom fronr ths" theatre and that when he was returning from her home on west Second South about midnight he saw two men near the corner of Second South and Fifth West approach another man. He said that he heard a shot fired and saw two men running, but could not identify them. He told of later finding the body of Joseph Briggs. M Alva v was still on the stand when court adjourned for the noon recess Charlie Pa'ten, a negro, was recalled to Identify an overcoat which he said looked like the one worn by the defendant Brooks last winter. Riley M. Beckstead. a deputy sheriff, testified that he had obtained the coat from a woman whom Brooks had introduced as his wife. Tells of First Arrest. L. "L. Larson, a member of the police- qepartmynt. testified in regard to the arrest of Linker and Brooks the day following the nurder of Briggs, and also of the subsequent arrest of Mrs. Linker. The three were later released by the police Larson testified that Linker and Brooks made statements at the police station regarding their whereabouts the night of Jan. 12. It appeared that tooth had been in the Independent cafe, according to the officer. He said that Brooks said that he had gone from the cafe to his room shortly before midnight and had gone to bed. ' Linker, the officer said, told the storv that he had Kon p from the cafe to his ' room. i Dr. C. J. Neilson, assistant county phvsictan. described the wound which caused the death of Briggs. The surgeon examined th body at a local undertaking establishment the day folP lowing the tragedy. 9 ! y r hi-1- ! |