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Show V- - f'rtl. 8 THE OGDEN POST Merchants Are' Engineers Discuss Judge Scores Use the Careless, Leaving of Police as Bad Form of Government Stores Unlocked Check Collectors (Continued From Page One.) Director-Manag- During the past month Sergeant George Phillip of the police department reports having found the front doors of 19 business house unlocked. In Rome cases the officer have found the merchant keys in the door. When the officers find door left unlocked they immediately s'irround the building and then go rnutiously through the building looking for burglar. If everything i found to be all right, the owner or manager i called out of bed to come down and lock hi store. The police state that the average number of door found unlocked through the carelessness or forgetfulness of the merchant or employes is about twenty a month. Merchants have also been requested upon many occasions to leave a small light burning at the rear of their stores which would light up the interior, and if found not burning the patrolmen would know immediately that something wa wrong in the store, and an investigation could be made. If the merchant would a little bit with the police in these matters it would be to their advantage. Taylor Building Co. Moves to New Home On Washington Ave. Taylor Building company will be in new office. 2436 Washington avenue, today. The office were those formerly usd by Felix Moore as an art shop. The Taylor company ha remodeled and renovated and furnished the offices into the most modern office in the city. H. B. Taylor, the president of the comnnny, i ably assisted by Robert H. Ilummell, of the building department and the new Taylor Made home. Paul E. Nelson la in charge of the real estate department During the past six year the Taylor Building company has built over 200 home, apartment and stores in Ogdon, an outlay of (2,000,000. During the coming year the company has made arrangements to build 05 homes end one apartment house of 12 apartment. all in the southeast bench district, to cost about (250,000. Several of the house will be on the north-sid- e street between of Twenty-eigHarrison and Tyler avenue. Construction will start at once. In speaking of the plans of the company in building homes. Manager Ilummell said that the company will build a home for anyone according to their own plana, if they own the lot. The house can then be paid for upon the easy payment plan, which is like paying a very reasonable rent. This plan gives any wage earner an opportunity to acquire his own home, built as he wants it, in a short time without capital. The company, also has a general real estate department handling all kinds of city property, farm and ranches in Utah and nearby states. it That the merchants of the city are using the police and sheriff departments merely to force collection upon had cheek passers, was the charge made by Judge John A, Hendricks in the City court Tuesday morning, when he passed sentence upon It. E. Jessup, 20 years of age, of !xgan, one of the two young men who gave fictitious checks to Ogden merchants last week. County Attorney Parley Norseth told the court that the local merchant who has cashed one of the defendants checks had told Jessup, then in that he would rot presecute the case if he paid the amount of the checks. Judge Hendricks said: The merchants seem to be in the habit of using the court for a collection agency. They swear out warrants and then refuse to prosecute if the defendant pays the amount of the check, In so doing, they encourage such acts. A person passing a fictitious check without being apprehended is the gainer. If, on the other hand, he s caught he pays the amount and this a taken as an excuse by the merchant to fail to prosecute. As a result the bad chock man loses nothing." Jessup told the court that O. G. Gibbons was instigator of the plan of passing bad checks and Gibbons had not been caught. The court gave Jessup a 30 day suspended sentence on the grounds that he reimburse the city for the expense of returning him to Ogden from Logan. 1m-ga- n, Ogden Youth Dies Suddenly Following Game at Gymnasium sales-manag- er ht Ka-r- an Discovery been dlscnvcivd that an Atchison wniiinn talks constantly because she was vaccinated with a phonograph needle. Atchison Globe. It hn er form. Only three cities which had this type of government, by charter, have abandoned it by vote of the people: Akron, Ohio; Walt Mass., and Iawton, Okla. Thirty-si- x cities have given it up where that form was through ordinance of the city council. ft is important to realize the difference between government by charter and that by ordinance passed by the city council or commission. The former, through adoption by vote of the people, receives the stamp of definite approval and is therefore more permanent. The ordinance form may originate in advance of public sentiment and therefore red ceive support. A new council, elected on an entirely differcity-manag- er city-manag- er half-hearte- ent issue, may immediately do away with the manager form without consulting the people. The ordinance form may have been introduced, in bad faith, by a group entered, out of sympathy with the scheme, with the purpose of forestalling a charter enactment and of discrediting the idea before vote is taken. It is often difficult. to attract able men to consider the position of manager and hazard their career because of a presumed short tenure of office. These conditions make the ordinance form less desirable and account for the higher governmortality in the ment baaed on ordinance, aa previously mentioned. The city manager of Berkeley, CaliIf the fornia, is quoted as saying: people want a political government, they do not want the manager plan. Thia question of politics is not an issue in Ogden, however, because the present state law prohibits party politics in municipal elections. The law proposed by Senator J. S. Lewis calls for the election of five directors at large, one of whom shall be mayor. They appoint the city manager. Some objectors desire election by wards. This suggestion has been opposed because of the claim that this would be a reversion to political influences. In a small city, elections at large should furnish adequate representation. The charter of Rochester, a city of 316,786 population, provides for nine coundlmen; five are to be elected at large and four are chosen from four large districts of approximately equal population. Some citizens ask why the city manager is not elected. He must be completely the servant of the council, which can dismiss him at its pleasure. Experience has shown that the people do not always carefully inquire into the technical qualifications of an administrative officer. The board of directors is in a better position to interview candidates, and inquire into their qualifications. Election of the manager would make him independent city-manag- er Ralph Compton Malan, 16 years of son of G. II. and Leltie Compton Malan, died at the Dee hospital at 10:40 oclock Thursday evening from what was called an aggravated diabetic condition, following play at basketball with the students of the Central Junior high school, of which he was a member. The boy entered the gymnasium at 6:00 o'clock and played basketball for a short time. lie then went to his locker and was taken sick. His father and Dr. Henry W. Nelson were summoned and the boy was removed to the hospital, where he died about four hours later. Dr. Nelson found evidence that Ralph had diabetes, a condition unknown to the boys parents. Ralph was horn in Ogden, Deccm-e- r 22, 1910.. Besides his parents he s survived by a brother and sister. The brother, Kenneth, is on a mission Dutch Navy's Rich Prize in England for the L. D. S. church. The funeral was held Sunday afterIn the bay of Matanzaa, Cuba, In noon at 2 oclock in the Twelfth ward 162S. the Dutch naval forces under meeting house. Bishop David J. Wil- Admiral l'leter Deterae Ileljn rap son presided. tun'd the Spanish silver fleet with Its treasure, wlilrh Is snld to have been valued at 12,000.000 gulden. Warship Needed Mascot The lnrt lurk that attended the Vegetables Longest Lived United States battleship Texas was The vegetable kingdom has the call to liy old the fact Hint she bad no mnaeot Geese on long lives over the animal kinghave a had reputation with dom. The boabab tree attains an age rb niHMi-o- t sailors. Ar.il moat seamen believe that of 4,000 or 5.000 years, while some if a eat falla overheard and la drowned of the longest lived animals reach the vessel la doomed. only a hundred years. ;e, of the board. This would immediately introduce a division of authority. Not being elected, the manager would he less inclined to consider political Experience has shown expediency. that he is accessible to all classes of citizen and has the authority to render prompt decisions. The proposed law allows (300 per year for each of the directors, with (1000 additional to the mayor for use in connection with hia official duties. The low salary is not attractive to unsuccessful business men. With the administrative duties delegated to the manager, the field for choice of director is indefinitely widened so that a better class of men may be elected. The small salary presupposes that the business man elected to the board may continue in his private practice and simply devote his spare time to his legislative duties, as in any large corporation. A small board of directors is capable of quick action. It retains the of short ballot in elections, ftrinciple is large enough so that each members whims and prejudices are submerged into a combined judgment that is a very essential thing in city matters, and large powers can safely be given such a body.-Thbill requires the board to appoint the auditor, recorder, treasurer and attorney. All other department he4s and employes are appointed by the manager, subject to civil service. In some cities even the four officials above mentioned are included among the managers appointees on the ground that, with nis fixed responsibility, he should have complete authority. With thia control over the personnel of the various departments, the manager is able to correlate the work and make transfers to meet the peaks of activity occurring in each department. The employes look to one man for instructions. Some students of the law in past years have feared that the manager would become a dictator. It is more true of a strong mayor, who would be subject to recall only, whereas the city manager is subject to dismissal at any time by the board of directors. The National Municipal League of New York makes this statement: Political scientists without exception consider it manager type the best form, and the college political science courses teach it aa accepted doctrine. Many labor organizations have also championed the cause. W. G. Lee, national president. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, says: "I have personally investigated how the city manager plan has worked out in Day-toI have asked railroad men about it. I dont see how any workingman can oppose. the plan after investigatI see nothing undemoing it cratic in having the city manager selected by the commissioners. A city manager doesnt rule anybody. He doesnt pass any laws. He doesnt determine any public policies. Im for the plan because it makes possible the elimination of politics from public business, and that means better government and lower taxes. Mr. Lee helped the campaign for the plan in Cleveland. City managers have created a new profession. Trained men are available. Since 1914 they have held annual conventions. e n. life is a sermon AHRAIIAM LINCOLNS To bring to the use of our on world our knowledge and facilities in the spirit of kind usefulness is our aim. MALAN MORTUARY iWMfiJfiFU N ER.AL HOMEw-7-i A LADY ASSISTANT ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE! FLOUR COMPANY BUYS THE ALBERS MILL AND SITE (Continued From Page One.) in 1902 its model, but small mill at Kalispell, Montana. The mill is at present operating at a daily capacity of 400 barrels. In 1908 the company started the Rocky Mountain Elevator Browning company, who owned :he property. He said the Brownings md the chamber of commerce comrrn:: were persistent in the efforts to attract the company to Ogden and the company agreed that Ogden was- the proper location from many - SSI SPRING Co., which now covers practically all of the great hard wheat producing COATS- section of northern Montana with its large line of country elevators. The Royal Milling Co. plana to install in its newly acquired Ogden modern property a strictly flour mill of approximately 1000 barrels daily capacity. It is hoped that Rex Flour will soon become so well and favorably known in Utah, Idaho and tributary territory that the doubling of this capacity will be justified. In national business centers it is a well known fact that the company is well financed and amply able to go forward just as rapidly as business warrants. The officers of the Royal Milling company are: James F. Bell, president; J. W. and manaSherwood, D. ger; John Crosby, D. Davis, treasurer; J. J. Boehrer, sec- Fur Trimmed up-to-d- ate and - Plain vice-preside- nt vice-preside- retary. r machinery and equipment for the old Albers mill at Twenty-Nint- h and Pacific avenue, acquired by the Royal Milling company, is to Ogden from Minneapolis, according to J. H. Sherwood, who left Wednesday for Great Falls, Montana. He said his company will use all possible haste to have new machinery installed in the plant by July 1. The structure, which was built for a flour mill, will need very little remodeling for the installation of the equipment. Before leaving the city Mr. Sherwood said that much of the credit for the securing of the industry for Ogden is due to Marriner and John BrownConclusion Summarizing, the advocates of the ing, who represented the J. M ft M. S. plan claim the following advantages: 1. Use of the short ballot few Furniture - Stoves - Ranges names appearing on the ballot, which Musical Instruments results in greater interest on the part of the voter, and in less reliance on Adding Machines ready-mad- e tickets prepared for him. Cash Registers 2. Unification of powers all authority vested in the board of directTRADING OUR SPECIALTY ors, with no veto by the mayor. 3. Separation of legislative and adPrice Always Right ministrative responsibilities; correcting this imperfection in the commission form. For counsel, many minds Ogden are needed; for execution, a single dihead is Co. recting required as exemplified in the board of education, with 2276 Wash. 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