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Show U OV UTAH CITY ' LltfHmu I . ? ' . '.7 l - t n-- i VOL. 8, NO. 34 .. ft " v tatrsman v SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AUGUST 27, 1927 81.40 A YEAR Attempt To Wash Political iSkirts In Ecclesiastical Waters SUIT CHARGES Republican Uncle Accused of Aiding In Putting It Over PRICE FIXING MILK TRUST' DISTRIBUTERS' ASSOCIATION UN. DER FIRE IN ACTION FILED IN THE DISTRICT COURT. Accused of Fixing Prices Paid Pro ducer and Those to be Exacted From the Consuming Public. MEMBERS 07 SOUTH COTTONWOOD WARD ALLEGE BISHOP MISREPRESENTED FACTS AND MISLED PEOPLE IN MATTER. Allegations that the Salt Lake Alik Distributers' Association Is a "milk trust formed and operated In violation of the state laws, to fix prices paid producers and to fix prices to be exacted from the consuming public, are contained In the answer to a suit recently filed In the third district court. The original action was filed by tbe Distributers association against the Holland Dairy, the Buttercup Dairy and Seenbllk Dairy, independent concerns, whom the association seeks to restrain from using bottles claimed to belong exclusively to members of tbe association. In the answer of tbe defendsnts It la alleged that the real animus behind ' the suit lies In unsuccessful efforts of torch dairies association these to the Into the alleged "price fixing combine. In their answer the defendants allege: That the association is a Combine to control the price of milk paid to the Branding the vote of confidence' reported given County Commissioner Bulon II. Labrum by his South Cottonwood ward congregation as a deliberately framed-u- p attempt to afford the accused commissioner an ecclesiastical whitewash, prominent members ward and the stake are vigorously protesting the alleged imposition wrought upon these people. of-th- e According to reliable Information given The Statesman by prominent and influential members of the ward and stake, a large number of the ward folk feel that they have been made the Innocent victims of a deliberate attempt to drag putrid politics Into religious circles and wash out Labrums Many taxpayers are wondering why dirty political linen In ecclesiastical the county commission found it necwaters. essary to appoint a special county auALLEGATIONS MADE ditor to make monthly audits of the of county departments. Allegations are made by members of accounts the ward and stake that Jesse Wheel- . There are Seven reasons. The present chief deputy auditor, er, uncle of' Labrum, bishop of the South Cottonwood ward and ..proml- - whose duty It is to make Just such, audits as the new special auditor Is neat Republican politician, aided Labr btred-take- ; Irone of tberinfluentUl- rum"ln "piitfihjf soih?ffflng6Vf'-'ot- r and active members of the "Sevens. the ward congregation. He Is not an auditor, therefore not It Is alleged that "Uncle Jesse misstated the facts and misled the con- qualified to make audits. It Is declared. But, he was a prominent "Sevens" gregation present at the time the reported vote of confidence was taken. and the "Sevens" compelled the counAs result of the alleged unwarrant- ty auditor, James H. Sullivan, to aped Imposition upon the people of the point him to the chief deputyship in tiri! ward. It Is reported that a number of the office. Thus, when it became "necessary to men are up in arms, and are taking audits made of county departsteps to see that the wrong Is righted have ments. the county had to emp.oy an ANNOUNCEMENT MADE. auditor to do It. Announcement was made In the daily papers a few days ago that the congregation of Commissioner Lab rum's ward bad given him a "vote of confidence, after hearing a statement from the commissioner concerning the alleged "booze party at the Carsten-sehome which culminated in $10,0OC At a largely attended and enthusiastic of the Salt Lake county Demdamage suits being filed against tbe meeting three county commissioners by three ocratic committee and Democrats at hotel women, accusing the commissioners of large, held at the Newhouse Thursday night the Democrats of the Indecent assaults upon them. By certain persons holding high po- county gave hearty indorsement to sitions In the ward and Cottonwood The Utah Statesnuu. A motion by Orson Allen that the stake The Statesman has been given of the county committee disecretary vote the facts concerning the reported of confidence, with the request that rect a letter to each district chairman the facts be printed to set the people In the county informing him that the of the ward right In the eyes of the paper had the Indorsement of the organization and calling upon public In the matter. The facts as county him to get at least ten subscribers given us are these: That Commissioner Labrum and for the paper In his district, was unan'Uncle Jesse,' on the Sunday following imously passed. Talks on tbe various methods for exexposure of the "boose party," sought out Wm. B. Greksen, a member of the panding the circulation of the paper made by leading Democrats and stake presidency residing In Labrums were agreed that a Democratic organ of ward and told him that the whole af- all state-wid- e circulation, Is Just what the fair was a "political frameup and Democrats need and It Is up to the there was nothing to 1L Democrats to get behind The StatesLABRUM TALK8. man to make it a power for the party It is stated that in the evening LabUtah. rum addressed those members of the in ward who were present to the effect that he felt some st&vement was due them and he wanted to assure them IN that there was not a word of truth In the stories, that he had done nothing for which his conscience troubled blm and the whole thing was Just a "poliWASHINGTON, D. C. "The majortical frame-up- . of farmers have nothing to Bishop Wheeler, we are Informed, ity forthe from the tarirf, declared Dr. told the congregation present that the hope ward bishopric had, that morning, met Thomas W. Page, former chairman id with the stake presidency and gone the U. S. tariff commission, in an adbefore the Institute of Public into the matter, and the stake presi- dress - Va Affals at this dency had accorded Labrum a vote of week. "HowCharlottesville, little the tariff has done confidence. Bishop Wheeler. It Is stab ed then moved that the congregation for the farmer Is all too apparent,' do likewise bv lifting nands. It is de- Dr. Page continued, for "agriculture In a state of depression clared that Bishop Wheeler declared has continued recent years when most other the motion carried, though. It Is during claimed , only h doubtful number of Industries have enjoyed prosperity. Dr. Piige cited the fact that during th congregation voted that way. Some members of the congregation, the fiveor years from 1920 to 1925, the farm property In the United not given a chanre to register a nega- value declined more than $20,000, 000,-00tive vote, It Is claimed, began an In States while the number of farms has diqulry about the reported action of the minished stake presidency, learning that the cultivation by 77,000 and the land under by 41.000,000 acres. At the matter had not been presented at all, same time, Dr. Page pointed out, the and that no action had been taken by mortgage debt on farm properties has the presidency. by 42 per cent to "an enormThis information, substantiated by Increased total and "after the tariff the stake presidency, It Is stated, has ous (Fordney-McCumbe- r act) had been In with ward the people spread among three years, bankruptcies among the result that they are up In arms force over the alleged misrepresentation and the farmers were twice as numerous of which they were made bs in the year when the tariff was "frome-u- p enacted, Dr. Page showed. the unsuspecting victims SEVEN' REASONS FOR APPOINTING SPECIAL AUDITOR rr'-- . . producer. H TO STATESMAN VAUE TWENTY BILLION ft Ben Harries, former sheriff of Salt Lake county, who haa been doing Improvement and development work on his ranch in Wyoming for several months past, spent a few days at his home In the city here during tne week. HU Own Creation About to Dettroy Him DELAY IS NOW APPARENT POLICY OF COMMISSIONERS TOWARD SUITS CHARGING THEM WITH MISCONDUCT BILL TOOKE IS BEING URGED TO ENTER CITY RACE William S. Tooke, better known as The presence here of the former sheriff and the general talk about prospective candidates for city commissioner gave rise to considerable talk of the possibility of Inducing Ben to enter the race for city commissioner. Members of both parties who are familiar with the enviable record for rigid law enforcement made by the former sheriff, are saying that Harries would make a mighty good man for police commissioner of Salt Lake City and It Is understood that they are urging Ben to come ouL The former sheriff has not Indicated yet whether he would consider entering the me or not. is being urged by friends CONDUCT SEEKS INCONSISTENT WITH PUBLISHED "Bill, throughout the city to announce himself as a candidate for city commisDEMAND FOB IMMEDIATE TBIAL Or CASES, sioner In the coming city campaign. HADE RECENTLY And, if reports current on the streets are true, "Bill will be making a forannouncement soon. When the three damage suits were filed on August 13, charging malTooke la acclaimed as one of the JOHN CORLESS Commissioners W. U. Stenacker, R. T. Dahlquist and Rulon IL Lab-ra- most popular young business men of BACKERS ACTIVE Salt Lake City and his success in with attacking three women during a "booze party" at the n business leads his friends to believe IN HIS BEHALF home, the commisioners made vociferous demand through the that he would be a good man to have the head of one of the city departdaily papers tdr "immediate trials" to bring out the truth of the at Supporters and friends of John ments of this city. former sheriff of Salt Lake counmatter. Tooke was a candidate for the nom- ty, who haa announced himself a canination for sheriff last year and the didate for Apparently the commissioners have city commissioner In the Another thing that goes to show you shoving he made In the convention, changed their minds about wanting coming primary election, are very ac- the "Immediate trials to bring out the truth. Maybe they are not so anxious now to have the truth brought out through the medium of court trials. At any rate, It Is now 12 days since summonses In the damage suits were served upon the commissioners. Not a move has been made by the official! to "bring about an early trial of the caaea. Instead, the usual process of "delay has evidently been put into operation by them and their attorney Mr. Beck. Up to date no demurrer, motion to strike or answer has been filed in the action by tbe defense. ' This bars the plaintiffs from taking any further action until expiration of the twenty daya allowed by law to the defendants to answer the complaints. Had the commissioners really been anxious for an early hearing to "clear up the situation, they could have gone Into court with a demurrer, a motion to strike or an answer Immediately after they were served with summons. But Instead of taking steps to sieed the "bringing out of the truth. they Mans mastery of the elements still have now waited twelve days without Science can predict an eclipse of the t seems to depend to a considerable ex making a move and indications are sun years In advance, but can not tent on whether or not the elements that they propose to wait the full a blowout over the week-enagree to It. Ohio 8 Late Journal. twenty days before making any move. Brunswick (Ga.) Pilot fore-eas- v' TALKED OF FOR CITY OFFICIAL n DROP -- BEN R. HARRIES DEMOCRATS MEET AND PLEDGE AID FARMING LANDS That the association recently un-- . lawfully and In combination forced an unnecessary Imposition upon tbe consuming public by raising tbe, price of jnllkto VTMrWe defendants' hav Termed to become a party to such a comhlha-tlo- n and that the suit filed by the association grows out of refusal on the part of the defendants to become a party to the organization. Defendants conclude by charging that the plaintiffs did not go Into court with "dean hands or In good faith or for any lawful purpose. m Cars-tense- Cor-les- whatever It goes to show you Is an advertisement of the Keely Institute, which reads, ,1926 Was Our Biggest Year Since 1917. Macon Gazette. WOMEN TO HOLD CARD PARTY SEPT. 1. The Balt Lake Women's Democratic club will give a card party on Thursday, September 1st, at tne New Roberta Hotel on North Main street Reservations may be made with any member of the Social committee, named elsewhere In this piper. The price of one table Is $2.00 or individual places may be reserved, and membership cards entitle holders to one table at half price. women and their Democratic friends ezrolally those from out of L all invited to Join In the first social event of the coming within In one vote of landing the nomination, causes friends of his to believe that he would be a sure winner as a candidate In the city election. - LOT OF CROWING OVER LITTLE STILL A With the announcement early this week that a pair of Sheriff Pattens deputies had captured a still near Brighton, the first floor of the city and county building, for a period of several days, took on the aural aspect of a barnyard. To Judge from the amount of cakllng and crowing which emanated from the sheriffs office, one would have thought, from the volume of fuss, that the Rooster had laid an egg. Yet, It was merely an ordinary still of moderate size, euch as the former sheriff, Ben Harries, gathered In by the score. The fact that a Republican sheriff crows so loudly and so long over the capture of a small hooch outfit, constitutes a worth-whiltribute to the thoroughness of the work done by his Democratic e s, tive In hia behalf. It Is reported by those who are supporting the former sheriff that he is lining up strength and support among the people at large that should easily qualiry him in the primaries. Mr. Corless was three times elected sheriff of Salt Lake county thereby proving his popularity as an officer for third terms are few and far between. Data Completed by Tariff Commission Investigations Will Be 8tarted Until About October 1. No New No new Investigations will be by the United States tariff commission until about October 1. says the chairman, Thomas O. Marvin, because of the lack or a quorum. Commissioners Brossard and Dennis are in Europe on official business. Cbmm'ssioner Lowell la at his farm home In Chautauqua county, N. Y., recovering from an operation, and Commissioner Costlgan is In the west recovering from a recent Illness. or-der- w |