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Show 11 UTK! T.iaa OF CITY m 3iti vnt i XI18W12 hi? VOL. 7, NO. 1 Italht SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JANUARY 7, 1928 , $1.90 A YEAR GOV. SMITH Petty Grafting Shown By S. L. County Audit Of Roads Department FLOODED POLITICAL MAIL Movement for Him Launched in Utah Brings Great Numbers of Offers to Support Him. COUNTY MEN AND MATERIALS USED FOR PRIVATE BENEFIT OF FAVORED FEW, REPORTS ASSERTS. Use of the Salt Lake county shops as a sort of "free service MANY REQUESTS FOR FUNDS Letters Tell of Good Prospects In Far Wait, but Govamors Refusee Encouragement in- stitution for the private benefit of certain county officers, favored friends and even public and private corporations, is alleged in a report of S. M. Nichols, special departmental auditor in the office of County Auditor James 1L Sullivan. It Is alleged In tbe special auditor's report tbat this use of county men, auto and the county was not paid for county material and county time, the job, according to the report Olson which means taxpayers' money, for Is chief clerk at the shops. Other questionable Items follow: The state road commission during January, March, April and June received ninety-thre- e gallons of gasoline, nineteen quarts of on and various Dahl-QUlother materials, including nails and lumber, not billed. Sandy City during February, June and July received materials, Including bolts, chains and other hardware, not billed. Bingham City on March 21 used graaer and operator, not paid for. Several county employes worked a total of six hours for Murray City at various times during September, not paid for. State road commission received the services of various mechanics on county payroll hours County Commissioner R. T. Dahlqulst, to the amount of sixty-thre- e who has charge of the roads and during September, not paid for. bridges department; contractors, the CHANGES REPORTED. In the time cafds state road and engineering department Discrepancies having benefited by work done and show that M. McMillan worked eight materials drawn from the county hours for the county on November 29 and six hours for the Griffith company shops are disclosed in the report. Despite the faot that Mr. Dahlqulst on the same date. Mr. Nichols stated draws a monthly allowance ranging that when he returned to recheck the, from $45 to $80 for the upkeep of his figures on the time card, after exam' personal auto, shop records disclose ining Griffiths books, tbe figure6 on the bis car has been repaired frequently card had been changed from a to a 2. at the shop by county employes at no Mr. Sullivan stated that the report would be placed In the hands of the expense to the commissioner. county commission Friday, together TIME DISCREPANCIES. Regional Sctaion of 8mith for Presiem- with his recommendations that a genof In cards time Discrepancies on dent Association Scheduled eral the up tightening accounting disclosed in ployes at the shops are in use for Monday. effected. be at the system shops many Instances, some of which Mr. He will also recommend that the Sullivan said, bear marks of being or- board authorize the TWIN FALLS, Idaho. Many Demoof new dinary mistakes indicating the faultl-nes- s gasoline pumps at thepurchase from various western states, but located crat! garage of the accounting system. from Idaho, Utah and Wyat at the and also the especially county jail Following a prolonged conference It is largely because of the de- oming are expected to be In attend with County Attorney Wallace B. shops. fective mechanical condition of the ance upon the regional meeting of the Kelly, Mr. Sullivan announced that It pumps, the auditor believes that many Western States Al Smith for would be Impossible to proceed with enter In the ac- dent association which win be held criminal charges against any of the of the discrepancies here next Monday, January 9. of counting gasoline. dispersons Involved in the alleged There will be a preliminary meeting crepancies. This decision was based of the organization men at the Per-rin- e on the lack of convincing evidence. hotel on Sunday to discuss orThe record pertaining to Mr. Dahl-quismatters. On Monday there ganization shows auto that shop employes of the committee at be will meetings have worked a total of 420 hours on the the hotel during day at which all the commissioners can at various Al Smith Democrats will be welcome. times during the year. At one time No program for thla meeting tbe car was in the shops for nearly National Guard Chiefs Pay Annual baa formal but addresses on been prepared was a two weeks while paint job New Year Visit to Executive. being to Smith Demomatters Interest of, done. Cost of the labor alone amountbe discusses. will crats ed to $309.57, for which the county has Following a New Years custom of The Twin Falls County Jefferson received nothing, according to the several years, Governor George H. club will hold a banquet on the evenDern and Mrs. Dern received the offireport. ing of the 9th at which all delegate! to cers of the Utah national guard at the ALLOWANCE GIVEN. Smith conference will be guests. Records in the auditor's office re- their residence Monday noon. More Addresses are to be made by Samuel of than called the guard officers veal Mr. Dahlqulst is allowed upkeep fifty A. King of Utah, Joseph C. OMafor his auto during the summer at the at the governors home in a body to honey of Wyoming, W. II. Maloney of rate of 9 cents per mile, averaging pay their respects to the chief execu- Montana. I. H. Masters of Pocatello. about $75 or $80 a month. During the tive and leading lady of Utah. There W. Orr Chapman will be toastmaster winter months, when road work they were served with refreshments at the banquet. ceases, the upkeep allowance is grant- and Lieutenant Clarence J. Hawkins ed on the straight basis of $45 per played piano selections. Several of the leading officers were accompanied month. On one occasion, the auditors re- by their wives. The delegation of officers was led port rhows, J. L. Griffith company, road building contractors, used a by Adjutant General W. G. Williams, steam roller and a man to operate it Colonel E. LeRoy Bourne of the 145th Nev. Sounding out TONOPAH, for forty-fiv- e days on a paving job field artillery and Colonel Hamilton of leaders In Nevada sentiment party Gardner Fourteentn of 222nd. In Included South and the the near Thirteenth holding a Democratic banquet East streets. Examination of the con- group of national guard officers were towards January 19, has been starttractor's books revealed he was billed two officers of the regular army. Ma- in Reno on R. ed by II. Cooke, and within the for $208, which he told Mr. Sullivan jor Fred A. Prince, inspector-instructo- r to the guard here, and Captain J. next week or ao Mr. Cooke says he and Mr. Nichols he considered a bill expects to announce definite plans for for just the time of the machine driv- Moe Weese. Custom of receiving national guard the meeting. er J. L. Robinson, for thirty-fiv- e dayr. It will be a Jackson Day manquet, and expressed the belief that he would officers by governors was adopted by to present plans. receive a bill from the roads and the states from the plan of presidents according and others have been Cooke Mr, use of to receive the for the officers and at navy army bridges department or more seeking a cana month busy was done the White House. The officers of the machine shortly. The work George Russell for last June and. according to the aud- Utah organisation met at the chief ex- didate to oppose next November and the itors compilation, coat $675, which ecutive's home a few minutes before state treasurer 12 oclock and entered the residence Democratic chairman said he had sevGriffith was to pay the county. eral potential candidates In mind to a body. in MATERIALS RECEIVED. discuss at the proposed manquet. During September and October Par- theFrom the home of Governor Dern The fact that the legislature will be officers of to home the proceeded obtained rott Brothers, contractors, sevin session at that time will various materials from the county Adjutant General Williams, where an eral Democrats to Reno, bring while the ofinformal was held. The reception shops. Including thirty gallons of gasof the state bar association on oline and five quarts of oil, which have ficers then posdd for a photograph and meeting 20 will also attract Democranever been paid for as yet, according went from the home of General Wil- January liams to the residence of Major F. A. tic lawyers from other pans of the to the report . Prince. There followed another re- stale. obPickering Construction company Mr. Cooke la favorable to the cantained some gears from the same ception, after which the group dis- didacy of Governor Smith of New sources on .May 20 and failed to pay persed. The personnel of the visiting officers Tork for president while the secretary for them up to the time the auditor of state central committee, D. J. Fitzwas as follows: checked the records, Mr. Nichols gerald, la apparently opposed to Smith Colonel Adjutant General Williams, stated. busy for several weeks B. LeRoy Bourne, Colonel Hamilton and haa been On July 26 four men were engaged the Democrats of southern Nea total of twenty-twhours, accord- Gardner, Lieutenant Colonel Elmer telling vada to Bend an unlnatructed delegaing to the shop time cards. In repair- Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel Grant tion to the next convention. Possibly A. Lieutenant Colonel Carl ing a driveway for Dr. Ingllshbee, Young, ran be brought into line for whom the auditor assumes to be Dr. Badger, Lieutenant Colonel J. Ray Fitzgerald the Jackson Day banquet, It Smith St Ward, Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Y. A. L. I nglesby, a Bingham dentist. A total of ninety-sihours' work Clawson, Major Fred A. Prince and has been Intimated. Gazette. done on the auto of L. E. Barnett, Captain J. Moe Weese of the United shop superintendent, for which the States army; Majors Charles R. Fitzhas never been reimbursed, was also gerald, Andrew J. Bowman, John F. discovered by Mr. Nichols. According Sharp, Irwin Clawson; Captains N. II. to Mr. Sullivan, the work in Darnetta Savage, Ferdinand Erickson, 11. S. rase may be free of criticism, due to Jennings, Lloyd II. Durfln, J. L. New-eJ. W. West. W. F. Weller, W. J. the fart that Itarnett draws no car allowance from the county and that an Lyons, Harry S. Hatch, George W. ('. L. Countryman, former postmasunderstanding exists that Ills car will Latimer, I,. A. Bowne, Wayne F. Car-BiIt. C. Pixton. Erick Streeck, J. ter at Bingham and prominent in civic be maintained during the time It is G. MrColloni, A. V. Scon berg, li. Ar- and political affairs of this (own. hss used on county business. Two other instances of work hav- nold Itlcli, It. K. Van Dam; Lieuten- been appointed town clerk of Bingham ing been done on autos which the au- ants T. M. Argle, Clarence J. Haw- by the new board of city olficials ditor failed completely to Identify the kins, Frank lago Stewart, Joseph E. which took office Monday. owners or, because of the lark of com- Richards, Sidney P. Jackson, Herbert Mr. Countryman managed the camplete records, were disclosed. On Austin, Claude L. Curtis, Junior Evans, paign In which the new mayor and of the mining June 1 three and a half hours' work Sumner P. Tuns, C A. Nelson, Srott new commissioners was done on a Suldbekaer and on June A. Duhlqulat, G. Y. Williamson, Jo- town were elected last fall and his 25 eight hours' work was dime on a seph Soelberg, John Grldley, E. T. services were promptly recognized by O'Brien, Donald O. Rich, It. N. Slaugh- his appointment to probably the most Hudson auto. During April and May four hours' ter. James P. Wheat, Comer E. Smith important post within the gift' of (he work was done on Berkeley Olson's and Preston Thutcher. board. The Democratic conference held at Ogden, Utah, In September which marked the inception of a movement in favor of Governor Smltjjjftwttmwyon' for president la bearing fruit in a mail of such dimensions as to prove somewhat embarrassing to Governor Smith. So large haa the political mail bag of the governor become that ita contents can uo longet be hauuied at the executive chamber in Albany, It Is being sent unopened to friends of the governor in this city, who for weeks have spent the major part of their time acknowledging or answering communications with a bearing on 1928 which have come to the govejmor from other private benefits has extended through the period from January 1, 1927, to November 80, 1927, under the administration of R T. Dahlqulst, commissioner of roads and bridges, Ana, the report alleges that Commissioner has been a material beneficiary under this system, operated at the expense of the taxpayer. The auditor's report, it is learned, has been laid before the county attorney, but Mr. Kelly Is reported as announcing that there. Is not sufficient evidence to warrant any proceeding on his part as prosecuting officer of the county.' Instances of Individuals, Including . st Many Democrats Are Expected At Twin Falls Meet t's BY OFFICERS CALL ON GOVERNOR DEMOCRATS TO MEET IN RENO o x y, s, Countryman Given Town Clerk Place By Bingham Board states. in keeping with Governor Smith's liollcy of holding aloof from any organized attempt to boom him for the presidential nomination hla friends are merely extending their thanks for ofrers of support and assistance that most of these letters contain. At the same time they are emphasizing the fact that Governor Smith in no sense Is a candidate for the presidential nomination. Nothing haa been done, however, to discourage the errorta of volunteer workers who are pledging their help to his cause. Agricultural Situation Is Demanding Attention NONE GET ENCOURAGEMENT. Even the organisation of lntermoun-tal- n Democrats, which formed the association at Ogden conference, Is receiving no official recognition with the exception of acknowledgment in letters signed by a friend of Governor Smith for the sentiments towar dtlie governor sent by ,'reMed Jn communication! Smlth-for-Preslde- STATISTICS SHOW MORE THAN 100,000 FARMS FORECLOSED UPON IN FIVE YEARS. wff ifftaiSSnfftota jSrw!rt- - ern Smith movement. Many letters, It is learned, alter By P. M. Abbott painting a glowing picture of the outlook in this or that state, contain reWhen IlelL and Maria Dawes, who never overlooked a quests for financial aid toward orflcal chfcken coop' Inins" entire" life, "openly espouses, as lie KaS, the ganization work In the governor's Incause of the farmers of the United States, then something must be terest. These letters are viewed in local Democratic circles as radically wrong with that great industry. a tremendous pressure on Tamof Lorimer When this many from Democrats in other states and hia defunct Chicago bank, who for campaign funds If Governor Smith la nominated. Some Tammany leaders now aspires to become chief execuare said to be somewhat worried over tive of this nation, crawls into bed with Smith W. Brookhurt of Iowa then the prospect, for Tammany Is not likethe great Republican party ly to have much surplus money next of the section of year, with a mayoralty fight due in 1929. All such demands, it is learned, the United States, is wavering and in are turned down witn a blunt statedanger. ment that no money will be supplied When the great old state of Iowa, from New York for political activities which haa never thought In any terms in other states. since the Civil war, except In the In all the far western states which terms of the prices of corn and Repubwere Invited to send representatives lican party loyalty, elects one Demoto the Ogden conference, prospects are crat to the United States senate, and good, according to the correspondence starts another one on Ills way, somereceived with the possible exception thing is wrong with corn, and the Reof Oregon and Washington, where the publican party bunk department has work of building organisations for ceased to properly function In that Governor Smith has proceeded somestate. what more slowly than had been Lets take a look a( what's the matanticipated. ter. The Governor's friends In that terThe agricultural Industry of the ritory believe that If the Democrats United States, is its largest and prenominate Governor Smith, Montana, dominating industry. It not only fur New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada nishes the food supply of the nation, will be found in the Democratic but contains within Itself 60 per cent column on election day while Utah, of the entire buying power of the UnitColorado, Wyoming and ed States, while the earning power of possibly California may be won back from the remaining 40 per rent la indirectly the Republicans through good orsubjected. In part, to ita ability to consume and purchase, and upon its conganization work and Intensive tinuous and permanent prosperity as a CONFERENCE IN whole, rests the happiness and conMOUNTAIN 8TATE8. tentment of the 115,000,000 people of Smith supporters in the the nation. states will hold regional MANY FORECLOSURES. conferences at Twin Falls, Idaho, for Rehoard of of the Federal governors Recent statistics compiled by the and Idaho, on Jan. 8, with 1)811,1 system, not by proxy 1 Nevada if reliable, that ?,me government indicate, others to be held later In the month over 100,000 farms In the United States he perBon f. agriculturalist, but at Butte, Mont., Albuqerque, N. M. an actual dirt who by farmer, knows, and Denver, Col. have been foreclased upon during the The at meeting and understands the prob- Butte will be held on past five years, their former owners appreciates, letJan. 16 driven from the land oy bankruptcy lems of farming and live stock grow- ters recieved by Governor and Smiths and poverty, and many thousands of ing. friends assert that COO prominent That the mof present syste legislaothers are only retaining their resito the trans- Democrats have accepted invitations. dency upon their lands by reason of tive favoritism in giving The Butte conference, it was said, of the nation, the would portation companies the leniency of their creditors. see the inception of organizaHundreds of agricultural banks light and authority to tax the ship- tion of Smith clubs throughout Monand of the ping public consuming throughout the middle and western United tana. such Slates with rates and states have closed their doors since In Utah, where opposition to Gov1920, and complete and final ruin rears charges for their services so aa to en- ernor Smith developed while the Ogable them to pay an Interest rfte on Its head in the great bread producing den Conference was in progress, a section of the United States, unless the aggregate or accumulative and not meeting of Democratic leaders was the of Investment value their propersome relief la forthcoming immediateheld at Salt Lake City on Doc. 2 at is Is and in ty. wrong their ruining ly to remedy existing conditions. which twenty out of twenty-onwho It is estimated that deflation in 192ft d us try. and that these public carriers kvernr and, and 1921, cost the American fanner should, while being operated for meeting was railed by Ho lost $18,0i.'0.0(i0.-00- vate and Individual profit, be placed Delbert M. Draper, Democratic State $32,000,000,000. on same as the basis the agricultural Chairman, who is a Smith man. The In land values. He lost another $14,000,000,00 on the crops of those industry and be subject to the same conference voted to raise $5000 for two years. He has been made the economic laws. the crop bulletin .department the coining campaign. goat" ever since by politicians, and of That federal In Arizona a the government, only funche Is not merely complaining at tills club was formed at a meeting at I lie interest of In tions unstaple prices time, he is fighting mad as he should for the benefit of the boards of trade Phoenix on December 18, with Justice be. Samuel II White of the supreme court The farmers and live stock growers and grain margin speculators, and to as president.--NeYork Times. of the United States romplsin, and tho detriment of the stability of the on prices products. agricultural rightfully so, of the unfairness and That due to the unfavorable trade discrimination practiced against him Francisco Bids by and on the part of the Federal Re- balances of foreign countries with Ihc United SI.'lies since the late war, serve bank system. for fall in exchnnge rates of sueh They complain of the high, ami and the countries when in measured foreign rightfully so. prohihilary and A formal step SAX FRANCISCO costs of transportation and the terms of the dollar, exports of toward bringing the Democratic nation to these foreign products shipping. Of the lark of encouragement, aid. countries have shrunken and fallen al convetilion here next summer was and on the part of lmili off and the American fanner is now taken today when the San Franrisco of supervisors appropriated $50, state and federal governments in their burdened with surplusses, which by board 00ft to go into the convention fund, wish and rndeavor to establish ade- reason of the law of supply aud dehad previously murk' ting facilities mand which wo Ad wide regulates the laical Democrats quate prices of ids production, gives oppor- pledged a fund of If$250,000 to the nafor their products. tional rommlttee San Francisco la Of the ever mounting costs of Tarm chosen. on 8) lagc no (Continued have over which operation they stand-by-vot- e bread-producin- g cam-painin- g. inter-mountai- n i i rr e 0 Smlth-for-Preslde- w San Strong - Democrats |