Show TOWN OF MURRAY EMERGES 11 y FROM Kill KILTS SINIO INTO TROUSERS Progressive ive Citizens of the Suburb Decide by Good Majority to Incorporate Je as a City M J Officers Are Elected Efforts of the Smelter Trust Are Defeated People Celebrate Victory t tt t t f j RESULT OF OP ELECTION NAT AT MURRAY 4 For Incorporation i isa 94 91 4 Against A sa In st incorporation I t Ion f r 1 f Majority for incorporation 00 u 59 4 Mayor L Miller Millery 4 y Recorder s M 11 A 4 Treasurer C Orson Sanders 4 Councilmen James Jam s Gilbert William Wililam McCleery Reynolds Cahoon Heber H ber 4 Sanders A E White Justice ot of the Peace John P f Marshal Michael Mauss Maus 4 t 1 NL O I I 11 A y r F ro L Ii of Murray 4 1 I EMERGED from a it nondescript n n e crl existence t ti Into t tle dl itY w MU O Despite th attempts at n lr trust the he citizens of the JV pr sper community a few miles puth of s SilL Salt t J e d Ye tep y t incorporate as asa n a city The proposition to ta incorporate won on by a maj majority of votes At the hour of f going to press Murray was still stin celebrating this big step stepin in the march of f progress Bonfires SS blazed In the e streets ts Joyous st storekeepers keeper rushed out to ta empty their stock of kerosene upon ui on the flames and send them shooting higher toward the sky sk Bombs and cannon can on trackers tr were i fired gun gunpowder gunpowder powder being burned freely In every available way The shouts of hundreds of hilariously h happy citizens and the tooting of tin Un horns added to the din The principal fight was made on oa the question of o becoming a city This ims v was as fought faught bitterly by the smelter trust whose new plant Is the center of the principal industry Im of the town The citizens desirous of af having better police and end fire protection pr te Uan a municipal l individuality and public improvements were spurred to SToat greater r efforts The result shows that even ev in the Sixtieth election district where the smelter Influence was strongest the tb of the Amer American American Amerlean ican lean Smelting Refining company exercised their rights independently Even this district was carried by a good majority S Two of the three election districts went overwhelmingly for incorporation In the third which is the election electron district dIstrCt in the southern par part of o the new city thirty votes were cast Two To were marked on the incorporation incorporation ration question and were opposed ds is due to the fact that 4 the district is almost entirely settled by farmers who had no use for lor a city t L government The race for far mayor ma ar between Joseph H Stratton Stratum and Chillion L Miller was wasso wasso wasso so close that the he official count may show a reversal revers lOf of the apparent result On the face of f the returns last night Mr Millet Miller wa elected by a plurality of three votes Whichever way the election goes goe there is no likelihood of a con can contest contest test of ot the election as the feeling between the two Candidates candidate Is of the friend friendliest friendliest liest best and neither is especially ambitious for the Office The same friendly spirit prevailed between all the candidates on an the two principal tickets the NonPartisan and the Citizens The fight was not nat over the office but over the question of incorporation The result shows that the offices are re evenly eveni divided between the two tickets each electing five The NonPartisan which was first in the field was successful as to treasurer two councilmen justice and marshal Of the Citizens ticket the mayor recorder and three councilmen were elected Orson Sanders candidate for city treasurer on the NonPartisan ticket had the largest plurality The popularity pop of Deij Deputy Sheriff Michael Mauss was shown by his plurality which was f next to that of Mr Sanders The celebration last night did not nat satisfy the th residents re of ot the new city of Murray and arrangements will be made today t day for ta a mass meeting with r trimmings to honor the occasion appropriately ana ah give further vent to the enthusiasm SMELTER TRUST TOOK ACTIVE PART IN r I ELECTION HELD AT MURRAY YESTERDAY The result of ot the election In Murray Murra A cst rd Is shOwn wn in detail In the fol fal following fallowing following lowing table taNe i Dist Diet Dist Tot 59 60 61 For Incorporation 91 00 A t Incorporation 63 HI 28 II IIA Mayor Joseph H Stratton 74 4 C L Miller 47 lit 4 I IH 3 H W V Brown 19 6 4 23 Recorder Re I Char Brown 91 4 M lI A 49 68 1 Treasurer I Orson Sanders 10 26 2 Arthur Towns Townsend end 23 ICO 1 Councilmen Coun James Gilbert IS 00 10 3 William McCleery 98 OS s H W Brown 30 10 it il i 5 S SJohn I John W V Lawson Su SG s 11 4 Villiam William At Atwood wood CS OS at Ot 5 i 1 F It r H Beatty BeaU 4 42 IBS l 81 1 06 I Reynolds RenoldS 53 3 I Heber Sanders 94 91 Iii S Emil Erickson 50 iO 0 7 2791 69 Arthur E White Whito 56 2 3 John Berger o oC 5 2 3 1 11 10 C F Durand 5 29 2 u City Justice John P SS 5 5 harles haries Holm Hoim 38 S IS 15 S V 13 H Beatty ty 2 17 3 3 23 4 Marshal rs Michael lIchac Mauss 10 9 Joseph Smith 36 5 15 1 1 Early in inthe the day the smelter officials were active Superintendent Daniel Dani l Fielding Avas wa especially conspicuous He watched wat the polling place of the Sixtieth election eJection e district Taking raking up his hisS stand at the corner of the alley leading to the polling place he stopped of the smelter on their way to the polls and told them to vote against ag incorporation ln With a sample ballot in his hand he be instructed them themas as to how hw ho they were expected to cast their votes and in many m ny instances he followed them into the polling place and watched them until they had voted Sean was paid to section of ot the he li revised statutes of Utah Ut h which raids as follows Influencing Vote of It shall be unlawful for any corporation or any officer or agent of any an corpora corporation corporation tion to influence eor or attempt to influence by b force violence or restraint r or r by Inflicting or threatening to inflict any Injury damage harm or loss or by discharging from employment or pro promoting moUng In i U employment or by intimidation Intimidation tion or OI otherwise ise In any manner what whatever whatever whatever ever to induce or compel any Continued on page 2 I URAY Y EMERGES KI l INTO TROUSERS I t tr r t i 4 d from Page 1 to vote or refrain from voting at any election lection provided by law or to vote voter or r refrain retrain from voting for any particular lar ar person jor or persons measure or orm measures m at any such election Any such uch corporation or any officer oc or gent agent agen of such corporation violating any of t the t e provisions pr visions of this section s shall shalle be e deemed d guilty of a misdemeanor and nd be subject to the penalty herin after f ter provided and in addition thereto any ny corporation or violating vo tl ting g this t is section sec Ion shall hall forfeit ns charter and right fo foo business o in Ia this state Electioneering Regulations Regul Another section of the revised stat statutes statutes utes tes which was neglected was No which says among other things No person erson shall do any electioneering on election lection day within any polling place placer pl e eor or r In any public street or room or in any public manner within feet of any polling place During the afternoon Mr Fielding was called down rather sharply for forIs his Is methods An of the smelt smelter er r came the polling place to cast hIs ils vote and nd before he could get inside the he superintendent stopped him ook here Mr Fielding is quoted quo ed edby by y bystanders as saying to the em ur I want you to vote against In Incorporation incorporation corporation Understand Arthur Townsend nominee on the Citizens ticket U ket for city treasurer was standing landing near and he remonstrated I 5 il III jI i 4 t T I ii 1 1 T Ti 1 i 4 Joseph H B Stratton Defeated Candi Candidate Candidate date for Mayor of Murray urray strongly with Mr lIr Fielding for using such methods The attempt to Influence influence influence ence this vote stopped there but the superintendent did not cease his ac ae activity He kept up his electioneering although somewhat more guardedly until the polls closed H R H Chambers one of the foremen was the th smelter representative sta stationed stationed at the district poll poli poling polling pollIng ing ng place to hail hall and instruct them as to how they were expected to vole Other work of like nature it was said was done about the plant itself Circular to th Voters To counteract this work on the part p rt of the smelter ter trust the friends of In Incorporation incorporation corporation got out a circular Ing to voters td tO t maintain their thel inde lade independence independence The circular was widely distributed said Vote for incorporation which means meana No increase of taxes No increase of ot living No increase of rents iB B Be Americans Be iti ens Dont a heartless trust control your con cob conscience conscience science Vote as you please As a freeman Vote yes on Incorporation It means protection to your homes light on the streets clean sidewalks less l ss insurance rates a water system fire protection in short a a clean and arid better town to live in without a cent of cost to you The license revenue pays for all this Under chapter 17 revised statutes statute 1898 section 11 governing towns t and cities of the third class the council is authorized to levy a tax provided provid I that all taxes for such purposes in any anyone anyone anyone one year shall not exceed of 1 per percent p percent r cent on the assessed bf t f the property etc unless unIes t of ot the electors voting at a Special election called for that purpose shall shan vote a larger per cent but in no case shall said tax exceed nor electors shall be allowed to levy more than of 1 per percent percent percent cent etc If the council levied a tax taxat taxat taxat at all It would be next to nothing 25 cents FIVE CENTS only on That would be a terrible ca calamity calamity calamity lamity it But the candi candidates candidates candidates dates are pledged to levy no tax at all aU allIn allin In any case Dont be bluffed by the theother theother theother other side Both sides were active with carriages getting voters to the polls pons and before the afternoon had melted into evening It was an unusually heavy vote would w be cast The first fil surprise of the day came when Henry VV VT Brown posted notices s sat at the polling places and at the post postoffice I office announcing his withdrawal as a candidate for councilman on the Non Partisan ticket The placard at the postoffice making this announcement ent was wa draped with crape by som soni so e joker l ker SUps Slips w re promptly placed at all alt the thep polling p places Jaces asking as i citizens to vote ote f r Charles C alles F Durand in ID place of Mr Brown Th n came eam a surprise 5 Dris loft fr Brown Br wn Was red to tob be working for him himself himself self for mayor maior He was Tas a candidate date b ore th the primary which nominated Joseph Jos Ph H Stratton on op the NonPartisan san Sa and came near winning Dis Disappointed Disappointed appointed pointed result he decided de to torun torun toun run un as an independent and to seek the I Iotes votes otes of those t os who were opposed to toi incorporation i ion He lie spent the day about the polling places asking all l those who were opposed to incorporation to vote for tor him for mayor In incase case the incorporation incorporation incorporation ration plan should carry There are three t lection districts alto altogether gether geth r or In part within the limits of ot the proposed d city Iy ty of Murray the Sixtieth and The polling place for the dis district district was the Murray ward war meeting meetinghouse meetinghouse meetinghouse house The organ was being repaired during the afternoon and later when it was waa finished it was played for some sometime sometime sometime time and voters were treated to the novel experience of going up to cast their ballots to the tune lune of Nearer My God to Thee and other sacred music The largest registration was vas in the Sixtieth district and the voting was done in the courthouse The both the NonPar NonPartisan NonPartisan and the Citizens tickets worked in harmony for incorporation Good feeling eling f prevailed gong among IrP I g the candidates t s What t W we v wani wa most st Is a v and Ind police PF protection p t U n tHey declared If e get w we will willbe willbe willbe be contented cont net up matter who W Q are chosen for tor the city c I |