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Show puiin mm l MEN ARE SUBPOENAED Government Begins Its Proceedings Proceed-ings Here in Famous Merger Suit. The government, has begun business in earnest in its prosecution of the so-called so-called ITarriman merger and the alleged al-leged discrimination in rates between the river and Salt Lake City and the Pacific coast. By this statement is meant the fact that subpoenas Thursday Thurs-day were served upon W. H. Bancroft vice president aud general manager of the Oregon Short Line; .1. A. Iteoyes, general freight agent of the same line; L. E. Burlev, general passenger agent of tho Oregon Short Lino; S. V. JJor-rah, JJor-rah, assistant general freight agont of the Denver & Kio Grande and general freight, agent of the Western Pacific; C. II. GriUin, agent of the Colorado and Utah freight bureau and tho others whoso names could not bo learned. Tho subpoenas were signed bv .ludson C. Clements of Washington, b. C. one of the members of the commission, and who will probably preside at the investigation in-vestigation here. In substance the subpoena says: "You are hereb3 required to appear before the interstate commerce com mission as a witness on the part of the complainant in tho 'proceedings entitled en-titled the Commercial club trafuc bureau bu-reau of Salt. Lake City against the Atchison, Topeka it Santa Fc .Railway company . and others at the United States court rooms, Salt Lake City, September 22. 1909. nt 10 o'clock in tho forenoon, and bring with you. and then and there produce, copies of the classified stateiuenls issued by the Utah freight bureau of tonnage to and from Utah points, oast and west bound for lhe vears ending December :U, 100b', 1907,' 100S; and also copies of statements state-ments issued by the Colorado-Utah freight burenu of tonnage or revenue or freight, available between Utah and Colorado points for the years ending December 31. 19015, 1907 and 190S.;' . The sessions of the interstate commerce com-merce commission begin here September Septem-ber 22, nnd promise lo be of absorbing interest. |