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Show J? 21 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY. MORNING, .OCTOBER -- -a- 19, 1922. Convention Program of Superintendents o. Wattls, Group of officere elected by ths Utah Federation of Womens Clubs yesterday. Left to rlght--t; Mra Lsvl Edgar Young, Bait Lake, vice president; Mra. O. J. Enklng, Salt taka, auditor; Mrs. O, W. Ogden, Dailey, Salt stats Mrs. Lake, organizer j Joseph F. Morrill, Salt Lake, historian; Miss Eva ErO, Ogden, eorrsspending secretary. Inset, . Mra Thomas Fouts of Pries, second vies president. , , , , i - V' . Mr pros-Idsn- The annual convention of superin- Tfl jliEET TODfty W. . m t Cioing Sesicm. of Convention at University -- f x Devoted to Advance V ' vy' Education. A r yiy.f'l.'-.. LI''' r Entertained in Evening at Annual Ban- quet; Return Home Today j hi ! ' f(I J - x i V Delegates , Registration for ' Annual Twenty-sevent- h Convention Is Heavy. Vn Massachusetts Commissioner Will Address Educa- . i , - tors at Several Sessions. . T f ,7) Officers were elected by the Utah Federation of Women's clubs, which closed a three days' eeesion here yesterday. The officers chosen are: Mrs. E. O. Wattle, Ogden, president; Mrs. Levi Edgar Young. Sait Lake, first vies president; -- Mr. Thomas Fonts, Price, seCood vies president; Miss Eva rb, Ogden, corresponding secretary; Mrs. W. J. Lowe, Brlg-haCity, recording secretary; lira John Culley. Ogden, treasurer; Mrs. "O. J. Enk-InSalt Lake, auditor; Mrs. O. W, Dailey, Sait Lake, organizer; Mra Joseph F. Morrill, Salt Lake, historian; Mine Julia Lynch, Salt Lake, chairman of bureau of information. The following directors were named: Mra C. E. West, Saline; Mrs. L A. The twenty-sevenannual convention of tha Utah Educational association opens tonight at $ oclock at ths tabernacle. Departmental eeaalons will be held Friday and Saturday mornings and Friday afternoon. and general meetings have been arranged for Friday evening and Saturday morning. The advance registration this year surpasses that of former years. Dr. Payson Smith, state commissioner of education of Massachusetts, and Dr. Charles E. Rugh, professor of education at the University of California, will address the 'convention. Both are widely known for their effort in educational fields, and have Important messages for Utah, educators. Dr. Smith, and Dr. Rugh will address both the general and departmental sessions. Dr. Smith will emphasize the Element of ths Individual In education in his address this evening. He will make special talks to the superintendents and school board section, and to the home economics section at department meetings. At the general session Friday evening Dr. Smith will discuss current problems in education. th ri m g, - IMcBrtde, Tooele; Mrs. A. W. Roylance, Springy llle; Mrs. D. F, Boles, Magna; A report of the Mra. R. R. Kirk, Moab. credentials commutes showed 205 votes represented, The seas Iona yesterday were held at the University of Utah and the afternoon meeting was devoted to education. i I iSL-h- it, &J.--- University Heads Speak. . ' Dr. George Thomas president of the University of Utah, said that tha beet education is obtained In the home and the best educator Is ths mother; therefore, he felt that ha had the sympathy of chib women In work being done at Dr. Thomas the University of Utah. said that the present enrollment of the university is 1300. The financial problem of running an Institution for that many pupils Is beootning a serious one, with The the limited state appropriation. buildings, too, are Inadequate for claae rooms. Ths suggestion that the registration be limited Dr. Thomas did not approve, since he did not deem It fair to cut any boy or girl of Utah off from the privilege of attending the university. Dr. F. 8. Harris of the Brigham Young' Dr. university was the next speaker. Harris said that ha did not think that the highest atm of any university Is to award a degree, but to train boys and and that pupils girls for cltlsenship should go to school with that purpose In He looked to chib women to vlew. fester that Idea. - City Schools Described. . ' George N. Child, superintendent of the Balt Lake public schools, told something Dr. of the school system of the city. Child eald that Salt Lake 1s a city of who homes and splendid people, believed in good schools and good government. This city has the largest percentage of children In Us population of any city In the United Stakes. The children of school of the age In Salt lake are population. The sum of $7,000,000 Is Invested In public school buildings In Halt lake, about half of which are owned by the city turd the remainder provided The teacher, by bonded Indebtedness. Mr. ehlhls thought, should be equipped to gain tha sympathy of children and to Instill into them the highest principles of dtlzenthlp and character. J. M. Mills of the state Industrial school of Ogden, presented ths phase of educe tion of tha Institution of which he has charge. He said that It is the purpose of the industrial school to overcome bad traits In children before they became habits. The majority of boys and girls have high Ideals and ambitions at times, and if cultivated and properly directed, they can he made to overcome vicious Instincts. The work of tha Institution hs represents Is organised on the same plan as the home, work, play and study. Ths equipment for plav, since there Is no gymnasium for the boys, is somewhat limited. Mrs. Archie Bowman of Ogden was introduced as the only woman member of the industrial school board. one-four- th Work of Women Praised. E Studentt Asked to Leave Autos at Home The automobile has gone the routs of trousers at the West high school. When ths students, almost two weeks ago, declared war on the "male skirts" end announced that auch wearing apparel on ths campus would be tha signal for battle. the disappeared. They made their final stand at the Granite-Wehigh school footbaUl game when a youth wearing a pair of was Rodolph Valentino chased to the center of the gridiron and beteft of them Jn no gentle manner. But Principal Fred D. Keeler has tsken s hand In the banishment of the automobile. Owing to the fact that the gntpHs are wont to take joyrides durlitg ths noon hour and then report late to the 1 o'clock class,' the principal yesterday requested that automobiles be left at home and that students obtain permits from the ofbefore leaving fice school the grounds at noon. IS Addresses Planned. A Plan of Education" will be the subject of Dr. Rughs address at the general session, and he will address the departments of kindergarten, grammar grades and Junior high schools, colleges and high schools and juvenile and part-tim- e. Child-Center- ARE OPENED "bell-botto- Initial Offerings of Local Organization Are Appreciated by Womens Clubs. The Initial offering of ths Salt Lake Community Drama league, given last night at tha Ladles' literary club for the Federation of Womens Chiba convention, was enthusiastically received by an audience which filled the clubhouse to capacity. The plays Indicate that the community drama In Salt Lake Is going to be worth While. The acting wSs well done, and at few times did the trace of the amateur pppear. "Suppressed Desires, by Susan Olas-pe- ll and George Cram Cook, and "Playgoers," by Arthur Wing Pinero, were presented last evening. Both of these plays require consistent acting to put over the themes The clever wpy In which the lines were read was responsible for much of the comedy. "Suppressed Desires" Is a humorous satire on psychoanalysts, and deals with a young wife Who becomes so deeply Involved In cults that she avoids losing her husband only by forswearing completely anything connected with the subconscious mind. Mrs. Lucile Rogers Marshall was especially clever as the young sister, who Is suffering from suppressed desires. R. Hgndall Thomas, as the husband, was natural throughout. His work In satirisMrs. ing cultlsts was very effective. Clairs Stewart Boyer played ths young In wife a pleasing manner. Ths work In "Playgoers" was capably done by the entire cast. Not only were the characters well portrayed, but the play, as a whole, showed splendid cooperation on the part of all the actors. The mistress of Mrs. Louise Hill Howe was charming and left nothing undone. Gall Martin, as the master. In an effective way showed how little men know of servant problems. All the roles of servants were Mrs. Delores y played consistently. Oakley, as the parlor maid, and J. Herbert Enbeck, as the odd man, brought mors thaa their share of laughs. Fern Dal by, as the cook, Bertha Arrested, ay the houssmatd. Ida Peterson Lubbers, as HI vu!LUJ maid, were In their parts all of the time. Music for the program was furnished by the string orchestra. Including Maud Hansen, Margaret MiUer, Kate Oroo, Wilbur Head, Helen Pratt, Gertrude Harcop, Beryl Williamson and Margaret Arpln. Air a George E. Skelton played "thq accompaniments. Dr. C. N. Jensen of the state board of education, expressed the appreciation of the board of the work done by the club women in the cause of education In Utah. Howard R. Drlggs, superintendentof the School for ths Deaf and Blind of Ogden, schools for the eald that of the sixty-fou- r deef and blind in the United States, Utahs school ranked at the head lh the teaching of speech to the deaf and the quality of Its English education. Mr. Drlggs gsva a demonstration of the work done In the school by presenting four of the pupils, showing their skill in Dp reading and speech. Mrs, A. B. Corey of Ogden was Introduced to the convention as a woman member on the board of the School for the Deaf and Blind. Miaa Mary Mackley of the child welfare division of the state board of public THOMAS IS IMPROVING. health, gave a report on t$ie Sheppard-Townact. and Mrs. N. A. Dunyon told Governor Arthur L. Thomas, Former something of the Indian welfare work of who was tsken suddenly in at his home that department of ths stats federation. 223 Third avenue, Monday afternoon, Miss Elizabeth Fits Gerald told some- at was reported better last .night at St. thing of the aims of the Business and Marks hospital. Professional Women's dub toward the proper business education for girls. Beehive." Mrs. E. O. Leatherwood gave Luncheon Served. a toast to The Mra WalLsmcheon was served by the University lace T. Perham of Glertdlve. Mont., secof Utah at the university cafeteria be- ond vice president of the General Fedtween the morning and afternoon ses- eration of Womens Cluhs. gave a toast The luncheon was served under to Playing Second Fiddle." sions. All tha the direction of Miss Lucy Van Cott, speeches were bright and humorous dean of women of the university. The committee in charge of the entertCovers were laid for 250. ainment- included Mra E. E. Corfman, Musical selections were given by the chairman; Mra Wilbur S. Hodgson, Mra University Glee club preceding the lunon-eo- J. V. Dawson, Mra leroy Hlgson, Mra One of the songs given was written L R. .Wattls, Mrs. Ben Johnson, Mrs. Isa Gladys Rlch of Ogden. Follow-- J A-- O.Treganza, Mra Mark Reedall. Mrs. lng luncheon, W. P. Epperson, of Kays-vlll- F. E. Murray, Mrs. H. 8. Godwin. Presidents of the federated clubs of president of the Utah Press assoSalt Lake Citr, with officers of ths etty ciation, spoke on "Civic Pride Reviewing the natural beauties of Utah, federation. Mra F. W. Meakin, presiMr. Epperson said that It la a pity that dent. were hostesses. there Is some had housekeeping In a civic Following tha banquet ths customary way to mar these be&utlea. Garbage cans resolutions of courtesy were approved by unsightly buildings and weeds on the ouL the convention. The delegates will reskirts of cities and in smalt towns might turn horns today. be eliminated with the proper exercise of Mra Wallace T. Perham of Glehdlve, civic pride. Mont., second vice president of the GenAn educational campaign was neces- eral Federation, who has been attending the Utah convention, will sary, the speaker thought, to Inspire good the sessions of civic housekeeping, and he believed that leave today for Nebraska to attend the the club women of Utah could do much' state convention there. in making of Utah a spotless garden spot. The result of proper civic pride is a promotion of improved health conditions, a beautifying of the landscape and ths awakening of the admiration of visitors Mr. Epperson said, too, that fences used to be regarded as necessary for the protection of property, and yet, sines the removal of fences in response to an The lowest temperature In Salt Lake Idea of dvlc beauty, fewer denredations the past week was 40 degrees had been made upon gardens and during orchards, which led to the conclusion and the highest was 83 degrees, accordthat clvlo pride la an inspiration to hon- ing to, tha weekly report of the United . esty. States weather bureau. Only. .02 of an, inch of rain fell during ths week. Annual Banquet Held. As a dims to ths social functlona of . 'Weather during the past week has the federation meeting, the annual ban- been dry .with moderate temperatures. quet was given last evening In the sup- Only a few stations in ths per room of the Hotel Utsh. Several long part of the state reported mors than a tables and a number of smaller ones were trace of rain. It was an ideal week for for ths guests. The decora-tion- s fall farm work, and threshing, potato arranged were In marigolds and dahlias. and apple picking are more or Mrs. Elmo V. Smith, toastniietress, was digging Moat crops have been introduced by Mrs. E. E. Corfman, chair-ma- n less general. and little frost Injury has ocgathered of the banquet committee, in a curred, though several killing frosts are , graceful way. this. week. Sugar bests are in Mrs. Smith introduced tha toast givers reported good shape. Dry land grains are not in a happy and appropriate manner. because of ths .drought Sheep Mrs. E. O. Wattls, president of ths growing and cattle are moving to ths winter federation, responded to ths toast,' The ranges and some see being shipped to er n. e, st Man Accused of Stealing Automobiles Is Apprehended in Omaha, Neb. Special te The Tribune. OMAHA, Oct., IS. Cheater Cowley, alias Theodors Taylor, deserter from Fort Douglas at Salt Lake City, Is in jail in Omaha charged with automobile stealing and also with stealing government property from Fort Crook. Cowley was arrested In Gibbon, Neb., yesterday as he was en routs west In stolen auHe was accompanied by his wife. Qowley, according to Jl own confession, deserted from Fort Douglas, and, together with a companion, stole an automobile In Utah and started eastward to see his. wlfa In Kearney, Neb., Cowley was arrested and placed In jail. The automobile was held by the Kearney authorities He escaped from jail and came to Omaha. One day last Week Cowley Is alleged to have stolen an automobile In Omaha, and. to return to taking hit wife, , started Stilt Lake to give himself up. Ae the car passed Fort Crook, just below Omaha, Cowley Is accused of going to the poet, where he It said to have stolen a doxen automatic pistols and a bundle He tried to exchange a of blankets. pistol for gasoline at Gibbon yesterday and was arrested. Cowley was arrested In Omaha last spring for burglary and sent to the state reformatory, from which he escaped and enlisted in thg army at Fort Douglas. tomobile. Theodore Taylor, recruit of L company. infantry, stationed at Fort Douglas, who was taken into custody by the police at Omaha yesterday, had been absent from Fort Douglas since the afternoon of October 3, but was technically A7 W. O. L. at $ o'clock on the morning of October 3,' when hla "liberty" to Salt Lake had expired. Taylor Is believed bv officials of the Salt Lake antiauto theft bureau to have automobile stolen the Eleventh of W. B. Malouf. 2505 East In of Electrical front the from street, exposition building at Bonneville park on the night of October 2. The 'car was recovered on October 10 at Kearney, Neb. Taylor was arrested by the sheriff at Kearney October 10, but made hi ewtano the following day and took a car In Kearney to continue hla Journey eastward? His arrest at Omaha followed. Thirty-eight- h seven-passeng- Temperatures, Humidity, Crop. Conditions and Cattle Movement Detailed by Weather Man north-centr- al market' They are In good . condition generally. Winter fenges are reported fait; to good but are badly in need of ynotsture, the feed in places being short 8ome grain has been sown at Richmond, but "on account of the drought it is not doing welt Sugar beets are good at logan. Thresh- ing js on at Duchesne. Stock are leaving the range around Fast Portal. Winter ranges near Ibapah are poor, moisture being needed. Meadows and salt grass are fair to good at Moroni, though ranges are very dry. Sugar beets tn are fair to good. They Sanpete county are fair In the Deseret district A killing frost la repotted from Deseret, but crops are mostly gathered and little injury resulted! Lambs are being shipped from Milford. Cattle are leading the forest .resepvee at Castle Dale Ranges are very dry and cattle depreciating hear Moab.- goads generally are dry . and rough. "The Bggest Job In the Profession of Teaching" is the subject of the address to be given this evening by B. Roland Lewis, president of the U. E. A. Professor Carlos F. Fossatl of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will Countries" speak on "Spanish-Speakin- g at the session of the modern language deReed partment. Many Utah educators are on the program for both general and department Lowest meetings. The Brigham Young university will furnish a preliminary half hour of muslo Friday night, to Include selections Decision from the faculty quartet and several solo numbers. Miss Florence Jeppersen has charge of the music. This Is the first year that departmental There te every probability that the luncheons have been arranged, and. from pavement from the end of the the number of reservations already placed. Indicated that the luncheons are to present pavement In Brigham City 4 08 It is miles to Corinne will 4e done by 'Gibbons be one of the most popular features of ths convention. A Reed, who were lowest of six contractors bidding on the work. Bids were Headquarters Open. The headquarters of the Utah Educaopened yesterday and tabulated, but no association opened last night at award was actually made, hmamuoh as tional 7.30 o'clock at the Hotel Utah. Teachers the Box elder county commissioners by a have been Invited to visit headquarters their arrival, in order that majority vote asked the state road com- promptly upon badges and official mission to choose a black surface type of they may andrecetvA have their railroad tickets programs The state commission took validated. pavement. Notices of Interest to the time tq consider this feature, particular- teachers will be posted at headquarters. All to be made at the first gennotices ly as Preston O. Peterson, chairman of eral meeting must be In the hands of the the commission, was not present at the secretary before 7:80 oclock tonight. The meeting this evening . begins meeting late yesterday afternoon. at 8 oclock. The program InGibbons A Reed were low bidders on promptly cludes vocal solos by A. C. Lund, J. J. sll types of pavement. organ; invocation, the Including cost McClellan at the of materials furnished by the state and a Rev. Stanley A. Curtis; address, "The 1 per cent allowance for engineering, Biggest Job In the Profession of TeachInspection and contingent, their bid on ing. Professor B. Roland Lewis, presiThe Elestraight concrete type of pavement w as dent of the U. E. A.: address, ment of the Individual In Educatfonr Dr. $113,6841.13, or at jthe rate of nomination of officers of a mUe. This called for a slab$27,981.06 Smith; Payson of the U. A. E., without nomination speeches, uniform thickness of seven and one-hanomination of delegates to the inches over the elghteen-foo- t to and the convention. be surfaced. The full width of strip the pro- national Lake tabernacle choir, A. P, The Salt posed roadway will be twenty-si- x feet Lund, director, will contribute several there being four-foshoulders on each numbers for the opening session tonight. of aids the pavement. Choir members have previously received no official notice, and Dt rector Lund reBlack Type Higher. quests that each member of the choir be The same firm's bid for an alterna- on hand for the Initial meeting not later tive type, a slab of somewhat than 8 o'clock. poorer mix of concrete, with a The West high school will close toh covering of a type known as --"squeegee morrow on account of the Utah Educaseal .coat." a bituminous concrete tional association convention. About fifty mixture, totaled, with full allowances for ma- teachers visited the West high campus terials furnished by the state and contin- yesterdav and were shown through the gencies, $118,196.08, or $23,19.82 per new building. mile. Delegates to the convention began to On a third type, similar to the laat night, something like twoecore second, arrive of teachers being registered from outexcept that bitulithic patent surfacing r, would be used instead of ths "squeegee ' side towns, Including Logan, Provo, Fprlngvllle end Pavson. , . muT1 out1242512S " W.- - Primary supervisors of the slate will meet at 10 o'clock in the school library County Commissioner Brigham' Wright room the at capital. Professor William favored the lowwt bid for the black surface type, and In this hs had the support Peterson of' Logan will talk on teaching In lower grades, and L, J. the geography of Chairman Albert Holmgren. , Commissioner J. J. Craner was in favor of let-ti- Nuttali. Jr., of the school of education of Brigham Young university of Provo, the work to the lowest price bid, the willthetalk on some objectives In pllmafy oUd cement concrete. Superintendent Orson Ryan was explained durtngthe discussion education. the recent bulletin of the will discuss that the federal government considers the Utah Educational association, giving a types, when advertised, as on a parity, symposium on an acceptable days work end therefore it wiH not participate in in the school room In the lower grades. the expense for more than 14 per cent of Miss Matilda Peterson, state suprimary the lowest- bid received. If h state pervisor, will also be a speaker. road commission, therefore, concurs in the decision for the county commission- -' era, the county will be required to put .. up the entire difference between the price of the two types out of the county funds. Cut Risk Thus the decision of the county commissioners meant an added coat to the counenforcement of the antlctgaret of $1208.7$ per mile of ty or andStrict smoking law would reduce the citvs a total of $4907.67, accordingpavement, to present the expense of Insuring the of portion calculations. In the opinion of two of and county building so that Insurance the county commissioners there was city mould be ample Instead of for $50,000 enough difference in the two types, un- $250,000, according to an opinion exder the cl rou instances as they exist in pressed City Engineer Sylvester Q. Boxejder county, to Justify the addition- Cannon by In a letter to the city commisal $5000, approximately. In the cost. sion. The matter was referred to the public affairs and finance department. Rests With State Board. At present the city and county sides of the B. W. 'Matteeon. efliTr highway engibuilding are each insured for $250,000. The neer, was present to represent the bureau Insurance expires within a few weeks, of public roads district office In Ogden. and the city engineer has made a survey While he said the federal government to determine i the premium ean be reduced. would not participate except up to 74 per On a bid of $84,340 45, the cl tv commiscent of the low bid. he did not make any sion awarded the contract on the Capitol decision as to whether the bureau officials would refuse to accept any but the low hill curb and gutter extension, to John O'Connor yesterday. The city engineers bid. However, under the circumstances estimate for the work was It is believed that the decision rests preliminary $93,866 07. The contract was awarded aflargely with the state road commission ter considering eeven bids as to whether It shall follow the will of The included In the extension territorySecond the majority of the Box elder commis- extends to Fifth North and from sioners. The two present yesterday In- from to the Jordan river. West Eighth dicated that if the more costly of the commission awarded the contract two type were selected It wotikl only be forThe sewer along Westconstrupt,on ot In deference to the decision of ths comavenue from Third to Fourth East minster missioners of the county which Is furnish, streets to Mull in A Palm on an estimate lng all the funds not furnished by the of 81480.19. federal government Other bids presented, with costs of materials furnished by the state and an allowance for contingencies added, were, Life and Character Reading for the cement tpe: Olof Nelson, 3 07; Gray A Murdock, $119,83 92; Bey. OCTOBER 19. . nokis Ely Construction company, 9 11; 8trange of this birthdate have unboundVallandlngham. $134'. People 49563, and P. J. Moran. $12S,S24 81. ed enthusiasm, which seems never to Mr. oMran was tha only contractor to diminish. They are impatient of methods bid on the black surface tvpes, his fig- and despise the necessary routine. When ures being $132,991.13 for the "Squeegee angered, which is seldom, they leave coat" and $144,8sl.S7 for the bitulithic sur- nothing unsaid. The effect Is like a facing. j cyclone which, leaves the air disturbed In addition to the three county commisfor praise and appreciation, and nsver sioners. Engineer K. C Wright, state road do a kind action for the credit derived agent, was present from Boxelder county. from It. - They should labor to overcome the habit of exaggeration, which, from STRICKEN JEWELER IMPROVING, an overenthuslasm, is very marked in his John F. Boas of the Boes Jewelry com- sign. The governing sign of this date Is pany at 837 South Mtin street Is Improving dally at St. MLrks hospital. Mr Libra, the sign of the scales, and the Hoes wa a overcome, it Is believed by his governing planet Is Venus, the goddess physician, by anr apoplectic stroke while of love. The blrthstone is an opal. Old 'furniture will be sought during at the Rudy Gun club about daybreak Sunday morning. He was unconscious for tb)s month, and if you have any to dismore than a day, but iiaa rallied steadily pose of advertise It in the Want Ads since then. for the cst result. Gibbons and Waits Submit Figures; Award on Type. ld lf ot six-in- ch two-inc- He-be- g?bl Cigaret Law Enforcement Fire Urged to $121.-66- -- $127,-01- -- of school districts In Utah will be held at the state capitol to- tendents Ths program Is as follows: a m. to $ 20 a. m. "The Function tha High School In the Educational System," aa viewed by the state university, Dr. Georgs Thomaa; 'by "hs Utah Agricultural college. President E. O. Peterson: by the high school prin-- c by the district pal. Melvin Wilson: discussion. Open superintendent m. m. to "What Con11:1$ a ID. sideration Should Govern in the Establishment of Ninth Grades In Rural Comimimtlea," Alonso Huntsman; He-bOlsen. Discussion by Leroy Cowles 1.10 p. ih. to 1:80 p. m. "Economy Program and How It Is Affecting Your District. James W. Anderson; D. W. Parratt. Open discussion. ' p. m. to 1 p. m. "Suggestions as to Economy and Efficiency for the Next School Year." Superintendent O. N. Child; Superintendent J. W. day. $ of District Education Boards of Utah Desire to Handle ' .Own Financial Budgets. gr Walker. Officers Are Elected New for and Organization Resolutions Are Adopted. General discussion. Members of the school boards of Utah, organization meeting at ths stats capitol yesterday, went on record as in favor of tha idea that school boar should be free to determine and admin Ister their own financial budgets." This was the reply of the board members to Two questions which were discussed at the meeting: Should the boards or the county commissioners have ths tax-lelng. power for school purposes, and should there be sny llmltatlpn oii the amount of taxes to be raised for school purposes? Further, the board members formed an Reserve organisation ef the boards of education of the state, and elected the first set o' of that association. Business. officers Stephen Hailstone of the board of education is president. Logan There are three vice president, lr. Hughes of Spanish Fork. F. W. Stratford of Weber J. M. Tregoe, secretary and treasurer and Edward H. Bnow of St. The of the National Association of Credit clerk of the board of educationGeorge. of Logan Men, was entertained by the Intermoun- city will be the secretary-treasurof the association. The committees will be tain Association of Credit Men at a ban- named by the president. quet last night In the grill room at ths Hotel Utah. Mr. Tregoe, who Is at the Resolutions Adopted. head of more than $5,000 credit organisaThe association adopted, without distions throughout the country, came to cussion, the following resolutions: boards of education of the state Salt Lake from New York City, where the of The Utah, In convention assembled, .Octooffices of the association is located. ber IS, 1922, lti the capitol, wish to exMr. Tregoe spoke of the many prob- press to the taxpayers of the state our for loval appreciation their and support Ind both lems, domestic, facing the past, both In ths foreign high Ideals the people of the United States today and in education and their willing reof the periods of economic stress which sponse to the requirements for revenue to support good schools? they have recently gone through. "We Invite the public to inform them"We are living in so complex la period selves more fully on the costs of schools; of human history, he said, that it is to familiarize themselves with the prob- most difficult to say what effect events lems which boards of education have to will have and what they portend. . We We are always willing to advise have gone through many vicissitudes and with the patrons of schools and are anxhave accomplished a great deal since the ious to serve the best interest of the close of the war. people and their children.' "We declare for economy In the ad"We are a nation of economic Illiterates. We do not understand the laws of, busi- ministration of school affairs In all disof the state In keeping with a high tricts ness and credit as we should. The con , dltlon In which this country found Itself standard of efficiency. during the period following the war need Favor Local Control not have come about end would not If these things had been fully understood. "We stand for well qualified and well "When the war was finished we did not paid met the certifibow in thankfulness nor get down to cationteachers who have requirements of the state. hard work. We Jaxxed and danced our We believe that the best interests of way to grief. Instead of building up a education be served by a fuU recogsound credit, the bankers and industrial nition of will principles that education leaders of the country extended ths Is a state the local boards function; credit and built more credit on a vacuum. education are In this that sense officers of the and increased buying state, and that they should Overproduction be free to dewent on until the structure began, to termine and administer their own finantotter. The buyers strike, which was cial budgets. a real one, shook credit to its very foun"We indorse the movement to create a dations. state for schools by making school "If the rtedlt structure, whloh had lands fund and undeveloped natural resource been built ut by credit men, merchants available sources of revenue. for and producers, had oome down at that "We affirm our sincere and unqualified time the result would have made the support of federal aid and federal recogBut It panic of '93 mild In comparison. of public education without federal did not oome down. The economic struc- nition interference either state or local ture of the country was saved by the control as H with' to embodied in the Towner-Sterlin- g creation of tha federal reserve system bill. There are critics of the system, but I say "We favor a state organization of to you unreservedly that it is the most of education as adopted October scientific and the beet banking and cur- boards 18. 1922, in the state eapRol session, and rency system In the world." our appreciation to Mr. "We are at present In the best finan- hereby express Stephen Hailstone and the Logan board cial condition, In this country, that we of education for initiating the action efhave been In for years. Let us keep K that way. Let us beware of the dan- fecting such organization." There lz a need ger of overorganization. for men in this country. Individuals. Do Constitution Criticised. Mr. Snow was one of those who disnot let us sacrifice individuality to orcussed tha matter of limitations on the ganization. tax levids of schools, there being no limitation in Utah since a few years age, when an amendment by the .state legislature declared by the state supreme Asks Divorce oourt was to be unconstitutional, because It was based on assessed valuation rather . When a husband has the idea that a than on tha taxable wealth per. capita modern Wife should live In a condition of school population. said Mr. Snow, "that we of chattel slavery he la apt to be roughr The Idea, should be given unlimited powers of taxaly awakened from his dreaming, accordand tion seems almost presumptuous, ing to a complaint filed in the Third while he said he Is conservatively inIn some of favor clined therefore. and, district court yesterday by Marlon Karri son,, who Is seeking a divorce from Hyrum limitations as a general rule, and that arguments might be presented on both Harrison, 438 Cottage avenue. Mra Harrison alleges that the defen- sides of this question, he went on to dant "treated her as a Chattel rather deduce some of the arguments In favor than a wife, and denied her the right to of the removal of any restriction" entertain any lady friends of the family or to have any enjoyment and recrea- Boards HelcLMore Competent. tion.1 sxperlencs with legislatures and For three weeks he didnt speak to her His board he said, as one who has at ail, she says, and when he did It was school of both, is that the legisbeen a only to rebuke her and to tall her there lature member In complexion more often changes Is no such thing as love school than the board; that a legislature . At times when she tried to be affecIs a lot of Incongruous of often made up Harrison Mr. with he has hi nerd tionate legislation. If not 111 conat her and told her to "cut that stuff elements,is where 111 considered. It Is often conout and get away from me, the wife ceived, ceived outside the legislature, and If It charge This Is the third time that the wife were not, It would not be so good as has sought relief In the divorce court. It is. "If power were with us" Twice, after bringing similar actions, she ' haa asked for .their dismissal at the urg- he went on. "w would think of it moil we would have toV. who has knowing remarked carefully, ing c fa her husband, a product of that it was a huge joke. and that she meet the people. We areIdmoet 6xclu-,- .' Mrs. Harrison says. la a "bluffer. nonpartisan gatherings, stvely. The legislature does not have the information that the school boards are small have. The school boards bodies, and usually men of larger caliber at an V v; Credit Men Hear of Federal as to National Praie Aid er maln-talgf- mL , -- Husband Rebuffed Her, Says Wife; ' e-taxlng Physician Released When Bail Is Provided i than ths legislature A. N. Sorensen of the Brigham Young college at Logan and ,a member of the Logan board, thought the question a serious one, particularly when they considered what might happen If limitations were placed where they would throttle schools of some districts, Circumstances in different districts vary largely, he said. - 1. T. O. Duckworth was Release of ordered by City Judge Ben Johnson yesthe defendant furafter afternoon terday nished $1006 bail to Insure hie appear-ano- e answer to a charge of performing He was arrested a criminal operation. Tuesday. A complaint was Issued against the as the result of an phyalcian Investigation by County Attorney Arthur and E. Morctou City Detectives Le Roy Larsen and Clifford W. lat'.en. Into the death of Miss Evelyn Carter, 18 years of age. The girl died at a local hospital "as the result of 'a criminal operation performed about Sepember 22, according to a death certificate tiled by Dr. A. N. Hanean. , Dr. Duckworth continued to maintain He declared innocence his yesterday. that he had performed no operation. ay Land Grant Fund AdvLsed. With that the matter dropped. The question of whether the county commissioners or the boards should f!x ths levies was a topic for the morning session. William Bailey, chairman of the state board of equalization, was Invited to talk on this subject, but Instead devoted his time to urging the board members to move for the development of the state school land grant so that Utah might get a revenue from this source sufficient for the needs of the state aid to school just as other states are doing. He pointed out various Inequalities In- school expenditures as between dis- Mother of Mrs . C. A. Faus Dies at Home Here tricts. F. W. Stratford of Weber said Mr. Mrs. Josephine B Taft died last night had not answered the question he at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Bailey was discussing, snd the latter Intimated A. Faus. 966 East South Temple street. do so was advised. Mr. Mrs. Taft was born In St. Louis and his failure to no doubt that tha school spent her early life in Quincy, 111., where Stratford had comm leboards, , and not the county she married the late Morton H. Taft. sion era, are tha better qualified for this She was a resident of Chlllloothe, Mo , until four years ago," when she came to Salt power. , He added that, while he is a RepubLake to make her home with her daugh- lican, the whole propaganda for lower She is survived by another daughter. expenditure of public funds to political Miss Adah Taft of Salt Lake She will and does not represent the true of the people. His own taxes on his be buried at Quincy, 111. farm amounted to about $4 an acre, which he could and should ray. GRAND LARCENY CHARGE.D. That the powers of school board memJames Jensen, charged with grand lar- bers should are limited to the ceny, pleaded not guilty before City Judge time the boardbe Isand in session, and that the He le alleged! Ben Johnson yesterday. a free superintendent should to have stolen some tools and phonograph hand, subject to regulation by the board The cape will In records from R. W. Fox. was th? of session, severs? '24. be heard October of the speakers on thought matters of school board policy. . W. W. Wilson of Sandy POSTOFFICE ADVANCED. told of cuts made In the budget of JorWASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. IS.Ths dan board by 30 per cenL but added that-th- e postoffice at Santaquln Utah, because of board to reducs the salaries increased postal receipts, has been ad- of teachers refused to this. He was vanced from fourth class to presidential a candidate for accomplish reelect Ion. He had been-tol- d grade, and the salary of the Postmashe would be snowed under If the ter fixed at $1900 per annum. board did not reduce teacher' aalarii tr be-gi- ' 1 |