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Show 24 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MQRXINO, APRIL 8, 1923, V Prosperity and Growth of. Salt Lake Shown by Data y S. W.. Ross, Cashier in Land Office, Admits Use in Statement. s Healthy Development of City and State Is dicated by Number of Userof Public" Utilities and New Corporations. then H.oil and. in is;:. means that there were 2714 more telephone users at the close of the fhe-yoperiod than at the beginning. KWtrtc light and power users have Increased much more. There were 27K3 in 1913. SI. 58 in 1419. 33 04 in 19?Q, 37.149 In 1921 and 3$ 47 in 1922. The gradual growth all through the roar following the war. the depression and out of it into the better times that began last year and are nontinu-all- y improving show that Halt la.ke ha a steady growth of substantial character. There were not so manv gas users at the beginning of the period, hut the growth of this- - industry's business hi reflected bv a comfortable advance In of coal miners emplmrd varies, but not in proportion to the production of coal For instance., there were 3t9$ miners empioved in 191 arffi 357 in 1919. which about agrees with the increase In production In However. 1920. when the record production waa made, there were 451 miners, and, tn 1921. 444 miners. There figures the 357 miners employed in I9J9 produced 4 31,323 tons of coal, while the 4494 employed in 1921 produced hut 4 090,395 tons. In other words, there were 37 less miners in 1919 and they produced 640 97 more tons of 'coal This disconcerting situation continued through last year, when th number of miners employed waa decreased by 294 and tpe oal production increased y $02,22 tona. Charge of Embezzlement to Be Made Monday; Bond Company Notified h'e J rhkr ' 8. W. Rose, ,.f the rule land Office up to Mari h 31. and uiir time I of ehl, jrslrrdav signed postmaster a certificate that hr had prraonallv used and $10,000 kept approx linau of the state's rwmex. John T. Ohlroyd. Mate Unrl commissioner, yesterday afternoon made demand on the Amerhan htiretv company, through Us manager for Uuh, W, K. McKeJI, for the r funding to the state of the amount tub'd, and Mr. WcKell in turn demanded a truat deed to all of Mr IUW property as proto his company tection ' Attehipts rcMrrlay on euarme afternoon to assemble Which to present definite tharges in court of mbesaiemmi. This Bill be done Momia, arcurdmg to Mark TutA complaint will tle, state auditor probably be Issued by the county attime that at torney In the meantime an audit of the land L.lrrdl..,.,..!.h5 being 4. ustbr and I, B, state auditors. -- present is in done by Frank Keddlngton, deputy to hat this audit wlU disclose can not, of course, be told until It has been Mr. Koss told Mr Oldrovd, completed. e his former chief sas, (hat the Hems enumerated In the list which he gave the commissioner es terday. represented the total of his shortages; and further asserted that In some eases the amounts given In Jh list of yesterday would be found to be In excess of the actual amounts appropriated. While the total given In the statement to the commissioner la $999 $3, or within 37 cents of the total of the bond carried, the commissioner was assured that, in reality. H was somewhat under that amount, and that there was no question that the Ross bond of itself would le sufficient- to cover the shortage; and that, therefore, the state need have no other recourse to reimburse the funds from which the money was expropriated. sixty-thre- . traos-arrtio- rMUr-th- l' subscriber each year. The record show that there" were 12.74 gas uwra in 141. J7 559 In 1919, 13.220 in I9JA, 14,112 in 1421 and 14 5b in 1922, making an increase of 2234 during the five years ProhaMy the mo fa Curate gauge of the advance in growth is seen in the nufTKwr of water users. Kvery family and everv new .concern had to have water, and when anybody lonvfa halt lake the water is shut off, so that the number of water user is a good Indication Their were 21,472 water users regbitered at the clone of the vear of 191 in Sait Hake, 22,32 In 4419 22.-- S In 1976. 23,56 9 In 1921 and 24 454 In 1922. making a net gain of 292 The big growth in the .automobile Industry. according to number of cars, was in 1919 Therfe were 22,147 machines reg stered In Utah In 191 and 00.fi in 1919, making a gain Jn.one ear of 7933 The gain continued throughout the five years, however, there be.ng 37 979 machines cegistere in 19-- 0 40.4M) in 1921 and 42 4x in 1922. Thrs meant a gain of 7891 in 421 Hr 1921 and 2000 in 1922 1920, The Increase thus far in 1923 is estimated to greatly exceed the rate of recent years toal production in 1429 surpassed that of any of the other five years considered, It being that year $ffftt7$t tons The production In 141 was 4 -242 3ft tons and lhat of 1919 a 4,- - nol'd 77 74 e 7 hi 31 323 tons 4fter 1920 there was a falling off of nearly 2,409 Ono tons, the production then being 4.990 395 tons. In 1422 the production had increased more than $00,000 tons, it then being 4,892,-5- 7 tons. n connection with the production of Old-roy- d. . Admits Incompelency. Mr. Rosa admitted 4nrompetenry tUa.aRd again, and agreed kowork on a schedule fixed by us In the j meantime, an audit waa determined vpon. Just aa soon aa the auditor's force could reach the work The first actual dlwovery of a shortage was made in the latter half rf March. A receipr was shown for 437.40 which had not been credited to the state. Confronted with the evidence. Rose admitted that he had used th monev He said that he needed about that amount in a deal he had on hand, He awore before selling some hay. high heaven that this waa th only money he had so misused. He was able to rustle the money and to make good the amount to the state This amount, state officials say. Has in connection with a payment made for some 2arfield county bind by E. H. WHcock. Both the receipt and the cancelled cashier's check in this case proved that the land office records wertiot. In at Isasjt this jnstance. in accord with the facts. "When this occurred, said Mr told Ross w would want Oldreyd. an audit to go through the entire record. He replied that he, too. wanted an audit made. In order that he might be put absoTulefy fn the .clear in the matter. He asserted that an audit would grove that there was no n other shortage. Climax Comes. "I decided that, under the circumstances, the better course to pursue 'ouid be to retain the man in the service of the state, st least until the audit had progressed far enough to show whether hie storv was true It was- but a few days, or on March SO, that another case came up. Ji than wrote from a state to Bay that he had some time forsarded drafts cover-in- g previously two of equar amount on ttah payments lands, one for himself and the other lor a friend. , Ho had received his own receipt all right, he reported, but his friend had not received his. Would they not look the matter uo and see that his friend hfa receipt He desired the friend got to know that he had actually forwarded the money and had not retained it for h.s own uee. In the effort to satisfy the middle westerners natural request, employees of the land office kiked up the records and found that thev indicated that no pavment had heen .made, either bv the correspondent or his friend, but that in ea.-- case time for payment had been extended until next January I. middle-wester- n Lead Furnished. Again I asked Rose for an explanaand again tion, aaid Mr. Oldroyd, he admitted taking the money Again he called on Petty to witness that the shortages discovered were the only . ones that existed. The later development amounted to approximately 380. He repaid it with a certified check, i told him to count hla &th. and to turn over the keys of his department to O. D. Rltason, chief clerk He did eo. but did pot seem lu realise that JiHr service were not wanted, longer. Kven the next day he returned and afked if there was not something I wanted him to do around the office. I pointed out to him that he had not only bo! raved a trust, but also had falsified when discovered. The incident from the middle west Quarterly Report Show Chamber of Committees 345 Arrest; Many VioIs dation lators of Prohibition. F Growers Will Join in Fed- Industry Board Holds eral Raid Against Horseplay in Factory All Predatory Animals. Is - Not Employment. Determination to do voluntarily such as a display of 'Horseplay what waa vainly tried to put into athletic ability during a lull in th law waa erprcaaed yesterday at a operation of a factory machine, fts not employment, and th person wh is Inapeelaily called meeting of the jured during uh activities Is not Inpf the Utah fct&te jured arising out f or in This was in regard to the the course of employment, aoiording to Wool-grower- extermination of predatory wild animate. tn house bill Mo. 70, vetoed by Governor Mabcy, tbo sneepmen sought to abolish the bounty tax and to eooperate with the federal government in poisoning predatory animals. Hi nee the law waa defeated, the sheepmen will contribute to the fund voluntarily in order to secure the cooperation of the government. The money will all be used losaid James A. Hoofer, cally, oftboera mutton, last Bight, The wool men will be notified of thvir share of the expense on a pro rata basis and will handle the situation through the local associations without assistance from the stats. In addition to the- - subject of predatory animals, the tariff quee-towaa discussed and a campaign advocated for the purpose of educating the people aa to the exact effect of the tariff. It is held by the wool men that the tariff haa increased the cost of a suit of clothes and that the high price just of clothes are not due to the law. -- n gave me a lead. A written request for sn extension of time for a payment Is required before such extension Is granted. I had the cents on whtch these were requests presented, checked against the records of the sales, with the result that it was discovered that a large number of extension were noted where no corresponding request existed. "With this information at hand. I notified Ross to come to the office Friday When he came ha told Mr. Kliason and ms that be had decided to give a full statement of ail his shortages. The total amount, he aaid, was around 11040. "He returned today and put his statement into writing. He had kept notations he said, of ah the money so taken, and furnished the figures given in his statement. He declared he had spent the money on some farming property he haa to save Ft, under pressing ' He averred that he had hoped to put the money back before being discovered and after he had sold his farm property. He asked that no Publicity h given the matter, at present. at least, saying that he had a deal in process which would rfwult, he expected, tn an advantageous sale of the property. The statement given yesterday by Ross is addressed to Mr. Oldrovd. snd was signed In the presence of Mr Oldroyd and Mr. Ehaaon. Admission Quoted. 1 it reads, "that hereby the following certify.". list of certificates, with the amounts set opposite, have been paid Into the state land office, but that credit has not been given them on the records, the reason being that I havo personally kept and used the money approximately represented in the following totals " Here follow e some amounts, set opposite numbers which correspond to the numbers assigned to as manv certificates of sale in the land office records. The amounts vary from J3t 30 to $5B 40. The total for these Item is $8749 48, but one Hem of 8348 !t appears twice on the list, for the same certificate number, 19363. Another item of 8278.01. on certificate No. 19716, appears to he Incorrect, since no payment of such an amount appears to havo been required on that particular certificate. The land office records show the holders of the certificates to Include many persona in all parts of the state, and also several from California, t Idaho and points in (ho. east. The statement also carried under fifty-thre- Commerce Recom- Indorsed. Z ' ? v Purchase of Works Next f Los Angeles Gives Cor- vnMqm 'v -- J ,y $ .rv poration Wider Outlet,' Sum of $8012 Collected in Agreement Is Understood Fines and Stills Are to Captured. Jeopardy through the maneuvering of Beniamin R. Harries et aL A basement-full of stills In the tvounty Jail, supplemented by the quarterly report l he sheriff's department showing e stills, with s capacity of 1273 gallons, w ert? captured and 925 gallons of mash deatroj ed substantiates thin atement. Along with this, HherifU Hairlra points to that in January, February and March $MH2 was collected frob those arrested by tbo sheriffs forces, mostly for v iota lion of the prohibition lawa. H ght were given Jail sentences aggregating 4ti days. Honor raids constituted the chief activity of the sheriffs department for the first quarter of the year.- - Eighty arrests for the possession and manu- forty-thre- the-fa- utills all makes, kinds, sixes, and a variety of trade marks were captured and are now teeing treasured in the basement of the county Jail Besides the 925 gallon of mash destroyed. 551 gallops of whisky, 871 quarts of beer, n gallons of Wane and five gallons of alcohol were taken by officers and destroyed. Naturaiiy, a quantity of the liquor ts held as evidence in each rase until conviction or acquittal disposes of forty-thr- each defendant. On hundred and eighty search and seizure warrants for liquor were issued. and in as many raids ninety-fiv- e were Caught with th goods, making th batting average of the sheriff's department on liquor raids 50. per cent. The activities of the sheriff's department were pot confined to liquor raids but the famous 1'tah law gave th officers a new snd for the first lime since the field, law was passed, two years ago. arrest for lolatlon of 'the smoking in pubheda uee were madr and numerous raids on tobacco store were aJso carried out. Fifty search and seizure warrants for rigarets were issued snd twcnt-sl- v were found to hae cigarets and wer captured. making the average of those arrested 50.2 per cent. A great many of th citizens opposed 4o the antielgre4-4a- w give Sheriff Harries credit for bringing about relief in the law through the btl) passed by the legislature in substitution for the cigaret law made two years ago. By arreats of prominent citisens for violation of the law the legislature became forcibly impressed with the need for alterations In the law. and this resulted in the passage of the new legislation. The work of th criminal division of the sheriffs department for the first quarter is summarised in dhe following report: Arrests for disdemeanor, 244, arrests for felonies, 45; arrests for insanity. 32; arrests for murder. 2, arrests for manslaughter, 1; arrest of persons extradited, 2; arrest for outside states, 4: arrests for outside counties 15: subpoenas served for criminal cases, 29. summons served for hearings In liquor case, 30, summons served for Jury duty, 289. antl-cigar- et anrl-cigar- a decision of th Industrial commission of Utah. 1 h commission denied the application of Thomas C. Clark for compensation from the Utah Canning company, by which he waa employed when, Jumping from a orate, he failed in his effort to catch a trass rod and fell on the floor, breaking hla wrist. Th commission decided that payments of compensation which have Seven Gambling Raids. to Mrs Kdith G Hilding, been mad In Thirty-tw- o arrests were mad now Thomas, In behalf of her minor gambling cases Three gambling raids child, daughter of Allen Hilding, faIn were Lake Balt made 4,'itv and four tally injured while working for tb outside the city. Mineral Ihrodurt corporation, shall in the county civil division of th Th hereafter be mad to the Tracy Ixan sheriffs A-- Trust company, to Pa received 947 papers to be paid out-o-Un Is department served, and fees from the services .of further order of th commission these papers netted the county !!,i ;'dr" district Td,.? $1822 45. Two hundred and twenty-on- e were issued for stores, garof In licenses of the behalf money xpeiuiitur th child. ages. soft drink parlors and such it I found in another me that the places in the county outside Balt lake and mother of John Hakaa. City License fees collected totaled killed by premature 08. $21 xplowion at th The feeding of prisoners in the counDaly Went mine In Park Citv. are not entitled to eompennation. be ran a they ty Jail was an important item under were not dependent on their on. The the sheriffs Jurisdiction According to the figures of Chief Criminal Deputy parents live in Finland. The Fdeenbenr Sand A Gravel comB. H. Doherty. 22.76 meals were rved to prisoners in the Jail between pany, which did pot carrv compensation insurance, 1 found bv th January I and April 1 The total cost to be liable to Galue Tread- of meals for that period was $1723.14 way for disability suffered to hla hand and the average cost per meal was when the body of a tnick fell on It. .0756. Th post per meal for feeding prisTreadwav, however, mav collect additional compensation only if he suboner rose from 073 in February to mit to an operation to correct cer- .082 In March The number of prisontain defect In hi hand, end aft ers fed In March wa only eighteen such an operation the conmIiton will les than th number fed in February, consider the auestkm of functional loss which should make no materia) differin the hand. ence. The reason for the Increase In the average cost per meal in March could nqt be accounted for, Mr. Doh-ert- v stated. The average coat per the the heading water following Joaeph Swetin $120 5; meal in January was .072 cent. Geo rye W Buchanan, $350 , Parson contract, $348 Costs on seven axree-men- ts To Make Department Pay. to purchase, running about $90 The average cost per meal of feedeach were mulcted to the extent of ing prisoners cannot be materially re$210, according to the statement duced. said Mr. Dohertv, but an apThe vtatement in full follows: from the federal governThe adding machine indicates a to- propriation will ment greatly reduce the tout coat tal on the list as arisen, including the of feeding prisoners. duplication, of $9998. 13. whtch Is just I am determined that the sheriffs than the total reached by $1.60 lea ahall pay for its maintethe statement. However, Ross asserts department nance by fines and dees col ectedM that the full totals Indicated were not said Sheriff Harries "1 do not think taken in some cases. the taxpayers should bear the burden Reimbursement Promised. of enforcing the law and bringing law As long as there He wrote thjr statement from his violators to Inin Ice. breark the laws of dhe own notation, saying he had kept are people Vho and I do not state nation. track of the amounts and their source county, favor any leniency ror the violators In order to keep the reeorffls clear-T- he I shU put forth every effort to and audit in progress Is being made see titwt the office pavs Its quit fully, and It Is expected that the wav, and thatsheriffs theviolstdrs of the law exact amount of th shortage wlU ba law for the enforcement. par definitely determined bv it. in the think the first quarterh report meantime demand ha been mode on for Ithis vear is a fair report In subthe American Surety as company, mitting U ! wish to express my appresurety for Ross, for the full amount ciation for the cooperafon the sheriffs of his statement. Refund will be from the made, of course, in the event It Is department has received office nd the Jusattorney's county found to be actually lose. Should it of the peace. The agencies prove .to be t more than the $10,000 tices of the Roe bond, the state funds have cooperated in everv wav, and exiet between the are til! protected by the $500,000 bond perfect harmony sheriffs denartment and these offof the state land commissioner Mr Ross at hi home 7S I street, icers' Sheriff Harries said last night declared that he will make full reimbursement of the fund from the state and that he will hold himself at the disposal of the authorities until the aifailr is settled one wav or another. He staled that he will give deed of trust for hi Lehl property to the urety company In ecuiitj for the liability of that concern to the tat, The hortest Arbor day proclama that the value of the property adding I considerably in excess of the $10.'M6 tion to be issued by, a governor of surety bond, which more than covers the amount of his peculation Utah ia Some years was promulgated Id fthr ' ament Company Building Utah Plant Now' in Position to Supply Coast Needs. - Postpone Hearing Pending New Survey. Forty-thre- e Manufacturers and dealfces in illicit Uquor suffered heavy losses during the first quarter of this year, besides hav-- k g their peace of mind constantly in alone, d. r Butb and Marjorie Nelson, who are tailored to Sure keen kidnaped by their father January & Sheriffs Activities. Appointed in May, 1921. bo alint aa to enhance Jus height somewhat, noticeably bespectacled and by no means flashily dressed, Mr. Ross entered the service of the state land office two years ago next Mar. He was highly recommended, and his general appearance indicated faithful performance of his duties to the state to the best of hla ability.- - It was recognised at the 'time that his political record entitled him to consideration at the hands of the petty which had Just come into power; but a general knowledge of the state and considerable experience as postmaster at Lehi, hla home town, would,' it was believed, qualify him to fill the postlion of cashier. Apparently, however, and according to his own statement, as retold by state and surety company officers. Rosa had not been cashier in the land office very many months before be began to use fund that should hare passed through hla hands. Commissioner Okiroyd said yesterday the process had been on for about a year. Rosa haagoing not served a full two years In the office. "For some tints,' said iMr. we have known that there was something wrong In the cashier's department. W e have aiwavs been assured In the most miitivc manner that the money van there. We were driven to the conclusion, however, that the case was one either of incompetency or of crookedness. Searching for Her Missing Children j Anxious-Mothe- In- and persistent development th j"- " dat om',lltd duistrtal department of the Salt Chamber of Commerce through a our-e- y of the public utilities and some of the more important community err vice lulnf the last fix years the number of UHephonea has increased rteadlly, electric light and power users v h'eB TO,n " become more. nuitieftus. The water- works department also is somewhat of a reflector of the prosperity end ,d the ,cr irow(h of have Increased each year In aubetan- 'Hal number In Salt take. The num- !cr.of aulomobllw haa nearly doubled in the last five years in Uuh. I luring the last four years IMS new firms or concerns have companies, filed articles of Incorporation with the secretary of state, more than 1200 of 'the being in Halt Lake During the same time there have been 147 corporations of other states file copies of their articles of incorporation with, n the secretary of stale to begin of hueifnees in Utah. Most of these are doing business In Halt Lake. This increased the number of onrpora-- t on doing business In the mat by nearly SO peccem. a there- were, at the end of last year, 4173 active doing business In Utah, nearly 3.VW) of which were in Halt luke. The period of time over which the industrial duartment obtained its figure include the year of 1913 to 1122 iwluMv. In 191$ there were 24 70 telephone In use in Halt lake Ptexdy 18 . John C. Howard, president and general manager for the Utah Oil Refining companj, one of the applicants for a franchise to bring natural gas Into tfalt Isike CHy, together with William R. Wallace, a director of the Utah OH Refining company, held at) Ine formal conference with Mayor C. Nealen vesterday and discussed mstters pertaining to the chamber of comm me civic affair committee recommendation that this franchise be V hile no announcement waa denied Dimade by any of th patties to this Mrs. Giralda NeUon, conference, it was generally understood that postponement of the gas vorced From Husband, franchise hearing was requested. - Due tr the physical difficulties in curred by winter and hd weather, Kidnaping. it ha been impossible t make a complete survey of th. possibilities of bringing natural gas to Fait faike from Baxter Basin, Wyo , and this Is said hat appears to be a domestic to have formed the basis of the request for a postponement. It is held prob- tragedy was brought to light ) ester-daable that the postponement of the when ft became known that two Tittle .giHs, Ruth and Marjorie NeP View ann. have k Refuse to Vote. missing from their Salt Lake Critics Jioma shire January !. Their mother. ... &t oprlngvillc 47. Exit court gas was presented originally by Mr. Mrs Giralda Nelson, PaintmgS Howard snd K. K. Hurley, vice presibelieies that they wore kndnaped by dent of the Ohio Oil uompan). The their father, a, M. Nelson, formerly to Pick Prize Winners. report submitted to the mavor bv the chamber of commerce civic affairs a street car motorman of Salt Iaihe. The luirenta of th little girls hac committee recommended the denial of been divorced for some time, but were the framhtse. Recommendations to Maor Nelen apparently on tha best of Itmu. tale Edwin F. Evans of Salt and members of the city commis- In the afternoon of January 8 the head of th art department of sion bj the board of governors of the father apteared at the home of Mrs. and Dr ot Vtah mother, lire. T. Hall, 414 the Vniversilv Chamber of Commence that the ap- Nelsons aud I eors place, and asked to take the George Is. 8 mart, art student plication for a franchise to bring children Jprln4-vtll- c to of went this critic a to theater. cit, natural go to Salt Lake from the and Fridav at noon to inspect The children were surrendered withBaxter basin yoromg, be denied, exhibit and have never been judge the pictures in the an returnwef affirmed bv the civic improve- out anyof question of the Spt1n$ville hi$h school, since. The beard motive that only ment and municipal affairs committee can tie late ing Friday nih. assigned for the ktdnaplnst acOf the chamber yesterday by a vole r entered in Some thirty picture 4s nplte of 10 to 4, a number of the members cording to the anxious mother,waa the exhibiartists competUl work, hhe stated that she very the who had given the matter no study anxious the way having reeidenccs allArisona. to regain the custody of the tors not votirg Citv to York from New children, aa she (Ud not consider their number of ttah artists also having to a father have person proper charge IVcision of the Opinions Differ. of them. Rhe also stated that kid- canvasses entered. made but will be has been be brought judge woulfl According to some members of the naping charges next secret until Thursday eveNelson if he l apprehended. kept committee, a report on the gas fran- against ning. when awarding of plxea will Ruth Is f years of age and Mar. be chise question waa prepared bv the a rpcn&l program and made, with is 8 Inquiries have been made committee after a long penod of in- - jarie to i. held at the high school tn- - Mmncsrvilte, Minn., where Nelson banquet Two paragraphs wer estigatlow. auditorium. stricken out bv the board and the formerly lived Dr. Smart said yesterday that the exhausting everv other means bhowfng ass highly crd table and report as amended was given out, the of After getting Information about the chil- that member said, over the Mgnaturea of dren. there mere numerous Pictures of Mrs. has appealed to The distinctive the entire membership of the com- Tribune to Neson merit, among thsc being help her tn the search. mittee. Yesterday morning Jhe acCypress Trees. by Hohroff of New a murine quarfrom Yort: aroused tion by Waldo Midgle.v, somp protect ters. It is said that seventeen memformerly rof Salt Bake, now of New inin bers only have been active the tork. "Harvest' bv John Fairbanks of Balt Jake; awlnter scene bv vestigation comStewart of bait lrfike, The ReHome of the members of the turn. by Higgins of New York, and mittee refused to vote Yesterday In "Boyhood Home' b) O. D. Campbell a meeting of the committee of the of southern Utah. whole, sajlrg that they had not given There ar12 pictures in the exhibit, sufficient eonnideration to the mat-te- r which Is the eighteenth given by th' Thoee who did vote comprised teprtngvUle high nrihooh this being a quorum of the committee, accordthe first high school In the United ing to J H, Rayburn, secretary of States to mike a distinctive art showthe chamber. It waa moved, after the ing bringing in the work of artist vote, that it be made unaniwho come up to standard for the benemous One member, however, refused fit of the student. to cast his vote in unanimity, and Th aim la to encourage artists in the original vote was recorded their work and to create a desire on The vote In favor of sustaining th Satisfactory Report Made the part of th people for the aesthetboard of governors recommendations ic and cultural eh merits in life. follows Hwniel Alexander, A. J. AnThe Rpringsille school has not conon Kindergarten derson. J. R. Bruff, W. N. Beattv. fined Its efforts to Utah; but wa the P J. Fleetwood. Dean W. W, first to undertake n exhibit open to V. P. Strange. Robert Miller, any artist In the United Staten. Th House. Neighborhood A A. Kerr and Kdward Rosenbaum exhibit was opened March 15 and will close April 15. The opposition vote was cast by G W. A The unique feature of the evh'bit H Packman, W. D. Brow is the fact that it is absolutely fr. A K. Peterson H. Carter and C. E. Watson was reelected to the about $600 public, iithou?h president of the Salt lsoke Free Kin- will be given this year in poises, 'The of the school xiudent various activities and House Neighborhood dergarten are devoted to the fostering and association at a meeting of the execu- - j rnuintcnanc of th exhibit from ear Is live board of that organisation re- to Var. The .otudents have already of considerable a number purchased held. cently paintings and intend with the Other- - officers chosen were' Mrs valuable funds gained thin ear to add mate-riaErnest Bamberger, first vice presitheir collection !. H. WinThe UMh State Nurses association to succeed Mrs. Burton Musser, gate. to teacher of mathematics at the vesterdav accented the resignation of dent. V. F. Strange, second vice Mrs. and of the art school chairman and and high Miss Pabcne PoEon as president, president, to succeed Mr, bred E. committee, sava the committer exelected Mies Clara Ha ins former vice Smith. to collection the grow rapidly president, to the presidency. Miss Th remaining ' corps of officers pects In the ftitxre and the annuai exDallon has moved to Boston reelected. They are Mrs. F. C. hibit will become that, so popular it will Mum Kate Bowen superintendent of were J. W. necessitate the construction of an art Schramm, treasurer, Mis nurses at the I. T. S. hospital, was Kooklidge, Mrs. gallery on the high school campus. recording secretary elected vice president of the associaFrank Evans, auditor, and the tion end Miss Margaret Inveraoll, suGraMrs. E A. directors. perintendent of nursbs at'thethe countv Jones, Mrs. V. P. board of ham. MissMrs.Rose hospital, was elected to J. W. Rooklidge, Mrs. Strange. directors Leon Sweet, Mrs Miss Bessie Lawrence presided at A. N McKay, Mrs. Burton Mu&ser, Mrs. Fred E. bmlth the meeting. Community singing was and Mrs. ft. N. Young. led by Mr Esther Davie Stephens, During the ear, according to a reA report of the program committee wras made by Miss Mabel Bettllvon, port submitted bv the superintendent, at the and Mts Alice Hubbard reported from there were 14 chidren enrolled Thero reoreaented nnety-fou- r of Women's houM the City Federation from feee received The parclubs pr Walter A. Kerr presented families. amounted to So30 58. Desertion a stercopticon lecture on a recent trip ents husoands. divorces, separstons, by to France. deaths and the taking uv of remunerative positions by mothers were among Prison Labor Program the canons causes given for the 4eav Ing of cbtldren there by Cie mothDiscussion ers 3,000,000 Bags Subject The kindergarten department, conof the Franklin Joint committees from the Salt Lake ducted as a anbranch Marketed Last enrollment of thirty-ninand the Ogden chamber bf commerce school, hadteachers were supplied by and and th Utah Manufacturers' associaof The Utah sewing the VniversRy meet at will oclock tion Thursday Official. where the children are taught Says afternoon, to formulate a plan Gov-for school, to make their own clothes, had as enprison labor to be presented to n thirty-sevechildren of ernor Mabey and the atate board of rollment correct ions, according to announceThe annual dinner' tendered to the ment of J. S.. Earley, secretary of tho manufacturers association. The priaon superintendents and operating officials labor program will be presented one of the Sugar comweek from that date. pany bv the management was held tn the Hotel IJtah last night More , Conviction than. iOQ ware present.- iaoluding a Stamp number of staff officers in trait Confirmed ipwial t The Tribune. 7. Forger Citett for Lake anil the dinner was iu the na8T. GEORGE, April ture of a family affair. A mandate affirming the conviction contempt of court by Judge W. E B. B. Smoot, general superintendof Dewrey Conlev for hav ing forged Knox, Attorney 8. A. King, defendof the factories of the emppany, ent revenue alamos in his possession was Frank Kelsey, on trial for- - mur- railed the diners to order And intro-- , received in the United Rtatce court ing wilt on tho charge sentenced be der, from the circuit court vesterday, and dueed 8. H. Love, general sales mansentence In the after the completion of the trial. Mr. ager, as - toasimasler.Conley's Mf. tave county Jail, which was Imposed by the King insisted on asking questions gooke briefly of the large flmoSnt orwas been overruled State had I'tuted dtriet 29court, nfter they by 0? sugar produced, saying that, indered from January the judge. cluding some holdover sugar, Pearly He haa already served mo-- e than the after stae closed, Directly of liie sentence. 3,000,000 bags had been -- marketed Judge D. H. Morris, one of the at- during the last year. He then introAbrams Electronic Treatment. Dr. torneys for the defense, asked that duced President Heber J. GraBt, Grace 8. Airev. J93 Judge Bldg Adv.) the court instruct the jury to bring who awarded the to the in a verdict of, pot guilty and dis- successful factories. trophies These were the miss tbo ease. The prosecution failed factories st City. Garland, to make a ease, the defense claimed. West Jordan Brigham and' Idaho Falls. Mr. Judge Knox denied the motion after Smoot of the the workings explained two eomolete sessions bad been ex- efficiency contests by which the hausted in argument. t hsd been won. It is expected that the defense trophies W. H. Wattis, managing director will introduce their first witness to- of the . company, Bishop C. V, morrow. Approximately twenty witproclamation recommending the Apostle George Albert Smith been have nesses bv the subpoenaed of Arbor day by the plantothers talked briefly. Mr, Wnt-- t . - and ing of trees, .hrubs and lines in the defense. is referredi to the proposed sugar culof forest and promotion growth invevtigatioii, eoudemntn- - the refinTWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY S ture, aud in the adornment of pubfor agitation, and AND NO QUES-- . ers REWARD, lic aud private grounds, places and f TIONS ASKED. and Bishop Nibley told of This amount will be paid and no what Senator Smoot had done for ways, and in such other efferrts and Ihe for return of tho sugar industry. Fresident Grant undertakings as shall be in harmony questions asked, and goods personal effects with the general character of suen household stolen from my residence within the told of the help the church had given holiday. six weeks, or same amount will the sugar industry. , last Now, therefore, I, Charles It. be paid to anyone recmerln same. B, 'Music wax furnished bv the'Kin Fast Third South. nev brothers nrrbexira ami other enMabey, governor of the state of F. Redman. fAdvertlsemenl 4 Ctah, do hereby designate Monday, tertainment included a mock trial fn April 16, 19iJ, us Arbor day and'l TNtJtMV for - vnttT which thp superintendents were tried do declare .the same to"bo a legal lawns and gardens order wow. Was and eonvieted for eonverting sugar holiday. till. ,134 Regent ft. (Adv.) into rrfue molasses. (Tar-enc- Suspect for-mc- and Mar-stell- Miss Clara Hams Chosen Head of Nurse Association -- !l , of e, t of Is Kelsey Attorney to Draw Penalty on Contempt Charge Utah-Idah- o , one-thir- d Shortest Arbor Day Proclamation DANCE IE SUCCESS. Sproill to The Trttma RPAMSH FORK, . April 7. The ' 4x1' dance given by the American Legion night at the Auditorium ws one of at he most eucceaafql tents of the season. Members of the Begin and those having OtaVg of the numerous carnival .booths, typical of earlv California days, were arrayed In costumes f th dav f 49. These numerous carnival -- features were the high lights of Ibe event lt It by Governor Mabey yesterday. designates April 16 as Arbor day in Utah this year.--Th- e legislature has fixed the holiday as April 15, but that falls on a Sunday, and in sueh eases the law, fixes the legal holiday as the Jay following. The governors proelsmation Mu: Whereas, section 2Sr9. Compiled taws of Utah, 1917, provdes that the governor shall each year Issue a ta Tk Trlbaaa SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., April Official announcement waa made todip of the completion of negotiations by the Columbia Steel corporation to ac- quire the plant of the Uewellyn Irdh uerka at Torrance, til., near tas Angeles. VVIgguigton E. Creed, president pf the Columbia Steel corporation, ' In commenting on the purchase, pointed out that this makes the activities pf tlio steel corporation Pacific coast-wid- e, with plants located at Portland. To, rn,-- and Pittsburg, the head office ar San Francisco and the f ig Iron source near Provo, Utah. He aaid urtjicr. Utah to Afford Supply. Today manufacturer of toe! on the Fiiciftc coast make steel largeJy from scrap and ar limited fn tnelr output by the amount of that Burwfttr to produe pig Iron upon completion of tihe ftah developments they will be In a position lo manufacture all the steel for which they may rind a market. The Columbia Steel corporation will also be ready to furnish Pacific coast foundries with their trincipat raw material, for which they now depend on foreign countries cr the eastern part of the United States. ' Tha financial program has been completely cared for. It ia expected lhat the blast furnace wilj be blown In about January, 1824. Tho corpora tion is also installing at PIKsbusg wire and nail mills and facilities to manufacture steel shoots lo supply the Pacific coast with products nol heretofore made on the coast. "The Uewellyn prapartles at T which have been amalgamated with the properties of the Columbia Steel corporation consist of a ptsel foundrv and rolling mill, with both open hearth and elqetric furnace equipment. The Torrance plant has boon operating for a little over rive vears and has an annual capacity of 60,000 tons of finished product. The amalgamation of the Torrance properbueineas no has ties bearing upon, the of the Llewellyn Iron works In law Angeles, which will continue Its operation independently, aS heretofore. , Will Become Directors. "Reose Uewellyn and Walter Tay lor, of the Uewellyn Iron works wtll become directors of the Columbia Steel corporation and on the board will be associated with W. R. Creed, W, W. Crocker, W M Alexander, A K. Boynton. l. H Botchfovd, I. Joba K Drum. Herbert Fleishhacker, j. D. Grant. K. F. B. Morse andI Josepir of San Francisco, and W. Shifts, Armstrong. A.K Kills, Jr., and Lv'F. of Balt Lake City. twins, 'Wigyifi$tn K Creed, president, and H I. Botchfnrd, vice president, ot the Columbia Steel corporation will be in Salt Lake in a few dayaM said Ia F. R&ina. vice president, with ofIn $alt L&ke, yesterday, fice and I think they will have nqore to announce. They ar going to Inspect th plant alte at Ironton. between Provo and Bprtnfville, and may be here several days. Home California people have th idea about the plant to be loliurveealon cated In Ctah. Their seem to be that this I merely for Iron. will be out That pig turning the first work, but I am of the opinion that ft will not be long before steel i manufactured there. There is s big territory to supply with steel aad the loci cal thing to do will be to prepare that steel here, so that it can be ent in ait directions with the teas! possible waste of time and money. Excavation for the foundation of the new plant at Ironton win be Is on th started soon Machinery wav here now and things will be humnear future." In the ming Nib-lev- riOL-LAR- the-tarif- FKRT-.U7tf- V y' Information on Shrubs, Trees and j Plants Compiled Heplies on the best eight tree? shrubs and other garden plants arr coming in daily irom various nut servmeu throughout Ihe state, ac eor'ifing to Robert Miller, chairmat of the subcommittee on shade tree and gardenij of the municipal affairs and civic improvement committee Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Miller telegraphed last nigh! for copies of the Washington, D. C New York City and other ordlnanc creating shade' tree commissions, ant It is ex outlining their functions. pccted that an ordinance will be passed soon by the rity eommissios of Salt Lake, providing for a com mission to serve for SI a year each to include some five or sevea mess bars. A number of names were pre sented hs prospective commissioner! at a subcommittee meeting vester dav, Mr. Miller said, but tlie Lsl will be enlarged probably. . t aH B Z . Order of Moose . Wilt . Hold Memorial Service Members of Salt Lake City lodge Xo. 239. Loyal Order of Moose, wu bold tbs annual memorial service t the order at the Mooee club. 222 South West Temple street, at 1 oclock thl evening. Dictator George E. Howe will have charge of the ceremonies. Vo al and Instrumental music and III form the proapectal features gram for the services. Life and Character Reading APRIL a Restlessness, anxiety and l.eedlees-nee- s are often at the ivottom t.f th troubles of these peculiar, but most lovable, people. They must learn yit method of working out their own sal, vatinn twfore they accept the responsibility of saving ethers, and to rear, ize that prodigality in riving In defeats the purpose of the give These- - people wilj entirely effarx themselves for other people, .to th detriment of those they assist, and their, own health and prosperity. The, ere careless with their words, very illoglcad. constantly asking question! and never waiting for the answer. The governing planets are Neptune snd Jupiter, and the governing else in Pisces. TheWvtrthatone. Is turqnotm and ihe sstral colors are while, black and onyx. Seek a home .today. Throngs ot people are finding satisfactory domt rilra through the use or the Waal II 'ey jf . Governor M obey Makes Record in 4$ - !clal ' X 'J Ada. 1 |