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Show - THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLE. UTAH you visit the Coliseum Whmvmi JOn TVr to Lkt? Cftv visit PARK'S JEWELRY STOKE. The flnMt iMbUmnt In h Rocky Mountains dpvotod t towel, nr and allied lines. Factory on the remises No order too lario to handle nor too small to receive. J m. jtLXLA,Kii fci BUDGET THE UTAH When you go to Rome l4, Mr-a- nd Mrx.Wtlilanr Salt Lake City celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding. The sugar fa tory commenced cutting beets October 10, thus common. Ins its twenty third year of operation With a large crop and excellent, I'fTcT's iiTevaTThg. the tomato grow- rrs of 1bt-- comity have had h. most successful season. Migratory And insectivorous birds n Utah will bo proteitcd by the new federal game law which has just been approved by president Woodrow Wilk of r V. uta When duty calls It la frequently told that the line Is busy. son " Nearly two million dollars worth ot Trcstock has been fattened on tbe 1 tn'tah forest ranges In the heart of YOU Would not buy "or use stale butter if fresh could be tained. Then why be in the old rut and use stale coffee when you can get 1 $8,-0U- 0. dlalue of Canto Damjrtfo HEWLETTS LUNKTA e Y .selecting Walter W. Vick of New of the Jersey as receiver-genera- l customs ot the' Dominican repub-- i 11c President Wilson assigned him the task of continuing a novel experiment In national finance. Bankruptcies and receiverships .are common enough In commercial en- terprises, but the Dominican experiment Is the first case In which a nation after being plunged into Involuntary bankruptcy has accepted a third party, another nation to act as receiver of its revenues and stand between It and its creditors during the settlement ot its outstanding obligations. The soundness of this commercial practice as applied to governments Is shown by the fact that today the Dominican republic has more ey to Spend for proper purposes than ever before, besides paying the Interest on a loan and setting aside each year a sum for the payment of the principal. When the receivership terminated Santo Domingo Is likely to enjoy the distinction of being the only Latin American ment-not-saddled -- with a burdensome foreign , - it is to draw the line between genius and insanity. MEN AND WOMEN to letrn barber trade. Excellent opportunities open for you. Tools furnished and commission paid while learning. Only eight weeks required. Call or write lor parfculara and catalog. 13 Commercial btreet, Salt Lake City, Utah WANTED wm TRADING STAMPS WITH HER PIE. The Old Cathedral of Canto Domingo Why the Woman Customer Beamed, After a Protest. A pale little woman loaded with bundles c. i a department atorei Coffee and peach pie, she said to the waitress. When a check for 20 cents was brought, she demurred. 1 thought Jthe pie was only five." said the waitress debt Ten, madam, Do you want firmly, and added: The United States government is the custoyour trading stamps?" dian of the Dominican revenues, and stands spon"Do you give stamps with a lunch? sor not only for the conservation of the public the woman beamed. Oh, well, then funds but also for the settlement of the repubyou can bring me another piece of lics debts. This arrangement has lasting force by virtue of-pie. Ill try mince this time. treaty between the United States and the Dominican republic, In which the condl- - , What He Forgot tlons of the receivership are set forth. Under A school Inspector was testing a this treaty It waa that President Wilson appointclass powers of observation. He ed Mr. Vick as the representative of the governmade sure that the class saw that he ment of the United States to administer the refountain pen in ceivership. bad a Mr. Vick, is not, technically speaking, in any bis waistcoat pocket plainly displayed. Then he left the rostrum, re- way connected with the Washington government. tired to the anteroom, and there re- His salary is paid by the Dominican government. moved the fountain pen to an Inner The same is true of all the expenses of the repocket Returning, he stood with ceivership. These Include the salaries of a num- as his assistants. bis coat thrown open and his Test dis- her of Americans His own salary is $6,E&0 a year, and he also gets played, penless. Now, boys, he said, "tell me what living quarters. Mr. Vick Is regarded as exceptionally well 1 have forgotten." for the place. One of the advantages qualified There was a long pause, and then to lie In the American receivership is supposed mall voice piped np: that the customs revenues are by It removed to exto "Please, sir, you forgot say neutral hands and ara no longer to be preyed cuse me,' when you walked In front upon by aspiring revolutionists or grafting offif the teacher." cials. From 1906, when the first temporary arrangement went into effect, until 1912 Santo He But Wasnt Domingo had its first long period of freedom from Tommy, sternly ordered his fath- revolution and .internal strife. The neutrallza-tion-o-f woodshed with er, come into-t- he the customs receipts has been regarded me. e as .the cause of this peace turbulent reTou aint golntospank me, 'are public. In 1911 there was continued political dls-yon, pop? Tommy tearfully asked. turbance, but even during the revolution the cus"Didnt I tell yon this morning Id tom houses remained unmolested by either ficsettle with you if you played hookey tion in the struggle. It will be Mr. Vicks task to continue . this absolute security of the cusgain?" Aw, pop, I thought you were only toms receipts &nd maintain, perfect neutrality joking; like when you told the butch- toward all the contending political factions In the Island. er youd settle with him European Intervention In Santo Domingo seem- ed a certainly when President Roosevelt InterStrategy. ' When he saw the enemy coming vened in behalf of the republic. The Dominichn he turned and ran. I call that coward-- . government was saddled with a foreign and domestic Indebtedness amountingrwith interest, to Ice.- "Far from paying the Interest, Not at alL He remembered that about $30,000,000. the world is round, and he intended the Dominican government was lncreaslng the to run around and attack the enemy debt by about a million dollars a year. As a rssuit of centuries of misrule the revenues were from the rear." being dishonestly dissipated. A succession of revolutions had reduced the government simply He Obeyed. graft for which -- many fictions" Willie was struggling ' through the to. a source-o- f were contending. In this situation' the European story In his reading lesson. No, said creditors in 1904 demanded a settlement, and vne captain," he read, "it was not a were prepared to take over the revenues of the sloop. It was a larger vessel. By government if their demands were not granted. the rig I Judged her to be Aj-tDominicans were unable to do what they , The word was near to him. asked. European Intervention seemed certain. "Barque, replied the teacher. The United States then negotiated the modus Still Willie hesitated. vlvendi, which was to hold in force while a treaty "Barque!" repeated the teacher, waa being negotiated. The treaty, under which this time sharply. the receivership Is now conducted, was ratified Willie looked as .though he had not by the United States senate and the Dominican beard aright. Then with an appre- congress and went Into" effect July $. 1907, hensive glance around the class be Meantime under the modus vivendi there had shouted: been issued bonds of the Dominican government ' " to the amount of $20,000,000. This was for the purpose of making a settlement with the. foreign -Knew His Nursery Rhymes. creditors and paying for certain public ImproveAt a certain school they are now ments necessary to the utilization of the island engaged in considering the history of resources. Though the nominal debt was it was scaled down by the United States England during the Tudor period. Now," said the teacher, "who fol- in making allowance for fraud and dishonest -claims to about $17,000,000. lowed Edward VI?? The bonds bear interest at 5 per cent, making one child correctMary, replied the annual Charge for the service of the loan ly. Right," commented the teacher. $1,000,000 a year. It Is provided in. the treaty that each month the American receiver-genera- l "Next boy: Who followed Mary?" The little lamb," replied the next hall pay to the Guaranty Trust company of New boy without an instant's hesitation. - Y6rk, the fiscal agent of the loan, the sum of $100,000. This Is $200,000 in excels ot the "annual $1,000,000 required, and the balance is ap-- , ' Sure Thing. to the amortization of the bonds. In addi"This fashion sheet, said the lady piled tion It Is provided that whenever the collections manicure, "says that' skirts will be for any year shall exceed $3,000,000, half of the ' o tight next season that you cant shall be applied to the amortization of ' surplus sit down In them." the bonds. Oh, well, yawned the telephone Highly satisfactory .progress has been "mad operator, then I suppoh Well have towird (he repayment of the principal of the - to stand It $20,000,000 loan, inasmuch as the revenues of the republic have nearly doubled under the Record. Clean a Keeping Americazr receivership. After the expense of "How do yon manage to keep such the have been paid and the Interest receivership clean record with so many of your charges and sinking fund taken care ot, tbe cranky relations? Dominican government gets what is left Far Just use soft soap." Baltimore from being a hardship, the effect of the receiver American. ) . Santo Domingo, Archbishop NvHn4r-ramIn n temporary president, to hold office until general elections could be held This compromise was effected last December, but a few weeks ago Archbishop Nouel relinquished his task and wenr to Europe 1n search of lost health. Without any turmoil or disorder Domlnlean the congress elected Jose Ilordas, a senator who had Joined In the rebellion of 1912, to succeed him Only tho Influence of the United States kept more trouble from breaking out upon the withdrawal of the archbishop. Cbtumbus Tomb FRESII ROASTED STEEL CUT COFFEE? How difficult the Wasatch and Uintah mountains luring the present season. 'wi unite waa used-- at Hiawatha coal amp early Monday morning to blow np a burning hotel lu order to. save the remainder of the camp from destrut tlon. Tho total loss is 1 go, the capital of the republic, Is full, of historical associations It Is the site of one of the first settlements made In th western beml sphere by Christopher Columbus. At the entrance to 1 govern- r the ancastle and fort stone cient his brother, erected by shorn Columbus made governor of the colony. Half i the harbor stands - gold-mounte- d who-serv- e -- -- Tit-Bit- s. in-th- , , -- - - va-a-- a ne 1 " "Bow-wow!- $30,-000,0- 00 r I mile further up the bzama river stands a great tree, to the great trunk of which Columbus tradition says tied his ships. J ist around the corner from the offices which Mrt Vick will occupy are the ruins of a great cathedral, the first stone church ever built in the western world Near by, on the old plaza of Santo Domingo, stands the new cathedral. Itself centuries old. In It lies a metal casket said to contain the brliort of Vi& Tomb of Columbus Within tho Caihednot hones of the great admiral, they took the bones of thought to been has The Dominican the ship Spaniards government give to Havant, but there' Is more money for Us own purposes than it ever Christopher Columbus bad before, ven in the days when it did not" evidence that they took those of his brother, the former governor, pay a cent on its Indebtedness. The first real roada Jn the republic, outside of the towns, hare been built with funds supplied by the receiverAT THE OPERA ship, and other public improvements hars been made possible. "There irere about 4,000 persons out to hear What the receivership has really done for the the night I went,". remarked Mrs. Grim Parsifal Dominican government is shown by the fact that husband. whereas the customs receipts were only about' to her so? responded Grim. 1 didnt know Is that . $2,000,000 a year before the receivership, the so many deaf people In the country, were there receipts for 1912 were $3,(42,861. Thls Is the demanded his are "What you talking about highest figure ever attained, and collections for wife. the first four months of .the present calendar, .Onetbousand people, sUghtly deaf,. not altototal receipt for 19l3 wtll year Indicate that-thdeaf, deaf and middling deaf." gether exceed $4,000,000. see the point yet Parsifal Isnt for dont 1 W. E. Pulliam, Mr. Vicks predecessor, effected deaf people, though parti' of It are rather many reforms In the administration of the Do" stormy." Mr. Vick minican customs which will "Deafness Is realty an advantage at any o! materially when he takes charge. It was found Wagner's blowouts. But what 1 meant was that that one reason for the small receipts lay In the at such places of entertainment there Is always dishonesty of the collectors. The men whom the one deaf man to every three or four persona who - from - the service American receiver-expell- ed can hear. found ' difficulty in understanding why there Im sure I dont object In the least to the deal! ehould he any objection to their modest peculapeople being there. But I do object to the peotions. Similarly, It waa found that other men who go there with the deaf people. - There ple In the customs service, were grafting by permit-- , Is always a person' who persists In explaining ting goods to enter without duty uponJ payment things to the deaf person. The explanations are1 of tribute, to them. This, of course, many Imuncalled for, and the deafness Is perhaps a sort porters .were, only, too. glad, to do. of protection against them. One of the remarkable features of the effects "The last time I went to hear the opera I of the receivership la that receipts, were Increaspaid $t for a seat Every one kept aeklng me ed through the reduction of the customs dues. If I was going and then every one always looked A cut of 60 per cent was made In the export supercilious when I said no, so I finally changed duties and a reduction of 16 per cent In the immy mind and went. Having paid so much for a port duties. The result was to Increase both seat, I wanted to hear the music, exports and Imports. "Hanged if an old lady, deaf as a post and rich The former receiver-genera- l found that while as cream, didn't line np right behind met There such articles as champagne, silks and automowere four friends with her, all anxious to talk biles, used solely by the rich, were being admitto her. I think she owned the theater, because ted practically duty free, the cotton cloths, which no one objected to tbe recitation on the part of are the sole source of clothes for the poorer those who were. With her,. .... classes,' were being taxed almost 100 "The old lady couldnt hear a thing! EveryMr. Pulliam Induced the Dominican government thing had to be repeated three or four times. to reverse this arrangement, with salutary effect Even then' there were some things she never both upon the condition of the poorer people und did hear. I got interested In the game and wanted upon the state of the treasury. to take a hand. At one stage they were all tryThough Mr. Vick will be the bead of the only ing so bard to get her to comprehend that I government department in all Latin could hardly stand' It They didnt know how to America a custodian of the customs receipts; talk to a deaf person. - They didnt enunciate he will really be a tremendous factor la the poclearly. I was always good at enunciation. litical stability of the republic. With the Amer"At last, when they were all talking together, ican minister he is the personification' of the unable to txt the old lady to comprehend at all, pledge of the United States that the Dominican either through stubbornness or meanness,! rose government shall conduct Itself honorably in Its elaborately from my seat and turned and faced financial obligations to foreigners. The office of them. the American legation the 'Excuse me, I said, .but can I be of assistin Santo Domingo city are the bulwarks of Doance? Let me try.' minican stability, peace and good government "With that 1 placed my two hands around toy As a result of this peculiar relation of the mouth and shouted loud and clear: United States to Santo Domingo the Washington They aay your dress Is coming open In the authorities have been obliged to 'take a friendly back!'" " hand in he settlement of the Dominican politiI A. D. 1925. cal troubles "The rebellion which followed the "Why, did she withdraw after receiving tyrannical rule oL EladloVlctorla and his nomination?" nephew, Elfredo Victoria the latter a soldier who got Into power In the confusion fob"They told her, ff elected, she wnnlri k member of the common council, and you know loving the assassination of President Caceres s' as really settled through the intercession of how particular she is." Judge. the United States. A commission, of which Brig: OVERHEARD AT THE PARTY. Gen. Frank McIntyre, chief of the bureau of Ted Why do you think Miss Cutlowe Is clear insular affairs of the war department, was on of the members, brought about the compromise gold? Ned By the way she withstands the acid test by which President Victoria and his nephew rewhen some of the other women look at her.- tired from the government and the prelate of - r e - per-ce- nt non-polltlp- al receiver-generalise- d - -- l , . TomM.'j n if? leader of t,ho Industrial Workeis of the World in England, will address a mass meeting of members uttha order-l- a Utah wad City on Novenv lief 9. James C. Ooad, well known Sail lawj er and a resident of tho for the last twenty-fivyears, city was found' dead in lied at his home October 12, death being due to heart trouble. Whtle making excavations for new building In Ogden, workmen uncovered a peatdied which would prove immensely valuable to any locality where coal la not as plentiful as It adjoining-sratesfnSaTtL- ake e Is in Ogden. Twenty-si- x candidates for two vac- ancles in the city Commission and devon candidates for city auditor VH1 lie on the official ballot to t voted on at the primary election to be held In Salt Lake on October With a view to erecting a synagogue In Ogden and securing a rabbi t6 conduct regular services there, the Britt Rholen congregation was organized at a 'meeting of the Jewish residents of that city last week. Lost In a blizzard while hunting on Mount Ben Lomond, highest peak of the Wasatch rahge, Fred M. and Karl Preshaw of Ogden were badly frozen and narrowly escaped death In their efforts to locate the trail. street car, Boarding a Twenty-firs- t headed west toward the business district of Ogden, a masked man with a revolver forced Conductor Roland Call to turn over $24 In cash, company money, and hla watch, valued at tlf $30. Present Indications are that the citizens of Lehl will get together this fall and elect a municipal ticket, irrespective of national party lines. The the three precinct chairmen jof political partlea have joined in a call to this end. Aocordlng to a letter received by the secretary of the Ogden publicity bureau, Ogden Is to be given due rec ognltlon on the new maps of the Lincoln memorial highway In accordance with the change as recently brought about by Governor William fipry, Henry George Shields, aged 22, hot and killed Florence Parduhn, aged 18, at South' Jordan, October 11, and then turned the gun upon himself, ending, his life. . It U .the belief-tha- t Shields was Jealous of Miss who was to have become his Par-duh- n, wife. Safe robbers entered the postofflee at Price on the night of October 10, safe by listopened the ening to tho drop of the tumblers, , and mad their' escape with $100 la money, $1,000 In stamps and twelve registered letters. Two suspects have been arrested. Mrt. David Sinclair of Garflehl was seriously injured hen a borsewhlch. she was driving became unmanageable and, after dashing down toward " the Magna mill with the buggy. carry-In- g the woman and her four children, collided with a wagon standing at the roadside. Italians o i Utah, under the direction of the Sons ot Italy society of Salt Lake, on October 12, celebrated the anniversary of the discovery of America by 'their Illustrious countryman, Christopher Columbus, In the most elaborate festival of Its kind ever . held in the , state-Master Merle Hyer, aged 17, and the son of Bishop A. L. Hyer of Lewiston, has been declared the Agriculture College club boy of Utah. The boy won first place lu the -- -- potato-gro- contest at the state fair wing and second prize in the National Cop' per bank potato contest. That death- resulted from exposure and freezing, rather than heart failure, is now the belief of those who have Investigated tne circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Raymond T. ODonnell, the popular young man bf Ogden who succumbed while on a hunting trip in South Fork canyon. The state road commission announced last week the completion of one. mle of macadam road In the Wilson district In Weber county, and its intention to begin at once the building of another znUea of macadam road la what is known as the Riverdale dis- trict, - LeRoy E: Harris, aged 13, son ot Ezt Harris of Tremonton, died October 8 of cancer. This Is beved one of the few cases r te medical science whertlx c II ' has proven fatal to a youil, rally attack r "1 c ? o |
