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Show TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1922 THE PROVO POST PACIFIC EXEMPLIFIES THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAS PIONEER TRAIL BLAZERS UNION PRESIDENT BRIMHALL VOICES SENTIMENT r i The Story of Utah Cannot Be Told Without Reciting the History of the Union Pacific. j The history of the Union Pacific System is the history of the march of civilization westward from the Mississippi River. Pioneering in the first years of its existence, it has continued to blaze the trail down to the present time and today its constructive development of territory now isoplans contemplate still furtherlines have not reached them. lated because transportation More than a half century ago, first hand knowledge of the state and Union Pacific engineers and construe- - its people and institutions. The spirit of the pioneer is exemtion gangs fought Indians as they plified by the Union Pacific. From laid steel from Omaha to Ogden inception it has been a construcpushing the railroad at a staggering its cost into undeveloped territory. Many tive force, blazing the trail ahead of the freight and progress and development. The Union years passed before even paid inter- Pacific pledges itself not to abandon passenger business est on this dramatic conquest of the this most cherished tradition. To this west. A score of years ago the Salt great transcontinental railroad sysLake5" Route, part of the Union Pa- - tem the people of yta,h may look in cific system, undertook another great, full confidence for a continuation of g plan laying its steel its policy of opening up terriover forbidding desert lands, unpro- - tory and providing the virgin outlet for ductive and unpeopled., to Los An- the boundless and yet undeveloped - resources of j the great istate. geles, opening up trading opportunito added the To this end, the Union Pacific have greatly ties that of the linked states. The his- - tern urges upon the people of Utah of the Oregon Short Line rail- - the justness of the effort this com- tory road also a part of the Union Pa- pany is now making to obtain cific system is the history of the through purchase the line of the CenIdaho and tral Pacific from Ogden to its termiprogress of southern northern Idaho. Long before the nus on the Pacific. The Union Pacountry it opened up was ready to cific system invites the people of produce business for the road, its Utah to study the issues involved. It steel was down and its freight and is confident that such study will evoke a general insistence that the passenger trains in regular service. of this company be recognized. rights PIONEERING STILL Times. Sugarhouse Today, it is the Union Pacific sys-- i tem which is pioneering again in southern Utah, building to Fillmore, BUILDING PERMITS the territorial capital, to Cedar City and planning to provide fit accommodations to the hordes of travelers BREAK ALL RECORDS attracted to Utahs scenic wondertrail-blazin- j sys-weal- th j WHEN YOU THINK COAL i Phone Two-- 0 j and Specify lands of the southeast. It was the Union Pacific through CHICAGO, Oct. 27. The greatest the great Harriman inheritance tax boom in the history of the building paid to the State of Utah which United States now is in progress acmade possible the erection of this to cording figures recently given to commonwealths magnificent state the press. capitol. is limited to It was the Union Pacific which no Theonerush to build state or section. city, to call Utahs for first responded the Throughout country to carpenters re advertise the funds with which ; hammers are pounding, the figures sources and attractions of Utah to show. the people of the United States to A new larger by far than point out the desirability of this any in the city world would spring up a the establishment for as state place almost all of the buildif overnight of homes, as a place offering large in one place, deconcentrated ings man to business and the opportunity clared E. J. Brunner; editor of the capitalist, as Americas greatest play- American Contrator. the a sportsmans paradise, revenue for the' last fiscal year will ground, lovers are Building records being wonderland. nature in broken all the large practically be distributed among them. Ten per HAS FEATURED SIDE TRIPS cities. Contractors report a shortcent of the total receipts is transIt was the Union Pacific which age of skilled construction workers importance to Utah of to meet the unprecedented demand, ferred to the Forest Service to con- first saw the Brunner said. affording transcontinental travelers Residential buildings. factories struct roads and trails within the the privilege of a free side trip and a and business buildings gain lead the list. might that they stopoverforests. Schools are being built in greater numbers and at greater expense than at any time in recent years. The total valuation of buildings for which constracts were let in twenty large cities during the first nine months of 1922 is $1,213,210,-94- 3 compared with $1,065,099,040 for the entire 12 months of 1921. The cities included in these figues are New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Detroit, Kansas City, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, Indianapolis. New Orleans, Dallas, Buffalo. Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Atlanta. The total of permits to build issued in Greater New York for the PEERLESS SHOOT IUHB1ER CO. Building Headquarters - ' State roads' and schools are to share in the receipts from the NaGovernors of 28 tional Forests. been notified that 25 per 'States have cent of the $3,421,531 received from the sale of timber, grazing permits, and other sources of national forest Sheriff J. D. Boyd: October 26. 1B2 ; When you became a candidate for the office you now hold some of your political opponents tried tp convince me that you were a whisky man.' and I am convinced by your record that you are still a whisky man of the ANTI-typFrom my point of view if all of the offices of Utah county were filled with as much ability and honesty as that of sheriff, there would be no need of an election, except as a vote of confidence. Sincerely yours for a continuation of good work, GEORGE H. BRIMHALL. e. The above letted voices the overwhelming; sentiment of the people of Utah county who stand for law and order and a higher standard of morals. That Dr. Brimhall talks with authority concerning the ability and honesty with which Sheriff J. D Boyd has conducted his office is indicated by his record during his tenure in that office. . From January, 3, 1921, to October 15, 1922, 517 arrests for crimes and misdemeanors and were made; 40 stills confiscated, 125 arrests for illegal possession in fines collected and turned into the county treasury from law violators who were taken before the court by Sheriff Boyd. For serving papers and civil work he has turned into the county treasury $4,384.00 in fees. This record is known to men of Dr. Brimhalls standing, not so much from the actual figures, but from the wholesome atmosphere in this and other cities of the county. Nor does Sheriff Boyds reputation end at the boundary lines of this county. He7s known throughout all the intermountain country as one of the most active of criminal officers. Those who have been close to Sheriff Boyd during the past 18 months know that never before in the history of Utah county has a more conscientious and industrious worker occupied the office of sheriff than the present incumbent. No matter how many hours he has been working during the day, he has always been willing and ready to go whenever duty has called him. There has been absolutely no loafing or hanging around the office for Sheriff Boyd. To him the office of a sheriff, is not a swivel chair job, it is a work which requires vigilant attention around the county, and Sheriff Boyd has certainly fulfilled his office according to that theory. , During the recent railroad strike in this city the sheriff handled the situation to the satisfaction of the strikers and the railroad company alike. This he did by taking an impartial attitude toward both, with a view;of meting out justice to all concerned. Those who know Sheriff Boyd the best know him to be absolutely impartial. Whoever has broken the law and knowledge of that fact has been made known to the sheriffs office, the guilty party has been brought before the" courts. While enforcing the law he has nevertheless been considerate in every way possible to those who have come under his jurisdiction. Personally Sheriff Boyd is clean and moral in every particular. His character is above reproach, and lie is in every sense a real man. Few men have cleaner habits, than he has and few men can give better advice to the young men who have made a wrong of-liquor- $10,-417.- , 00 - move than he. Never before in the history of Utah county has the sheriffs office given so much attention to the proper enforcement of the dance laws at the dancing resorts in the county as during the present administration. Seldom has a dance been conducted during the past two summer at any of the summer resorts but that either Sheriff Boyd or some of his deputies were present to see that the law was strictly obeyed. Parents in the county can rest assured that with Sheriff Boyd in office during the next four years the atmosphere around' the summer resorts will be greatly improved and cleared of much of the nuisance that generally has existed. i J j Is Sure lor The Gas Company has the county. ' ' . long-tim- e Utah County franchises in all the cities of " It will fill every city with its essential service and be sure of increasing expansion and continuous prosperity. Invest Your Money Now In Its 8 PREFERRED STOCK $480.00 Will Pay You $500.00 of Stock 1 Yom' 0.00 F $ and ay Every Three Months You may invest in these Shares on Easy Monthly Installments invest. and draw 8 Per Cent on your Savings as you UTAH VALLEY GAS & COKE CO. PHONE 295 period from January 1, to October 1, 1922, shows an increase of over the same period last year. Boston spent four times more money for building this year than $95,-231,7- 79 last. More than 11,200 building permits were issued in Philadelphia beween January 1 and October 1 of this year as compared with 9773 last year. Figures for Dallas show nfore than 5000 homes built since January 1, 1922. Building contracts in Missouri during the month of September show an increase of IS per cent over September, 1921. Memphis, Tenn., figures show a doubled valuation of buildings. A large number of costly schools has thrown Atlantas building bill to tremendous figures. Wheeling, W. Va., has built more houses this year than appeared during the entire span of the last ten years. The state of Minnesota has increased its building program by 22 per cent. Denver has nearly doubled its figures for last year. Detroit has had an unprecedented increase. Portland. Ore., has broken all building records since 1910. Construction of 1260 residential buildings was the feature of the building program in Birmingham, Ala. As a result of the serious depreciation of the mark in Germany, barter is replacing the use of money in various parts of that country. Agricultural schools at Triptis and Marksuhl have fixed the tuition for the winter term in rye instead of in money. Thuringians will pay 1 Vz zentners (hundredweights) for the of semester, and Thuringia two zentners. The power company at Auma has announced thlat it will gladly receive 10 eggs, three pounds of wheat flour or a quarter of a zentnerof of potatoes for each kilowatt hour electricty non-residen- ts red cap at the Grand Central terminal in New York City was body servant to Lord Kitchener for a dozen years and was the head interpreter of the Roosevelt big game expedition to Africa. He is familiar with 13 languages and five African dialects. A LeRoy Dixon Qualified for State Senate Then, too, during all Few men in the state of Utah are better qualified for the position of State Senator than LeRoy Dixon, former Mayor of Provo, and who is now the Republican candidate for the senate. For years Mr. Dixon has taken a keen interest in public affairs of this state. His activities along these lines recently brought forth the statement from a leading Salt Lake citizen who has held high official qualipositions, and who, knows Mr. Dixons Dixon fications for public office, that LeRoy is the best informed man on municipal government in the state of Utah. Dixon served as city For six years lie of commissicner Provo; for four years inhis and was its successful mayor, during cumbency in office more improvements were inaugurated and completed in Provo ofCity its than during the previous twenty years existence. He was especially strong in his mastery of the subjects of public finance and taxation. that time he. was on t)ie legislative committee of the Municipal League of Utah, and was in attendance for several days at a time at every session of the legislature, assisting in the drafting of legislation for the betterment of cities and the state as a whole. He is especially interested in the reclamation lands through drainage projects, and for Several years has been secretary of the Utah Lake Land Owners association, and has worked constantly fo the relief of the farmers who sustain losses through the high waters of the Utah lake. If elected to the state senate Mr. Dixon Will use his influence in perfecting and improving the laws that are already on the statute books. While he doe not believe in clustering the statute books with a lot of laws, still he especially intends to work for any measure that will have for its object the reclamation of the lands that have in the past been unproductive. ; No Criticism In County Clerks Office keeps a careful record of all corporations. For the first time in the history of the Clerks office a bookkeeping system has been introduced and strictly followed by the Clerk.' A new system for taking care of annulment and reinstatements of corporations has. been, introduced, which lends to greater efficiency in giving the public information as to the standing of corporations in the county. A comparison of the miscellaneous fees U which takes in the small amounts from cents up for the Clerks certifitwenty-fiv- e shows that the present Clerk took in cates) in one year more than his predecessors did ;in two years. It is the lawyers of the county who come in contact with the county clerks office al- Ask any lawyer, Democrat or Republican, if he hasnf received most courteous and efficient service from the present county clerks office? Then too, the general public have occasion to visit this office, county office. perhaps more than any other are clerks many and duties, The county District of the as clerk acts He various. cases of hundreds Court, files and handles the minutes all the that are docketed; he keeps of the Court; he is clerk of the Board of County CommissionersT Clerk of the Board of Equalization ; issues all marriage licenses ; most daily. Splendid Efficiency Record in County Assessors Office At one of the recent National Tax Con- - great stress was laid on the ness in cur taxation system of putting fice a new assessor every two years. If you had an employee that had learned the busi- ness and made good, wouldnt you consider it suicidal business to discharge him? weak- in of- - Charles E. Hawkins, the present can County Assessor, has served the people of this county one tern, and he is glad to submit the record of his office during the past two years, knowing full well, that if the taxpayers of the county will consider the same, he will be Republi-vention- j ; ! : j re-elect- ed. Republican County Committee I. E. BROCKBANK, County Chairman (Political Advertisement.) s., |