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Show gHECSfiS UHITEKBXi'Y Vote For Honest 'j!' UTAH Your X Under the Rooster Government-MPu- t A Live Democratic Newspaper The Democrat will save you money on your legal notices. enrasiOTi i For Live Democrats Call .Was. 1587. Entered as second class matter, July 18, 1922, at the postoffice at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1924 VOL. 3, NO. 29 $1.50 A YEAR t Burgon Overspends Allowance $32,000 BIG OVERDRAFT IN CO. ROAD FUND 7 col 72 pt. G chelt Allowance $32,000 Burgon Overspends pt STENACKERS DEPARTMENT PILING UP OVERDRAFTS FOR TAXPAYERS TO PAY G. O. P. COUNTY OFFICERS INCREASING TAX BURDEN FOR PEOPLE. 2 col 36 Sample of Republican Economy THE FOLLOWING TABLE OF FIGURES, TAKEN FROM AN OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE SALT LAKE COUNTY AUDITOR. SHOWS HOW REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SOME OF THE G. O. P. DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE PILING UP OVERD THROUGH INCREASED TAXES. Department ROADS AND BRIDGES. HOSPITAL " ly The county hospital, the poor department, and the county assessor have been notified thatto date they have expended far in excess of their budget allowance for the period and are facing overdrafts. Each month the county auditor furnishes the head of each department with a statement showing just how much he has spent to date, what he spent during the preceding month and the balance left to run the remainder of the year. This report brought up to date to the middle of this month shows numerous departments in the red in the matter of expenditures "In' relation to budget appropriations. A meeting to discuss the situation was Lo have been held Friday, but was postponed until the first of the week. The auditor's figures show the total appropriation of the road department for the year to be $363,350. There had been expended to date $396,327.10 or an excess of $32,977.10 which is equivalent to 9.1 per cent of the entire appropriation for the year. The department has spent 109.1 per cent of a twelve month allowance in 9 months. The 'budget allowance for each department for the year is, divided upon a quarterly basis of approximately 25 per cent of the total for each quarter, so that on this basis there should be a balance in each departmental appropriation at the middle of October of. approximately 20 per cent of the entire appropriation. The auditors figures sho that the infirmary has expended to date 77.8 per cent of its entire appropriation. The hospital has expended 97.4 per cent of its appropriation leaving only 2.6 per cent to cover two and a half months. This department has a balance on hand to run two months and a half of $2,578.57. Its expenditures during the month of September totaled $11,219.56. Its average expenditures per month during the past nine months has been $9,S00. The nursess home has spent 87 per cent of its appropriation and has a balance of $1,569.17 to, run it two months. Its expenses last month were $1,504.43. The poor department has expended 92.S per cent o fits total and has a balance of $3,786.94 for the two and a half month period. It expended Its average ex$5,888 last month. over $5,000. penditures per month is the supunder are These repartments II. ervision of Commissioner W. Sten-acke- r. horticultural, 80 per cent; purchasing agent, 84.4 per cent; fire department, 79 per cent; street lighting. 80.9 per cent; sheriff, 78.6 per cent; surveyor, 80.7 per cent; treasurer, 72.6 per cent; recorder, 77.1 per cent. Famoua Roman Monument Trajan's column is a superb marble column In Trajans forum at Home, erected In 114 A. D., by the senate and the Itoman people, to commemorate 7 the victories of Emperor Trajan KanA. D.) over the Dacians, the sas City Times telH us. It Is 132 feet high and- about 12 feet. and Is constructed of 34 blocks of Carrara marble, adorned with sculpf. The summit, which tures In Is reached by a spiral staircase of 185 steps, was originally surmounted by a colossal gilded statue of the emperor; but this, having fallen to the ground, was replaced by Pope Sixtus V In the SIxteentii century with one of St. Peter, 11 feet high. The ashes of Trajan rest beneath tills column. (OS-11- - bas-relie- Financial or Otherwise? The tongues of the gossips were busy In the suburban town, over the latest Have you seen the bride?" marriage. one. asked Has her husband any money? I don't know about hat. replied the other with some reluctance, you know he didnt live here. Well," said the first speaker, you know she said she never would marry ' a poor man. I know, my dear, but she hnsnt been married a month, yet everybody is saying, poor man. Freak Endian Ocean Island Midway between Africa and Australia and about 1,500 miles north of the Antarctic circle, Kerguelen island or Desolation land, as It is called, presents one of the mot perplexing mysteries of the Indinn ocean. It Is covered with strange vegetation unlike that found in any other part of the world. There are also millions of cabbages which bear lurge beads of leaves IS to 20 inches across. Popular Mechanics Magazine. Singers Many Charms Charlotte Henrietta Ilaser was celebrated singer born at Leipzig In 1780, the daughter of the director of In music in the university there. 1804 she was engaged by the Italian opera at Dresden. Iler superior voice, her fine execution and her attempt to combine the advantages of the German and the Italian methods, gave her a brilliant success. Distinguished for the correctness of her morals and her great modesty, she was received with applause at all the most celebrated theatrs In Italy and Germany. Chicago Journal. . The county assessors office, under M. L. Cummings, has exepnded in 9 4 months 96.6 per cent of its total of appropriation leaving- a balance the of run" remainder the $l,8g0.89 to monthly expendiThe average year. tures of this department is nearty Handed Himself Bouquet $6,0000. The assessor hasn't enough was queer reasoning that Induced It money left in the budget to keep the Mr. Flower to change his name. He ofice running the balance of the year, was a Portuguese so Felix Weiss, Immigration Inspector, tells us and apit is said. of special The attorney has expended to date pearing before the board name bis willingly 74.2 per cent of bis appropriation; the Inquiry, be gave enough. home, the boys auditor 85.5 per cent; What, Mr. Flower, was your name 74.1 per cent; county clerk, 80.9 per before you came to America?" Incent; county commissioners, 76.9 per quired, one of the board. cent; custodian, 72.5 per cent; buildOh, me change him to make easy enfor American people. In San Miguel ings and grounds, 81.6 per cent; know gineer, 66.8 per cent; garage, 84 per they calls me Farina. You me." flour thats arlna thats cent; girls home, 81.6 per cent; Youth's Companion. cent; 84.6 per ehalth quarantine, - eros who lived In the elephant house of the Zoological gardens, In London, Is dead. He was an uncouth fellow, savage and untractable. Church, his keeper, had many a narrow squeak. Peter would charge heavily at a set of human ribs and bring up against Iron bars with a thud. People who say you can do anything by kindness did not know Peter's winsome ways. He had been very phthlslcky of late. Chest trouble, Church said it was. You might give him a couple of bucketfuls of cough mixture and It made no difference. Aniseed and licorice him to wheeze losenges only - caused ; the 'more. Jennie and Eliza, the young cow rhinos next door, one from India and the other from Peters own home, Nairobi, used to shudder when Peter hacked and groaned. Then pneumonia set in. The morning before he died, when the rains were doing their worst, Peter lay with his head to the open railing, gazing with glassy eyes toward the south and the homeland. He made strange noises. His keepers said that they were his final hymn of hate against mankind, but It Is possible he was muttering of his childhood fifteen years ago, and talking strangely of the African deep undergrowths, the hot, muddy beds In which he used to roll, of the Arab hunters, and of glorious freedom. Then he was suddenly silent. Ills great, ponderous hulk yielded the ghost. This Time, Good Yarn Is Told on Scotsman One good olil yarn that is exhumed from time to time, or rather reincarnated, since it appears in a slightly different form, concerns the Scottish land law known ns - tenure by feu, which consists in the tenant performing certain services, or making certain payments, failure in which may result In forfeiture of the tenancy. Some time hack It was decided to abolish feus on the Sutherland estates, substituting therefor a generous form of lease which would have the effect of making the crofter the owner, in all but name, of the land he tilled. To bis graces surprise, however, the first Highland fanner to whom the new terms were . explained resolutely declined to entertain them. But, consider," said the agent, the rent you will be called upon to pay Is merely nominal, and we are giving you a lease of 099 years. The old man shook his head. Xa, na, time soon rlns away, he retorted. Famous Fraternity Phi Beta Kappa Is an honorary fraternity and the election of members Is optional with the chapters. Active membership varies In its details with different chapters, but, as a rule. It Is extended to members of the senior class studying for a baccalaureate degree In arts or science as distinguished from those studying for technical or Usually also professional degrees. h not more than of a class standing highest Is elected, and In many colleges eligibility is further restricted to those who reach a certain percentage. Sometimes elections are made In the junior year as a mark of pedal distinction. Alumni members are chosen from distinguished alumni and honorary members are selected from those who have achieved eminence In some branch of learning. one-fourt- There Is a skeleton In every house" is said in be an old saying taken from an Italian humorous story. But the expression skeleton In the closet" has beep popularized by an English story. A woman had an only son who obtained an appointment in India. One day Ahe mother received a letter from herjson with this strange request: Pray,taotIier, get someone who has ; no cafes and troubles to make me six shirts. The mother searched In vain (for such a person. Finally she called, upon a woman who Invited her to go with her to a bedroom. The stiftnge woman then a closet which contained a opened human skeleton. Madam," she said, I trytoeep jptrouble to myself, but'every" night my husband' compels me to kiss that skeleton, who was once my husbands rival and whom he killed in a duel. Think you that I am happy ? The mother Immediately wrote to her son and told him her experiences and the son replied: I knew when I gave the commission that everyone had his cares, and you. mother, must have yours. Know then that I am condemned to be executed and can never return to England. Mother, mother! there is a skeleton In every house. Pathfinder Maga. . zine. British Capital Once Site of Vast Forests Large areas of the land on which the British metropolis stands once formed a groat charcoal district from which practically the whole of the citys fuel came. Vast forests of oak, beech and ash trees covered these areas, which included Norwood the Great North Wood Croydon, Sydenham and Forest Hill. In those far-of- f days of the Fourteenth century coal was not allowed to be burned, as it was considered that the smoke was dangerous to health. It is not exactly easy to see how this could be so, for the smoke from charcoal burning Is, to say the least of If, most unpleasant. One bishop, who had Ids palace at Croydon, was greatly nnnoyed by a charcoal burner, who lit his fire right under his lordship's windows, filling the palace with the fumes of tlie smoldering wood. The charcoal burner was regarded In those times as a sinister figure, and was often credited wltlr being in league with witches aqd devils. Betel Nut Mars Beauty The country folk (of Java) themselves, conscious of their ornate setting, were dressed for the part. A group of those women,' moving In a musical comedy, ..would give a theatrical manager complete assurance In the matter of his box office receipts. They are so modest and polite that they never stare at a stranger ; though with such figures, eyes and coloring, I doubt whether he would object greatly if they did. Their manners are perfect, except that most of them chew betel nut, and casually make railway platforms and footpaths distressing with red maculatlons. It Is shocking to see a beautiful woman laugh, when her opened mouth looks as though a savage blow had Just seriously wounded It. H. M. Tomlinson in Harper's Magazine. Her Weight of Woe Mrs. Western lima Exchange. she has that alleges Goldberg a from cheerful young, changed healthy person, weight 142 pounds, to an Invalid of 1,390 pounds, owing to the cruel treatment of her husband." Boston Transcript. J. Ifll. DAVIS AND AVERT DEADLOCK IN EEECTODIAL BODY ELECTION OF DAVIS IS ONLY WAY TO PREVENT HOPELESS TIEUP IN ELECTORAL COLLEGE. In an editorial capitioned, How to Avert a Deadlock, the New York Times, expresses doubt of President Coolidges ability to prevent LaFol-lett- e from getting enough electoral votes in purely Repulgican States to keep the election of a President out NURSES HOME Salt Lake countys roads and bridges department has expended POOR COMMISSIONER to date $32,977.10 in excess of its entire budget allowance for this S1SS S . ................. ......a...... .. . .. . Commissioner E. L. Burgon of this department has been year. HEALTH AND QUARANTINE....- compelled to send out notices to all county road supervisors to cease PURCHASING AGENT operations. But they have not stopped sending in the payrolls. Another payroll for the roads and bridges department si being prepared in the office of the commissioner ;and in the county auditors office more than $6,000 worth of warrants Kindness Made No Kind Origin of Expression against the road fund are being held up to determine where the of Rhino to Skeleton in Closet Appeal money is coming from to pay them. rhinocPeter, the semi-month- IVOTE FOR of Congress. It is this possibility that makes the Republican managers nervous," says the Times. In casting about for some way to avert the peril, they have hit upon the device of asking DemoBuilding Trader? God crats to vote for "Mr. Coolidge so as Lupan Is the name of the god which to make sure of his election. This is the members of the Peking building a trifle cool on their part since the trades worship. La is the name of of Republican crea kingdom, in the Chow dynasty great difficulty ation. (1122-22- 0 G.), and Pan is the name of a skilled mechanic of that time. The editorial then analyzes the poliHe Is frequently mentioned in the tical situation as it existed at the beclassics as an Inventor of mechan- ginning of October, and declares the ical devices. From him the guild of avoidance of a deadlock in the Electhe building trade derives Its name, toral College is a matter of enough says the Detroit News. Tlie guild Includes carpenters, ma- Interest to turn enough voters one sons, bricklayers, blacksmiths and way or the other to prevent that outpainters. - The meeting always takes come at the polls next month. temple, outplace in the Tsing-chun- g But it is possible to show matheside Chienmen, which was erected for matically and politically that this inthe worship of Yo Fel. Hie latter is terest would be almost surely preservthef famous patriotic general of. the voters of a detached ed by turning (960-127A. D.) It Is Sung dynasty in Davis, the doubtful, atftftg not known why the building trades cfeoosew-vtki wenttQ temple for- - Its' meeting say Mho Mr. Coolidge, they fewld not cerplace. tainly give him a mapority. But they Brings Good and Bad Luck demonstrably would give Mr. Davis a There are numerous superstitions majority." associated with the hearing of the cuckoos first call. In the maritime Highlands and Hebrides, if the cuckoo Buying Phonograph Records is first heard by one who has not broMore men than women buy phonoken his fast, some misfortune Is ex- graph records, In which an enormous pected. Indeed, besides the danger, business is done every day, we learn it is regarded a reproach to one to by Inquiry. Men enter a music store have heard the cuckoo while hungry. and order half a dozen of the new reIn France, to hear the cuckoo for the leases tied up. When a woman goes first time fasting is to make the hearshe enters the sounder an Idle do nothing for the rest of proof cubbyhole and tries out a half the year, or to numb his limbs for dozen records, usually selecting one the same period. There Is a similar or two at the end of a half hours belief In certain parts of the west of concert. Directors of motion pictures England. In Northumberland one Is buy a great many records, which they told, If walking on a hard road, when use in working out themes in picthe cuckoo first calls, that the en- tures, we are told, man' of them besuing season will be fuH of calamity ; ing musicians or artists as well as to be on soft ground Is a lucky omen. directors. Musicians who play, on the set are, also, generous purchasers, since they must constantly Increase Grease and Diamonds repertoires of tunes which InIs their actors. In South Africa mines grt-usnn important aid in the extraction spire v of diamonds. A table with a riffled top is smeared with about half nn Irvings Keen Perception inch of grease. , Concent rat ed ore Is Sir Henry Irving's attention to dethen passed over the table with the tail in the production of his plays whs aid of running water. Garnet and proverbial. On one occasion when he olivine have no affinity for grease, but was playing "Coriolanus a scene diamonds adhere to the greasy sur- showed a fishmongers shop in a face. The grease is later removed, Roman thoroughfare. His scene-painte- r, heated, and run off, the diamonds bethinking he had a brain wave, ing left in the vessel. They are then painted a most lifelike representation boiled In sulphuric acid, for cleansing of a turbot outside the shop. The purposes, and sorted. scene had to lie shown twice in the play, near the beginning and near the end. Irving bud owed one glance on the turbot and ord?red its removal. Knew Feminine Weakness There was a canvasser at the door Take that fish out. was his comIm going to the wars, and trying to sell Mrs. Higgins a burglar mand. won't it alarm. keep till I get back! But I dont need any of your burglar alarms, she told the man, makBeautiful Stained Glass ing as If to shut the door. On the south side of the nave of Thats just what the lady next door (Eng.) cathedral there Is Salisbury said, was the reply. window now a containing some amazWhat do you mean? asked Mrs. stained glass. Lt Is of the ThirHiggins, now on the alert. She hated ing teenth century, and was discovered that woman. to tlie cathedral. She said that It was no use my call- during recent repairs been lt has then very cleverly Since ing on you, went on the man, for you reconstructed. wouldnt need any, as you had nothing But who can hear of old stained worth stealing. Give me three, Interrupted Mrs. glass without recalling Chartres and Burgos, and Toledo and Barcelona, Higgins, gritting her teeth. where a descendant of the Cld works in an electric light office, and enlivens Tells it with songs of Aragon and Castile? Human Instep Story Man only of the larger primates has retained the long primitive instep bone Took Years to Write In spite of his large body development. Noah Webster began his preparation As the bulk of the body developed for his American Dictionary of the the that science might suppose Instep would shorten. This human develop- English Language In 1807, and pubment Is accounted unusual in view of lished It In 1828. Previous to. 1807 he the development of apes and similar bad publisher a speller and a ComDictionary, both of which bipeds, but Is partially explained In pendious were probably helpful in the new unthat man used his heel and foot as he American dictionary The dertaking. now does, even before bis body began contained more words and 12,000 assume to large proportions, and this Indicates that originally humans were about 40,000 more definitions than short of stature, but accustomed to had appeared In any English dictionary published before his. erect posture. 6 -- . e People of Today Not Vainer Than Long Ago When people decry the fushlun of makeup and the vanity sets modern girls carry, dwelling on the good old days that are nn more, let them hark hack to advertisements in a Boston newspaper of 1794, which enrries a notice of a store dealing in woman's says the Argonaut The advertisement also announces a constant supply of perfumery, genuine milk of roses, rouge, orris root, violet powder, ground almonds for preserving the skin, wash balls and powder puffs. Milady used them then, and what with powder, queue, wig, pigtails and the like, she and milord paid much more attention to coiffures than average persons do today. Other times, other customs! Patches had their day, and certainly. It was customary of old for exquisites of both sexes to consume hours preparing for appearances, whereas today the average maid gives the sleek head a brush, settles the tie of the simplest blouse or smock, buckles sandals, and dashes down to play tennis, hike, ride, or go to the beach, bathing suit under the arm. The average youth likewise has learned to cut this primping to the minimum and it Is certain both of them are much less artificial than tlmcM ai-par- Expressions That Are Not Household Words Yes, mum, one day off each fortnight will suit me nicely. Im returning your umbrella, I took it by mistake. Now our honeymoon Is over, dearest, you must Insist on your mother coming to stay with us for a month or so. I regard the payment of Income tax as a pleasant and patriotic duty. That hair you found on my coat, dear, rsme from tlie head of my pretty typist." Good afternoon. I was sincerely hoping I shouldnt see you." Yes. darling, Ive kissed many girls before you. She's much prettier than I am. Sure, Pat an ye can call me wliat ye loike. I wont foight ye. I hate scrappin. Why, yea. dear. Ive been enjoying myself thoroughly at the club. I was not detained at the office. Your worship, I wish to state that I was driving sixty miles an hour when the constable stopped me. Please, sir, may I have the day off? I want to go to a cricket match. Passing Show, London. Concerning Ebony The deep Mack lieartwood, which Is most highly prized In a number of trees of the elwmy family, is mentioned In the Bible In Ezekiel, 27 :13, In connection with ivory, probably on account of their value and of their contrasting colors. Ebony was once supposed to grow In the ground without root or leaves and to It were ascribed many miraculous powers. The chief source of the ebony wood is the island of Ceylon, where huge logs of the pure hftrtwood are cut and hauled to the coast. For interior decorations and furniture ebony has been superseded by rosewood and mahogany, but for cabinet work It Is still widely employed, being exported from Madagascar, Jamaica, India and Egypt. A species of the ebony tree which Is used as a veneer also grows In the southern United States. Natures uFireworks St. Elmos fire, the flame-lik-e appearance seen In stormy weather In the rigging of vessels and on lofty terrestrial objects. Is nearly akin to Nature Magazine. lightning, says The aurora, in its many beeutlfnl forms, is the most ambitious electrical display produced by nature. Human Race Improving Boys and girls nowadays are better intelligence and physical strength than In any previous In health, |