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Show TIIB 'MOUSING EXAMINER, crease the number economically. Unitor a egregslid apprnpriatioii. Imw-erc- r. flue f ri mi forvixn we must allow all the. additional lvi.iJb.N3 lr.ial aiiiiiiuutialiuiiA .'iN.lo5.H4 clerks on July I. or elm carry along receipts . 4ii.47b.U4 ill the appiopriatlnn several hundred Fine and penalties vacancies in order to provide for the Keceipi from 2U.9J1.81 growth of the service. Therefore we l l ttcJ must nut only estimate for more clerks 131.224.443 2 4 in each grade than will be needed, but Total receipts we must estimate for nearly twin- - as Expenditures in Detail. Rome ol the largest rxiiendilurcs of many additional elrk as will le rethe hmuI service fur Hid years are quired under a lump sum appmpns-tiuu- . There will lie turned back into shown in the following stutemeut: the Treasury this year out of the pretv Transportation of mails 36.195.U6.18 ent segregated appropriation at least oil railroads (2K0.UUU. and probably a much greater Coinprnsaiiou to post- 2l.bJI.7i4.OI aum. inanters nervir ... 19,337.96.00 Difficulty of Complying With the Law. ihimiteusatlou of oierks 17.14o.b.'il.1l Clerks iu issitofflces are not nomiin posiultire Uailway tuall service .. 11.22N.S4.V73 nated liy the diqiartmeiit. but by postRural free delivery .... 8,011.635.43 masters. and we thus have to deal with 1.473 appointing olflier. If. for iu of the Triiortatiou malls on star rallies . . 6.fibli9.-3siaiire, our books show that we have exactly the nnmlier of chrks Iu ea-Hallway .jjostoffPp .car dui k t J set vice 5U33,4.jZ grade Axed liy taw atid w huU a snwll iHM.tuffle rcNlgus, In order ti of tor Trausporlsiiou 2.427.160.36 preserve the correct number it is igu mails lx apMiliitf sential that a 9HI ch-rj llent. light, aid . . , (or . to tbe vacancy. It might hspp'n thai first, second, and third viass 'poet off! i ea n ;.:wu.968.9l no one tn tbe office was entitled to a Pay and Hours of Clerks in Postoffice. promotion and that the vacancy "wuM As stated in my last annual reiKirl, best be filled by appointing two clerks, the department hhd been endeavoring one at 4U6 and one at 5Uu. or that one iluripg i ho 8 seal year. ending June 3v, clerk would be satisfactory, but this 19ug. te bettor, wherever possibl t. The economical method of idling the vacancy could riot be permitted, since (onditkins of tint- - postal employes, so in ttm cases .of. tier k in tlie grades would he exceeded. liostoniceB, there having been. In my A Lump Sum Appropriation for the Grades and a Segregation of tho oiduiou, very great iuequalli lea anti 1.200. Grades Above Injustice ia the com pcnsatUm of this This iilait has been suggested as a class of employes. To remedy this Inequality more than 12.0OU clerks were compromise, but nearly all the objecpromoted during the 6cal year ending tions, apply, though in a less degiyf. Juimi 30, 19U2. nearly all of whom were The number of clerks above 1.2u0 unChanges receiving less than (l.UUU tier ; year der the present taw is 1.4U0. cotniieusallon, and It was the intention in the higher grades are lews frequent of the department to continue this in proportion to tlie number of clerks the than in tha lower grades, and therefore equalisation and promotion li lower grade of .clerk during the fiscal Ike extra Vork of keeping wfyhln the flu the year ending June 30. J90R, but for the grade may be disregardqd. raisons lioreluafter stated it was found other hand, salaries of superintendent iiuiKMHihie to do so, much to my re- are fixed on a percentage basis under gret. In order to enable the depart- the taw; that Is. the maximum Is fixed ment to deal la a practical way with on a percentage basis, aud it U Imposthla subject. I earnest ly recommend sible to estimate the number of postoffice that will that Con grass make a lump sum" ap- master of first-claIn salary propriation for clerks in first and sec- lie advanced HK) or more ond class pos to (flees, instead of appro- July 1, 19P4, Therefore., we will have tn each grade priating for clerks by grades as at to Ask for more derka above (T.2Q0 than will be needed. Ko present. iwswlble good or economy can be efApplication of the Law. A proper consl ruction of the law had fected by thla segregation. In view of Urn Importance ot this been requested of the Comptroller of subject, and the fact that It related enthe Treasury, who decided that the was not authortxed to allow tirely to the potl service In the loa greater number of clerks In any one cal pustofflcea rather than to tlie department proper, and for the purpose grade than specified Jn the appropriaof obtaining the advice of those who tion taw, increased by 5 per cent. ratal Ion with It then became necessary to fit the had practical personal 1 appointed a comnumber of clerks In first and second the subject-matte- r. elaaa pnatolflcet Into' the grades fixed mittee, consisting ot aeven poslmia-teselected from offices of different by Congress, and our 'experience has clearly demonstrated that thla method grades, located, in different parts, of who, together with the of appropriating .for the general postal the country, First ' Assistant PostmAster-Gcnerservice ia eitmberabme and unsatisfactory. If not wholly Impracticable. and the Superintendent of the DivisWhile no clerk waa actually reduced ion of Salaries and Allowances of the considered the In salary. It was nneesaary to tigu-e- l iprtment. carefully nnd the recommendamore than 3,409 promotions previously subject-matte- r, authorised. In certain grailes all pro- tions herein mule are In consonance motion recommended by iswtnuutera with their ieport. were allowed; iu other grades very Compensation of Clorko and Latter Carriers. few. thus causing great dissatisfaction liy executive order dated January 81, among the clerks. It waa dllflriilt to explain to the clerks why promotions 1903, postal employes were forbidden, frent !KX) to (l.UUU were allowed, and either directly or Indirectly. Individupromotion' from xu6 to 9uo refused. ally or through aaaoriatlona, to solicit In some instances we were compelled an increase of iwy or to Influence or to Jump grade; allowing 26: promo- to attempt to Influence In their own any other legislation whatever, tions, and many of the additional clerks want allowed higher salaries either before Congress or Ita comthan recommended by the postmaster mittees,. or In any way aava through a seeming extravaghiire. We an1 the heads of the department In or unnow paying out of the appropriutloiia der which- they serve', on penalty of for temporary elerke aud for substi- dismissal from the' Government sertute in place of clerks on vacation; vice. In consequence of tlillt order there 220 regulai; clerk at 660 rack, an unsatisfactory method, but absolutely have been presented to the department, necessary under present renditions. In by committees representing various order net to rrlppln the imstal service. classes of imstal employes, statements However, after taking advantage of the setting forth the reasons why such em5 per cent transfer clause In the law, ployes deem Ihelr claims fur increased the number of clerks does not now ex- romiM'iisatlon to lm well founded. Such ceed grade tbe number fixed by petitions will be at. the proper time laid Congress, together with a Congress. the of thd Estimates Extravagant Necessary. request that It is difficult to estimate the exact employes shall be given an opportunaum necessary fur the imstal service ity to be heard before the proper comeight months before tlie beginning of mittees of Congress. the fiscal year In which the appropriation la to lm used, but to estimate the Ths Ayfil-.- I. Iae." actual aumher of clerks In each grade After a fair traualutluq qf Ita .old U a greater difficulty. It la manifestly French body, aver, into Tiogilxb only iiiiixmsible to estimate Just how many horse- ta found, nnil tlie won! be rlcrka will he required in each grade comes lMrsapp." Tlie charge teuds to In 1.473 first and second das confusion, but tttihe the less hnraage 1. 1904.' and throughout puntofficea July the fiscal year. We do not know how and "nreragY are idcutlchi since It. many first nnd second class postnfflees tbe old time French an aver" waa a there wlH be July 1. 1904, and we must horse, it was also a horse In tbe grotch therefore ask for a greater number ot dlcllunarlee, nnd In one of Ilurna' po Place than we will probably use. to alemN,.'A Dream, he alludes to a hone, low a safe margin in each grade. as a nobleaiver." The portal nervlra la growing wltlf In olden times Jn Europe a tenant strides, A largo postofflee ..was bound to do certain work Cor the have sufilcle.uCrIcrbal force at themay' be-- 1 .hint of tbs manor largely In carting ginning of the fiscal year. July J; art October l it may need 100 additional grain and turf horse work, and in the accounts tlie Just regular rlcrka; on January 150 more, yearly settlement of and an on. If the appropriation he proportion of tbe large and small work made in a lump aum. we will allow performed waa estimated according to such additional clerks as are needed the work done by areia" (horsca); hence our common word average. itly 1, and at any subsequent date in money. princiiially BUSINESS OF lial-a- PtMer (port o! the CtBtrtl far. lor resell ib-i- Krcc-dilivc- ry DEFECTS ARE POINTED OUT Explains Why Many Postal Clerk Failed to Receive an In crease in Salaries -- fu-t- Washinsion. 11. C., Jan. 1 1. The annual reiMtrt of. the loiofW fur the bnl year ended June 8u, . show the following as a result of the finum-U- l ojieratious of the ibqiart-mefor that year, roinpared with the previous final year: Comparison of receipt and exprnd-ilure- a for the ftfeul year ended June JO, JLInjS, with those fur the prevluu year: l!H.-3- nt 1902. Ordinary postal revenue JiweipU from money (119,958.229.10 -- order ......... buaint-e- 1, 89,117.86 Total rerelpta from all source 721.84, 047.29 Total expenditure for 124,782.897.07 , the year Excess of expenditures over reecliits 2,937.649.81 - 1903. ss Ordinary imstal revenue JtiTtipli from woacy-or- -; der business 131.984,232.00 2J39.9U8.24 ,i Total receliU from all anurcra 134J24.443.2I Total expenditure for the year . 138.784, 4S7.97 Exccsa of expenditure . a over rerrlpts An Increase In 4,560,044.73 the deficit over the previous year of 1.622 .394.92, which is, however, 1.042.183 less than the estimates de6c.lt fur the year. Eatimatea. ' The eatiiuai e of the revenues and of tha department for the flral year tiling June 30. 1905, which Tina Men transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, is aa follow: Total postal revenue, ; year ending Juno 30. 1903 ,134,224,443.00 Add 9 per rent 12.080.199.87 Esllmsled revenue for 104 Appropriation for 1904 .. 1 - 146.304.842.87 123.511,549.75 Estimated deOclt for 1904 Estimated .. . revenue 7,298,908.8 for 1904 13.167.417.85 x Est(pitedVeretiuefor HHh Estimated for 1902 r Estimated f 159,472,060.72' ,..,,,t.'t.i expenditure 168.083.770.00 deOcit for . 9,613(709.28 ' This eat i null la based upon the ordinary business of the service, without taking Into consideration the effect np-'the revenues or expenses fit any leKlslatioa which may be enacted by the present Congress. It will be Seen that the gross reven-'iic- a for the flscal year ended Juno 30 last are nearly 1.500.000 In excess of the estimates, which attests the wonderful bualnese activity of our people and also Indicatea that the extension .of postal facilities and tha Improved methods of doing postal business re--' amt In largely Increased recelids. and were It not for the very large expenditure on amount of the Introduction of rural free delivery there la no qiiea- -. tion but that the Joatoffl-- department would be more than at tha p reseat time. Postal Revenus In Detail. The imstal revenue from all aourcea was aa follow: - . ;' .Sales of stamps, stamp- ed envelopes, uewKpa- -; wrappers, and Ixwtal 190 on 1 e rda , , Bec.-cla- sa f rate) - 1 8123,511. 749.70 postage pound paid In money.. Rox rent ne venue from money --order business Letter postage wld in 8,092.379.92 3.065.673.69 2.239.908.14 - In-an- 8rt Prices Worthy of an Immense Business that's snre to come. PROCEEDINGS. London, Jan. 16. It U learned by the Associated Press on tlie highest authority that it has been decided, iu tne event of war between Russia aud Jsistn. that Germauy will maintain a strict neutrality and that oiucr member of the dreibund will oosurve a similar at l it tide. The importance of this decision, which the A asocial M Press underbe stands wilt almost In In some official manner licrlin, cauiiol lie easily over estimated. it will in a tncaMtrc ensure that hostilities will be confined to the two powers concerned aud it will be certain to give a great stimulus to tbe efforts which France and Great Uritaiti are makina iu 31. 1ctcrsburg aud To-iln favor tf pji e. rr'picI'lv, is atnarciilly felt in fur the safety of tho cruisers and Kasuga and in conuectiou with the departure, of which the iurresixmdont uf the Daily Mall tills morning gives a curious story to the fact that an Iran bar was found inside the ammunition hold of the in such a position that plact-the electric apit paratus with, it U suggested, tha ob-jeof destroying the vessel although there is no evidence to show ita being there waa not acrideutal. No serious damage was done. geoul disimtchea reort the arrival of additional Kusstan and Italian marines there. The Daily Mail's Tokio correspondent asserts that the negotiation between Russia nnd Japan have passed beyond diplomacy and states that several Korean officials have appealed to the American legation at Seoul for protection hut that Minister Allen upbraided them for thinking uf their personal safety at such a Juncture. A severe gale In the Mediterranean is generally incommoding the Russian The cruisers Nicholas 1 warships. and Nicholas II entered Ternd for safety, and the liussian battleships and seven tnrixHiu boat destroyers have been detained at gilds Bay since Friday, unable to proceed to the Far East ou account of the weather. Lord Ronaldshay, who returned to England recently . trom Manchtft-iand Jaimn, confirms the reports that Russian troops Are posted every fire versts along the line uf the Manchurian railway. The Russians, however, racugnixa that tbe chief danger ia' lu a breakdown of the railway under the pressure ov ;he enormous military traffic, owing to Its alight construction. o, Tu-ki- u Ki-asi- Go-uo- a d short-circuite- d et - - St. Petersburg. Jan. 10. The most reliable news received, here ta that the mass of Rtmatan trooua In the Far East are concentrated at or on tbe- - northern frontier of Vladl-vnator- k Korea. A. traveler who lias lately returned that from the Fur KAt estimates 20.000 soldiers between .1(1,000 were In', the vicinity of VJadivoatock. He surmise that the Russian will occupy northern Korea but thought , IU. The House during the present week will pass the legislative and judicial appropriation bill, thus disposing of the second of the big supply measures. The omtaii-tee on appropriations rxpKis to report the bill to the House tomorrow and to call it up the following day. It is expected tbe debate will nut tak! n a ta wide rank as it did when the appropriation bill was before the House and that il can be disposed of within a couple of days. The . now are that the urgen-bill, the next to follow, will be of the reported to the House the week or the first of ihe following week, it is desired to get some of the appropriation bills over to the are Scuaie as early as possible. Thf-ia few minor measures about nim for action which will now. lie taken up from time to time. Unless the appropriations committee shall be ready to report the urgent defiticury bill by Saturday the House u.sy be in avsloii only live days this week. iucb-a-lion- s defi-cleni- -y ld $2.65, SEE US. B1CHABDS0N & GRANT MOTHERS, DO YOU KNOVt the many birth medicines, am most remedies for women in the treatincn ROAD TO RANDOLPH of her drbeate organa, contain more o less opium, morphine and strychnine? tha Coming Will Ba Constructed Do You Know that in most countrh wuggtsta are not permitted to cell narco Spring lea without labeling them poisons t County Commissioner William WilDo You Know that you should nr son. who lately viaited Randolph. Rich take Internally any medicine tor th with the been has county, impressed pain accompanying pregnancy. Do You Know that Mothers Fries proaperi'y of that section heretofore, and hit visit has more firmly conapplied externally only?' Do You Know that Mother's vinced him of the great benefits which Frier would m-ruto Ogden by the cona celebrated jnescriptioa, and tliut struction of the proposed route to that has been iu use over forty vears, and th: portion of Utah. The road has been each bottle tf the genuine bears the nut surveyed and nothing greater than a of The BraUijil Regulator Co. f Do you know that when you nee th 6 per cent grade has been encountered. As the court house hill grade ia 10 per remedy during the period of gestatio cent some Idea may be gained of the that yen wi:l no free of pain and be ease with which teaming could be car- healthy, lieurty and clever children t Well, thm thing are worth knowir ried ou between the two points. Mr. WUron plana that work will start on They are In- 's. Of druggists at :. :muled to try a sulwlitnt Don't be this road with state funds in the early Ourlittle book Motherhood Ire s road part of the spring. If the IMBFIE.a Bit Attanta C KGUUTM CO, built, aa it undoubtedly will be. It will open up trade between these two lxiinta, and bring to Ogden the marketing which now goes to Evanston. Wyoming, as It will be but 50 miles to Ogden. Farmers ran then market their produce and purchase their supplies in HIGH-BAL- L one of tha beat markets In the weaL Ur SANITARY PLUMBER A Hsit, Crafty X. Blanc, the founder of tha Monte Carlo gambling resort, was well aware of tho desperate character of many of hla customer. Knowing that they included the scum aud riffraff of the world, bo took precaution against them. He never carried any money, which fact he announced ao frequently and publicly that it waa known everywhere along the Riviera that tbe millionaire Blanc never had a penny on hla person. But he carried in a pockrtbook a 9 raft on red paper for several hundred thousand franca, payable to tho indorsee. lie feared kidnaping aa much aa robbery, and In case of abduction he intended to ransom himself with thla draft. But the instructions at hi office were not to cash a red draft with waa his signature' unless a t received from him ordering it to be a delightful and refined refreshment but when served with NATURALLY SPARKLING MINERAL WATER It Is a Nectar Fit For the Gods. FRED J. KIESEL & CO., DISTRIBUTORS ALLEN TRANSFER 'Phone 22. 412 i 25th Street .... No Damage to Property in Handling. 1 CO. VANS, FURNITURE . . Heavy Machinery and Freight Handled with Dispatch. At-len- tlc STORAGE AT REASONABLE RATES. - HACKS - 1 t and COUPES furnished for BALLS, WEDDINGS, FUNERALS and THEATRE PARTIES. ALL TRAINS MET BY . all the lines be .itemized ALLENS CARRIAGES. A pair of Ladies 50c Storm- - Rubbers with every pair of Ladies $1.50 to $4.00 Shoes. During week of January 11th to 16th. EXTRA SPECIAL Mens Shoes All Styles $2.50 Mens Dress Shoes Big Assortment New Styles : buGSSDG $2.95, $3.50 asses Hurry Out Prices. within a reasonable space LOT THREE $3.00 kind, now : I 2352 Washington Ave. TELEPHONE 518s Welt Shoes, $2.55 SCHOOL SHOE'S '.v $U00 The Crockery People 2419 Wash. Ave. LICENSED ' $1.48 EXTRA SPECIAL Ladies hand sewed assort- ment and would be very glad to show'them to you. Qrir Boys Shoes 132 on table No. 3 regular $1.75 kinds now look, or keep because you buy. CUM We have a large Fifteen Days Wind Up the Greatest Shoe . Ogden Has Ever Known. You need not buy because you YOU Guaranteed absolutely. lo.-j-l- Men's Box Calf and Vici Kid Shoes Values up to $3,50 HOES Clanss Shears - LOT TWO , j eh-gra- LOT ONE via quaura We wish to announce that rc have secured exclusive' sale of the celebrated j pen-sloi- mention today of Exceptional Offerings in the following assortments. ACCNCT LADIES j waa not that the possible--oilisUImminent for a stopth or more when taking Into consideration distances done. . and the difficulties of marching. t ia announced Tokio, Jan. that tho Russian warships which left nf Tedar. The Latin Vladivostork have returned there. Despite the general Impatience over , The Latin quarter ot today la aa full the situation there ia no great ex of individual character as the same citemvnti here.' ; - V- ground ta the middle age. One writer The scheme for a division of Ko- says Furls only posses- - two really rea .between Japah and Runaia aa marked Individualities, the student outlined in a telegram from Berlin is aud tlie griaett. Not but that student considered here do' lfp wholly Imaginlife la always changing its outward 1 ' ' ' ary. semblance, f just as tlie university structure theuielrrs are changing ' COLOMBIANS LAND TROOPS theirs. 8inc the days of Abrlurd Faria has On an Island for'' tha Purpose of grown from a town of 40,000 Inliab-itnnt- s Secession. Suppressing clustering around a little Island Washington, Jan. JO. A dispach to to one of 3.000,000, tgivcrlng almost a tho Navy department from Rear Adwhole prorlr.ee, but' the students ar miral Coghlin. commanding the naval till tlie soul of the city. When FarU forces of the. United States on the me.i-or mourn, the student makes side of th lethmua of lhinn-m- a. lead the way. It la the I .a tin quarto says that a selling vessel whh-seta the fashion in idea, a th. has Just arrived at Colon, reixiris the which Champ Elysrea In tire. Scribner' 3nO St. of Colombian arrival trooi at llarazfn". ia off Andrews Island,- This Island but lieluugii to the i oast of Now that Hon. Jerry Simpson has Colombia. It is believed that the came out unreservedly for Judge tmoM are those which left tlie mouth look fgrfhef for a candiof the Atraio river some lime ago Parker, why date? Kansan- City Journal. bound for (he mirth, il lieiieved u St. went Andrews to island they put down a movement which II .When .business rivalry- - takes the waa announced had nonte shape. Hear Admiral Glaas reports that the shape of putting the lives uf third Colombian guubout Bogota has re- parties In peril the Jail should yawn turned to Buena Ventura, the cable for somebody, and not In vain New port on the Colombian coast. The Bo- York Evening Sun. gota waa reported leaving Buena VenIf the war agitation ontlnues much tura, going In a southerly direc.lon. ome time ago and it was believed she longer. Japan will byy up the warwas on her way to Ecuador. ships of all the South American navies. The Assortments are of such Immense. Proportions that by no possibility could CKCUl . --- Present Washington, Jan. al st ,146 J04.842.57 Add 9'Per cent n. ioor. 11, as 1 always try to take thing said the pirkpork- - j lightly as puMihk-jan c'd gentleman of: Forecast of Legislative Action for the . 4 a he relieved " hi wateg. Cornell Widow. ' Week- HOUSE n. s POSTOFFICE JANUARY, (HI HEX, UTAH, MONDAY MOKXIND, and $4.00 So we shall make SHOES - SLIPPERS Ladies 1.50 Button Shoes 98c Ladies 1.50 Felt Slippers ... .98c Men's 1.25 House Slippers .98c M:ns 1.00 House Slippers . . 69c Children's School Shoes worth $1.50. .$1.00 -- A SHOWER OF BARGAINS. SEE US. |