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Show 10 THE CITIZEN I HAS SALT LAKE JOINED ' THE PAVEMENT TRUST? . ' The question is now being asked whether Salt Lake City has joined the Pavement trust and whether the people are not being held up the same as they have been in Los Angeles, Cal. The Los Angeles Times presented the facts to the people and this is what that paper hadto say regarding the manipulation of street paving: With a $50,000,000 street paving program laid out for the next twelve months, the generously paid lobbyists, for the various kinds of patented pav-- , holi' ings are preparing for a Roman day at the City Hall. Nxt Friday the City Council is scheduled to take up the matter of revising the specifications governing the kinds of paving which may be used on the streets of Los Angeles. If past performances are any criterion, the public will be well advised to scrutinize these proceedings with care. Every penny of the $50,000,000 will come directly from the pockets of the property owners by the assessment route and these hearings will largely determine the manner in which this huge sum will be spent. Under present specifications, several kinds of nonpatented paving may be used and just exactly one kind of ' patented having Warrenite. This situation of virtual monopoly of the business has earned for patent-pavin' g the manufacturers of W?rrerite the local sobriquet of the paving trust. That it has been able for so long to maintain a strangle hold on a tremendously profitable business is a monument to Frank Reese, not inappropriately dubbed the king of the City Hall lobbyists. There are' some half dozen other companies which manufacture patented paving and, naturally, they are clamoring for a look-i- on the fat pickings. Their assault will be on the lines of the manifest inequity of al- lowing' one concern to corner on public business. So far their point appears to be well taken. The Times is not concerned with the welfare between, these private companies, each of which is earnestly engaged in making as much as it can out of the public on its own particular patent plus royalty. But if anybody wants a patent paving. The Times be- lieves that the competition should be open. The privilege of choice among the various patented pavings, all more or less alike, is not so important as is an honest, above-boar- d bidding system which would insure bedrock prices. What The Times is concerned with Is that the people who are going to put up the $50,000,000 to pave their streets this year shall get $50,000,000 worth of honest value paving out of it and that no part of that sum shall go to subsidize the hungry politicians at the City Hall nor finance the cam- paigns of any councilmen next year, Upon the shoulders of the mayor, the council and the board of public works rests the responsibility of see-Inthat the property owners not only what they pay for. and all they pay. for, but that they shall not be tricked Into accepting an inferior payement at n i v ' ' ;; v - p i e s? V 5 b: t ; V ? . : one-thir- d . POLITICS. Present indications point to a spirited political contest between Governor Charles R. Mabey and W. H. Wattis of Ogden at the Republican convention which will be held: next Wednesday, August 20th. leaders are planning an extensive political campaign to elect President Calvin Coolidge, to succeed himself as president. The leaders will answer. the many allegations of the Democrats, and the future holds many lively scenes scheduled for the political arena. G. O. P. g ?t a high price when a better kind could be-h- ad for less money. What the average householder does not know about paving would fill several large volumes. All pavings look pretty much alike to him and when he wants his street paved badly enough to be willing to pay his share of the cost, he is very apt to sign the petition when it comes around to him in the hands of a persuasive talker. Two of the things he does not know are that the persuasive talker is a field man for a paving concern and that the petition specifies the particular kind of paving which that particular agent. is selling. If it happens to be a patent paving, another of the things he does not know is that it will cost him something like more than if a substantially identical and equally durable unpatented kind were used. But he knows that he pays heavily in taxes to support the city government and that the city has experts on paving. He takes it for granted that these experts are looking after his street work honestly and efficiently and that they will see that he gets good paving at the lowest possible price. If this credulous citizen could have a look behind the scenes at some of the paving deals that have been pulled at the" city hall with his money, he would suffer painful disillusionment. In general, the history of patent pavings has not been one to commend .them to the average taxpayer. Such cities as New York, Kansas City, Columbus, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Akron, Milwaukee, Toledo, Newark, and many smaller ones, have either greatly limited the use of patented pavings or barred them altogether. Our state highway commission will have none of them. The most frequent charges against them are those of too high prices and too low durability, though there are others and worse. The Times has no quarrel with any legitimate business, legitimately conducted. But it does demand open competition and a free field. It demands a disinterested exporting of street w ork that will insure the property owner the best paving he can get for the least money and, if necessary, protection against his own ignorance of a technical subject. He has a right to expect something from the city In return for his ta.'M and if he doesnt get it he will get a new set of city officials.' . Senator Reed of Missouri has taken hat to work for John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for president. Senator Reed Is a vote getter and when he gets into the harness there is something doing all the time. ity. Most of our former presidents have made extensive campaign tours, but the president feels that lie is in duty bound to remain in Washington and stick to his job. off his coat and SALMON EGGS SHOULD BE PROHIBITED IN FISHING. George H. Dern, Democrat, and one of the prominent mining men of Utah, his and state senator, has announced i and candidacy for governor of Utah, his name will bo presented at the Democratic convention for nomination. Mr. Dern has fathered some constructive legislation in this state and is a thorough business man. He is responsible for the Workmens Compensation act, Americanization, Corrupt Practices and Mineral Land Leasing Laws, and his friends .are confident that if elected governor the people will be pleased with his administration. The committee of business men who have urged Mr. Dern to enter the race is composed of such men as Harden Bennion, Hugo B. Anderson, F. E. Morris, Mrs. Burton W. Musser, H. L. Mulliner, Ferdinand Ericksen, Elizabeth A. Hayward, Harold M. Stephens and L. R. Martineau. Mr. Derns many friends are confident that the many mining interests of the state could be united for his support. Every person in Utah should vote this year. Monday morning will be the first registration day. If you did not vote at the last regular election, your name has been dropped from the register and you must register again in order to be able to cast a ballot on election day, next November 4. Call at the registration office in your district and perform your duty as an American citizen. If you do not know where to go to register, call any of the political headquarters where the desired information can be had. James H. Waters, state chairman of the Democratic party, announces that fhe Democratic state convention will be held in this city, Wednesday, August 27, and the primaries will be held next Tuesday night, August 19, in all districts of the state to elect delegates to the state convention. George Wilson says that he hopes to see all party feeling, which has divided the Republican ranks heretofore, to be cemented at the coming Republican state convention, and after the work of the day has been accomplished, he hopes to see the boys leave the convention hall ready to take off their hats and coats and go to work for the candidates nominated at that Salmon egg fishing is being condemned by the fly fishermen. It is an unfair bait, and not a bait which any sportsman should use. The salmon egg resembles in every particular the trout spawn except that it is much larger in size, being a trifle larger than a BB shot. It is reported that some of the fishermen bait a hole that is they throw into the hole a handful of salmon eggs and then return in several hours when they are able to of the trout in the hole by fishing with eggs. The fly fisherman then comes along and whips the hole with his fly with no success. Salmon eggs should be barred from the state. There is no room in Utah for them. If all the fishermen would strictly adhere to fishing with the eggs and not bait the holes there would not be so much prejudice against the eggs, but when they feed the trout with them and then fish fdr the trout, it is unfair, unsportsmanlike as well as a detriment to our streams, and the sooner we curtail the practice the better it will be for fishing. catc-mos- . 4 t 1 Liberty is life; slavery is death. Vinet. -- Jack Shafer 24 I Private Dining Booths SHAFERS WILSON CAFE 36 East Second South St. c H Shellfish and Oysters our Spec- ialty. We cater to banquets and large parties. 1 I Telephone Wasatch 4396 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH j riiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimniiiiunuiiiiimiiiiiiiiimniiunHM? JllllllllllllimilllllllllllllllHIIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItllllllllllllllllMIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIII- - s t FLOWERS 1 j Harry Joseph says that Governor Mabey will secure the nomination on the first ballot, and will be elected governor of the state, for the next four For t WEDDINGS FUNERALS and all occasions years. HOBDAYS President Coolidge has notified his political managers that owing to important business at Washington he will have little or no opportunity to enter the political field for campaigning purposes, and his representatives will be compelled to conduct the campaign for him to the best of their abil Flower Shop 246 South Main I Street (Keith Emporium) Thoa. Hobday, Prop. ('hone Wasatch 987 a 3 iiiiiiiniiiimiiiiiiiimniiiiiiHiiiiimimmiiiHmiMtiiiiitiiumiHHiMiiNiiHNHi i |
