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Show u THE CITIZEN tion upon it until after the legislature had adjourned and then he vetoed the new bill. His action left him with the old purchasing department on his hands but with no money to run it. Many of the legislators state that they were perfectly willing to pass any bill favorable to the Governor as the department was his fight and not theirs. The old law provided for $15,000 in salaries per annum, while the new bill provided for but $7,000. While it is a laughable situation to say the least, it will cost the taxpayers some money to untangle the mess and there is no reason for allowing enter of population and all the fertile valleys of the necessitating a drive with side trips of over GOO miles. J fli utl the ( ere CLASS TAX. be dvocates of compulsory automobile liability insurance are ivoi'ing o establish another form of special or class itative figures indicate that automobile drivers are ifor because of negligence in not more than 40 per of all accident cases. taxa-HAutli- oi dan-age- :is fr id fl PHOTOGRAPH. )rm om& American Telephone and Telegraph company is ready The ansmit photographs by wire from the Atlantic to The time consumed in the photographic process the Pa-- ; is about hour which is on a par with the most rapid A photograph can be filed in New paper photography. son, at 8 a. m. and an hour later, or at 6 a. m., Pacific coast time, n Wlable in the San Francisco newspapers, sof! j&new service is expected to be of great value to publishers, ab Je police in catching criminals, to banks in verification of m and to mercantile establishments generally. the? jOnce more private industry gives the American people a stair ie unparalleled in world history. quarters of an sig-jfe- s, eprc topi GROWING. acb 5 COE.; loner fheii is lace the ? of is st According ja to estimates bv the National Bureau of Economic arch, with headquarters in New York, the number of people & country on January 1, 1925, totals 114,311,000. The 1924 Vas 1,027,000, which is about 100,000 less than the average the past five years. 1923 showed the largest gain since the population gained 1,996,000. Looking back over for Swhen placed period the year 1900 was the largest, when were added to the grand total. In 1924 immigration 2,173,-ptize- at 315,000, births estimated at ns 2,645,000, and deaths Xooo. spr PURCHASING TROUBLE. ilvor ofi state is having considerable trouble, and while Gov- or Bern may be able to untangle the mess for the time being, pt come up before the next legislature to provide a tangi-JaThe w. All political positions are very uncertain, regardless of how well and efficient appointtees may have been. When parties gain control they put into office their favorites, and while it seems hard on the men who have given their best to public service to replace such men, it is probably for the best interests of the community. It thus happens that James Devine was asked for his resignation and he will be replaced by R. E. Davis of Box Elder county, who has been appointed by the state board of corrections to begin his term of office June 1. Air. Devine lias made some political enemies, but that is a natural sequence in political affiliations. Warden Devine has brought about certain reforms at the penitentiary, both beneficial to the state as well as to the prisoners, and at the present writing he is considered a very able and capable warden. LETS the jit must be remembered that the recent legislature is not rouble for the present tangle in which the state finds itself. people in general were opposed to the purchasingdcpartinent Dorn in his political speeches said that if elected tfc u St Mid correct the system. In his address to the legislature, iNornor asked that the old purchasing department be done nyot toun ?"itli, being convinced that a purchasing' agent, only, would IIpO iver Accordingly a bill was drawn meeting and complying the views of the Governor with a big reduction in the which of course was not needed in the new order rtliei ;t sfc Govr ap-Ftotio- terit u11. Tlu to ge- - I)V1 the n, legislature quite naturally abolished the $15,000 nation or year necessary for the old purchasing (le- - bath I lpn -- w I I, bid came to the Governor he did not take ac I I I, i The Utah Manufacturers association is sending out cards to be hung up in the office and business places of the city, which read, What Utah Makes Makes Utah. Secretary J. S. Ear- ley of the association should see that a card be placed on the walls of each citv commissioners office and that of the countv commissioners. They are partly responsible for keeping the cement plants of Utah closed by favoring street paving with imported asphaltum from California. Let us patronize Utah in other things besides eating our own carrots and turnips. Let us keep the payrolls going and the doors of our industries open. STOOL PIGEON. Prohibition officers announce that reformers on rum runners can be paid as high as 25 per cent of the fines. Encouragement is thus lent to assist in eliminating the traffic, and the names of the informers will be kept secret. AVe will now legitimately create the stool pigeon, generally a character held in contempt by every decent individual in the community. The stool pigeon is generally provided with public funds to carry on his underhanded work and his host friends are not immune from his covetous greed. HOW PARDONS WORK. Thomas Grier was pardoned, or rather paroled, by the pardons board, and he now is accused of shooting Patrolman C. J. Carlborg, who narrowly escaped death. Had Grier remained in prison, Carlborg might have been shot by some other thug. However, the people are wondering how long it will be before Grier appears before the pardon board again to make them believe what an injured youth he is by being kept behind the bars. The majority of the people do not believe in pardon boards, but for some reason we cant get rid of them. Too many criminals are being turned loose upon the community. As long as there are so many people who wish to be robbed we must have robbers and if they are kept in the penitentiary they cannot ply at their trade. : t i GO. ebrf f : I NEW WARDEN. in-J- es i; it to occur. amount are deducted accidents occurring under Rations in which compulsory insurance would not change Jnt conditions, it will be seen that there are a comparatively nunibci of victims who actually would receive any benefit Wh a hw, and on the chance of benefiting this small per-- e e the proponents of compulsory automobile liability would penalize most heavily the entire automobile indus-C- d every car user. Sliis propaganda for compulsory insurance has the ear-V- g of the Russian communist. It surely is not American. w from t i I : i |