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Show THE CITIZEN THE CITIZEN ((A ' Thinking Paper for Thinking People HNHINHIHIIUHIHiNNHIillllHNHHNHIUIimMllliaiMIINHIIINHWiailllllllMtlimiaMIIIINMHIIimillllMMaIHMaHaaatIIIHM Published by THE GOODWIN'S PUBLISHING COMPANY. 301 Ness Building, Salt Lake City, Utah matter, June 21, 1919, at the Postoffice at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Including postage in the United States, and Mexico, $2.50 per year; $1.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all countries, within the Postal Union, $4.50 per year. Entered as HUMILIATING. TTAS THE HONORABLE, the Senate of the United States, deliberately adopted a program to make our Presidency a joke and a matter of backstairs gossiping? It is impossible to study the recent action of this new presidential campaign smelling committee in summoning the various proposed candidates for the Democratic and Republican nominations to appear before its members and stand and deliver information as to their plans, resources and activities to date. It will be agreed that it is wholly proper for the legislative branches of our government to propose ways in which the reckless spending of money, even for the support of presidential ambitions, may be curbed. It is wholly within the province of the committee to prepare and adopt a formula as to how much money may be expended for that purpose. But when it comes to calling on the principals themselves to appear and make their statements, it is impossible to escape the feeling that these very young elder statesmen have run beyond the rule of ryhme or reason. The catechising of Albert C. Richie, chief executive of the State of Maryland; of Herbert Hoover, the Secretary of Commerce; of Alfred E. Smith, Governor of the State of New York; of Frank Lowden, former chief executive of Illinois, and who had the great honor of being nominated by the Republican party of the Honorable Charles Curtis, the for the respected and dignified leader of the Senate the whole thing leaves a bad taste in the mouths of the people. We today are all bewailing the popular lack of interest in our elections, and our failure to treat even our party candidates with dignity. Moves like this do not correct that situation. They inevitably furnish to every vote slacker an additional reason for his or her absence from the polls. y; 1 1 accounts balanced. Our city today has so much water it does not know to do with it. An honest measurement of our present water ply will show that we have enough water for over 300,000 peopt second-clas- s FRANK E. SCIIEFSKI, Manager and Editor vice-presidenc- A gambler places a limit on his game, but some of our poj. ticians say their limit is the sky. All we ask the people to do is to visit some of our stream from which the city gets her water, and they will begin aski questions, and some of these questions cannot be answered our city commission. In fact, the people should strongly resist another bond until such time as the city accounts are properly audited and ft GAS COMPANY GROWS. THE UTAH Gas & Coke Company is branching out and cording to present plans will supervise most of the gas output! Manager E. A. Angley states that his company w acquired the gas rights of Ogden and will bring that plant tot highest point of efficiency. The Ogden equipment and pig was owned by the Utah Power & Light Company, but the latti company wishes to devote itself strictly to the electrical end power, light and heat, which can be done more efficiently tb if mixed with a foreign or competitive business. Gas has become one of the predominating fuel factors this locality, and its business is increasing by leaps and bom every year. the state. t in i IV h BACKMAN PROMOTED. li GUS P. BACKMAN has been promoted to the position! manager of the Z. C. M. I., the largest mercantile institution the intermountain country. Mr. Backman is a progressive h ness man and his appointment to this prominent position n because of real merit and not because of some pull he may to b B tc had. and managing directors John F. Bennett, active manager for a number of years, will devote his enti time to organization work of the institution and its polk Manager Backman announces that a comprehensive exp sion program is being outlined for the Z. C. M. I. in line its rapid growth of the past few years, which will make the sta still larger, more beautiful, and more of a busienss factor ini vice-preside- d nt o; Li .IV wi rnc to co west. The executive committee was reorganized and will eons of John F. Bennett, chairman; President Anthony W. Ivins, H. Woolley, Bishop Sylvester Q. Cannon and O. W. Adams C. A. F. Orlob as secretary. The new members are Svlveste Cannon, Presiding Bishop of the Church, and O. W. Adm of the Utah State National bank. Frank Tin? was promoted to assistant general manager. vice-preside- to on nt MODERN TOURIST PARK. lie tli it WATER PORK BARREL. HERETOFORE, Salt Lake has not had much to offercor tourist in the way of auto camp accommodations, but this WILL MAYOR BOWMAN, who is commissioner of water- tion has changed. After June 1st we will have the finest' works, tell the people how much waste water is running off our camp in the country to offer tourists. The Utah Motor $ water sheds at the present time? We ask the people to visit which is being built by John L. Reynolds, will be open andr? comfort1 Parleys and Big Cottonwood creeks, below the city water in- for occupancy June 1st. The cabins will be just as manner take ; they will be surprised at the rivers running to waste. Be as any home. They will be furnshed in a high class careful and dont fall in, because the streams are raging tor- contain every modern convenience. Sixty-si- x cabins will to; rents. Our city engineer ought to be able to make a competent survey and report upon available water without this flashy and unnecessary expense. This commission business creates a big expense account and the information they are after ought to be in the archives of the state engineer, and if not, why not? What has become of former surveys? What about the California man that was imported? ished this summer and additional ones added this fall and ter. The completion of this camp means more to Salt Lake than anything that has been done here since the Hotel Utahof built. As soon as the tourists going east or west learn beautiful park they will immediately decide to stop in Salt! friends about it. Be sure and tell your Lets perfect our highways now and nothing can stop tourists from coming through Salt Lake. out-of-to- wn I jy h |