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Show VOL. 6, NO. 35 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. SEPTEMBER 3. 1927 $1.00 A YEAR COUNTY RING 02 Laws Set at Naught By Powerful Clique Work of State In Farm Activities ' Highly Important ON HJORWCHT BELOfiiS CUR GT state administrative departments The 8uteiman la planning to present from time to time articles outlining the services rendered to the taxpayers. Very few people realise the breadth of tbe activities of the department of agriculture under the direction of Har- For Pecuniary Gain OPERATIONS OP GANG TEAT IB SPREADING CORRUPTION THROUGH COUNTY IS BARED TO LIGHT. A powerful politkal-liquo- r ring ii dominating and controlling the administration of laws and public affairs in Salt Lake county. This ring is spreading graft and corruption throughout the county administration, as has been evidenced by recent exposures and well authenticated information indicates that this corruption ex tends even to city, town and hamlet administrations. A powerful political-liquo- r ring la' dominating and controlling the admin- leged to have been going among the istration of laws and public affairs In retail bootleggers Informing them who they could buy their wet goods from Salt Lake county. This ring Is spreading graft and corruption throughout the county administration, as has been evidenced by recent exposures and well authenticated Information indicates that this corruption extends even to city, town and hamlet administrations. This powerful ring Is a composite affair. It is composed first of a gang or which, politicians, unprincipled through apathetic Inaction on the part of the majority of the people, on party his gained a strangle-holable politics, to the extent that it Is election to control the nomination and d -- of public officials. d and controlled A ring of public officials constitutes a component part of the major ring; and Is the agency through which the : political t, hand-picke- Us owned vantages-Las".jlil'WMlaels but not least, there Is the li- quor ring, composed of privileged bootleggers and gamblers who furnish the money for campaigns, for electing the officials the political ring wants and who they could not Is a common complaint among the boose retailers that unless they buy from certain sources they are arrested, prosecuted and persecuted until they either come Into the ring or . go out of the business. It Is a well known fact, borne out by official records that some bootleggers have been contlualy pursued by the county officers while others are openly conducting their business without molestation. OUT IN BINGHAM. Out In Bingham the records show practically no arrests by the sheriff's office this year for liquor In certain sections of the canyon while cltlsens of this town know that the boose Is d la theca almost dally hr two meftr operating tthdef fha guu0r"nrurt peddlars. It is common knowledge that practically every pool hall and soft drink parlor In the canyon is a boose Joint and that those which play with the ring" are not molested while those who do not play" are not permitted to operate. In Bingham canyon It has been common talk for a long time that a county officer of the law has even ridden up the canyon on the very peddlers wagon within which Is alleged to have been concealed the days supply of liquor for the boose Joints of the canyon. Whether the officer knew there was Uqnor In the wagon no one presumes to say, but at least they believe it looks rather suspicious. THE ROADHOUSES It Is common knowledge that Salt Lake county Is filled with roadhouses, operating as Dance Halts, and that liquor flows freely In these places almost every night In the week. One has but to go out to vrese places and keep hit eyes open to see for himself that such Is the case. Proprietors of some of these places have been seen to make freauent trips to a certain building in Salt Lane City where one of the alleged bosses Is established In an office with a noncommittal and unsuspicious sign on The Center of Utahs Steal Industry iSjvViinrrhkfTi Labrum Answers $10,000 Soil Filed presents Constructive eas den Bennion, commissioner. The scope of this department has been greatly extended during the past two years with the mult that the people of Utah are receiving a service beyond that of any lntermountaln state. Probably the best illustration of the additional service being rendered under tbe present administration la the new inspection work which has been undertaken with the help of an appropriation of 163,920 for the cun rent biennium. in the following statement Commissioner Bennion hiss outlined the work which hla department la doing for the people of Utah: The state board of agricnltare eras created by the legislature of 1921, taking over the duties and responsibilities of a dosen or more boards or departments, including soma work not directly connected with agriculture, such as hotel Inspection, weights and measures, dairy and food Inspection, cold storage, etc. Subsequent legists- turn have added other duties such as shipping point Inspection of fruits and vegetables destined for inters tafb' shipment, inspection and sale of skins of predatory animals upon application for bounty, seed inspection, certification and analysis. The enumeration and detail of the functions and activities of the department would go beyond the limits of Opening his defense, attorneys for County Commissioner Rulon Labrum last Tuesday filed an answer in the district court to the $10,000 suit filed against their client August IS, by Mrs. Belva Burgner who alleged that she had been attacked by the official on July 6. during a boose party at 182 East Thirteenth South Street. In his answer, the commissioner denies all the allegations brought by the woman, excepting the fact of his presence in the place at the time alleged. He further sets forth that his presence In the house was In perfect good faith on his part, but was procured In bad faith on the part of the plaintiff and her The answer, continuing, then denies In entirety that any wrongful or improper act was committed by him, and that whatever occurred was procured, caused snd INVITED by the said plaintiff and her Thus the answer, by necessary Inference, admits that something happened at the party, but says that that happening, whatever It was, was INVITThe ED by the women themselves. case will probably be heard in the near future by either Judge L. B. Wight or Judge W. M. McCrea, It Is said.Include Counsel for Mr. Labrum Horace Beck. J. R. Thomas and . Walton, while Vere L. McCarthy represents Mrs. Burgner, as well as Mrs. Hattie Carstensen and Mrs. Lucinda Parker, the two women who have filed similar anlts against Commissioners Reuben Dahlquist and W. H. . heieceasSyW spent fa'generalj only. Therefore taking up the subject chronologically, during the late winter and early spring every possible effort Is made to see to It that only good seed la planted, that nursery - stock, whether Imported or home u. Is free from disease and Insect POINTS OUT HOW REAL SERVICE TO PEOPLE COULD AND pests, and that fruit trees are proper-prune- d and sprayed. SHOULD BE RENDERED BY PARTY. WEED CONTROL. With the appearance of vegetation noxious .weed control takes the center Some pertinent advice and constructive suggestions relative to of the stage, although orchard Inspec;he manner in which the present-da- y chaotic condition of politics may tion and spraying In all the central "clover." counties of the state Is n matter of ON COUNTY. e remedied and government again be brought back into the hands of 8TR ANGLE-HOLthe entire Importance throughout This great ring of graft and corrupthe people, are contained in an opportune interview granted this spring and summer. Weed control and tion grips Salt Lake county now In a eradication might well occupy the week by W. W. Armstrong, president of the National Copper bank to way and with a boldness never known time and best efforts of our entire before In the history of the county. a representative of the Utah Statesman. force until the ground freetes In the on the common knowledge Is It Mr. Armstrong said: fall, but along In June comes demand street that bootlegging and gambling Political experience in thle country tie of the philosophy of Andrew Jack-sofor cherry, berry and vegetable shipare open and rampant throughout Salt has taught us the lesson that governcoarse In many respects as his ping point inspection to dispute the Lake City and county, and that cerment by party organization, acting philosophy appeared, yet in the actual demand for weed work. aLter on tain manufacturers and purveyors of come calls for. like Inspection of through agents who are office holders, operation of political parties. It is boose and certain gamblers are enfixes responsibility and brings rsr bet fundamentally sound. peaches, pears, apples, onions, etc., to joying Immunity from the law apparter results than can otherwise be atthe extent from one thousand to two The Democratic party in Utah must ently for value received." sworn to tained In public srfalrs. This Is quits be thousand cars and Including Inspection reAffidavits which have been and by recognising strengthened as true In township and village as It for spray residue. men of and placed In. the hands of city, coun.and capacity, Integrity In state and national government warding During the entire season our Inspecwho work hard and diligently In order ty and state officials, bare In detail tors have been subject to call for the ' Hence, we must look to party organi- to perpetuate the party system. the methods by which this graft prosation to bring about results desired Inspection of fields upon which farmtection Is operated and In some cases We Democrats have in the State of ers contemplate the growing of certiby the cltisenehlp. name the law enforcement units to Utah a mission, a call, a duty. We fied seed gialn, potatoes, or alfalfa Here In Utah It seema there can be must respond. We must respond with which this protection tax Is alleged the door. no question that we have come to a policies and seed, each of which fields requires sevto be paid. will apthst principles Observers have seen these men vi- crossroads In the administration of eral Inspections during the year; and These affidavits are made by men to and answer the wishes of evwe peal when fall comes threshing machines who swear they have been compelled sit this place then, later on. has seen public affairs; that henceforthshift-leuand citizen. ery taxpayer thoughtful , In the political ring may continue to travel the easy, must he inspected, bags tagged and to pay, protection tribute or else have certain high-up- s We must respond to carry out these sealed, and In the rase of alfala seed, haphazard course or look to some principles snd practices. We must ofbeen ridden out of the business for responsible for the present office holdof which our state Is a very large prorefusal to pay the price or to buy ers In Salt Lake county, visit this party organization to lead us out of fer to the electors on our ticket when the wilderness into the sunlight snd we ask for their suffrage, men of the same place. ducer. these seals must be broken at their liquor from certain sources. the cleaning plant by an official InNo one, of course, knows Just what the promised land of economy, effi- highest character, of unblemished repIt appears, from the Information spector and retagged and sealed after contained In these affidavits and from goes on within that office when these ciency and responsibility In common! utation, with wide experience and cleaning. During the harevst and Investigations made that the paths of strange visits are made, hut it Is not ty and state affairs. Opportunity at minds. We must Insist that these barber shop and we wouldnt sus- this time Is certainly knocking at the men. If elected, will treat their posicleaning season our state seed analyst graft In Salt Lake county lead to the Is tequlred to make official ton and law enforcement headquarters. pect them of going there to get a hair- door of the Democratic party In Utah. tions as sacred trusts, and will com Not for a campaign of vilification in port themselves as the on many hundreds of samples cut. PLAN OF OPERATION report for the agents the unearthing of malfeasance In of- entire of seeds, The plan on which the liquorgamb- ANOTHER HEADQUARTERS thereby fixing officially the barecognizing the Oscar W. McConkie, for twelve nor of de sic factelectorate, Somewhere" on Third South there fice, nor of muck-rakinare servants and not years a lawyer at Montlcello, after di grade and standard iff these crops. ling privilege Is operated appears, that they FIELD RODENTS. noundng In Intemperate language the masters. Too often in public affairs from affidavits and investigations, to Is another place, reported to be hla time for the past six Field work heretofore mentioned for a boss" that will fur- shortcomings and offenses of thou a little brief authority brings to the vldlng be this. headquarters Utah between southeastern runs into late fall and early winter, Certain boose manufacturers and nish some Interesting Information to who at present conduct our public af- average office holder a feeling of su- months and Salt Lake Is this week moving bootleggers who made themselves any one who might put In the time to fairs under the cloak and with the ap- periority that Is entirely wrong from his office to the seventh floor of the after which rodent control work Is the order of the day. All the above solid In the last county election by watch It tor a while. Not long ago proval of a great party, but rather for every point of view. 'No matter now Continental Bank building. Mr. Mcto certain campaign contributions visit to this place disclosed a state an affirmative campaign of common how lowly the of- Conkie did his high school work at has reference to the department of no matter exalted, The dairy funds and by active support for the officer, and four officers of the law of sense, of sound business principles, of fice holder, the principle remains the the Grand county high, later becom agriculture Inspection only. political ring and its candidates, are the county and city having a little economy and conservatism in public same. The Incumbent In office Is but lng a student at the B. Y. U, the U and food department covers the entire acstate In hotel inspection, weights and now permitted to enjoy the fruits of nip. This place la operating openly expenditures, of pub'tcity In public the servant, Instrument or agent of C. and thq U. of U. He studied unlawful businesses but only, however, and Is a rendeivoua for liquor drink tivities, of the employment In public the electorate In carrying out its A. measures, except in Salt Lake and OgMontlcelWhile at law at Michigan. affairs of men of standing, of probity wishes,-anso long as they are willing to continue den, dairies, creameries, restaurants, M officers. officials that and best In the as each terms two using city he served cold storage and their contributions to those, in power lngInformation contained In affidavits and experience, carefully chosen from, in him to efficiently, honestly snd eco- lo was twice a slaughterhouses, and county attorney, to exact them. and do member of the county school board, packing plants, rectories, canneries,, sets those which have been submitted to officials the highest type of cltlsenship. perform nomically fallure-oCorruption in public office, or These privileged liquor dealers have gives some interesting light on the shops, In fact all and every things thst It has chosen him and several terms a Juvenile Judge markets, the part of public servants to live those been divided up Into four principal recent on liquor. This 12th place where food, drink, or condiment In behalf. on tax" Its the do from to years senator state was He paid protection groups, the Information Indicates, at information Is that the prevailing up to the trust which the people have a growing tendency district two sessions, and Is at pres- is sold or offered for sale. In them, ot which a recent na- there has been placed The state veterinarian (s charg'd the head of each of which la a boss 2 for Is office holders to look upon and ent a member of the state board ol tax every gal per gallon ex- among who Is held responsible for strict sc Ion retailed and with the responslbllty of livestock o foperation tional administration is a splendid enforce at to the law, treat law a their lecturer the education plan and authority does not of Itself furnish a as a license to violate law. The highthe campaign for counting or the contributions. for the boss who handles the ample, of Utah. During hla stay diseases. Including or tuberculosis in dairy The Information at hand indicates rails slogan which la very effec- est duly of a political organization Is University eradication the the with affiliated was wholesale supply to campaign of he San Juan distribution the in tive at the polls. that there Is one boss who handles see to It that the tax Is paid. to furnish worthy servants to carry leading civil, business and religious cattle, which campaign Is progressing prinfundamental are There certain more rapidly and satisfactorily than the privileged liquor business our bv as expressed activities of the county. He took It Is claimed by some of the bootleg ciples which have always actuated the out the wishes among the Greeks, another who hand-leIn nn In- leading part In organizing the Monti ever before under the liberal approprito the of all have people themselves that dig they legislature, gers Democratic party, based largely upon It among the Italians, another who economical and ' cello State bank; which he served as ation made by the last legislature. as much as 600 a week In the the of Jefferson. Ills oppo- telligent, philosophy The sheep inspection department Is handles It among the Americans and up Let the Demo- attorney .director and laterly as vice manner. Is claimed fact It conservative In form of this tax. sition to centralisation in government; and maintained solely for the created the roadhouses of the county. a a In established posinewspaHe itself for a wholesaler this Is the stand his statement that, That government cratic party now put president These bosses in turn report to and that and even la per at Montlcello and organised vari- control and eradication of aheep scabconto Utah of state for the ard are permitted in tion being price" Is best which governs least; account to certain representatives of In ies to which our state baa been pracsubdivisions to well lwrform ous Important corporate Interests beIn business. principles teeming with interest today Its minor the law enforcement agencies, and In tinue he circles tically Immune for the past five or six In religion Juan. San Itsh, the for cUlien"' MAGNA. In opposition to the superimposed bu- this service some cases, affidavits name certain OUT AT thereand years. Patrol of stats lines and agMontlcello of came find bishop Out at Magna bootleg Joints operate reaucratic government which has been snd It will surely members of tbe law enforcement the Dem- after a member of the stake presl-denc- gressive action In tbe slight local out- Let and cltlsens sun of street victory. main conIn the on the on under us foisted Republican forces who, It is said, keep the right In Democratic politics Mr. Mcare trol. ocrats 'make good promise snd then bosses" Informed as to who Is O are complaining that young girls (Continued on Page 5) has Conkie out. slwaya been active. It It might be well to remember s lit faithfully carry (Cbo tinned on Page 4.) K." and who Is not and who are al- - who, In turn, enjoy Immunity, In return for campaign contributions and protection tax, other words, graft, paid to officials and members of tbe political ring. It Is a case of rings within rings and they operate In conjunction to keep each other In power and In D - and It , Believing that the voters of the state want to become better acquainted with the operations or the varioue n, E.-A- McCONKIE OPENS LAW OFFICES IN SALT LAKE CITY high-minde- |
