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Show A S: - .v IT 373TY UT'H LI3RAHY ' va ' . The Utah Statesman Is.Endeavoring To Give a Correct Record of Public Affairs Without Regard to Party Lines tetfsmait w VOL. NO. .8. NO. 7. sft' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. FEBRUARY 14. 1929 I LM Governor Dem. Relates Boulder Dam History To Utah Legislators A YEAR Maws Mayor Measure And Mining Multiple ' Two Important Bills Advises Lawmakers to Stay Out of Six State Com pact as Long as There Is Chance For Seven State Agreement; Wallace Gives Tip on Development of Dewey, Site in Utah; Bacon Speaiu. roponents of Mayoralty Bill Present Their Arguments in the Matter. Arizona-Uta- h Compared Getting Revenue From Paying Property In Public Hearing Thursday Jorgensen Bill Will Bring Out Some Double Amount of Tax Paid by Producers; Red Hot Discussion. . A . At th joint mmIob of tht bo uaaa of tha legislator morning Governor Georgs H. Dern dropped the following wisdom to bis listeners: Tuesday bite of As far os tha upper basin elates are eooceraed the Colorado steer question is not a power fight, bet a fight for water. Utah Is not oven dose to Its ultima to development as far as irrigated lands are concerned. Thero ore two blllo In tha legisIt la a cardinal rula which lator which demand special atten- should never bo forgotten that tion. One of these is the Maw hill, whatever property Is worth for Senate B.ll No. 29, which is dee the IXtftME purpose of and BALB tlned to give tho mayors of clt mora powr of Thi otlisr Is 8. A wilt 8uPms Court at . Jorgenson's house bill which United States. Adams taxes raisa tha multlplo of mining Express 8tal Audltr. ii m from throe to six. Aa tho law now roods tha valua of a mine for taxIn these hectic days when props able purposes Is throe times its influence mins net earnings for tho year previous. f"ndl the air and tho dallytaxation Tho Maw bill, declared by many fills prom I1. worth while to examin to contain great deal of dynaJust what eC- mite. to creating a lot of discussion iUL f.5ur' " increasa of tho muitlpl in city political circles. This bill net proceed1 from I to will will Increase tha powtr of tha may- of Produce. For convenience, 111 ors of the city. figures are used. The result would There will bo a publle bearing on vary very little by tho usa of figtha bill at tha Hotel Utah Thursday ure for 1921 21 'll. night at 7:96 and some interesting DIVIDEND PAVING METAL ; arguments are looked for, in- ai' MINES, much os both sides ara prlmsd for Total property taxes g battle. patd la 192T t 1.114,117. IS Tha proponents of tho bill have "Net tax proceeds" prepared an outllna of their argU' 0 per esnt i.217.III.T i monte and have placed this outline Other property tax, In the hande of oach legislator. 0 per cent 104,919.41 The Proponent Bide. Their esse, as presented in this I 1.014,917.11 t outline, follows: 1. Precedents. Portland, On, Double net proceeds , Z IT tax has had this bill for year. SatisI 1,411,717.44 Dee Add No desiro other for change. factory. property tax Moines, Iowa, has centralised au901,971. 4 1 thority In mayor by running nr Total taxed under office sought. Stability: Will probably quiet city manager agitation proposed plan ..9 2,719,146.17 fori in all for time. Superior Dividends I- paid 1127 911,411,017-6General nraewnty. A flood control dam is necessary in the Colorado river. assertion to claim that the Boulder dam Is It Is a far. fetched to regulate commerce. , Utah shoald not be la a harry to sot on the aU slate compact. The State ofUtah Is best protected under the eevea state pact. Xbo apper Mates furnish the water; the lower states furnish the tumble. Iteservntloaa totb comped are daageroas sad should act bo considered. X tanav.SLW?" aii0h, 'I The Colorado river question have never been n perk barrel question with Mm. ' The title to power sites la the State or Utah should forever be the property of the stale sod the state should make come provision whereby rsveaao could come into the state treasury when the Utah daa sites are develops d. . The Boulder dam should bo built, and if built wlU be of great benefit to Utah, bat Utah should sou that It's interests are fully protected. Echo dam has only enough water to supply a power pleat a Bad ted season each year hence development there Is not practl- - o Dama at Dewey and at Flaming Gorge, probably have engineering merit, bat their coast rod ion weald call for an agreement between Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, which would delay nutters a lot. Hast can beat be. mode at the present time by Maying oat of the six state oapipoct. .Long legal delays loon on the horiaoa " is farced upon Arts one. While Bek Ink City la not n great importing center k does servo 01 tho homo of five foreign consuls. Four ofsthree, by tho way, am American citliena- - These men do much toward advertising Utah In foreign lands. Tim house to the center, with the Mexican flag on tho flog pole Is tlw Mexican consulate.' H is tho old Moass Thatcher house on West Ttomnlo and North Temple. Above U the Mexican consul Seoor Cferlorf M. Gaxlola. At the upper left Is John James. Btftish below Is Frank L. Malm st nit. Swedish at tan ne at, the lower right is Fortunato Ansel mo, Italian upper rlgut Is Neb F. Met tome. Norwegian vice-cons- ul: vice-cons- vice-coaa- ul the hstlhoiUr Tbs governor did not sdvlso the legislators vote for a six'stats compact but bo did advise them to hold out for Ihe seven stmts compact as long as there was any llkllbood that the seven Mato compact will be accepted by Arisons. I Nations of World Keep Finger on Industrial and Agricultural Development of Intermountain Region Through Representatives Located in Salt Lake City.. properly safeguard the daa in the progrcee of bunding and to safeguard the lives of thorn working oa the dam four tunnels fifty fret in diameter, carh shout a mite long will have to be built. The original plan called for two of these. The Matement has ben mads that a dam on tlie Dewey site In Utah would Moo the biggest proportion of the flood waters going down the Colorado river. Mr. Wallace asks that engineers find out "Mould a dam on the Dm y site nr some other site tn Utah a block enough flood water to lea sen the need for four mes? a aa work he sufficient Would tho saving In rlimlnailag this to build tho dam In Utah? If so wliat steps shall be taken? Mr. Wallace declared that the six' Mate compact amply protected Utah's rights but that the Ms state rompart was no whriw near as good as a seven state compact if a seven state compact can be bad. Bacon Speak tho treasury of tbs United States George Bacon, stats engineer, and not against the coM of tbs lie hit project. He colled attention to the poke tor five minutes, the nail right on tha head with his fact that Uncle Sam takea rare of statement It la now 12:19. Boul- the Mississippi flood problems, why In thu not the Colorado river flood probder dam seems minds of you people to the ques- lems? Ho also urges that It be specified that Boulder dam expenses eat?" tion, ''When do Mr. Bacon left two thoughts shall not be charged against the recwith tbs legislators, however. lamation fund. Ho asko that Utah First Arisona was given until taka a leading part In organising Jung to corns into the seven state tha advisory committee which will compact. Why should Utah short- advise the secretary of the Interior en that time? concerning the sal of power. Second The six state compact The Denver Conference, docs not In any way shape or form Governor Dern then called alien compare with tho erven Mato com- tlon to the Denver conference at pact in tho matter of protecting which time the seven Mate Utah's Interests. Congress to nerotiata orlallxed Congress to n egotists a Smoot's Letter, Senator Smoot's letter to rreai- - treaty with Mexico regarding I a The conference also dent Hamilton Gardiner of the river water? the I'lttman resolution senate and to Speaker David L. passed which that the water bedeclared Stine of the house was read. Senato the states and that tha tor Smoot calls attention to the fact longed bed of a et ream belonged to that hia endeavor to have a new Mala. engineering committee report on Utah's position, aa defined some Boulder dam resulted in the drastic changes of plana He called time ago was as followa: Hold for a seven state compact attention to tho fact that tha cost Inslot upon a treaty with Mexiwaa raised more than forty mil. ca by-p- by-p- ts made . Iho following Investigation Indicates that power revenue will not pay for the entire dam but will barely pay for tho additional expense of poworlslng Iho dam. Charging off tho many millions which will be spent In building tho canal and flood control work It will take the Bouldr dam power revenue fifty years to pay for Itself. It might take even longer than that. Mr. Smoot be lltvrs the river flow has been overestimated. He also declares Utah should work for more factories. Walloon Differs. Centrist this with Mr. Wallace's statement that tho revenue from BeuMer dam poker mlqht pay eff tha reels or the protect In II yrvrs. Mr. Wallace recommended 'hat flood control the 121,000,600 charge bo mads directly against st dividuals in Salt Lake City. Mr Wallace offers the following: statements: ,ment- - ed co. . Maintain that tho Mato owns iho water. Maintain that tha etata owns the bed of a stream. rower sites are slate resource! end the state la entitled to revenue therefrom. Attack Changed. When It was certain that the Boulder dam bill was going through Gov. Dern directed hie efforts to get amendments to tho bill and get the brat bargain pnaslhie for Utah under tha circumstances. He accomplished: Tha provision which would maks It possible for tha work to bo delayed lonr enough tn make an- comother try fnr tho seven-stat- e part. the period of Had extended withdrawal from entry- of power lies. Served notice on Mexico that the - (Continued on Page Four) Six governments maintain con-- tooci?e chrtX'jt! Hagrah? sular representatives here but the Danish consul died some formerly employed sa a cooa in the Cheat peaks restaurant in months ago and a successor has not yet been named. Mr. Hagen has inSalt Lake A consular representative is primarily a trade represent- herited a City. portion of an estate in ative. Their other duties and they are legion are more or Norway. Mr. Frank Malmatedt, Swedish lesg incidental vice consul, ia the dean of the ! . e. - p: Arthur J. Lowe city purchasing agent, is one of the men who can say that he saw old Abo Lincoln in the heat of a political campaign. Mr. Lowe is a native of Illinois. While Mr. Lowe is apparently an orthodox Republican now. hie father was one of. the stump speak-er- a for Stephen A. Douglas, . the Little Giant, in that memorable campaign in 1991. when Lincoln and Douglas stumped Illinois from one enl to tha other In the race for the eenatorahip, which Lincoln lost. Two years later Lincoln was elected to the presidency. Mr. Lowe was just a little fallow in (huso days, but tho memory of Lincoln Is strong in hie mnd he cause of his father's connection with Lincoln's greatest political Provo Official Fight New Bill m . bus-new- "! vd. hd, ! . t-- clsss-Unde- r . a-- 1 V V.tlm Embarrassing, Balance available wasted In Jockeying department to for dividend ....914.219,119-2department. Three to tyro combinTAXES 1627. ation against mayor- results , enforcemsnt;J eli- Under present meth-- 4 Inuity .9 1,994,997,19 mination of any possible, llader-ahiIts 90 reduction of his department Rtlo Under mulproposed inability to fulfill campaign prom, 9,791,790.97 tiple In confusion of public turning Ratio 16.66' to champion for their right DIVIDENDS 1617. S. Merita of (he MIL Under present methA Preserves commission form of od 911.412.617.06 Ratio government. 100.66 in remains majority Under proposed mulSovereignty of commission on all administrative 14,229.111.29 tiple and legislative matter Ratio 100.06 Mayor retains only one departvote. ment and only ons Fro posed Program. .v Leaves the auditor and his depuTho proposed program (a multies supreme in ability to check tiple of ) would reduce dividend 6 per cent and Increase taxes 66 fiscal matter No transfer of administrative au- per cent In round figure If tax levies remained th earn. thority to mayor. Th B Centralizes responsibility in tat levy is constant. Countie mayor. affected other than Bait Lake, Mayor may choose own deport- would reduce their levies In ment. and all school districts Mayor may assign commissioners would do so w'thout doubt.' oeme to their departments. materially, other In less percentMayor may investigate corrup- age. tion. There la an ancient saying that Dingle responsibility fur "comparisons ar .odious." Whll undoubtedly true as to one of th Mayor outlines physical makeup compared unite they may be Ilof departments; not to I misun- luminating to tho other. A comDoe not appoint derstood. parison of tho taxation of mining and employes thereof. 4. Eliminates tendency for each (Continued on Pago Four) . department to be isolated and all powerful. C Psychological effect of bill. Bemovee Indifference of department and division headt gestlons of the mayor. Assures respectful attention on their part. Spurs commissioners on to full duty and obligation lest public necessity demand reassignment. D Perm'te mayor to coordinate In-ta- Tho reader will remember that Some of the duties of consul representatives here in the puint Mr. Malmatedt has of year. there are two branches to a na- - niay lie listed oa follows: He Arrange for passports and visas, passed hia eightieth lion's foreign service tho diplo-, Stamp legal papers. j has been in the consular service matic and iho consular. A dlplonation with has He Keep tradOhere for twelve years. mat, of course, ia the personal repsupplied resentative of bis government: a Information. jdone much to promote trade and consul ia the man who makes trade Supply information to persons In good feeling between his notion of j birth and hia land of adoption. contracts, gives his government this country. after welfare of cltlscns Many things have happened dur- tips on trade conditions and who of Look bio ha country represents. Call ng hia regime as vice consul here. at timet la contact man for hia ambassador or minister and may ambassador's attention to speciflo One of these is the incident of the i Bmlthfleld lad, who is attempting bo called upon to furnish informa- - casea when necessary. tlon which ia strictly diplomatic in- - Contact man for tho diplomatic !I to bring his Bwedlah sweetheart tn wvlee. The young Utah man America. its nature. PROVO to Senate Kludy trade methods here and went to Sweden on a mission and Bill No. 29.Opposition Of the five consuls In Balt Lake which proposes to . there met the dreams, his of which believes he girl more to mayore of City only one carries the rank and "Port anything power giv I Ha rams home and prepared a cities of tha first and second doss responsibility of full consul. This would apply to hlo country. I homo for her but found bo could Studies trend on business. man is Carlos M. Gaxlola, repre-- j in allowing them to appoint not to Innumerable her this duties. other country , to the various city de- bring miasloners America's nearest sentlng neighbor! John James, the British vice- - cause ol the quota law. Accord- - partments Instead of appointing by on tho south, Mexico. 8onior Gax- to went to Sweden i be n marry vote man insurance of the whole commission, was with Jo1 lola maintains a consulate in this Newhouse Building, her there and bring her book os voiced recently by Provo City city and those who pane the corner necs7 Inbisthemoat recent activities bis wife. But he refused to take . Commissioners J. Elmer Jacob-ma- y of North Temple and West Tempi sc the fisc of Mexico flying h been a thing which will prob- - advice of th Swedish consul and sen and Charles Hopkins, accord-fro,ot toward advertising crry certain documents required ing to Mr. Jacobsen. the masthead Tha other "bl? do Certainly we oppora th hill," men vice consuls In rank main- - Utah to that part of tha world. by tha Swedish government before whlch flies the British flag. At marriage license can bo issued. declared Commissioner Jacobsen, tain offices in the business district . th roquest of tho British Ambus- - Now be is waiting In tho land of raying that such a taw would givo and conduct their niato dor- power to th mayor of the through the consul bis forefathers while tho good, more thun Tho Mexican th. was given to any other devote" offices are in Ban bind Bwedlah consul hero prepare city ono who must hls entire Franciscowhose As government or busineeo official, Mr. James prepared a and forwards the document hero are about 20,000 Swedes in " tbit cities would b unable Utah ULt usero mak tha diminrtlon Industrtaland Mrcommissioners competent Ne- Malmstedt'a area Utah. agricultural past, present and to- Arisona Idaho Li?k ilml ,ure- - Thl material 1 now ln the ' he finds because such commissioners would of bo British government. Plenty to do snd does not do much 5 "1lf,nf.,I "hld ,n the cltT nationr? consul ncra) ta VcUN 10 be mode uvallabie to those who.besdes hie consular duties. Senur Gaxlola, at the present! ?ta iV i?J'nUnineMsutaS7nrY learn some likely place to wnt um ta doing verylltt'.o to tho j Invest .their .money. must eSTtain 'matter of trade. Senor Gaxlola thelty in r- Mr James has In incidentally To hi make Tofmed canners here that th Lon- - has three states In his district I iSoSta matte? iTtha tlva land doner certainly appreciate Utah Utah, Idaho and Montana. He mnd ,hat n after ton of thta does not believe tho tlmo la quite OGDEN COMMISSION ,VP hi'J sympathy for hie homo- commcrto is sent to London an- - rip push for greater PROTESTS MAW BILL Und. Tho vice consul, honorary vegetable , dal Intercourse between his nation OGDEN Mayor Francis and consul or consular agent, le usual- - nualiy. nd the intermountain region. Commissioners Ansrlmo Here It Vrars. Harman W. Peery, ly a naturalised American, who haa Fortunate 'Anselmn. Italian vies Utah has very few Importers. Most nd Fred E. Williams, resided for a length of tlmo In the Thursday, has been In Balt Lake six- - of Utah's material which comes City Attorney A- - E. I'ratt nation ho represents. II does not consul, teen years. Besides maintaining from foreign landa la first hand d'rected to to draft be protest presented neceswrlly make a vocation out the offices of the consu'ur agency ,rd &F Importers In th east or on to against senate of his consular activities, although on East Second South street be the Pacl'ic coos'. These men can Introduced he may have to pan an examlna- - conducts hia private bualnesa In a make better agreements at tha bill No. 29 which was and gra-t- a add tlonal tlon to get the Job. Ho works ai-- 1 place next door. In most matters than Wednesday Mr. Anselmo present powers to mayore of cities of tho most entirely "through th consul t works under the Denver can maka Utah direct. there But district first second and nd haa Utah and Wyoming In hia general or full consul, tho future, and to thin Senor th term of th proposed Th five consuls now In Salt Lake territory. j Gaxlola Is building. mayors In tht cities embraced are: Mr. Mettom has been Norwe- City Senor Gaxlola la pioneering this bill, In the measure would havo the auSenor Carlos M. Gaxlola, full glan consul here for about four! Port rf tuo country for hi father-year- s. to assign tha varloua consul for Mexico. H has been In Salt Lake ' land. Ho must first show tha west-Clt- y thority of the city government .John James, vice consul for for 14 year district manager ernera that all Mexicans ara not to their d also Great Britain. of steal construction company, laborers. Ho mutt first build up would hav direct supervision over Fortunato Anselmo, vie consul Hi office ia in tha Newhonsa build- - a good will for hia not on. loiter 11 deportments. for Italy, Ing. Ho, too. haa been busy telling will com bigger business placet Nets P. Msttome, vice consul th Norwegians about Utah' pro-'t- o Utah and then will com th due rabbits and cblckede and th for Norway. ducts, advising what material can tlmo to promote trade between front yard produce lawns and Frank L, Malmatedt, vice consul le produced here and what Norway jUtnh and Mexico, Fenor Gaxlola makes flowers. for Sweden, can do to promote trade relations I Senor Gaxlola opends a good bit such suggestion as ha thinks Thorvold Orlob, Danish vli-- can with this part of th country. Mr. I of his time studying American should apply to hia country and ' Mettoma last and th American an tha makes annual methods, survey farming year ul,(d!ed position many Mexicans are a4notlng those has not yet been filled. of Utah Industries for his govern plan of making tha back yard pro- - American practice mile-aton- vl Public's Lincoln In Action Thn 01 course, sir. wet- tome has the usual duties of caring iwerocaff for the for tha welfare of tho Norwegian ' William R. Wallace, river commissioner, left one little thought. here, certifying legal papers, aid It Is possible that Mr. Wallace has bit upon a solution of the questag In the search of missing Nor-Jution. at present Mr. Mettome I making plane to further the Kaold First. let us consider the two echoola of thourht in Utah as far memorial fund which as Utah is concerned. Thera era those who want Utah to get part of Among tho list of unsung advertisers of Salt Lake City, Amundsen will provide means for increasing the "Pork" or "ole." that Is, get direct benefits in tha nature of a Utah, and the intermountain country we find, the and geographical foreign exploration power dam. Than there are those who claim that Utah's isdlrcct consuls. Just at the present time there are five of these in- benefits will outweigh any direct benefits. lion dollars. Ho also Mayor credited publicly sponaibillty no does not Foreign Consuls Play Important City Purchasing Part in Advertising Utah Goods Agent Remembers Incidentally Governor Dsrn declared that It Ku his belief that Arlsona would come In for the seven stats comoaty in a very short time. Probably the Santa Fa meeting which wllff held Thunday win see the beginning of tbs end of tbs difflculUesttoetween California and Arisons. mcm-ortlax- 6 vice-cons- County Officers: department Departments unweiidy under present alignment. E Nationwide modern tendency to centralis authority in mayor, after twenty years in municipal experiments. F All large cities have single re- sponsibility.' G Answer fractional demand for city manager, walch ha tailed in many large communities-4- . Protection against abuse A Relaying in departments his own undoing. Commission eventually refuse to confirm appointment Refuse his budget requests; pad the r own. Commission could thwart any false leadership. If mayor changed department every month no one would accept hie appointments, only to be turned out when he turns his bock upon th department Commission would outvote him at every turn. Veto - power remains with majority of comm'solon. B Mayor must give and taka with commissioners within reason as at present. 5 Loral conditions and answers to objections. assailable A City reputation from standpoint of vice. Mayor no opportunity to keep ramnnixn p'edres. no direction over puhllc safety department- Mayor th "chief executive" of a cllv whose gambling, prostitution, bootlegring ho has no opportunity to suppress. to B Mayor promised Cannot do so. department vote two to he three hat given By (he vacancy." .... (Continued on Page Four) i On Pagq Three win be found special articles, re- lating to the fatate convention of County Auditors, Clerks, Treasurers and sessors. As- Are there too many counties, by Governor Dem. The relationship of the treasurer and the assessor, an opinion by Harvey Cluff. What properties are ex- empt from Taxation, by Judge George P. Parker, attorney general. The Duties of a county auditor, by Lawrence A. Van Dyke of Weber County. Address of President P. Russell Wight. Resolutions. 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