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V"' ' i j h r '' - ' ? v' r v '' " t ' : - r V - ir f ' ’ ' V ”V the faulty IS - GIVEN DEPUTYSHIP ' Uu U v : V - v ’rSs i - nrw : ivs- V ‘'V - " V’’' Residents Burning Fences and Barns While Clamoring for Coal Shipments ' EXCEEDED 's v t s— ' " V SALT LAKE SITUATION - I'm Under the statute i the ci ty commission Is to begin 'work Monday January 8 as a 'budget corumittoe and £he problem of meeting the deficiency in revenues entailed' by 'the anticipated statewide prohibition lawwlll be given serious consideration Members of the commission say that the budget and the revenue problem will be found assocl-atewith each other to such an extentd must be considered together that Bock city auditor E A they will act with the commissioners and statements as to the needs of their their are departments to in his hands by January 4 some time For the city commissioners have been considering Informally the of meeting the problem revenue decrease: A number anticipated of suggestions have been made' The commissioners are Inclined' to favor the small home owner and will therefore make every effort to meet the situation without Increasing the general tax levy Commissioner Heber M Wells admitted last night however that such action may be found necessary The present annual revenue - from liquor licenses is 8250000 Some of the are in fa vor of revivingcommissioners the poll tax That with the proposal to Increase the tax will be levy for municipal purposesgeneral In reserve held as a last resort Merchants Protest Tax The situation has become further complicated by reason of a protest filed with the commissioners' by local merchants against payment of any special license taxes They have protested against it as unjust In principle and In does discriminatory to other businessesthatInItwhich not as apply much Is Invested money Members of the commission were not in a position yesterday to state what their recommendations will be with reto improvements for inclusion In gard the that Commissioner budget H H Green except of the park department said he will recommend an appropriation for the erection of a municipal bathhouse at the Warm Springs resort He said he will also favor setting aside an appropriation for a park on the west lids Unless the revenue problem Is answered the recommendations of Commissioner Wells for street department Improvements will probably outline a less extensive program than was carried out last year It may be added to if the Legislature passes a law under which the cost of paving street intersections can be assessed against- the property abutting Little change is anticipated in the recommendations of the public safety finance and waterworks departments as compared with- their 1916 appropriations In 'the waterworks department money is to bo set aside for completing improvements commenced last year in the storage system and carried over on account of cold weather h-- - - ROMANCE dating from their childhood days culminated yesterday in the marriage of Mrs Florence Muir and James P Gardner presi- A dent of the Gardner & Adams Co The ceremony waa quietly performed yesterday afternoon by the Rev George E Davies of the First Presbyterian church at his home 1047 Third avenue Mr and Mrs Gardner left immediately afterward for an extended honeymoon through Florida Cuba and the Isle of Pines While It has been generally known for some time among friends of the couple that they contemplated matrimony coming so soon their marriage yesterday was a complete surprise Only Mr and Mrs Frank of the 'bridegroom witnessed the cereGardner brother and sister-in-lamony Thirty minutes after they were married the couple were speeding away from Salt Lake on their honeymoon Mrs Gardner is a native of Salt Lake and was formerly Miss Flor- ence Jensen Her parents were pioneer settlers of Mill Creek In the southeastern part of the city She has known Mr Gardnr since childhood Mr Gardner Is prominent in local club circles He Is also an important figure in business and financial circles and his name has for years been Identified with various business Interestsi Mr Gardner Is a pioneer clothof the National City Bank ier of Salt Lake and will make the first stop of their honeymoon at Live Oak fThe couple Fla where they will visit for a week with Mr Gardner’s sister From there they will cruise to Cuba and the Isle of Pines returning via Washmake ington D C They expect to be gone about two months and will ' their home In the Bransford apartments when they return' !' w vice-preside- " -- nt ' COUNTY HOSPITAL EXPECT FAIRER - - BASIS OF RATES STAFF SELECTED - Roster of Specialists Chosen Shippers Are Awaiting Action of Interstate Comby Commissioners and RAIL SERVICE GETTING merce Commission County Physician ' The county commissioners and Dr T J Howells county physician yesterday appointed a complete staff of specialists' for the Salt Lake county The selections were made hospital to Dr Howells from among according the best men In the medical profession The appointments are in 'Salt Lake for a period of six months all services being rendered free of cost to the county The staff of the county hospital Is as follows Surdatingstaff fromtoday Dr John Sharp recently gical from the border where he returned was at the head of the hospital corps with the rank of major and Dr George W Middleton: orthopedic Dr S C Baldwin and Dr J E Pyree medical Dr W R Tyndale and Dr W H Roth-we- ll the latter of eye ear nose and throat Dr Murray L W Snow Dr A Ray Irvine and Dr W H Hampton children’s diseases Dr Charles E Carter and Dr RaphaelA Olsen genitoGoeltz skin Francis urinary Dr Dr William L Rich and Dr diseases G J Fields dental Dr Calvin W Richards The installment of a staff at the new officials Is county hospital by the In pursuance of a recommendation made by the Salt Lake Medical society two years ago The appointments go into effect today As his immediate assistants Dr Ilowells has decided to name Dr G C Emery Dr Clarence J Neilson and Dr A C Wherry The commission today will name Orson T Allen to succeed David Frame as superintendent of the county inThe Democratic county comfirmary to Indorse him but the mittee refused have commissioners agreed on his selection A number of Improvements are to be made at the Infirmary including the Installation of fire equipment and the commission has decided to employ a night watchman there - up-to-da- te The interstate commerce commission In the opinion of local shippers Is expected to hand down a ruling that will establish a basis for the regulation' of rates In all west of freight the Missouri river territory with beginning Kansas following the hearing of the Colorado case In Denver opening Jan15 uary The taking of testimony in Denver It Is said will occupy at least ten days as the commission In notices recently sent outf has signified Its willingness to hear further in connection- with therepresentations fourth section question The object of this unexpected of the scope of evidence eligwidening ible for entry is said to be the securing of an absolutely comprehensive view of the complicated conditions from so much dissatisfaction has arisenwhich commission will seek to lay downThe a of guidance that will in first sure ' principle “the deal all around" It Is reported-square The amendment of the order under which the piling uporiginal of testimony bearing on the fourth section case is has resulted in a permitted of activity in a dozen westernrenewal cities delegations from which have already been heard in previous sittings here and on the Pacific coast It Is expected that representatives will be on hand on January 15 from prac at Denver every western community tlcally Utah will Intervene as powerfully as at the coming hearing accord-n- g possible J to S H Love sales manager of the Utah-Idah- o company ExSugar perts are now engaged on exhibits that will demonstrate what this state is entitled to in the way of freight rates While the outcome of ’'the protracted consideration of the case granted the interstate commerce commissionbymay not be ideal Mr Love said last night it is practically assured thatthan-nofairer adjustment of rates be obtained The final prevails will not verdict be given for six may months or more he said v- h - Cold Weather 9 However Still Hampers Operation of Freight Trains Trains in the Intermountain country were almost on time yesterday cold only interfering with their operation The Pacific limited and Los Angeles limited over the Union Pacific from the east were less thaiu an hour late Denver & Rio Grande passenger trains were on time Trouble was experienced on all of the roads in the operation of freight trains The cold caused Journal boxes to freeze and some trains were cut in two In order that the engines might make time the street car situation ImLocallyWith the of the Cenproved line West Temple street the exception terville line south of Seventh South street and stretches of track in the a few short the city the lines of the outskirts of & Traction company are Utah Light on open and operating practically schedule time The Ninth avenue line was placed in service last evening The W Second South line is open to a short The distance west of the Jordan river Thirteenth East line is clear to the East high school and the E First South line is running through to - the East high school Work on opening the Centeiville line is now being prosecuted from both ends and It is anticipated that it will be open to traffic by Thursday M Wells of ths Commissioner Heber said yesterday department city street informed by H L that' he had been tracBeach general manager of the to sohool-houstion companybe that allforlines service today open will - - es dr: maghee is injured Ribs Broken When Automobile Overturns Tivo Dr Griff H Maghee 80S Roosevelt avenue sustained two brokn ribs and was otherwise Injured last night when the automobile in' which he was riding was overturned by being run Into by a Union Pacific switch engine at West and South Temple streets Eighth The automobile an enclosed one was smashed completely When Dr Maghee approached Eighth West as he was driving west on South he to allow an engine Temple to pass Hestopped did not see an :engine apin the opposite direction proaching however and as soon as his car reached the track the impact came Dr Maghee was taken to his home ' Ml PROTEST SERVICE ' to Get Name on New Year Blotter of Duchesne County Allege Delays -- One hundred and fifteen residents of Pardon Awaits Him h postmaster' general alleging unsatisfactory mall service: The petition that since the service between Helper Coulton' Duchesne and Roosevelt has been established '''the winter service has been late-- - continuously to forty-eigfrom twenty-fou- r hours On December: 29 the ’petition dally states no mall had been received December- 24 The - protestants since say "this delay and Inconvenience Is unt ' unnecessary and unreasonjustified’ action to correct the able" Immediate r condition Is ‘ arrested 'blot-andfirston man new the police THE 1917 is charged with ter for last name Also the ’ ht - ‘drunkenness the blotter in 1916 Is entered on a Finnish minerThecharged that of fact with a like offense arrests were however that the two more thari twenty ahours apart is precedent :In said to establish Not a department the police on the blotter entered ' name was between 6 fp m Sunday and 230 o’clock yesterday- afternoon — There was much talk among the ' at headquarters for sev- officers - eral hours preceding and following of 1916 as to who the eclipse of being would have th e “honor arrested in 1917' Anxiety the first that officials decided was so rife to the first man to grant a pardon f was booked on a providing hen the "honor" minor charge : prisoner arrived however1 he was so gloriously" inebriated that he the station had to be carried into is waiting for pardon But the he Is able to hear the1 him when It rumble ofsothe ‘water’ wagon1 that the first has been entrees arranged of the blotter can " and last to specu- walk out of jail together late in New Year’s resolutions j- - ’ re-r-du- ced - - : i ' 7 - osh -- - : requested VTISW YEAR’S day at one tY 'JaH- was the coun- - : ‘ - 1 - -- - - 1 ' - ’ : i - : - - - - population yesterday-v was 12 8 men and 2 women - ' - V" - '7'ra--T'- - - - - - V1 1 that the’ will long remember prisoners to eat that the good things ’for ' Roast veal wasit ' them brought at the :noon meal and: in v ’served vthe ' evening they dined- on roast Two ' meals of in one day let alone chicken are an exception at the Jail even 7 on a holiday? No other special observance A'' V was Prisoners Indulged to receive visitors''were permitted was and ’discipline slightly relaxedThe Jail - ' w - JERROLD R LETCHER R LETCHER JERROLD the federal court formerly of Utah was appointed deputy secretary of state ' by Secretary of State Harden Bennlon yesterday Mr Letcher has been identified with the Democratic party In Utah since 1896 During the last campaign he took a prominent part in Arranging for meetings throughout the state and did much campaigning for Mr Bennion Secretary Bennion said yesterday that while he hadi not made up his mind - regarding all appointments Harold Roberts of Davis county wouli be desk clerk in : his office and Mrs Rose Buttons would be a stenog Miss Williams and rapher' to be retained in the John Tlngey areCarplyn office for a short time D O Larson state treasurer also announced his appointments yesterWilliam F Cox a deputy in the day state treasurer's office has been apchief deputy under Mr Larpointed son Angus Blackham of Moroni has been appointed a deputy in the office and Miss Hazel Faux formerly oil Heber City was named as stenog- - ! ur ht - rapher County to Prime Cost of Operation Road Work Will Have to Be Curtailed Says Stillman Collier to Direct economy Is to be K(GID ticed by the county administration which Its work prac- tobegins day according to members of the commission which will be at its head "Economy will have to he practiced in road work" said C F Stillman who Is to have charge of that department “The state of our finances is such that it is probable that less work will be done on the roads the coming years than was done In the past two years “I shall work with R E L Collier county surveyor who will have direct supervision of the operations The surveyor will do what was formerly done by the county decided upon FIRST EMERGENCY CASE Stabbing Victim Initial Entry on 191 7 Hospital List - in-hi- s - INCREASE IN CALLS ' Alarms Responded to la 1916 Totaled 6S3 Against 518 for the Previous Year The records of the fire alarm office show that in the Public Safety building 583 to alarms fire apparatus responded over the 1916 This Is slightly during 1915 when number responded to in 518 alarms were turned In H The annual report of Chief W and By water is now being prepared n 111 be submitted to the cl fir commis-oIt will Inwithin a fewofdays Charles Reading clude the report alarm system of the superintendent Fllckenstein master meA H and Chief Bychanic of the department the combined rewater said yesterday will carry a number of recom- a ports mendations for improvements’ and few salary increases chemical and A new combination yesterhose automobile wasx received Fire Engine day from the Ahrenj-Fostatinstalled at central company sed ion- The car is the most modern that can be niece of fire apparatus to the chief It purchased according laid down in Salt cost the city a8000 few weeks at central Lake Aftey transferred to No 2 will be station 'It west side' station on the of the new year ocThe first fire o’clock yesterday 'morncurred at 701 568 at the home of EdwardWiltse ing was caused by a 8 State street ndIt waH quickly exdefective flue when apparatus from centinguished tral station arrived on the scene - Special - - i ’ a - - it - r- - 4 GETS I J FUNDS STATE’S A " i V Treasurer v Receives Utah 2500000 From Predecessor Btate treasurer who Larson d o‘ Inducted Into office was from- - his yesterday predecesreceived 32500000 D Jewkes Of this amount sors Jesse was 81548665 by the various paid InDecember Mr In county treasurers in his recommendations urgeq jewkes for semiannual tax a law providing to prevent a stringency payments in the state's exchequer bethreatened fore the year 1917 ends Xew - - - : - ' sn BIG INCREASE Police Take 9625 Persons in 1916 as Against 7983 in Year Before Crimp in Revenue Facing U tah Cities Under Dry Regime Anticipated Prohibitory Law Likely to See Greatly Reduced Incomes LAKE will have an problem to- face when “dry" tolaw goes' proposed effect according figures furnished by License Clerk Charles now are Lawrence: There’ in this ' ' twelve wholesale liqnor city ’ houses which pay : 84000 annually each eight clubs which pay $400 each 130 saloons e which pay 9i500 forty-oneach and the-citdrug stores 9400 which pay each for the Privilege ofannually selling These with the tax ' bottled goods on the breweries of the Imposed make the loss to the city city will 3235000 approxiamately Other incorporated ' : 'annually cities in 'which liquors are now sold and which will sustain heavy loss fromsaloon revenues in Utah are: Bing- s ham Castle Gate Copperf ield Green River Helper HJa- Midvale Milford watha Mammoth Ogden Ophlr 'Park- City Phoenix Price Sandy Sccfield Stockton J Sunnyslde and Tooele towns In which Unincorporated sold and where1 Car-liquors are In which they- are lobon county rated is the chief beneficiarv Kenii- are: 'Clear Creek Ewell worth St&ndardville - and Winter SALT : : - ka - - - - Quarters Hermld-Bepabllc- ARRESTS SHOW changes will no doubt be recommended “A night watchman for the Inwil probably be employed firmary Fire protection equipment for the and infirmary will be hospital looked Into and if necessary increased" Lafayette Hanchett who Is to be chairman of the board could not be reached last night for a statedeclared he ment He has previously will consider the commission as the board of directors of a large business corporation and will en- deavor to run the county’s business the same lines as though it along such an organization were Eu-re- to Tbe 1 — The coal famFork was slightly Jan ineSpanish alleviated here today by the arrival of a carload of coal Hundreds of people were unable to get of the fuel unless their any on the order sheet names were precious The coal was sent for by S J Gold of the Gold Mercantile company and I P Snell Af the First National bank Three cars were ordered one has but been received S J Goldonly gave orders that several tons of the coal was to be distributed to the needy In the town The bishops of each ward will have charge of the distribution -- : on Without Ample Supply - FIRE REPORTS SHOW - trans-Portati- - - - - Spcmish Fork Still eliminated" "In the 'establishment of a staff at the county hospital under the direction of the county physician I believe we have taken a long step of toward increasing the efficiency the health department" said Commissioner Joseph S Lindsay who Is to have charge of It "The commission will make an Inspection of the hospital this week and several after- A yesterday affrayitem stabbing to be entered noon was the first : of accidents in 1917 in the register John the city emergency hospital 24 of 684 S Twelfth West McDonald was stabbed In the hand and leg by an unidentified man In front of a coffee house on W First South street McDonald says he was standing In up the doorway when a man walked reHe and struck him In the face turned the blow and his assailant then at drew a knife and began slashing him In warding off a thrust McDonhand ald sustained a deep cutIn scuffle The pair grappled and tls McDonald was cut In the left leg His assailant then gained his feet and escaped HILE suffering because of the lack of fuel is not acute In Salt Lake and a sufficient amount Is ofi f? received from the mines so that ? tn local dealers are enabled parto fill their orders the situation tially in southern Idaho continues serious lor relief from Idaho towns appeals continue to pour into the Salt Lake of-r- ic th mine operating companies fThDllrh Oregon Short Line Is fUif11®' several trains of coal a day north to northern Utah and southerndestined Idaho points reports ®°n5nu® to reach Salt Lake that many of tbe cities and towns ’of these sections are destitute of coal It is reported that at points between Poca-5n- ° and Boise and on the St Anbranch of the Oregon Short thony Lane the people are burning fences lumber barns sagebrush and anything that can be converted Into fuel to F A president orAccording the Standard Coal Sweet there are 1500 to 2000 cars company of coal on the sidetracks between Salt Lake and the mines- in Carbon county and while some of them are being moved is exceedingly slow Trains Mr Sweet declares because of their extreme length knd low are moving at a rate ofpower one or aboutengines two miles an hour and the run from Helper to Salt Lake a distance of about 120 miles is requiring unusual time From 70 to 100 cars of coal are bereceived In Salt Lake Mr ing Sweet declares much of it dally consigned to the smelters and barely sufficient Is being received to allow each of the local dealers more than a car or two Some of the dealers claim that they are not receiving any coal at all Car bos Bllneo Limited The mines in Carbon county are to a limited extent none of them however producing more than to thirty tons a day The retwenty duced output ascribe to the inof the they Denver & Rio Grande ability railroad to haul empties to the mines Officials of the Denver & Rio Grande say that conditions are steadily imand that if the proving remains mild the road willtemperature be in normal shape for hauling between Salt Lake and Soldier Summit within a few days The greatest difficulty is being encountered at Soldier Summit at thewhere the tempresent time however was reported to be Eerature yesterday and a strong wind blowing causing the snow to drift There lsno lack of fuel at the Salt Lake public schools and they will open this morning The coal companies are of coal to heat the reserving plenty Coal In limited quantity is hospitals being furnished to the central plants heat to the Hotel Utah supplying Mormon church buildings and the office buildings on upper Main street and to the Newliouse plant furnishing heat for the Newhouse hotel and the office buildings of lower Main street All establishments were short of fuel a few days which manufacturing ago yesterday received coal In limited amount and dwellers in apartment houses are not suffering now-workin- the there will be a number of bills amending the taxation laws of the state The initiative and' referendum and Legisrecall will also come before theautomolature for consideration The bile laws of the state will be under discussion on amendments j to give cities In respect to the greater powers the speed of machines boards The proposed consolidation of and offices proposed by the Democrats will bring another flood of bills into the Legislature What boards are to be consolidated or what offices abolished or consolidated have not yet been - - P pro-fuselyJ- How- ever When He Can Hear Water Wagon’s Rumble recites BREWER WIELDING POLICE HOLD ALLEGED MOP AND BRUSH IN JAIL INMATES GET VICTIM OF HOLD-UNEW YEAWS FEAST PRISON CORRIDORS Doubt Story Told by Man of Robbery TWO SQUARE MEALS lit Glare’of an Electric BREWER whose HARRY of death was recentlyLight to life fmprlsonsince nient been the has with assigned blood a lone gash '' action of the hoard of to in Bespattered his head and both lips bleeding pardons and sweeping the corri"mopping Clayburn a laborer living at the Lincoln house walked into the dors of the prison and the grounds inside the walls emergency hospital late last night and related a story of being beaten and ’Prison officials say' ha is a cheerful and willing worker and per- - ' r°bJhed of 0 cents by a at Third South and State highwayman forms his tasks faithfully His long street he was attacked confinement in the death cell Clayburn says robbed under an 'arc light and in and the strength of the prisoner was given light inview of pedestrians The police are full considerably and herecovered clined to put little credence in Ills physiwork until he hss as he was intoxicatof Pratt said last night ed story cally heWarden ' Afterrobbery in the hosattended would soon be placed where that being he was booked on a charge the duties are slightly mors arduof pital ous drunkenness- - Dealers Receiving Limited Quantities But No Acute Suffering Yet Noted to £ come - Roosevelt and vicinity in" Duchesne county have filed complalnt-witthe - ' appropriations Anticipated before session of the Legthe twelfth which convenes Monday are islature a source of worry to the democratic leaders 'While tneyare deslrousof program of legisthrough’ the putting the lation which has been outlined in Democratic state platform they are at a loss as to how to curb the appropriations that are expected to come in generous measure ' The last session of the ' Legislature $1100000 more than the appropriated estimated revenues of the state for the biennium and Gov William Spry by of veto pruned the appropriations more than this amount Many good roads bills were vetoed 'and $250000 In appropriations was held np At the coming session it is f igured of 82957915 will be appropriations recommended by various state departments The estimated revenues of the fund will state accruing to the general amount to only $1767783 - The approto be asked will exceed the priations revenues by 31190783 This does hot Include bridge and road bills which to introduce are legislators In his report of the Lincoln G Kellyexpected state auditor’s office shows the probability of the the giving to all Legislature full amount they departments The last Legislature apusually askmore than $2700000 for all propriated purposes while the estimated revenues were 91600000 It is that the coming Legislature expected will see & greater - number of bills introduced than any other Legi lature ln Utah’s history The Legls 1915 passed 122 bills Of this lature In fifty-foIn the number In the House Senate and sixty-eig- originated There were 331 bills introduced in the House and 286 In the Senate It is outprogram as bills expected that if theone lined thousand durgoes through will be introduced in both houses ing the coming session Some Proposed Legislation the measures which the Dem Among ocrats willstate-widIntroduce In the Legislature e will be a prohibition bill to become effective If passed August 1 1917 This bill Is now in tbe course of A public utilities bill propreparation of railroads for the regulation viding and publlo service corporations will be Introduced by the delegation from Salt Lake county The Democrats also desire a corrupt practices act designed to of prevent a too lavish expenditure money ' by political parties and candl dates The Democrats' intend to Introduce bills amending the irrigation laws and one to create irrigation districts will be championed by ' the Democratic committee s representative san-A steering' hill providing for inspection and itation of metal mines will be on the calendar and a measure providing for on equipment of Insafety trastateappliances railroads will also be considered Democratic leaders are upon a continuing appropriationfiguring good’ roads bill which will give to 'each county a Taxation - Inebriate First Residents DESTITUTE OF FUEL SUPPLY 7 - - " Hope to Avoid General Tax Estimates Made Contemplate Increase to Meet Expected ? Expenditure of' $1190-00- 0 in Excess of Receipts Liquorf Revenue Loss ' ’ “According to my best Judgment court in the the ruling of the supreme case of Sheldon C Mutart will not affect the sentence of any prisoner now In the state penitentiary’’ aaid Arthur of the state Pratt warden yes“We arc going prison over the terday cases of all records Mr Pratt continued “and ifcarefully" any prisoner is entitled to freedom he will he imreleased’’ mediately The case cited Is that of Mutart Pratt as warden of the against MrMutart confessed to robbery prison and was sentenced to nine months In When the time expired War'prison den Pratt refused to release the prisoner on the ground that the indeterminate sentence law had been violated by the court Mutart asked for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus In the district court and won but Warden Pratt appealed and the pristwo years more oner was confined than the sentence fixed by the lower court while thecasesupreme body was the considering The board of pardons anticipated the decision of the court and released Mutart at Its last meeting The court handed opinion of the supreme down yesterday invalidates the section of the law which saysan a man Indemust enter prison with terminate sentence even though the court may have fixed a shorter term A clause repealing all the indelaws was not embodied in conflicting law terminate sentence a disJustice b N Straup wrote the entire opinion declaring senting Justices W M Mclaw unsound EbutFrick held that only and J Cartysection referred to was vr f new county administration will office today and the change Till? will be made without ceremony During the morning the officials new and old will quietly go before the dls-tri- ct Judges wno were Inaugurated yesand take the oath of office terday Most spectacular of all the events in connection with the change of administrations will be the organization of the new county commission which will take place at noon The present county Thinks Supreme Courts Decision Will Not Affect Any of His Wards Hr 'r a Cv- WAY E BENNION IDAHO TOWNS 4 MEET ON ''-JANUARYS?8 REVENUE ” - BY NAMED Casting Legislative Leaders Worry VAbipnttb Make Up for ? Over Anticipated Appro-priatio- n Bills Anticipstcd Losses ' — commission will meet at that time close up its affairs and turn them over to the new board which will then and until perfect m organization when it will meetadjourn for a again 2p brief business meeting When the new commission organizes llanchett will-bLafayette as chairman: C F Stillman designated thfe holdover member will be assigned ttf the department of roads and bridges and Joseph S Lindsay will take the chart ties department No changes are to be made in the office of Thomas Homer county clerk of Mrs Charles except that the Mae O’Neill) Harrison Feldmanplace (nee former county librarian is to be filled Mr Homer said yesterday he has made no decision as to her successor Mr Homer Is ‘to succeed himself as also will George II Islaub county recorder and IS PI L Collier county surveyor Hartley Succeeds Slulllaer 'Richard Hartley is to be sworn in as county attorney succeeding H 1L Mulliner N A Robertson Plenry Moyle H b Thurman and F S Richards will be named as his deputies For the present Hyrum Jensen will prob ably be retained as special agent will be entirely lacking Formality M C Iverson succeeds when Charles A Weaver as county auditor Mr Iverson will merely walk Into the ofOn his desk fice end take possession Mr Weaver has a small bundle of unaudited claims Except the nothoffice records he will turn overregular to his successor ingMrelseWeaver's annual report Is now being prepared and will probably be for with the commissioners ready some time filing J S E Houck chief today in the office will probably stay deputy In long enough to acquaint Mr Weaver’s successor with Its details and afford him an opportunity of perfecting an organization of his own ti Scott will Anderson and Hugo assume their duties as justices quietly of the peace succeeding Brigham Clegg and L R Martlneau Jr Both will find considerable work awaiting them Mr Scott will succeed Justice of the Peace Clegg and several cases are set for trial in nls court Thomas S Fowler and A J Cope will be sworn In as constables The Inaugural events in the City and the County building will be added to bynew to the bench of the five ascending the of Third district court who judges were Inducted yesterday While the cleaned their desks the judges retiring courts nave for the past ten days been practically at a standstill hearing no new cases Considerable work has up and plenty of work will be at ftiled land for the new jurists William H Bramel has been agreed upon as preand he will occupy the justice siding courtroom of Judge M L Ritchie reJ Louis Judge presiding tiring become Judge of the crimBrown will M inal division with Harold C Stephens Evans to F Goodwin and P George handle the civil division Wilson Mcwill succeed E O Leather wood Carty as district attorney He will merely take the oath of oflce no formality attending the change CHOSEN IS Commission City TAMES P GARDNER ' and Mrs? Florence : Muir intimate friends by quietly marrying and leaving Board of County Commis- sioners Apportions De-- partmcnt Work ' LETCHER J' No Frills to Mark Inaugural Ceremonies at City and V ' ' fs UNDER ' ti WITH PROBLEMS jedding trip? SHIFTS : ' - - j ' - a BEGIN TODAY ' ‘ : SOLONS GRAPPLE REGIME WILL County Building — ' J SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TUESDAY JANUARY 2 1917 N NEW COUNTY ’ - ' T O' - s - r J ' ? !jf ’ More persons were arrested and booked at police headquarters during 1916 than during 1915 The total was 9625 as against 7983 the year before Police officials believe however that a decrease will be shown in the number cf crimes committed during the year when the complete report of the department for 1916 Is Issued They attribute the increased' number of arrests to the numerous raids made on roadhouses and underworld resorts An unusually large number of suspects picked up in tbe rid the city department's campaign to of criminals also to increase the helped List says Chief J Parley White of Comparative figures of the number in Salt Lake prisons for 1916 inmates and 1915 show only a slight- variation At the present time the prisons of the house 459 inmates The state prison city holds 210 men and one woman with 52 convicts working In the road camps in county The county jail Washington 125 men and two women Only 65 has men are held in the city jail which number in police is one of the smallest of the year The records for this time lone woman inmate of the state prison sentence is serving an indeterminate was committed from for pandering andduties consist Salt Lake Her mainlyresidence of housework In the warden’s under direction of the matron - POLICE DISTRIBUTE BLUCK CIRCULARS - ' ‘ v circulars bearing a photograph and Bluck 16 years description of Herbert old who shot and killed his younger borne in Murbrother Wallace at their are being- disray last Wednesday sheriffs office to practtributed by thetown in the state The every ically afteror the shooting boy fled from homeseen heard from and has not been since It is believed by his parents and some officers that- - the lad wandered off in A thorthe hills and froze to death-search however of the surrounding-coough untry failed to reveal any trace of his body - - - ' T— |