Show 't‘Vv v - ' : ‘ - v y- -( - v‘ t -- ' - Av':':: 4 f ' J ‘f r- V ' ' 'i 4 4 vc 1 130000 PERSONS Sal $ Lakers yesterday witnessed the farewell ponde of the One Hundred and Forty-fift- h regiment (Utah light field artillery) THIRTY thousand' three regiments ofinfimtry at Fort Douglas Seven thousand troops were ih line The parade was reviewed by the’ commanding oxfiemr hisBtaffthe governor tlA ihayor iuid other officials ':At the top is shown the soldiers marehing in mass foimation on Main street At the bottom (left) Tis a view of Mainstreet while 'thefightingmen passed ?At the right the 'standard: bearers of 'the Twentieth infantry - 'are i " SEE PARADE OF rJODGE PLEDGE : -- I ' - i J 4 t t - "? Carbon County Officials D & R G Head Admits Failure to Haul Carbon Will Assail Basic Law Mine Output of Utah Salt Lakers Line Streets and i Cheer While Fighting: Men Marini r V SEES NO POSSIBILITY CONFLICTS WITH U S OF KEEPING PROMISE MANDATES IS CLAIM BUSINESS SUSPENDED TO HONOR WARRIORS : ’ Benton Randolph assessor of Carbon county and Albert Bryner W T Hamilton and Emil Ostlund composing the Carbon county commission yesterday offiled with the attorney general's fice a demurrer and answer ' to the writ of mandamus recently issued by the state supreme court- - to compel them to assess Carbon county coal lands according to the provisions of the statutes of the state The content of the reply of the defendant county officials indicates that the ' constituwill tionality of the Utah constitution be vigorously assailed and the discretionary powers of local - assessors In the warmly defended at the hearing tomorcase before the supreme court row According to the Carbon county side of the contention the writ of mandamus issued by the supreme court is like a house built upon the sand In that the paragraphs of the state constitution and law on which It is based are unsound and Inequitable and In direct violation of the nation's supreme declaration of what the law ehall be the constitution of the United States Appraisement DirflenU Claim- The claim is made that the Carbon county assessor and commission have used their honest Judgment In fixing the values of coal lands under their Jurisdiction for 1917 The whole situation in the county Is such that apcash values is expraisement at exactThe difficult requirement of tremely the etate law that coal lands be assessed at the purchase price paid to the federal government proved entirely unfair It is said The state law falls short of the constitutional requirement for equal protection of citizens in Its failure to provide an Impartial mode and method of ascertaining the value of property are discrimit is said Its provisions ' inating It Is alleged Save in the matter of their blanket assessment on lands bought from 'the government which they defend as more equitable than the method of assessment directed by the statutes the Carbon county officials aver they have exercised their "honest discretion" in all valuations and assessments putdown on their books "the true and ting cash value1 thereof” This asseveration applies to all coal lands— purUtah Some chased from the State-oof them were bought aa grazing lands 260 to 10 an acre at ' A third argument offered by the defendants Is that enforcement of the state law will mean a loss of revenue The loss In revenue re to the state come from the remove to would ferred Salt Lake paid homage to the spirit of '76 when 0000 men women and children thronged the sidewalks yesterday to witness the greatest military pageant In the history of Utah Sevan thousand soldier comprising the four regiments stationed at Fort Douglas paraded the city's streets in honor of the First Utah Field artillery which will depart' soon for the cantonment camp at Linda Vista CaL And now once again Utah has her patriotism Cheer upon cheer echoed from tho throats of the as the renowned swaying multitude the forty-tTwentieth the Forty-secon- d hird and last but by no means least the One Hundred and Forty-fift- h (First Utah) regiments passed in re- Vi8Wr ' Bleansaent Is Circled vOne mighty cheer reverberated and virtually shook the buildings as the 'Twentieth hand circled the monument and started the march down Main street The spirit of patriotism predominated— the same spirit that persists in all that rich fabrlo of achievement that clothes the State of Utah with opulent personality For the men that Utah first drew to her bosom were distinguished for the spirit of material ex-plol-ted - - and spiritual patriotism More than an hour was required for the vast pageant to pass a given point warriors swung along The khaki-cla- d in unbroken line down South Temple to Main' south on Main to Fifth i street South east one block and thence north to First South where the parade forl mation was abandoned and the troops began the return march to Fort Doug- Virtually every business house and office disbanded for the period of the Schools within walking disparajle tance of the city disbanded until the afternoon and pupils attending schools in tha outlying districts were permitted to attend the parade on request of parents The official reviewing stand was on tho baleony at the Semloh hotel' Second South ‘and State streets Col Alfred Hasbrouck commandant at Fort Douglas and his staff rode at the head of the parade until the reviewing stand was reached 'Then they dismounted and reviewed the soldiers from the bal-coOther prominent personages on the balcony were Governor and Mrs Simon Bamberger Mayor and Mrs Ferry F V Fits Gerald Capt Edwin Gutherle of the navy Capt J D Watson of tho army John M Tolton speaker of tho House Judge W M McCartyMJudge 8R Thurman Capt 'Elliott Norton Capt' Henri Bloch of the French army and other state and city officials most of whom were accompanied by their wives Crowds Os Tiptoes Most Inspiring of tho many military features of the parade was the music by tho hands of tho various regiments 'Among tho pieces played during the course of were the national anthem "Lieutenant Santleman March "Captain De "Witt March written by Anton Goetz bandmaster of the Twentieth regiment and “Cowboy March tSaeh selection tingled with solos and bugle calls that brought the vast crowds to their tiptoes As each squad of troops passed the reviewing stand the customary salute was given officers saluting and the privates passing with eyes raised to f the stand The formations in every regiment were perfect in fact almost 'beyond the fondest hopes of the officers And especially praiseworthy was the showing made by the Utah guardsmen - - - - SOAPSUDS SPLASH CAUSE DIVORCE SUIT a'-tu- r TWENTIETH BEGINS j TARGET PRACTICE Electrification of S L G & V Line Will Improve r Vi Service to Resort: 1 ' ' ‘j : i ' 1 - - - 5 Next season’s visitors ’ to ’ Saltalr Utah’s big summer resort on the Great lake will not have to Journey-tTarget practice forV the Twentieth in- Salt the Saltalr depot to’ catch a train for fantry begins this morning an electric Fort "Douglas rifle range XAeut CoL the resort They can board ' streets" on and he downtown car tha to W’P Jackson of the Twentieth Infan- carried direct withdestination their tchief-- ' range of fleer in out ACCIDENTAL DEATHS try will act as are "—"v change"" of" cars V ''W'" twenty-fiv- e There targets charge have i been Sixteen deaths by There the The running' through on 'the' range 'and the men will begin downtown section is in reconUtah pince July i according of accident the ' mark' 'There struction plans' of thepart firing at the Lake records of- - the to the Salt Garr compensation shots five stand- field A "Western Railway company an- state Industrial commission they will fire fifteen The cases ' five kneeling and five prone- There nounced yesterday-bing came as insurance institutions under Nelson Joseph' some are crack shots in' the regiment Insurance fund three State follows:: the of and manager general president and it' is expected ‘that' there will bee' corporation'sevens outside Other details of the recompanies many who will qualifi y""as J sharpshoot-er- construct! onof the property Include five: Interstate one" ' the complete electrifying of the road its extension' from Saltalr to Garfield and the American Smelter ft Refining ? : company’s works and the building of two substations for 'the furnishing ' of ’ v r i i i t i j electric power V I i While the electrifying of the railway j Did you-eveIs well under way with of stop to Com-i comand other' how much poles ask yourself f i will be two' weeks before the lt f pleted' money in actual ready t company awards contracts for Its hew "i ' cash you trill hare one substations or! decides upon their texact ’ location' The right of way for the year from today f Garfield-Smeltobbeen extension has '"-s- ' v' X r v tained according to 'Mr Nelson but erer figOrdo'you is the horns that makes - ' the decision regarding the ' Garfield - how much 'more ure still' withheld" terminuses use of elec 'p ' The ' money you have today ! delay" In proceeding with ‘the i than' you had a year building of- substations andontbe beginning trical conyences -” t of construction" the work ve agof w' extension is - due to' a' postponement' of ' hearings "before the The best ‘ way ' to an: ' Is your home ’properly restate commission swer i these t questions' : garding the right- - to cross the Western I wired tox COMPLETE satisfactorily in the fu- Pacific' ft Garfield and Salt f Bingham : Lake-Rout' tracks j ture1 is to open a sav-- y ? SESVIOE v' ELEOTBIO : yesterday that the I Nelson said Mr' t: dyings account with - this vi carsJ route? to- be' taken by the electric V institution' ' through the downtown ' Bection‘wpyld r V t 7 be 'along' Fourth South "street probably i S State street and through aome as yet undecided street-t- o the company’s Co own tracks Cars will probably be run 'vs S(''V U cV much ofteqer than has been 'the rule : on the steam railroad PublicSei Efficient - i 7 The electrifying of the Saltalr route of cars in the downwith Kearns Bldg 500 town section and at more frequent II II j la expected to result In greatly increased conveniences toAbe public: H her-wit- - o : - on-th- e v- - r - - - ' Smallpox : Confined to Six ! Families Ban onfor Two Weeks r 4 !' — f J “ - - y v -- - ’ : - 1 - -- - d - no ‘ - prosecutions-resulted--- — - - ' " L' HIGHER RATE PROTESTED"' r - is in The' public 'utilities commlsislon ' the Leslie :a from 'of protest receipt Ashton Hardware - company - of Vernal of the Uintah Railway against the petition estabcompany for permission to lish a 7 higher freight 'tariff - on its wagon’ service from "Watson ' to' Fort Duchesne and' other: points ' - - y -- s k “ " ' t L r ' t A l' - fv : 200-ya- rd -- - - y - self-insure- - La rkUtah which has been cut: off from: the outer world for two weeks while its : 600 Inhabitants were under smallpox 'quarantine is once again 'on the map ' The quarantine v was lifted Dr G :CEm?y' chief yesterday by 'officer" health county - So effective was : the drastic segregation- the-guar- ' - ' ircon y ? - si 4 -- to-60 SWQRfSCKOOL b -- - I - - measure'' and' 'the!- vaccination of' the Inhabitants administered to six that' the ' disease was confined families Their homes - will 'remain until vail the’: paposted": and ' closed: tients are cured-'- " '"Spread of smallpox to Salt Lake and other - places in ' the - county was said haltsd by quarantining Lark Dr Emery "If no suoh step hadbeen taken and communication between’ this city "and other communities with Lark had been continued' it Is' possible that a serious epidemic would have- resulted This undoubtedly would have been the opening ’of greatly complicated vby vV ‘VV ' 5'' schoola’ " that deputy eher-lf- fs During the" time have been: on duty to prevent persons : leaving Lark a ' fw have "run lines" hut their chances 'of carrying infection were so - slight that ' Among other charges- of cruelty which Amelia Peterson alleges against Hogan M Peterson'ln a divorce complaint 'filed in the '"district: court: yesof throwing of terday' la that herThe wife also soapsuds 'over that her husband frequently charges touses vile and obscene language wards her andthat he has declared it was a shame to have to' live with’ a woman like her and has also said 'to her "The quicker-yo- u get out of here the better it will be” The plaintiff alleges thatsfie owing to tthls kind of treatment has been compelled to leave her husband In another complaint filed yesterday Christina "Wolf charges Gray - Wolf with having failed to provide the common necessities of life Don C Smith charges Grace D Smith with desertion and Carlos L Sessions makes a similar complaint against Sarah: Ann' Sessions"" - - Domestic Science and Cooking tX 15c - co-operat- ion ' Only 1063 Cara Leaded Successive weeks registered dropping behind In the number steady of cars supplied at- the mine mouths until week before last only 106 cars were loaded and hauled away for de-- - livery to purchasers The mines have not been 'running nearly to capacity The operators assert that the piling up of coal about the mines can serve no good purposeThey have been promptly filling all”' ' trains of empties President Mudge "passes the buck" to the Utah lines connecting with' his road His statement to the utilities commission places the whole blame of the failure of the great coal delivery campaign Instituted a month ago upon Utah railroads by tho D ft R G That there is at least some truth In tho charge made by Mr Mudge that conbeen remise In the necting lines have return of coal cars Is Indicated by the weekly coal car statistics submitted by the various Utah lines to the utilities commission A great majority of these weekly reports of the coal carshow mors loaded cars rerying of the 50 blanket assessment figures ceived roads from the D ft R O than and the substitution of the various empties returned to tho system In low prices paid the government some Instances as many cars twice are The defendants declare they com- have been delivered by the Di ft R G without authority to reopen their aa received back ' empty depleted assessment for this year Will Prescribe Remedy of mandamus issued by spite the writcourt Today's conference between the ofthe supreme The state has receded from Its stress ficials of all the important lines of the on the argument that assessment of state and the members of the utilities will seek to diagnose the Carbon county lands according to the commission situation and valuaprescribe the assessable Increase law would The utilities commissionremedy hasf been tions of the county by 61S00000 The on a close check situation the keeping believes office still attorney general’s Through the detailed weekly reports that such a result would be obtained from the railroads and It Is in possesthrough the adoption of legal assesssion of a complete record of the camem ment methods but gives special to supply the people of Utah aelf-prpaign of motive now to the phasis an with Caradequate amount of fuel for aa as tectlon It is said that long coming winter's consumption The bon county assessments are not made the reversal of form shown by tbe reorts In accord with the requirements of of the past few weeks alarmed the the statutes the state will be at the members The indications presaged a coal land dissatisfied mercy in the collapse emergency coal delivery It owner of the county Prosecution movement The receipt of the teleto the lead would said is inevitably assessments gram from President Mudge acknowlland upsetting of all coal made his inability through alleged under the edging In Carbon county lack of on tho part of method that has been in vogue there other to railroads redeem his pledge for several years to enough cars to handle ail The state will Insist that the dis- the furnish fuel Carbon county mines could powers of the county as- bring tothe cretionary the surface was practically sessor are limited by principles -of law simultaneous with the commission's that require reasonableness These arrival at a determination would said Is ultimately ately probe Into the causes toof immediprinciples it tho car away with the shortage through the courts dolow on values of absurdly placing Tho utilities commission has no Jurproperties of unquestioned inherent isdiction over the operations of coal wealth mines Coal mining was named a public utility In the original draft of the public utilities law enacted by the last but wee eliminated Legislature through tho activities of conservatives before the bill was given final consideration Tho provision of cars by railroads however comes within tho range of Its authority The commission likely will insist today upon such adjustments of the traffic of tho various lines as will enable them to return their full quotas of empty coal ' Acres Valued at cars to tho D ft R O for Eight "Thera will be no coal reloading famine In Utah this winter if we can help It” $200000 Offered to said Commissioner Warren Stoutnour Commission yesterday City 1 - ' ORDNANCE FOR 42ND I WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY y I f - Composition Books for f High School I - h Leatherette l - hy Two carloads of new ordnance for the Forty-secon- d regiment will arrive at Fort Douglas shortly from the arsenal at Rock Island IlL The shipment will consist of bayonets and other equipment' among which will be the first shipment to this post of the new style This is now made of : bayonet scabbard canvas where it was formerly of the highest grade leather This is for the purpose of Invisibility as the leather carries a shine "which betrays the whereabouts of Its wearer The new canvas scabbards are neat and are about the color of trench earth Representatives of the' Denver ft RIe Grande railway and of all railroads connecting with the D & IL G system in Utah have been summoned to appear before the state public utilities commission at 1 p m today to explain tho failure to provide sufficient cars to take care of the capacity output of mines the Carbon county-coaIn a telegram to the utilities com- mission yesterday President H U Mudge of the D tf R G frankly admitted his failure to live up to the guarantee made a month ago of a sufficient number of cars to haul away from tbe Carbon county mines all tbe fuel they could produce Mr Mudge intimated strongly there was no prospect of his company’s being able to make good his promise in the future by furnishing the number of cars required to meet a capacity output demand unless something Is done to rush movement on connecting lines to heartier The eight or nine Important lines connecting with the D ft R G road It Is alleged have consistently failed to return with any satisfactory degree of promptness the cars sent out over their lines loaded with coaL Shipments from the mines started out heavy and gave promise of reaching' the possible high mark of 1800 cars a week set by Rio Grande official but the subsequent slackness In hauling back to the D ft R G tracks soon began to threaten an unsuccessful outcome of the effort to deliver an extraordinary amount of fuel - ' the-marc- i SumDiscretionary Powers of Railroad Officials Are moned Before Utilities Local Assessors Will Be Commission to Explain Defended ' Shops ' and Schools ' Close Governor in Re viewing Stand ’ CARS NOT KEPT CONSTITUTION FORT SOLDIERS Stores TO SUPPLY COAL FIGHT TO TEST J m a" a rs a - - - ' I- ' 91 v s r r The Most fortable ' tm J -- T r the-erectio- y work-practicall- i - ‘ s -- - - s - er 4 - ‘ " " t -- ’ X - - -- - ' Gar-fleld-Sme- lter - y co-operat- ion - - MORAN OFFERS - SITE FOR MARKET : Z 1 yi of-an- 1 ! r m ' ' r the-larges- o' ‘T H - y s public-utilitie- e -- " - ’ : - Utah Power Sri Light: ' - - - 9 -- mirnmm pnmn'(Dn?Aii - Is1 i Mn - 7 4 the-runnin- g - - in-terv- ala ? r - ' - i a i 'j 9 : r-- '' Or r-- - - ''A iiSfcVTi The tenth offer of a site for the location of a municipal market waa made to the city commission last night in a communication ' from P J Moran who offers to sell to the city eight acres of land In the block lying between Eighth’ and Ninth South and Second and Third West streets for which he asks 200000 He is willing to accept the payment In ten annual payments at 6 per cent Interest on all deferred payments and a discount of per cent on any payments made not less than one year in advance The ground has been used by Mr Moran - 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