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Show 7- - 4 BESOIXTIOW. PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO action I, Article XIII., o t tba Confutation aa amended November S, 100. aad Section II.- of said Article XIII., to uniform tax and exemp(elatlnc tion a therefrom, and authority of the for a a tamp tax Legislature to on Income, occupation, or a tax baaed provide - lleenaea or franchlaea. Be It reaolved and enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah, of all membera thereof concur-Tin- s therein: Section 1. The following proposition to amend the Constitution of the 8tate of Utah Is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the State for their namely. approval or disapproval, That Section 3. Article XIII, of the Constitution of the State of Utah, as amended November H 1900, and Section 12. of autd Article XIII. be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows 'Section 3. The Legislature shall and equal provide by law a uniform rate of assessment and t txation on all In the State, according to its property value In money, and shall prescribe b) general Lew such regulations as shall securs a Just aluation for taxation of ull property so that every person and corporctlon shall pay a tax in proportion tu the value of his, her or Its propert Provided, that a deduction of debits from credits may be authorized, Provided, further that the property of the United States, of the State, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal corporations and public libraries lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively for either reheritable purligious worship oi poses, and places of btirtnl not held or used for private or corporate benefit, from taxation. be shall exempt Ditches, canals, reservoirs, pipes and flumes owned and used by individuals or corporations for Irrigating lands owned by such Individuals or corporations. or the individual members thereof, shall not be separately taxed as long as they shall be owned and used exclusively for such purpose, Provided, further, that mortgages upon both real and personal property shall 'be exempt from taxation; Provided, further, that the taxes of the Indigent poor may be remitted nr abated at such time and In such manner as may be provided by law "11. (8tamp, Income, license, franchise. or mortgage tax permissible.) Nothing In this Constitution shall be construed to prevent the Legislature from providing a stamp tax, or a tax based on Income, occupation, licensee . er franchises." ' The Section Secretary of State Is these propoordered hereby sitions to bs published In at least ona In every county of the newspaper tste where a newspaper Is published, for two month Immediately preceding election. the next general Section 1. These propositions shall be submitted to the electors of this for .State at tha next general election, oftheir approval or disapproval. All ficial ballots used at such election shall have printed or written therson the words, "For the amendments to Section I, Article XIII.. of the institutas amended November t, 1900, ion, and "Against the amendment to Section 3, Article XIII., of the Constitution as amended November I, 1100;" also the words, "For the amendment to Section 12, Article XIII., of tha Constitution, and Against the amendment to Section 12, Article XIII., of tfie Constitution, together with such other title designating such amendment as may be provided by law. Said ballots ishall be received and said votes shall be taken, counted, canvassed aqd returns thereof be made In the same manner and In all respects as Is by law In the case of the election of the state officers. If Section 4. These amendments. election, shall take ef'adopted at said In force from and after fect and be the first day of January, A. D. 1107. State of Utah, State- - Office Of the Secretary f I. Charles A. Tlngey, Secretary of ifBtate si the State ef Utah, do hereby the foregoing la a full, 'certify that true and correct copy ef a resolution proposing amendments to Section 3. Article XITL of the Constitution Ox the State of Utah, as amended Novem-.h- er (, 1900, and Section 13, of said Article XIIL. relating to uniform tax land exemptions therefrom, and authorLegislature to provide for a ity of the stamp tax or a tax baaed on Income, licenses or franchises, occupation, passed at the Sixth regular session of the Legislature of this State. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 23rd day of August. A. D. 1906. C. a TINOET, (Seal.) Secretary of State. two-thir- THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE, NOW ON EXHIBITION IN PARIS t r, i i. , T da A lx - , C fv ' Xjr ' ? r 'V , X s:if w 0 , c pro-'Yld- ed ' v RESOLUTION. PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO Section 1, Article 10, of the Constitu- tion, Relating to Education, Publio of School System, Maintenance, Be It enacted by the Legislature i the State of Utah: Section 1. Tnat the following osttlon to amend the Constitutionprop' of ths Stats of Utah Is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the State of Utah for their approval or disapproval, namely: That Section 2, Article 10, of the Constitution of the State of Utah, ba amended to read as follows: "The Public School System shall Include kindergarten schools, common of primary and schools, consisting grammar grades, high schools, an agricultural college, a university, and such other schools as the Legislature may establish. The common schools shall be free. The other departments of ths system shall be supported as provided by law. Provided, that high schools may be maintained free In all cities of the first and second class now constituting school districts, and In such other cities and districts as may be designated by the Legislature. But where the proportion of school monies apportioned or accruing to any city or' district shall not be sufficient to maintain all the free schools In such city or district, the high schools shall be supported by local taxation; Provided, that when any cities or districts shall establish high schools, the Legislature may authorixe the use of state school such funds to assist In supporting schools, said funds being apportioned to the cities or districts concerned, by the State Board of Education." Section 2. The Secretary of State Is hereby ordered to cause this proposition to be published In at least one newspaper In every county of the State where a newspaper Is published, for two months Immediately preceding the next general election. Section S. This proposition shall be submitted te the electors of this Stats their at the next general election forofficial All approval or disapproval. ballots used at such election shall have the words printed or written thereon "For the amendment to Section 3, Aand rticle 10, of the Constitution," to .Section 3, "Against tha amendment toArticle 10, of the Constitution. designatgether with such otheras title be promay amendment ing such vided by law. Said ballots shall bs received and said votes shall be taken, the returns counted, canvassedIn and same manner the thereon be made Is provide by and ta all respects as of the election the of ittae case In law State officers. If amendment. This Section 4. election, shall taka efadopted at said after the fect and be In force from and 17-- . first day of Jantfary, A State of Utah. Office of the Secretary of State. I, Charles a Tlngey, Secretary of State of the State of Utah, do hereby foregblng Is a full. certify that the copy of a roaoltitlon and correct tn to Section I, proposing an amendment of the Constitution the of Article IS, State of Utah, relating to Education, Maintenance Public School System, regular session of passed at the Sixth the Legislature of this State. In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Lake Beal of the State of I tah, at Salt 23rd day of August, A. glty, Utah, this C. ft TINGET. (Scab) Secretary of State. -- Paris. What is undoubtedly the first automobile, constructed la 1771, was recently placed on exhibition in n museum here and hna attracted a great deal of attention. It was planned and built by C. J. Cug-not- , who was evidently more than a century in advance of hla time, and, had it not been for n French revolu-tlonit may be that Cugnota name w ould occupy the place .in history that la held by George Stephenson. ' Inventor of the locomotive. The original automobile constated of a wooden chutls, or body, on three wheele. The boiler, a kettle-llk- e contrivance, was in front and' the single fore whe el VU driven by two cylinders. The undoubtedly equipped with steering apparatus was much like that of the present day and the machine , non-skiddi- tires. LOG HOTEL WHICH IS FAMOUS. ahtUa It waa a unique society funo-tioEach of the numerous guests want home from it with a costly gift frea the hostess. One young lady wm given a saddle, another n beautiful ind costly souvenir spoon with an eft' tooth set in the handle and the otters received gifts equally valuable. , This remarkable woman, who has mite a snug fortune out of a little raach house in the wilds of Wyoming, lsiducated, refined and accomplished sol there la not n more gracious host-ee- i In the state than ahe. This keeper of a ranch house has gowns that would attract attention in any large lntereat Not long ago Mrs. Becker sent an order to New Ycrk for 1,000 worth of cut glass and that $1,000 worth la not all she has. Besides her valuable collection of cut glass, china and silverware Mrs. Becker has many hundred dollars' worth of Navajo blankets and Indian curios. Shs mads an army officer's wife a gift of five or six hundred dollars' worth of blankets and curios recently and thought nothing of it. She la a western woman and doea things In n western way. Not long ago Mrs. Becker gave a city. So wide has become the fame of party at her ranch house to which she Invited some of the best and best Mn Becker's ranch houae and so known folk In Lander and army off- gnat its popularity that a handsome icer! and their wives from Fort Wa- - addition ia being bullL REMARKABLE RANCH HOU8E IN WILDS OF WYOMING. Has Finer Cut Glass, China and Sliver Than Any Other House in State Hostess Is Refined and Educated. Wyo. A little one-storlog ranch house iu Wyoming, with sage brush land stretching away from It in all directions and with only a lumbering mountain stage coach drawn by four, horses connecting it with the outside world, has in it more and finer cut glass, china and silver than any other house, public or private, in this state. Arapahoe boasts not near fifty tools all told. But the traveler going by stage from Lander to Shoshone will find its ranch house an uncommonly good' one at which to stay overnight, for Mrs. Becker, its gracious hostess, does not spend all her money cn ornaments for her table. Shd' always makes enough to pay the salaries of two first-clas- s Chinese cooks and to supply her table with delicacies. Many ranch houses look neither more nor less inviting 'from the outside than does this one. Dirt, poor food, cracked dishes, wretched service and Insufferably bad beds compose the accommodations. The traveler la agreeably surprised, then, when he finds the wealth of cut glaaa, china and silverware which graces Mrs. Becker's table,' excellent service, every delicacy that a city market affords, cleanliness everywhere, easy chairs and couches, beds fresh and comfortable and an atmosphere of refinement. Mrs. Becker's cat glass, china and silverware are the pride and the delight of Arapahoe and nil of the countryside round about It Even the Indians' who have got n glimpse of them regard them with a sort of proprietary Lander, six-roo- j IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSOC300000000000000000QOOOCF DESERT .CORN FOR, MELON More Money Made from Juicy Say Oklahoma Farmer. ' t Frslt, 'Lawton, Ok. The greatest watermelon shipping station of the southwest is Cement, OL, a small town oa the Frisco railroad, SO miles east of Lawton. The shipping of , this season's crop began two weeks ago and to date 120 cars have been shipped to Kansas City, St Louis and Denver. Before the season closes mors than 500 cars will hsvs been shipped. In n radius of n few miles of Cement there are 700 acres planted in melons this year. The average production to the acre la 500 melons, or about half a car load. The melons placed on the track at Cement bring the producers sn average of 50 per acre. At this rate there will be shipped from that point this year 350,000 melons that will place in the pockets of tha producers $35,000. Recently there was s scarcity of cars and during the few days intervening between the last shipment and the arrival of more cart 20,000 melons, or 20 car loads, were piled along the A SOCIETY OF BACHELORS. tits ground. No such a sight evef before seen in ths southwest country. No train of 20 cart, containing watermelons alone, was aver before pulled out of Oklahoma. The Alabama sweet variety has been adopted by the melon farmer. This is t long, striped melon of yellow and leid colon. The production this yyr will-- be doable that of last year and the screen ia iq the same ratio. The quality of melon ia also better and the demand has been greater. I. C. Lutes, a lessee of some Indian allotments in the Indian pasture south of here, this year ha cultivated 200 acres of melons, the seeds from which hs la selling to a Kansas City seed house for 12 cents per pound. The juice Is being manufactured Into a syrup by a new process. Hla crop la unusually fine and he has found that more money can be realised from the rowing of melons than from any other branch of farming. New South Wafsa Growing. The population of New South Wales oa June 30 was 1,540,240, an increase of 9,640 for the quarter. After the last two reunions an epi- demic of weddings broke out A matrimonial wave seemed to sweep The ranks became so depleted from through the ranks of the society and this meeting that before another claimed for its victims many of its could be held it became necessary to blthfui officers, who tendered their Weddings Oftsn Result from Reunions History of tha Odd Organisation Which via Fourteen Years Old. reorganise the society, which was roslgnatlona and became benedicts. The reunions, held on Ang. 10, A number of bachelor girl clubs in 1904, and on Aug. 10, 1905, were most central Illinois are the outgrowth of successfuL 111. The famous bachNokomls, the bachelors reunions. Prominent Fully 20,000 people were in attend- toon them is the Hillsboro Bachelor elors' picnic waa held the other day at this place, the home of the Illi- ance at each of the gatherings, nud- Girl club, of Hillsboro, which dates nois Bachelors association. Nokomli un,lu programmes portraythg the ex- its organisation back several years. claims no other distinction than that istence of a bachelor were successIt is composed of wealthy, carried out fully of being the birthplace of such a body and talented young women of On these occasions, as on previous and the devotees of the tingle Ilfs till la boro, and all are membera of wers feasted and entertained from ones, every member wore n yellow badge upon which was .ascribed the Prominent - families , in Montgomery sunrise until dark. 1 Quite a friendship exists beThe bachelor's state la regarded In motto of the order, "None that love county. tween the two associations, and sevmore than myself. this community ns the ideal life. BachAt the last reunion the prise of the eral weddings between its membera elors parade the principles of their bachelor girl waa awarded to have resulted. cult to the world from th mecca of lddT i Tun wom of M ,umer' The present officers of the associat-D. single blessedness. Hundreds came who pit pf her advanced age, ion are C. P. Hamlin, president; O. from all surrounding places within a of b,n Scott, first vice president; William xhlWt falled radius of 50 mile. would lathe v. Adden, second vice president; Fred !' she afr0,d Unmarried person, of both sexes V. Ernst, secretary, and George bMheUr logout attended by companies and battalion. I PntM,tJ treasurer. ppy to aid in the beatification of bachelor-A feature of ths entertainment was a wedding ceremony performed vet if It had been mads of solid - said Dr. Vincent Brown, the before the assembly of skeptical told,-celibates. Mors than 500 Physician In charge. Ths history of the association dates maimed and insome Unfortunate, back to Ang. 10, 1892, when a few jured aad others dying, bare been forlorn and hopeies bachelors of treated ta the last month la the ImInvited their fellow unfortunprovised hospital. ates to units with them- In s grand Ia th excitement following the picnic, fit. which time new schemes earthquake and fire the old tourist car for mors successful attacks on the rigged up with surgical rapidly increasing ranks of unmarried aad sooo became a complete young ladle were given 'out to the emergency hospital done. hand-om- ! o' 1 ; No-kom-is - sppll-ace- a - falthfuL Many marriages resulted in this reunion, and even the president of the order fell n victim to the charms of a fair enchantress. 1 L- How did yoa feel when he kissed your I felt 11 right, but the canoe was terribly upset- - Houston Post n NORTHWEST NOTES MINES AND MINING The post office has been at Powder River. Natrona vouniy, Wyoming, which as ordered discontinued June 21 A business block In the heart ot Troy, In northwestern Montana, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss e tlraated at $10,000. The origin ot the Ure is unknown. Peter Hanson, a plumber, aged 44, and his daughter, aged 10, were burned to death In a lodging house fire In Butte They came to Butte from Salt luike City ten day8 previous. Eli Sutherland, a bartender, shot and killed Fay JackHon, employed as a floor walker at tho Ca.'lno dance ball on Galena street, Butte, and then fired a bullet through his own head Jealousy was the cause of the crime. Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the Denvei county court, whose methods In the treatment of Juvenile delinquents have attracted attentpn throughout ,the country, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination tor the govet norship of, Colorado, A divorce was granted last week to Dr. Henrv L. Stevens, of Laramie, Mrs. J. Adelaide ,rom his wife, evens, on the grounds of Indignities The dering hlq life Intolerable. tea are among the pioneers of U Mmle, Dr. Stevens being local the Union Pacific and Mrs. Ste !ns a musician. WJile riding in an automobile with he sister near Tacoma, Mrs. Edna Scott swallowed carbolic sold. The slater, Eula Cox. X5 years old, caused the machlap to b turned about and a race to tdwn began, - Just pa a drug store was reached. Mrs. Scott died, having endured excruciating agony for thirty minutes. J. W. McBride Is in the county jail at Laramie, Wyo., charged with assault to kid on .Andrew Reid, owner of the saloon In which be formerly d worked. received n wound nine inches long in the chest and abdomen.' The knife did not penetrate, the abdominal cavity, but Reid Is in n serious condition from loss of blood. Lem Short, under conviction in the King County superior court for grand larceny in connection with n. Great Northern railway hold up near , Ballard, Wash., took an overdose of mop phlne, probably with suicidal intent, Steve dying a few hours later. Adams, who is alleged to hsvs given Short the drug, is under arresL A special from Pierce City says a novel event in the way ot a dance, given UK) feet underground. waaJbad tt the'Oxarlt , mlhd.,T lam enough to accommodate two seta had been constructed arone pt the stations In the mine for the benefit of the dancers. The novelty of th affair attracted a large number of people. Supper was served la the dicing room at the mine. T Judge Wolverton In the : United States court at Helena, - overruled a motion for a new trial IS fhe case ol e lumJ. T. Carroll, the ber man, conricted ot Illegally fenc. ing public land near Butte, and over ruled a motion for an arrest of JudgThe ment, then passing sentence. court ordered the accused confined fn the Lewis and Clarke county Jail foi twenty-fou- r hours and fined him $700. A letter has been sent to ths London and Lancashire Firs Insurance company by Insurance Commissioner Davis, of Nevada, In response to One received from the manager of the -Yon company, In which be any a: are generally charged with conducting n welching business. You certainly cannot expect to do business on these lines in California and continue to write policies In thin etffie." Mark Lipscombe was shot and killed, Wash. in a saloon brawl at Tyler, who Bartender Theodore Thurman, did the shooting, made his eocap and at last report hex not been captured. Lipscombe is from Cleveland, O. He Is about 24 years of aje and unmar- R-'- , Butto-Spokan- ried. A new cement plaster factory Is to te erected at Laramie, Wyo. BuUdings will be erected Immediately at a cost of $25,000, excavations for the same The plant being already completed. men and wit will employ twenty-fivIfi pay out about $2,000 a month wages. Th Central Coal ft ;Coke companys No. 1 min at Rock Springs, Wyo., Is again "pulling coal from the mine after the cloudburst and flood of two weeks ago. For a time it was thought that It would be two months at least before the mine would be in e working condition. bound By the derailment of an east Northern Great the on mixed train near Swift, Mont, a combination passenger coach was overturned and Frank E. Powltt and Charles Schults of Armington, Mont, and Brakemen Brown were killed. Eight or ten passenger were bruised. James Armstrong, a rancher living near Capa tal-- . shot and allghtly InJames B. jured a .young man named The shooting occurred is Lewis. from Washington, serose the river th city, and Was caused by Lewis Armstrong's enticing daughter sway from home. Lieut Emery 8. Land of the Unit ed States navy and George Roosevelt ' the nephew of Presl lent Roosevelt Lieutenant of sister will visit the the Land in Laramie, Wyo. during so of county fair. Teddy Roosevelt, comthe president who hod Intended left the party at Denver. ing, A new strike has been made in Lower Grizzly mine at Alta, Utah, ore encountered being worth $90 ton the the a At the Pilot mine, a qurjer of s mile from Murray. Idaho, the men are in sacking ore pound. The Coeur d'Alene mines are prospering and paying big dividend, while a number of new strikes are being made In that district. f A new strike has been made In the New York Bonanza, a property at Park r tlnrTOO-foo- t level, and City. It tr-mla said to be' a most Important dis- engaged than $5 a ' covery. 8ome very rich ore has been found by Monroe persons working In thq Horse Heaven district south of Macysvalc, and some sensational de velopments are promised. Dividends to the amount of $461,250 were declared last week by v the Federal Mining, ft ameHlng com pany. The mines are the silver-leaproperties in the Coeur dAlene of Idaho, A rich strike has been made In the ' Ida May group, nea Bristol Nevada, In ground that waa supposed to be barren. It Is estimated that $50-je- r day Is being taken out by each man. The management of the tfollarhlde ulld a company will Immediately mill at tts Carrie Leonard Ifroup of mines pear llailey. It intends to have It completed within sixty days, or bed f fore snow file. v The pumps ordered some dime ago,' for the Great Bend 'mine at Goldfield have arrived and are Installed, and sinking on this valuable" property ha Recent assays from been resumed. level show $144 ore. the 70-fo- To operate a group of' six, claim adjoining the Mabel company, possesBlack Horae - district, sions, in th Nevada, the White Jack Minlig com-pany has been organised under the laws of Nevada, by Salt Lake people. As soon ns the Las railroad reaches the Bullfrog .district the camps will begin shipping out high grade ore, 15,000 r or -.-12,000 tone of which is sacked and waiting railroad, facilities.- - This ..ore will go to the Balt Lake smelters. Fred H. Myton, of Salt Lake, who, after leaving college last year, went into the Searchlight mines to gain practical experience, has located a property ia 8an Bernardino county, California, which has already proven a winner, ore being sent to the market - ) Vegas-Tonopa- h, rwn, thW'-wUe-ah- ai ton. , I ; ,. Governor Cutler of Utah has received notification that the American Mining congress will meet' In Denver, October Id. 17, 1$ and 19. The is authorized to name ten delegates to Represent Utah, and Will uppoint any reputable mining Wa who wishes to go and is willing to bear his own expenses. i : . Curtis L. Knight, superintendent of In hlf report the Silver to the Tonopah office of the compy, ' states that the conditions at the mine are of the most satisfactory character, In the Bret crosscut frond the main tunnel tho raise has been run up six feet to tho hanging wall, showing the vein to ho twelve feet wide. There la the wildest excitement at Dyke, la Nevada, over a recent strike, one that Mt is claimed will exceed in extent and richness the discoveries of at the great Montgapery-Bhosbon- e Bullfrog, or anything ever found in the state. On the Rundell ground, over a width of 600 teet, free gold Shows wherever the rock is broken. w j Ploche, eince the positive announcement has been made that the 8ait Lake Route would be connected up from Cnllente, has laken on each s how of life end activity that the old cannot refrain from timers upon the change. .Even the Uge driver are now satisfied that their calling will be a dead, issue before long. So well along la the campaign of construction at the Utah Copper company's big milling plant at Garfield that the installation of machinery and equipment has been taken up and from now on will be hurried along with the same speed, system and attention to detail that has characterised con- -' struction at the works since the day ground was broken Developments In the Ohio Copper company's property during the past six months have resulted In the opening up of ore bodies to compute' the tonnage of which. Manager Weir states, would he to invite criticism as to the sanity of th company's management, hut tho Intimation that nothing leas than a 1,000 ton mill would company when it . he of any use e new shaft waa opened and equipped can he taken as being indicative that there Is some ore In that mine. A great strike was made in the Port- - . land mine at Goldfield, Nevada, last weeklt being claimed that assays as high as $800 have been had from the ore. Since the strike was made claims in ths near vicinity have advanced In price one hundred per cent. At recent meeting of tho dir" of the Utah-Ape- x company in Boston Edgar O. Gubblns of Gubblns ft Co and Thomas J. Knight of Knight, Bearle ft Co, London bankers, were elected directoie of the company to represent English stockholders. gov-ern- or Peak-Valcnd- a, com-mentl-- to-th- ' ' |