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Show lIFffil TRIP IS SOURCE DF MUCH PLEASURE Senator Joseph Chez and family returned last evening, after spending nearly three weeks in California. They enjoyed the .vacation. Mr. Chez, telling of his trip, said: "Mrs. Chez and I spent a most enjoyable two weeks in San Francisco. Francis-co. It was our intention to visit the beaches also, but we found San Francisco Fran-cisco and its added attraction, the exposition, ex-position, much too engrossing. "We extended our visit long enough, however, how-ever, to stop for a few days at Oakland Oak-land and Berkeley. I was particularly interested In tho California roads and highways. The San Mateo road is about twenty miles in length, and Ib undoubtedly all that could bo desired. de-sired. "Tho exposition represents an Investment In-vestment of over fifty million dollars, not Including any of the exhibits. The nations of tho globe have joined hands in making it the university of the world. During our stay, there wore several days of special interest at the exposition, which wero celebrated cele-brated with the true California enthusiasm. enthu-siasm. Noteworthy among them.were Taft day when Mr. Taft was pesent in person; Goethals day when General Gen-eral Goethals was tho guest of the exposition, and California Admission day, which, in that state, is a legal holiday, and was celebrated by a mammoth pageant requiring three hours to pass a given point. "We were proud of our state building build-ing which has an ideal location, and compares most favorably with the other oth-er Btate buildings. It was gratifying to us also to hear frequont laudatory remarks concerning the Ogden Tabernacle Tab-ernacle choir, and its efficient director. direc-tor. Joseph Ballantyne. "I have tried to keep in touch with bj 'own home town' by reading the dally papers and have learned of the granting by tho city commissioners of a fifty-year franchise, which I regard re-gard as a colossal wrong to the present pres-ent generation and even a greater injustice in-justice to the generations yet to be. In the last legislature, I united with others in trying to enact a law vesting vest-ing in the voters of municipalities tho ..1..l -lrrlit rf rro Tl It! f f rnnpVll BPR. but unfortunately, we were in a hopeless hope-less minority and failed. The fight will be renewed, however, In the next legislature. Franchises belong to the people and not to any ono man, or set of men nor should they be granted without the taxpayers' consent and no franchise should run for fifty years. I cannot but heartily endorse tho position po-sition of The Standard on this important im-portant question." |