Show SALT LAKE mm secretary wilson in aalt lake A Int erestine and in visitor in salt lake yesterday was 1 james aileon agriculture in president cabinet lie was by 0 F saylor special abent for the department in the collection 0 data on be sugar beet industry both gentlemen registered at the templeton A large number of citizens called upon mr wilson at the templeton and exchanged courtesies with him yesterday afternoon be accepted an invitation to f dine at the alta club with ex roan dorsey and a party of friends at he left for saltair general john ar cannon this he will take the train for logaa the deseret newt bays secretary aileon while enjoying a vacation is at the time engaged in the profitable pursuit of statistics in the which be proposes to pot to valuable use in the department part ment over which be presides and which is of much importance to the people of una country the objects of bis visit are three folduto ei quire into the progress and possibilities 0 beet guear cultivation in districts where irrigation anut t resorted to ia order that good beets might be grown to obtain information with to improving the american livorse so that be might bal more readily disposed of ou the european market and to take steps that will lead to establish meat of a better signal service in 1 v this section mr wilson Is ot the opinion that the abst way to beet information on the matters indicated is to personally RO adoue the people tor it hence bis visit at this time ills journey has already covered a period of several weeke owing to the time spent on route after utah bis over the counley will be more rapid as he ii une at washington by Se pember 1 mr wilton spent leet erday at the lehi sugar factory in company with manager cutler and made a investigation of the manufacturing methods which obtain at that place he wag delighted with what he saw and heard and declared the lehl factory to to any similar establishment in the united stales lie was barly pleased and instructed in the methods which prevail in the preservation of beet aeed for planting purposes nowhere else in thia country could a concern be found that displayed so high and a degree of knowledge on this point other factories tac tories are compelled to depend epou seeds but not with the utah establishment which its own seeds carefully put away tor next year and which each year has surplus abia surplus mr would like to lave the govern ment buy for experiment stations and also for distribution the secretary Is of the opinion that the arable lands of the west are particularly adapted to the raising of guear beets and thinks the business more profitable chaa that of raising other crop board Is in a quandary the roams of the county commissioners in the joint city and county building were crowded yesterday monr ing by taxpayers who at the invitation of the state board of equalization came to oppose the proposed raise ol 01 5 per cent on the valuation of property in salt lake county the meeting was the result of the conference between the state and county boards and while it is not at all unlikely but what the bearing of the complaints would continue for a month did the board eee fit to sit that long and listen yet it is thought that no one will be beard after this after 1 noon when the board will take the question under advisement and render a decision in accordance with what weight they place upon the evidence introduced chairman armstrong of the county board championed the cause of the tax payers by calling each one to a beat in front of the state board and questioning each as to the present assessed valuation etc each member of the state board was given an opportunity to croes question and in this manner the proceedings dragged along from the figures given and the statements made at both meetings it is evident that the members of the state board are in a quandary and may ye reconsider the proposed raise the fifth annual road race of the mens christian association was run over the garfield beach cauree late tuesday afternoon and J B edmunds carried off first bonore from the twenty six contestants who entered the salt lake city railroad company made the hearts of its employee aglid by i preventing pree enting each them with a book containing fifty tickets good for many rides on any pan of the system the men can of cauree ride and therefore do not need them but they are for the uee of heir families |