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Show GOVERNOR MABEY IHSJE STATE Praises Record of Adrainistra-. Adrainistra-. tion; Accomplishments Are j Related by Chief Executive 1 Lis tour me,- U,e atato of Utah, .Mi-h.nK every euuuty In It except 'l-Keu. Cowruor Mahey u ,akU,K h's stand for re-electi,,,, tu ,ie olliee " 'Lief execiive entire on th. lec.id of th,. administration. In ''""U I his he is careful to point out 'he record of the adininlstra-L-t the recunl ,,r all the ultk.r, I ' thai ori;aiii.,aiion. not onlv the I governor an I the ee, live otticer: "l.v. hut also the appointive. lr Is hv i-lose coordination of the ser vants of Hie slate, lie points out, 'hat the excellent record In public 'er ce li is t n :u-inni pi isheil. T'i.' i-uer-eor :,nd other s.t:it of. "rs,:is e'l. are of cc, i rse readv ' o n- nut n beiu-tin from he 'i ui..ie, t,ij,.v ,,f Hie Republican 'vir'v and with particular reference '" ""' protection ,y tlie tariff o' w-'"l. lend. Bii;:ir unci oilier agrl "" '"' ! produi'ts which this star,-vn.irts star,-vn.irts (,U.itv -pi,,, vaiMl, l)f 'he nitional i-overninent's reclain:i-:in reclain:i-:in nolh'v. recentlv rear;' hi ied. to hi si n,. re.-,.ives ,,. emphasis th:i' " 's ! ue .. ti 1 the firm attitude hat the IVr.uMican r-irtv lakes on he i.-es.v n ions of the fundanient-'s fundanient-'s of ih.' Comtitution of the Failed Mates wins the approbation of the o-e-tior of tin- Republican speaker: is it captives the enthusiasm of their ud enc.s. SU. deiopie l. here are some of the o coni,',:shinents of the .slate admin-si admin-si rat ion to whi.-h the governor and '!ier state ollicilas are callini; attention, atten-tion, as w.irrantin; their retention n ot!;,e for purely state considera-' considera-' ions : The onlv reclamation project e-ept e-ept the Straw b. rry. ever allotted ' Ctah by federal lovernnient are ".vol. c,t the initial expenditure ii. ' tali, au ' the reclan.ation of jilil.oiol cri-s In the verv heart of Vial. .ime du-in.:. and largely by reason f excell.-nt cooperation of the pre i ni state administration. T!iro;i;h energetic collection o.' 1 1 - i i ti j n n t and principal payments, '.he state land department has made i a;!.ihle for loans to farmers $4o11.- 'I'oi annually. A savin? of Jl'.oiln i :uo;.th I'.. is been etfected in the -alary list of the department. Sonic I. I S'lii.ii-e miles of public land--' ;:iv.. been surveyed, increasing the eeiiue to llie s'ate school system arie'.y any loan male is now in .-e;s of l.i, moo while the preceed-la; preceed-la; ad in itKsi rat ion made loans some-ia-.es in excess of $len.i.mi. I'll., p.r capita cost of education n I tail has I -en reduced from t$'i 0 $7.'. and at the same time the .chool system has been trimmed of nine of its fads and placed on a onitnon sense eiucational basis. :th !.. -h-r standards required o: he teachers. In contrast with the expenditure O' ,c,,oiiii,iojii bonds by the preceding daiiaistration. and the incurring of diliKatiotii whicii made another l.uiM'r.i'M.n) issue necessary, the pre-f pre-f t a.J:nini:-.tration. without state nds. has usel and obtained $4.- mil. inn) of federal money which has eeti matched, in the pi. oportion ol ne of three by the counties. Thi: daiiuistration has finished 50 fed-ral fed-ral aid projects, has under conduction con-duction 20 more. has completed miles of hard surface roads ind 4s:!.lJ4 of gravel surface or :M-t h coa 's. It has established the as. .line tax which will enable the tae in the future to care for the naintenance of the entire statt oad system. 75. 0m) school children child-ren have been examined for goitre; n health centers have been established estab-lished for the benefit of school child-en child-en ani expectant mothers and the eder-al records give Utah credit for ii.ning the most complete system of irth aud death registration in the United. States. The former policy of the fish and , ame department, of selling tish for planting out side of Utah, when its ,wu streams were depleted has been ibolished along with many other culpable practices. The present commissioner has established four new tish hatcheries, has traveled the output of the original hatcheries, las planted 30.000 stock fish, and id the last season has planted 2.500 ruck loads of tingeling, and, handled !5 000.000 c.Tgs. His department has planted trout, bass and catfish ;n practicallv every stream and reservoir re-servoir in the state, ,reared 6,d00 pheasants, and best of all has secured se-cured perfect cooperation with the sportsman's organizations. In the state banking department, the records show that during the present administration Utah has had e-'ght bank failures, Idaho 46 Montana Mon-tana 153, New Mexico 41, Colorado 39 Arizona 1ST. The largest bank between Denver and San Francisco. 1 Utah institution, failed but without with-out loss to any of the depositors to anv of the 5 0 correspondent banks. The total deficit and other in debtedness of the state of Utah January 1, 1921. when the Present administration assumed office, was 110.394,000. The total indebtedness indebted-ness of the state on January 1, 19-o ill be $8,760,000. This means that the present administration, on income reduced by approximately s'Ml'i 000 a vear from direct tai.es i'.T-'---od $400,000 a year to the pwpiVof the state. This saving has been effected in spite ot a 4 per cent increase in the number of students at the University o Ltah, -5 per cent more at the Utah Agricultural Agri-cultural College. 2 3 per cent more inmates at the State Mental hospual .nd 1' pi-r cent more at the state .irisou. The present state treasurer, Ly ui.cious distribution ot state fund's elieved many of the rural banks rom the eilets of one of the worst inancial depress. ons in the history it Ulah. and at the same time col-ecle.l col-ecle.l iaU.Oijy mure interest than is equired by law. ou stale deposits, -lie additional interests collected i more than paying the expenses of -he treasurer's ottice. The sta'o leasuier has voluntarily taken over he management of the Utah State air. and has made a paying prc-.osition prc-.osition out of a department tha. a as formerly a drain upon tlie treas-.ry. treas-.ry. Tiie records of expenditures at the annus state institutions during the resent administration and the pro-ceding. pro-ceding. particularly in view of the urge increases, in number of in-nates, in-nates, has proved particularly in- -eiesr.iug. and show lliat much more ..ork has beeu accomplished ou an ctual saving oi eipeuse ot hundreds if tiiousands of doilars in the aggri-gate. aggri-gate. ' I The present administration has .boiisued or consolidated tweat.. I Late boards or commissions; ii ere ! ied the department of finance and ! urchase which has saved S5uo.oi.m1 o the people of tlie state; ii has ; educed overdraits to a minimum by ; etpiug a daily check ou the state's j.ic.uiooi and by purchasing state ; .uppiies through a general agency. i he depai.uueui of registration j needed ten boards in one, and safe uards the puulie from quackery .nd illicit practice in the various pro- j .essions. The wisdom of the formation of he department of agriculture is hown in the efficient handling oi .he situation creaed by the epidemic ; ,f the foot and mouth disease in 'alifornia. The present goveruar was largely nstrumental in bringii: about a j eduction in freight rates which will : ..ermit the saving of approximately ! 3.000,000 per annum to the peo- , ,.e of Utah, aud is proving a power- ' ul stimulant to business in Utah. i The total payrolls of the industries ; eportinu to the state industrial ; .ommission (exclusive of the inter- date carriers) was in the year 1921 j 12 $56,555,000. In the year 1922-j .3 was $81,205,000 and will be $5,-00.000 $5,-00.000 more than this for the yeai ; i923-24. Receipts from the cigaret tax hus far exceed $155,000 or enoagh o pay all expense of the five elective iffices. State and local taxes in Utah are ! ess than in neighboring states, bong bo-ng lowest ou the list and 21 per. ent lower per capita than the aver-ige aver-ige paid in the nine states of the 'aeirie slope. Ad. |