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2 TRUTH, 1 " -- B ! ,(kj easy of access, unsurpassed In scon jkE j erj'. with plenty of water, timber, Ul i hunting and fishing. The grazing priv ity! lieges of Strawberry valley ' aro i,' Btated upon competent authority to fm. bo worth at least ?5000 per year. Rep- i rcsontatlvo Austin believes that It can jj bo made a source of revenue, not ox-(-15 penso to tho state. X. V U M jiff ? iF1 m Much adverse comment Is heard i ' concerning Senator Holllngsworth's I bill to prevent tho payment j of mileage to any legislator or other Btato official who trav- 1 els on a pass. Just what tho ethical Ideals of tho majority are Is i not clear from their expressions, which ombody tho views that the salaries of ' i tho legislators aro at best only a ! trifling renumoratlon for tho time ex pended, that tho passes are not so- llcited but only accepted as on offered courtesy; that they do not feel under I any obligations to tho railroad compan- I les for a free ride; that so long as tho , state law provides for tho payment of il mileage they aro entitled to It regard I' I less of how they secured their trans it portatlon. And much moro along tho 1 samo linos. II , & & III Senator Hollingsworth says that jl tho spirit and intent of tho mileage HI I law is merely to provide traveling ex it IB penscs, and that If a legislator travels IIB' without expense ho is by no logical 1B reasoning justified in making a charge 1 B against tho state. No ono believes 1HH that tho bill has a ghost of a show to I! IB pass. MB O IB WASTING TIME AND MONEY. i in i I IB Thursday's session of tho House was I IB a striking oxamplo of hov? tv lcgn- HH turo can put In tho tlmo and do noth- I IB lnP- IHH It took just two nours nnd fifteen IIHI minutes to settle one question, that IB was not rea,,y a Question at all, that H H ,8 to say thoro was never any slgnifl M flf cant division of opinion upon it. Threo m BJ fourths of tho tlmo was spent in "rls 111 H-f ing to points of order," "speaking to 111 Hi questions of personal prlvilego," and BIB' trying to make explanations that did BIB not 0XP'a'n- BHB' T'10 1,n" ononc(1 when eight of tho PHI nine members of tho railroads com- A IB mlttoo presented a report that tho bill HUH of Thompson, of Millard, bo not pnss- H-B CcL Thls l)111 socks to ,nlt thc """Ion MB of proof upon tho dofondant company HWt In all cases where stock Is killed by MB trains. Thompson, tho other member Ml of tho committee, offered a favorable H1H ' minoritv rcnort and mnvmi it buIisM. HH tution. Ho only succeeded in making HI angry tho Speaker and tho other mom Ill ors of tho committee by insinuating BIB tlmt tllG Influence of railroad lobbyists JIB bad been too potent. HI Then the flroworks began, although HI nothing worth remembering was said HI by anybody. It was 4:15 when tho HI majority report was adopted without HI dissent, Thompson not voting. Then HI tho Houso adjourned. Tho salaries of HI tQ0 mombcrs and employes for this I session In which nothing was accom HII plished, foot up about $250. Hi HI In splto of a very hard fight being H1H ' mado in committee against thc bill to HI ' mako private banks subject to lnspec- HJH tlon by tho stato bank examiner, tho all moasuro will probably bo reported fav- HH . orably and will have a majority of the HI ""v houso behind It. Tho disclosures In BHD X tho Schettlcr caso aro responsible for HB tho strong support that many of tho BjB representatives aro giving to the bill. HB HEARD IN THE HOUSE. HtH-K "Therefore, I would move you to H amend you, Mr. Speaker." McCroa, of HJUB Salt Lake. BHbI "8 ar as tno commlttoemon from I? that committee Is concerned " Jos- IV eph of Salt Lake. i g?iw "Tlie members of this houso ana tho Speaker is under a cloud from tho actions of professional lobbyists." Thompson, of Millard. "Mr. Speaker, I now doslro to speak," said Joseph of Salt Lake, after rising ton times in six minutes. He looked puzzled at the laugh that fol lowed. "Tho owners of dead stock aro not even permitted to take their hides off." Richards of Davis. "If wo wish to throw any additional safeguards around the stock Interests, let's fence them." Wilson of Wasatch. "This law Is pernicious In tho ex treme and I do not believe it contains tho elements of justice." Stookey, of Salt Lake. o "Was there any disposition on tho gentleman to suggest a substitute?" Roberts of Cache. When in one of his constantly re curring periods of excitement, Repre sentatives Joseph walked from side to side of tho house, gesticulating stren uously at various members, a visitor said: "Does Harry think this is a ses sion of tho mining exchange?" "Pcoplo try to cheer me up by tell ing mo I'm foolish." Thompson of Millard. n MORE CROOKEDNESS. Tho committee of tho legislature which has been Investigating the af fairs of tyah World's Fair cumimlsslon has, it is reporter an excellent author ity, discovered other lrre&ularites than those mentioned in tho article on the flrs.t page of this issuo of Truth. It Is charged that a great many of tho valu able exhibits were sold by order of tho commission after the exposition closed, but tho money realized has never been accounted for, nnd in many cases there is no mention of it on the books of tho commission. Represent ative Harry S. Joseph and other mem bers of tho legislature are Insisting on a full and complete Investigation and report, and It Is said when tho report of tho committee Is made it will con tain strange and startling things. o SWIFT MR. MEYERS. It Is refreshing to tho overburdened taxpayer to read reports of activity on tho part of men who aro employed by tho municipality to do certain work. To learn that hero and thero aro thoso who get a hump on themselves In tho performance of their duty. To discover that certain Individuals have tho wol faro of tho body politic at heart to an oxtent that they will exert themselves in doing "what their positions call for with haste, dispatch and fidelity. Tako this man J. J. Meyers, for in stance. Ho 1b the food Inspector of tho health department. Ho Is a looloopa looza. Ho is a winged Pegasus, a forty-horso power auto, a streak of lightning. According to tho report of tho clerk of tho board and figures will not Ho, although liars may figure J. J. Meyers mado eight thousand, six hundred and elghty-ono (8681) In spections during tho year 1904. Said inspections wore divided in manner and form as follows, to-wlt: Grocery stores, 2,041; hotels, 332; commission houses, 1,209; bakeries, 384; meat markets, 2.38C; dairies, 281; restaur ants. 1,384; slaughter houses, 14; fish markets, 608; hog ranches, 6; brew eries, 18; cracker factories, 3; cream eries, 9, and ice ponds, 6. Wo have all noticed J. J. Meyors travelling around the city. Wo have remarked his rapid pace; his swift mo tions and have marveled at the gait ho took. Wo have stood paralyzed with admiration as he swept around a corner or took a catty cornered track across a street Intersection. Wo have been profundly impressed with his agility as he dodged In front of hacks, drays and motor cars and took chances on being run over with street cars In order to save every second of valuable time. It Is all right, however; Meyers was earning his money. To show just what Meyors has been doing, let us cite a few figures. There are 365 days In a year, of which 52 are Sundays. That leaves 313 working days. There are 24 hours in each working day, or 7,512 hours In all. Mr Meyers works eight hours per day, or one-third of tho 7,512 hours, which means that he is on duty 2,504 hours per year. Mr. Meyers eats lunch, ho cannot deny it, as he has been seen eating lunch on moro than ono occa sion. Allowing him a short interval of tlmo for lunch and a limited time in tho office; becauso Mr. Meyers has some office work to do and does it, the total time consumed in lunch and of fice is 626 hours per year. That leaves Mr. Meyers only 1,878 hours for his in spections. Mr. Meyers made 8,681 inspections in tho 1,878 hours ho was engaged dur ing tho year 1901. That Is four per hour all tho time. An inspection every fifteen minutes. During, that time he condemned 34,441 pounds of food, or 18 2-11 pounds of food every hour. When it is figured that grocery stores are scattered over a wide area; that hotels aro some blocks apart; that restaurants extend from Jim Hegney's to Seventh East and from North Tem ple to Tenth South; that tho 281 dairy Inspections means as many miles of travel multiplied by three, or 843 mll03. It will be noted that Meyers was go ing some. Why, O'Leary in his palm iest days couldn't keep up with this man, and as for these six-day bicycle riders, they are back numbers. Mey ers Is the swiftest chap afoot or horse back. When ono thinks of his inspect ing Nipper's meat market In fifteen minutes, scooting across tho street on Third South and looking into Julius's, tho Germans, and examining tho Ice box, hiking up on Market Row and looking Into tho cooling room of the Homo Produce company and making a long run for Dickenson's in the east part of town, it will be seen that Mey ers was going somo to do all that work In an hour. Long life to this swift of ficial; tho balance of tho officials and employees ought to emulate him with admiration. Ho is tho greatest man over engaged by tho city since tho days of Land nnd Water Commissioner Heath, who increased tho water sup ply of tho corporation ten thousand gallons a day every time ho looked at a spring. Wood Seasoned by Electricity. Wood Is now seasoned by elec tricity. Tho sap Is driven out by a Etrong current, and Its place is taken by a solution of borax and resin. Protect Remaining Quails. Quails are becoming so scarce that both Franco and Germany have ab solutely prohibited their killing. Churches In Australia. Australia has 210 churches to every 100,000 people, England has 114 and Russia about fifty-five. The World and the Croakers. This world doesn't suit everybody, but that's not because tho world Isn't All right. STRONGER AND WISER -hvm He I J' PARTY. ms II There seems to be no dou' t that M ill Roosevelt means to have. uis a. Hi about both tariff revision and rail ff1 way rebates, and that tho Republican I leaders In both houses of congress 1 deem It prudent, on tho whole to avoid I a contest with tho president As re- B gads tho former project, it is prob. I able that a revision bill will 1)0 framed I t during tho summer and submitted to 11 the Fifty-ninth congress at an extra II session to bo convoked In the autumn II It Is true that In tho interval between II the expiration of the Fifty-eighth eon- 11 gross and tho organization of the house H of representatives In the next congress H no houso committee on ways ann B means will ho in existence- hut as all HE the members of tho present committee H have been re-elected, nnd aro almost HI certain to bo reappointed to their o'd H places, they can meet unofficially with IH the corresponding senate committee 3 and arrive at conclusions that will be Bf officially ratified by the new commit- H tee on ways and means after the next H house is organized. In view of the ex- H tromo roluctanco with which many Re- 9J publican leaders have assented to any H change In tho Dlngloy tariff It Is H doubtful whether a bill that they H would he willing to accept would give B much satisfaction to the earnest advo- H cates of revision. Besides, experience H has shown that thero aro moro ways BJ than ono of killing an unwelcome II measure. Before a tariff-revision bill, l unofficially agreed upon, could bo re- II ported to the houso by tho next com- II mittee on ways and means, tho rep- R resentatlvos of interests affected by B tho bill would demand a hearing, and I tho result might bo similar to wlst B was witnessed under tho Arthur ad- B ministration, when tho honest attemm B of a commission to reform the tariff B was wrecked In committee, tho law B ultimately enacted being so devised as B on tho whole, to ralso rates rather B than lower them. I So long as men known to ho "stand- B patters" can control, If they like, the H steering committees in both houses. H wo canont help feeling somewhat d'P'1- Bj tical as to tho substantial value of the Bj concessions likoly to be made to u BJ revisionists. Let us hopo for tho best, BJ however. It Is certain that the de- BJ mand for revision Is nlrcady wide- If spread, and is gathering strength, st M that unless the president's warning is heeded, tho Republican leaders may Bj furnish the Don'ocrpc v'th Iho one is- BJ suo on which all of its fnetions could KJ unite, and make such serious Inroads on tho ranks of Its opronont as would H probably enable it to t'efeat any Re- H publican nominee for the presidency except Mr. Roosevelt himself. That H Theodore Roosevelt is stronger than Kj his party tho returns of Novembers m election prove. It remains to ho seen fffl whether he Is not also wiser. As n- Bj dependent onlookers, who, It Is said. ! aro best judges of a game, wo have begun to gain tho Impression that ne Is both stronger nnd wbor. Not in two decades of interested or anxious on- servatlon have wo seon an American politician grow so fast as docs Mr. Roosevelt. Harper's Weekly. COAL BURTON COAL & LUMBER CO. I Yard and Office 363 W. Fifth South. I Up lown office 66 W. Second South. I Both Telephones 808. I ;'f " ' t : :jj--L-i-l--!--i--l--MBBBlBlBll