Goodwin's weekly : a thinking paper for thinking people. [volume], December 07, 1918, Page 3, Image 3

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X" GOODWIN'S WEEKLY 3 M
JmX germs entering there get into the lachrymal glands, go to the nose
iSr ' I and cause it to run as is the case when one is crying ; enter the
'mi' J mouth and throat, and next the hillside of eternity.
MS I There can't be any question about the futility of the flu mask,
m according to the best authorities locally, and on the contrary they are
lip J held to be a menace to those who affect them. From the common
Wfi sense viewpoint there should be a law compelling people to go without
fjjrv them rather than one making the wearing of them compulsory.
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!l IS IT TO BE APOSTLE AMBROSE N. McKAY?
TT VER since the death of the late Thomas Kearns, speculation has
J been rife concerning the Salt Lake Tribune, and the possible
changes that might take place if the control passed to other hands.
Various names have been suggested, whose ambitious owners
might be candidates for journalistic honors at a distance that is who
might put up the necessary coin to enable them to assume dictator
ship and the grief or joy that is the lot of those who frame the policy
i of a newspaper in Utah. But those who have been doing the guess
ing have been unable to agree until recently when a real clue seemed
to be found.
It was thought for a time that W. W. Armstrong and his asso
ciates might make a deal for the paper, partially because Mr. Arm
strong was so close to Mr. Keith and Mr. Kearns, and for some other
reasons we needn't mention. But we understand that nothing like
that has been considered, because Mr. Armstrong states that now
i' that the war is over, he wishes to devote his entire time to his bank
. ing and other business interests, and could not be induced to become
K interested in the newspaper field.
For years there was an agreement between Mr. Keith and Mr.
Kearns that in the event of the death of either, the other would have
the first preference in the matter of purchasing the Tribune stock
, which had belonged to the deceased. Mr. Keith died several months
, ago, and Mr. Kearns died recently.
Both estates must pay an inheritance tax of considerably over
$200,000.00, andJff the Keith interests sold their Tribune stock, the
proceeds woujbout pay that tax.
As for the Kearns interests, they probably do not wish to con
tinue in the newspaper business, for while the Tribune is more than
paying, they have not made a great deal of money out of it, because
, the profits have been reinvested in improvements. So if the Tribune
.could be sold for five or six hundred thousand dollars, and it can be,
, it would be a nice deal all around.
Enter now Heber J. Grant, President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
From the time he succeeded Joseph F. Smith as president, up to
the time of his departure for California, he was very chummy with
A. N. McKay, general manager of the Tribune, making frequent visits
to Mr. McKay's office on what was apparently very important busi
ness. , m Doesn't it stand to reason that the Mormon church would very
Jx'vmtjch like to acquire control of the Tribune Heaven forbid and
, jS wouldn't it be an easy matter for the church to readily finance a lit
is ( tie deal like that? Wouldn't it be easier to pay five or six hundred
A thousand dollars for the Tribune, than to continue putting up a hun
AU dred thousand dollars a yea. to keep the Herald going? In five or six
M years at that rate, there would be no further outlay, and the money
! till I would bein rowing back. Entirely feasible isn't it?
fitf j And in the meantime, Mr. McKay could be retained as general
inJ I 5. manager, inasmuch as he has been so successful On the job, and it
' wouldn't be amiss for him to accept an apostleship if the deal goes
f4S " through in, order that he might be in closer touch with the policy
ill of those who would control, and be in heartier accord with his asso-
llel ciates'
JOv . t 1S a coincidence that the present Apostle McKay accompanied
lKj President Grant to California. Everyone knows that the Scotch are
'r0l n0t clannsIl anc lor tnat reason it would be-perfectly proper to have
, I jnjr two Apostles McKay in the quorum of twelve, even if their mail got
I r n z7 "lixed occasionally.
I fr I If the control of the Tribune passes to the church, we think; it;
would be only proper that Ambrose McKay be made an apostle, and as ' H
he is still a young man, perhaps the day might come when we may re- M
spectfully refer to him as "the pres." H
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THE UNIVERSITY TRAINING CORPS OUTRAGE. H
IT took the daily papers a long time to wake up to the seriousness H
of the situation in the student army training corps at the U, but iH
now they are blazing away with front page stories that should- have H
been written weeks ago. The first indignant protest regarding condi- H
tions there appeared in these columns a week ago as soon as the mat- H
ter was called to our attention. H
I Before the article was written Colonel Wright was asked re- H
garding the conditions and assured the writer ten days ago that there H
were only eighteen cases of flu out of a body of over eight hundred H
men. His statement has not been borne out by the facts subsequently H
made public, for since November 18, 181 student soldiers suffering H
from influenza have been admitted to the post hospital, and a total of H
399 cases or nearly half of the organization have been admitted since H
the disease first took hold. There have been fifteen deaths from the IH
disease among the students. Could it be possible that he was ignorant H
of this or merely wished to be quiet concerning actual conditions? 'H
One death was that of Ernest B. Watkins whose mother with a H
family physician went to the post hospital to see her boy. She was told
he was improving rapidly, but that the rules forbade anyone seeing the ,H
patients. She returned to town, and upon reaching her home re- !
ceived a wire from the war department at Washington that her son H
was seriously ill at the Fort Douglas hospital. She returned to the H
fort with the wire, and was admitted. The boy died next morning. ' H
We have it on most excellent authority that the students were H
improperly clothed in the severe weather. in November, that the food H
has been sour and rotten, not plain, good food such as soldiers have, H
that the sleeping quarter's were freezing at times, and that the entire H
condition was deplorable. The sick and mortality reports make the H
truth of this very apparent, and there must be some person or per- H
sons whocan be held to strict accountability. H
It is too late to do anything for some of the poor fellows who H
were in the student body, but it isn't too late to mete out punishment H
where it is due, for there has been incompetency, carelessness, gross H
neglect and willful concealment of conditions, and the authorities re- H
sponsible for it should be called to account. H
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FRED NOBLE. H
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THE news of the death of Fred Noble which occurred in Elko, M
Nevada, on Saturday last came as a great shock to his host of '
friends in this city, especially those who had seen him here only a H
few weeks ago when he was in the best of health. H
While away from Salt Lake the greater part of the past eigh-
teen years, attending to his affairs in California and Nevada, his fre- 1
quent trips to this city kept him in close touch with old friends who H
grew up with him here, and seldom has a more sorrowful case in
which they were helpless to break or soften the fearful blow, been H
the subject of their contemplation. jJ
Fred Noble was the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Noble,
and the brother of Mrs. L. C. Robinson, Mrs. Robert Gould-Smith,
and Miss Mayme Noble . The Noble family is one of the oldest and JH
most prominent in the city. . M
Born in Lander, Wyoming, forty-five years ago, Fred Noble came
here with his parents when but a lad, and grew up in this city. Lat- fH
terly he made his home in Alameda making periodical trips to his )
Nevada ranch and to his old home here. His widow and two daughters
survive him. jJ
Fred Noble was a splendid type of man, typical of the west, and '
with that breadth of vision, generosity, and whole-hearted considera- ,
tion.that comes of life in the open spac&. He had everything to live
for a beautiful home, bright hopes, a fortune, and a future un-
' -clouded. While spared the hardest part of the early struggle most M
must .face, through the. suqqqss of his father, h,Q was anything but
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