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I page two THE SALT LAKE TRLBUXE. ttesday morning, January 17, 1905.
I wero offered for sale and not cornered by
I tho Mormons.
I No New Plural Marriages
I Judge Charles W. tforst of Blt Lake, a
Judge of the. District court. testified In
I regard to the work r.f 1 special giund Jury
I Jn JSC, which Investigated the question of
polgamous reflations. The Jury was In
I . Mion four weeks, find many witnosses
were examined In regard to tho alleged
I new plural marriages. The Jury mad a
I unanimous report to the effect that there
I m re no new cases found A certified copy
I of the report was offered in evidence.
I On croHP-examlnatlon, Judffe Morse raid
I the Investigations were mode Into mar-
I rlage alleged to have taken place since tho
I manifesto In Salt Lake county It was
I brought out that the statute of llmlta-
I Hons In each case were four years There
I had been no plural marriage for the past
I three or four years
I Taking Into consideration tho matter
I of public sentiment, do you think there,
I v.ill be a movement now to put a stop to
I polygamous cohabitation?" asked Chalr-
I man Burrows
I .7 u.lrro Morso said ho thought there
I would be no prosecutions nnlcsH there Is
I Borne unlooked for chango of sentiment.
I Eldctod Judge in Mormon County.
I William Iff. McCariv of Salt Lake, a
I Judge of the Supreme court who had
I Kerved as assistant United States District
I Attorney and County Attorney In Sevier
I county and was known as a vigorous
I prosecutor of cases of polygamy) testified
I that after these prosecutions he was
I elected District Judge in a Mormon
I county,
I Judge Me( 'arty said that ho made ln-
I Quiry among young Mormons, and found
the consensus of opinion to DO In favor
of closing eves in toleration of conditions
and not prosecuting cases of polygamous
cohabitation where the marriage-- were
I Contracted before the mnnlf' -to He said
that he did not agree with President
Smith fh.it Mi.- ; 111" I 1 1I1 . ..n. J. li
the offenses of old polyg.imlsts.
"I believe that the sentiment I decided
Iv against the practice of polygamy, even
In cases when) the marriages took plai I
before the manifesto, but the penplo do
not want to go on record as prosecutors
Shut Off His Fees.
Judge McCarty w:m asked concerning
his prosecutions of polvgnmists In the
I'nlted Slates court In I.sy3 He said h.
(topped bringing notion! before the I om
mlsslonera because his superior officer
shut off his fees. He thought the I'nlted
States District Attorney had received an
Intimation from the Department of Jus
tice to e.-jse up" on the prosecutions. Ho
thought both political parties lecamo bp
posed to crimination1;
Continuing, he said. "And that was the
cause of all the trouble this coquetting
with tho Mormon church Men In both
parlies sought to learn whether tlv -Territory
would become 1 Republican or
Democratic State I wont say they
01 ght out the church as a political
organisation, but sought the politicians
among the Mormons
Judge McCarty testified that he ran
at. ,iy ahead of his ticket In fSf,
in cross-examination Judge McCarty
said he was the son of a Mormon. buL
that his father left the church In 1X7? or
and did not go back until th" manifes
to When oases of unlawful cohabitation
v ere brought before him. Judge McCarty
said he imposed upon the defendants mild
lessons In the form of lines.
President Set Bad Example.
Chairman Burrows asked Judge BffcCar
tj whether he thought the president of
the church confessedly living in polyga
mous relations had a tendem v to pro
mote or dlseournge the practice among
the people.
To promote It. unquestionably, I should
r-av," was the- response.
The Witness thought If the president
of the rhurch should put aside his plur;U
wives and declare against polygamous
! radioes there would bp nn end of the
practice except In a lew Instances.
Chairman Burrpws offered q remon
strance of certiln prominent citizens of
Utah against the testimony of certain
Witnesses Including President JoS( ph F
J-mlth of the Mormon church, that the
I)eopie of L tah condone tho practice of
polygamy
Attorney Worthington. In a heated ar
gument to the committee, protested
against the introduction of an unsworn
statement of that character, but th
chairman permitted tho examination of
the witness !n regard to it.
Mr Tayler avoided referring to the re
monstrance, but read the language and
asked Judge McCarty If It represented
the state of public mind In T'tah.
Questioned Rights of Committee.
Before permitting nn answer Mr
Worthington demanded a ruling, and
questioned the rht of the committee to
bring in testimony of that character with
out giving an opportunity for cross-examination.
He charged that the re
monstrance had been held back until It
was known that there would be no oppor
tunity for another
Chairman Burrows told the witness to
answer the question, and he said that
the people generallv approved of the con
ditions and said; "I am surprised that
those remonstrators should express sur
prise at the conditions under which many
leaders of the church are living. J knew
that President Smith. Apostles John Hen
ry Smith. Lyman, Cowley ami some others
were living In polygamous relations."
He wus asked about the statement of
Mr. Booth, who was a witness recently
before the committee, and who testified
tht he was the neighbor of President
Smith and did not know he wa continu
ing to cohabit with hie plural wives
Jjdgc McCarty replied that Mr. Booth's
views must have been very much circum
scribed. May Exclude Gentiles.
In answer to questions by Senator Du
bois Judge McCarty said that Mormons
in l. tah may unite to exclude every C.en
tlle from the State ticket and therefore
the (jentlles wore apprehensive until they
knew whether a fight was to be made
itfalnst this, but he BrM he thought too
much prominence wis g1 en to the church
and that tho Mormons as a church arc
HOI taking the active part In politics that
has been attributed to them
He was of the opinion that Mr Smoot
had to get consent of the church to tun
0 Senator and that when a high church
e.ffteer ran for office It was understood
that he had obtained the consent of his
superiors in tho church. He said there
was a tacit understanding that one Sena
tor should be a Mormon and one a Gen
tile Mr. Tayler asked Judge MeCartv If he
approved of this agreement and he snld
AO. I don t. It recognizes the Mormon
hureh as a factor In politics and I be
I eve that we should get the best men on
the ticket and that fitness for office should
bo the only consideration "
At the conclusion of tho testimony of
-ue.0 McCarty Chairman Burrows said
that he found that the remonstrance ob
jected to by Mr. Worthlnsrton had been
Introduced In the Senate last April and
was a pirt of the public records
Joined Smoot Forces.
Dr. A. S. Condon of Qgden testified that
he was a memkr of the first and last
legislatures Tho last Legislature was
the one which elected Smoot to tho Sen
ate. He Joined the Smoot forces after he
saw his own candidate had no chanc for
election, but said he had not been" ap
proached by the Mormon church Dr
Condon said that until ho came to Wash
ington he had believed polvgamv in Utah
was dead He said ho only knew by rep
Jtatlon of three polygamlsts In hla countv
Aeked about the sentiment of the people
as to polygamy, the witness said that
"condone" was not the right word Ho
thought "tolorsto" wae better, that polva
amy was, dead.
On cross-examination Dr Condon re
sented a number of questions oki-d hv
Mr Tuyler. and declined to answor until
directed to do so by the chairman He
was examined closely concerning hla ac
quaintance with a number of persons re-
pitted to be polygamlsts, but beyond three
edge"' wltn aW ho had no knowl-
The committee adjourned until tomor
row, uul
Favor California Irrigation Project
WASHINGTON". J.n. M.-Tho Hou.o Pom",
mlttce on Irrlifotirm of jkrii i . , , j
SawH3
der between Oh.mi ,ln (,iifr , ,. , h "r"
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MAKING KATES
FOR RAILROADS
Subject Before House
Committee,
Congressman Hearst Testi
fies as to His Experi
ence and Delays,
Has Introduced Bill Which He
Thinks May Remedy Defects Un
der Present Laws
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 Government
rate making fur the railroads was further
considered todaj by the House Committee
on Interstate 'ind Foreign Commerce.
Representative Hearst of New York was
heard. Ho has Introduced a bill, which,
hs said, was to correct some of th- de
lays and difficulties he had experienced
ns a business man with proceedings bc
rore the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, Notably, Mr Hearst said his complaint
against the anthracite coal carrying roads
was Instituted In 1908, and is still pending
before that body. It was brought out
through questions by Chairman Hepburn
that tip di lay vwis largely due to appeals
to the courts. Mr Hearst reviewed the
details of his caee before tho commission
Transportation Charges.
Asked what was lh alue of coal In the
mines, the cost or mining and transporta
tion, Mr. Hc-nrst said the operators
claimed they made a profit of only 7
cents a ton. while the actual COSt "f
tr. importing coul from the anthracite
fields to New York was not greater than
1 cents a ton, while the rote was Jl 5ii a
ton. The deduction was that the inde
pendent operator was placed at a decided
disadvantage, ree he had to pay all of his
profits to the railroads, which, Mr Hearst
snld. were owned by tho coal combine.
Reortlng to his bill. Mr. Hearst said
Its main features were to clothe tho com
mission with authority to fix rates and
for the establishment of an Interstate
Commerce- court to which appeals 'hall
be made This feature, he said, was foi
the sole purpose Of expediting contro'ser
sles before the commission.
Authority of Congress.
A loner discussion ensued ns to the con
stitutional authorlt) of Congress to dele
Kale it.j authority to the Interstate Com
merce commission to fix raictc Mr
Hears! cited decisions of the Supreme
court to sustain his contention that Con
it; r. possessed this authority However
he did not hold that this authority could
be d legated to a court, and the only
function of tho court created hv his bill
was to review the rate fixed, nnd If the
court could not approve the rate It should
remand the question back to the com
mission with Its reasons
i: in .-ic ntatlve Adamson of Georgia In
terjected that to his mind these were all
minor questions compnxed to the proposi
tion that Congress should take charge of
other people's money and property and
rjn the same He had no Idea, that any
bill on the subject now beforo Congress
would become a law
The remaining time of the hearing was
devoted to a dlscusjlon of the technical
question invoked In the construction "f
Ihe proposed Interstate Commerce court,
the discussion terminating at noon by the
suggestion of Chairman Hepburn that the
Committee might better "study law" in
executive session Mr Hearst will re
sume his testimony tomorrow
IN THE SENATE.
Simmons and Heyburn Speak for Ari
zona Against Joint Statehood.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Hi By a vote of
30 to 42 the Senate today decided to con
sider the cross-town street rallwa bill
for Washington, but the measure soon
gave place to the Statehood bill. That
measure was discussed for three hours.
Mr. Simmons, (N. C), spoke against the
bill In Its pre-sent form He made a plea
against the proposed State of Arizona on
the ground of area, saying that the av
erage distance from the counties included
In the present Terrltors of Arizona to San
ta Fa, tho proposed new capital, was .Wi
miles. He contended that as shown In the
caso of tho division of Dakota into two
States, the tendency was toward smaller
lnst -Ld of larger States and added that
Arliona a.nd Now Mexico wero twice as
large as both the Dakotas together
Mr. Heyburn also spoko against the un
ion of New Mexico and Arizona, express
ing tho opinion that the population west
of the Mississippi would be three times
SS large as that e-ast of the river. He
contended that tho people of Arizona were
In every way capable of making a State
for themselves and he pointed out the
marked differences In race, religion and
training of the people of the Territory
compared to thoso of N w Mexico, which
should., he said, entitle them to separate
States.
Mr Heyburn said that he would, if
necessary, agree to the consolidation of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, but he
expressed doubt of the wisdom of even
lhat part of the bill, because his convic
tion that the population of Indian Terri
tory would become a "political plaything
an element to be trailed, to do business
with ' As for the effort to unlto tho
other two Territories, ho could sec no
reason for It except for a short sighted
desire to shut tho door of the 8enate
against tho West
Rills were passed as follows
For the. relief of the Western Alaska
construction company railroad bv grant
ing an extension of tlmo for completion
of the firtit section of at least twenty
miles, to fix tho compensation of criers
snd bailiffs In the United States court at
$3 a day; permitting narrow gauge rail-
Bought Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and Sent It to Frionds.
Mr. F. W. J Fletcher, a druggist In
Victoria, Australia, say. "A customer
of mine was so pleased with Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, which she has
used for her children when Buffering
from colds and croup, that during a
fortnight's time she obtalneed at my
shop nine bottles, which she sent to
her friends in different part of the
State., telling them how much good it
had done and advising them to give it
a trial." For sale by all leading drug
gists, 4
toads In cert!iin cases to use other thnn
driving wheel brakes now required by luw
IN THE HOUSE.
Swayne Impeachment Report Still
Subject of Debate.
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 Debate on the
Swayne Impeachment case In tho House
today was exhaustive The Senate revo
lution fixing Wednesday, February 8, as
the time for counting the el- toral vote
for President and Vice-President, tho
proceedings to take place In the hall of
the House was adopted A resolution
was agreed to providing for the collection
of additional cotton statistics b the cen
sus bureau.
The Burleson resolution directing tho
director of tho census to collect and pub
lish additional statistics relating ti, cot
ton was reported by Mr CrumpaekiT
dnd i amended so as to provide thai the
statistics if the consumption of cotton,
tho surplus of cotton held by tho
manufacturers '.ind the quantity of cotton
exported, shall be summarized ,-is of Sep
tember 1 each year, so as to show the
cotton produotlon and consumption of the
preceding year
in most emphatic terms Mr Maddos
(GS ) declared that cotton farmers should
protsi t thsmselvos by forming a trust
and withhold reports fr..m the Govern
ment Everybody he said, was In some
sort of B liul against the farmer, and
he must fight the devil with tire
After sone- further discussion! In which
the resolution was favored by Mr Wil
liams (Miss.) the resolution was agreed
to.
The legislative ezecutlvi nnd judicial
appropriation bill was sent to conri r m i
Consideration of the Swayne Impeach
ment oharges then was resumed, Mr.
Clayton (Ala I Speaking ill ad H ie nf
them
Mr. Clayton discussing the expense ac
count of Judge Swayne, vehemently de
clared 'Tin y repel the harp that
the Judges of this country are giilttv Of
putting up at bnardlng-hnuseM -,t j -,
day ehurglng $10, and pocketing tie
Mr Brantlsj fGs ) supported the mi
nority report, maintaining that Impeach
ment proceedings wc ie not mad. possible
by the Constitution
Secretary Shaw had said, Mr Lacy
CPs i remarked, that hair of our Judgi -
took the full amount of their expense
allowance ' But you cannot Indict a na
tion, ' ho concluded
RAILROAD REBATES.
Witnesses Charge That Millions
Have Beon Made by the System.
WASHINGTON, Jan 16. The Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce gae
a hearing tcxiay on the Cooper-Quarlcs
bill conferring greater power on the In
terstate Commerce commission E P Ba
con, representing tho Interstate Corn
mere e law convention, who has been heard
at some length by the committee, was
examined.
Replying to Senator K.lkins. he said that
the question of rebates w.m fully covered
by the Elklns act and that It remains for
tho Interstate Commerce commission to
Infarct the provisions of that act It is
essential, he said, that the books of (he
i ill road companies be open not onl to
Inspection, but that the Inspectors be ap
pointed to examine the books of railway
corporations in order to discover when
rebates are paid that suits might be
brought bj the Attorney-General He
wo lid not at this lime suggest an amend
ment to the Cooper-Quarlcs bill covering
lhat point, but he thought machinery
should be provided in the future to meet
this condition.
Chalrm.m Elklns said It was Imports nt
that smnebody send for the books SSone
Of the things desired Is to do away with
reh-ntes. What the country wants, said
Senator Elklns Is that discrimination ami
le-bates he stopped
Replying to Senator Elklns, Mr Paeon
said th railroads have gained millions of
dollars by the law forbidding re-batcs. The
committee adjourned until next Frldaj
AFFECTS SHIPPING.
Maritime Interests Take Cognizance
of New Service Regulations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lfi. Representa
tives of the Maritime Interests from all
parts of the country are assembled In
Washington to confer with Secretary Met
calf, of the Department of Commerce and
Labor, and the officials of tho steamboat
Inspection service regarding the proposed
relations of the service, the adoption of
Which was recommended recently by the
board of supers Islng Inspectors.
Some of tho shipping Interests came
hero to protest against thA adoption Of a
part of the regulations while others real
ly representative of the larger Interests
do not protest, at all. but merc-lv have 8ug'
gested more modifications of tho proposed
regulations In some respects
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or protruding
PUc-s. Your druggist will refund money
if PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure you
in 6 to 11 days. 50c.
Filed His Resignation.
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 -Hobert B Arm
strong. Assistant .swrnary of the Treasury In
charge of custonM, ha in iicut"-- to the Presi
dent and to S.-cretary Shaw hlo purboss to
rel(rn to aivi-pi an Important business pom
tlon In New York Mr Armstrong's re-lcna-tl'
n Will take efYVef on March 1
Commissioner of Immigration.
WASHINGTON Jan URobert Watchorn
commissioner if Immigration ;t Montreal haii
been appointed CommliiHloner r.f Immigration
Nominations Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. Jon 16--Th S.noto to
day confirmed the following Dominations Ves
pasian Warner Illinois Commissioner of Pen
Slons; Crtorgo M Kichcy. po.lmaj.ter at La
Grande. Or
MINORITY ROOM NEAR.
The Minority room Is In a remote part of
the npltol at Washington. A stranger
wishing to get to It must have a guAe
One goes through a narrow, lane-like al
ley that shoots directly off from the main
passageway from the Houso of Represen
tatives to the Sonato wing. There is a
rrssn elevator man who takes tho visit
ors from the Houe. floor proper to tho
minority haven of rest, where John Sharp
imams Is now working llko a Trojan
A gentleman from New York got on tho
elevator ono afternoon, tho door was shut
and tho heavy, thick-necked elevator con
ductor sang out, "How near to heaven
do you wish to gof 1
Tho Minority room," was tho reply
coldly. v "
Huh." as he pulled the ropo, "you got
X? ,.Up get thT b,n 11 aln't thu
right direction, at that 1
Work is Easy
when you eat
Grape-Nuts
the fascinating
Brain Food
And trial 10 days proves.
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GIGANTIC STEAL
IN BOUNTIES
Business fa May Be
in It.
Palpable Frauds Traced
Certainly to a Gang
of Six.
Clerk Dnvies Under Arrest, but He
Claims Ignorance Legislature
Takes a Hand.
Gigantic bounty swindles in Utah. Colo
rado Wyoming Idaho and Nevada arc
now traced to the ring one of whoso al
leged leaders Is in S;-Jt l ake county's Jail
A .i result of Sheriff F.mei s expos- L
B. Davles, deput county clerk under tne
pnsl administration, under arrest Other
officials in this and neighboring counties
may undergo che same experience as h is
Mr Davles Oo . Cutler tent a special
tmssnge to the Legislature yesterday, and
Investigation through thai body Is about
to begun, as wits foretohl In vesterday
morning's Tribune The Inner story of
this ring s operations in I'tah. a story
that Implicates well-known business man
and Is replete with strange details Is
given hH.iw
These ire some of the salient points to
this story Bait Lake county offli lals
have Issv d during the past six months
certificates calling for rnop' than Sis 00
bounties "n wild beasts. This do-9 not
include legitimate bounties NVnrlv .ill
this amount has been gotten during Ihr. e
m.mths Just pan. Weber count' officials
i lvi lasu ' i certificates to the extent of
118,000 I" both counties six men have
hi' ndled idl the hides, Bounties have leen
paid on punched hid. And -)i the hides
were redolent with camphor. All were
S year old These hides came from other
states Clerk Jones is scoussd of re
celvlng them He, in turn, after ho had
gathered bounties, handed them to kn nvn
crooks who then got other bounties on
them, paying Jones more- than half tha
rronc' In )ther counties than Salt Lake
well-known business men. men who nevt r
shot a coyote In their lives, collected
bOUnl n , mi !j
Sheriff Bmery'S Investigation Into the
hooks of th S.-lt Lake County Clerk's of
Peo a few das since w.is f . .11. . w by a
similar examination In Weber county.
Then ih-- Sheriff set his deputies to work
Inside of a week's time the hlStorj "f
tho gung's uperatlons was pretr. w I
garnered
Jone. (bo man now in jail, began get
ting bounties In S.ilt Lake countv near
ly a year ago It Is alleged But "he was
then only feeling his way. This winter
h. did nearlj all his work This is how
the officers say he did It:
How Jones Did His Work.
JOne-3 received big consignments of coy
ote and wild cat hides from other States.
He t.mk these every live days during the
past three months to th. office "f the
County lerk of Salt Lake There, he K,,t
bount moiK y Many of the coyote hld- s
he passed for woif hides. All the wild cut
hides went for those of mountain lions
In Salt Lake county during the past tcv,
months bounty certificates ha b. en Is
sued for Km mountain linns Now. Ii will
be remembered that when President
Hcsosevelt and his party had their famous
hunt, after mountain lions had been herd
ed for th m for months. the pot only
twelve. Gray wolf bounties came In SV( n
greater numbers. And it is a well-known
tact lhat neither lions nor wolves exist
In any numbern In the States
The hides on which Jones got theso
bounties wen- all old. it is stited Man
Of th.-in r.melt heavily of camphor. Some
of them, now In possession of the au
thorities, are redolent with the drug.
Every ii .- days Jones appeared with an
old worn telescope containing a bundle
of hides and every fl. ,i,ih he carried
away certificates calllnc for about J375.
After he had handled a set of hides
Jones handed them over to others ,,f tie
sextette. These wont Into othr counties,
Weber, Cache, I'tah and Davis counties
were thus invaded In each of these coun
ties Jones had himself been and he told
Ids subordinates how to go about thlnns
to get their money.
The manner In which Jones seems to
have paved the way for these other
crooks varied In different places Investi
gation In different counties brings strange
things to light. As a result of this the
Legislative n estimation will look Into
Ihe conduct of county officials M .re
than this. In Ogden well-known residents
cf the city, who never handled guns or
poison are said to have procured large
amounts of bounty.
Large Sums Gathered In
But most of the work was done b Jon. s
and his fellows. Under the alias of Vt,i
Jer.es Is Mild to have gotten nearly tfficii
In Salt Lake countv James Gorman got
$4500. John Mitchell got $200. while Ed
Cork, James Case) and George King got
amounts varying from to Jiyii (n.h
The total for this trio in Salt Lake coun
ty during throe months reaches $5000 Now
this happened In Salt Lake county. The
grand total of tho frauds here amounts to
more than $1S,000.
In Weber county at the same time Mit
chell was verv busy In fact the frauds
there, while not so largo ns in Salt Lake
county, were verv palpable Mitchell 8
said to have vlsttc-d the office of tho Coun
ty Clerk nearly every dav In December
and January. In January alone Weber
COIinty paid more than j;i In bounties
In Davis. Cache and Utah counties'
equally raw swindling kept bookkeepers
working herd and made rich the swind
lers, in Salt Lake and Weber counties
these swindlers all told the same stork's.
They said they were located near Ter
race There they said they were kllllnK
and Rklnnlng COyotSS and other peels.
In all these counties Jones took the
fresh hides. Then ho (rave them to tho
others of th..- ring to market on tho per
centage plan explained above In so d(h
Ing these men sometimes clipped off legs
or ears that had be. n punched too often
to look well. In Weber county this led
to trouble about tilx weeks ago. Deputy
Clrk Schwann refutfed to pay bounty on
about t660 of such hides.
Jones is suld to have handled the90 mu
Ulated hides, with which ho had finished
Just like a business man handles his
".ires. He and Mh fellows did nearly all
their business since October 1 19M
Secretary of State Tlngey has sent out
orders to Weber, Davis. Utah and Cacho
counties as w;ll as to Salt Lake countv
t.i have the books ehowlng bounty trans
actions brought Into his office
Charles Jones, accused of being head ,,f
this gang. Is u smooth talking, shrewd
eyed man. lie his lived n Ogrlcn a num
ber of years He Is not communicative
Ills wlfo in Ogden. who sues him for di
vorce now. says he has lived with a num
ber of other women The woman who was
about to fleo with him to California along
with S little boy said to bo their child is
nOW back In Salt Iik- rity She, will not
say whether or not she Is married to
Jcne
D B Davles was arrested Saturday Ho
handled tho hides brousht In for bounty
In SaJt Lake county during two year's
last- Davits is thought bv some to "have
been so ignorant of hides that ho accepted
ancient, camphor scented skins Ho will
be held pending Investigation
Tho Utah Bounty Law.
The law under which theso bounties i
v ere paid Is found on page 4i of the ses
sb.ii lawH of i;a H reads as follows.
Section L There shsll t pnl'l as hereinafter
provided for the kllllnsr within ihr tir.undarle
f tlila State, of animals hereinafter num. 1
Ihe following bounties to wit For cuc-h eoyotc
bo killed! Ji '". lynx .,r wild oat killed. It;
f..i each wolf, other than OCTOI0, and fer . .. h
mountain lion or h-nr no killed. $.'
See 2 Any jxrson klllltiK within thin Klnte
SftST lh.- passes "f thin ;iet one or rnern of
the above-named animals nni who ahaii dcir.
to olaln the bounty therefor shall within
nljty davs from 'he .Lite of the killing there
of, exhibit tho sculp with the ears entire and
nil oonneel I of saota animal t.. the Clerk ot
JI) SOUnt) within this State hjkJ nhnll it t thr
same time file with the sai'i County "ierk his
artldutlt In writing taken before him es such
clerk, which affidavit shall be substantially In
tl f rni following, to w it
I .Jo solemnly dw-r-ar that the skin or tho
culp with the ctir-H entire jin.l the- tall Con
DtCted by mo exhibited to the e'lerk of tho
' iunty Of . Ktat. of I'tah, was taken
from the anlrnul by me killed In this Stalo of
Utah within hlxty .!ay prior to tho dot of
this affidavit "
If upon flllnir the affidavit required
In tton it shall appear to tho satisfaction
f said Clerk that mi h animal wan killed In
this BtatS an I thai th" k. alp with earn entire
and tuii connected h:n. not t-.-en ooTcred, at
tached punched oi cut shall issus and de
liver to the person exhibiting the ame a cer
tificate addressed to the udltor of the Slate
of t'tah. Sold cirtlflratr shall show trtc num
ber and s-peclen of the akin or nklnn . r .art
of skltiM so examined and punched and shall be
signed by the County -Uik In his ..flklal cn
pacllj attested bj Mi. wui ,... fee shall be
chorcc-d bv the Canty "Vrk
s-' It hall be the duty of the Countv
Clerk of each and tvciy county of this State
wherein wild skins or fralpa, wltn the ears
entire and the tall connected, aro presented to
keep a record in a bound book for such pur-
P Of all Bkini or ports of skina tosether
with the date cf their receipt and the name
'I Ui. person delivering tb fluno. and said
1 k shall l-o transmitted to hi taiceessor on
thi expiration -f his term of ofOcs I pon the
r.-oelpt of eald certificate It shall be the duty
of the Stale Auditor to file the same In his
h whull give the person presenting
such certificate a warrnnt on the State Treas
urer for the amount (perilled (n accordance,
with law. pro v led that said e- rt Write mav
be properly a-j.ilgne. and presented to the
Treasurer of any ccuntv within the State,
whose duty it shall be to pay said certificates
upon presentation cut of the general fund of
the county, and transmit them, to the State
Auditor for imyment hv the State, as often as
he may deem necessary
Sec. . Any person exhibiting to the Tounty
Clerk of any county of thin State, for the
purpose of obtaining said bounty the skin
or 6colp. with the ears entire and tall con
nected, f any coyote, lynx or wild cut wolf
mountain Hon ..r bear that has been klll.-l
prl. r to the passage of thl net or that wa-i
I'lHd ivide the boundaries ,-,f the State
nf..re.atd or ah., shall patch up anv ekln or
nnrt of sl.-in with ininr, , jk.i . i n. .
or who -hnii e.ii,-n the oertlflcate herein iro-
t:.r without l!it riamlnlnt the aealp
with th.- ears .mire and the tan connected
or who shall Intentionally avoid any of the
provisions of this act. shall be deemed guilty
of n misdemeanor nnd ur-,n conviction there,
or, flinll be flne.j not less than J10 nor nv.ro
thnn WOO, or by Imprlnonment In the countv
Jail for not less than two months nor more
ihiiri six m.-nlhs. or by both such fine Qnd Im
prisonment, toother witfa si II routs. Ono-hnlf
ef such fine sholl he paid to th Informer and
tne other half into the treasury of the state
or i tah
Per- p For the purpose of rnrrvlng out the
Provisions Of this art. there a hereby appro
ZlV'il ,nmm,'v out of the genoral revenu
fund the sum of 110 000 or so mueh thereof u
prl'.v. n,'cosar-v nnfl not otherwise appro
State Still Has the Money
Li county have be. n perpetrated
within the past four months If this "is
tho case the fraudulent claims aro still
unpaid b the State, for the State ar,d-
Inri ?k no "?P.ney ln ,"' bounty fund
to meet the certificates Issued after Oc
. i.er Warrants have not been Issued
I I 'Z" W8.S ,Tash "n hrind to moot
Ui. rn Ihe swlndler-s have secured fh, lr
money by discounting the ccrtlflcttes re
ceived from the. county clerk with various
money lenders.
There Is . .uestlon oa to whether these
erililcatcj, arc negotiable Instruments and
nf'.nows00 abIc al l;iw- rh,"v rc'a,J
. I tah. do h ireby certlfv that
has exhibited to me this dav of
.TTtTi."'0 kln ",r sn!,, wlth rrLrfl 'ntlrs
n I toll co,, need of an,, ,,s ,. ,,
,,l h '' "tlldaMt that, he killed Si. h
animal fn.m which the skin or scalp with
to 7hen '"I nnr .connected was ?oken.
fc uf '"f 1 tHh A'"1 1 further cer.
tlf that I have examined and punched
the cars or Mle .,boo mentioned skin ,.r
scalp with ears entire, and tall connected
; r,lnP tr the 1.1W ths Jj ' y M-
T :1"1 1 further cenlf that th. re Is
due to the within named th" ,Jn
if U shall he held that the man who re
CSived the certificate c, thA onl
w ho can recover from the State the loss. "
fwnijthe bounty frauds can bo rreatly re-
,,trthffa'Clln, w(hch the funds can bo
saved iio the state fa for the Legislature
o refuse to appropriate money to oay
the outstanding claims for bountlea
.hi i I,Cral,)' lt wl" be observed from
the law is a mere joke to anyone capable
hLhl'S i000 r hm,ntV nionov The
InA ! lhat an b0 Imposed' is nn
lded f!,r X month8 'mprisonment g pro.
Ex-Clerk's Statement.
n5htUnt' C1(rk John Jam08 9ald ,!Lst
' can hardly be possible that $17 fOO or
anv where near such a sum was paid for
bounties )n gait Lake countv durine- the
, iiKuiins. i do not think tho
bounties f, r the four years I waSin of
llc amounted to more than 07.000 and
OetnTr,',Ja that th" bounties stacs
October 1 did not amount to more than
ihCMln0r. believe," said Mr James
A? , r. DRvl,?f was In any way Impll
icd, " hr2 frauds All there Is asSftst
him is that ho accented a tip on one oc-
the. office to examine and punch these
hides and we have all done more or les3
dio'.h ? ii? S2 Am ""P-JMMt task to ban.
d o the Ill-flmelllnK skins and the other
clerks ot ln the habit of senrUnrr the
hunters to Mr Davles He has com-
tPh?in,lr'. 0 m th,3t h" t0 m"Ch Of
this kind of work to do Rint.,n k'
has come to me When he Wns In doubt as
to the le-frallty of a hide, and we h& e
tnrown out dozens because they did not
comply with the law
' One man from the pouthorn part of the,
country brought In tho heads of a dozen
and he became very Indlfrnant when I re
fused certificates on the heads Put when
the applicant brought ln the scalp with
Oars entire and tall connected and mad,,
the proper aft davit we had no discretion
1 he law slmp, provided that the certifi
cate should be cHUed My attention wru,
called to the ent Increase In the num
ber of wild animals killed and I asked
some of tho peoplo about It. They told
me that the snows broupht the animals
down out of the hills. ua"
All Skins Wero Examined.
'The skins may have been shipped In
from other States. I had no way of as
certaining -hat. If tho person., who
brought them SWOre to f,-uso affidavits
but I am iulte Huro lhat all the skins
brojKht to my ofiice were carefully ex
amined and properly punched with a half
Inch punch
''As to Mr. Davlos. who Is now rwdnir
held by tho Sheriff It Is a nasty job to
go thiough a pile ..f hides rroeiuently ho
would hav to take thorn out on the porch
to keep the stench out of tho office 6n
one of theso occasion, ho said, the- man
who broug-ht the hides slipped him a gidd
piece after ho had finished his work Ho
accepted It as ho would have accepted a
tip from n happy brldogroom fur iHauInk'
a marriage license
"I have frequently suggested to mem
bers of the Isrtslatnre that the law
should be amended to provide for tho de
struction of the hides after the tx.untv
bus been pnd I am extremely sorry that
such a thlnfr should havu been done
through my office, during tho last fow
weeks of tin your years' administration
but I feel that wo did nothing more than
tho law required us to do"
It Is suggested in some charters that
the County Clerk's bondsmen mav be sued
for the face value of tho certificates If tho
Stat', refuses to pay th.-m, though it is
difficult to seo how the clerk can be held
responsible Jf the eklns were In tho con
dition required by law and the affidavits
properly mad out.
Tho special committee appointed in tho
House of Representative held an lnfor
miil meeting yesterday afternoon and de
cide to await Ih.i appointment of a sim
ilar committee by tho Semite belore nn
terlnc on the Investigation of tho bounty
i
PATENT HOLDir
FOR COW IMS
Invention Will Make
Milkers Happy.
No Swishing Permitted Dur
ing Extraction of the
Lacteal Fluid.
Owners of Vineyards in France
Use Cannon to Change Hail
Into Rain.
By A. F. Philips.
fepcclal to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan 1C -The
Kcnlus of Inventors takes a peculiar turn
at times Among the nearly eight hun
dreei thousand patents granted by the
Government are manv odd contrivances.
For Instance a Michigan man. a farmer
or dairyman has in his career had more
01 hsa trouble with his cows, whose ten
dency to kick over the milking pall or to
swish her tall around lambasting him In
the face until tho cuss words would flow
In a stream easier than th milk he was
trying to extract caused him to do much
thinking. The result of the working of his
think-tank Is a cow-tall holder and for
which ho has applied and received a pat
ent. Now he Is happy The tall of the
animal, by his Invention. Is fastened to
her leg so that the owner or his help can
milk without tho usual difficulties at
tendant upon the operation His patent
Is numbered 77$. 864
Over In France the owners of vineyards
use cannon to fight hail Ammunition
made by man Is used ln combat with tho
elements and the result thus far Is In fa
vor of tho man behind th gun. He blazes
sway at the clouds which attack his grow
ing crop and the fall of Ice Is changed to
rain or enow This statement Is made to
the State department ln a report from tho
American Consular official at Lyons,
France. The official says there are ln that
portion of the. republic twenry-ecru fir
ing societies which In their war with the
storm king hao a-ea millions of dol
lars ln property which would have been
destroyed by the bombardment of Icy mis
siles on high These cannon firing soci
eties In thlr combat with Boreas used
cannon during several of his attempts
to wipe out their vineyards. Prior to thi?
use of tho big guns In fifteen years prop
erty worth over two and a half millions
of dollars wai ruined Since the use of
modern weapons was adopted about five
years since, the damage during that tlmo
has been but J159.-1I2. and during the year
Just closed the loss ln the locality cited
was none In an Interview had between
the Consul and the president of one of
the societies the latter says: "We hae
our confidence In the efficacy of the firing
on the fact that the thunder and light
ning cleared, tho wind abated and tho
clouds disappeared under tha firing of the
cannon and a mild fall of rain and soft
snow succeeded These facts are unde
niable ' it Is now In order for Iowa and
Kansas to organize With firing squads
the twisters which visit those States an
nually entailing great losa of llfj and
damage to property may be turned Into
gentle rainstorms which would benefit. in
Head of causing ruin and disaster.
Star service schedule on routo from
Barton to Mackay. Ida will no changed
on tho 23rd Inst so as to leave Mackay
on Mondays and Fridays on receipt of
mall from the 12. 55 p. m train, but not
later than 3 p. m and arrive in Barton
Tho board of managers of the Congress
of Mothers, consisting of Mrs. Frederic
Schoff, Mrs Fred T. Dubois. Mrs W F
Holtzman. Mrs A. A Blrncy and Mn
Edwin Grlce, Is completing tho arrange
ments for the congress to bo held here
March 10 to 17, and Incidentally attending
the Smoot hearings in the Senate Com
mitter on Elections and Privileges It Is
said the ' Mothers'' have been the real In
struments In bringing about tho Smoot
trial, having Senator Fred T. Dubois as
an ally He has been especially Interested
In the congress and Is classed as a cham
pion of the "Mothers" on all occasions.
There will be a number of notable re
ceptions during tho congress and In manv
ways It will be a society event bocauso eo
many of the women prominently connect
ed with tho organization are In social or
official life, women who aro active and
earnest ln their offorts to promoto tho
happiness in the homo. Mrs. Roosevelt
will glvo a reception at the Whlto House
Mrs Fred T. Dubois, wife of Senator Du
bois, Mrs A A. Blrney and several oth
ers will entertain ln honor of Mrs Schoff
and her co-workera.
Among thoso to deliver addresses will be
Theodoro Roosevelt, President of the
I nlted States, and Sir Mortimer Durand
British Embassador Other prominent
members of tho diplomatic corps havo
been Invited to speak but have not yet
signified their acceptance Senator Fred
T Dubois will also bo among tho speak
ers. President Roosevelt will have "A Me8
aagu for Mothers " and Mm Schoff de
clares that both the President and Mrs
Roosevelt aro greatly Interested In the
work that the "Mothers" are carrying on.
Tho President is chairman of tho advis
ory council and keeps himself tnoroughly
Informed on cerythlng connected with
the congreas-
v
According to a bulletin of tho census bu
reau Just Issued on irrigation. California
ranks first in number of Irrigated farms
and total construction cost; Utah second
in number of farms and third In con
ttTH?U.on colt of "ystems, and Colorado
third In number of Irrigated farms and
second In construction cost. In total ir
rigated area. Colorado ranked first Cali
fornia second and Montana third These
figures aro for the year UQ1
When Danger Signals
your liver out of order, con
stipation, or your stomach not
working right, it's a sign of
distress which, unheeded, will
lead to trouble it is time to
take
Beechams
Pills
Sola Everywhere, In boxes 10c. aud 25o
mail mm
IN POLITICS
Facts Given Relative
to Dismissals.
Rural Postmen Were Out to
Make Bargains With
Politicians.
Decided to Support Roosevelt and
Democratic Candidates for Mem
bers of Cor-gress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. K,. -Post master
General Wynne transmitted to th Rouse
tnc;:iy " ,1 State-tni nt of fu. t" . ;,tVr- t.)
the dismissal, December 10. irn, 0(
C. Keller, president of the City Letter
Carriers" association Th.- Information is
In response to ji resolution Introduced bv
rt.-j.r.-xcnlatl'. e II. ir-t and agrr-c-d to hi-
the II..LS-- '
The response says .Mr. K.-il-r w.is hi, I
miss.-.l for l..-iru: .ll.y r,t tn.rn hi-, post of
duly without leave, in his showmic tr.
the department Mr Keller says that ha
received oral leave from the Into post
mast. r- i.-nc-ral Payne to be absent from
outs for a yeas vt.. n th.. d-iMrtment
ordcrr.fl hi r.rnrn t,-, ,lii, tw. .1 ( , 1 . "
l.-r sa Insr II v.is Imp - lbl r.-.r him i ) '
do so ru present His dk.mlsa.il follow,-, L '
The camp.iitcn r.f tl.. rm.il c-:i rTlera for ill
nn Increase of pay Is set forth in the com- w
rr.unlcatlon In a numb' r ..f .-In-ulnr l--
t re rr.-dlted to the thr.-- namci carriers
and all ar- based n an expe.lition of I
Carrier Cunningham to N.-w York where
he Interviewed Chairman "Yrtelyou of th(j
National committ-. . 'hairman Tayart
of thr- National ...mini : t . ,,n, ,,,, (,.,,.
r-sentat! 1 1 rsti '. t. . , r. tar. of the i
Republican ConKT.-r.Me.nal ...mp.ilpn til.
reau
Bargain With Politicians.
The- plan to outll: c ,u t . I f n r. -r- in St
L uis and CunninRham wa.- Instructed to
m'.ke tne t..st baiKiln p..slbl " with
the "politicians." It was proposed that
Representative Oversfreei should civ. out I i
a n.-WBpup-- Inter-.!. , (., th.- . ft.-. thu i
a- a coming 6cs6lon he will allow to be re
prrted out of tho postofflce committee the
Fairbanks bin (the situation in Indians
is that Fairbanks will b defeate.1, iho '
Republicans ar - of tin- opinion an. I Mi.-.ul.j i
b- K'ad of a chance to make this tr.U-j i
Th. n what .' Tills lnlorlev will he Ila.h-1
all over the country by the Associated
I'r.ss. that Overstrssl will do this.
"We will then pet In our work of re-
Inp Congressmon and candidates to com- i
mlt themselves to ot.- for the t.ui w j
will then got otit the Pre. Delivery News
wdh an extra whooping up Overstreet;
that hw la not such r bad fellow, aftr
u II. and urv.' the carriers t - ,-ni r .rt ir., 4
whole ticket 4
"But If Cortelyou does not agree to thia ' r'i
plan, then we must do .mr turn In
Mime, of bluff MV to him tha' we will
support the head of th.- ticket, but n-
w.e- havo nothinK to expect from a Re-
publican House we will supf.ort the Demo- 4
crata for the remainder of the 1 1 ket
Pushing n Bold Plan.
The comment 1m then made, "It Is a
bold plan, but It Is r-ut.-r to ro alor.i; I;
than to stand still R.,th political nartlcj te
think ar.l believe we have much mor
strength, many more memhers In our tJ
orpanlzatlon and a more p. rf.-u orpnnlr;.- hi
tlon than wo really have This Is very I
mueh ln our favor, and al! committees
Judge from the Quantities of telegrams
and petitions sent to W-ushlnpton last 1
winter" (-
Carrier Cunningham r-;--. ! o ar-rl.-r
Tumber by letter from New York
on October 14, l?r4. as follows:
"I saw Cortelyou today and he said he
had n lonsr talk with Overstreet and that
he could not glvo me any encouragement
as Overstreet would not -ommlt himself
I saw Mr. Tagpaa-t this afternoon nnd he
talked as If tho Democrats would with
out doubt pass the bill if elected. I told
him that we could onl support a Demo
cratic House 1 will meet him again to
morrow morning." B"
After a meetincr between Cunningham
and Tumber In Buffalo October 19. 1?0J. "T
a long circular letter to carriers was pre- i J
pared by Tumber In It ho says:
T have presenter! to von the advice of
the executive board It Is their bent Jud- BS
ment that all carriers and their friends
should support the- head of the Republl- I.
can ticket, but a Democratic IJoi:ie " 11
The Postofflce department states that W
nil of tho rural carriers named wero ah- '
sent from duty without leave, ln add!-,
tlon to their activity ln politics.
To
I
40 Sires, 10c to 50c Each,
41. OAMTABLLA L CO. Makers, Tsmpu, rifl. t':
Sold by first-class dealers
everywhere.
( 1 905) 1
New Tear resolutions seem to be ; .,,
working out all right. We are eat- fc,
Ing bread now made from
HUSLER'S g
FLOUR Si"
And must ,av It Is good better
thnn e expected DMnt kn..w oTj,
there could bo such a difference ln
flour Find It pays to order a guar- fv
teed brand. 1 II
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