Truth. [volume], May 04, 1907, Image 1

About Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908

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I Vo1- 65 No. 34. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 4, 1907. Price 5 Cents. H
I Lookina to Next Election
H People arc already beginning to
H talk of the municipal election next
H November. The question is what
H shall the line up be? Will the Amer-,
H ikearns party put up a ticket and if so
B will the opposition unite against the
m common enemy or will the republi
cs cans and democrats put separate
mi tickets in the field? It is admitted
B on all sides that the Amerikearns par
K1 ty has lost heavily -since the county
B election last autumn. Then they car
B ried thd city proper by a fair margin
M but lost in the county outside of the
M city. The record made by the pres
M cnt city administration is what has
B weakened if not entirely ruined the
M party. The police department has
H been a constant scandal and disgrace
M to the city. Its venality and graft
al ing propensities arc so apparent that
M none except the Tribune and its cla
H quers deny it. It is in league with
M the criminal clcmlent. Besides its
M sins of commission it bears a heavy
B weight of guilt on the other side in
Ba the form of sins of omission. It is
BB demoralized, inefficient and is more
BB of a menace than a protection to the
B community. Notwithstanding those
B well known facts the heads of the
M administration stand behind it, at
fl tempts to justify its wrong doing
BB and refuse to heed the cry of the pub
Hfl He for a reorganization of the depart
BB ment. The most of the other city
H departments are like the police de
Bl partment, run as private snaps not
1 in the interest of the public. The
J .-j treasury is empty. Money collected
BH a year and longer ago for special
BH! improvements such as building side
BB walks and sewers has either been
BB dissipated or is used to furnish cap
BH ital for a bank in 'which the supreme
BB boss of the Amerikearns party is in
Bfl terested. The improvements in many
Bb cases have not been made and the
BH property owners can neither get thier
BH money back nor the improvements.
BH The city offices are filled with clerks
BH . and others who draw salaries from
BH the city ttreasury for doing nothing,
HB 'A and whose only claim to be furn
BV ished employment is that they are
B workers for the Amerikearns party.
BH Grafting goes on and is looked up
BH on as legitimate. These are some
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of the reasons why the party is not
looked upon with favor by the gene
ral public. Notwithstanding that, if
the next election should be a three
cornered fight there is a chance that
the Amerikearns crowd might retain
control of the city. They have the
prestige of office and every man
holding office is an ardent worker for
his party. If they were not they
could not retain their positions. That
means a vast army of election work
ers and plenty of cash which means
so much in a municipal election.
The opposition should take no
chances. They should get together,
sink politics in the interest of the
public welfare and turn the rascals
out. It is true the democrats cut a
sorry figure in the last election, but
they are by no means out of the run
ning. If the republicans and demo
crats put up separate tickets it would
give the Amerikearns gang a chance
to slide in between which would be
a public calamity.
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THE MODERN ATHENS.
For some considerable time Good
win's Weekly has published as a
leading feature glowing descriptions
(Judge Colburn style) of the great
cities of the ancient world and at the
same time urged on its readers that
Salt Lake City had greater possibili
ties than any of those old towns
whose glory has departed. Last week
ancient Athens was the theme. In
striking language the palatial build
ings of that city, the beauty of the
architecture and their artistic ap
pearance are protrayed. The art
icle closes with an appeal to the men
of Salt Lake to emulate the builders
of Athens.
We think such an appeal is entire
ly unnecessary, rather Salt Lake
slvoufld be held up to the Athenians as
a model to patern from. Consider the
buildings that the Croesuses of our
city have erected. Take as an exam
ple that magnificent structure on
East Second South street erected by
Mayor Tl" - .son where he had his
office. Ii ,ijilt of ebony or some
cheaper wood. Its dimensions are
majestic possibly twenty feet by
fifty feet ..J for heigh it towers to
the clouds probably a story and a halt
from the earth. In artistic finish and
architectural beauty it is a gem, deal
boards covered with a coat or may be
two coats of paint. The interior
would put to shame the marble halls
sung about by the Bohemian girl.
The surroundings arc beautiful be
yond compare, a saloon "on one side
and a second hand furniture store on
the other.
Another example of the mayor's de
votion to- architectural art and high
ideals is that magnificent structure
on the east side of Main street, about
the middle of the block, between
First and Second South streets. The
mayor's tastes run to wood. This
grand pile, like the one on East Sec
ond South streets, is constructed ot
some rare kind of lumber. It is one
story in height and the interior is
devoted to the tonsorial art. It is a
great credit to the main thorough
fare of the city.
Among the great and truly orna
mental corners in the city that one at
Second South and Main streets
known as the Smith Drug Store cor
ner owned by Walker Brothers is
a thing of beauty and consequently
a joy for ever. Its style of architect
ure is uncertain, difficult to define.
The material of which it is built is
red brick and lath and plaster. The
outer walls are adorned with a pro
fusion of boards on which are pasted
sheets of printed matter and truly ar
tistic pictures. The people who past
those sheets pay for the privilege of
providing such an unspeakably love
ly scene for the public to feast their
eyes "and artistic sense upon. In the
evenings after dark when the pictures
are illuminated the effect puts Claud
Melnotte's visions of a palace and
gardens where perfumed light steals
through the mist of alabaster lamps
and the air is heavy with the sighs
of orange groves and the music of
sweet lutes in the shade. The towering
hight of the structure, a story and
a half at least, gives it a very impos
ing aspect.
Then at the same intersection, on
the west side of Main stret there arc
the two grand bank buildings. Noth
ing like them has ever been seen in
the great west or the east for that
matter. Look at the massive pillars
at the entrance of one of the banks,
then gaze on the commanding heights
of the structures whiclv although
among the very first to be reared in
Salt Lake soon after the first trcckcrs BH
came, still retain their supremacy. BB
There is a row of buildings on the BH.
west side of Main street, immediate- BH
ly north of McCornick's bank which 'M
it would be wrong 'to omit m.ntion- Bfl
ing. They would be an ornament BH
to any city in the whole world. Two
stories high exceeding the hight of
most of those other imposing and BH
massive piles we have referred to BH
they justly attract universal atten- HB
tion. Candy stores, fruit and peanut
stands add to their beauty. HHJ
There arc others, but those men- HH
tioned arc sufficient to show that for M
public spirited citizens, the lovers of B
beauty, paintings, sculpture and archi- VHYJ
tccturc of the ancient city of Athens
don't compare with those we have "fll
right here at home. " Repeat the Bl
ancient splendors," says the Weekly. BJ
Here they have not only been repeat- M
cd but excelled. ',1
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We learn from the Tribune that a ".BJ
few Mormons arc allowed to remain iBJ
on the police force "on suffranoe." BJ
The Tribune claims not to be an an- M
ti-Mormon paper but its acts and its ,1
professions don't harmonize. Hfl
The Wyoming newspapers are ask- BBJ
ing why the people of that state don't -fl
turn their attention to the beet rais- 'H
ing. The answer is easy. They arc jBJ
so busy raising hades they haven't 'H
time to raise anything else. 'H
According to the statement of :H
Chief Sheets the public didn't know fl
there was a strike or anything unus- BJ
ital happening in town until well ;BJ
along in the day. It is safe to say H
they wierc about the only persons in 'Bl
town that didn't know it. jBJ
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SUMMER EXCURSIONS ')
Via Colorado Midland Railway. BJ
City of Mexico, May 1 to 7, June jVJ
7 to 14 and 17 to July 11. Round trip 'JH
$69.15, Long Limits. BJ
Eastern Excursions. -HJ
May 27-30, June 3-7-12-14- One fare .H
plus $2.00. Long Limits. ,;
Stop Overs. Other cheap rates dur- JH
ing the Summer. Write L. H. Hard- ill
ing, Salt Lake City for particulars. ffl
" L. H. HARDING, Afl
General A'gent. HJ
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