BaB iSS-SB R I f fP "ft 'W IncreasiugEach Day i,, 0" ,.n!ltonnwunty and Eastern N$fcs--V JI S. llUllkaKpiSTDJ 642lf iLMM. II ift Nl n day pnw but new ubcrlb- , H ..W of Cr.der. An advettbw rs A T ieSS? p52 fc' f' T or nre enrolled t- Tho Bun. These T H mh n i prlcri on neasonnblo " CT -' r" buy morchnndlc. The flun goes Into f , H l ,UiVJ! ,f sold right, will bring DrU ITIAI I f rsrnnni ls-Al the home of more people thnn nny J J hH ".he merchant that uc rOLITICALLY, REPUBLICAN. other newnpaper of KaMern Utah. I BB U w If The Sun. . ' Hulmcrlptlon book open to all adver- J i H M column0 v ..-, , " "- tlacr nnd patron of The Hun. ? I H I VOLUME 1; NUMBER 12. EVERY FRIDAY AUGUST 20, 1015. i M III MORNING ff ISJOT ONE iji"vmhk or tiii: voi- -. rrW Oiib IW HnlldliiK Alnnt Cd iii i-i-'f- ';": S- I- ""''"",,"r M"""-f jtwrn-m w Hltelit I-c ,.... ,(wr midnight Tueda fire Wt in Hie old Price Club bar tfjte t aide of South 77. .tree! ami but for tho good ?.! the volunteer flro department j CMf Mow King the building "conUnlN and much adjoining J,rtf "oul' hate been a totn loan. K ,he I'rlco I'lult bar building ItartJh.f .. hlle tho Bmoot SUTuimlier company wn conalil. ,ltf Kilned n wa tho Krcd J. iuu bunding to the north. "th Price riuh bar property la own j br Gun I'appaa. 1'cler lvl and 7 8 Then. It carried Insurance, of Z, ihouwnd dollar. The Inaur i7u P)lle to Price Commercial .. ...i. Imnk under n mortgage. SLt Nixon I" to burned Ice Zm building I around u hundred uTfiftr dnllnr with no Inmirance. tot dmge to their lumber stock by itrmt moving la alight, nnd la mtt.i by Insurance. rcr time It looked na thought the tewl-N.ion ard waa doomed a nlo rThomM building, but n change of t wind helped out the fire fighter. 1 dimufi to the Thomaa building iirund a hundred und fifty dollar. nntM ' Insurance Theas, I'appaa at Dtl(i owned the content of the dak IUr place They carried n thou ail dollar Innurunco on (hi. Utah alucn had mi r. Uht dnmngo to BrtchindUe and fixture by water uJuuoko and the removal of good. TUre l the umial myalery na to the rttn of the fire. Tho I'rlco Club Mttlnf w occupied on the vecond (Iwr a lodging houe. vhlln the tr floor a n pool hull nnd Greek home number of Greek Kttrrpttd there during the evening rfTida nnd held high revelry un id ih early morning hour. Thcro irt t doien or more way the place c!lt hae tan Kht fire Much dcMrwil credit I due the fire fcprtmnt und the boy lonnvcted UVnwIth f. r the prompt repone to aUrm They worked excellently u4 undouMrdl) aed thmmund of MUri In property for Hmool. Nixon ul olhrm adjoining All of the In nrtT tx ept u thouwtnd ilollar khJ V Hammond, wu carried In innry Bf It W Crockett & Co. Tilt iiMkra the third lo the lutter ittl hae paid on the Price club WUInr XdJiiKlera uro expected Ithla a dat or two to kettle with the rtTii Itlu-r VUluil ly riunicx. Otftu Ui r nlm had n. fire of i'trlou origin early Wedneday wrsing The todgfug houae. reiitmir uunil aalnin of Jim Kheyn, recently Hfl"r, are nlmoat u total loan. A kkk onr-tton building adjacent and Mwiclnn to Hheyn went up III flume, lath a titwrctc ilwelllng wa nUo iUcd li (Ire. water und moktt to i wiulJcralilc umount. The Riihion und reatutirunt bulldlnit Hrntrlu lielongvd to Beth Pace, who M It In t'eieate Delphi, who In turn d It to Shtyu for Helper prop r The brick building wu thu or jwl t(or of nuuderaon llro. und ' u Mfart). before tho boom nt ittn Itiver The concreto building tat former dwelling of Krunk Cook. Mh rr,pcrtv wu In wlint I known old town carried ubout I7B0O Innur 'ail p.u Then. U no water for ' PUfiwua nt (Ireen lUver. IJd ? f lltlpir wu temporurlly In J,f if the liulncMM for lila bro- ' The diimugo and loan Im eatl 'wd at irii thouaand dollnrn IIS SlITjS HIED ioirt w, KK1, or 3a,ui riulin HlK h""i I nun Iah-iiI .'oiiituii). Jmn MoggHir of Mnntl ha ljkVo.U ,n "' ltrlct court ut Halt Wr,o "s ""' ho Price lllver l- . iu m CJ,"l'i und other for the In i?.n. ' r tt 'N'' ln "ln HU,n "f "' 1 ui i.KPq to bo put due. in.. m ' ceil to liav been l-anfit0""' Um HK" nt "' ,lm" "f '" 5iiJI"!. fr m 'ogan of tho old . "" crv,)lr "lt0 in Oooaeberry i tnu fort) ucrc of putontod iiTMl,,rnsa,to occurred when W. Mh,r.ulf', !' T " r-IUgernld nnd Irrinii ro '" l'ntro of Price Itlver wii. , """I'any nnd before the wto lhetjn,r " "f ,ho company curne loldli'.1. ftf Ul" company Mute that Wfd..: " ","' u"lr belong to their 'Undi7M'r. uw thtt their under Una iJl ,,ln, U wnM "ottled by Hog lath,. it ?" ,n,r tt "I0"! f efock t Wbti tu n oh collateral. fclnr.,0 .Mri'' Nenh' William, now UrriuV ;l mVo c,t" unnounce the Uwiiulof, ,,,elr daughter. Ka. and ,., J'V, KIPck of Perron, tho ttmou , . ,,lare I" tho Salt Uke '" fterda FIRE INSURANCE GRflFTJOBS UP lUitiKKii.io cits orr x)MPirri. 1lt).V ON SCIIOUt, lll'MMftS. ImiU Ak TIioiirIi the Mcinlxr I'rom llrlHT Wiim Altciuptlng to liliert PollclcH to III Omi Ageiic) .laid tor An Named mill Salaries l'lxiil In All the DMrlil of the Count). Carbon count) 'a cnnmilUUited nchmil board met lnot Tuenday with nil mem ber present. Janitor for the evernl building In the county were named nnd the aatarle fixed. At Itlnck Hawk there nre four. W. II. MK'lurg. $20: Moae Hnnn, tit, J. W. Norton. )1C. Itlchard I'nrrlmnnd. U. Kenll worth, Mar) PaUe, 156; Helxr. Banto Iledo, MS; Carbon. Mr. IC. Well. ItO; Cameron, Mr. 1 .viler, 110. Caatle Gale. Kate Golden, 130. Bcofleld. Mr. Pugh, ISO, Winter Quarter. Hyrum Dale. $7S; Wellington. Catherine Bui llvnn. US. Price. Glen Blmmermuch er, 176; Carbon. Illc. Martha I J. Mc Kendrlck, 116, Bunnylde. Vr-A Welt, mime n lant )ear. Ml lila I.irnen wa appointed u teacher at Blorr. It wa reported that ample room bad been protlded for the accommodation of all people by the committee uppolnled to look after the matter. B, W. Goldlng, county auperlntend ent of achool. wa ordered to mako hi annual report to the board by Augut3tth. The garage ut Catle Gate wa or dered old for n hundred nnd fifty dollar und the money turned In to the board. Joe llnrbogllo, the member from Helper, made a motion whlih un carried, that hereafter nil achool prop erty lo Inaured In board companies, otherwlae known u "the fire Inaur nnce truit." Ilarbogllo I n "iHinrd" Innurnnte agent nt Helter and n mem ber of the trUNt Till action of the board of. achool truatee mean that the tounty will hereafter pay from 17 to SS per cant more for It flro In aurnnce than the name now cot. It ubni look a If llarbogllo wu attemp ting to turn thl bualnen to hlmtelf uii'l hi Helper bunk. The bank nnd other connected with It lire nlo In- aurnnce agent. (. J. Harmon. prel dent of the board, currle hi OWN mercantile buulne ut Wellington In vompnnlc not In the truat. n alao doe le B. Thomu. another member of the board, ut Winter Quarter. Count) Huperlntendent Goldlng wu Inatrmted to report to the ImmihI the mime or nil Carbon count) teacher who have failed to attend the I'tuli Htnte Teuiher' HKHoclntlon. Ml Ilia Bcott I to teach Kngllah uud eloiutlon In the Curium County High achool ut u nlury of hundred nnd ten. dollur monthly. Clerk Hoffmann wa Intruded to draw u warrant for I1IS8.00 to eoor Intereat on high achool IkiiuU held by i:. II. Itollln ft Bon. (Uerk Hoffmann wu ordered to no tlf) C. B, Price to make the board u pu)mrnt of forty dollar due for brick from the Prbe (old) ehnl build- The board adjourned to meet again Auguat Sttb. NffilMJK MHEf irrnivt Hull Imluclng Niimernii Mt tlcn Hi Conn to Till Siftloii. Krnet Hull, owner of Kl.erlew ud dltlon to Price, wu here thl week from u trip to llutte und other Mon tnnu town. He brought with him l.e IJuehlund. u miner of llutte, who haH Inveated through Hall In forty acre of farming land out on Miller Creek, five mile from Price Mr. Iluchluml returned )eteida to the Montana mining city and will bring hi wife und family here to relde. He vn..et to Intercut other und figure there nre a doxen or more peruon or hi uciiualntaiice thut will centuull. buy und become resident of Prl" uml Carbon count). Hall depurtid )eterdii) for hi Home nt Palt Iike City ufter cloalng up two or threo mater nt Price, anil tomorrow he will bo at Illngham. He Im made eerul anle of town lot at Pi lie to realdent there, und ut thl lime Im Nome farm land deal on. Kxerywhere Im goe. a) Hall, people hae heard of Price and the milendld opportunltle urroundlng It und h expei I. to uUd MUlle nn ngrlculturul Kilony In the near future to thl c- tlTu;d,,erirreperheree.er),h.ng ha"e not been HiM off ooner I a mM.ry to moat people. The market, "carbon county, right ut homo. f are not enualed In any other portion of the Weat. and he ha een the moat of It. ThVwiunlO nnd the opportunltle. ex Utlng "ed niivertlalng. not by word of mouth alone, but In oer) other ay Thl )cur' allowing In crop I go ,Jno,d.. much toward boo. ting ling, papeilully after It I demon .YtrutU Pai It will bo thl. Hean, ha uugar beet ore a moat I,r'r'e nM, "'. 2 profltublo crop In the Price Itlver Vnlk'y. D 'D. Iwl hu taken a poaltlon with tho Golden Itule .tore. SMOOTH WORKER WOULDJIIY FARM TKUS IN MHAIj IIUMi l-STATK .MA foil SMAI.Ii AMOUNT. Hoard Itlll At .Matbli Hou-o I Still Cnpiild hy Aliniliiitn Jotiii-on, I'niiil I nil In na, und Sutrcrcr 1'roni Audi iiiutli Tnnibli I former Contlct and Hum Heciirit the Country Otcr. Borne tx week ago an Indlildunl giving hi name nnd Introducing him elf Johntxiu blew Into the rent estate office or It. W. Crockett Co. and made Inquiries about the purehaae of n farm. The hour being late or the evening, he wax told to vail the fol lowing da) and he would be ahown eeArnl properties which thv firm ha lIMcd and home one of which might ault him. Thl wa agreed upon, but Johnaon nccr inmo back. He stated that he wan from Indlann, wa suffer ing from the aathtnu nnd ho believed that from whnt he had experienced Id thl climate Price and vicinity wa Juat the place lie" wa seeking. llerorc taking hi departure John lion Inquired If there were nny people here from Indiana. He wa gheii the nnme of I O. Hoffmann, J. It. Mid dleton nnd J. W. Hammond among other, and thu last seen of Johnson ho wa cutting ucros Main street for Hammond' office, letter he went to the Mathl House nnd there sung hi farm song to M. M. Ilccc. The lat ter took him to hi dtceve') place south of Price. It wa just what John aon wanted. He would take It, hut Iteeves would have to wait until ho made a Irntt nn his homo bank In Indiana. While waiting for the money to come back from the draft, which was ".upturned to have been made on his Indiana bunk, Johnaon beenme better noiunlnted with hi new found friend. Hammond. He wu for the moment abort or fund and Induced Hammond to endorse n small draft for him nt Price Commercial and Balng bank. Since then Johnaon ha not been seen about Price. The Journal of the Am erican Hanker' association In It August number contain n picture of Jnhm-on a Com. lit No. 1517 with hi biography, which may prove of Inter est to several perron "locall), and through It publicity ne oilier from being defrauded "Abraham Johnson, an old offender, I again operating. He I using the same method to swindle and mem ber are warned to peel their e)e for hi uppenrnnce. Thl man ome Into your town, call on n land owner und mnkc ull the necessary preparation tn become the rightful owner of n farm which he Im selected and on which ho Intend to settle. "At tho proper moment he requests the Impressed laud owner to Intro duce him nt the bank. They call at your hunk. He tell of fortunes distrib uted In different bank of ICeutuck) or other abite, relate of hi experi ence a sheriff of Casey county, Ky , so mi) two ear proNlous, and con elude hi well rehrarsed tain with a atatumont that asthma I troubling him lo such an extent that he ha sel ected )our town for It splendid cli mate and tin decided to tay nnd make the bet or thing. "'Why, or coure, he I O. K., as sure the land dealer. Bo Johnson' check I. cashed and nnothel bunk I swindled. He I 66 years, five feet six Inches, 106 pound, slender build, medium che -tnut hair, brown e)e. willow com plexion, born In Indiana, miller by occupation. There I n dim scar on hi left wrist, outer, and u hair mole to the left or hi noae." Johnson left behind at Price an unpaid board bill ut tho Mathl House and n watuh nnd coat with J. W. Ham mond. Tho lutter wu given or leH it partial aecurlty with Hammond be cause or hi endnn.lng the draft i f Johnson PAY NO HONEY TO THE NEWS-ADVOCATE . The Bun onco more nihlse subatrlber to the now derunct Kustern Utah AiHocalo to pay no mony on subscription account prior to July II. H16. to the NewAdvocttte or Y. C Henrer Tho chattel mortgage under which tho Kaatern Utah Advocate plant and flxluriii wa foreclosed Included ... I ".Mailing lll and Mibwrlp- Hon book or the Intern -f Utuli Adiocatc." The alleged -m ot the sub- ncrlptlon and mailing list or the -J ilefunct Uaulern Utah Advocute In almply an attempt upon the 4 part or W. C Henrer and the gang Biwoclated with him to get something for nothing. Pay no money to Hauler or Hu NowH-AiHocnto on suWrlptlon 4 uccouut to Hustcrn Utah Ail- cato I Tho Him'a ndilc. x CARBON COUNTY NOW WORSE THAN BROKE I Extravagance, Incom petency and Waste of Funds Make the Bull Moose Admin istration the Limit. The nnnunl flnancinl report of Cnrbon county for the year ending June .'10, 1015, prepared by E. S. Horsley, county clerk, npproved by tho lonrd of county commissioners and ordered published by them, made it appearance in last week's Issue of the News-Advocate. It is buried on the patent inside of that publication, alongside of Lydia Pinkham, little liver pills, kidney cure, pilo salve, pale pills for pink people and similar advertising a position where newspaper readers would never suspect matters of local Interest. Tho burial of the report thus Is no doubt intentional by those most concerned. While the report is vague in many respects, yet it succinctly shows that the "bull moose" administration has during tho past year been true to itu previous history in it reckless handling of the public funds, and its entire disregard of tho statutory limitations IJIIIbyil UIIUII Ull! IHJWIT Ul IIIU uuiuu ui cuuiuy commissioners in the creation of county debts. Much of the report deals in generalities, so that it is extremely difficult to nnalyze, as for instance among tho disbursements is contained an item, "general expense $5,211.40." Whether this money has been donated to administration pets, or whether it has been expended for legiti mate purposes is not indicated, and any taxpayer who might desire to know what tho $5211.46 had been expended for would have to go over tho county books and figure it out for himself. There is also an item of disbursements which shows "premium on county officers' bonds $1,015.00." If Tho Sun is correctly informed there is no statutory authority for tho county commission ers to pay tho premiums on tho bonds of county officers. County officers nre paid salaries, and are required to furnish their own bonds. Thcro is certainly nothing in the defined powers of tho county commissioners which authorizes such an obligation to be incurred on behalf of tho county. This being true, tho official ring in office have by means of such appropriation mulcted the tax payers in that one item out of more than a thou sand dollars. Carbon County Worse Than Unnkrupt. Tho indigent poor fund item is represented by $3,G2G.77. This would seem to be a very large expenditure for that purpose, as it represents n very largo percentage of tho moneys available for tho operation of the coiuHy's affairs. Wo assume that the indigent poor nre very grateful to the progressive administration, wliilo the in dignant poor taxpayers may well investigate tho detail of the large item so represented, particu larly with n vlow of ascertaining tho reasonable ness of BJth appropriations, and in cases where supplies have been furnished, tho prices should be examined, nnd Tho Sun has no doubt but that the bulk of that item is represented in appropria tions to "bull moose" merchants who have charged a plenty for all supplies furnished. An item is indicated of $9,020.00 for work on roads and bridges." Probably one-third of this sum would represent the grand total of valuo flowing from that expenditure. In the state ment of receipts $258.00 is indicated as tho ag gregate amount collected during tho year for poll taxes. This would indicate that about 10 per cent of the legitimate poll taxes is being collected in the county. The report also shows thnt tho county Ih worse than bankrupt. BONDED TO THE LIMIT WITH OVER $100,000.00 OF BONDED DEBT- MORE THAN $16,000.00 IN WARRANTS OUTSTANDING: $14,000.00 IN NOTES AT BANKS: NEARLY $20,000.00 IN COURT JUDGMENTS. AND AN OVERDRAFT OF OVER $2,000.00 BESIDES I I'ortunute That Property Isn't Portable. The statement Ib approved by tho commission ers nnd sworn to by the clerk, nnd about tho only satisfactory surprise that it contains is in its de tail of general assets, consisting of county prop erty, which shows that the court house, the poor house, somo county bridges and n pesthouse are still owned by the county. It is n fortunate fact thnt this property Is not portable. Tho most .H cursory examination of the statement will con- f M vlnce nny intelligent reader of the utter Incffi- I 1 ciency of the county officials, who are mnnnging h M tho affairs of Cnrbon county. The enrmnrks of f M favoritism, and of extravagance arc everywhere C' ' M apparent, nnd when the taxpayers receive their f M statement of taxes, as they will in tho courso of M a few days, they will be appalled by the tretnen- dous rnto of increase in tho tax levies resulting ' Kl from such incompetency. IN THE CITY OF I . H PRICE THE AGGREGATE RATE WILL BE t . W . H IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 7 PER CENT. I. -M It is little wonder that citizens of this com- j lp H munity have at different times effected organl- , ' j H zntions for the purpose of entreating the sheriff Wt H to grant permission for the conduct of business m H in violation of law. Between the two occanB H thcro is not another community with anywhere H nenr as high a rate of taxation. No mnn can R c H mnko an honest return on his property valuation, ft H pay the taxes, and preserve his property from H cpnflscntion, if cngnged in the conduct of legiti- Hr - H mntc business. The fnvoritcs of the administrn- H tion, ns might naturally bo expected, arc taxed - H nt a comparatively low valuation, nnd this fnct k ,H together with the favoritism shown to them in K. H other ways by the board of county commission- V H crs enables somo shaky institutions to survive, K H even under the extravagant system in operation S 'H in this county. Thnt tho commissioners pnid as V H high hs nine dollars per thousand to Stevenson H H for lumber above current market prices is a fact v H well known to all the people who live here, nnd is I K H an illustration of the sublime beauties of pro- I H JM grcssivcism as it is engineered In Cnrbon county. . , i V1 H No Interest Paid On County Funds. I . HL H Bnrboglio's bank at Helper holds tho county ' m H funds, upon which it pays no interest, nt the ' . F, H same time loaning the money back to Carbon , . B H cuuiii. ai. o my cuui., wiiuu iiiu win uium ui niu , m m county in tho hnnds of tho general public bear flf, M but 5 per cent interest. That tho bank of Barbo- K M glio and County Commissioner Hamilton is being Jf M handsomely rewnrdetl for the trick its officers Wjk M turned in behalf of tho "bull mooscrs" in tho last , I m fl election is Indicated in tho finnncinl statement ' S H of the county. Thoso taxpayers who voted the Wt M progressive band into power aro receiving juat m- H whnt they voted for, and they aro ignorant in- ' , W deed if they cannot see that property values In .1 K H Cnrbon county will never return to 50 per cent m M of normal until theso men aro displaced, nnd nil ' m H economical and Intelligent business administrn- l Ji H tion is given the supervision of county affairs. j . m H Your prutlcnt man will nover buy property in n .' p H community burdenctl with a tax of 7 por cent, 1 Ic, H never NEVER. Economy of administration f -1 - 'r'H expenses can only effect a decreaso In taxation, if r'-H nnd n decreaso in taxation Is the strongest factor .-'I? i ;.. -H by whicli enhnnccd property values ore influ- ;!U j c "" H enccd. Public funds aro being continuously dl- il'al ifc'';('H verted into improper channels thousands of Hlit W , nuH dollars have been uselessly wnsted in futile llti- iifjfj ' ''""H gation, and in feathering the nests of tho politi- I y. -j f ' M cal henchmen of irresponsible servants in whose 4 J ( v fl hnnds have been placed the affairs of Carbon , . ; y ,. county. j. j'.., f Now the grotesque spectacle is presented of n &V 4 I bunch of church deacons and others who make if, I , H serious claims to respectability, seriously soak- II k -, ing to influence the sheriff to permit tho open- 'l i ' ing of bawdy houses and the utter disregard of iiy p law on the part of tho saloonists in order thnt mj r . M their business may continue to exist under the fur' iU burdens resulting from the election of incompe- jfifji M tents to public off ice. This suggestion is not in- Bui; ' W tonded to apply to Sheriff Henry, who had tho Hlf j( , , llllillliuuu Ul DVUIII1UIIJ v,..i.i.llft mvi -.i . i,' 1 't overtures mado to him, and who has expressed fy i " .y himself as being henrtily asuamed of the political t I . , I ",' bosses who have sought to Induco him to dlsre- ll t'r I r gnrd his oath of office in order that they and f j. f. , their friends might be nblc to reap a profit from 1 f ' I K t criminal practices. I t 8 Benfcr's Graft Is Working Smoothly. jt j j j Under tho heading of "books and stationery" h jL r it will be noticed that the sum of $2594.92 was M VhA spent the pnst year. For the same time ending Ji tjt Of it June 30, 1914, tha expenditure was $1741.79, an L m jP 'i increase for tho year of $845.18. For tho year 1 Hp h ending June 30, 1913, the expenditures for books 8 Kg K J and stationery totaled $m01.85, so that for the I IK f " past year the cost of books and static nery was jMSS r',;; almost double what it was when the "bull moose" ul J crowd went into office. This is explnlned by the nj pi!,(- fact that under tho "bull moose" nnd democratic rT - up? y commissioners there has been no competition on 1 ii A '1 printing. Local people, nor outsiders for that 1 If K--' 4 matter, have not been icrmlttcd to file bids on m lk F' J tho county's work. All has been handed over to kvn k M Benfcr, socialist, of the Carbon County NewB 1 1 fajf (News-Advocate). On publications In tho News I M nvi as much ns 30 to 40 per cent Is paid Bencr in jn raj rjm excess of wlint the same would cost if it had been wi ,fTJ . done by tho old Advocate or Tho Sun. The rates (MB r jJ (Concluded on pago tour.) ISar' '! W I. buBSm