THE SALT HERALDESTABLISHED JUNE 6 3870 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH SUNDAY JULY 30 1905

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Executive Mightily Stirred Up OverRecent Scandals

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t YSTJOR BAY X July

George T jiloore physiologist ofthe department of agrJoulture who

yesterday Is to be by thodepartment justice fo determinewhether a is warranted bythe facts

This was clearly indicated in the corr pondenco between the president andSr retary AVJUson publication of whichHIS authorized by the president It ap

from this and the accompanyingpapers that tho first suggestion towardlooking into the In whioh DrMoiire WAS employed came in a letter to-

P ident Roosevelt from T D HarUIHI mitnager of the National Stock-man an Farmer under date of JulyIt In lite letter Mr Harman says

Abundant Evidence-We beg to call your attention to the

matter of the United States departmentof agriculture In connection with thodevelopment and exploitation of nitroculture We have abundant evidence-to convince us that emploYos of the de-partment have been unduly interested-in firms Which have been organized todevelop and sell these cultures to farm-ers and others at exorbitant prices Asto the exploitation of the merits ofnltro culture we to call your attention to an article appearing in Pearsons Magazine for April 1905

articles appearing in the Century and other magazines with whichyou are no doubt familiar Thesearticles appearing in the Century andoilier magazines withno doubt familiar These articles wereread and approved at least passively-by the employes of the department be-

fore they appeared in the magazinesNo argument is necessary to show thatthey are misleading and the damagefollowing such publication to our agri-cultural interests would be hard totestimate

Proof OfferedWe made personal investigation

about April 16 We enclose herewithowe report on tho same We are con

httvnee desire do no one anv injury

to the department as possible Sincethese articles we have evi

daco to convince us that our first impr Msioii8 were correct and that employes of the department were inter

nftvoculture We are ready to 11-

1pron to tnea aUUementljife wtjlhis to mtnt for a per-

sonal interview if you desire same atany time command

Thle Jette with the accompanyingwas by

Roosevelt on July 17 to Secretary Wil-son with a request that a report beroada to him on the subject The re

reached the president today in theform of the following letter from Secrotary Wilson to Acting SecretaryBarnes

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pany of Plttsburg relative tovelopment and exploitation of nitroculture In this department I havelooked into the matter and todayGeorge T Moore brought me his resig-nation which f accepted and of whicht eend you a copy T will send a copyof the papers to the department of Jus-tice and have them determine whetherthe ease requires action by them

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Together with a copy of Mr Mooresresignation which was published to-day Secretary Wilson sent to thepresident a copy ofMoores statementmade to the secretary in defense ofhis connection with the hitroculture concern That statement indi-cates that Moores superiors in the dedepartment of agriculture were cognizant for a long time of his desire toleave the department to identify himself with the nitroculture companyunless he could secure a promotionbut in it Moore expressly says thathis superiors did not know his wifewas a stockholder In the company orthat a considerable block of the stockhad been reserved for him For somereason which is not explained Mooreneglected to Inform his superiors onvery material point

Prompt Action Promised-Dr Moores statement has been pub

lished It Is regargid as not unlikelythat out of the inquiry which is beingmade into Dr Moores connection withthe nitroculture company may growsome sensational disclosures The letter of Mr Harman to the presidentcontains intimation of a state of atlairs that is not explained by statements to Secretary Wilson The wholematter by direction of the presidentwill be probed to the bottom and If thefacts warrant prompt action will betaken by the department of justice

SHONTS AT PANAMA

No Changes Contemplated in theCanal Force Personnel

J auama July P6uont9 chairman of the Panama canalcommission today informed the As-sociated Press that he has not contem-plated any changes in the personnel ofthe force engaged In cutting the canalworks decided upon is the transfer ofthe bureau of materials from the encfneering to the depart-ment Mr Shonts and Chief EngineerStevens are constantly conferring withthe governor of the zone MagoonThey have approved his plan to giveprecedence to the work of sanitationand all departments are giving everyfacility to the chief officerColonel Gorgas Undoubtedly MrStevens will devote his energies toincreasing the capacity of the railroadat once his arrival he has noticed that the lack of facilities forthrowing away earth taken from thecut and the delay in progress materi-als are serious handicaps to workalong the canal

POSTMASTER APPPOINTEDSpecial to The Herald

Washington July 29 Maidee VWlleker appointed postmasterat county Utah viceCharles Grover resigned

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Committee Appointed to Supervise

UintahLancl Drawing

ONE DEMOCRAT IS PLACED

JOHN DERN OF SALT LAKE ONi THE LIST

Speoial to The Heraldt ASHECNGTON July accord-

ance with instructions contained-In the presidents recent procla-

mation Acting Secretary of theRyan today appointed a commit-

tee consisting pf Land Commissioner-W A Richards of Wyoming JohnDern of Salt Lake City and IrvingHowbert of Colorado Springs Colo toconduct the drawing of names of entrymen making application for lands onthe Uintah Indian reservation Theproclamation stipulated that thedrawing will be had under the supervision and immediate observance of acommittee of three persons whose v in-tegrity Is such asto make their control of the drawing u guarantee of Itsfairness Members of this committeewill be appointed by the secretary ofthe who will suitablecompensation for their services

Salary of 2r Per DayIn accordance with plan adoptedat other similar openings SecretaryRyan fixed the salary of Commission-ers Dern and Howbert at 25 per day

while they are on duty together withan allowance covering their actual ex-penses This committee will sit atProvo probably assembling thereAugust 16 a day prior to the beginningof the drawing and it Is expected theywill meet daily except Sunday for atleast a week or probably ten days until the drawing Is concluded

Men of High CharacterIn his proclamation thepresident insisted upon thoappointment of men of the highest

character and good reputation in orderthat there might be no scandal connected therewith This same care wasexercised In the selection of the two Imen to serve with CImmisloner Richards Both Dern and Howbert arewell known in their respective statesthey are not recognized as active npliticians but as substantial citizens andmen whose position places them abovetemptation in connection with drawingBoth Dern and Howbert were selected-at the suggestion of CommisisonerRichards who wrote asking them toserve Today letters were receivedfrom them expressing theirto act and appointments followed

No Politicslorn Is a Democrat Howbert a Re-

publican so there can be no chargethat the committee is partisan More-over neither Richards Howbert is a Mormon so there Will be nogrounds whatever cry that this

which will conduct thedrawing is made uu in favor of theMormons or will operate to benefit theMormons and against the interest ofthe Gentiles Acting Secretary Ryan-is satisfied that this committee is as fairand impartial as any three men whocopld selected and the fact that themembers were chosen without consult-ing local politicians in either state isa further guarantee of their lack ofbias

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Salt Lake Out of ItThe general land office today re

ceived from Oyster Bay without mycomment whatever the first petitionreceived by the president that a registration office be opened at Salt LakeIt is stated that others ire to followThe fact that the president made nocomment and the father fact that hehas already expressed his approvalthe original select jn of the registration offices settles this andputs an end to Salt Lakes clamor forrecognition

ROUTE FROM PRICE

Distance Is Less Than One rfundred

Special to The HeraldPrice July comes here today that the Uintah Railway

has abandoned its automobiles fromtho terminus of its narrow gauge r ulr9ad at Dragon Utah and has nittistages for carrying peopl toVernal and the Uintah reservationThis being the case better time naybe made from Grand Junction to theoust and points to the west of Price bycoming to Price and taking the stageline from there out which i less thena hundred miles to the heart of thereservation country From the end ofthe Uintah railroad to Vernal is sixty

From Price out therebe hundreds of stage coaches and pri-vate teams and conveyances after theopening of the registration TuesdayThe town Is beginning to fill up withstrangers though the first dayof registration is yet three tfays

is expected that ten to fifteen thoJrand will register here and prepamtionsmade by th

tles and private individuals or tliunumber ct people

READY FOR A RUSH

Grand Junction Expects to Care ForThousands

Grand Junction Colo July 29 Thiscity la ready to care comfortably forthe thousands of home seekers who ateexpected to come to Grand Junctionto resister for the Uintah reservutljulands In nearly every blqck tempor-ary rooming and boarding houses havebeen opened and tints on nearlyevery available vacant lot in the cfhtral portion of the city make thb pltcolook Jlko a boom town

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FAST TRAIN WRECKED IN ARKANSASE-

ngineer and Fireman Killed and Several Persons InjuredWrecked Cars Caught and Were Destroyed Injured

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Mountain and Southern rail-road was wrecked here today by run-ning Intor ml piacjdi Twoemployes V a 4 eSmI poosons injured

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WITNESS HAS FLEDJuly 29 District AttorneyGeorge today cases

James Herbert vicepresident an general manager of theColorado and 4Daniel Sullivan postmaster of4 who were charged withbribery by Senator Richard Morganthe governorship contest lost 4winter saidthat his reasons thethe charges were the absence of

who Is In Europe 4and the lock of evidence in corrob4 oration of his statements +

BROKE HIS PAROLEWinters Cal July 29 H S Greenunder arrest on a charge of frauulent banking at Dow Ia and heldon own recognizance broke his parolelast night and left the country It issupposed that he went to Portland OreIowa officer arrived at Sacramentotoday to secure extradition i ai rs forGreen who was president of the DowExchange bank when it failed inApril He has been resident ofCalifornia for eight months and of Winters for three months

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RUSSIAN PRESS GROWING WARLIKE

As the Time For the Peace Conferance Draws Nigh St PetersBurg Newspapers Urge Resistanes to Humiliating

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iIVPETBRSBURG July 29 The toneof the Russian press grows morewarlike as the peave conference

draws nigh and the government on allsides is urged to resist humiliating demands even at the cost of continuingthe war

Peace on the terms as outlined byMr Sato says the Russ which is theSato Interviews can only be anarmistice

The Russ which has now the largestliberal following finds the Japanese

far from moderate and seeslittle chance of the conference endingsuccessfully if Mr Sato has correctlystated the Japanese position but It ap-pears to believe that Baron Komurasspokesman Is acting on his responsibility or scents a possible blurt topave the way for the acceptance ofactual an more moderate byJapan

The Svlet continufes its faultwith the tactlessness of the visitSecretary of War Taft and Miss

people are coming in to be on thegroufld early

Parties coming overland In prairieschooners arid wagons are arrivingevery few i hours Grand Junctionpromises provo a popular outfittingpoint for people go to the reser-vation By tomorrow night severalthousand strangers will be in town

The report that the Grand Junctionbusiness men have raised prioos onaccommodations are Absolutely raiseThe usual scale of prices will pvc illIn every line f business It Js assertodThe work ot placing drinking Runtains and ere tirfg special tenipfn rysanitary systems are about completedA scare of special policemen were oom-mlsslcned this Registrationwill begin next Tuesuay

PARTIAL DIVIDENDAlbany N Y July 23 The receiversthe bankrupt Merchants Trust com-pany of arc directed to pay alldeppsltors of that 40 per centby an order granted by

Justice Howard today in special termThis partial dividend is possible bythe sale of securities which netted 974400 The directors still havestocks and bonds of largo value

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Seals Not LackingI St Petersburg July foreignioffioe today was shown Mr i Satos reference to the delay in the

negotiations because of the faultycredentials and reiterated that therebe no doubt of the com-pleteness and adequacy of the ore

of the Russian plenlpotenjtlaries One official saidSato seems to forget that Russia

is a civilized nation that she has madetreaties before and that she does notomit seals

Reception of WtteOyster Bay N Y July 20 While thetime of the visit to the president ofMr Witte has not been fixed definitely

it probably will be next Thursday Ifthe Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrivesin time

THIRTEENYEAROLDGIRL KILLS HERSELF

i to the News from North YakImasays 413 years old shot4 herself In the head yesterday anddied this morning the daythe child forged her mothers name4 to a check for 2 The bank sent 4the check back stamped no fundsThe mother the child who+ walked into a bedroom picked up areVolver and shot The little+ girls father committed suicide a4 and her grandfather also 4

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CONFESSESSeattle Wash July Rich

ardson 19 years old son of respectableparents was arrested last nightand today confessed i that Inthe last two months he has lootedtwenty ropms in various hotels in thecity securing and Jewelry which

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oycott on American Goods atEffective

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FRANCISCO July 29 Louispresident of Getz Brothers

one of the andexporting houses of this city has received cable from Shanghai whichreads as follows

Cancel all orders Boycott of Ameri-can trade effective All business en-tirely suspended

Tills cablegram came from R HVansant the manager of the Getzbranch house in Shanghai and it meansthat none of the goods which the firmIs now preparing for shipment to Chinawill be sent It also means a tremendous loss for Getz Brothers Comust cancel orders to valuemany thousands of dollars

As a result of the cablegram he hasreceived Louis Gets is making arrangements for a meeting of the com-mercial bodies of this city This meeting will be held at half past one In theMerchants exchange Mr Getz is trying to have Victor Metcalf secretaryof the department of commerce and labor attend the meeting In order thathe may learn at first hand just whatthe situation Is and how the merchantspropose to meet it SMr Getz said to

flour meal hardware provisionscanned meats and many other things

This boycott means more to usthe loss of a few orders We have abranch house in Shanghai and wereabout to open another in HongkongOur Shanghai house will have to sus-pend business and all work on ourHongkong establishment must cease

HIS MEMORY BETTER

Congressman Williamson Remem-bers a Certain Trip Proved by

the ProsecutionPortiand July defense In

the trial of Williamson Gessner andBoggs closed today after the testimony-of Williamson was submitted and fouracquaintances of the defendants

their good character Theprosecution examined two stockmenand tried to establish instead of beingthreatened by nearby cattlemen andordered to leave the range they werethen using that the defendantson friendly terms with the cattlemenand that Biggs was president of theCattlemens association TIle courtruled that this evidence concerning MrBiggs was immaterial1

The prosecution rested with the understanding that Ernest Starr a runa-way witness may be put on the standStarr who has been hiding In theCascades was captured last night andis now on his way to Portland He

Wllllaqison admitted that hewas in prineville in June 1902 butmaintained that the only way he couldrecall it was by looking up his effectsand finding In a telephone bill chargesfor a conversation between himself andwife at that time when he talked fromPrineville He still had he said norecollection of the trip

SOLD BY SHERIFFEaston Pa

the National uemenr companylocated at Martins creek near wassold by the sheriff today to A 32 Gerstel for 30000 subject to a claim of 15XJ000 held by Northern Trust comChicago trustees for the bondholders and others Mr Gerstel is vicepresident of the Alpha Portland Cementcomnany and uresident of the MartinsCreek Cement He that hepurchased tho National plant individually

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TwentyFive Cases of Possible Yellow

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TIGHT LINES DRAWN AGAINSTNEW ORLEANS

HIM t M M4 New York July or theseventeen passengers and crewt were tonight to be doing 4well and showing no symptoms of4 the crew whose eases are still 4doubtfuL 4

YORK July 29 Wdtb twentyfive cases of possible yellow feverdetained under observation on the

quarantine islands A H Doty healthofficer of the port said tonight thattwentyfour hours must dapse before itcould be absolutely determined by benterioioglcal tests whether any of thesuspects wero Infected with the dreadplague

Looks SuspiciousTwo sailors both apparently seriously

ill were taken steamerwhich arrived from Colon and

Isolated In the house on Swinburneisland EigHt more ot the crew whohad been ill during the voyage but wereconvalescing seven Dassencars two

cabin all ot whom showed increased temperatures were taken to Hoff-man island for detention until the

of blood examinations are knownIn addition to these two suspects weretaken to Hoffman island today from thesteamer from Orleansand there remain om the island six casesfrom tho steamer Avon which recentlyarrived from Colon

All suspects held yesterday from thesteamer Alamo from Galveston Texwere released todayNot Dangerously 111

None of the patients now under detention is regarded as beimr dangerouslyill but there is apprehension that there

exist omons them cases of andangerous form of yellow fever

tho stage in the suf-ferer walks abroad slightlyill but Imperiling all with whom comesin contact

The health officials tonight ore mak-ing the most thorough tests for this typeof yellow among tho ten members

crew because lourthe crew were taken off at Colon ac-

tually sufTerinir with yellow jackTime Will Tell

Health Officer believes that within twentyfour hours his tests willthe remaininz sick from theSegruranca are merely sufferinsr from anepidemic of lower fever which is quitecommon on board arriving In Newfrom the isthmusThe two worst cases he said may

possibly be yellow fever but even thisEScht of the crew were

about as sick five days arethetwo who were carried to the hospital today These eight are now much im-proved a which would be quiteIf fertr thetrailment There good reason to believe therefore that the other two sickmen who became 111 only threedays ago have the same complaint andwill recover Just as I feelconfident the eight convalescents arenot yellow fever cases but I will make-up definite statement either that it isor Is not yellow fever until the bloodand other tests settle the matter conclusvely

I OFFICIAL RECORD

TwentyNine New Cases of Fever atNew Orleans

New prleans July 29 is thereport of the health authorities on yel-low fever up to G p m today Newcases 29 cases to date 256 deaths today7 deaths to date 54 new foci 2

Deducting the number of deaths andnumber of recoveries it is believed

that there are not more than 75 cases under treatment if many

Panic in the SouthMuch encouragement is drawn from

the fact that only two new foci have deOne of these is a nurse who

attended a patient at a hospital and theother Is of Milneburgwhere there had been a suspicious caserecently bnt which had been spiritedaway before the authorities got hold ofit The railroads continue to be serlously hampered by quarantines The

of the conference of health authori-ties at Memphis to recommend a quaran-tine of entire state of Tennesseeagainst infected points is evidence of the

of panicky feeling outside of NewOrleans day now some haltdozen little towns are suddenly scratchedoff the list of open towns very oftenthe embargo is clamped on so suddenlythat passengers are left there with

purchasedTexas Quarantined

It was said at the marine hospital offlee that passengers from New Orleanswere no longer permitted to travel inTexas and only the most insignificantstations are to Louisiana Quaran-tines have been established so thorough

along1 the line of some roadscards bearing bold black letters havebeen posted the ticket office andannouncing that all tickets bought forpont out of are pur-chased at the purchasers risk and sub-ject to the of quarantine

Local representatives of lines which runthrough Mississippi were advised telegrams today that no person from NewOrleans would be permitted to travel ona train through that state without ahealth certificate This affects throughpassengers bound for the north east andwest Before they had received

ticket offices here hadof tickets to who were

to leave tomorrow and Monday and werebusy trying to locate these ticketitt to save them fromfrom Now Orleans and thrown Into detention in the adjoining states

The Increase In the number of deathsand cases of yellow fever today Is notcausing any anxiety AH bUt one of thedead are or AustrIans who halled from the original focus of infectionoC Infection the bestto the original infection

LOSS OF BUSINESS

New Orleans People Thinking of the

New Orleans July 29 The most disquieting news in the yellow fever situa-tion today Is the evidence that panic Isincreasing in the smaller towns of Louisann and that a dispositlon is growing to revive the disastrouscommercial quarantines of lIST whensome of the country towns even refusedto receive ice or hardware from New Or-leans Several towns in Tennessee andothers the Mississippi roadin Mississippi to

of any kind to be put off Portnot take breadwrapped in burlap that may be shipped

of the townsthe mails be fumigated

If the fright spreads New willsuffer much more seriously than fromthe fever itself

to the present there has been no lo-cal apprehension of a dangerousand it was believed if theof health Inother states lived upagreepjenM iwtto any restrictions

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CrowdStreet Improvements Upon theCity Administration

HOW SCRIP SYSTEM WORKS

SPLENDID RECORD ON SIDEWALKS SEWERS ETC

THE set by the property ownof Salt Lake in the of

public improvement is ryears the excuse for muddy streetsdefective sidewalks and lack of sewershas been that the taxpayers would notpay for these improvements The liedirect has been given to nfl such state-ment in the past year Street pave-ments permanent sidewalks and

are now going is so rapidly in re-sponse to demands of the taxpay-ers are now so rapidly in re

a in the tax levyits share of the It has

practicallylevy one mill in order that the

city administration will fundswhr jv to paveand do Its small part In the put

jis in of new sidewalks but evenils increase will not enable the city

o keep up with the spirit of progresshas taken possession of the citi

In addition to this a cry of dis-tress Is going up from a number ofthe departments that are literallyswamped with work This is especially-rue of the engineering department andtie board of public

Where theThe law enacted by the lastlegislature Is held responsible for pres-

ent conditions This gives theerty owners from five to tenwhich to pay forThe city musters responded quickly to the new lawwith thejesult that there is more side-walk improvement ordered and In sight

this year than was done from thetime the emigrants entered the valleyup to the close of 1SOO

In street paving the city is expected-o pave the street Intersections In

sidewalk extensions the city pays forthe corners and half the cost of thegrading On the face of it this doesnot appear to be much but in thewave of now sweepingover the is enough tomake the administration cry out fortime

At the present time there are thirtyfour miles of cement sidewalks that

been ordered constructed foryear In addition to this theis getting out estimateson twenty miles more and this work

will be done If possible But this isonly the beginning Plans are on foot-o put cement sidewalks on prac-tically every foot of tim territory ex-tending from West to TenthEast and from South north towhere good do not alreadyfor sidewalks on First Second andThird streets from A to the city limitsmd on all the intersecting streetsare demanded in the ex

port in fact thedemands are coming In from alt direc-tions and coming in so rapidly thatthe city council and the other city off-

icials have great difficulty in keeping upthe procession The sidewalks now

construction or ordered will costthe J42T823 Here is where the

The city must pay cashfor its share of the while theproperty owners years inwhich to pay for theirsGreat Demand For Street PavingThe street paving situation presentsa still more serious problem to those

who are responsible for the finances ofthe city administration The pavingnow going on in Brigham street withhat to follow this year on Market fromMain to West Temple onSouth from West Temple toEast and on State from Fourth to FifthSouth on Main street from toNinth South and on FirstWest Temple to the Oregon Short Linetracks will cost the city 135000 Theproblem is to get the money without

the tax levy any more thannecessary But this5 Is not all TheBrigham street pavement Is to be extended from Eighth East to Tenth Eastat least The sentiment is growing to

It to Thirteenth East SecondSouth street is demandingA petition hassigned by sufficient number to as-sure the Just as soon asthe city cat do its share The residentson Second street are forpavement They are determined totheir street paved alt the waystreet to the city limits on the eastPart of the plan is to have all thepoles removed from the street in order to make one of the most beautifuldrives in he entire A movementis on to have Sixth East paved fromBrigham to the entrance of Libertypark Those are but outward expressierra qf the determination of the property owners to make of Salt Lake oneof the most beautiful the continent

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Is a cause of regret to anumber of the officials of the presentcity In oneThey were determined toand better work for less money expended than has been shown in anyother recent administration Theyplanned for a reduction in the tax levyfor city purposes ann now the tax levymust be increased as the direct resultof the large amount of new street improvements demanded by the propertyowners

The tax levy for city purposes lastyear was 10 mills The figures submitted to the city council this week makeIt appear absolutely necessary to Increase levy to II mills or ahalt on the ImprovementsEven the U mills will notof all the work now in sightand there Is a strong demand in somequarters to the increase stillgreater In order that the Improvementsmay go forward at a rate to accommodate the wishes of the tax

The figures submitted to the councilby City Auditor C B Felt make it certain that there can be a decrease of 3Sof a mill in the contingent fund taxThis Is an accomplishment worthy ofnote in of thefact that members have been to the ire department during the year anfl tenadded tQ the policedepartment The show thathas been all the departments greater efficiency and larger and forfeitures

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