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Show but require a shaft or tunnel at least fifty feet deep within a short time j aftelocation, and same distance each year thereafter until patented, to be added to the tunnel or shaft; also that Utah Light & Power Co. INSTALLATION. owners of contiguous ground have the Water 2400 H. P. Salt Lake right at any time to send surveyors Steam 1500 H. P. Salt Lake down the workings to see whether .Water 5000 H. P. Ogden Water-20- 00 parties are going outside of ther lines, H. P. Leaaed Plant and if at .the time such line is actually reached, no one claims such contiguous Ml. territory, let an additional claim be 400MCu.Ft. Dally. Salt Lake taken by the original locator. This 60 M Cu. Ft. Daily. Ogden amount of work, ought .to insure good 7 8. MAIN STREET. faith and be some restrain ton corporaSALT LAIC CITY. tions or other hogs. If a discovery of a vein must be made, then let the law be so framed as to be of some practical use to accomplish this end; not like it is now when at slight expense whole townships are taken up without the vestige of such a class of ore as would justify the expenditure of thirty cents in an endeavor to open up a paying BICYCLE RACES mine. If this is done, then change the New programme every Tuesday and word mineral (which is everything not Friday evenings. We try to please you. T animal or vegetable) to some unequivoDon't forget at 8:80 p. m. cal term which will not allow a location tobe made on country rock. LICTRIOAL.1 Salt Palace .aniiiiimAAiinmuiiiiiiiiimminmimil 5 Miss fora GleasonJ Ttachmr Mtuic. tvdlo: 131 E. Firj1 South. STILL A PRESBYTERIAN.: ; Dr. Jas. II. Kelly, who was'out here of TAot 126 wwwrniMwnwBi?iHHHiwnnj!iiwini MINING COMMENT. Senator Kearns is trying to get a new mining law enacted, which it is said will make less litigation. He should add to liis geographical studies, the study of law suits. After twenty or thirty years, the appellate courts have settled nearly all contested points and construed the mining law, so that now it is practically, (in a mining snit), a matter of fact to which construed law is applied, and for dishonest litigants simply a question of which side can buy the most perjured testimony. Even now the provision of law that a vein must be discovered is practically ignored by locators. A winters day in Alaska would not be cold enough to prevent a skilful lawyer from finding something to litigate about, no matter what the law is. If the client put up, the probable result of the proposed law would be to keep the courts construing that for twenty years in all of its different phases-an- d it would have to be construed before it would be known to be good and constitutional law. Hut what is wrong with the present law which gives a man the right to follow the lode he discovers? Did any prospector ever look for surface ground? Note that the word prospector is used, and not too lazy to the parasitical hanger-o- n industrisome till waits who prospect, then and finds ous person something of the cream discovery trys to get the away from him. If the law did not give an inch of surface ground for the purpose of working mines, would not the discoverer either buy or condemn sufficient groundfor those purposes? If 1500 feet along the length of the lode and as far as it is healthy to go into the earth (probably not more than 3000 feet) is too much to give to a discoverer, then cut him down to 1000 or 500 feet along the vein. : . a short time ago, lias brought R. J. Jessup, the weli known newspaper man, into prominence down east, where Jessup is well known, by adver tising him as having joined the Mormon church. Not only that, but this man Kelly circulated the rumor that Jessup was editing a Mormon paper He did his work so well, did Kelly, that the issue of the New York Sun, of the 3rd instant, printed it on the first page as a rare bit of news; gave Jessups college career at Yale, mentioning his graduation in 1876 and told all about it. This fellow Kelly, however, forgot to add to liis hoax, what would have clinched the tale. He should have finished his narrative by saying Jessup had taken a dozen or two wives and was the father of steen children or something of that sort Of course every one here knows better. Mr. Jessup is an employee of, the, Deseret News as a writer, but he is-- a Presbyterian and will doubtless "die ope. Kelly doubtless was like the balance of the eastern people who do not get try; be acquainted with us and do not Gentiles probably did not know that work on Mormon papers and Mormons on Gentile papers. That it is just as common in this neck of the woods for a Mormon to work for a Gentile, or vice versa, as it is for a Methodist to labor for a Baptist or a Congregation-alis- t back in rocky, old Massachusetts. The publication of the story has caused Jessup to receive many letters from away back in the land of salted cod and baked beans asking him how he likes it as far- as he has gone and whether he thinks he will., ever come But when he meets Kelly back. Then there will be some trouble. While Jessup is a man who talks to liis enemies meekly and believes in would go turning the other cheek, and would pass two miles instead of one; over his top coat along with the uuder garment and all that kind of forbear-in ing action, according to scripture,does this instance the commandment not fit and Kelly will doubtless find himself up against it when the pair next greet each other. Because it is taking all of Jessups spare time and all Jessup's extra postage stamps answering fool inquiries which come from back home.. . I buy and sell Railroad Tickets. Can ave your $ 5 to $10 on each ticket, ESTABLISHED 1888. Member American Ticket Brokers' Association IF. H. GR.OSHELL, Manager. THE FOURTH ESTATE With this issue Truth begins the second year of its usefulness. It may not be out of place to speak of modern journalism, as the public has but slight knowledge of the fourth estate. Although the dissemination of publicity has been given to the press, the secrets of the trade remain intact. The very fact that the press is supposed to be outspoken and honest, makes it a vehicle of the most astounding, wrongs. As a thief in the garb of a priest is the most dangerous, so the public press Steeped in venality, b&ccmes a menace to good government. In the evolution of the. press many startling changes have taken place. The original idea of journalism has been so controverted that instead of being a public educator, the press, has become a public falsifier. The commercial instinct has been running riot, until the pride, dignity and truthfulness of editorial utterances are absolutely unknown in the journalism that is subjected to the control of stock ' : CAPITALtlKOOttOCI SALT LAKE ICE COMPANY Distilled Water ..ICE.. J Tbe Electric! Fluid os controlled and arranged for us Is a perfect servant. Does everything It ia required to do. Does It well. The use of well made .... Ekctricil Goods of the Jo latest designs by experienced gives to our work that quality 43. Telephane companies and the piling up of dividends. The shamelessness of modern journalism is unknown to the public, for it is an unwise bird that befouls its own nest. Possessing the prerogative of publicity, the commercialized press tells not of its own venality, nor yet of its supine willingness to be corrupted. When journalism first sat upon its throne it had a princely dignity. It was a teacher of men. When men began to believe its teachings, it became a tempting means of purveying falsehood, for when did sin fail to put on the habiliments of righteousness. There is universal distrust in the honesty of the public press. This very doubt and unbelief has given rise to the so called yellow journals' ot the big cities. Being unable to command public attention by the distortion of facts, the publishers have resorted to the making of hideous pictures, until a Sunday newspaper is a sort of night mare, in the contemplation of which an intelligent man or woman becomes dazed and addled. This is the growth, the progress and the evolution of journalism. For those who believe in the' dignity and honesty of journalism, it is difficult to contemplate the utter degradation of the fourth estate. That it will rise again from its ashes, there does not seem to be the slightest doubt, but it will only be at the end of some great shock to public sensibilities. The change in journalism is the natural and perfect outgrowth of the existence of trusts and other great combinations of capital. It is part and parcel of the commercial progress that essays to conquer the trade of the world by selling commodities in foreign countries at one half the price that is charged at home. There is still room for honest and self-respecti- journalism, but not ng when the dauntless spirit of commercialism directs its destinies. There are those who confidently believe that the only hope of honest, unbiased and unbought public expression rests with the weekly publications of the United States, whose publishers are known as ' individuals and not as Btock companies or syndicates. eleo-trlcla- na Save your money and when you get a which all men of Judgment approve. dollar deposit it with Zion's Savings Wiring for Bells, Telephones, AnnunciaBank and Trust Co., No. 1, Main tors, Burglar Alarms and Electric Light. street. The largest and oldest Savings 8 8 If a law is to be passed confining parties to their lines, then give a square piece of ground, containing a certain number of acres, to occupy any position desired with reference to the top of the vein so that the owner can get the greatest depth before reaching lines. Do not require the finding of any vein, 221 MAIN STREET. - 11 TELEPHONE 14A GROSHELLS TICKET OFFICE, Tdepbooej, CbodeIicrs, Etc. Bank in Utah. Joseph F. 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