Show THE WORM TURNS it is a generally conceded axiom that the laborer is worthy of his hire this we believe appears first in holy writ which we are arc not particularly well up in but occasionally wo we dip into it it is also generally accepted that newspapers are run for the public good and that the editor can call purchase his supplies for nothing pay his employees with chin music feed his family with old old newspapers and clothe them with copies of each issue of his sheet and tile the editor bows his head in humility before the readers of 0 his paper and constantly begs to be forgiven tor for even living ou on the same saine earth with other mortals but even a worm will turn another axiom by the way the editor of the reaper is one of the humblest individuals who ever broke into tile the newspaper game but the end of his ill s wormlike existence was reached this week when he received a communication from the secretary of the state land board asking that the reaper r give publicity to a sale of lands in this section lands that were to swell the coffers of the state and he was to publish this notice without expense to the state gosh all fish hooks what hat Is this state coming to that it cant afford to pay a country newspaper its ordinary rates for publishing a notice that brings money to the state again we say the laborer is worthy of his hire and we refuse to publish notices of this kind tor for any state board or individual for less than our reelar regular rates tile the state land board draws more money from citizens lor for the sale of land and water than any other branch of the state government ern ment and it either ought to pay its way or go out of the land and water selling business ye gods and little fishes think of the business acumen of a secretary of a state land hoard board handling hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and asking a country editor to give his advertising space away to the state while the state land board makes money and the editor is left holding the sack gov bamberger Bamberg cr is respectfully asked to tell us it if this is the business policy of ills his administration such a condition existing in utah where a land board proposes to sell land and water which will bring about 1255 and asks aska the editor to advertise that sale for nothing is it any wonder that utah is cursed with such a lot fo miserable country out upon tuch buch niggardliness niggardliness we could say warmer things but we understand der stand that the U S government has not yet furnished any asbestos lined h mail bags tor for richfield |