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Show And now the JIousc lias scl, on foot an investigation of the civil service. Doubtless" the same old honey-comb will Paper manufacturers aro out. hot against reciprocity. Of course; it is their monopoly that is especially threatened threat-ened by its ratification. ' Those- who would congratulate the successful party in the D. A. H. fight had better bo careful lest they Ret a back-handed "swat" from the other 'r Tito word .comes that, the voting machines ma-chines can be used at; the liquor election elec-tion as on constitutional amendments heretofore AVhich is good and satis-Russia satis-Russia also thinks it an horor to receive re-ceive a visii from American warships. r And doubrless, also, an advantage in :.t affording an opportunity to study the best models at first hand. The staudpal Senators deny the just demands of the progressive Senators for Iheir rightful recognition on committees; commit-tees; and thereby based trouble for themselves and uncertainty of control. Of course the county assessor would "cinch" Salt Lake City on valuations, and relieve the county outside the city. : , LThafc is his natural disposition, -for he '"-'hates Salt, Lake City; and besides, that is what he is there for. The' have hard luck with their dirigibles diri-gibles in Germany. They know how to build them all right, but not how to manage them in their llighls. They need a" few Americans with kill and nerve to take charge. . Young" Rockefeller is summoned to appear to answer a complaint of a menace to tho public safety from a ledge of "the Rockefeller rocks." The Rockefeller "rocks" make lots of r trouble all through this free and in dependent country. The report, of tho massacre of the Sultan's garrison at Fez will bo the signal for the French to move their Algerian Al-gerian border a few leagues further over on Moroccan territory. And thus does civilization tench barbarism to bc-havo bc-havo itself or be skinned. Forestry service officials complain that they can 't make any progress in reforestation because mice and other small animals, cat the seeds as soon as sown. Ah, well; probably no tears arc shed, since the glorious forestry business of renting grazing privileges year by year still remains. I ' Tho seventy-fifth anniversary of the 1 battle of San Jacinto, and a survivor 1 of that, fight present at. the dedication Sj of a monument to Gen. Sam Houston 1 who commanded and by the victory J won the independence of Texas! Mar- M ( vclous to think of! But what a pace ffl we have traveled, and how far we have I gone, since that epoch-making day! 0 , The excellent work done by the Salt j Lake police' in finding the daylight 1 burglars and their cacho is even more iiwjwfjK important than it seemed at' first, for SUfW no '8 8ntnvn l'l!tt criminal or- Knreg ganization extended to Ogden and in vmftM tc confession of the chief of-the gang, jigfra tho thieves' cache in that city has also jjillftw been found and much booty recovered. I- Hon. Frank Pierce, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, lias resigned, and will come home and renew his practice of the law. This carries out his purpose of last year, his present resignation hcing the renewal of his resignation sent in on December 1st, J910. Mr. Pierce will be warmly wcl-- wcl-- corned in Salt Lake, his old home, where ho is respected and admired, and where the utmost, confidence in his ability and , - rectitude has always been cherished. The one thing that stirs up a Briton in any sort of a contest is that his contestant may possibly have some sort of advantage over" him. Por lawaiicc. mii'tary London is all agog over a ru-'i ru-'i vuor that in the cavalry ridi-g t-.oufc'-Js in London next .Iiinc, the Arccrican office:::; offi-ce:::; will be .momtcd on nr. blooded iiortes, as at'ist tho regulation milt tury buck thai 'the British officers will ride. Thin means merely that the British Brit-ish officers will bo mounted on tho best j hi rf.ns thr.r. the Empire can producf. and that British horemoji foar Amori-c:'i. Amori-c:'i. horse!' will be found bolter than their I'i'Kt. |