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Show We have just received thru the courtesy of the officers of the Fruit Festival of Dixie, held at St. George, a season ticket to the exhibit, far which we extend ex-tend our sincere thanks. Said the Kaizer to the Czar, as he reached for Novogeorgievsk, "It's your move Cousin Nicky." Said the Czar to the Kaiser, as he reashed for the "Moltke" dreadnaught and twelve little ones, "Last tag Cousin Willie." The Interstate Commerce Commission Com-mission finds that the Rock Island Is-land railroad system has been looted by its officials to the extent ex-tent of about $20,000,000. No wonder railroads need rate increases. in-creases. And like the saloon interests in-terests they still continue to cut their own throats. The Mayor of Atlanta warns former Governor Slayton, who commuted Leo Frank's death sentence to life imprisonment, not to return to Georgia. For the life of us we don't see why any peace and justice-loving American citizen would want to go there any more than he would want to go to Mexico. At least not until Uncle Sam takes that state over and rids it of brigands and cleans it up sufficiently to be worthy the name of a state of the Union. The Mutual Creamery Co. ol Utah has been organized and expects to import into the state one million dollars' worth of dairy cattle. Buyers are already in the east making purchases of cows which will be shipped intc the state for distribution. A letter from the company's office to the Chronicle would indicate that Millard county is being con sidered in connection with the distribution of these cows. W hope this is true. There is ample am-ple room for a big bunch of this kind of stock right here and thej would come as near, or nearer, than anything we know of it filling a long-felt want of tht-farms tht-farms of the "Greater" Delts country. Something to consume the large volume of produce raised here and turn it into dollars dol-lars for the man behind the hay fork. There is a luxurious crop ol weeds growing up around towr along the streets and on vacant . lots. Their appearance and the inconvenience they present tt people passing along the path? is anything tut pleasfnr, to sa nothing of the risk of fire the will contain a little later on. A cigar or cigarette stub throwr amoung them by some unthinking unthink-ing person at the proper time some night might mean thousands thous-ands of dc liars' loss. We are not aware as to whether wheth-er or not there is an ordinance requiring the cleaning up of the weeds along the streets and on lots, but we would suggest thai if there isn't the city dads to put one thru and if there is it shouk: be made active. |