Show DR PADEN lie ile who steals my purse steals trash but he who robs me of my gool name robs me of that which does not enrich him but leaves me poor indeed it I 1 the reverend gentleman who for or so many years yeara earned his bread and butter in utah preaching the gospel as he believes ishad it had robbed the people of 0 this state of as much worldly goods as he be has and is endeavoring to rob them of their good name there would be recourse through the courts of justice bu the circumstances nothing can be done with nith him except to contradict his untrue statements and tell the truth about this great state the occupation of 0 besmirching the character of 0 honest people who believe in doing what thele their conscience tells them is right and are willing that all other men should have the same privilege is very much beneath the dignity r and calling to say the very least of a minister of tile the gospel Christ came not to destroy but to build up and establish righteousness the only time ile he became angry and chastised the people was when they made a market place of the te temple but there is no record of oc his ever condemning them for doing the work which he taught now it if dr paden can cite one single instance where the institutions of this state and more particularly tile the church of jesus christ of latter day saints have taught or encouraged one single act contrary to the laws of god then there might be ne justification for his attitude but he knows utah is a great and progressive state he knows that the people cormons mormons and gentiles alike are anxious to work in harmony for the up building of the state he further knows that when he says the schools of utah are of the louvest order says say that which is inmost most untrue unless through ignorance be knows that utah stands inthe in the very front ranks of this great nation in educational attainments lie be knows that the dominant church spends thousands of dollars annually for education it lie he has never been outside of salt lake city he must surely have leave seen the splendid school buildings build that adjoin the hotel utah on oil the north if he does not know then let him be advised that there is a high school in brigham city the peer of any in the state which stands at the head of the educational system of this county he ha can further ber be advised that the people of box elder county voted a bond issue last year or of to improve buildings and erect new ones throughout the school district of this county and the present valuation of the school property in box elder county runs into the hundreds of thousands of dollars yet there is a population of only about people in tilts this county dr pa den can also be advised that students completed the course ot of study in box elder county for the year 1912 13 RA aj 1 A 9 completed the four years course jt it the high school rr receiving belving cerI certificates cates which entitles them to enter any college in the land dr paden must be an individual ot of mighty dense conception or else of the most malicious character to make such statements about our educational status tor for what la Is true in hox box elder county maintains in every county of this state we might just say also that the population of box bo elder county is overwhelmingly mon mo mon and if the cormons mormons 1 were viere oppose opposed to education the bond issue would never have carried all the members ot of the board ot education are ot of stormon extra extraction action and despite that f fact act they are men who c can an move in any community and command the respect of even body As AB to the church keeping the state from progressing woe we invite dr paden to come to brigham and see what has been done in the way ot of improving our city and yet every member on the cites official roster is a member of the dominant church this city owns its own water works electric light plant Is putting in miles ot of cement walks beautifying the public property and nd in every way endeavoring to keep up with the spirit ot of the times and we have yet to hear ot of an individual coming to brigham a stranger and departing with a bad impression they an all remark about the beautiful city and the progressive gres sive spirit blat prevails no dr paden you know where to peddle your rubbish tou ton have lived long enough in utah to know that even the meanest citizen ol of the state has a particle of love for his native land would not he be guilty of going abroad and telling the lies which are te ported as having emanated from you you ought to know further that th the e ravings of a diseased imagination and the vituperation of a soul steeped in |