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Show ! A LtBKL ON SALT IAKK. A few (lays ago a man named Ernest Rial!, of Omaha, spent about two hours in Salt Lake, i Upon his'Teturn to Omaha ho had himself' interviewed inter-viewed in tho Bee. His Interview is principally devoted to the laudation laud-ation of Ogdou and the libel of Suit Lake City.' We 'do not blame Mr. ltiall for praising Ogden, but we do-iioutico do-iioutico him as u libeller of Salt Lake. He xays, among other things, that ho "found real estate prices about one-fifth of what they are in Salt Lake. In the latter place the boom has flattened. Prices are us high, if not higher, thuu in Omaha, and every one is a seller and not enough buyers to go around. Just tho reverse as to Ogden. People aro not anxious to sell and there are plenty of buyers." When it is considered that Mr. Riall renders this verdict upon a two hours' visit in Salt Lake City, any sensiblo man ,will at once conclude that Mr. Riail' must either be a fool or a deliberate delib-erate liar. The Times does not hesitate to say that in its opinion he is both. Ho was influenced to make his false statements state-ments by certain Ogden real estate men who ought to have more manhood and decency than to resort to contemp-tiblo contemp-tiblo tricks to injure a neighbor that does not in any way interfere with their sehomes. Tho Omaha Bee knows what kind of a man Rlall is, and we are surprised that it permitted any snch interview to appear in its columns. It should have known that any such statements coming from Kiall were open to suspicion. Kiall's interview inter-view however, will not injure Salt Luke to any great extout among people who know him. We believe that if the usual carefulinspeotion of copy in tho oWeo of tho Omaha Bee had been exercised exer-cised ' tho Illall intervlow would not have been published, in that paper. We happen to know that tho Ogden boomer, C. E. Muynb, landed In Omaha about the same time that Wall returned home, and if we aro not mistaken ho went to Omaha on tho same train with him. Tho inference is that tho libelous interview was suggested by Mayno, who is praised to the skies by Riall. |