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Show i 2 m: up all same as a certain class of law- breakers on Commercial street, ami it is an open secret that the paltry line of $ic) was the result of a sort of an previously entered into. A gang of noted shoplifters were arreged a few day ago, and while prominent merchants stood ready to prosecute the cases tin; county attorney or his assistant caused a motion of dismissal. We do not wonder the public is beginning to look upon tin county . attorney as deserving critici-mun-der'-taudi- Culm4 l 1 n S in- - ihr n SabfipU mm Si i In y.r Offue l'' Iti WUit 'ri U Hi null U lit :i Ini.i j )lM.untlitance: If tii" ti tU i p r U li ln trm AJtrrliilnf 1 I !' 1 t .ir. I I lj-- r' Allnl iirrM klr: tin I y j:i Wv . .... i ' 01 . . I J r. .......... l lit llii in a lv.u r 11 I.VMy. rf Salt t ... ti 4? tnut I. ' 1 1 141 I . r. I I . M f"?, fore Sidewalk Obitructbn. 1m li-- 1 Iuiv.m clrrulaUnu I 1 f any wVIy t mw-j.r- There is a i I , iml-- r It-- ' -- ! show-window- But he has shown himself to be destitute of a consummate comprehension of the duties devolving upon a public prosecutor. A few weeks ago the community was shocked by a most diabolical crime in which one of Salt Lakes most respected citizens met his death in a manner that could not but awaken the indignation of every true citizen. The defense, having apparently unlimited resources at hand, procured an array of legal talent against which the whole county attorneys force was like the provervial 30 cents, and yet it was not until public opinion became so pronounced that the prosecutor was threatened with legal remedies that he consented to invite the assistance of an attorney whose ability would in a measure balance the tremendous array on the other side. Not so very long ago two noted polly cohabs were rounded s The State Fair. The State Fair opens October 3rd, and the indications are it will eclipse anything in this line ever held in the state. The features of the show are of a character that will excite interest and we do not consider the committee in charge of the arrangements too optimistic in preparing to take care of a total attendance of 100,000 people during the five days of the fair. The exhibits from the various counties of the state will be better than ever before and there will be numerous other features to attract the. crowd. One commendable thing about it all is, there will be nothing to tax the pocketbook of the visitor after he is once inside the turnstile. All side shows will be free. In other words, twenty-fiv- e d Fermtrc m. I last lu city count it I m- - day c oniiig was the seem of another engineer cowardly attack upon lights of tin? by tin leading I present nitmt il, l'ereMroin, Barnes ami other. To be sure B. irr.es because of bis pulithal ambition, did not take any active part, but bis right and bower, Fernet rom, clapper-clawedelivered himself of the usual amount of vicious imputations directed at the city engineer. tin-cit- y fox-lik- e, d disposition among merIn ciH. n r lltrrfr ah u.criluiif chants in this city to regard the sidem llum f in'ril, llt'.cu mill In tnvl4 kuorntt walks as annexes to their stores and cn u ifut ln Itcmlttancn: shops and as built chielly for the purahl All Drjftv 1VM Of(iCir mnuy ai;rs ai.l pose of displaying goods. If this payaMt t Uuti4 l.ttr ohtnilil theory holds good there is no reason Hill: PUBLISHING COMPANY, why tin; property line should not be 67 Commercial SI.. Salt l.akt City. disregarded altogether and the pushed eight or twelve feet 1ublUhe- NfiWM VN URN toward the middle of the street. Perhaps the shopkeepers think pedestrians CURRENT TOPICS. have only secondary rights to the sidewalk, or maybe they encroach upon it to afford healthful exercise to the many Our County Attorney. into the gutter and dodging 'I'm: Christian Union lias thrown by climbing under horses heads in order to make in its spasmodic light their up the sponge way a block on a shopping day. the reasons against illegal liquor selling, Now this theory of sidewalk rights may indifference of total the assigned being be delightful, but it happens that the the and the county attorney machinery sidewalk is built for public travel, and of prosecution to the enforcement of the one who encroaches beyond the propstatutes relating to law and order. This line on a crowded day is encroachoccasions very little surprise. County erty There are ing upon public rights. first from the moment Attorney Putnam, thousands of people who have no wares of his assumption of duties as proseto display who cling to the latter has that whatever demonstrated cutor, The rocking and standing confidence hN friends established for theory. stands and other obhim in the campaign preceding his elec- signs, projecting structions are not the things one extion, it was based on wind. His legal in a city which has ceased to be a abilities may be above par; in fact, it is pects village. generally conceded he is a good lawyer. Tin H, he should want to ride on the or patronie the pink merry-go-rounlemonade man. Suci tss to Utah ' Stat Lair. unh cents will take the visitor through the grounds Because Mr. ITnMrum is a city official, he may technically be within his rights when he stands up, and on the lloor of the council chamber, charges another city official with dishonesty without having anything upon which to base his charge. A hog has a right to wallow in mud, and a skunk may burden the air with his etlluvia. so, also, may Fernstrom have a right to make himself despised, but even in a councilmans case there is a limit. Fernstrom made a serious accusation against City Engineer Kelsey. I le should prove it or be condemned as unworthy of consideration from honest people. A man who respects tilt; Ladings of. others possesses the marks of a gentleman, but one who publicly makes a groundless charge against a fellow official, simply because he can do it by virtue of the position he holds and without fear of punishment, is simply a specimen of the lowest type of civilization. IB IMI The Boer Trouble. The American press is generally losing sight of one important fact in discussing the 'Transvaal question. In reour apparent fit of anglo-mani- a sulting from Englands attitude during the recent war we are almost unanimous in pronouncing the grievances of the British subjects in the Transvaal republic justified and Englands course proper. Yet, not many years ago, these very same Uitlanders whom England now wants admitted to the electoral franchise on easy terms, conspired to overthrow the Republic acted as traitors. 'The little African republic has long been an obstacle in the path of such extreme imperialists as Cecil Rhodes, and the policy now entered upon by England has for its ultimate object its annexation to British South Africa. To seize the little Republic by blunt force would seem inexcusable, and so England has long sought griev- - |