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Show THE RETIREMENT OF MOSE CRUTCHBY THE VICTORY OF THE JUTLANDERS. Ogden. Aug. 14th, 1903. The retirement of Mose Cretchley from polite society in Morgan county is worthy of more than passing mention. Mose secured a meal ticket, good for three years less the copper, on the state, upon a conviction of perjury, alleged to have been committed in a case of cattle stealing a case in which Mosa was acquitted. Tho verdict of acquittal acquit-tal was secured through the efforts of the defendant's defend-ant's attorney, Lindsay Rogers, who, after he saw the practically clear ca-e against his client, proceeded pro-ceeded to prove an alibi. The prosecution had a dozen witnesses to show that Mose was seen at a particular time driving a brindled steer to market. mar-ket. The defense proved that the steer was a roan. The point Was well taken. The lawyer could not clear Mose, but he could the animal. So ho proved an alibi on the steor The jury found Cretchley not guilty. , O Then came the perjury charge and Mose was caught. vVith his retirement the ancient trade of cattle hustling in Morgan county lias gone glimmering. glim-mering. The verdict of guilty was received with 'some joy mingled with much regret, for Mose was a modern Robin Hood. He was a good hearted rustler and he gave to the poor with bounteous hand. If there was money in his purse the first who asked got it. He would donate liberally to the young missionary going iro the world with the Gospel message, if he had to sell some other man's cow to get the money. Such was this Knight of the Range. He is in for three years.. At the end of that time mavericks should be plentiful. plen-tiful. May the wind be tempered to the shorn lamb till Moses comes again with his lariat, his branding iron, and his big heart! & , Huntsville, the metropolis of Ogden Valley, has decided to become a city. They had s an election last week and the pro-city crowd won by a large majority. Be it known, Huntsville is "Little Denmark" and it was a case of Jutlanders against Uitlanders. The Jutlanders took everything in sight. In vain the counsellors of the bishop sought office from the votes of their flock. No native of Copenhagen, no son of Odensee or Fuen need apply. The race was not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but on the banner of the Jut-lander Jut-lander perched the victory. Wangsgaard went down on Rehustrom's crown and Schade came tumbling after. Skoal to the Northmen. Skoal. H mtsville's a city! & & Ah, but there's Hoken. Hoken Oleson, the gin shop keeper; the man behind the bar, the fly in the Huntsville ointment. Hoken, the elusive, the slippery Hoken, who has cost the country hia weight in silver. He was against incorporation. He knows that his joint is practically the only source of revenue for the municipality outside , of direct taxation, and he says business will have to pipk up before he can pay all the expenses of the new city. In the old days when Hoken was in jeopardy of the law 3G5 days in the year, (he would forget to take out a license, you know.) Pickett Peyton would laugh the prosecution prose-cution out of court. Pickett is no more and an occasional fine is now to be augmented by a high license. Hoken is up against it. Maybe not, though. If the license fee is raised it will cost 10 cents to "draw one" in Huntsville. 5 t5 It is said the promoters of the incorporation of Huntsville slipped a cog in the arrangements. The motive was to get action n the booze parlors par-lors in Ogden Canyon situated in and appertaining appertain-ing to the precinct and school district of Hunts- ville. That this ingenious idea did not succeed H is due to Billy Wilson, who pointed out to a H bunch of his Influential Hunt'jville friends that H if the city covered the safe area as the precinct H and school district, the munic'pality would have H to keep in repair a long stretch of canyon road. H Both the Uitlanders and the Jutlanders were op- H posed to assuming any burdens that could be left with the county, so the limits of the new 'city H cover only the thickly inhabits part of "Little M Denmark," and the odor of the frosted mint julep ' M still fills tho air from the Oaks to the Hermitage. fl No, thanks, Billy, we don't drink. M |