Show j i M. M r. r WELLS PROPHET It is probable that 1 Former Governor Go Wells makes es u no u to tho the gift girt o of oC prophecy An And yet ct there fire arc t a n t good man many things In that paper read by him hIn last Friday night at the tho Commercial club which certainly will b be c realized And that is ono one of oC the functions of a prophet When Wilmer ho he spoke of ot the size of that Salt Sail Lake City which he hc saw in fancifully prophetic vision Islon ho he probably dl did not at all exaggerate We Ilo confidently believe Salt Sail Lake Lale will be as big bib as the city he cho chose e to describe to hi his friends In tho playful fashion of oC a male make 1 We e think tho embellishments of ot the city the character char char- I acter of oC the improved streets the magnificence of tho the homes and the impressiveness of oC the business structures will all aH be bc realized in actualities For the paper was more than entertainment It H was clever It mingled Intended mirth with Its serious fore- fore Cl castings s and while we laugh at the former we should not lo lose e sight of oC the fact that the latter are aro in the nature of oC pictures that shall come true The Republican em printed rather Cull fully the paper rea read b by Mr rr Wells You will find it In hm the tho Issue of ot l last st Saturday Sa- Sa morning and It is worth half hal an hour of your OUI time line to get it an and 1 roa read It lt I If you ou have han read It It you Oll need iced not be told It was a desirable thing that thal he fore- fore told old Utah would be bo fortunate if Ir that half fanciful pie plc- tul tn 11 re e could coul be realized V Very ry little of oC it Is boon beyond the tho hope of realization All AU of It that Is essential may be ours But nUL to set get ct It we will have ha to correct the belief in the minds s of oC our OUI a 11 ISh bors of New York that UTAH UTAI IS A COMMUNITY COl OF CRIMINALS We Ve can not rest under that Imputation an and be happy We IVe all un understand that no matter how splendid our material achievements may in the thc future we shall lack much of ot the Joy we vc desire if we know lh lib world worl believes ball badly I of oC us Utah Ulah can go far in realizing the picture which Mi- Mi 1 Wells outlined If IC Utah shall haH t take ke steps to set herself rpM rill t before the worM world No 1 other community would permit the tho New York Tines Times to so 0 harshly characterize i It Wi should Utah No 0 other community permitting permitting- that tha NewYork NewYork New NewYork York Times' Times statement to go o unchallenged 1 would at all nil expect to realize an any portion of the tho desirable things that were painted for COI the hope of the tho Commercial c cub uban and an its guests last Frida Friday night |