Show A refutation the president and tho talk to the point A morning paper haa beeh running in this city some fire weeks bince its incipiency has contained mean a dirty flings at house and ma klementin t issue appears uncalled for attack and imn mediately below the cause of this aud previous attacks is made evident A reporter 0 the directed the attention of the president and the man ager of the referred to to the article the president stated that the opera hauae had ben a great credit to the city it was doubtful it thre wao a finer of the drama to be found on the pacific coast in any city the bi ze of the company recognized the fact thai it was still incomplete and deficient in modern modes of lighting decoration etc but the building in thy first aiace been erected without sufficient capital and the company thereby involving itself in debt winch abill remains unpaid with a heavy amount af interest to be paid annually it has been funnel impossible to make the desired improvements up to the present time the fact that iheson improvements are needed is apparent to tua company as as much as to the morning paper which is making repeated repeat sd attacks on the institution but the earnings up to the present time laidve only been sufficient to meet the current expenses interest li eunse tabea insurance etc the object of the paper was evidently an attempt to whip the company into in its columns toe manager bad recommended recommend pd im mediately after paper had j started publication about four weeks aaa that the cloard authorize him to advertise in it as soon as it became evident that it would become a permanent publication the manager referring to the expression contained in the mornine paper b that people are tiled of to such a dilthy place to witness a show slated that it was an abao luto falsehood and that the theatre was acknowledged by visiting companies and tourists as well as patrons of the house to be kept as neat and clean as any themire in the territory the absence of decorations and gilding was no evidence of filth the lighting was as as could possibly be obtained by the present and duniy method of lih that the colt pany is financially able to maintain notwithstanding the fact that general trade in this city is duller this summer than it was last the patronage of tte hauae is letter the courtesies of the house had been extended to all depre centa tives of the press both of chiq city and salt lake whenever applied forand as ganv as six complimentary tickets were used last night by employees on aba morning paper referred to the manager could see no other reasons for abeso attacks than those of envy aad malice it had not bean considered in the interest of jhb stockholders to advertise indiscriminately and without prospect of fair returns and for these reasons members of alio board had deemed it prudent to wait a few weeks longer before increasing its advertising expenses or at least until there was a reasonable prospect of the paper being a permanent enterprise |