Show I L q d The Very Idea Shocking HArU HARLES ES M. M Monn IS in addition to being asI as- as p r I I I county attorney is evidently c a most exI exit ex ex- I it j I I person In lu pursuance of his bis duties as asI I public prosecutor he lie is supposed to secure a somewhat someI some some- I what intimate knowledge of such conditions in Salt Sail r I LaJ Lake Lale C city county as come w within thin the purview attorneys attorney's office And inasmuch a as of ol C the county I that office is the flue clearing house of all infractions 01 it is obvious thai tita the tIle men in charge of or tate state rl it H t ought to lo he lie thoroughly informed as to the presence pres pres- Once ence in Salt Lake of persons violate the thew w w from those who do murder down dO to the most ordinary I cases of L C petit larceny and including offenders against public morality r. l Morris l has demonstrated ed eel however ho that he lie knows nothing about it in view of the tIle police chiefs chief r s report f It Jt is js impossible for instance that the thc Midland l 1 rooming house has been n used e ed l for two years past as ns asan asI r I an undesirable resort Ordinarily we should b Hero ic some part of this statement since Mr Morris lorris but after reading reiding again ain the anual annual an an- I is authority authority- for it il l ng nual ual report of 01 the the- chief of police recently made we wo f have havo sadly concluded l that the tho assistant county attorney at attorney at- at torney must necessarily bo ho mistaken althou although h he hep p assured d the city commission it was true tine And he lie he goes gocs further Kot content with exposing IIi his utter this in this one lack of 01 information concerning city c q i instance an and proving th that t his years in ill the count county r f i 1 I attorneys attorney's office have havo been wasted so far as f the ther lie liet t r acquisition on of knowledge is concerned the tIle public in ill ini inthe prosecutor brazenly challenged public credulity i t the following statement nt only onh in r reference to toI toti toda I Iwas was 15 questioned today I ti Midland hou house hoLie e. e Ha Had the city c com COIn m- m r mission sl a asked J. J for i c evidence ence on a t l. number 01 Ot OtIer I houses In Salt Lake I could have havo given hen J t I have havo much information along lon the same lines 1 of or onal investigations In hi a addition ad ad- made a L number personal er to learning learning- much of or tho condition of these thes I through complaints brought ht to the tho county 1 places placeR InI Inthe in inthe f 4 attorneys attorney's rs r's office and anti by br cI evidence enco brought out the trial of or cases I It is patent from the foregoing that Mr Ir 11 Mori Morr Morris is s is not sufficient he but hut his sincerity what hat believes says skepticism skepticism- He lie may be a dent to overcome public capable public prosecutor in ill fact we know he Ite is of in ill view But his statements arc palpably absurd this statement made b by the chief of police two weeks ago in his annual report persistent work of at this d de department IC- IC As a result of or the wo we havo ha not now no ono during the tIle year ear disorderly resort nor one gambling or opium den denin in tho city I Tho Tim well known probity of Assistant County AtI Attorney At At- I torney torner Moms ronis fon s precludes any allY suspicion that ho he was attempting deliberately to deceive tho the city commis commission commis- commis of certain rooming- rooming I sion into revoking re the licenses And AmI since it is impossible to impeach im jill- 1 house houe C proprietors Pencil peach either his veracity or his intelligence ence we wc must conclude condu e that he is laboring under a delusion de dc- lusion which we trust will be he only temporary the community ne needs ds his services and Uil would be lC loath to lose him hun It is 15 to be hoped hope therefore that he lie soon 1 recovers his customary mental health I One might of course take the contrary view accepting accepting act ac ac- ac- ac t Mr Morriss Morris's s statement as 35 reliable and disregarding dist disregarding dis dis- dis- dis regarding reg as untrue that of or the chief of police This I t latter attitude altitude e we c cannot of course assume The of police business held by the I thorough 11 knowledge go police chief cIder his well known and cud unimpeachable w imi-w mn i th that he lie could not bo be uJ 1 1 i deceived J by his subordinates and his well understood J habit of promptly confessing himself in the wrong I when shown his bis error error all all compel us hs to rece receive c I I in ill in good faith and with complete confidence whatever f he lie may see sec fit to say believe tho the head policeman I Anyway nr we prefer to Were ere we for a n moment to weaken our faith in the purity of Salt SnIt Lake under the present city gO cru uncomfortable in indeed eed We Ve Vec ment meat mente we lYe should be most I Lake is without sin an and c. c have been assured assured that Salt if this be but a dream wo we do 10 not wish to be awak awak- 1 J I pi L pa ra I i The Meeting of Dairymen I HERE ought to be careful consideration given tile the THERE recommendations as to legislation made mado by the theda I da dairymen of Utah at their recent annual meeting meeting- As k participants in an industry that is gro groll growing ll to mean much to the commercial possibilities of Utah J they ther should understand fully mull the abU abuses es that arc are arcI I fostered h by existing laws or lack of them and we wei i I have no doubt that in making their recommendations they were as careful of the tile consumers' consumers interests as 1 they were of their own The well understood necessity necessity I sit sity that the agricultural resources of th the state shall be advanced as rapidly as possible must include also I the tile progress of the dairymen and nd whatever er aids r them aids indirectly their neighbors and customers One of the speakers Mr W W. P. P Jensen of Salt SaIt II r I L Lake kc dwelt at somo some length upon the advisability ad of improving the breed of dairy cattle As perhaps I tho the largest argest single investor in the dairy business in inI inthis I I I this part of 01 tho the west Mr Jensen is well-qualified well I to discuss the essentials of dairying He has developed developed de de- de- de 1 f a a. large business that has gone beyond the I I confines of the tha state making Salt SnIt Lake the tIle headquarters head head- I I. I quarters of a a. large s system of depots and the central I point to which flows the profits that accrue In Ini j i urging upon the dairymen the advisability of stocking stocking stocking stock stock- I ing with better cattle he is but advancing the policy that ho Ite has bas himself found so successful In connection con COIl with several other Salt Lake men he has hasI I formed a n. company for the importation of blooded I stock a policy that carefully followed raise the I standard throughout the state will furnish the tho people peo peo- I plo lO better dairy products and add to the prosperity r I of the dairymen 1 Tb The Tue men who It have hare e their money moncy invested in that business in m Utah can cnn scarcely do better than g give gC C careful attention to Mr 1 fr Jensens Jensen's advice for years I of attention to the industry in this and other states qualifies 11 him m thoroughly to discuss it oJ 1 f r I j I I Senator James H. H Brady I IN TN MOMENTS IO of or triumph like that which has haa I come to Former Governor James II H Brady of or Idaho it if is customary to exhaust ones one's con congratulations 1 upon the victor In this instance however ho the J felicitations may better be bo given to the people of 1 the Gem state stale than to the tim capable citizen whom their l' l l' l representatives s in the Legislature have justI just I I. I elected to the United States Senate Able moderate I and tolerant intimately acquainted with the tIle of that commonwealth find and trustworthy to the degree that hi his big 3 incumbency of the gubernatorial chair has 1 p proven ro e 11 Senator Brady is a credit to the state slate he wil represent and to the entire west cst No Xo man mall better better bet het j ter equipped for the duties he lie will vill he be called upon to discharge could have been chosen 1 and we e congratulate late the people of Idaho upon th the thc wise selection the they ba have c ma madei made e. e I i t v- v |