Show CAUGHT ON THE SURF It is strange that all the papers quote Colonel E M Correll who was in company com-pany with his uncle when the latter died at Saltair the other day as the editor of a Nebraska paper Colonel Correll is better bet-ter known in these parts as the late editor edi-tor of the defunct Ogden Commercial It is Mrs Correll who is boss of the Hebron Heb-ron Neb Join nal and it is she who has made of it the howling womans suffrage organ that is There is a mine owner in this city who is reported to have more cash than another an-other individual hereabouts known And he knows how to keep it too remarked re-marked a gentleman in conversation upon the subject yesterday Well I dont know aboutthat quoth the other only he doesnt sound his praises from the town bell like some folks do Perhaps Per-haps i Mark McKimmins could speak he would tell you how this very man had helped him to stave off a crash several times within the last two years of his life And so it goes In case VicePresident Stevenson should visit Salt Lake it will not be the first time that he has so honored the city During the first administration of Mr Cleveland when Mr Stevenson wad first assistant postmaster general he took in the town under the guidance of Mr C R Barratt then our Democratic postmaster and was much pleased with it I he again favors us he will not fail to note the evolution that has since taken place In our material and political condition for the vicepresident is a keen and quick observer man as well as a brainy and genial With two such celebrities as VicePres ident Stevenson and Congressman Washington Wash-ington who is chairman of the territorial committee and closely identified with the recent history of Utah a our honored guests the next few days should be lively ones in political circles Indeed invitations invita-tions havo already been sent out by Delegate Dele-gate Rawlins for a reception to Mr Washington Unfortunately Mr Steven sons visit will be only a brief one at best or else all our citizens would delight in paying their respects to the second gentleman gen-tleman in the land I Free wool or theprospectof tarif reform is not responsible for the price of horses but it Is true just the same that ranch horses can be bought just now for the asking and n good every day horse can be had for a song with no takers A good stepper yesterday went off for 12 and tho owner was glad to get rid of him and the board bill which every month accrued I this is the case now when grazing is good what will it be in midwinter mid-winter when fetd is high Disciples ol Napoleon McCinley have not yet set to explaining the matter on tho ground of prospective tariff reform although it contains con-tains the nucleus oianeloquentargument for a truly gifted liar and the conclusions to be drawn are as logical as those contained con-tained in tho recent vaporings of the Kanosh Crane I is said that thousands of trout and spawn are being killed in Utah lake with dynamite or quicklime put in soda water bottles by socalled sportsmen and indi viduals who catch to sell Another cause ot wholesale destruction of trout is f com lack of screens in the irrigation canals connecting with the Provo river At this time of the year the old trout go up the river thirty or forty miles to spawn i and then later in the season when the young trout come down the river they get into the irrigating ditches and die I screens were placed at the head of each canal the trout could not lose their way iou i-ou their journey to the lake Still anther I an-ther complaint is that the carp which j get into the lake from private fish ponds through the negligence of the owners eat up the spawn of trout and bass the j latter of which are becoming quite numerous in the lake of late I is a matter of surprise to some unsophisticated 1 unso-phisticated minds that the retrenchment 1 commIttee did not recommend to the r council on Tuesday evening that the meetings of that august body be limited to one a week or even made bimonthly 0 Every time the council meets it costs the taxpayers nearly S100 in pay to the Solons 1 and they generally meet twice a week entailing an expense of about SOO 1 month This item should be tbe subject of a deep cut It is rarely that at one ol these 100 meetings work of Scents value to the city is performed Reform should begin right in the council chamber first Councilmen who draw S10 a week besides pay for committees for doing nothing cannot be regarded as public benefactor in the present state of affairs |