Show BRIGHT BITS FROM BRIGHAM The Voice Xo Longer llearil Civil Government Clans General News Notes Brigham City March Republican organs do not seem to flourish like the gree bay tree In a Democratic county This week the Voice of this city quietly gave up the ghost This is the second organ in two years the lukewarm g o p men of this county have closed heir eyes and ears to and let pass into oblivion A civil government class has been organized or-ganized in Brigham for the purpose of discussing particularly the proposed constitution for Utah The officers of he organization elected last Saturday are J M Coombs president H L Steed vicepresident Hyrum Standing Stand-ing secretary Hyrum Jensen assis antsecretary Some lively spats are anticipated when the womans suffrage comes up for debate as the class is about equally divided between Demo rats and Republicans The report that 150 men will soon be put to work on the Iron plant near Hot Springs is heard with much Interest up this way A gang of fifteen or twenty men is now breaking the ground around the site placing things in readiness BO a larger force can goo go-o work Half a foot of snow fell in town Thursday night By 3 oclock Jn the afternoon of the nest day it had all disappeared and the streets were almost al-most dry again The Republicans In the convention forgetful of the whole people Jn their overflowing desire to serve party are pushing things to such extremes that hey will probably defeat statehood That Is the unpleasant prediction many solid old citizens around here are now making They canot see how they can onsclenUously vote for great partisan planks that the majority seem bent on forcing into the constitution for the new state This is a lamentable state of affairs Give us a constitution for all the people or none at all seems to be the wish Fred Hlllman is doing a rushing business at his wool pulling house Several thousand pelts were shipped into town this week to this establishment establish-ment A goodly number of people are saving sav-ing up their nickels and dimes to go to the conference in Salt Lake next week On account of scarcity of cash the number Is not likely to be as large as In some former years It Is thought that most of the business busi-ness houses in town will close next Saturday Arbor day The Ximrods have been putting In their best licks as the duck hunting season will close oil March 31 |