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Show Lo! The Foor Eagle. Some iudiTidu.il signing himself "Publico" h: written a long article on the removal of the eagle from the Eagle git-) and its transfer to Ensign peak. Now, aa an old resident I do not feel in agre;t hurry to have it removed unless it Bhould prove a aerioui obstruction ob-struction to travel, or be uasalo for "Publico" to walk uudar. I d.i not think it neceisary to be in a great, haste to remove old landmarks, especially es-pecially those that represent an idea, and that are peculiar, and must say I fet 1 a deep respect for the founder of this gate and thank him for the effort to create a love for art in building build-ing such objects as the eule and the graceful lion on the Lion house at an early day. To pull it down for the sake of change is similar to tue actions ot the communiels in Paris wboee aim Beerued to be to destroy what their predecessors bad erected. I repeat that the Eagle gate is a curioaiiy. I do not claim for it a compurisou with the monument) ol the old world, but for the new wot 1:1 it is pretty good, and just as much entitled to remain as many such objects ob-jects are retained out of the respeot due to those who built them. Now, if the bird must come down let ''Publico" start a subscription list to erect a public fountain in some accepted locality, surmounted bv a statue of the late President Briaham Young something that will be permanent, per-manent, and supply the place of auch objects as the Eagle gate. We cn then suffer to see iuoh time-honored relics pulled down, but in the mean-tim mean-tim let us cherish the works of our fathers and net by precipitous acts be in too much of a hurt y to obliter ate them. Travelers are all asking to eee the first bouse built in this city and if it were now standing it would stand a chance of being taken care of as much as the old boat used by General Fremont Fre-mont in the muBeutu. I think, now that the structure is likely to remain, that it is entitled to tie fed with putty, well painted and if auy of our oitzsua can suggest im provements that will help the look of the bird.Iwill add my mite by suggesting suggest-ing the addition of an olive branch to the eagle's beak. By all means give the bird that represents this land of freedom a chance to Bee our city spread on the right and lelt, and witness the grand development of this iuterior country, and let the old eagle be pointed out 'or a long lime to come as having been erected by one of the foremost founders ol the great neat. Sqdisksett Sxo.oks, F. S. A. |