Show the farmers around murray utah have just been assessed fifty cents per acre to pay for the recent joint smoke damage suits against the valley smelters shelters sm elters another case of the biter bitten the great struggle in europe has readied reached out a helping hand to the convicts of colorado A gang engaged in road building between boulder and nederland has b been een picking up tungsten float along the route and last month had more than to its credit from tills this source it has been deposited at interest and each convict will be given his share upon the expiration of his term we are all inclined to look up methods of the past as being completely eclipsed by the modern order of things yet here is a nevada paper which in referring to an old concord stage which was recently taken from there to idaho calls it a vivid reminder of the old stage coach days the days when there was decent mail service throughout this part of the world the route referred to is at present served by three auto stages it is customary for writers from the east from their self made pedestals of imaginary superiority to poke fun at the towns of the west but they do not always come through with flying colors for instance there is the case of julian street who after a walk through cripple creeks sp sporting orting district at that time known as myers avenue made disparaging reference to the morals of the famous gold camp whereupon the city council of that place promptly changed the name of myers avenue to julian street and so it remains street attempted later to even up the score by sarcastic reference to the rough joking days of bret harte and mark twain but we must admit that everyone who reads of the incident does so with a feeling of unholy joy at the way the tables were turned upon him and anyway out in this part of the world we are rather proud of bret harte and mark twain |