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Show Tho proposition to make City Creek canyon more accessible by having a better road to it from the main portion por-tion of the city is worthy of praise; it Is a thing which certainly should be done. But it Is not worth while going about it in a wrong or an Impracticable way. The thing to do is either to extend ex-tend North Temple street eastward to the road (which ought to be done any way to open access throughthat block), or else (for City creek Itself) to make a causeway up the creek from the bridge, along land and stream, which offers no obstruction, and for which no condemnation condem-nation of land would be needed. Get on with the work, by all means, but don't hold too fast to tradition. The dispatch which details Senator Kearns's interview with Secretary Taft and General Chaffee on Improvements at Fort Douglas, in which he received re-ceived assurances which warrant him in declaring that at least 5200,000 will be available for this post dui'lng the next fiscal year (beginning July 1st next) will be read with much satisfaction here. Fort Douglas ia capable of being made at once the most serviceable and the most beautiful of all the army posts. It Is the most centrally located of any, la the most salubrious, a'nd the easiest of access from all directions. It is worthy of being made the great interior post for the U. S. army. And so tho Americans win again; they take the prize of the swiftest conveyance con-veyance and delivery of the Atlantic malls, the American steamer St. Louis having distanced all competitors in the recent test. It 1b but another proof of the superiority of "the man behind the guns." Some tlmo since, The Tribune had from Mr. Don Magulre a fine illustrated account of oil discoveries west of the Promontory, and on tho shore left bare by tho recession of tho waters of the lake. Ho reported tho indications as moat promising, and now we arc glad to see that his judgment Is well supported by the development made in the workings work-ings of tho Ogden company which ia testing that field. At a depth of but ninety fet, ahale very rich in petroleum has been tapped, and ia getting richer with depth. The Tribune's congratulations congratu-lations aro due and aro most heartily offered. |