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Show I Though the amusement season ts nearly ended, some of the best things arc yet to come, In the class day exercises. ex-ercises. "We should think the street car company com-pany would fear that more people would learn how good It Is to walk to Liberty Park. City Physician Wilcox would doubt-' doubt-' less drop everything and respond promptly to a cull to do something to one of his detractors. Did that Tuesday rainstorm Indicate that some one in the weather bureau thought that another weok of baseball was opening up here? There are many young ladles who can show they are not devoting attention to unimportant things at present, having their graduation gowns to think of. Better facilities will doubtless be afforded af-forded for transporting Liberty -Park crowds, as the car company knows no better way of gelling people's nickels. It is said that Mayor Morris is dissatisfied dis-satisfied with the afCairs of his administration. admin-istration. By looking around a little he can find others who also feel that way. In New York a banker has been sent to prison for seven years for stealing steal-ing $10,000, that sum now being considered consid-ered small enough lo entitle the taker to a long term. Will the Hon. "Qull, Nebekcr really seek the Democratic nomination for Governor, or will he show that he Is 1 still clever by hcrping to put it on somebody else? N If the Utah Democracy wishes to send a delegation to St. Louis that will bo sure to be heard from, let It put the Hon. Dave Evans and the Hon? Parley Williams on it. If the few "editors In the great editorial edi-torial conventIonl&.t St. Louis have listened lis-tened closely to all the suggestions made, they will know how not to run a paper when they get back. A good deal of fun is being1 poked at the British Admiralty because It appointed ap-pointed a dead man to an ofllce. By the context of the news relating to this incident in-cident It Is presumed that the man has been buried. Otherwise, there wpuld be -Ho particular point to the merriment; merri-ment; it is not at all unusual to appoint ap-point "dead men" to office; but the trouble in most cases is that they are not buried. I The profit-sharing plan announced by the American Smelting company is about to be put into force by the distribution distri-bution among Its employees of the large sum of $100,000. This amount Is to bo handed to the company'n employees em-ployees in due proportion to their wages, and it will no doubt be a welcome addition ad-dition to the puy, and make the workers work-ers work harder than ever, so ay to increase in-crease this divisible surplus for future distribution. This profit-sharing Idea scema to bo taking good form with many large concerns; It is not only an incentive to the employees to do their best, but it is in the nature of an insurance insu-rance against strikes; for no omployee would care to go on a strike which would not only stop his wages, but would deprive him of cash already accumulated ac-cumulated for his benefit. Rumors are rife In the East of the Hj settlement of the great Amalgamated contest in Montana. But the principals both denied it, H. H. Rogers agreeing with his great opponent, Mr, Helnze, in the statement that any settlement Is outside of their knowledge or partlcipa-tjon. partlcipa-tjon. The Wall Street Journal, in not-lng not-lng the Amalgamated situation says' that "many factors are moving for a settlement of the Montana copper war, Hl which warfare has been more acute Hl the last six months than the public has ever known." And further: "The fighting In Montana- was not only po-lltlcal po-lltlcal and financial, but reached such a stage underground with water and dynamite as promised to make of the Butte mining: camp u wreck and a blot on civilization long- to be remembered." It Is certain that tho Interests Involved In this war arc altogether too great to reasonably allow of the destruction and loss involved in this great dispute. It certainly ought to be settled. |