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Show CASH FOR CARNIVAL HANGS IN BALANCE Commissioners in Doubt Whether Salt and Babies axe Proper Products for Appropriation. Conceding that the carnival of the Salt Princess advertised salt and babies, both Salt Lake county products, the board of county commissioners is yet doubtful if the advertisement would represent value received for the $500 appropriation asked by the carnival committee. Accordingly the clerk of the board was instructed to write the committee expressing the doubts of the commissioners commis-sioners as to their right to vote the appropriation under the county attorney's attor-ney's interpretation of tho law. The argument that the salt and the babies were the county 'a share of exhibit ex-hibit in the carnival was made to J. C Stay by the carnival committee, ac-cording ac-cording to his report to the commissioners. commis-sioners. Mr. Stay, who is county horticultural hor-ticultural inspector, was delegated by the board to investigate the nature ot exhibit of county products proposed by the committee before the carnival was carried through. The letter to the committee from the board invites members of the committee commit-tee to appear before the board and make further argument if their hopes of yet getting the appropriation- are such as to inspire such persistence. |