Show the potato crop the suggestion that one or more public lectures be delivered on the potato production of this valley un der tho auspices of the chamber of commerce ought to be followed the potato crop it properly cultivated can ba made a great source of revenue to utah it wasa profitable crop to the farmers of this valley last year but mixed crops caused the utah potatoes to take second place greeley had nine thousand tonao a gentleman from colorado stated in our office a taw days ago of one uniform variety of potatoes the feet that dealers could get from there a carload of a certain kind and size of potatoes tended to gie the greeley product ready sale and utah potatoes were hardly handled at alluntiz allun tiU the greeley crop had been marsted mar eted if the chambor of commerce could take this matter in hand and through means of public lectures and oiher public agitation get our farmers to plant the aade variety of potatoes it would greatly help the sale of the utah tubers last yew it is said that not a beugle carload of straight grade potatoes left this valley cara were usually loaded by several farmers and contained the peerless Pee iless chrly rose white elephant late rose etc etc the mixed did not look wpc 1 together bace of g size s in the east rouble rou blo to sort them greeley as stated afore gaved them this trouble and consequently they bought there babora coming to utah if our farmers who raise pota oes for the eastern market could agree say on the peerless which grows well in the average utah soil it would make little difference bow many farmers helped make ap a carload for shipment the potatoes would be of about the same arade and nize ve suggest the peerless though discussion bedora the chain ber of commerce might prove some other variety donld be more profitable whatever potato is adopted ought to be generally cultivated and made as distinti dist inui as possible it is said there is no difficulty to distinguish the potatoes in the eastern market they are aboab of a aiza and of the same variety buyers therefore know the greely potatoes and have begun tor them it could get on the potato market in that way our farmers would find double the demand for their product A organ wants to know how about the election frauds it believes they ought to receive the attention of the grand jury sanpete is in this dra but wa do not belieka the grand jury now in session in this city will be able to find any frauds committed in the district of course frauds were committed on the sanpete returns democrats had to acknowledge as much in open court we believe however that they were committed in salt lake our grand jury might inquire into the matter and be sure that the forgeries were not done in Sac pote before tha ballot boxes left there and then let the salt lake grand jury investigate the other ead of the boxes journey THE following little joka hag been going th rounds of the press A man in missouria Misa ouria who when ha beard that the state went republican rushed home and shoates to hi astonished toni shed wife pack up mary pack going to move I 1 wont live in a state the dutiful wife bagan to make for leaving and the husband went down town again presently he returned flushed with rage aud despair unpack mary unpack im not going he panted tho mattor frank asked hii wife with B groan he answered theres no place to go TSE new york times the administration organ seeks to revive the polygamy bugaboo by quoting a falsely reported speech of president joseph F smith in the birchfield Bich field paper the democrats seem to have a great under current at i work to prevent the consummation of statehood ant it will never work statehood is coming it not this year then in 97 when we have a republican executive seems to be something sim ething rotten in the third precinct election cases that douht to be investigated by the grand jury the election frauds are so palpable throughout wonder is that no more than three democrats have been indicted up to date JOHN henry smith if he wins hia case and is seated in the convention as the majority of the voters intended he should be would make an excellent president of that august body he has been a wheel horae in the cause of republicanism TEE salt lake herald abill lella its readers that good times are coming and still fails lo 10 say that they will not be here while Demo carta havo tha administration of affairs in alm country THERE is not much humor in a suggestion to an honest man that ballot boxes be stuffed democrats may deal in such jokes buc republicans never JUDGE bartchak Bar refusal to grant the writ of mandate in the third precinct cases after the supreme court decision was a surprise |