Show Is it A fraud we have received inquiries from several parties in utah county regard ing the reliability of the atlas publishing company eaid to have its headquarters in salt lake city the statement is made that agents for this alleged company have been canvassing the cowna of utah cou ty ana elsewhere for a proposed county history of the state in which are to be inserted brief biographies of old the canvassers who ara oi aba usual lo 10 type a rate of 5 fr the biography which is ta ba attended with a portrait of the subject and require a subscription to chebook the book which is aleo 5 the biye dollars for the biography is to be paid down the price of tho book to ba collected on delivery in making the canvas the parties pr to send someone en a given date to take menn rinda for the abiog and in daveral nm to us it is alleged that this part of the arree fedt has been violated although the money was paid in some other cases but half of the price for ahe biography was paid and subscribers aro cow receiving letters calling for the other half the inquires sent to us aak whether or not tha echela is a fraud aa to an atlas publishing company in this city we can learn of no rep mutable concern of that naboo cr of any publishing bodao that intends issuing a history such as that described to us aa canvassed for we learn that the parties who are receiving rece ivine the money on this account box in j this city as the place r delivery of their mail in tiis hiis city and if they are engaged in any crooked work they are liable to prosecution by the government lor using the mails to defraud Desere fc news |