| Show Once Upon a Time was a gentleman whose name we dis- dis JL 1 remember remember for for this was once upon a time fal long g way back who back who went to his stable in the theas m as was his wont and shortly discovered that hat his horses were A AWOL W 0 L. L And why not The rhe stable door had been left open all through 4 the night So straightaway he bought a lock for the door and thereafter meticulously kept 1 7 the stable locked so no one one might break in inand and nd steal horses that were not ther there That may not be the story just as it was written but bu its it's fI the gist of it and the moral seemed to be that an ounce of foresight is worth a pound of hindsight hindsight hind hind- hindsight sight or something of the sort Now there is no very close connection between between between be be- tween that story and the one about the informal meeting of the county commissioners on Friday Friday Fri Fri- Friday day at which some purely hypothetical situations were discussed with vim and vigor Of course there is no connection The county has not lost any horses that we know of Strangely though as we read about the I commissioners' commissioners discussion to establish good policies in the interest of efficient Salt Lake county government the silly story about getting getting get get- ting the lock for the stable after instead of before be be- for fore for popped into our head It may have been just a mood We do have moods moods and and dont don't we all aU It must have been the nature of f those hypothetical situations the boys were talking over though that that recalled recalled the stable th the horses and the lock the gentleman bought The discussion discussion discussion dis dis- dis- dis seems to have revolved about six principal principal principal prin prin- cipal hypotheses what would be the efficient thing for good county government to do if such situations as these should arise 1 Alleged placement of unauthorized n names mes upon departmental pay 2 unauthorized use of county road equipment on city and town projects 3 3 Administration of the county gravel pits near near Thirty-third Thirty South street and Wasatch boulevard 4 4 Use of county trucks for ha hauling ling cerr cement nt and ana gravel for private interests 5 Exchange of equipment between th the county and cities and towns 6 Alleged abuses of departmental contingent contingent contingent contin contin- gent funds funds' all all' but two of which those in the in-the the sheriffs sheriff's and county attorneys attorney's offices have been recommended by special auditors to td be discon discon- t As would be the case in in these primary pre t and pre-election pre times when any two or three men get together together- politics would enter into the scene scene especially especially when two of the parties to the discussion happen to be public figures opposing each other for the same office on the same ticket That's how it was wag Though there Was vas wailing ail ng and gnashing of teeth teeth but but quietly none none raised his rich baritone above ordinary conversational tones But there was animosity Reports have it that it ran like an undercurrent rent en through the the entire discussion Inasmuch as US mere was no actual disturbance of the peace possibly more need not be said of it y 1 Bu But now it comes to us all of a flash the flash the reason reason we happened to connect this with the up of the story gentleman who had had the horses i t i vas was vai that we thought all this calm and mild dist disi discussion dis- dis of of good policies in the interest of 61 f effi effie dent Salt Lake county government shou should d have been held long ago conclusions reached and a program agreed upon and followed Ther Theres There's s 's the adage that Its never too late to learn but there is another that A CIA bird in the hand is Worth two i in the bush as well as the other that Well begun is half done and the other The I early bird gets the worm And thundering down the corridors of time have come the immortal im im- immortal im- im mortal words The saddest words of tongue or pen n are It might have been |
