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Show the 'decline, 'nd it U 11 beue Denver mea wHen at 'home U twer together, and whea the go abroad they have oa eye on the main ehanee- If it is an ezcunion, the thought ia how to get a om-mission om-mission out of the job; if it ia a convention, the tbotight how to gret the next convention to Denver. Den-ver. We 1elieve that Denver atill hold the place at the ofdeial mining cepter of the United fi.tate. when the truth U that all real, mining "states, mean the precious metals and the more valuable of the baser 'metals, are to the west 6f Denverv She 'm simply hanging on the fringe; but when mining men wish to consult ia. ret. convention to exchange ex-change inaecurscies and experiences, they have to go to Denver to do it, for is it not the capital of the mining world to which Wl of the other states give up their regular annual tribute t . ' We. are not disparaging Denver ; we have a profound pro-found admiration for Denver 'a ways,' .and put this out simply -s a hint to 8alt Lake men that if they would like tq ehanga. heir business for the better, they eith r ought ta adopt. Denver 'a methods or send for a Denver man to come and tell them how to .do ,it, paying him, of . course. ' the commission which Denver always exacta for giving valuable information. DENVER. . " ' Denver is a gams town for aure. Ths west has keen langhinp; for years over the story that when the beautiful Tabor opera housed I was about finished, :ihajmaa-whQ-wa. seeing to the decorations one dsy hung picture of Shakespeare in a conspicuous place in the beautiful structurs. ' Kelt' morning when old man Tabor erune down to the building, seeing the .picture. heked who it was.. 'He waa told that it waa a picture of the greatbard 6t Avon," William Wil-liam Shakespeare. V Bill Shakespeare ; Ml Shakee-peare Shakee-peare !." he repeated t& or three times aa if trying 'toTecall him. Then oozing up be said, "What the hell did he ever do for Dei, vert' But he illustrated perfectly the spirit of Denver men.:- We are led to refer to it iroto the fact that the Bell Telpbone company was established hers something like a quarter of a century , ago. It seemed to be doing pretty well, for it expanded ite .domain to Jdaho, to Montana, all over Utah, and made direct connections with Oregon and California. Califor-nia. It seemed to be doing so well that after a while an independent company atarted an eppi tion telephone system here. It was Qn the square; if we eould believe the word Of ths originatora, it waa never to be sold out; it waa to be a boon of mercy to the people who were paying the old rates. It-continued for some years, then H either sold out to or merged with the Bell Telephone and in the same merger some eastern connections wer. taken in. 'But npo that reorganisation we find that all the eaernitivs and operating officers who have been here' from the first are to go t Denver, and Salt 'Lake is to be. made 'Just a way etatiort. .About the only rel officer that will bf kpt hfj will(be one .who- will eolleot the revenues urery month, of ihia dlstre. and send ths same to Denver io the ' main office. Even the' auditor has to go." 'T .". ' ' That is, of course, the business of the-rlireetora. If when it ia all complete it wfll look a little like the tail wagging the dog, that ia none of onr business. busi-ness. ; The eomnany handles its own affairs. . But things are a little out of joint anyway this year. Ths plsneta are in strsngs eonjunetion, there are signs of disturbances in the' earth, and the hearts of men hare not for years seemed half so mtfch inclined in-clined toward anarchy aa right now. Ther--'-? -tremendons strikes in ths old world, anfl ' Francisco tl.s other day ths I. WW V t republic re-public meeting, denounced the flsg of the ufd States, the government of the Vnited &teV-j&U government-, indeed snd were allowed to goijOn until they went to damning the pop. Then it waa necessary to stop them. They wVre.ln the. same fix that the stranger in Chieago would hava been in bad he followed the advice of a atranger whom lie mt on the street and asked if he would pleaa-Xt pleaa-Xt hun where the SU Vincent hospital was. The gentleman replied i ' ' . . "I cannot tell you, air, hut go up on the steps et the eathdrsl yonder and at the top of your Voice yell three times, 'To hell with the pope' and yon will find the hospital easy enough.", -- ..- One of .hese gentlemen arrested in San Francisco Fran-cisco bad -a bank book with him in which waa placed to hia credit aome $3500 or $3600. .He .confessed .con-fessed Jhai when he came to thia country two years- ago - from Italy he had $54, and still he was o who wanted to down the flag, to' kill ordr and law, and for every man to do aa he likea. . But we are wandering a little from our theme. We began to tell about Denver, ways. The withdrawing with-drawing ot the telephone offices from this city to Denver, aa wa said abovs, waa simply a ruling of the directors and we auspeet waa entirely within the law. . - - But speaking of Denver's faculty -for successfully success-fully buttin.' in, we have a suspicion that when the Moffat road reaches here. syndicste of Denver nes wil come over nere, make .a calculation of the feasibility of moving thia city bodily to Denver. They will estimate tha coat, then add enough for commissions, and then' we are. all liable to go. Ws uhderstsnd thst in the matter qf uiifling machinery, lor instsnee, while this city sells more. mining. na-. na-. chine ry ia a week than. Denver does in year, nearly all that ia sold bars baa to pay a commission to 'Denver; bseaoee some Denver . man haa tha agency. We mention these things not through any envy or jealousy. .for we hava none; but rather in' admiration for .the faculty, which, Denver men possess pos-sess of drswing profit to themselves whether the times be evil or good. "Ws have beard mea often ssy thst come from beyond the Rockies thst Denvey haa reached her zenith, that already her shadow ara pointing to the east. We do not believe a word ef it.' Deaver will be there blooming when other cities psore favorably located by nature "Will be on |