Show I Deseret rei News lews ow Tries t to 10 Cheat at Salt SaltI at I lake s ut of f Their Tr Elephant Evening Organ Resorts to Lies to Keep Zoo in Small Town Class Here is an editorial printed tM in the Deseret News in an effort effort to to deprive Salt Lake kiddies of an elephant inthe inthe in inthe the Liberty park zoo A circus company having a second secondI secondhand I hand elephant which it desi desires es to toI get rid of has offered the animal to Salt Lake City for the trifling I sum of ot Salt Lake having better uses fo for Its money oney declined the offer whereupon a sensational newspaper appeals to the public for t f r fu dSt S 'S ite prize for for- Liberty park Should the appeal I be successful it is safe to assume that the city will have several hundred dollars donars per month added to its expense expense account for the up upkeep upkeep upkeep up- up keep of ot the elephant in feed and keepers to say nothing of ot the damage to life and property when the beast goes on a rampage as all an allwell allwell anI I well ordered elephants occasionally do If It in these days of public burdens there is one thing more than another which taxpayers are burning to acquire it is probably a castoff elephant Even if the city accepts the gift gitt the chances are the animal would s soon on change its hue and become a specimen of the celebrated white variety Here is what members of the city commission sa say H H. H Green commissioner of ot parks I and public property property property-I I am sorry to see I that the News i Is j taking this attitude I first heard of the elephant plan I through a representative of THE THE TELEGRAM Karl A. A Scheid commissioner of public affairs and finance finance No No circus ever offered to sell the city elty an ele ele- ele- ele A representative of THE TELEGRAM first broached the he plan and asked me If It I would consent to the granting of ot a free license to the circus in consideration of an elephant for I Liberty park zoo W. W H. H Shearman commissioner of waterworks waterworks The The plan developed white while I was out of the city and was under unde underway underway way when I returned I Heber M M. M Wells commissioner of streets The streets The commission never heard of ot a circus sell sen I offering to the city an elephant A TELEGRAM I reporter first mentioned the plan to me and It I met with my favor I believe it will be a a. great thing for the children I Robert M M. M Young secretary to to Mayor 1 Ferry who Is out of the city ity said No said No circus circus- ever offered to se sell 1 the city an elephant elphant within my m knowl knowl- edge THE TELEGRAM has been told by the owner of ot Princess Alice Alce that it costs a circus a day to feed an elephant Commissioner Wells j is an authority au- au hority for the statement that th the city is paying that much to care for each team of ot horses I |