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Show fJottings Jottings From Froma I If Ia f a Prodigal SonJ SonJf SonJDear SonL Son SonDear f L - - Dear Bish Blsh " ' There are t\\O t O tso t \ o overy -very very fiery , - cry good and potentseasons potent potentTcasons potentreasons Tcasons seasons whj why wh I ha\e ha e hae hare . \ , played the laggard laggardfor laggardfor laggardfor for several weeks past The first fll"st fllst " rea- rea reason reason rea reason - son Is that I knew none of youi YOul your readerswould readerswould readers readerswould -would would - miss ' "Prodigal Prodigal 'Prodlgal Prodlgal " Jottings Jottmgs ' ' enough enoughto enoughto to discontinue reading your most ex- ex excellent excellent ex excellent - cellent paper . . I am not so egotistical egotisticalas as to think that "Jottings Jottings " " were so 1m- 1m im- im imlJol'tnt important 1mportant - would be teiy teiylonesome , ieiylonesome elY elY10nesome -portant portant lJol't\nt lJol't lJolt nt - ' . ' \ that anyone any one 10nesome lonesome without them My second secondreason secondreason secondreason -reason reason - is due to ro the fact that election electionnotices electionnotices electionnotices notices and other political matters matterswere matterswere matterswere were taking up a . very large space spate spa e inyour in inyour Inyour your paper , and since smce suite these were weremoney weremoney weremoney money making matters , in which wluch we weare weare weare are more or less anxious to partIcIpate participateeven , even to the last man of us , . I was wise enough to know that money Is far bet- bet better better bet better - ter to an editor than all aU the local jot- jot jottings jottings jot jottings - tings that might mjght be sent In for publl- publl publi- publi publication pu publlrcalm U- U Ucation - cation , ' in wltich which there is no cash of the therealm therealm realmAnd rcalm realm And now since the good people of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab ha\ ha ha\e ha e hac hate \ c \ wted toted ored most wisely for a awa.ter awater awater wa.ter water . works system sjstem , to be munIcipally munIcipallyowned municipallyowned municipallyowned owned , I tender my congratulations on ontheir ontheir ontheir their good ' sense 'Sense and wisdom so shown shownin shownin shownin in said election Then you 11 also have havea a sewer system , another wise and most mostexcellent J i Je'Ccellent iexcellent e'Ccellent eCcellent excellent ' addition to your Innate good goodjudgment goodMob goodjudgment th goodth tlungs judgment nggss nggssfor for tor for thetown the Two town townof town most ofta of ta taI Moab MoabI Mob Mobndid splendid ndid good goodtlungs goodthings I alto al < : < ; o note that so many of the en- en energetic energetic en energetic - ergetic gardeners of beauty . , , art and andflowers andflowers andflowers flowers ran neck and neck in the finaljudging finaljudging final judging by those whose duty It was to topass topass pass final judgment There were \ ere 50 so 50many somany many ties that even if they had cast castlots castlots caselots [ lots for ! final inal , . the ve-dict ve dict verdIct * - would have haveremained haveremained haveremained castI I remained the same in the final analy analy- analySIS analy- analy analysis analysis - - sis Another Indication of ! fine ine civic civicjudgment civicjudgment civicjudgment civicjudgmentThe judgment judgmentThe The above is not news for you yon D.t Dt D.tI } E ; . t tI tI I just have so much pride p1'1de p11de ' ana anu good D.tI I - - - - - will W111 wzll for tor all of Moab , and its people peopletint , . th'1t th1t thrit ' I just would be ungrateful to the theold theold theold old town If I failed faUed to mention things thingsthat thingsthat thingsthat that are neai neal neat and dear to my heart heartI I frequently run up , face to face , with withsome withsome withsome some of the people from the old home hometown hometown hometown town To say that I 1 am glad to toshake toshake toshake shake a n friendly hand , , that is invar invar- invarIably Invariably invariably - iably extended as we meet , , goes with with- without without without - out saying We pass a n , filcndly fliendly friendly greet greet- greetIng greeting greeting - ing , then they are off on their way and andI andI I , likes likewise llkev.1se llkev1se . Ise , plod on to pursue the even eventenor eventenor eventenor tenor of my weary way . As I pass on from town to town , do doI doI 1 I hear cuss words about the sales tax taxril ? rn rll say s.y sy : . I do , and plenty of them The Thenext Thenext Thenext next time tnne tithe the people send another set setor setof setof or of lav lavmakers la\--makers la makers la-makers , \ - , -makers makers - to Salt Lake City , they theyought theyought theyought ought to have a II pledge that they would wouldpss wouldpiss wouldpiss p\ss p ss piss ' \ on a tax to plant a garden , hoe the thecorn thecorn thecorn corn . , , or take a drink dr111k of water watef . , , while whileso whileso whileso so doing domg Then ta\ ta tah taw taall \ all those w \ ho eat eatone eatone eatone one or moie mOle more meals in their own homes homesover . , , over and above the 2 per cent tax they theynow theynow theynow now have to pay ! foi for Ol what they buy buySome buySome buySome Some of them actually charge a penny pennyI pennyextra pennyextra I e\.tra e.tra e .tra tra extra ' \ . for a sack of Durham , . Duke DukesMixture s sMixture SMixture Mixture or Golden GrainSome Grain GrainSome Some fellow felIow hasVlitten has wiltten \Vlitten Vlitten written \ a book boole , en- en entitled en entitled . - titled "Hell Hell " and Hallelujah Hallclujah Hallclujahtt tt " ttIf If he lIv- lIv lIved lived liv lived - ed . In Utah , he hr might add another anotherHen , ' Hen Hell ' after the last Hallelujah , . be- be because because be because - causee cause \ " we \\e e certainly have bave It in m this dW city dWand cityand diyand and age in m taxes , , on this , , that and the theothcr theother theother theotherI othcr other othcrI otherI I most earnestly hope that my mv two twoold twoold twoold old friends fnend 1 1Christensen , Chrlstensen Christensen and Horace HoraceJohnson HoraceJohnson HoraceJohnson Johnson will not take issue with me mepolitically mepolitically mepolitically politically on this question I just want wantto wantto wantto to hope that for once they will wlll join joinme joinme joinme me so that when I r come back they will willb willb willb b " illing dUng to shake hands with me I If"l It"i"k It"i-k It"i Iti k f"l fl t"i"k tik " ' " " - " } . , of both of them many a time " . d oft Age and youth like company companyeven , even if we do disagree politically . "If If " any man is able to convince me [ and show me that I do not act right rightI I will gladly change , . for I seek scck the thetruth thetruth thetruth truth , . by which no man was ever In- In Injured Inwho In Injured - jurederror jured But he is injured , who abIdes abIdesIn abidesin In n h hYOU his error and ignorance " YOU KNOW ME |