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Show ' Jottings From FromL Froma I II IIa L- L La . ' - a Prodigal SonDear Son SonDear - Dear Bish . . For the past ; two months your 5 our read read- readers readers . - ers have had much better things to toread toread toread read than anything I might have hadto had hadto hadto to tell telI you "Under Under "tinder tinder " the Dome of the theCapItol theCapitol theCapitol ' ' and andmstructive andinstructive andinstructive CapItol has been so entertaining mstructive instructive that I knew enough to keep keepout keepout keepout out of print Now that the legisJature legislature legisJaturelas legislaturehas legislaturehas las has ! adjourned , and "Under Under " the Dome Dome"will Domewill " will " 'Ill Ill ' probably adjourn for the time be- be - being being be being - ing , perhaps a few "Jottings Jottings " " may not notbe notbe notbe be out of place Of course , it Is but butnatural butnatural butnatural natural that a poor correspondent correspondentshouId correspondentshould correspondentshould shouId should not Intrude intruQe upon _ n your readers readersor , , or yourself , when so many good things thingswere thingsvere were , ere before them each week under leg leg- legISlative legislative - islative news nev.s nevs . that vitally concerned aU all aUour allyour all5 your ) our readers , , and gave them the hap hap- happenings happenings happenings - - penings of the week In newsy fonn form fonnAnd formAnd formAnd And now in case you 3'OU 3OU ' find room in m yourcolumns your yourooIumns yourcolumns ooIumns columns I am just giving you a few fewItems fewitems fewitems Items that may be readable if 1 ! you hnve have hnvethe havethe havethe the space to spare . I note by the nev news . s In your paper paperthat paperthat paperthat that two more of Moab's Moabs ' note\\ortby note ortby noteworthy noteortbypioneers noteworthypioneers noteworthypioneers \ pioneers , , . and men of prominence , , havegone have havegone havegone gone "Over Over " Yonder ' and will be with withyou withSou you ou no more in the flesh fresh These twoold two twoold twoold old pioneers Po Pow " ell and Thomson , . will willbe willbe will"be willbe be " missed by a host of friends fnends They Theyhate Theyhave ha\e ha e hate \ made their mark , they have help heJp- heJp help- heJped helped helped - - ed to make the desert blossom , , . and and inevery inevery in everyay every \ way \\ay ay tray \ possible have been pUlara proal'S proalS pillars ' incommunity In community enterprise Moab can m ill illafford mafford illafford afford to lose men of their type , but butMe butlife butlife Me life must end for us all sooner or later later.The laterThe . . The world , the city and the commun commun- communIty community . - ity jty is 18 the better for their having lived livedThat livedThat livedThat That speaks much for these old tunerswho tuners tunerswho timerswho who have gone hence . . I tunersI I I . " ' 0 a wonderful stream is the river tIme timeAs time'As timeAs , : ' I , As it runs through the realm of years yearsWith , With a . faultless rythm and a musicalrhyme musical Irhyme I | rhyme rhymeAnd , , . I IAnd And a boundless 5\\ 5 sweep 5eep \ eep and a surgeI surgesublime surgesublime surge surgesublime I sublimeAs sublimeAs sublime sublimeAs As it blends . with v.lth vlth the ocean of yearsn yearsB yearsB years n " -B B - B F Tayloi Taylol Taylor | Like the countless countJe.cs countJecs . ; multitude whohate who whol1ae whohave l1a\e l1a e hate \ gone down the river of time , , I Itoo , , too , find that I am getting gettmg perilously perilouslynear perilouslynear perilouslynear near to its end and will wl11 soon sa sav say v fare- fare fareo farewell farewell tare-'well tare 'well well - - o ' well to those who al aie are e coming down don do\\ do \ n the thesame thesame thtisame same old stream There is no hideout hide hideout hideout out for anyone any one of us We have got to totoe totoe totoe toe the line and let come what may as asv.e aswe aswe v.e ve we . go the route laid out for us each eachday eachday eachday eachdayIn day dayIn In my wanderings wandermgs about , , I have ha\e ha e hate \ tIied tiled tIiedto tiledto tiledto to find out what was done at the ses sese sesesion session sion skin of the legislature but I find fmd thatthe that thatthe thatthe the great majority majoritv of the people arejust are arejust areJust just as ignorant as I am , as to Just lust Justhat lustwhat justwhat \\hat hat what ' \ lav"sere laws lav"s lavs " were \\ere ere \ passed by thoseho those \\ho ho who whomet \ whomet homet met and spent more than any otherlegislature other otherlegxslatme otherlegislatuie legxslatme legislature In Tn the history of the state stateof stateof stateof of Utah The liquor hquor bill blU seems to be bea bea bea bythe a puzzle that is not easily easiJy solved by the common herd , so I have given up uptrying trying to find fmd out You have ha\e ha e hate \ three threeable threeable threeable able legislators in m your communitywho community communityv communitywho v . who ho can put you wise as to what was wasdone wasdone wasdone done You have Senator Hammond Hammondand Hammondand Hammondand and Representatives Allred and Gam- Gam GamI Gammeter Gammeter Gam-meter Gam meter - I 1 * meter who v.ho vho . know it all aU from A to Z , so soyou soyou soyou you can soon find fmd out all the intricate intricateand Intricateand Intricateand and elaborate laws that w v . ere passed on onto onto to those who were not fortunate enoughI enough I , , enoughto to be legislators legislatorsA A I ' 'I I ' Great ComplimentI Compliment esterdayand 1- 1 I - 1met met a man on the tle ) } street s ) , esterday DeweyTha and he took me for Admiral Dewey Deweyj j ' + 'Thats Thats Tha That t 5 s nothing nothmg nothings ' ' , , a man took me for forsomething forsomething forsomething something higher last week Did DJd he hetake take for Theodore Roosevelt Roose\elt Roose elt Roosetelt \ ? No , . higher Nohigher up For the president hImself ? himself9No himselfNo No , . , he tapped me kindly klDdy ] on the theshoulder theshoulder theshoulder shoulder , and said , "Mem Mem "Mein Mein " Gott , , is it y it5 Ity ou-Anon ou Anon 0U-Anon 0U ou . . " - - Anon AnonI 0UAnonI I can cant t say tha that t this Iettei lettel letter will Wll1 be bevery very inviting muting inciting or even Invigorating InvJgoratmg to toyou toyou you , , Bish You know when one gets out getsout bitbefore of tune he has to practice up a bit before he can make the grade , , even evenpassably evenpassably evenpassably whilebetween v.hiIebetv awhilebetween passably well It's Its ' been quite awhile a v.hiIe vhiIe . fora forta between betv . een drinks , but may v . we e hope for fort I | a shorter I " ' Iunt interval from now on on"until onuntil , , until unt the legislature leg1.Slature leg1Slature . meets again agam Then Thenwe we will wi1I give way to "Under Under " the Dome Domeof of the . 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