Show T L A LOUK LOOK ON CITY POLITICS WRITES WHITES OUR FRIEND HOPKINS IS DESERVING OF THE BLUE RIBBON tofele tooele utah january 14 1922 dear hopkins Hopkin fi hopkins old fellow it has been quite a time since you were home so you are sure to be hankering for a bit of the political gossip here true I 1 have been here but a short time but not too short a time to get the gossip pretty straight that is what they give us here for desert every small town boarding house does they always did my landlady is chief operator for the town gossip Clubs club she be wore the blue ribbon when you were here so there is no need for mentioning names last the me people 01 tooele thoele turned out in mass to give the mayor and city fathers a vote of thanks for services rendered they served official notice of to take place january 3rd ard at noon it is rumored that there ws pur surprise prise find and disappointment in some quarters politics are politics though one cant eat the pie and still have it left I 1 read in one of the local papers here that the retiring administration did three things while they were in office if they did so BO much it is little wonder the people voted them a vacation better belter do something make a few enemies and get kicked out than fossilize on the job with a lotof soft soap friends pouring jelly into the spine last week the papers here featured the local ring one paper had pictures of anem at least that was the claim made by the editor they looked to be pictures taken from old albums of antiquity pictures or even faces are not reliable indices of ability though you know this much is sure hopkins old man these fellows are not going to take as much time having conferences as the big moguls at Vy yas hington ashington before they trim down the city expenses they slashed right into things with no signs of fear or remorse for the boys boya who filled their shoes before them every city officer was uprooted without mercy with the possible exception of one I 1 have heard it gossiped around that even this one did not escape the brunning pru nning knife entirely they say the marshall was simply transferred he did watch the live ones now he watches the dead ones they sa say his size not his hia ability had to do with the change he carried too much avoirdupois to follst the live ones of tooele thoele so they gave him the sexton job up on tho the hill I 1 dont see how he can an do that work either cither for every grave will have to be large enough to hold him there is ia a little scandal around about the sexton too it got out that he was lifting the graves ile he was let out on suspicion no proof could be found so I 1 give him the benefit of the doubt that may explain the reason for giving marshall the job they say the Tarn tammany many hall boys went into office pledged to crawl into the shell of retrenchment but if the gent I 1 heard knows as much as he thought lie he did they pushed the officers I 1 in n the shell atad tried to seal up th the e hole Heslip he slipped it to me that the salary slashing went off just like killing hogs at ai armours until they came to tammany himself his high qualifications and long experience won tammany remained master no need for worry about meager salaries hop the officials will manake manage thatis the gossip that is breezing around now counts for anything their still will prove profitable even with the keen competition here they have already started to put outside ferme fer menters in the ice box the judge bound the first victim over without shedding a tear they say he never did have any sympathy for the booze gang now hopkins if these fellows build any monuments or destroy any ill let you in nn it just as it comes to me pure unadulterated gossip signed T A LOOK local philosopher |