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Show DOES BEAVER'S PAPER "SLAN- DER BEAVER? The"Beaver Pres,s, puPlislKdi at . R. ' . k.v , . ,' ' ,J f . Beaver City, tins state, hasa most extraordinary ( article in, it sM issue; jjfjj February 8th. We have noMced before be-fore articles on the same tenor but hot quite so extreme. If the things stated by the Press are true then Ik-aver mu3t have degenerated from a respectable and decent country town to a low level. Without.-.know-iug anything personally of the conditions condi-tions in Beaver, but judging from the reputation of the town in th." past We arc led to- the conclusion that there, is something seriously wrong with the writer of the article in question and aUo something wrong with the publisrcr who would allow such an article to appear in his paj'cr. It'U a scandalous production, and unless ' ' r rv Beaver has descended far below, the , . .. . standard of the country towns in Utah, which we don't for a moment believe, the tirade is unjustifiable, on any conceivable ground. The statements state-ments bear all the ear-marks ot falsehood. It read as follows: ' 'It seems as if. the young people of Beaver arc getting to such a pass in their social gatherings that some drastic measures will have to be adopted- to- keep their dances, etc, . from becoming common brothels Young menarc going so far that they j w ' T -S ""'1 pull out their,' whiskey buttles and" do their drinkilng while on the floor ' ,M1.C ..-. ,-,.,.-. i-W " dancing, and the young ladies Jj take it as a great joke. "Decent people jare restrained from participating in the dance because of the foul language and uncouth man-ncrs man-ncrs of this class of people. Wc arc informed that it is no unusual thing to see half a dozen or more of these same- youpg ','ladics" the worse for drink, and that it is of such common occurrence that it scarcely occasions comment. Some of these girls arc of tender yearst and it does seem to us that the parents of these girls arc greatly to blame for allowing them to r it Ti loose eve'rj' night, God knows where. "It" is "High" time such" tlnhgswerc" put a stop to, and parents should he the first to give assistance in this work. Wc arc all sure that OUR boy or OUR girl wouldn't do such things, but somebody's boys and girls arc engaged in this work, and they belong to sonic of you. If ypu -would walk up to one of these girls and tell her she was anything but a lady, she would be insulted beyond measure. Yet she can sit in the dance hall and listen to.th.c .rjevlling,.obsrcnity of i " "iujj ' some drunken brute without the qttiv or nf an eyelash. If voir should undertake un-dertake to remonstrate with one of thehc:t'young men .? (God save, the! i markV'about.liis evil ways you would' ''nicct'with a 'round of abuse, the definition defi-nition of which cannot be found in Webster's dictionary. Titan' God wc A have not many of this clasj but wc have enough to corrupt a good many more. Don't put off doing something in the matter, but do., it now." |