Show MORE THEODORE ERUM IBLINGS I- I BY SMITH r h d i forthe thi the R l ro J Referring tp tl the premature P J 1 lr talk rt me JUf me of Df one of Shakespeare's arcs arc's familiar quo quotations Lt L t the he galled galled J jade dc wince our lire art in- in wr ing- ing b The lore finds fin s herself ope lessly L r l for forr backtalk back rt I talk talc facilities i t s ou on U account of f. f having ii no newspaper Y P PT T t Kindly Kii I grant me a Jace to in n make tk ke reply to your our Ommen s' s s n n. n my I Vernal Express article s the tle people may klio know 1 must toast admit sa I. I Jn Js ugly things things' n and j tl t th the provocation seemed l to tHy T such t t ces I 1 nominally char charged cd Myton N ton with unfairness in notifying notifying- Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore and other western points of the meeting J January 19 Look at nt your own files Mr 1 Editor and you will will see bee ee that it was possible to i g-i give vc us u time nine inc days days' notice 1 I received v d' d da a letter let let- letter ter dated January IS 18 announcing announcing announcing ing the sleeting meeting It It gave gave no definite i idea ea of what was I pro O- O pos posed d. d That gave us no timeto time timeto to hold a meeting discuss the question m and d scle select select t delegates That look looked d to to tous us as ns if we were not wanted ed and that they ther con considered ed our our ur presence nc would probably be he bea a fl hindrance rattier rather cr than a n help to ru run n the slate late through Now we we might have vc overlooked that tardy inv invitation invitation tn tion had it not been heen associated with other strange es Your remarks s bear hear bear lit mt out in iu inthe inthe the statement Hint as ns t the number nun num her ber o of petitions 18 1 I have ha i. i it strut straight lit t that 1 t. t these p petitions t had hall had been circulating I ng for weeks s sin in is the east end of th the I tion ion prior tc to s stud said d Ny Myton i ton f meta meet e t. t ing ing- ingI I will vill take a paralyzed oath that not on one petition was circulated in Theodore or vicinity vicin vicin- vicinity ciu- ciu ity till after th that t meeting meeting and t n na a anc d to this dav I 1 do lint hot ot kno know their purport 1 I understand nd OUE one otie was y brou brought ht fro from Myton after t up p l I I the meeting l but irit it met met so much h opposition on fr from l l tn tilt the start star t rt that it was at once withdrawn r so I did not get g get to to see s see it Next when l cn i we were vere wanted wan tec d in Vernal they waited until it was wn necessary to t use se the telephone tel teI ephone in advising hising u us of th the Vernal meeting next day driy Jt It is very cry evident that while and aud al animated agitation was wa going go go- lug ing on along the tile c. c eastern astern b Nord border rd r Theodore and three three fourths fourths or of ol the hc area of the Reservation had hac to content th themselves with rumors and rumbles I am aware aware that many of our people ar are arf unsuspecting g and a trifle slow yet they should should- have an opportunity to be heard on such an important question We Vc highly prize our inalienable rights as citizens and are swift to resent attempt to o trample on those sacred prerogatives We Ve always wish to be consulted consult consult- ed even by those who vho have ha money and are willing to sp ud it without purse or or strip For I have learned that ju just t such p l men j have an anax anax anax ax to g At the first volle volley of rumbles I examined d the thc constitution of Utah Upon perusal of that document one is is at once Convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced of the impossibility of the creation of a n new w county under tinder its present provisions pro or rather its lack of provisions pro for forit forit forit it is entirely silent on the sub sub- But But none so blind as those who will not ton see My Myton n evidently did not want to see dee 1 I copied sections 1 and aud 3 ot of article XI anti and sent it to the Record for publication It was not pr printed Why not It was very short and contained all that the constitution says about county i di division ion and boundaries It would would have been enlightening enlighten enlighten- ing to 1 the people on those sub sub- Nothing of the kind was s I published during all ll this discussion Vh Why On Ou one or r f two occasions the thc Record r inti-I inti Continued on page 5 f r MORE THEODORE RUMBLINGS RUMBLINGS RUM RUM- RUMBLINGS BY SMITH Continued Continue 1 from page 4 mated muted that someone had a scheme for lor a new county up his hi sleeve slee e Had find the Record taken its readers into its conti- conti dence deuce some of us mi might ht have assisted in iu unwinding the the scheme Since the creation of a new count county at present presen t i is and and has bee been l generally g k known ow to to be impossible impossible im im- possible ble then thirn th n what at do o you suppose suppose suppose sup sup- pose those fellows vs s a are e driving at Why this tempest in a at t teapot why this much ado about nothing The whole play seems to b be a subterfuge and that under the pretext of trying to get g-et a new count county an un effort is made to fasten upon the unsuspecting people an arran arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar- ar ran as to boundary lines to which they expect to I hold ld them four years hence That hat these proposed lines have much to do with the future location of the county seat is quite ap ap- parent I Why so eager eager to to cuter enter into a Ii I compact four years before it itcan itcan itcan can take effect Ve We expect to grow v and to have ha a r railroad revenue rc by that time and und will sill not need outside assistance Th Theodore cod ore asks no odds odde All I I we ask is a square d deal nl an even e bre break k and a fair start In conclusion Mr i Editor as us' you yuu say about the count county seat scat SQ so say I about the new county boundaries Let us not cress cross that bridge till we reach it r- r M M. 1 M. 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