| Show railroad disasters are arc becoming matters of course now days the french are arc malting making strenuous efforts to reclaim the dap desert aart of saraha already large patches have been made fertile and continued zeal will doubtless bring about bout the desired end last week news of the death of david whitmer was flashed across the wires mr whitmer was the of the three I 1 I 1 main witnesses of the divine authenticity of the book of mormon there is a proposition mado made to execute criminals with electricity instead of the horrible practice of hanging tae matter is receiving receiving much attention in the east and meyeral states will possibly pass laws to the effect some of our exchanges seem to foel feel that utah will not become a state this year anyhow well we have endured an absolute raon rule for over forty years and if the national solons feel still like subjecting american citizens citi to such fuch government let them do so sn alls w belll the pe petition which being passed among the people for a local option law to be passed by our legislative isla tive tiyo body should be most liberally signed by the citizens no law has ever seemed to the people to be so go much needed as this it strikes right home gives the liquor question a death blow some of our catenis b ave recently recent jy I 1 published well written articles containing gainin X a plausible ideas and theories regarding the abolition of poll tax this matter of poll talc tak is a question of the hour and should become a matter of legislation it should be abolished as a nuisance the utah lawmakers law makers were taken to the insane asylum it at provo last friday but after spending a few hours there they were returned to salt lake being convinced perhaps that more room is needed an appropriation of will probably ably be made certainly these unfortunates not tho the solons but the asylum inmates deserve all the care and attention that can be given them the best measure yet introduced for changing the judicial districts of utah was that hat presented by hon P T farnsworth abkin asking 0 that millard and sevier counties be added to the second district head quarters remaining at beaver this would certainly make inake it much better for the people of these northern counties As it now is they must go to provo from to miles further than there is any need of their traveling to settle litigations the bill our worthy solons have in contemplation regarding the granting of license to liquor deale dealers rs in countice counti cF or of utah is being somewhat roughly b handled by otome ig nor amuses who are arc inc incapable afable of comprehending the sense or intent of anything of sound reason the bill winch which appeared last week in the is ono one calculated to strike a deathblow death blow to the liquor traffic and the barroom bar room guzzler the gin snipe and the tippler are alread already y trembling iu in their boots let jet them tremble f one smitten i it seems seeing that every with anti mormon jim jams must crowd in on every possible occasion something about polygamy the school bigamy bigall I 1 etc commissioner in his report to recently had bad much the legislature to say eay about t bese subjects and intimated that though they were not directly taught to the pupils suu they were not frowned down by tile the a that insinuating teachers rs thus they were perhaps indirectly taught we do not know that polygamy will vill over ever be a means of saving m parley L williams commissioner missi of schools but we do know one thin thing 0 that is that the amount taught of that principle in our schools will never condemn him we do not desire our readers to think us over tenacious 11 upon pon the subject of reservoirs but to stir up the memories of our citizens citizen s in in i regard to this matter is the object of our effort upon the prin ciple that we shoals not berrow trouble many good schemes have gone to wreck i c if we consider public benefits troublesome it may not be a pleasant task to build a reservoir but it is quite plain tb that at it is no ill pleasure leasure to do without water last years experience it is is hoped has taught beaver county a lesson in this nutter matter this S sem ems to us to be a spi appended ended and most appropriate time to form orin oure selves into an irrigation company P any nearly all the formulas formal nc nc c e essary for such etess have boen been t taken aken and bi but bit t little remains to be done shall th the e work already performed count as nothing why not take the present time when farmers and others interested in reservoirs reservoirs are not particularly busy and complete the work begun 0 9 the committee appointed b by the people are aie most respectfully asked I 1 to arise and report let us prepare for war in timo time of peace and make hay bay while the sun shines |
