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Show i.i.i ( i i: iiiimi; oi.l n i i:i.i;s. I n.h 3 I'fi.ud n( Her lira, i' und QMliant S.ildici" liuys- flerocs l:vo,y One of The;,i. Tho ! tab V'oln'.o , landod f, om the tr::n.,port 1 1 aneoci; at S,i:. i' I'a.ieo.co hi -a . i.e u i -n,i , a no 'a ill ni,i,i: be- in i ht.-i r .' ii l.ei"V'l I fab- ! : i y 1 1 1. uhuUy will this I'ai r s' :i to we loom c h'-r In -rob- sons, of v. bom : ho ha-, just i-:tu:,e to be proud. While a b-.i :o, ii om their nat i .e html "Tli'' I !.. " have not been ;:b.-i-nl, for on.' iuoiim-nl from the hearts of I 'tali's ' i : i -1 1 -. Their welcome will be such a- r.ill n.aho i heir hearts rejoice. A splendid piogram has been mapped out for t heir crept ion at Salt Lake City, and other cities and towns are also prepared to give our heroes a warm welcome. Our Di xio boy, June Snow, is a m on g the number, but it is probable that he u.ill remain at- Prove: a glad wejoome awaits hint .diouhl he visit St. ( rge. The lirst newspaper welcome ''The Hoy s" had was from a tugboat especially espec-ially chartered by the Salt Lake Herald, and its reporter Joel Priest. In eonsoipionre The Herald came out last Sunday ilh a splendid, full report ol Our Volunteers and their status, the lirst complete report to reach Utah. The Herald did itself a vast amount, of good by its very commendable stroke of enterprise. The Deseret News also gladdened the hcaris of our volunteers by distribut-!!.' distribut-!!.' -'-" copies of the very excellent .:dt t ton of thai paper of last, Saturday's date, bearing the legend ''Welcome to pur Volunteers" across its front page, the lie.-erc.t News will also be sent complimentary each day to the volunteers volun-teers wh ile they remain in San Francisco. Fran-cisco. This will be a boon much ap-prcciti ap-prcciti ted bv them. The time seems ripe when the West should demand, and demand in no uncertain un-certain tones, that It receive its share of appropriations for internal improvements. improve-ments. Tho river and harbor bill of the Congress just ended carried $10,000,000 for such improvements 000,000 of which was to be expended expend-ed in the Fast, and $2,000,000 in the West. Does this seem a fair division of the people's money'? As Senator Warren and Senator Carter said in the Senate in the discussion of this bill, the West pays its share of taxes and it should receive its share of benefits. It should receive, to be used for storage reservoirs on the head-waters of the navigable rivers, its share of the vast sun s spent annually in the Eastern United States for the widening and dredging of rivers and improvements of harbors. From bulletin of Geo. II. Maxwell, National Irrigation Associ-at Associ-at ton. We have this week stopped Tun N t'.ws of some subscribers who have not paid it cent since they started taking the paper. We do this with reluctance, but we cannot- all'ord to carry them longer. Our expenses are nearly all cash, and have to lie met each month. We earnestly ask subscribers to consider con-sider this. |