Show HOWELL FOR FOE BRIGHAM upon the receipt of the telegram tuesday morning front from lion hon joseph ll owell stating that he had bad secured an appropriation of for the erection of a federal building in drig liam ham mayor blackburn was reminded of a letter which lie received from congressman howell dated may 1908 over two years ago in which the congressman told of his efforts at that time to secure toi for vals 1 city the coveted building build lne the mayor handed us tile the letter with permission to publish eN extracts tracts of the same which go to show the sympathy congressman howell has tor for all the city aty of his birth and also shows how bow consistent he has been laboring borins la to the end that brigham might get a federal building following Is ii the letter washington D C may 7 1903 lion HOD tuoi thos it 11 blackburn city utah my dear mayor blackburn 1 I was very pleased to decelie your letter expressing tile the interest of 0 your community in securing an appropriation for a federal building at brigham city to use the celebrated democratic expression we ac are all in favor of tho the old flag fing and an appropriation I 1 note that you are anxious to operate cooperate co with me in any manner that will ile be effective in the accomplishment of this purpose at the beginning ot of the session I 1 introduced bills tor for public buildings in brigham city park city richfield aud and ephraim when the matter came up tip for consideration I 1 was told thit that I 1 would be accorded one public bill build d tug lag in my district 1 at once designated brigham city as the location of 0 such a building but to my dismay I 1 found that the rules on which the present public building mil bill Is constructed ted limit the appropriation to cities whose postal receipts amount 40 0 o per annum the tha committee manifested a sincere disposition to favor me out dut as the annual postal receipts ot city aeo little xao corithan mor r ithan than halt half that amount and the records disclosed no unusual or rapid grow grou th for several years they dared not m make alle such a 1 gilece precedent dent 0 the most effective thin thing 9 the people of brigham can do la Is to increase their business and population the phereba reba increasing the postal receipts I 1 will kliar Buu rant attee you city delivery and a bull dill g bewyer bew yer san can khow annual postal posta ia receipts ot 10 la Is my birth place to be instrumental in ill procuring an elegant public building for it I 1 assure yol yoi would afford me great pride and gratification I 1 shall not overlook in opportunity to do so yours very truly JOSEPH 11 OWELL during the past two years the receipts of the brigham post ollice office have increased very materially tile months ot of april and may S receipts ot of and respectively which lire are fair averages for the year and would make tile the total per annum about the citizen of brigham of 0 every creed politics and nationality have a feeling of gratitude for congressman for the noble manner in which lie he has contended for our interests te |