Show THE EDITOR 8 FAREWELL on monca last the p of the progress passed tl e ened to JesseS moffitt of hooker oklahoma and it was under 1 management that the paper w as is ud th week th writer came 1 ito po ses on of ohp pro gress when it was a ave weeks old infant before it had been adm eted to the second class postal and when its hiat of pa d up suba cubera numbered exactly two we then found a well developed impression among the people that a local paper could not live in emery county to the fa lure of all previous newspaper ventures the first few years we fought and worked indefatigably to dispel that impression despite the fact that we were almost consorted to the prop position ourselves after a period of eight years and a half which was by no means a cont n bous pleasure picnic so far as labor and anxiety were concerned we are able to dispose of the progress with one of the largest lists of rs about in all possessed by adv country paper in utah the plant is housed in one of the neatest country newspaper homes in the state and is located in the very bet section of main street of the town during that period the county s population has increased 75 per cent 1000 fruit trees have been planed about has been expend cd in the erect on of school ho aises and church edifices ind nany other bial improvements have been made from the day of our arav al in emer county we could see that there was a grand and glorious future for this see tion of the state and the above facts are mentioned arely to call it to the fact that many of the pred set forth in the progress during its in cantile days have been fulfilled during our res dence in emery coun ty we are proud to say we found many very many friends daily or onal association with whom afforded us extreme pleasure we i regret even a temporary severance of these associations for there is nothing that appeals to us stronger than ane mani fe station of the goodwill of lo 10 al friends we have made some enemies as well but to them as well as our friends we sav farewell good luck and god baleos bleos you all for our successor we will say that 1 e is a man with fifteen bearo of news paper experience behind him he is young ambitious and has made good in all his undertakings he comes to us and to boj with the highe bt endorse ments by solid and substantial business men who know him who recommend him for integrity straight forwardness energy and sobriety he ig a hustler from Hustler ville comina from a coun try that has produced more hustlers than any section of the country he came to emery county to stay is invest ing his money here and intends to de vote ins time and talents to boosting the county and building it up having a large acquaintanceship in oklahoma western and i kansas as well as western nebraska mr moffit will be ablo to indue many desirable people to come to enery after he 1 th antry has th firm faith in it wh ch he w 11 that the writer h a we therefore arg our anen la to give h n the gid hand show him that you are th 1 m ane man i tor the id ng of emery county don t vait till next week to do this but to da the writer is not disposing of all h s property interests in emery county we know that there is not another county 11 this state that has as good prospects for rap d and continuous de as has emery county ap are now pending for the seg re gation under th carey act of more land in emery count than in all the balance of utah combined al and horticultural land in this county is ell ng for a higar price to day than in any other portion of the state and is worth every cent aid nore than it is selling for there are yet 1 md ads cds of thousands of acres 0 idle land worth as much as some of this land that is now selling tor a ich high pr acs we cannot close this annear of our severance with the p of the progress without saving that the sal na cut off railroad will be a reality before th last day of 1910 we sin berely believe that is no reason to doul t this and every reason for believing it with good ill foi all malice for none thanks for the patronage patio nage ext us and hoping that you will be even more liberal and driendl fri endl toward our or we hope ever to rem in yours very truly H T hainen leaves here with a clear record and many friends is very evident to th new editor it is that fact tl at makes his task a hard one it is easy to take hold of a paper that has been badly managed and make im pi ove mento that will please the people it is haidi r to satisfy people wl have been well please 3 however w e have been bli to conduct a paper in other places in such i way as to get most loyal and take hold of thia with confidence and determination incur last location oi our paper had a ciraula tion of 1100 in a county where there are e papers we are leaving a good business there to come here for the reason that we want to be where the country is growing we believe this section is on the eve of an awak eang there are great resources here waiting for the magic touch of skill ar d industry that the eyes of the world are turning this way io evidenced by th vast tracts of land that are being taken up for irn at on it is only a question of a little time until emery county v 11 be almost independent of I 1 the rest of the world the hills will supply a market for the products of the valley and the farmer supplying al most every thing needed by the miner there are many reasons for bel evin that emery county will more rapidly from this time on W want to do ou share to 1 it grow you want to do yours that makes our in the same let us work to gether come in and get acquainted sincerely yours J S MOFFITT |