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Show One of the best things that has been , done in Utah in recent years is the organization or-ganization of the State Development League. Something of this kind should have been done long ago. The field in which the League may work is an extensive ex-tensive one, the good that it may do is just as extensive. The dullest student of passing events cannot fail to have noted that although Utah formerly was many years in advance of Idaho, that young state has grown rich and prosperous prosper-ous while our own state has practically stood still. Everyone knows this is not on account of superior advantages possessed pos-sessed by that state, but on account of the push and vim that has pushed these advantages into the attention of the people in nearly every state in the Union. There is no heed to hide your light under a bushel and expect some one to come and kick the basket off in these days. The people are attracted by arguments, facts and figures of the place that is looking for them. There are so many places going out after people peo-ple that the one waiting to be discovered discover-ed stands little show. We said the organization or-ganization of the League was a signal achievement, it was, but to keep it together to-gether and working in harmony will take a master mind, or perhaps several of them. Every local commercial club will be for making the advantages of its section stand out in bold relief and expect ex-pect to get big returns from the ad the first month or the first year. The small merchant expects to have a lot of people peo-ple come in and tell him they saw his ad in the local paper, the first week he inserts it. Every section will be expecting ex-pecting to get big returns right away, or at the latest the first year. Lack of stick-to-it-iveness is an American Amer-ican failing. So it is going to be hard to keep the work of the League going on in a harmonious way, but if it can be done the future of the state will show the good results of the work. Utah holds many attractions for the people of the older states, but they know nothing noth-ing of them. If a stream of homeseek-ers homeseek-ers can be started this way it will put new life into every enterprise in the state and new value into every piece of property. It will make Utah farms market gardens and its towns cities. It will stimulate the old resident to ambitions am-bitions and enterprises' and make of the state the grand commonwealth its resources re-sources have made it destined for, and make the people who come rich and prosperous. Yes,, there is a great work for the League and we hope its aims and aspects may be more than realized. A crack brained fellow in delivering address before the Missouri School ol Journalism, said: "Publishers of country coun-try newspapers should dispense with their editorial columns, and leave the matter of editorial writing to the editors of metropolitan dailies." Scat! To turn the editorial writing over to the metropolitan metrop-olitan press would be to place it in the hands of the most corrupt body of men on the face of the earth. The metropolitan metrop-olitan papers are owned by men of great wealth and in most cases, by men who have political and trust axes to grind. The editors of the metropolitan papers have no more to do with the editorials than the stream does with the crushing of the corn into meal. The editors of the big daily papers are hired for their fitness as writers, and they are not permitted per-mitted to express their private opinions. They wri e mechanically-the power that grinds them, being in nine cases out of ten, men high up in politics or the owners of or the promoters of trusts. This would be one hell of a country if the Only editorials were those moulded by the unfortunates 'who burn the midnight mid-night oil in getting up stock jobbing, made-to-order editorials. Free speech, free thought, and free sentiments come only through the country editors. Port-ageville Port-ageville Critic. A matter tint should interest every citizen of the county is the one of health. This subject County Physician Coleman is taking up with tke health officers and meetings are to be held at intervals throughout the year. That the health officers are interested and anxious to do what they can is shown by their attendance attend-ance and interest in these meetings. But after all the health officers and county physician can do there is much yet to be done that of right belongs to the individual. If the citizen will cooperate co-operate with the health officers much can be done that will make conditions! better. Read Dr. Coleman's report in this issue and see what there is about your own premises that can be improved ( with little effort The heulth officer can't see everythir:?; that needs atten-' j tion, you can see things he may fail to ! notice. In that case correct them if on your property, if not report them to . him. ! A bill prohibiting the smoking of cigarettes by minors has been intro-'ducecl intro-'ducecl in the h g-isl.uure. As yet it is hard to lill what they will do with it. We arc not ini'oi rued as to its provisions, but hope it is as stringent as the law in Kansas City, where ic looks like they will have to quit or go to jail. Boys who have acquired the cigarette habit must overcome it, indulge their craving behind the barn or go to jail. Such is J the ultimatum issued by Henry T. Zim-mer, Zim-mer, chief of police. He has issued an ! order to all policemen to arrest on sight every boy under 21 years of age caught smoking cigarettes. Public school authorities have complained that the cigarette habit is growing among their pupils and have asked the aid of the police department. I The word came from Washington on Monday that President Taft had presented pre-sented the name of E. D. R. Thompson of Salt Lake for re-appointment to the position of register of the U. S. land office in Salt Lake. This nomination is the same thing as an appointment. He was first appointed register February 25, 1907, and has since served in that capacity. In his term he has made many friends among the homesteaders of the state.' , It is no small tribute to the efficiency of Mr. Thompson that he gets the place again by the unanimous consent of the people. Congressman Joseph Howell has succeeded suc-ceeded in getting an appropriation of $25,000 for tests of Utah coal as fuel for national battleships. There is no reason why the tests should not prove the coal as good as the best, and if it does there is sure to be a great movement move-ment of the product and many new mines opened. If used it will of course be taken west to the coast and that Emery county will figure prominently in the production is assured. The cutoff cut-off will be a necessity yet. Luck is ever waiting for something to turn up; labor, with keen eyes and strong will, will turn up something. : Luck lies in bed, and wishes the post- ! man would bring him the news of a i legacy; labor turns out at 6 o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays ! the foundation of a competence. Luck whines, labor whistles. Luck relies on : chance, labor on character. Cobden. The liquor bill is up for consideration , at last in the state legislature. It is a ! delicate little thing taking only about! fifteen columns to print it. As there are half a hundred legislators to prune j it root and branch and otherwise work : it over before it becomes law there is ! little need to discuss its provisions at this time. Representative Wm. J. Seely has introduced in-troduced a bill asking for an appropriation appropria-tion of '$2500 as a slight compensation for permanent injuries received by Azariah Tuttle while in the discharge of his duty as sheriff of Emery county. Certainly everyone here will be hoping j that this bill may be passed. The legislature is getting dangerously close to the home stretch and little has been accomplished yet There will be 1 someone left to hold the sack in the wind-up if appearances tell anything. i With $25,000,000 to be spent bv the Rio Grande in double tracking right away it looks like times bid fair to brighten up some in these parts anyway. |