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Show TRUTH. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. It is unfortunate for the. condition of city affairs that the election resulted as it did, in a minority and a ma- jority control of the executive and legislative departments. Because as matters now stand whenever any action is taken neither party is properly chargeable with it. This leaves the way open to what is known as leIf one faction has a gitimate graft. meritorious proposition to offer trades have to be made before a result can be accomplished, and the result is the people get something they do not want. Kurns Korners, April 8, 1904. Mister Trooth: Wile attendln the meetin ov the kounsil last Munda nite 1 waz grately impressed'with the magnitood ov that body, i hav sene a grate meny assemblages but nun that equals the city kounsil fer grandyer of akshun, refinement of manner, fer solid stabilite it in the frunt, en as i stands watched these remarkabel men a feel-iov aw en reverens kame over me, i felt i stood in the presens of intellek en grateness. The brother ov Orson presided. he looked every inch a.rooler. Bein in no haste he transakted bizness accordin to longmeeter, wen a point ov order waz hiz rased waz calm sereenity undisturbed, but sloly en deliberatele he proseeded to mentalle digest it. The kounsil wood get impashent but its uneesiness failed to affekt the grate man, en wen at last he reeched a konclushun en announst it, all felt he had made a desishun ov sum kind. Mr. Davis, the grate properte oner en taxpaer present! d a skeem fer the distribushun of offishul pi en tew a man up a tree it lookt ez tho so fer ez republikans er consented .the 5th got about the hole cheese, the sekond got a little en the furst seemed tew be out in the kold Grate is Davis. Mr. Martin, who haz bln after tne elek-tri- c lite cumpany, introduced resolu-shun- s ez follows, wich wer adoptid: o Weras, the qualite ov egs wich has J. Meyers, who ran the Salt Palace been fernished the pepul ov Salt Lake fer some time past haz not bin good, resort last summer, has taken a lease en on Castilla Springs for a term of tew the had hav pa Weras, pepul years, and is now hard at work makez much fer these egs ez if tha wer ing it one of the nicest summer resorts in the state. all good, en pro-tekshu- an-eliz- n ex-senat- or Councilman Davis scheme to foist his sister upon the land and water commissioner, where she could sit in Ben Lucent private office and chew gum at jthe rate of $75 per month worked all right, with the exception that the salary was reduced to $60 through the, action of the mayor. Still $15 per week for the amount of labor to be performed is a soft situation for the young woman, who will no doubt appreciate it by holding on to the job as long as it continues. dt dt Councilman Black is a jovial old soul, with a heart fairly bubbling over with economy. He tucks up his upper lip every time a raid is contemplated upon the treasury, and in an attitude more suggestive than poetic seems to say: Behold in me the watchdog of At . the last the city exchequer. meeting of the council Black introduced a resolution which has for its ultimate end the inquiring into the cost of paving all the unpaved portion of Second South street from Twelfth East to Jordan river and all the unpaved portion of State street south to Tenth South. This resolution inci- jj dentally carries a $500 appropriation. Brave, patriotic, progressive, enterprising Black! What a grand thing for him to do at this time. With the city treasury in a condition which effectually precludes any improvements of the sort and dimensions contemplated, without a large increase in the tax rate; something people will not stand, how nice it looks to arise in ones seat and offer a resolution of that character. It is almost on a par with a supposed case of a man who is in arrears for his house rent ordering an architect to prepare plans for a million dollar But it residence. is whispered that there is a little something behind al this; a junket for some favored ones to a few eastern cities to inspect pavements of various kinds; that is to say, the ostensible inspection of pavements. dt dt With all the municipal journals published, some of which are mammoth magazines of information on all subjects, the days of junkets ought to be at an end. All the Information desired can be obtained from them and from the very ample reports which are printed in city reports all over the country. Besides, why spend any money until the time arrives to make the improvements? By the time the city is ready to do the work prices will have changed, no doubt, from present figures to prices higher or lower, so what good would this report do, beyond giving some one a cheap trip east or west, which might be utilized in the interest of large leather purchases, or other individual business. No such resolution ought to pass; it is folly, tommyrot, . Weras, bad egs ar not az ctabcl az good egs; Tlicr 4 bo it Resolvd, that the pepul ov Salt Lake ar entitcld tew good egs, Ucsolvd, that the pepul ov Salt Lake must hav good egs, Resolvd frum motivs ov self this kounsil pleges. itself tew suppress the had eg lndustre. Resolvd, that all sitlscns discov-eri- n bad egs ar rckwested to at wuns notify Mister1 Martin by postal kard, en send him a sampcl tew present to the kounsil, that tlia ma hav same tew asertane if posibel wich hrede of chikcns lade sod egs. Resolvd, that all grosors diskovrd sellin bad egs shall bo brot to tryal en if konvikteil hav tlier lisens revokd. Resolvd, that all liens cot lain bad egs shall be immljitle disfranchised. Mister Martin iz very much in bein grately opposed tew bad egs, tew hav an inspekter apintends he pointed at wuns tew examine eggs az fast az pepul bi them. It was desided on moshun ov Hewlett tew spend $3,500 on stait strete. Mr. Hewlctts gum factors bein on stait strete waz no indoocment tew him tew make the moshun. He is wun ov those, brod minded statesmun who wood skorn tew liav a stone walk, floom or eno thing dun around or in frunt ov hiz own properte. In the dlvishun ov the offishul pi the men in the strete department az helpt Mister Morris tew get elekted were discharjd. It wood seem that others az well az republiks kin bo ungrateful. Yoors for pi, n ed er-ne- st R. HE HAD LEARNED SOMETHING. Railroad Man's Store of Knowledge Added to by Farmer. Goneral Manager Hays of tho Grand Trunk is of tho opinion that something may bo learned from every person one meets. In support of this ho relates an adventure which recently occurred to him. Ho was traveling alone between two small Canadian towns on a local where there wore no Pullmans, and happened to got Into a seat the other Jialf of which was occupied by an old farmer. Tho verdant one made several overtures at conversation, to which Mr. Hays failed to respond readily. Bo you goln fur?" questioned ho of the whiskers. Not very, was tho curt response. Where bo you goln?" persisted his I , I t I f t i interpreter. : K Mr. llayR enlightened him, and the other remained silent until the conductor had passed through the car and collected fares. The general manager, deep In thought, abstractedly shoved up his pass, and tho conductor, after glancing at the other occupant of the seat, went on down tho aisle. Suddenly, without any preliminary, the old farmer turned to Mr. Ilays, See here, ho said, "I want to put you on to something. If you had just taken off your hat and coat as I did lad looked kind of far away when the feller came through, he wouldnt have asked you for no ticket. That's right, he added, noting a look of Incredulity on Mr. Hays' face. Thats right Ive been traveling up and down on this here road for goin on ten years now, and I've never been asked for a cent yet! Canadian Magazine. t GEN. GORDON AT HOME. WE OFFER AND RECOMMEND THE STOCK Southern Chieftain Ante-Bellu- CAS I PIPE LI CO. SALT LAKE CITY Capital, $1,000,000. Vice-Preside- Par Value, $1.00. S. nt, This company has leases on approximately six thousand acres of land near Farmington and west of Salt Lake City. Some of this land was formerly developed to a partial extent and results as given in report of Mr. John Wolfe, the widely-know- n gas expert of Findlay, Ohio, prove it to be a territory worthy of extensive exploration. MR. WOLFE SAID: 'T DO GAS FIELD THAT SHOWS SO STRONG OK NOT KNOW OF ANOTHER HAS BETTER INDICATIONS OF PERMANENCY, OR ONE SO LARGE AS THIS FIELD FROM THE SAME AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT." In addition to Its valuable land this company has secured a right of way for a pipe line from the old gas field to the works of the Utah Light & contract Railway Co., of this city, with which company it has a for its product. Among the stockholders and directors of this company are W. S. Ravenscroft, who is extensively Interested in the oil and gas fields and the manufacturing Interests of Pennsylvania; M. S. Cline, president or the Elk National Bank, Pennsylvania; J. W. Bolleau, who is Identified with the oil, gas and coal fields of Pennsylvania and Ohio; Dwight M. Lowrey, of the noted law firm of Harriety & Lowrey, Philadelphia; A. J. Wallace, oil operator of Butler, Pennsylvania; FI. A. Halsey, capitalist, Chicago; and W. C. Bigger, secretary and attorney for the Welch Oil Company of Ohio. Most of these men have personally inspected this field. OUR SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS COMPANY ENABLES US TO SECURE A PORTION OF THE TREASURY STOCK FOR MARKET, which we now offer at FIFTY CENTS PER SHARE. If you expect to participate In the profits that are sure to follow the development of this field you should send your subscriptions now. Active operations will begin within a few days. five-ye- J. 200-20- H. BIGGER & ar CO. FISCAL AGENTS. 1 Many m ? I Gordon retained many antebellum customs on his home planta- is3 tion in Georgia. One of these was the sunrise review. Every morning at in except sunrise, unpleasant weather of the two winter months, Gen. Gordon had his old horse brought to tho door for his morning ride. He sat 7s in the saddle as erectly as in the old ,Sb'a ,! days. s, Every hand in the field knew of the '! review, and before every cabin sat a f. u li 'ft a d RAVENSCROFT, Pittsburg, Pa. J. V. BGILEAU, Pittsburg, Pa. Secretary and Treasurer, T. J. ALMY, Salt Lake City. President, W. Retained Customs. Gen. OF THE ! ! m D. F. WALKER BUILDING. IS . ,1) tittle group of negroes the men clean and smiling and ready to go to work, the women spruced up, and every little child washed until it shone, with its woolly hair done up in a dozen little knots. Morning, glnlral, said all tho men, as they ducked their heads. Morning, boss, said all the women and every little pickaninny ducked Its head to the ground and said Morn- B ing, boss, as well as it could speak. "J Gen. Gordon always replied to every one by name, asked after the children, rrj how they were growing and what their iviil health was. Such was the sunrise review on tho Gordon plantation. Kansas City Star. . Denmarks Kings Denmarks kings for 388 years have all been named Christian or Frederick. This is not the result of accident. It is the law of Denmark that Christian must be succeeded by Frederick, and Frederick by Christian. To attain this, and without the changing of names, in case of death or other reason, every Danish prince, no matter what other names he may resolve, always Includes Christian and Frederick among them. 'i . . |