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Show THE We With this emerges that we just couldn’t let him down. We took some extra vitamin pills, and here we are. If the hick politicians in Cache, Box El- It greets its old der, Washington, Sevier, and 25 other counties Resume issue the Searchlight from involuntary hibernation friends and foes with gusto, and with apologies for its unwilling neglect. sincere The boys around the State tell us they have missed us. Mr. Gadsby particularly has been saddened by the lack of free advertising contributed so much to the successful that man- agement of the Power Company. We were on the point of billing him for it but on more mature reflection we concluded he might have to use all of his spare cash to help Stan Stephenson select the right kind of a Legislature this summer. Nor did we want to jeopardize the substantial proportions of Jube Hale’s waistline. So, for the sake of George and Jube we staged our comeback gratis. Then, too, we had to help Orval keep alive his righteous complaint that the nest of a Utah Hagle at the seat of government usurped by an Eastern Sparrow. had been That essen- tial job alone warranted resumption of publication. And dear old Bert Bowen. Who would help keep the Deseret News out of the pitfalls of usury if the Searchlight were a permanent casualty. Obviously, our revival was absolutely necessary. We couldn’t overlook Iixcellency has been welfare, particularly SEARCHLIGHT Governor Maw. His so solicitous about our since November 5, 1940, WAR try to get smart with Herbie we’ll mow ’em down. If we can’t do the job alone, Fitz & Fish will lend a hand. They’ve been regular guys since Jeanette guaranteed them against manhandling by the Searchlight, and since His Iixcellency entered into a treaty of peace with them. They will march in the front any righteous cause. Of course, no one would expect sake Doug Moffat and Wee Willie We’d stage a special resurrection anytime. Indeed we’ve already remedy the cruelty inflicted on Wee an ungracious ‘Tl'ax Commission. ranks for us to forO’Connor. for them offered to Willie by And for Doug, we renew our offer to advertise that legislators who shun mine taxation may sample his choicest wines next winter. Doug’s cocktail parties have been rather dull since the Searchlight went into a blackout. True, the net profit has jumped from 23 to 30 millions, but even that nice increase lost its zest for Doug when he looked in vain for his favorite publication. It would have _ been heartless to leave him out on such a limb. So, meet folks, we’ve made special the desires of the cream efforts of Utah’s to elite. We’ve developed a passion for contributing to the happiness of our friends. It’s a pleasure to serve. IS NO ALIBI We had expected a more forthright defense by the Telephone Company in answer- Commission under advisement. If the Company is required to lower its Utah toll rates ing the complaint of the Public Service to a basis comparable to interstate tolls, phone users in Utah will save about $125,000.00 annually. mission alleging discriminatory Utah communities. The tenor Com- rates affecting of the Com- pany’s defense was that the Japs would lick us if the Company were compelled to bring its Utah rates into line with interstate tolls. The Commission yawned and promptly threw the Telephone Company’s motion for dismissal on such Subsequently the Company’s were on cross obliged, grounds into the ash own examination, ean. witnesses to dis- credit the contention that a revised toll base in Utah would interfere at all with the urgent war service rendered by the Company. Other phases of the case are before the Doubtless we shall have to listen to a similar alibi when the Commission files its long deferred complaint against Utah Power & Light Company in power rates. for a million dollar reduction Mr. Eugene H. Merrill, chief engineer of the Commission, last fall recommended a slash of a million dollars in power rates. Mr. Merrill’s recommendations indicated, that the Power Company would earn a fair return on a bona fide capital investment with a cut of a million dollars. even |