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Show If some Colorado towns were to pay ess attention to the quality oitte water they drink and more to the character char-acter of the whisky they goozle, the effect would be more immediately gratifying than if they had mountain torrents coursing down each sidewalk, mountain springs on every corner. Some of those delicious peaches distilled into brandy would be no very sickly addition to the drink facilities of Grand Junction. They have our permission, as a taxpayer in that burg, to try it. Mountain water is certainly a good thing, but It isn't the only good thing possible to Grand Valley. Tnis suggestion sug-gestion is frees doesn't cost a cent. Mb. Hcbbabd's idea that judicious advertising is what has built up Los Angeles, is probably exactly correct, j There is nothing like it. When Los Angeles abandoned her "peerless climate" claim and went in for fruit, she just took a bound which landed her into the lap of prosperity. "We like Mr. Hubbard's conclusion that Utah has far more, and far more varied advantages ad-vantages for the new western settler than has California. California belongs be-longs boot and boot-heels, soul and body, to the the Southern Pacific railway rail-way and will never be worth a fico until she is emancipated. Utah has no railroad master of her fair destiny. One cannot help loving and admiring admir-ing the Tribune even with a full knowledge knowl-edge of its political wickedness. It does say some sharp and pungent j things, but which candor compells us j to say are great fallacies Its article Thursday morning under the caption "Democratic Soothing Syrup." is a case ia point. Bat we may add that not all the soothing syrup which has ever been brewed could aeeuag-e or soothe the pains of the Tribune, were the commissiou to rea-h the conclusion that there is really and traly a democratic demo-cratic majority ot hone3tly elected delegates to the constitutional convention. conven-tion. According to the Tribune the question ques-tion of statehood for Utah is still an open one and dependant upon the republican re-publican majority in the constitutional convention. Not bo. If the returning board of Utah determines that the republicans re-publicans have a majority In the con-i con-i stitutional convention, well and good; but if it decides that the democrats have a majority instead, why, well and better, but all this does not affect statehood state-hood as we can see. The republicans haven't majority-enough in the "terri tory to prevent the adoption of any constitution. con-stitution. Somehow The Dispatch missed the little pamphlet spoken of by the Salt Lake Herald below. It would feel complimented com-plimented if a copy of the same were to be placed on its desk, even by accident. The Herald has received a neat little pamphlet from the pen of S. S. J , o Provo, containing a descriptive sketch entitled, "Adown the Provo River." Starting from Heber City the scenery down Provo canyon and to Utah lake is graphically and beautifully portrayed, por-trayed, and it widely circulated the brochure ought to attract hosts of tourists tour-ists to that grand passage through the mountains. We trust the Third District court will get through the injunction case be fore the 2nd prox. We are anxious that the court should proceed, unless indeed they should Btrike a lot of boxes which go the other way. We say to the Standard that when a man is collecting a bounty tor a rich corporation, from 'poor widows", a matter of fiye dollars or so, is likely to be overlooked. Dave Day is being roasted on this side of the line and toasted on the other. It seems that geography cuts a big figure in matters of this kind. Tna legal proceedings yesterday over the count of the commission in the Third District court were interesting. If China isjdefeateJ, she is still formidable. form-idable. Four hundred millions of people peo-ple are a good many, to be sure. |