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Show RATHER PERSONAL During the holidays our old friend Lulu Shep-ard Shep-ard celebrated the gladsome occasion by filing a suit for divorce against Edward E. Shepard, claiming desertion, beginning on October, 1914, and failure to provide. The defendant admits the service on December 31, and waives the right to answer the complaint George F. Goodwin whoso views concerning the liquor question exactly coincide coin-cide with Mrs. Shepard's, is her attorney. So apparently, all is not smooth sailing in the lives of "reformers" any more than it is in the existence of common ordinary beings. It is a matter of some surprise, however, to note that the charge is desertion, for how any husband, no ' matter how well meaning can keep up with a wife flying around the country telling other people peo-ple how to behave, Is a matter of conjecture. Ho would have to ho built on the order of a Packard "Twin 6" or something akin to that and even then, might fail in his duty to follow the pace or at his business at home, unless there was sufficient suf-ficient remuneration for the lily white lecturer to keep the transient larder full. The life of mere man tied to anyone bent on advancing a propoganda of radical reform, would I be so exciting, we imagine, that It wouldn't take long for him to be placed in a position where he might be sued for desertion and non-support. We read with considerable interest in last Sunday's Tribune, the plans for the 1916 state fair and noted with alarm that President McDonald Mc-Donald and others in the State Fair association spend anxious days and sleepless nights worrying worry-ing about the annual exhibition. What do you mean sleepless nights? That is bully good press stuff, Gilly, but why the insomnia with an entourage entour-age of "Pinks" to guard the Pres during his days and nights of terror, and by the way, who paid for this PInkerton guard, was it from private funds or public? It is to be wondered if there will not be more sleepless nights next fall when some of the issues of the campaign will be' in the nature of whether certain appointees will still hold their jobs or not. Some gentlemen who recently returned from I the east, had a unique experience when beginning I in Denver and continuing to Chicago, Washington arid New York and as far as Boston, they had a battle on their hands, with various people who had visited Salt Lake during the past summer who expatiated on the loveliness and resources of the city and then begged for information as to i why Saltair, advertised all over the world as one of the most beautiful resorts in America, was allowed to remain in the condition that prevails thero during tho summer months. The returned travolers expressed their opinions to tho writer personally that in the beginning of this journal's campaign on Saltair, they thought the criticism was entirely too severe, but state that they were brought face to face with so much censure regarding re-garding the resort, that they know wo were right in everything that was said about tho place and Its mismanagement. The commentary was not pleasant and they were placed in a position where they had very little to say. We notice now that it is W. Harry Shearman instead of W. H. Shearman. Sort of a parted in the middle city commission so to speak, for instance, in-stance, W. Mont Ferry, W. Harry Shearman, M. Heber Wells, A. Karl Scheid, H. Herman Green. Why not go right straight through the town and take all the prominent men the same way, headed head-ed by J. Pat Moran and other citizens on foot and in carriages? The steady complaints that are being made about the car service on the South Temple and Fifth East line during tho rush hours, is becoming becom-ing almost a roar and something should be done immediately to relieve the situation. Interviews with various members of the crews operating on that line have brought out the fact that no matter mat-ter how hard they work, it is a physical impossibility impossi-bility to make the time during tho hours of heavy travel and as a result, the public is put to great inconvenience. An extra car might do it, or a change of route. There is considerable room for improvement. |