Show the king Is anut nutty pity im the poor ioor ring king those people who have been worshiping at the shrine of the would be king of carbon county under the belief that he was a reincarnation of J caesar or napoleon must feel awfully disappoint d now that they have learned that instead of being a man like the illustrious rulers mentioned he more resembles hamlet t the nutty prince of denmark made famous by the late W shakespeare the trick that has yanked the lion skin off the would be ruler and exposed him as a long eared ass instead was pulled off last thursday night rhen he gathered about him a crew of his vassals serfs 10 lo and other lesser creatures hied him to the print shop under his control and issued an ai EXTRA that aps designed to dL discredit credit the present board of county commissioners said EXTRA 0 went on to relate under scare h heads eads not less than four inches deep lo 10 that the bonded debt of carbon county was that N S nellson ras a creditor to the extent of that warrants calling for were outstanding that innocent purchasers were holding 99 about of these vi warrants arants and that the debt limit fixed by the constitution was exceeded by 96 about such of these statements as are true have for time been generally known and just why it was necessary to issue an extra to herald them to the world is still stil I 1 puzzling many people the pa per in which they were published can reasonably be expected to appear again today and it seems strange the king could not wait six days to show how woefully he and his agents have failed in their obligations to the taxpayers tax payers of carbon county tho the sheet also devoted about three columns to a legal opinion signed by county attorney C C in regard to the condition of the county and the duty of the commissioners ners the commissioners knew nothing of this opinion until they saw it in the official organ of the king and are wondering why it was not submitted to them while they were in session if the news has been correctly informed the would be king who acts like hamlet in an address to the county board board took unto himself credit for th the to prosperity of price and carbon county if he is responsible for the good things that come to the county why not hold him responsible for the evils that have beset her his issue of an extra to proclaim the shamo of carbon county reminds one of the brazen harlot who cries her shame from the street corner in an effort to still further sink herself in iniquity Is there any doubt dear rea reader ler that the king has been demoted to play the part of the unhappy hamlet the extra caused some talk and considerable amusement in ip whis his city but the news has not heard how it 1 was received receive di in n the coal camps where it was distributed freely friday in the meantime the county commissioners randolph the democrat and sharp and hamilton arc are going right ahead attending to their duties as they see them trying to bring order out of chaos and endeavoring to devise ways an and means for reducing counte expenses to a point where tho the deficit inherited from the former board u DO ard can be wiped out pity the king the king is nutty |