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Show -rr THAT BROWN-MILES EPISTLE. IDl.xle AdTocate.l About the sloppiest mess we have perused pe-rused since the days of the Salt Lake Argus., appeared Id the daily Herald, under date of June 28, and over the signatures of Edward M. Brown, chairman, chair-man, and Arthur F. Miles, clerk. It was unadulterated rot of the most unsavory un-savory kind. It purported to be a reply re-ply to our criticism of the county commissioners com-missioners for awarding work to an outside concern that could be had as cheaply and more satisfactorily at home, but there Is not one scrap of argument ar-gument in the column or more of slobber. slob-ber. It is simply a tirade of abuse and bluster, couched in what was probably intended to be "witty" language. You know the clerk prides himself upon his excruciating wit, when he cares to place it on tap. The article Droves nothing, except that the officials were beside themselves with rage and had to give vent to their wrath at whatever cost, or "bust the boiler." It Is such an atticlc as no self-respecting paper would publish, particularly partic-ularly when it was in nowise concerned. con-cerned. Hut the Salt Lake Scavenger, which is understood to be a cross between a hyena and a sewer pipe, is always ready to devour carrion at so much per line, and seized upon this opportunity to replenish iu badly depleted treasury, with avidity. Tin-interesting Tin-interesting side of the question Is, who Is footing the bill? Anybody acquaint ed with the individuals whose names follow the slop, knows that they never would go down Into their own jeans to pay the fiddler. The only plausible assumption is that it will bo appropriated appropri-ated out of the county treasury. Fortunately the Herald had the kindness to punctuate the article, to some extent, "lowercase" a few of the less important words and correct the bad grammar, It would have been a gross imposition upon the public to have been obliged to read it as it left the clerk's typewriter. The brilliant scribe must have been solzed by some dire qualm of conscience when he vrote: "Charley does not drink and he never sees snakes except when he sees the loyal board." His M veracity is only equalled by his know- M ledge of natural history, which is al- M most human. Of course everybody that H read the Herald article will concur in M our classification of the reptiles. With- M out question they belong to the "blow" M snake species. H H The clerk evidently feels that he has M unveiled a mare's nest when the news M is given out with a dull, sickening M thud that the Dixie Advocate is printed M at Cedar City. The truth of the matter Is that nearly everybody In the district M we represent was perfectly familiar M with this fact and the reason wl.y It is M so: That it is with a view to giving M the people a belter newspaper than we H could possibly otherwise do; that either county alone is not a sufllclent field to justify the installation of tho expensive H machinery required to produce such a H newspaper as The Advocate, and the H only reason we have not published it broadcast is that we thought It would detract just that much from the honor Washington county receives for putting out so creditable a newspaper. The H publication of this fact over the state does not injure us lit the least. Our M patrons were already well aware of It. M The only Injury, if any is inflicted, Is H to the county at large. With our two offices connected by telephone, enabling us to reach the paper with the uews M right up to the time it is printed, a process that used to take three hours of three persons' time each week, but M which is now accomplished in about M forty-five minutes by one man; and with M the stage making the trip from Cedar to St. George during the night, we arc M able to give just as prompt service and M a much better paper, at the same time M saving a lot of hard work and consider- M able expense. In his blind rage our rash friend has struck the wrong fel- M low. It is an example of cutting off M his own nose to disfigure our physiog- M nomy: that is, if he feels any interest in H the county, though this seems unlikely. M H There Is just one commendable tiling M about the nasty mess that appeared In M the Herald: lirown and Miles have M . forsook the cover of their nom de plume, M "The Loyal Board," and have signed H their own names. This is less craven 1 and cowardly than their first attitude. H Lest they should be in doubt as to who is the author of this reply, we will set M their minds at rest by stating that it is M the indefatigable "Charley," or as he M usually signs it, Ciias. S. Wilkinson, M Publisher. M |