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Show I AN OPEN CHALLENGE! The Record Extends .n Open Challenge to The Ob- I rver for an Examination of the Circulation I ' hS F lt f 'oo. to be Paid to the Bis- I . mS the WardS f thiS Cit for the Be"e- I t a th Widows nd the Poor of the City, or I oJZ?NTynthey may suest-if The Rec- K - a " 1' The provisions of this being that such examination be sub- mitted to a committee of five, I four of whom Shall be business If men of the city, two to be se-I. se-I. lected by The Record and tw6 by the Observer, the fifth to be a government post-office inspector; and provided further, that the Observer shall post a like forfeit of $100 if on examination it h shown that it does not have as great a circulation as The Record. 5 The Record has borne patient- , ly the misrepresentations to the J lcjd business men by the man- I . agement of the Observer that that paper, almost from its first issue, had a larger circulation than the Record, and similar statements and representations by its paid hirelings in Salt Lake City to state officials and others for the purposeof fraudulently procuring legal advertising, but since that organ, in ita blind frenzy at being be-ing checkmated, f prints an unwarranted un-warranted and malicious attack on this paper, its officers and stockholders, it is no longer deserving de-serving of any consideration, and it is now up to its 'launch" to make good or "forever hold its peace." |