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Show f SHERIFF SMITH AND HIS COLLEAGUES. H' Our enterprising contempor- BLr ary across th e way, having been H exposed in its practice of put- B ting out wind-pudding advertise- H; ments for merchants and busi- B' ne88 men who have not been con- Hk suited in tho matter and who of H; course pay nothing for the space. Hr '" (for the purpose of deceiving tho r. public in relation to its support,) K this week took a new means of Br filling its valuable (?) space. A H large portion of its front page H' is devoted to what it terms a de- W fense of Sheriff Andrew Smith. Ht It purports to be n spiel from B' . some individual in Salt Lake R1 '; City written as a sort of oint- Hg' ment.for an imaginary wound Hfk sustained by Sheriff Alfred Hp ' Froyd of Iron county, by our H comments concerning the bril- K liant detective episode at Bing- Hjf? ham. which has, consumed the K past several- weeks, and in K which Sheriff Andrew Smith, H:, Jr.', of Salt 'Lake county is one Hf of the chief actors. The article H is too idle and silly to pay fur- k ther attention to. It fills a long- Hh " felt want in the Observer, and Bl no doubt removes a heavy load B$ from the sheriff's stomach. K The following quotation is K from a post-script appended to By, o letter received by the editor jB?' of The Record from a success- SBr ful business man in Salt Lake aBBi Citv. It is not written by IBBr Sheriff Smith nor any of his BB secretaries, subordinates or col- J&&MB leagues. Neither is it written bv Lopez or any of his sympa- HzIMmM, thizers. It is written by a cloar- imHSSfflL headed, disinterested business lgjBBb man of Salt Lake City, voluntar- Bfl ily, not in answer to a request, KSaffljr and indicates tho sentiment , raH' entertained7 by thinking people HsHr" Jfit Sa ae as we as else-'; iiBBbmf' BBP '4'' Bilbrli isBBBr' BDaflBiBSife whore. It bears date of December Decem-ber 20th, and is as follows: "P. S. I read with interest your editorial on Sheriff Andrew Smith, Jr., It was probably interesting in-teresting to me because I had thought of his generalship very tnuch as you expressed it. I believe that if the majority of Salt Lake people could read your editorial, they would express their approval, but tho Salt Lake papers do not print what they cannot help knowing is true, regarding tho manner in which tho sheriff has operated." |