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Show A Big Kick Mayor Jacobs, of Rex-, burg,Sticks to town Major John L. Jacobs, of Rexburg, I foimcrly a Logan "boj," Is In Logan visiting his father, Nicholas Jacobs,1 of the Fourth ward, who is III Mr Jacobs went to ItoMiurg about twenty j em ii(o, was one of the very earliest M-ttlers there, and prosperity has dealt with him so klndlv that he Is now estimated to be worth no small amount He Is one of the solid men of tho north country, and his recent election tothemavorallty of Rexbutg evidently came a tribute to his genuine worth, for he was not In the city at election time and his selection selec-tion was the result of his name being, written on the ballots in suillcient number to defeat the icgulnilv non lnnted candidate. Aroused by Journal. Major Jacobs is considerable incensed in-censed at an edltoral in Tliuisdaj's Journal In leferenee to the counij scat light between Rcxburg, St. Anthori) and Sugar citj, and he charactcil?es the representations therein as misleading and not a statement state-ment of facts. The Journal sajs that "for years tire people of Rexbuig were narrow, considered that the whole earth should bow down and pay tribute tri-bute to those who killed the snakes, etc. that they regarded strangers with suspicion, never extended the glad hand to enterprise, but weic on hand to levy tribute upon the ungodlj stranger who proposed to establish or buy anythl.ig that they were un-progressive, un-progressive, etc." Major Jacobs Insists In-sists that the Journal man Is talking through his hat, and sajs: "The people who settled the Rex-burg Rex-burg country wen-called from Cache, and that hasn't been a century ago. They were mostly joung men with little lit-tle more than health and nerve. They went Into a new countij, and If the Journal man will now go into that country he can not but conclude, If he is honest, that these young men, with the few older ones with them, have do.ie exceedingly well. At the present lmc we have a pleasant clty.lhorough ly alive and in a fair way to push forward for-ward rapidly Many Improvements. "If the Journal man were to visit Rcxburg he would think lie were asleep and dreaming when he wrote his article, for he would see a line Academy that ranks next to the Hrlg-ham Hrlg-ham Young College In Logan; he would sec a central school building of twelve rooms;he will see a ward build-i build-i Ing the superior of most, n bank oulld-ling oulld-ling and furniture, the best north of I Ogden, a hustling Commercial club with eighty paying members and very pleasant quarters, a city with a good electric light plant and waterworks, a city out of debt and with a good balance bal-ance to work on "As for the "ungodly,"the stranger, they are with us In good numbcis and the most pleasant social conditions exist. The burg is owned by the citizens citi-zens and not a townsltc company. "Rcxburg Is a good town full of push and energy, despite the fact that the building of the Stake house was stopped. stop-ped. The Journal nan might know moie than I why It was stopped, Possibly Pos-sibly it was a longing for the Sugar plum. I can't see why the Journal should seek to give Rcxburg the imputation impu-tation of being peopled with slecpj-heads, slecpj-heads, for it's blood Is Cache Valley blood but possibly the Journal wants the whole thing for the Godly " Mayor Jacobs sajs that all Rcxburg , is united In securing the county seat1 and despite wonderful Inlhienccs working for Sugar city, he believes' Rcxburg will get it. Mr. Jacobs's father, whom lie Is now visiting, Is eighty jearsofage and Is declining In health as a natural result The mayor will probably remain In, Logan a few dajs. I |