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Show H "Cheap but Costly" Despite tlie fact lli.it politics did not enter fl Into tho bond issue for a municipal light plant, H that the pioposltlon was oted by Democrats H and Republicans and has cci been rcgaidcd H as mi affair In which every citizen of cither H party was particular and distinctly interest- H cd, the local Dcmoci.itlu organ continues to B attempt to bring tlio matter beforo tlie people H in a political way, and for political advantage H seeks to make capital of supposed mistakes H made by the Republican council, holding the H adminlstiatlon's actions up befoic the people H as a failure. Ecn though this gi cat and "only H newspaper printed In Cache count " treated of H ' kacth In tho mattci, Its disloyalty would be H contemptible, but In touching upon the mat- H ter it has either failed to infoini itself in re- H gard to tlie situation or else makes .wilful and H dellbeiatc mlstatcmcnts. One Is as outrageous H as the other, and tho paper's methods arc to H be condemned in any instance. H In the last issue of the great and "only news- H pa pel published In Cache county" in an article H headed "Cheap but Costly" the administration H is raked over the coals unmercifully, the im- H picssiou Is left that the city is wholly tinpro- H tccted In Its rights, Major Hansen, James H Mclkle, 'J'hos. Mulr and Councilman Runis ate H ridiculed, and such statements aie made as H would pioeeLelleut evidence in support of B the Heicules claims should that company H choose to use It. H Tliuatticlc Itself is the cheapest of the H "cheap" and to the city it might prove cry H "costly". The asset t ion of tlie "only news- H papci printed in Cache county" to the effect H that the city is 15 dajs behind the Hercules H people In its tight for lights In tho canjon is H wholly Incoireet and if made foi any other B purpose than to discourage the people and assist the Hercules Co., we do not know what P for; its statement that the city's legal In- H tercstsaro being looked aftei by Councilman H Absalom Hurrls Is a dellbeiatc falsification B and could hae been made only for the H puipose of placing Major Hansen and the J council In disrepute; and the entire article f is a nasty, dirty Ming at a time when the coun- J ell should receive the hearty and lojal support of cveiy taxpajci in the cltj. H The city is in a light witli a .',000,000 com- J blnatlon that has had expeilenco In tlie light B business; there is $il."),000 at stake In tills mat- J ter, and e cry taxpajer in this city is dhcctly J interested in that Mi.OOO; the couucilmen hae J come up against combinations and chcum- J stances for which no prolous cxpeiieucc had J picp.ucd them; there hae been perplexities J connected with the Installation of tlie plant J that would tax the business and legal quallll- J cations of any man In the city; matters have H necessarily gone slow, and at times the public J has doubted, but investigation has alwajs proved that everything was safe and sound, H and now that the crucial test is to be made, there should be no admission of a doubt that B cverj thing Is not as it should bo. Major Han- HHHm sen Insists that tho city's claims to a site In thecanjonare valid; that the Statu law lias been complied witli and now tlie government H piovlslons aie being complied with and wo be- lleve themajoi in peifcrcnceto the "only news- H paper printed In Cache county. Tho one ti nth- fill assci tlon of the great and "onlj" to the H etfect that there Is a divergence of 1,', dajs In H date of notices of the Heicules Co. and tlie H city, cuts no Ice In this mattci at all, for the reason that the two applications will reach Washington and be consideicd at tho same H time. The facts aie that botii the Hercules H Co. and thecity arc ticspassers in tho canyon, H but the ell) has complied with the State laws in regard to the matter, which the Heicules Co. lias not, and at the same time the city lias s'iowii its intention by Its occupancy of the B land and the making of t45,(X)0 contracts. The B cltj has 100 points to the Hercules Co.'sonc, K and will win out unless all signs fall. Major T Hansen Is perfectly satUtled with the piescnt K status of atfahs, and as Hie major has as much J tlnancial lutcicst at stake, as well as a business H lcputatlon, it would seem that tlie people can J rely on his opinion with gieatcr ccitalntyof H ' their position, than on the statement of a newspaper that has never pioved itself a fiiend B the |