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Show PKOE. MERRILL'S STAND. It gives us pleasure to write at some length of Prof. L. A. Merrill's stand In regard to tho establishment of branch experiment stations over the state. It seems that undue censure has been heaped upon him for certain remarks made at Richfield a week or or so ago, such censuro as ls hardly warranted when his real position is understood. Mr. Merrill has never advocated or oven sanction removal of tho station from Logan, nor ls he ever liable to do so. Prof. Merrill's Interests Inter-ests arc all In Logan, he is thoroughly loyal to the city and the valley and he has no disposition to do or say any-thlngcalculatcd any-thlngcalculatcd to injure the prospects here. It Is tho announced policy of tho Institution on the hill to establishes estab-lishes branch experimental stations over the state and what he has said ls in thorough accord with that policy. When Prof. Merrill went to Richfield he met with a petition for a normal school to be established at that place under the control of the State University. Uni-versity. Interested In the advancement advance-ment of the A. C, Mr. Merrill advocated advo-cated the establishment of an experiment experi-ment station under the control of the Agricultural College and this commendable com-mendable effort on his part has resulted result-ed In nothing but censure. His admission ad-mission that tho main station had been changed In different states, is nothing more nor less than a statement state-ment of a fact and has no bearing on tho case at all. Mr. Merrill believes that the best way to keep the main station hero for all time Is to establish branch over the state. There can be little doubt that tho gentleman know exactly what ho Is talking about and that ho Is thoroughly loyal to the A. C. |