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Show UGLY RUMORS. Usually, littlo reliance can bo placed plac-ed In tho mnjorlty of rumors which find their-way nbout town; but of Into somo persistent ones como to our oars which wo nre forced to heed with somo degrco of attention. Per-haps Per-haps our ears nro too prono to hear these stories, and thou again, perhaps they pro not. Wo nro not In love with gossip, cither, nnd desire to repeat theso rumors only with tho hope that If thcro Is any truth In thom thoy mny bo promptly looked Into by tho proper pro-per officers. Somo ono said that Ogdon is going to run a "boozo train" from-Logan to Ogdcn, $1.00 round trip, especially conducted for tho accommodation of thoso bibulous gcntlomen who can't stand tho protracted spell of drought wo nro having In this city. In case thcro Ib any loss of money In running this excursion, tho Ogden saloonmen hnvo agreed to make good tho deficiency. defi-ciency. Of course, Ogden enterprises benefitting by tho excursion feel thnt there would bo no loss, thnt Logan would mlgrnto In n body and settle UUo a swarm of bees at each saloon from the depot to the fatttiory.end of town nnd back again, li-ls confidently confident-ly believed that Logan would be Boused for a goodly season, that wn-terwagons wn-terwagons would get rusty nnd unfrequented, un-frequented, that wives would bo hi-lnrlous hi-lnrlous over the absence for a. spell of tholr beloved husbands, and that Logan would bo wider awake than she has been since the town went dry npd the men went climbing upward to the long bench on top of,, tho weeping Studohnker. nut no such thing. Wo doubt the Btory of tho "boozo train." We doubt It two tjozeti Logan I tes would go, it thoro wcro such a Bacchanalian "migration. "mi-gration. Wo aro not bibulous any longer. Wo nre sickened by tho thought of liquor nnd bcnstlal boozing depravity. Wo doubt. If there la an-othor an-othor city In tho state whoro men so readily and gladly turn up their noses nt tho sight, oven ,of a drinking parlor par-lor sign. In fact, wo have gotten out of tho hnblt of looking up and down tho streets for tho beautifully painted foaming gtass of 1'lUnor. As for a sign nbout Wilson, we all would tako It for a breed of chickens ns readily ns wo woujd recall the famous epithet. In short, Logan has littlo need of thinking about n "boozo train," let alone patronizing one. Dreams aro now empty of tho sparkling glass, and heads nro clear and sharp every morning, regularly. Wo aro temperate, temper-ate, in fact nbsolutely so. Wo can go about out business with n clear eye and u firm, unwohbly stop. No rep-tilo rep-tilo peeis out nt us, no shadow contains con-tains a groon monster, not a ripple of insecurity rips over tho smooth glassy surface of our contented lives. Wo nro grndually mounting upward; leaving bohlnd us nil tho fermented Joys flesh has been heir Po theso many many centuries past, l'enco Is coming Into tho homes of tho bo'oors, poverty is dopartlng from tho drunkardB, and drunkards aro leaving for thoso cities cit-ies postered by tho presence of sa-louns. sa-louns. Wo aro not puritanical, nolthor nro wo (fovlllsh; but wo bellevo we aro more sonslblo. |