Show ARE WE altogether THEIRS I 1 sometimes people cry before they are hurt sometimes they squawk louder than their injury ju justifies stifles sometime sometimes they cry first and laugh afterward and sometimes they weep and snicker together the foregoing has no parti particular c ular application unless somebody chooses to especially apply it yesterday the HERALD in common with m many ny of the leading business men of ogden felt that commercial cup was overflowing with bitterness and for the hour wo we refused to bo be comforted let us examine the goblet carefully and fee eo if its contents arc are all bitter or only bittersweet bitter sweet ogden wanted exclusive territory nor north t h to battle creek with salt lake enjoying i an equal advantage in the south we failed to get it it in this skirmish r we met the enemy and wo were thel rs 11 failing of victory in that ogden wanted salt lake to fulfill the promise made at wednesday nights conference to make the lines at provo on the south and smithfield on the north again we met tho the enemy and wo we were theirs but according to mayor Ec eccles clescal calculation cu ogden secured thirteen miles more of distance on the north than salt lake secured on the south and thus it may bo be that when wo vie met them they became ours further ogden gets exclusive territory through morgan county commands the wellsville trade through mendon and the malad trade through collingston Coll Col meton linston gets equal opportunities to compete for the business of utah county tintic gintic sanpete and beyond and again it may be that when an we a meet them they became ours probably the result hinges upon this one question which of the two cities lias bas the greater capacity for rustling if wo we answer ogden then we must say that the less the exclusive territory and the greater the common territory the better wo we shall give a further review of this point in our next issue in the meantime to say something more which people havo have no need to apply to any particular case unless they debeiro it is better to cry first and nd laugh afterward than to snicker first and weep afterward because sunshine sune hine is always brighter after rain and because he laughs longest who ho laughs last are ara we ve altogether theirs or did we get got tho the under hold while they were letting go to spit on their hands 7 |