Show A disreputable ENEMY since the close of tho the polls on the ard 3rd of last month the ogden corn com win cial only excuse for living has been its sneaking cowardly contemptible temp tible career of faultfinding driven back on that date into a narrow and nauseous shell ib it baa his every day since pat put its eya eye to the oae pinhole through which it thought passi bleto ble to draw breath and life an I 1 sweeping the prospect pros pact or oer began at onesto once to poor pour forth base complaints to bear false witness to snarl and grumble and condemn all who did not observe the behests behesta of its hi high agh mightiness aad and dance attendance on its petty pleasure b n so in process of time it has come about that the county court has fillen fallen under ita its displeasure the road to the nines mines is not being built in accordance with its gigantic ideas of excellence and haste selectman foy in in particular cular is far from possessing the executive skill and the mighty management that an indulgent providence bestowed upon the commercial editor the other members of the court have shortcomings no less grievous to this perfect being ina in a word he would have the people of weber believe that they are represented by officials who are pu purnile reile shiftless extravagant and ridiculously incompetent in all that perta pertains 1138 to the building of 12 or 15 miles of canyon road of course coarse it if it were not the middle fork road it would be something else the sole object in life of the commercial having resolved itself into a mulish determination to oppose to grumble to yelp at and to annoy every project and every recognized authority with or without cause A great deal of its abuse and stupidity THE tug STANDARD baa has not felt called upon to notice it was disgusting and tiresome enough to the few who saw it without our oar giving it additional notoriety tori ety bat as a warm advocate of the middle fork road as a true friend to the new mining region and as a hearty well wisher of every enterprise that promises the advancement of weber countes Coun tys interests TUB tits feels that this present attack should not go baked the county court did a generous thine thing when it voted ta 2600 for the con st mt ruction of a direct road to the mines it acted promptly upon what it honestly believed and every thinking man then believed and still believes believe to be an important and promising opportunity for the county it appointed practical men to superintend the work and watch the expenditure of the money one of these men selectman foy has given pars personal onal attention to it he ile has shown him belt self amenable to argument when different routes were proposed and he chose the more practicable one without being parsimonious he bas has been careful in the very nature of things the work would have to go slowly yet he has employed as many men as could be used to advantage it Is true that the part of the road between the month mouth of the canyon and the scene of operations is not as smooth and well graded as a boulevard but the original intention is being carried out which was to get the road open all the way then to improve 11 it and mend the grade after the travel had shown where improvement was imort needed the work will not stop short of completion and when it is dona done we believe it will prove to be a thoroughly satisfactory piece of work in every respect these are the facts about the mid die fork road up to date they do not emanate from the county court coart but from practical aad and honest observers who know what they are talking about they differ from the commercials statements in that they are not founded on malice nor are they the outpouring of petty spite they are presented to the public with the sag suggestion that inasmuch as they show the commercials animus and falsehood in one matter that doddering soreheads foreheads sore heads growling batione in other mattera matters may only be received tor for what they are worth which is nil |