Show PITH OF THE PRESS MODERN MIRACLE g socialists have over votes binl utah IB it any wonder that the dem party this year was iu harcaj hues between the republican am and socialist parties it is a miracle that the democrats pulled through with a single shred ot hair on their hides richfield sun WORTHY OP ANYTHING somo are sa ing that the weather Is too good nonsense nothing as too good tor the people of utah deseret news SOMETHING NEW FOR SALT LAKERS the people of salt lake now have the opportunity to study the water question it is a vital one foch e city salt lake telegram STUCK ON UTAH an intelligent and wealthy farmer of nebraska told us the other day that be had spent a month in utah a year ago and that he had decided that one hundred acres under irrigation in a land of almost perpetual sunshine was more attractive to him than three hundred acres in nebraska he hopes to move to utah next year and live and die in the land where there ia no drouth and where crops are sure deseret farmer A GOOD proposition the new york fico is the largest supporter of tho postal department part ment to which it returns more than a year in clear profit A private corporation would be willing to pay handsomely for the monopolies of such a profitable business oakland enquirer TUB DUCK QUESTION it is right for the law to our game birds and prevent extermination by wanton slaughter it is right too that the season be carefully limited but from tho point of view 0 the general public it seems sc fair to take from the majority the ego of purchasing ducks in the open market very naturally tho sportsman who spends his powder and time to bag a mess of ducks holds jio should have a few extra when one thinks about it however it hardly seems right that the people who have neither the time the skill nor the inclination cli nation to hunt should bo deprived of a little table luxury liko duck of which there is surely no scarcity in these santa rosa publican Ila NOT A POPULAR IDEA the proposition of prohibiting the sale of wild ducks as advanced by some of the members of the california state fish and gaie protective association at a recent meeting does not appear to be receiving the favor that the promoters of this nervy idea deluded themselves into the belief would be forthcoming quite a number of the newspapers of the state have already taken occasion to express an opposite view of the question appeal |