Show geo beard writes mr masl S L editor park record dear sir I 1 am sure cure you as EL a news I 1 must know that I 1 owned an opera house and that I 1 was making a success of running it and was making a I 1 legitimate profit on my investment and would have been glad to own and run the die Co coalville alville opera house in tact fact I 1 went into that business on the advice of the president of the stake and the bishop of the Co coalville alville ward and at a time when there was neither a theatre nor a dancing hall in Co coalville alville so you will see that I 1 did not go into the business of running an amusement han hall to drive someone out of business for a few years I 1 put all I 1 had energy capital and hard work believing it would be a nice thing to bring in a dividend tor for my wife and myself when I 1 became too old to work I 1 was giving the people the best shows and entertainment that I 1 could for the size of the town then came along an attorney who advised the local school board to go into the same business for gala gain or tor for some other reason As an american citizen I 1 objected to be put out of a legitimate business where the taxes I 1 paid about 1500 a year was used to light fight me and put me out of business because I 1 dared to raise a protest protect I 1 commenced a suit to determine what the word commercialism meant for ischook school boards in the state of utah I 1 I 1 wrote to the school board of north summit suggesting a friendly suit and I 1 received an answer that they did not want a friendly suit but tor for me to go ahead with my law suit I 1 commenced suit about tour four years ago the first time the case was tr tried led by judge ritchie who rendered a decision in my favor he caused it to be printed in the tribune and other papers but a few days after the ludge judge received a A stroke and lived about a year after but was unable to issue a final decree after a long delay of over a year I 1 finally got permission from the north summit school board to use the same evidence and have the case tried over on the same evidence as in the first case before judge mckinney his decision has been commented upon in editorials in the tribune and telegram and all is I 1 now a matter ot of history in all t those base tour four years of bitterness spite and nd malice I 1 have fought alone I 1 the battle tor for right and to sustain the la law and have won out i I I 1 have hav e taken T the h e park record from it its a first l issue sue and have never missed aimed an issue and have always paid my subscription and got good value received I 1 have looked in vain tor for one word about the case in the record it if you have ever published one word about it kindly reter refer me to the issue of 0 your valuable paper which contained the article yours youra GEORGE BEARD once owner of an amusement hall but now forced out of business by a bunch Co coalville alville utah november 24 1930 I 1 we will be candid with you mr beard and admit that we never noticed the decision of judge mckinney nor comments thereon in the dally daily press or we assure you comment thereon and praise for you vou would have been featured in the record it Is quite likely the decision and comments were published while we were out of the state we were away the greater part of the year however it is not too late to congratulate you on your victory in this case and to inform you that when the action was first commenced it was freely discussed by myself and business men of our city and the action of your local school board was opening ly condemned i arid and felt then as we tell fell now that 0 greet great injustice had been done to one of Cool vIlles best and progressive end desen lug ing cIt citizens Lens editor |