Show from the diary of a faithful faithful contributor j by guess who dear doc IX how dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood I 1 thought of this line of the old son song a good many times last week when I 1 took a trip to salt lake with my old friend and neighbor jame jamaca B ramsay who had accumulated an ailment that was a cross between an t f in growing groling toenail and an inflate inflated ed wish vish bone be caused by too much contact with some republican tourists from iowa it was really a pleasure to see the interest jim displayed in visiting the places bac he knew as a youth andin his early ay manhood nan hood it was a thrill to be with him as he lived over again the glorious days of his boyhood in salt lake when he used to climb barefooted up what was then known as arsenal hill where now nov stands the magnificent utah state capitol when he pointed out the places where the hoys boys and girls played around in the tumble tumbleweeds weeds of the northern part of the city which is now a swell resi residence section jim says the old houses he knew as a boy are gone but that the tame old weed still nourish flourish and what in thunder became of the foundation of the old grist mill in city continued on page four from the diary of a faithful continued from page one creek canyon it was there when he left the city he says mona is still the same A mile long and one house wide and as I 1 listened to jim talk about the old days that are gone I 1 naturally began to think of my own boyhood lays days I 1 wondered where all the boys and girls had drifted to I 1 remember vividly the old bob johnson swimming hole that w we used in dog days that the monroe irrigation canal company changed for us the old alice dick lane where eye we herded cows and played duck stone old john good eyes lot where the clean nine and the dirty dozen played baseball ren Lison bees old black surrey that the quorum used to go girling to richfield and all intermediate points what had bad become of all the gangs that used to tantalize tom ransom when he was marshal some are still in monroe some are in lare california some in idaho and some are no doubt where tom tried to put them in jail well I 1 cant sit around here moping about bygone by gone days ive got to get a move on me if I 1 am going to congress A fellow asked me the other lay clay what my position was I 1 told him that my position was this that I 1 naturally would like to get the nomination and following that as little opposition in the general election as possible I 1 take it doe doc that this position is a perfectly natural feeling for any candidate who indulges in the illusions of hope I 1 have one idea that I 1 want to carry out when I 1 get to washington tand and that is reducing the taxes I 1 understand thoroughly that all the other candidates for all offices advocate this same thing but they fail to advance any practical demonstration of their declarations even my friend andoe and opponent don B colton who has had his salary raised since he hiis has been there has not reduced the taxes now I 1 have a plan which when I 1 explain to you its details you cant help but see that it will solve the problem this thought struck me when I 1 was in new orleans and I 1 have been thinking about it ever since and have come to the conclusion that it is a feasible solution of the question of how to reduce taxes and stul still keep the feces necessary a ry things for which we are so heavily taxed now take our schools for instance the revenue going towards the maintenance of our goings school ch system is a large proportion of our well in new orleans quite a few years ago lived a rich old miser by the name of john mcdonough his name would suggest that his na tiona lity was scotch but for this I 1 cannot vouch as I 1 did not meet him quite quita a few years ago they arranged for him to die and leave several million milion dollars toward the establishment and maintenance of grammar schools these schools are operated without cost to the state A large portion of the money left was invested and when the surplus reaches a certain figure they build another school wid and name it after john mcdonough there are now 38 schools in the city of new orleans named after him and supported by the proceeds of his wi will SM now I 1 have bave laid the foundation for my plan and I 1 will proceed to unfold it to you I 1 suggest that we find a similar milar 31 old miser in sevier county have him lie die and leave his fortu fortuno ae to our schools and a large portion of our worries will be over simple it funny nobody around here thought of that before I 1 suggest that it be tried to see if it will not work |