Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-04-08
o-ueR TELEGRAM GRAFT"

.,ote are easy 10 oo+obo,
s l Almost any old scheme catcnes
tllne ,rwary, until some one tries IL on
the and then the gentle population
AGAIN IN and gives the would-pe graft
or 'hs needings.,' so+o will he-
Il We predict that such a 1ate WIN oe-
we ~, p outfit that conducts the ex-
tall e Oiv thin and unpalatable sheet,
tre ,,,SHod daily in this city and mis-
p uVils THE Telegram. AS everyone
caleu This publication is almost value
kho"s on organ of general informa-
, ,Ioo Il is entirely so as concerns lts
. .noged editorial expressions, which
a any nothing but jumbles OF words
a, IDEAS With the exception OF a
h,,n' stray items of telegraph matter
N" nc first page, it is nothing save
w Oanrint Of its morning ally, The Trib-
,,nn and that it is a reprint is demon
u u.rotod every day, for especially glar-
san and somewhat nasty Topographic
"oI errors appearing in the Tribune
Save also appeared in the evening
nhoet Knowing that it has no merit
&c a newspaper, it is little wonder that
those conducting it are always on the
alert to formulate some plan to bunco
tho dear people out of their money. In
order TO accomplish the task of get
tine something for nothing the Tele-
gram some time ago, inaugurated a
Sniano contest" in which the most
nonular young lady" of Utah was to be
presented with an instrument, made
nv a firm the reputation of which by
no means ranks with Chickering or
Steinway; the contest to be decided
by the number of Votes" received.
Several estimable young ladies and
girls we're enrolled as contestants and
the fun began. The total of each can
ddate was printed from day to day
and the misguided friends of the fail
ones fell over one another to get their
money on the counter. Newsboys
secured back alleys for stray copies
with coupons, and little girls collect
ed kilograms from all parts of the
city, The fakirs in the office smiled
in glee and when one candidate forged
to the front, opened up communication
with the friends of another for the
sale of lot of papers containing cou.
pons, at reduced prices and when this
lady was ahead made similar ad
vances to the friends of another. Old
papers, that were a drug on the mar
ket were sold at a discount and the
same lot sold several times to the
friends of several of the competitors
The buyers of the papers didn't take
the papers away. Only paid theil
money and had the number of cou
pons they contained counted for theil
favorites. The advertising man glib
~ told the merchants that the circu
lation was increasing. The merchant
Dit and paid good money for advertise
ments in papers that found their wa!
TO the furnace and were seen by NJ
one except the kids employed to Gu
out the coupons with the scissors. The
contest waged fierce and more fierce
until the close, when amidst a blazt
OF black head lines and all sorts o
tommyrot it was announced that
certain young woman had won.
ihen, as a sort of consolation
Prize 1t was decided to give ava.
another OF these famous pianos" An
other period of time. occupied as wa
the hrst, and another young heart wa
made happy. The paper bristled wit
headlines about the piano contest, bu
Il one wanted to know what had haI
peneu IN the way of news he had t
read the other evening paper.
ana now comes the same old crow
VI ounco steerers with a proposition
W. send eleven girls ~ tha Dortlan