Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-10
DEsERET EVENING NEWS THURSDAY DECEMBER 10 1908

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evident vet little known fact. Tn
public lands of Utah. compared Will
& those granted to other states, have hat
!, thus far but a small fraction of thu
values thus acquired by the sister mum
tcipalities of the Union. Iii the case
of school lands, those in Utah have
hcen largely arid, mountainous, alkal-
2 inc, or covered at seasons with saline
waters. so that their real value, in com,
pa1ison with that of the lands fol
z school purposes acquired by most
other states, has been d sort OF vanish.
ing quantity.
Prior to statehood, the people Of Utah
maintained a school system in every
inhabited district by local taxation and
voluntary contributions school houses
Were built, or. n,eetlnghouses We're us
ed for school purposes Iii every place
where q school could be attended by
4 enough pupils to warrant the employ
ment of one or several teachers,
The school lot thus set aside and the
buildings thus erected by the people
without any federal aid whatever,
iiltLhlltS w Ht Tic SNto6iSSStlE d SGssl
value, were promptly given to the state
i school system upon the passage of the
general free school law, some twenty
years ago.
The common schools maintained in
i those We're often excellent and We're
always fairly efficient, but they Of
i course. lacked unity and uniformity.
i n Al,
\ tnneous and unaided efforts of q new
community in providing, without pub
| lie aid, schools and colleges FOR tho
| education of their children, and. as
| such, those who thus maintained these
\ schools are entitled to nrase and COM
mendation for the results they really
achieved
Congressman Howell's Idea is a rea-
sonable one. Utah is entitled, for pub
| lie purposes, to more federal aid than
she has ever yet received, unless it can
| be shown why one State should re-
ceive SO much less of the government
bounty than any of the other mem
bers of the great confederation Of com
monwealths.
Actors saw the air; aeronauts Sail
it.
Union BARRIERS frequently give "cut"
rates.
I Who pays the fiddler when salome
dances?
Il F. <
The coal trust is cutting ice but the
5icemen are not.
Empty honors never yet filled an
empty stomach.
Prohibition states are not particu-
.larly noted for their dry nit.
When a noulder proposes he always
casts himself at the lady's feet.
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Just now u little Dutch courage
might stand Castro in good stead.
b sias5s
III China all tho politicians are anxl-
sopFs tsGgsst NH5odhe III Yu counter
z Strange combination Is MIR. Carnegie.
lie is an optilnist and tariff reformer.
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About the surest way to uplift the
farmer is for him to raise more crops.
Shop as much and as long as you
like but make your Christmas pur-
chascs early.
Why sit that the sweeping changes
of the street department arc never in
vcstigated?
Mayor Bransford says that no takes
the responsibility. Who gets the
"rake off p
It the spirit of mortal will only re-
fleet little bit 1t will soon see why
It should not be proud.
Mr.. Archbold Ia dual personality.
How different is Archhold the witness
from Archboid the writer of letters.
49,
President Roosevelt says that hunt
ing wolves Is one of the finest sports
IN the world Specially hunting grey