Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-05-02

belonging the editor of the Times, the envelope having
his return card printed thereon.
Each of the other members of the County committee
notified in like manner and each claimed to have re-
Later, again., advertisement appeared in the Par
Times in which all the of the various people
comprising committees for the Fair pub
shed along with the number being the name Of John p
Fuller copy OF this paper was mailed to Mr.. Fuller
Mr. Fuller claims he never received either the not-
cations or the paper.
The editor claims he sent them and that up to date
they have been returned to the Times office
! Now reader suit yourself Judge whether not
notification was given or that proper means were
taken to have the fair held in Parowan.
| Now this is what we would call Smoking them
out and if we are any judge, it comes pretty
near doing it. So far as the responsibility of Ce-
dar City being kept in ignorance of what was
going on, Chairman Prtchards hands are clean,
as appears from the above statement, as is also
those of the other members of the committee at
Parowan. 1t all lies between the editor of the
Times at Parowan, John p. Fuller at this place,
and the two postmasters who handle the mail We
know Postmaster Will L. Adams at Parowan, and
we know Postmistress Granger at this place, and
we know from seven years experience in the post
Office at this place about how often or how likely
it is for letter to go astray and be permanently
between these two points. Two separate and dis
tinct letters mailed at different times to the same
address by the same person, are claimed to have
gone astray if Fuller failed to receive them as he
claims. No, we can't concede the possibility of the
miscarriage of the notifications to be with the post
al officials 1t is up to the editor Of the Times an
Mr. Fuller to shoulder the responsibility. We know
both men fairly well, but will not assume the re
Isponsibility of deciding between them. We will
however, consider the question of motive. There
is some little advantage to the newspaper of tn,
town where the fair is held, as it usually means
quite little printing, the lions share of which al
ways goes to the "home" paper. In limited field
where there is not much doing, this is quite little
item. Fuller is pretty good booster for his home
town, and was sure to make stir soon as 1t
learned there an effort to. steal from it the
county fair on year when we were entitled to it
This is fact since proven by developments, fol
Everything was going on swimmingly and the fail
would shortly have been nailed down at Parowan
had it not been for John P. Fuller Thomas Dix
and T. j. Jones. 1t was important, then, that Mr.
Fuller be kept in the dark, if Parowan was to get
off with the fair. This seems to show motive
for the letter not being mailed. Now, what mo-
tive can we find for Mr. Fuller denying the re-
cept of these letters. Fuller takes keen interest
in sporting matters, particularly the county fairs
He was one of the prominent figures at the time
the county fair grounds and buildings were
structed at this place, and is personally obligated
with others at local bank for a considerable sum
remaining from the cost of these improvements,
which can only be paid rom revenue derived from
the county fair. What could he hope to gain by
processing ignorance of the fact that he had been
appointed member of the fair committee, and by
shutting his eyes to the fact that Parowan was
trying to cop the fair this year, when they were
not entitled to it. And why, then, does he kick
up fuss when he does find out what is in the air?
If Fuller has been lying about not receiving
those two letters and that copy of the Times he
ought to come out and confess, because some one
evidently has lied and it makes it look bad for the
other fellow.
In conclusion we cannot do better than quote
the words of our contemporary: "Now, reader
suit yourself. Judge whether or not proper mott
fication was given or that proper means were TAX
zen to have the fair held in Parowan."