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Show TWO i f EDITORIAL-COLUM- N 1.i ) Manufacturing Center Here probably bas not oceured to many of our readers this valley is a natural center for big manafaet-- . uring plants. Vhil the capital of the state hus of means d in Salt Ijike. City,-ine- n all-ra. jire now. inspecting our locality and they rind that material and coal are now' p&sging through this city i', to the large estabishments in the ) neighboring county. "That condition is said to be a waste of energy, and now there are underway plans for furnaces and factones that will bring together the coal from the mountains cast of us and the rich iron ores south and west of here, and the near future may bring undreamed of manufacturing developement in this valley. The most encouraging thing is the probable steel that will soon be located here. Jn Iron county .are mountains of iron, with an inferior coal near by coal that will not coke. Near this city, in fact with rail- Toads leading from liero t o the rich mines in Carbon tcounty, -- with almost continual down grade from those mines to the terminus of the coal road here, are large "beds of coal " S trch a s blast furnaces need - Another fea- tore that adds to this valley as desirable for the steel industry is the water. Here is the only valley on this raide of the Wasatch range that has an abundance of. . , , "water, which is needed in blast furnaces. a. The result i4 a natural condition that may insure ..JXJtah county the blast furnaces whenever it Bliall be de-- 1 cided to establish them in the West'. But the steel in--. 3astry, like most othr industries of America, is trust controlled." The Iron industry of the East has beenam-- ; : pie for the past trade of America,' but with the shipping industry awakened by the war, the demand for steel has been so great that the trade cannot be supplied.- - The eupply has been further shortened by a big strike. Thq ' result is that the iron industry has been compelled to" to Western America for relief, and Utah has the - .look, iron deposit in rich abundance So in locating a place for the blast furnaces the whores of UtahNlake have been selected, options taken on adjacent land, and meetings held with big men on the proposition. ' The capital may not have been secured, but flicTe are indications that Utah will soon be coming to'her own in the iron industry. And this rite ud val- -' ley, with easy irrade for the essentials, will in the near future, if all sums are correctly interpreted, be a busy Industrial center. r IT Some one had sent Billy a local pa' per and, 4,000 miles from home, incidents heretofore considered unworthy of attention .were read with abso: bin Interest. France, "with -- its thousand of fighting comrades, Usl continued excitement and impending danger was a lonely place, loueUer than Bridgeburg had ever been. Seeming to stand out among the personalities" was a familiar name. Miss Elizabeth Brown," so the column announced, was spending the summer with her aunt Elizabeth Brown," Billy wrinkled bis brow perplexedly, 'then memory came to hip. This was Betty Brown," of course, black-eyeJolly Betty, his companion of past vacations. Betty had come out from the city, then, to speud her summer with her aunt To Billy, somewhere In Trance," wine a vision of the town of bis childhood, the white house with its flowers and vines, where saucy Betty had held been-centere- and-aroun- -- .. . - ry " - - ' "" What sort way. -- . 00-- 1Beautiful Conditions Surf ound Us , e And , The Nash S four passenger sport model appeals to motor car users who desire the utmost in style as r: well as comfort. Its low, pleasing lines its nickel trimmings and white wire wheels make' it an attractiye car for social and business use. Its perfected to she? She had confessed, that romance dwelt not In her ; she had been unable honestly to recall his Identity. Billy He would personally thank sighed. hla benefactress for her letters; tbeh perhaps that would be the end." Hi own elster added to the quandary. Elizabeth Brown, who nsed to. live next door?" She answered his question. Why, she was married lest week. They shewed me. the Invita- d Reclamation Work Needed tions White-face- 'Jo nonev outlay In) Rridamatiou - sdiemes in the arid West will return to the wealth' of the country, yet juo ; glance at What the Strawberry Reservoir did for Utah ' valley this past year should convince the most skeptical. "The crops grown on the reclaimed lands are said to have more than equalled half the cost of the entire system. three mil-- r Jin round numbers the, Government expended this the nnd on the lion dollars crops year more system, in value. dollars thousand six million hundred - than a ' What has been done in this valley can be repeated in .Eastern Utah,' under projects there proposed by the Reclamation Bureau. The climate and soil are theie, ttnd the waters run to waste now' down the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Besides adding wealth to the nation, Other , homes are created for the coming generations. --nations in "the to obtain what can past have gone to war in this great country of ours. .peacefully We hope that the proposed $250,000,000 loan that , "Western. Senators and Congressmen are asking for Re-- , vernation work wil) be granted. - The present plan of re--, nlizing from public land sales" is too slow The Work reclamation is needed now, and the money loaned can all Jhe returned and the course of our civilization and the in- West" can be paid lnTaTew years after the completion qf "Ihe work. . , -- - es-pecia-lly motor gives it valve-in-hea- d un- - usual power, quietness and econ- omy of operation. 't -- ; 4 SUPERIOR MOTOR CO. , t i i 21 .BvV Jii .w Provo ' v Utah m fed-- ' Jr La 'J w "ti - I O ul ; "HUE IWRa'Hr tfnUlMf' noiFI? ! (US than he would have appointment thought f possible, Billy, the soldier, passed, down - the l.Brldgeburg street, then on to his boyish haunt near the stream. A girl sat on the mossy bank. She was engaggd in knitting, but she raised her, blue eyes at Blllya approach, gravely regarding hlnr; then she ' smiled. . I see yon have followed me," said the girt- - I came away from bomebe-foryou should call, In order to save Last night only I you embarrassment. realized your mistake. When your return was mentioned sunt referred to your boyish devotion to my cousin Elizabeth,-whhas recently married.' She laughed. .Probably my own visits escaped your notice, Mr. 'West, was much of a child at that time. And so," Elizabeth Brown rose to go, we will consider the matter dismissed. Billy looked Into the lovely face before him. It was of such a face he had dreamed, led on through nights of terrifying darkness- snch feed which " had 'smiled promise through the light of his hospital window. Fate sent to me the name of the wotnauJlJpve,! saW Billy solemnly, andthough Elizabeth Brown flushed scarlet the glance ah gave him was neither startled nor displeased. o ' j 000-- Utah Valley Is Attractive wellfor the New Year, anti remember that this is now attracting more attention than any .othor-ithe west; and well it may, for it has more "water," through storage than any other valley in the arid region, Itdias ideal climate and "crops are made sure here by reason of our abundance of sunshine and much water. Make an effort to locate permanently in the best Tnalley of the west. . anrnore shakenln d SHORT OF RUBBER GERMANY . Articles of All Kinds Scarce on Markets of Former Empire, v. Germany's Industrial situation continues to be a paramount problem for public dlscuseion. Almost every newspaper la the country bas been devoting one or two columns dally to suggestions and criticisms of the Industrial policies adopted by the national assembly. No relief la In sight bo far as the editors have been able to foresee, owing to the coal shortage, lack of transportation and the scarcity of raw material still to be faced. . The demand for rubber and rubber products appears to be Increasing, rubber articles of all kinds being particularly scarce on the market Prohibitive prices have been paid recently 4a Cologne and other Rhineland cities by dealers from the Interior of Germany for eld automobile and bicycle tires.. Millions of juarks1 worth of salvaged, rubber goods have been sold by the American, French and British army authorities to the Germans, but tide supply apparently has not relieved the demand In the least W c a padase war before the ' V v'v cC ao tAtAVVM n Watchful Waiting. 1 , Did some one take your order?" "I'm afraid so. rve been here an h'nr nml notlilng lias showed dp yet" Cornell Widow. , TW 'T T- iwitl i RD - , w , I x. -- a: NOW I rt k xyif THE FLAVOR tGSTS SO DOES THE PRICE! . -- TVUC( V ir , S c a package aw m . VOIOVUE VSOVM NENtttfVSt Willing toiTry. Patience Dont you think, Peggy would make a beautiful bride? Patrice Well, I believe shed be perfectly willing to take a chance at it. Yonkers Statesman. PLAN VS , O, , c a padrage during the war MESSWtl -- ftttS BtZNESSor' MhMM A bV6 OOtNV kbOOt MSAft - - V . V w - MICKIE SAYS CWRISThAAS TIVAE VI..O- bOT Ttt TCU.CO, M BAJV vut , I. V e d A t t tbe-TJnite- 1 i -- WHEN HE Ea st li as not vet been eonymcod ' e - good-nature- -- the atmosphere of Salt Lake City is during .these winter months; thick with of burning soft coal, the wonder is that well men and women cpn endure it, to say nothing of those who may be compelled to go there for. hospital treatment. Rich endowments and church influence have, located at Ihe capita several splendidly equipped' hospitals, but the wtiifar air that the patients breathe there during the ' ' desire. is what not might months physicians There is no place in the West, or especially in Utah, where the sun shines brighter or more days in the year than in Utah Valley. It is here that even Father Escalante, in his historical visit to the valley, wrpte that the - air was so pure that one wanted to continue to breath it for all his life. He noted what has been since confirmed,-thhealthy natural environment of the Utah valley ; but . U has not been capitalized at its full value. , Would it not be a good thing, for Utah county to capitalize a large hospital, bring our skillful surgeons .Tinder its roof and do for it what the Mayo Bros, did for their world-fame- d hospital in a little city about the size of Provo.' Patients' now seek them from all parts of States and even from across the seas. The same could be accomplished here if the proper roRtdts good ' attention was given to the hospital situation. 1 be pf t r -- O had Bridgebnrg had ceased. Following a sudden Impulse, Billy drew card toward him. H would surprise her with a message from overseas.- Do you recall he hastily wrote, a youthful admirer, Billy Weet? Used to devote himself te you when you stopped la Irtdgeburg? Well, this Is from Blit- - fm fighting ier Ends 8am sow, and a fairy has whispered your name to me over In' France. Wont you send a MneT When the card was dispatched. Billy wondered at his own temerity. Oh, well, no harm dons;. she need not answer." Bat she did. What do you know 1 be mnraured to himself, and perused the letter. Mias Brown (honestly confessed that she couldnt recall exactly the Identity d of Bill Weet But If he was the Inserted boy (handsome, slyly Mias Brown), who nsed to let her tyrannize over him when she viBlted at Aunt Lncya, shed be glad now to mn!;e amends by adopting him In a certain way, as her soldier, forwarding to h'm little things which might add to his comfort, and also be generally useful, Of course," added Miss Elizabeth, h must not consider her a foolishly romantic person or anything llkejttiat, for lie was merely trying to help. In a spirit of pure patriotism. And tf Mr. West knew of any other lonely soldier, her assistance could also be extended to h'm."' . Biily did , not know of tny. lie 1 hastened to - yell her so. Throughout his long homeward journey Billy thought of the girl who had written hiifl letters of Inspiration and What kind Uttls soul she courage. was!" Then Billy pansed In his pleasant meditations. , 'Little? How did hs know? - She might be tall ; neither had Betty been prepossessing In her appearance. His boyish respect. Billy realised, had been won by her sheer domination. He had fallen n love; yes, there wee no donht of It. with Elisabeth Brown, on paper. -- ' Nash Sport Model Combines Both Beauty 'and:Comfort 1 . t of a young person Mill Elizabeth Brown become? wondered. With the acquirement her first long skirt, her visits , . ' v T i S " 'ij, ' ' t ' a ' ) ' |