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Show ' y THE BINGHAM PRESS BULLETIN .. .... PAGE SEVEN The Press-BuHeti-n Entered as second-clas- s matter at the postoffice at Bingham Canyon, Utah, under the Act. of Congress of March 3, 1879. Subscription Price, per year, in advance ;..J. $2.00 Address all communications to the Press-Bulleti- n at Bingham Canyon, Utah. PHIL M. GOLDWATER, Publisher combatant branch of the Army, Navy or Marine Corps, or at least six months' experience in a state, teni- - : toriaf of foreign police organization j . comparable in rank to such forces as the Texas Rangers, Pennsylvania . State Constabulary, New York State . Constabulary, Royal ' Northwest '. Mounted Police, etc. ' The entrance salary is $1,680 a year.. Full information and application ,; blanks may be obtained from the United States Civil Service Commis- - sion, Washington, D. C, or from the ' secretary of the local board of civil- - , service examiners at the postoffice or customhouse in any city.. illegal eutrance into the United States, and that the Immigration Ser-vice of the Department of Labor, is in need of a number of patrol in-spectors in its effort to prevent such, entry, and examinations will be held October 8. The letter as released by the De-partment follows: The Civil Service Commission has announced an examination to be held on October 8 to fill positions of im-migration patrol inspector for duty along the Mexican and Canadian bor-ders. Appointees will be required to per-form guard duty along the two in- - ternational boundary lines for the purpose of detecting and preventing the illegal entry of aliens into the United States. The conditions under which this work Is carried on are closely com-parable in nature and requirements to the duties of a soldier under actual field conditions. Applicants must have had at least two years' exper-ience as a law enforcement officer, or ,at least six months' experience in a GOVERNMENT IN SEHRGHOF HELP Added Force to Prevent Smuggling of Aliens Is Asked by Uncle Sam. A circular letter has just been re-ceived at the local postoffice by Post Master Boyd ). Barnard in which it is stated that many aliens are g tilling REPORT OF UTAH COPPER EMPLOYEES BENEFIT ASSOClATiriN SHOWS GAIN : The August report of the Utah Copper Employees Benefit association as released by the secretary, M. L. Jones, shows the organization to be in a healthy financial condition, with $1,015.87 in the bank September 1st. Although ten new members were admitted during the month, raising the total to 397, the number is far from satisfactory, considering the bene-fits derived from this worthy organization. Following is the complete re-port for the month of August, as rendered by the secretary: Treasurer's Report for the Month of August, 1924 INCOME Cash in Bank July 31st, 1924 $1,007.87 . r ti n,,. l i?tt, ioxi ..... 2100 OJ I .VUUVIIVIIJ uq. .a...., ' . - Payroll Deductions, Aug. 28th, 1924 172.00 DISBURSEMENTS M. L. JONES, Secretary. Flowers to Funerals .... .. 15.00 Secretary's Salary for August .. . 15 00 185.00 Sick Benefits paid during August, 1924 i $ 55.00 Death Benefit (T. D. Trice) 100.00 Cash in Bank September 1st, 1924 ...... $1,015.87 J.OHN KNUDSEN, Treasurer. Secretary's Report for Month of August, 1924 Sick Benefits paid during Month of August, 1924 No. 2443 $22.00 No. 2353 H00 No. 1722 : 1100 No. 2428 800 Death of Mr. T. D. Price 100.00 Members on Books August 1st, 1924 ... 380 New Members during August "10 Members left Company employ . - 3 Total membership August 31st 387 Postmaster New (Continued from Page 6) with accuracy. For instance we have the following totals for the past year: Special delivery pieces of mail, Registered pieces of mail, 91,138,862. C.O.D. pieces of mail, Insured mail, 148,716,353. The amount of money orders issu-ed was $1,602,956,100, tn increase in three years of 22.35 per cent on do-mestic and 47.93 per cent on foreign. Practically the same amount in mon-ey orders had to be paid out. The average size of a. money order is about $8 if domestic and $20 if for-eign. All salaries are based on statute. The salaries of postmasters based on receipts show the following: 10 postmasters receive $8,000 ; 73 receieve $6,000; 19 receive $5,000; 19 receive $4,500; 40 receive $4,200 ; 32 receive $4,000 ; 40 receive $3,900; 57 receive $3,800; 69 receive $3,700 ; 97 receive $3,600 ; 69 receive $3,500; 130 receive $3,400; 113 receive $3,300. Employees of the post office de-partment and the postal service num-ber 266,640. Persons connected with the postal service by contract, etc., number 87,191. Total, 353,831. ' Soms Animals Cant Swim. According to the best authorities, all " animals, excepting monkeys and per-haps the three-toe- d sloth, either swim . naturally or go through the . mo-tions of swimming when suddenly Im-mersed tn water. There are, however, several animals that, although they swim naturully. drown at they swim. This Is the case with rabbits, " mice, moles and the smaller cats, drowning being the result of the fur becoming saturated. WHY THE KNOCKER KNOCKS Most cities and towns have, knockers. There are some in Bingham Canyon. Why dq they knock, when it is so clearly for their interest to shout for the good of the home town? A bit of jealousy, perhaps, in some cases. Some folks dislike to see others go ahead and attain prominence in community organizations. They regard themselves as equally capable of leadership, hence feel terrtpted to carp at others who are given responsibility. Yet they would not probably take off their own coats and put in the hard licks the other fellow is giving. A desire to air their own wit, sometimes. They are like the idle man sitting in the cool shade, to whom the sweating worker in the field may often seem grotesque. Swollen ideas sometimes. Some folks visit great cities and come home sore because their home town has no sky scrapers or other metropolitan developments. Cities and towns, however, like people, are most lovable when they develop along the lines of their own personality, rather than aping others. Some loyal friends of their home city cherish great dreams for its future. All fine and inspiring. But don't get your head so far in the clouds that you lose step with the dusty toilers who are pushing your community up the hill of progress one step at a time. Much knocking is mere thoughtlessness, the careless words of people who have some knowledge and are not averse to exhibiting the same. People who keep up a running fire of distraction against those who are at-tempting to do community work, are about as welcome as a rain storm on picnic day. They tend to make people give up their hopes and settle into the dull routine of yesterday. Communities are carried ahead by faith and enthusiasm. One plain man who loves his home town so much that he always talks of its achieve-ments ratfier than its defects"! but who quietly takes hold to remove faults, is worth a dozen superior intellects who are always analyzing things with-out taking any action. The big benefit dance this evening at Canyon Hall for Herbert Gust, given by the Bingham Canyon Volun-teer Fire Department, should prove to be one of the outstanding dances of the year. Not alone from a stand-point of good music, which will be furnished by the famous Gibson Girls of Salt Lake City, but because it is a benefit affair, given for one who has since August 17 been a patient at the Bingham Hospital, through his ef-fort's to aid others. It is to be hoped that every citizen of the camp will buy at least one ticket to aid in this noble work. Special trophies offered by Utah State Fair Association: Silver cup for the school benching the largest num-ber of entries at exhibition; silver cup for most popular exhibit owned by girls, voted for by exhibitors, benched exhibits only entitled to vote; silver cup for most popular exhibit . owned by boy, voted for by exhib-itors, benched exhibits only entitled to vote; silver cup for rarest entry by girl; silver cup for rarest entry by boy; silver cup for "pet" best trained, best chum, best condition owned by girl, qualifications to be demonstrated by owner; silver cup for "pet" best trained, best chum, best condition owned by boy, quali-fications to be demonstrated by own-er; silver cup first aid to animals, demonstrated by troop of boy scouts. FAIR FEATURES CHILDREN'S PETS The management flf the Utah State Fair Association has announced a new department for the exposition to be held this year, October 1 to 8. It will be known as the Children's Pet Stock Show and will be open for en-tries from all parts of the state. Suit-able prizes will be awarded in each of the numerous classifications to winners of first, second and third places. Besides ribbons and classified two grand prizes will be given, one a Shetland pony and the other a Pierce bicycle. All children attending the fair will be eligible to compete for the Shetland pony, whether they have exhibits entered or not. There will be no charge for making an en-try of any sort in the pet stuck di-vision of the exposition. The awarding of the pony will be made on Saturday, October 4, at 9 p.m. Entries must be made by Sun-day, October 5, 10 a.m. It is the hope of the management of the Fair that upwards of 3,000 children will be rep-resented by exhibits. Complete information on making entries may be secured by writing the Utah State Fair association, Salt Lake City. There will be pets of all kinds, sizes and shapes. The following list will give an idea of .what is to be entered in this department: Class A 1, yellow canary; 2, any other vjriety canary; 3, roller or Ger-man singing canary. B Small for-eign bird. C Group of small foreign birds, three or more. D Large for-eign bird, parrakects, lories, hanging parrots. E Best parrot, macaw, cockatoo. F Any other variety of bird not specified. G Birdhouse, bird cage or aviary made by exhib-itor. H 1, pair guinea pigs; 2, pair common rabbits; 3, pair fancy rabbits; 4, single specimen rabbit, cavy, hare. J squirrel, chipmunk, fancy mice. K all breeds (give weight for space needed). (L Cats, all breeds (association will furnish coops.) M Any other animals not listed accept-able by association. N Tortoise, snake, lizard, fancy frogs, gold fish. O Best vivarium or acquarium. P Chickens, best pair or single speci-men, large breeds. R Chickens, best pair or single specimen, medium breeds. S Chicken, best pair or sin-gle specimen, bantams and variety. T Ornamental breeds, water or land birds, pheasants, ducks, geese. U 1, pair pigeons, any variety; 2, single specimen, any variety. V Drawing, single or series, of any nature study. W Woodcraft specimen. All pets will be judged by compe-tent judges and ribbons will be in each class for first, second and third places. " All reasonable care will be taken day and nivlit of exhibits, but no fur-ther responsibility will be assumed by the association. All entries are subject to the rules of the associa- - tion. Overfilled classes will be sub-divided and prizes awarded. In case of pets, send supply of food to which they are accustomed. Coops will be provided for pigeons, fowl (except canaries and small birds), cats and rabbits. No exhibit may be re-moved from the grounds without the written permission of the supervisor or his assistant, until after 8 o'clock Monday night, October 6, 1924. All entries must be brought to the fair grounds not later than 10 o'clock Sunday morning, October 5, to be m classified and put into place. CHINA'S WAR Unfortunately so, but it seems inevitable that nations must pass through periods of civil strife. It was thought that China was "old enough to know better, but it appears that there still are social and political forces that must fight for their equilibrium. America is interested in China, as it is interested in helping to foster peace and good will throughout the world. Every rippling wave of dis-content which finds its expression in arms affects us, even though it finds its source of displacement on the other side of the globe. Late reports indicate that China's war may not be of as long duration as first thought. The hopes and prayers of the American people are dedi-cated to these ends. PHI il'iiP--v Energetic Gasoline and Good Oil, Too You'll get both of these at the Bingham Garage Filling Station I and lots of extra service. Then, too, the charge is right and that makes it more reasonable. Our men are expert in the matter of lubrication and choosing the proper mixture for your car. They'll be pleased to help i I you. BINGHAM GARAGE STORAGE Temporarily Located at Inglesby'n Garage Phone 88 DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE LINCOLN-FO- RD FORDSON IMIMIIBMB JBnM oJ(D)inicS Says j Meet Me at the Copper King j I "BECCO" ON DRAUGHT Bingham Canyon, Utah ItlliailllllM ' f$Mlmm Kim fftm I Beath Corners of Your Home With Fur-- I 1 I Jp-- mture 1 We want to aid every home towards becoming more beautiful. That's 1 I why we are making some special offerings in distinctive furniture. 1 6 piece Bedroom Suite , 1 1 in WALNUT for 1 $98.75 and up 1 I 8 piece Dining Room Suite I g in WALNUT for 1 I $125.00 and up I Shower's Kitchen Cabinet $45.00 1 f Kitchen Tables - $7.50 and $ 14.00 I I Kitchen Chairs $2.25 and $3.00 I Kitchen Cabinet Base $24.00 and $26.00 j j The Bingham Merc. Co. j "The Big Store" i L liBilllNi Second Hand Cars At Bargain Prices 1 1 Ford Couoe. 1922 model j I 1 Ford Touring, 1922 model j 1 Star Touring, 1923 model. I The right terms to the right people j BINGHAM LIVERY AND GARAGE I 1 Miles Hartman, Prop. 1 I Carr Fork, Just Around the Corner from Main 1 DEFECTIVE EYES CAUSED BY LIGHT Statistics Compiled Recently Show That More Than Twenty-fiv- e Per Cent of School Children Have De-fective Eyesight. Have you ever stopped reading be-cause of a feeling of discomfort? You have a headache without any reason for it that you can think of, or you just feel tired and find that you can-not fix your attention on the book or paper. Improper lighting of the home of today is given by experts as the cause for more than twenty-fiv- e per cent of the school children of this country suffering with defective eyes. Proper lighting of the home is the concern of everyone, whether it be their home, or only a rented one. A movement is on foot at the present time, endorsed by many leading organizations, including the National Educational Association, in which a "Belter Home Lighting" slogan has been adopted. After the compilation of the figures which have been submitted to differ-ent societies throughout the country, it has been deemed advisable to get at the root of the trouble, and it is t'.e consensus of opinion that mos of the trouble is in the home, formulat-ed by improper lighting. It may be well to know that an overly-lighte- d home is as detrimental as an under lighted home. Educa-tors from far and near are giving their services toward the eliminat'.in of this evil. Contests are being run at schools all over the country, and in another part of this issue is an announcement covering the contest as it relates to the school children of Bingham Can-yon. This movement is not alon for the children, but for all concerned, and it is to be hoped that the people of the camp assist in the elimination of de-fective eyes among our coming gen-erations. : |