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Show '':::;Y the press-bulleti- n ' C. J. BLANCKARD TALKS ON IRRIGA-TION PROSPECTS! C. J. Blanchard, statistician in the U. S. Reclamation Service, stppped over in Provo on his way to Washing-ton from Colorado, where he has" at-tended two irrigation project land openings. Mr. Blanchard left by way of Salt Lake for the East. In speak-ing of the prospects for work to be ur.dr-rtake- by the reclamation com-missions, and the preparations under way for this work, Mr. Blanchard said: "Next to bringing the war to an early and successful conclusion, the most Important duty of the nation is to prepare for peace. The nations of war-stricke- n Europe, even with stress of battle pressing heavily ujion them, are not unmindful of this duty and ways and means are being discussed for providing employment and oppor-tunities for the returning soldiers. "Signs are not lacking in this coun-try that the important question is re-ceiving more and more attention from our statesmen and legislators. The task of assimilating again into our economic life, the hundreds of thou-sands of young patriots who have offered themselves in the cause of democracy is not alone a national duty, It belongs equally to the states. Now is the time to take stock of our resources and to make plans for their utilization. "The Reclamation Service by direc-tion of Secretary Lane is engaged in a broad survey of the public domain with a view of sunflnarizing the possi-bilities for development In many direc-tions. The plans propose a study of the water supply, storage and Irrigable areas In the Western states. Special attention is being given to the areas within the drainage of the Colorado river. Investigations to date within the drainage basin of this state Justify the belief that the possibilities of exten-sive irrigation and power development are Important and attractive. ''While no actual construction is proposed until after the war, the serv-ice Is desirous of obtaining accurate data upon which plans may be formu-lated and estimates of cost prepared to be presented for the consideration of the national lawmakers. If these plans meet with avorable action the service will be able then to Initiate construc-tion, which will, naturally, provide for the employment of many engineers and a multitude of laborers. Now is the time to get together on the proposition and to coordinate all the forces available. When the prelim-inary work Is concluded the time will be ripe for a number of states to unite in a demand upon congress for ade-quate funds for taking up construc-tion. The investment required will be large, it is true, but unlike other in-vestments of funds from the treasury for public improvements, every dollar win be returned. The West will not ask that charity be doled out to It. but only that a loan be made, and it will pledge the rctvrn of every dollar advanced. "Speaking of the Strawberry Valley project and local conditions, Mr. Blanchard said: "A preliminary survey of the stor-age possibilities, water supply and ir-rigable areas is soon to be made of the Castle iPark project on the eastern side of the Wasatch. The surplus water in the Strawberry reservoir may be utilized in connection with this pro-ject, provided of course, it is deter-mined that these waters are not going to be called for by the farmers In Utah Valley. While there is probably a sufficient acreage in this valley to utilize this surplus water it cannot be expected that the government will wait indefinitely for the land owners to apply for It. The investment of gov-ernment funds is returnable, the money Is needed for other work and the Utah Valley land owners should wake up and apply for it. Once di-verted to other areas and their chance will be lost forever. The organization of drainage districts for the reclam-ation of large areas adjacent to Utah llAke should be prosecuted vigorously. U is to thso lands that the Mored water should go as without an assur-jnnc- e of the water it would avail little to drain them. It is well to speak frankly about this, for the fact is well known that the present area subscrib-ed will not suffice to return the cost of the project. By the addition a large area at this time uvubucrlbed in the valley or by utilizing the surpljs for land, elsewhere, the revenues will suffice to clear off the lndobf(,.n. The question Is squarely before the land owners of Utah Valley to decide. Do they want the water or shall the government sell it elsewhere? --"SHUN BOND SLACKER," SAYS j UNITED STATES SENATOR SMOOT Subscription to the new Liberty Loan appeals to the patriotic and business sense of the citizen. Our country is fighting for ita most sacred rights against an unscrupulous power. We have pledged the resources of the nation to support our boys at the front. Our resources, apart from the valor of our soldiers, matched against those of the enemy, must win; so it becomes for us now a question f the best way of marshaling our resources. The issuance of Gov-ernment bonds to the people is the most favorable method for them. They have the security of the Government, and interest is paid upon this patriotic investment. Is is an investment in the business ' r of preserving liberty, justice and civilization. If the bonds are not subscribed, the Government will have to resort to the less favor-able method of securing the needed funds by its power of taxation. So it is the plain patriotic duty, as well as the business interest of cur citizens, to insure peace with victory by taking these bonds in proportion to their ability to do so. Under the wise direction of the President, the matchless resources of America, will crush the insolent pretensions of an enemy whose success would be a blight to the world. My colleagues who have returned from the front, having gone there with pacifist and humanitarian leanings, have re-- , ported to the Senate that as life would not be endurable on this earth, under Prussian domination, thy are ready to give all that they possess, including their lives, to bring victory to our arms. This should be the sentiment of every loyal citizen. TEXAS MAU DRIVES iTHIRTY-FIV- E HILES FOR-N0K-E TANLAC- - Wealthy Planter and Merchant Fays Wife Had Rheumatism So Bad Couldn't Straighten Out Firaers . .' "I have come 35 miles in my car to get more Tanlac." Bald IB. Lochridge, wealthy planter and merchant of Lochridge, Texas, while in Kieslings Drug Store at Uouston a few days ago. '"My wife suffered with indigestion six years and for the past five or six months has been troubled a great deal with rheumatism. dler lower limbs would swell twice their normal size , and she could not egin to get her shoes on. The suffering in her hands was terrible and her fingers were bent Just like a claw . and she couldn't traighten them out. She could hardly eat a thing and suffered terribly with gas and levtre pains in all her limbs and stomach. She was on a diet and even that hurt her and the only relief Fhe could get from the gas was by tak-ing cooking soda. She tried everything that money could bu.y without getting any relief. "Then she started taking Tanlac and commenced to feel better on the first bottle and she has improved so fast that I can hardly realize it. She has ;ust finished her second ixj'.tlr!, and there's not a particle of swelling in her limbs now. She can wear her shoes now and her fingers are perfectly ' straight. She can get three square meals a day now and is aa active and well as anybody. She came to Houston with me today in my car thirty-fiv-miles. She was not at all tired when we got here. She can go r.ny where and is getting around over the city like she did years ago." Tanlac Is sold in IB Ingham Canyon by W. H. Woodring, in Magna by R. E. Douglas Drug Co., in Midvale by J. M. Watson, in Sandv by Mrs. S. J. Schmidt, in Garfield by Garfield Trad-ing Co., in Riverton by Page-Hanso- n Co., in Lark by Lark Drug Co., and in Gale by Jordan Mercantile Co. $100 Reward, $100 The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly Influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine ie taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous 8ur . faces of the System thereby destroying. .' j the foundation .of the disease, riving-- the sV stitution and assisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so much v faith tn the curative powers of Hall's Catarrh Medicine that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails ' to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. JT. CHENET A CO, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by aU Druggist. Bo. I obtained througi the old xtabltohed I '0. SWIFT A CO." ara being quickly I bought by Manufacturers. I Send a modal or sketchm and dracrfptlon I of your tnvratkm lor PRIg 8KARCH H and report on patentability. WetretMfc-I- I ents or no fee. Writ for ear free Book of J0 needed inventions. I D. SWIFT & CO. n Patent Lawyers. Eus. 1889. 11307 Seventh St, Washinrrton, 0. C. The BINGHAM HOSPITAL Dr. F. E. Slraup Office hour-s- 9 A. M. to 10 A. M., From 1 1 M. to 5 P. M. and 7 to 8 evenings PHONE No. 4 GET YOUR PHOTOS IN BINGHAM There Is a splendid photograph gal- - ''v lery in Bingham under the manage- - ' ment of J. E. Carlson at 467 Main St Mr. Carlson is successor to Mr.Ga brlclson. Day or night pictures. M. E. WADDOUPS I Attorney and Counselor I Suite 610 Judge Kuilding, 1 1 Salt Lake City, Utah. j THE BUTTE CAFE, now under new management, offers you excellent ser-vice Newly painted and papered. Among new specialties will put up lunches for miners. Courteous treat-ment to all patrons. The war trade board has granted licenses for raw cotton to Spain In quantity sufficient to load several Spanish vessel. This action pro-vides cotton necessary to fill the nor-mal requirement of the Spanish mills. . Under the agreement with Spain that nation permits free export to the allies of certain commodities In re-turn for which the Unfted States per-mits, so far at consistent with its con-servation policies, the export to Spain of necessary supplies of cotton and other commodities to cover genuine Spanish requirements. Congress has authorized $2,034,000,-000- , of which sum $1435.000.000 has been appropriated, for the United States shipping board and Emergency Fleet corporation; on March 1, of thta inn had been 'ex-pended. The Emergency Fleet cor-poration (had requisitioned March 1, 425 steel Vessels and contracted for 720 steel vessels, making a total of 1,145 steel ships, of an aggregate dead-weight tonnage 8404,503 tons; It had let contracts for 490 wooden ves-sels, aggregating approximately 1,715,-00- 0 dead-weig- tons; It had repaired and put In operation 788,000 dead-weight tonnage seized from Germany and Austria. On March 5 the build-ing program of the Emergency Fleet corporation was being carried on In 151 plants. 'Among the purchaser of the quar-termaster's department are 61.000,000 pounds of prunes and dried beans; 273.000,000 cans of tomatoes, con-densed milk, and baked beans ; yards of mosquito bar; yards of oltve drab; 20,000.-00- 0 woolen blankets; 50,000,000 pairs of heavy stockings; 11,000,000 wool coats.' The ordnance program In-cludes the purchase of 23,000.000 hand grenades, 725,000 automatic pistols, 250,000 revolvers, 23,000.000 projectiles for heavy artillery, 427,246.000 pounds of explosives. 240,000 machine guns, and 2,484,000 rifles. A warmergency course to train selected men for machine-sbo-p occu-pations, blacksmithlng, sheet-met- al working, and pipe fitting has been prepared by the federal board for vo-cational education and wtll be distrib-uted to the schools throughout the country. It Is known as Bulletin No. a The board Is acting with the war department In preparing these courses of study and In dealing with the state authorities In charge of the school work. , Re'cently there has been consider-able discussion through the press and at public meetings In Australia con-cerning the advisability of producing more beef cattle and sowing less acreage to wheat, according to a re-port to the department of commerce. Several hundred submarine chasers, STANDARD CARS Of OHiMEi VARIETY OF THE VEH.CLES AND PARTS KEPT TO A MINIMUM ., BY CONSTANT EFFORT. MANY BOOKKEEPERS NEEDED Civil Service Examinations for Such Positions to Be Held Weekly Raw Cotton From the United States Goes to Spain. ' (From Committee on fubllc Information.) Washington. Among the standard motor vehicles being provided by the ordnance bureau are the following: The ammunition truck, which has a steel body designed to accommo-date packing boxes of any type of ammunition mounted on a four-whe- el drive truck chassis. The equipment repair truck, making use of the same type of chassis, has bins and drawers for spare parts and material for re-pairing personnel equipment, rifles and machine guns, leather equip-ment, etc. The artillery repair truck has a four-whe- drive chassis and a small machine-sho-p body with equipment consisting of a lathe, drill press, bench grinder, electric drill, welding outfit, air riveting hammer, milling at-tachment, blacksmith outfit, and other tools. Electric power Is supplied by a gasoline-drive- n generator. The 24-to- n artillery tractor weighs about 5,000 pounds and is capable of making 12 miles an hour under favor-able rood conditions. The five-to- n ar-tillery tractor, weighing 9,000 pounds and capable of a speed of six miles an hour, will handle a load of 10.000 pounds. It Is Intended for use with 4.7-Inc- h gun and howitzer mate-rial. A load of 18,000 pounds Is the maximum for the 10-to- n artillery tractor, which will make about 4ft miles an hour on high speed. The 15-to- n artillery tractor and the artillery tractor will be supplied In limited numbers. They are of oe track-layin- g type similar to those used by the French and British governments and are for heavy loads which are not subdivided for transpor-tation. 1 Other standard motor equipment constats of the reel and fire-contr-truck with a four-whe- drive truck chassis and rear wheels replaced by caterpillar trucks; reconnaissance car, a truck capable of a speed of from SO to 40 miles an hour; the light repulr truck, weighing about 2,400 pounds; the lH-to- n trailer for anti-aircraft guns; the field gun trailer, which Is utilized for hauling ammunition as well as the gun material. built since the war,, have been deliv-ered to the navy by 31 private con-cerns and six navy yards; many of thexe boats have crossed the Atlantic, some In severe weather. Through a card, catalogue system 109,487 men have been transferred out of army divisions Into technical units to function according to Indi-vidual educational, occupational and military qualifications. There are now four times as many vessels In naval service as a year ago. The estimated pay of officers and men In the navy for the first year of war was $125,000,000. The Norwegian government has ap-propriated $7,000,000 to assist inten-sive agricultured development Of this amount, $4,500,000 is to maintain low maximum prices for cattle feed snd fertilizer. New Japanese concerns numbering over 100 sre reported ss having en-tered business at Shanghai during 1917. The Japanese population Is rap-Idl-y increasing, now being about 14,-00- 0. During 12 months the army hospit-als Increased from 7 to 63 In number and from 5,000 to 58.400 beds; 30,000 more beds are being added. More than 70,000 acres of land In this country has been planted with castor-bea- n plants to produce oil for aircraft. American troops permanently took over s part of the Bring line as an American sector lu January, 1918. The navy now has In Its possession a stock of supplies sulhcient for aver-age requirements for oue year. Our guns weigh nearly 95 tons nnd are over 58 feet long, cost-ing $118,000. Our 35,000-to- cruUer, cnpnltle of .15 knots, will be the fastest In the world. - Production of lO.ono new automo-bile trucks Is In progrexs for the army. Chinese pennuts nre usunlly hivnd sorted ly women after being sifted. The United States prows more than (S.txm.DOO bushels of pennuts a year. The nnmml pny of the army now exceeds $ IX),fXH),XK). The iimvj- rntlon In lf17 cost $0,438, as e jii lust $0.87084 in 1010. Tanks and other armored land .ve-hicles are designed, procured, and maintained by the ordnance bureau. There has been a constant effort to keep the variety of vehicles and parts to a minimum. Only one slae of tire is used on all the heavier trucks and trailers, this size also being used on similar vehicles by the quartermaster corps, signal corps and engineers. Hie snme magneto Is used on all types of ordnance vehicles. All types of ordnance truck bodies are le on all truck chassis Issued to the artillery. So urgent Is the government's need for bookkeepers that dvil service to fill positions of this character will be held throughout the United 8tates each Tuesday until fur-ther notice. Women as well as men are eligible. Two ('lasses of examinations are an-nounced. A grammar school educa-tion or Its equivalent Is required of applicants for each class, with the further stipulation, that those who wish to take the bookkeeper-typewrite- r examination must have had at least six months' experience In book-keeping and those who would under-take th examina-tion, one year's experience In clerical work, six months of which must have been In bookkeeping. The vacancies to be filled from the register obtained from these examinations sre In the de-partmental service at Washington and offer entrance salaries of $1,000 a year. These examinations are open not only to all dtlsens of the United States but also to subjects of allied nations who are otherwise qualified for the positions offered. There Is being prepared In the ad-jutant general's office a new "pay card" which will be kept by the per-sonnel officer and will show the pay status of the man at all times. Should a man be transferred or detached from his Company he will carry his enrd with him. This Is expected to eliminate the many causes for payments of men so transferred, and to do away with many of the an-noyances that have heretofore existed. ' Piirinir the first year of war the anny pnld $VUX lO.ofX) for horse-draw-vehicles nnd harness; more than for horses, mules and harness. Kvpendltures for the fiscal year end-ing .Tmiip SO. 1019. for fuel nnd forace are estimated at more than $500,000,-00- 0. A stnndnrd system of Inspection by which federal food administrators may keep a check on commercial bak-ers Is being worked out by the. of aKrlculture snd the food administration. PAY THAT DEBt; SAYS BILL HART - j William 8. Hart, of moving picture fame, is one of the enthusiastic ad-vocates for a general response to the Government's appeal for subscrip-tions to its Liberty Loans. Here is what Hart says: "Every American who has accepted the great blessing that God has given, and hu lived the large and free lifer bought by the blood of many brave and devoted men, and passed on to us a priceless heritage, has a chance now to repay. "It is for bin at this Instant to testify to the world what he knows he owes hit country. ! "He should at once, and cheerfully,1 give a little of his goods that his country has secured to him. ! "He , should promptly say to the world, which is listening, and perhaps! cynically criticising: "When my coul-- I try asks me for life or for money I cheerfully offer both. "He should demonstrate that la something greater and more sacred than an idle sentiment "And in contributing according to his means for the high purpose placed' before him by his President, he should appreciate that in reality he is mak-ing no gift, but is investing In the greatest security in the world THE! PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." EVERY WOMAN ! CAN HELP NEXT LIBERTY LOAN "Woman's Committee for Twelfth Federal Reserve District to Form an Organization j A By MRS. A. S. BALDWIN j Chairman Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, Twelfth Federal f Reserve District) ' j ,. ' Now that w are actively in the war and our mea are in the front, line trenches; are being killed;' are being gassed; are being maimed for life, it would seem that every woman in the laad phould be In the front ranks of 4h civilian workers to help the men win the war. Each of us hu her part to play, however small it may be, and whether It he great or small It Is of importance that each shall perform her part to the utmost of her ability. Some can buy Liberty Bonds, some can Influence others to buy. Perhaps ' some can only help by conserving the use of food and clothing and by econ-omising in household expenditures, thus liberating and augmenting the essentials which must be sent "over there" tpr the use of our army and - tor the destitute civilian population or i .V , eur allies. In whatever way each woman of , this Twelfth Federal Reserve District I an help, let her do her utmost that j , we who are farthest from the front may sustain our part of the struggle, j and keep for ourselves and our chll- - drea the blessings and privileges we have Inherited, and thus make It pos-- ( elble to win like blessings for the mil- - lions who are now la acturfl bondage. We should not only save to help, hut the great lesson to be learned also is to do new without ls and to make sacrifices so that the labor ' which produces what we consider to be even easdUtlals may be used to produce these things which are acts-- ' ally essential for the support and safety ef those who are carrying the . burden Oi this unprecedented struggle . tor freedom and democracy. The aim of the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee la to form aa organi-sation which shall make the woman tn every home In the land realise these oondltiens and her responsi-bility, (hat the message shall not reach her only from one direction, hut from many, so that she shall be brought to a full realisation of her responsibility. CUT IT OUT IT IS WORTH THE MONEY DON'T MISS TIMS. Cut out this slip, enclose with five cents to Foley & Co., 285 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago, 111., writing your name and address clear-ly. Yoy will receive in return a trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup, Foley Kidney iPills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold everywhere. A BADGE OF HONOR A Liberty Loan button is a badge of honor. Rightfully obtained it marks the wearer as one who has performed a distinct, definite service to the! country, t ', ; ''...' 'i - ' Not all'can fight," not all can 'work directly, for the Government; but In, buying a Liberty Loan Bond, or War Savings Stamps, every American ren. ders some service to the nation, it has been put within the reach and ! power of every citizen to aid the I United States financially; it Is a poor American who withholds support from the Government, from our soldiers and j sailors fronting death bn battlefields and oceans. , j Iron crosses to German soldiers, and diamond orders exchanged be-tween Turkish and German sovereign! i may be but the honors of atrocity;, But a Liberty Loan button, simple as It Is, signifies a patriotic duty done and Is aa Insignia of honor. ' All that eur soldiers need Is a still better rear oroanliatlon. George Clemeneeau, former Premier of francs, Jan. 14, 11. It is up to ysu te erovlde that by buying Liberty ends. ' "We seuld not have endured such aggressions and survived as a nation ef free people." Secretary ef the Treasury MoAdee, at ten Francisco, Oct 11, 1117. Amerl. , can bleed calls te yeu. uy Liberty one's. ' The hops of Liberty lies In the op-portunities fer freedom; military dom. Instlon, supervision, checks, bondage, lie In Prussian rule. BUY LIBERTY BON 9$. . ; . Are eur hearte with eur soldlersf The response to the Third Liberty Lean will be the answer. BUY LIB-- i IRTY BOND$. . NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that the United (Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, local union No. 1370, tn order to meet the increased 't cost of living, the minimum wage will i be 87 1-- 2 cents per hour Instead of the present rate of 75 cents, In accordance with the constitution of the United Protherhood, wherein it states that 60 days notice shall be giv-en for all trade movements, this new schedule will take effect May 1, 1918. J. F. HALES, Recording Secretary. (First publication March 8, last pub-lication March 22, 1918.) PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF HIGH RAILS ON THE INTERURBAN A number of complaints from peo-ple, who have been bumped, have I come to this office about the condition of the S:lt Lake & Utah railroad track at the curve on First South atreet and cader.iy Avenie. The rails project above the street level so that the occu-pants of cars receive severe shocks In crossing the track. i'lfijlr),':.; pMNAHIAS 5 SAVACE ' ,f PIRATE ACfl VlYT pikers. THE TENTH SERBIAN When the last company of Serbians left HiiiiKliam mention of the fact was made in thin paper containing the name. At the time they left this camp there were lust nine of the en-listed men. but this number was In-creased after reaching Salt Lake ac-cording to information received from Joe Mellth of Phoenix. The tenth man was Louis Ki'klsh. who accompanjed Hit-- hoys to Salt Lake, and then made up his mind that he would go all the way and help do the fighting. Evldentl He Was Annoyed. A girl who was miming a London P. us was making out her first report. Under the heading "Accidents" she stated; "Bumped Into an old gent." Unicr the heading "Remarks" she said: "Simply awful." |