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Show Ghipsrid SJiav- j ings From Lark ! The occupation tax has kept the j I Bingham Mines company's clerical force busy the past week making state-! menta for the state board of equalization. equaliza-tion. , Frnest Arnold, who Joined the V, 8. aviation corps a short time since, has I been promoted to the position of cor poral; we congratulate young Arnold on hissucces8. Thomas Atkinson, son of Mr. and ' (Mrs. Joseph Atkinaon, who is now in France with the American Expeditionary Expedition-ary forces, writes enthusiastically to his parents, and hopes to be back in Lark for the Fourth of July. That his prediction may come true, with tho Huns thoroughly crushed, is our earnest earn-est desire. Now that the American boys are getting get-ting in the trenches in France, we must expect more casualties, and may the parents and loved ones f these boys be comforted and assured that Americans the world over will know and will never forget what they owe to the gallant and devoted men, from whatever clime sprung, who Joyfully rallied to the Flag to stay the onrush and to beat back the enemy of all mankind. man-kind. IBy their supreme self-sacrltice they will have saved civilization, and preserved for us, and those that are to follow, the inestimable blessing of freedom. Happy the state to whoui such sons are given. Slappy the mother moth-er who bore them. The Lark iStore Is flying a Service flag with one star in houor of "Scotty" Peterson, their only employee who volunteered. vol-unteered. The address of Private Thos. Atkinson Atkin-son ts Hp. Co. .161 Infty, A. S. F., France, via New York, who would be pleased to receive a letter from any of the boys or girls. William 'Kuphaldt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kuphaldt of the ranch, left Salt (Lake last week with a number num-ber of aspiring aviators, where they commence with their preparatory lessons les-sons in Texas. George T. Odell, the eldest son of Dr. T. G. and Mrs. Odell, is at St. i.M ark's hospital. Salt Lke City, suffering suf-fering from a compound fracture of the shoulder, resulting from a ckilng accident while on Hie ranch of his uncle. Fred Odell, An operation was necessary, and although successful, his injuries will be painful for some time. Mrs. Smith, of the Lark Hotel, visited visit-ed the Highland Boy district the past week. Vivian (Lloyd, while skating this week, fell and fractured his right arm in two places. Dr. Odell attended the young sufferer. Religion is a cloak for some who are murderously inclined. Dr. T. G;1. Odell turned the stork loose last week with the result that a baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. and (Mrs. (Louis Leger, and also a baby boy at the home of Charles Baker on the Kuphaldt townsite. ' Mrs. Bert Walker was a Salt Lake visitor the past week. We record with regret the death of William Slater at one of Salt Lake's hospitals from typhoid pneumonia. Deceased De-ceased was a bright young man of 28 years, and was liked by all his' fellow workers, lie leaves a wife and one child., j. II. Welch, of the Iark Auto Stage line, has purchased a new car and will now make two trips to Salt (Lake daily. |