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Show ': --- THE BINGHAM NEWS, BINGHAM, UTAH A' V :'' The Magic of a Vision Born of ah Age-Ol-a; Desire To Have and to Hold y By VICTOR MURDOCK, Letter In Harper's Magazine. What is land hunger? Pecuniary interest? Oh,! no, A struggle for existence? The cities seemed to' offer the popular specific for that, not the frontier.! No. Land hunger is compounded of the hopes! of the centuries, of villein and crofter clinging to' the manorial landshare of Sir Edwin Sandys with th brain, of the trudging, tree-blazi- ng George Washing- - , brain, of the trudging-tree-blazin- g George Washing-ton, of veterans of 1776 with warrants, of Mexican survivors with scrip, of Yazoo opportunities, Con-necticut reserve offerings, of pre-empti- squatter sovereignty, homesteadinsr, of a vast arm? of the' vigorous vanguard of the race, moved mightily forward not by necessity or by hope of wealth, but by the vision that is born of traditional desire1 and commands men not to the measure of dollars and cents, but to the throbbing drumbeat of a mighty instinct of dominion. It will not respond to the direction of sentiment, nor can adventure! lure or necessity drive it. . , I know the poets paint for the pioneer a picture with warmth of ran, the scent of flowers, the caress of gentle winds, the fragrance of new--j mown hay, the stimulation of rain upon a dusty field, the song of birdsJ the satisfaction of achievement, the comforts of earned repose, but i) doubt the efficacy of the advertisement. j I know that the economists balance birth rate against available land! areas and graph population pressures to prove that necessity is ixti command. ' j But it is not so. The pioneer is moved by something more than: economic necessity, greater than adventure, deeper than poetry, that ia to say, be is possessed by the magic of a vision born of an age-old-1 desire to have and to hold. The echo of it trembled in Touchstone's nimble brain,, as he sur-veyed and presented Audrey: "An thing, sir. But mine own 1" ! son. i Night Patrolmen, John Mitch-ell and Thomas Mayne. Water Master, Wra, Robbins. Health Officer, H. N. Stand-is- h. . TOWN OFFICIALS OF BING-HAM CANYON Dr. F. E. Straup, President. Boyd J. Barnard, Treasurer. F. W. Quinn, Clerk. Board Members, Boyd J. Bar-nard, Dan Fitzgerald, R. II. Ken-ne- r, J. A. Wright. Town Marshal, W. F. Thomp- - ,''. The Bingham News Entered as second-clas- s matter at the postoffice at Bingham Canyon, Utah, under toe Act of Congress of March 8, 1879, Price $2.00 per year, in advance A Weekly Newspaper devoted exclusively to the interests of . the Bingham District and its people. Published every Saturday at Bingham Canyon, Utah George Reynolds, Editor Clark and Reynolds, Publishers. Bourgard Building, Main St. Bingham Phone 91 Borah, Paradox of American Politics I t ) ' Following the recent Chicago es of Senator William E. Bora of Idaho It Is evident that he Is the greatest paradox la present-da- y Amer-ican politics the d, ultra-conservati-ve defender of the Const! ration, applauded for three solid days by every liberal and radical element la the Windy City. When .the brilliant Idahoaa, reached Chicago he was apparently hanging on to the O. O. P. by his eye lashes. When he departed for the home state to fight far his political life, even the eyelashes had given way, according to the impression he left with his au2enees. The anomaly of Borah Is that if induced to head a new party, it would be by the liberal and in a large de-gree the radical forces of the country, whereas fundamentally he la a rock ribbed conservative. He was the prosecutor of the Moyer-Haywoo- d dynamiters in Idaho. Clarence Darrow and other liberals defended the Moyer-Ilnywo-od prisoners, and It was Darrow who applauded with vigor Borah's address. Borah opposed the enfranchisement of women by the federal Constitu-tion route, and It was Jane Adrlams and her Intimates who applauded. Borah was the late Colonel Roosevelt's floor manager in the 1912 Repub-lican national convention. Yet when the rump convention was called and Roosevelt bolted the G. O. P Borah refused to go with him. And yet Harold L. Ickcs and other "Fridays' of the old Roosevelt regime applauded Borah as the hope of the country In the present crisis. Did It Ever Occur to You That after a man has traveled round the world he still remem-bers his boyhood pleasures. That many people complain of lack of money, but few complain of lack of sense. , That some men achieve great-ness whilst others brag because it comes natural to them. ' That one should not judge themselves too harshly others do that. That love is most likely to make a fool out of any man, but there are many willing to take a chance. That when minds are muddl-ed lives are ruined. That the last of the Kaiser's will marry a widow. Bachelors are advised not to worry. v w That scarity of lunmber is an-other good reason the U.-- A should not want to erect any more wooden crosses in foreign lands. That she may not be a spring chickenwell she don't have to be one if she's a real school teacher. That Jboys. lean give a good imitation of being happy though on their way to school. That birds of a feather flock together, its nature's system and it works. v That expensive weddings seem to be getting out of style one proof we bre getting back to sanity once again. That men who want to be great for the good they can do others are already great. That China consumes five mil-lion dogs year as food. How many hot ones does this coun-try get away with. That one may fly pretty high sometimes but gravity finally brings us back to mother earth. That one philosopher has said brains are to think with, but to do that everybody should have an equipment of their own. That listening to a long wind-ed preacher anything but enjoy-able. . That the road to runin is kept in good repair by those who trav-el over it. That there are miles of elec-tric lights installed over the roads of Salt Lake County, but nary a one in the little town of Lark. That if prices would follow the example of autmn leaves, times would be improving. That most homes can afford a two dollar annum newspaper. Subscribe for the Bingham News. Get the News when it is News. AH local happenings of importance at your door the day after it has happened. That this old world is not any worse than the people on it. NOT DEAD Millions of Americans are be-ginn- ig to look for the resurrec-tion of John Barleycorn and as John has had a foot out of the grave for some time now the public are enxious to see how much more of him will come from his cold, cold grave. Pro-hibition may be a dead issue in some states but in many others it is much alive. Ohio with the help of women have succeeded in getting a beer and light wine referendum on the ballot this year and the "wets" promise to make a clean up. In New York the Democrats included a beer and light wine plank in their platform, and this with women playing an important part in the state convention. These are but two instances out of many where the question of loosening up the Volstead enforcement act has stuck itself in the political fore-ground and remained there. The Ant-Salo- on League tells us there is no danger of modification of the Volstead act, but develop-ments point otherwise and the main reason for this change is public sentiment, strange as it may seem, lies in the large num-ber of women on the "wet" side of the fence. Women you know were going to make prohibition "stick." But they are not doing anything of the kind, and many women who never drank before . drink now. Largely due to the activities of the many women tnow enrolled among the "wet" forces the entire prohibition question has again come to the fore as one of great importance; and the developments will be worth watching. Now is the time to attend public meetings, hear what is to be said, and do not be afraid to ask a question on this subject to any of the speakers. The strongest states-men our nation has produced , weret he men who did not fear open discussion. If the speaker of any political party fail to touch upon important issues, re-mind them and insist on a dis-cussion, so the pubic may know. Senator ... Knute Nelson of Minnesota Senator Knute Nelson of Minne-sota likes his Job as senator. " Taln't necessary for me to say it; I've been holding It down for twenty-seve- n years," he nays with a chuckle. The senator is old enough to know his own uilud --he wus born in 1843 and his Job is safe until 1925, anyway. In fact, there Is only one senator whose continuous terra of service is longer Lodge of Massachusetts, who entered the senate in 1893, two years before Nelson. The senior senator from Min-nesota Is a notable figure in the upper rhamber. He's a veteran of the Civil war and he's chairman of the Judl-ilar- y committee and a member of the fommerce, printing and rules commit-tees. Senator Nelson was born in Noiv vay and came to the United States in 849 with his widowed mother. They ame over in a two-maste- d schooner md were seven weeks on the voyage. if. " mry i,nicogo in isoo, making the trip by canal boat and from Buffalo y steamer. The cholera was raging in Chicago-th- en a city of less than W.000 people and little Knute caught it When he recovered his mothei hired out as a housekeeper and he sold papers and went to school. Then mother and son went to Wisconsin for two years and in 18?2 brought up in Minnesota. He enlisted In 1801 and served through to '64. He was voumled In the assault on Port Hudson and taken prisoner. In 1807 he was admitted to the Minnesota bar. After holding various offices he served two terms ss governor and three terms in the house. Economic Pressure of Industrial Conflict Not Unlike War Blockade Ey JUDGE W. L. HUGGINS, Kansas Industrial Court. The economic pressure of industrial conflict is not unlike the eco- - nomic presoiire of the blockade in international warfare. It is the duty of the government to protect the life, the liberty, the health and the' peace of the people. It makes no difference by whom the public ia threatened, whether by organized labor, by organized capital, by organized insurrection or by a foreign enemy. All over this land today the domestic tranquility is being impaired, justice is failing, the general welfare is threatensd, the liberty of the individual is denied, and there is no common defense because there is no law by which their conditions can be controlled. If prompt; vigorous action be not taken in the near future, the people of America may suffer infinitely more than they suffered in the World war. I am confident that power lies with congress to provide for the com-mon defense against such conditions as now exist, as adequately aa against invasion from a foreign foe. I believe that congress should and will in near future enact a law similar in import to the Kansas industrial act, that a tribunal of a high judiciary nature will ba established and be given jurisdiction over indus-trial controversies in interstate and foreign commerce and in the pro-duction of fuel. This, it seems to me, would be clearly within the com-merce clause of the Constitution. ' McKenna Addresses American Bankers Iff''' ' (J One of the notable figures of the recent forty-eight- h annual convention of the American Bankers' association in New York was the Rt. non. Regl-nal- d McKenna, who wns British chan-cellor of the exchequer in 1915-1- 6 and who now is chairman of the largest banking institution in England, the London Joint City and Midland Bank, Ltd. lie delivered an address on "Rep-arations and International Debts." On his arrival at New Tork the full cour-tesies of the port were extended te the British financial expert by the cus-toms and immigration officials. "Nothing approaching the prestnt financial conditions has happened within the memory of living man," said Mr. McKenna en his arrival. 'The formation of a national public opinion on the world's economic problems is urgently needed. I welcome the op-portunity of exchanging views with the great American bankers and finan-ciers. " Definite postponement of the debts owed the United Siaies by Euro-pa- n nations, with the exception of England, until the actual amount which such nations could ultimately pay has been determined by conferences, was suggwted by him In his convention address. POISONS IN LIQUOK The Board of Health of Chi-cago has ofifcially warned the public against the consumption of untested liquors because of the poison they contain. The number of deaths due to poisons has increased, these poisons are oils which are eliminated in scientific disstillation. The Materialistic Doctrine Was Destroyed by the Scientists Themselves - , By EDGAR L. HEERMANCE, in "Chaos or Cosmos?" Is the world in which we live a chaos, a welter of blind forces and brutish passions? Or is it a enterprise, through which Man and God are slowly working out an order of justice and brotherhood f That ia the question men are asking, with an importunity no previou age has known. The most important event in recent Thought is the passing of Materialism as a philosophy based on scientific induction. The age-lo- ng problem of Matter has been attacked, and in a measure solved. Modem Physics has taken position which is entirely consistent with Jesus theory of a spiritual Universe. Materialism was done to death, not by the cloistered student, spin-ning s net of idealism in his on brain; oot by the mPfact theol-vngn-turning his blind eye to the facts of Science, that he might fight on. Ignorant and undaunted. The materialistic doctrine, so often put forth in the name of Science, was destroyed through the further study of the scientists themselves. George II Is Now King of the Greeks Greece1 has a new king George II (portrait herewith), the son of the former King Constantlne, who abdl-cot-after the disastrous campaign agalnut the Turks. PresMire from tho revolution leaders compelled his ac-tion. King Constnntlne In talking with his friends before embarking for Pa-lermo, Italy, ninde a plea that hearty support Ik tlvcn the new king and queen. lie added: "I have had some iinlni i - !u.vi and do not regret this revolution." Ills consuming ambition, lie was to return Inter as a simple citizen and visit his son, the new king. This request wns communicated to the revolutionary committee, which de-clined to sign a document empowering his private return. One of Constantlne's last acts whh to summon a lawyer and Initiate legal step to assure the fortune of the widow of his dead son. King Alemn- - ' . der, who married Mm. Manoa, a Grecian woman not of royul blood whom and by he had a daughter. Kin Oi.i-r- e and Prince Paul, the latter henceforth to he known a8 the "dladoque- - or crown prince, both motored to Oropus to hid farewell to their exiled royal parents. Oorge I, grandfather of the new king, a prince of tht royal hoyse of LVnniart, was born lit Copcuunten in LS4.' aud wu ilumJ Education of Public to Reduce the Death Toll by Avoidable Accidents By DR. F. D. LAWSON, Society for Prevention of Accidents. As e of this society regard it, education and also an awakening of the moral sense of responsibility throughout the United States are the only means by which the immense toll of dead and injured by avoid- able accidents, which take place yearly, ran be reduced. The dead from automobile accidents in this country in VJZQ r9 given as 15,000 and the accidents from the some cause as 500 000 in round numbers. It is for the purpose of checking the auditions which made such a record possible and from every other source that this society has been organized. There can be no qtiostion that life can be made safer if the public will only g,ve lis moral and physical support to a movement which is intended to ben,-- t everyone. The slaughter which occurs every year by aeciuent ,n the United Staks is poSib!e of reduction to a compurativeN small percentage, but this can only bo accomplished if the public itseif will aid. What we have in view is to educate the public mind to a point where everyone instinctively will do whatever raay be pebble to .void . 4ent to tfrmelve or tbe.ir fellow beinjs. 'l BIG RALLY! Sunday Night at 7:30 Community Church Fred G. Eberhart will speak. He was an enlisted man in service, served in Tank corys overseas, was wound-ed and cased in acton, was elected State Chaplain Ameri-can Legion of South Dakota. Ex-Scrvi- and Hi;h School Men especially invited Lecture Absolutely Non-Secrtari- Subject "THE CONVERSATION OP CHARACTER" i |