Show After ACter the rains of or the tho last few rew days day's the roads should be he taken care of or By Dy a little work now we can have good roads for some time t-t-t t FOR MYTON FREE PRESS In a conversation tion In the tho main lob lobby y of oC one of or our leading hotels In a town not far distant the proprietor proprietor proprietor pro pro- made the the remark not many days dars since that there was no sense nor reason for our country having gone Into the present war var and further that she had no sons that she wanted t to send i Into to the army I and that she could not see why our would-be would wise ones that were In Washington running the affairs o othe ot of the nation could not figure a means whereby our country I should not have haye been been thrown int Into this bloody wa war Were ere It not forthe fact that every opinion expressed finds someone to pick it up lP and chorus It such an absurd remark as the ab above ve would be taken with a grain of ot salt and let pass by But this Is a time In our nation when we need patriotIsm patriot- patriot Ism expressed and not the disgruntled dis dis- opinion of some ignorant person who has never taken the time timeto to read anything and to cons consider der the reason that we ve are In the w war r and the causes that brought us there Any man who ha has read President Wilsons Wilson's speech outlining our policy and our purpose In entering Into the conflict can cannot ot help but feel Ceel that our president Is right In his attitude Our whole system of universal freedom freedom freedom free free- dom and liberty Is In Jeopardy as long as the kaiser Is a at large The only assurance that we In our own have hae that our lives and c cu country u try can the lives lives lives' of our children will be peaceful and free Is that the great this after a power Over that began hegan war Is period of 30 years ea preparation I crushed and that a new government governments Is s s set t up tip In Germany in which th voice of the people stands for something some- some thing thins We are are fig fighting not for Europe Eu- Eu rope alone but ut for all humanity for forthe forthe forthe the assurance pf the liberty enjoyed In our own and for the establishment es establishment es- es o of a similar system for forthe forthe forthe the oppressed nations that will bein bein be in mourn mourning ng and poverty and Ness for loved ones who ha have e been slaughtered for a whole generation to come Now when the war means so much to us when It stands for the ultimate establishment of a coalition ot of nations nations nations na na- na- na that will make a similar world war impossible it certainly is plain to to us that our first duty Is to back backup backup i up up our national officials Tb There Ther re has been considerable criticism offered on the action of lour our president Such criticism is perhaps perhaps- proper at times timed immediately preceding a presidential el election tion but surely surel now Is not the time for criticism The pr president Is I In possession of details of oC war affa af- af I fa fars fara re that we aa of oC the public know nothing about We get a smattering smattering smatter smatter- smatter smatter-I ing of the news In iIi the newspapers but this Is not sufficient for us draw conclusions from Crom much less to criticise criticise cise eise our national officials on We do not want to boycott any of our basin business houses Our president has discouraged that Idea throughout the the- nation but hut such things have he been The s en done proprietor tor tar of the Royal Roal Cafe In Salt Lake his entire business over a la foolish foolish fool fool- ish pro-German pro remark mark early this ix year and surely arty Y person making I remarks that American is fully fully ful ful- ful- ful ly as bad as the person who makes remarks remarks' t that at are German German ro-German for to today today today to- to day our one grea greaf aim im is to whip the j kaiser and any on one who opposes oPPose that aim aimis r is is not only r ralso pro German pro German but IsI is bS a also I so un American I A SUBSCRIBER |