Show THE WAR still rages and english battle ships are gradually getting fewer when will england get busy find and demolish a fewox few of tile the german battleships IF YOU are out ot of work wor k and borrow 50 from a kind friend a two cent war tax stamp on the note will cost you just the price ot of halt half a loaf of bread OF THIRTY big sugar plantations in louisiana twenty four are in the hands of receivers and twelve in the hands bands of sheriffs she ritts practically every sugar beet factory in the country is closed and stands a silent monument to incompetency OF COURSE you believe la in america first then see that everything you buy lias has the made in america label demand such goods and thus help the good cause along it if we believe in america let us be consistent americans MERCHANTS who keep the public n ost closely informed about their store news reap the largest business publicity is essential to commercial success in some form or other every business that brought rich returns tor for the proprietor was extensively end and persistently advertised the history of business successes show it THE detroit free press gives the following good advice let the democrats when congress reopens make it their first work to repeal the blundering tree sugar schedule and continue a beneficent industry while retaining the revenue it yields thereafter they can proceed to constructive tive and statesmanlike dealing with the altered conditions that the war has brought and it they deal with them wisely they may ask that tle the people shall deal with them gratefully in return IT HAS just begun to be discovered since the war broke out tl that the american market is a great market that supplying these hundred rail lons of people here it at home with what they want is an undertaking that will employ many people in many factories there la Is work enough tor for all it if floods of goods from the outside are not allowed to interfere the party declares tle the federal government has no right i to enact a protective tariff it acts on oil its belief but the great majority j of 0 the people of this country do be lieve tho the government has the right to enact a protective Protect ice tart and they want a tariff of that kind so that the country will enjoy prosperity IT IS INDEED gratifying to see a 9 lifelong life long democrat come forward and honestly express himself regarding the present administration governor 0 B colquitt of texas is such a democrat Cemo crat and boldly and emphatically declares that the wilson bryan administration has been the greatest failure in the history of the nation ie vividly points out how bow on the part of this brilliant pair has converted the south from a land of prosperity and plenty to one of prostrated business impaired credit and of starving thousands ahe he declares the foreign policy of the lie administration as imbecile stows slows how the national platform liaa has been outrageously violated ridicules the effectiveness of the antitrust laws and in consequence predicts dicas an ignominious defeat for his party in 1916 there are thousands of prominent democrats in all parts of the nation of the same opinion as governor colquitt but lacks the moral courage to publicly proclaim their honest convictions four years ol of allson bryan tinkering will kill democracy in a national sense tor for the next fifty years which portends good old republican times and a greater america GIVE US men with public spirit with the welfare of the whole community at heart with encouragement for every laudable enterprise with assistance tor for mankind and with a feeling of pride tor for the town in which they live thrive and gain wealth with a welcome to the si stranger ranger who has come many miles in quest of a home with charity in their hearts as large as their pocketbooks with a kindly feeling tor for home newspapers and then support and aid them such men we need such are admired such men go about the world through rosy pathways end never a frown overshadows oer shadows their brow but they are are happy in the supreme knowledge know ledie that they have done the best they could they worked for their fel lowman and thereby assisted themselves SHOW US the man who can quit tile the society of the young and take pleasure in listening to the kindly voice of age show us a man who Is ever ready to pity and help the deformed show us a man who bows or a politely and gives the street as freely to a poor sewing girl as to the millionaire who values virtue rot clothes shuns the company of 0 such as aa congregate at public places to gaze at the fair sex or make unkind I 1 remarks at passing poor girls show us the man who abhors the libertine who scorns the ridicule of it his mothers sex and the exposure os of womanly reputation show us tile the man who never forgets for an instant the delicacy and respect due a woman as a woman in any condition or case and you will show allow us P true gentleman exchange THE NEW board of county com will meet in Co alville next monday mariday and the newly elected officers sworn in tor for the ensuing two years the record hoped for the good of the county that there will be harmony in the board and that the core com as well as the other boffl ers who enter upon their new duties will always bear in mind the feet fact that ibey they are public servants ind and that their duty Is to endeavor to 0 o satisfy the greatest number and to 0 conduct the affairs of the county in a i fair open and above board manner to act act always within the strict itrice letter of the law always avoiding ng acts looking toward personal gain ain no matter how great the temp tation aaion to gain a few extra dollars tor for personal lers onal use strict honesty is always the he best policy in public office and p prevents r all if efforts ot of enemies to ls besmirch a your our good name and assures u r e S t the II 11 0 supreme satisfaction of 0 retiring from public cerviaco with a clear conscience by tar far more precious than the possession of bags full of dirty dollars due consideration should also be given to the naming of appointive offices common sense should prevail and petty spites forgotten A fair eair distribution as tar far as possible should be made as to different localities cali ties in every instance only bona ade residents of the county should be named tor for every office within the oft of the county of pulls or outs outsize itie influence the county is full of competent deserving ig men led d tor for any position sheriff SI ariff ryan undoubtedly will be besieged with applications tor for deputies the desires of the members of his party in the different sections should be given weight and appointments made that will command commenda com menda ton rather than censure it this thia Is possible we expect great things from county the next two years and a clean cut progressive administration la Is most moat essential tor for advancement THE NEW bult buit chers license recently passed by the city co council uncil Is now in effect it reduces the old it cense from paid annually to per year paid quarterly this enables the peddlers to come in during the winter months and compete with our home butchers because of 0 the cold weather this to is being done and outside peddlers lars have taken out their quarterly licenses and are peddling meat from door to door tile the record learns that the meat Is not being sold any cheaper but because of the fact that it Is taken to the door and a a hard luck story is put up many of our citizens are buying from the outsiders it will undoubtedly mean that the home butchers the men who have their money invested in our city who help support the town with their taxes who contribute to every public lublic subscription whose homes are here and their money spent here will have to reduce their force thus throwing park city men out of employment for the benefit of those who live in the country arid and have no nore interest in our city than a jack rabbit in the opinion of the demo ciagle ci atac administration this may be good for the city but it Is h ho d tor for those thrown out of employment it if such proves the case to figure it out r for or many years the old license proved entirely satisfactory nobody was robbed and the city was getting I 1 good revenue it may be that the change is made to popularize the party part y and to galia gain votes at the next city election but it if such is the intention the record Is of the opinion that it will prove right the reverse III IS the opinion ot of the record that it is about time the salt lake authorities put a check on the do digs of some of the cafes of the metropolis tro polis polls the case 0 of little verde verda kern who was attracted by the music ad gayety gaiety ot of the louvre ad there given liquor that resulted in her ruin Is only one of many ot of such incidents it reports are true regarding these free and easy joints the law is continually violated by the sale of liquors to minors and the dispensing of it after the hour prescribed by law we are glad that juvenile judge Me mcmasters Masters found the grasping manager E L willy guilty of i contributing to ills fhe delinquency of at this unfortunate 17 year old girl and we hope the sentence will be the maxium as provided by law as an example to the miserable creatures who encourage euco and thrive by the sale of liquor to children and it should not stop at this either cither tho the license of the cafe should be revoked and a campaign inaugurated to dose up every cafe and every saloon tl that nt in any way violates the liquor law in the slightest degree there is work in this line in park city to which tile the attention of 0 the juvenile officers and city authorities is called we do not believe in prohibition but we do believe in the rigid enforcement of the law regarding th the 0 sale of liquor let it be done A LEVEL LEVEI headed newspaper man says that the editor Is asked why lie ho does not publish some of the scandal that floats about or why he roast some certain citizen that has committed a misdeed great scott it if the editor of the average newspaper published all that comes to his ears or that lie he knows has transpired this flits world would be a realm of woe orid end a field of 0 continual combat A few instances which do receive the attention of the press are only to serve as examples the average editor deserves praise tor for not publishing more than lie he does the news might be a sweet morsel to the degraded minds but the heart burnings which would be created by the unfortunate one would more than offset and then we are not any of us angels it we were we would licce no place on earth SURELY A AT T far farmers m ers ot of our gibat western country have no reason to complain ot of their lot this year says say bradstreets they fared well as regards yields and thanks to the european war prices are so high as hs to bring them diera riches in terms ot of money present surface conditions as a to the new winter wheat crop combined with export demand favor higher prices and at the mo th the 0 farmer is not concerned with dips la in the market price that may be due to profit taking by speculators cula cla tors nor does lie he seem to care whether argentina has this year more wheat to export than it had last year the country districts are not soiling selling wheat very freely and in minneapolis Minnea polls talk of a bushel is quite common while market reports indicate that bids of approximately on track in western kansas are being turned down of course there are cases where re remunerative munera tive prices induce marketing but wheat growers are financially comfortable so they are in a position to wait tor for unusually good prices THE restoration ot of silver to its rightful place as a circulating medium Is more than likely to take place as a result of the European war says the last issue of the salt lake mining review at the present time paper securities are paying the expense of the war but the day will soon come when a metallic basis ot of settlement Bett lement will be demanded and then from present indications silver will come into its own again for the limitations of 0 gold are known known and now almost universally admitted 1 more money tile the world must have and there is not enough gold in circulation or available to supply an ap pp I 1 y the demand and the s situation n Is so serious that according to reports in circulation great britain france belgium russia and japan japa n have hav 8 agreed to a proposition made by secretary dryan bryan to standardize silver at a ratio ot of 20 to 1 which would give silver an intrinsic value of virtually 1 an ounce we bel believe levi that this Is no idle dream and that before tile the close of another year sliver allver will have a market as well as an intrinsic value of 75 cents or 1 an ounce and that this value will be maintained by law should the of silver be ba restored the benefits to this western country would be almost immeasurable we licce the day la is not tar far distant when the white metal will be rehabilitated and we believe it la Is not far ott off IN THE school house in belleville wis a few evenings ago upon motion ot of the catholic priest the methodist minister was elected president of the communItY ls social center for the coming coining winter says an e change exchange then three basket ball teams were formed including the priest the minister the blacksmith the editor ii farmer the keeper of tile the village restaurant a deftest den test a clothier a teamster a druggist a gerage owner the banker tile the saloonkeeper loon loori keeper a hardware merchant and a house painter they differed in religion to in politics in income inco me in social status about as widely as S men en can differ but in the common school building in the tree free democracy of the social center they agreed to lay aside their differences tor for the novel purpose of discovering bow much good fellowship there was in fu meeting together now and then as equals as brothers in lie ha dern democracy 0 of play in the tha democracy 0 of rank frank fair discussion of public questions they are finding out these differing men of belleville that as I 1 human beings amazingly alike once you get below the sur face and out of this agreeable discovery will come tor for belleville more tolerance more kindliness of 0 feeling more give and take than it had ever known before even when they shall flitter differ again as ot of course they often will it wont be with as much bitterness as much bigotry as much mean late hate as of yore its a wonderful vond erful solvent la is brotherhood ON CHRISTMAS eve one hundred years ago representatives of great britian and the united states signed the treaty of ghent which officially otticia lly ended the war of 18 1812 1 2 the tact fact that a century of 0 peace between english speaking nations followed tile the conclusion of the negotiations at the ancient flemish city prompted the planning of a fitting celebration under the auspices ol of distinguished citizens of 0 the united states great britain canada newfoundland found land and the municipality ot of ghent it was not intended that the commemoration should be confined to tile the english speaking people and the delegates joined in an earnest irvi invitation tation to the governments and peoples of the civilized world to take part in making the occasion in every way worthy of the century of peace it was planned to celebrate one in n teresing ter eting feature of the ceremonies proposed was waa a christmas eve dinner J to be given by the burgon burgomaster baster cl cf ghent in the hall where the treaty t was signed the representatives of the united states great britain and canada this part of the celebration waa ass omitted owing to the sad circumstance that the city Is occupied by german troops while the neutral kingdom of belgium Is a prey to tile the |