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Show who have out used up their axe k loavo by uctuul sickness to add it to their vacation peiiod t0 that at a liiiiuiiiuin in jjoveiiiiuum employe Issue4 Friday at Fayion, Utah, Washington have 45 days away liorn by the the olitcu on full pay m addmou to PtYHONIAN PUBLISHING CO. their batunlay half holidays ijuiing THE PAYSONIAN the SUBSCRIPTION BATES Ou Yuar, la Advsaee Month, in Advanaa !?- fcatered Utah, a at the second W.. E. Editor and summer. distinction x sbaiply drawn in 92.80 between government, employes -- 9 1.25 Washington and government employes the Umleu located elsewhere in Postofieu at Pay non States. At points outside of Wash ehuw matter. iiigton 1 edcrul employes work eight hours a day aud do not have other ELLSWORTH, privileges accorded the Washington Oeneral Manager. employe. Subscribers are asked to watch the label on their paper and to when aubaerip-noiremit promptly mo doe, II your label read "12 it means that your subscription ia paid up to December 1, 1921, aud that you akoulii at that time send in another 92.50 for the neat year. Subaeriptiona are payable in advanoe a re iuiremeut exacted by nearly all It your label shows uowspupcra, a date that is past, please send further without iu the amount notiee. Washington, June 1. One of the reforms in the interest of economy and efficiency in the administratiou of public affars which the present conadminstration may inaugurate, sistent with its pledge to put more business into government, is an increase of the length of, the working day for the government employe in Washington. At preseut the maximum working day for the government employe Washington is seven hours. In and oahalf practice, however, the majority of the departments and bureaus in Washington work only aevea hours a day. f hour day . The seven and for federal employes in Washington is fixed by law and civil service reg ulationa. When applicants for positions under civil service file their applications it is the agreement made on the part of the government that they are to work not over seven and one-hahours a day. Government employes ia Washington get Saturday afternoons off for 13 weeks during the rammer months. This gives them a a working schedule of 45 hours week daring the winter months and A.fil-hon- r week schedule during the summer months. In addition to this, the employes are given 30 days' vacation on full a minipSv. They are also given mum of 30 days' skk leave on full mini-witpay. They are also given n the heads of bureaus. It is tho custom for all government employes one-hal- lf h The result of this short work elay in Washington, together with tin amount of "time off" on full puy allotted each cmployo, accounts in a very great measure for the conges tion of work in the vurious depart nieuts in Washington and the exasperating deluys which the public experiences when attempting to get things done in the various depart meats. Several attempts liavo been made to amend the law and the civil service rules so that the legal work ing day would bo a Minimum of eight hours, with the exception of Saturday, when during the summer months it would bo four hours. Those efforts have been vigorously opposed by the various unions of government had employes. In this they have the backing of mercantile and amuseand ment interests of Washington the American Federation of Labor. During tho war, Congress lengthened tho work day to eight hours only to have its action in this regard vetoed by President Wilson at te request of th federal employes' unions and the American Federation of Labor. Tho motive back of tho employes in fighting the increase of the work in;; day to eight ours is obivious. Tho motive back of the America, , Fedora tion of Labor has been publicly ex pressed by thp officials of that body occasions. Although upon several they have made a fight elsewhere in day the country for nn eight-hou- r and although that was one of the main things they demanded for mil road labor in tho Adamson act, when put on record os to the renson for their opposition to making eight hours the legal work day for federal American Wnsington, employes t in federation officials frankly stated thchv want to keep thp work day for fed oral employes in Washington shorter tha elsewhere in the country in order to set an example for a shnrtei work day to which the rest of uniou-hselabor ran work. The federation officials state that so long as a 4!) or week schedule is maintained for federni employes in Washington the federation enn wage ft campaign throughout the rest of tile country for a similar schedule in all indus tries. unions federal Tho employes through their organizers and their official publications, openly threaten tho political life of any member of congress who attempts to lengthen to d 41-ho- aawBXBIBWB WMWWWr-- Real Estate Loans ' - Lots of money to loan on farms on long time and easy terms. My mohthly installment loans on city property beats them all. No delay. I want to furnish you with what money you need. W. H. Ray Office 78 North University Ave. P. O. Box 288 Provo, Utah Phone 108 aBsnuuiiiuianiiiiiiioimniii ' the xu piuycs Vi . ami em ui IlftUI usku.gtuu Xno xueiubixa id bureau.-,- leiieiai txxipiojes u mulls, pioUilcd us th y ur by civil service xu their of superior officers xu the vui ions dcpai tmriits at vVasbxiigUui and xu tm-itki outs against mombeis of tho congress ure a ticmcxiduus power in various parts of tho couutiy. it xa tho boast of the federal employes unions that xu several of tho states xa tho middle west especially, they have uior0 people active at work px their orgamzation than either of the old purttos, and that any member ol congiess who does not do their bidding will be piomptly inaiked for defeat either at the piuuaries or at the e.ectxoix. Inasmuch as they have sue needed in making good this threuton two gr three occasions, naturally, many congressmen are timorous about standing for longer hours for employee in Washington. The claim has been so frequently made and so widely circulated that government empoyes are underpaid that it has gained general credence. In point of fact, in view of the hours they put in and the privileges to which they are entitled in of long vacation periods cm fub pay, government employes are paid a higher rate of wages than like ein ployes iu privute industry. This ap plies particularly to clerks of all tho descriptions and stenographic aud typet personnel. Proof of this is furnished in the fact that rather than leave the government work fur positions which pay more money, government einpoyes prefer to ro main where they are at their present salary because positions which pay more money require longer hours an,! a higher standard of work. In other wools, the government vvoik in the departments is "easy" compared with private conerns. A11 the influence of these tun ployes who belong' to unions is exerted against any reforms iu the method of work which would demand an in eflicieney. The influence of the unions of government emp iyes is being usocl against weeding out the , inefficient help in the departments-against establishing a higher quality of work arid against speeding up work. The unions are employes' strong for civil service because under the protection of civil service, they can lobly nnd ' threaten congressmen who wou'd amend the laws so as to day and other provide us eight-hou- r needed leforms. Not only do they threaten congressmen but on previous occasions when they wished to defeat congressmen who tried to introduce more efficient methods, members of the unions have been detailed to go into the districts, of congressmen and conduct open campaigns again t their election. This is not regarded in the eyes of civil service reformers "pernicious political activity, " but if a department head removi s one of these employes because of inr efficient work or insubordination that a goes up great cry disloyalty politics are being introduced into the civil service of the government. Immediately after the presidential campaign of 1920 in which the republicans promised to reduce the number of employes in Washingti n and get rid of incompetent and useless help, organizers or the employers unions conducted a drivo among fel eral employee who were still out of the union and spread the promise that the entire influence of the rn ions would be exerted to prevent a iv reduction in the number of govm employes. Employes were also were unions the promised that strong enough to prevent an eight-hon- r day being established for en ployes itt Washington. estimates Consorvatix-by the se who have made a thorough invest!) a tion of the situation show that by increasing the work day of fede nl empoyes in Washington to a mi ei mum of eight hours tho same amoi nt of work that now is done could be done by a force of 10.000 to 12d 00 fewer employes. In addition to t'iic if the work day were increased to hour., anil the work speeded up ' et the government service would id automatically of the least efi i r' he nt employe's and the slackers. i troductirtii of business moMiodr in the selecting and handling of 'he Personnel in the elopartmcnts at woud net a saving tithe government of not less than f 5, 000,000 a year. m 3 a 3 r The LOOK AT THE LABEL ug ui hours the working tinj f UTAH, JUNE 9, 1922. IllJs, iAYSONIAN, PAY SON, dire CdlinYoul Especially low round trip fares are now ia effect from stations in Utah to California resort Tickets on sale until cities. September 30, with final return limit October 31. Visit California this Summer a a a The Nationally Famous il 3 Guaranteed m 100 e THIS IS TOO, TOO Blue Serge Suits The Biggest Selling Suit on the Market Because the production and distribution of this number has reached a tremendous volume we are enabled to offer in 6121 one of the greatest combinations of value. 1 mw p FAHImB a, Payson, Utah S .3 EaaaiHEBHitaiMHHuaHiuiHMiiieaiBauenuMBUEUiiiiHiii(taflBKfi!M TOADS WORTH 919.44 EACH SAYS DEFT. AGRICULTURE Toads have ever been an object of aversion, yet they are among the most useful of the lesser servants of man. Many persons suppose the toad emits venom and that handling it causes warts. There is no truth whate-ve- r in the latter belief. The is only "veuom a milky, acrid fluid that the toad ejects through its smooth skin when it is frightened or disturbe-d- . ' The fluid irritates the mucous membra ue, and for that reason a dog that attempts to bite a toad will often show distress. But owls and hawks, birds that habitually eat toads, aT8 apparently undistur bed by tho secretion. Apart from that means of defense the toad is an absolutely unprotected creature; consequently thousands of toabs are cruelly and needlessly destroyed toads are crueUy and every year. If you dislike their eyes, which toads, study are almost as brilliant as jewels. In twenty-fou- r hours a toad consumes au amout of' food equal fio four times the capacity of its stomach. Of that comparatively immense consists quantity, at least three-fifth- s of insects that ar harmful to vegetation-cutworms, gypsy moth, tent caterpillars, army worms, brown-tailemoths, house flies and rose chaf era. 0e toad under observation consume, twenty-fou- r medium sized gypsy moth catterpillers in' one morn-ing- ; another ate thirty need-stroye- d d full-grow- celery caterpillars in less than three hours; still another dovoured flies in ten minutes, and a fouTth ate ninety rose bugs as fast as he could and at the end of the meal was still hungry. The department of agriculture estimates that the economic value of a single toad, based on its destruction of cutworms alone during the months of May, June and July, when insects take their heaviest toll, is $19.44. In that valuation, destroying one worm is reckoned to be worth 1 cent Add to the cutworms all the other insects that the tosul destroys, aud its importance and value become increasingly apparent. Gardners are generally that it is worth while to keep colonies of toads in their gardens. English gardeners buy toads by the hundred. The toad, however, has so strong a homing instiuct that unless he is brought from a great distance he will promptly hop back when he is released. No carrier pigeon or fireside cat ever turned more unerringly homeward than a toad. But by raising them from, tadpoles the difficulty of keeping them ia overcome, for the place where they leave the water as toads is always home to them.. toads alIt is said that where the at pond reappear ways and to they were hatched to mate lay their eggs, and they return year after ear to the same den or shelter ground. and to the same feeding Several instances are on record of doorysrd or gartoads living in-oden for twenty or thirty years and thirty-siyears in one toad remain an English garden. No Escape e eighty-sixhous- full-grow- n cannot evade the clutches of e the advertising manager of the he Cimeter. Says (Oklahoma) iu an aunouncement on the first page of that journal, "If your business isnt worth advertising, advertise it Nation. for sale in the Cimeter. One Mus-koge- Great excitement was caused - recently in Japan when the government telephone department installed telephones for 350 people who had made applications for them in 1907. is an acute m .ek ol Nasal Those snh) , to inquent i head" will nit tin u. t CATAimH Mh'nthM'i mil aai colds K tilth ttiij MALI S tlkin i 1 1' Od S a id coin urn Ml i i . t i i i s u . u t tlu Ol' i alt 't It t un m i t m Catarrh colds it ol HA' wonder why Jenks is not popular, for hes the politest more I know. "That's just the trouble. Hes man so confoundedly polite he gives the impression that he wants to borrow money." Boston Transcript. PAYSON Sheet Works Metal Roofing, Furnaces, Guttering All Kinds of Sheet Metal and Copper Work First North St. Near Orem Depot DR. L. N. ELLSWORTH DENTIST ue Office, x Payton Exchange Baring! Bank BnUdla ANDERSON & CO. Funeral 6,000,000 Directors, Embalmera Phon 119, Day or Night. MOTOR EQUIPMENT, SPANISH FOBS . IFORD CARSI R, W. McMULLIN, Attorney and Councellor at Law. PAYSON, UTAH. Collections and Adjustments Have been made up to date and the factory is runing full time. Yet the demand is so great Everywhere. DB. L. D. that ProOYB Dumn H Over Wightmaa Supply Gorapaay, New Fords are Scarce Main Street, i iifie-- Hours -- 9 to 1 ead 2 ta 6. Saturdays, 9 to 1 Onjy. Office Phone 13. Bee. Phoae M nine .. U( h U bi t v V EI Mi i n u t liH J. L)Uilu I' ' t , iuitdo. VillJ. G. F. TILSON. ft D. PHYSICIAN and SUIUiuUA Office M vtn Street at Residence Phone Payaon, Utah ?' SHULER MOTOR CO. Payson, Utah flvV . d to I want early delivery tli'o.'l Mid Tii . i i m Get your order in at once if you s J h At uv buil tlls I kM "I often x COLD IN TI1E HEAD ' 1 caflRBRBiaai9RfeaaRBaBKxxaaBBiaaiaiaaiiaRRaaaaaRRBRBi changing the telephone direct western of a city recently, zero w s prefixed where numbers have a" or than four numerals. Shorty id a the svstem went Into effee-tlug citizen had occasion to all for such a number, asking for "M 4." The operator said it, "M in. m nr oh, oh, oh, four" nnd the citizen replieel. "Oh, oh. oh. v Journal of Electricity and jj , . r MUCH T 8 Pure Wool Velvet Finish tin-wa- 0 aa taiKi22.aaBadAaaaaaxBBiaBBXCBaaiiuKBBciii&aaxsiaiaiai DR' J' UrrfJWOETH Oii.ce over Bank. Payson, Ut. tifflce Hours. 9 to 12; 1 to C Phone 2e. Rog Phone 101-- 1 J ? ' |