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Show "A PAGE EIGHT (v ' v- - THE PROVO POST GOOD Matchless Values f , and DISTINCTIVE STYLES IN LOWER EXPENSE TO FARMERS 4 Good Roads Reduce Greatly Trouble of Transporting Crepe to Market Cause of Distress. Spring s Newest Suits t Before the war In Europe affected the rates at sea It coat the- American farmer more to haul a bushel of wheat nine and a half miles to the railroad station for shipment than it cost the buyer to ship the same bushel- of wtat from New York to Liveroool, a distance of 3,000 miles, accordingato a bulletin Issued by the Amencgn The average Highway association. cost of hauling a ton of farm produce, or a ton of anything else, over the av-- I erage country road is about twenty-- , i three cents a mile; 70 years ago the cost of the same service was 17 cents. The cost of hauling over the railroads as much as It Is less than one-nint-h ' Was 60 years ago. The cost of hauling by railroad has almost reached the Perfectly tailored, artisticaly designed in the seasons most popular fabrics. Taffetas, Silk Poplins, Wool Poplins, Serges, Rampora, Chudda, Gaberdines, Stephen! Checks and Novelty weaves. Unrnatchable at these popular prices - - - S'""! The Music of the Masters .through the - Kimball 88 Note Player Piano W i t vanishing point; the,.cost of hauling on the country roads has gone up as the roads have gone down. By careful calculation, Logan Wal-- ( ler Page, director of the United States office of public roads, has reached the ' conclusion that with wise and equita-- ! blc road laws and good business man-- ! agement It would be entirely practica-- ! blefor the people to save themselves j on the. two items of hauling and ad- -' ministration the enormous sum of j $290,000,000 yearly. The railroads In the United States carry about 900,000,-00- 0 tons of freight annually, and of fthis vast tonnage at least 200,000,000 tons are hauled over the country roads to the railroad station or to the canals for shipment.,. The Immense volume mil-- I i of mining products aggregating lions of tons is not Included in this estimate,' but only the agricultural, forest and miscellaneous products hauled by wagon over the public roads, nor Is the cost of hauling back and forth between the farms and the mills. The main cause of agricultural distress, says the bulletin, a subject of perennial alarm to popular favorites Is not so much the wages of the workers or the Infertility of the soil or the prices of the products, hut the enormous drain of getting the stuff to markeL the waste of the roads in the wear and tear of machinery, the sacrifice of teams, the inefficiency ot service compelled by impassable highways. Tributary to every market town or railroad station there are what Mr.' Page calls zones of production. From the first of these zones all products can be delivered to market at a i 5 4 Close study of the best in music has often resulted in the growth of fine musical temperaments. Comparatively few may attend the great symphony concerts and hear our best orchestras. Mozart, Handel, Mendelssoh,r Wagner, Liszt, Chopin are mere names unless you know the beauties of a Mendelssohn Bach, Beethoven, I Spring Song, Wagners glorious Tannhauser the Chopin Etudes. The Kimball Player Piano brings this influence into the home with an educational value scarcely to be overestimated. ? 88-Not- , e' ; Ask to Hear Any Music , In which you chance tb delight, played on the Kimball Player Piano in the warerooms of the Robinson Bros. Piano Company. ' Our library of music rolls comprises every form of music the popular, classic,- -oper- atic, church or dance. You will be charmed with the artistic playing of rils Player Piano. In quire also about 68-Noi- ef , rT- special library privileges. - , rn ?? m $ J ' JL v Full of snappy distinction in Lambskin, light weight Chinchilla, Corduroys, Checks nd Novelty Weaves. Prices , $5.4S to $21.48 - . STYLISH DRESSES , For, street and evening wear in Taffe-- . tas, Poplins, Serges1 and Combinations of Silks, Chiffons and Crepe de Chines. Prices $9.48 to $26.48 DRESSY WAISTS Attractive designs in Tub Silks, Crepe de Chines, etc. DAINTY VOILES AND FLAXONS For the girl graduates. Prices 1. - 19 to 50 yard HANDSOME TUB SILK For Summer .Waistings. Prices 8o to $1.00 yard PLAIN AND FIGURED CREPES ' Prices 25 to 60 EXCELLENT PONGEE SILKS - '- 1 ' PALM BEACH SUITING , i These are the newest and best of fabrics for Summer and Outing Dresses. Very - Taffetas, Fades, - Crepe de Chines, Ur os de Landre and Fleur de Faison Silks, and others too numerous to Handsome describe here. LADIES STYLISH SHOES We have a very large variety of Stylish, higlr class Shoes that are unrnatchable at ' bur low pricesv, , CHILDRENS GOOD SHOES Both dressy and serviceable. .Positively the best quality shoes that moderate prices can buy. Farrers School Shoes, 5 to 8, $1.48; 8 to 11, $1.65. t 9 ub ''J Lra LtQ The Fashion and Quality Store for sale or trade Call Mrs. H. 2, Box 50. All. for home in town. M. Hair, Route No. CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS WORDS OF WI8DCM. In adversity It is easy ''to tl splse life; he is trul;.' brave w lu can endure a wretched Via the lite.-Maitl- UNCLAIMED LETTERS , i . Shaded Road In the WesL profit, and from ' the rest one class ot Ne-ph- pasture Tnlmalsof summer at $3.00 per head In North Fork, Provo Canyon. Range superb, herder in charge constantly. For details apply to John R. ' Stewart, county surveyor. A' 8. ! " - housands oftestmonials. DR. G. H. HEINDSELMAN ' With Heindselman Opti- eal & Jewelry Co. $1.90 of-iThe belly is the ttyu-he- r and the bestower of genius. Terslus.' t yt rswnf Glory Is sWeet when (our heart says to ns that the wreath of honor ought to grace our beads. Krummacber. That chastity of honor which felt a stain like a wound. Burke. " , , -T- Salt Lake City Without your knowled., th ejes and ear of many will k and watch you ns they him done already - Cicero. . for the round trip , Tickets on sale April 4th to 9th inclusive, good un( til April12th returning.' LIMITED TRAINS SOLID VESTIBULED STEEL EQUIPMENT ELECTRIC LIGHTED Safety First Service, W. H. Mitchell, C. E. Eggertsen ' Ticket Agent. Agent. I'li Just j what you need for spring J. "1 -- $1,000,000,000 Worth of Roads. While talking about preparedness It bay be noted that the $1,000,000,000 proposed to be expended would build 250,000 miles of highways at the rate of $4,000 per miles. ' If the government contributed 60 per cent. Its billion would cover 500 000 miles. hard-surface- d EYESTRAIN, HEADACHE RIO GRANDE ! products after another must be eliminated because ot the prouibitive cost of hauling, and beyond lie vast terriThe uncertain multitude is diRoumania Davis was granted a tories that cannot be cultivated withvided by opposite opinions. vorce from Hosea Davis with a out the building and, constant mainVergil. care of minor tenance Of roads feiited to whatever month, alimony and traffic be there developed. may children. It has been demonstrated, that as the roads from the market towns have FOR SALE Registered Jersey calf. Attorneys Julian Thomas of Salt been Improved thre has been a great Inquire M. Thompson, 292 North correLake, R. R. Porter and J. E. Crook increase of their business and a 1st WesL M29. in the condiof Payson and Elias Hansen of Span- sponding improvement tion and opportunities cLjhe rural ish Fork were in town on court busipopulation, larger prosperity of the ness yesterday. I individual farmer, greater-traf- fic for the railroads, better supplies jmd lowV er prices for the consumer. It does FOR SALE Geese and duck eggs. not pay to raise crops that cannot be . AL Phone 671-marketed readily and cheaply. Millions of dollars worth of field and orchard crops have been utterly wasted because of expensive and Inadequate HONOR DEFINED. facilities for marketing. . This is one The sense of honor is of so fine of the hard problems with, which the and delicate a nature that it Is United States department of agriculonly to be met with In minds ture is trying to dea through the which are naturally noble or In greatest experts in the land, and they such as have been cultivated by have found that the building of good reined edq, 4 roods is gtraLAXapiplefctiF the cadon. Addison. their plans. M. & to ' Excursion Tickets via' Salt Laad Route to Salt Lake City account L. D. S. Conference, April 4th to 9th Inclualve. i, Excursion tickets on sale from Eureka, Mammoth, Stiver Cit, and stations east April 3rd to 9th, return limit April- - 12th. From all other stations April 3rd to 8th. Inclusive. Return limit April 15th Inclusive. A9. and SQUINTS Scientifically removed. DENVER Nothing is well ordered thut if hasty and precipitate Seneca Provo postoffice. April 2, 1916. Ladles Berry, Miss Rozate Williams, Mrs. Virginia (2) Gents Baker, J. D. Coffman, Albert T Price 25 yard .48 to $1.25 yard t 46 North Academy Avenue Of course we have a duty to distinguish between the good and the bad, but we have a duty to discriminate also among the things that are good. We are made not for the good only, but for the best Robert Speer. , serviceable and very pretty. - I Robinson Bros. Piano Co. JAMES CLOVE, P. Voiles, We have an immenge stock, of the setsont prettiest and belt Drew Materials at the markets lowest prices m m'm Whittmore, Frank. Crepe, Prices 1.48 and up r A SMALL FARM SHORT SERMONS. As a simple naturalism takes the place of the. old pessimistic supernaturalism, the faith of the world that In erery man which helps him to realize his aspirations has an optimistic glow. E, E, N'ewbert It Is a grand thing to find Joy in ones work. If you have found that, you have found the jheart of life. Glad service is better than great service unless that be glad too. James Buck-ha- Georgette Pretty Spring Wash and Dress Goods (,SWl - . m m Beautiful Spring Coats , -- i $16.48 to $28.75 Hobor and fame exist for him who always recognizee the , neighborhood of the greaL way feels himself in the pres- on. ence of high si-- causes.-Emers- 4 "1 Use the Road Drag. Use the road drag to get roads into the best possible shape for winter. They may be bad enough at best, but proper work will help greatly. 1 Ready Mixed Paint for the Home. Chinamel and Varnish for the Furniture. Kalsomine for the Walls. Paint Brushes for- all Purposes. Glass and Putty for the Windows. - - - , . h , j , We will repair your wood furniture and itain or, varnish same. BEEBE LUMBER CO. Phones 104 and 105 Provo, Utah |