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Show THE SUN, PRICE, PAGE TWO HE CHI MIRAL HAIL SERVICE IS BRINONG number of individuals TO 29, 113,883 THE COHAGE IN THE COUNIRV Tho Sun Sjn-cla- l Service. WASHINGTON, I). C., Jan. 12. Few institutions in the history of Am frirHn progress run be credited with a more (military effect uion the march of that progress that the rural mail service of the depurtmcnl. No other Millie instrumentality has dune more thun the rural mail aervire toward bringing the city to the country, ' and relieving the prosaic existence of farm life, or has been as effective in establishing closer contact between the farmer aud his markets. It has been the most important factor in making agriculture an exuetiug e business instead of its precarious classification which conveyed no broader meauing than tilling the jKw-tofic-e one-tim- soil. Twenty-nin- e years ago the farmer and his wife and children, led an existence of abnost complete isolation living upon widely scattered farms, some of them miles apart. They had comparatively little communication with their neighbors or the outside world, except tliut derived from weekly trips to the adjacent village. More often than not the farmer lost a full days work and bis cn8 were neglected in order to obtain expected mail at the village itostoffice. In those days the farmers mail consisted very largely of communications iroin relatives and friends. Today the daily maily includes, usually on the very date of publication, the metropolitan newspaper, containing market nqnirts and agricultural news, the weekly and monthly farm Journals and magazines And business letters from the village merchant and the more pretentious establishment in the distant city. All of these are now brought to his door or to the box a few yards away. The rural earner is the farmers postoffice and his agent. Through him lie conducts transactions fur the sale of bis live stock, grain and other farm produce. From him he buys his stamps nud pays his hills hy postal money order. Jn short, the letter ear- ner is the medium that has transformed the once secluded habitant of tbc rural district into a cosmopolitan citizen, conversant with current affairs and occupying a larger place in the destinies of a great nation. It was IWnmatcr General John Wanamaker who first officially suggested in 1891 the rural mail idea to congress. The plan was fought in the legislative branch of the government for five yean before it was given a tryout. The first bill authorizing the establishment of the service was introduced in the house by Representative James ODonnell of Michigun, January 5, 1892. It carried an appropriation of $0,000,009 but failed of passage. A year later congress was induced to appropriate $10,000 for ex- perimental purposes followed in 189-by $20,000 more. Waiminakcr, believing the amount insufficient even for experimental service, declined to use the money. On January 9, 1896, $10,000 was lt, added by congress and on October the same year the first experimental rural delivery service wus established simultaneously on three routes in West Virginia, one from Churlstown, ono from Uvilla and one from llall-towFrom this small beginning, nine months later found the Bcrvirc routes emanoperating on eighty-twjaistoffices in ating from forty-thre- e Twenty-eigh- t states. twenty-nin- e years later, or June 30, 1924, the rural mail service Lad grown to routes with a total mileage of 1,205,-71n. o 4. In comparison with the insignifi- cant appropriation of $10,000 made by congress more than a quarter of a century ago to inaugurate the service, it now requires an annual expenditure of $89,250,000 to keep it functioning. The first county to be complet'd' covered by rurul mail service was Car-rocounty, Maryland, where county service was established December 20, 1899. There are very few counties in the country todny that are not honeycombed to the uttermost corners with free mail delivery. s l?y 1915, 26,080 fourth class had been discontinued as a result of the extension of the rural mail service. It is estimntel that an annual saving of $1,6.13,040 was accomplished hy the discontinuance of these offices while the elimination of star, or contract, routes is estimated to save $3,482,670 r annum. When the service was first inaugurated the salaries of rural carriers was only $200 a year. They now get as much ns $2160 a year, ilejM1 tiding on the length of the routes, while the motor routes of fifty miles or mure to $2600. )iny salaries of administration Under the of II. II. fourth assistant postRillany, present master general, a marked inerense in rural delivery facilities has been made, the number of routes climbing from 43,649 to 44,760; the mileage from 1,159,239 to 1,205,714 and the ll post-office- $2-15- UTAH-EVE- RT FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1925 P EIDAY. served from to 29,921,123. Illinois leads the nation both in the number of rural routes and in mileage, there being 2637 routes covering a distance of 70,677 miles in that state. Ohio is second with 2542 rautes and a nrileuge of 63,820; Missouri third with 2252 routes covering 56,074 miles; Iowa fourth with 2229 routes covering 60,734 miles; Texas liftli with 2193 routes covering 59,908 miles; Pennsylvania sixth with 2036 and 53,385, respectively; Kansas seventh with and 55,464, respectively, and Sew York eighth with 1803 and 47,130, remail spectively. Utah has sixty-twmutes covering fifteen hundred and forty-eigmiles. Buy Heat When You Buy Coal 1,-9- 02 o I ht Q MANTI FOREST NOTES : Water Measurements Taken By the Rangers Other News. KP1IKA1M, Utah, Jan. 13.-- ! When you buy coal you do not want to spend your money for ashes to carry out or soot to clog up your chimneys. You want HEATI - Ou January 2d, 3d and 4th, Rangers Thursby, FI wood Anderson and Maine Thompson made a trip over to the Seely Creek ranger station to repair the telephone line and take measurements of the snow at the three stations. They rcimrt forty-fou- r inches of snow at the ex;ierinient station with a water content of 8.80 inches. At the Alpine station they report fifty-fou- r inches with a water eontent of eleven inches while at Seely Creek inches with there was forty-fou- r wuter content of nine inches. On January 5th aud 6th Ranger Ollertun uindp a trip to the Mammoth station to measure the snow. He reMirted forty-fou- r inches in Gooseberry with a water content of 10.35 inches. The winter snowfall is thought to be somewhat greater than normal and at the present time there is more snow on the mountain than there was on April 1, 1924, whirli promises well for the next You get heat when you buy Castle Gate or Clear Creek Coal the fuel which has proved to be clean, hot, and economical, with a minimum of soot and ash. free-burni- ng .Gasile 3ate GoalH Ask Your Dealer summers water supplye-Thteiujera-ture- s at the experiment station and on tup of the mountain were not nearly e as low ns those recorded here in Valley. Nineteen degrees below zero ut the station and twenty-tw- o at the Alpine were the lowest (mints reached hy the mercury during December.' The weather in Sanpete is perliajis colder than for any time during the past ten yours. Tho mereury has lieen lower, however, on the top of the mountain in 1921 or 1922 when it registered twenty-fiv- e degrees beSan-jie- UTAH FUEL CO. te low. S. S. Van Iloskirk returned from Mnnhatten, Kan., on January 4th. lie E Halls Catarrh rcfinrts having eseajied the extremely rold weather during the last part of lecemlier, the weather being mueh Treatment, both more mild in Kansas than here in local and internal, and hai been auccesa-fiin the treatment of Catarrh for ovet anpete. The Fphriam to ' Orangeville forty yean. Sold by all druggists, line wan repaired by Ranger F. J. CHENEY & CO Toledo, Ohio Thursby during his recent trip over A pessimist is a man who has lived the mountain. He report that; ice weighing several hundred pounds long time with an optimist. poles hung to the wire and had imken it in several places. This is very unusual since the poles are. close together and the wire H'ing heavy has seldom given us tro tide from the weight of accumulated ice and snow. Ranger Williams rcjmrts very cold weather at Finery and that Emery county sheep grazing near the settlements will icr!uips have to lie fed. Sheep grazing out on the big desert are reported as doiug well. The cold weather is pinching the cattle and the stockmen are working with them, placing a few here and a few there in order to make the fullest use of the srnnt forage found on the open range this year. Owing to the scarcity of lay mid feed in the settlements there is no chance to bring the cattle in on eed. Stockmen grazing sheep on the west desert reiwrt the euhl weather as winching the sheep very noticeably. A majority of the stockmen hare arranged either to feed all their stock or to ship the poorer animals on to feed. Some stockmen are feeding hay on the ranches while others are feeding corn on the open range. An addition of 1760 acres of public land was made to the Manti national forest, through an executive order issued Monday on the recommendation of the secretary of the interior and the secretary of rnnuuerce. The tract is located in Carbon eonnty and adjoins .the Manti national forest. It embraces unsnrveyed lands belonging to the government, with a timber rover that has considerable watershed protection value. Withdrawal of the 1760 acres from the public domain and its inclusion in the national forest will not interfere with legal rights already obtained on this tract. Medicine The Cunard Line Steamers will make seventeen sailings from New York and Boston during January, 1925,- for Old World ports. Several of the new steamers are included in the datings. Around the world cruises and one Mediterranean trip are included. Full information, rates, time of sailing and length of voyage furnished - by II. C. SMITH, Agent County Clerks Office Price, Utah Where Price and Quality Meet This is a rare combination low prices and quality merchandise, but that is the one you are assured of when you buy at one of these stores. Just now there arc being: offered some specially good inducements In wearing apparel for men and boys and for women and girls. Those in need of something in this line will make a mistake by not inspecting our offerings. The road to health and happiness is in protection of the feet. The large showing of shoes and rubber footwear for men, women and children make these the logical places to buy. There is wear in every pair and the price is right. We handle staple groceries in bulk and you will always be able to buy any quantity you desire. Fresh and smoked meats, too, give you an opportunity to stock the family larder from us without the inconvenience of buying at a half dozen different places. CARBON-EMER- Y tele-pro- ne An optimist is a man who does not Many a New Years resolution is rained hy the Christmas bill that is care what happens so long as it does-nlarger than expected. happen to him. The crossword puzzle is a great Many a true word is spoken tween false teeth. teacher of humility. ot rens-innb- ly We A reDisplaying This Week Tim woman who is able to support a linshnml ran do without one. Kinney Coal Co. An advance showing of early spring modes in Taffeta, Satin and French Felts, in all the new shades. Felts will be strong for spring wear. We have the famous Meadowbrook Sport Hats for those who wish some- thing Mines and ships from tbs famous Union Pacific bituminous vrins of Pleasant Valley in the Carbon district. None better for stove, range, grate, furnace or manufacturing plant The equal of any and superior to many for storage. Once tried always insisted upon. Get prices from the general offices and sales agency. Walker Bank Building. high-cla- ss and different. We also have a new stock of Royal Society package goods in the new spring line. Call and look them over. Bessie Kennedy, Millinery Main Street, Price, Utah. STORES CO. Hiawatha, Mohrland, Wait Hiawatha and Helner GEORGE E. UcDERMAXD, Supt If everyone were as anxious to pay In New Zealand the magistrates imwhat they owe as they are to collect prison drunken automobile drivers. what others owe them, this wonld be a Guess we have no corner on civilization after alL great world. ll be-we- en GOING TO EUROPE? Salt Lake City Judge Building Salt Lake City, Utah fowWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW |