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Show ...... I. ' VtoK Sare to Bay Grub and Bullets Save for Bojs in the Trench; REACHES EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF DAVIS COUNTY volume xm ft ft t J ftftrfrft ft ft ft tottoHirCtlfk-b-crC- p. If 4 : Iay 2 WITHTHE lad receiv The Reflex many tha!,k for your gen-Itgood to read of the doings -, erosity. X other' camps and are informed that now in France. is kins at Camp Mills, Long Island. p p p P P P P x Sinceielyyours, H You never know when youre going when you are in the service. Ferris . u--- -- - L : GLEASON. P P P P FS- 1 took picture of the "reck heie, but an M. p. took plane away - .Thomassen thought he was bound for my film. Thet were sure busy gathFrance not long ago, but he is now at ering m Eastmans that day. product Camp Merritt. He will probably go H. L. G. to France soon. . advising The Reflex of his change of address, Elmer Criddle used a. post card taken from the Vaterland, the worlds largest ship, now the and an American transport. The Vaterland was a vessel belonging n to the Lloyd Steamship company and was interned here for the war. It was later siezed by the War Department. Criddle is now in quarantine in England, according to latest advices, being held there on account of scarlet fever breaking out in ' his regiment. c In Le-vithi- an North-Germa- , SOME SPEED - Those fellows who enlisted early in the war were feeling sorry for Bob Marshall when he got turned down by the recruiting officers on account of his feet, making it impossible for him to go to France can now forget Bob was accepted in the 'Quartermasters Corps along in January and has now got as far as Camp Merritt where he is outfitting to' go to France. By this time he has probably had his boat ride across the pond. So all you doughboys and wagon soldiers can now sympathise with yourselves. Bob was the last to be accepted but about the first to get there. Bob is with a motor mechanic regiment and will probably be a veteran when some of you coffee coolers arrive. it . GLEASON TELLS OF AEROPLANE 'WRECKS AT KEARNEY Camp Kearney, California January 29, 1918 Editor Reflex; This camp seems to be losing out in your color column," so I venture to write you a few lines. Very little news to send you this time. Tenny Curtis expects to take a trip home next week so he will tell you all the happenings among the fellows of the 145thF. A. Our greatest excitement, of late has been . the flying-machin- failing to es fly. One fellow played hide and seek with the electric wires near the Utah tents last Wednesday, lit partly on top of the Majors tent, dived into the hard ground and tried to swallow his motor, plane and all. But it would-n- t all go down. By the time they had yanked him loose from the wreck an ambulance and stretcher awaited him. A mechanic flew out to gather up the wreck and turned upside down at the Four machines fell that and as if they were jealous of a day two more collidnewspaper write-ued at the North Island training school yesterday. The reporters need flying machines to keep up with events here. " The 145th band is becoming very popular. We were ordered to play for the third time at the Hotel Del Cora-nadnear San Diego last Saturday. The 145th is becoming to be known as the Generals Band, and we strive hard to keep up this distinction over the seven other crack bands in this gun-pit- s. p, o, i camp. 'SOlP STRAINERS THE LATEST .AT CAMP GRANT Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. Editor of The Reflex, Kaysville, Utah. Dear Sir: Just a few words to express my appreciation to you for sending the paper. One of the biggest things the boys here look for is letters from home, The Reflex, and getting Kaiser Bill, It is a great pleasure to sit down and read The Reflex after the daily scheduled program of eats, drill and sleep. We, the Davis county boy$, are always glad to hear what the folks, at home are doing, as Rockford does not afford an enormous amount of excitement, due to the fact that we are in quarantine, and having been so for eight days and with the expectations of doing so for eight days more, although we are all well and happy as can be under the circumstances. Most of the boys are gradually coming to the top by trying to cultivate soup strainers or misplaced eyebrows of a rather dark complexion upon their upper lips, the dark color being due to petting them with burnt cork and matches. We hope they have a wonderful success with their said soup strainers," providing the limited amount of cork and matches does not run out. When the boys are felling in fairly good condition we put on faks shows. We have some highly talented stuff here in the line of boxers, step dancers, ballet dancers and strong men. Wa have square dancers, long dancers and poor dancers. We have an orchestra (a violin and trombone) which is hard to beat in our company. In fact its the only one we have in our company. Clarence McLatchie is sitting beside me twirling the Hnds of his week-ol- d mustache, while the company quintette is giving the boys bits of grand opera, -- -- -- - Please Give us Your Order Now vA-'-- ' r"' publish the ifollowing extracts of a ter to his brother through the courtesy of Mr. Roueche Olongapo, P. I., Nov. 9, 1917 Dear Brother: After waiting so long a time will try and write you a. few lines to let you know that I am still O. K. I have been on this station now nearly three years but expect to leave in the near future and will moat likely go to prance, so I am tending you one of my' photoi, as we never know what will happen, but let us nope for the beet and stand by the flag at no matter what eost to ourselves. Can the let-fro- m , slackers say this: Phone 83 Cel Layton Auto BUYS NOW THE FORD IS THE CAR EVERYBODY ' want my son when hee grown up ' To be pround of hie old man Look up to his old dad and say: You helped to save or land; I want my son to follow me, When my hair is white as snow ; And when my country needs my boy, liell be the first to go. I , Not in person, of'course, but in his atest Thomas H. Ince photoplay The Silent Man, which has just been made 1or Artcrnft, and which will be seen at the Lu Tonia theatre on Saturday evening, February 9. 4 The advent of a new Hart picture s very much the same as the visit of d circus in any commun-ty- . It catches the attention of every man, woman and child, for it means an entertainment totally unlike that which is provided by any other star in the film world. So the mere announcement that Bill Hart In his latest Ince )icture is scheduled for an early appearance in this city holds quite as . much interest as can possibly be crowded into any news story concern-n- g a screen celebrity. Harts newest work, The Silent ' dan, is by Charles Kenyon, the well mown playwright, whose Kindling was played with so much success by dargaret Illington. It is a story of the big western country, providing Iart with the role of a miner who haa prospected the vast desert spaces for ' years, finally discovering a rich gold deposit He comet into a small Arizona border town to enter the location of his claim, but has his property taken from him by an unscrupulous gambler, with the connivance of a government agent It ia the effort of Silent Bud Marr the role played y Hart to recover the gold mine that forms the basis of a story replete ' ex-pe- er ' three-ringe- with thrills. In The Silent Man Hart haa the support of a company that includes such well known players as Vola Vale, lobert McKim, J. P. Lockney, Harold Goodwin, George P. Nichols, Gertrude Claire, Milton' Ross ' and Doreas Intella BAY VIEW RED CROSS ENTERTAINMENT On Tuesday evening, February 12, the Bay View auxiliary of the Red Cross will give an entertainment and dance at the Kaysville opera house. Tne program will begin at 8 oclock and the public ls cordially invited to attend. The proceeds are for the bene-- it of the county Red Cross organize- - , tion. The program follows: Piano selection Miss Wooley of Layton. Mt f rwia. Um Haa at tho factory itftr Wth. Lartoa Sotar company, aoaoary, roller mill. araawanr im tnune mUm t( atata ml. Good ovportnnIUoa tor thaao aoaklnc sabarbaa aaraapo for trait grow-Inla the fartlW af milk, c, track cordoning, akUkaa raiainc and On itaa of Salt I aba S Ogdan dairying. aad Orogoa Short Lino. Haa aiaetria Ugbta and wattrworka. Writ Lartoa Comntor-aiaiob tor ialonaatloa. -- ol And now were fighting for our flag. And loved ones treasured gold, The Old Folks dance at the La Tonia I know my son will do his bit will be held on Tuesday evening. When I am bent and old. And when this war is over, Mrs. William Day was the guest of And we have saved our honored flag, her sister in Ogden during the weekIf in a future war my son will walk, end. In the footsteps of his dad. - -Joseph S. King isvisiting with his Mrs. M. G. Hansen of Brig Well, brother, you may gay where daughter ham City. is that son? but then you know thers lots of time to get oner Still, may - A telegram was recently received in go to France and not get back, but this city announcing the departure of then there must needs be some who Leo Ware and Emil Whitesides from shall fall and we must all take our Camp Lewis, Washington, for an eastchance; and if I dp not return you ean ern concentration camp. at least say that Iwas no slacker. But Mrs. J. D. Harrod entertained at if I go I will reiurn, if not in this cards at her home last Monday even world then in the n pxt, and be united in brotherly love. Seme may tell you ing. The guests filled three tables Rethe bad things me; for there is and all had an enjoyable time. plenty of bad inthe best of us, so freshments were served. let us try to see only the good points entertained Thursin our fellow men end scatter our her honor in of son, Howard, just day flowers for the living. previous to his departure for Seattle, If with pleasure you are viewing, Washington, where He will job the Any work a man is doing, crew of ship builders. The If you .like him or you love him nationf attendance was very large and it : j felihimnow.' proved to be almost enjoyable occa' Dont withhold your aprobati on, ion. . j aut Mrs.-ArBrCo- dugouts right through the recent downpour to complete arrangements for thU work and they feel that their success is sufficient-rewar- d for' their hard work in the mud and rain. A flock of motorists were attracted Til the preacher makes oration As he lies with snowy lilies by the continued roar of the big guns and the roads, were lfaed with interest- . Oer his brew. ,t, , ed spectators as the doughty Utah lads For no matter how you shout it poured their hail of destruction into He wont really care about it. the hills several thousand yards away. He wont know how many tear drops You have shed. A LETTER FROM A SOLDIER If j'ou think some praise is due him IN TOE PHILLIPINES Nows the time to slip it to him, Leslie Dayton Smith, a relative of .For he cannot read his tombstone William Roueche of Kaysville, is a When hes dead, member of the United States Marine i Please write and tell all the boys Corps, having enlisted about three hello and tell them to write. Address yean ago. He is quartered at Olonga-- L. D. Smith, Marine Barracks, Olonga- P. L The Raflax U enabled to'po, P. L ok n. P, , Matthews. LAYTON ExmU HART AT LATONIA - Ag-rrcultu- re, want my son to be a man, And heed his nation's call; And defend its honor at any cost - Whether he live or fall. When slackers meet him on the street, And see his manly face, I know he will not recognize, Such men in their disgrace." BILL BIG I . ' LUCIUS LAUDIB Phone S3 again. - greater m Stakey Presidency. of-the- -- IN WEST KAYSVILLE, COUNTY FARM AGENT NOW ON TIIE JOB bureau agThe Davis County-FarW. has J. Thayne, ent, already began the good work of helping Davis county farmers in their efforts to farm and raise livestock in a more efficient manner. According to Mr. Thayne hog cholera has. been , discovered in West Kaysville on the farm worked by Jesse Flint. Mr. Thayne vaccin-nate- d all the hogs that were know to have been exposed and he keeping close watch of the situation in that neighborhood. Farmers should do all in their power to prevent the spread tng of the disease and in case symptoms of the disease appear, Mr. Thayne should be notified at once and he will take any action necessary. He can be reached at his residence in Farmington. It should be thoroughly understood that there is no charge for the services of the county farm agent, as the appropriations made by the United States Department of the State and Davis County cover all expenses in furthering the work of more and better farming. Metinge are being arranged by the county farm agent for Monday or Tuesday, the exact date of which will be made public the latter part of the rt week, at which time a government lecturer will speak about the Jur-thspread of hog cholera. It is essential that all hog raisers jn Kays ville and vicinity be present. 20. honor of Mrs. Joseph Johnson on Tuesday afternoon and evening. The afternoon affair was for the ladies and the evening affair included both the ladies and gentlemen. ThVevent was a most happy one and was one of the pleasant affairs of the season. Mrs. Johnson will depart sobri for Price, Utah, where she and her husband will make their home. - HOG CHOLERA i ing Ford ears We are unable to secure euffident win be demand to supply present demands. The in the Spring and Summer. till j 1 We now have five men in a tent, which is much better than before, when we had from six to nine. x Within the last two weeks our band has played two dances and concerts at Hotel Del Coranado and at one bad the pleasure of hearing Mme. Schumann Heink sing a few solos. She is surely an artist and we boys all thought it a rare treat to hear her. She sang here at the camp one afternoon for the benefit of the G. A. R., when they were entertained here. Alb the boys that I know are enjoying good health. for I want to thank-yo- u such bits it is,'whtlesawingwood kindness and a hapyour wishing you seems to be the favorite pastime of py and prosperous New Year, I am the bunk fatiguers. Respectfully yours, With the expectation of a good Corp. W. L. FOXLEY. nights sleep in Monday, my bunk Mon(my little tumbled bed is called PERFECT BARRAGE IS FIRED day because it is heatless) I will dose BY UTAH GUNNERS AT CAMP hoping you are having the best of Camp Kearney, Jan. 28. A perfect luck with your paper, I remain barrage "was fired at 4 oclock this afYours truly, ternoon by gunners of the Utah artilELIOT BARTON, lery which is now the 145th field artilAmbulance Co. 34S lery ,accordingto'officers who were stationed in the observation post. GREAT DOINGS FOR BOYS This is the first barrage ever fired AT KEARNEY, SAYS FOXLEY here and it was pronounced a decided Camp Kearney, Jan. 30, 1918 sueecss and artillery officers of the Mr. W. P. Epperson, 145th are congratulating each other Utah, this afternoon on the high standard of Kaysville, - Dear Sir: training they showed in their systemI suppose you think it is about time atic work this afternoon. some of we boys from Camp Kearney A Urge number 'of big field guns and let you hurled a perfect rain of tons of molten were writing you again know how we are Jetting along. lead at a terrific rate of speed, and We are now having ideal weather the bursting missles'made a uniform which makes it fine for drilling and line of blue smoke as they hit on the other work we have to do in training. sector marked off as the barrage The brigade started barrage firing range. The Utah gun crews are a happy last Friday afternoon and made a very crowd for they have made Jood with a vengance, and tomorrow either the Grizzlies of the 144th or Hie men of the He regiment, the 143d, will try their luck at the difficult barrage work which takes a high degree of accuracy and a crew of steady nerved, perfectly trained men to be executed properly. , The men worked in the trenches mid ! Attention Ford Prospects uri The Quarterly Conference of North Davis Stake will be held in Kaysville, Saturday and Sunday, February 9 and 10, 1918. The first meeting will be for the Stake Presidency and High Council and will be held at the residence of President Henry H. Blood at 10:30 a. m. This will be followed by a Priesthood meeting in the tabernacle at 12:30 p. ra., at which it is urgently requested that officers and members of the various Priesthood quorums be present. Regular conference sessions will be held at 2 p. m., Saturday, and at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. on Sunday. It is desired that the brethren and sisters who are working as officers of auxilliary associations in the stake or in the various wards, also quorum officers, ward teachers and the membership generally, make a special effort to attend the Saturday afternoon meeting, as well as the Sunday sefssions J f It is expected that some of the general authorities of the Church be present at all meetings. ; HENRY H. BLOOD, EPHRAIM P. ELLISON, FRANCIS H. NALDER, good showing. Enclosed is a clipping one of the San Diego papers in! regard to the work the Utah boys did. During the holidays a few of our good friends from home paid us a visit of which we all are very grateful. It seemed s little like home to see some COUNTY FARM BUREAU TO BE ORGANIZED The work of organizing a county farm bureau has been perfected and meetings have been arranged for the farmers of the county in order that they may get together- and form a permanent organisation. The board jof county commissioners appropriated the countys share for this work that is authorized by the federal governwith the state. ment, in W. J. Thayne has been appointed county farm agent for Davis county. He is a graduate of the Utah Agricultural college and is thoroughly versed in the practice and theory of seientife farming. The following schedule of meetings has been arranged for the different towns throughout the county and following these meetings a county-wid- e meeting will be held at Farmington on Saturday, February 23: February 20 Woods Cross, 1:30; West Point, 7:30. February 21 South Weber, 1:30; Layton, 1:30; Kaysville 7:30; Centerville, 7:30. February 22 Syracuse, 1:30; Clearfield, 7:30; Bountiful, 7:30. -- STAKE CONFERENCE the home . bojs, Ctirtis vud news bring you of us an. -- 00k h.m over and see that he Howard Lar- dances seventeen time, ror each of us. 'Vith all Co0j wisher- - remam He has been j lULUKy'I We stationed NUMBER KAYSVILLE, LAYTON AND FARMINGTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, FEBUARY 7. 1918 Deep in My Solo Heart Beloved, Charles S. Johnson Robert Birkin. Address The Red Cross, Leo J. Muir of Bountiful. When Cupid Comes, Charles Solo Scott Mrs. J. B. Cooley. Miss Gladys Reading Selected Smith of Centerville. Solo The Horn, Flagier A. B. Spillman.. Reading Selected Mrs. Zatell Ses- sions. Solo La Feranata, Seitzer. Emily Dancing and games. Tosti Mrs. WAR BRIDES PLEAD IN VAIN FOR DRAFTEES With one fell swoop the district exemption board yesterday ruled against the pleadings of "106 war brides of Utah county by reversing the order of the local draft board in giving them deferred classifications and placing them in class 1, for immediate service. In all of the 106 cases the marriages had been consumated since the enactment of congress of May 18, 1917, declaring that marriage since the breaking out of war would he no bar to serivee. Tribune. A Friend i , of Mme who visited Kaysville last Fall, was bo pleased with . - Mrs. W. E, Wiggill entertained fa advised ra that he has our country r honor, of .Mrs. Wallace Cowley of. Corxm if to loans for him of place nish, who has been visiting relatives $15,000.00 and frierftis in Layton. The afternoon at was spent fa Red Cross work and visiting. Delicious refreshment were in amounts of $2,500.00 and up served. Among those present were: on first class improved farms fa Mesdames E. G. King, R. Adams, or Layton, 3 to 5 years. Kaysville Charles E Nalder, Len Sandall, Jointerested If apply at once. seph E. Johnson, Leo Green, George Z. IIENRY JACOBS. Briggs, Lucius Laudie, James Wiggill, Tel. 87-- t Robert Barton of Ogden and Miss Kaysville , S Wo Pearl Layton. Mrs. Danis! Sullivan entertained fa Heal Estate Only tit Insumrr |