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Show You owe it to the You re safe at Home Prove your patriotism Boys Over There Cay W. S. S. Today VOLUME - Buy W. S. S. Today 111 KAYSYILLK, LAV TON AND FARMINGTON, Ul AIL IHthSD.W JUNE 27. 1918 NUMBER 40 t WITH THE! v tv FARMINGTON COLORS f tdrtrtix h . Jt ii at of nch and frtU th pi rre of fW,r in th fountrr location of th ramoua rwort. Hu wat.roork. and electric liyhta. A fin plac for rottdcnc. ? ft frjri: JtirCrtt'trit County tk Mr. and Mrs. Del . Stevenson family have moved to Logan. and at thq University of Utah say they are well Miss Gladys Barker of Kaysville pleased with their "Work and that H the week-en- d spent at' the home ofMr. will be of great value to them both in ' ' and Mrs. J. H. Robinson. and out of the war. The Davis county boys Basil 0. Layton has volunteered for service and will be sent to the Uni-- versity of Arizona, at Tucson, on Saturday, June 29, at 11 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. E. H, Clark motored to Brigham City and back last Sunday to visit sick relatives. Mr. Edward Chaffin of Iona. Idaho, is here visiting his mother, Mrs. D, E. Captain Fitzgerald has informed the chairman of the local board 'that the Chaffin, and family, for a few days. next party of men to be called will be Mr. Harold If. Robinson will leave sent out about July 22nd. The num- for Evanston this week to take ber to be sent from Davis county has of Mr. Bristols business atcharge that not yet been determined. " place. -- IIEN WfaSfeS Miss Afton Robinson has returned MORGAN VISITS home after spending two wekks with OLD CHATEAU IN FRANCE her cousin, Miss Lucile James of France, May 23, lj)18. Murray. Dear Sister Martha: It seems so long since I heard from anyone I thought I would shoot" you a line. I am well and feeling fine. I am rather sorry now for the 'way I cussed this country when we landed. At present it is 9 perfect picture no matter which way you look. The hills are low, rolling and green. The valley i and the small towns (of which the roofs of the houses are all tileing) are sure pretty now. Four of us left one miles morning for a little town from here we got a truck ride all the way. When we arrived there we walked up the hill (the town being located on a large hill). When we reached the top there was a large chateau, or eld castle, which is located on a high point of rocks, the other side of which in olden days had a large canal of water, with a large draw bridge which could be raised or lowered as the occasion demanded. We went in and an old lady showed us around the grounds, but we wanted to ' go through the castle. We offered her a great many francs but nothing doing. But, as we were leaving, we 'meCTf Count ' Ofco ffrirW-nrfewhat little French we knew on him, and he came right back with good English I sure felt soft. lie was a middle aged man, well dressed. He took us in several rooms of the castle. Some of the rooms are over nine hundred years old, filled with old furniture, paintings, tapestry, sculpture work and old relics. I dont think I shall ever forget it. When we left we went through the church, came out of there and registered before leaving in a large book in which- - there were a large number of names, but At that I think few of them were as lucky as we to go through. the chateau. By the way, last night we had a stag dance large orchestra, large crowd and nothing but boys in uniform. The only one that looked like girls were the Scotch Highlanders in their plaid kilts - and bare knees - we sure had some time. You wouldnt believe there was as much fun out here as we stirred up. Well, Martha,' the Band has just stopped playing. It plays night and morning it sure sounds fine. Write more often, and tell father I am still looking for his letter, and tell mother I am, quite disappointed at not getting hers, but I suppose she has been very busy. I hope you are all getting along all right. I sure think of home often and wonder if you are all well and how things are going. "T With love to all, -- d " D. H. MORGAN. -- wr-iSKss- WAR SAVINGS Salt Lake City, Utah, June 21, 1918. ; CONCERNING -- Editor Reflex, Kaysville, Utah. While Sunday, June 23rd, was set apart by the President of the United States for all different religious organizations to talk from their pulpits on the purchase of War Savings any day that such organizations may meet it will be beneficial to have the talks made; but we must have all the publicity possible and as many subscribers to the limit, $1,000 maturity value January. 1st, 1223, .which costs only $S34.00 the current month. Very truly yours. . The girl that swallowed a piece of money last week is home from the Dee hospital. Np further operation was necessary. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Turner went to Syracuse Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Turners sister-in-laMrs. Jesse Holt. Mrs. Holts maiden name was Sarah Stoker. -- wpi SF3S- - LOANS TO ALLIES - - 7 $S3i5ftfCC3 Belgium today was given another credit of $22100,000, making Belgiums total loans from the 'United States fl22,F30,C09. Aggregate" credits to the allies now amount to $5,272,320,-009- .. , - - - ' appointed administrator was granted tion work in certain seasons and if on condition that he file a waiver of recourse to hand labor is 'necessary, the other heirs, and that he otherwise vuch conduction work may xtend over several' years. qualify. Labor is at. a premium, particularly Estate of Elnathan Spaulding, deand One of the chief adceased. .Petition for an order of sale of real estate was granted on condition vantages of machine operations is that is required. This is of petitioner filing .a bond of $9000. hry Estate of David A. Kerr, deceased. one of the reasons that drainage of Petition for final distribution was irrigated lands is being countenanced at this time, when so many other opergranted. Estate of Osmyn M. Deuel, deceased ations and activities are being frowned Petition for an order of sale of real upon by the national government. Of practical importance in district estate was granted on condition Jhat ledamation "a is the fact that the work petitioner tile bond of $3000, is all at times deunder the direction of Estate of William S. Dalton, ceased. Petition for an order of sale competent engineers. So many times, of real estate was granted, petitioner individual work is undertaken without to file a bond of $24,000. roper engineering guidancewitltithe Estate of Mark Cook, deceased. Petl- - result that the reclamation is more or tion for an order of sale of real estate j less unsatisfactory and uncucccssful. was granted. Petitioner to file a bond i.Y'hh proper engineering supervision, j the installation would be not only more of $4300. Estate and guardianship of Jessiej effective, ut more economical The drainage district statutes also E. Stringham. Petition for an order confirming sale of personal property provide the proper administration of the business affairs of the district.' A was granted. board of supervisors, made up of comCivil Business petent lahdowners, is appointed by tha Kays Creek Irrigation Co. hoard or county commissioners and is at all times responsible to the board. The supervisors are public officials an1 as such are under oath anJ bon(l Isaac Spencer vs. Smith Clark, adj j faithfully perform their duties, ministrator of estate of Mary E. Sperj J cer, deceased. Thirty days additional ! This boartl of supervisors has all the j rowers of a board of directors of time was given. nwation and, in addition, has re-- , Ezra V Steed vs. Hilda L. Steed. Plaintiff was ordered to pay $50 at- - j Ctturife to the machinery of the county tomeys fee, 'and $50 guardian fee.!for.th collection of taxes for the The other matters were taken under , damage improvement. . This board nlso has the right cf eminent domain advisement Bountifdl Lumber & Building As- over lands either within or without the sociation vs. Villey & Loder. Con- district. It has perpetual succession anti the right to sue and be sued as a tinued to next term. It may employ corporate body. John Hodson, vs. P. Ramsdon, IlaL let agents, contracts, lay out And con- loran, Judge Loan & Trust Co," Con worlC8 ruct. obligate the district tinued to next term. Adjournment to nd fnEnciHy levy assessments for Saturday July 20th, 1918, at 10:15 the funding of such obligations as it may incur. However important the powers of the board may be in the practical op- if rations, it is in the plan "of financing little-labo- r 1 1 autos and other conveyances were at the Farmington O. S. L. station Tuesday afternoon, all well loaded, and several hundred other interested relatives and friends of the young soldiers who started for the war training camp. Sixty-Seve- n Park Jones, of the navy, could only get a 12 days furlough, so he concluded not to come home on a visit. He was in the hospital four weeks and skin grafting had to be resorted to on his wounded arm, but he has recovered and is on duty again. Bills are out announcing that Leslie Mortensens war play, Over There," will be again given in Farmington this evening, and tomorrow evening" in West Bountiful. - Mr. Mortensen should have something more sub- stantial than a vote of thanks for the efforts he is so patriotically and energetically carrying out. t Joshua Homer, juvenile court judge for Davis, Morgan and Weber counties, held a session of court here last week. Several boys and girls were up for bad behaviour at the Lagoon. A forceful verbal reprimand and - some good advice was all the penalty when the youths and maidens gave assurance they would be good in the future. President and Mrs. J. H. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Clark attended meeting at South Bountiful Sunday afternoon, and also., attended the meeting in the evening given in honor of the Salt Lake temple choir. d A beautiful 10081081 program was out and the members were treated to a light luncheon. Strawberries and cream being the main item.- - They all expressed deep gratification for the nice treatment accorded them. car-rie- Mr. and Mrs. Heber Sessions,' Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Clark and 'daughter Mildred, and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Sessions motored to Bountiful Wednesday evening to attend a farewell party in honor of William and Olivia Sessions Waddoups who will soon leave on a mission to the Sandwich Islands. The reception was held st the new home of Henry and Eliza Sessions Armstrong, and about forty guests were present. Music, singing, games and refreshments were features of the happy gathering. wpSfeS DISTRICT COURT NOTES Judge Arthur E. Pratt held a session of court in Farmington on June 15th. The business transacted fas as fol lows: probateAIatterg S.JJke JcclaTnation.lht.Xl greatstjed- of district Ilea, I vantage rundamentally, the cost of reclama-I- t has been found necessary in Ben is paid by a system of annual cases, and desirable . in most sessments, leyied on each tract of land cqses, to undertake the' drainage of j within the district, in proportion to benefits derived from the reclame-Mutuirrigated lands by community effort. , Bon by each tract. Such assessments are difficult to ' secure and present many difficulties aro made by the board of drainage in administration. Incorporations of ; supervisors, after a careful examina-numproindividual, under the 'gen-- 1 Bon into all the facts. These assess-era- l statutes relating to corporate or- - ments are equalized in the regular way ganizations, possess advantages over by Be board of county commissioners, mhe mutual arrangements, but are , anI wben so equalized are a lien not entirely satisfactory nor suf-- , gainst the land and are made a part of and collected In the same way and ficientiy workable. Organizations un- - j ab B1 fame time as other taxes, the have , der the drainage district statutes used coralt the advantages of mutual or j regular county machinery being the funds anl turned resulting being porate associations and possess special ' ove to the drainage district officials, advantages and powers beside. Such U I necessary, however, that the organizations have proved highly sat- ' fund be available at once, construction isfaettory. the 80 drainage supervisors are In the first place, the drainage disto issue bonds of the Powered statutes provide for the in- and the proceeds may be used as of all lands that should, prop--1 SuchTon3B constitute' a required. erly be included, without regard to the Ing,-time of the obligation district, e mere opinibns of the landowners. Thus j in less not than ten years, Payable progressive element in a given nor more than twenty years. As a community is not handicapped by any - ru!e they are authorized over a period tendor reactionary unprogressive encies of some of the members. In of years, extending from the eleventh the organization of a drainage dis- - to the twentieth year, which makes the trict it is necessary only that a ma- burden on the landowner very light, the cost of drainage being paid, in d jority of the owners of title to of the land in the proposed dis- reality, by the increased returns from d of the owners, of a the reclamation and not out of the trict, or of the landowner. These bonds major portion of the acreage, be fav- pocket command a low rate of interest and, orable to the reclamation. Beyond under the law, must sell at pr. There that this provision, the only question a" good market for the to exceptionally arises is whether the benefit them at this time. They are a lien on individual entire area and to eadh the annual assessments inand are not a tract shall be in excess of the cost on land. the mortgage a volved. ''Thus it is fundamentally Drainage by community efforts, question of economics. through drainage district organisation An important advantage of drainage is recommended. The U. S. .Depart district operation is that wholesale ment of Agriculture encourages stfth purchasing of materials becomes possible, and the shipment of materials organization and maintains a division for the actual assistance of such dis may be made in large lots at a lower tricts throughout their organization unit transportation rate. nd construction, in all matters of an The same is true of construction! work. The larger the unit; the morel engineering,' legal, financial or involved, the greater the sum of , ministrative nature, money to' be expended; the greater the competition among contractors will be. This will result in lowitr unit costs and in the assurance that reliable and competent contractors will handle the Haiti TT. y- . ! al , us LAYTON IJAlL era-tri- ct dis-clusi- on be-th- ( 1 one-thir- one-thir- ad-wo- rk DAVIS, former Kays ille hoy, killed in action A I Drain) in the mitUt t( f:til tielila. Kkoei m iinMurtiuti ' of muk, Win a tor atiit I.reU, Ha the Jtm torjf of th I a ton .roller Jutir romi-aiiy- , in France. .gr frinr?, mill, ri rami rr amt rniitrete wvtion of aunt niMit. IhhmI iortuniti for thoa for fruit grow-ini- r. roiking uturln aert-truck aaiilcnmu. thicken rainin m! ihuiyinir. tin line of Salt Ijik A Oinlcn I I ami Orriton Short me la electric light a naterwork. Writ Layton cial club. for infui mutton. amt- - I Commer- J Mrs. Edgar Adams is reported ill with an alack of appendicitis. W Mrs. C. O. Davey left Saturday for Idaho Falls, where she will visit with friends and relatives. Misses Pauline Grant and Adel Smedley, of Bountiful, are the house ., guests of the Miss Itah and Lea a f - y- Miss Margurite Burton, of Woods Cross as the guest of Miss Lavon Green, of this place, the first of the week. , Mr. and Mrs. Clarence - ; Lay-ton- j' ' ji -y Sullivan, of i Salt Lake City, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Ramsey for the week-en- d. t Mrs. Charles Kidder is visiting with' her parents; Mr. and Mrs. Heber Rob7 inson, at their home in Pleasant Green. On account of the Chautauqua there will be no picture show meeting at La Tonia theatre on Wednesday night of next week. Lenn Sandall, Clarence Bone, William Sullivan, Lee Green and Irvin Stevenson, Layton boys,' who are at- tending the military course at the University of, Utah, spent the week-en- d at their homes in Layton, The boys like their- - work fine. Adams Brothers closed their market for the time being on Wednesday of last week. Their meat cutter, Bernio Rosemate, has been called for military service and he went to amp Lewis Tuesday evening. . Adams Brothers will continue in the wholesale business. E. P. Ellison writes that the Vr coiyditiqns In Nevada are Bomewhat hetter inMr-cUerithe season, but there is still a great shortage.. iit the rain fall - The ay crop will be very short and the range conditions are bad. Local showers will improve the rang in the mountains, but there will not be much improvement in the valleys. He is tak-n- g time by the forelock and making every possible provision for winter feed for livestock. The people ef Kaysvill are sharing wiihJdcCammo". Mo ho, the bftPr'r mourning the death of Paul Davis, who fell with his face to the Hun, bat tling for the freedom of the world, somewhere inti France, on Mfay 23rd. The news of hideath was first published in the newspapers of Tuesday. Young Davis was born in Kaysville about 23 years ago, and. was the son of James and J?liza Marston Davis. About three years ago the family moved to McCammon, where they have since resided. The young man enlisted in Idaho and, when killed, was a member of Company A J62 Volunteer infantry. lie was related to some of tha best known families in Davis cmmty. f The people of Kaysville feel that they share in the loss of (the young hero and their hearts go out in sympathy to the bereaved parents and family who have,- - like their son, given to the uttermost that the world shall be freed from the ravages of the German brute the kaiser. n.. -- -- , Estate of Elizabeth B. Clark, deceased. David Gark was appointed administrator. Estate of Joseph Smith, deceased. Petition for amended - decree Cf distribution was granted. ..work. Estate cf William II. Blood, Ifi.-204. f Otif Operations m a large scale .will P it- postil, ta. use machhery. of maka ' discharge- - was- granted. suitable deceased. type and capacity. This Estate of Edward Davis, .lower be means unit cost of construction The court ordered, that the matter an d"inonr Tapil "prosecution of the jTuUJ''onlbe'triAccnd2r. The is more work. latter important Estate of John Davis, deceased. is generally an Time adminthan former. the was Davis appointed A. Julia important consideration. Asa rule the istratrix. Estate of William Wallace Willey, ineraced returns from land, due to deceased. Petition for cae to be re- drainage, are greater in one year than the cost cf the drainage, ro it is de- opened and appointment of adminis -- Sate Director' ferUta! rirab!e to reduce the period of reclamatrator was granted. Estate of John P. Jones, deceased. tion as piuch as possible. It is frePetition of John'L. Stanfill to be quently necessary to do the construc- Mrs. John Forbes met with a serious accident while driving on the Mountain Road Tuesday afternoon. . The horse becafTe frightened end bolted down the road and, realizing the animal was uncontrolable, she guided him into the oak brush. The buggy was overturned and she suffered a crushed collar bone, a fracture of the pelvis and two broken ribs. The lady is resting as easy as could be expected aLtbi Bme. Iler two small children, who were in the buggy at thl time, ... WJfcsSUsS MEN BANQUETED AT LAGOON Tuesday evening Davis county sent another quota of men to Camp Lewis. The call was for thirteen men, but tha number sent was fourteen. When the men appeared - in answer to the mobilization call, Charles Lawrence Dyre.who had not been called for service, asked that he be included in the bunch. The local board officers, seeing an opportunity to head off the 13 hoodo, took advantage of the rule which provided for adding an extra man, and Dyre was included in the party. Dyre came down from Ogden where he has been working to go to the front He registered from Layton, where he was working for L. E. Ellison on his farm. The men were placed in charge of Edward P. Layton, son of Mr. and Mrs. John II. Layton, of Layton, and Leo. C. Parkin of Bountiful. After roll call and. instructed, the mm were .released until- - 5 oclock when they reassembled at the court house and answered 'the second roll call. From the court house the men were taken in autos to the Lagoon, where'Lry, tilth their rwds- - am the nutiroers of the- - r&cti board banqueted by the Bed Cross e auxiliaries of Layton and Kaysvi.le. President itenry II. Blood, of North T) 'isT s' htid etiwiX mas ti rti fet r i; ititilti and, after brief remarks, In which he explained that the ladies of the Bed CroTv had prepared' .the introduced aril Bamberger made a patriotic address in width he assured the men that te had a personal interest in their welfare, and set forth the value and importance of American citizenship and what it cost bnnqnd:;-Governo- w-a-s j ' t . : i - th McCammon, Ida June 25. first Bannock county boy to give bis life for his eountry is William-Paul Davis of McCammon, Ida., who was kilVal in actiom in France on the 29th of May. The news reached McCammon through n telegram from the war -- department He was the oldent non of Mr. and Mrs, J, 11. Davis, prominent ranchers of McCammon, end left with the contingent of Bannock county men the Dth of October for American Lake. Early in Npvember he was sent to New Jersey and a short time after was . doing duty in France. , He was attached to company A, d One Hundred infantry. Ho was born in Kaysville, Utah, November 28, 1895, and lived there until three years ago, when he came to McCammon with his parents. Memorial rrrviccs will be held in the 'ward ch pc 1 n ext Sunday evehthgr" Sixty-aecon- " . .V to maintain it. Captain Fitzgerald private secretary of the governor, also remade timely and appropriate marks. Leo. J. Muir, principal of Davis High school also responded, and ' made a brief speech. The menu which embraced everything from roast beef to fruited and thicken cream, was prepared and served by the Red Cross ladies. From the Lagoon the men were taken in autos to the O. S. L. station, where, at 7:50, they were entrained for Camp Lewis. The men who went forth are as follows: . Order Name Rubin B. ViSeos No.- - 32T Frank John Joseph Barthow Fred Gorton Bassett... ... Joseph C. Flitlon... Lon Johnathan Moss Leland G. Page. . .. Milton Iwis Burton Berny Kosmait Edward Phillips Layton ti Henry Naylor Leo C. Parkin. Wm, Elias Adams Charles Lawrence P;, r. 482 590 18 Knoblauch-- . r - -- . 507 2( w COMSIISSIONERS MEETING Tuesday, Job 1A, . to rr;l The clerk 'was irntract. -i 'I7-H- the federal reserve lord. 1 , r t cnl J purar.ee policy on tl ec .t r.U court hou'e for $2,590. Adjourned to July 2u !, commis-irnerwill meet r i n equalization to hear any additional a?:-r.ts. s cr c i ' 9 t' f ,! nn |