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Show - 1 & ' v Site to Bay Grab and-Bnllet- s Save for Boys in the Treachs REACHES EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF DAVIS COUNTY volume xni PLANS FOR GREA- T- a contract to carry out the plan. The . plan would then become binding on the state coinniission and the counties INTER-MOUNTAIalike. 4 N Will Raise Levy It was gathered at the meeting that r COLORS Davis STATE ANp COUNTY OFFICIALS AGREE AS TO POI is willing- to levy a road OX'Xevr vr VI 6 A v? A ICY tax county of three mills next for the 24 AND FINANCING HENRY MORGAN TURNS years, if neecssarv, to complete the DOWN SOAP LABELS highway between Salt Lake City and On Active Service With the American Concrete Road to Be Completed Through Daw Counts Sections Ogden with a , hard surface road. Expeditionary. Force. About 144 miles in all remain to be to Be Built in Webef and Bov Elder 19 HIGHWAY its.-lmnr- nveH'r. ditionslnTtoads Leading to Idaho and Nevada. - ) The result of the good roads meeting between the committee from Box Elder, Weber and Davis counties and the state road commission, at the state capitol building on last Thursday, was most gratifying to the friends of the good road movement.' Before going into a report of the meeting we wish to express surprise that the impor- tance of the road leading north and northwest from Salt Lake City had not before been understood, and it is possible that even at" this time, only partially so. The most remarkable feature in this connection is that this statement is, true. Owing to the physical geography of the country the only route into or out of. Utah from the northeast, north, northwest or west is through Bov Elder, Weber and Davis counties. At times ever since 1846, efforts have been made to establish trails or roads to the west, south of the "lake, over the mud flats of damnation, desolation and despair. The pioneers of 1,846 (the Donner party) who. first dorrev conditions existing along higb.way-m...Ijax- rr consideration of the- - fact the state reside in Davis county, and the fur- - ia. attention to the fact that Davis of population in the state are on county had more than eleven miles of cither end of tha"t highway, and that concrete road already constructed m a very large proportion of the autothree sections, but that it was prac- mobiles in the state are owned in tically impossible for teams or aulos those two cities, Davis county asked to negotiate the mud between the re- that the state road commission pay spective sections. He also called atof the cost of improving tention t6 the fact that ninety per this highway. cent of the traffic over the road orWeber countys tentative road tax iginated outside of Davis countv, levy was placed at 14 mills. This, it which had constructed the road, and was said, would raise a sufficient contended that the State of Utah amount, with state aid, to complete should meet the major part of the ex- - the hard surfacing as indicated as far pense of its completion. He pro- - as Hot Springs and the Box Elder sented figures to show that Daris county line. About three and one-ha- lf county, owing to the excessive traffic miles of paving would have to over the road had been called on to bevlone this year. Weber county also expend $1000 a mile for its upkeep for state aid in improving the and repair of the dirt portion of the road through Ogden valley into Cache road, exclusixe of sprinkling' during county; and also for the designation 1P17, which amount was more than the as a state road of at least part of the interest on the money necessary to road leading over the divide into Rich construct a concrete road. county. N. T! Porter, of Centerville,"" followed Mr. Blood, and in a most com D VIS COUNTY prehensive and - logical manner set COUNCIL OF DEFENSE forth the claims of Davis county to t The County Council of Defense held have the road completed, lie pointed out that were chief users a special meeting at the court house of the road, and about all they left in in Farmingtonon Monday, afternoon. Davis county was the whiz and dust The meeting ivas called by Chairman of their automobiles. He set forth E. P. Ellison and nine members of the! that Davis county wanted the road boapa were present. The figures rcla-- j concreted throughout the county and Ve to the second Liberty loan were that a meeting held with the county checked up and a considerable differ- -' commissioners at FarmingtonXthree cnee found between the figures as re-- , days previous had went orrecord as given by the state report and the of banks the of the county. agreeing to levy a taxfor the com- ports The manner in which it is proposed of the the state road, pletion .provided of Utahvouldi&and of to handle the next loan was discussed and recommendations made to the the expense. rtate chairman. The Davis county Commissioner County Brigham hoard as now composed is as follows; Harris; spoke for Box Elder county. John W. Thernley, Kaysville, finset forth the needs of his count ance. and the financial condition of the W. P. Epperson, Kaysville, pub- same. He reminded the state road 1 commission that the conditions in j Layton, Layton, secretary1 and Box Elder county were different from those in the other counties for the B. L. Kissler, Bountiful, ' reason that the population lived in . sanitation' and medicine. e h countv cf the area Henry ll. Blood,, Kaysville supply and conservation. Henry W. Stable, Bountiful, dustrial survey. Pephi Palmer, Farmington, labor. John G. M. Barnes, Kaysville, mili two-thir- ds j this waste with wheels, lost many of its metnbers before r?ach-- . ing California and, even to this day, its dangers and terrors are not to be held lightly. The people of the north counties of this state? familiar with the contour of the country and the manner in which these valleys are linked together and bounded by rooun- tain and lake, realize the importance of the road leading north from Salt Lake City. They realize that the improvement of this road is not a local matter. They realize that it is not a matter in which Salt Lake City, Ogden, Brigham and Logan only are interested. They realize it is not a matter in which only the people of Utah, Southern Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada are interested. It is a matter in which the whole Northwest, the Gpeat Basin and Coast region as. .fapsouth as San Francisco, are interested. Every railroad, telegraph line and power line which has entered this -- of- west is for miles withirihailing distance of this road, savbbne. Taken as p. whole, beyond thbeenfines of Utah, it traverses thiopulation and wealth centers of Aaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, and parts of Wyoming and California. Its first reaches through Davis county is the only year-roun- d road TronTSalt Lake City-an- d and northf-w-mdr- l Elder easi nerved. be Bqx points to Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Yellowstone, finds itself confronted with the necesHelena, Buttev Boise, Seattle, Spo- sity of building a $20,000 steel bridge kane, Portland, Elko, Reno, Sacra- over Bear river, and the desirability mento and San Francisco,' and at the of another bridge, quite large, over the same time traverses the most impor- Malad. It also indicated that it would tant and, at times, the only Valleys desire that at least some portion of end plains of this, great Country fit the state aid which it is to receive for the habitation of man. , from the $2,000,0000 bond issue be It was with this understanding of spent on the roads in the more poputhe proposition to improve this most lous parts of the county, such as the important of all highways that the road from Ogden to Brigham City. committee called on the state highway Box Elder, however, signified its accommission Thursday, . quiescence in the proposal to raise its at Governor Bamberger presided tax levey for road purposes from 1 the meeting which was fyeld- in the mill to 2 mills. board room adjoining his private Overland Trail road ofthejtate when of the Overland trail condition The commission were present' .and the governor called the meeting to also was discussed, and it was assertwest of Snow-villorder the chairs around the great table ed that there are parts about .23, miles from particularly and ' the walls Jof'thepoom were --all state Nevada line, which Bovine to the fined. Box Elder attention. need of A N. Bigelow, of Ogden, chairman are in a undertake to willingness of the committee, was expressed this highway were imcalled on by the governor and set forth maintenance if not particularly anxthe aims and objects of $he meeting. proved, but was Box Elder money Mr. Bigelow set forth the importance ious to spend any Box Elders of roads, not only as a local proposi- on the road, or even that bond issue of the money tion, hut as a war ineasure for trans- share was It to this should purpose. go portation of commerce and food proand Lake OgCity pleaded that Ealt ducts. He pointed of beneficiaries main the were den dition of the roads at this time, and rather than the agricultyr-ist- s .galled attention to the rapidly. develop- - this road,Box Elder. of northing dry land wheat farms At the close of the committee west Box Elder county, now served by deBamberger requested type of road, and, the. commisioners of the sevcounty the this portion of sirability connecting of the road with the state road of eral counties represented to remain ds dowir'ihe"Hum- - aiTd gamto session with the stateroad boldt valley and on to California. He commission, Concerning the execu-th- e Deseret News had session explained that each of the counties tive to say: was represented by' members of this this "It was decided that the state road hoards of county commissioners, by in executive session, mayors of the various cities and commission, resolution giving in a towns by commercial club representa- should adopt it the plan is willing to follow. tives and representative citizens of outline Confirmation of this resolution by the counties. fol- the commissions of the three counHenry H. Blood, of Kaysville, lowed Mr. Bigelow and presented the ties involved would he tantamount to ers'ed 1 that the highway in question is largely used by automobilists who do not ! -- -- non-reside- two-thir- ds ) I of-th- one-tent- -- - , tary affairs. Stams Hatch, Woods Cross, state protection. Leo J. Muir, Bountif ul, transportation. E. P. Ellison, Layton, chairman, survey of man power. Mrs. John W. Thornley, Kaysville, ' womans work." THE NEXT DRAFT The Jocal board of Davis county has received orders lo furnish five' mert for induction into service of the United States at a date "five days previous to March 29th. It is thoughi that Davis county has already furnished her full quota and if such is the case, she will receive credit on a future ' call. -- ( e, . , tri-coun- ty, tf meet-iafe.Gpver- onclusively -- ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. Richard Stanton, of 620 North Court street, announces the engagement and approaching marriage of his daughter, Jessie Ada, to Mr. Arnold M. Barnes, of Kaysville, Utah. Mr. Barnes is with the Ambulance Company 343, at Camp Grant The Rockford, EL, Morning Star. though sorely wounded and tried, can have pride, and that official assistance by one government to another may not !e nearly as effective as the , voluntary offerings of the whole peo- pie of the United States in France. . There is u peculiar psychological 1 factor in giving and receiving assist- ance which must always be reckoned with. In this instanre- is is the firm belief of the Red Cross officials that in amalgamating and nearly all of the private agencies conducting relief in France before the United States went to war, and in cooperating with the French government and such other organizations in France and elsewhere doing th same form of relief work, more is being done and can be done for the relief of France and the upkeep of France than through straight governmental - . w-i- n d 1 e pt i t vnujj nuiLj rAirAHX hand-mad- -- 1 -- THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN The campaign for the Third Liberty Loan will be opened on the - 6th of April, the anniversary of the declaration of a state of war between the United States and Germany. The amount, terms, and conditions of the loan are dependent upon further legislation as congress has granted the necessary powers. Secretary McAdoo chose the 6th of April as the day to open the campaign xs the most fitting date to call for a patriotic response to the summons tA.Iduty ...to every , American, to ask from the people at home the same fervent patriotism that actuates our on the battlefields of France and on the waters of the Atlantic. Neada-which"!ea- I WITH THE t - Count Sams finest organizations. Utahs Battery Fine Outfit Uncle The men are fairly itching to get a chance to drop a 3.2 or 4.7 shell into the abode of Fritz, and their records on the range prove that they will givq a fine account of themselves against the Germans, as they are finally trained and equipped and have the indomitable fighting spirit of .all Utahns. The pay will be the highest, with 18. clothi n g, plenty of good food (well February 4. i Dear Mr. Epperson: Just rect ed cooked), shoes, medical and dental Opportunity your paper with some other mail attendance furnished. more than for promotion is on all sides, am: from home, and was pleased to get your paper. 1 read men who show pep, ability to as-- s and reread it, een the waiit ads., i rh iTa te Y no w led ge and ambition to interested me rise will son find themselves wearing which never before much. I sure read with interest, it chevrons with increased pay and being the first Reflex I have received. prestage. Men May Become Officers What worried me most beifig the The enlisted man now has the same aid. numerous weddings - taking jlace. Well, thats one way of getting out of opportunity to become an officer as The Children Who Cried for the the army 'What? Ha! 11a! Oh, us the 'college graduate as every so often Caves poor soldier boys! I think I was one schools for the making of second and American Red Cross, of the first Davis county boys to land first lieutenants are opened, and men de la. Concorde, Paris. Place 4, in France. But am here anyway may make application and readily us to the caves! caves! Take The feeling fine and hope to see some of shoulder straps. The young man of I in cellar! the to want go them if they come. Maybe they are 18 to 21 may, after spending one and Marie Jean from cries Shrill here by now. I am getting along year in the battery, take the examinaand and Felix hundreds, of other fine, working daylights, talking war tion for West Point, and secure a news at night. The sun has been liberal education at the expense of French youngsters, huddled together answ-ereshining today, the first time in over the country and a berth at high pay in little frightened groups, of the big guns, the a month it is so foggy. Have got la for life after the completion of his the booming soft job as the mud is knee deep. studies at the school on the Hudson. crackle of the mitrailleuses, and the ml of a Boche airWhy not go with your own broth- intermittentent hu Whejfythe sun does shine it is just ' . like spring, but it so seldom shines. ers, cousins and relatives? JVhy not plane The children gathered in the Have got on to counting French lend yourv strength and talents by money now. Tell the boys if they the side of your brother Utahn that old fort on the hill, overloking a havent let not to take soap wrappers autocracy may be forever downed? town wry close to the front, where in change for a five franc note. No, You wall live and fight with those the Red Cross takes carq of them. they didnt get me, but some of the you have known for years, and when The cathedral bell had tolled for five other boys bit. I saw Eailie Sims, the 145th returns after the war as minutes, though you eouiil nardly hear an old Kaysville resident, last night. it will Utah will see that you are it for the roar of the guns, and the Was sure glad to see him. being the provided for, for you will have shown siren had blown. Then the people in first fellow which I Crew from the spirit which all Utah loves. the town below had scurried to their home. As 1 am wijJi a Washington, Ages, 18 to 21 and 81 to 41. cellars, for that was a warning of a raider coming. Few D. C., company, wilTldi some of the to Enlist Only Day Call on any recruiting office, . or liher boys tell of their trip across 1 But up on the hill there were no U. &, wishes write to Best to A, say. Recruiting Station, cellars to go to, and the children clung nothing Main and Second South Streets, Salt to the sbirts of the nurses in terror. HENRY MORGAN, all. Lake City, for full information. The In the cellar, they would have been 161st Ihf. Headquarters Co., A. E. F., via New York. time is limited, and if you wish to do quite content and unafraid. For more your bit, you must grasp' the oppor- months than they could remember tunity at once for a few day will suf- they had been living in cellars in the DAVIS COUNTY FLYER to fill the 145th. fice little shell-sweIN ENGLAND villages near the If to Americas live in du gouts in good and enough sometimes town, 1918. , England, to its in, Red Cross and the But hills. good the the certainly enough fight Dear Parents: This is tny first for. Wont and had go taken them you George help away from prefect arwe chance to write to you since do it? and now were no there their homes, 1 rived. We had a nice time and cellars. 1 liked it very much. am well and Xf A dozen little girls crowded into x feeling just fine and 1 hope you are ! one big bed. With the bedclothes all well lit home. 141jL' J over youf head it was dark; perhaps Today is Sunday and I have been 1 the bomb wouldnt get you there. Half have an drilling this morning and KA number of ladies met Monday an hour seemed ten hours. hour, or so for tnyreif this afternoon. We were seventeen da ys on the shi p afternoon at the home of Mrs. Robert Then the guns stopped firing, and and I had never seen so much sea in Miller to complete arrangements for it was quiet again. The Roche Yiad all my life but it Was very thrilling. a Red Cross ball to be given next gone.' Only the restless searchlights We kept our life preserversv on night Saturday evening at the opera house. still guarded the sky. and day, but we did not need them, as Refreshments will be ld, and sevBelow there in the town a tenement we never sighted a submarine oh the eral valuable and useful articles that house had been cut in two. A poilu have been donated will be disposed of. had come all whole trip. the way from Salonica, Well, mother dear, 1 dont want you A few of aid articles are; A laying two thousand miles away, to see his e to worry bbout me for I am going to hen, a ladies crochet yoke, wife and three children. But the take care of myself and I know I will a framed picture of General Pershing German JmmbsioundthemfirrL be all right, and I will write you just (under which is written The Leader On the kill the children were safe as often as 1 can, and you must write of Ou Boys in France), two pounds this time. You cant always be safe to me. of butter and a pair of pillow cases. from bombs When the Boche carries I would sure like to visit the birth- Whites orchestra will furnish the them. But the children are always place of grandmother, but guess 1 will music. safe from guns and gas and disease not be able to. I dont know just how and filth and hunger. So much safeYOUR BED CROSS long I will be here, so you send my ty the Red Cross can and does give mail to the same address and it will them for the sake of tomorrow in follow me up. How the Red Cross Helpa to Maintain France. - I have-n-ot seen anyone - yet from French Morale home, but Walter Wells is still with DISTRICT COURT NOTES me. He tried to see his relations at By LEROY T. VERNON a town we stopped at, but did not Judge A. E. Pratt held, court in In the Chicago Daily News. Have time. Well, I will close and Americans who contribute to the Farmington March 7. The case of X write again soon. Give my love to all, work of the American Red Cross in II. Burningh&m vb. Stephen J. Hart and Sarah Hart was caJled, but was As ever, your loving son, - , Europe today constitute the army of ROYAL RAMPTOnT the United States on the fighting front continued for the term. Secxirity lnvestment Company vs Thia leter carried tbepoEtmart of in - Franee. - - They are ticrt living in Adelbert Burnham, Fabian C. Sesthe and Romsey, Eng., was dated Febtrenches, they are not firing a CarloS L. Sessions, adminsions and 17 1918. ruary gun, they are not flying in the air, of istrators the estate of Patty Sesbut they-ar- e helping Franee to do all deceased. dissions, . Defendants UTAHS PRIDE, these things until the army of the claimed and all in interest the any THE 145TH F. A, United States can take its place in in described the premises ! complaint NEEDS RECRU1TS force on the firing line. The manifestations of sympathy and on file herein,, and the court, being 150 Men Are Urgently Requested to sincerity which the American people sufficiently advised grants decree as prayed fer in complaint. Enlist In Their nome Outfit as a whole show to France t 1 NUMBER 25 LAYTON AND FARMINGTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 4. 1918 KAYSVILLE, -- - ; - T for Overseas Duty. The 145th Field Artillery, Utahs own battery, needs an even 150 men to fill up its ranks, and when they are secured, .the bpys..frPTO.., the., Bee Hive state will take the first leg of the journey towards their ultimate destination Berlin. Filled to overflowing when i left hervUtah4 Pride has been reduced to below war strength by disability discharges, and the regiment cannot move until it is recruited up to its full quota. Officered by men who are highly trained, efficient and lovable in nature; filled with the flower of Utah among the enlisted men and with a reputation won in the Philippines to sustain, Utahs battery, the 145lh Field Artillery, is ranked as one ol - through the Red Cross, raise in proportion the morale of the French army and the French people. Thus the Red Cross is, for tbe time being, the bridge over which the United States is pouring its money-- . anA.ita.hdp until such a time as it can lift at least a part of the burden of actual war off the shoulders of the, French nation. The sugestion frequently has been madethat "theAmerican ' Red Cross is doing and attempting to do many things in Prance .which ought to be done by the government of the United States. This overlooks the fact that while the Red Cross primarily is organized to give relief on a large scale, it is also the best medium yet devised for rendering international assistance, not under the guise of charity, but with a full understanding that nations as well as individuals, -- . Adjourned to Saturday, March 9, at " 10:15 a. m. March 9th session: Tbe eases of the Tdaho Wholesala Grocery Company vs. Wm. J. Millard, and imecon3paiiyjTersu4,.J.nRoUas, son, were called, hut by agreement, and by defendants paying 23 costs, they, were continue withput dati. .. Adjourned JoMarch J12t,a10aa a. m. March 12th session: . Only eae ease was tried, Isaac Spencer vs.' Smith' Clak; executor. of the last will and testament of Mary E. Spencer. Court Clerk S. C. Jones and Orson Sessions, as witnesses, testified, and afpr argument of attorneys,, the decision was given in, favor of defradar.t. Adjourned to Friday, March 15, at 10:15 a. ta. |