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Show COTEMPORARY CULLINGSt You Betcher Life. Is not the building up of your town k . J- more to you than the building up of some far away city? Is it not a fa:t that if our town had a 10,000 population popula-tion instead of 4,000 it wou'd be better bet-ter for us all? Would there not be much more enjoyment, would not the e people consume more products and consequently make a better market, mar-ket, would not the small homes with one lot be doubled in value and every farm within a radius of ten miles be worth $10 to $50 an acre more?. Then is it only a good thing for the '$' fherchant or tradesman if you buy of him? Is it not just as good a thing for you? Box Elder Report. . Hit 'Im Again! Two kinds of citizens are in every town, patriots and traitors. There is no middle ground of neutrality. Every person is in one or the other camp. The patriot does his full duty to the town and community at large, and bears cheerfully his portion or the community's work. Treason con-feists con-feists in levying war against the republic re-public so says the foundation law or giving aid and comfort to her enemies. He gives aid to the public enemies who docs not assist in mak-' mak-' ing better the community in which he dwells. He is himself a public enemy. Rich County News. A Bountiful -Menagerie. i Mr. Everett of Springville came J to town yesterday with a load of fi coyotes, a badger, a bob cat and a mountain lion to get his bounty from the county. When he arrived at the court house he sight or so many inmabitants of the wilds as too much for the small boys and before the clerk could perform his official acts quite a large crowd of boys and girls had gathered around the man's kuBgyi but were finally dispersed before be-fore any of the animals could be seized and carried away, altho one or two were taken out of the buggy. Provo- Inquirer. ' . . . A Bovine Maud. Dave Karren, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Karren, who live a mile cast of the Union ward school house, is laid up with a broken leg as the result re-sult of a collision with a cow. This is the fourth time the young lad has had a limb broken. Three of the other children have had similar accidents acci-dents in the past few years. Vernal Express. , ... No More Dry Sundays. A' drug store is to be opened in Robinson on April 1, on the ground floor of the lodge room opposite the Mammoth hotel, by E. G. Hanson, the Eureka druggist. Peter Comera is to be manager of the store and-will have charge. Mammoth Record. A Democrat at Large. C. C. West the demented man who left Ogdcn on Monday declaring that he was going to Provo to demolish the State Mental Hospital, was captured cap-tured in Eureka on Tuesday afternoon. after-noon. West had been discharged as cured from the asylum but he suddenly sud-denly became demented while in the Union depot at Ogden and jumped upon a south bound train. The officers of-ficers watched all trains and wired to various points but West was just foxy enough to make his escape. Eureka Reporter. ... It's Oil Right What would you say if sonie one should predict that Provo is to be the center of a great oil region? This is by no means the most impossible thing that has happened. Oil talk on the streets can be heard daily, and from the looks of things at this time it is not having barren results, but companies may be started in ithe very near future to more fully investigate in-vestigate the presistent rumors con cerning the discovery, of oil in this locality. Utah, County Democrat. . Masterly Inactivity. The Record is. again unable this week to give any information as to the outlook for the future. The offices of-fices of the mine managements art not readily accessible and even it they were we doubt if anything definite de-finite could be obtained. During the week employment has been given to several men in the camp, but as to the general resumpton of operations conditions seem to be at a standstill. Park Record. The Old Story. While watching a boy companion examine a 32-calibrc automatic pistol last Eriday afternoon Oscar Jensen of Elsinorc, son of Bishop Jensen, was shot and seriously injured. The bullet entered the left cheek about an inch below the eye and ranged downward. Thus far the bullet has not been located, although the lad was placed under the care of a surgeon sur-geon immediately after the accident. Richfield Reaper. Horse Talk. T. J. Chipman, president of the Perchcron Horse Association, in connection con-nection with leading men of Lclii and Pleasant Grove, are working upon a permanent organization to give horse and stock fairs in the larger cities of the north end of Utah county. coun-ty. Its object being o encourage a greater interest in finer bred horses and stock. American Fork Citizen. A Colored Hegira in Order. Thomas Fowler, while trapping for coyote, caught an animal which was a puzzler to him. However, when the hide Was shown to people who had seen such animals before, it was declared de-clared to be a raccoon, the first to be caught in this neighborhood. The Light Bombastic. A verbose correspondent some ten years ago, in writing up our town, took occasion to say: "Moab is a town of eight hundred souls, and every ev-ery soul is a dancer." If he made any mistake it was by underestimating underestimat-ing the number of souls. G. V. Times. Josiah's Gentle Job. Mr. Gibbs of Salt Lake was in Cor-inne Cor-inne last Wednesday, talking Americanism Ameri-canism and in the evening a meeting was held at the city hall resulting In the organizing of an American party blub. Box Elder News. n |