Show BOYS OF BASIN WANT GYMNASIUM IN PLACE OF cigarettes deseret news uintah academy boys are willing to j exchange cigarettes for a I 1 A petition signed by uintah academy boys reached supt bupt adam bennion Benn lon stating that the signers bad had pledged themselves ives to promote the spirit and abide by the state law in regard to tobacco A second petition signed by a number of coeds of the school also indorsed the movement the boys add that they are aro per cen cem behind the movement to rid the state of the cigarette evil but point i out that not a pound of tobacco la is ever brought into the uintah basin by men under 21 they hint that it is scarcely square for the older boys to advertise sell or import the tobacco into the basin and then expect I 1 the boys to stop thinking about lit I 1 it if a healthful place of recreation was provided where clean manly sports could take the place of the smoking hoking habit they declare matters i might run much more smoothly for them they ask the operation cooperation co of the school officials in securing a I 1 gymnasium for the basin supt bupt bennion dennion stated that of course no statement could be rande as yet in regard to the appeal but i added that a gymnasium id la one of I 1 the imperative needs of tho country case to expect to break up the habit in those where it has become fixed but the young generation will bo be worked ou on and a race of men and women III grow up that know not the tile taste or effect of 0 tobacco on the other band hand the manufacturer and the producer claim that they can ran show that millions are atre invested in the business employment is given to hundred hundreds of thousands of men and women that tobacco used in the right way Is not a narcotic but a soothing restful blessing that the american soldiers in france found solace in the cigarette and many a man was made easier in his pain ba b the of the cigarette women are to be the mighty influence in bringing about legislation and education against tobacco and this in the face of the fact that more women are tobacco users today than ever before the war is on the antis will win aln in u not this year nor next but they will nin win |