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Show 4 UTAH EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE. startled me. I thought It was your sister, and" Helen has gone to Ealford to meet friend who is to spend the holidays with us," said the young man, "so she sent me after the wreaths." He smiled down at the girl. "This is the ever a i Evergreen Girl6 V Marston Mercer VERY year about the dle of November a small sign appeared over the door of the Thomas cottage which bore the legend, "The Evergreen Shoo." Every year during the Christmas season Ruth Thomas made hundreds of everpreen wreaths, which she sold for Christmas decorations. This was why the people of Brierly called her the evergreen girL The day before Christmas Ruth sat In her little shon finishing the last wreath she would make that season. There 1" she said, deftly twisting a sprig of bright red berries among the evergreen stems, "that finishes Helen Stanwood's order, and thank goodness It's done la time. Oh, dear 1" she sighed, laying the wreath aside, "I do wish I could spend one Christmas time en joying myself as others do. Why, there lias not been anyone here over the holidays since I can remember, and I have not been to a Christmas party in years not since the time I went over to Dolly Blair's with Dane." A warm color suddenly glowed in the girl's cheeks and there was a soft light in her brown eyes as she thought of that memorable eight Dane Stan wood had taken her to that party. Once during the evening "lie caught her as she was standing under the mistletoe bough, and mid- 111 "The Girl I Expect to Marry Is Here.1 The sudden roar of a high-pow- auto mobile broke In upon Ruth's musings, and she looked out In time to see a long blue roadster flash past the gate. The car belonged to Dane Stanwood. Shortly after the Christmas party at Dolly Blair's Dane had gone West to become a mining engineer. He had written a few times to Ruth and then the letters had stopped coming, and she bad not heard from him for nearly four years. Then, just a month ago. he had suddenly appeared in Brierly with the blue racing car. Soon It was rumored that he had made a fortune in the mines. Tha second week after his return Stanwood bought the old Blaln man sion and gave the Information that he Intended to move Into his new home before Christmas. Next he announced that preparations were under way for a party which he was giving Christ mas eve. The evergreen girl had been surprised and a little bit hurt because Dune had not even called. She had thought It strange, too, at first, that she did not receive an invitation to the party, for she knew nearly every one in Brierly was going. But when Ruth was told the party was to he given In honor of Stanwood's fiancee, she understood why she bad not been invited. "That is why Helen Stanwood didn't mention the party when she ordered these wreaths," Ruth thought, Rf she began tying them together. "Of course, I would not go anyway now. My, but they will have to hurry if they hang all these wreaths before eight o'clock." The evergreen girl was so busy getting the Stanwood order ready that she did not notice that th blue roadster had returned and stopped by the gate. Neither did she observe the young man who was striding up the path. The bell jingled merrily. "There's Helen now, after the wreaths," Ruth thought, and she ran to the door. Dane was standing in the green shop. Isn't It?" "Yes," said Ruth, forcing a smne n return. "And you are the evergreen girl? "I believe they call me that," she answered. "Well." said Stanwood, "Sis told me to be sure and fetch you buck with me when I returned." Back with you!" echoed Ruth. "Really I I can't go. There is so much to do here, and " "Bosh !" laughed Dane. "Of course you will go back with me. Fact Is you'll have to." He waved his hand as Ruth started to speak. "No excuses now, for I won't listen to 'em. You see," Stanwood went on, "Sis and her friend were supposed to help get things ready for the party tonight. but she telephoned just as I was leaving the house that the train on which her friend was to arrive is very late. She may not get back uqtll nine o'clock, and the party begins at eight I told Sis I could never get things ready In time, for the decorating Isn't half done. Then she happened to think of you, and I said right off that you would be just the one to help us out You're not going t- - disappoint us, are you?" very anxiously. "We-perhaps I can go for a little while," said Ruth. "I'd dearly love to trim that Christmas tree." "Of course, I won' stay to the party," she thought as she scurried upstairs after a wrap, "so I won't see Dane's sweetheart, for of course she Is the one nelen Is to meet at the train. And I really ought to help Dane and his sister out, for they have been suet good customers." Dane ushered Ruth Into the big double parlors of his new home, where the Christmas tree had been placed. "Do you suppose," he asked, point Ing to a great pile of evergreen at one end of the room, "we will be able to hang all these wreaths and then deco rate the tree before eight o'clock?" The evergreen girl gave a merry lit tie laugh. "I am sure we can If we work fast," she answered. "I am used to this work, you know, and with your help It won't take long." ."How long have you been the evergreen girl?" Dane asked, as he and Ruth were trimming a chandelier. "This Is my third season," Ruth re T found that there was a big plied. demand for wreaths and laurel trim mlng. during the Christmas holidays, so three years ago I opened an ever green shop. I love to do this kind of work, and although the season Is" a short one, my little shop pays well." The evergreen girl might have added that, more than this, the rush of work just at Christmas time helped her to forget the dull ache in her heart which was always so hard to bear during the holidays. She said nothing of this. though, but asked. Instead: "Tell me, Dane, how you have spent Christmas while you have been away. Have you been where there was much merry-making- "For the past three years," said Stanwood, "I've celebrated Christmas by working from dawn till dark. This Is the first enjoyable Christmas eve I have known since I left Brierly." "It has been a very pleasant eve ning for me, too," said Ruth, "and I have enjoyed it ever so much. Now we'll trim the Christmas tree, and then you can take me home and get back In time for the party." At half-paseven Dane surveved the big double parlors with satisfaction, With the help of the evergreen girl he had finished the decorations and every thing was In readiness for the guests, "The rooms look just as they did four years ago at Dolly Blair's Christ mas tree even the mistletoe bough," said Dane. "Don't you remember how that one hung right over our heads, as this one does now?" The evergreen girl was silent. "Had you forgotten, Ruth?" he per sisted. "No," softly, "I had not forgotten." "You never thought I had forgotten, did yov:, dear?" "But you never wrote, Dane." "Because for a long time I was miles from a railroad or post office and could not send any mall. But I've thought of that night, though, and all these years I've been planning to have a Christmas party as much like that one as I could, only this one tonight will be far you." "But isn't the friend tvho Is coming with Helen your fiancee?" faltered Ruth. "Not exactly," laughed Dnne. "That friend is Harry North, Helen's fiance. The girl I expect to marry is here, now, and, by Jove! I've caught her again standing under the mistletoe bough." st -- broad-ghouldere- d When Papering Wails. Add a little soda to the paste when papering walls. This will prevent the ravages of Insects or spiders, which eat the paste. Not a greater quantity porch. of soda than will lie on a nickel should Dane!" she exclaimed, draw- be used, however, as too much will be "Why, ing back in confusion, "How you apt to draw the color of the papee, MEN WHO WILL SIT WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT THE PARIS CONFERENCE. GEN. BLISS MILITARY Secretary Lansing and EXPERT Colcnel D ft UTAH BUDGET: Asunn wuii. PRESIDENT SELECTS PEACE DELEGATION House, With Henry White, to France, Are the Others Chosen for Positions on Important Body. Washington. President Wilson per delesonally will head the American This conference. to the peace gation was announced officially Friday, night at the White House. The other delegates will be: Secretary of State Lansing. Henry White, formerly American ambassador to Franco. Edward M. House. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. White House Statement. The names were disclosed in the following announcement from the White House : "It was announced at the executive office that the representatives of the Dnited States at the peace conference would be the president himself, the secretary of state, Henry White, recently ambassador to France; Edward H. House and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. "It was explained that It had not been possible to announce these appointments before because the number each of the chief of representatives belligerents was to send had, until a day or two ago, been under discussion." Bliss' Name a Surprise. The only surpr'ie In the announcement was the selection of Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, former chief of staff of the army and now the representative of the American war department in the supreme war council of the allies. For several days It had been generally understood that the Republican member of the delegation would be Mr. White. That Secretary Lansing and Colonel House would be the other members had been unofficially admitted. White Long In Service. Henry White, long In diplomatic service, was the merican ambassador to France during President Roosevelt's administration. His diplomatic service began in 1883, when he served for two years as secretary to the American He was translegation at Vienna. ferred to London In 1884 as second secretary of the American legation and in 1886 he was made secretary to the legation there, being recalled by President Cleveland in 1893. During his career he also served the government In special diplomatic ca pacities, representing the United States at the International conference in Lon for the abolition of sugar don, 1887-8bounties. He was a delegate from the Dnited States to the international conference on agriculture at Rome in 1905, and also was the American delegate to the International conference on Moroccan affairs at Algeciras. From March, 1905, to March, 1907, Mr. White ws the American ambassador to Italy, leaving that important ost to become the am bassador to France, where he remained until December, 1909. 8, Will Parley in Berlin. London. Representatives of Great Britain, France and the United States will arrive In Berlin shortly to discuss the armistice, the Berlin correspond ent of the Cologne-Gazett- e says he un derstands. A meeting of the allied leaders in London will be a preliminary to the peace conference, the Daily Express says. Colonel House and Premier )i lando of Italy will be here with th British and French statesmen. Paris. A group of members of the chamber of deputies representing agri cultural interests have sent a letter to Premier Clemenceau expressing objection to giving special representation to the socialists at the peace conference. If that should be agreed to, however the deputies urge that the farming and peasant classes also be represented, since tlioy had shed blood more freely than any other class. Salt Lakes influenza lid has been clamped on longer than that of any other American city, it is believed. Taxable property in Utah this year to aggregates $644,203,819, according or me rolls assessment mjic the board of equalization. Farmers residing along the railroad between Salt Lake and Nephi will be allowed to ship their wheat to the federal grain corporation at Chicago in stead of Galveston. Fire of unknown origin entirely de stroyed the roundhouse of the Utah Railway company at Hiawatha. No other damage is known to have been done to surrounding buildings. of cartons, containing Hundreds choice Utah celery, were mailed last week to persons living in other parts of the United States, according to a statement made by Jesse N. Smith, chairman of the celery committee. The geography of Utah, prepared by Moslah Hall, state inspector of high schools for the state, has just been s will be The completed. used by the schools of Utah as soon as they are open. Three alfalfa feed mills In Sevier county began operations last week. One plant Is at Richfield, the other at Elsinore and another between Elsinore ana Monroe. It Is believed the mills will encourage feeding in that section. Although local railroads are in need of hundreds of men for various lines of skilled and unskilled work, the Salt Lake office of the United States employment service Is overwhelmed with applications for work. The average is between forty and fifty a day. Increased fees for grazing privileges in national forests will add to costs of Utah live stock men next year $310,000 over the expense of the past year, when the cost of grazing on the rewves was $190,000. The cost for 1919 amounts to $500,000. Expense of oyster culture experiments in Bear River bay of Great Salt lake will be conducted out of the income of the fish and game department without asking an appropriation by the legislature, according to Commissioner R. H. Siddoway. Under the direction of the Salt fcake war mothers, the city has been divided into districts and each district placed under a war mothers' committee in order that the canvass of Utah men in the service may be rapidly completed as soon as the quarantine ban lifts. The Utah Gas & Coke company may continue to operate its gas plant at its present location in the western part of Salt Lake, under a decision handed down by the state supreme court In the case brought by Huttie G. Kinsman other plaintiffs against and fifty-eigthe company. Maj. Fred Jorgensen, adjutant gen eral of Utah, is firm in the belief that the 65th artillery brigade, which In cludes the 145th (Utah's) field artil ery, the 143rd and 144th field artil' leries, California regiments, will be mustered out at Camp Kearny rather than at Camp Funston. While numerous anxious parents in Utah are worrying about the safety of their sons who are detained under quarantine at the University of Utah, no visible sign of progress is being made in the demobilization of the more than 800 members of the student army training corps. Utah's greatest asset this year will be the tourist travel over Arrowhead trail and persons traversing the trail, either going to or coming from south ern Calif orina, will spend at least three days in Utah, declares the secre tary of the Arrowhead Trail assoela-tiontext-book- 0FU.S.HI 'orniT Ahm miK,., . TIIRP nC MIIMTBi, " AND STRONG. r .a i Nitocvtciaijr nmraoo I eiis How . DiiJ ,u Bins...... "mi'uiio in ri axes ana Rai$M . Four Great Liberty Loanj During World War. 1 , i . -- The financial hi, Washington. or America s part in the war is forth by Secretary McAdoo in hjs nual report drafted before his n nation, and made public on Decent i oy tne treasury, it is the hi of how the American people paid bt Hons In taxes, raised four great Ii, erty loans and created a tremens pool of credit with which the treasun through Its many war agencies, pal the bills of the army and nuvj ti shipping board and other governs departments, loaned billions to the lies and millions to war Industrie helped support the families of soldi? Iind sailors and tided farmers over y nods of financial strlngentj. The civil establishment of the pi ernment during the year spent $1,1 a war while the 000,000, departme and the w For support of M $1,368,000,000. army alone the government paid e The naval exiicmllti P4,412,000,000. included the construction of new jsels, machinery, armament, cuulpiw: and improvements at navy yards. I tal ordinary disbursements for year amounted to $8,068,000,000 js ordinary receipts, excluding monej ti ceived from Liberty loaBs, amounts to $4,174,000,000. Loans to allies k Jng the year amounted to $4,739,000i additional. McAi Looking forward, Secretary found great difficulty in forecasts, fist expenditures for the current on vear which ends next June 30, t count of the sudden coming of pea Estimates which he presented based on calculations of each depa; ment In advance of revisions since he Mgning of the armistice and tt hot consider them reliable. With forecasts explanation Mr. McAdoo spent $5,684,000,000 tl- penditures for this year at purposes 000 for government allies $4,375,000,000 for Joans to of c $2,540,00j0000 for redemption stnndinsr certificates and ether i ai cancellation. Total estimated dbtaH ments for the year were put at 718,000,000. REDFIELD ISSUES ht In a summary of crop conditions in the twelfth federal reserve district, made public by the federal reserve bank of San Francisco, a comparative statement of the beet sugar production for four western states shows Utah far ahead of California in its ratio of in creased tonnage of beets grown this year. Governor Bamberger will attend thr conference of governors at Annapolis, The call for the Md., December gathering was issued by former Gov. William Spry, head of the executive committee, the first man not a govBavaria for Separate Peace. ernor to lie elected chairman. London. Bavaria probably will ask David M. Evans of Huntsville, re to have separate plenipotentiaries at ported missing on October 22, in the peace negotiations and will claim message from the war department, and conditions of a separate peace, says moured as dead by his family, has the Paris Matin in commenting on the written them a letter from a base hos action of Bavaria in breaking off re pital in France, saying: "I have been lations with the government at Berlin wounded, but am rapidly recovering." The Socialist council of Munich has Mrs. Lillian Walker, aged 20, was in telegraphed to the executive commitkilled when the elevator tee of the Berlin Socialist council de- stantly In the Wilson hotel at Salt. weights manding the dismissal of Dr. W. S. Lake dropped on her. Her husband Solf. foreign minister; Phil'pp Scholde-manEmmet Walker, a bellboy in iho hotel minister of colonies, and Mathl-a- s was operating the elevator. She was Erzberger, who. It has been an- looking dowu into the elevator pit nounced, will conduct negotiations pre- when the accident happened. liminary to signing a treaty of pence. For the accommodation of Ogden Thp telegram Invites the Berlin coun- and Weber county influenza patients, cil to overthrow a government which the Elks' club building was accepted continues such persons In Important as an emergency hospital at a meetposts. ing of the executive committee of the local Red Cross society. iiiuiuiii WARNING, Not tot Tells Commercial Leaders Wages. Ctv. Atlnr.Hr. N. J. FOtlf toOHS1 irtuntfy I" n branch of business and industrj j vm here country, assembled H in a reconstruction congress. ytWto messages on readjustment C0IBI f u j, William C. Kecmeia, TlelhMtCm w c- -, j ,vounwuu, iurau MnAfflt corporation ana airecwr MtrnoranODi 3 - A , 1)1 I" int,t J Wheeler, president Chamber of Commerce i ie Harry A. taies. "If it is permitted me to urges words of practical advice w industry, I should say: rash temptation hastily to lay RedfteWMr. said wages," t,. ff - FEAR TOLL FROM IN Deaths Among Since September Population .. Over 300.000 t,.,,: 350.000 IfotiuPWl deaths front Ci1 1 800" 'nuen7? pneumonia have occurred we of civilian population c States since September U ef 4 to estimates December Those eaKj health service. were based on reports from J ' ( recor states keeping accurate believe public health officials conservative. ta The epidemic still nmnero deaths are much less w. cording to reports reaching FOR WAR HER: J 16-1- VOCATIONS Plans Maturing for Government Expense. rn Vocational Washington. eInse tion at government ed American soldiers is Retting way in fourteen districts, au sections vi me 4 w jje:A report on December eral board having tbis . tne showed on November 9, the latest" summary,, i't,oJH f cases in which such training -Of tins ihfr. needed. ..our , , urovigiu iu me as eligible by the war rnh t bureau. More than ene-men have been allowed pensation. " ' n, i "'" , - |