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Show f1 THE BOX ELDER NEWS, BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH. The Box Elder News if kindred and social ties do not keep you manacled where you are, that in Box Elder Published Every Thursday by county you would find better climate, better soil, better opportunities for develop ment, better chances to settle down to sane, rational, happy living than, where you are. This Peach Day edition of the Box Elder News goes to every state of the Union and to practically every country on the 'face of the globe. To readers everywhere we say All Hail! We extend over mountain and plain and sea the welcome hand. We greet you and we invite you to come to Brigham . City or to some part of Box Elder county. And, by the way, that reminds us of a story amongst us. We cannot vouch for its truth, but it seems to us to ring true : It is said that at the time the proprietor of the Garden of Eden became incensed at the conduct of his tenants cmd expelled them, Eve dressed herself in the best garments she possessed, attd as they walked forth from the garden, she took the hand of her husband, turned her head jauntily over her shoulder and told the proprietor he could keep his orchard. I wouldnt, says she, give for all the apples there are in it, anyway; we shall go to Brigham City and grow The Box Elder News Company VICTOR E. MADSEN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year, in advance Six Months, in advance Three Months, in advance Advertising 11.50 90 .50 Rates Furnished on Application Entered at the Post Office at Brigham City, Utah, as Second-clasMatter s THE WHY OF PEACH DAY In Brigham City we raise the best peach on earth. This is pretty strong language, we know, but thousands tell us that it is not too strong. Armually we hold a great big demonstration with the purpose in view of proving to the thousands that meet tvith us that we are telling the truth, the plain truth, and nothing but the truth, about our peach , our city and our country. Peach Day means free peaches to the ten thousand that honor us annually. We set out hundreds of bushels of peaches and ask people to help themselves to eat their fill. This, our friends do, with becoming modesty, and the resultis that everyone who eats goes his way and heralds broadcast the news Brigham City peaches are the most luscious peaches I have ever eat-en- s they have a flavor that cannot be equalled. And so out of the eater com-et- h forth, a great big advertisement of our great asset. The motive then and purpose of Peach Day is evident. It is our method of advertising. That the method is successful is evidenced by the hundreds of inquiries from people, some very ' far distant, regarding our festival, our city, our lands, and the opportunities here. We are not advertising now to sell our product. We have no trouble in selling all that we raise. Our reputation is now such that we shall be able to do this, no mattet how rapidly we increase our acreage. W e advertise now mostly to increase our population. We can support ten times as many people in Box Elder county as we have today. More people ivill bring us more pleasures, greater advantages, larger opportunities, a grander civilization. We want to see our country grow and prosper and become all that God has designed it should become. We are not sure but that there is some philanthropy in our advertising. We have a good thing and we are willing to share it. We are not like the wag who saids If you have something you dont want and cant use, be generous, give it to your friends we have something good, we can use it, we are using it, we do ivant it, but we believe we shall be better and the ivorld will be better by our sharing it. Weve traveled much about this world of trouble and care and we have come to the conclusion tht, all things considered, Brigham City and Box Elder county are about the best places on earth. We do not care who you are or where you live, ive believe that 19 ply cannot help it. We are so happy, so overjoyed that our lot has been so favorably cast that we are like the apostle of old, We would to God that all men were as we for verily, verily, indeed, we say unto you if there is anything lovely, praiseworthy, or of good report, or worth while in the way of a dwelling place for mankind it is surely found in beautiful BRIGHAM and in GLORIOUS BOX ELDER A-da- m peaches. 0 THEY ALL RETURN. A few people, residents of this d valley, have been possessed of the Wanderlust and have gone into other parts to make their home. None has ever sun-kisse- expressed a reasonable cause for such a departure, but all give most excellent reasons, and many of them, why they return for they invariably do. They do not like the rough characters of one place, the climate of another, the soil of a third, the water of a fourth, the storms of a fifth, the markets of a sixth, the laws of a seventh, the bad roads of an eighth, the long winters of a ninth, the poor transportation facilities of a tenth, the meagre educational advantages of an eleventh, the bad social atmosphere of a twelfth ), the saloon evil of a thirteenth, the religious conditions in a fourteenth, the unhealthy die of a fifteenth, etc., ad infinitum. When they return, they do so, because they find here an absolutely ideal condition with respect to every feature that makes life enjoyable and happy. They feel, as a well known citizen who has just returned expresses it, I just feel as if I were back in the arms of dear old mother, who cares for me most tenderly and satisfies my every want. I shall never, never leave her again. This, dear friends, is the testimony of the foolish people who have thought to forsake this God-love-d valley this second Garden of Eden in which there groweth every tree that is pleasevnt to the sight, and good for food cm where is produced practically every vegetable, cereal and fruit, save only the apple of discord, which can nowhere be grown throughout this favored land. Do you wonder that we publish Peach Editions and other special editions setting forth the virtues, the strength and beauties of our homeland f Why we sim- , COUNTY. b i to fe Fr m L tie Si i 1 0 It I BACK TO THE LAND. c The dictum of Henry George that man is a land animal has never been denied except by a man in Mattewan. Man cannot live when separated from the land. We get our sustenance out of the- - ground, and we are well and happy only when we are on good terms tvith Mother Earth. One-haof our population are farmers, and the farmer is no longer a joke. It is a fine thing to see a fanner crank up his automobile and go to toum and collect his rents, and this is just what the farmers are doing all over the United States. In the West the farmers are the real capitalists, and the farms have always supplied most of the brain and sinew for the cities. Land in America, however, has been like the forests; we have had so much of both that we have been wasteful, extravagant and slipshod. The National Soil Fertility League, made up of strong and earnest men, who are working without any aim of immediate personal profit, are showing the world how to double soil production. Around East Aurora there are men who raise one hundred bushels of potatoes to the acre. Then right along side of these are farmers who raise two hundred and fifty, or three hundred bushels to the acre. The difference in the yield is not a difference in soil, sunshine and water, it is simply a difference in the brain of the farmer. is a The cry of Back to the Land automothat chorus. I suppose swelling biles and good roads have a good deal to do with this not to mention trolley cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and cheap commutes tion tickets. Men are living longer and living better than ever before. The chief reason of this is that we are getting on We are a friendly terms with Nature. part of Nature, in fact we are Nature, and the more we move with Nature, love Nature and understand Nature, the saner, more efficient, healthier and happier are we. The Philistine. 3 lei (r ! lf r 1 1 t 0 Do not you will never take life too eeriously; get out of It alive anyway. 0 Heres home, the place where you are treated best and grumble most. 0 When you drink a mans health you are apt to ruin you own. 0 "The leader of the orchestra la always a man who has played second fiddle. fe 0 .. May your Joy be as deep as the ocean; Your troubles as light as its foam. I PM o Those who can, do; those who u cant criticise, k 1 fV Time Certificates of de- BLE RANGE COMPANY OF |