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Show .4. 3UL W iTTkg::.. Item 8 Pages this Issue 8 Pages this Issue Reaches every nook and corner of da vis county. VOLUME XI KAYSVILLE, writes of harry strongCONDITIONS WAR-TIM- IN E 'OLD ENGLAND 23 Booth street, Hansworth, ' Birmingham, England. November 29, 1915 Editor Weekly Reflex, Kaysville, Utah. Dear sir:- , Since I last wrote your paper time has seen many changes here m tit it England. The war still goes on as fierce as ever, nd many men are joining the ranks each day to do their bit, as it is spoken of here. The call for more men is very urgent. Two days in Birmingham, of which noticed, over one thousand irien were added to the ranks and, I think, these two days are about the average. We sometimes wonder if nations are entirely united within themselves at a time like the present. Personally, are in f cannot say how conditions I think but it may other countries, the be of interest to know the conditions here in England or as they have been for the past six months. At a time like the present, the help of each person is needed very much and for this reason we see women doing the work in the place of men who have given up their positions to fight for their country. During the oast summer the government has had a great deal to do with strikes, both coal miners and street car employees. At one particular time of the coal miners strike in Wales, there were one hundred thousand men out of work. This they did by telling the men the would have to join the army if they continued to d strike-- . Coal has advanced about in price since the war started. I visited in London just after so much damage had been done by the people. Shops were destroyed which were owned by Germans and many people were badly hurt. The police found it very difficult to keep order. During this time the street car employees went on a strike, causing all of the street cars to be out of use. Can one imagine what might be the conditions in a city the size of London with no cars running? The few busses that were running were completely packed. People would line up and wait their turn to get on, while others walked to and from work, something they had never had to do before. As time goes on, more men are enlisting and giving up their positions with the promise that they shall have them back when they return. The women are making themselves very useful doing the work of the men. We see them acting as street car conductors, mail carriers, and also delivering milk. It would seem queer to people at home to see women doing this kind of work. Were it not for the women the work would not be done, - one-thir- 'anti-Germ- LAYTON AND FARMINGTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1915 as there are no men to do it. As we walk along the street we hear people ' everywhere talking of someone who is in the army and has eitherjjeen killed, wounded or is missing, and so on it goes, everyone thinking of the ones who are doing their bit." i have sient eighteen months- in England and can see a good many changes during that time. Yours faithfully, HARRY L. STRONG. COUNTY LOYALTY ' Reports have reached The Reflex office to the effect that the Amalgamated Sugar company has agents in the " - as possible. Our people should resent the present action of soliciting contracts for. the Amalgamated in this county,- in the same spirit they resented it at the meeting referred to. The factory of the Layton Sugar company has leen erected and a half million dollars of taxable property has been added to Davis county. $ext year this company will be called upon to pay $6,000 to $8,000 in taxes and every dollar of this amount will relieve the people of this county of their tax burden in exactly the same proportion in which they pay a tax- The Amalgamated company pays little or no tax in this county and the beet pulp of the factory is not an Important factor to Davis county stock feeders. The taxable value of stock fed in the neighborhood of the Layton factory will, in time, become another important 'factor in Davis county, and will. assist in bearing the burden of taxation. Were the Amalgamated, people offering a better contract to the beet growers than the home company, there would be some excuse for Daris county farmers signing up with them. However, the contracts offered are identical and the people can rest assured that the Layton company will meet each and every inducement made by the Amalgamated. At no point are the beet growers taken .into consideration by the outside company. Self interest and county loyalty should govern the farmers of Davis county in this matter. , Davis county will prosper and develop jtist to the extent that her people stand up for her, and nowan opportunity is at hand. So far as The Reflex is concerned, we haye but one slogan in such matters and that is Davis County Against the World. - School will dose Finlay for the Christmas holidays. Work will be January 3. Last week ended the second semester. Exams held full sway all The reports will be out sometime this week. The matinee dance which was to be given Wednesday by the Girls Athletic association was postponed until a -- later date. At Student Body meetings last Friday Bud McDonald, 'Jay Simpson, Ole and Robert Marshall gave Layton short talks on How to Improve Our Studenl Life. Eloise Burton rendered a number of piano selection!. A number of Freshmen girls recited and Estella Epperson gave High school current events. The first basketball game of the season will be played in the new gymnasium next Friday night with Ogden High. The pys are practicing every day and Coach Briggs will pick his team Thursday or Friday. A grand ball will follow the game. This will be the last entertainment before Christmas. W. 'H. Woodward, dancing master at Saltair, will give instructions and act as floor manager. Everyone is invited. The Junior and Senior classes have The organized a dramatic society. first play Facing the Masic" made famous by the pugilist James J. Corbet, at one time chamion of the world, will be given. The try-oufor the partb will be held Friday afternoon in the Kaysville opera house. Mr. Robinson, Miss Harrison and Miss Ashworth will judge the characters. Four entire casts are trying out. ts Candidates find out that they have to show something more than a last years record in order to get on the first team. Speed, speed, speed is the command on the' new gyi floor at Davis, and what is more, Briggs is getting it. No man is certain of a place on the team and all are working t top speed in order to get one pf the Davi g coveted positions on the a speedy team, and for those who wish to see whether or not this little spiel is true will have the chance to verify it on Friday when the Davis hoopsters meet Ogden High. A good, big grudge is roosting up at Davis on account of the disastrous gamea of last year and if every spectator does not feel satisfied with the showing of the team in the coming game, the writer misses hia guess. line-ny- will-hav- e f safety surgre atereleinent ofcontained in rounds the vast sums the vaults of this beautiful building than surrounds the money deposited with us by our small army of deNo positors. HYour money placed in our hands In-is not only in safe Keeping, but it is effort on creasing in volume without compeyour part It is providing the old age for needed tence that will be be should jot the rainy day" that anticipated. Th saving habit is a producer ofof business independence, of freedom from anxiety. We offer the people of this community to save that every inducement safe with banhing. ' .. d Start a banK account with us today. self-relianc- e, i BARNES BAIiH.G COIIPANY, KAYSVILLE, UTAH LAYTON Located in the midst of fertile fields. Excels in production of milk, tomatoes and sugar beets. Has the factory of the Layton Sugar Cono pany (now building), cannery, roller mills and creamery. Good oppor- tunities for those seeking suburban acreage ' for fruit growing, truck gardening, chicken raising and dairying. On line of Salt Lake A Ogden and Oregon Short Line, lias electric lights and waterworks. Wftte Layton Commerial Gub for information. James E. Ellison, manager of the Layton Sugar company, departed Saturday for a ten days business trip to his old home at Raymond, Canada. Five o'clock, and Market streets, San Francisco. Mr. Hatch declined to say for whom he ws acting in purchasing the leasts. He would neither confirm nor deny the San Francisco story that he was acting for the Southern Pacific. Im not saying for whom I was acting, said Mr. Hatch last night The leases are all held by me. They are all in my name. I dont care at the present time to disclose any plans with respect to these leases. Any statement made by me now woald be FARMINGTON The Base City The CUaa City County eeat ef rich and fertile Davie county. Home of the Miller Floral Company, the largest growers of flowers in the country. Location of the famous Lagoon resort Has waterworks and electric lights. A fine place for residence. inter-mounta- Vice-Preside- nt - ctnarks.. The stor) of the lile of the deceits ed is, indeed, a pathetic one. He was born in Eainnngton, September 12, 1883, so he was a little oer 32 years of age. Up to his eighth year he was uitcommonly bright ,.nl heal l hi y, but an accidental hit on the back of the head injured him so terribly that he was un invalid the remainder of his life. For the last 20 yeftrs he hus been totally blind and during the lust 10 yenis he could not walk. Tile labor of love that lias been be stowed on the sutfcicr by the pal cuts and the family can better be imagined than described. Saturday afternoon, that he had purchased the leases of December 18, the Utah Power A Light the tenants on the property at Spear company will have an auction of Coach Briggs is preparing his bas- WOODS CROSS BANKER ket shooters for the championship of ACTS FOR RAILROAD the northern division daily. Those who thought they had a cinch on po- Philander Hatch Mysteriously Buys Leases on 8. P. Property. sitions find that the redoubtable cinch believe in the dont game. Mrs. Lucy Avery has returned from Priggs SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1L The a two months' visit with relatives at Pa- announcement that the Southern cific is getting ready at last to build on its Market street property a halfblock from the Ferry building caused a sensation among real estate men today. Yet while the ousted tennants on the railroads Market street frontSpear and Steuart age, between were busy today seeking new streets, locations, the Southern Pacific officers in the Flood building were equally active in denying that anything had happened. W. R. Scott denied that the plans for the new terminal had been made. He denied .that the tennants had been given notice to vacate, and he declared he had never heard of Philander Hatch, who gave the tennants notice to vacate. Philander Hatch is a banker at Woods Cross, near Salt Lake. The correspondent of Hatch's bank In San Francisco is theyNevada NationaL Thus it occured to Philander Hatch at Woods Cross, Utah, that the tennants on the Southern Pacific property, Market street San Francisco, ought to move. And the idea having occured to him, what could be more natural than for him to take a trip to San Francisco, buy out their leases and serve them with written orders to vacate? Now it is said that the railroad has determined to carry out the original Harriman plan for which m string of blocks reaching from Market llreet to the main line tracks was purchased immediately following the big fire. Scott denies it, But and Philander Hatch of Woods Cross appears to be the party with the exact information about what the Southern Pacific wants to do. Five o'clock, Saturday afternoon. the remains to their last resting place. Loving friends and relative brought December 18. the Utah Power A Light a profusion of flowers for the occasion. company will have an auction of The singing and the remat ks were Christmas goods. Be there and get appropriate and very interesting. your Christmas presents at your own President Henry 11. Blood spoke on price.-- Adv. It. The Imumortality of the Soul. The other Speakers were Elders L. E. Ab- stated thut the regulur meetings of bott um! Edmund Whittaker, who the Layton Mutual would be held the first Monday evening of made consoling and deeply interesting - north end of Davis county, soliciting beet growing contracts for the Ogden factory of that company. This report is the reminder of the claim set up by a representative of this company at a mass meeting held in ie people of Da is countywere exerting themselves IcTaecure the Layton factory. AT-t- nat time the gentleman told the people plainly that' this county was Amalgamated territory, and now it seems that his company is determined to make good their claim so far - NUMBER 16 in Be there' and get your Christmas presents at your own ChriBtmas goods. price. dv. It. . Mrs.' Morris Ellison returned from Southern California Sunday, where she accompanied her husband, who has been called to the mission field. At this time Mr. Ellison is laboring in San Diego. 11... Hem each month. ln.n:,.l h.tve rend "the lirst Sunday evening uf each-mont- h." On thevening of the first Sunday in January the speaker will be Apostle D. O, McKay of Ogden. All are invited to attend. tin Tuesday evening the children of Mrs. Rufus Adams gave a surprise to their-mothut the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.(5. King. It was Mrs. Adums lillieth birthday and her c.hiblren did everything in their power to make it an event tu her. life that will always be i emenibered. Mrs. Adams was the recipient of many remembrances suitable to the grasiun, both from her children and relatives. Sumptuous apd delicious refreshments were served and, all in' all, it was a most delightful occasion. er Dont forget! Big reduction of Christmas goods. Saturday afternoon, December 18 at the office of the Utah Power A Light company, Iayton. You make the price and take the goods Adv. It. CLKAREEILD ' IRRIGATION COMPANY MEETING On last Monday the stockholders of the Clearfield ftrigstion company held their annual uniting at the office of the Davis County Canning company. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were received. The reports showed that the indebtedness, of the company hud been reduced about one thousand dollars during the past-year- . A resolution was adopted which provided that the general improvements on each ditch ba charged to the shareholders drawing water therefrom The resolution also provided that the general expense of the company be levied on all shareholder!. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: Walter W. Steed, Horace Clark, David Gailey, John J, Fisher and John G. M. Barnes. The directors will meet and organise next Monday. The Utah Power A Light company has a striking Christmas display in the Layton store and are offering great bargains in electrical appliances. Mrs. B. F. Yaunt entertained a numA feature of the decoration is a Merry Christmas sign, constructed by the lo- ber of ladies at a thimble party at her home on West Locust street yesterday cal force. While the guests were afternoon. Dont forget! Big reduction of busy with their needlework, guessing Christmas goods. Saturday afternoon, games were indulged in and Mrs. December 18 at the office of the Utah George B. Sheffield and Mr. Georg Power A Light company, Layton. You W. Barnes proved themselves the make the' price and take the goods. prize winners. Delicious refreshments Adv. It dewere served and all present had time. The Reflex was in error when it lightful Fairfield, Idaho. Garence and Earl Rogers returned Wednesday , from Preston, Idaho, where they have been engaged in turning over a part of the earth for next year's grain crop. Mrs. Sadie S. Clark and Mrs. Nellie Gardner visited Layton last Thurslesson to the officers day and gave o i the North Davis Primary on folk dances. A program, refreshments, etc., were features of the afternoons i proceedings. O. L L. Brakeman Herschel Tanner and wife have been here and in Salt Lake City for a few days with relatives. Mr. Tanner is rapidly recovering from a 32 caliber pistol shot wound just over his right lung and through his body. At midnight, November 4, he was walking along the side of a freight train, which was standing on a siding, and beard four men at work robbing a box car. He started for the caboose to tell thf other trainmen, when one of the robbers shot Kim in the back; an alarm was given and when the officers arrived the man who did the ''shooting refused to surrender and was shot by the sheriff. The robber died a few hours later. This happened near Great Falls, Montana, and this itemris taken from the Great Falls Leader of November 15. Is Your Bedroom Cozy? That spot in which most folks are bom and die, that haven where they find rest and in-- . timacy between those two great journeys cer--. tainly should be as comfortable, convenient and inviting as taste and means will permit. We Specialize bedroom furnishings. Our beds are designed for comfort Our wardrobes, dresssolid, ing tables, chiffoniers, dressers, clothes chests, and the like, are sure to strike your fancy. And in old-fashion- IUNERAL OF WM A. IIAIGHT Editor's Note: Owing to an error the following item of interest to many did not appear in last week's issue. William A. Haight, Jr., died December 1 and was buried in the Farming-to- n cemetery December 6, Funeral services were held in the Farmington Is who the Philander Hatch, of the Farmers State bank meetinghouse, A large congregation of Woods Cross, admitted last night attended, many of them sceompaning Vice-Preside- nt ed . prices? Our Word It is an economy to trade with us. h a Guaranty of Honzzt Valuzz vice-preside- nt i - J0I1II OARTOII & SOU, KAYSVILLE, UTAH |