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Show THE WEEKLY , REFLEX Prints the news of Davis County. Its subscription list contains the names of Davis Countys best citizens. ' . Are you among them? . BUTTER WRAPPERS The Reflex prints the best parchment butter wrappers. Not only the best, but the cheapest. REACHES EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF DAVIS COUNTY VOLUME XI NUMBER 40 KAYSVILLE, LAYTON AND FARMINGTON. UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1916 JOHN H. BLOOD AND GEORGE B. SHEFFIELD SERIOUSLY HURT IN AUTO WRECK on Lost Creek Results in Injury to Two Kaysville Citizens; Loaded Auto Rolls Down Mountainside ; Accident At an early hour this morning John H., Blood and George B. Sheffield were seriously injured by the o erturning of Mr. Bloods auto at a point on Lost Creek, about twelve miles above Devils Slide in Morgan county. The injured mem were brought to Devils Slide where Myron Phillips, who was one of the party, got Henry H. Blood on the phone and, recited the particulars of the accident. He stated that the auto had been turned over two or three times and that John H. Blood has his hip broken and that George B. Sheffield had a broken leg. Himself and Charles H. Burton, who was also of the .party, had escaped uninjured. Mr. Phillips reported that the injured men were in the hands of a doctor and it was probable that it would not be possible to take Mr. Blood to a hospital in Salt Lake or Ogden. . Henry H. Blood and H. J, Sheffield, Jr., departed for Devils Slide in Mr. Bloods car soon after receiving the news of the acci- my; he had got him and held to him even unto death. The cold forma of the little boys were Wrapped in carriage robes and taken to a white top, where they were tenderly lain, and the bereaved parents were helped in beside them. Just as the sun dropped behind the distant peaks of the western desert, painting the homesteads and fields of Davis county with floods of mellow gold, the white top follow! by all manner of conveyance and people on foot, went down into the town, to the door of the lome from which the boys had gone happy and carefree a few houre be 45 H. PM 115-inc- h fore. The sunset marked the close of the day for the earnest toilers, who but then realized the strain under which they had labored, and it also marked the passing of a hero, a plain little boy with a heart of gold, filled with love and a sense of duty to his little brother. Before passing to the story of th? funeral of the lads, the editor of The Reflex, who is in a position to speak on the subject, desires to say that the outpouring,, of leva and sympathy -- to the bereaved parents during the hours through which the search was prosecuted, was one of the grandest he has Wheelbase, and never will the picture they presented fade from the minds of those who viewed it. The lads, dressed in spotless white, lay side by side on the silken cushion of the white casket, the right hand of the younger in the left hand of the elder. They appeared as . The funeral of Walter J. and James though they might be sleeping end S. Rushforth was held from the Kays- there was little in their faces to remind ville tabernacle at 2 o'clock Tuesday the leholder of death. afternoon. It had been decided that The procession to the tabernacle the lads who had gone down to death was headed by the Fifty-fift- h Quorum in each others arms, should be interred which the father of of of Seventies, in the same casket, and one had been a member, followed by made to order in Salt Lake City. The the boys is the of members Sunday school classes remains of the brothers were viewed ' at the home previous to the funeral (Continued on Editorial Page) ever witnessed. It was a tribute of both words and deeds, and all worked side by side quietly and earnestly. No task was too hard and the service was cheerfully and gladly rendered. The Funeral. 32x4 Tires, $1090 Detroit ger, dent Kaysville fishermen, who are familiar with the country, think the accident occurred on the south branch of Lost Creek, just above the forks of the stream. ELEVEN YEAR OLD HERO GOES DOWN TO HIS DEATH TRYING TO SAVE HIS LITTLE BROTHER Quality First Two Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Rushforth Drowned in "New Survey Reservoir; Hundreds Join in Search for Bodies. There needs not a great soul to ged. A committee of four was elected make a hero; there needs a by the assembled people and every soul which will be true to its origin; man and boy present volunteered their that will be a great soul. Carlyle. services. . God-creat- ed Last Saturday afternoon, about 2 Messengers were sent to town to oclock, Kaysville ward was startled telephone to Salt Lake and Ogden for by the cry that two sons of Mr. and grapling irons; a message was sent to Mrs. Samuel B. Rushforth had been drowned in the New Survey reservoir, just east of the city, on the James Criddle farm. A lad, mounted on a fleet pony, brought the pews to The Reflex bffice where he had been sent for help. So completely is this region covered by telephone wires that within a few minute the news of the for additional boats; two of barbed wire were brought up from town and a four wire seine fashioned on the snore of the reservoir; dredging lines to which were attached large fish hooks were prepared, and systematic dragging of the waters was commenced. Dynamite, caps and fuse were procured and several charges horror had spread oyer the ward and fired in the' water. the entire county. .The grief stricken parents stood on As the cry went forth the daily af- the. bank and watched the efforts fairs of life were dropped in the home, which were being put forth to recover the store, the bank and in the field. the bodies of their loved ones, hoping For an 'instant the community was that each succeeding effort would stunned. Strong men stood inert, then bring them forth. As the hours instantly sprang into action. High passed, those in charge began to repowered autos, heavy farm teams alize that the search might be a long hitched to wagons, and lighter teams one and better appliances with which drawing carriages, all filled with men to prosecute the search were planned. who carried ropes and other appli- The upper end of the lake had been ances, were soon racing to the reser-.voi- r. sbined with the barbed wire seine withStout swimmers and expert div- - out result, and boatmen were making era removed their clothing as they an effort to pass the seine around to : neared , the reservoir and instantly thd northwest corner when it became : took to the water. A boat from Heber fouled on the concrete which anchors ,'J. Sheffield's fish pond was soon the cast Iron outlet pipe. In attemptbrought and launched, and the raft ing to loosen the seine, all four wires which had been placed on the reservoir were pulled in twain. "by the boys who bathed there, was Among those who had been watchmanned. A hundred men were soon on ing jhe work which had been going; on the scene and as they looked oyer the was Mr, E. P. Ellison, and it occurred big reservoir, filled to the brim with to him that a large rake attached to cold mountain water,, held in storage ropes would prove efficient. Acting to irrigate the lawns and gardens of on the impulse, he sped to Layton Kaysville, the question -- Where did where he set a force of blacksmths to they go down? was on every lip. The work on the appliance, while he hurmen knew that the water was very ried - to procure rope with which- - to deep more than SO feet over a great drag it. The blacksmiths had the apminutes portion of the reservoir and it was pliance ready in thirty-tw- o vital that the general location of the after receiving the order and accomaecident should be known. It was soon panied Mr. Ellison to the reservoir. learned that but three boys were in the In the meantime boatmen had arrived party at the reservoir, all the sons of from Lagoon with a boat, and the huge Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Rushforth. rake 16 feet long was taken into The oldest, was Walter, aged eleven the lake where it was dropped into the years; James Sn aged nine, and Ste- water and pulled ashore. Three times phenson, aged six. That Walter and the rake was taken out and pulled in James had been drowned and that without avail, each time in a different Stephenson had paddled the raft to the place. The fourth time the rake was shore and ran home, a half mile away, sent out it was turned upside down and told his father that his brothers and when it was pulled asore the bohad drowned. dies of the lads, Walter and James, lay The little fellow told his story in cradled against the Upturned teeth of sobs, but events which followed proved the rake, clasped in each others arms. be was conscious as to bow and where It was the father who first saw the the accident happened, and had more precious burden, and his cry as he attention been devoted to calmly an- -. spoke their names, told the workers ended. alizing bis story, the approximate lo- - that their task had cation of the bodies might have been The bodies were brought ashore at fixed. The little boy said Jimmy fell the very feet of the bereaved parents in and Walter jumped in after him and and it was the fathers hands that - they never came up again- .- The lad first touched the inert forms. - Words ; also said, I had three little sticks and cannot portrqy -- the agony , of. that paddled to the shore until I could scene, nor would it be proper to at- touch bottom with the sticks then I tempt it. The multitude looked for an Traded out on the north side and ran instant in breathless silence and then all the way home to tell papa. The moved forward. The whole story was fact that the lad said he landed on the told in an instant, in the twinkling of north side of the pond was overlooked, an eye, and dull indeed was he who as no one believed he could pro pell the failed to realize that the form of the heavy raft, which was found on the elder boy, on which they gazed, had opposite side of the pond, and it was been cast in a heroic mold. Little soon evident to all that work would Stephenson had said: Jimmy fell in kave to be taken up in a systematic and Walter jumped in after him. - manner and the whole reservoir drag Yes, Walter had j imped to save Jim-Lagoon 8 pools I Have a 3400 r. p. m Ready This Minute For You This certainly is a great year for selling cars. Most everybody has had success. Some more than others, as is always the case. Chalmers sales are running 900 percent ahead of last year all over the United States. Mr. Chalmers foresight in. doubly providing against a shortage of materials has won I. a great contest. It has enabled the Chalmers plant to keep on building cars, when one or two have shut down or others have had to cut down on allotments to their dealers. Here it is June and the great Chalmers plant is running day and nightrthree shifts, turning out more cars than ever before. How long can Chalmers keep filling the 1 -- demand? I dont know. I know only this: the plant is turning out about 125 a day ; Chalmers dealers are selling about 425 a day. The only reason I or any other dealer can supply a car now is because during Deceimber, January and February the Chalmers plant worked day and night like Ll. Trojans and built about 125 cars a day when the dealers were selling probably only sales are about 80. Soon these 425-a-da- y going to eat up the surplus made during the Winter months. I got a letter a few days ago from the Chalmers plant which simply said: "We have on hand orders asking for immediate shipment of cars whose viuueis in excess of $8,000,000." . I need the rest of the note which was so obviously subtle that I got the telegraph operators on the job right off. Im making my promises on delivery from day to day. Ive got cars or can get , them now. This may not hold good to- : r - morrow.- Next week I shall cut my promises down still more. Remember, there are only two things that I concern myself with these days. One is to get you to take one ride in a 34U0 r. p. m. Chalmers if you have not done so already. Thats all I want. The car . speaks in a language youll understand. The other thing is simply one of mathematics :If the Chalmers factory can tfim out 125 cars a day and Chalmers dealers all over the United States are selling 425 a day, how long will the supply- - last? Price still unchanged $1090 Detroit. LAUDIE AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LAYTON, UTAH . not-narr- ate ' . 1 ' .. ' |