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Show X7ZZZL7 rrr Shf.Ofrltly Hrflcx Poultry Show. Hyrura Sessions wen on S. C, Rhode Island red first pullet, second cock, second cockerel, first pen and sweepstakes pullet of show. Frank Hyde won on Barred Plymouth Rocks, first cockerel, first and eecon hen, tMrd, fourth and fifth pullet, am rbttabed hr TOE INLAND PRINTING CO. Imwm. W. P. C. A. Sppwu, at lilt, I. UmA AJvoritalax. votes l- - uhseriptta KdK 55 Vfck, KaveriH M7X jwrf 1mm peg LH W first pm. oppltaatb-o- . o w4 ta P4 INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF WHISKY AND CIGARETTES WASHINGTON, January 2L Tht amount of whisky consumed by ths American people in ISIS apparently was greater than in any previous year since 1909, according to tax returns to ths treasury department compiled today, and tha amount o:' revenue collected by the government on whisky, beer and cigarettes during ths year waa tha greatest on record. While returns show that the tend ency toward prohibition has not lowered the governments revenue from whisky, officials believe s portion o: the increase nearly $24,000,000 more than in 1916 is attributable tojthe fact that the government is at present collecting taxes mi all whisky produce! in the country, whereas, because of extensive frauds, such was not the cast a few years ago. Consumption of cigarettes in 191$ reached the highest mark ever recorded. The tremendous increase, more than 40 per cent over 1915, it attributable to two main causes increase! prosperity of the country and growth of the cigarette habit among women. Many millions of cigarettes made for feminine users wers produced in this country and imported during the past year, whereas a few years ago production and importation of such cigarettes were negligible by compari- ta TXUCFBOXE 0. n iwwta Ho. 4w I OtN, w. P. 0. A. XppMMIn . W WESTERN LAND ' , By tDWXK U SABIN krv it, realm of 1m sun-kiss- ed Cta hundred leagues of a! snow Whence watch oor Volley aud plains below The f4 of to magto Ok, realm of beauteous, fertile land I Of a blue and flawless ky I The friendly gnu? of tbo Wsstarn bond, Tbo smile ta tbo Wee tern eye I Wt Beet, oamm, tbo folk of the worn-o- ut search of theta thread aetata; Tbey eosne, on the Westward trail released. They la Where the heights of the mornlug wait. Prom smothering etreet grown gray with eare, Ptoeb the languid Southern shore. They breathe deep breathe of the Western eir Aad stumble and eigh no more. Tbo dreamer wakes to a dream made true la the glow of tip sunset fires 'f at the Ogden Davis county did well The toller springs to bis task anew, At the beck of hia heart's desires. Hops for tbo weak, bright youth tor the old, Komee for the hemalsso throng. Whom the brave, glad anna of tha West enfold, Aad the puke of the West baste strong. LETONG'EM DOWN EASY Now that prohibition is going into Meet About August 1, 19X7, it would wist plan for nil old topers to son. ft cigtaper off xjr. Supposs you get The number of a b&ml of "boos and every time arettes upon which ths govemmen n pint Is drawn, pour in A glass of levied a tax during the year reache! pure water. Keep on drinking from the grand total jot 25,232,960,928, as the same barrel and by the time Au compared with 17,839,234,208 in 1915. gust first comes round you will be These figures cover only, manufacd tured taking em rather light. cigarettes and do Prohibition will be easy by that not include tobacco used by smokers timxv ML Pleasant Pyramid. in cigarettes made by themselves. ' Records show that the government collected a tax of $110 per gallon on bt a paper-wrapp- ed paper-wrappe- FARMINGTON County sank af rich and fertile Baris eanaty. Homs f tha MUlar ttarai eon-mtha largest growers af flowers ta tha iafearmattnUUi aountry. Losatioa af tbs taasaas Logo resort. Has wstarwarks and otaetcta lights. A fins place for reatdanaa. w, , gallons of whisky during the year, a total of $160,990,660, compared with 124,549,210 gallons an! a tax yield of $137,004,131 in 1915 Beer consumption, according to the records, waa $1,145,583 barrels, or 1, 895,513,073 gallons, in 1916, as against 67,805,869 barrels, or 1,791,881,939 ths gallons, previous year. The tax on beer yield during 1916 was in 1915 is waa $36,708,803. Total revenue on beer and whisky during 1916 was $252,703,935, as com pared with $223,71234 in 1915. Cigarettes yielded $31,541,200 last year and $22,424,042 tits year before, making the total menus of the govern ment from these three sources 5 in 1916 and $246,136,976 in 1915, an increase last year of $33, 148,355,146 Mrs. Joseph Doman of Kaysville spent part of last week with her sister Mrs. Walter Huntsman. $91,-718,37- Mrs. Daniel Miller spent Saturday And Sunday in Salt Lake City wit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lamoni Call, and family. v. Three carloads of pedigreed sheep have been received the past few days by Mr. D. XL Livingston of the La goon race track premises. 5; $284,-250,23- The officers and teachers of the North Farmington Primary associa- 113,239. Beer consumption, although greater tion gavs tha hoys and girls a delightlast year than in 1915, feU nearly ful sleigh ride Thursday afternoon. barrels below the high level of A considerable number of water pipes are frozen solid, and one stove has blown up with no one severely hurt. The stove broke into man pieces and ths room slightly damaged 1 The North Farmington Y, L. M. association gavs an entertainment Tuesday evening in their school house, consisting of a play followed by dance. Refreshments wers served, and a jolly good time was enjoyed by all present. Ford Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. n left Wednesday for a to the Sandwich islands. The young man, who will not be 13 years of age until next May, has recently been a Logan resident, and his friends there handed him a purse of $40 as he was leaving. G. Clark, Fanny, the xnia-sio- four-months-- daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ward, died last Friday and was buried Saturday. Ths funeral services were held at the residence of James J. Steed. The 66,000,000 barrels in 1914 and was ceeded by the consumption of beer in ex- and 1913, Monthly comparison of records discloses that the American people apparently drink nearly 80 per cent more whisky in November and December than in summer and 50 per cent more beer hi summer than in winter. Wide fluctations in the number of cigarettes consumed from month to month also are disclosed, the minimum in April being nearly 45 per cent below the maximum in August. 1911, 1912 THESPIANS DRAW BIG HOUSE AT SYRACUSE The Layton M. L A. Dramatic Co. presented their vehicle, Mr. Bob, comedy scintillating with wit and laughable situations, to a large and appreciative audience at Syracuse Amusement hall Wednesday night The management reports the largest attendance which has witnessed the playlet this season. nzrxnx nAYsmtauTAn that (40 acres are reasonably required for the support of a family ; prowled, that where any parson ipmhfied to make original or additional entry under tha prerismas .of this act hall make application to enter any unappropriated publia tend which has not been designated aa subject to entry provided such application ta accompanied and supported by property eorroborsted affidavit of the applicant, ta dupltaata, showing prime facto that tha land applied for ta at toe character anwfnptoted by this act), auch oftaber an. tagwthar wflb tha mmtar lam and aoMetana, shall ha by tha rectotsr and wsdm of the tend dietrwt ta which said tend ta laeoted aad saw pendad nstfl It shall have hem determined to tha Secretary of tha Interior whether sold land ta actually ef tori character. That during auch ttapenelou the land described la the application shall not da disposed of, aad tf tha said land shall be darignsted under tola act, torn such application shall ha allowed: etbarwtas it shall ha rejected, subject to appeal, but as right 'to occupy auch lento shall be acquired by reaaon of arid application until said tends bate bean designated as stock ra bring tends. Sectloa X That any qualified homestead entrymaa may make entry under tha homaataad taw of land so designated to th Secretary of the Interior, according to legal subdivisions, ta areas not exceeding 4( acres, and ta compact farm ao far as may he eubjeet to the provisions of this act, and tacur title thereto to compliance with th terms of th homestead entry of land of th character described ta Section t hereof shall not be a bar to the entry of a tract within a radius of twenty miles from ouch former entry under tha of this act. subject to tha requirements Of taw aa to rmidane and improvements, which, together with tha former entry, shall not exceed (4 acres ; provided, further, that toe entrymaa shall ha required to enter all eontiguoua areas of th character heroin described open to entry prior to th entry of any tends provided, further, that instead of cultivation as required by th homestead laws th antryman shall ha required to make permanent improvamants upon the land entered before final proof ta submitted tending to increase toe vatu of th tame for stocktaking purposes, of to value of not las than tl.25 per sere, and at least one-haof such improvements shall be placed noon th tend within tors years after to date of entry thereof. -- pro-visio- lf "Section X That any homestead antryman f lands of th character herein described, who ha not submitted final proof upon his existing entry, shall have th right to enter, subject to the provision of this act, such amount of eontiguoua lands designated for entry under the provisions of this act aa shall not, together with the amount embraced ta his original entry, exceed (40 acraa, and residence upon th original ton try shall be credited on both entrise, hot improvements must he made en th additional entry equal to 11.25 for each aera thereof. Section X That persons who have final proof upon, or received patent for land of th character herein described under the homestead taws, end who own and reside upon the land so acquired, may, subject to the provisions of this act. make additional for and obtain patent to contiguous entry lands designated for entry finder the provisions of this act, which, together with to area therefore acquired under th homestead taw, shell not exceed (49 acres, on proof of too ture required by tola act on account expendiof permanent Improvements upon to additional 7 t entry. Section X That person who is th head of a family, or any who has arrived at the 21 ta of sg a ettlsen of the United yean and Stataa, who has sntered or acquired 'under th homwtaed tawa, prior to th passage of this act, tend of th character described ta this set the arse of which ta less than (40 acres, and who is unable to exercise th right of additional entry herein conferred because no tend subject to entry under this act adjoin th tract so entered or acquired or lie within the twenty --mil limit provided for In this act may, upon submitting proof that he reside upon and has not sold th land so sntered or acquired and against which tend there are no Incumbrances, relinquish or recovery to the United state the land so occupied, entered or acquired and In lieu thereof, within toe seme land office district, may enter and title to 940 acre of the land to antry under tola act. hut must showsubject compliance with all tha provisions of this act respecting the new entry and With all the homestead laws except as owwiiiMKl bcrm. Section 1. That toe commutation provisions of the homestead taw shall not apply to any entries made under tola act. Section X That any homestead entryinen or patentee who shall he entitled to additional for ninety ,ct stalllofhava, days after the designation lands subject to entry under the provisions of this act and to those entered or owned and occupied by him. to preferential right to make entry as provided ta this provided, thatwher such lands eontiguouaact; to the lands htnnmen or patentees entitled ntrM wdW this section are not I1? in area sufficient ,1 to enable .such to ecura by additional entry theentrymen maximum ameunta to which they are entitled, th Sec. thoruwd to mske JhJTtrior an equitable division of th lands among the several entrymen or patentee applying to preferential righto, auch division to be " lh ther ,or? ascr to equalise legal subdivision, ae mad a nearly as passible the area which each patentees will acquire by adding "Jhen and embraced ta Additional to toe land originally held or owned entries by them: provided, further, that where hut on such tract of vacant land may adjoin the lands of two or move entrymen or patentees entitled to ex. Jtais preferential right hereunder, the tract ,bT .the person who firtUuhmit!Tt office his apf.1 plication to excreta said preferential right Government Becerras Mineral Bights T114 ntries madeand pat- nta issued under th provision of this act bsjl be subject to and contain n reservation a ml and othne nd PbnUd. to. riht te The wsospmt for, mlna, and- - remove Ikt same. coal mineral deposits ta such land shall and ntw to.duPosal by the United States in 5 L Pte'l!,0n "dWnera) tlw tim of such mial.1? Pvon qualified to locate and ,.py thw hilSL'taL deposits, or right to mine and remove the In onr endeavor to famish continnons and dependable telephone is telephone equipment, to the every whim of the elements, fifttitinnxl watchfulness upon our part is neoessaxy to provide against any &s Subjected suh-mltt- A interruption of service. Disturbances ere many end varied, a snow storm in the north, a cloud to a greater or lesser degree. hunt In the south, all tend to interrupt service t r , , In order to detect any disturbance? which may have occurred during the night, early each morning, before the traffic of the day commences, capable employes in all parts of our territory ; are engaged in the testing of all toll lines in our system. ? I 7 These tests are made .to determine the locatioh of any irregularities, our one desire being the establishment of continuous and uninterrupted service by the time the business life of our territory requires it 4 A The maintaining of continuous service is one of the many problems of our Company and one that is rarely considered by the telephone using public. re The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. g "1 1' us addi-tion- al smS r: other mineral therein, provided he aboil not Injure, damage or destroy the permanent of tha entrymen or patentee, and ball be liable to and shall compensate the entrymaa or patentee for si damage to toe crape on such lands by reason of such p Any person who baa from the United States th cot or acquired other mineral deposit In any such land, or th right to min end remove the line, may end occupy so much of the surface therof aa may be required for all purposes reasonably incident to mining of nntovil of the eool of othor minerals, first, upon securing the written consent or waiver of the homestead entrymaa or patentee ; second, upon payment of too damage to crape or other tangible Improvements to the owner thereof, where agreement may be had as to th amount thereof: or, third, ta lieu of either of th foregoing provisions, the execution of a good and sufficient upon bond or undertaking to the United States far the te and benefit of th entrymaa or owner of to land, to secure toe payment of such dam--: gee to the crap or tangible improvements of1 or owt,er-may be determined and fixed ta an action brought upon the bond or undertaking ta a court of competent against to principal- - and sureties thereon, such hand or undertaking to be ta form and in accordance with roles and proscribed by the Secretary of theta! tertorend to be filed with and approved by to rcgwter and receiver of the local tand of toe district wherein the tand ta b commissioner situate, V of the offle: Provided, that all patents feTria ,lnd,lppf drix-BlitwrJ it otJT taIta thmU -- jrroe-pncU- er holes or other bodies of water needed by the public for watering purpose shall not be designated under this act, but may be reserved under the provisions ef tha act of June 25, 1(10,. and auch lauds heretofore or hereafter reserved shall, while so reserved, be kept and held open to the public use for such purpose under such general roles and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe ; provided, that the Secretary may, in his discretion, also withdraw from entry tand necessary to insure access by th public to watering places reserved hereunder and needed for us in the movement of stock to summer and winter ranges or to shipping points, and may proscribe such rules and regulations os may be necessary for th proper administration and us of such lands. Provided, further. tofri? aut:1Iof4iihL MID-WItH- Fwvd pro 'Ktoto; vta!nn.eclv,r.i.thCTB i eupency H! Z r. 'V United States Should Intervene in Mexico. Beth Hinman, Mamie Tur-an- d Rebec JrisrteeGm-ativ- e side, and Divetta Steed, Joseph Bfbee and Nellie Clark the negative. Ths judges were Mrs. S. B. Chipman, Mrs. G Lt Knowlton and Miss Esther ,rWalker...t On judge decided in favor - of the affirmative on in favor o ths negative, and ths third that It was a tie. Besides the regular class exercises a double male quartet sang Os? Valley Home"; the Misses Clara Walker, Gara Todd and Martha Millard sang Sweet Nature. Elder L. B. Farr gave an interesting lecture on T,. '.nth-da- y observance. stock-grow- $35.00 Salt Lake Route Round Trip to Los Angeles er )- - td t' it A iiTl .V Special trmia service $ Exit Lake Qtj fclOm oat XY . - Mxk early rcsenrttiona or through locil writ will jsave yod all those steps and the heat and work and drudgery from the sadiron. An electric iron furnishes its owp heat and stays hot until the ironing is finished If you use an electric iron you dont have to. leave the ironing board and you can work wherever there is a lamp socket handy. ; Buy your electric iron NOW The price of a hossehsM is $400-- at present. old-styl- valo-abt- lor graxing and raising forage do not cantata merchantable timber, arc crept, not to irrigation front any known aonrea of watar supply, and arc of such character that (49 acraa arc raaaonabiy required for tha support of a family, coma under this taw. This nsw law will ha a big incentive to tha and many thousand of vacant acraa ta tha Wat will ha taken up and imptwwi aa a result of this act, ta aa. 4bftaFlw ;fba, tail Aa act to provide for stock-raisihomesteads, aad for other purposes. La it enacted by the Senate and Home of Kaprasantativca of tha United States of Ametv ico in Congress assembled. That from and after tha paaaago of this act It shall bo lawful for any person qualified to make entry under1 th homes lead of the United States to make a stock-raisihomestead entry for not 640 acres of unappropriated unra-eervexceeding ta land public ; reasonably provided, however, that tha land (Ten tared hall theretofore have been designated by the g Secretary of tha Interior aa lAitd. haetioa S. That the Sacrotarr of tha Interior is hereby authorised, on application or otherwise, to dsBignate aa stock --rawing tends subject to entry under this act tends tha surface of which ta. in hia opinion, chiefly valuable for grasing and raising forage crops, do not contain merchantable timber, ora w saptibteof fmmtee tram any taavn that in ironing the weekly wash for an average family a woman walks seven miles a year between the ironing board and stove. Think of it seven miles a small exyear when a very " penditure for an ELECTRIC IRON (Uaioa Pacific Sjstem) stock-rata- Secretary ef the It is a conservative estimate Oregon Short Line a That th ELECTRIC IRON NOW Janary 31sl Pwni-dm- Section 11. 17 - y I TTPIIII y i IP y fI Proporti oiuitely low returning gig Sxa Francisco inf tt Fcftknd " e, six-pou- nd r i. r "'f f t The Price Goes Up Feb. 1st n On" February 1st the rn price goes up to $450; you save money in buying NOW. Utah power co. light Efficient Public Cz stock-raisin- D. S. SPENCER,' In- terior is hereby authorised to make 11 am sary rota ana regulations ta harmony with the provision of this act for th purpcsi m carrying toe same into effect" Bay Year ' EXCURSION 640-ACR- meo-sar- Seven Miles Carrying a Hot Iron ! of-fi- California Calls ! OUR BIG that such driveways shall not be ef grata y number or width than shall hs clearly for th purpose proposed, and in m east shall be more than one mil in width for driveway less than twenty miles ta length, sot more than two miles in width for dnvewtn over twenty and not more than thirty-fr- o miles in length, and not over five niio A length. Provided, further, that all itoek M transported over such driveways shall ta moved an average of not less than torse vita per day for sheep and goats and su avenge af not less toon six miles per day for stab juris-dicti- act with reference to toe and use of to tand ffP011"-to enter upon the lands to an antryman under this act provided by this act, ' .W,tor K OP .to Public for the purpose of prospecting for coal or Section 19. That lands containing water E HOMESTEAD LAW opening and dosing prayers were by Elder D. C. Hess and Mrs. Aurelia S, With to signing of th Ferris Bill by t Wltooa on December 29. tha (Aftaocrc Rogers, The ward choir did the sing- home toad act became a taw, which mean that ing, and consoling remarks were made tha Secretary el tha Interior ta authorised on application by qualified homesteaders who arc Wood, John Walsh either by Elders J. citioen of tha United Stataa oar who and Bishop A. L. Clark. There was a hava dactarad thatr intention of becoming ettb aaaa to an tar (40 acre of Government land aa homaataad land, which ta profusion of pretty flowers, and the fttd aa fol Iowa : interment was in the city cemetery. Lands tha aurfaca of which la chiefly o At the Tuesday evening M. L A meeting there was a lively debate on ths question, Resolved that the service, we necessarily perform tasks with which the public generally is not familiar. Service General Psenfer Agent, Exit Lake Gty J |