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Show I I p Sire to Bay Grcb and Ballets Save fcr Bojs fa tbs Treacba dirO REACHES EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF DAYIS COUNTY VOLUME xm n- $ t - Ports has. been granted for thirty days, but reports must be in the hands of the collector at Helena, Montana, on pr before the first of April. SAIT LAKE NORTH UNIOH STOCK- L. E. Ellison last week sold two & cars of fat cows to the Cudahy Packing company at. North Salt Lake Union YARDS NEWS Stock-Ya- rds ELLIS WRITES In the lot was a cow FROM NEW MEXICO which Mr. Ellison had purchased from UTAH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ' HOG EXPERIMENT D. Harris and which Columbus, New Mexico tipped the Stock' Yard Union Lake Salt North February 13, 1918 beam at 1640 pounds. TWe animal 42 Day from January 7 to February 18 c" , brought $140.00 and was the Mr. Epperson, largest cow ever sent to market Kaysville, Utah from Davis county. The biinch topped the market. Sirt Pear I am dropping you a few lines to ''Mrs. J. ,D. Harrod and Miss Norma Jet you and the boys in the army Moody entertained at a am. I Washingtons where know birthday party in the afternoon and I have seen a few good pieces of evening of that day, in compliment poetry in your paper and so am send- to Mrs. A. L. Cahoon, formerly Miss I am also sending you some I have. Vemell Moody. The living room was Mexican bank note. ing you a decorated in dark red carnations. The The weather is still about the same tea tables were decorated in red and Cold nights and warm down here. white sweet peas and .American flags. days. It has snowed down here about The cards were of a patriotic na: place snow The does not lay ture. four times. Covers were laid for the followover night and there is little or no Mrs. A. CEORGE U - mud. I will close for this time, hoping to be able to write more next time. I also send my best regards to the boys with the colors. I remain. Yours truly, GEORGE T. ELLIS, HESS. AT FT. WARDEN 63rd Headquarters Co. . Feb. 20, 1918 Editor of The Reflex, - Kaysville, Utah. GILBERT Dear Sir: I have just finished ? reading my dear old home town paper, The Weekly Reflex, and it certainly has made me feel better just to read about what is carrying on in my home county. I will give you an idea of my military life here in the coast artillery. We are drilled pretty heavily at present, getting ready to go "Over There. We get about eight hours of drill every day along with instructions with gee masks and gun practice. We have had ideat weather here the last week for drilling, but before this we have had Tain, rain, rain all the time, day and night, maybe not seeing the sun for days at a time. Dear old Utah has this state beat a hundred ways for climate and I certainly will be glad to return to Farmington after this dreadful conflict. A fellow does not know the meaning of home until he has to be away from home and all those that are dear to him. lam enjoying my military life here as much as I possibly the country we are in can, considering and the weather have been having. - With best wishes, I remain Your friend, GILBERT L. HESS, Fort Warden, Washington. . -- V. Van Epps and Mrs. ing: Fred Staats of Salt Lake City, Miss Ruth Foster of Provo, Mrs. G. D. Rutledge, Mrs. J. B. Cooley, Mrs. Eugene Sinclair, Miss Moselle ftenstrom, Miss Jessie Robins, Mrs. Josie Strong, Mrs. Robert Birkin, Mrs. M. H. Ellison, Mrs. A. Z. Tanner, Mrs. E. G. King, Mrs. Bruce Major and the guest of honor. Cards and dancing were the features of the evening. The later guests were Dr. A. Z. Tanner, Dr. G. D. Rutledge, J. B. Cooley, Robert Birkin, J. D. Har-ro- d and M. H. Ellison. Dr. Tanner and Mrs. M. H. Ellison carried off the honors. MARY PICFORDS SISTER IN CAST OF ON THE LEVEL LAYTON ill the aldit of fortilo ! production of aUk, tomotooo tad tutor boots. Kao th factory of tbo Layton Surer company, - eonnory, roller Uk. orouBcry and ooncroto section of state road. Good opportunities for those skint suburban ae rears for fruit trow-to- t, truck tardonint. chicken rnisint Otdan dauryint. On line of Salt Lake and Oroton Short Lino. Has electric lithta d waterworks. Write Layton Commercial club for information. E. P. Ellison is expected home from """ California within a few days. for Adams, who has sometime is now able to leave his been ill R. W. iome. i First National it' has taken ury certificates. Bank of full share of treas- Y The Layton Golden' Rule isr erecting building adjoining its business house n4 will handle . the - Butron mplement companys line of farm machin-I- ery. LOST Infants long kimona, embroidered in blue and white; lost at Kaysville High school dance Satur- day night, February 2. Kindly return to. Irvin Call, Layton, Utah. Ad -- -2 children of Mr. and Mrs. J- - S. Adams, who are with their mother at 111 Diego, California, are reported with 'm'easies. but are now recovering. Mrs. Adams and the children are expected home soon. Th - Elias Dawson and Leonard Morgan, p'vrhu are in the .naval aviation service, Xre quartered . at the exposition grounds in San Diego, and write that they have been placed in quarantine for a period of 21 days, while under-goin- g innoculation to immune them from disease. Art-cra- - Meat meal Alfalfa hay Buttermilk Cost per 100 pounds gain 1 fel-ha- $13.53 1 forstruggle and even for a number of tention to spend my life and my If cause of in the tune country. my And even then, years afterward. be. need America has the problem of restock ing Europe. Europe must have breed Washington at that time made the ing animals in large numbers for. her I greatest of all sacrifices to the cause reconstruction. All this requires time. 0f American Liberty, in leaving his We cannot raise up in a day and sup-- 1 family and friends, and a life of peace-pl- y this demand, but must look aheadlful retirement, hazarding all to- the and prepare for the future as well as I cause of his country; it was through take care .of the present. Right now I his advice that we lived modestly and is the time to get seriously busy on I moderately, paying our debts as rapid-thi- s whole livestock' situation and I ly as they occurred, raise more stock for market as welll Washington was the picture of phys-a- s choice breeders. Get into the live-- 1 purtty, which bespoke a life of stock business and serve your country temperance, moderation and faultless as well as your own better interests. morality. We might well wish every Whethei or not we will successfully American to be such. meet these obligations to the future We should not prove false to the generations, is entirely a matter of in- memory and ideal of Washington; he dividual effort and responsibility, and did his work and left us a splendid cannot be achieved by any' amount of heritage; and that we might not prove talk and enthusiastic publicity. we Bhould show a great power of A keener interest in and the gener false, devotion to the principles for which a I hve,S.t(fk he stood, emulate his life, in precept on the individual farms, will result in and in example, is a powerful force for Greater prosperity for these good in the National life of America farmers. A better and more inand in the private life of every man telligent system of farming. Conin this land. Celebrating his birthservation and maintenance of perday rightly, would not only creat manent high fertility and consepatriotism and make us worthy of hi quent bigger crops. Development loyalty to his country, but It would of industries. to citizenship and add significance And by contributing to these we will cuUivate the true8t love between helped to make the world jowmen. for democraty." The battles he fought were for American Liberty, and the victories he won, - for National Independence." The American People need today hi example and his teaching, but only so far as we are sincere in the recognition of his birthday can these teachings be of use to us, the present generation. They are full of stimulation and full of lessons adhering to public MARTHA E. BARNES CONTEST duty, for you 'must remember that it was Washington who warned us of en,The third annual contest for the' or to beware Martha E. Barnes medal was held in tangling foreign affairs, all in of foreign alliances; important Corn $3.20, Rolled Barley $3.05, Bran $1,65, Shorts $2.50, Butter Meat Meal $4.90, Alfalfa Hay $20.00 per ton. T During the past few weeks lung worms have spread through the various pens, reducing, without doubt,' the flesh taken on, especially In Lots 3 and 4, which are most severely affected. For this reason it may be considered advisable to close the experiment before the 60 days are up, in order that the gains may be representative and as little subject to the retarding influences of this trouble ah possible. While we could not control this in time, it is rather difficult to get at and thoroughly clean up the trouble in a short time. However, we have some good results and valuable information to be published soon. Cost per cwt. Milk $0.30, ve . L"leh ,ch'ull,orlum .lht I m.tterito SWrlU K.ty.T7w ,d , pu, I Ther. m Friday ltcuU INDUSTRY IN Yl,oroully; to contestant, and tha or.tloni delivered U our ta were a of M(h order. Th. sobjec a l a red uJ b, wer. all time y and warn handled l bo all to eMld Mlr but .bora Joat. a manner which showed c.rsfol d American, pnratlon, knowled. of th. subject. ,,, ,d,lM t,oRj th, deliberation and matur. thought, The contc.t cam. to our entering th. proa- m"U"? war. every hone.t dti.an ahould student body, which was addressed by wish that this influence of Washington several prominent citizens of the counmight still live. ty, and the a ttendance was very large. Three months before his inauguraThe judges pf the contest were Clsud tion, Washington wrote a letter to Barnes of Salt Lake City and T. Me his warm friend Lafayette. In that Clure Peters and W. P. Epperson, both letter he wpm8ed the Wea whlch we of Kaysville. Each judge scored r to carry out today; it trying and when the scores were com- - thftt the four essential pillows of it was found that Miss Annie lic felicity are honesty, harmony, of Farmington was the win-du8try and frugality. This, applied to I the nef present stage of our national life. Miss Chaffins subject was Wash- - lg proper observation of Washing-ingto- n Still Lives. This oration is I ton's birthday. If we are to become herewith produced in full and la sensible, patriotic Americans we will worthy of careful reading: steer into these safe waters. ' Washington Still Lives. We have fallen upon a time when it This day, the birthday of Washing- behooves every thoughtful citizen to ton, we are drawn in oratorical con- follow the precepts of Washington, for test; so I think it would be very fit- - in this national stress his ideals and ting to take as a subject, the greatest his example still lead ns. Neutrality man our nation ever had, Washington. h8 not desired when the peace of the One great statesman said, Until time I WOrld and the liberation of its people shall be no more, a test of the prog are involved. Backed the memory by ress which our race has made in wia - 0f Washington, the Father - of Our dom and virtue will be derived from wV should lead the rest of Country, the veneration paid to the immortal I World to check and nullify the e of Washington. I pretensions and power of Germany, to " He was First in war, first in poace, fight for the peace of the world and and first in the hearts of his country- - J the liberation of its people. It would best means of helping to maintain and very fact that the farms are small and n- His reputation abroad reflects to say, Oh. the worthy mustTbe faraeTThtebwvdTsoneTbf the conserve soil fertility, which means honor on his country, our I declarations of greatest are great, Washington money to every 'farmer; second, be- the soundest reasons why they should country; his character stands before lie8 in but translation of his it cause it, probably, the quickest way raise more stock. Why, do you know the whole world, the one most pure, I declarations into the terms of our con- the farmer has of turning over his that Holland, where' land is worth from subiiiM j Just I ' ih j nd s are just $i000"to $2000 "an" acre.Tr one'of the think, this Washington, is all our immeyr-Aquick tur own, J task which we have to consider is, as essential in farming as in any other heaviest stock producing countries, es and ouy veneration of him should be I , Are we worthy of such a forefather; kind of business. Keep your money peclally In dairying. You have only to so full of enthusiasm as to prove I would we be worthy if we stood back working. Pflt it into cattle, hogs, compare Russia with Denmark and worthy of such a countryman. and let Germany invade, outrage, en- and sheep, and make a practice of Holland with Spain to see what live Wasmngton was bom upon this soil, 8iave and impoverish Belgium, would turning out a bunch of fat stuff for stock will do for a country. It would and was reared upon it. He grew be- we gee Franca invaded, France, the market once or twice a year. It will have been almost impossible for the neath and was penetrated by the genu-- fir8t follow 0OT Republican Liberty, not only make you more money di- conjested farm lands of Europe to ine influence of American par- - wouid society, Me England, the home of our rectly, but will return a considerable keep up their continual food production taking in the great destiny of labor, gtandard3 0f life, laws and traditions. amount of fertility to your land which without the aid of animals to help In the formation of the uxuon, and the defeated on land and sea, would we will result in bigger crops." maintain the precious soil fertility. establishment of the Constitution. be worthy of such a countryman if It will be the faremrs who intelliJust as soon as we market more of Now we turn to that great name tot J we bead unmoved, the cries of the ' gently combine livestock production our hay and gran through livestock, courage, consolation,, guidance and cbildrcn coming from the Lurltxnia, with crop production who will be the just that soon will we increase our Ithe ... screamings cf our daughters from v really success? al farmers' of the fu- production of tnese 'same hay" and Washington s most noticeably char- torpedoed Sussex, would we let, ture. grain crops. Of the crops marketed actenstics are his high conception of annul our rights to live as tn ber There are two primary phases which by being fed to animals on the farm, duty, and his devotion to it; his mod- - bave been liTin olate otir cca. go to make up our agricultural opera- all classes considered, at least 80 per esty, his sublime trust to God, andtos fidence &na fill to our with c.ss dtiss -tions relationship and. cent of- - theirt fertilizing value- - is re- L .tr-ofNatioh-- Nol run rcr tooCto9tlYeSThi$ ir at,. for if covered in the solid and liquid manure, should be our point of emulation, for we we wouldi would be wortvy cf no the other and each is essential for the which if properly handled, will be re- our responsibility today is heavy to better leader than Cenedict Arncli, most successful and profitable pur- stored to the fertility of the land. ourselves, to the world, to our foresuit of the other. We cannot expect to grow bumper or fathers, and to generations yet unIndications are, that as we advance even good crops, year after year, if we born. These problems are new of agriculturally, we will gradually de- are continually sapping the life from course, but the spirit with which we velop a type of fanning in which the the soil and returning nothing to com undertake them should eventually be production of more animals on the pensate for this loss. As far as the same as that which our Fore- w do or trD . 4 , farms, ftjoth for breeding and for mar - j fertility of the land goes, it is better father faced ms tasks. lie gave tap will ket, play a very important part, for the fanner to sell animal products his whole life, in fact he sent his And this will help to establish a sys- ,than hay or grain. The (Continued cn L:t ) depletion of whole soul to the rescue of his coun- i w m fort pra-Ln- .Hcnt , ep-L- pub-par- ed - 1 -- -- oflif heart, an ambitious society bud. Bridge parties, matinee dances, tea parties and sumptuous dinners are the important factors in the pretty girls SckiaT' career and these "occttpytooi much of her time for wanderings amidst Gods country in the great outdoors. How the persistent youth takes her away from her surroundings and wins her over to his way of thinking despite herself offers one of the most amusing tonics the screen has yet displayed. Many dimes are visited and many surprises are presented in typical Fairbanks style, tanging in variety from doing a handstand on a mountain precipice 8000 feet above sea level to teaching a hippopotamus the famous Fairbanks smile. -- POTATO DISEASE MEETING At the Bountiful First ward ehouse on Tuesday, March 5, meet-i- n at 2 p. not-alon- m. purpose of considering potato diseases. State Pathologist Wilson will lecture on this important topic. Be there. 53-k- 4. -tf e 3r , er interdepend-cerrTefteshbuTItrT- or - t FOR SALE Ba7 mare, coming 3 year old, halter broke, quiet and genC. W. Weaver, Layton, Utah, Layton farmers have been worrying tle. Adv. Phone the for over their income tax reports' Past few weeks. Now comes a lulle-ti- a Subscribe for The Reflex NOW. that an axtensioa in making . ' Shorts H fertility is reduced to a minimum by try when he heard its first call. a thousand to raise offered even men, the sale of these produtts. Aside, from this, there is th pres- enlist them at his own expense and head for the resing international question of keeping then march at their He Boston. It Is my Inlief of said, up the meat supply during this great -- views Lay-to- n Rolled barley Corn .1 POSSIBILITIES OF THE LIVESTOCK ft LMin Feed Consumed Per Pound Gain. Lottie Pickford, little" sister of Mary Pickford, in On the Level, the Paramount picture starring Fannie Ward in which she appears at the La Tonia theatre on Wednesday, March 6, wears a motor coat and hat of un usual attraction. The coat is a heaviest velour trimmed with bands of contrasting leather and seems almost to DAVIS COUNTY envelop petite Miss Pickford, while the smart little toque of soft straw trim med with a simple band of velvet and By F.B. Barlow her buttons, sets off to perfection Because of the climatic and topo- tem of permanent fertility and high piquant beauty. Miss Lottie Pickford is dark haired and dark eyed, in sharp graphical conditions of our intermoun- production, such as nothing else can contrast to Mary. She is a star in her tain do. This is fundamental, for without region, this section is peculiarly own right, and takes an important role our whole to the raising of livestock of permanent high fertility in support of Miss Ward in this pic adapted scheme gives way, for it is farming all kinds. And in this industry we now conceeded that the conservation of ' ture. are but in our infancy we have only soil fertility is the greatest problem IN DOWN FAIRBANKS DOUG begun, for the greater part of our of agriculture. ' TO EARTH AT LA. TONIA achievement Hay, grajn and beet crops pay once along- - this- - line - is - still As a special attraction at the La in the future waiting to be accomp- a year, but the returns from livestock Tonia Theatre Saturday evening, lished. And because of this natural are more constant and are distributed March 2, Manager King announces adaption for this phase of agriculture, more evenly throughout .the year there is something constantly coming ft the Douglas Fairbanks in his new packing industry has, great possiwritDown to bilities for development here, since it in. Especially is this true of dairying, Earth, picture, ten by himself and adapted to the is obviously of considerable economic and in a lesser degree, of animals fed screen by clever little Anita Loos, importance that the present great for market. This point is worthy of John Emerson, producer of previous string of animals, and the future in- consideration for this steady income, even though small at times, is kind of Fairbanks-Artcratriumphs again crease, which find their way from a stabilizer and tends" towards conpilots the activities of the energetic these mountains to the markets should tentment, higher standards and ideals, star in this production with notable be shipped as dressed meat rather than and industry and prosperity. promotes results. In fact, it is freely predicted on foot, thereby eliminating usless Davis is one of the fertile county that Down to Earth" islindoubtedly freight on loss and shrink in killing of Utah, with an interThis opens to us here a good field garden spots the greatest Fairbanks screen vehicle livestock mountain market on either ever given the popular star, the for the feeding of fat stock for marside. these farms turn out dont Why reason for this,- no doubt, being the ket. This point of raising and feeding more A common animals? objection fact that he wrote it himself, incident- animals on the farms, is highly imraised to this question is, we are not to as successful and the his to portant accomplishments farming ally adding development of permanent agriculture. adapted to livestock raising, many of an author. The story of the photoplay tells of It is one of the fundamentals upon our farms are too small and our land to high. priced- .- We must produce a typical American youth whose "wan- which our farming operations rest. We derlust". and ideas of living close to should feed more stock for two princi- crops which will return us more on this nature are not in accord with the pal reasons; first, because it is the small area than livestock will do. The : The NUMBER 23 KAYSVILLE, LAYTON AND FARMINGTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, FEBUARY 28. 1918 ti iimr ip ti iii . . i'B ewi a. in . o - p'i |
