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Show f ' I cS O rcLUHS XT -- kaysvillk, CONDmON OF UTAH IRRIGATION STOCK INDUSTRY LITE yHS ACTIVITY URGED portion of an ad- -. FoSswing i Emphasizing the importance of the delivered before development of water power and The address in the industrial advancement ftwtn Tuesday. JjJto of interest to all stock grow-s- d of the state, Ralf R. Wooley, hydraulfarmers. ic engineer of the United States Geothe Union 5 latton and Farmington, utah, Thursday. December t. mm NUMBER 8 SSTERATE inter-mounta- in iiri-gatjo- n f Riequles logical survey, urged the completion Denver, general of several abandoned irrigation jjocl Yards, proLive Stock A jf the American jects in Utah, in speaking at the regucompany and president of the lar weekly luncheon of the Commeraericaa Cattle company, was the cial club of Salt Lake on Wednesday. the Fathering:, being j,t speaker of Utah is far behind Idaho, in the some to production present 2(4 mi statistics that he had development of water, resources," Mr. fnsnrial jgj Wooley declared. "The state is hangtecs gathering for several months. ing back in this respect. There is no There will be no revival of busi- - reason why we should not maintain until the things the farmers buy the place which we established as pioto the level of the things jgot down to the irrigation field. If reclaneers farmers sell and this includes mation possibilities are developed, indeclared Mr. de Riequles, after dustrial development will follow. numerous statistics . on tc had cited Mr. financial stock and Wooley told the hisory of severodoction of live al irrigation projects which have been portions as they affect the producer. Be told of a financing corporation abandoned in Utah because of difficulties in financing them. Among (tat has recently been organized in these which he said fell into this Qjcago, explaining that it had to lend to farmers and stock classification were the Green River sea on good paper, and there was project for the irrigation of approxi- 0 instantaneous search for paper and ' mately 40,000 acres, He outlined the history of various jaefis to take down the name and uJdresa of the corporation. projects which have been retarded beXr. de Ricqlea declared that the cause of difficulty in financing the stack raisers should not undertake to undertakings, and urged that they be iHeriate their present condition by carried through to completion. The jrtiSdal methods; that they should power possibilities of Utah and Idaho lot resort to methods used during the are excellent, he declared. nr. Bo then explained the financing He made a plea that the members corporation, giving its name as The of the club use their efforts to have live Stock Finsndsl Company, with the district office of the water power sfS cea in Chicago. - commission, established at Salt Lake, ; . WiH Lend oil Live Stock. which he declared to be the logical This company baa from $23,000,000 center for such an office, rather than k $24,000,000 available to take care at Denver. if loans on stock, either 'eattle or H. F. Dicke, who acted as chairihvep," he said, but not on feeders. man of the program committee, said it JU1 that is necessary is to have a would be the policy of the committee from the hank now holding to have different speakers inform the riatee that it is good. Paper members of the various mineral and tailed by local hanks, which is called industrial possibilities of the state at sly because the hanks fed they future luncheons. srast Bqqidste, will he good security, now holding it mrodtoj iKf bsr. PROF. MUIR TO ATTEND paroles py retemmend COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY He explained that this JL Educational Week To Be Observed in Davis County SCHOOL Ed (a $23,-100,9- - 00 The WEEK EDUCATION Taxpayers Side. This week, December 5 to 12, is being observed throughout the United States as "School Week. It is for the purpose of calling the attention of the whole people to important school matters. The taxpayer haa a place in the school system and ho should not be left out of discussions on education because he pays the bills, and they seem to be mighty high just -- now. Veloping. Education in general is a process w? are all undergoing from infancy t hoary age. It is a wild am! that in falling constantly on good or bad soil and hearing fruit according to tha aoU We will corporation per cent and would lend the Prof. Leo J. Muir, superintendent of nosey for six months and extend the public instruction of the state of Utah tons to a period of a year if neces- and former principal of Davis high sity. M. A. Traylor, president of the school, has decided to enter Columbia Trust Savings bank of Chi ago; John Washburn' and ! John Fletcher, also big ; Chicago bankers, wfc directors of the financing compFurat The word "Education" is a Latin derivative meaning leading up or de :- if 10 university, New York, for a three years course. Mr, Muir has returned from an educational conference at Washington, D. Cn and before return ' : any, he said. . o) . , ing home visited some of the principal lt is the stockmens fault if we cities of he east' He had fully dedo not go after the things we want, termined to devote the remainder of k declared.: If you have paper in his life to the cause of higher educe s bank ; which ; the baakr-canno- t con-tiation and will prepare himself for that to carry, this Chicago corporawork. The people of Davis county te will handle it if it is good paper. his old friends and neighbors'wish Mr. de ta Ricqlea quoted cattle him the fullest success in his endeav at the seven big market cen- ors. tos, showing an enormous decrease h the production : ef live stock of sit kinds. He declared the cattle BILLY SMITH VISITS PARENTS W- - J. Smith and family are visiting PPed. to market ; were . worth $510,-lethis year thaa tkey; were at tha home of his parents, Mr. and has been 1319, due to the present low. prices. Mrs. Thomas J. Smih. Billie Pear of a coast for sevPacific flooding of that United stationed on few vocastates market In, by foreign frozen meat eral months and has bfen. tional training. expttfiKd bx.M&jl cgjles,l,vi as re-fr- . ss . By T. McClure Peters. t thr rMuwt if the tvarhrn if the Tuhitc Sebsxri foe Kducatkn W rrk. and prevalent conditions. According to the report of the clerk Education In the special sense in of the board of education, issued last which we are regarding it here, howJuly, $187,133.18 wss spent last year ever, refers to artificial methods we, in Davis county for educational pur- as communities, employ to intensify poses. this wild fsrming of nature in the No doubt more than that amount training of our youth. These are will be spent the coming year. methods of cultivation of the soil and What do the people get for their selection of seed, and the results are money, and how much of it is wastad? the measure of our success. If one We propose to answer this question has had an to compare only in part, and shall precode our and measure opportunity the results in this and discussion by the introduction of the other communities he, to some degree, following figures to indicate whatis Is competent to praise or condemn. being done and what is not being done. Nothing is more useless or disguat-In- g Attendance report of Davis district rthan fulsome and undeserved for the four weeks ending November of our belongings or achievepraise 4, 1920: ments. The tonic we need is strong virile criticism of our weaknesses and failures. , whd WHlten The above enrollment must be about normal considering that many boys and girls were excused for gathering crops. The 6,382 absent marks for four weeks indicates an average' of 269 students absent each day., In other of the school words, about month was wasted. The teacher, the building, school supplies and. janitor service were all provided. The educational feast was spread, yet about of those who were expected to be present w$r not there. . In money, the loss. was probably $2,000. For eight school months it would be But $16,000 loss to Davis county. that the greatest loss is in the fact of the children are about being discouraged and are not receiving the education to which they art entitled in a country each as The fact that 280 chool patrons visited the schools during' the month ' ending November ,4 indicates that about 18 per cent of the parentis inquired into what the schools are doing by making a personal visit This speaks well for the 18 per cent ? Are we spending too much money on our schools? We are already losing nearly 10 per cent of what we spend, as indicated in figures given above. This is through neglect of school officers and patrons in strictly enforcing the attendance law. There may also be other leaks in the school system that should - be - looked- - into; but when Salt Lake City is spending $140 on each of its high school boys and girls, and about $80 on each grade student, the Davis county boys and girls must be worth the $53.47 that is being spent on each of them yearly - . one-tent- one-ten- h' th one-ten- th T for education. This $53.47 represent the average amount spent last year for grode and "high school students in Davis county. Nearly three times as much is being peat on luxuries as on education in the United States. The report of the secretary of the United States treasury, made June 11, 1920, places the estimated expenditure for luxuries at : Tha people spent $22,700,000,000. admit that tha Important ends of education are, 1st, morals; 2nd, manners (the little' morals); 3rd, right mental processes and aids to comprehension of beauty and appreciation of values; 4th, knowledge. o whit degree have we attained these? As to morals has the train-to- r in oor grades borne such good fruit that we find such high character prevalent in our high schools that theft, lying and immorality are great rerities involving sure and swift " punishment ? to As' manners, do we find smong the high echool student an approach to i the cultivated manners and pure Speech that a!on in democratic America WiH enable them to joto that great and exclusive dub, the cultivated people," those who must ship 'ills destinies and further its evolu- -' tion? Is the dress and deportment modest and simple and In accordance with the best JuJgment of the' iiil-tur- ed world ? 'A't to the right mental processes, Ve shoVsigs of having ersdicat ed prejudice and superstition T Do our high school students seem'-tthink 'for themselves? If we aifc a ' group 'of them questions Involving original as of mental processes' do obtain ready and intelligent reW ' K plies, from them ? AM to knowledge, 'where students re; ceive certificates from oor high achool do they mean within reasonable limits a certain dfgtit of!af- 4plrd kndwledge Veertaln , lines? Ur unjveriity. give a'degrea "within reasonable limits foes it mean, f what the aame 'degre from othef pnl versifies does. 'If we muxf sniwer no id these (ast quextiona 'we admit that there U a certain ampunt of sham In eerificates or degrees. ' Perhaps honest answers to all these questions by any community must be alwsys in some degree apologetic, nevertheless. If our answers to any of them be .negative we must fully admit that something is wrong, if to all of them, something serious. It is my own belief that we are unable to conscientiously give jut unqualified or even a mildly qualified affirmative to any of these questions. Our failures in relation to the first two are, I believe, not inherent in the system under which we are organized buY in its application.- - I think our fault lies mainly in our . wpef u lack of discipline and our entirely, inade-(juaidea of what discipline Is. There are certain offenses such 4s theft, $oo serious to be treated .with leniency. Expulsion always and in some eases, prosecution, before the courts, should surely follow detection; and adequate methods of detection should be .employed. This we ewe nor only to the o 7 t' quent himself; for the path of crime made smooth is especially dangerous to him. W must also remember that while study should be made as attractive and interesting as possible and combined with some healthy recreation, we want to offer no allure to those who do not seek education or knowledge but only amusement. Number in our high schools are nothing to brag of, if many are coming to loaf and pluy. Standards of scholar ship must be maintained that will eliminate the loafer and give credit to the student. A certificate that will admit to the university roust mean Not only this, but ensomething. couragement to excessive amusements must be eliminated. There is, I doubt of the benefit of school think, (lances, in any event; but few would deny that two or three would be sufficient for the year, nor should other distractions bo multiplied. The selection of teachers with high standards of cultura and their activo influence in study and play is the principal remedy indicated for deficiency in manners. They must be men and women adequately paid, who know and who are respected and who speak oul and bhey'musl have the co- operation of the community, and of the families of the students. Remember, that if we dont demand high standards of all kinds we won't get them. One deplorable defect to our generally admirable systeip is the lack of examination 'an definite requirements for entrance to the university. Nothing would tend 0 much to raise and unify the standards of our high schools than If the university, instead accepting a maos of unequally qualifi fied students, recetvsd only those passing entrance examinations; and its standard would also be similarly raised. There Is really no use blinking the fact that a degree in our university carries at best in most fourc only to the end of the second year l the better Eastern college and universities and that our atudena to order to qualify for professional and technical employment are forced to go'clse-wher- e for their higher courses. , On other defect in our system Is one which, is more geierel to the cquntfy st large;. ,ris., tha failure to distinguish adequately between the two separate objects of. high school, one being pfTer, training for more advanced ducation, the other to complete, and finish courses far those not intending to go t universities. The full discussion of this subject, however, would require more time and ipaca than are at. my disposal. ,, t. Frankness and clearness of vision to answer truly these questions and See the posjibl remedies je absolute-ho Faith and ly 'necessary. courage less so. We have done much, we have Started no mean'ma'chinery and point ed toward some noble Ideals. Let os push on toward them with courage, honesty and tesolve. " SENATOR KING ASKS BARS AGAINST 1 . -- . r Clearfield Wednesday; Dee, 15, 1 M. , $.00 P. Kaysviile ' Wednesday, Dee. 13,' 7:39 1 . 1 P. I ' M. 2 P. M. - ' much was spent mi cigarsts, cigars and tobacco; $1,000,033,000 was spent on candy alone, as - compared with $703,000,000 on education; $230,000,000 was spent for soft drinks alone. - The amount on luxurious feod alone is six times as great as tha total budget for ' ' ' education. situathis1 abnormal cf In tha face tion, in wbkh we are spending too much for frfvoliiisr and too little for Thursday, Dec, 16, ' :' i i t V y4' ' ; to V. Ks Charles and Mrs. Mr; Born, .West Saxton, at their bome,.Ko26 Euclid aventrr.Bprtogflyld, O., m fun- -, day, December 5, 1920, It son., A Wire to Granddad Epperson of The Reflex announced the arrival of the youngster and the satisfactory condition of ? the mother and child. Farmington -- Bring your elean Cotton Rags to The Reflex office. We want. them. - . educational problem. - . WERE - REAOY tatlie tit which destroyed njr of the Ksys-stock gnd tools, the business ' , tri' rde G&raze w&s resumed November 23, . iVv ,At - , K 4 - , if ? 'Vlt t . In the building formerly occupied fcy The Keflex. New tools and. new etoeh assure ,v r.T-- in tha prompt' and,. efficient s errkt you of i a ....... ' . i n ?! new location. - f r j iff L - i. ; . r fe f-- 7T - safeguarding oar future citizens, the leaden in our nation Are saying education is the nation's bulwark. W. C. Upon the trained inBagTey says: clarified insight and the telligence, the disciplined will of 0nr people in all likelihood will depend the fate of the world to the decades that are to come. First, last and all the time it to an V 7:30 P. M. for automobiles si Tor honest stfidesta ard to- ti standards of the community, but to the delin education; practically three times a twice as much' U V North Farmtogton Thorsday, Dee;n 16; " -- , I . JVM,, West Point Friday, Dec. 17, 200 ' . P. M. SALE Five acre vineyard in Veartoyr --Also-two rity.lots planted In gpod orthsrd. ApplY H.- - L-- GleaAdv. son, ; Etflex office. te ; - 1 . Owing r -- ; I FOR . , FARM BUREAU TO REORGANIZE The County and Stale Farm Bu reaus have adopted the plan of reorganizing the different locals of the eounty during the first three weeka of Ieeember of each year. These local reorganisation meetings art followed by the eounty reorganisation meeting in each county of .the itate during the fourth week In December, This is followed by the reorganization of the State Farm Bureau during the first week in January, This, plan gives the people a. voice in stating who shall he at the head of the organisations and gives each person an opportunity to have a voice in selecting the work to he done each : year in the. county, state and nation 1 by the Farm Bureaue, ' You owe it to your local office ra to support thtm to the good work they are doing to better the farm; and home tfonditiona lrr the eounty. A schedule of meetings, an arranged, t by the directors, is As follows: Syracuse Tuesday, Dec. 14,. 2:00 . , - ALIENS DeterminaWashington, Dec. 7. tion of house leaders to stop during the period of reconstruction the great flood of immigration which ha set in from Europe and other part of the world was evidenced today by the action of the rule committee in reporting a special rule under which general debate on the Johnson bill would be limited to four hours and probably disposed of at one sesaion. The rule will be called up Thursday, delay in taking it up haring been agreed upon only to permit the preparation of a n inority report by Representative Siegel, republican, of New York. The Johnson bill would prohibit practically all immigration fog two years. While the house committee wae acting, Senator King, democrat, of Utah Introduced a bill proposing to suspend immigration for six months. This propoaal has the support of other senators, who believe that congrrsa should not act hastily in patting Immigration legislation, hot should put up the bar for a short period while it is assessing the whole situation and drafting legislation to meet it. - Senator King slso ofFrrrd a meas-- " ure today railing upon the secretary of labor for a report on the disposition of appropriations made for enforcement of the law against alien anarchists, for the deportation of anarchists and for the enforcement of the Immigration law. ICAYSVILLE GARAGE ERNEST PETEESON, FKOF, i K. ! I 1 $ ! 4 |