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Show THE SAUNA SON, SAUNA, UTAH SUN k S ALIN A THE Every Friday at Salina, Utah. Issued Entered at the postoffice at Salina, as second-clas- a act of Congress of March 3, mail matter under tht 1879. if tractate SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six Months $2.00 Payable In Advance SALINA OF 1.00.- . v SALINA-U- in making change of address, give old address as well as the new. T AH Advertising . Rates Given on Application. H.W. CHERRY - Federal Reserve System Member Editor and Publisher PRIMARIES VS. CONVENTIONS With the exception of seven states in which nominating conventions are he.ld by law, and in two others in which the party organizations have the option of choosing their candidates, either a direct primary or a convention, the primary system prevails throughout the United States. The seven states which still adhere to the method of nominating candidates for state and federal offices by convention are Idaho, Connecticut, Delaware, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Utah and New York. In the latter state, however, all county and local officers, as well as members of the House of Representatives, are nominated in primaries. Georgia and Maryland are the two states in which the party organizations decide for themselves the method of selecting' candidates. In a republic parties are indispensable to the conduct of the government. From the foundation of the republic parties have existed, and in each election platforms have been formulated upon which parties have laid before the electorate the policies of government which each advocates and to which each is committed. A political party is a combination of .voters substantially similar in views. Parties appeal to the people for the privilege of conducting the government on the basis of principles outlined in their' platforms. Without a convention of duly delegated representatives of a party no means, is afforded by which the principles for which candidates standing for office can be presented to the voters. Of course each candidate may formulate, and enunciate his own platform. But such a plan is the basis of the "bloc" system, .as opposed to party control or guidance. The candidate is bound to support no policy other than that which he may formulate for himself. No "committee on resolutions" has prepared in advance a declaration of principles upon which an appeal to the people is made. He presents nothing like a platform by which the voter may know what to expect, and the voter is robbed of the right to hold a party responsible for its sins of omission or commission. Further, the candidate of a primary, when elected, is frequently at entire variance with his colleagues to whom he is not even though he may have been elected upon a "regular" party ticket. His personal platform may be inconsistent with his JAMES FARRELL, Pres. H. S. GATES, V.-Pre- s. H. B. CRANDALL, Cashier i C. E. PETERSON, E. V. JOHNSON, Asst. Cashiers BENTON OF MISSOURI WAS A REAL HERO One of the real heroes of the United States in tne generation preceding the Civil War was Thomas H. Benton, the brilliant United States Senator from Missouri, according to Frank P. Litschert, who writes in the current issue of the National Republic concerning the old loyalist. Benton, during his long and honorable career in the Senate was the champion not only of Andrew Jackson, but of the Union. Even when the secessionist sentiment became dominant in his own party in Missouri, Benton did not hesitate but went back home to fight the battle of the Union. When. he was finally defeated for the Senate by a combination of Democrats and Whigs, he ran for Congress as a Union Democrat and served a term in the ! House, where he fought the proponents of secession to the last. Speaking of Senator Benton, Mr. Litschert says: Typical of the new Southwest, representative of that sturdy army of pioneers who filtered through the eastern mountains to found a great empire west of the Appalachians, is Thomas Hart Benton, author, statesman and patriot of the highest courage, who honorably represented his adopted state of Missouri in the United States Senate for almost a generation, and who finally went down fighting for the Union, which he loved so well. Benton was the last of the great Union Democrats of the South o whom Andrew Jack-sowas the leader, and his courage and his love for the flag were proved by his stern fight against disunion, a fight resented in the 4 closing days by the majority of his own party at home. The statesmen of the North who worked for the preservation of the Union were patriots, but they had their people behind them. How much more heroic was the task then of the sturdy Missourian who did not falter in his support of the Union when he knew that his own people were hostile to him. Benton came into the Senate with his state, and he did not J partys palicies. his place in the political arena until a few years before It is always a difficult thing to get the American voter suffi- relinquish the opening of the great tragedy of the sixties. His career was a ciently interested in an election to take the trouble to go to the long and honorable one, and while he may have made mistakes he polls on election day. In the primary election a number of obsta- never swerved in his loyalty to his country. cles are encountered, and it is only through the most strenuous efforts of party managers and candidates themselves that he can be dragged to the polls. In a recent village primary in New York, with a voting population of some 500, there were only five votes TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD cast, and three of them were by the election officers themselves. The July number of The Builder Magazine of St. Louis carThe result is that whenever a sharp contest exists among indi- ries a very interesting article on Tuberculosis in Childhood, by viduals for a coveted nomination large sums of money must be ex- Dr. J. Arthur Myers, medical director of the Lymanhurst School pended, with the inevitable scandals following the expenditure. r.nd Hospital for Tuberculous Children, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The old convention system had its bad features, but none to com- Dr. Myers points out the close connection between cases of pulpare with those which have developed since the adoption of the monary tuberculosis in parents and cases of tuberculous meningitis, primary system in so many of the states. Washington Post. bone tuberculosis and other forms of the disease common to little i children. Dr. Myers cites a number of cases he has treated in private practice and in his own public work to prove his contention AERIAL MAIL SERVICE that a tubercular parent will, in most cases, infect the young chilPlans are being worked out in Washington by Secretary of dren of his family. He says, Obviously the child must be especiCommerce Hoover and Postmaster General New which, when con- ally protected against exposure during the first and second year of summated, will cover the United States with a network of air life. An infant perfectly well may under exposure fall ill and die routes. In addition to this the postoffice department announces in a few days to a few weeks. In such infants the disease may at- 44 the speeding up of transcontinental air mail service by the purchase tack any of many organs, such as the lung, but tuberculous menin- 44 of fifty ney Douglas airplanes. Under the new schedules mail can gitis is perhaps the most common of the fatal forms of the disease." 44 be sent from the Middle West to San Francisco in slightly more Dr. Myers also points out that many children become crip- 4 4 than twenty-fou- r hours. pled for life by bone tuberculosis which attacks the spine causing 4 Birdmen recently sailed over the top of the world and every day the deformity popularly known es "hunch-back,- " and shortened 44 4 now Uncle Sams fliers are delivering the mail from one great limbs. 4 American city to another. The day of air travel is at hand. BeDr. Myers states in conclusion: "There can be no doubt that 44 4 fore so very long passenger routes will be as common in America if Masonic bodies establish Sanatoria, they will not 4 as they are in Europe. only save and extend the lives of many of their members, but will 4 Twenty-four-homail service between Chicago and San prevent much suffering, deformity and death in children now livFrancisco is no longer a dream but a reality. It is a far cry now ing and thousands yet unborn. Exchange. back to the good old days when horses filled in the gaps in the western mail service. The open spaces are filling up and although there is still plenty of space left in the West, civilization has enveloped it all, and frontier days are gone forever. In the days of mail coaches the west was wild and holdups were common. Now the holdup in the open spaces is an event, and our n have moved from the Black Hills to New York, Chicago ' and other centers of population. It would be more correct perhaps ' to say that the western bad man has disappeared except in the mov- - J n is of an entirely different ies, and that the metropolitan breed. .We deliver Ice to your homes or to your business houses At any rate the day of the mail coach has passed and the era at the low price of of railway mail is threatened. The romance of the stage driver has given way to the romance of the birdman. dJ GET SUPPLY NOW! Patrons are advised to get their supply of Old Wheat Flour NOW, before the new wheat is on the market: ' Our store room is filled with that GOOD, RELIABLE OLD WHEAT FLOUR the FLOUR THAT PLEASES. -- 4 FREE DELIVERY Salina Roller - Mills NEW BROOMS SWEEP CLEAN n I SPECIAL ON BROOMS -- We have just received a large shipment of Broortisf this week. SOME VERY WONDERFUL BARGAINS! The Fair Mercantile Co. Salinas Busy Store. Work Guaranteed Repair Before leaving for vacation trip have your your auto- mobile gone over for any defects. WE SPECIALIZE IN REPAIRING OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED SALINA ELECTRIC SHOP G. L. DeLANG, Prop. Sr j RIGHT Goods well-ordere- Jj 444444 RIGHT Prices d ur j gun-me- . gun-ma- WHY DESTROY BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY? : America consumed, in 1925, 5,510,000 tons of sugar, or 07 pounds per capita. Sugar is about the only food commodity of importance selling for less than it did before the war. Consider- ing the present purchasing value of a dollar, compared with 1913, sugar is now selling at what would have been the equivalent of 3V4 cents a pound. Even with this cheap sugar, there is agitation to lower the ' sugar duty to a point which would wipe out the American sugar beet farmer and factory which safeguard us from foreign sugar HaC Per Pound 1 Enjoy the comforts of Pure, Crystal Ice and place your Orders today. 0 LEAVE ORDERS AT THE B. B. SHOP Elite Bakery and Cafe - 4, Gunnison, Utah High Quality Goods WORK SHIRTS AND JUMPERS OVERALLS Andwe have a fine line of shoes for the Working Man and the Boys. WE CORDIALLY INVITE INSPECTION LOUIS JACOBS 44444444444444444444"M44'44444"f444444444444"t444' 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Modern Battery Charging intlalled a HOBART BATTERY CHARGING Batteries charted in which works automatically. machine, eight hours and does not overcharge. The first modern machine installed in Salina. HAVE YOUR BATTERIES CHARGED OVER NIGHT. We have I SALINA I SERVICE STATION W. H. Brown, Prop. i: |