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Show THE PAYSONIAN PAYSON, UTAH UTAH BUDGET (Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) FARM HOMES NEED G0(TO WATER StSTEIflS. president Wilson and President Polncure of France riding down the Champs Elyseeson the day of Mr. Wil In Paris. 2 First photograph showing the Bntish occupation of Constantinople; (ion. Sir Henry Wilson Inspecting released prisoners of war. 3 American sailors in London onshore leave sleeping In the great hall of the royal" courts of Justice, turned over to them by order of the lord chancellor. 1 sons arrival Illustrating Common but Unsafe Location of the Farm Weil and Spring. Possible Source of Pure Water Also Is Indicated. A, Unsafe Well; B, Unsafe Spring; C, Privy; D, Garden; E, Chicken Yard; F, Hog Yard; G, Cultivated Field; H, Pasture; J, Woodlot Fenced Off and Kept Clean; Here, Beyond the Probable Channels of Impure Drainage, May Be Pure Water. FOUR UTILITIES IIEEDEDOII FARM Water Is One of Prime Essentials for Safe and Good Comfortable LIGHTING 8urface and ALSO Living. NECESSARY Underground Drainage 8hould Be Considered In Locating Wells to Avoid Contamination Wood Lot Desirable. A food water supply, a complete plant, and effective heating and lighting systems constitute the. four prime, utilities of the farm home,, the foundations of safe, comfortable living. To secure these ends In greatest measure, thought and planning are necessary. If the procedure Is haphazard. If the parts are not correlated, there is neither economy In the construction nor satisfaction In tbe operation of the plant. When locating the well, the direction of surface and underground drainage should be considered, to the end that the water supply may not be contaminated by the sink drain, cesspool, or other sources of filth. The unused water from a spring or flowing well may be made valuable If brought to a watering trough, cooling tank, fish pond, or swimming pool, or harvested as Ice. A saving may be effected by laying two lines of pipe In one trench. The engine which drives the pump may operate other useful appliances, such as a dynamo, saw, washing ma. chine, cream separator, or churn. A notable example of utilities Is found upon a farm Jn northern Utah. By personal planning and bard work, the owner of this farm gradually has equipped his house with a pressure water system, a laundry containing a power washing machine, wringer, mangle, and drying machine, a heating plant, electric lights, electric range, electric heaters for emergency use In chambers, and a vacuum cleaning system. Sanitary Farm Water Supply. Observation Indicates that on the average three out of four farm wells are located within 75 feet of the back door of the house and In the direction of the barn. That convenience and first cost not safety have been the deciding factors In thousands of Is a fact made evident by the proximity of barnyards, pig pens, pastures, fertilized fields, sink drains, privies, cesspools and house yards rendered Insanitary by chickens, slops, Too tre-- " garbage, and other filth. quently the leach from these or other sources of filth, after joining the ground water, moves with greater or less directness to wells and Bprings. seriously Impairing the water supply by organic impurity or grossly poisoning It with human sewage. Among other ways by which surface waters and open or poorly covered wells and springs are contaminated or receive noxious substances are: Surface wash from roads, ranges, or the other sources of filth above mentioned ; bodily entry of stock and poultry or their droppings; filth from the shoes of careless farm hands qpd children; drippings from the dipper or bucket handled by carriers of disease; dust and leaves from the air; and entry of worms, bugs, spiders, toads, frogs, -- sewage-dispos- home-planne- d . - No More Hems. One of the newest forms of conser- ' vation is the use of fringe In place of hems. A charming model from Paris hows long panels hanging from the shoulders, fringed on all edges and caught In at will with a fringed girdle. The fabric used is serge, and the effect la particularly good. mice, snakes, cats, or other nuiinnl life, which through-deat- h and decomposition may Impart to the water dis- agreeable odor and taste and perhaps more serious characteristics. Deterioration of water may be due to still other causes that make It unwholesome but not, so far- as known, destructive of health,. Among such ure unusual dissolving of mineral salts from the earth, washings from clay that produce a milky appearance, dis- coloration from mineral or vegetable matter, admixture of mineral or vegetable oils, absorption of offensive gases, low forms of animal life, minute plant growths often productive of bright-colorefibrous masses ' and scums, and especially when water Is of peaty .or swampy origin. Impregnation with irdn. In short. Investigations indicate that only a small minority of farm water supplies can be classed as unqualifiedly safe and desirable. Diseases From Poor Water. Among the ailments caused or influenced by contaminated water ure typhoid fever, tuberculosis, hookworm disease, cholera,, dysentery and diarrhea, and certain obscure maludies that may be graced eventually to the poisonous effects of drainage from wastes. Figure 2 shows in a striking manner' hqw increased use of pure water in Massachusetts has been followed by decline In the typhoid-feve- r death rate. 'Frequently a home or village supplied with water from a mountain spring or canyon Is a center of goiter, although the possible relationship of such water to this disease has not been proved conclusively. Among ailments of live stock,-hocholera, anthrax, and disease are spread by moving water. Hence sick animals should not have access to streams, and dead animals should not be left exposed In fields or buried where drainage may carry infection to streams and water supplies. Ones duty to himself and neighbors should obligate hlrato confine all sick animals and burn tbe curcasses of dead ones or bury, them deeply in spots remote from streams, wells and springs, and urge his neighbor to do the same. . The vital things to remember are but that ground water is not stagnant moves usually, though not ' always, with the lay or slope of the land; that Its character determines largely the character of wells and springs; that It Is not an Inexhaustible reservoir, but that a given well yields only as it receives; and that continued pumping will not improve the water In a well if the sources from which it is In fed are' permanently at fault. short, ground water is natural drainage variously modified In Its movement und character by subterranean hu-mu- n i'v-conditions. Safe Location of Wells. Wells cannot be located Iu all enses so that there may not be some pollu- tion, but the great safeguards are clean ground and as wide separation as possible from the probable channels of any Impure drainage. It is not enough that a well or spring Is 50, 100, or 150 feet from a source of filth or that it Is merely upon higher ground, although even moderate remoteness and elevation of .the source of supply are of service. Given porous or gravelly ground, seamy- ledge, or pollution of one plot of land, the zone ofcontaininatlou is likely to extend long distances, particularly In downhill directions' and at such times as water supplies ure lowered by drought or heuvy pumping. Upon any farm a wood lot, grove, or windbreak Is highly desirable, not only to supply fuel und small timber, but for its beauty and the protection - It affords. favor with women who dress well. But they have both been retained. In spite of their popularity, and somehow by using them ;n new and unusuab ways the designers of smart clothes still give them distinction. One new. way of using long jet tassels Is to fnsten one pendant on each side of the brim ' , . of a wide hat . Cruel Advice. Japan Tassels. do What you want me to do? ' Sit so Tassels and fringe both became on a stool and look pretty? was there summer that last popular "You might sit on a stool." aotue doubt about their remaining lrT V NEWS REVIEW OF any plan of representation yet suggested, would, give them much greater power in world affairs than they now wield. In the United States senate there is likely to be a showdown ou the league of nations plan in a very short time, as its opponents, and others, too, feel PRESIDENT WILSON GIVEN ROYAL thnt the president should know defiWELCOME BY THE BRITISH nitely the majority opinion of the body that, must finally accept or reject the KING AND PEOPLE. peace treaty that he and his colleagues assent to at Versailles. Though the Republicans in the senate are CONFERS WITH WAR CABINET nearly ail opposed to the presidents plan to make the organization of the league a part of the peace treaty, they League of Nations Subject of Warm. do uot Stand alone. Quite a number Debate, Here 'and Abroad Progof the Democratic senators also are ress of Germany's Revolution against that proposition, believing thnt at least the question should be Watched . With Suspicion inude the subject of a separate treaty by Allied Nations.' after matters relating directly to the war shall have been disposed of. By EDWARD. W. PICKARD. As for the freedom of the seas, the business and plensure. Mingling President Wilson spent a busy Christ- expression is now interpreted to mean mas week in France and England. that Britain may not at one and the After two days of conference In' which same time have the largest navy and several" pressing problems, notably that be the exclusive interpreter of sen of supplying food to the hungry peo- laws, and this it is believed Britain ples of Europe, were thoroughly dis- will accept, consenting to an agreecussed, Mr. Wilson and his party ment among nations regarding the were taken, to Chaumont to spend laws and rules of the sea to width all Christmas day with the American must submit. troops there. General Iershing was his host, but the president devoted Prompt denial catne from Paris of much of his time to the doughboys and the report that the American delegaboth he and they enjoyed the day Im- tion had agreed to the sinking of the surrendered German war vessels. The mensely, A review of 10,000 Amerlcah troops was a feature of the days do- president said he was absolutely opings. In the course of his address to posed to such a course, and Secretary the men of the Firsr army Mr. Wilson Lansing declared the proposition had said : t It was the privilege of Amer- not even been discussed. ica to present the chart for peace and ta now tbe process of settlement has It Is not- likely that the general been 'made comparatively simple by peace conference will assemble before the fact that all the nations concerned the middle of January, nor is any offhave accepted the chart. icial statement expected before then Next the presidential party traveled as to the number of governments to be to Calais and thence to Dover and represented. , It is considered probLondon, arriving in the British capital able that the United States, Great CURREIIT EVEIITS v - Thursday afternoon. Throughout the trip they were accorded all the honors that royalty could claim, and the short drive through London was like Britain, France, Italy and perhaps Belgium will determine the matter of admission of delegates. The representatives of the central powers will a royal .progress. King George, Queen not he called in until the final stages Mary and Princess Mary met them at are reached,, for they will be comthe station and the Household cavalry pelled to accept whatever the others acted as escort. As it was a holiday decide upon and to have been present boxing day the entire population of during the preliminary discussions the metropolis seemed to be out, de- would only prolong the proceedings termined to see the famous American. unnecessarily. s After a nights rest in Buckingham fe palace Mr. Wilson met the British war The entente nations are ' rather cabinet and discussed with it the and skeptically watching the coldly British peace terms that the cabinet efforts of the apparently had formulated for presentation to the new German desperate government to establish interallied conference preceding the itself. The distrust of the Hun, enpeace congress. On Saturday he con- gendered by the war and destined to ferred with Premier Lloyd George, last for generations, is applied to presForeign Secretary Balfour and Chan- ent events and the attitude of the cellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law, one of cynical conquerors is and on Sunday went to Carlisle, where watchfulness. rightly was The revolution his mother spent her girlhood. in the main so easily and smoothly f- eaccomplished and the unprotestiug pilIn London there was more than a lars of autocracy are so rapidly slidhint that the chief object of Mr. Wiing into positions of power behind lsons visit to England, aside from the the nominal heads of the peoples courtesy feature, was to ascertain government that there is reason to be definitely the views of the British gov- suspicious. Hindenburg still controls ernment on the question of the terms a large part of the army and his unof restitution to be imposed on Ger- explained intention of forming a new It was said he had found defensive line a few miles from the many, opinion on the continent very hard set Rhine has been accepted by Ebert and on this question, which Is not In the his colleagues. Such men as Prince The people who Max and the treacherous and hypoleast surprising. were most directly hit by the hard- critical Von Bernstorff are still powships and horrors of the war are not ers in the land. It almost seems that likely to be forgiving and altruistic the only genuine, sincere advocates of In their attitude toward the conquered a real revolution .in Germany are the Huns. If, as has been often said, bolslievikl. Under the leadership, of America is to ask nothing from Ger- Liebkneeht and Ledebour, they are unmany. It would seem to most of us remitting in their struggle to overturn that the matter of payment might well the Ebert government, tlieir latest he left to the victorious nations of Eumanifestation being a Moody revolt in rope, who do Intend to he repaid, so Berlin last week. Mutinous-sailorfar as Is possible,, for their enormous seized the red palace and neighboring " losses. . - buildings and for two days fought the V ' --repuhllcan guard, about 100- persons The proposed league of ' nations being killed. The sailors demanded ami the cognate question of the freethat Ebert nnd Hn,ase resign, to he dom of the aeas are still the subject replaced by Ledebour and Liebkneeht. of warm discussion,, both abroad and In the end the mutineers were forced In. America. President Wilson seems to surrender and were permitted to lo he seekiug the support of the neuthe city under guard. tral nations In the matter of the , This .was regarded as a virtual vicleague, and his plans arc hacked up tory by the Spartaddes. and next day by various organizations in France and they seized the plant of the Socialist la It England, reported that the neu- organ Vorwaerts and the offices of trals will he permitted to participate the Prussian .war ministry,, and anIn the deliberations ; Incident to the nounced that they would at once proformation ;of the proposed league, claim the downfall of the Ebert govThe chancellor called out though they will not be. admitted to ernment. the peace conference itself. It Is be- all the troops In Berlin. This was the lieved many of them will favor the last that had been heard from the formation of the league, which, .under. German capital at the time of writing. . : - ' - e The German democratic party, in assembly at Coblenz, adopted a plat-fbron which it will stand in tlie national assembly. Combating botli the reactionaries arid the socialists, it calls for a united Germany, including German Austria ; equality of all citizens, male and female-- ; freedom of thought, religion, press and speech. Officials of the Rhenish province have suggested another plan of reorganization, tlie formation of seven minor republics, which shall be united under a central government. In nil their planning and scheming the Germans of all shades of opinion and sincerity are counting more and more on the Influence of President Wilson and of Americans generally to obtain easier terms from their conquerors. Tlieir words and actions make this evident, notwithstanding the fnc--t that there is little on which they have any right to base such hopes. Our army of occupation, according to reports, is having an elaborate exposition of tlie German policy of spreading soft soap, and the Bodies there took full advantage of the "Christmas spirit that pervaded the troops. . -- fe Charles R. Crane of Chicago, jusi No one returned from Siberia, says: knows anything about Russia. It is a tragedy. That sums up the situation in the distracted, starving conn try that spreads from the Baltic to the Pacific. No one knows just wlial Is happening tliere, still less what is likely to happen. The stories of those who claim t have accurate information are utterly conflicting and confusing. One says the bolsheviki are gaining in strength and are the only force that can be counted on to restore order and save the country from absolute disaster. Another avers that the bolshevik movement is waning and that the government at Omsk must be relied on. Yet others call loudly for intervention in force by allies, and they are opposed by those who declare tlie allied troops must be withdrawn nnd the Russians left to work out their own salvation. In the Baltic provinces the bolsheviki continue to push hack their opponents, including such Germans as remain there, and both Prussia and Poland are becoming anxious concerning tlieir borders. On the Archangel front tlie Lenine forces are said to he numerous and well organized and tlie position of the allied expedition in that region is none too comfortable. General Semenoff, the leader who refused to recognize the an thority of Admiral Kolchak, dictator Utah last week paid $050,000 of the temporary loan which has been accumulating since last June. The loan anticipated the taxes, which have since been collected. Utah soldiers who have been honorably discharged from the army, will wear red chevrons to indicate that fact. These will distinguish them from men still In active service. To discuss grazing questions' and plans for. the year, a meeting of all grazing men of the western district will be held in Ogden, January 7 to 10, inclusive, instead of at Salt Luke as planned. Utahns who lent tlieir favorite telescope, binoculars or field glasses to the navy will regain the instruments with a complete history of how and where the glasses have been used by the navy department. Harry Jacobson, 14 years old, and Wilbur Sterling, 12 years old, were arrested at Salt Lake in connection with the stealing and wrecking of a large touring car owned by Mayor W. Mont Ferry. Joseph Bergstrom was killed and C. L. Miller was seriously Injured when they attempted to make a turn while speeding in an auto in Suit Lake and crashed Into a curbing, the machine turning turtle. More mail was handled by tlie Salt Lake postoffice tills Christmas than at any previous time. The volume of mail can lie judged by tlie fuet that nearly two hundred extra clerks were placed on tlie payroll. Salt Lakes Red Cross roll cull ended December 24. Tlie drive has proven a success. The last day enrollments and outside places tlie reports from to 35,000. T bis enrollment tlie brouglit record. is over last years Chris Wangsgaard of Huntsville escaped serious injury und possible death when tlie automobile in which lie was driving to Ogden skidded und turned turtle into the river. He was rescued in time to prevent drowning. Col. II. M. II- Lund, former adjutant in Salt general of Utah, is at liis home Lake with fractures of liis left collar bone and liis left ankle, a number of Cuts oil ills head and numerous bruises on liis body, the result of an auto smash. The bars having been lifted, hundreds of Salt Lakers spent an evening in ballrooms and dancing balls Christmas eve for tlie first time since tlie influenza ban against dancing and other last public gatherings went into effect . in tlie Omsk government, is said t,. have consented to give liis recognition provided Kolchak retires in favor of General Denikine, hetman of the Cossacks, as soon as a junction of the eastern and western forces is effected. The Russian statesmen who are in Paris, headed by Prince Lvoff, are re. lying largely on Kolchak ntid Denikine. hut they are also urging that an allied expedition of at least 150, IKK) be sent. They have not received much encouragement of tlieir plea for intervention. Here is one of the many instances that made it impossible for the outsider to understand what is going on In Russia ; Last summer Skoropadski. hetman of the Ukraine, was deposed and driven out because lie was notoriA few ously the tool of the Germans. days ago a dispatch from Warsaw said and tlie French troops Skoropadski were advancing from Odessa to bring tlie Ukrainian situation under control. te s are no nearItaly and the er agreement enneepning tlie western coast of tbe Adriatic than they were a week ago. and tlieir dispute undoubtedly must lie settled by tlie interallied conference. lias not yet been recognized ns a nation nnd its leaders want to know who will represent its component parts, Serbia, Montenegro and large parts of the former Austrian empire, in the peace congress, Jugo-SInv- Jugn-Slnvi- n -- te The senate passed, without a roll call, the largest tax measure in the worlds history. It is designed to raise $6.000, 000, (XX) in 101!) and $4,000, 000,000 in 1020. Among tlie amendments accepted was one making the District of Columbia bone dry and another levying a 100 per cent tax on all campaign contributions in excess of $500. The latter, it is supposed, will weaken the influence of big business" iu politics. October. That tlie blind, despite their handu cap, win success in many vocations, farmincluding business, trade, law, disclosed in ing and stenography, is tlie biennial report of tlie trustees of the school, lor the deaf aud blind at Ogdeu, just filed with tlie governor. by Despite tlie restrictions imposed acwar, trade in automobile tires and cessories throughout Utah increased more markedly than any other line of business during 1918. This is indicated Tliere was by tlie Bradstreet report. of busilines all in nearly an increase ness. Alfred Hust, a Salt Lake photogFort rapher, who was interned at released was lust January, Douglas Christmas eve, that lie might spend the holidays with liis family. Hast was interned because lie was alleged to have made disloyal remarks reguul-intlie United States. In view of the abandonment of the Hatclitowu irrigation project claims $100,000 and aggregating between to the $200,000 will have to be paid land and water owners on tlie project. Tlie land board 1ms appointed a special committee to investigate tlie matter with a view to adjusting tlie claims. Reduction of nearly 23 per cent on between freight rates now iu effect ure exLake "Salt and eastern points recommendafrom pected to result tions made by members of various traffic associations of tlie coast and iiitermountain region at a rate adconcluded in justment conference just San Francisco. Julius Billetor, Jr., and family have returned from Winterthur, Switzerland after an absence of nineteen years from SaltJLake. While engaged on a genealogical mission for tlie tiist Mr. presidency of tlie Mormon church,thoucompiled and traced Billeter sands of genealogies from original documents and old parish records. In support of a proposal to raise the age compulsory school attendance was a given report 18 to years, limit out at tlie office of tlie superintendent showof public instruction last week who quit of pupils ing the percentage school at various ages. The figures indicated that as boys and girls grew continuolder, the likelihood of their ing tlieir studies dwindled rapidly. asrestrictions' on public All in Salt semblages of every character Lake have been removed by tlie state and city boards of health. Utahns will attend the Paevei-a- l t.o congress of tlie league coast cific in held tie will which Enforce Peace, 20. Sait Francisco, February 19 and hotel man, George O. Itelf, Salt Lake won eleven prizes with thirteen fowls entered at tlie Los Angeles poultry show. In tlie Brahma class liis birds took all the prizes, making a complete clean-uin a field that embraced prize winners from all over tlie couiitij. Through the sale of $292,090 of Utah state road bonds, tlie state land board has been placed in funds so it may resume the active loaning of money to farmers. The hoard has sold its will use the per cent state bonds and at 6 pel loans niake farm to proceeds p emu. |