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Show THE PAYSONIa'N, PAYTON, ifrVA The things we cannot afford to give up during this war are the kindnesses and the charities of life, and all those things which tend to fill our days with beauty or our hearts with peace. THE PAYSONIAN With Glohe-- I whivh th is consul tlatml leader. Entered at the at lost-Odio- e In a world so black and ugly as matter. as second claws Published every Thursday by PavHonian Publishing (uinpany. this one now seems, our souls and for peace; the cry out for beauty and aside from the consolations PRICE: SUBSCRIPTION One year, in advance Six months, in advance. $d0 ... l.A WHENCE JORGENSON Editor mid Manager. Copy for ads or notices will positively not be accepted later than 10 a. ni. Wednesday morning. a VJJwJvWnCVW A S' f ) V'-- Editorial Comment SHORTEN THE WAR of religion, and along with religion, the greatest or these are the peace of the forest, the lake, the fields, the beauty of the sky and ot the opening flower. Plainly, it is better for us now, in our days of trial, to give up greed and arrogant emulations, and to hold to everything which is beautiful and refining. Do not give up floral culture in war time, but combine it with the cultivation of that which we must have an abundance of garden produce. means the expenditure of but a little more energy, and the American woman has always a reserve supply of that. Hlant a rose bush, many of them if possible, and look after those which gave you joy before war came to rend the heart of the world. 1 1 The sooner the irresistible might of this great Republic is organized and put into full PAY THAT DEBT, action the sooner the war will SAYS BILL HART end. Every dollar invested in Government securities works to William S. Part, of moving Is one of tl.e enthusiastic ail shorten the war, to save the plctur-fame- . lives of American soldiers and orates for a ceneial response to tin Govei nment s animal for stibscrlp sailors. tions to Its Elbeity Loans. Here P Huy Liberty Bonds. what Hart savs: Every American who has accepted (iod has given anil has lived the Uige and free Hie bought by the blood of many brave and devoted men, and passed on to us a priceless heritage, has a chance The cycle of money invested now to repay. in Liberty Bonds is short and It Is for him at this Instant to complete. The people lend the testify to the woMd what he knows money to the Government, the lie owes his country, at once, and cheerfully, Government lends some to our "He a should little of his goods that bis give Allies, and our Government country has secured to him. and our Allies stiaightway He ihoulil piomptly say to the which is listening, and world, or the the greatmoney, spend 'When my coun criticising: er portion of it, among the me for life or for money I asks try people of the United States. In cheerfully offer both. some instances the money paid He should demonstrate that pa is something greater and in by wage earners on one in- trioti.-stallment ot Liberty Bonds is more sacred than an idle sentiment. And in contrlb itnig according to paid by the Government to his means for the high purpose placed their employers, and by their before him by his President, he should employers paid back to them in appreciate that In reality he is makthe way of wages before the ing no gift, but is Investing in the greatest security in the world Til K next Bond installment is due. PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES Buy Liberty Bonds. OF AMERICA. the Kieat blessing that THE MONEY COMES HACK perhap--cynicall- m A BADGE OF HONOR PLANT FLOWERS A Hayson woman has asked ns this question: Should we, the war, give up the culduring ture of flowers about the house that we may devote our entire time outdoors to the cultivation of war gardens? At the risk of appearing un patriotic, were going to tell the Hayson woman and all of her sisters to go right ahead cultivating flowers. The greatest crime of all the ages is bearing its fruits, but it should not deprive us of our common sense. And common sense teaches us that there is always need of the beautiful in life. A Liberty Loan button Is a badge of honor. Rightfully obtained It marks the wearer us one who has performed a distinct, definite service to the1 country. Not all can fight, not all can work directly for the Government; but In buying a Liberty Loan Bond, or War Savings Stamps, every American renders some service to the nation. It has been put within the reach anil, power of every citizen to aid th United States financially; It is a poor American who withholds support from the Government, from our soldiers and sallorB fronting death on battlefields and oceans. Iron crosses to German soldiers, and diamond oiders exchanged be tween Turkish and German sovereigns may be but the honors of atrocity. But a liberty lxan button, simple ns it is. signifies a patriotic duty done and Is an Insignia of honor. GAYETV THEATRE PRO GRAM Week Commenclnq Apr. 15th MONDAY. TANR iiud in Mud JxATllERIXE LEE Trouble Makers and a two nn tody, A -- Roman "X TUESDAY. AX.V PEXXIXOTOX in e also Piotograpli Xo. Xan, 10:5, and FRED JACOBSEN, Eyrie enor in Popular War Songs Sun-shin- 1 and Ballads. WEDNESDAY. WILLIAM S. HART in Aryan and a comedy. THURSDAY' NX II) BEX NET in Xamditv-Xauglit- y a DUST AX EARN EM in The a hig Fox standard feaSpy ture. Xo raise in price. SATURDAY. S ESS BE in llAYAKAWA Hidden l'earls and Ford Educational Weekly. produce enough extra to feed Paper By ( Menu L. Loveless, De- l best, soldiers. Then too, many part ment-o- f Public Speaking men went into the munition facand Oratory, High School, tories to make ammunition with which to fight the Hermans. Also Miss Fonnesbeck, when crops were planted and growing, armies sometimes found There are two fundamental it necessary to march across reasons why the American peo- them, dig trenches through them ple should conserve : and the bursting shells would I. It will help everyone indi- tear up the ground and set the wheat fields on fire. So naturally vidually, and il. In order to win the war food production as well as the for world democracy, we must production of everything else exconserve. cept ammunition had to be cut The American people it seems heredity have been a nation of extravagance they live too high and last for their own good. They think no more of how can I live most cheaply and still live hut rather, how can I decently, spcm nty income and as it seems reap the most good from it. We do a thing today because our neighbor docs it whether it will lie for our best good or not. We are very much different than the average European in this important and momentous e Ih a person who question. conserves in every way possible ami still lives respectably and happily, lie buys only the things which will ho of use to him. In America it is practically the reverse. We believe in having a good time today and letting tomorrow take care of itself. This may he alright if tomorrow will always he like today, hut this condition seldom happens. There is always a time in a persons ifo when he has had had luck, if to has a spirit of conservation ic can generally got on top tgain, if he has not it is very much harder and lie sometimes ails. In Europe the countries are small and the land thickly popu-aled- , the people have to make i living and so many of them do is we do here, by living on farms lit they do not have to have fifty acres in order to make a iving as we do in America. If eaeli family has from three to our acres they are considered quite prosperous; why, because they know the meaning of con- down. Tim wheat production of 1917 of seventeen countries outside the Central Bowers was 1,868,000,000 bushels less than for the proceeding five year average. This is a decrease of fourteen per cent. What does it mean? It means t Bat the United States or America will have to make up this deficit not by production for production will soon lie to its limit but By conservation. By Your Interests nearer this Bank can come to being your kind of a bank indispensable anel helpful to you in the highest degree the nearer it approaches the ideals of its management. f Our aim is tu render you a defi- nite personal service in exchange for the business you give us a service that w iil he useful to you in the furthering of vour interests. Savings Bank Payson Exchange Home Inslituton The Strong Possibly our own production will be cut down when we have been in the war for two or three years. This is the reason our government is urging conservation in every line. Dr. E. O. Peterson, president of the Utah Agricultural College, Tar Buy Eat less meat, wheat says? Them Often Stamps Saving bread and sugar for the sake of health and patriotism. Some of the ways in which we can conserve are: 1. Serve less at meals. ships and aeroplanes and by important matter and bring flic 2. Preach and follow' the gos- making our boys more uncom- war to an immediate and victorious finish. of the clean pel fortable at the front. plate, and 3. Observe wheat less, meatless These are only a few of the and sweetless days by substitutin which we can conAll mu pur soldiers need is a still ing foods high in protein such as many ways George eggs and fish, corn, rye and rice serve and the benefits derived better rear organization. former Premier of to take the place of wheat, and from them. But wv are all conf- Clemenceau, Prance, Jan. 14, 1916. It is up to you dainties such as stuffed dates to ident that our government will to provide that by buying Liberty take the plaee of sugar. not have to enforce conservation BonJs. By these substitutions you do hut we will do as we always have We could not have endured such not overtax your stomach and done in when the our Presipast you are also supporting the dent has issued a call. We will aggressions and survived aa a nation of free people. armies at the front. in this Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, at behind the President get Mr. Hoover also says: There San Francisco, Oct. 11, 1917. Ameri. s not enough wheat in America can bleod calls to you. Buy Liberty lor us to have it and for them Bond. on; we must make our choice, The hope of Liberty Ilea In the op1 ive or keep, and that choice also means win or lose the war. portunities for freedom; military domination, supervision, checks, bondage, It has been estimated that if servation, they cultivate and tend lie in Prussian rule. BUY LIBERTY their small farms as we do our each person in the United States BONDS. iiower gardens, and as a result would save one pound of wheat families in CJerniany and Holland bread per week, in one year it make from $700 to $1000 from would amount ao '100,00(1,000 bushels of wheat. Conservation an acre per year. should not be hard for anyone, is new In America the country when for we do save this pound land and the spareely populated, and as a result the fanner gets of bread, it is simply putting as much land as he can. Money money in our pockets and it also is circulating plentiful and so he helps the government. Besides the conservation of does not think of laying up any. food we also have to conserve Hut some day this country may become much more thickly pop- coal or fuel in general. Due to ulated, then what are we to do? the heavy transportation of war But this country will not have to materials there have not, been We Have Secured the Agency for this become in this condition in order sufficient ears in wlTieh to trans So fuel. there has to cut down our food supply, if port naturally Wonderful Machine for Utah and Juab the present selective draft goes been a shortage. Before the war it took practically the w ho will run our farms and conwhich- to transport this Counties, and Have a Car on Exhibition sequently who will produce food? cal's in Also the selective We will have to cut down the commodity. for Your Inspection. size of our farms and produce draft has taken men from the mines and in them the placed larger yields, this is conservation army. These men were expert in of land and labor. Conservation will teach us their lines and when these posithrift and what is more amiable tions were filled with new men than that of being a thrifty production naturally fell. Of course there has not been the young man. TUI in Utah that there has shortage Mr, Herbert C. Hoover says: Ho back to the simple life, be in other sections of the country contented with simple food, sim- because coal mines are located here and the transportation is ple pleasures, simple clothes. short.' Flay hard, work hard, and pray President Wilson says: To hard. Work, eat, recreate and the miner let me that he say sleep. Do them all courageously. stands where the farmer does win. to a We have victory the work of the world waits on The Americans diet as a rule him, if he slacks or fails armies is too complex, he has to have a and statesmen are helpless, lie large variety in order to appease is also enlisted in the great serWhere so many his appetite. vice army. seasoned different and highly Some of the w ays in which we dishes are served, it greatly over- can conserve fuel are: taxes the stomach which will in 1. Chop and use more wood for time fail to do its full work. We firis. should eat foods which give us 2. Regulate the draughts on the most nourishment at the least stoves and the room temkeep cost. perature at 68 deg. E. The average sugar ration per 3. Reduce large electrical signs month of the Frenchman is 1.1 and pounds while that of the Ameri4. Use more water incan is 7.4. Sugar is expensive stead of steam for the power generating and should be conserved. We al- of electricity. so eat much more meat than the It has been estimated that if European, for which we pay a each housewife in the United high price. He eats more cheese States would save one small than we do, so he gets the same shovelful of coal per day, at the food value at a lower price. end of one year it would amount With the money that we save to 13,000,000 tons. Surelv each 'by living a simple life we iin housewife can save this ' small buy. Thrift Stamps and Liberty amount of coal daily. Tf she canBonds, which furnish us a good not do so bv ordinary means she investment, teaches us economy can encourage the family to have and helps our government. more daylight hours and of goIn order to win the war for ing to bed earlier, thereby savworld democracy we must ing electricity which in turn will When our allies' went to save fuel. war against (lermany there was For every shovel of coal we a heavy call on men. In France waste, it affects our armies, we alone, with a population of may say. by slakening the speed four million men were of the shells and bullets, by decalled to the colors. This meant creasing the speed of our battle- - g Legal Blanks for Sale at This Office Come in and See theTamous MOBILE one-ha- lf Expert Battery (Bhar&ruk Kinds of Repair Work, Guaranteed We Sell Good Year and Firestone Tires and Accessories KNOWLES MOTOR CO. 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