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Show PROVOS POPULAR NEWSPAPER NO. 208 PROVO . - , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916. N. G. U. BOYS A " - VOL. VII. v F atTlflKIST r CITY, UTAH. Black ...... TO OUR PATRONS Owing to yesterday being Christmas, The Post comes out tonight in a edition. This was done )n order to give all the employees of the paper a full holiday yesterday. The edition will be regular eight-pagFriday. printed four-pag- e e GOVERNOR SPRYS LIFE THREATENED BY GREAT BOMB - That the L W.Wa are still on the trail of Governor William Spry became ' evident yesterday morning when a bomb with enough explosive to blow up not only the governors home bat those In the neighborhood, w&s located in the snow In the governors front yard. It was found by Richard F. Nelson, a neighbor, and was directly In the path the governor Cakes upon entering or leaving his home. Sheriff Corless was notified and the bomb was taken to the state He found chemist for examination. it to be sixteen Inches high and to weigh about ten pounds.1 It Is constructed of gun cotton, picric acid, - nltro glycerine, dynamite and gun- powder. Experts say It would have from friction or by either exploded or kicked stepped upon or by being crystallization of the nltro glycerine caused by the. cold. Another theory Is that the picric acid would have eaten through the layer of metal to the gun cotton, which also would have. resulted In an explosion. Covering the entire machine is a thick casing of . plaster; loaded with Iron holts and nuts. The Interior Is made of thin brass and several lead pipes divided Into compartments In which the explosives are retained. CHRISTMAS BRIDES WERE A reward of $500 has Been posted PLENTIFUL THIS YEAR would-bj for the murderers and ev-7" I. W, W. In Salt of the member Issued been , ery Marrlage licenses have to . the .; following couples: Lindsay Lake has been taken Into custody. Hutchinson of Mammoth and Maud ' As the deed was In 11ns - wtth the Smith11 of SpringvUle; William' Ray threats made In the Hillstrom case Garbett and Ethel Wonnacott, both the officers believe they can locate xof Eureka Robert -.- Chester Brown and Tlolett Manilla Ivie, both of Eu- reka; William Lucas of Spanish Fork and Ethel Diamond ; of Sprlngvllle; Amos Leonard Fellmer of Eureka . By." careful experiments under 'scientists . have and Agnes Mecham of Wallsburg; rled conditions, an Ideal form is - Arthur W. Finley and Philda Roy- proven that candy of great ear food lance, both of Sprlngvllle; etephen of carbohydrate of a eomblna-of- " made Merritt Cannon of Payson and Merva ergy value, being ; - ftlon' of nutrients recognized every- Richfield.. where as, of the highest calorlcvalue , OF INTEREST IN THE for a given . weight When you buy a box of Startup 1 T 1 - l - . a , sa-loo- ns , Utah-ldah- o school. McDonald left Provo with Troop F but was transferred to the hospital corps a soon as he reached headquarters in Salt Lake and went to the front In that company. When they reached Nogales he was assigned to the hospital and has spent his entire time there. He was given charge of Private Roper of Alabama, the man who contracted such a severe case of was arrested last Friday night night for passing worthless checks on half a dozen Provo merchonta and securing about $50.00. He was turned over to the Juvenile court, as he is only 17 years of age. Lee layed. For two whole days the people of this section have not had their dally papers that should have reached here ty carrier as the Orem trains carrying the papers were blocked in the snow south of Riverton. A call for men has been sent out but it is reported very doubtful whether the track can he cleared for service In time for this evenings service. The Orem trains have been running between Payson and Lehl for the past two days but at times the service has been badly- - crippled with drifting snow. Utah - county was not hit as hard with ' the ; storm as where It developed Into a About eight inches of snow fell and it was enough to block the street car traffic and to completely Isolate the suburban residence districts from the city. The street cars have not run regularly for two dyi and the regular Christmas festivities .of the down town districts did not take place. The restaurants and cafes, and eabarets sre gloomy and The theatres played to deserted. ' small houses and the t Christmas rounder waa nowhere .111 evidence. The storm abated this. . morning, but telephone reports from the capital state' that business Is still blocked and the stores ere deserted. - from Idaho, Telegraphic reports Montana, Wyoming and Nevada Indicate that the storm has swept over those' states but that Utah was the storm center. ' About thirty inches of snow has fallen . during the month, which is the heaviest fall since 1884' for the December record. The weather man still predicts more snow before the end of the month and Utahs snow record will be smashed to smithereens.. ' - I WORTHLESS CHECK ARTIST IN THE TOILS OF THE LAW Salt Lake City, Dec. 23. Howard and W. J. Chadwick, representing the Utah State Farm bureau' conferred yesterday with officials of e the Sugar companles.-Thpurpose of the conference, which was held In the office of T. R. Cutler, general manager of the Utah-Idho Sugar company, waa to discuss the attitude in which the growers are regarding the refusal, of the manufacturers to grant certain points asked in the conference between the manufacturers and the farm bureau representatives some weeks ago. At that time the bureau asked for a flat rate of $7 a ton for beets containing 15 per cent. of saccharine be a ton paid, with an additional 12 for beets containing more than 15 per cent. Better dumping fcailities the right to commence harvet-inon Ootober 1, and to continue harvesting until all the beets were out of the ground were other concessions asked. The companies declined to grant some of these points on the ground that they- were not practicable under present conditions. Differences, however, are considered settled for the Alston experience oa theborderandsaye that his experience in the army base hospital at Nogales has been worth more to him than three years of - . .ANOTHER REPORTS DeLoy McDonald of the hospital corps returned home from Nogales and after a visit with relatives and friends came to town this morning. He la very much enthused over his ARE BURIED III DRIFTING SNOW Not for the past thirty two years has Utah been so tightly held In the grip of the storm king. For nearly two days over two thirds of the cities and towns in the Btate have been Isolated. Where conectlona are possible only a limited amount of traffic Is being carried on. , The Denver and Rio Grande trains sre able to op- erate between Provo and Salt Lake. In many places to the south and the east of here that road Is blocked and the regular service Is badly de- COMMITTEE FEELING FINE Prominent Figures at Railway Conference TRAFFIC DELAYED WHILE CARS FARM BUREAU e . - , , Judge Morgan called the calendar for the January term of ..the JFpu rth District court. Practically all of the attorneys In thecounty were present hut none from outside. A number of r cases were not set owing to. the wea- ther conditions. The following were arraigned: Btate vs. Alfred Johnson, pleaded not tuCty; State vs. 0. O. Haws, plead-not guilty; State vs. Frank Runts, Pleaded guilty to larceny. He will he sentenced 'Wednesday. State - vs.-won C. Anderberg. - He -- pleaded Sullty to deserting his family and was sentenced to pay ths county clerk 815,00 per month. d " sVowdrirrCTilatc,''- - eu-ar- "artificial simply getting so much compounded. fruit, bygenically Whatlstroeof1Btartufs-"Sno- wdrift" Chocolates Is also true of the -balance of The me thousand - items factmade In Provo by this modern when ory.- Do you say Startups In buying candy? $50,000 per year enof result Startups Is the payroll terprise. "Miss Ruth Col Is spending the idays hol- n An important 'conference of men of the middle western states on rail and water transportation was held In Evansville, Ind., beginning on Thursday Dec. 14. Alfred P, Thom, counsel for the RaHway Executives Advisory committee, who lately testified before the Joint committee of. Congress. Investigating the railroad situation, was one of the speakers, as were Frank Trumbull, chairman of the Railway Executives on Railway Advisory Committee Legislation; William G. Lee, . president of .the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen; John Muir, president of well-know- -- UTAH COUNTY POULTRY SHOW TO OPEN SOON -- Henry - Thomas manager, of the Utah County Poultry show announced today that the exhibition will he held during the week of January 15. The poultry fanciers of this section are preparing for the. showand according to entries booked to date e 4t will largest ever held Jn this city. Mr. Thomas and his associates are busy arranging the prizes and the premium lists. They expect, to complete this work within the .next few days .and will then publish their an' nual ca&alog. be-th- . anthrax that the physicians held out little hope for his recovery. He was kept on - stimulants for three days and finally recovered. (This Is only the seventh case reported to have recovered In the United Staes.) The man has now been sent home. . Wheif asked about the health of the hoys In Troop F be said the troop Prihad not had much sickness. vates Randall and Christian hal been and operated on for appendiCltles In time. record had recovered According to McDonald. tTroop F is considered one of the crack troops on the border and is known everywhere a .."Crack Troop F, Utah Cavalry.. The boys have been doing border duty for a long time and are kept n duty., because. of their, efficiency in the service. The boys are hard as Iron and Interested in the work but are willing to return home at any time now, as they feel that they have had the necessary training to be of real service to the country whenever needed. The boys have received word that WILUAK'G the 17th U. 8. cavalry will reach NoexN.C, KINGSBURY gales early in January and they VOHN HUlfe federal when the pect to be relieved troops arrive. The boys are enjoying the phonograph sent to the border and are able the Railway Investors League, and to entertain themselves with music " N. C. Kingsbury. while other companies go without A shipment of new records arrived in time for Christmas. RAMSEY PRAISES Sergeatn Stark who left for the front with the troop has been promoted to sergeant major and Sergeant PRUDENTIAL OIL Cunningham has recently been promoted to quartermaster sergeant for the Second Utah squadron with headquarters at Nogales. - g - present ' - ' Following the meeting, Mr. Chad-wic-k Issued the following self explan- --story statement to- - the farmer-an- d beet growers of Utah: "As a result of your committees negotiations with the various sugar companies operating in Utah and Idaho we herewith submit through the press, our report and recommendations. , Throughout the negotiations have been characterized by a spirit of co' operation. In taOmess to the sugar officials your committee must say that they have been open minded and have met us half way on every request .we have made. "In the matter of price for beets we have been given the' option of a& : cepting a flat rata contract or a slid- ing scale contract After sounding the sentiment of the farmers, we recommend that for this year the farmers accept the $7 flat rate Contract, with a view in future of working out with the a system of chemical department, whereby 4 slld-ing scale can he made effective and satisfactory to the beet growers,. - We discover that the sugar companies are now "exerting every effort to better the unloading facilities. Trans- poriation by auto truck la now being tried on a small scale and promises Lumber to cenlarge In the future. and machinery for several new dumps have .been .ordered and jwfll be Installed in the near future. The of-- , ficials assure us that it Is their desire to meet any reasonable request of the fanners In bettering, condl- tions that, now prevail The sugar companies have conceded to the growers in their 1917 contracts the privilege of starting to dig beets' five 'days earlier; than customary In years past They recog-nlzas do the farmers, the urgent necessity of getting the beets out of" the ground as early as possible after they hate matured. With reference, to pulp the companies promise to give the growers . -- r$s , l ,. COPROPERY Mr. Frank Ramsey, who has just returned from a trip to the Elk BaBULLION sin Oil fields to make personal in- EUREKA vestigation of the Prudential Elk BaMINE III GOOD SHAPE sin Oil company for himself and a number of friends In Prov, Salt Lake and Ogden, makes the following reJohn M. Bestelmeyer, superintendI port: : . 7 .7 of the Eureka 'Bullion company, ent I regard the Prudential Elk Basin returned from the mine In East baa Oil company one of the best investremain home this ments I ever saw, as anyone invest- Tintic and' will He reports excellent progress week." under ing is assured full protection te now. almost reached the 3M of sad has the Blue Sky Laws of fool level, where the lime is very Montana. ore The company la ofering a limited highly mineralized, indicating asThe amount of stock tot development pur- bodies at greater depths, . show low'values In 'lead, silver poses. They have 160 acres, of land says and gold, but not of shipping grade In the heart of tho Elk Basin oil ' fields where they are drilling and yet....... new plant recently Installed by The have their first well at a depth of for 2125 feet and there is no doubt In the company makeritpossible. Mr. and them to sink very rapidly anyones mind that they will have a Bestelmeyer expects to 'reach tho 500 reproducing well within- the the before spring. level quired depth."- Mr, Ramsey also ..makes the followCARD OF THANKS (Continued on Page 4.) ing statement: "I regard this as one of the greatest oil fields I have ever : We desire to thank our many FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ' seen as the Midwest and Ohio Oil .the.., assistance 7 and sym. GEORGE, BEESLEY TO BE companies have ! produc- fiiendajor extended to us durso kindly pathy CHAPEL WARD SIXTH AT hole a single dry ing wells without the illness of our wife and being drlleld in this field. The small- - ing . May Gods blessings always mother. est producer flows two hundred and;: ThftfuneraL.serylces over th re. them and keep ...troubles amr mains of George A. w;o Wtr.haresls per day. TOs Is a veryifc,Mlu Nevada,- - last week Will at'Tonapah, high grade oil, carrying 60 per cent GEORGE WATKINS be held in the Sixth ward chapel on gasoline. ' The facilities for . the AND FAMILY. , j market oil of to. the. Wednesday, at one oclock. The re- transportation mains reached - here this afternoon is excellent as the Illinois Pipe Line were and were taken In charge by O. H. company has a pipe line to this field . to 100 feet In the air and they i and Is shipping to ths refinery." having some trouble In capping the Berg and Son, undertakers. Ifr. Ramsey has visited every well gusher. .An eleven , pound boy arrived at In this field. He also arrived Just In - Mr. Rsmsey says that K the people their realised Provo Oil possibilities to Midwest of company time (he home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Davis seejthe In this an Investment company,! near with in another last Saturday for . Christmas. The 'the j gusher hrtng Prudential Oil companys drilling. they would not hesitate to become mother and child are getting along j nicely. This well was spouting oil from 75 interested. - : the-Sta- , e. Sheriff Henry East and his deputies are busy notifying the following -- Jurors to be present in court January 4, 1917:- - John Jaeperson, Goshen; N. T. C. Christensen, . Salem ; John Lant, Richard Tates, Samuel E. Taylor, Francis Elmer of Payson. Ellas A. Gee, Carl Bandley, J. W. Danger-field- , Roberts S. Curtis, Adelben M. Carter and. George. duff of ,Pror vof Adelbert Brockbank, Isaac Boley, Ole P. Olesen, Oscar J. Dean, John E. , .- Buckwalter-an- d George-HRoblns- on of American Fork; Frank H. Blarkett, and. JohnXkWhltlng Martin If Sprlngvllle;A J'. Broomhead, Spanish Fork; Laurta Christensen of and Morgan D. Warner of - -' : Spanish Fork. San-taqui- n . . -- : . . J forty-thre- e . . .... . 1 - COMMERCIAL CLUB TO MEET TOMORROW Monroe. NOON hold its The Commercial club-wiluncheon Wednesday. at,J2 Miss Lucy Cox spent the week end( regular Mr. oclock. A special lecture on markether parents, In Provo visiting ing will be given. and Mrs. M. A. Cox. ll - -- . v t - - . . ; BEING NOTIFIED""":? FOR JANUARY TERM JURORS . c i -- . |