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Show PROVO POST, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1921. THE PROVO POST ' J American slang. American shopkeepers are buying up shops to such an extent that soon there Wont be an individual shop in Oxford street or Recent streets American newspapers are dumping their surplus issues in London at prices below their cost of production. If this goes tn, England will become an annex of the United Provos Popular Newspaper Published Each Tuesday and Friday By THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY 125 West Center St. Phone 13 . NEPH HICKS - States. Editor and Manager - Entered at the postoffice at Provo City, Utah, as second class matter. r. Subscription Terms Six Months Three Months . $3.00 1.50 I At The Theatres , , .75 cusse g&om WhoTa have read in an American novel that after a concert or ball given by a millionaire at Newport, the host and the first violin sat down to supper together and talked over old times at school, without the slightest sense of incongruity or alhision Jto their different places in life. That could not happen in this country, at least not yet. Englishmen are too sensible to pretend to ignore distinctions which, though notdis- pensationS of Providdence, are facts. 1 One Year - Wife ' I - TONIGHT BEBE DANIELS - - : reglar LZTsl Sff -- SUPPORT A HOME INDUSTRY BY SUBSCRIBING NOW l ' COAL SHOULD BE CHEAPER. little wonder that those familiar with the cause of the present unwarranted high price of coal com- plain When the facts pertaining to the production of this indispensable commodity are made known. We are informed upon good authority that at the present time the operators of Utah coal mines are paying 93 cents per ton - for coal to ' r be mined. Added to this is a tram charge of 10 cents and a tipple (screening, etc.,) charge of 10 cents making a total charge of $1.13 per ton. To this must be added an overhead expense of fifty per cent, which pays the company's taxes, seven per cent on the stockholders' investment and all inci--. " dental expenses. To which must-alsbe added the freight charges, $2.17 per ton, from the Utah, mines, which, too, is .said to be an excessive charge. This runs the total cost of laying a ton of coal in Provo to $3.87 in round figures. To this figure, our informant tells us, the mine operators have, . since the war restrictions were raised, added an extra sur plus profit of $3.31 per ton, if being shown that the retailer is charged $7.17 per ton for coal delivered to his yards. The between $7.17 and $9.75 is $2.58, which pays . for unloading - thef 'coat at the local yard, delivery and overhead r 'expenses of the local dealers, which we are told, and have every reason to believe, is a legitimate charge. The complaint is based on the $3.31 per ton surplus profit by the coal barons, which if true, is a flagrant in- -. ' stance of profiteering. ! We understand that during the war the government allowed these mine operators $3.65 at the mine. During that time labor conditions wre extremely bad and living gener- ' ally much.higheihR at the present time. Under present conditions wehsis itos reason why the people should be made "to pay the exhorUlnf Price they are now charged for coal. "They might; hdWever, expect to have to pay this surplus profit just as long as no one complains, and it might be interesting to'khow that at the figures given above it runs millions of dollars during a single years There-i- s . She Couldnt Help It. IX julse to wa offe WEDNESDAY People in Provo who frequent the soda fountains are doubtless justified in asking if it is worth 4 cents more to drink a coca-col- a in Provo than in Saif Lake. -- We should meet Salt Lakes prices on small items as well a3 large ones if we hope to keep our people trading at home.. . V Matinee 4 p.m. r-- P'tt0 ; lrds ta arI aurefc- - Apostle You are about ready to take the count when people to say of you, "And he used to be such a good dresser." You may think revenge will be sweet, but when you you know it often is bitterer than defeat. jUtabethE1 '' Ucation. jientUoru in Ud if . w . " Te Golds Us led Jrnest T. Poise is valuable but it isnt everything." A pair of scales and a cow both have poise, but they havent any per-- . sonality. Tbs spe The Post has already heard an echo from a recent editorial in this paper relative to publishing proceedings of county commissioners. In a letter from a citizen of Garfield county, comes this report: "We had an excellent example right here in our county last year, wherein Mr. Elmer Jorgensen drew funds to pay road workers and even signed their names to warrants at the banks. He was compelled to resign his position and will more than likely be convicted " - at this term of court in this county." Another example showing the need of a law wherein the proceedings of county commissioners should be given to the public, is reported in last Friday's Salt Lake Tribune, which says that William B. Hughes, former county commis-sionand M. C. Iverson, former county auditor, and their bondsmen are asked to pay $1500, the amount paid by the oounty to Mr. Corless, former sheriff, December 31, for a Peerless automobile for use by the sheriff's department. "Investigation by the present board of commissioners developed the fact that the purchase of the machine was not legal, fhe article says, "in as much as the voucher authorizing payment of the money to Mr. Corless was signed only by Mr. Hughes, although it is customary for the signatures of two commissioners to appear on any vouchers. Both Commissioner Joseph S. Lindsay and Commissioner C. F. Stillman, declare that they had previously refused to endorse the purchase of the car when the matter had been brought to the attention of the commission at a formal meeting. The voucher for payment oLthe$150ft-.wag-e- n dorsed by Mr, Iverson. It developed that the car thus secretly purchased was a broken down piece of machinery and of no value to the sheriff. There is little doubtbutlhatlhia transaction would never have been brought to light had the old administration remained in power. The advocates of a measure requiring the publication of the proceedings of county commissioners have the right to wonder how many instances like those mentioned above and hundreds of others are smothered in a desolation of ignorance through want of publicity during a single term of a public official. v itoa Girls who are just crazy About dancing, lead theirhuabands a merry dance later. -- commonly s '' . save you a lot of worry to get It into your mind WANDA HAWLEY highly improbable Also When you find a boy that likes to do housework, youll find a pretty girl who thinks she wouldnt register well on the screen. Chapter 9 of Ruth Roland in Ruth of The Rockies. V Regular of Prices-JOSEP- H M. SCHNCK ' NORMA TALMAGE lowing week , THpeprif e Its a wise child that knows its own mother in these of days rouge, short skirts and high heels. In the Greatest Success of Her Career THE BRANDED WOMAN It has been a great surprise to men to discover that since they have the vote women still continue ed to keep house. PRINCESS. The only persons who change their minds are those that have them. TONIGHT MOUNTAIN MADNESS The map. who is handy around the house", only is "handy in his business. WEDNESDAY-THURSDA- Y MADGE KENNEDY -- In- THROUGH THE WRONG DOOR Senator Smoot, of Utah, introduces a bill to prohibit smoking in all FederaLstructuresrwith a view to fire pre- vention. January 17. Following a motion of Senator Phelan, of California, to reconsider the vote cutting the army to 150,-00the senate, after a protracted debate, sets aside its former vote and then passes the measure with a limit of 175,000. About the same time the house passes a bill stopping enlistments and fixing the size of the army at 175,000. MADGE 0, January 12. Governor Miller, of New York, asks the legislature to pass a state enforcement act conformable : t6 the Volstead Act He also asks the repeal of the 3 per cents" . beer bill and other acts at variance with the Federal "dry -- KENNEDY IS Trapped In the house of a strange SOME DISHWASHER man, where she had come through When Madge Kennedy essayed the role of the society girl in her latest Goldwyn picture, Through the Wrong Door," which will bo shown at the Princess theatre Wednesday, she did not dream that she would hare to wash dlehea, the mistake of her chauffeur, Isabel Carter (Madge Kennedy) takes tbs situation lightly, and enjoys the adwith e venture of dining her host. Llghtheartedly she dresses her host In apron and chefs cap. and together they tackle the heaped Pile ol dishea In the kltchenT"" tete-a-tet- law. The war department orders reductions of the army of occupation from 15,000 to 8000. The cost of maintaining the former number of men in Germany has been about $75,-00- 0 a day. January 13. American appear befor the house judiciary committee and state that American merchant ships will be forced out of competition with foreign vessels if the recent-rulinthat no liquors can be served on, ships flying the flag of this country is put into effect. ship-owme- rs The Anti-Blu- e Law League of America, adopting the statue of Liberty as its emblem, begins operations, with headquarters in Washington. Plans are announced for an intensivecampaign for the repeal of all existing blue laws and to combat agitation for new ones. The Census Bureau announces that persons living in cities and towns of .more than 2500 in the 'United States number 54,318,032, while those living in rural territory number 51,390,739. This is the first time in the countrys history tljat more than half of the population is living in urban territory. ud tbs filtbful Pr Presld tints a boa at 1 daring tbs tlth or ten tarings Preside ' Matinee Daily 4 p. m The man who goes to church some Sunday after a long absence, tellsevery visitor in hisof ficeabout it all the fol- ifternoon doss loll' Bfeksp H S ,Ubs of Tbs Uia Top.' pened b Boa sing Tb to. patriarch iflle, toll cent THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Of course youre misunderstood, which may account for your being allowed to live. -- The following is an interesting reference to America's expansion and democracy which seems to shock the aristo-cracjrEngland. 'It is taken from the London Saturday 1 Review: The Americanization of this country is becoming a serious matten Rich American women marry pur . . impoverished peers, and set an exAmple 'of ' luxurious extravagance, which i3 most reprehensible,' especially as our own aristocracy is ruined. The Americans are capturing our movies and flooding the music halls with )t J.NEIDIG Directed by SAM WOOD. Photoplay by ALICE EYTOfl WILLI Adapted from the 6toiy by. that while it isnt impossible that you may become rich, it is THE AMERICAN BOGEY. . ff Ella Sa girding Realart Pictures Jjres&its ..v Jntutioniswhat a woman-igiven'tredirfor having when she guesses right with only one chance to guess -wrong. -- 1 l ms1dC Albert Jot er T vers t. Brown jladsen en - It would I geturdi , '7 U od got briefl A girl knows she is going to be married and live happy ever afterward; a man thinks he may be married and he hopes for the best, , THE NEED OF PUBLICITY SHOWN. for Been o y J- - Ptof. Wanda Hawley in The Snob at the Columbia Wednesday. |