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Show THIT'PIlOrO v TJtEPROV 0 -- POST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921. FARM FIGURES SHOW BIG LOSSES. PtO S T Provos Popular Newspaper That the farmers of the country are not finding their financial path strewn with roses was recently shown at a farm bureau meeting in THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY Phone IS 12S West Center St. Saline county, Missouri, when sixteen leading livestock dealers and grain fanners who keep on their operations, brought figures from and books Editor HICKS C. NEPHI Manager their records showing actual and not estimated Entered at the Postoffice at Provo City, Utah, aa nor guessed losses. Second-clas- s Matter, These records showed the loss to the fanners been about $75 ahead. on cattle, $4 to $5 had Subscription Terms: OA hogs and BO to 70 cents on wheat, and that $1 .$3.00 One'Yearrrrv. ,TTT. 160 of agricultural products purchased only 25 cents Biz Months The costs of pro76 in agricultural necessities. Three Months duction were placed by these men at these figures: A bushel of wheat, $1.75; a bushel of SUPPORT A HOME INDUSTRY BY 0 corn, 90 cents; a ton of hay, $20; a pound of Subscribing now . pork, 9 cents ; a pound of beef, 13 to 17 cents. None of those products has shown any ' lation on the market, but has decreased within A LIGHTING SYSTEM NEEDED. the last year from 20 to 60 per cent, while the cost of production has shown little downward The recent burglary of a local store should trend, the figures prove. again, it seems to us, demonstrate the advisabilAs a concrete example of how corn has exity of merchants following the suggestion of our ceeded shoes in the drop in price, Eli Daniel of police officers by installing lights behind their Gilliam, president of the Saline County Breed places of business. If each merchant would iners association, said: stall such a light, burglars would have little opI always wear the same kind of shoe. Last portunity to carry on their nefarious work withfive and a half bushels of corn purchased year out being detected. Such lights would also offer a and this year the shoe cost me twenty-thre- e pair proper protection to our police officers. bushels. Under the present condition, with a light at These five reasons were given by the meeting each entrance of the alley and darkness in the for present conditions: 1 Gambling on the center, the officers make of themselves targets board of trade; 2 Packer domination of the for the burglars weapon whenever they pass meat sources ; 3 Lack of foreign markets ; under the glaring lights at the entrance, while in monetary exchange; 5 The inthe officers are unable to see anyone who may be clination on the part of the manufacturer, job-' ber and retailer to make a profit in spite of the hiding in the dark. It is wrong economy to fail to have the needed fact that the farmer customers have been susillumination, perhaps a plan betaining severe losses in all their products. block could each on A part of the figures in which the findings tween the various merchants be worked out that would reduce the expense to were based came from the records t)f Harry Orr a minimum. A lighting system in the rear of of Mount Leonard, who has a wide reputation as the business hcSjses might be the means of sav- a farm statistician. in or dollars stolen thousands t property, ing KU KLUX KLAN IN FORTY-FIVeven human life, ft . 7-STATES. Published Each Tuesday and Friday by COAL The you. like a burn Low perash, no clinkers and highest, kindthat centage Qf amount of heat. We are ready to fill your bin. Telephone your orders today. , E YNT DOWN McGINTY. f A bomb dropped on the old battleship Alabama by an airman flying over her in Chesapeake bay last week, tore off her mast, destroyed her whole armored superstructure and turned her over on her side as she sank. Six bombs .other planes rained half ton' and one-to- n on her simultaneously as she went down and four hit the warship as she turned over, the others landing in the water within twenty to thirty feet, close enough to open any ships seams and send her to the bottom. Imagine what would have happened had there d been a crew of 1200 men and a magazine aboard the Alabama, or that the warship and its crew had had a preliminary treatment of liquid death and poison gas. makers wont Shipbuilders and armor-plat- e admit it, but future wars will be settled in the ' air and not with battleships. -- well-fille- The New York World publishes an elaborate exposure of the new Ku Klux Klan. It exists in every state except New Hampshire, Montana and Utah. The World shows that in the five years it has been growing, with now upwards .of half a million members, it has committed 152 atrocities, among them four murders, five one case of mutilation, one of branding with acid and forty-on- e floggings. It has held twenty-seve- n tar and feather parties, has threatened lawless acts by public advertisements in fourteen communities and has held flamboyant parades in sixteen towns and cities. No secret organization that assumes to take the law inta its own hands can last in the United States, and we are glad to note that Utah is one of three states in the Union not infested with kid-napin- this ever-growin- g SMOOT LUMDEO CO. Coionades, Book Cases, Kitchen Cabinets and all kinds of Cabinet Work; also Furniture Repaired. R. L. SPURRIER, D. C. One of the best known chiropractors in Utah county is RL. Spurrier,. who has professional offices in Farrer Bros. block. Dr. Spurrier is a native of Ohio. After graduating from the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, the fountain school, he came to Utah, where he started practicing his profession in the northern part of the state. About a year and a half ago he opened offices in Provo and intends to make this his permanent home. During his short practice here Dr. Spurrier has made rapid professional advaAcement and has built up an extensive practice not only In Provo, but throughout the county. At the present time Dr. Spurrier, assisted by Mrs. Estella Spurrier, who is also a graduate of the Palmer school, is conducting a free health clinic for children under 9 years of age. , Copyright 1921, by the If you hit your thumb with a hammer you wouldnt blame your thumb for hurting. Then why blame your husband whose nerves may have been pounded by coffee, and whose rest probably has been broken by the irritation of the caffeine it contains? ' If you stay awake half the night you don't feel any too cheerful. The caffeine of coffee and the thein of tea are known drugs. If their use is persisted in, sooner or later th& nervous system may give way. Then you may have insomnia, or disturbed sleep. Your nerves and tissues will be robbed of that stability essential for normal and happy living. International Syndicate HOUSES WASHINGTON - . SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 All other holidays are tinged with political signifi- cance or sorrow But NATIONAL CANDY DAY VISITED ON WAY TO INAUGURATION STILL STANDING z The battles of the Revolution, In Washington. Dear Junior Travel- many cases, centered around geters? When Washing- ting control ol that territory. After ton started for New leaving Elizabeth we headdd for York City to be In- Newark which is big city. It Is augurated as first Just outside of Newark, that the president of . the railroad trains change engines from United States he the ones using coal to big electric could not make the engines. They are certainly big trip over night and sleep In a train. ones and they change so as to keep He went by stage coach and had to the smoke out of the tunnels that make many stops. This trip was gQ under the Hudson River. It m 1789 so you see 11 was before seems strange to ?e the big ferry trains or steamers or aeroplanes One of the places where he stopped was Elizabeth, N. J., and when I made my trip this summer I passed througi that city There are many Interesting Princeton At least two hot lights In the ".evolution took place near Eliza ,r'th. and tw ice the British soldiers cere turned back , They tell the 'toi-that when other things gave out Parson Caldwell got Jivmn bdoks from a church for the American soldiers to wad their puns with You do not want to miss the old Presbyterian Church built in 1781 It Is on Broad street In the it when your husband is cross at breakfast? houses In the old town and one of hem Is the Ooudlnot place, where big reception was held for him rniB house on East Jersey street built about 17t3 Elias Boudlnot was president of the Continental 'ongress and he is the man who igned the treaty of peace with Jreat Britain. Wo never hear luch about him do w e? Afterwai d fohn Dayton lived In the house. It as after him Dayton, Ohio, is He was tn the U S Senate But a house just as interesting to . J? is fhe Belcher Mansion, which i .also op East Jersey street. He as the governor appointed by the ing. and did a lot to help get the College of New Jersey to going Tn now that college is Princeton University. Washington, Hamilton, afaiette, Jonaihan, Edwards and nariV other noted men have stopped u th house. Mr Dix, a lawyer. " w lives there and is keeping the nue jut as much like it was In the old das as he can In 1824. hen Lafavette came back to this ''ountry, he visited there again In his great gandson visited the ouse. It is called the birthplace Day in the Year VOU You can avoid this possibility if youll stop drinking tea and coffee and drink instead, rich, pleasing Postum. Postum is the delicious cereal beverage with a coffee-lik- e flavor. It affords the advantages of a hot drink, without the ill effects of tea or coffee. Order Postum from , your grocer today. Try it with the family for a few days, and see what a difference therell be how it will permit Nature to bring sound sleep and strong, sturdy, quiet nerves. Sold by grocers. Postum corns in two forms: Instant Postum (in tins) made instantly in tha cup by the addition of boiljng water. Postum Cereal (in packages of larger bulk, for those who pro. fer to make the drink while the meal is being prepared) made by boiling for 20 minutes. certainly want to you 1 save money, and would like to have better Then use Calumet. bakings, , Its the im- biggest thing you can do to prove the quality ot your bakings end lower baking costa. Calumet is made in the larg- est, most aanitaryBaking Powder Factories in the World. No Baking Powder is made under better conditions none can be better in quality. It contains only such Ingredients as bare been officially endorsed by the U. & Pure Food Authorities. An absolute guaran- tee that it Is pure. HD I'M-- - : 'HU Uua 'f boats and the battleships on the Hudson, and then shut your ees and think that on many uacks trains are carrying thousands of ppop'e under that water Noy they are going to build another bridge oier-ihriver and they are talking of another tunnel. From Newark on It all seemed like one big city with streets paved and lights along the way. But I church yard is burled Rev John like WaMn-toq better, where there,--at- e athan Dickinson, the founder of ths thousand i of trees and plenty He was of grass. ""College of New Jersey the first president of It, and that RUSSELL BURKE. was in 1717. Yon will find a markThe Travelog Boy. er oj the Sunday-schoo- l telling Via the members of the pbout Junior Travel Club know I guss JOIN Tfin J. T. C. that Woodrow Wilson went from - Ei the head of Princeton to he gov cry boy and girl reader ernor of New Jersey, and then pres of this peprr can become a ldent or the United Stares Grover member of the Junior Travel Cleveland, who was president of the Club by tenting to Russell United States, went to Pr lieeton Burke, the Trarcloa Bny, l Thr tr.sKTppcV of the club Jo live after beh- - preside--AlJer-e- y icants to heir from you. through tere Watch the payer for your hardly a place that does not have sdme Interesting spot that figured In Colonial dajs of to long ago Is a Day of Sentiment and Joy. Remember the' Folks at Home with v Startup's Candy If Whose fault is Russell Burke PASSENGER FARE TAXES. , , ' The CHEER UP. The J. -- forty-million-doll- ar Sweetest - Phone 554-Shop 335 West Center te menace. When the government placed a tax on railroad tickets, it was commonly regarded as a good way to hit the luxury of travelling. It may The cost of living still bothers. But if we have been essential in the emergency in which lived in Europe it would bother us more. Prices it was enacted. But it has hurt business perhave fallen faster in the United States than any haps more than any other tax, by discouraging other country. Which means we shall be the travelling salesmen from going on the road. first country to. get back to normal. That will If a man sells on commission, he will go slow make your income go further. What is just as about starting out with these heavy taxes to Important, it will give us the low costs which we pay. And if his company pays his expenses, must have to compete in world markets for for- they are reluctant to have him undertake a trip. The commercial travellers are the advance eign trade. Deflation is a bitter dose. It was unwisely agents of prosperity, and the quicker we get the and too drastically and partially administered, taxes off their travelling costs, the sooner they doing as much harm as good. But this one thing will be out in full force, collecting orders and good it has done. Cappers Weekly. making the factories boom at high speed. Provo, Utah-- Phone 20. your dealer is not supplied phone 18, and we will make delivery for nearest loyal dealer. 11 v., j 1 (SALUMUT DAitING POWDER e It received highest Awards, -- V' v: World's Pure Food Exposition, ChiParis Exposition, Paris, cago France positive proof of its superior merit It is used by more scientists house- -' and chefs than any other brand. That would not be tha case, if it were possible to secure a higher quality Ieavener. wives, domestic It is sold at a moderate price. All you have to do is to compare costs to determine how much you can save by buying Calumet Pound can of Calumet contains full Id os. Some baking powders come in jj os. instead ofj6 os. cans. 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