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Show Some men belong to every society in the neighbordood but the society of their home. ' You don't' have to go to war to be patriotic. Improve your locality, uphold up-hold your town, enlarge its interests, and lend a hand to progress, and you are a patriot a lover of your country as truly as the soldier who shoulders his musket. One step wont take you very far you've got to. keep on walking; one word won't tell folks what you are you've got to keep on talking; one inch won't make you very tall you've got to keep on growing; one little "ad" won't do it all you've got to keep 'em japing. Emery county has the largest delegation dele-gation at the senatorial convention. Carbon has 11, Emery 12, Grand 3, San Juan 2, Uintah 8. Such being the case it looks like the senatorial candidate should be an Emery county man. We hear that there are other counties though with designs upon the place. With the Republican nominating convention con-vention called for the 15th of October, and the convention for the naming of delegates to the senatorial convention coming next Monday, and various candidates candi-dates showing up for the different offices the political aspect is getting decidedly more interesting. The call for the district senatorial convention comes as a rather hurried affair. It is dated September 24th and the time set for the 5th of October. This makes it necessary to hold the county convention on Monday the 3rd, which throws the primaries tonight. Rather quick work but republicans are capable of doing quick work when it is needed. In spite of the fact that the conservation conserva-tion business is holding back the development develop-ment of the west neither the republicans or democrats of Utah declared against it in their state platforms. This looks like rather poor support for the governors govern-ors who spoke right out for the rights of the west. Governor Hay is thinking of calling another conference and if he does something stronger yet may be expected. ex-pected. Perhaps in this way the matter may be kept alive until the people can be worked up to a realization of how the shoe fits them. We owe it to the community in which we live to do everything we can in every way possible that will be to its advantage. advan-tage. Our neighbor's prosperity means a great deal more to us than someone's who live3 elsewhere. We should bear this in mind in buying our goods. We can afford to pay our home man a firm price for his wares rather than send our money away, knowing as we do that every dollar our ow.i citizen makes will help in sustaining our schools, churches and public institutions. It pays richly to patronize home industry. In regard to our schools, parents have duties to perform, which they can ill afford to neglect. They should show to their children that they have an interest in the school. They should examine carefully the reports sent by the teacher, teach-er, should see that their children are in school every day, and punctual, should assist and encourage their children to j do all their school duties faithfully and I well; should co-operate with the teacher j in securing the prompt return of their I children home after school is dismissed; i should make a friendly visit to the school, and talk freely with the teacher and principal in regard to same. Next week is the state fair of Utah, j It will be visited by people from all over ; the state and a large number from i Southern Idaho and other surrounding ! states. Such being the case it is a good I chance to show the people what we have here in Emery. As a general proposition prop-osition they don't know much about Emery county, except that it is a big ' county away from the railroad. We need new people here to help develop the resources of the valley and a goo ! way to get them is to show people what we have here. We all know that we raise as good stuff here as in any part of the west. Let's show other people what we ;ire doing and get them to come and help us. A good display of fruit, grain, alfalfa seed, etc., would help attract the right kind of attention to these parts and help us all. Why not take a display? The railroad faro is only one fare for the round trip. There is a matter that has been brought to our attention by the merchants mer-chants and peddlers that should be look-; look-; ed after. It is this: Some of our pro-: pro-: ducers do not take pains to send then-products then-products out looking the best. It is only a small matter, such as dirty eggs 1 or vegetables or fruit which could easily -be made more attractive. The butter ; wrapper law is a very effective way of keeping that .product in good shape. Why not use the same care with the other products, even if the law does not compel? A little care in this line will save the merchant and peddlers much embarassment and give the products of the county a much better appearance where they go. When you go to the store you find that the people who aro-sending aro-sending out goods to tempt your pocket-books pocket-books have them arranged in the most attractive way possible. Even as cheap a thing as crackers is handsomely boxed at no small expense. It is little things that count, and a little in the way of preparing products for market is as profitable on the farm as at the factory. The following clipping is from the Knoxville (Tenn.) Independent, and show how fairly some people can speak of Utah, the lady writing them having spent some time visiting in Utah: "Once a wilderness so unpromising that it evoked derision in the halls of Congress, the west has become today the land of fortune, and opportunity, In this land of boundless distances the altitude is stimulating, the air is a tonic giving health to the infirm, and courage to those who have failed eisewere. Its constant sunshine encourages optimism and cheerfullness. Surrounded by its majestic mountains, whose peaks are covered with glimmering snows, pure in the sunlight of heaven, the glories of its opal tinted dawns, the indescribable beauty of the sunsets, and the nameless witchery of its twilight softly melting into night, are the work of a divine painter. " |