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Show Recently a man who tills the soil as his life's vocation was heard to criticise and condemn severely the methods in vogue in the bi meat packing institutions insti-tutions of this country' his disparaging remarks being directed particularly at the idea of those institutions utilizing every portion of the animal killed, including in-cluding its flesh, hide, bones, etc., and, in the case of a hog, even its squeal. The farmer did not realize that that example, set by those big concerns, was one from which he could profit. That is the very idea the farmer, especially es-pecially the small farmer, ought to have always in mind while arranging his plans for his year's work; he ought to utilize every foot of his soil, every year if possible; he ought to alternate his crops to the best advantage, watching the markets closely in order that he is in a position to supply it with those things for which there is demand at high prices; all the little side issues should be looked after with the utmost care, because sometimes they are, taken collectively, more remunerative than those generally considered of more importance. im-portance. In short, he should farm after the intensive plan, just as the big corporations always conduct their establishments. estab-lishments. It requires some thought and planning and study, but that is a portion of the management of a farm in these days. The growth of our great cities which is heralded with much pride, dojs not j warrant pride at all. Tne grovth uf ih.J 'country during the past ten years has been remarkable, but we cannot rejoice until we know that the rural d.stricts ! have progressed proportionately wkh j the cities. Suppose we d ) build migniy j cities all over the United Scaled? Cities : are made of stone, wood and iron. Can a country be sust lined by ci.y craftsmen? crafts-men? Some of them are creitin,', of course, but tney J t njt cejee b-isis wealth. We mast tur.i our e.ie.gies to the developing f the soil, we must go back tn the country life. We will sojii be facing a crisis, an J it will not be settled set-tled by the tariff, the square deal, or machine politics. It is a question of production, and we wonder .vhy some of our economists have not referred to tins matter in trying to account for the hign cost of tni necessaries of life. Is it not possible tnat tile increase in the productivity of the farm land has not kept pace with tne increase in population? popu-lation? We are congregating in tl,e cities and are letting production take care of itself. We must have more and better lar.aing more "intensive" farming. ' There is one man in Emery county at ! least wno noticej what tne Progress j had to say at,out a county fair and is e,iougn interes . .-J in the development j of the country to make a suggestion in j the ..matter. It is tne editor of the j Green River Dispatch. Ho.v oo you like what !)e suggests? Here it Is: "The Dispatch fully agrees vviui our brotner publisher ac tne county c.p.tal anJ wd would suggest that iiusm Jen as 'Green River is tne only toA'n of any , size on C.e railroad i.i n ry cou.icy it j would surely be a pious plan to hold the I aloiesaid fair here, in order that the j entire county might reap tr.e benefit of having mure outside people see the ex-I ex-I hibit. Farmers of the inland portions of the great empire of Emery would j certainly enjoy coming over here once j a year to place their big red apples, ! i pumpkins, squash and the thousand and ! one producLs that they grow in profusion j in competition with those grown by t their neighbors. A series of ball games j could be played at t.i.- s i.ne time to de- j cide the cha npion. hip and numerous other attractions might be added. ! j We merely o.t'er this as a suggestion ! to our neighbors in order to find out' j what they think of the pi m." j ! , j Utah s new law requiring judges of I election to make out a duplicate of the j j election results and return the copy with j j the official ballot immediately to the .county clerk, city recorder or town i clerk, as the case may be, for public in- i : spection will be given its first trial at the coming general election. The law passed by the legislature in 190a and its primary object is to get the correct election results to the public as quickly as possible. Under the law the election judges, as soon as the votes are counted and the ballots sealed up, must inclose in another envelope and direct to the county clerk, the city recorder or the town clerk a duplicate of the total numberof votes received by each candidate. can-didate. This copy is to be placed on file in the office of the county clerk, the . city recorder or the town clerk for pub ic inspection. In this way the newspapers, news-papers, if the election judges are not derelict in their duty, are enabled to get the full and correct election results shortly after the polls are closed and give them to the public the first issue after election. Some of the Utah towns are contracting contract-ing for advertising space in a sixteen-page sixteen-page section of the Chicago Record-Herald Record-Herald devoted to Utah and its resources This section is to come out some Sunday Sun-day during November and catch the crowds at the International Live Stock j Show. The paper has a circulation of j two hundred thousand and reaches the farmers and business men in the best farming states of the Union. It is not 1 all big towns that are taking thisadver- 1 tising; Milford and Beaver have taken a page to advertise that county at a price of $500 for the one issue. The two towns pay $250 each. It is a good stroke of business and the towns are to be congratulated con-gratulated on their enterprise. Other places neer! advertising too. ! We can't print the News unless we get it and sometimes you are the only one who knows it. In that case it is clearly your duty to tell the printer. No one ever knew the printer to turn down an item of news but he knows j people who have failed to give him news nearly every week. Talk is cheap and he has a phone and a postoiFice box. 1 To the poundkeepers of the county j we have a word: We have printed some appraisement blanks and can send them to you at 25 cents per dozen. We also j have blanks for giving notice of estraj s ; at the same price. A riozvn of each will save yoj a lot of work and then vou 1 will not be as likely to make a mistake if you have a blank. The forest service is setting a large number of trees on the reserves this fall. About eightv thvuand eic'i is the all otm -nt of th M i-iti anl Fish Lake r-s ;rv s. Th.?v are being planted as rapi ily pmibl;. have not learned the kin 1 of trets beinj; planted. |