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Show The great question that is asked in the world today is "What can you do?" No one cares who you are, or how much knowledgeyou may have on cold storage; the progressive world wants to know if you have faith enough in your ability to roll up your sleeves and do something, i IKnowledge is but the weapon in the hands of the soldier and is of use only while on duty. Knowledge is pjwer in just so far as it is directed in the right way, but once turned from this channel it will mean astricism and degregation to its possessor. We can tolerate a great deal of nonperformance non-performance due to lack of intelligence but the world has no patience with the man who knows but will not. The farmer who raises but ten bushels of grain per acre and attends to his business is superior to his college brother who has the intelligence to raise fifty bushels per acre, omit but does the planting plant-ing arid harvesting only in his mind. The possession of knowlege without any effort at demonstration for the benefit ben-efit of humanity will find his knowledge about as profitable to himself as owning a half interest in a rainbow. The man who knows better than he lives is untruthful and consoles his conscience con-science by saying, "I am as good as my neighbor. ' ' The man who would deceive himself in such a way has need of re-pentence. re-pentence. If but two things were observed ob-served by the people of this age the world would be materially improved: First, know what you can do and then do what you know. Some people who might now be doing humanity a service are contented to sit idly by and look with longing eye for the approach of the "golden opportunity" opportun-ity" when they might turn their ability to account, but alas on awakening they find that the expected opportunity has passed them by. "There's sure a way" says Preacher Bill "but you've got ter make her." We need real soldiers of the soil and master builders in this country, not the inferior paste-board type, but real live beings who will walk, think and do. Every one has heard the common remark re-mark "If I had a million I would give this enterprise or that project a lift," but David Starr Jordan says, if he doesn't do his part with what he has he wouldn't if he had his millions. We have many important problems confronting us at the present time that must be considered before we can hope to be the center of attraction of the middle west. We have the possibilities requisite to attract the attention of all wise promoters or home seekers. Our coal is the best in quality and quantity of any country. Our farm products, such a3 alfalfa seed, wheat, oats, corn, cane and potatoes are very acceptible. Our honey industry in the past few years has been a decided success and from what our bee-men say the future prospects are even brighter than ever before. Its up to each of us now to show how much our knowledge avails us by producing pro-ducing something. We want our town and county to be the best m the state and we can make them so. We are on the verge of the dawning of a new day in Emery county. Soon the sun will rise and send his golden rays on the beauties of a new world. The sparkling waters from the mountain reservoirs will creap down the valley to the lips of the thirsty soil, that for ages laid a barren waste, scarcely furnishing fur-nishing food for the prairie dog, and convert it into a veritable garden. Every canyon and ravine in these old mountains from Price to Iron county will be tapped by our oncoming railroad and she will pour forth her abundant wealth into the hands of her people. Then will it be that we will say to ourselves our-selves "It is good that we have learned the lesson 'learn to labor and to wait. ' " The people of this county and state have no time to waste in quarreling and muckracking. We ought to get together to-gether Mormon, Jew and Gentile alike work for the common good of all. We are assured that our proposed railroad will come, that the capital has already been obtained and all that is wanting now is the right of way survey line and depot sites. Our long tiresome journey over the barren desert with freight teams will then be over. Our isolation, that so many complain of, will be at an end, for the windows of the world will be open to us and we'll get a glimpse i.ito the i hero-to-fore unknown. Our markets, although good at present, pres-ent, will be much better, for where the1 smoke from a oncesolitary intlitm camp! fire curled skyward, will curt the smoke from a thousand new homes grown almost al-most in a day. The sun never phone on a richer country coun-try than this' and although it is at present pres-ent like the diamond in the rough, it is soon to lose its roughness and the refining re-fining will ease the discouraged heart. Stay at home, people, this country needs you. Look about your own door yard and you'll find the long looked for "golden fleece" so near out that you'll wonder that you did not see it before. That a county bee-inspector is needed very badly is evidenced from the report that came to the office yesterday. It is stated that a great many bees have died the past winter from the effects of foulbrood, and in soma cases the empty hives and slat3 have not been properly cared for. Every body knows what will be the result if such a condition is permitted per-mitted to continue. One empty hive not properly cleansed and fumigated may cause the utter destruction of colonies col-onies of bees. As soon as spring opens the bees will be out ready for work and will immediately make for the unprotected unpro-tected hives containing the poisonous honey and thus carry the plague of the bee kingdom into their own homes. Some bee men think it unfair to their cause since they can't vacinate their bees to let things go on in thi3 way and in fact we believe their ciuie is just. The bee industry is already a prosperous prosper-ous enterprise and will become more so if properly protected. It is our opinion that the cloak of protection should be drawn tightly abount any enterprise that will aid in the development of our county in any way. Why these is no bee inspector at present we do not know, but something ought to be done if the bee-k eepers have to do it themselves. At a recent meeting of the Utah Wool Growers association at Salt Lake City it was decided that they would pay but six cents for shearing this year. This, of course, was a disappointment to the Sheep Shearers Union and they heve sent out letters to all union men not to shear for less than eight cents. A clash seems inevitable unless reconcilliations can be made. Labor and capitol can't afford to be at logerheads, for one is entirely dependent upon the other. Arbitration seems to be the only road to peace in this matter. A law ought to be made prohibiting strikes and com-pell com-pell both parties concerned to resort to arbitration. |