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Show .y Rill HAIL SERVICE IS MS If CUV TO THE COTTAGE IN THE COIMTRY The Sun Special Service. WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 12. Few iuMilutkins iu tLe history of American prugre can le credited with a more suluury effect uiou tie march of that ro;rrc-- lliat the rural ma.l of The serv department. titiier No .ingle instrumentality hua done laoi e limn the rural mail service toward bringing ihe city to the counand reiieiing the prosaic exist-em- e try f I ami life, or has been as closer contact iii IjeLw ecu tiie tanner and his markets, it inis been the most important factor iu making agriculture an exacting e buMiios instead ol its precarious classification which conveyed no broader meaning than titling tLe a e ve .1 '4 one-tim- 4 boiL Twenty nine tears ago the farmer and his w ife and children, led an existence of almost complete isolation living ujkrn widely scattered farms, some of. them miles apart. They had comparatively little communication with their neighbors or the outside world, except that derived from weekly trips to the adjacent village. Mure often than not the farmer lost a full day's wurk and his crops were neglected in order to obtain exiected mail at the village jiustuiTiee. In those days the farmers luail consisted very largely of communications from relatives and friends. Today the daily maijy includes, usually on the very date of publication, the metropolitan uewspaper, containing market rcKirts and agricultural news, the weekly aud monthly farm journals aud magazines and business letters from the village merchant aud the more pretcnl ious establishment iu the distant city. Ail of those are now brought to his door or to the Imx a few yards away. The rural carrier is the tanners postolfice and his agent. Through him lie eouducts transactions for tiie sale of his live stock, grain and other farm produce, Fmiii him he buys his etHtns and pu his hills by postal money order. In short, the letter carrier is the medium that has transformed the once secluded habitant of the rural district into a rosmoMlitan citizen, conversant with current affairs and occupying a larger place in the destinies of a great nation. It was Postmaster General John Wamimaker who first officially suggested in 18iU the rural mail idea to congress. The plan was fought in the legislative branch of the government for five years before it was given a -- I. - FRIDAY, JANUARY THE SUN, PRICE, UTAH EVERY PBIDAT. PAGE TWO tryout. The first bill authorizing the establishment of the service was introduced in the house by Representative James O'Donnell of Michigan, January 5, 1892. It carried an appropriation of $6,000,000 but failed of A year later congress was induced to appropriate 10,000 for mental pur loses followed iu 1804 by $20,000 more. Wanamaker, believing the amount insufficient even for experimental service, declined to use the money. On January 9, 1896, 10,000 was added by congress and on Oetobcr let, the same year the first cxHrimental rural delivery service was established on three routes in simultaneously Wet Virginia, one from Charlstown, oiiu from U villa and one from From this small beginning, nine months later found the service routes emanon eighty-tw- o e in forty-threfrom jHistoffiees ating Twenty-eigh- t states. iweuty-nin- e years later, or June JO, 1924, the rural mail service had grown to 44,260 routes with a total mileage of 1,205,-71iSis-ag- e. ex-jc- llall-tow- ri n. oju-ratin- 4. In comparison with the insignificant appropriation of $10,000 made by congress more than a quarter of a cemury ago to inaugurate the service, it now requires an annual expenditure of $80,250,000 to keep it functioning. The first county to he completely covered by rural mail service was county, Maryland, where county service wus established December 20, 1890. There are very few counties iu the country today that are not honeycombed to the uttermost corners with free mail delivery. By 1915, 26.0S0 fourth "class had been discontinued ns u result of the extension of the rural mail -- eniee. It is estimatcl that an and wus nual saving of $1,613,0-1h.v the discontinuance of ihe-offices while the elimination of star, or contract, routes is estimated to save $3,482,670 r annum. Car-ro- ll post-offic- es 18, FRIDAY number of individuals served from 29, 113,883 to 29,921,123. Illinois leads the nation both in the number of rural routes and in mileage, there being 2637 routes covering a distance of 70,677 miles in that state. Ohio is second with 2542 routes and a mileage of 63,820 ; Missouri third with 2252 routes covering- 56,074 miles; Iowa fourth with 2229 routes covering 60,734 miles; Texas fifth with 2193 routes covering 59,998 miles; Pennsylvania sixth with 2036 and 53,385, respectively; Kansas seventh with and 55,464, rccctively, and New York eighth with 1S03 ami 47,130, mail Utah has sixty-tw- o mutes covering fifteen hundred and fortv-eigl- it miles. Buy Heat When You Buy Coal 1,-9- -2 3 MANT1 FOREST NOTES Water Measurements Taken By the Rangers Other News. When you buy coal you do not want to spend your money for ashes to carry out or soot to clog up your chimneys. You want HEATI Illll HAIM, Utah, Jan. 13. On 2d, 3d and 4ili, Ranger Thur&hy, Elwood Anderson and Blaiue llnniMon made a trip over to the Seely Creek ranger station to repair the telephone line ami take measurements of the snow at the three stainches tions. They rcjxirt lortv-fou- r of snow at the exjieriment station wiih a water content of 8.80 inches. At January You get heat when you buy Castle Gate or Clear Creek Coal the fuel which has proved to be clean, hot, and economical, with a minimum of soot and ash. free-burni- ng the Alpine station they report fifty-foinches with a water content of ur eleven inches while at Seely Creek inches with a there was forty-fou- r water content of nine inches. On January 5th and 6th Banger Ollerton made a trip to the Mammoth station to measure the snow.- lie reported forty-fou- r Gasllcn inches in Gooseberry with a water content of 19.35 inches. The winter snowfall is thought to be somewhat greater than normal and at the present time there is more snow' on the mountain than there was on April 1, 1924, wliieli promises well fur the next . The temperasummers water tures at the exerimeiit station and on tni of the mountain were not nearly e as low as those recorded here in Ask Your Dealer sup-ply- UTAH San-is't- Nineteen degrees below Valley. zero at (he station and twenty-tw- o at the Alpine were the lowest points s reached by the mercury during December. The weather in Sanpete is a perhaps colder thau for any time durWhen the service was first inaug- ing tiie past ten years. The mercury urated the sulnries of rural curriers ban Wen lower, however, on the top was only $200 a year. They now get of the mountain in 1921 or 1922 when as much as $2160 a year, dciwiiding it registered twenty-fiv- e degrees beon the length of the Mutes, while the low. S. 8. Van Boskirk returned from routes of fifty miles or more to of salaries $2450 $2600. Ivan., on January 4th. lie Manhatten, jiay Under the administration of IL II. rejiorts having escaped the extremely cold w;eather during the last part of Is a Combined Billuhy, present fourth assistant Treatment, both general, a marked increase in December, the weather being much rural delivery facilities has been more mild in Kansas than here in local and internal, and has been succem-fu- l In the treatment of Catarrh for over made, the number of routes climbing Sanpete. The Ephriam to Orangeville tele-pro- forty years. Sold by all druggists. from 43,649 to 44,760; the mileage line was repaired by Banger F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio from 1,159,239 to 12105,714 and the Thursby during his recent trip over A pessimist is a man who has lived the mountain. He reports that ice weighing several hundred pounds belong time with an optimist. tween poles hung to the wire and had broken it in several places. This is very unusual since the poles are reasonably close together and the wire being heavy has seldom given na trouble from the weight of accumulated ice and snow. Banger Williams reports very cold weather at Emery and that Emery county sheep grazing near the settlements will perhas have to be fed. Sheep grazing out on the big desert are reortrd as doing well. The cold weather is pinching the cattle and the stockmen are working with them, 1925, placing a few here and a few there in order to make the fullest use of the scant forage found on the oien range this year. Owing to the scarcity of hay and feed in the settlements there is no chance to bring the rattle in on feed. Stockmen grazing sheep on the west desert rejiort the cold weather as pinching the sheep very noticeably. A majority of the stockmen have arranged either to feed all their stock or to ship the poorer animals on to feed. Some stockmen are feeding hay on the ranches while others are feeding corn on the open range. An addition of 1760 acres of publie land was made to the Manti national forest, through an executive order issued Monday on the recommendation neoniii-pli.Jic- fuel: CO. Salt Lake City Judge Building c r post-mnst- Hails Catarrh Medicine er ne If everyone were as anxious to pay In New Zealand the magistrates in-what they owe as they are to eolleet prison drunken automobile driven what others owe them, this would be a Guess we have no corner on eiviliztion after alL great world. -- - u Many a New Years resolution ruined by the Christmas bill that larger than expected. An optimist is a man who does not '5 care what happens so long as it does- - V not happen to him. Many a true word tween false teeth. The crossword puzzle teacher of humility. spoken great , GOING TO EUROPE? .X The Cunard Line Steamers will make seventeen sailings from New York and Boston during January, for Old World ports. Several of the new steamers are included in the datings. Around the world cruises and one Mediterranean trip are included. Full information, rates, time of sailing and length of voyage furnished by H. C. SMITH, Agent County Clerks Office Price, Utah Where Price and Quality Meet of the secretary of the interior and the secretary of commerce. The tract is located in Carbon connty and adjoins the M'anti national forest. It embraces unsurveyed lands belonging to the government, with a timber rover that has considerable watershed protection value. Withdrawal of the 60 acres from the public domain and its inclusion in the national forest will not interfere with legal rights alreadv obtained on this tract. - The woman who is able to support husband can do without one. This is a rare combination low prices and quality merchandise, but that is the one you are assured of when you buy at one of these stores. Just now there are being offered some specially good inducements in wearing apparel for men and boys and for women and girls. Those in need of something in this line will make a mistake by not inspecting our offerings. The road to health and happiness is in protection of the feet. The large showing of shoes and rubber footwear for men, women and children make these the logical places to buy. There is wear in every pair and the price is right. We handle staple groceries in bulk and you will always be able to buy any quantity you desire. Fresh and smoked meats, too, give you an opportunity to stock the family larder from as without the inconvenience of buying at a half dozen different places. CARBON-EMER- Y I Kinney Coal Co. An advance, showing of early spring modes in Taffeta, Satin and French Felts, in all the new shades. Felts will be strong for spring wear. We have the famous Meadowbrook Sport Hats for those who wish someand different. thing high-class Mines and ships from tbs famous Union Pacific bituminous veins of Pleasant Valley in the Carbon district. None better for store, range, grate, furnace or manufacturing plant The equal of any and superior to many for storage. Ones tiled always insisted upon. Get prices from the general offices and sales agency. Walker Bank Building. We also have a new stock of Royal Society package goods in the new spring line. Call and look them over. I Bessie Kennedy, Millinery Main Street, Price, Utah. STORES CO. Salt Lake City, Utah Hiawatha. Mohrland, West Hiawatha and Helner GEORGE E. McDERHAID, Supt jtouvWWWWWWWWMWVWVWWWWWWVWWWWVUWVWWWVWVWWWWWV ;muw I wjm us y ' |