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Show v ' ' " - TH M.KMUU.. . 1 PAGE TWO - : ""editorials (By C. D. McNeeley) A lover of politics dropped in our office a few days ago to speak a good word about a candidate he had for county commis-sioner, and he thought sme moention should be made of it in the paper. He is after getting a county commissioner for Bingham and he said that A. J. Parry, a member of the county Democratic committee, said, "the time is now ripe for Bingham to get a county commissioner, and I think Ade Heaston would make splendid tim- - ber." We are of the opinion that Bingham is entitled to a county commissioner and also to the high sheriff. BEST 111 ill I UTAH The Utah Federal Food Administrator Is Anxious to Grow More Corn in This State, and Thus Supply the Substitutes Right Here at Home, and Has Therefore Offered the Following Prizes for the Best Acreage Planted to Corn This Season.- - A Fine Opportunity for the Boys and Girls. One of the serious difficulties on-- 1 countered in earn ing out the national food program In Utan has been the problem of supplying substitutes fur wheat flour. In order to stimulate the production of home-grow- n substitutes the federal food administrator for Utah Is offering special premiums in the amount of $500 for the production of White Flint corn as follows : iFor the best one acre of White Corn raised on irrigated land, $75, $50, $25. For the best three acres of White Flint corn raised on dry farm land, (sub-irrigate- d land excepted), $75, $50 $26. For the best one-eight- h acre of White Flint, corn raised within the limits of any town or city (amateurs only), $50, $25, $15. For the best field of White Flint corn not less than one-eight- h acre, grown by a boy or gin io years of age or under, $J5, $15, $10. , In addition to the above, any con testant producing a yield or 100 bush-els per acre, or more, on Irrigated land and a yield of 50 bushels, or more under dry farm conditions, will be given appropriate recognition by the federal food administrator for Utah. ' In making up the first award, the following features will be considered: Yield, 50 per cent; cultivation and gen-eral care of land, 25 per cent; display of ten ears at state fair, 25 per cent . The fields entering in the contest will be scored luring the growing sea-- I son by competent agricultural experts, The ear corn will be Judged accord-'in- g to the following score: Uniformity of exhibit, 10; shape of ears, 10; color of kernels, 5;. colors of cob, 5; market condition 10; tip of ears, 5; butt of ears, '5; uniformity of kernels, 10; shape of kernels, 10; space between kernels, 6; proportion of corn on ear, 15; weight of grain, 10. Total 1C0. Final results will be announced at state fair. Entries to be made through the county agricultural agents or the food administration. " iotel James - Under New Management 100 rooms single or en suite 50 rooms with private baths MRS. TRESIDDER, Prop. 167 S. Main St. Salt Lake City Ml Modern and Up-to-Da- Newly Furnished and Absolutely Respectable wmmwmmvvf'mnnr'""''' "':lm,Mml!Bll The Bingham & Garfield Railway Company The Popular Route Finest Equipment. . Best Train Service Two Trains Daily Between Bingham and Salt Lafe City TIME TABLE Effective February 24, 1918 Leave Salt Lake City: Arrive Bingham: No. 109 6:55 a. m. No. 109 . . 8:25 a. m. No. Ill 2:15 p. m. No. Ill 3:35 p. m. Leave Bingham: Arrive Salt Lake City: No. 110 8:45 a. m. No. 110 .10:05 a. m. No. 112 4:00 p. m. No. 112 .5:40 p. m. TICKET OFFICES CARR FORK AND UPPER STATION Take Electric Tram at Carr Fork Station. H. W. STOUTENDOROUGH. A.O.iP. A. . F. B. SPENCER, Salt Lake City, Utah. , Agent, (Bingham, Utah. - - , . j OXFORD I j (Formerly Budweiser) Pocket Billiards m IT", , First Class Cafe, Modern Rooms in Connection. ,j Tobaccos, Cigars, Drinks, i 499 MAIN STREET V J. W. MATTHEWS, Manager. I The Double Standard Oil & Gas Co. is the owner of valuable oil leases in Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming, and , has recently added a valuable lease in the new Electra-Burk-burne- tt I oil field, Texas, with 8 producing wells, together with pumping plant, tanks and full equipment, connected with the pipe line, and selling oil. Price was $2.00, now $2.50, and expect soon to be getting $3.00 per barrel for this high grade oil. The Company is pushing drilling operations in this new field, as rapidly as possible. Stock is now selling at 10c a share. You can join us in an exceedingly profitable business enterprise, and in doing so, help increase the oil output, which means, help win the war. Write us for free map and further particulars. Special inducements to live, active salesmen. DOUBLE Sii OIL I GAS IM I Boston Bldg- - Phone Main 3937. Denver, Colo. I , J i I USE STANDARD AND I SCOFIELD COAL IT MAKES THE BEST OF FIRES j Quick Service. Order Today and the Coal will be delivered Tomorrow. Try it. jj Copperfield Coal Co. j ! PHONE 38 j EDITORIAL STRING LAST WEEK The editorial string in the Press-Bulleti- n last week was made In Provo and we are unaware of where or how the writer got his inspiration for some of his dope. Especially with reference to the matter of booze in Bingham. Numbers of people called to see us about that editorial and wanted to know where we got it, and what we were driving at. All we could tell them was that owing to an attack of "Japanese la grippe" we did not write anything for the editorial page during the past two weeks, and during that time the comments were promulgated from the Provo office. Now of rourse it is possible that Brother Masters got Bingham mixed with Provo, and that the condition he described as existing here is part of the life in Provo. It is easy to get things mixed sometimes, and we are inclined to the opinion that he meant Provo when he said Bingham. As a matter of fact there is very little whisky in Bingham now. Or at least there is being mighty little sold. In that respect the town now presents a fair record. And if there is any gambling ' going on, aside from the fellows who get off in a room to them-selves, we know nothing of it. Bingham is in pretty good shape and we have heard very few complaints about the sale of whisky during the last while. 1 ON THE WESTERN FRONT All military writers agree that on Monday,1 April 29, when the troops of General Von Hindenburg attempted to enlarge the salient to the south of Ypres, the Germans received a baptism of fire which crippled their divisions and broke the backbone of the offen-sive on the Flanders front. Whether the enemy can reform and return to the attack with strength enough to gain any one of his objectives is yet to be dis-closed, though more than one military critic holds to the opinion the kaiser's army has not the recuperative power to make another successful drive. For one not in the confidence of the military authorities to weigh the situation on the west front requires at least a small degree of presumption. It is impossible to wisely forecast without more reliable information as to the losses of the allies and the Germans in the battles from March 21 to April 30. No two corre-spondents on the battle front agree as to the German losses, esti-mates ranging from 250,000 to 600,000. Even the casualties of the French and British are indefinitely stated as approximately 200,000. The British lists so far reported total 100 000, with no accounting for the 140,000 prisoners which the Germans claim to have taken. The most hopeful feature of the. fighting is that all es agree that the' Germans, at every stage of their offensive,-wer-mowd down by the British and French-gun- s and at certain sectors on the front entire enemy divisions were wiped out. Assuming this to be correct, it is just possible the Germans, even with their 1,900,000 men between the Belgian coast and the Oise river, are not strong enough to break through the allied lines at any point. PATRIOTISM AND TALK This is a time when every one should exercise care in the use of mere words as an expression of ambiguous meaning might con-vey to another or be interpreted by another to reflect a sentiment never thought of by the speaker. Then there are people who pur-posely misconstrue the words of another in order to put some one in a bad light. The easiest thing to charge just now is that some certain person has done or said something that is unpatriotic. It is easy to charge, difficult to prove, perhaps, but still more diffi-cult to disprove when once charged. There are a few people who are inclined to feature people they dislike personally as unpatri-otic in order that they might get some satisfaction from seeing a personal enemy under a cloud of suspicion in the community. There is an endless chain of work, self-deni- al and contribu-tions to be made during the war and the burdens of the conflict must be bourne by all the people. There must be no shirking. Every one must help. In the progress of this work matters are becoming more and more systematized in order that it will soon be definitely known how and where every one in the community stands. Reports go the rounds that certain persons are hostile to the Red Cross, that they would not buy Liberty Bonds and that they had been insolent to authorized solicitors of the cause. Some Mmes these matters have been overlooked, some times rumors and reports have been given different colorings, and in some instances false reports have been paraded to the public Hereafter all solicit-ors and committees who wait on the people in this community should make a careful report to the central committee, and where the report is unfavorable the committee will thoroughly investi-gate the matter before it is given to the public. A number of persons have complained to us that parties who disliked them had put out reports that they refused to purchase Liberty Bonds or had refused aid to the Red Cross. This should not be the case. No one should go out and tell that another party had refused to purchase Liberty Bonds unless he was positively 1 certain of the fact. But people will talk and will say things about those they dislike, and therefore, it is necessary that the commit-tee looking after patriotic matters should keep a close tab on the , workings and give publicity as far as possible regarding Liberty Bond purchases and Red Cross benefits. r-- HORRORS ARE MULTIPLYING An Iowa tornado is more appalling than a London air raid. Today's dispatches give a casualty list of a score killed and 100 wounded in windstorms in Iowa, which is not far short of the loss inflicted during the last visit of the Gothas to London. This world of ours at present is in the worst turmoil of the ages. Not since the days of the deluge, has humanity suffered as now. The only thing lacking to inspire the thought that the last days are at hand is signs in the heavens. j IS UTAH'S QUOTA TOO LARGE? j In allotting the amount to be raised for war loans and Red! Cross service, those who have the apportioning must begin to understand that states which do not receive a large percentage of war money must not be classed with those that do. For instance, Utah does not get proportionately as much of the funds of war as does Oregon or Washington. Where ships are being built and army cantonmer are being maintained the distribution of war money is heavy. Tacoma, Wash., has a great army stationed near by and ship building has become an important part of the industrial welfare of that city. Now, on the new basis of business activity and wealth, Tacoma is not to be compared with Ogden. yet Ogden is expected to keep up the old ratio. This is not said in an effort to evade whatever responsibility those in authority may deem wise to place upon us, but here is the point : There will be no business upset so long as the government traces the war money to its source, and draws those dollars back into the treasury, for theji the money will be making a cycle. But begin to heavily drain those districts which are not receiving in the same ratio they are giving, and eventually there will be a breaking down of industrials, a disorganizing of business and a serious reversal. There must be a nice balance maintained. Ogden Standard. COURT THE CIGARETTE MENACE , - Perhaps the most far-reachin- g, the most menacing and the most popular of the dope evils of today is that of cigarette smok-ing. And while its evil effects are well known attempts are now being made by all classes of people to extend its use into every class of society. The cigarette was once very unpopular. It was detestable and had all kinds of hard things said about it. But in the hands of Big Business, and yielding enormous returns to its manufacturers, it gradually worked its way into fashionable so-ciety. And now it is almost unpatriotic to say anything unfavor-able about cigarettes. The cigarette has been growing in popularity for a number of years, but it made its greatest gains in the year 1917 when news-papers and other agencies almost split thor sides in extolling the merits of the cigarette. The work of raising money to buy cigar-ettes for the soldiers became almost as important as that of the Red Cross. As a result of this big patriotic boosting the consump-tion of cigarettes in 1917 had an increase of over 700000,000 over that of 1916. That means that thousands and thousands of boys were induced to join the crowd of smokers. T'hat meant a big increase for the cigarette makers and on account of the increased demand the price has been raised accordingly. It was a great thing to send the boys some free cigarettes while many, many other little incidentals might have been sent them which would-hav-been helpful instead of harmful. It would have been even better to have sent the light wines. Only a small percentage of the people who have access to alcoholic beverage become helplessly addicted to its use, but with cigarettes ther is no half way ground. If you smoke at all you are a regular smoker and you are distressed if forced to do without it even a day. So all the boys who entered the army are being coaxed to take up the cigarette-dop- e habit. And it will stick with them just like the opium habit. The cigarette now holds the highest place on the tobacco list. It is now perfectly proper, according to fashionable society, to smoke cigarettes anywhere and everywhere. No one is supposed to be backward about smoking a cigarette in a parlor, and in the presence of ladies. That fact has been established. Again the cig-arette has been boosted by the moving picture shows. The star characters always smoke cigarettes. That is really one of the important parts of the picture the graceful manner in which the actor lights and puffs bis cigarette. If it's an old man he gen-erally smokes a pipe, but all gallant young men must smoke cigar-ettes. Imagine if you can seeing a moving picture without seeing clouds of smoke. It carrie the impression that a man cannot be a hero or even a gentleman unless he smokes cigarettes. Why is cigarette smoking so important to moving pictures? We don't know, but we suppose there's a reason. Pity the unfortunate Hindenburg, who has run out of feeble nations to conquer. For some reason the kaiser forgot to announce that the Brit-ish sea raid on Zeebrugge was a great Germany victory. .POTATO PIE CRUST 2 cup cold mashed potato. 1 cup white flour, Vi teaspoon baking pow-der, 'i teaspoon alt, ',i cup Cottolene and ice water. Cut mashed potato ino the flour in-to which the salt and baking powder have, been sifted. Then cut in the chilled Cottolene. 'After this Is thor-oughly blended, odd a little ice water lo make stiff batter. Roll on slightly floured board. Fold over and chill. Then roll again and fit to preased pic pun. This will make two pies with lower crust only. WHAT IS A WAR PIE? ..A war pie Is a pie made with one crust an upper or a lower cru?t. I'ut a war pie ftoes one step further than dispensdng with one crust. A war pie mni-- t elvc up its share .f wheat to help tin' food administration send more whe.it. .ihroed j After you have loarii"d to make this potato pie crest, you will hold on to the recipe, even in pence times, j For the pit cnM is both nutritions and delicious The potato ;nlls valu- - able mineral s.ilt. And tin- tie of the vepeiablc fit supplies its share of body "enerRY." H is especially K""d for meat pies and turnovers and tarts. As crut made with potato shrinks In the bak-ing, be sure to allow for the hrliikae" by cutting a l'ttle l.iri'cr than when white flour, alone is used. The Japanese are "coming across' the Pacific. This is good planting weather. Let's plant the kaiser. Hindenburg' s army is pausing to take a long breath which may be its last. Coal Fields of United State. The United States has on urea of more than 440,000 square miles of Coal fields, enough fuel to make a ring ii round the earth 5 Va feet thick and 6' 'eet wide. |
