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Show ' THE PRESS-BULLETI- N VOLUME 47 BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918 NUMBER 51 UKWW PII1WSI1E Prominent Speakers Tell of War Conditions Men From the Trenches Relate Their Experience Large Crowd Highly Enthusiastic With Meeting. One of the best and most largely at-- . tended mass meetings held in (Bingham for a long time was the patriotic meet-ing in the Commercial Club rooms Monday night. The meeting was well advertised and it was just the kind of meeting that a great many Bingham , people were interested in. Conspicu-ous among the speakers were men who had seen actual service in the trenches, heard the whir of bursting shells, contended with barbed wire en-tanglements, and day after day watch-ed.an- d fought over 'No Man's land." This meeting was arranged by Q. B. Kelly, president of the Commercial Club, who believed that it would be helpful in developing a stronger and " better war spirit in Bingham people. . In this he was entirely right, as the audience was thoroughly enthused with the rousing patriotic utterances ' and the many startling experiences related. The meeting was presided over by, . Mayor Kelly, who delivered an appro-priate address, in which he laid spec-- 1 ial stress on the seriousness of the war situation and the part we are to play in connection with out allies. His re marks were clear and to the point and carried weight with the audience. He then introduced Lieutenant F. F. Ma-ther, formerly a member of the iRoyal Princess Pat regiment of Canada, who spent nine months on the firing line. (Lieutenant 'Mather's address was particularly Interesting. 'He told of hundreds of things in connection with the war which one never gets from the papers, and he was relating his own experience and telling what he actual-- ly saw and experienced, he had the closest attention of the large crowd. In addition to the actual fighting he jL recounted many little things which the "t soldiers amused themselves with in" the trenches, camps and hospitals. He! explained a great many new terms which were used daily bv the fiehtine men. (He also told of the barbed wire entanglements, how they were con-structed and arranged to obstruct the progress of advancing soldiers, and what was necessary to clear the ground for an advance. Then lie told how the soldiers became familiar with Jj. the sounds of the various guns used by the enemy. They soon ' learned V what to expect from the report of the guns and how to protect themselves from danger. The next sppaker was Rev. R A. Simpkins, of Salt Lake, who made a strong, patriotic appeal to the man-hood of Bingham to rally to the sup-port of the country. Parson Simpkins Is a forceful speaker and his rousing patriotic utterances made a marked impression on his listeners. Hie dis-cussed many features of the war and . his remarks throughout were well re ' ceived. - j This was followed by a song from John James, the famous Salt Lake singer. who rendered in a most im- - presslve manner the song, 'Bovs of the Old Brigade." Then Albert South-wic-music teacher in the Bingham schools, gave 'IWhen the Boys Come (Marching Wome." (Both songs were" highly appropriate and were , Very pleasing to the audience. ' The meeting throughout was full of enthusiasm and had the desired effect on the,people who attended. The night was very stormy. The snow fell In blinding gusts, but this did not prevent a large crowd attending. The aud-ience numbered more than 200. Another interesting visitor at this lJ meeting was Sergeant A. K. Cape, who spent a year on the French front. lie . did not speak at the mepting. but is here for the purpose of securing .Eng-lishmen in the camp to enlist. Ser-geant Cape spent six months 4n the trenches, was wounded and spent six months In the army hospital. He Is now working In the Interest of armv enlistments of Englishmen and Canad-ians. One purpose of the meeting was for the benefit of the British and Ca-nadians who reside In the camp. j This meeting elicited much favor-- l able comment from those who attend-- 1 I , fd. (After the meeting and during the following day it was the chief topic of conversation. That tt wa well worth while and that it did much good goes without saving. Mayor Kelly and the Commercial Club deserve commenrts-- 1 tton for providing this meeting lor, IBingham. . j Thea Schweitzer, Food Administrator of Bingham, Says Regula-tions For the Conservation of Meat and Wheat Are Well Observed in This CommunityOnly Trouble Met With is the Difficulty of Securing Substitutes. . , ; Bingham people are now consistent-ly observing the meatless aud wheat-- 1 less' regulations, according to a state-- " ment given out this week by Theo. Schweitzer, , food administrator , for this community. . Mr. Schweitzer states that the ho- - ' ' tela, boarding houses and restaurants are cerefully carrying out the plan, of conservation suggested by the govern-ment. The plan now la operation is wheatless Monday meatless Tuesday, wheatless Wednesday, porkless Satur-day and one wheatless and one meat-less meal each day in the week. As a ; whole the people of Bingham aceept&d - the condition in good faith and there ' are only a few who are Inclined to make complaints about the restric-tions. The great majority feel rightly that this small sacrifice is nothing to be compared with the sacrifice of the men who wear the uniforms and go out to fight the battles. The greatest inconvenience exper-ienced, iMr. Schweitzer says, is the dif-ficulty in securing the necessary sub-stitutes for meat and wheat. The' substitutes give satisfaction, but to get them in sufficient quantities to replace the meat and wheat diet Is quite a task. The products of corn, rye, buck-wheat and poultry, fish and game are now becoming very popular in this community, but there is not such & great abundance. ' This condition is expected to Im-prove as hereafter much more atten-tion wjjl be given to securing these products. When thjs Is accomplished there will be no ground for complaint here en the question of tfood. The meatless and wheatless program In, Bingham-di-d not meet with the op-- ' position that some had anticipated. There were those who sa!d that the regulation could not be made operative In a mining camp, but In this they were badly mistaken, as the progress so far has plainly shown. Mr. Schweit-zer Is highly pleased with the splendid manner in which the proprietors of the various eating places have fallen into line and are In carry-ing out the regulations. NOTICE TO COMMERCIAL CLUB MEMBERS The annual election of offi- - ; Cera of the Ingham Commer- - ; cial Club will be held Tuesday night. Feb. '26. All members are urged to be present. HERBERT HOOVER COENGS THE RED CROSS COOK BOOX The Food Administration has from the beginning of its work constantly appealed to the women of America for support. And it has recoived a splen-did respcnce. Whatever success has been attained in "the great campaign for food conservation is owing largely to the loyal assistance of the women of the country. , . But now all our efforts must be re-doubled for, because of short harvests and the great curtailment of shipping by the submarines, the food situation in Europe has grown worse. It is, Indeed, now critical. Food has taken a dominant posi- tion in the war and we must ask the American people to meet much larger demands than we, at first thought would be necessary. We have export- ed already the whole of our surpluH of wheat, and yet much more must be sent. We can meet the situation In but one way; that is, by the savings of our people. We must reduce our wheat consumption, by wise substitu-tion of other cereals, by at least one-thir- And we must reduce our con-sumption of meats and fata by one-fift- Our present lavish use of sugar must also be radically lessened. Altogether we have a serious situ-ation to face and to meet squarely. It not met successfully the war will be lost, for the soldiers of our own army and of the armies of the Allies, and their women and children, cannot otherwise be maintained. I nm glad therefore that the wonmn of Utah are taking the right steps,! as evidenced by the preparation and distribution of this Tied Cross Cook book, to do their share In the great work. Faithfully yours, United States Food Administrator. BINGHAMIiNES ABSQR8S . EAGLE Alio BLUE BELL Figures which have recently been given out by the officials of the Bing-ham Mines company show that the year 1917 was the best in the history of the Eagle & Blue Bell mine, located near Lark and Bingham and controlled by the first named company. For several years the Eagle & Blue Bell has been a heavy producer of lead-Bilv-ore and during that time divi-dends have been coming along with regularity, but the mine's best record was made in '117 when the profits cut quite close to half a million dollars. To be exact, the earnings were $477 29, from which a heavy government tax must be deducted. This is surely a remarkable record when it is under-stood that the Eagle was almost en-tirely out of the shipping list for some months of the year, at a time when the smelting companies were placing em-bargoes on Tintic ores of the particu-lar grade produced in this mine. It is understood that the earnings of the 'Eagle & Blue Bell mine for 1916 amounted to about $155,000 and that for 1913 they were a little under $14G,-00- 0. In 1914 the sum of $121,536 was made. Had the Eagle & Blue Bell been al-lowed to continue shipping without In-terruption throughout the past year the mine could very easily have added $200,000 to its earnings of almost half a million. This statement gives the public some idea as to the magnitude of the mine's ore bodies which are also richer than the general run of lead-silve- r ore deposits of this district. That the mine Is making a nice sum of money at the present time goes without saying, although the output is hardly up to the normal point QuKe recently the directors of the Bingham (Mines company arranged to retire the Eagle & Blue Bell company, giving the shareholders shares in the present corporation, and it Is under-stood thai most of them have made the exchange. HEALTH CONTEST ESSAYS flEssay by Gertrude Cerrans, Eighth Grade.) Infectious and contagious diseases are spread by means of minute organ-Ism- s called germs, given off from the body of the diseased peron, and may be passed from the infected persons to furniture and clothing, or find their way out into water, food and air, and may be Introduced into the system by breathing, eating and drinking, or through the skin. Even the mildest case of any con-tagious disease Is dangerous. Children should never play with strange cats because they may have come from a room or a home of a contagious dis-ease, the germ of which could very easily be carried in the fur. They should never handle or pick up any-thing on the street, and even after us-ing their books, they should wash their hands before eating, because germs are very easily carried In books. You should never drink out of cups that other people have used, and al-ways keep the mouth and teeth wash-ed good, because cleanliness 's the foe of germs. Children can keep their yards clean and thus destroy the breeding place of flics" and"' germs, tiles " are a great carrier of disease. All children should get the "swat, the-fly- " habit (Essay by Ellen Tlyland, Seventh Grade.) The City of 'Bingham should have a public supply of purified water, an ef-ficient supply of underground pipes for the removal of sewerage, removing from the streets and alleys everything In the nature of waste, prevention by enforcement of ordinances of spitting upon sidewalks and the floors of pub-lic halls and conveyances, a hospital or sanitarium In which people can be cared for when sick with Infectious diseases. Destruction of infectious material, after recovery all clothing, bedding and furniture used In connec-tion with the sick be disinfected or burned. The room in which the sick be disin-fectP- d and cleaned. In some Instances the woodwork ought to be repainted, the purpose Is, of course, to destroy all germs and prevent by this means re-currence of disease. To destroy the breeding places of flies all animals should be kept clean, and their surroundinr Isolation or quarantining Is the most important method of combating contagious diseases, by removing the sick from around wells many out-breaks of diseases are quickly checked. Shallow wells are to be condemned, as a rule, because the likelihood of surface drainage. To destroy germs In the air formal-dehyde is considered the best disin-fectant for this purpose. EMPLOYEES WILL OPERATE STORE GF THEIR 01 The employees of the Utah Copper, the Arex and the Highland Boy mines i have decided to open a store of their Jown in Bingham, according to state-- j ments made to this paper a few days ago. The proposed concern is to have a capital stock of $50,000, subscribed by the employees. It is to be divided into shares of a par value of $25 and no one will be allowed more than four shares. The store will be located in Bing-ham. The proposition of extending credit will be arranged so that the stockholders may be allowed to pur-chase three-fourth- s of the value of their stock by pledging the same as security. The promoters of the com-- I pany will hold a meeting this week to perfect the plans of organization. Just when the proposed store is to be opened is not given, but those who 'are interested in it say that the work will be rapidly pressed. The store will handle groceries and all household necessities. The name of . the com-- i pany baa not been decided on. WHAT TO USE TO PREVENT APPENDICITIS Bingham Cauyon people should know simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-1-k- flushes the EN-TIlii-bowel tract so completely that appendicitis is prevented.. ONE SPOO.VFUIL (Adlek-i-k- a relieves ANY OASE sour stomach, gas or constipa-tion because it removes AJLL foul mat-ter which clogged and poisoned your system. The INSTANT action sur-prises both doctors and patients. W. H. Woodring, druggist. BINGHAM & GARFIELD RAILWAY CHANGES SCHEDULE The (Bingham & Garfield Railway has announced a new time table to be-come effective Sunday. Feb. 24, Under the new schedule the arrival and de-parture of trains will be as follows: Leave Bingham No. 110, 8:45 a. m.; No. 1 1 2, 4 : 00 p. m. iLeave Salt Lake No. 109, 6:55 a. m.; No. ill, 2:35 p. m. Arrive in Salt (Lake No 110 10:05 a. m.; No. U2, 5:40 p. m. Ar-rive In Bingham No. 109, 8:25 a. in : No. .11, 3:55 p. m. This change of schedule Is due to the action of the Utilities Commission in response to an appeal of the em-ployees at Magna, some several hun-dreds of whom live in Salt Lake, and have found It difficult to go to and from their work under the schedule which has existed since December 15. It will be noted that trains No. 109 and 112 will not stop at Garfield. The order for this change was made Tuesday evening by the Utilities Com-mission, and Wednesday T. H. Perley-wlts- , traveling freight and passenger agent for the road, was in Bingham to give proper notice to the people of the camp concerning the new time table. . RAILROAD WORKMEN ROLL SNOW BALLS INTO TOO For some distance high up on the mountain side the Denver & Rio Grande railroad parallels the 'Main street of 'Bingham, and for the past week It has had a force of men shovel-ing the snow from the track. When the snow is thrown over it starts tumb-ling down the long, steep incline to-wards town. As it rolls along numer-ous snowballs are formed which grow in size and increase their velocity and finally strike the houses t on IMain street with great force, causing dam-age and inconvenience to the resi-dents. It is understood that a number of people are making complaints against the railroad rolling its big snowballs down the mountain side Into town. Of course the snow has to 4e moved from the track, but !t is thought that some plan might be devised where the resi-dents of the town would not be dis-turbed or endangered. CHOCOLATE SHOP TO REMAIN AT OLD STAND - The Chocolate Shop will remain at the same old stand for another year or more, according to a statement yester-day by Mr. Chochos, who bought out the Interests of the other partners last week. It had been currently reported that the Chocolate Shop was to be moved Into other quarters, but Mr. Chochos says that it will remain at the same old stand. He is making Improvements on the dancing pavilion and arranging other features to make the place more at-tractive for his customers UNITED STATEHOOD AOffl-ISTRAT- QR ENDORSES RED CROSS COOK BOOK Mr W W. Armstrong Federal Food Administrator, Salt Lake City. Utah. Dear Mr. Armstrong: , We received your letter of January 22 enclosing a copy of the War Cook Hook and requesting autographic state-- i ment from (Mr. Hoover for printing with the new edition. v In repiv we enclose herewith the autographic statement requested which you are at liberty to use for this purpose of It meeU with your We are much pleased with this book and Its wide circulation should bring good results. I Faithfully yours, j United .States Food Administration, States Administration Division, j By George K. Harrington. BIG WRESTEUNG MATCH FOD TOMORROW NIGHT 'Bingham will have another wrest-ling match. It is to be staged In Smith's hall tomorrow night between August Sepp, the Russian Lion, and Pete Santefe, who learned the science of the game under William Demetral. It will be a catch-as-catc- h can contest and no tactics will be barred. Both wrestlers will sign an agreement that In case of Injury or death yie loser will have no recouse against the vic-tor. iBoth wrestlers weight 150 pounds. Lovers of this kind of sport say that the contest between the Russian and Greek will be something exciting and well worth seeing. My Tuesdays are meatless My Wednesdays are wheatless. t I'm getting more eatless each day. My home It is heatless, My bed It Is shettless, They're sent to the Y. M. C. A. ' The bar-room- s are treaties. My coffee is sweetless, . Each day i get poorer and wiser. My socks are feetless, My trousers are seatless. , My, how I hate the Kalxer. THE FOREST SERVICE MAKES THIRD ALLOTMENT OF FORDS The announcement has been made at the Ogden headquarters of the For-est Service that the Secretary of Ag-riculture has approved the allotment of funds for the third year under Sec-tion 8 of the Federal Aid Road Act. Ten million dollars Is appropriated ror the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within or partly within the National Forests, and this money ia to be spent In ten yearly Inbtallments in with .'ftntes and Counties. Under the allotment for the Fiscal lYeur beginning July 1, 1918, Arizona vada $19,228, Utah $39,370, and Wyo-ming $,510. This allotment is prac-tically the same as that of the present Fiscal Year. IB MEETS JORDON ON LOCAL FLOOR TONIGHT The contest on the local floor to-night between the Bingham and Jor dan teams promises to be the most in-teresting game of the season, and It is safe to say that there will be a large crowd In the gymnasium to witness the argument. The first game between these teams was played at Jordan a few weeks ago, at which time Bingham was treated worse than a step-chil- Kvery dis-courtesy was shown the players and visitors. Bingham will of course not retaliate for this, but will treat the players and visitors from the Jordan with proper civility. The boys here state that Jordan has always been treated well at Bingham, but that they have no spirit of appre-ciation and that it is Impossible to heap coals of fire on their heads. 'Last year the Jordanites, after the game, were taken to one of the places of amusement and feasted royally at the expense of the home boys. So natural-ly when Bingham visited the Jordan bunch they did not anticipate such a reception and raw deal as was handed them. 'After the game tonight there will be vocal music by the firemen, a dance and music by the Rag-Tim- e Seven or-chestra. WILL DEVISE PLAN FOR TAXING MINES William Bailey, secretary of the state board of equalization, yesterday gave his approval to the, proposed ap-pointment of a on mines by the executive committee of the National Tax association, of which he Is a member, and which Is under the direction of Prof. Charles J. Bul-lock of Harvard university. The sub-committee is to Include S. T, Howe of Kansas, C. P.. Link of Colorado, 'II A. Mills of the University of Chicago, C. M. Zander of Arizona, and two mem-bers to be named after a conference with the National (Mining association. The committee's business will be to work out a system of taxation for the various states. UTAH COPPER EMPLOYEES DANCE AJBREAT SUCCESS What Is declared to have been the largest and most successful dance ever given In Bingham was that of the employees of the Utah Copper Com-pany at Canyon Hall Tuesday night. The gross receipts of this dance have not yet been fully audited, but it will be in the neighborhood of $2,000,00. Of this money one-fourt- h will go to the soldiers' tobacco fund and the re-mainder will bo divided between the Red Cross units' of Bingham, Copper-fiel- d and Ulighland Boy. The voting contest for most popular girl in the camp, to whom was to be given a silver loving cup, produced the sum of $S29.46. The winner In this contest was iMrs. W. A. McFadden of Copperfleld. She received more votes than all other candidates com-bined, for which her friends paid Into the fund $714;10. The votes were sold at 10c each. Therefore she received 7,140 votes. IMIss Edna Borg, High-land's Boy's candidate, received the votes paid for by $109.25. and Bing-ham's several candidates the sura of $6.20. While the tabulation work has not yet been completed It Is understood that more than 1000 dance tickets, at $1 each, were sold. The dance was a great success. The spacious hall was taxed to Its capacity to care for the many visitors. While 500 or 4i00 en-- I gaged In the dancing there were Reveral hundred others who bought tickets and did not attend. For the success of this dance first credit is due J. S. (Myers- carpenter at the Utah Copper Company. 'He was worker, file started the ball rolling and kept It rolling. He worked in sea-son and put of season and left noth-ing undone In the way of securing and entertaining a large crowd, and pro-curing a handsome sum of money for : patriotic purposes. iHe selected the I genuine silver loving cup from a local (Jeweler, which he personally guaran- teed to possess the quality claimed. . This cup will have an Inscription after I the suggestion of the present owner. In the matter of nelllng tickets. R. D. Williams deserves special mention. Ho was also floor manager at the dance and his conduct there was high-ly pleasing to the attendants. Copperfleld citizens showed a true, loyal spirit In the way they stood by their candidate. The behavior at the dance was good. Music was furnished by the Rag-Tim- e Seven orchestra, and throughout it was a moHt Joyful .occa-sion. Mr. Myers was chamm of the com mittee on arrangements and was as slsted by all employees of the com-pany. The various foremen of thf company did valuable work in making ,the dance such a great success. Among the active workers who suc-ceeded in selling many tickets were R j I). Williams, 'Eugene Sullivan, iMr. Gar-jllc- k, Jackson Steele, Sam Bynim ati-- . Air. Stubbs, master mechanic. Alao the foremen and a number of laborer disposed of many tickets. BINGHAM HIGH BEATEN BY GRANITE 61 TO 32 Granite's hoop team walked away from Bingham yesterday afternoon in the Farmersh' gym, 61 to 32. The 'Miners entered the contest with the determination to fight to the last ditch, and this they did, in sple of the fact that their opponents were piling up such an overwhelming score against them. The Binghamltes managed to toss In the first counter, but the farmer ,crew soon recovered themselves, and b ythe end of the first half they had piled up a score of 37 ;o 15 against their opponents. At the start of the second hair, Coach Christensen of Bingham put in a few new players, and at this time It looked as if the miners were going to come out of the cellar and finally win the game. The Farmers started to rally, and after completing several accurate passes managed to cage the. ball. MORE MEN ENLIST (Contributed) Joe Peadon. a former pugilist, and William S. MnPonald of this citv. have tendered their services to Uncle Sam.' They have enlisted In the slg--1 v. nal corp nnd will leave for Frt Jeav- - V enworth. Kansas, March 2. IMr. iPead-- j on has the opportunity of accepting the position of a boxing instructor at the camp, but has not yet decided ; whether he will accept. Mr. Peadon a few years ago held the championship ,f r f the Infermountaln region and was one of the cleverest boxers In the wet. Their many friends wish them success. Mr. McDonald has bean en-- 1 ' gaged in the auto business for the past two years, and (Mr. Peadon has held the position of clerk. Peadon Is a- - on Italian by birth and his Italian name Is Joseph Petralla. j THRIFT 8TAMPS SELL LIKE HOT CAK.ES Thrift stamps are selling like hot cakes in Bingham. One noticeable fea-ture, and one that Is highly able. Is that the children here are in-vesting their pocket change in these war savings stamps. This means that In addition tn helping their country win the great war- the children are learning the saving habit and that for money which might otherwise be spent foolishly they will have Investments which will bring good returns. MONTANAJBINGHAM WILL USE REDWING MILL It is understood that the Montana-Bingha-mine Is preparing to use the Redwing mill for the reduction of its ore. The mill Is conveniently and suitably located for this mine. It will be remodeled and overhauled and put In first class condition. Mr. Ballan-tine- , general manager of the company, was In Bingham Sunday looking over the mill proposition. |