Bingham Bulletin | 1918-05-24 | Page 1 | Bingham Stores to Close at 6:30

BINGHAM STORES TO CLOSE AT 6:30 Beginning with June 3 the stores here will commence to close at 6:30 In the afternoon. A petition was circulated cir-culated among the merchants and practically every merchant in Bingham, Bing-ham, Highland Boy and Copperfield signed it The clerks have contended for a long time that they worked entirely too long, and have made previous at tempts at earlier closings, but this time they were backed by the United States government, and it will only be a short time now before an order will be issued by the commission fixing fix-ing a uniform closing hour throughout the state. The object of the government is the ! conservation cf energy. The long hours spent In the stores after cloning time might be much better uped in war gardens.