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Show VOLUME 47 BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918 NUMBER 49 1 LI YET ENLIST ill SELECT Hi OE SERVICE Chairman Aldrich Calls Attention to Fact That Men May Enlist Now and Select Line of Service Practically Every Man in First Class Will Be Drafted. , There Is yet a chance for men of the-firs- t class to enlist and choose their line of service. That is if they enlist before they are drafted, and C, W. Al-drich, .chairman of the local board, who is in Bingham this week, says that practically every man in the first class will be drafted and may be drafted any day. The draft order may come today, tomorrow or next week, but it is only a matter of time,, and a very short time when all will .be drafted. ;..' '"'..'a'-- . t For thie reason he has requested the- - Press-Bulleti- n to publish for the bene-- j fit of Bingham people the following j notice to those who desire to enlist in . the great American amy: v The local board for division No. 1 for the county of (Salt Lake, State of Utah. Garfield club rooms, Garfield, Utah, are now taking volunteer en-listments into the army. We deem it would-- be a great deal better for persons to enlist into the army( thus selecting his own vocation, . than it would be to be inducted by draft and then given the vocation which rrobably 1a not to bis liking, therefore, we urgently ask all reglst--1 rents to volunteer and especially those-,wh-are classified in the first class. I As soon as class one is called to-- I service .it will be too late for volun Itary enlistment. See the chairman of the board at once if you desire to enlist. The following are the special calls j ' for enlistment; . . , No. 1 (Land '.division algnal " corn-,.-. k Tort Leavenworth, Kansas. !Jn this division are . wan ted; Chauffeurs, - motorcycle drivers, gas engine repair men, telephone men, telegraphers, linemen, photographers, homing pig-eon men. radio men, cooks, clerks, blacksmiths, cobblers, cablemen, etc. No. 2 Medical department, medical officers training camp, Fort Kanasas: Riley, Clerks, typists, stenogra-phers, men with medical training. druggists, first aid men, chemists and men who desire to take up this line of work. No. 4 'Infantry, ' iFort McDowell. California. . No. 7 Spruce production division, aviation section, Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver, Washington; men used to lumber, wood choppers, teamsters, men used to handling logs, etc. No. 8 (Engineers corps, consisting of civil engineers, Camp Vancouver, Wash.; locomotive engineers, firemen, trainmen of all descriptions, clerks. No. 10 Aviation signal corps. Camp-Sevier- , (Bricklayers only. Any of these divisions may be can-celled at any time rriled. Enlist at once. (Do not delay. " Yours truly, Local Board for Division No, 1, for the Cdunty of Salt Lake, State of Utah, Garfield, Utah. C. W. Aldrich, chairman. . The board will be in Bingham at the city hall every Friday to receive en-listments. ! It might be mentioned that 37 en-listed laHt Friday Just as soon as they successfully passed the physical ex-amination. I . g IH BIS COAL MltlE PROJECT Opening of Coal Mine in Iron County Will Help Solve Fuel Problem " Mayor Kelly and Other Bingham People Interested Com-mercial Club of Cedar City Entertains Officers at Banquet. Among the industrial developments f which will be of state-wid- e interest and also of much interest to Bingham , people is the opening of vast coal de-- posits In Iron county, In the southern part of the state by the Iron County Coal company. It has been known for a long time that there was in Iron county "coal enough to roust the mountains and Iron enough to bridge the ocean," but only recently has any determined ef-fort has been made to utiliez . these valuable commodities. - The officers of this company, are Fred W. Webb, president; Ernest Green, vice president; Q. B. Kelly, treasurer; T. St. (L. Atkins, secretary; Prof. William Peterson, state geolog-ist, consulting engineer. City, a quiet and unassuming town City, a quiet and unasssumlng town of 2000 souls, some 250 miles south-west of Bingham. The people of the little town were delighted when It be-- came Known that 'Bingham and Salt ,, Lake .financiers had decided to take hold of the project and give to the V, world markets the great mineral re-- f sources which for ages have lain Idle awaiting the touch of industry, and to show their appreciation last week the Cedar City Commercial Club gave a banquet to the promoters. Among the yuests at the banquet were President Webb of Salt Lake and Treasurer Kel- - ly of Bingham. :Mr. Kelly was highly pleased with . the visit to Cedar City and he was sur-- "prised to find such --vast amount of w , coal, and he feels confident that at no distant day it will be supplying much of the fuel for a large section of terri-tory that now gets its coal from long distances. President Webb, who was In iBingham Tuesday, stated that act-ive mining would commence within three months, and that coal would be going out to help fill the demands hade by the great draughts on our supply by our allies in the war. These coal deposits were discover-- 1 - ed by the early .Mormon settlers and i for a time both the coal and iron were mined In a small way, and there is . st;l some evidence of the. crude old smelters in that community. UTAH COPPER BALL FOR BENEFIT OF RED GROSS The following is a statment issued by the committee of the Utah Copper employees dance: Tills announcement is the only cor-rect and official announcement that has been issued by the committee, for the dance that is to be given in Can-yon hall February 19, 1918, by the em-ployees of the Utah Copper mine at Bingham. The proceeds of this dance do not go to the employees, but to the three local chapters of the Red Cross, viz: j The Lower Bingham, the Upper iBing-jha-and the Highland (Boy chapters, iand one-fourt- h goes into a tobacco fund for the boys who are somewhere in France. Everyone is assured a good time by the boys, every employee of the, Utah Copper is pledging his support' The dance is given by the office force, the railroad employees, the skilled and un-skilled laborers. The admission to our dance is one dollar, sometimes called a bone, tne ladies are free. The following committees are in charge of the different phases of the work: Chairman J. S. Meyer. , Floor manager B. D. Williams. Floor directors S. L. Byram, Gene Sullivan, George Thomas, Jack Steele, L. B. .Middleton, F. A. Doble. iThe Special Service Committee 8. P. Davies, Jack Whitmore, !8. G. Struthers, S. P. Jenkins. This statement is the official one, made by Chairman J. S. Meyer. TOOK $1,000 BABY BONDS ' ... At a meeting of the $1,000 club a few days ago, the Utah Copper company, the Bingham & Garfield railway and . C Gemmell of the Utah Copper , Co.. each subscribed fl.OOO for baby bonds. CAN THE GERMANS REACH PARI8T Travelers from Germany bring an account of a recent conference at 'Berlin at which Field Marshal von Hinden-- burg received the editors of thirty German newspapers and discussed the food situation with them. The editors told von Hindenburg that by next May there would be no food in Germany. "My reply Is," said the field marshal, "that by next April I shall be In Paris." The German armies are plan-- ning a terrific drive on the western front before our Amer-- lean forces can reach (Europe, AMERICANS LOST WHEN TRANSPORT IS SiKJY MS Soldier Boys Swam In Ice Cold Water .For Hours Many Were In a Piti-ful Condition When Rescued Utah Boyt May Have Been on Tuscania Latest Reports Place Number Drowned at 101. The latest reports from the Cunard liner Tuscania, carrying 2,179 Ameri-can soldiers to France, state that she was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland and .145 American Uvea were lost. The earlier reports placed this number considerably higher than this, but tUs 1b the official report Thursday afternoon. This means that about 2,-0- men were rescued. These troops were composed chiefly of detachments of Michigan and 'Wisconsin national guardsmen who were traveling on the Tuscania. a British vessel, under con-voy of British war ships. A brief dispatch to the war depart-ment from London early this evening announced the disaster and reported the landing of only L100 survivors. This was made public shortly after 10 o'clock, and for more than two hours it was feared that probably 1,400 men, including members of the liner's crew, had gone down. Survivors Landed. When a message came to the state department from the embassy at Lon-don, saying at 11 o'clock tonight 1,912 of the Americans had been accounted for, the Joy of officials almost swept away the distress occasioned by the esrlier new. The first 1,100 survivors were land- - ed at lLarne and Bunerana, two widely separated Irish ports, and this, coupled with the evident fact that rescue ships were at hand quickly gave ri to hope that nearly everybody on board rhe Tuscania except those injured by the explosion, might have fceen" saved. Boys on Soardr- -. - - That Utah boys were numbered among the units on board the d Tuscania is not beyond the range of possibilities. Reports from Camp Lew-is, American ILake. "Wash., where the men in Utah's draft quotas were sent, were to the effect that many of the men there had been sent east to fill out vacancies in the Twentieth engi-neers. Other Utah boys may have been assigned to duty in the supply companies or the aero squadrons which were on the Tuscania. The big majority of the men, however, belong-ed, to units recruited in Wisconsin and Michigan. MUCKER TERRIBLY MANGLED BY OLDSHOT Greek Employed In Montana-Blngha- Loses Both Eyes and Is Badly Lacer-ated About the Body When He Strikes Old Blast With Pick. A Greek by the name of Guss was badly mutilated by the explosion of an old shot which he" dug into while mucking in the tunnel of the Montana- - Bingham Mining company. It seems that he was of the opinion that thei shot had been ' fired," but when, he 'struck it with his pick it exploded, put ' ting out both eyes and broke a leg and also an arm, and bruised him up in many ways. He was rushed to Or. F. B, Straup's hospital, with little hope for hi9 recovery. This occurred about 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Another man by the name of Ed. Johnson was working nearby, but he was scarcely scratched. On account of going to press eo early we were un- - able to get the details. ANOTHER BINGHAM BOY ENLIST IN SERVICE OF UNCLE SAM ' ; t ""'"' I , t 1 r 'V... .... .' ' ---i , . f ' j Howard W. Thompson. iHoward W. Thompson, son of Mr. and iMrs. F. J. Thompson, who enlisted in the engineering department of the United States army Jan. 18, and who is now located an Vancouver, Wash-ington. 'Mr. Thompson is 18 years of age and for some time prior to his en-listment had been in the employ of the Oregon Short (Line. In a letter to his mother a few days ago, Howard said he was getting along fine and was the army life. He Is a splendid specimene of manhood and posses the qualities necessary for the making of a good soldier. WEST JORDOII ARE HOT GOOJTSPORTS In the basketball game between the' Jordan High School at Sandy and the Bingham JHgh School, the Jordan school won the game. The Bingham boys concede the game, but state that they were not treated as gentlemen and ladies should be treated when vis-iting another school. At the end of the first half of the game Bingham was ahead, the score standing 18 to 11, when the 'Bingham rooters stared a snake dance around the hall. At this the Jordan (baby) boys became sore and ran in and struck two or three of the visitors. A free-for-a- ll followed in which the Bingham boys are very well satisfied with the results. But they do not like to be treated as they were when they visit the farmers. The vis-- ' iting school had been invited to stay for the dance when the game was over, but the Jordan High fellows were so Insulting in their demeanor that the visitors decided they were not wanted, so went away and held their own dance to themselves. The coach of the Jordan high stated to Dr. A L. Ingleeby, who accompanied our boys, that Bingham might expect such frays when they start things. But that is the point, Jordan started the rough house because they could not play the part of a good sport when they were getting beat. Bingham rooters went to the extent of five auto-mobile loads. 'When Jordan 'High learns how to be the right sort of sports and take defeat or victory in the right way, then Bing-ham will be glad to meet them again. MOVEMENT STARTED TO RAISE AN ITALIAN COMPANY A movement is now on foot to raise an Italian company of 120 soldiers in Bingham. It is thought that this caff be done without great difficulty, and should such be the case, it will be of great advantage to the members of the company. (Under this condition the company would have Its on members ias officers and the individuals could take a just pride in the company and enjoy many privlleg-- es that might not otherwise be accord-ed. : Chairman Aldrich of the local board states that a number of prominent Ital-ians are interested in the movement and he tfcinks that the project will go through. This company could then be sent either to the French front or the Ital-ian front as the members might elect. ELK HURTING IS NOW GOOD iElk hunting is now something of a sport in this community. However, this is merely a sport, as the hunters are not expecting to profit by the pas-time. The herd on the mountains here contain a surplus of males and It has been decided to kill a number of them, sell the meat and with the funds thus secured, replace them with a like num-ber of females. While some hunting parties have been out on this mission, so far no one has been able to bag the big game. FOREIGNERS ARE j REGISTERING : THIS WEEK Postmaster Countryman is register-ing the Germans in IBingham this week and the registration must be complet-ed at 9 o'clock tomorrow night. So every German citizen in the camp had better report before that time. This registration Includes all Germans over 14 years of age. Germans who have taken out first naturalization papers must register. The registration is a unique one and j v , it is complete in every detail. It in-- . V eludes photos, a minute description of the individual and finger and hand prints. The postmaster called at The IPreBB-iBulleti- office Monday to get some printers' ink with which to takeji the prints. These prints include the fingers and thumbs of both hands, and in addition the prints of both hands. It is unknown just how marty Ger-man-there are now in the camp who are not naturalized. The great major-ity are naturalized American citizens, but it is thought that there are about a dozen who are citizens of Germany. :i The .Bingliam Photo Studio, made the photos for ' quite a number who have already taken the registration. HEALTH CONTEST ESSAYS PUBLISHED, CBy Lillian Chiara, .Bingham High School.) The school children can prevent the spread of contagious diseases in many ways that they carelessly overlook. Some "Don'ts" that would greatly aid are: Don't use the public drinking cup. Germs by the million are on its brim waiting to be transmitted to your Hps. Don't use the public towel. It's a very simple matter to distribute the bacilli on your face and hands. Many skin diseases are spread in this thoughtless manner. Don't (this is for girls) use another girl's powder puff. Don't borrow your neighbor's pencil and apply it to your lips, or for that matter, don't ever be found guilty of placing any pencil to your mouth. This is a filthy habit that should be broken. Don t moisten your fingers to turn over the leaves of a book. It makes the book unsightly and leaves the deadly germs to be picked up by some innocent person. Don't neglect to cov-er your mouth when coughing or sneezing. L'on't spit on the floor. These rules are not hard, requiring only a little thought on a school child's part, yet how much suffering could be prevented if they were observed. (Your "don'ts" are very good. And they are not only good for school chil-dren, but they would be useful to grown-ups- . And if people who eat at restaurants would observe next to last one it would do some good. Edi-tor.) (Essay by Clyde Countryman, B. H. s., yg.) GermB originate in the community, the home and on the person. Food j clothing, dust, railroads, steamships, ' mall, and the natural elements may act s a carrier for disease. J School children come from hundreds of homes. One home may have condi-tions such that the members are eas-- , lly sucoptible. They come In contact Iwlth other children by drinking from the same cup, tiding the infected one's books, girls Waning, and the gtjrm may circulate in a close, poorly venti-lated room. The way to exterminate a disease is to prevent it. This is possible if the child will remember that the hab-its of living must harmonize with the plan of the body. A child should ex-ercise dally, observe regular periods of rest, eat moderately, drink plenty of pure water, breathe plenty of pure air. avoid nervous strain, keep clean, abstain from dangerous habits, and' obesrve daily the conditions for the discharge of waste materials from the body. , v Always remember that fresh afr and proper food are the beNt tonics add systematic exercise and you have the most potent safeguards against disease. Clyde, your dope would do pretty well had you not undertaken to sup-press that ecstatic paKtime of kissing, a findHirentl right' guaranteed to off citizens by the constitution in the clause, "right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Kissing fa evi-dently a pursuit of happiness, hut since you practice with consistency that which you preach, you are excut puted. Editor.) BINGHAM TO HAVE A NEW MOVIE THEATRE Along with the progress in other lines there is a constantly increasing business at the moving picture thea-tres, and now another establishment of that kind is going to open its doors In Bingham in the near future. The old Canyon 'Bar building Is now 4 being remodeled and shaped up for a moving picture show. The work is being carried forward rapidly and will soon be ready for occupancy. a. w. mm HAS MOVED TO MAIN STREET QUARTERS A W. Lubeck, the capable and ef-ficient tailor, who for some time has conducted an establishment at No. 19 Carr Fork, has occupied more commod-ious and e quarters close be-sides the city hall. While Mr. (Lubeck is a good prohi-bitionist, he is by no means supersti-tious or of a prejudicial natur.e for he now occupies the old U. S, bar build-ing. However, the building has been overhauled, remodeled, rennovated and put In splendid shape for a first class tailoring establishment such as Mr. Lubeck is in the habit of operating, i It has no resemblance of a saloon. but Is neat and clean tailor shop with a classy line of accessories in dress goods. (Mr. Lubeck is a graduate tailor and makes the best and most fashionable garments right in Bing- - ham. die is now centrally located and much better prepared to care for his many patrons. A CALL TO YOUNG MEN OF BINGHAM To the Editor of The Bingham Press-- I 'Bulletin: Am. sending to you a call for young men of the draft age to take up a ser-- j les of infantry drills for say two or i three nights of the week, providing the j town will let us have the town gym. for such purpones. Of course, it is i understood that this will not mean that the men entering theHe classes are in any way connected with the Nation-al Guard or the regular army, it is nothing more than to prepare them for the things that are to come from the draft: it would be to their advantage to take this up, as it will be all the easier for them later on In Borne camp. Now, dear friend editor, please give this your most undivided attention and get behind it and boost for a more and efficient army of young men for the regular service of the U. S. If nothing else will do, please see that the young men are male acquaint-edWit-the thoughts of a man of the Sixth IT. IS. Cavalry. And one that would give all or any part of evenings to the cause; that would help others ree that the call for young men is not 'all to the fact that because they are young that they are called, but that the trained man is as well. Now that the nation is ia the throes of a great war, one that ill not be over in two or three years, it is to the men of America that this Cf ll is issued. Time alone Is the great God of Kate, and a Nation's fate hangs in the balance, and we are the tilings that will make the balance pull to our country. Come one and come all, the Nation needs you. An Army Man. TRAINMEN Will HAVE A VERT CATCHY PROGRAM The Brotherhood of Railroad Train-men will have a novel program at the grand ball next Tuesday night. Music will be furnished by R. Jtunswiek's Original Tjingo Jazz orchestra, and the one-step- fox-trot- s and waltzes will be designated by names and terms char-acteristic of railroading, something after the' following: Rio Grande vs. B. & G., superintend-ent's shuffle, engineer's pull, monkey wrench twist, turntable rounds, slip-pery rails, shovel kid, shovel (you're a member of the section gang), shriek- - ing whistles, engine bell rag, around the roundhouse, foreman's wiggle, tele-grapher's click, box-ca- r grind, call boy's rounds, pay-da- y special, round trip special, caboose loafer's parade, rip track Jubilee, conductor's punch, glorious souse and so on. The committee is composed of the following: W. R. Sumnicht, chair-man; W1. .M. Zlack, (C. M. .Hogan, Roy Davis, F. V. Hook. M. L. Jones, L. E. ahlll, HI. A. Rowe, C. J. Nepple, C. O. George. The programs are tasty and of ele-gant design, and from the present out-look the attendance will be a record breaker. , i DIVORCE GRANTED A divorce was granted in Salt Lake City Saturday afternoon to Duncan J. MeCallum from his wife, Myrtle The decree also awarded him the custody of their five minor cliil- - 1 dren. ' STAR LINE STAGE IS RUN-1- 5 REGULAR SCHEDULE The 'Star Stage Line, which discon-tinued its schedule temporarily Jan. 13 and announced to its patrons through The Press-tHulleti- that it would re- - Q surne operations as soon as weather conditions would permit, placed its cars on the line Feb. 1 and Is now In a position to serve the traveling pub-lic. . The managers of the Star line felt that while the snow was so deep that it was not only a hardship on the cars Bd to make the trips to and fr1m Salt ".aVe. but that it would also j n. on passengers during that period. 'However, when they st!rtl o place their cars on the line an effort was made thorugh the Ttill-tie- s Commission to squeeze the .Star line out of business, but the effort was without effect, and the autos are now making the daily trips to and from the metropolis. Bell IBurtis, last Friday. They were the children of RoBcoe iliurtis, who for-merly lived In .Bingham and operated a picture show at Copperfield. 8, M. Burtis is now yard master of the Utah Copper at the Apex yard. The two little children died of diphtheria, one on Wednesday and the other on Thurs-day of last week. The following ac-count of the funeral appeared In the Denver News last 'Friday: "A pathetic funeral notice Is printed in the News of today, announcing that at 4 o'clock this afternoon services will be held over the bodies of (Leon Ray Burtia and his sister, Arllne Bell Burtis, at Olinger's chapel, 2tSW) Six-teenth street. Little Leon, 4 years, died of diphtheria Wednesday, and liis sister Arline, 6 years, passed away yesterday at the family residence. US East 'Maple Avenue, from the same cause. The father is Roscoe K. 'Bur-tls- . Burial will be at Crown Hill." MR. AND MRS. SAM BURTIS ATTENDED FUNERAL OF GRANDCHILD Mr. and Mrs, S. :M. iBurtis returned Tuesday from Denver, whore they at- - tended the funeral of their two grand-children, Leon Ray I'urtis and Arllne |