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Show THE PRESS-BULLETI-EDITORIALS (By C. D. McNeeley) It's now up to the people of Bingham to Hooverize on the --water question. , Sixty gallons of water a day ought to be enough for the aver-ag- e citizen. There are still a few in town who show their teeth on meat-les- s and wheatless days. 110 FISHING 111 FEB-RUARY- 0F 1S18 Despite hundreds of requests, there will be no spring open season for game fish this year. Definite an-nouncement to this effect was made by R. . Siddoway, state fish and game commissioner. Under the old law there was an open season from February 15 until March 31 of each year.. The last legislature abolished spring fishing. Siddoway explained that under the law he has the right to close streams but has no right to open those which have been closed by an act of the leg-islature. The act passed last year closes every stream, in the state for game fish until June 15.. The state fish and game commis-sioner announced last night that the 1917 licenses issued will be effective for the fishing of common fish, carp, chubs, suckers and catfish until May 3.1, 1918. Jack rabbits and cotton-tail- s now have a conspicuous place on the bill of fare on Tuesdays. South wick shows plenty of style when it comes to placing an operetta that will please and entertain. The weather never gets cold enough or the snow deep enough to induce the girl with pretty ankles to obscure the scenery. I Coal! Coal! Coal! ..STANDARD 1 SCOFIELD COAL .... ' ' GOOD COAL, GOOD SERVICE, GOOD, WEIGHT. MOST ANYBODY CAN FIRE WITH COAL FROM THE COPPERFIELD COAL YARDS. LESS COAL Makes More Heat ORDER A TON TODAY AND YOU'LL GET ' IT TOMORROW FOR SURE. ALSO HAY, GRAIN AND FEED. CALL UP 38 AND ASK FOR FREE SAMPLE. YOURS TRULY, Copperfield I Coal Co. filLEUil ill GAS COMPANY Capital Stock $100,000, full paid, . $100 invested in Oil has paid $40,000, and it may do so here. Wages never made a man rich, but a small investment has. STOCK SELLING AT 10 A SHARE $20 buys 200 shares ; $50 buys 500 shares ; $100 buys 1000 shares. If desired, send 2c a share cash and 2c per ' share each month. 5 discount for all cash. Figure what it means if it advances to $1.00 or $10.00 as Q 4 others have done. J Our holdings are in Wyoming, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Colorado, Texas, where wells produce as high as 10,000 barrels daily. One 100-barr- el well will pay $72,000.00 a year, which would enable us to pay 4 a month dividends on stock issued, as 50 of net profits are to be paid in divi-dends to stockholders. We are selling stock to increase holdings, drill wells and pay dividends. Buy now before it advances. - W. F. REYNOLDS, Secretary. GENERAL OFFICES 830 SEVENTEENTH ST., BOSTON BUILDING, DENVER, COLORADO. PHONE MAIN 3937. Salesmen Wanted. Send for Free Oil Map and Literature. HOTEL JAMES E5S5 Under New Management ESS 100 rooms single or cn suite 50 rooms with private bathi All modern and up-to-da- te Newly furnished and Absolutely Respectable MRS. S. A. HAYES, Prop. 167 . VIAIN ST. SALT LAKE CITY f J ( $Jp3 "BLUE BONNETS".? Not Fabric with Ntui Ftalurtl. I VVf Blue Bono-- ." mMi tUr owl, of tK wom.o who w.nt b.;iitrful. nuilte fle if 1 Jfejr', I i that wranwithout wrwklmt. irprli dual and iaundrri perfectly. Admnbly adaptnMor .f i M 4 T Uito-m- draw, ipnrt rot and tliru. rhildrrat f.rmrnu. rtur.u, Mr. AUodiap. Ciurkalcal fd ud duibl. W ia ol '( rrm, furnitu,e caam(i (Ic. dye tuKty el-- ji 'l. '' quniW patteriu. f 1 II yixir Arkirt daein't rarry "B!u Bonnrti" irnd in tti J with name of dralrr and j Jl"A w will d him Mmpkt and ncKi(y him of your irqimt. jfi !ituii'J4il-li-i ,j LESHER WHITMAH & CO. Inc.. Ml Broadway. N.w York dealer or from us. tVc qo y pV fer-fc-r DURHAaoa70R uard. a'roppini attach-- j- "la. (r s t fl" H zvi&.-sc- .u.-- v ''for $ 1.0U (onMinarcd'aatherKit Bum no Tut ufi ci THIS ADVF.RTiac mint K DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR CO. JEasEvCiTY.NJ. J "Use electricity and save coal" would not be a bad slogan for . Utah by any means. Where the "juice" can be used instead of coal it should. Just how much liquor can a man drink without getting (????) is a question which has not only puzzled but has walloped many good men. MAJORITY OF RED GROSS WORKERS GET NO PAY Fifty-nin- e Per Cent of the Executive Offices Are Filled With Women ';' Who Serve Without Pay. According to a canvass of the four-teen division offices of the American Red Cross, 150 out of 255 executives, or 59 per cent, are women. These figures apply only to those holding im-portant executive positions in divis-ion offices, and do not Include chapter officials. The canvass further shows that 56 per cent of all executives are full-tim- e volunteers, serving without remuneration. The division form of organization has been in effect only since the ap-pointment of the Hd Cross War Council, and was found necessary be-cause of the tremendous growth of the activities and operations of the Red Cross brought about by the war. The work of millions of Red Cross members is now directed by the divis-ion officers, which are the intermed-iaries between National headquarters and the several thousand Red Cross chapters scattered throughout the United States and foreign countries. Prior to the establishment of geogra-phical divisions, the operations of the Red Cross was centralized at National headquarters, and the only women in the headquarters organization were three in the Nursing .Bureau, and one who was a member of the Central committee. Since the appointment of the War Council this number has been increased to twelve, and Miss Eliza-beth H. Hoyt has been appointed as-sistant to the general manager. There also is a woman's advisory commit-tee of eleven members, and a woman's advisory committee and naval auxil-iary to the war council, constating of fifteen members. Recently there have been established about twenty-fiv- e in-stitutes of Home Service, which are training schools for Red Cross Home Service workers, who will assist fami-lies of soldiers and sailors. In each of these institutes are two executive positions, and the number of incum-bents is practically evenly divided be-tween men and women. These have not been included in the above figures. "In the selection of officials to con-duct the various activities," said Har-vey D. Gibson, general manager, "the policy has been to obtain the most effective available person with the best qualifications for that particular work. These appointments have been made regardless of politics, sex or religion." 1 In the water question all the people of Bingham ought to co-operate with the town board and by so doing all can be supplied with an ample supply of pure water. ROBERTS NAMED ON FAIR BOARD W. D. Roberts, of Provo, has been appointed by Gov. Simon Bamberger a member of the State Fair board, in place of H. W. Dunn, of Ogden, re-signed. Mr. Dunn has been heavily and actively interested in the work of buying horses for the government, and has so far been able to attend only one meeting of the directors of the State Fair association. He asked to be released on account of the nature and pressure of his private business. The directors are called to meet this evening, and an effort is being made to have Mr. Roberts present. The time has arrived for Bingham to do her bit in the pur-chase of war saving stamps just as she did in the purchase of Liberty oBnds. The war stamps will bring good returns. The "bootlegger's itch" is spreading in Bingham and the at-tention of the health of ficer is directed to the matter. It might be possible that quarantine regulations should be applied. With the immense amount of coal that is known to exist in Iron county there can be no doubt about there being a great future . for the coal mining industry in that county. There were a great many people who were unable to buy a Liberty Bond, but there are very, very few who cannot afford to lay aside a war savings stamp. This holds out an opportunity for the small purchaser to show his patriotism. I That Alabama actress who asked for J a divorce on the grounds that her mar-jriag- e was a joke, evidently is not a comedienne, Switzerland again asserts she is neu-Ura- l. She has to do this every now and then or the allies might forget it. Although the sun is slow in rising every morning, it is always on time. If there'B any blame in the matter of delay in producing machine guns, I I'm it, says Secretary Baker. It is the correct attitude, Mr. Secretary. jFull authority and full accountability! I It Is consoling to remember how little pork has been lost by warm 'weather during December. Pedestrians are now constantly menaced in Bingham by kids who persist in using their sleighs on the sidewalks. They do not carry alarms and when they overtake a person the first notice he has is that his feet are knocked skyward. Of the Liberty Bonds purchased in Bjngham local banks ad-vanced about half the purchase money. So a great many of the purchases were on the easy payment plan. No doubt many of the purchasers could now easily afford to pay for their bonds in full and this would aid the banks to be in good shape to handle the next, issue. ' ' i The water users have been formally notified in writing that certain punishment will be meted out to all persons who waste water. To begin with those allowing water pipes to flow at night will be disconnected and charged $2 for a new connection. And i night watchman will spot the violators. Another thing which should be kept constantly in mind is that the Bingham-to-Midva- le highway must be built. There is great demand for it, there is great need of it and practically no argu-ment against it. It will cost money to build it, but it will be worth all it costs. If it is to be built Bingham people will have to take the initiative. , site the Bingham insert the Boston Store, with its peppery epi-gram, 'We buy for cash ; we sell for cash ; we sell for less," is of-fering some unusual bargains among which are girls' coats in values of from $1.90 to $12.00 at the ridiculously low price of $1. On this same page is a big advertisement by Harding's Walk-Ov- er Fhoe Store, 214 Main street, Salt Lake City. The Walk-Ov- er peo-ple are offering some wonderful bargains in shoes. They have all Kinds of shoes for men and women, quoted at astonishingly low prices. If you don't believe it get last week's Popgun with the Bingham insert and see for yourself. Elsewhere in that same issue can be found a full page adver-tisement of The Paris, "The Store That Serves You Best," on Broadway, between Main and State, Salt Lake City. The Paris offers some very fine bargains. Also Keith-O'-Brie- n, the New York Store, Auerbach, the Utah Knitting Store, Cohn's, Western Outfitting Co., Broadway Knitting Store, Robinson's, Walker's i :d some others have big ads. Yes, the Popgun is a good local paper. It takes from Bing-ham and gives to Salt Lake. What good this town can get from the Popgun is hard to understand. Still, it (im) poses as a local paper. How long it can pull the wool and cover the bluff is a question. ' The Popgun last Friday carried 36 inches of display adver-tising from Bingham. Some years ago the press associations of a number of states fixed the advertising rates in country weeklies at 10 cents for the first 1000 subscribers and 5 cents for each ad-ditional 1000 subscribers. We understand that the Popgun charges 30 cents an inch to Bingham advertisers. Therefore, the Popgun charges a rate here for which it ought to guarantee a cir-culation of 5,000. POPGUN ADVERTISING GAME. The Salt Lake Popgun, which carries a Bingham insert on Fridays had a nice line of Salt Lake advertising in its last issue in which the merchants of that city are making some attractive Cif fcrs to prospective customers in this as well as other commun-ities. We will mention a few of them. On the page opening oppo-- There is one thing the meatless day has done. It has caus- - 'ed an abnormal advance in the price of fish and poultry. The food administration might with good effect inquire into the reason for the unprecedented raise in the price of fish. There must be a middleman somewhere fattening on the meatless day and he ought to be smoked out. The Weekly War News Digest says that a unit of women tele-phone operators will be sent to France at salaries ranging from ' $G0 to $125 a month, with allowance for rations and quarters, but successful applicants must be able to speak French with ease. We thought that all telephone operators spoke French and sometimes other languages fluently. Among the novel petitions was the one prepared in Oklahoma last week asking the President to have Theodore Roosevelt in-terned. Roosevelt is not so bad, but the great trouble with him j is that he wants everything his way. He is always right and the man who disagrees with him on any point is unworthy of pub'.ic , ' trust. The editor of the Salt Lake Tribune took occasion Sunday to deify the name of John L Sullivan, the one-tim- e champion prize; fighter of the world. Sullivan was a great fighter and a good pport, but as a pugilist and a ring man he had nothing on James J. Corbett and Robert Fitzsimmons. In Sullivan's fighting days pugilism was to America what athletics is today. For that reason Sullivan received more attention from the press than modern fighters. Were Sullivan to live over again he could not possibly become so well known. He was a big, strong, game fighter and defended hi title as champion of the world for 12 long year.;, tut there are ring men today who are unknown outside of their own little circle who could whip Sullivan the best day he ever saw. DEATH RATE AMONG THE SOLDIERS. Investigation by the government has disclosed that there is a systematic attempt to frighten the fathers and mothers of the land by the alleged tremendous death rate of the soldiers in the trench-es. Facts published by the New York Life Insurance Company show that the danger of being killed is only slightly more than that of being mortally wounded in times of peace while engaged in hazardous trades. To those who have been inclined to look upon the European battlefields as veritable slaughter-house- s, the statement quoted below will be most welcome: "We all know that hundreds of fathers and mothers are ter-ribly exercised because of rumors circulated, many times with malice aforethought, in reference to the mortality abroad. Roger Babson, the statistician, has gathered the following figures from a close study of war casualties. They are emininently reassuring: " 'Fourteen men of of fifteen so far have been safe. Under present conditions, where man power is being saved, no more than one in thirty is killed. Only one man in 500 loses a limb a chance no greater than in hazardous conditions at home.' Mr. Babson's conclusions are based on the mortality figures of the French army for the full three years of war. Attention is called to the fact that 'present fighting is not claiming anywhere near the number of dead recorded for the first two years. He says: "Most of the wounds sustained in the trenches are clean-cu- t and of a nature that a few weeks in the hospital makes the subject as fit as ever. But 300,-JOO- O French soldiers have been discharged on account of wounds during the three years of the war. Most of the wounds received !in the trenches are on the top of the head, 'simply scalp wounds, Practically speaking, a wound is either fatal or slight, with but few in between these two extremes." j The above is taken from "Trench and Camp," a newspaper .printed esiecially for the soldier boys, and is sent to practically every camp in the United States. Each camp has their own branch paper and is printed under the direction of the Y. M. C. A. jThe one from which this is taken is published, by the Camp Kear-!ne- y association. Every indication now is that Bingham will have good water hereafter, but for the time being the residents will have to quit wasting the precious fluid. There is plenty, but the people must row use it as though they were paying so much per gallon insterd of a flat rate. So now it is not necessary to drink any more of that Carr Fork water. The Press-Bulleti- n took up the f'ght fur pure water in November at the suggestion of Mr. Williams, p ev-ident of the Citizens' Coal Company, who at that time explained that the water was not injurious to health, but that it prevented many people becoming citizens of Bingham. Since that time this paper has had its columns open to any and all comments on the '"arr Fork water. It has been found to be impure and dangerous, and the town administration forces have found a way to provide eood water and have set the machinery in motion for thr--t purpose, it is now the duty of all the people to stand behind the mayor, the town board and the waterrnaster and help solve the problem. |