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Show -' - - I u- ,, I I DON'T BE AFRAID HE WILL NOT HURT YOU Ctmunenolng next week, December l4t, tltj Chlpmnu Moroantllo company llko u special lntorost In showing show-ing the children ami parents Hie larg-( larg-( Jt ifnd inost coinploto lino of Dolls, i oyn, . tNovoltlos and Xmiis Goods Tbe0 Oorman mmlo urtlclos woro nil ljurtilrused before, tlio war nffcted yrlomif Thoro will ho noadvonce In io)s (his year, if you buy from us Wo woro surcoHrful In so-ourlng, not rnly the staple articles usually ox-hlbl'tjd, ox-hlbl'tjd, but a largo number of Inter-iililgnttractlous Inter-iililgnttractlous and ninny now (oyixi,Uiiit have not been illiown bO' r.no. Our rull lino will bi) sbowi Hecembor 1st, In our Gioeery Dopnrt-ii Dopnrt-ii nt. Xinns Goods, Xmas Books Nuuui Curds, Xmas Dishes nnd Xmni ( mdles. Old Santa will bo one or tin imminent features on display ciiip.ua vs ma m:i stori: Auiorlcnn Fork 2S-1 Mrs Joseph Silencer und children nre In Salt Lnke City, visiting with reluthes ovor the Thanksgiving holl-dns. holl-dns. Miss Anulo Kirk and Mrs. Martha Wollny of Springvlllo, spent Thanksgiving Thanks-giving weok end with Mr. and Mra T. W. Fage Mr. and Mra. L. V. Lund wero Salt Lnko visitors tho first of tho weok. Mr. Lund lort thoro for Idaho, with n horse to sell. Mrs. Lund returned home Tuesday nlghl. Think of D turkeys, 1 chicken, 3 pounds of butter, n silk dross, 2 dozen doz-en eggs nnd n box of flowers nil In the same mall pouch. Tills enmc-to Pleasant drove one day (his week NOTHING KXCIJPT Till: Jl INT can make monoy without advertising. adver-tising. But Injudicious advertising advertis-ing is n sinful wnsto of money. This paper Is a good pullor and result getter. Give It n trlnl nnd bq convinced. tf o Wo hiuo u nice line of SA3L I'M! ORL'ETINO CARDS, both for individuals nnd business llrms for Christmas. If Interested call und see (hem. Gel your orders In curly. !.3t I. , Big ;i Band f 'Dance t- - HY Am. Fork Silver Band Orpheus Hall Pleasant Grove Sat. Night Dec. 5th All the latest hits Tickets 50 cents Ladies Free Xmas Gifts Von can bin nl Webb's .Ieelrj Store Unit ulll Jail her, or lilm, a life (.'inc. New und llrsl class jenclrj, Ndflilnt,' cheap hut (he price. llngrutfug Tree All Muds of icpiitr mirk curefiillj done und giinrnnlecd 'hw N niches u spi'dall). J. G. Webb ?lnlii Street Pleii'-aut (irotc, Clnli stop" at the Ciiimer Hotel . Cmilesl Place In (lie I'oiinly-vt'lwiii, 1 Conifeilnhle ltoums l'lrt Cliifs Sen lee - Hither Itcgulnr i Mcnls or Short Orders Pleasant Grove, Ut. MARKETING WORLD'S - 1 GREATEST PROBLEM I rfcui3l ' " isH WE ARE LONG ON PftODUCTION, Sj SHORT ON DISTRIBUTION. HWM By Peter Radford B Lecturer National Farmer' Union. KjjJHM Tho economic distribution ot farm MfeiH products is today tho world's greatest Unfl problom ami tho war, whllo It has ftn brought its hardships, has clearly em- .HHH phaslzed tho- lmportanco ot dlstrlbu- RH Hon as n factor In American ngricul- jflH turo and promises to glvo tho farm- iyN crs tho cooperation ot tho govern ' HHK nient and tho buBlnoss men tho H solution ot tholr marketing problom. HH Tjiis result will, in a measure, com- 9S pensnto us for our war losses, for tho IfM-l business interests and government IH havo bocn in tho main assisting nl- mK9 most exclusively on tho production XHI sldo ot agriculturo. Whllo tho depart- . JHBi niont ot agriculturo has been dumping SHH tons ot lltcrnturo on tho farmor tolling 1HH htm how to produce, tho farmer linn PH bcon dumping tons of products in thn HflH nation's garbago can for want ot a iftH market. ' ra The World Will Never Starve. -! At no ttmo slnco Adam and Rvo P wero driven from tho Garden of Kdon J havo tho Inhabitants of this world . C&H RUffercd from lack of production, but H somo pcoplo havo gono hungry from 9 tho day ot creation to this good hour ; nHH for tho lack of proper distribution. H Slight variations in production havo mMm forced n chango in diet and ono local 9 ity has felt tho pinch ot want, whllo iRI another surfeited, but tlio world ana KBh whole has over bcon a land of plenty. Mj Wo now havo less than ono-tenth ot tUmm tho tlllablo land ot tho earth's surfaco ll undor cultivation, and wo not only kB! havo this surplus area to draw on but hHK It Is safo to cstlmato that in caso of ilH dlro necessity ono-hnlf tho earth's ifUfl population could nt the present tlmo 1H knock their living out of tho trees vHH ot tho forest, gather It from wild Imfl vlncB and draw It from streatno. Mo . mB ono should becomo nlarmod; tho HB world will novcr starve. WH Tho consumer has always feared S that tho producpr would not supply BH him and his fright lias found expres- nW slon on tho statuto books ot our states fflvH and nntloiiH nnd tho farmer has been f j jpjl urgQd to produco roclclessly and with- 1 1 Hfi out refcrenco to a m.trkot, and regard- ' i yHH less ot tho demands of tho consumor. !flf Back to tho Soil. !BB Tlio city pcoplo havo been urging BGi each other to movo back to tho farm, fl but very few of thorn havo moved. jHSi Wo welcomo our city cousins back to 0 tho soil and this earth's surfaco con- NI tains in.002.1CO,000 ldlo acres of till- JHSfll ublo land whoro they can mako n BKF living by tickling tho earth with a BH forked stick, but wo do not need them RiH so far as Increasing production is con- EH ccrnod; wo now havo all tho producern H wo can uso, Tho city man has very SflH erroneous Ideas ot agricultural condl- flU tlons. Tho commonly accepted theory nH that wo nro short on production is all PI wrong. Our annual IncrcaBo In pro- SJBb duction far exceedn that ot our in- SH crenso In population. HboS The World as a Farm, IfPct Taking thn world ns ono big farm, H wo And two billion acres of land In HrlH cultivation. Of this amount thoro In wMPs approximately 7GO,000,000 acres on tho Kiln westorn nnd 1,260,000,000 acres on tho W$ffl enstern hcmlsphero, in cultivation. 8B This cstlmato, of courso, doos not in ' 9aMK' elude grazing lauds, forests, etc, iiO where largo quantities of meat nro Oa produced. K Ism Tho world's nnnunl crop npproxl- B,Vffi mates fifteen billion bushels of ce- j , reals, thirteen billion pounds of flbro RJ' and Rlxtv flvo million tons of meat. .' a Tho nvorago annual world crop for W M tho past flvo years, compared with tho ' J! previous flvo years. Is as follows: , ffigM Past Half Provlous Hnlf J' Crops-- Decade Decado. j, SfH Corn (Hu.) 3.031.171,000 3.403,G5n.00t l ' WhcaKUu.) 3,522,7CU,000 ;i12ri7,62C.00O ; ;,.! Oats (nu.) -1,120.017,000 3,508,315.000 5- Y t Cotton(I3nlrs) 19,803,800 17,511,200 k ;, 'g Tho world shows nn avorngo In- " ffi crenso In cereal production of 13 per j ',,ffi, cent during tlfo pnBt decade, compared I Jfc& with tho provlous flvo years, whllo tho ' mS? world's population shows nn Incronso . ,'i, of only threo per cent. . , qu Tho gain In production far exceeds ' fy-l that of our Increase In population, nnd "KJ it is safo (o estimate that tho farmor ' : .'ga can easily Increase production 25 per ' 'W cent If n remunerative market can bo j ; JSgl round for tho products. In toxtllo . ,, jr; tlbros tho world hIiowb nn increaso 'vjftS( during tlio past half decado In produc- rtj&j tlon of 15 per cent against a popula- J M (Ion Increaso of throo per cent. , lS Tlio pcoplo or this nation should if j address themselves to the subject of VeQ Improved facilities for distribution. MM Over-production and crop mortgago "Jff force the formers Into ruinous com- $ W& potlllon with each other. Tho remedy ;. mt lies In organization and in co-opora- M Hon hi marketing. MARTIN M. LARSON '9 Attoruej -ut-Lmv J 4H jllOUillOOJ. Ul.UCIi, l'JIOVO, VTAU .l |