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Show GLtBKS COMPUTE PETITION1 r - OS EARLY CLOSING IN BINGHAM The clerks of the camp on Wednesday Wednes-day completed the signing of the peti- j lions for a o'clock closing hour in Bingham and during the next few davs will select a co.-nmittee to present the x matter to the merchants. The petition contains the mmts of 68 clerks and they ar very hopetui mai uieir n-nuest n-nuest will be complied with. From those who nre interested in the movement It was learned tliut so far thv have found sentimeut almost vnanimous In their favor. They stated hat a commission had fixed the ..long ..lo-ng hour at 6 in the valley towns where there are many farmers that m ght ' want to do their trading after that hour, and that In .Bingham where laborers lab-orers come from their work early in the afternoon there is much greater reason why the Mores here might close flt tlat hour without Injuring anyone. |