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Show THE PRESSBULLET1N ,' '.-''.- ' ' ' .... - - ' ' ' v..,'. - '. VOLUME 48 BINGHAM CAN VON, UTAH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1918 NUMBER 25 Letters From Bingham Soldiers The following Is a letter from Bert Swan, "written from a rest camp in France alter spending a stretch of sixty-fou- r days in the trenches, to George B. Chandler: ' ' ' ' "Since landing on French soil I have been quite busy moving about from place to place, sometimes rid-ing on box cars on the railroad, 30 to 40 men in a car, which are about as large as the flat cars used on the levels of the Utah Copper hill with a top on them. So yon can imagine how crowded we were. The other ways of getting from place to place are by trucks and walking (moetly walk-ing. "The parts of France I have seen are very pretty and productive. Roll-ing hills of forests covered with green grass, valleys mostly meadow land, all high places being drained 'of water are cultivated, which presents a, checkered appearance. The whole country Is a network of rivers and streams. There are, I presume, al-most every "kind of tree known grow-ing on thw mountain tops and hill sides. All forests are supervised by the government. While the timber is not very large in dimension yet it is very dense, tall and straight. Numer-ous sawmills are in all. timbered sec-tions. "The people are somewhat queer in some instances and not very modern except in dresa, and on special occa-sions I believe they outdo the Amer-icans in this respect. (Method ,of farm-ing vjery ancient and Improvements very crude, which limits the amount of production. All work is done by women, children and old men who are not fit for military duty. "I have Just returned from the front after having Bpent sixty-fou- r days at the trenches. Am now at the rest camp, typical of all the French camps for that purpose. ' Do not know how long I will remain here. "Censorship is very strict So I cannot write as explicitly as I would like, but the tables seem to be turn-ed on the Huns. It gives one renewed courage and determination to try with all possible assistance he is able to render to bring thip war to a speedy ending. "I anticipate that business Is hold-ing up as always and no doubt ging-ham is maintaining her high standard of productiveness and abounding in prosperity. "My health has not been the best of late, due I think, to continually changing of water and food diet, which, along with our own mess, we are too curious In sampling French eatables." 33,1 PUIS CAPTURED ' BY THE ALLIES - j American Infantry Is In Action And Fighting Extends Along The Piave River Vienna, Thursday, Oct. 81. via Lon-don. "In view of our desire for peace, our troops on Italian soil are evacuating occupied regions," says an official statement issued late tonight, i Over a front of Bome sixty miles, ' from the Brenta river In northern Italy to the vicinity of the Adriatic sea, the AustroJllungarians are being violently attacked by Italian, 'British, French and 'American troops. In the mountain region the enemy Is resisting desperately and holding his ground fairly well But east of the 'Piave river he Is in flight across the plains of Trevlso, shaping his course over the same territory through which he drove the Italians-.- a year ago and reached the eastern edge of the plains of Venetla. Already numerous towns have been' liberated, 33,000 prisoners have been: taken and large "numbers of guns and machine guns and huge quantities, of stores have fallen Into the hands of the allied troops. Far behind the lines allied aviators are heavily bombing enemy columns In dense masses that are in retreat over badly congested roads leading eastward toward the Austrian frontier. 1tY It! 111 Editor Of The Press-Bulleti- n Accuses School Teachers Of Bring-i- . in; The Schools Into Politics By Talking In Favor Of The Mining Amendment Bingham Teachers Are Excepted Of This Charge. 1 .;. By C D. McNeely 'tytth reference to the proposed mining amendment to the state con-.- '. stltutlon "we. regret to have to say that the "public school teachers in JSalt Lake City and many sections of the state, are acting shamefully and! In a manner --which Js very unbecom- -' ' lng to the noble profession they rep- - ; resent. We are proud that the iBing-- ' ham teachers do not' have to be in-cluded In the list of teachers of which we are speaking. ; The schools over the state are nnw - closed on account of a dreaded epi-demic and therefore the teachers are' not at their usual work. The teach- - ers here are assisting In adminisler-ta- g to the Btck, but in other sections ; of the state they are doing the bid-- . ding of selfish politicians. They are : actually making a house to house to house canvass asking the people to v vote for' the mining amendment to the constitution. Why are they doing "this? The only reason we-- can as-- , ; sign is that they have been told by politicians' that if the amendment ' shoul! be adopted that there would j be jfcJSVe njoney for the schoojs and that the teachers would get bigger salaries - - .... t Think of it! The teachers of 'the ' state stooping so low as to sacrifice their honor and degrade their profes-clo- n by being whipped itit i- - line to do the base work of ward htelere.. As i we stated the schools ore how clned, Jjj but the teachers are di awing t" Mr ' K i pay Bi,the Same as If they wttre in j if gaged JJit thelr' regular work. DuV Rf, if mis interval tney are supi sea to : do some work to help rid the state , of the epidemic something that , would be of value to the people they I represent. But now while taking the .money of the taxpayers they are ac- - tually working to get votes for a ' measure which many of the people who are paying taxes are opposed to. In other words the politicians favor-ing theAmendmer.t are using the pub-lic fiijs to procure canvassers for the amendment. According to the corrupt practice act passed by the last legislature these pedagogues are violating the law openly and flagrantly because they are taking the money of the peo-ple for political work. And it Is up to the authorities to see that the teachers who have been thus engaged do not draw their salaries for the time they snent at thfs degrading and underhanded work. And should they make out vouchers for this work or . ' for the time they jvere thus engaged then the prospcuting attornejs should have them Indicted for violation of the corrupt practice act. Bringing the schools into politics In Itself is a crime against decency and Justice. The dignity of the, profes-sion Is lowered end neither the pat-rons' nor the students can have any respect for a pedagogue who has ben hoodwinked in this manner by un- - , scrupulous politicians who are willing to resort to any means to carry out their wishes. - . This conduct will prld weirht to the argument rdvnnced by many of that teachers as a rule, are the mipt Ignorant and the most easily hood-wlnTJ- d of any of the" professions. Those who are engaged In this work are surely not familiar with the cor-rupt . practice act, or else they think that they are rt IS.iM-- ? for their transgressions of the law by reason of the foe fiiot thev aro tnrs or they would not hazard their liberties by going out and deliberately canvass-- , lng while they pro drawing money ad- - vanced by the public. This is the' Tvni 'iterant notorious, and open vlolntlons of the law that has been brought to our attention since the latP WifXHaecd n th statute books. What can we expert of teachers who will thus v'olr.te the law? Are they prop-- , er persons to Instruct the rising gen- - erat'on? It Is terrible and the people should rlsa up In Indignation and call a halt to this high-minde- d Informed-- 1 dllng. If the teachers want to vote ,' for the amendment, all well and good. They have a right to vote as thev but when it coni"s to acting as hirelings for politicians. when they are receiving pav from thp public fiire, and when It Is unlawful for Y'll't'c.l workers to rep've ?mv d It t Jioo much for the people to over-'- , look or tolerate. As a matter of fact we are sorry for the poor teachers whl have heen dniKgetl into tMs work by the politi-cians, and we think that not the teach ers. but tip lr masters, should he ' j jmn'slw'd j As M.ii 'd pbove what we are say-- j lng !"- - n -- ''iv i (lie nfn':hipi teachers T,.r conduct is not only above reproach but is highly com- - ' mend;'bl As soon as the schools1 j ' here closed thev nt once commenced the work of relieving the sick. Some I of tl "in have actually entered the ffi ho;!'iiul to act as nurses aud as a re- - suit more than one of them have con-tracted the disease and are now very sick. We do not believe that any one rled to influence the teachers here regarding the amendment and we do not know how they are going to vote on the matter. We are glad that they are doing their duty Instead of besmirching themselves In the al arena like teamers elsewhere in the state are doing, j In the districts where the teachers have been engagtd In this work It might be well for the school authorl-- ! tics who Issue the checks to the teach-- ' ers to pause awhile before giving or-ders on the public treasury to teach-ers who have spent the time in working for the amendment. Now the teachers are not bad people, but they are allowing them-- . selves to be handled In a bad wajs, and what they are doing Is sure to get them "in bad" and also embarass their bosses. . They have dotibtless bwn promised more piv If the amendment carries, and as they think this Is their only hope, they are working their heads off for they know' not what, and are being blindly led to their own slaugh-ter. We are sorry for them we are, for a fact. They have a hard time, it Is true, and for aught we know, they shoild get better pay, but they nre now on the wrong trail and are liable to find more trouble than anything else before it is all over. In Salt Ijike City the teachers are still druwlng full pay as teachers ami tli" hospitals there are desperately In need of nursps. The ho'-pita- l authori-ties arc begging for help to assist in caring for the great number of Why do the teachers not respond to this plaintive' call of the suffer-er8? It seems that they prefer to gather the votes for the politicians ra-ther than garner the tears of the dis-tressed. F. lHUB IS STR0UD1TE F-- 1 l.K ,. , .' :,: .7 - v4! i k When the Democratic party select-ed Francis W. Quinn for (Representa-tive from Bingham to the State Leg-islature, they chose a man who was abundantly qualified from every an-gle. iMr. Quinn knows the mining problems as few men in the state of Utah. He is familiar urith the tax question and owns considerable prop-erty in the great mining camp. He settled in .Bingham In an early, day and has gradually grew into the . con-fidence and esteem of this commun-ity to a remarkable de gree. Mr. Quinn has given his son to the service of his country and has also invested a large share of his savings tor years in (Liberty 'Bonds. You will make no mistake regardless of party affiliations, in sending .Mr. Quinn to the State legislature from Bingham. -- Advt. JUDGE DUDLEY IS NUB'S CHOICE FOR SEKAIOR Archie Stewart Running Strong For Justice Of Th Pace The Republicans are proud of the ticket that they are submitting to the people of this county. Standing on their patriotic record for a vino- us prosecution of the war, an ullifcs ate lasting peace and an economical-efficien- t and. clean administration of our county affairs, we ask your en-- , thusiastic support. The county ticket is not made up of professional politi-cians ana office seekers, but men who were "dratted" into the service at the behest of their fellow Republi-cans. ' , , t Bingham for the first time In lts history his a candidate for State Senator. Regardless of party, as ' a matter of local pride, the citizens of Bingham should rally to the" support of Judge K. 52. Dudley and see to it that a home man shall give us repre-sentation in the state senate. He does not stapd for voluminous legislation but for necessary legislation. Ho knows the problems of this mining camp and of this state, and' would certainly represent , us. better than some one In some other part of ' the county. - The only way for Bingham to. get anything is to vote for the men of our homo town and see that they get there. ' His record education-ally, legally and judicially for nearly twenty years Is before the people of Bingham Give him a solid vote at the coming election. r ' - "i r ; t U ' 1 1 :. v , , . 1 If I . , i r, Y ,! 3 The Republicans of this camp were most fortunate in their selection of Archie 'Stewar. for Justice of the Peace of thb precinct. He has held many positions of public trust and has ahvuys dificbarged his duties with marked ability. With a keen senxe of justice, splend'd judgment, and tho entire confidence of ttie people, he will make one of the host judicial officers this camp has ever hud. His popularity fs unqufdiioned. His IiIkIi moral and Intellectual r.tand ng will eppeil to every voter In this commu-nity. Get behind Stewart and roll up a splendid majority. A. E. I'autseh will make a splendid Constable. The unanimous choice, of tlk0 i.f.'J..n,crr,licim vn.i1T1 tpm.ttli.iiun, i.,iiaun? film i erflc'ent as the Chief of Police of' the Town of Bingham, he is an ideal man for the positiw. The county ticket is nn exception-ally good one and you can make no mistake- In giving the entire ticket your strongest support. Don't forget C. L. Schettler. He will make a fearless efficient Sheriff. If you vote the Democratic ticket, don't forget, to draw your pencil through the name of Allen T. San ford end place an X in the square in front of the name of E. K. Dudley. 'Also don't forget to draw your pencil through the name of John C. Green, and place an X in the square In front of Archie Stewart The best way of all, however, Is to put an X In the circle at the head of tho Republican ticket and let It go at that. j I!y "Home Fttile." we mean Bing ham men for Bingham appointments. FRANK CLARK BURIES BROTHER Frank Clark has been In Provo this week to bury his brother, Albert C. Clark, who d ed last Saturday night at Lynndyl, Utah, of lnflurza and pneumonia. 'Mr Clark leaves a wife and several children. Mr. Frank Clark's friends in Bingham will join with him in mourning the sudden departure of his brother. , ROLAND TWELVES DIES Mr. and Mrs. Orson Twelves, of Provo, received a letter from her son Hallis Twelves, from somewhere in France, conveying the news that Ro-land Twelves, who formerly was em-ployed at the Highland Boy store, was dead from pneumonia." .He was, ',111 but a few days before. " his death, which took place' on October 14. "x A commercial traveler was In. town a few days ago and he" said that he was puzzled for a while to know why the Bingham girls were homely, but finally he arrived at the decision that It was due to the high altitude In which they lived. He said this affect-ed the facial nerves in such a man-ner as to destroy the beauty. Of course we did not agree with him C. E. Adderley has been in Park City several days where he wont to attend the funeral of C. E. Garvin, a soldier boy of that place. Vr. Adder-le- y took occasion to visit with a few of his oW friends whiie there. . Mr. Adderley was in business for a num-ber of years In Park City before, com-in- f to Bingham " - - J. M. HAYS HPJTIIE AH Editor: Allow me to present thr-followi-by way of answer to typical of facts made in be-- half of Constitutional amendment to Section 4, Article 13: ."The mines are assessed only $5.-- . an acre on their ground." The Fact The mines are assessed at $3151 an acre. "The net proceeds tax Is merely tax on profits." ",' The Fact Net proceeds are more than CO per cent greater than profits, because mine owners are not allowed to deduct such necessary expenses as damages and compensation, insurance, taxes, general office, etc. ' "The mines are paying lea taxes I than they paid under the old law." "The Fact The mines are paying hundreds of thousands more In taxes than they ever paid under the old law. The following table shows the In-creased taxes paid by 20 mines n various parts of the states: Increase Over Year ' 1915 Taxes "'S I 80.64ft.Sl 392,852.25 ' 1J18 311.SB3.93 Total Increase $7Xri,3.''.6.4S These figures embrace only 20 mines and do not Include federal tax-es or occupation tax. The occupation tax adds more than $!)(i0,000 to the additional state tax-- s on mines In 191S. "The mining companies are seeking to escape their just share of taxation. The Fact (Mining companies are tho only taxpayers who have been fully and legally taxed ever since statehood. Net proceeds have always been assessed at d 00 per cent while all other property was assessed at 40 per cent and Icps for 20 years after statehood. The mining people did not promise or work for the tax law of 1915, or did they oppose its repeal at the last session of the lelgslature. But. the men who are supporting this amendment did not obtain the law of 1!M5 and they did oppose Its repeal and the restoration of the old law. 'The amendment will make It pos-Bibl- e to tax mines at their full value." The Fact This Is child's talk. Economists, engineers, and all sensi-ble taxation plans abandoned the vain attempt to determine the "full value" of a mine long ago. What the amendments "make possible" is to tax mines at whatever value the stute board of equalization pleases. . "Taxes - could be reduced 10 per cent on other property If the mines now paid the same proportion of the state expenses as prior to 19 16." Question--- As proved by the above figures, mines are paying thousand more than they paid prior to 1916; therefore, why have not tho other taxo.s been reduced? Hence my conclusion. Don't be mil-led by the Ignorance or willful per-version of selfish politicians and oth-ers. They are getting more revenue? than ever before and spending It nil? The more they get, the more they'll spend. Vote "NO" on Amendment Numbers. JOUN'iM HAYKS Salt Lake City, October 2ti. Why You Should Vote For Judge Green Next Tuesday i - - , . .(, . CTnVw.vv.. '' f I 'i' ' . . , '"'. " ", v r . " v r v .f . 'J ,TJ?7 . . - v iH v - ,, ' i :''-5-- 'm v m ; .. ;, 't When a man in office has served his people well It is nothing but right j and fair that his constituency should I show their appreciation by returning him to office, John C. Green has served the people for the past two yearB as Justice of the peace, and he has filled the office wall and his re- - j cord as It stands today is without a i blemish, Hie is well qualified for the j place and manifests a spirit of fair-- ; ness, which should commend him to j nil peoplo who believe in justice. j Judge Green is a tireless worker and during his tenure In office has rendered much valuable service to the people of the camp outside of his i official duties. Wherever assistance has been needed lie has always held out a helping hand, lie Is the friend of the poor and has done much to al- -' levlate the suffering of the destitute. He has done this work nobly and well and very few outside of tho actual suffers knew anjthing of It,' but they long ago learned that he1 was tho man to tee when they were: in need. He lias been and Is one of tho lng war workers of tho camp and has given his time freely In the Interest of the cause, as a public speaker, as a committee worker and practically in every department where the gov-ernment has needed assistance he has been found ready to help. He has doubtless filled out more question-naires than any other Individual in the camp, having worked at this both day and night duiing times of rush. And in addition to all this he has made a good, faithful Judge and has administered justice to all I'.t'.gants who have appeared In his court, in a fair and impartial niunner He Is the right man In the right place and Is highly deserving of the support of all American citizens who believe in rewarding those who have discharged their duties well and rendered the most efficient aid to the government. The office of Precinct Justice, of Bingham has become a most import-ant post, in the prosecution of all war work, I. W. W. activity, Iro-Germ-propaganda, ps well as the legal v!o-lar-and h dge Green has the ability, qualifications and experience to deal with Its every phase. There is cat- - talnly no complaint, no reason, and no argument In favor of any change In this office, or its conduct, and th voters of the Tenth Precinct who are so much Indebted t.- Mr. Green for efficient service, representation and protection they have received at his hands, can show their appreciation In no better way than by giving hlrn generous endorsement of votes on election day. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kind expressions of sympa-thy in the death of our husband, son and brother, also for the many beau-tiful floral offerings. Mrs. Thomas Conners, Mr. and Mrs. John Connors and Family. IMr. and Mrs. M. J. McKenzie and Family. I Deputy 'Sheriff Powell spent Mon-- f day ut Sandy attend'ng the funeral of his brother-in-law- , Ernest Kell, ' who died r.t lfls home there hut Saturdav. Mr. Kell formerly worked here and lias a number of friends in this camp. Ho was 3iJ years old, and is survived by a widow and two children. J. M. Gregory lias gon to Fan Fran-cisco, where hi will spend several months. f |