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Show FOUR ' THE PRESR-BL- J2TIN " .. . Gat the Gcnuinef5'Yy and Avoidfj7vu2 JSmSEco n o my eJFnn Every Cake 1 An International Service Built on Tiny Profits Per Pound Some industries have been able to get in step with war demands more quickly than others. In many cases mighty plants have sprung up but at a prodigious cost. ' ; - The packing industry was able to adapt itself to, unheard of demands more quickly, perhaps, than any other industry. ' And this was because the vast equipment of packing ' plants, refrigerator cars, branch housas, etc., had been gradually developed to its present state of efficiency, so that in the crucial hour ' it became a mighty international system for war service. And how had this development taken place? , Not by making vast inroads into the capi-tal wealth of the country, but largely by using, from year to year, a portion of the profits, to provide for expansion. Swift & Company's profits have always been so tiny, compared with sales, that they have had practic-ally no effect on the price of meat (amounting to only a fraction of a cent per pound). ' And yet the owners of the business have been content with reasonable returns on their capital, and have been able, year after year, to put part of the profits back into the business to provide for, its expansion. These fractions of tiny profits have been repaid to to the public many fold in the form of better service, .... and better and cheaper meat, and made it possible for ' Swift & Company to meet, undaunted, the sudden cry for meat for overseas. Could any other method of financing a vital 7 . industry Involve less hardship to the people of the country? Could there be a better instance of true . "profit-sharin- g" than this return in added usefulness and in national preparedness ? Swift & Company, U. S. A. Life Insurance Co. 1 p Represented by U.'RISPOLI, 559 MAIN STREET, PHONE 99 8 g All people who want protection can phone or call on I me and have the policy explained. I represent the p biggest company in the world and one of the best. g Do not delay in taking out a policy because you never can tell what may happen. Already we have seen a ' number of families left without protection. $ I U. RISPOLI, J c Metropolitan Agent For Bingham $, 111-- IffEll IIIWM1 1", The Following Suggestions Are Timely And Were Prepared With A View To Aiding In Stamping Out The Infectious Disease Which Is Ravaging Our City And State The Writer Shows That Cleanliness And Thorough Fumigating Of Homes, And The Use Of Anticeptics Do Much To Check The Ravages Of This Disease He Urged The Wearing Of Masks As A ! Preventative. : (By E. A. Mitchell), What Is the "flu?" What causes it? How do people get it? How can It be prevented? And how can it be cured? Are questions of vital importance day. These are questions which scientif-ic investigators will have to answer; and when the answers are given the medical profession will apply the so-lutions as the problems arise. For the public welfare, however, it is of the utmost importance that every one should have nil the Information available so that they can, as much as possible, protect themselves and render intelligent in j preventing the spread, and eventual-- 1 ly in stamping out, this dreaded dis-ease. Epidemic diseases have always af-flicted mankind and before scientific investigators determined their cause, they were regarded aa plagues " or scourges pent by an angry God to punish the people. There is a hidden truth in this early superstition because science has demonstrated that all such diseases or the bacteriological ferments which causes them, are bred in filth. Thus are the people punished for living in, or tolerating, filthy unsanitary condi-tions. Before the microscope was invented bacteria were unknown because they are too small to be seen by the naked eye; and consequently fermentation was attributed to "spontaneous com-bustion." By the use of the micros-cope however, fermentation was seen to be caused by the spores, or seeds, of microscopic plants, or perhaps ani-mals, generally called bacteria, lodg-ing in the fermentable substance and there' sprouting, growing and repro-ducing themselves. It was understood that fermentation had to take place in a vessel almost entirely elbwd (like a barrel with the bung hole open); but Just why nobody knew. It remained for scien-tific investigators with the aid of the microscope? to see and understand"; and to explain that. where the bacte-ria lodge in a fermentable substance which is wide open to the air, and hence supplied' with unlimited oxygen the bacteria, will' sprout, grow pro-fusely and reproduce itself without causing fermentation;' but when ths bacteria lodges in a fermentable sub-stance that is supplied' witb a limited!, amount of oxygen if wfil sprout tad grow by using up the small amount of free oxygen from the air; and will then continue to grow and reproduce1 itself by wrenching oxygrn from e in which it fa growing. This tearing of the oxygen out of the body of the thing in which the bac- - terla is growing causes a chemical chafTfce accompanied by hat and the giving off of gas. This chemical change Is fermentation; iThn human hndv is a vessel al- - filter catching the small particles; of S-- moisture and waste matter in the air ? " which have come from other peoples ' lungs, also one breathing against the mask will have caught In the mask much, if not all, of the waste matter and moisture exhaled from his lungs; the air of course passed through the sieve or filter. It has been proven over and over, that fermentable sub-stances will not ferment even when exposed to the air, provided the air Is seived or filtered sufficiently to ex-clude all the dust or other carriers which convey the germs of fermentat-ion. It would seem therefore that the gauze mask acting as a filter to " catch the germ carrying particles in the air, is one of the best means of " prevention. As the lungs perform the two fold function of carrying pure air to the blood and of giving off waste matter, ,;" the reasonable thing to do wouW be to wear the mask when in a crowd " or near other people to prevent the possibility of inhaling moisture or , waste matter exhaled by others front entering one's lungs, but when alone In tho open air, to remove the mask so as to let the waste matter pass away from one's own mngs and to em- - bibe the greatest possible amount of pure fresh invigorating air. How long the spores of disease pro-ducing ferments livo, or remain po-tent, after being passed off from the human body, it is safe to say nobody knows. It is definitely known, how-ever, that months and even years af-ter an epidemic had passed away, the dust being Stirred up in rooms where sick persons had been during the epi-demic, the fever waa again contracted and another epidemic started. Spores . 1 thus lying about are termed 'dormant, while those immediately exhaled or passed from a fever patient are term-ed 'active.' In eitlher the active or the dormant state aporsa arc organized structures and it is because of this, and not on account of their organic or chemical structure, Wat they are -- enabled to sprout, grow and reproduce themselves.- - To render the possibility of a of an epidemic less likely, efforts are made to destroy the or-ganized structure of dormant spores, the method usually employed beig: ' fumigation, sulphur' and: chlorine fumes, being the most-commo- n agents used Sulphur candles can be bought ' in the drug stores and chlorine gas can be produced in various ways,. mixing manganese dioxide and hydro- - chloric acid being a good1 one. Just. why fumigation is not being univers-- ally practiced or oven enforced by 'x law, during this flu epidemic, is hard to understand. Surely everything pos-sible should be done, not only to stamp it out, but to prevent, as far as possible, a reoccurrence. The reason why fevers become epi-demic 1b because so many people, one after another, get into their blood the nKwt entirely closed j and' scientific investigators, by the aid at' the mi-croscope, have seen that eontageous fevers are caused by the spores of bacteria getting into the bleed, sprout-ing and growing till all the free oxy-gen is used up; and then continuing to grow by wrenching oxygen from the human body thereby causing fer-mentation accompanied by Beat, or fever. Chemical changes are thus produced in the body producing gases and poisonous compounds which lm pair and often destroy life;. Another thing the microscope has enabled investigators to see is that there are numberless varieties of bac-teria or ferments, Just as we see there are numberless varieties of larger plants and animals. Many of the va-rieties of bacteria which cause dl ease have been determined, separated and Btudied as to their sprouting, growing reproducing themselves aad' the means whereby they are can-re- d frnm nnn neraon to another: as well active spores of disease producing ferments. Dunng ordinary times peo-V- ie may, day after day, inhale the dormant rpores but their system beinr fir a healthy vigorous condition, the dormant spores are readily-- exhaled or thrown of before they aie rendered etftive, that is before they have sprouted by having lodgeff lir a soil and & climate suited to their growth. This brings up the most vital of an considerations, which' keeping trie body and the mind in a vigorous, healthy condition. Curing' epidemic times or ordinary times this is of the utmost vital importance and is a great assurance against sickness. During this terrible epidemic of the flit, every one can assist In stamp-ing it out, and in protecting himself by observing the following rules: 1. Carefully obey and' assist In en-forcing an absolutely strict quaranr tine,. 2. Stay away from other people Just alt that is possible. . 3. When In the presence of other people always wear the gauze mask. 4. Use freely good intiseptlcs for mouth and throat wash- - and for nasals spray. 6. If yoe have had the flu, thor-oughly fumigate your home before you resume your ordinary activities. 6. Keep your body and mind vigor-ous and healthy by avoiding colds, over exertions, depressed spirits, etc. - 7. If you feel indisposed, isolate! V " yourself at onco and' call the doctor. v as methods for killing them after they once get started to grow in. the human body. The flu bacteria, It seems, has not been so separated and studied; but that it will be, there-- Is little room to doubt. Also, that It Is not fundamen-tally different from other kucteria which produoe epufemlc fever Is rea-sonably certain. The spores (or seeds) of alt bac-teria, let it be understood, have no wings or legs; and so can not travel about of the own volition. Thfy must be carried In some way. tTttlly on small particles of dust in th air, so small as not to be seen, sometimes In the clothing, or on the smatl par tides of moisture In the air, on the fur of animals, tn water or milk, or aa with the yellow fsver, in the blood of moquitow which have sucked the blood from a person afflicted with th yellow fever. From experlene (not from demon-strated fact) it seems quite certain that the flu bacteria In Its active form, Is carried most generally upon small particles of moisture and waste mat-ter exhaled from the luns of one having the fiHoaae. Such moisture and wastfl lnnlt'T can not travel far bo one it. tin; best precautions it st" . ' i a ay from those hav-ing in; l!r 'n 'iut much n poh-- ' t 1 ; r.viy foil everyone. Avoid into oi; "V lungs the air i'. :!.' I'ik lui-'T- of a flu pa- - tl : t. r li .;!., fr ni any one. Now u to tin e,;ni7i musk about which tin" firs Iv-e- so nmi'l'i contro-versy, 'i li ;.iisk ncU an a niefo or Religion And Life (By William J. Snow) Religion 1b not a mere form, but a moving force, not a mechanism but an inner relationship, net a method or system, but a manner of living, In fact an enlarging lire ever approach-ing an Ideal. The basis of the ideals is God; the factors are all personal, the relationship is both human pnd divine. Without the divine, the hu-man becomes brute. With the deified ideal, the human progressively ap-proaches divinity. In this growing and enriching pro-cess sympathy and responsibility ore guiding principles, and forms and cer-emonies are necessary agencies. These, however, are means not ends; They are instruments of expression and approach. When they become more than this they tend to destroy real living. For the present some forms are tak-ing an enforced vacation; churches are closed and collective relations are submerged in individual responsibil-ity. Now is the time, then to act in line with our guiding principles and divine Ideals. The ten commandments, are the basis of ell moral obligations nnd right human relations. These essen-tial laws of the social order are di-vine; hence can never be supplanted. Progressive tealizatlon of their meaning and application is the all im-portant thing for us. But how prone are we to limit and - restrict mean-ings. For instance, how do we inter-pret, "Thou shalt not kill?" This is tho concrete expression of a great principle of wide and varied relation-ship. In essence it means regard for hu-man life and respect for the rights of person. When a community or an in-dividual fails to do all possible to protect the innocent and the helpless from unwholesome conditions of all kinds this commandment is violated. When persons are allowed to endan-ger the health of others in industry in mining or wha not responsibility attaches to society. And finally, and this is the thought I wish to impress here and now, when individuals with influenza or any other contagious dis-ease fail to take every known precau-tion to prevent its communication to others, they are guilty of a serious disregard of human life. Should they willingly or unwillingly expose others to the contagion either by failing to report to the proper authorities, or by concealing in any manner the exist-ence of the disease, or by recklessly associating with others on the street in cars, or any gatherings, and should any fatalities occur because of such indifference, the crime is no less than murder. Am I stating the case too strongly I think not. We must all leam that the command, "Thou shalt not kill," means more than im-mediate and precipitate murder by violence: Before the bar of God and intelligent conscienious public opin-ion, we .mall be held accountable for any wanton disregard of the health and happiness of our fellows. Religion is life !n with our fellowman and directed towards a divine harmony of relationship. WHAT ARE THEY READING HOW The great necessity of having the schools is to. provide, direction for the activities of the young, and not very old mind;. . . It were well if ws could also have more direction for the physical active Ities. But it seems necessary to as-sign lessons to keep the boys and girls at them, and require a fair re-port of their having done the work. Then they grow and develop, just as tender plants do, with the proper care. Are the fathers and mothers of these boys and girls looking ahead and trying to keep the , "plant" growing while the "gardnor" Is away? If they don't keep the soil sweet and the plant stems growing, there will be withered blooms at the time of fruition. It means Just a3 much, and more, to the child that there shall be no check in his development as it does to grain, that ther isn't too much drouth or too much moisture to check the growth. And how in these days of enforced absence from school, can the boy and girl keep up, when there are no as-signments and their books are at school? (The books were left as a precaution to keep them from carry-ing possible infection.) To answer this question let us con-sider a building. Nearly, if not all, building are resting upon concrete foundations. When the foundation is laid the building may be of brown stone, clinker brick or rustic. It mat-ters not what trend the fancy takes, fantastic or plain, the one great im-portant thing is the foundation. That foundation for the education of your child does not He alone in the school room. It rests largely with the parents. The child should be kept busy. He should be kept at constructive business whatever it is. If he is working at some manual lab-or during theae compulsory, school holidays then he needs refreshing, restful reading In the evenings. But if the time is being spent at home a certain amount, about four fifths of it, should be real solid upbuilding reading. There is a mass of good material at the library. If one likes play's, there is a shelf of the best and most inter-esting plays. If one likes short stor-ies, there is O'Henry, . Mark Twain, Maupassant and others. If traveling and description appeals to one, Rob-ert iLouIs Stef eiihon, Jack London end many others fill the needs. Shall I be (Seemed old fashioned when I say every boy and girl should read Dickens?i At least "Davfd ," and as much more as pos-sible, George Elliot, and Washington Irving. These all furnish splendid j foundation work. Every high tchool studtnt should read Shakespeare until his most popu-lar works are familiar. I shall close those suggestions with the recommendation that most essen-tial material and that which will fur-nish the elements of noble character' and be a cement to all the other good I things is fonnd In tho best of all good I books, the Bible. Read the four Gos-pels, boys and girls. Compare them. Read Matthew 24, for a starter. Read Matthew 5 and 6. Talk them over with father and mother. Read I Cor-inthians Uth chapter. These are only a few of the many; jmany splen-did passages from which inspiration and comfort may be drawn. Get the foundations laid and keep ft up. Don't wait to be cranked, be selJtstarters, and remember the myat road to learning fe through the cacrt-dor-s of hard knocks. Very respectfully, F. ST. TOCTKG. Timpairogos School. November 25, 1918- - WAR SAVINGS DRIVE STARTS NEXT WEEK; LETS HAVE k THOUSAND DOLLAR CLUB Next Monday will usher in War Savings Stamp Week. Every man, woman and child should see that the war savings pledge is redeemed. Those who have made no pledges will find it opportune to make one, and see that It 'is kept before Father Time rolls old 1913 off the platform. And now a word to the man with a bank account or other collateral at his command. The thousand dol-lar club wants him. (Already a num-ber have enrolled, but a thousand more are needed. INFLUENZA CHECKED BY USE OF HASKSJN FRISCO Mayor Ieroy Dixon has received the following telegram from Maor James Rolph, Jr., of San Francisco under date of November 26: "Universal wearing of masks wholly responsible for Saw Fran-cisco's beating the usual course of in-fluenza by several weeks; prevented fifteen hundred or more possible deaths, and thousands of cases of la- - fluenza anu pneumonia wiui grtnv re-duction of consequent suffering. We used Leary vaccine as far as possible and this undoubtedly helped much. If you have epidemic I strongly advln strict enforcement of universal mask-ing. Our people did this gladly and are devoutly thankful for the good results." ADVERTISED UNCLAIMED) LETTERS Domestic , Z J. Andrew, (2). Mrs. Al'ce Campbell.. ; Mr. A lire Davis.. ;. Mra. Ida Gilson. Mary Hicks. - J. C. Johnstone. IxOrand Marshall. : Alfred N. Olrott. i f A. J. reterson ! . Peter Pobey. , . ' Bel Pethulas George Rubtces. ' Foreign i J. Calliston. J Yerko Kosovftch. ' Cadorin Murcho. Mrs. K Norimatanv f ' ( fcriekt It. Biblical TW1 ' The Jews learned the art of brick muklng In Eypt. We find the use of. the brick kiln Ir, David's time (II Sam-uel. 12:21). A complaint is made by Jsuluh that the people built altars of brick Instead of unhewn stone as the lr. w directed (Isaiah, 10 :3 ; Exodus 20 Colombia' Share. Colombia la said to be annexing ft TajTte share of tha castor oil trade for-ttH- rtj hetbr India. Why They Are Lonely. The people who are lonely In thk world are those who are always look-ing for something to come to them; they hope for pleusant adventures; they exact much from their friends and from their family and they ar never satisfied. But the happy men nnd women are those who never think to demand for themselves who give and give and give aKln, and And Joy whenever they iiud opportunity to glv Joy. Exchange. Intelligence. An intelligent person Is supposed to be one of cultivated understanding; a person who has acquired a large store of knowtalfce, but not necessarily In the schools or colleges, for many high-ly Intelligent persona have been self-educat-men and women. Intelli-gence Is a characteristic of the mind rather than of action or manners. There are highly intelllgeat people who are socially Impossible tweause ot self-couw- lt or booriah manners. f . Thinks KUrmald.Was Manatee. The Jourual of Heredity rises to k that the first mermaid In all probability was not pure 'nventlon. In all probability the mermaid story started when some ignorant seafar'og mun saw nothing less than a manatee disporting himself through the disiunt waves. At some distance, the sclenti fic periodical observes, thx manatee or "sea cow" does not look unlike a hu-man being, the shape of Its head and furiul formation when Indistinctly seen titkinp on the appearance of llf closely ii U i ii In muiikiinl. .'- -. Powerful Pump. ' Yonr hort is a very bun organ. While you breathe once It beats four times. At each beat It sends four pounds of blood through your veins ' and arteries. The weight or the cir-culating blood is 1 pounds, uhen you run your legs and the other parts of your body need more blood, so your heart must pump fuster.-Pop- ular Scl tnce Monthly. , WOMAN IS-11- YEARS OF AGE The oldest person In the United States is believed to be Mrs. Sarah Link, of Irotisburg, Monroe County, Tennesse, who Is living with her grandson, Frank Smith, of IronHburg. Mrs. Link is 116; she has never taken any medicino. Nine ye.irs ko lier yrsight began to fail and Rho in now nearly blind; lier hearing also is poor; oilier- - wise, she Is physically well and aetlve, and her mentality in unimpaired Islands Mads tor SHenes. Irma Is the most fertile and beautiful ef the Betides ot whldi tW art iwne 600 scattered tol tfc wstors to the west of SKvt1and, a rtiangt states. Oiitf shout 100 M tiee Is-lands are Inhabited st stl. and th great P"rt tfcese latter support leas than a dozen peojile wieh. It. U a rfctfiou ft rfl,n nn nsi, with nirs rt!r days that are lik the Infrequent U,i of s Nnd but kindly nahire-Kod- , Ti 8 atmosphere of the anlitpHiig.) Is made lor linens and hIIuimt. It neem t Ui uudn'u wortiL New One en Snakes. A group of boys were leaning their noses up against the glass cao which tarbors the boaconstrlctor at the rep-tile house ot the New York zoological gardens. "Whpre's Its rattier?" anke one of the kldn to a companion. "Ho. ho," roared another of the boys; "hs ula't git no rattler. When a snaks gets thftt big he's got a whistle," Alarm CIock s. Twins. ' Bachelor (sadly) "I drwimed last bight that I was married. Tho alarm cliKk oki) me." Benedict (more su ly) "1 liiit olght that 1 wut Hint;!'. Tha twins woke mo." Buffalo i.'k' And He's Worth Listening To. Tlji; man who really has 'nothing to uy generally talks less than other peo-ple, beenuMj'l'.e eoiwl.lers it worth glv-lu- s some thought to. i |