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Show SLANTS ON Local Affairs Milford's population is growing! In the past few weeks eleven families famil-ies have moved to Milford to make their home. These are families of ' miners who have been working at the Frisco mines who will now reside in Milfoil and continue their work at the mines. Five of these families arrived arriv-ed this week and have secured houses in which to reside. The coming of the families of these miners gives an outlook of permancy to the continuation continua-tion of activities at the Frisco mines. C. R. Hodges, of the Hodges motor ocmpany, is mcvng his family over x from Beaver, While Mr. Grow, who is employed as clerk in the railroad office, is moving his family here this week. In all there is quite a demand ford dwellings and apartments which indicates that our town is on the upgrade. up-grade. Sunday, May 11th, was observed all over the United States as "Mother's "Moth-er's Day." Well, in Utah, Sunday, June 15th, is gong to be Father's Day," for he is already getting out his tackle-box, rewrapping that bamboo bam-boo pole, and oiling his reel. Yes, fishing should be great n the lakes and streams of the Beaver mountains. moun-tains. The road to Puffer Lake is in splendid condition, and in addition to the big lake itself, there is always splendid angling on the first day of the season at the Little reservoir and the High Low. Judging from the way the streams and lakes have been stocked the past few seasons, "father" "fath-er" should have a big day one week from! Sunday. We note quite a number of California Califor-nia tourists coming through Milford over the "21" highway. This is a highway that only needs more adver-" adver-" tising to become one of the most popular po-pular arteries of travel to and from the coast. The road at present compares com-pares favorably with either the Arrowhead Ar-rowhead or Wendover routes, but its advantages are unherald and unsung.. Those that have traveled this route are its boosters and we predict there will be a larger amount of tourist travel over Ilihgway "21" this season sea-son than in the past. The Literary Digest's nationwide poll, to find out what the people think of Prohibition has closed and shows the majority of the people of tho country are dissatisfied with the law as it stands. Try as we will to better morals or what you will by law, the fact remains that restrictive legislation along any line beyond that laid down in broad language by the Ten Commandments, has been more or less of a failure. From old Puritanical days down to the present, compulsory laws touching the individual indiv-idual freedom of the people have always al-ways had to bo set aside eventually. Home teaching and good example would do infinitely more to break up excessive drinking habits than all the compulsory laws that could be enacted. |
