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Show I An Alarming j I , Situation j We have told you in our advertisements that our business I in Utah last year resulted in a defiicit in our revenues of I ' 5244, 073.10. I m .... . M Here are some figures showing an even more alarming jjl J lituation: IH So for in 1918 our gross income increased 1.1 per cent I I rer the same pcroid of 1917. But 1 The expense of maintaining our lines and equipment I during the tame period increased 47.4 per cent, and I The expense of operating our plant during the same time I J increased 24.8 per cent. U This means that unless some measure of relief is accorded h us through increased revenues the year 1918 will close with f 1 a deficit of over four hundred thousand dollars in Utah. P Obviously, our revenue and expense problem is one jl ; that will not solve itself the solution lies in adjstments of r rates that will produce revenues sufficient to cover these ever- ? increasing costs. ' & w 1 1 I i The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. I Extraordinary Attraction i Paramount Pictures Corporation Presonts BENJAMIN CHAPIN in "THE SON OF DEMOCRACY" . A aeries of Dramatic Film Storios of American in the Making.- f i?? The SON of DEMOCRACY tV V;- V.' J s t , f 1 l t . ' i; kf- - J i ' I n-' - f i , n I ? " t ) r I h ' ' I f - " ' 1 ,H i .. , UTAH THEATRE K&isthi MY MOTHER is strong in sentiment, shoving clr;iiii;iti ally the log cabin birth of "The Son of Democracy," the gentle Influence of Lincoln's, mother, developing the boy who became the president. There are rollicking scenes of boy life, and homely humor In the pitiful eft'orts of Abe's father to learn to read nnrl write. Fatty Arhiukle in his side-splitting two-reel comedy Ol'T WEST IMT1IH XKWS Adults ISc War Tax 2c Children lie War Tax lr |