Show WE FIND fault with the soaring of prices tor for foodstuffs in this country but let us take consolation in the tact fact that it is tar far worse in some other countries in the city ot of mexico tor for instance the cost of 0 living Is said to be five times as high as it was one year ago AND THE expense of the lopez man hunt has not yet come to an end the past week the utah apex wining mining company of Bing bangham liam put in a claim against salt lake county tor for tor for losses suffered by the watchful waiting policy of sheriff andrew smith ir j r during his recent hide and seek methods in an endeavor to catch the murderer THE president under the terms of the alaska railroad bill is given absolute solute authority to construct and operate or lease a railroad or railroads not exceeding 1000 miles in length into the interior of alaska to open up coal and mineral fields the mil bill authorizes an appropriation of to be expended as work progresses to begin the road 1 is appropriated in n connection with the railroad the president Is authorized to acquire or build telephone and telegraph lines enlistments at navy recruiting stations in the past year have demonstrated rated that the great farming and manufacturing districts of the middle west furnish nearly one third of all the naval recruits says the popular mechanics the central and middle western states sent 31 per cent of all the men received in the navy while new england furnished but 8 12 1 2 per cent the middle eastern states 28 per cent the far western states 16 per cent and the southern states 12 per cent AND SO IT goes deception after deception in every class of goods sold through almost any mall mail order house even standard articles with a trademark but which are in reality what is known as seconds are offered the unsuspecting public who send their good money away from home to he help li enrich these getrich get rich quick Walling fords just try the home stores next time you feel tempted to buy a bargain from a catalogue and find in the long run that youve saved money besides being a real help to your town IF YOU love your country and desire to assist in saving the neat sum bum of in a single season tor for damage done by flies then commence mence e skating right now dont wait until the festive insect lights on the end of your nose and pester you to desperation before landing on it but go out of your way to swat a struggling feeble fly during these days of cold and frost whenever an opportunity occurs As with all important matters do it now and thus prevent the hatching of millions of eggs which would later develop into billions of flies the merchants association of new york city has already inaugurated a na tion wide movement to exterminate the house fly and Is authority tor for tile figures given above for real effectiveness swat the fly before it has a chance to lay its eggs THE merchant who lets goods lay on the shelves find and tails falls to let the public know about it through tho the medium of advertising should never say one word against mail order houses or against people who go to tile the city and buy the goods advertised through the great city paper says an exchange the mall mail order business men know the value ot of printers ink thousands and thousands ot of dollars are expended each year by these wideawake wide awake hustlers in advertising SAYS THE milwaukee sentinel magazine publishers have been crying out against the proposed increase ot of their ridiculously low centa cent a pound postal rates as an unjust discriminatory and tax what rot the proposed rates raise is n not ot a tax but a legitimate business domand demand dot det for reimbursement reimburse men t tor for services rendered As tile the second class matter now stands there is an unjust discrimination in favor of these periodicals lodi als cals which other users of tile the malls mails have to make up for all are paying too much letter postage because of tile the big annual deficit caused by this special privilege EASY MARKS are sometimes found among financiers and bankers as demonstrated by president J 1 U cosgriff Cos gritt of tile the continental national bank ot of salt lake A suave young broker with a winning smile asked him tor for securities which were promptly turned over to the clever manipulator of 0 mining stocks the se curties were vere later converted into cash and the broker is still missing had a deserving poor man asked the same banker tor for the price of a meal or a place to sleep the chances are lie he would have been roughly ordred from his au an list presence and such is life THE COMMITTEE appointed by the citizens of park city to attend to the details of the long delayed federal building is still in existence would it not be a good idea tor for the gentlemen composing that committee to again get in touch with our congressional delegation to correspond with those in authority to construct public buildings urging and insisting that work be commenced on the federal building tor for park city during the present year A determined effort of the committee backed by the commercial club and citizens generally will result in the erection of a tine fine structure on the now un site on our main thoroughfare what is worth having la Is worth asking tor for and what rightfully belongs to park city we should have so let us wake up and get it IF YOU are afflicted with obesity do as the big guns gune do at washington D C which Is as follows in bibs the juice of a lemon clear an and d straight before breakfast every morning the first day the consumer should take the clear juice of two other lemons at two other times next day take the juice of three and so on each day increasing the dose by one lemon until twelve Is reached for three days swallow the juice of 0 the twelve then start back dropping oft off one each day until the original acrid dose is reached then watt wait three days and begin all over again it is claimed by a number who are taking the cure that the bitterness of the doses is more than offset by the happy results they have obtained one short fat congressional woman reduced herself from a vulgar pounds avoirdupois to pounds in two weeks and la Is now an ardent and graceful worshipper wor shipper at the shrine ot of this particular species ot of the citrus tree FROM RELIABLE sources comes tile the cheering information that tile the moffatt road which is to come from tile the colorado side traverse the uintah basin country on to salt lake has been successfully financed and that construction will be pushed with all possible speed now is tile the time tor for summit county to unite in an effort to have the road come coins by stock more kamas valley and park city A detailed description of the route tile the grade the wonderful and practically unlimited resources that would accrue tor for the route coming this way and the many other advantages that would redound to the railroad company and to the state and get the information in concise form to be given to those in authority let unity of 0 action prevail in this regard it Is tor for the general good of the county and calls tor for a common united pull together THE PROPER education of 0 our gir girls IS Is one of tile the important questions of the present century it is something more inore than a social problem and Is deserving of our best thoughts it Is a civil and political I 1 a moral and religious problem the presence of women constitutes one of the chief charnis charms and benefits of society it is she who tar far more than man gives character to society ety into her care have been entrusted the nations future statesmen those who soon are to bs be clothed with alth authority and to make laws tor for the greatest nation on the globe as her education becomes a civil and political problem her gentle presence as she bends over the cradle at the silent influence of her daily life are shaping the entire moral character of the coming generation and thus her education becomes a mo moral ral problem exchange IN PAYING its respects to tile the country editor one of our exchanges says one of 0 the most difficult tasks in a newspaper office Is getting the facts acts relatives to births deaths and marriages in the community many people take it tor for granted that when a person dies the editor Is familiar with every detail of the life of the deceased and his activities when bhea as a fact lie he knows absolutely nothing about him but he be has to get ills his information from other sources same as other persons would have to do it it is the same with regard to marriages or other more or less important happenings in the community lit in almost every case the editor has to dig up the particulars or to satisfy himself and the readers of ills his paper with a meager and in accurate account the average editor of a country paper has something like a million and a halt half of th things ings to do and think about in a we week 0 k and tile the patrons can hardly overestimate how much lie he appreciates any effort they make in furnishing him the facts for news items WHAT IS THE matter with the progressives Progress ives of utah there is sur surely e something wrong from the tact fact that the big gun who came from the east to organize the forces is tailing failing in ills his organization scheme dates batea were made for public meetings that were cancelled without ut apology or explanation and a d decided e lassitude has apparently enveloped the state leaders it be glus gins to look as if there was really something in the fusion talk and a desire growing to huddle up close to the democrats in order that a bastard tard ticket might inight be launched next tall fall this may appeal to those who are seeking office bu but t the record will be very much disappointed II if it appeals to the rank and file of the party it will not be carrying out the fundamental principles ol of pro as enunciated at chicago in 1912 it the utah have not tile the strength strenge li and independence to stand alone and unafraid then we do not blame bill glassman Ol assman or any other individual for or stepping from the ranks and going back into the republican par party democracy may be all right for de democrats and they are welcome to it but tor for real progressive Republicans never THE RECORD la is a firm believer in utah and everything perta pertaining inin g thereto hence it believes that t the Is i magnificent state capitol now in course of construction at salt lake lahe city should be second to none in america in architectural design and attractiveness the splendid idea conceived by spencer clawsen a real utahn and which la Is endorsed by nearly every citizen ot of the state who Is really worth while should be adopted by the capitol commission the proposition la Is that the colonnade which Is to surround the state building be of monolithic columns made from utah granite what it the additional cost Is who cares utah can afford it and the novelty the grandeur and the nationwide nation wide attention and admiration it would attract would repay our state many times the extra cost and would be an eternal monument to the enterprise and good taste of the capitol builders as well as an advertisement par excellence of the wonderful resources of the great state ot of utah PLANS are being perfected tor for the work of the utah state university in combination with the U S bureau of mines says the mining alining and engineering world ot of Cli chiago cago prof D A lyon of the university i for the present have charge ot of tile the general metallurgical investigation which tile the state ot of utah purposes to conduct tor for the special treatment ot of low grade ores and as to safety and waste until july 1 the bureau of mines will lend lead the services ot of n R al keeney to the state of 0 utah for the purpose of 0 assisting in the investigation above referred to the state of utah Is to pay the dureau bureau of mines a sum equivalent to mr air keeneys Kee salary tor for that period should the bureau of mines wish to do so it may have the privilege of making tile the headquarters for this district at the university of utah mr air keeney or a representative ot of the bureau will probably remain in the district with headquarters at the university for the purpose ot of studying metallurgical problems in other states the interests of which are more or less closely allied to those ot of utah in this way the representative senta tive of the bureau will be able to assist with the utah work and the work which Is being done by the state will greatly assist the bureau in the metallurgical work the above plans have been approved by the board ot of regents of the university the money which the state Is to supply Is to come from the metallurgical lurg ical research fund already established THE PAST week has demonstrated the tact fact that juvenile conditions were not of tile the best prom from evidence produced before judge mcmasters saloon men were selling liquor to minors restaurants allowing boys boy and girls to drink intoxicants with their meals pool rooms were not living up to the law and dealers were selling tobacco to those under age contrary to law deputy probation oc officer er dan richardson is to be commended tor for the work done in bringing minors to punishment tor for having liquor in their possession and lor for being on the streets in an intoxicated state but more particularly lor for bringing to justice saloon men who contributed to the delinquency ot of minors only ono one case so tar far lias has come to trial and tile the punishment meted out to the offender by judge Alc mcmasters Masters was none to severe it if the judgment of tho the juvenile juven lla court is finally sustained one saloon man did not sell all the liquor to tile tho boys there are other cases coming up and the guilty ones will be ba punished the punishment inflicted upon tile the boys may to some seem a little severe because in most cases the payment of the line fine will devolve upon the parents yet it cannot help I 1 but result in good for likely the i offenders will realize the hardship they have worked upon their parents and the parents will maintain a closer watch upon their children and make an effort to know whore where they are after night tall fall and what company they are in the record Is elated that an active campaign ot of enforcement of tile tha juvenile law has commenced and urges the May ortho policemen and citizens generally to aid in tile the good work and and uphold old I 1 and encourage the juvenile court cou rt officers in their efforts to t 0 correct tile the errors 0 of tile the young and punish those ij who assist thorn them to err I 1 |