Show THERE ARE good times coming which even a threatened war cannot head oft off OF COURSE teddy la is too good an american to make derogatory remarks in critical times such buell as we are now passing through but he could nevertheless in all truthfulness say 1 I told you so PLANNING A GOOD TIME ELABORATE plans tor for the social side ot of the aeeti meeting ot of the gitig american institute ot of mining Mi E engineers gi are being completed here each day ot of the sessions which open on february will have some special social feature for both the men and women attending the convention ven tion ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT TO NIGHT at the city hall a public meeting will be held to consider the matter of establishing a night school for foreigners that they might become more familiar with the english language and better qualify themselves tor for american citizenship the object is a worthy one and the meeting should be well attended and the various phases of the proposed proposition freely discussed ile be at the meeting BUILD THE CANTO BAND STAND THE request of the park city independent depend eilt band made at tile the last meeting of the city council that a band stand be erected on the marsac mill site that our citizens might enjoy summer evening concerts in comfort and tree free from danger of being run over by automobiles and other vehicles and away from the noise and bustle of main street Is one that meets with IL a unanimous favorable response from the tha citizens thel the council Is in favor of the move and I 1 the record hopes that at its meet ing next week definite action will be taken regarding the matter preliminaries should not be delayed and the band boys should keep the ball moving and do all in their power to have the new band stand built HIGH COST OF DYING FRANK W LECLARE of the utah public health association says consider the high cost ot of d dying yng and forget tor for a few ew minutes the high cost ot of living each year more than one thousand five hundred persons die in utah from preventable causes the cost of these fifteen hundred unnecessary funerals alone probably amounts to more than seventy five thousand dollars or about four times the annual appropriation pria tion to the state board of health most of these deaths are prece proceeded eded by long costly illnesses which must be added to the high cost ot of dying the people of utah probably pay out each year on account of these unnecessary deaths at least one fourth million dollars PETTY GRAFT GRAF T THE OHIO industrial commission has proved that in six big g plants in that state employing about men the foreman have been in the habit of collecting gratt graft from workmen who wanted a job or a raise these weasels sucked out fifteen twenty or twenty five dollars from jobs paying twenty five cents an hour it is a comfort to note that eight or ten of them have been brought to punishment but the law provides only a fine the empl employers themselves must knock out this slavery by keeping close watch on all hiring promoting and firing and by giving the workmen some voice in such matters we know this is possible sible because ford and other ful employers have done it and ar are e nod doing it colliers wily WHY IS 19 IT THE professional men ot of our city will not advertise in their home piper paper because as they put it it is unprofessional and all tho the use they have tor for the homo paper Is to get all the tree free advertising they can however let a stranger come to town with a jim crow advertising scheme and their professional ethics are forgotten they smilingly dig die up tor for advertisements that does not do them one bit ot of good it if professional ethics your our wonderful will permit advertising in a take fake paper surely it should permit a professional card in a legitimate homo home newspaper that helps the town you live in and thus helps you to pile up a fortune think it over yo ye suckers w who ho bite at any and all take fake advertising because it la Is promoted by outside petty schemers THE MINING INDUSTRY THE mining industry ot of utah I 1 Is coming into its own and the state will soon occupy a pos position it ion of 0 p prestige among the great mining states of the union says bays the provo post the day of the wildcat wild cat mining scheme has almost passed and the lew few who do indulge in it are getting extremely nervous and will soon be out of 0 the running mining Is one of 0 the great industries of the tha state and should command the favorable considers con sidera tion ot of the people of utah thero there are yet millions to be made and there are great mines to be discovered the knocker who claims that utah has passed the zenith in the mining world will wake up shortly to find himself a miserable failure as a prophet and an enemy to good business the mining industry like other industries has its ups and downs and speculation will accompany mining as it accompanies other industries but each year the industry becomes safer as an investment for the man who desires to enter the broader fields of business activity TUI RECORD LAST wednesday tile the park record was thirty seven years old it ft was on february ath 1880 when the paper made its first appearance in park city and every enery week since that time it has gone to the homes of practically all park city people and has carried its glad and sad tidings to hundreds of readers in all parts of tile state to many other states in the union and to readers in various parts of the old world never has it failed to vent praises tor for park city and its people and in times of distress and trouble as well as in times of prosperity and plenty optimism and good cheer have hav e always characterized its columns and so it will continue lor for tile the next thirty seven years it has been a steady grind with a mighty poor for the work done tor for there is no other business that pays as poor as a country newspaper but its publishers have kept out of jail it if not out of debt and we feel as it if that is at least something to be thankful tor for in the years to come as in the years gone by we will continue to do the best we know how for park city and its industries will try and merit liberal patronage whether we get it or not and will always be found brals praising the good and condemning the bad feeling that it if we fall to get our just deserts while in tills this vote vole ot of tears we ne will be shown special favors by the good st peter when we pass on to our reward |