Show PERSONAL OPINION IBY by elwyn blake MOREA MORE ABOUT ba UT nodes nOD ETS it is difficult to see how farming the bounds of this county can become a normally prosperous industry unless some means is found whereby the prairie dog and jack rabbit cenance is eliminated there is one sure way of doing this that is to make the bus business of destruction of these pests profitable A small bounty for each rodent killed would soon make thern them very scarce the bounty of course would have to be enough to justify trappers and poison ers in spending their time at the business at ten cents each 1000 of the pests could be destroyed for the sum ot of 10 dollars would be a small sum to pay for the eradication from this county of these destructive tive pests of course if fr part of any appropriation is used as salary for superintend ing operations doubtless most of the expense would be overhead therefore the bounty system would be preferable if a county or federal official not now fully occupied were given the duty of checking tails or ears as a means of tallying the number destroyed st even if the rodent campaign is pushed with moderate speed sneed and efficiency 4 fi clency it will in all probability have to be followed up by individuals who are ara always on the ground and can zet the strays alich are missed by the general campaign the wary zuni prairie dog is ba hard rd i to poison and some of them must be trapped or passed gassed if an effective gas can be found ARE CAMPS AN undercover ARRY ARMY when one scans tho the recruiting propaganda sent althe he newspapers from the war department it is at once seen that recruits are wanted in large numbers at this time this fact is not as significant however as is the quick growth of the camps all over the country of course the activities are a very good thing all kinds of public work of permanent nature are done in the name of the civilians conerd an alon corps however we understand the army has charge of the housing rationing and health of the young men contained in the camps the barracks are to say the least scent of war time lime preparations of 1917 and 1918 1 we do not believe the is organized 9 in anticipation of 0 war but we have a notion that our president saw the possibility of mobilizing mobil ising the youth of the nation for a cartar amount of disciplinary instruction without arousing opposition on and also the vast army of youn men in the camps as potential fighting men in the ume tinne of need the they y will vill b bs e catalogued cataloguer catalo gued as to age qualifications and residence in other words the government knows just about how many young men of arming e are available avail ible and where to find thorn them at least the anti see nothing alarming in the camps which have sprung up in every corner of our fair land we ave are for them we can see no better method of keeping prepared than lo 10 0 o have a large group of men ready for ilef defense ense without exciting pacifists paci fists and I 1 foi eign eig n powers by maintaining a large larg e standing army it SHOW PLEASES PATRONS t i on monday tuesday and weames day da fk evenings of this week hardys Com medians played to packed houses in the monticello ward hall the efficient manner in which the company presented their commedo dramas fl ramas as compared with the average traveling show Is worthy ot of note humor and nd pathos were mixed in just the right por portions conspicuous by its absence was the usual smut line so often followed by the traveling show the players layers Ti depending upon real wit and hunink hunia to set get the laughs and they got them the operation cooperation co of local 1 chants enabled the public to viea the show at a minimum bof of coil co which undoubtedly helped to 0 o increase the attendance S |