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Show 2 BOX ELDER NEWS, Brigham. City, Utah Editorially Speaking accepted President Nixons new economic policy. As far as weve been able to determine, attitude forming in the theres a aftermath of the bold new course. Labor leaders and other public figures, however, have been quick to react, their responses ranging from enthusiastic approval to outright defiance. So where does it all leave the country? A bit confused at this point as the complexities of wage and price freeze set specifics in the y ee 90-da- in. HOW Presidents THE SUCCESSFUL medicine proves to be curing the nations economic ills it yet to be seen, despite the early speculation which exploded in the wake of his decision. One thing you have to say for Mr. Nixon, he around this issue. Rather, hes hasnt tippy-toe- d picked it up and tossed it in the laps of the people, complete with instructions on how to assemble a more stable and economically healthy America. In doing so, some citizens have been caught on the down cycle of the wage-pric- e spiral. This seems unfair. ' What makes me curious, is how a skunk stands itself. Are they all born with really broken noses? This must be their year. On the PW tribes recent visit to Flaming Gorge, folks in the next campground down the lake complained of having been visited by a dozen of the furry creatures the previous night. They came into camp, took their choice of the food. And nobody argued with them. skunk. BOARD BOX El OF LIXCAHON DLR COtNn SCHOOL Brigham Cn 'BACK , I'tah W s i a it .t i - I . . v 00 1. Call to Older 8 05 2. Appiova) of Minutes H 10 .3. Appimal of Claims and Disci let Financial Kupoii 8 15 4 Communications lunis iu i v A letter to the editor in the Aug. 19 edition of the Box Elder Journal complains that motorists on city streets specifically Sixth North often exceed the speed limit, posing a danger to children. The writer made a valid, if not unique, point. We have ediorialized previously on the need for drivers of cars and other motor vehicles to exercise caution on city streets, particularly during the summer when youngsters are at play. The speed limit on most city streets is 25 miles per hour. Yet many drivers fudge a bit on this and some react as if they were operating on a raceway, particularly in the peripheral areas of town, like lower Sixth North. POLICE ENFORCEMENT OF THE speed limit is one measure of control. Traffic regulation through signing is another. But in the final analysis, motorists must accept a responsible attitude to make our streets as safe as they can be. It may seem old fashioned in some minds to observe the posted limit, but in reality it makes good sense. We dont always know when traveling at a reasonable speed saves lives and prevents injury. We are made painfully aware when excessive speed doesnt. Assess System The resignation of 0. Neil Smith as public works director caught us by surprise and more, we were let down to learn that Brigham City will lose his services. During his years in the post, Smith has worked effectively to help bring about many community His versatile talents, to attitude and dedication city incooperative terests have been an asset to this northern Utah improvements. municipality. Now that he has decided to pursue other deavors, we wish him well. en- CITY OFFICIALS ARE left with the task of naming a successor. We think Mayor Ole Zun-dethe suggestion to go slow and to is one. a structure works good public city, we are regimented By law as a third-clas- s to continue the existing form of government council. But the internal mayor and five-ma- n organization of the citys operation can be altered if its deemed in the communitys best interest. This seems like an opportune time to stop and take inventory of the present system and to determine what modifications will make it better to serve current and future needs. ls 50 Years Ago Tuesday, Aug. 23, 1921 - Secretary W. V. Call of the Commercial Club, announces that he has secured a concession ' from the aviator who will do kir stunts in this city on Peach Day, in that the price of an air ride has been changed from fifteen dollars to seven-fiftper individual. The plane Will carry two passengers, beside the birdman, and those wishing to make the aerial trip should reigster with Secretary Call immediately as the list of applicants already has eight names upon it. Miss Florence Jones Friday, Aug. 26, 1921 of the First National Bank office force, has been designated Queen of the Carnival for Peach Day and she will occupy the place of honor in the Commercial Club float in the street parade. For the first time since the foundation of this community, the city is without' a regularly appointed harness shop. On Wednesday J. G. Read & Bros, removed their stock from the Knudson building on North Main street to their main plant in Ogden after several attempts to find a purchaser locally. The harness business has deteriorated considerably since motor driven vehicles and machinery have come in general use, though there is still need for an uptodate harness and saddle business and repair shop in this com- 20 25 Years Ago The Box Elder county Friday, Aug. 23, 1946 fair to be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the fair grounds at Tremonton is almost ready to go, according to fair officials. The royal party has been picked, and many full size and miniature floats have been entered in the parade, and rodeo and carnival and many exhibits are set for the three days of the fair. Delon Summers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Summers of Tremonton was selected as Queen to reign over the fair and her attendants will be Beth Holmgren, daughter of Gladys Holmgren of Bear River City, Carol Lee Sandall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sandall of Tremonton. Chosen as little princess to reign over the fair with the queen js Susan Foxley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Foxley of Tremonton. , Mrs. Ruby Hansen, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1946 school lunch supervisor for the Box Elder county school district, announces that preparations are being made to serve lunch in all schools on the first day school is open, Tuesday, September 3. The price of the lunch this year will be the same that it was when school closed in the spring 13 cents in the elementary and 18 cents in the high schools. Letters to the Editor... j U.S MAH If Not Getting Protection Editor: The operation of the Brigham Gty fluoridation system during the past 57 months must have been something of a nightmare for those who must run it Dozens of equipment breakdowns were climaxed finally on May 26, 1971 by a yell for help from the manufacturers representative. On, basis of actual results obtained in June 1971 with this mechanically bankrupt equipment, as per public fluoridation report, 1 would say that the equipment is ready to be scrapped. In June 1971 on only 18 days out of 30 water sample tests were made, even though daily Uuts are called for by regulations governing water treatment Ralph LJwaids A .8 J 71) B 9 00 C 9 15 - one month. One reader stated. "Sometimes I feel there is a conspiracy to seduce and ruin our youth. I'm sick of sick bad pictures, offensive sex and The taste." Another said. movies these days seem more interested in turning your stomach than warming your heart." Helen Hayes said, not so long ago, "I'm sick of the public being punished by what they see on the stage and in movies. Label Them Dirty" Columnist William Arthur has an interesting suggestion. "Dirty movies abound in our fair land," he says, adding that there is "a simple answer to the question of what to do. . . . Just make it mandatory that the films be prominently labeled in all their advertising: 'Dirty.' That's all. and forget the Just 'Dirty' sleazy euphemisms 'Raw Action' or 'Adult Sophistication.' Once we get down to the basic 'Dirty' and make it required that it be slapped in big, bold letters across the marquee of the movie house, then it no longer becomes a police problem: it becomes a problem of the problem the customers of facing the fact that theyre a bit sick in the head." Perhaps the current financial dilemma of the producers of filthy films coupled with the prosperity of Walt Disney Productions will teach Hollywood a lesson. People are gagging on filth. Morally, it never was defensible. Now. if the major studios won't learn the lesson, let them go bankiupt. The country will benefit and maybe we ean start to elimt) out of the slimy pit into which we have fallen . School and SiiomviIIl School MconKui Dheetoi () Pi opined Propci rv Pm chase Sa.nGnidon- - Ultecloi (1) Aicd Vocational School ... A. Pioposcd bmploce Sulai Schedules and Ai c.c mulls - Nl2 New Busiiu ss 9 JO A Pet sonne 9 40 B Request foi 9 50 (. Appointment o! New School Boai Pioposcd for Release and Lniplov mint cave Lxtension cl Munbu Adjoin nnicnr he nil leulai 8 September Sellout Boaid Meeting tube held on Wednesday, N"l ai 8 (X) p. m. in the School Boat d Office . operations of public water supplies. Contrary to Brigham City council "motion of June 10, 1965, stipulating controlled fluoridation at one part per million not one sample during the entire month did test at one part per million. On 12 days out of the said 18 the samples tested uniformly at one tenth of one part per million, both minimum and maximum, in spite of the record high fluoridator setting at 305 and regular admixture of customary weights of fluoride chemical to customary amounts of gallons of water treated. To get water testing at one tenth of one part per million you dont have to go thru the motions of fluoridating. You will find that concentration of the trace mineral fluoride in the water naturally. All those concerned parents of small children who rely on the city water to supply the one part per million fluoride concentration for the protection of their childrens teeth did not in fact get that protection in June 1971. Had the city notified them of the said prolonged breakdown-shutdowand inability to supply fluoridated water as per contractual obligation, the parents could and would have resorted to alternate means of protection. Brigham City is at fault for failure to notify. The city might well be asked to show cause why it should not be enjoined with request for assessment of punitive damages, for failure to notify, possibly endangering the public health, mislabeling of product (water) sold; also for diluting its main water supply, chlorinated and fluoridated, by injecting into it the unchlorinated and unfluoridated water from the Cooley deep well within the city, which both in July of 1970 ana 1971 pumped 744 hours a month, in total disregard of the citys own avowed intent stated in 1965 to use Cooley water only in an emergency. The city, in fact did set a legal and valid precedent not by pumping Cooley the first year after fluoridation started. Such a dilution makes any claim of scientific control of fluoride concentration in the water impossible. And now the report shows that this Cooley is in business pumping water 24 hours a day. It seems as if this dilution business was the thing to do. If anybody would oblige me to check my above statements, please call at city hall during business hours and ask for and peruse the fluoridation reports on file n there. Naders Raiders sure would have a field day with this item. In closing, I challenge to have another "open house at the fluoridation facility in the canyon and to let people see for themselves just how the equipment really is. In any event, Brigham Gty better get cracking fluoridating as per law, or else get out of the fluoridation business, which is nothing but a king-sizheadache at best! very sincerely, Adolph Kaltwasser, Brigham City run-dow- Brigham City n d Commissioner County nfmishcd Business L money? When you contribute to the Red Cross, you become part of its mission of mercy at home and abroad, in peace and in war. Your membership is vital since the financial support of the Red Cross comes from your voluntary contributions and those of other Americans. Although it is charged by Congress with specific duties, the Red Cross is not a tax supported agency. to Every dollar you give Red Cross works like six-th- anks to the unselfish service of a vast army of volunteers who serve without pay. Back them up. Join in their great f&jS effort to serve humanity. . Several appointments have been made to Box Elder boards, it was disclosed this past week. Aulmoul NKkinlux Nv.w (1) y munity. Oount intoi maiion foi replies county-affiliate- 8 What does the Red Cross do with your years ago, McCall's to Magazine invited readers sound off" on their opinions about movies. Twelve thousand were received within few A ' U A" I Brigham City Museum-Galler- y II 24 North Third West - 11 n ADMISSION Hours: 1 1:00 a.m. n--i FREE 7.00 p m. daily, elated Sunday Utah Artist, Fay and Har-I- d Woalston, prosont drawings and oils in traditional and contemporary stylos. Exhibit of wood carvings by Don J. McFato Collectors: Cornor: Crystal Collection from Bervard Nichols. Poach Day Art Festival, open Coming; to Box Elder Residents. Art to bo judged, with awards in various divisions. ART GALLERY. Appointment Aired At County Meeting Received Alison Thorne, PicsnJcnt Boaid of Tiusiecs-- Noi tlKi n Gmmumt Action Progi am aVcid John Assistant Superintendent - Webet School Distt ict t tali Schixil Boa ids Association C. al 5. i Boa id K in) m Wodncsdd August 25, F71 8.00 p m 8 B. Watch Speed DISTRICT 84302 A. News-Journ- ten-wor- Boaid Meeting Agenda m From The Files Of The Box Elder . Down in Riverdale (Weber county) folks are beset by the same woe. Some one suggested that one means of eliminating the problem is to smack the invaders with a club once on the rump and another time on the head. . But what if you missed and he didnt. Your best friend wouldnt have to tell you.. .and you wouldnt have to tell him, either. Id suggest that we appoint a committee and attempt to negotiate. For any external Influence to interrupt P Ws snoozing is remarkable. He would have slept through the San Francisco earthquake, the Battle of Britain, and a rock concert in the hall closet, but not that AND YET WHEN COULD such a policy be effected without this and other seeming inequities? If this plan is going to work, then labor, business all of us must give it our honest This means support. looking beyond our narrow scope of individual interests to long-terbenefits for everyone. dirty-minde- d calmness you could atmosphere further consider what to do. And then burn the place down. citizen James Hagen, 336 Highland Blvd., who suggested that this town is not big enough for him and the colony of skunks which has set up residence near his home. He was humorous in stating his case. But Im sure it aint funny, McGee,' when those polecats start putting on airs. Of this Pow Wow is vividly aware. You see, his neighborhood has been host to the nice kitties on numerous occasions. Oh, we havent always seen them but weve known they were there. Like last week at about 3 a.m., PW was awakened from a sound sleep by an odor so pungent he knew that somehow, that a skunk had gotten into the bedroom. Were not sure how the average citizen has Maybe we Americans arent as as dumb and Hollywood thinks. Whil filthy films have been flowing from the movie capital in a flood, the major studios have been losing money. Why? Because the people havent bought the slogan movies are better than ever." As a matter of fact, everyone knows the truth is that movies are worse than ever. Only one major studio made big profits last year Walt Disney Productions, which has consistently steered away from exploiting illicit sex, perversion, and pornography of all kinds. Studios which operated in big red figures include MGM, Columbia. and Twentieth Century. Maybe the American people are trying to tell them something. "Most Destructive George Hamid. Jr., owner of the famous Steel Pier at Atlantic City, recently said, Unless the entertainment industry halts the spread of pornography it will drive itself into bankruptcy. "This permissiveness, this acceptance of pornography on the part of those who control entertainment," he continued, "is the most destructive force that ever hit this country." Look Magazine, earlier this year, in a review of last year's motion pictures, said. The year 1970 was to movies what 1929 was to Wall Street and 1346 to the bubonic plague." It was. to reviewer Gene according Shalit, such a vintage year that 17 movies have elbowed onto my list." In his search for the ten best movies of the year, he was able to find only seven and some of us would disagree with him on several of them! of The Brigham City council Thursday got a letter from local Our Support And Red Ink plan for when the nice kitties invade, Like, step No. 1 might be to quickly evacuate the house. Then, in an by Bruce Policy Needs Film Pollution have an emergency We should wait-and-s- LEWIS LLEWELLYN And then the question ran through my mind: What would you do if it was in the house? I answered: Be very courteous. In fact, it occurred to me, every home should be prepared; I mean we do it for fear of enemy nuclear atteack. Frankly, an angry polecat seems more of a menace. Sunday, August 22, 1971 William L. Packer announced that Dr. J. Gordon Felt, Brigham City; Boyd Munns, Garland, and Dr. Robert L. Poulson, Tremonton, have been named to the regional board of health (Box Elder, Cache and Rich counties.) In addition, Morgan Hawkes, Brigham City, has been appointed to the county welfare board. In other business at the commissions regular weekly session, the county officials agreed, at the request of Horace court Carlson, juvenile probation officer, to have two juveniles work out their sentences with the county. Each was ordered to spend five hours on work detail for having committed a fish and game violation. They were assigned to assist the county gardener. Colleen Lym, 224 Poplar was drive, appointed registration agent for Brigham City Voting District No. 17. She succeeds Virginia Breitenbeker who has moved from the district. Pollution A Problem letter from attorney Arden Coombs advised the commissioners that he was attempting to resolve a water pollution problem for his client, B.Y. Westmoreland, west of Tremonton. He wrote that water drawn from a well for Westmorelands business, Point Lookout tavern, is being polluted by refuse at the publishes a monthly magazine and would provide data to help keep his office current on new techniques and procedures. CAPITOL OBEN 1 P.M. DAILY ENDS TUESDAY escape "'PLnrJET A Tremonton-Garlan- dump. d The county officials said the matter should be referred to the county attorney and asked Commissioner Packer to follow up and report on whatever develops. County Civil Defense Director George Knavel was authorized to join the International Association of Local Civil Defense Organizations at an annual cost of $10. Knav.el said the organization BOX ELDER A watkly nawspapar 1894, published avary Eldar Boy l, West Side Story auia Logan Aug. 18-2- 4 J J $I NEWS In itafaliihad Sunday by tha 55 South first Wait, Brigham City, Utah, 84302. Sacond Clan poitaga paid at tha poit olfica. 14 South First Wait, Brigham City, Utah. B4302. Cha. W. Claybaugh, Bubllshar Chai. "Tuff" Claybaugh, Aiilitant Bruca T. Kayai, Managing Editor a Subscription rata S4 00 par yaar In advanca: in connactlon with tha Box Eldar Journal (publlihad $7.00 par yaar: $3.50 for Thursdays) 4 months: singla copy, 10 canti. Mambar Audit luraau of Circulation!, Utah Stata Brass Association, National Nawspapar Association and Unltad Brass International Advertising tion, Salt Utah Lika Stata Bran City, Utah. 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