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Show . ·"·'. Midvale, Utah, Friday, February 26, 1932 Volume 7. SCHOOLS FACE BONO ISSUE TO COMPLETE YEAR Number 43. ANTI-HOARDING GOVERNMENT RUSHES SEED LOAN PROJECT MOVEMENT GETS County Office Will Open WIDE SUPPORT Dividends Seen In Near Future, 1 I • Citizens Must Decide On Plan, Educators Declare. Twenty Million Citizens Cooperate With President. The following letter bas been sent Through their national organizations, twenty million American citizens have pledged their support of the nation-wide movement to end hoardi.pg. State commH.tees are already being formed in practically all states and a national campaign is being formulated to acquaint all people with the· facts which mark hoarding of money not only as unpatriotic but a.s an injury to the personal and community welfare of American citiz~ns. T~-state committees are being appointe~.. and representatives from each of the national organizations participating in the movement, such as the Federation of Labor, the American Legion, Lions, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, farm and fraternal organizations, banking organizations, womens' organizations and many others, are to be selected. The state committees will work closely with local committees throughout their respective states. The national campaign will employ the use of all educational agencies to reach the American public; the public press, platform speeches, the radio, the pulpit, and where necessary, a house to house canvass will be made and personal contact used. out to patrons of the schools in Jor- dan district by members of the board of education: "In the very near future, you will be called upon to decide which of the two following courses shall be pursued: First, shall the schools of Jordan district be closed on March 18, with two months of school work uncompleted and promotions held up; or, second, shall the board of education be authorized to issue bonds in the amount of $90,000 with which to complete the year's work and meet all financial obligations up to the close of the fiscal year? "An immediate decision on these questions is made necessary by the following facts and conditions: Our assessed valuation fell from $106,680,764 last year to ~35,863,354 this year -a drop of $70,817,410, or a twothirds reduction. In other words, at the same rate of levy, we could raise only one-third as much revenue this year as we could last year with three times the present assessed valuation. "In view of this unprecedented reduction in assessed valuation, the board made repeated appeals to the county commissioners last spring not to reduce our levy below 8.1 mills, which was .03 mills lower than last year. But the county commissioners, support~d by a few very determined members of the Utah Taxpayers' association, some from Jordan district and some from outside, refused our request and fixed our total levy at 7.21 ,!llRls, which is the lowest levy for s<!bool purposes of any district or city in the state of Utah, and less than half the local levy paid in several districts. "The county commissioners were specifically informed at the time that the levy of 7.21 mills would be insufficient to keep our schools running the full nine months, and were asked to explain why Jordan district was to be compelled either to close schools early or to appeal to the patrons through an expensive election, where.aa the three other school systems within the county were granted levies sufficiently high to keep their schools ( Contined on another page) SPELLERS GET • DOWN TO WORK Colltest Arouses Interest In District Owing To Last Year Bee. The feat of Nelda Marchant, Midvile Junior high school stua.ent, in winning the state grade school spelling championship in 19,:, ... , bas aroused high interest in the Jordan district this year as the announcement of the 1932 contest is made. The "bee.'' which is an annual affair, offers many incentives to students to master their spelling lessons and show their effioiency before the judges. Twenty-six thousand grade school students of Utah, mostly members of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, are completing their last lap of study in preparation for school cha~'pionsbips, a recent survey shows. The events in each school to determine the school champion must be ended by the week of March 1, according to the announcement of Stephen J. Moloney, contest director. School champions each will be presented with a certificate of championship and will have the right to enter one of the eight district contests to be held in the state by March 27. The intermountain spelling bee is sponsored in Utah, Idaho, western Wyoming and eastern Nevada by the Salt Lake Tribune, with 56,000 pupils competing in the four states. School ehampions are awarded certificates, district champions receive silver medals for themselves and a bronze plaque for their schools, and in addition receive a trip with all expenses paid for themselves and escorts to the state finals to be held in Salt Lake City about April 15. The state champions each receive a gold medal for themselves, a plaque for their schools and a two week's vacation tour which includes a train trip through Feather River canyon to San Francisco, a visit in the bay cities, a boat trip to Los Angeles where they will be guests of Richard DiX. RKO motion picture star on a trip through the studios, a visit to Santa Catalina island, sight-seeing and entertainment in Los Angeles, and on the return trip a visit to the ~ famous Hoover dam at Boulder City, Nevada. J ournal Employee Married At Nephi Arthur V. Gray, an employe and secretary of The Midvale Journal company, and Miss Mabel Strasburg, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Strasburg, of Provo, were married Wednesday at Nephi by Judge J. S. Cooper. The wedding was quite a surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Gra.y, parents of the groom. Peter C. Rasmussen Rites Followed By Draper Burial Community M o u r n s Death Of S. L. County Pioneer. Epperson Opera Airs Presented At Ward Reunion Funeral services for Peter C. Ras~ mussen were conducted Thursday at from "The Jester," a 12:30 p. m. in the Midvale Second ward musical comedy composed by chapel under the direction of the Emery c;. Epperson, were played bishopric. Throngs filled the chapel by members of the Jordan high to pay respect to the memory of a school orchestra at the Thirty-first man who had spent a good portion of ward chapel in Salt Lake Monday his lifetime in the upbuild.ing of evening. This was in connection southern Salt Lake county, and many with the opening of the George business houses were closed, some for Washington celebration in the the entire day, others during the fuward. neral services, and some while the Soloists assisting in the program cortege passed. Burial was in Draper were: LeNeve Martin, Donna Cancemetery, under the direction of C. I. ning, Evalyn Handley, LaVaughn Goff and Son Mortuary. Glazier, Lawrence Reading, Henry Mr. Rasmussen was born at GronDay, Jay Smart. Robert Dewey~ feld, Ra.nders, Denmark, June 7, 1856, Eric Rundquist, Woodrow Mickelcoming to Utah in 1883 and locating sen, Oral Stewart and Howard Bal~ in Draper. He had filled two missions lard. to Scandinavia for the L. D. S. Clifton Alsop was concertmeister church, and succeeded his brother, for the occasion, and Vida Palmer Soren Rasmussen, in 1914, as bishop was pianist with the orchestra. of the Draper ward. He resigned as bishop in' 1919 when he moved to Midvale. He is survived by the widow, Mette Marie Jensen Rasmussen, and the following sons and daughters: Aurelius P. Rasmussen, Midvale; Cyril Rasmussen, Salt Lake; Leon E. Rasmussen, Midvale; Theodore Hansen, an adopted son, Magna; Mrs. Mary R. Garff, Magna; Mrs. Mette Thesen, Salt Lake; Mrs. Bernice Hughes, Midvale· Mrs. La.Priel Aylett, Los Arlgele~. ;:;eventeen grandchildren also survive. Joining with thousands of corumuspeakers at the funeral were John nities and millions of citizens, wards A. Aylett, of the presidency of East in tht Jordan district paid trihu~e to Jordan stake· Bishop W. B. Enos of George Washington in Sunday ser- Draper, Andr~w Jensen, assistant hisvices the day preceding his 200th an- torian of the L. D. S. church, and niversary. Fine programs were ar- Bishop Henry Beckstead of the Midranged and capacity audiences filled vale Second ward. The invocation the halls. was offered by Niels Lind, East JarThe Midvale Fir1:::1t and Second dan stake clerk; the benediction was wards, in keeping with custom of pronounced by c. E. Matthews of the other years, combined the celebration Midvale First ward bishopric, and the with a program honoring the old ~o.lks grave was dedicated by Joseph E. and widows of the com.mumbes. Smith of Draper. After serving dinner the two wards Musical numbers were furnished by united at the Midvale Junior high a quartet from the Midvale ward, school auditorium for the progra~. who sang, "Oh, My Father"; a duet All over 70 years of age and all wtd-1 by Joyce Rideout and Farrell Rasows were honored guests. . 1 mussen, "Sometime, Somewhere": a The program opened wtth comn;m- duet "An Angel From On High." by nity singing, followed by the offermg Clau'dius Doty and Pearl Riding; a of the invocation by J. W. Grace. violin solo by Gordon Owen; a solo by Then came selections by Midvale's Lavona R Jensen of Pleasant Grove, "Baby Band" under the direction of "I Know That My Redeemer Live.s," C. w. Barton. The members of ~e and "I'll Go Where You Want Me to band are junior high school pup1Is. Go " by the Midvale First ward quarThe roll of honor was then called by tet: Bishop Henry Beckstead of the SecHonorary pan bearers were Mayor and ward and C. E. Matthe_ws, coun- L. A. Porter, J. A. Alcorn, Alex Dahl, selor to the bishop of the Fust w~rd. Heber c. Aylett, Bishop B. Andrews Two numbers were sung by the First of Draper, vvoodruff Sorenson of ward girls' chorus. . Draper John Dunn of Midvale and A minuet and Washington rec1t~- A. R. Gardner of Sandy. Active pall tlon were staged by Mary Dean Gtl- b"earers were six nephews of Mr. Rasbert, Annie Leranger and Lee Beck- mussen, E. D. :Mickelson and 0. A. stead. A reading was given by Zelia Mickelson of Draper, R. C. RasmusForgie, and a. song and dance numbez· sen, Heber City; L. N. Rasmussen of was presented by the Stokes and Todd Salt Lake, s. A. Rasmussen of Sandy, sisters. Claudius Doty sang a tenor and Arnold Frederickson of Midvale. solo Bennie Schmeitt played a Mr Rasmussen born of humble tru~pet solo and the congregation origi~, bad worked his way to an ensang ''America." viable position among the men with One of the outstanding features of whom he lived and dealt. His father the program which deserves a special kept a small store in a village near paragraph, according to those who Aarhus, Denmark, where most -of the witnessed it, was the surprise stunt people were fishermen or dairymen. provided by members of Jordan Post When he was six years old he was 35, The American Legion, under the sent to public school, two days a. week supervision of Commander W. 0. Bo- in the winter and four days ,in sumberg. Army bugle calls were sound- mer. When he was ten he went to ed and illustrated by Legion mem- school four days weekly in the winhers and favorite songs of the good ter and two in summer. The balold army days were sung. ance of his time during l11e next four In Riverton the celebration wa.s years was spent in herding cows. given on Monday, Washington's birthAt the age of 14 his schooling day, at which time dinner was served cea.':ied aud he worked as a hired boy to 500 by the combined efforts of the to farmers helping with herds and First and Second wards. There were harvests. :it was during this period of (Continued on another page) (Continued on last page) 'Excerpts I Washington In Center Of Stage I Plan ~hows Results The local applicP.tion of the campaign agains1. hoarding is the direct objective of the movement, and has already been worked effectively in many communities, and to a large extent the associations participating will exercise their own initiative and formulate their own plans to meet particular local situations. Lions clubs through a reconstrution plan known as lhe Aurora plan have been able to salvage the financial structure of many communities when the entire club membership bas acted promptly to gain the support of every resident of the community in the adopted plan. Many cases of boarding of an extreme na,ture have been brought to light, one involving the sum of $800,00u which was withdraw from account and placed in a safety deposit vault on a moment's notice. Another case concerns a school boy who became the subject of investigation because he kept up a continual squirming at his school desk It was discovered that his parents had sewn $8,000 in bills lo his underwear. The first material evidence of the gathering momentum of the antihoarding sentiment was received at the White House immediately following the conference during which the campaign was initiated and came in the form of a telegram reading: "First effort to stop hoarding reported from Tottenville, Staten Island. Yesterday John Massey digging clams on beach unearthed a case containing twenty-two silver dollars and deposited them in Tottenville National bank." The case was reported by the South Shore, Staten Island, Lions club, and although in a lighter vein, gives a glimpse of the extent to which hoarding has gone. According to government estimates at this time $1.250,000,0uU is in hoarding at the present time. For some time prior to the moratorium, seventy million dollars a week was going into hoaJ;'ding. VVhen the moratoriwn was declared hoarding was stopped for a time, but later it began again, and $250,000,000 a. week began lo go into hoarding. Then the National Credit association was estaablished, and the money talten out of circulation by hoarders has now fallen off. However the money which went into hoarding has not been coming out, and for every dollar that is kept in hoarding, it taKes approximately ten dollars out of circulation. • According to Frank Knox, chairman of the national campaign, "Selfish interests are a natural tendency at all times. But the people must come to realiZe that the local bank is not a private institution but a trustee, in part, of the general welfare of each community." 01 Constant From Smelting Firm An analysis of the condition of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company reveals that tb.e current dividends of $3.50 and $1 on prefet'red and common stock of the concern, are likely to be maintained. statisticians of New York, after reviewing the company's business, are responsible for the prediction. Eax·nings since 1929 have reflect· ed the drastic decline in metal prices which have occurred during the last two years. The sharp increase in net for last October and November, a normal seasonal development for this company, brought earnings for the first 11 months of 1931 to $4:.41 a share on the pt·eferred and $1.01 a share on tbe common. Properties controlled by the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company and its subsidiaries are widely diversified, both in output and location. Mexican properties form one of the world's largest sources of silver production. Jordan Earns Tourney Berth By WILL ROBIS Although both district tournament berths have been decided in Murray and Jordan, the semi-final round of Jordan division play takes on a rather colorful air Friday night when three interesting battles round into form. Murray takes on Grantsville, Jordan tackles Cyprus, and Tooele clinches with Bingham. The Grantsville-Murray affair will claim the spotlight for the eve when Murray enters the Farmers' lair for a game that promises nothing less than a whirlwind. Grantsville, although she rests in a tie with two other teams for third position, has proved herself to be a thorn in more than one budding pennant chance. Murray barely escaped defeat at the Farmerl\' bands a few weeks ago when tbf' Smelterites won their tussle by A slim three-point margin, and to all indications Grantsville aims to havf' the margin of glorious victory r~ · versed to her own side this week. However, Coach Swenson's Murray high squad intends to win over theFarmers in a big way and will undoubtedly play one of their best brands of ball to capture the tilt. Jordan will face a very difficult task in meeting Cyprus at Cyprus in another interesting game. The Beetdiggers, although they are insured a tournament position, cannot afford to sluff off on this fray. If Jordan can defeat Cyprus and Grantsville trip Murray, the two leaders will be settled in a tie with one remaining game to play; and that game brings along-Murray vs. Jordan. Should this happen, which is not too improbable, the Mun-ay gym the next week, will bulge like a toy balloon under the impetus of so many fans. The Bingham-Tooele game is of little importance, although the winner may annex third place. Bingham! should go strong, inasmuch as she is yet fresb from her win over Murray last week. Other districts are waiting in suspense as their respective teams drive down the home stretch in their closing pennant drive. The three t~ams already in the tournament, bes1des Jordan and Murray are: LOgan, Hinck· ley and N ephl. Report Says. Any farmer in Utah who ls in need of a seed loan for spring planting is eligible to make application to the federal government for aid, according to a communication received from C. W. Warburton, director of extension work for the United States department of agriculture, by William Peterson, director of the Utah State Agricultural college. "Loans in your state will be made from an office to be located in the very near future in Salt Lake City," said Director Warbw·ton. "This will probably be known as the Farmers' Seed Loan office." There was no indication of the proposed personnel of the office, Director Peterson said. Director Warburton pointed out the fact that the legislation this year authorizing crop production loans to be made to farmers anywhere who are unable to obtain crop production credit from other sources, the only condition being that preference is to be given to those who had crop failures in 1931. Presses Busy Government printing presses are now turning out application blank.'l, notes, mortgages, and other necessary forms and these will be made available in the counties of Utah where there is need for seed loans, Director Peterson has been advised. Necessary supplies for the applic&titns will be sent directly to the county agents where they will be readily available to farmers who are seeking aid. Applications will be examined by a county seed loan advisory committee who will be designated by the extension service of Utah. In many cases the same personnel will be retained as that which made up the committees for the feed loans. ''We are uncertain yet just how much money will be available for loans this year," said Director Warburton. The act definitely authorizes $50,000,000. Last year $47,000,000 was loaned to farmers in the drought and storm areas of the United States. Prudence Urged Each borrower is urged to keep his loan down to a minimum although the maximum loan has been increased from $150 to $400. The amount of the loan will be based on the acreage of specific crops to be planted by the borrower in the spring of 1932 and on the requirements of the individual borrower for supplies necessary in tile (Continued on another page) Lions Trophy Goes To Union Union basketeers, "M" Men champions of East Jordan stake, defeated the West Jordan "M" Men, champions of West Jordan stake, in a game played at the Midvale Junior high school, to decide who would have possession of the Midvale Lions club trophy, a regulation siZe silver basketball, for the ensuing year. '!'his game is an annual event between the winners of East and West Jordan stakes. To gain permanent possession of the trophy a team must win it two times in three years. Following the game, the winners were presented the club trophy by H. M. Nicholson, president of the organization. More than 800 spectators witnessed the game. The score: WEST JORDAN G. T. F. P. Hart,rf ................................ 2 1 1 5 L. Finlayson, If... ........... ..... 2 5 3 7 Silcox, c .............................. 0 3 2 2 G. Finlayson, rg .................. 1 0 0 2 JENSEN INFANT BURIED Bateman, lg ............ ... ......... 0 2 1 1 The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Hogan, If -·------------···· .......... 0 0 o 0 Newell Jensen was buried in the West Jordan cemetery Tuesday. Totals ................ ----·--·-·--·- 5 12 7 17 UNION G. T. F. P. B. Milne, rf.......................... 4 2 1 9 H, Winger, lf ...................... 4 3 2 10 E. Milne, c .......................... 5 2 0 10 Green, rg ............................ 0 2 1 1 Olson, lg .............................. 1 3 1 3 ~~~- Lion or Lamb 10 Totals ............................ 14 12 5 38 Union earned the right to compete in the interstate "M" Men's basketball tournament in Salt Lake when they defeated Sandy Third ward Saturday at Draper, 25-21. It was the final game of the stake round robin. In the other contest Draper took third place by beating Crescent, 22-13. At the end of the first quarter Sandy Third led 4-0 and at the half they were ahead 14-6. Union tied the score at 16 as the third period closed and tbe lead alternated several times in the final quarter. West Jordan ward was victorious over Riverton Second ward, 22 to 20, in the finals in West Jordan stake Saturday evening. The game was close throughout, with West Jordan holding a slight lead for most of the game. The vic~ tory assures West Jordan a place in the annual interstake tournament at Salt Lake. West. Jordan has won 13 and lost one game. |