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Show HELPER, UTAH, FEBRUARY 9, THE HELPER JOURNAL PAGE TVVO I THE Helper Journal HELPER, UTAH Published Every Friday RESOLUTION CARBON COUNTY BOURBONS That's Fairly HELD REORGANIZATION MEET Large Order ADOPTED BY THE KIVVA-NT- S CLUB CONCERNING 1. E. Holmes of Rolapp Is New County Chairman, and Mrs. LONG AND SHORT Carl Empey Chosen Chairwoman for Next Two HAUL CLAUSE. Years; Interest in Party Affairs Shown GEORGE W. BAKER, - Manager Entered as second class matter at That due to Helper and surthe postoffice at Helper, Carbon communities being enrounding County, Utah. tirely dependent upon railroads and coal mines for the support of Subscription its population, it is 6 Months - $1 Jne Year - $2 RESOLVED, that due to the THI JOURNAL'S NEWS EDITION present working of the fourth secDELIVERED ONLY ON SUBSCRIPTION tion of the Interstate Commerce THE JOURNAL SHOPPER S EDITION Act, known as "the long and short DELIVERED FREE TO EVERY HOME haul clause," causing hardship and to a great number of our on suffering Rates Advertising; Application citizens and their families, due to unemployment, on account of waterway transportation having the advantage over rail transportation, due to the fact that there is at present no equality of opportunity of competition as between the two modes of transportation; and, Be If you are found with a bottle of it Further RESOLVED, that on account of whiskey in your possession here- no such equality of opportunity of after, you had better be sure it competition the railroad business is has a government stomp, indicat- diminished, coal production is de ing that the federal tax has been creased, causing increased unempaid In its manufacture. The death ployment and further suffering to knell recently was rounded by the the wage earners of our several Secrtary of the Treasury on all communities; Be it Further that of a moonshine nature. RESOLVED, That we implore The Secretary, in response to the the Congressional delegation of request of illegal holders of whis- our great state to use their good key to pay tax on same, has re- offices toward bringing about the fused to issue permits. He furrepeal, or at least the modificather advised the congressional ap- tion of the "long and short haul propriations committee that some clause,-- as commonly known, that of these bootleggers had from one will react to the great benefit of to two million gallons of bootleg our railroads and our coal mines liquor. He has held that a moral and dependent employes. question is involved. Possibly he is right, but it is up BUSINESS to him and his agents now to see PASSENGER INCREASING REPORTED that moonshine liquors are taken off the market, as It is said by Reduced railroad fares and elimmany that some of this aged stuff ination of Pullman surcharges in now is even more palatable than doubled sales of sinsome of the bonded liquors now December last sections in Pullman occupancy gle being offered for sale legally, and cars, a by the company in survey there still is plenty of it available 34 districts in the Southat a much lower rate than even west has shown. West and the cost of the government tax La3t August, September and Oc12.10 a gallon. tober showed gains in number of long-hapassengers on western HEY, DELOS, LISTEN! lines of 8, 7 and 21 per cent, reIf we had enough money to take spectively, over the same months a trip to California, we'd lay off in 1932. for a week or so and lay around lh the back yard getting a good FLEET TO MOVE coat of sun tan, and laugh up our The U. S. fleet is scheduled to sleeves at those birds who are in leave California in early April, Southern California enjoying rainy transit the Panama Canal, visit weather. So says the editor of the Cuba and Haiti, and be reviewed Spanish Fork Press. Same here in by President Roosevelt in the HudHelper. son River in June. In October, all or part of the fleet will be reSay you read it in The Journal turned to the Pacific Coast. Uncle Sam Will Ketch You if You Dont Look Out! " ul Complete harmony prevailed when officers were elected to head the Carbon county organization of Democrats at Price one evening last week, but this cannot be said of all of the "ways and means" discussed during the meeting, one in particular having to do with the Helper postmastership, which still is held by a Republican appointee. Contest for Chairwoman J. E. Holmes, of Rollap, in Hel- per district, was unanimously elected county chairman, to succeed Carl W. Empey of Price. Mrs. Carl Empey, wife of the retiring chairman, was elected as chair- woman, over Mrs. H. H. Wood of Kenilworth, who held the position the last two years. Mrs. Empey won by only two votes. She possessed the recommendation of the Ladies Democratic Club. Silas Rowley of Spring Glen was named vice chairman and Albert Kay of Price was elected secretary-treasurer of the committee. The results show the honors fairly divided between Helper and Price. Local Democrats have entered complaint, in a mild manner, however, because no state central committeeman was chosen, as well as an advisory committee to assist the heads of the organization. A few Arguments The of Price, in summarizing the early stages of the meeting, states: te "The first argument was incited during the roll call when Walter C. Gease questioned the right of proxy holders to have a voice in the meeting unless they lived in the precinct from which the proxy was issued. He stated that the last county convention of the party passed a resolution providing that persons with proxies must be a resident of the precinct which they represented. "Roger Reynolds of Helper possessing a proxy from Nick Petersen of Clear Creek, emphatically denied that the resolution applied to the central committee meeting and demanded that a vote be taken to determine whether the proxies were in order. "After a lively debate between the two men, Chairman Empey said he would recognize the proxies, and the matter ended. concan- Magazines and newspapers taining liquor advertisements not be sold on Utah news stands, rules the state's attorney general. This, of course, does not apply to 3.2 beer, now legalized as a beverage In this state. Utah provides a maximum pen alty of 6 months in jail and $300 fine for dealers who violate this When repeal was being promoted over in Wyoming, state officials were told that the state would be the gainer of $150,000 "Shortly after, Mr. Empey took Mr. Reynolds to task for the tatter's alleged Implication that the central committee was unfair in its method if indorsing applicants for political appointments. "Dissatisfied with the committee's approval of Ralph Jacobs-hage- n for the postmastership at Helper, Mr. Reynolds sought to have the central group indorse another applicant and had written Mr. Empey a letter which the latter said he resented very much. "The chairman called attention to the fact that the central committee previously had decided that any question of appointment, once acted upon, could not be reopened for consideration, and he declared Mr. Reynold's proposal out of order. "This action was greeted with loud applause which drowned out another attempted protest on the part of Mr. Reynolds. "Mr. Empey then condemned the Helper man for sending out a call asking precinct chairman to hold a caucas prior to the regular meeting for the purpose' of deciding who the new county chairman would be. "Mr. Reynolds was entirely without authority to call such a meeting," the chairman stated. the election, the "Following committee extended a vote of thanks to the retiring officers and also passed a motion recommend ing to county and state officials that no person be appointed to a position unless he had the indorsement of the committee." this year through CAN'T SELL PAPERS WITH LIQUOR ADS AT NEWSSTANDS IN UTAH 1934 Moose to Hold Big ConfereriC Much local interest haa aroused by the announce plans for the mid-wint- er ence of Pilgrim Governor J. Davis, of the Loyal OrJ Moose, which will be held in v,' ington D. C., February 2? 24. In addition to having the Washington law. It is legal, however, for pub- of chapter lishers to mail periodicals directly Women of the Mr.n to "subscribers, even though the Mooseheart Alumni 7 dinner on publications contain liquor adver- 24th, which will be the L5 tisements, .Attorney General Chez feature of the conference r explained. sion has also been made wW every chapter may have its UTAH PRODUCTION states Senator and member Inof House of Representatives OF SILVER IN 1933 ex- cise tax on liquor. It has just been figured out at Cheyenne that to secure this much revenue, basing the number of Imbibers at 100,000 of the state's 240,000 population, everyone of them would have to consume 750 pints of whiskey, and for chasers, 2500 gallons of beer. The tax is 10 cents a pint on medicinal liquors and S cents a gallon on beer. And they do say that bootlegging still goes on In that state, as elsewhere, from which the state gets no tax. J t stiii,. LESS WHERE'S THAT GERM? The true spirit of optimism was manifest recently when a man was accused of stealing a valuable microscope from a Los Angeles laboratory. Upon being questioned he replied that he was in search of the germ of prosperity. Many would like to be inoculated, once it is found. Watch for Musical Tea to be given by Women's Club at Price! . J THAN IN 1932 the dinner as its special guZ Thus, every chapter can Thirteen western states in 1933 resented by proxy, at least The local chapter is not sen, yielded in recovered metal 22,895,-06- 6 ounces of silver as compared a delegation but will forward with 22,402,598 ounces in 1932, ac- invitation to some Congressm ' cording to the United States bu- Senator to act as proxy. reau of mines. WENT TO RUSSIA Utah, in a position to make an After the Revolutionary increase because of developed ore bodies, but actually producing dur- when John Paul Jones- - ..-- JVB ing the last three years largely to were no longer used bv th ed States, Jones accepted a cs provide employment, yielded ounces in 1933 compared mission as in j Russian Navy. with 6,962,097 ounces in 1932. Vice-Admir- al i . 1 : KENILWORTH LED IN THE COUNTY RED CROSS DRIVE Carbon county again went over the top in the late Red Cross drive, according to the final report issued at Price recently. Kenilworth took the lead of all places in the county, raising $289.50 of the county's quota of $1200. Price was second, with $284.70 and Castle Gate third, with $144.50. Helper raised $33.50. The county raised $160.23 more than its quota of $1200. 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