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Show bv Arthur Brisbane A Wave of Hysteria 3.000 Miles in 30 Minute• Life Futile. She Jumped .... Women's Colleges Starved . Midvale, Utah, Thursday, November 21, 1929 Vol. 5. No. 28. --------------------------------~.----------------------------------------- FEDERALCOURTS DRAPER EGGS SUSTAIN BANKS BRING IN NEW HIGH PROfrf IN TAX SUITS FOR FA~LURE OF POISON SPRAY • In an interview with Orval Eclipsing all previous shipping rec- W. Bankers 'association, he made the following statement with reference to the bank tax matter: "The federal district courts have SWitained the complaints of the Weber, Cache and Utah county banks In t heir suits against the county treasurers to enjoin collection of tuea assessed against the shares of their capital stock. This decision dispoees of the question of law and leaves for determination merely the question of whether or not in fact, subatantial amounts of competing ~pita! ln Utah are taxed at a lower rate than the bank shares. Such taeCa. are matters of common knowledp. Building and loan, real estate, ftDance, investment banks, and mortsage and loan companies are assesseel for but a trifle of the capital employed. It requested to prove these well known facts, the banks, of coutse, can do so, but it should not be forgotten that the expense inciclent tllereto will fall upon the county. The banks made a generous oftr of aetUement in advance of the court's decision, which offer was rejeeted by the county officials. The a4ditional loss to the county incid~t •tt) further proceedings in these cues is likewise a matter in the control of the county officials, and not of the bank8. Sevier, Grand, In Salt Lake, Wayne, and two or three other counea, the officials accepted the offer made by the banks, with teh result that they effected substantial savings to their counttes. Drastic Price Cut in Durant Automobiles The Ford price drop which was anDOUnced a few days ago has been met by the Durant Motor company of california in the form of drastic reductions covering four-cylinder Dut models. In addition to this four-cylinder pri~e cut, Norman De Vaux, president and general manager of the Durant Motor company, western factory, has announced a drop in the Pacific coast prices of the Durant alx-aixty line. AD 9utstanding example of the magnitude of the Durant reductions ill seen in the new price of the Durant four-forty sedan. This fourcylinder Durant model, fully equipped, is now lower i nprice than either the Fbrd Fordor three-window sedan or the Ford Fordor two-window sedan. " The Durant four-forty sedan Pacific coast price is now $29.00 less than that of the Ford Fordor threewindow sedan. This Durant model, a ccording to Norman DeVaux, is offered to the motor buying public of .the Pacific coast as th~ world's lowest priced fully eqwpped sedan, 'H9.ISO fully equipped being the new Pacitlc coast delivered price. The aensational price slash affect1ng the Durant four and Durant sixcylinder models comes as a climax to nineteen months of record-breaking aalea. WEST JORDAN STAKE "M" MEN REORGANIZED ~ Sunday, November 17, the West Jordan stake "M" Men reorganized with the following officers elected: Rex president; Leak, Kenneth Crump, vice president, and J. Afton Green, secretary and treasurer. and estab1ishing· a new hign for production of quality eggs in the sLate of Utah, more than 100 cars were shipped last year, according to H. E. :::>Lnngfellow, manager. Net 'ret.urns to producers were $10.17 per case, r.::ing 71 cents h1gher tnan the average of all plants operated by the • Utah Poultry co-op association. Although the Draper concern is independent, they market their eggs through the Utah Poultry Co-op association. With a high production, equal in quality and the price of eggs being higher, anticipations point toward a l:"reater net return for 1929, Mr. Stringfellow declared. Already the volume has increased over 1928. While the peak last year for shipments in one week was 1136 cases, this year's high has already exceeded 1800 cases. Vere L. Martineau, Salt Lake county agricultural agent, this week reported that the poultry industry is practically the life of Draper and vicinity. The county agent declared that In addition to the huge sums profited through sale of chickens and eggs, money earned from poultry feed boosts earnings at Draper to over one million dollars each year. :'Sardine-Packed" Lumber Arrives "Sardine-packed" lumber entered this city today for the first time, according to A. J. Alcorn, manager of ~be West Jordan Lumber company. After this rather cryptic announcement, he explained that the unusual carload consisted of the first packaged lumber ever received here and that the method of shipment, as well as the packaging itself, was an Innovation in lumber handling. "This unusual cargo was loaded by an interlacing method, like sardines in a can, so that the packages of boards made the trip from the Weyerhauser mills on the Pacific coast without shifting or breakage," Mr. Alcorn said. "The car doors were lined with paper to prevent cinders and dust from getting in. The lumber came through its long journey as clean and fresh as when taken out of the hearts of the trees. Exceptional care certainly was taken in its handling at the mill." While the yardmen of the lumber company were not furnished silk gloves for the occasion, they took equal care of the packaged lumber in moving it into the warehouse and in arranging it there so that its bright colored packages present a department store appearance to visitHome-owners, home-modernors. izers nd members of the building trades. here are invited, by the way, to see this new kind of lumber at the company's warehouse. It is new in two ways that affect the lumber-user ,Mr. Alcorn stated: first ,in that it is re-manufactured; secondly ,in its packaging. means that "Re-manufacturing every piece is of exact dimension, so there is no wastage because some boards are a few inches under length. Also, the process of re-manufacture makes both ends of this lumber absolutely smooth and four-square. This give sit is name, 'Four-Square,' and makes it economics Ito use, for it eliminates a lot of needless squaringup by hand before the lumber is fit for the carpenter to apply. "Packaging means a quality-guarantee to the consumer. For each oackage states the kind and i'rade of its contents, not in a code for lumber experts only, but in plain English when the layman can understand. This means that the lumber-buyer can check up to see he is getting exactlv the quality of lumber speci) ~ .1 ;o. "JII •, , fied." The West Jordan Lumber company is one of a limited number of lumber merchants throughout the country who have been granted franchises as "authorized four-square dealers" by the Weyerhauser affiliation of lum· ber producers. An excellent camera story-resem- bling a Romney port.-alt-ot Lally Pamela Smith, younger daughter ot Lord and Lady Blrkenhead (Lord Blr· kenhead Is the former secretary tor India). Lady Pamela is just· fifteen, and Is called London's prettiest subdeb-noted especially for ber beautiful eyes. $200,000 Building Plans Completed .... Plans and specifications for three structures being erected for the Jordan school distnct board of education at a total cost of approximately ~:lOU,OOO were released 'l nursday by L~aymund L. Evans and ltaymond J. A.;llcon, architects. Con:;LI·uction has been commenced at Herriman by contractors on the auditorium for the Jordan school dlst<ict board of education The ouilding will be made entirely of conIt Cl ete, brick, tile and terra cotta. will reach one story, and includes a ualcony, rest room, stage, and complete fixtures. Plans and specifications o! the mechanical arts ouilding and gymnasium being constructed at West Jordan include a two-story structure, entirely of brick anJ materials necessary for the gymnasiu.n. Showers and tour extra class ! ooms are also being constructed. Work is well under way. At Riverton a new mechanical arts building and gymnasium is being constructed. The work includes lockers, showers, toilets ,a balcony for audiences and other gymnasium facilities. Following a hectic season during whicn blame for numerous failures throughout this section and vicinity of West and South Jordan to effect complete weed eradication was laid to farmers who neglected to follow instruction by Robert C. Pixton, district agricultural inspector, weed spraying season has finally closed. .ln making statements throughout the aummer against methods employed by farmers which impeded advancement in the pest fight, Inspector Pixton has continuafly appealed for great cooperation. According to Inspector Pixton, complaints have continually reached his office at the city and county building regarding the effectiveness oi weeu. po1:;on. Investigations proved that invariably the lack of results was caused by the farmer disturbing the plants after application of the solution. The inspector expalined the danger of this practice as follows: "When the calcium chlorate is applied it must be left alone to accomplish its If the weed is burned the w~;>rk. wind will always spread pieces, leaving a greater growth for the next year. One of the most common dangers is that of allowing irrigation water to run along the course of the weeds which are under treatment. This lessens the strength of the poison and washes weed seed, only to spread further." White top and Canada thistle are at present the most prominent of weed pests in Salt Lake county, it was said. On the whole splendid results have been obtained during the summer, Inspector Pixton declared, since the prevailing weather conditions aided Early morning the applications. dews which were frequent this year maintained the poison for longer than usual periods. One of the greatest dangers encountered durin gthe season was that of bunco men who representd themsalved as county officials and charged exorbitant prices for fake spraying they did. Several days later when the farmer discovered his mistake 1t was too late to act. Inspector Pixton has asked that farmers make certain of identity of persons before allowing them to operate. AUTO CRASH PRELUDE TO ARRIVAL OF DAUGHTERS Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Mounteer came out lucky in an auto-ambulance crash Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock when the private ambulance in which Mrs. .Mounteer was being taken to St. Marks hospital collided with an autoSUGAR PRICE DROPS mobile at Main- street and Harvard 25 CENTS IN SALT LAU:E avenue. Gustav Thornwall, 55, of 1163 :ijlaine avenue, and his wife, Mrs. New prices for beet and cane Anna Thornwall, 58, occupants of the sugar, 25 cents lower than formerly, automobile, went to the emergency to take effect immediately, were an- hospital with cuts about the head. nounced Tuesday by local jobbers. Mr. and Mrs. Mounteer continued o.::. 'l'he reduction followed the Iowe~;ing to St. Marks where, two hours later, of refined staple 15 points to 5.10 Mrs. M:ounteer gave birth to two baby cents a pound by sugar refiners in girls. She was reported as doing fairly well. The Mounteers reside in New York, Midvale. was sugar Wholesale price of beet lowered from $6 a hundred to $5.75, and cane sugar from $6.14 a hun- ROAD SHOW AT SECOND WARD Friday evening, November 22, in dred to $5.89, with the reduction. Proportionate lower retail prices were Goff's hall, the Midvale Second ward in effect at some groceries Tuesday, will see the stake M. I. A. road show. can sugar selling at $6.17 as against The members are the same as will be $6.42 and beet sugar $5.97 as against presented in the First ward the same $6.22. evening. NEXT THURSDAY IS THANKSGIVING Ii The American people will observe ity to observe the day as one of naweek one of their favorite holi- tional thanksgiving and prayer. The next IIABVEST BALL IN RIVERTON In every home, rich mansion, governors of states concur in the days. SECOND WARD HALL working-man's ~earth, poor. man's I president's proclamation and also shack, t?e.re w11l be . feastmg on 1 recommend the citizens to observe A harvest ball will be given in the . . Thanksgwmg day. It IS the custom Riverton Second ward amusement and that explains or rather does not the hollday, and all busmess is sushall on November 27 by the "M" Men explain the significance of a beloved pended. "and Gleaner Girls of both wards. President Hoover has designated American national holiday. Why not Doughnuts and elder will be served pause a bit on the origin and true Thursday, November 28 next, as An admission of 25 cents each will Thanksgiving day. In the course of meaning of the day? be char~ed. The custom originated in 1621, his proclamation he said: "At this season of the year, when when Governor Bradford of the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts ap- the harvest has been gathered in, pointed a day for public praise and the thoughts of our forefathers turnprayer after the first harvest in that ed toward God with Thanksgiving for colony, and the practice spread the blessings of plenty and provision throughout the other New England against the needs of winter. They colonies. The first national observ- came by custom to look to the chief ance was when President Washing- magistrate to set apart a day of TYPHOID FEVER SCARE IS OVER ton, at the request of congress, rec- prayer and praise, wherean their ommended Thursday, November 26, thanks as a united people might be The Primary Stake board held their Fear of a typhoid fever epidemic 1789, to the people of the United given with one voice in unison. God recutar monthly meeting Thursday in the stake office. Many problems were at Bingham, brought on by several States "as a day of public thanks- has greatly blesse~ us as a nation in discussed relative to Primary wor~. cases which have occurred in the giving and prayer to be observed by the year now drav111.ng to a close. The The regular session of Primary Wlll district Thursday by Supt. Daniel C. 1 acknowledging with grateful ~earts earth has yielded an abundant barThursday afternoon .Jensen of the Jordan school district the many and signal favors of AI- vest In most parts of our country. convene on mighty God." This proclamation ex- The fruits of industry have been of throughout the stake now instead of I board of education. According to Superintendent Jen- borted the peo~le to "beseech Him to une~ampled quantity and value. Both Konda.y as has been the custom of sen, immunization work under direc- pardon our national and other trans- caprtal and labor .have enjoyed an the past. tlon of Dr. Paul s. Richards has been gressions ,to promote the knowledge exceptional prospenty. their . held The stake presidency "Assurances of peace, at home and carried on extensively since indica- and practice of true religion and virin e':emng regular meeting Thursday ~> the stake office. The Jumor sem- tiona of typhoid fever In Bingham. tue, and to grant unto all mankind abroad, have been strengthened a~d lnary work was considered and plans At present almost every pupil in the such a degree of temporal prosperity enlarged, progress has been made m made tol!begin the work of this de- Bingham district has received three as He alone knows to be best." In provision against preventable disvaccinations for prevention of the 1863 President Lincoln made his first asters from flood ahd pestilen~e, en.partment soon. Relief Society conference of the disease. One hundred per cent im- proclamation, naming the la£t Thurs- lightenment has grown apace m new West Jordan stake was held Sunday mun!.zation will be obtained imme- day of November as a day of national relations of scientific truth and in observance. Since then there has diffusion of knowledge. Educational .., lA the Riverton Second ward chapel. diatl!ly ,the superintendent declared. Health of pupils was reported good been no chang~, the last Thursday of opport~ties have steadily enlar~ed. Pruldent Mary J. Pixton was in eharge. The executive officers meet- in general throughout the Jordan November bemg named in each Endurmg advances have been gamed lag at 8:30 a. m. The stake board district, which includes most of the year's proclamation. It is not gen- in the protection of the public health. at 9 a .m., where a discussion of county south and west of Salt Lake erally known that the feast must be Childhood is measurably more secure. proclaimed by the president each New experience and new knowledge · 1oeal problems was held. At 10 o'clock City. year, otherwise there would be no in many fields have been recorded, 1oeal officers met with the stake off!Misses Grace Kemp and Nora Ther- holiday. The president of the United from which a deeper wisdom may een. ''Chlld Health in Your Commualty," was ably discussed by El- her joined a party of friends and en- States issues a proclamation ,calling grow. We shoudl accept these blessll. Beckstead of the stake board joyed a dancing party Monday eve- on the citizens, all federal officials, ings with resolution to devote them and others subject to federal author· to service of Almighty God." Ding. (Continued on Page Five) • WEST JORDAN STAKE I I •ra October this country sold to other I Ncountries merchandise amountlns FARMERS BLAMED UTAH BOY IS Eyes Like a Deer's .Ad•ma, president of the Utah State ords or' the Draper Poultrywen, lnc., Weekly- Price 5 cents to five hundred and thirty million dol· lara, a record for the year and for eight years, excepting two months 1D HONORED AT 1928. In October we bought from fore!~ .ers thre hundred and ninety-two mlJ. lions worth of goods. Business is good, money is cheap. Then, what is th~t matter with us1 Jay Winkl~r.uan, an agricultural Two things, a period of reckless gambstudent of Nort!.l Sanpete High school, ling and a wave of hysteria. wa,; u~..o.e of tll.! 25 students in the United States w receive the honor of On an Island in the Baltic, Gel' being advanced to the degree of able Professor Oberth will ex· many's American l• az·... .;r at the second anwith high altitude rocketa. perlment nual congrcf:s ur Future Farmers of fuel benzine and llquitled for Using America at J..:.<>..1sas City. This honor comes as a n:sult of the excellent oxygen, the rockets will go up t1tt7 miles Into what Professor Oberth calla work done il. farming. Mr. V\- mkltlman was one of the "planetary space.'' guests at a banquet Wednesday evening gi\ ell by the Kansas City ChamIt is believed that such rockets ber of Commerce. At this banquet steered by Robot gyroscope pllota,• Secre~ary of Agriculture Hyde spoke descending lightly, n".trained b7 autoand Mr. Winkleman was awarded a matic parachutes, -..·m carry mail gold key. from Berlin to New York, in thirty Mr. Winkleman is president of the minutes. Utah Association of Future Farmers Twenty-five dollars worth of fuel of America which is composed of vocarry 1,300 letters. The same w111 cational agricultural students of the body can be used 100 times. pocket rural high schools of the state. never thought of that Verne The J. C. Penney company through Jules its New York office contributed $100 scientific possibility. to finance the trip. A girl of 13, well educated, hand· Mr. Winkleman and Vernon Price, hired an airplane and jumped some, of Wasatch High school, accomdeath, when 2,000 feet up. Her her panied by Verne Oberhansley of to Weber County High school and his farewell note aaid, "Lit& Is tutJie. \0.) Utah champion live,stock judging go on living is wrong," and a.ska "what team to the American Livestock show shall I find in death?" at Kansas City to compete with teams Whatever she finds, the young lady, from other states in livestock judgarrival, should not go up In a plane on ing. and jwnp out. She found an interestIng world with great posslbJlities here and should have stayed. Had she married at 17 and had. a bab7 at 18 she would still b8 here, The huge Murray and Garfield fussing about the baby. Too much introspection, an unnat· plants of the American Smelting and the ordered have company H.efining ural Ufe filled with vague theories installation of natural gas burning producing temporary insanity are reequipment, according to an announce- sponsible for the sad tragedy. ment by L. Fitzpatrick, vice president and general manager of the natWe are here to work, help others ural gas companies. The contract has around us, and make the world better been placed with the Wasatch Gas for those that .follow, as our predeceacompany ,now serving Midvale, Mur- aors made it better for. us, do our ray, Sandy and surrounding towns. Consumption of natural gas at the duty and not a.sk fate questions. Fate never answers, earnest work smelters is expected to ultimately answers, satisfactorily. always reach 10,000,000 cubic feet annually and will speed up the construction of Charles E. Hughes made a good the gas line to Garfield and the actual delivery and use of natural gas speech the other day, demanding more to homes and factories in Garfield generous endowment of women's eduand intermediate communities. cation. Twelve andthree-quarter-inch diaSeven leading women's colleges meter pipe is now on the road from have not one-tenth the endowmeat of the pipe mills and equipment and the seven leading men's colleges. crews are organized to lay this line That is extremely foolish, for the as soon as the material arrives. Gas mothers of the human race are at should be ready for service between least ten timea M Important as the January 1 and 15 at the Garfield planf;.. The laying of this line will fathers. What women learn they remember make natural gas available for domestic and industrial purposes in all and tell to their children. What men communities along the line between learn they forget in busine.\ls and don't Fourth West and Thirty-third South tell anybody. street snear Salt Lake and Garfield, Good news for rabb1t breeders in Utah. The American Smelting & Refining California and elsewhere, and for company is at present using gas in farmers that trow "rabbit hay," green their smelters at El Paso, Tex., and alfalfa, cut when the blossoms are the Anaconda Copper company has fresh and blue. ~~r several years used natural gas in their smelter at Great Falls, Mont. Mr. Simon, one of New York's wisest merchants, tell customers "for WALSBURG HUNTERS KILL warmth, there is nothing in the world TWO BEARS IN CAVE like rabbits' wool." He mixes the fur with allk and gets $9.50 !or bodice S. D. Greer of Walsburg was in top vests, f10.50 .for "yoke-front cuff Midvale the first part of the week panties." with two cinnamon bears, a mo~her How many rabbits go to one "pan· bear about three years old, weighing tie" Is not t~ld. But it Mr. Simon wUl approximately 300 pounds, and her start a rabbit tur cuff pantie factory eight-months-old cub. The bears were In Los Angeles that region will supplJ ·killed by J. F. Meacham and and his the fur, the power, the workera, and hunting partner in Little Valley cave profits. east of Walsburg. Senator. Borah, who carries the in his arms lovingly, like tb.e farmer ROAD SHOW TO BE IN MIDVALE FRIDAY, NOV. 22 father of the child in the "Earl King,'' wtll tlnd that you can't separate farm· In the Midvale First ward amuse- ers and stocks. Wheat, cotton, corD ment hall Friday evening, November drop In spite of loving care and tho 22, the stake road show, an annual $100,000,000 government fund. That r• event, will be presented. fleets the drop in stocks. The numbers include three one-act Senator Borah suggests that Con· plays and a musical and stunt act to gress should "investigate the E%· supply variety. change and give tOO people the real The short plays are, "The Reticent facts." Convict," Midvale Second ward; "In It the Senator would do that an4 Secret Places," presented by Butler Wall Street the real fact., the live ward, and "Soul Mates," by Midva!e would be much obliged to Exchange First ward. is halt aa much puzzl&d Nobody him. Miss Clara Cox of Salt Lake will Exchange at thls t.IDie. poor that a.s be seen in a variety stunt act, and Vaughn Wimmer, also of Salt Lake, By way of comfort, a Wall Street brings musical numbers. The show promises to be highly en- writer tells you: "The panic of 1831 tertaining and will be well worth the came to an end... price of admission. The panic of 1867 came to an end. The panic of 1873 came to an end. SEVERAL STUDENTS GET The panic of 1893 came to an end. SPECIAL PRO:\-IOTIONS The panic of 1907 came to an end. the panio df 1929 wJU come tG And By Eva Orton an end. Several students of the seventh Certainly it may have ended now. grade did such excellent work during the first term that they were given It wasn't a panic based on bad eco special promotion. All were girls. nomic condiflons that usually caust Laura Samuel, LeNora Aylett, Anita panics. It was a toppling over ot pyra. Hyke, Marie Sadler, Inez Beckstead mlded gambling that had to topple. were the fortunate ones. Panics come to an end, but unfol" These new students have made the tunately human foolishness does nol regular eighth graders speed up in come to an end. their work. There's nothing like having some new blood in a class. One There is one fortunate thlng f:a all teacher said that these new students the Wall Street moaning. Workina began answering questions the first men and women are not affected. The~ day. Our whole school wishes them take in sixty billion dollars a year success. pay, live on forty billions aad billions to spend eTery twenty Don't forget to drain the cooling system periodically-at least twice a tor automobiles, vacuum culan•• year. The accumulation of rust parti- dlo sets, talking machines, etc. (~. 1929, bp Klq Peaturu Symdicac., cles and dirt will put any system out of business in time. KA·~SAS CITY Murray and Garfield Plants to Use Gas I |