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Show MVE1 V Ml TT IT. l&f ?TrTn-:A:;:TrTt?t- R ii TREMONTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1932 VOLUME SEVEN NUMBER THIRTY REX LAUB WINS AUTO SALES Unusual Program Given REASONS WHY City Council Amends At M. I. A. Conjoint Sun. TAX DANGEANNUAL CROSS Curbing Ordinance MAN FEDERAL FARM PROMINENT TO OWNERS COUNTRY RUN ROUS In the regular meeting of the City Those who attended the Conjoint Council held Monday night an amMutual session Sunday evening in the RELIEF NEVER OF CITY DIES endment The proposed Federal excise tax on local In a more spectacular finish than listened to one of the was made to the ordinance LARS ANDERSON Jpjjrge and Impressive Cvices Held; Glowing Tributes Are Paid Lars Anderson, one of Tremonton's most highly esteemed citizens and business men, passed peacefully away at his home Monday morning at 4:30 after a lingering illness of several ' months of heart failure. ;, He was born at Nellos Sora Ampt, Denmark; September 7th, -- 1856 - and emigrated to the United States, coming directly to Utah, in 1869. He re- -' sided in Bear River City until 1893 when he moved to Both well, then Tmown as Roweville. , Here he built one of the first houses and operated a store until 1899 when he moved to Corinne, where he was in business for about a year. In 1920 he moved to Salt Lake City where he'operated a feed and grain business for about 6 ' " ' years. ;From 1906 to 1908 he filled a mission, to Denmark. Upon his return he entered the employ of the Intermoun-lai- n Milling Co. and later the Voge-le- r Seed and Produce Co. In 1922 he "went into the grocery business in Salt Lake City. The year following he fsiroe to Tremonton and entered the d and grain business in the f eeler property. In 1928 he purchased this property where he conducted this business up to hi3 death.. In 1892 he was married to Sine Schmidt, who died in 1917. Two years later he married Edith E. Laxman, who, with the following children survive him: Alvis H., Evelyn, Lars Jr., Edith Marie, Arthur Vernon and Joseph Wesley, all are of Tremonton, with the exception of Evelyn, who is Tesiding in Los Angeles. Since coming to Tremonton Mr. Anderson has been one of the city's most substantial citizens, both in religious land civil affairs, a most generous and willing contributor to' every worthy project, both'with his money and his 3abor. During the early days of the valley he helped in the construction of the present canal system. He was called on many short missions for the church and to labor on farms in the place of stone masons who were called to work on the temalso' called in the timple. He bers to get out logs for church buildings. The work was so arduous that he and his cousin were the only ones to remain until its completion. In the earlier days he was a freighter and endured the hardships known lv to the men in this hazardous oc- 'iion. ouring the construction of the ward Chapel and Recreation Hall, he was a member of the building committee and rendered valuable service. He was an ardent Latter Day Saint, who not only believed in its principles but obeyed them to the letter. Kind and generous to the poor and unfortunate; a friend to man. He was a wise counsellor and shrewd and honest busi ness man. In spite of the fact that he had but little scholastic training he mastered every occupation that he entered and in the end was a graduate of the finest type, from the University of Hard Knocks and Experience. He was loved and esteemed by all who knew him and his warmth of fellowship and usefulness to this community will be greatly missed but his memory will linger in loving kindness to the end. Funeral services were held Wednesday at noon in the Ward Chapel with Bishop James Walton in charge. The ward choir furnished the opening and closing numbers. The invocation was "offered Ty Counsellor Johrf O. Garfield after which the Elders Quorum Quartette sang "I Need Thee Every Hour" President C. E, Smith, of the Bear River Stake, was the first speaker and paid glowing tributes to the life and character of the deceased. Following him Patriarch James P. Christensen and K. H. Fridal, who were boyhood chums of Mr. Anderson, spoke, each relating many incidents in the life of the deceased, paying high tribute to the character and work in church and civil affairs. A touching part of the services at this point was a violin solo, by his son, Alvis, MOh My Father", accompanied by Miss Helen Mendenhalt Previous to this number Mrs. E. H. White sang the solo, - Twill Not Be Long." She was accompanied by Miss Mendenhall with Alvis playing a violin obligato. During his life Mr. Anderson had expressed his love for these particular pieces and it was because of this that they were rendered, tho it required on the part of his son extreme courage and effort to play the music that had been so close to his father's heart so short a time before. Bishop Walton was the concluding speaker and expressed the deep appreciation of the Tremonton Bishopric and the people of the ward for the , 4 ; Jas I pertaining to Sidewalks, Parking and Curbs, which in effect is as follows: That sidewalks shall be constructed 1 foot from property line and extending 4 feet in width with the distance from the sidewalk to the curb of 8 feet. Those desiring to plant trees in the space known as the parking should plant them 4 feet from the sidewalk or 9 feet from the property line, where the sidewalk in not in. This amendment is intended to standardize and make uniform the planting of all trees in the city. J. D. Harris and LeRoy Bishop appeared before the board relative to the closing of the road north of the school grounds to furnish additional play grounds which are badly needed. The board granted the privilege to close the road temporarily. Tennis Championship ; Won by Don Grover Monday evening Don Grover won the Tennis Singles championship of the B.. R. H. S. for the second year by defeating Stan Benson in straight sets 63. Grover went through the schedule without loosing a set. His stiffest competition came in the second round when he was matched against Voss Ward, his doubles partner of last year. Don was trailing in the first set 2 but steadied and won this set There arc a dozen fellows working out daily for places on the tennis team. The brand of ball they are playing this year is very much imIt is not uncommon to see proved. the boys win several points in succes sion by excellent placements, whereas in previous meets the cautious, most steady man always won. Last season Grover and Ward paired as a doubles team and went into the finals in the regional meet. Here they were defeated by Logan This was a very good showing and perhaps the boys can repeat it. It would be wonderful if they can better their record. .' 6-- 1, 5-- 7-- 5. 6-- 2, 6-- 3. Many Hardwood Trees -- Being: Planted in State Twelve thousand forest trees have been ordered for 1932 spring planting by farmers of Utah prior to April 1, from the forestry department nursery of the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan, according to Paul M. Dunn, extension forester. These trees will be shipped within the next ten days to 64 farmers in 16 counties of the state and will be set out either in windbreak shelterbelt or woodlot plantings. Siberian elm will be planted in the largest numbers according to the present orders, as over 3200 of these seedlings have been spoken for. Golden willow, black locust, and Colorado blue spruce are next in demand in the order named with over 1000 seedlings of each ordered. The other trees that are available from the college nursery, and that will be planted throughout the state this spring are: Russian olive, honey locust, ash, black walnut, oak, Siberian pea tree, ponderosa pine, Scotch pine, Austrain pine, Balm of Gilead, and Oriental arborvitae. Farmers who have ordered trees are requested to watch the mail in order to eliminate delay in receiving the notice of the shipment of the seedlings. These young trees are made available at cost, to the farmers of Utah, through the cooperation of the state with the federal government under y the law, which is administered by the extension service. Clarke-McNar- Eastern States Mission Spring Reunion, Apr. 9 The Eastern States Mission will hold its regular Spring Reunion on April 9th in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, on the corner of Main and North Temple Streest. All mem-be- rl and friends are cordially invited to attend, and urged to be present at 8:00, as an excellent program has been arranged. faithful and devoted service of the departed brother and related incidents in his life which exemplified him and a man of great courage and worth. The' benediction was pronounced by Joseph D. Harris. The body was taken to the City Cemetery, in Salt Lake, for burial. At the grave side the Bon rendered another violin solo and H. P. Randall dedicated the grave. Nine cars formed the cortage to the burial place. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. The attendance was very large and In respect to his memory all business houses closed from 11:30 until 2 o'clock. any previous cross country run, Rex automobiles, if adopted, will mean the Laub emerged victorious with Frank further penalization of the automobile Hess second, and this, only after owner who, in the aggregate, now Ether Westmoreland and Wayne pays special motor taxes totaling more had staggered, and fallen. than $1,000,000,000 a year. It will, It was blanket finish in which the further, discourage the buying of auto four were fighting it out for the hono- mobiles and cause a decrease in in-r-. Ether and Wayne were leading come from other taxes such as license but could hardly stand the pace. Less and registration fees, and, most imthan 20 yards from the finish they portant of all, gasoline taxes. Acrealed . and fell, Both arose and cording to the National Automobile Wayne crossed the line third but Chamber of Commerce, the imposition Ether had to be helped to the dress- of the Federal tax, as suggested, on . V vehicles, tires, parts and accessories ing room. As would be expected, due to the would make, the average buyer of a hard pressing of the competition the Inew car pay an additional tax of $72 time was good, 11:16. This is 13 sec- the first year of operation. It may not be generally known that onds faster than last year and only 4 seconds faster than .Evan Green's at "present motor vehicles are the protime for the course. The time is highest taxed form of even more remarkable when you con- perty. An automobile owner pays taxsider the late spring and the lack of es amounting to 13 per cent annually on the average value of the vehicle good training weather, its lifetime, as compared with during Perhaps the biggest upset of the annual real estate taxes on urban whole affair was the fact that Elvin land of 2.4 per cent, and 1.6 per cent Garfield, winner of last year's jaunt on farm land. placed only 4th. . The order of finish the Federal sales tax would In for the first seven being: 1st, Rex be brief, would burden small discriminatory, Laub; 2nd, Frank Hess; 3rd, Wayne incomes, would curtail McWhorter; 4th, Elwin Garfield.... 5th, and would retard businessemployment Clarence Perry; 6th, Norman Perry; It would be a factor in recovery. prolonging 7th. Harold Conger. should see that depression. Congress local For all previous races the the proposal goes into the discard. business men have generously donated many prizes. This year we have not asked them to do this, but are instead Get going to ask them to buy tickets to an athletic program to be held later this month. The proceeds of the event In the wrestling bout staged by R. are to go for travel expenses for the best two track men. It is hoped that D. Anderson, Wednesday night, Tomenough can be raised to take the boys my Tasos, who was matched with the local pride, Cy Burkhart, furnished the to the Olympics this summer. fans plenty of excitement Burkhart had to do considerable running to chase his man down and be able to catch him when he sailed through the College air after climbing upon the ropes and springing upon his opponent. He bit, Reeder Waldron, of this city, and a squeeled, pulled his own hair, pounded student of the U. S. A. C, departed his head and cut up all kinds of capers Saturday for St. Louis, where he will which proved to be a real vaudeville represent the college Scabbard and to the fans. After gaining a fall each Blade fraternity at a convention in St. he was disqualified for unethical tacLouis on April 7, 8 and 9. The con- tics and the bout went to Burkhart. vention will be composed of represen tatives of companies of 84 colleges and universities in 46 states. The lo cal chapter is A company of the Mixed Fourth regiment. It wa3 installed in r ! non-luxu- ry Fans Big Laugh From Wrestling Bout Reeder Waldron Chosen Representative chapel rarest and finest programs ever pre- sented in this ward. The program consisted of A stan dard numbers from the music, public speaking and retold story departments and were given by the following y nng people; Florence Peterson, Carl Cook, Virginia Cornwall and Grant McFar-lanof the public speaking department; LaThair Pederson and Rhea Hepplar, from the retold story department and a double mixed quartette and a ladies chorus, from the music department Every number was a genu Clifton Kerr spoke upon the slogan and after his talk called upon the audience to stand and repeat in con cert "We stand for Spiritual, mental and physical health through the observance of the Word of Wisdom." d, Cross Roads Service Station Robbed Sat. The gasoline station belonging to Emery Burns, a" mile East of this city, was robbed Saturday night of merchandise amounting to about $20 and a saxaphone valued at $50.00, belonging to K. H. Fridal III, which had been left there over night- It is thought that the robbers were the same who broke into they Bear River Store the same morning, as the methods of the entrance were the same. A wrench wrapped in a small piece of sheep skin was used to break the window. The door was opened from the inside through the broken glass. It is reported that the robbers were caught somewhere in Wyoming. Operetta Presented by District School Tues. Following the regular mutual period Tuesday evening the eighth grade of the local district school presented a delightful operetta, "The Isle of Chance". The hall was completely filled and enjoyed immensely this pro duction. The boys and girls are to be highly complimented on their manner in whicb this operetta was put ever. 1922. The chorus and solo work as well In order to finance the club for the The fraternity is composed of ad as the acting of the parts showed invanced military students on the camp coming season the Rough Riders Base tensive preparation and was rewarded us who are elected because of ability, Ball Club will stage a mixed wrestling by the hearty approval of the audicharacter and army leadership. Mr and boxing card, Thursday, April 14, ence. Waldron is second lieutenant of the at the old L. D. S. Hall. The Rough Riders plan to put a company. snappy team in the field for the comBy ing season and keep the old town on the map in the line of base ball. U. Rough Riders to Stage Boxing Card -- Summer Session at A. C, June 6 to July 15 In keeping with their educational program, which has been in effect for many years, the authorities of the Utah State Agricultural college have prepared another interesting summer session to be conducted from June 6 to July 15, according to Dr. J. H. Lin ford, director of the summer school. Unusual interest is reported in the proposed band school which will be conducted by Professor A. R. McAlhs ter of Joliet, III. during the first part of the summer session. Leading mu sicians are being invited from the 72 high schools of the state and special invitations are being sent to high schools of surrounding states. Special emphasis will also be given to work, Dr. Linford reports. J. H. Pearson, member of the federal board of vocationad education and A. K. Getman, chief of the bureau of agricultural education, will offer courses in this phase of education to supplement the work to be given by Professor L. B, Humphreys. As the summer session is used by many teachers for the purpose of obtaining advanced degrees, the faculty for courses in education has been carefully chosen. In addition to the resident professorg, Ward G. Reeder, Ohio State University; Miss Jean Cox, University of Utah and Lofter Bjarn-asostate supervisor of the grammar grades in Utah, will conduct courses. Miss Maud A. Brown, a teacher and supervisor in Kansas City and Los Angeles will give instructions in child welfare and health education. reCoaches of the gion have expressed their desire to register for the work to be given by B. W. Bierman, formerly of Tulane but now head coach at Minnesota university. Mr. Bierman will be assisted by Dick and Ott Romney and Vadal Peterson, well known in sports annals in Utah. Four lecturers have been engaged for the summer session. They are Dr. Edward H. Griggs, New York City; Dr. A. C. McLaughlin, University of Chicago; Dr. William T. Foster, New York City and Dr. Henry Newman, Brooklyn, New York . A catalogue, describing the courses in detail, will be ready for distribution within a few days, Dr. Linford an nounced Friday. Smith-Hugh- es n, inter-mounta- in Hearing Waived Tremonton Resident County Commissioners Meet in Regular Session The Board of County Commission ers met in regular session Monday, April 4th, 1932, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. A full quorum present with chair man T. L. Davis presiding. The minutes of the previous session were read and, upon motion duly sec onded, were approved. Thomas Harper called upon the Board of County Commissioners in the interest of road matters in Hansel Valley and suggested that certain changes be made in road locations. The Commissioners took the matter under advisement until such time they could make a trip of inspection. Mr. Peter S. Jensen, bridge foreman o of the Sugar Company, the reported unsatisfactory condition of a number of bridges located West of the Iowa String road and near the Union School House. Mr. Jensen recommends that these bridges be inspected. Decision was reached to make a trip of investigation Wednesday; April 6th, 1932." Mr. J. A. Capener, Mr. M. B. Peterson, representing Aaron W. Tracy of(9gderi, Mr. Peter Nichols, Judge B. H. Jones were present in the in terest of a certain piece of land which had been sold for delinquent taxes. On account of faulty descriptions it was impossible to make a division of the property in question and the matter was, therefore, referred to the County Abstractor for his considerUtah-Idah- ation Mr. Joe H. Sorensen of the firm of Coleman & Sorensen, was present and reported that he was having difficulty in connecting the County Court House sewer system with the City sewer. It appears that the sewer installed by the city is not quite deep enough in order to make the connection at the point it was first intended. Mr. Amos P. Hansen, B. P. Morten-se- n and Elias Anderson, directors of the Elwood Drainage District, called in the interest of tax collections on delinquent drainage tax. Mr. Isaac II. Allen, County Road Supervisor of the Portage Precinct, reported road conditions in his district. The matter of expenditure was (Please Turn to Page Four) BRIGHAM CITY, April 5. Nels T. Nelsin, 33 of Tremonton was arraigned Monday in city court before Judge B. H. Jones. Nelsin was charged with issuing fraudulent checks to Brigham City and Tremonton merchants. The checks were made out on an Ogden dairy company and appeared to be genuine in every particular. Several were passed on local merchants. He appeared at the county treasurer's office Friday and paid his taxes, then made purchases at a clothing store issuing bad checks at both places. The officers were asked to investigate and found him later in the day passing checks in Tremonton. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the district court for hearing before Judge Melvin Harris during next term. Dee Loveland, 37, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five month's sus pended sentence by Judge B. H. Jones in city court Monday. Loveland was charged with possession of intoxicating b'quor. Oscar A. Kirkham Add ed to B. Y. U. Faculty Mr. Oscar A. Kirkham, Director of the Mutual Improvement Association of the L. D. S. Church, and Deputy Scout Executive of the Twelfth Region, has been added to the Summer Session of the Brigham Young university, according to an announcement made by Dean H. M. Woodward. Mr. Kirkham will give courses in recreational leadership, supplementing courses to be given by a number of other experts including Professor G. Ott Romney, head of the department, and aided by Mrs. Bessie Meiling and Fred Dixon. Importance and technique! of supervised recreational and play ground activities will be stressed, as well as general courses in physical education for Junior and Senior High Schools and Junior Colleges. The Summer Session commences June 13, but President F. S. Harris has announced that students may enter at any time during the Spring Quarter and be allowed to make up the work. By so doing, it is pointed out that students may. secure two quarters' work before September. REACHED GOAL Grafters and Politicians Get Huge Salaries; Defeats Aims of Relief By L. E, NELSON, Logan Attorney (From The Herald Journal) . In the light of recent agitation to reduce government salaries, particu- larly local and state, it might be of interest to readers to learn of soma real salaries that are being paid to the officers of the Federal Farm) Board and to Its The other day, when the names of two members of the Farm Board were before the United States Senate to be confirmed for reappointment, some interesting facts were revealed. The Board has been in existence and operating about two years and during that period of time there has been paid out as salaries about $2,757,857. It was disclosed that the manager of the cotton industry receives a sal- ary of $75,000 a year, the manager of the wheat industry receives a salary of $50,000 a year, the treasurer of the board about $32,000 a year and that many of the district officers receive $14,000 to $25,000 a year. It was stated upon authority, and not disputed during the discussion, that the salaries ranged all the way from $15,-0to $50,000 per annum. Isn't that a nice scandal to reveal concerning a government organization that was intended to offer farm relief? It was reported in the debates that the average farmer for whom this farm relief was originally intended, receives an average income of ' ' ' . 00 $500. On . that basis, the manager of the cotton industry who receives $75,000 per annum is making as much as 150,000 cotton producers. The manager of the wheat industry, who receives $50,000 per annum, is making as much money as 100,000 wheat farmers combined. AnJtne,-&roier- . wiio. were supposed to be the object of thisarraT relief must pay their own telephone, bills and are not tax free. Also, contrast statistical facts with . the fabulous salaries above mentioned: ' The report of the Department of Agriculture for last January indicates that for the goods the farmer buys, he was paying $1.23 that could have been purchased for $1 during the period from 1909 to 1914. On the other hand, he was receiving for his t products during that month, but 63 cents for which he received $1 during 4 the period. This proves that the purchasing power of the farmer has been reduced 4 since the by about era to say nothing of the other classes likewise affected. It is estimated that the rural population of the country constitutes 44 per cent of our tor tal population. Therefore, since 1914, the buying power of 14 per cent of" our population has been gradually reduced by which, in itself, can very easily account for a large part of our present economic depres. 1909-191- one-ha- lf 1909-191- one-hal- f, sion. Senator Borah referred to these salaries as "legalized graft" and Sen-atBrookhart stated that there was ' a bill pending to not only reduce these but other high government salaries, to not exceed $9,400. From the senti- ment as shown by the senators who themselves on the subject, , the bill referred to by Senator Brook-ha- rt has a good chance of succeeding. It is certainly a travesty on good government that such grafting should be permitted in the very organization that was intended to help an industry that deserves help, but which was in fact tied up outside while the graft- - ' ers and politicians proceeded to eat up the bounty that was Intended to put t farming on a parity with industry. Every farmer and taxpayer, should . urge their senators and congressmen to proceed to clean up this mess and watch their vote on these important questions. It it is not in harmony with their expressed views, their vote should be for the other fellow in the' ' coming election. or M. I. A, to Hold Colonial , - Costume Ball April 15 The adult department of the M. ; I. A. is giving a Colonial ball to be held Friday, April 15th. If unable to appear in costume try to wear the col- onial collor. A prize minuet will be a feature of the evening. Light refreshments will be served. Old time music will be played. Everybody come and have a good time. Budget tickets are good. . 1 |