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Show iJry . ' i. i .;' n """ --- - --r - ! VOLUME FIFTY-THRE-E 4 V D1NGHAM CANYON, UTAH, OCTOBER 17, 1924 NUMBER FORTYVTWO 'SS MEETING OF BINGHAM FIREMEN . PROVES TO BE BEST IfJ YEAflS Companies No. 1 and 2 Meet at Home of the Latter, and Most En-joyable Evening Is Spent in Merry Making Fort Herriman Graduate Performs as Referee in Main Event. x Companies No. 1 and 2 met at Fire Hall No. 2 Tuesday evening of this week in joint session, in what proved to be one of the happiest events held by Bingham Fire Fighters in years. A large attendance was present which added to the gaiety of the eve-ning, which was featured by musical and athletic events, the music being furnished by Clyde Raddon's Merry Melody Makers of Sandy, while the athletic part of the program was fur-nished by Dominic Tippero and Joe Delaney, both local fistic stars of the local horizon. ' , The regular order of business op-ened the session, the two companies deciding that the annual masque ball which the firemen usually give on Hallowe'en should be postponed on account of the last benefit dance be-ing given but a short time ago, al-though the benefits derived from the (last dance did not go to either fire department, but to one who still lies at the Bingham Hospital as the re-sult of the great fire of August 17. The next dance to be given by the firemen will in all probability be giv-en early in January, as the two com-panies declared that the business men had responded most freely for the last dance and it would be an imposition to stage another this month, thus the one scheduled for January. That the entertainment did their "stuff" was made manifest by the sur-prised audience when the Merry Mel-ody Makers of Sandy gave a program that was enjoyed from start to fin-ish. Messrs. Raddon and Pearson gave a clever violjn duct which met with instant approval. Miss Nelson accompanied them on the piano. Miss N. Crapo then gave a pleasing vocal selection with Miss Nelson at r J.. The Merry Makers Male quartette composed of Clyde Raddon, Lou Hand, Duane Richards, and Moyle Peterson gave several selections, the audience being reluctant about letting them stop. .: " Master Gordon' Olson gave a vio-lin selection with Miss Olson at the piano, in a manner that si one of the members said, "called for more." A reading by Miss A. Crapo put the large gathering in good humor for the athletic event which followed. ' , : Tippero and Joe Delaney stepped off four fast rounds and let it be said that these two Bingham lads stepped, and the brotherly love spirit was con- - v spicuous by its absence. This bout was refereed by none other than Art Sorenson, who announced before the starting of the bout that although tefT in Bingham Canyon knew it, he had vi graduated from the Welby Tech in' 1904, after which he entered the Uni-versi- ty of Riverton, getting his final ' degree from the University of Fort Herriman, and thus he felt that he was qualified to referee the four round tilt. Mr. Sorenson also an-nounced that whenever Frog Town was ready to have a real Eve mayor, he would be more than delighted to accept the position, providing,' of course, no one opposed him, as he was too busy to make political speeches. , After the boxing tourney, Loris Hand pleased with a baritone solo, accompanied by Master Olson On the violin and Miss Olson at the piano. A violin duet by Messrs. Raddon and K Pearson followed. ' The Misses Nelso nand Olson gave a piano duet and then all were seated for the sumptuous feed. i. Archie Stewart of Company No. 2 was the principal speaker. Cakes were donated by the Royal Bakery of Salt Lake City, and at a ' lat hour, tlic happy gathering depart- - i " . ed for their different homely all de- - daring it to be one of the best meet-ings ever held by the two companies. , t Whose Fault Is ItA' x- Thii it the third of a erie of editorials appearing in the Press-Bulleti- n which might be termed "Trade at Home editorials. All three have dealt with conditions in and around Bingham Canyon. v In our issue of last week, we dwelt at length on the blanket peddler and some of his clever stunts in which he inveigled the folks of the camp to purchase his wares. This week we are going to talk for ajvery few minutes on music. Since our arrival in Bingham Canyon some nine months ago, we have had the pleasure of attending many dances, but we have failed to hear the harmonious music of the Bingham Canyon Orchestra, except on rare occasions. Why have we this condition? i Most of the music furnished for dances here comes from Salt Lake City. If Bingham Canyon was without its orchestra, we ara free to admit that Salt Lake would be the next best place to go for music BUT BINGHAM CANYON HAS AN ORCHESTRA, and we have been told that it practices each week, keeping in touch with all the latest dance mask and yet they are never given a chance to show their ability. ' j . As our readers well know, these editorials are not pafd for, and neither can, it be said that any of the folks mentioned in these editorials have ever seen them before they appear in the paper. So in all honesty it can be said that although we are strong for home buying and thing like that, we do not write these editorials for the personal gain of any orie Individual Getting back to the orchestra, which is composed of ix Bingham Can-yon lads, who live in Bingham Canyon, work in Bingham Canyon and spend their money in Bingham Canyon. We asked a fellow why; the local orches-tra did not play at dances, and he answered us, "Well, tfeeir music is not as good as some we get from Salt Lake City." I asked him how he knew, and he said that he had heard them about a year ago and they did not keep very good time. This all may be true and it may not, but a year is a long time to give an orchestra for improvement. J As we said, we occasionally take in a dance, more tl hear' the music than to dance, although we do admit that we occasionally spin a waltz (we are too fat for the new-fangle- d hippety-hops- ) and we caa truthfully state that in the nine months that we have been here we have only danced to one orchestra that produced the correct waits time.. This is apt written to be-little any of the other orchestras, although it is the truth.J It has been said that Bingham Canyon dancers will not turn out when the local orchestra is employed. Why? The alibi that-tfie- y do not keep good time can also be said of Salt Lake orchestras, so in choosing the two, why not choose the local lads? j We have often wondered whether those in charge oj benefit dances given here ever ask Salt Lake people to purchase tickets, 'which of course would be no more than right, being that Salt Lake music Is used. Do the orchestras coming out from Salt Lake City ever buy a benefit dance ticket, being the dance was given for a worthy cause. We doubt It, and yet when a Salt Lake orchestra is employed the members of the lojal orchestra are asked to purchase tickets, and perhaps are called "cheap" When they refuse. We are not trying to dictate the policy of any mercantile establishment in Bingham Canyon, neither are we trying to tell the owners of the dance hall who they are to employ, but we do feel that if the dancers of Bingham Canyon would ask the management of the dance hall for the local orchestra, it would be forthcoming. It is not the fault of the management, but the fault of the people Canyon who enjoy tripping the light .', The local orchestra Is surely worthy of a tittirWderation fromJ the folks of Bingham Canyon. CHILDREN ENM COLUMBUS OA! Races and Free Dance With the Ever Present Ice Cream Cone Fill the Hearts of Bingham's Young With Happiness. The Columbus Day Celebration held here Monday was not confined alone to the grown ups, as the entire student body of the Central Bingham schools joined in the merry making, participating in. the races which start-ed at 2 sharp under the able manage-ment of Arthur A. Macke, whose cleverness in getting the kiddies un-der way was one of the bright spots of the afternoon's entertainment. Mr. Macke started the different races with speed and precision ,and in exactly one hour's time had all the junior races' off the card. The pie eating contest which usual-ly closes performances of this kind had to be postponed on account of the pies being too hot for immediate use. That a great crowd, of children were ever ready to compete for the coveted prizes was' made manifest by the large number of heats run off be-fore a winner was declared in the different events. The first race of the day, between girls of the ages of 5 to 8 failed to thrill the vast throng that gathered on Main street in front of the Bingham Mercantile Company. The boy's race of the same ages made two heats necessary before finding a winner. In the girls races from the ages of 10 to 12 three heats were needed, as was the case in the boys race for kids between the ages of 8 and 10. The women's nail driving contest, which was divided into two sections, provided much merriment for the huge throng. A children's dance was held at the Canyon hall from 3:30 to 5:30, the kiddies leaving, Jtbc.al this, time to get their fill of ice cream cones and other goodies. The Utah Copper band was in at-tendance throughout the day, furnish-ing music of the higher order. Following are the results of the races, etc.: Girls Race, 5 to 8 years 1st, Thel-m- a Tomothy; 2nd, Ruby Tczzopane. Prizes $1.00 and 50c. Boy's Race, 5 to 8 years 1st, Jack Nichols; 2nd, Tommy Carrigan Prizes, $1.00 and 50c. Girl's Race, 8 to 10 years 1st, Dora Marie Salazar; 2nd, Delia Smith. Prizes, $1,100 and 50c. Boy's Race, 8 to 10 years 1st, Les-lie Carrigan; 2nd, Steve Pantelickis. Prize, $1.00 and 50c. Girl's Race, 10 to 12 years 1st, Elva Marriott; 2nd, Sadie Winters. Prizes, $1.50 and $1.00. Boy's Race, 10 to 12 years 1st, Douglas Streadbeck; 2nd, J. D. Caul-fiel-field. Prizes $1.50 and $1.00. Girl's Race, 12 to 14 years 1st, Carmela Todesco; 2nd, Carrie Berlin. Prizes, $1.75 and $1.00. Boy's Race, 12 to 14 years 1st, Clarence Wells; 2nd, Teddy Melich! Girl's Race, 14 to 16 years' 1st, Carmela Todesco; 2nd, Marie Togli-att- i. Prizes $2.00 and $1.25. Boy's Race, 14 to 16 years 1st Teddy Melich; 2id, Clarence Wells. Prize, $2.00 and $1.25. Scramble Race for Boys Under 12 years 1st, Mitchell Melich; 2nd, Lawrence Stringham. Prizes $1.50 and $1.00. Sack Race for Boys under 16 years 1st, Max Baker; 2nd, iiak-e- r. Prizes $1.50 and $1.00. Young Ladies Race Marie Togliatti; 2nd, Lila Booth. Prizes $4 and $2.00 Married Ladies' Race 1st, Rose Prcloran; 2nd, Lila Booth. Prizes $4 and $2.00. Ladies' Egg and Spoon Race 1st, Lily Tomothy; 2nd, Lila Booth. Prizes $1.00 and $2.00. Ladies' Nail Driving Contest (First Division) 1st, Lily Timothy; 2nd, Mary Slotti. Prizes $5.00 and $2.(H). Ladies' Nail Driving Contest (Sec-ond Division) 1st, Delia Lucia; 2nd, Mrs. Jack Householder. Prizes $5.00 and $2.(K). 100 yard Dash (free for all) 1st, Henry Clark; 2nd. James Roland. Prizes $6.IK) and $3.00. Weight Throwing 1st, Mike 2nd, Jack Whitcley. Prizes $6.00 and $100. . Distance, 14 feet 3 inches and 13 feet 9lt inches. DID YOU KHDW- -t- That a fellow told us that our issue of last week was real nifty. That we heard about another fellow in town who wondered how we did it. will take off our coat and roll up will take of four coat and roll up our sleeves, just to show we have nothing concealed, and give out our little secret. That after we tell about it, it may ceas.e to be a secret and our friend will know just how it is done. That the first fundamental principle we follow is that we cannot take week-en-d vacations each week after publishing our paper. That we do not spend half our day in one place waiting for some one to come in and tell us something ' new. That from one day to another we are busy doing something besides walk-ing up and down Main street be- - . moauing our fate. That we always try and get news items that will interest the bulk of our readers. Ttttrw mnwrnrsir ThrTttrteTWaTW' the town what has happened, which is one of the reasons the boys of the town do not laugh at us when our back is turned. That we are not too lazy to walk the entire length of the town for a news item, no matter how small. It may be of interest to some one. That we write all our news stories, thus eliminating the danger of mak-ing a mistake. That we refrain from publishing ac-cidents that happen on the hill, as most mining companies have spent thousands of dollars in getting ac-cidents to a minimum. That we boost everybody's game, whether or not we receive remun-eration. That we are busy every minute of the day in our effort to make our paper a better paper. That we do not give much space to the misfortunes of others we have troubles of our own. That these are but a few of the many reasons why we are able to give the people of the camp a twelve page paper now and then. That we hope our confession will help our friend who wanted to Lnjw how we do it. That the auburn haired boys flared up a trifle after last week's issue, but admitted they are inclined to be more or less ready to have the knot tied. That if the feminine gender of this camp, lean to auburn-haire- d lads, that opportunity is within their grasp. That the auburn-haire- d boys must be popular, as we heard one of the belles of the town telling one of them what a wonderful cook she was. That wc admit that wc have our printing done in Salt Lake City, and we admit that we have ALL of it printed there. That there is not a printing estab-lishment in Bingham Canyon that does not have at least SOM". of its printing done in Salt Lake City. That we make a legitimate profit on our printing, and spend it in Bing-ham Canyon for legitimate things. That a girl of the camp told us that in order to spell Shivk, wc would have to start with "1)." That although our "Did You Know" column docs considerable "razzing" we refrain from using personalities. That this column is written in fun, and never was intended to hurt anyone. I ; CHILDREN CAN-- 1 : iJTOINCE ' Autos Still Make History in Passing Local School Evil Could be Re-- 1 duced to Minimum. . j Why do the autoists who infest the ''. ". town, particularly those from Salt f Lake City, insist on stepping on the "gas" when passing the Bingham t , Central Schools? Perhaps the auto- - I ists of the county could answer the question, but it is doubtful. , - The remark has been heard many t times that, there are fewer accidents J in Bingham Canyon than in any other I ,' part of the country, and the autoists r boastfully give the figures on the rest j$ , of the, county relative to accidents be- - v falling children. ' We have always claimed that the t ' minimum of accidents in Bingham Canyon is NOT due to the careful I. driving and watchfulness of the auto- - ' - ists, but because the kiddies are care- - ' ful. Did you ever notice how a lit-- f. .: v.- - tie tot stops, looks and listens before venturing across the street? This fea- - ture is born and bred in the child and I ., . no credit is due the motorists for the : small fatality list in Bingham Canyon. True, many motorists ARE careful, ; ' but for the most part they are resi- - i dents of the camp, and perhaps fath- - ers and mothers themselves. It is not of the home folks that we write. It is the Salt Laker who thinks Bing-- , ham is merely a place on the side of a hill where money is plentiful, and j the faster they can get to this money the faster he can get back to Salt i Lake. Bingham Canyon has its traffic of-- ... ... ,r ficer,: but unfortunately, he has but , two hands and two feet, thus making it, impossible for him to be every-where at one time. What then, is the next best thing to do to eliminate the j- speedster? Easy, if it is done. Ap-t- r point several of the older high school pupils as traffic officers. Let them watch for these speedsters. Let them tmm- - Tmricr rrtHrt(llr1r'tne , ' A. number of the car violating the speed ' - ordinance. As we stated in our story last week concerning the speedsters, v .lfere 's an ordinance, and it is a good one, prohibiting autos passing schools except in low or intermedi- -' ate g'ear." Every child knows when k" a car is going in "high" and let him , take it upon himself to report such - offenders. It will please the Press-Bulleti- n to ' record in its issue of next week that " ' the city and school officials have at , ' last met, and are working in harmony toward the elimination of the Death ' Car that persists in sizzling past the ' school house, and endangering the lives of our young. ' COLUMBUS DAY IS CELEBRATED WITH HUGE PATRIOTIC PROGRAM they had been called inside to give a demonstration of flag waving and yelling. After peace and quiet had been re-stored by the head of the Central School, Mayor Straup was introduced, who gave a brief talk concerning the day, and told his audience that the Hon. Francis Quinn at present the Bingham Canyon member of the Board of Education of the Jordan District, was alone responsible for Columbus Day being a legal holiday in this state, as it was through his efforts when a member of the State Legislature that the date of Colum-bus' great discovery was made a day of days in this state. Mayor Straup closed his short address by turning the town of Bingham Canyon over to the Italian Society ,and to the hun-dreds of school children assembled. The Utah Copper Band then gave a selection, showing the rapid im-provement achieved by this sterling bunch of music makers. Judge C. N. Straup, the principal speaker of the day, was then intro-duced, and in forcible language gave a resume of the life of Columbus, of his coming to America, how his com-ing to this, the greatest country in the world, had revolutionized history. Judge Straup's address was well re-ceived. The Utah Copper band clos-ed the ceremonies with a selection. Races for the kiddies as well as the grown ups were run on Main street, followed by a well attended dance at Canyon Hall in the evening. Citizens Join in Merry Making Which Include Exercises, Races and Con-tests of All Sorts. Judge C. N. Straup principal Speaker of the Day It is a long time since Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic and discovered America, but his mem-ory, and the memory of his epoch making trip was vividly revived here Monday when the Italian Society, un-der the able guidance of Dominic Pezzopane and John Feraco, started festivities at 10 o'clock, and continued them until midnight when the Grand Ball at Canyon Hall gave a fitting climax to one of the most enjoyable days of the current year. Perhaps in giving an account of he day's activities it would be well to follow the cortege of entertainers from start to finish.. Starting at 10 sharp, the entire student body of both the grammar and high school of Bingham Central formed in line at the school house and the parade of close to 750 pupils, each manned with an American and Italian flag, headed by John. Feraco and the local Italian Society, went as far as the city lim-its on Main street, turning at the Cal-ifornia Rooms and wending their way back to the Princess theater, where the entire seating space was pressed into service, with many stand-ing. Judge E. E. Dudley was Master of Ceremonies during the speech mak-ing ,and after a iew opening remarks relative to the importance of the day, introduced Professor II. R. Atkin, who in turn cleaned the building of the tiny tots, who seemed to think And thus it is seen that if every parent had taken the precaution we have taken they too, would be 'it ' - , ease, and not worrying every time some one told of an accident. ' This paper is published each week with the sole purpose of HELPING the people of the camp, in seeing the necessity of preserving the lives of our young, of trying to boost every-thing that will have a tendency to boost Bingham Canyon. It is not here to pay doctor bills, but to try and eliminate them. It does not try and pry into other folks' business, any more than we want folks to try nd- - pry into ours. , Let's all be friends, and as far as we are concerned every one in the camp is our friend, but we still main-tain that any time a child is hit by an auto, and the child has not been told the dangers of such practices, it is the fault of the PARENT. ' , v PARENTS AROUSED OVER SITORIALS s Press-Bulleti- n in Receipt of Missive Telling Editor He Needs Three or More Children. This office is in receipt of a letter written by one of the parents of the camp. A parent of one of the unfor-tunate lads who still lies in the Bing-ham Hospital as the result of riding on a vehicle, and being struck by a passing auto. This letter is written to show the Editor of the Press-Bulleti- n that the family is not asking any one to pay the hospital bills, and that the lad is receiving the best of care. It goes on to tell that there are too many people in the camp who are busy' meddling with other people's busi-ness, who would be better off if they confined their knocking operations to their own families. The Press-Bulleti- n wishes to state that the article concerning the acci-dents as it appeared in last week's issue were not intended to be used as a means of asking us to pay doctor bills, as we, like every other news-paper man, have our hands full mak-ing both ends meet. We are glad to repeat, however, that the injured are being well cared for ,and that they are in good hands. The article of last week Merely mentioned the fact that the drivers of the accident autos were not to blame, and as every accident shows some one to blame, we maintained that the parent was to blame, as a word to the kiddies of the camp would in all probability keep them from "hooking" rides. Our correspondent adds that we should have three or four children, and that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Three or four children is asking quite a bit, but as usual wc are braced for the emergency, three being our allotment, and it may be said here that as soon as we heard of the accidents we im-mediately exacted a solemn promise from the two boys that they would never try and steal a ride on the back of a vehicle. Thus wc write tint with ease, knowing full well that OUR children will refrain from putting their lives in jeopardy. ' V LADIES DAY AT - ,. NEW CLUB HOUSE Ladies Day at the Robert Campbell '' , Gemmell Memorial Club was inaugur-ated Tuesday of this week when many wives of the members were shown over the sumptuous club rooms by manager Vaughn Christen-sen- . Tuesday of each week has been designated as Ladies Day at the new . Club, and the weaker sex will be in full command on that day from 1 to 6 p.m. It is the desire of the man- - - agvmcnt that every wife of the dif- - ferent members of the club take ad- - ; vantage of Ladies Day, and help to r make it a success. .v.. , WELSH SINGERS TO , VISIT BINGHAM CANYON Of more than passing interest to local lovers of good music ia the an-nouncement of the concert o be giv-en by the Dynevor Concert Party at the(high school auditorium Saturday evening, October 25, at 8 p.m. under the auspices of the Queen Esther Cir- - " cle and members of the C. K. U. D's of the Methodist church of whom tickets may be purchased. The Welsh Party of singers come to Bingham with an enviable record, and it is to be hoped that the music lovers of the camp take advantage of this rare opportunity of hearing good music. COPPERTONIAN STAFF STARTS YEAR'S WORK Work was started early this week by the staff of the Coppertonian, the official school paper of the Bingham Central School, with Andrew Hadgcs, the editor, rounding up his corps of writers for a strenuous season. Mrs. Edna P. Wade and Mr. Birch are the sponsors. UNITS OF VALUE Every store, bank or business in-stitution of any kind in Bingham Canyon is a unit of material value iri the growth of this community. Each legitimate enterprise contributes its proportionate share in the prosperity of Bingham Canyon. How strong these units will be depends largely upon the patronage that is given them by the citizens of Bingham Canyon. It is our duty to support these units of value to the fullest extent wher-ever and whenever possible to do so, Every dollar spent here at home en-courages the local man in increasing his service and enabling him to carry a wider selection of merchandise. Thus we help ourselves when we help the fellow-townsma- n who is engaged in business. , '', WHAT MAKES A GOOD TOWN GOOD You .can talk all you please of the city's white glow, and its wealth, you can boast of the figures the next cen-sus will show, but that don't make a good town good Your town may have people that history records, in that book that they call "Who's Who," but no matter how greatly they praise you with words, there's always some one that's big-ger than you. No, it ain't just the size, nor the wealth nor the fame, that develops a good neighborhood; it's the soul of the folks who play fair in life'i game, that's what makes a good town good. MANY NEW MEMBERS AT NEW CLUB HOUSE Keen Interest Is Being Shown by the Employees of Utah Copper Com-pany in New Gemmell Memorial Club Rooms. More than 6(X) employees have tak-en out membership cards since the opening of the new Robert Campbell Gemmell Memorial Club according to Arthur A. Macke, secretary of the organization. With the membership drive that was held Wednesday evening at the first smoker, more than 700 will be enrolled, it is said. |