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Show I, i ;L V iyr0 e of jase History iocialism TV A the r to Lank hickenlooper check owe 1 o; mai Kij Layton writer is is weeks guest Hickenloopcr, of Lay-- i Each week The Journal present a local man (Toman as guest columnist the views expressed are ers, and not necessarily e of this paper. an progress of socialism is on the ,US thing. It creeps up established an and becomes what efore they realize fully Layton, Utah, nhh to 1h detained for two hours March 2s, i :,(. m a temperature of ki degrees. We Dear Friends: ure scheduled to parade in Yuma o clock making it at Comprising the party from necessary to hitch hike in, leaving the ladies North Davis who were in the Mor- of the men with the bus. mon Battalion trek sponsored by The Sons of parade was headed by the the Utah Pioneers were Sheriffs posse and the high school Mr. and Mrs. Roy Briggs, Mr. and hand. There were 21 ladies in our Mrs. B. E. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. William Wilcox, all from Syracuse; group dressed in sun bonnets and Arron Merrill and myself, from hooped skirts. They were a very colorful part of the Layton. At Salt Lake City we met people parade. . old-fashion- oyee. itionis navigation. ition oil tt burg, irman, unty for spofc such im b was 3 illegi repress the ved. iiscussi ounty t bt at Fi at no ded is cc upc: more tion on ) A hir other reen v'as D pro: llarity1 ) Mr .f sick up arms or oading Man INOllt 115 of the dams, ture. authorized it to build, fall-W- r MARCH 13 vas told it could use the and The first day we carried our to make electricity to help lunch so that we could reach the what it didnt need navi-cost- s. and south rim of Grand Canyon in betcontrol flood the r ter time, 300 miles from home. TVA produced so much of Everyone had to introduce his or icidental electricity, and sold herself on the bus to the entire and give a history of their jw cost with the taxpayers group ancestors. Sister Fairbanks of Salt g up thed ifference, that Lake told of her father surbusiness-managed City :ally all Redwood Road in Salt Lake companies in Tennessee were veying Redwood stakes from to sell out to the govern- City, using California, thus it was named the Redwood road. I told of my grandso we have a socialized pow-ustr- y father, Elias, being the first perserving a vast area. son to impound water for irrigahe last session of congress tion in the western United States. was authorized to build a Crossing the Colorado river at generating plant to meet the the Navajo bridge, 1(Hm) ft. above g power needs of the area water, we saw the Navajo Indies. ans herding their sheep, arriving am power plant, obviously, at the south rim 9 p. m. ithing to do with flood con-- r MARCH 14 which purpose congress TVA. At this point the canyon is IS e a socialized power indus-i- t miles wide. The mule trail down to objectionable. But what the water is 9 miles. Twenty miles his: are kept at the park for riding oximately 20 per cent of the purposes. The climax came when collected by private power .300 people wanted breakfast at ies goes for taxes. These once out of one kitchen. re not, as a matter of fact, From Prescott, Arizona, down the y power companies but the winding road we were soon at Ided directly onto the conSalt River Valley. Crops are well 's bill. advanced, barley coming into head the government is taking and flowers blooming everywhere. collected from power users Arriving in Mesa three hours section of the nation and late, we gave a dress parade in our it to produce power that is blue uniforms. At the Mesa stake elow cost to power users in house we were served a fine dinr section. ner by the Relief society of Mesa enterso the people living in the stake. After dinner we were a with house the nation are fJectric helping to tained in the stake Gov. bills of those residing splendid musical program. area served by TVA. Garvey spoke briefly of the ties I that is between the two states and was not all. a golden spike from jate industry has discovered presented Fred E. Curtis, Sons of President can purchase from Pioneers power t a rate approximately equal Earnest McKay, vice president tax imposed on power sold of Huntsville, gave a final report vate power companies. of the things that were happening use they can buy subsidized in the United States 100 years ago. cheaper from TVA, at the Those were history-makin- g days. er.s exPense, than Mesa of their com--s The gracious people in other a ss by-prod- ed hollowing the parade we weie entertained at the I.DS church house. Barbecued beef was seived and an Indian hand W'as featured. dollars was donated from our company toward purchasing some additional instruments for them. This city is only 200 ft above sea level. Much of the nations lettuce ami carrots are raised and shipped from this point. This is the same as that of the Battalion. and Colorado jjunction of the Gila liver. Prayer was offered before depar- from all over the state, and the party left there at 7 a. m. There were nine buses carrying 303 men and women in the trek to pay tribute to the Mormon Battalion that ig on. made the longest march in the hisood example is the Tennessee tory of the United States army, authority. taking 104 days to cover the disin tance i was created by congress of 2,000 miles. nd given as its main job the Each bus had an officer and caption of the Tennessee river in charge, the plan being the tain and proi to control floods d has. Two-hundr- ed MARCH 10 We were immediately in the center of the greatest desert in Amer- TERROR OF MACYS MAIN FLOOR . . , Detective Mary Shanley questions William Specchlo as slic holds pistol he flourished on the crowded main floor of Macya Jamaica, N. Y store. 32-cali- ica, hills of pure sand in all directions. There can he seen part of the plank load built by Californians 33 years ago at the beginning of auto travel. OPEN FORUM canal Crossing the into the Imperial Valley from the an Editor, the Journal Hoover dam, agriculture abounds. Hundreds of men and women are while back someone had a in The Journal, lamentthe death of a Collie dog. ing lei haps this particular dog did meet an untimely and unjustified end, but so far as dogs in general go, they are a nuisance we could well do without. The letter I mention was very touching and might have been worthy of sympathy. But when I gather up the garbage that has been strewn my ward by dogs, and when I see some of the gaping holes in my front lawn where dogs have been digging, I find A letter working harvesting potatoes, car-lotand lettuce. Sugar beets will soon he harvested. At one point in this great valley it is 294 ft. below sea level. At Mexicala, Mexico, we were treated with a short visit through the city of 7(,(xx) people. Many nationalities are waiting to come into the U. S. for farm labor. We were royally welcomed to the city of San Diego of 4(H), (XX) people, enjoying a splendid program at their new $2(HJ,(XX) stake house. Judge LeRoi Neilson of Ogden gave an extra ordinary description of the march of the Mormon battalion from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego. History does not record anything equal to their march. They were tired, hungry, undernourished, some times marching 3 days or 43 miles without water, some wearing raw hide on their feet for shoes, eating the oxen that were too tired to contins, ut CONSULT V.A. . . . Found nearly frozen ln Chicago, this pigeon was taken to the animal shelter, where It was discovered by his leghand that he was a carrier pigeon In the army signal corps. The girl Is June Carter, shelter employee. SHOULD ue on. MARCH 17 From the U. S. Grant hotel we marched to Presidio park where a flag raising ceremony was held and where the first American flag containing 29 stars was raised in 1847. The ceremony was witnessed by 3, (XX) people. Leo J. Muir, formerly of Bountiful, spoke. He said that the 1,100 miles from Santa Fe to San Diego was a trackless desert waste, never traveled by white men. Albert Chipman, a former Kaysville resident, was in the audience. Moving on to San Louis Ray parts of the coun- - took the tired travelers into their R from business-man- and serv- where the Battalion visited an old the to homes night spend ectric mission established in in- - ed a delicious breakfast before Spanish those companies, m the Tennessee 179S. Our evening program was valley continuing on the journey. n held at Walter Knotts berry farm advantage over their com- 0 13 . MARCH 20 miles south of Los Angeles, a crossLeaving Mesa the highway Mor- very interesting place. Speakers ?an ke pretty important to Gila river where the es were President George Albert yu work for a busi-ect- montheBattalion crossed 104 years Smith and Governor J. Bracken affected by this com-L- e A marker is erected there m Lee, Square dancers from Corinne our company the gave a splendid demonstration of may decide ago. their memory. At Gila Bend, Yudances. We moved on only town between Mesa and .community not oniy may ma, there are 28 gas stations which to the Alexandria hotel in Los An.ng Pants, but it cannot is there livelihood and very noticegeles for one night. on equal terms with the able. MARCH is new businesses look-- i r i The water for culinary purposes ace to build factories. hall We marched to the city wrells 1,700 ft. deep. from is pumped congress voted $34,000,000 where Fort Moore once stood and At this point the Mormon Battaweakwhere on July 4, 1S47 the Mormon r TSteam Senerating plant oxen and mules so their lion, n JohnsnVllie( Tenn., there-inall- y Battalion was mustered out of the ened, were forced to build toa float U. S. service after 3 if, months in dropped the fiction boat of wagon boxes of welcome ilSwJl8 merely a a part fo their provisions down California. The addressBowron. GovMayor near the coast. The ponton struck was given byWarren Pject. California of wiu now be tax-- f rocks in the stream, thus loosing ernor Earl and more to establish such T.Vc of their food. For 2W) miles said the Mormon Battalion stood which could there is not a living thing for man everything in their march of 101 without these sub- - or is years ago, that it is possible for beast, cactus versus sand. It ever man to stand. amazing that a man or beast Governor J. Braken Lee remarkgovernment to lived to complete the trip. ChristoDollyo.ur bUSmeS3 ln this coun-ntfof my ed, we honor and respect the Pres. pher Layton, the founder of onr of Utah and California that eJp,ense and set a home town, was a member Smith said the Battalion shared the Ver famed battalion. .. 0ther wSklng oxen and mules, pulOur bus broke down ( miles labor onof the to assist the animals Answer is ropes up to you. east of Yuma. We thought it ter ling ly : old-fashion- ed pon-too- un-kerpi?- ls pio-nee- rs nr sas it difficult to feel any sympathy, for any dog, or any dog owner. Its high time strong steps were taken to curb the dog nuisance. Ninety-nin- e per cent of the dogs are nothing but a nuisance the other one per cent are kept on their own premises. It seems that we mhst have dog lovers among us (although I fail to see why), so the only thing to do is make it plain that their dogs must he kept under restraint. What we need is twice as many dog catchers, who could spend a week just putting stray mutts out of circulation. Now a cat is a different thing. A cat makes a gentle and altogether harmless pet. They dont upset garbage cans and they dont dig up lawns. Besides, they serve a useful purpose in destroying mice and I have three other rodents. cats myself and I know that they make much more suitable household pets than any dog. I would like to suggest to all dog owners that they get rid of their mutts and get a cat instead. Not only would they eventually get to love the cat more than the dog, but it would also eliminate one of our greatest nuisances. (Signed) Another Reader. (Editors Note: The Journal will gladly publish viewpoints of its readers, with the understanding that The Journal doesnt necessarily share those viewpoints, and provided they contain no material that could be interpreted as libel. All letters must bear the correct name of the writer, but the name will be withheld if so 40-ho- - ot 13 Page By DELL II. ADAMS L ;rytnec journal Mormon Battalion March Paid Tribute By S.U.P. Trekkers EST COLUMNIST inv in: TAXING . . when Bobby t Five years ago, Merritt, Boston, was born, he received a demand from the tax office to pay his poll tax. His parents protested the error, but each year the demand Is repeated. Hes old enongh to pnll his own hair now. in pulling the wagons. They were ur hungry, tired and sore of foot. The program at Los Angeles was witnessed by 3JKX) people, and was well worth the entire cost of the trek. Continuing on the San Bernardino we were welcomed to the city by 20,000 people. We then paraded to the fair grounds where a short program followed: Mr. and Mrs. Art Layton, formerly of Kaysville, were in the audience and I spent the night at their home. This was a very enjoyable trek, EE and I wish everyone could have I f&i tJZI- - jL taken the 2,300 mile trip. I wish to compliment the officers of the 8 ALT LAKE STAMP CO SUP for arranging the splendid DEPT. N, 43 WEST 3RD SOUTH A 01 TTACSG |