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Since the outbreak of ths revolu± Lv tion In Spain which was led by the fuUlihd Every Thursday at Gunnison Utah army under Franco It has been noted that much of the strength of the matter" s Entered at the poetoffiee at Gunnison as revolutionary cause has come from under the Ad of Con tress of March 1 1879 foreigners chiefly the mercenary Moorish warriors and the machinery of battle contributed by Germany and SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Italy One Year $200 The government at Madrid uphold100 Six Months ing the popular front has also received supplies from abroad and some Payable in Advance Volunteers of foreign blood are In the battle lines of the republican army PHONE H W CHERRY It may be that the situation will 20 Editor and Publisher grow worse and that other foreign 'vrrr‘Tjr hatU®' on Spanish soil droops OVERLAPPING MAKE AUTO KILLING in the wrar that is now going on The TAXATION UNPOPULAR fighting has probably ceased to be a between Spanish factions A recent summary by the United struggle When the final figures are tabu- and Spain has become the testing serves lated and released it will probably States treasury department ground for other forces both anxious be found that 1936 was the worst again to call attention to the extent to score a victory year In our history so far as auto- - of overlapping taxation impose! by the federal and state government and ONLY NINE mobile accidents were concerned Mors than 8$ 000 men women and once more brings up the query: LYNCI11NGS children were killed Hundreds of “Where will It all end?” According to the Tuskege? Inxti- thousands were Injured Property According to this summary in 1935 tute annual bulletin on the subject the federal government edited- $2- - only 9 persons were lynched in the damage ran Into the Lilfllons United State last year the smallest AiWsft 90 per cent of this ghastly STMOOOOO yrom six tax individual number in any year except ore since can be ascribed to but estates and inheritances Incomes corporation incomes gaso record have have been kept that one thing'! the human element line and tobacco From these being 1932 when there were only 8 It la a telling commentary on our same liquor six sources the’ various states lynching driving habita tlhat the worst aoci drew $1049900000 — a total burden All 9 persons lynched in 1936 were d n)ir M rwj theM u th negroes and the offenses charged under favorable conditions of light sources alone of over three and a were: rape 3 Rape 3 attempted exandweether and liwolvo ears In billion dollars murder activity in cellent fewuHtlon The reason for this quarter 1 is one of growing ser- - strike The 1 not problem reported charge la simple enough Driven exaggerate - f yrt 1“ pmtkal station Lynching occurred in the following Md Geor2 Florida n Statenri'rArkansas rv IVy thanca federal and gia 5 Mississippi 1 TEJ Yuoftmib t th IhM of riou’ tU frovemmnt Figures compiled at Tnsktree indi- WyoM an NUanUi They l"-° rate that officers of the lav av'd 69 ’ on MU ahd norm wl l persons from death at th' hanl- of wav In and wt rf traffic coot Thore’a no arrrcomrnt rr- - mobs during the year and of this anuhi tarntn at a horrible w In number 7 were white lifi health and proyorty tax For example the federal govern- - The crime of lynching has greatly Effort tc cchoata thaw drlvora to 7S in recent years due largely ndvdulj appool to tholr aono tf maon and d th nt ot w tnMm tt to increased vigilance on the part of fanwa and oorirtwy hava fa lod rom nd one officers of the law and especially prayttaSy 1M por cont That hoinf w lnKmi some more through prompt removal of certain truetihe next step U a massed pub- classes of suspected criminals to more ml tic opinion that mu tnfprisons at a considerable dis'hve 'peure flc lawa and tnaiflo patroU and tance from the localities where these vortordonol atrtrtly pnnfa) thoaa ruUty of drlv were committed crimes ! lod on lev a cthoc that tax by tn rora that canao accident U " states Lynching in the United th mil- - driver nforro to mend ‘“I reached it most frightful height in hi wya ho mu h forwd to And 1R92 when no less than 211 persons a period of time ho ha or were killed by mobs 69 of the victims horn that fine and other punlah- diy101n 11 During the b 't five being white mnta won't do Ur work ho lm1 bo Wmw“ tV mral' years lynching have occurred as car dcj’rivcd of the rlrht to eperato Tn 1932 8 in 1933 28 in 1934 On public street and highways 15 in 1935 20 in 1936 9 It Is estimated that TO per ent of AROlIT MAOIINE-MADThe reort to lynching is indefensdrivers ere recklesa while 90 per cent UNEMPLOYMENT and ible under any circumstances rl reasonably capable and cautious From ice man to telephone girl a reflection upon any community in WUI that dangerous 10 per cent Con- will No citizen occurs play-it to which t good IKj saxophone printer hue to" ce allowed to imperil all tfoeer o’ ployment has inctyased :n Am participate in or condone mob murrest bf ind to make riuighter result-onow machine in- - der housee of ur piblic roads? ventions according to a euney re- MCNSON cently comPlet mu W- tawn u mh ul nd ad “ r f" Pf'1’' l" f"1" "Md rv(rnmtt Mh - “ frt‘' “ "’'"'1' £r VVf rt X "itl”'T ““‘T “ W“" T 1" “ f1' W" fm t tAxr stiff' wmen? remits of a Making Machinery and lengthy a drive “Th beat way to hlp labor and Allied Products Institute of 'coffin naU into the myth that magricufltur and all other th population now la to reduce thettomc create unemployment anl of absorption of purchasing power by'fers evidence that millions of wage in taxes" ray- the ‘’yracu'o Now York earner? hve ga'ned e ploy echanizei ‘They have been en- - the most heaviy tries too heavy to continue as nor- jnal thing Th goal now ehould b an ‘ Many of these industries the Inerets in dvatlonal Income without port eays employ more w orkers n increase in total levies so that day than in 1929 the percentage of the Income taken “Vast technologies! improvement by taxes' becomes smaller steadily" have been made in the automobile dollars that go to the public dustry” says the report ‘‘but cannot b spent for food ployment per vehicle manurotnred tomobilea nd enter- - was 25 per cent higher in 1905 than 'an! tarhment They' are removed from in 1929 year 109 worker had channels where they would jobs making automobiles for every productive create employment atlmukte trade ‘100 men employed between 1923 and and treat new wealth and opportun- - 1925“ ity Among other fact devclopel by Aa a result a substantial reduction the report were the following: In be burden of taxation could not Telephone girls increa'ed by more help but be reflected in better time than 50000 during the ten years that —In a quickened recovery movement the dial system was being installed jilor money would be spent for all and linemen increased 100 per cent th things that we need and desire Ice dealers more than doubled shoe to home Old industries tween 1920 and 1930 because expand their plants and In- - chanical refrigerators popularize! all crease their working forces New In- - refrigeration dustries would be established Far more workers in the textile in- Elsewhere In it editorial the Pobjdutry are required to meet the de- Standard says that “analysis of tli mands of a thousand Americans ’ congress shows that It will be a day than in the colonial days of i congress The people of the ning wheels due to the increase ue country 'will have to ahow a detr- - of textile products as a result of toined opposition to extravagance U lower prices when machine methods a program of needed economy la to are' used b carried out AYith the develop"ent of the type- la directly up to th peo- - writer and adding machine and other The la d Civ politic a free hand and ww mechanical office equipment typists have mom bureaucracy aad more have Increased 32 per cent and — at th expens1cf employ- - keepers cashiers and accountants lament Investment and pocket money creased 27 per cent between the last Make the collective desire fog ecorv wo census year while population omy ftdt— and we will have' tax ’ was increasing only 16 per cent duct!onr Sound motion pictures displaced 30 per cent of all theatre musicians but Another joke probably quit an-- 1 during th same years musiolsn and ' clent about two Irishmen: Callahan' teachers of music Increased by 35000 "You're a fool" actor by 17000 theatre uhers by says to O’Famd O’Farrell retort “You’re drunk" T000 and radio employees by 6000 Callahan admits the charge saying' I A printer today can ret five tjmos “Yea but tomorrow I’ll be eoficr and ns much type with a linotype machine Mill be fool" a you’ll aa he could by hand In 1890 yet there t are five times as many Employed in the Industry now as there were then because machinery has made pneible the vast growth of the printing i 7“ V et Iat — — ‘ D GUNNISON UTAH NAUTICAL NOVELTIES t " The following “Nautical NoveMes" are furnished byjthe U S Navy Recruiting Station at Salt Lake City: The custom of raising hands and when taking an eyes heavenward oath la of great antiquity The head was bared to the deity or superior autho-'t- y when taking an oath When the Lible was collected into a volume the right hand was placed upon the Bibll during the administration of the oath and upon completion the Bible was kissed In fact the kissing of the Bible continues in some locali-tie- s end wa a general custom in this country until about fifty years ago when the custom of raising the bared right hand with head uncovered became general The Bible is still used In the navy for swearing of the court and witjudge advocate recorder nesses of The practice of the rigljt hand ungloved came from the early days in England when ill criminals were branded on the right hand The hand was bared in order to ascertain whether or not the witness to be sworn was branded Medal and decorations received by officers and enJited men of the United States navy are worn left breast This custom may be traced from the practice of Cruador in wearing the badge of honor of their Also the left order near the heart side was the shield side of the Crusader for the large shield carried by the left arm protected both the heart and the badge of honor ft is believed that the practice of putting buttons on the cuffs of coats for men and boys originated in the British navy A Britbh commentator once wrote: “Tn the eailier days of the last century small mites of boys eight or nine years old and even When younger were rent to sea these small boys were first at sea they were one and all o woefully homesick that they had continuous sniffles and for the first part of their term of service they were forever rubbing the poor little homesick and dripping eye and nose on the cuffs of their coats This was so detrimental to the appearance of their uniforms that it led to the sewing on of buttons” The galley (kitchen) smokepipe is referred to by all men as thet “CJharley Noble” This name was fro-the British merchant derived service captain Charlie Noble who required a high polish on the galley funnel The funnel of hi galley was of copper and its brightness became known in all ports visited by bis ship In the old days of hard drinking at sea the expression “Dead Marine” was generally accepted as synony- - banking A Servant of Business Wt On November 12th 1936 the world' and Oakland bridge connecting San Francisco Traffic formerly opened to the public ferree now tra- interruptedt byn cumbersome nrXi vCKIMUt r' this new highway over vels quickly was this Like new a smooth nishes bridge modern banking road for the trade of fur- the Servant of all bus:nea a close connecoffers innumtion with a friendly institution world erable opportunities for being of service Gunnison Valley Bank — Member — Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance an empty bottle The story William IV when Duke of Clarence and Lord High Admiral at an official dinner said pointing at "Take away some empty bottles those marines” A dignified and elderly Major of Marines present rose from the table and said “May I respectfully ask why your Royal Highness applies the name of the corps to which I have the honor to belong to an empty bottle?” The Duke with that tact and characteristic grace that was his retorted promptly “I call them marines because they are who have done their good fellow's it again” duty and are ready mou? with is told that Corp Commenting on the efficiency of deDutch housewives a Hollander clares that one of them can run a spinning wheel with one foot rock a cradle with the other knit socks with her hands read a book on her knee and pres a cheese on uhith she is sitting all at one and the same time Owing to fatal errors in fil prescriptions Norway has passe law requiring doctors to ’write n plainly The total force in action against Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo numbered 67000 — made up of English Scots Irish and German troops After Florida Debro an Arkansas negress had buried a man supposed to be Robert Debro her husband RoThe heat of a volcano in Italy has bert himself appeared at his home been harnessed for the production of alive and well He was enraged when he found that the wrongly identified power man had been buried in his best suit of clothps FIRE THEFT A microphone which will detect the presence of an iceberg six or seven miles awwy has been devised by a Canadian scientist and all classes of Insurance Written IRA OVERFELT Gunnison Valley Bank Y Jackon day ce’ebrated Januaiy 8 not the birthday of the seventh president of the United States but the anniversary of his victory over the British at New Orleans one of ‘ ‘he ori a ili'ary exploits in the annals of American fighting forces In this battle fought on January 8 1815 General Jackon’a army of from only about 5000 militiamen several Southern repulsed an attnek by a British “arry of more than 10000 veteran troops under Genera! Pakenhnm After some prelirainaiy xkirn'uh ing the main assault on Jackson’s trenches by the British lasted only half an hour during which time Pakenh&m and about 2600 of his men were killed while the American loss wa only 8 killed and IS wounded This battle was not only remnk-- ! able because of the unprecedented of contending difference in the but also because it was armies fought two weeks after the treaty of peace had been signed at Ghent on December 24 1814 neither command-- I er having heard that peace had Wen declared In addition to his brilliant military career Jackson held numerous high public offices including thne of congressman United State senator and supreme court justice in Tennessee and was the first governor of Florida In 1824 he received a plurality of both nonular and eW'oral vot for president but as neither of the four candidates received a majority of electoral votes the election was thrown into the houe of represent! tive and John Quincy Adams was is choen Four years later however Jackson was elected president and again in 1832 nerving a auch from 1829 to 1937 Both of his adm!nitrstion were stormy but on the whole successful A unique Incident o ? his regime was the payment of the nationa’ debt In full and a distribution of the surplus revenue to the eeveral states Jackon day I marked bv gatherings of Democratic leaders In various rities of the country with banquets and Buy from our local merchant a Tell your son about Elmo Scott tson Tell Hun I Vital You9ve Found to Bo True J Tell Mm of the value will derive from reading educationally a historical articles as they W1J abl? 8?n "Sure I like history often ponderous and drained of the vitality that makes history the stirring story that it is Then tohim the skill with which this man makes dramatic phases of his country s history read like lively fiction O Show him that Mr Watson’s articles sometimes other fields of American intcres- c- to popular science digress to sports the fine arts industry htcrature—to developments that will MAKE Lut read like romance" history noted future writer Vnl WthlS PR- - le this us tnct You unjtd lecurt in this cf your thills hcaust Elm Scott JTaUon't trtulet !vayt are juthonuuoe and art hud upon the most painslakint research In h T' tma ‘S‘n instructor in tur tr7x Ot A? VT 7Xif StchloS - oujnahsmQTthvcstern Un amity and is of a new hoi on the as a tulject h dopttd texthoklyleadini journalism schools throuthout the nation All - - Member of the Family Find Elmo Scott Watson’ Articles Entertaining and Informative WATCH FOR THEM IN THIS PAPER V |