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Show . 0 1 A ri ,1 tditortal ini ink IILVLiriO flnftur CYDCNtr . - Like a Political Issue tiip oast seven years, or writer he.came- the editor , AnfC LUia .LLOVrta . of the Helper aud later to. publisher clear of journal, he has steered issues, where such opinions construed as "taking 6ides.'. Journal is, has been, and Helper Tie an independent Kni continue to be newspaper, politically, and otherwise long as tne present puonsners 8o remain at the helm. Whenever the editor has observed that he felt was not a problem what the greater per centage in, of the people wanted or believed to express his lie has not hesitated opinion or air his views. He has tried as well as o recognize achievement of this community. point out the ills Your editor regrets deeply the re. cent action taken by the Republican party of Utah when they went on in their state record by resolution convention, as favoring the repeal of Utah Direct Primary the present law, and returning the power of nom. tearing candidates back to the min. partisan fflight be ex-ct- ly ority- over 10 RAILROAD million American are wearing the colors of the and are fighting the good old USA most horrible and bloody war in the history of man that America may be and that our Dem kept American, vanish from our ocracy may never men , n Sarui"day. May ',, Helper cit. April receints for iioim,.. " ceeded expenditures by $"76 74 ac izens wi" observe Poppy Day, a day designated t0 honor America's dead cording to a report released recently OL iwu wars, wnen millions .of tV TTi.nnni .!... viiicDi Tl: riauii, cuy recorder. Bus. iness licenses and perpetual care Americans will wear the little red poppies payments of cemetery lots were the made by World War principal items boosting receipts for as a symbol veterans, the month. The annual spring clean, of remembrance and was the biggest item of expense up tribute. as shown in the report. Margaret Brisnahan, Receipts and disbursements by de. poppy chairman for the are as follows: partments American Legion Aux. Receipts Business licenses $1101.-1iliary unit 21, and her fines $60. sewer connections Jfi committee, will be on electric light, water, garbage and the street early Satur. sales tax collections $7534.62, electric day morning to com meter deposits $205, auditorium re. mence the sale of the ceipts $124.75, cemetery service fees poppies, which have been made by $990.50, sale of materials $88.79, or a' disabled war veterans in the Veter. ans hospital, during the year. This total of $10,110.81. Disbursements-Pub- lic affairs and occupation has aided in helnine them finance $843.45, public safety $930.57, to pass the long hours away and at streets and sidewalks $824.21; water the same time enables them to con. department $899.05, electric light tribute something to mankind and dept. $2364.29, parks and cemetery also earn a little money for them. dept. $707.06, public buildings $447.. selves. It is the desire of the Auxiliary or. 52, garbage service $333.61, statutory and general $234.31, contingent fund ganization to inform the citizens $20, electric meter efunds $230, or! just how the money derived from the a total of $7,834.07. poppy sale is expended. The price of the poppies which 'the Auxiliary units pay is two cents each, one cent of WORKERS IN DEMAND which goes to the veterans them, selves for the making of them. After FOR REBUILDING paying for the poppies, 60 percent of the profits remains in the local unit, iwith the remaining 40 percent going OF SGOFIELD DAM to the state. 5, snores. It has been only a matter of about eight years since the ection of public officials power of el. in Utah was taken from the hands of a few dom ineering politicians, whose only am. Wtion was political power, and who hew nothing about honest scruples, and was given to the masses. And trer since that time there have been members of both major parties doing their all in trying to regain that power they enjoyed so many years. The GOP served warning during the last regular session of the state legislature that they were out after the direct primary. Their representatives? .proposed amendments that would eliminate the runoff, and later legislation that would have removed the whole system from the statutes. ETery attempt was beaten down and the direct primary still survives. Xow the GOP have come out bold, ly. as a party hopeful of gaining political prestige lost several years ago in I'tah, and by resolution favor back giving the power of elections to those vulchers who have been shunted into the for a d number of years. It isn't the object of this article to suggest that the GOP should be (Continued on Pagt Eight) back-groun- Kenilworth Miner Monday Falling Rock Killed By Funeral services are being held Way at 2 p.m. in the LDS tabernacle at Price for Myrl Jones. 37, of Price, ho was killed instantly Monday ht at 9:30 p.m. in the Independent Coal & Coke mine fall of rock. Mr Jones, at Kenilworth by who was operating an loading machine, has been employed by the, company for several ars. He was born in Monticello AMI 7, 1907, a son of Mr and Mrs H. Jones j of Price, formerly of electric lelper. His assistant, W. R. Everett. JninHes frnm which recovering at the Kenilworth "OSDital Snr,n,.. a received he is Might i. i t-- i- 8n. reported yesterday. Surviving besides his parents are Mrs Sydonia Johnson J's widow, three children, Leon, 12; Don, Myrlen 7. all of Price; a rtler, Harold B. Jones, Provo, and sisters, all of Price. b(,y iS at the MItche11 funeral torn and KS&AVVj: According to Parley R. Neeley, supervising en gineer in charge of if Retail Stores To the project of rebuilding the Sco- field dam, construction is getting Enjoy underway, with 45 men employed and Memorial HolidaV an urgent need for 55 more, mostly $ Patrons of Helper's laborers. retail O Even the engineering staff is short stores are advised to shop this of help. W. W. Clyde, Springville Friday and Saturday for three i -smce an agreement has " 9 days, Lull LI tttlUl 13 L. Mendenhall, seeking workers thru, g been reached to remain closed out the state, in an enort to remeuy a Sunday, Monday and Tuesday the situation, a few Carbon high g of next week, in observance of Memorial Day. school boys have been trained on The decision to! Saturdays for the past month. Some; are already rendering good service remain cJosed 1 as engineer's helpers, with others Monday will expected to be on the job now that employe and em. school is closed. ployer an equal Dam workers are housed in com-- ; g opportunity to get a little much .. . ,. .um fortame camns, wmun needed rest and at the same time afford a cnance t0 obse,-Voccupied by engineers, while plenty i u.e 0t good eats are avaname the national holiday, Memorial construction camp's dining hall. Day, on Tuesday with fitting First concrete for the outlet con.j importance. duit was poured Tuesday. Forms are The United States postoffice, being put in place, also steel rein- g the state liquor store, banks the on shifting forcing rods. Work and city offices will be closed 4 mater. in is progress, track railroad . w-- V on Sunday and Tuesday, but 1 uie ew irt al being excavatea ior ,u. will be open on Monday, which cation. is not a recognized holiday. a are be. bin A separation plant and inir erected for the purpose of screen- Shoppers are urged to read inches in five than the local merchants' ads in this rock larger ing diameter out of the material ot; jssue 0f tne Journal so that which the barrier will be built. Ajjj .they may shop more intelli concrete batching plant also is under gently. V construction. Both cement and aggregate are Wheat Loans to Average .1.28 being shipped in by rail, the former near at loans that will average Inkom, Wheat mill the from coming Pocatello, Idaho, and the latter from $1,28 a bushel at the farm will be a mountain near the new penitentiary made on the 1944 crop by the Commodity Credit Corporation of WFA. beyond Provo. . The average last year was $1.23. probably built, dam is the After sometime next fall when the reser. Loans will vary from the basic na. voir is nearly empty, the old dam tional rate of $1.28 to take into ac. and quality. will be taken out, the material being count location, grade are Loans on and warehouse d Engineers waste in piles. dumped to see how much cinders, stored wheat will mature on demand. 30, 1943. baled hay and straw were dumped i,t not later than April be to by pay. it: liquidated loan may keep barrier Any in front of the m. three in percent 1928. full, nient in plus out from going " Merest from date of note. Loans will Coun-of't- y More Telephones Coming jbe administered in counties by Agency Adjustment Agricultural manufacture Rooiimntion of committees under tne supervision oi telephones to the ex. the State committees. civilian-typ- e tent of 200,000 sets per quarter has Produc. been authorized by the War ex. are deliveries First tion Board. 100,-00- 0 Approximately Fall. pected by new orders for telephones that of cannot be filled because of lack each t om accumulating 3-D- ay giveHg!lf ...,. 1 farm-store- equipi"111- menntsPr,Ce month. RIIUAL FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CHECKING UTAH DEGIUS THURSDAY, JUNE tSjPerintendent PLt Dqw of the onuai , ay Patro1 aniounces the y insPection of all motor Tehicii IU ,CaTying UUh "cense p,ates n - '"uisaay, June 1 ; as'"spection law is for vour a driver, the r"i Doinl superintend. ! out- It is to you Important I car- as well as the other safe t0 drive. Show your fello a good l ttati-- ,, example. It is k artim ,9mlCe t0 your countr 8ee tnat no manpower 8f tmnZ 18 ,0t through any act of yours. Uw 8'. Wln Nstlonal Award for 1H3 C - - r " 1 won 1943 Utah During the year the Grand National traffic safety award. This means that of all the traffic 48 states in the Union the was considered Utah of record safety the best. Undoubtedly the vehicle contributed safety inspection program this award. largely to the winning of soon "Have your car inspected as can conveniently after June 1 as you the arrange,"' counsels Dow. "Give instruc. and time inspecting station as Hons to do as thorough a Job will last longer, car possible. Your and lt needs your care. You may have to use lt for a long time yet. DISTRICT NEWS PA PER I T A H May Frieze, May Helper, May Price City Hospital Mr and Mrs Arthur De. Price, boy. 20 Mr and Mrs V. A. Ostler, girl. 20 Mr and Mrs F. Kostas, 19 Price, boy. May 22 Mayor and Mrs J. Brack. en Lee. Price, boy. May 23 Mr and Mrs J. Rich, Price, boy. May 23 Mr Sunnydale. girl. and Mrs D. Croft, May 24 Mr and Mrs John Naylor, Sunnydale, girl. Mrs Carlyle Jones, May 24 Mr and Orangeville, boy. Standardvllle Hospital Mrs Henry Tuck, May 20 Mr and girl. Hiawatha, er, Bar. May 22 Mr and Mrs Stanley boy. Canyon, an, Spring may as, Thursday, Saturday Is "Poppu Dau" us your uutu lo tieip FOR HELPER CITY ly ttc Editor Today AND HELPER. r i MIN'NG 21 38 NUMBER Miipiittl The Helper unit places their allot. nient in a separate fund, using it en. tirely for welfare purposes, such as assisting needy families, distributing baskets during the hoi. idays, aiding children of world war veterans, and aiding in financing or doctor operations bills. If. at any time, their funds are deplet. ed and money is need, ed, they may write to the state fund for as. CRIGLER CHANGES CHALLENGES villi 1 ill i nn 1944 m PLEA, THEN TAKES A STROLL TEACH AMERICANISM A "trustee" for five minutes, was stirring ilinlleiige was issued the all Clifford Kiwanis club last evening Crigler. 35, a Carbon of its members. I.t. Governor county jail inmate, wanted, and he KM ward to .sponsor future took to the free outside world about Sheya. noon Monday, only a short time after stimulate projects that will of his country and those he had pleaded guilty to a charge of who have enjoyed the privileges of receiving stolen goods. Prior to Monday. Crigler pleaded citizenship in the ISA. Mr Sheya spoke to the club on the subject of not guilty to a charge of second de. A local e i "I Am An American," a day set aside to pay honor to the newly rec. osnized citizens of the United States. Mr Sheya opened his address by slfctance. refering to a recent survey conThe 40 per cent of ducted by Time magazine on a few the profits sent to the very pertinent questions that Am. state is also kept in a ericans should know. The results of separate fund and used mostly in the the survey pointed to the need of work at the Veterans1 hospital. Each more study and a better understand, ing of that which America offers its week Auxiliary members prepare He criticized the manner in "cnee' tray'' for the hospital, which people. which southern congressmen, cn'ains shaving cream, cigarettes, ernors and political leaders had gov. ac. toothpaste and many other items recent decision of the suthe cepted fl'om which veterans make a choice, preme court in allowing the Negro thus supplying them with some of the right to vote in Democratic pritne things they can't afford to buy. maries in Texas. Almost universally Anotner very worthy project which those so.called leaders of the South ,he PPPy fund finances is the pur. had vocally repudiated the court's chasing of Christmas gifts for the action by vowing they would find Veterans, children, ways and means of keeping the It is expected that more poppies Negro from voting. tiian ever before will be sold this Mr Sheya refered to another con. year by the Auxiliary units. The troversal issue involving one of the local group of ladies have purchased nation's big business concerns and a larger amount than usual and willjtne government, wherein the law has solicit the aid of each and every fit. either misinterpreted, or an almost izen. art of treason had been committed. He used such illustrations to em. phasize the importance of teaching the new citizen the fundamentals of a democratic form of government. Frank Mangone presided as chair, Donald Adams, Just as the Helper Journal district man and was going to press, word was attorney, was introduced as a guest. received from John Redd of The club will attend the St. An. Price that his nephew, Lt. Don 'thony Catholic church in body next E. Colton, son of Mrs Alta Sunday morning at 10 o'clock as ? Colton of Salt Lake City, form, continuation of the Cub's "Support er Helper residents, had been of Churches" project. They have pre. reported missing in action over viously attended the LDS and Com. enemy territory since May 9. jmunity churches. Mr Redd had just received a telegram from Mrs Colton ad. SPECIAL AWARDS vising him thus. TO PRESENTED Elsewhere in this issue is a STUDENTS CATHOLIC story concerning the recent activity of Lt. Colton and the Commencement exercises for the awarding of the Air Medal to Dame Junior high school were Notre him. This story had been run held Wednesday, May 17, at the before the above information Dame De Lourdes church in Notre was received. Price, when 17 students received their certificates of promotion to Former Price News their junior year. Editor Reported The program was as follows: Pr.i-cessional. Mother Beloved: Mother at Missing Over France gree burglary. According to the complaint filed against Crigler, he was involved in the theft of approximate, ly JfitlO in lunch money and war stamps and two stop watches from the Helper Central school last March 17. Exactly a week later he was apprehended by police officials near the Price post office after he had attempted to convert some of the war stamps into cash. He was brought before District Judge Fred W. Keller for a prelimin. ary hearing Monday morning. Returned to the jail after the hearing, Crigler was permitted to carry a basket of waste material to an In. cinerator in the rear of the court house. t Sheriff S. Marion Bliss said simply: "Crigler didn't come back." The sheriff said Crigler has a criminal record and has served time in penitentiaries outside Utah.. Crigler was the second Carbon county prisoner to escape from iaiT during the past month. George Col. lingham, after serving 40 days Of a. y sentence, was permitted tc "co downtown for a haircut." As with Crigler. Collingham "did. not come back,'- either. John B. Davis, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, pleaded innocent before Judge Keller. His trial was set for June 20. Ben Hugh May, facing a first de. gree murder count for the triangle-slayinof Joseph Starinsky, at a, 2(. also p!ea,,"' innocent. April " May's trial was set for June 12, at 90-da- - g La-tud- 10 a.m. AMERICAN LEGION PLANS OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY Ot'o Wiesley a past department commander of the American legion of I'tah: a member of the Public Service commission of Utah; and a n figure in Helper find Carbon county, will deliver the an. mial Memorial Day address at ,fhe "Mt View" He,Pei' metery next Word r received in ....ICec"Iy I,Awards; address to graduates; Ave Tuesday mo).nin, v r. Crissman. thig week that Bob Andrews, a for. Maris Stella; O Mary Conceived rai.non post 21 athletic officer, mer associate editor of the Sun- Christ Sin; recessional-Fo- r ,llnp.i m,i wpov Advocate, and a native of Aberdeen. Kjng ruim ill, mail. vcnm-tpSnnth nnknt, nunn.lg ,J in action over Fiance on April 27.! The Catecnwm awards, donated by man of the committee in charge of Sutler, were merited a arrangements for this year's oWr-wa- s ' He was a navigator on a bomber and!Father on a regular mission for the'follows: JosTeph Ro'a""o. first award; vance of Memorial Day, the program Phil will be built around the military United States Air Corps. He , theMonis McNary. second award: third an(1 Josel,h SaIazar theme, with special emphasis hemg son of Mr and Mrs Homer Andrews. fourth .placed on honoring those who have Merlene Zaccaria, award; After leaving the employ of the' d Wo gjv(n ,hei,. ,IveR w,(i. Mr Andrews was em-- j SunAdvocate m wi The awardg for gene,.a, exce in ,L The s,)llt ployed by the FBI in Washington. (lollate( by Father Butler and Father! 10:30 a.m. D.a, but short y after Pearl Harbor c,g Lamotlie were presented to "The local Legion has a burial plot he enlisted n the Air Corps Details M , and )n fh(, Mf ew (,emp Mcf galazar phiip as to when he was assigned to overRolando. can be well something any post seas duty are lacking, as well as Joseph Following the graduation exercises proud of, and is a project very few where he received his preliminary Father Butler, Father Lamothe and American Legion posts in the country and advanced flying instruction. Mrs Margaret McNary, went to the have undertaken," Mr Putman, said, home of Joseph Rolando, who is re- - "It. is our hope that the local popul. RITES FOR RAIL etiperating from an operation, anda:ion will respond to our invitation VICTIM HELD AT with his diploma and to attend the services next Tuesday," presented him ' awards. he said. PRICE YESTERDAY well-know- l. mtW , j ,., ' j Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 p.m. in the Mitchell Funeral home for Otis Everet Fouse, 32. carman for the Rio Grande Railroad company, who was fatally injured when struck by a railroad engine while working at Soldier Summit late Saturday. Burial was in the Price city cemetery. Mr Fouse was inspecting cars in the Soldier Summit yards and had just given a signal for the train to start when he slipped and fell in front of the slowly moving engine. He was dragged along the right of way several feet before train crew, men noticed his plight and stopped the train. He died at the Price city hospital at 6 p.m. Sunday, where he had been taken following the accident at Soldier Summit. Mr Fouse was born In Duchesne October 14, 1911, a son of Probus W. and Susan Gilmour Fouse. Surviving are his widow, Mrs Clyd. ene Gibson Fouse; two daughters, Carol Ann and Marjorle Fouse, Soldier Summit; a brother, Ernest Fouse, Duchesne, and four sisters, Miss Eth. el Fouse, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs Minnie Ferguson, Salt Lake CUty; Mri Ella Mae Shepard, Helper, and Mrs Clara Milton, Springville. -- BMk th Attack -- Back the Attack- - BUY AN EXTRA BOND- - THREE FILE FOR COUNTY OFFICES, J. B, LEE ACCEPTS DESIGNATION Only three candidates for election to office in Carbon county next No. ember had filed with the county clerk by Wednesday evening, they being George Miller, for state sena. tor; J. Orvil "Blondie" Peterson. two.year commissioner and Edward Sheya, county attorney. All are in. cumbents in office, and are Demo, crats. The two seventh judicial judges, Fred W. Keller and John Hougaard. have filed with the Secretary of State for reelection on the Democrat. ic ticket. Donald Adams of Monticello announced last evening that he will be a candidate to succeed himself as district attorney, and expects to file within the next few days. With the deadline for filing less than a week away it Is expected con. slderable activity will be noted thru, out the state between now and next Wednesday, May 31. Mayor J. Bracken Lee of Price has reversed a previous decision and has designation of nomination accepted filed for him with the secretary of state and becomes 'governor of Utah. j , : candidate for voters sicnd his designation. He was the second candidate to enter the field fov the OOP nomination. Chief of Salt Lake Police, Reed E. Vetterli having pre. viously filed. Mr Lee was his part's for congress candidate tw ya ago. losinp to W. K. Granger by only 2fl9 votes. Mr Miller has served In the upper house of the state off and on tor 2t or more years, being elected in 1940 to the senate. Mr Peterson is cnm. pleting eight years as a commission, er. He was first elected In 1936 as a two.year man, and reelected in 1938 for another two.year tferm. In he became the county' choice for the four.year commission post. He now asks for another tj.wo.year term. Mr Sheya won the county at. torney post first In 1938, and has returned to office been subsequen-tlfor three two.year terms.! 'Tn an. nouncing his candidacy, Mr Sheya said he would stand on his record in office during the past six years. a 38 i |