Magna Times | 1933-01-06 | Page 1

rA, This Week ' b Arthur ififi Ejussans Too Much Crimo Sentiment rM VT Wiikfi iJ KiisJneu to AnimA.il TENTH YULB. tIAGNA, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1933 Robert Elliott Burns, committing in the State of robbery Georgia, wu put to work on tbe chain gang. SCHOOL CAHTATA Ho did not like It, eacaped twice, and n hook and moving picture have been prepared narrating hi alleged Batterings, called I Am a Fug! Ure From the Chain Gang. In addition to hie holdup Georgia, It appears that Mr. Borne In also a fugitive from Near York, accused of forgery. Georgia wants him hack to finish his sentenca Governor Moore of New Jersey re fusee extradition and the "fugitive from the chain gang U ante and tree In New Jersey. After his release the crowd pushed and straggled to congratulate him. All very pretty, bat mak lng a hero of a criminal should not be overdone Those who say "la his holdup he got leas than ft." should remember that he got att his victim had. Had he had 13.000 he would have taken that, and, presumably, would have ' been IU$ worth more cheerful. In addition, this particular criminal, like thousands of others at large la this country, would doubtless have murdered the man held ap had ho resisted. It isnt wise to he too enthusiastic, or tearful about a young gentleman who, after bring Indicted for forgery, goes out on the highway to rob with the possibility of murder. ' It Is the opinion of this writer tt would be a wholesome thing to let Mr. Burns go back to Georgia and learn that not everybody In the United States sympathises with holdup men, ' gangsters, counter- ' and potential murderers. feiters ' Georgia may be annoyed by exaggerated accounts of her prison cruelties, but aha has oas comfort, thst other States haven't. holdups la Georgia are comparatively few, and gangsters avoid that State. They don't like people that take crime seriously. u DOES FADEOUT FOR 1933 YEAR Arrangements art rapidly nearing the completion line for tbe cantata. "Evangatiae." which ia to be presented at tbe Cyprus High School auditorium by the girls Glee Club, Jannafy 12. Miss LoU Nelson is directing this musical setting to s poem and has under her direct supervision 70 girls who will participate in the characterizations. Local People Make Merry And Usher Matinee sad evening performances will be given. Students will be admitted to the matinee with the activity cards and five cents. Admission price at night will be 15c each or 25 a couple. Gw-tnevi- te high-scho- and spread far out, tike ripples on the water when n atone la thrown into n pond. There are such ripples la the Frasier killing case. Mrs. Murrell, mother of the murdered stenographer, accompanied by the stenographer former husband, attended th funeral. Driving back, their automobile collided with that of Martin Padgett, killing him Instantly, Injuring Mrs. Murrell end the former husband. Thus Mrs. Fraziers five bullet. Indirectly, killed Padgett, of whom she had never heard. At Fort Myers, Florida, a dog chased a kitten np n pine tree. Tbe kitten, afraid to climb down, stayed aloft all day and all night Man laughed, their wives did not. Three of them, according to th Associated Press, told their husbands they would not eat a bite an til they brought that kitten down, and they didnt eat while the kitten stayed in the tree, ptteonsly meowing for three days. Th husbands, worried not shorn the suffering of the kitten, but ebont their hungry wive a, called the fire department, the kitten was rescued, and the three wives at. That la more Important than It sounds, proving what needs no proof; that woman' kindness, the strange "moral superiority" that nature has planted in them, haa gradually changed ben from savages to men. low-bro- w On Christmas ternl-civilis- the president of th Jersey tent an airplane "roaring ovar five counties," distributing 250 Consolidated Sportsmen of New pounds of rice, wheat, millet, hemp seed and corn to feed wild birds etc. During the winter, eight thou sand pounds more gralnwlll be distributed, uu intelligent, kindly action, no matter whet the motive. At the same time It would seem strange It angeli scattered food to keep ua alive, on Christmas, la order that they might come and hoot as later la the ones aon. laU .ins. nlai Ham ol dents. Tbe cantata will alao be presented in the Ensign L. D. S. Ward chapel Sunday evening, Jaanary 15. according to Miss Nelson. 23rd Anniversary of Boy Seed Movement To Bo Observed Here Public Invited Te Attend Special Program At Copper dub , . . . , that our act affect others Joyonaaem Mid shouts of welcome and hope for a better year than hie predecessor gave, the Newborn 1933 was ushered ia Saturday midnight, by residents here who bad gathered at the Utah Copper Qub, the Bacchus clubhouse and private residences to usher ia the New Year with proper ceremonies in tbe expectation that it would deal a better band ia prosperity, happiness and success than was experienced in 1932. Sermons and services commemorative of the New Year and what it could hold for everyone wet given at the various churches ia this vicinity Tbe Sunday morning and evening. annual St. John's Day Service wa held at tbe Magna Baptist Church. Sunday evening, with Masons, families and friends as special guests. A The. February 8 Twenty-thir- d '' GARDEN PROJECT P. T. A. GROUP UP GOOD IN NOMINATES FOR REPORT GIVEN BY CLUB CONTEST THREE SOCIETIES COUNTY AGENT months of bowling , After Several to decide the supremacy of each of the nine entered teams, results at the close of the month of December show that two teams. No. 4 and No. 7, captained by 'Roy and Bond Alraean, respectively, ilead th corert. 'Both turns have won 1 9 games and lost 9, totaling .625 feoiats each. Qoecly lining np art tbe following il teams: VVPa. 11 .542 No. 3, Rots Aathoa -- 13 No. 2. Pi R. Schultz 15 No. 8, Pafky McQcvt 1 2 No. 1. J. P. Jacob -- 13 No. 9. Wm. Larson -- 11 9 No. 5, Wl Mayberry No. 6, Wm. Treeeder 9 13 12 15 13 15 15 .536 .500 .464 .458 .375 .375 LOCAL FIRE DEPT. SAVES $30,300.00 PROPERTY IN 1932 ... f r, Cyprus Band Plans To DeFend Title At Price Tournament fire-cal- ls -- T anniversary of the founding of the movement "of celeBoy Scoots of America will be brated by local troops with a Court of Honor at tbe Utah Copper Qnb, February 8. 1933. Boy Scoot week will be observed February 8 to 14. features are Special entertainment being arranged by beads of local troop for this anniversary, and a cordial invitation is extended to everyone to attend this special Court of Honor. Over five million boys have been Scouts since that February 8th when a charter was first granted to a small group of pnblic spirited men who were tbe first incoiporatots of the Boy Scouts pf Anca.,t Special emphasis is being made this year on tbe renewal of Old Scorning tie and on those former Scout who may have broken their connection with tbe movement. Boy Scout Week this year is significant because it is the first anniversary since the adoption of the Ten Year Program. According to tbe local scout authorities from that solemn occasion at 8:15 on anniversary night. February 8th, when every Scout and Scooter recommits himself to the Oath and Law to the conclusion of the weeks Social Time Planned ForP.TJLJan.ll Parent-Teache- rs d" activities, there are interesting, dramatic and worth while things to do that will give boys and men new zest in the Game of Scooting and a better appreciation of the fundamental values of tbe Scout Program. A more detailed announcement of the program will be made at later date. A summary of a brief statement of activities and results of agricultural extension work in Salt Lake County for the past year wa issued by V. L. Martintau, county agricultural agent. Friday. One of the chief articles of discussion ia the statement wa the Garden project bett which aided the unemployed in helping themselves. The county extension agent cooperated with tbe board of county commissioners in tbe supplying of free garden seed for unemployed people having suitable land and water for a home garden. Aa expenditure of $600 wa authorized by th county commissioner to pay fot seed. Tbe instituted and garden project was Urge tracts of unused land was mad available to people here. The county agent was placed in charge of this work to receive application make all necessary investigation and to aid th people in selecting suitable varieties of vegetable seeds. A total of over 600 pfoplt were assisted. , A large part of these garden supneeds, provided plied,. the summer some vegetable for winter storage, and a substantial number of tbe people canned vegetables for winter Known Organization At Oqnirrh To Be Patent-Teach- er Association A meeting was held recently at the Cyprus High School by the Nominating Committee designated by President A. C Ensign, November 30 at I meeting of th Magna P. T. A,, for th primary purpose of separating tbe three organization as wa agreed unanimously at the previous meeting. . Principal T. P, Brockbank presided and called tbe meeting to order. Those present were Mr. Brockbank. A. O. Clarke. C R. Moyes, Mrs- - J, A. Young. Alma Swenson, Mrs. Amy Gourley, B. E. Mix, O. T. Jensen and C R. Naylor. Aa C E. Pickett was unable to attend, he asked Mr Moyes to represent him. . Discussion was had regarding the organization of the combined Association and a motion wsa made by Mr. Mix that those elected as officer of the three groups, Cyprus, Webster and Hawthorne, nominate the officer for the combined organization. 1 b motion was seconded and passed. A motion was made by Mrs. J. A. that th combined organizaIt would be conservative to say Young tion be known aa tbe Oquirrh been have that 1500 to 2000 people eacher Aisociation. Thia motion given constructive assistance through waa also seconded and passed. this activity. Th following names are tbe nomiOqnirrh Qub Report In the interest of reaching the nation mad for th three groups: Urge group of young people between for President of Cyprus P. T. A.: the age of 18 to 30 years, the county Mrs. C. E. Pickett. Mrs. E. J. Gardof ner and Mrs J. A. Young: two vice extension agent made a survey past presidents, two principals, Mr. Brockeight communities during th year, listing the names and addresses bank and Mr. Lloyd; Secretary-Treasure- r, Miss Myrth Harvey. Mrs. Maof the young people of these ages. At the anneal extension conference deleine Waldi and Leslie Nelson. the agent served as committee For president of Hawthorne P. T. organizatjog AvTMriT V: DTScEowi Mri. red t. and pUn, constitution Wrathall, Mr. Julia Sutton and Mrs. On dub of this type, known as Amy for vice president, the Oquirrh Farm and Home Sci- school Gonrlry; fot Secrttary-Trtaa-ure- r: principal: ence Club, was organized here, and a Miss Larson and Mr. N, program of monthly meetings develBishop, ttachtrs st the school. oped covering the period of March to For President of Webstet P. T. A.: Octoh;t, 1932. Mrs. C. R,. Moyes, Mrs. William Seventeen members enrolled m this Proctor, Mrs. Ray Wyatt and Mrs. club, the ?ung men of the group un Rue Packard: for in accountfarm a dertaking project school principal; for Sec t ary Treasurer ing. ; Mu Hansen and Miss Anderson. MOTHER OF .LOCAL WOMAN PASSES AWAY. C, R. Naylor acted in the Capacity of secretary at th meeting. Meeting! will be held in tbe ajar future for , Mrt. Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, 80 wife of Witihmrtr Hamilton of fair-vie- w the variou -- organilatiwna and elec ' and mother of Mrs. Minnie tion of officer. Cash of Magna, died in Salt Lake Tuesday of heart trout le. Mr. Hamilton was well known to a number of u. Parent-T- fk f -- s residents here. Mrt. Hamilton wa born May 13, 1852 in Bridgewater. Va., a daughter She of Mr. and Mrs. James Harvey. until two had lived in FairvieW month ago when die came to Salt Lake because of her health. Surviving arc her- - husband three sons, Harvey Hamilton, Salt Lake: Loren Otis Hamilton, Payson and Hamilton, Fairview; six daughters, Mrs. Minnie Cash, Magna; Mrs. Ella Allred and Mrs. Ross Stewart. Business At Magna Postoffic Declines Tbe volume of greeting cards ban died at the Magna postoffic during the Christmas and New .Years holidays decreased approximately eight per cent in comparison with last year, a according to report issued Wednea-dar. by L. M. Dayton, assistant The parcel post business also past-maste- showed a decrease. Reports' from various postoffic over the state all show a decline, a number conilderabTy higher than toe James Brady, Salt Lake and Mrs. Carlson, Murray: two brothers and local postoffice two sisters in Virginia; 46 grand children, 33 great grandchildren end one great-gregrandchild. Funeral services will be conducted in the Fairview L. D. S. North Ward chapel today with interment in the Fairview City cemetery. tat. New School Board Members Assume Office BdmtkfxA January 5 Members of the Granite School District Board of Education held their first meeting of the year Thursday evening at tbe District office. D. W. U. E. A., Parratt, secretary of th who wa elected a board member by popular vott of taxpayer December 7 in tbe second precinct was sworn in as a member. Alma Swenson of the same Magna, who was date, renewed bit bond. Business of tbe district was transacted and discussed.. Project Completion Day Celebrated By SCHOOL SUPTS. DISCUSS LAWS Pleasure Trips Project completion day w aa celebrated by tiw members of the Ag" memdub recently, with twenty-foo- r bers participating. Only those who had completed a project of last year or had signed for t project the coming year were permitted to participate. Tbe group left tbe high school at noon and visited the following business houses in Salt Lake: Clover Leaf Harris Dairy Company, the Purity Biscuit Company and the American Later the Lady Baking Company. party divided, a portion of the crowd going to a movie and the remainder to the Municipal Bathing U? FIRST MAN to make A SOLO FLIGHT AM the ATLANTIC STARTING AT HARBOR GRACE" AIBWFOUNOAND AND LANDING SUGCESFULLY AT CULMOSE IRELAND neor LONDONDERRY Resort. The Ag Club haa made definite ar nngemeats to take part in the basketball Ag Qnb league this year. The league will con sist of Ag Qnb teams from Granite, Jordan. Davis and Cyprus - High Schools. According to Leslie Nelson, sponsor, the schedule for tbe games will be mad at tbe aaaaal Future Farmers of America Convention at Ogden January 4 and 7. The Cyprus High School Ag team have been practicing twice n week and from fiKtkn area thus far. it seems that Joey will give th other teams some strong competition. Combined . Total Ftt Call and Property Loss Lowest Sine. Organization Of Department According to a statement issued by Fire Chief. Roy Smith Friday, Sait Lake County Fire Department. No. 2. uved $30,300.00 worth of property in 1932. Tbe fir loss was computed at $5,335.00 while the property valuation of answered fire alarms was given jat $35,635.00. Tbe firemen answered 16 calls, consisting of a haystack, a store, 2 and 11 sheds and p chicken-coobouse callsi. The firemen answered as emergency call from the Smelter File Department, when th Smelter Store burned to the ground. All property lost, according to Year. Fire Chief .Smith's statement .. w covered, by insurance except $260.00 on four fires. Tbe fire fighter nsed and laid 368 gallon of chemical 7,650 fete of hose during th year. - This ia the lowest amount of and the lowest tout loss of property since ; the organization of tbe local department. Word has been received here that at the organization will Officers a recent meeting of official and rep- assume officepf Mouday evening, Janresentatives of dvic organizations of of 1932 uary 9th. v - All '.officers Helper and Price, a decision was reaas follower Verl were ched that the aannal band invitational EarLl Ntwbold, Haw, chainnan. contest wilt be held at Price In April, assistant ' Frank . Olson, chairman, tbe definite date not having yet been M. Ferguson, J. assurer, Secretary-; act. Frank sAretary-treasure- f. assistant . The Cyprus band, under the direcA. C. Chapman. t4dtk.jnnagcxead tion of H. Br Snmtnerhaye, iaaaidu-onsl- y Rigltr, assistant athletic manager. attend the will and practicing contest to defend tbeir title of champions ia Qasa B contest, which they so overwhelmingly took last year from other enured band. Last year marked th second consecutive time the local musicians won tbe contest. for A meeting Previously, this contest hat been a Junior and Senior high Price City project, but it was decided Cyprus to designate it this year as a Carbon school will be held Wednesday evCounty affair. Letters have been writ- ening, January 11, eight o'clock p. ten inviting bands in Utah, Colorado, m. at the Cyprus auditorium. A speIdaho and other Intermountain states cial program is being arranged and to eoter the contest. Over 30 bands election of officers will be held. Foia with a combined membership of 1450 lwing1 the program, will be held' in th patty participated in the Price contest last ' Cyprus gymnasium. Games willh in, charge. .of Mis Mr. Marion Woolfenden wa hos- Lola Nelson, Mrs. Alma Baker and tess to a charming social Thursday af- Mis Jennie Jones. Mrs. V. B. Jones ternoon at her home in compliment has charge of tbe refreshments and to member of the Jolly Eight Qub. music will be furnished by Percys The guest were seated at tablet Pepstets. decorated. which were Everyone wb ia affiliated with the attractively Place favors wcrtv made of clever Cyprus P. T. A. is cordially invited dtesecd-u- p to attend. A general good time is, asapples. A social aftersured to all. noon wa enjoyed. noise-make- Mrs. Charles R. Fraxler of Jack ' nonvilla, Fla, convinced that her husbands stenographer was break-.ln- g np the Frasier home, waited for tbe stenographer and shot her dead with five bullets. ' Mr. Frazier at ones had n physical breakdown and has since had n second breakdown. According to his wife he had taken awny the three youngest of her five children, and wrote, "It yon let me get a divorce I will bring the children buck." Had he not written that letter be might not have had the two breakdowns, and the stenographer might not have been murdered. -- ' Hew do you explain the feet that, when a primitive man finds thst hit wife la false he kills his wife, d wheroas e woman, when her la false, kills the other woman? The explanation la simple without any help from Freud. The wife through the ages haa killed d. the other woman, saving her because her children might need him. The husband kills th false wife, because It la easy to get at her, and sometimes dangerous to attempt to kill the other man. Children In Sunday school are hn-ban- U New Year With Evangelise" ia one of tbe most beautiful talc kaowa to lovers of literature. It is aa absorbing story of aa everlasting love of Evangalinc end her lover Gabrieli, of their separation and lifetime search for each other. The climax ia tbe reunion as Gabrielis dies ia tbe arms of Evangalinc. The etory will be colorfully por- special sermon. "The- Great Architect of the Univcnr sad Them Times' trayed by choruses, solos, groups. Miss Myrth Harvey will read the was given by Rev. E. B. Pace. All jcartfwert cast aside Saturday lines. Solo will be given by Kathctyn Wanda evening to participate in the fna that Anderson. Goris. - Marjorie Harris. Hark ness, Wanda marks Father Times annual exit from Lilliaa Bradford. Claudia Norris and Muriel this world. By midnight, the merryDirnoud. Selection will also be given making and frolics had reached such from a group of girls consisting of heights that the New Year was ushered in with ruth of good-wil- l. LaRue Long, Wanda Bradford, With the stroke of midnight at and Miner, Lillian Harkncea the Utah Copper Qnb, Peterson Muriel Dimond. Claudia whistle and device designed to crewill play all accompaniments. ate fan were distributed among the The girls have been practicing on capacity crowd in attendance at the this cantata since the beginning of dub too ms, and to the strains of school ia order that they may present composite melody of popular tunes a fiaiabed performance for tbe approcoupled with patriotic songs, th orchestra and dancers readily joined in val of th public. Everyone is invita tbe fen. Following th dance, ed to attend this nausual musical offering which is considered by critics number of private parties was held at homes for the celebration of the New stuabove the talents of -- hue-ban- ol NO. 37 BOYtERS LINE FATHER TU.IE TO BE PRESENTED OH JANUARY 12 high-sebo- - "taught .rtTjrr TT, l.lru Fraxier FIt CulleU A r Distance 14 HOUR? - A ' 02,026.5 mile? in and 54 MINUTE?. A TIME RECORD, .ATLANTIC in aid A fir WOMEN RECORD -- CROtfWG PITTANCE RVEC? IN IQ2& MBS'. PUTNAM CBCWED the ATLANTIC ferM1 MERELY A? A PASYEN6EB. IN A PLANE. WITH WlMEB. O. WNU STULZ and. LOU X 6CROON Dr. .Calvin S. Smith, superintendent of Granite School District, together with the other three superintendents of schools in Salt Lake County, their attendance officers and coordinators held a preliminary meeting Tuesday for discussion of the juvenile court program with regard to proposed legislation. Th other tfiperintendent present were D. C. Jensen of Sandy. E. Allen Bateman of Murray and Dr. L. John Nuttall, Jr., superintendent of Salt Lake City Schools. Pending the study of proposed legislation, no action was taken, although a number of ideas were exand pressed by the - superintendents helpers. An outline relative to the proposed legislation waa given by D. A. Skeen of tbe state bar association. NEW ARRIVAL ON NEW YEAR'S DAY Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harknesa art welcoming a new addition to tbe a cunning baby girl which family was born New Year's Day,Jiotber and baby ar getting along very sice ly. - - - Mr .Harknesa is employed at the Mrs. Harknesa was Magna Mart. formerly Mia Pbylli Shaw. BEVtRLT HILLS Weil 11 I know la juat what I read in the paper, or what I aea her and ther. Wall we finally all of ua about got Xmas out cf onr hair. Our lit-t- l troop of children come ganging In bore from the four corners. Got one boy, Bill Jr, the oldest, at the University of Arizona, a yery fine school, I well Mired and of by spoken You everybody that knows about know that Arizona la $o!ng to really be understood und get Bcmewhere ome day. It and New yexlro they are similar In lota at retro's, but &1 'brother they are different Statss. They Ure botit ii'iiiu iut kinvei weer well oa you. Dnat jm-- t look out of the tialn aud condemn ton. 11 Just look like nothing couldt-n- t live by looking out Of a sleeker window. They built tiote railroads ihroush the mangie&t parts, so It ouldot poll the good latid. You know you can Just look out of taxicab windows In parts of New York City and wonder what people live on, the same as you can lu Arizona. Thera la many a canyon In N. Y. here the gras la ahort, and It looks tike people packed their grub a long way. Ah, but darn it, there Is some great country every where. New England, the tuost beautiful place In the summer time, and tor thoee that like their snow it fine all the year round. Up state New York I great All the Middle Went with lie rolling prairies and big grain farm. Tbe Northwest, just anything la the way of scenery you want any crops, auy. views. Th who Pacific Coast and ita adjoining mountalnoua State. California, th Chamber of Commerce will take la a State that should be given a whole paragraph on tie own. Min- ing and stock raising! There la two bnnehei of folks that Just "Any-- , body" dont fit In with. They are kinder the aristocracy of Labor. Nevada baa a freedom and an Independent spirit that f slowly reaching out all over our land. Utah le a great State and those mormons ar fin substantial citizens. Colorado Is our grand stand seat to see our World from. , Texas? Its too big to be even under Jim Ferguson. Texae haa got everything thst any other State baa f - ft and then "Ms" and "Jim besides. Oklahoma? A lack of vocabulary It all that atop me. I should have stayed In Oxford another year to really have done justice to Okie-horna. Alfalfa Bill Murray tps taken what waa once Just a prak .dog town and be haa populated emigrants from every political faith known to mankind. Why there le Republicans who live so high np In them skyscrapers of Tulsa and Oklahoma City that they aint been down to th ground afuce .November eighth. Wilder than the .ul ns in ..Africa.. Bill has patahonaty. on.em now, and w ar either going to house break cm or yoke em np to a gentle Republican and kring em In. Old Missouri? Some mighty poor farms, but mighty good schools Yon can learn something, but you cant raise much. Boonvllle (Kemper Military Aoademy) one of the Unset military schools anywhere. I waa two yeare there, one year In the guard bouse, and tbe other in the Fourth Reader. On was about as bad as the other. Great old Educator there, T. A. Johnston. Famous and deservedly so. Neosho, Mo? The school I went to there has blown np, and I did all 1 could while there to assist It In doing so. Was you ever down In Long Valley? There ia a wonderful, beautiful poetical valley along th length of onr Great Miasle-slppl River. Cities, beautiful, prosperous ones, hanging moss from century old trees Charming and people delightful In this valley. Its not called Long Valley on any of yenr maps. Its labelled Louis- - T ana. But "Long 1 Valley" is' a much more beautiful asms and every time election rolls around, tbe people signify tha fact by writing "Long from th top to the bottom of their ticket. You wftld lor "Long Valley." It la a paradise. Some famous old poem was laid there among Its people. I dont Just remember whether It was Iran-bor Gunga Din, but It was a good one. Oh I wish 1 bad time to go over all those old States. 1 been In all of em.-love em. Each aa I said has got something, something different Look at Mississippi, with Pat Har- rison and tha State Sales Tax. Why both. of am should ba(tdtTTed by every State in tbe Union. Pat's not a Senator, he Is an institution. But Ill get Into tbe others later. o l9Si, MdmflU S)dnmU, Jmt. i '