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Show THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE,UTAH -~7-- I ~he. ceSam 1 ~=====g= Village That "Lags" Loses Out in Race Need for impro\·ing country villages !11 the United State:; to meet motlern 'oelal anu economic neeus Is emplla:;izetl in a nation-wide sun·ey made by the Uniteu ~tates Departll!ent of Agriculture. Mo:;t villages, declare department ofllciuls, have "just grown up" with n•,mltjlllt defects In furm and urrangemeut to provide social, esthetic and economic atl\·antages for residents and near-hy farm families. ThP nee(l for· well-plauued Ylllages is pointed out in the fact that ;;ome !.!O,OOO,l)IJ{J penple in the United ~tatt~s live in· villar,Ps, and that more than ::o,ooo,000 fanu peor1le use thP;;e centers for purposes of trade, education, rellgiun and recreation. Numerous instances are cited by the department where villages have been literally rebuilt to meet modern requirements. The village of Weston, l\Iass., for example, under the tllrect~on. of the town Improvement commission has In the past few years entirely reconstructed its business tlistrict to form a notable civic center. Old public buildings and shops have been removed, a (.{!;;ease-breeding swamp was filled in and gra,.;sed over to form a common, a i>eautiful new town hall was e1·ected, public buildings were regrouped, and conveuleut approaches and roaclways constructed. The uufortnnate results of undirected den•lopnwnt in cities are being kePnly avl,"n•cillted, i.t i~ statetl, and millions of dollars u:-e now being 'IWllt to eorrect these conditions i-n nn eiTort to make cities more apJlo~>aehui>le, tntver>"nhle, convenient, orderly, and beautiful. i Home-Owning People Backbone of Nation \Vhnt this country wants is more home owners-lJ"'"nple who can cail a house a home, i:; the a!'isertlon of a writer in the Chlca~o Evening Post. Where is the man, the grent man in this country, that wlll rise out of the mob o:l' material getters-where is the man who will come forward and hulld homes for the provident und see that these homes can be paid for on the partial payment plan,' without Interest, without taxe~. without hindrance of any kind if necessarv? The steady, straightforward, sa;lng and ><et·ving class are usually home owner,;. Let us help those who want to own their homes to own them. Some day to own a home wlll be the hnllmark of reliability. It Is the duty and ~hould be the privilege o:l' every patriotic citizen, hanker and business man to encourage humans to own their own homes-to dn more than to encourag-P to help. Xot al; Individuals that are intere><ted In Industry own their own !tomes, hut nearly all humans that own their own home;; holrl permanent positions. Thelr self-iuterest Is on the job. By GUY U. HARDY Congressman from Colorado. ;;:::;:::::~ HE biggest business enterprise in the world is that o! the United States The congress Is the board of directors, so to sp~.>ak, and the manager in a way. The two most Important functions of congress are: First, appropriating the money for Ute conduct of the various enterprises ot the government. , . .. Second, raising the funds which required for the conduct of this great business 'l'hls Is done prlnclpally through the revenue and the tariff acts. books are balanced for the fiscal year endJune 30, 192G. The estimates are made aml mostly ~11ent for UJ2u, and appropriations now made for 1927. at the figures for 1!)23. They are inteJOshowing as they do what It costs to run vast gon!rnllH'nt for a year. In these figures include receipts anu expenditures In the Office department. Tiley are usually left such {!Olllparisons: govermn~.>nt. For 1925 •receipts ...................... $4,3 79,740,162.01 -~pendltures. . • . . • • • • • . • • • • . <!,129, 2 34,9 23.68 .................. : .. .... $ 250,605,238.33 big Items of expenditure are the Post IOepnrtment and the public debt. Th~e In 1925 were as follows : retired !rom ordinary receipts $466,538,113.83 on public debt............ 881,806,6!>2.36 t oftlce service ....•.••• ,........ 622,808,261.17 .••..•••••••••••••••••••••. ,1,971,153,037 .36 appropriations made by congress for tile year ending June 30, 1027, will amount to $3,960,000,000. It may Interest you to know this vast sum of money is split up among the departments and independent establishof the government. the Post Office department and the postal the appropriation for next year amounts $735,038,831. It Is about three quarters of a dollars. Just about the total cost of runthe fede~:al government in 1914 outside of the service. The post office service cost $697,ln 1920, and $639,422,451 In 1025. But go to 1914 again. It cost only $283,543,709 to the postal service that year. , Increasing amounts do not indicate exce, but do Indicate growing business, adservice, and increased pay for postal em· postal service is practically self-sustaining. people who use the postal service pay the It lol'lt about $2·1,000,000 in 1926, and will about the same amount ln 1927. does the money all go? What in the d can the postmaster and the service use that costs three-quarters of a billion dollars a year? here are a few items that may interest twine, and so forth, costs $470,000. stationery costs $Ul9,000, which would be a blg yearly ordet· for any print shop. costs ~7,750,000 to print the postage stamps, envelopes, postcards, and newspaper ppers. mull bags and their repair the sum of $2,· was appropriated. star-route service, where the mall is transto or between post offices off the rallroaus, $13,100,000. costs about $113,500,000 to have the malls oy railroads nnd $1,550,000 i>y steamboats. ~«lsts $60,936,121 fot· th~ ~n·lce perft>rmed by the railroad mall clerks, most of whom sort and route the mails on the trains. You like to have your mail delivered at your front door every day, or several times a day. It costs $110,000,000 to pay salaries to your letter carriers. It will requln! $S,GOO,OOO to pay boys to carry 10peclal delivery letters next year. In thls modern day the farmer gets almost as good mall uelivery service as tl1e city man. l\lore than •15,307 rur411 routes run out through farming Eections covering. 1,24fl,:i04 miles. These rural route curriers will lie vald approximately $i05,000,000 for next year. This remarkui>le t>ervice was started only 29 years ago. The senice anu expenditure-s have been just about doubled in the lust 10 years. The air service is tl~e latest dc.velopment for rapid transportation of the malls. A line of airplanes carries the mail i>etween New York and Snn Francisco. This !'ervlce is wore or less experimental. It costs $2,G30,000 a year, and $2,000,000 is' being appropriated for contract air-mall service in other sections. The appropriation for the \Var department for next year Is $342,009,011.16. This Is divided up thus: For mllltary nct!vltles, $263,948,856.16, and for nonmilitary activities, $78,600,755. A gootl deal of money for peace times. But not half us much as some enthusiasts would have us spend. Congress is between two fires. One class of citizens would have us cut the army down to a minimum. Another class would enlarge It greatly. During the discussion of this bill members of congress received thousands of telegrams from citizens asking for enlarged activities and increased appropriations. Congress has endeavored to do the safe and sane t.hlng and to keep the enormous expense of the mllltary establishment from growing unduly In peace time. The size of the army is llmlted by the appropriation bill to a maximum of, and not to exceed 12,000 commlsf<loned officers, 123,000 enlisted m~.>n, and 8,000 Philippine scouts. The average number in the army will be about 11,749 ofllcers, 118,'iGO men, and 7,000 Philippine scouts. There are, naturally, some Iorge items o:l' expense In connection with an army o:l' this size. The food bill Is $10,109,908 anu the clothing bill is $5,101,910; for the medical department $1,280,952; air service, $1G,256,694; United States 1\lllltary academy, $2,841,439. In the nonmilitary activities ore some lntere!:tlng Items. The Pnnama canal costs $7,0J0,074 1 but we get about $14,000,000 a year more than we spend down there. National cemeteries cost $777,860 and national mllttury parks $210,104. The sum of $50,200.000 will be spent on rivers and harbors and $10,400,000 tor flood control. For national soluiers' homes $S,25i:i,100 is Included. The amount approprluted for the Navy depart· ment for next y~.>ar is $3!!1,794,473. That Is $19000,000 more "than was apr1rovrinted for the pa~t year. But the amount congress give-s the navy for next year is $1,294,!35:3 less than the buuget estimates. The big item in the hill is pay of the na'l'y, which amounts to $11!),8(18,000. This pro'l'ldes fur nbout 4,837 officers nnd 82,fi00 men. l'l"OYislons cost $1D,207,<J<m. Fuel, :jf13,9:-l\),OOO. Fo1· new cnnstructioq of wssel·;, $28,27:5.000. Air !'ervlee, $18,996,288. 'l'o ruodemlze battleships, $7,500,000. l\Iu- I I \ I I rine corps, which lncluues about 1,®5 officers anll 18,000 men, $23,220,347. The Interior department gets $!!2G,3:l!!,fl1R of the app1·ovriation fot· 1927. This Is about $7,800,000 less than it was for 1025. As a matte~ of fact, a Brick's Lasting Qualities large part of this sum goes for pensions to the veterans of wars previous to the great \\'oriel war. In a hulldin_g it is not vo~sihle to The Inte1·ior department has to do largely with have real heautv. without su·ength. the western ·states, since the puhllc Janus are The eye cannot be thorough!)' satlsthere, and most of the Indians. The reclnmatlon tled If in the mind lurks the conprojects and the national parks are mostly in the sdou~ne~s that the architects creawest but they are open to and operated for the tlon Is to he ,·anquished in the battle benefit of the public at large. Checl>s that go out with time. Time is )lowerless to mar from the bureau of pensions are cashed in every the beauty of or to sap the ~tn!ngth hamlet, vlllag~.> anu town in the lund and the bu- of brick. Generations mn" come reau of education serves the people of the nation nnd go, but the sturdv brkk 'walls of as a whole. the homestead stay o~. The Department of Agriculture g~ts $139,275,823 Brlclt may reach a venerable old under the appropriation act for 192'i. In 1925 It · age-it never reached the F<tnte o:l' degot $138,075,1!)1. A hlg part of tl1ls sum goes for crt'pltmle. Brick come~ from the federal aid to hl~hway system and for forest roads. , bosom of l\Iother Earth, in tlte form of The varied activities of the Agriculture depart. plastic clay; It is hardened by the ment are indicated somewhat by the different bu- 'most powerful agency known in the reaus, and the amount appropriated suggests the worl<l-tlre--and Is 11roo:l' against the large extent of sen·ice rendered. Here are some ' further attacks of fire; It defies wind items in the appropriations for 1927: and rain; It Is as enduring as earth Itself. ~xperlment stations ....••..•.•.• , ••••••. $3,238,546 l xtenslon Service.. . . . . . • . . • . • • • . • . • • • • • . Weather Bureau .........•.•••..••••.•••• Bureau of Animal Industry •...•.•••••••. Bureau of Dairy Industry................ ~ureau of Plant Industry ...•••.••••.•••. or est Service ... : . ..........••..••.•• , •• Bureau or Chemistry ...................... Bureau of Soils... . . . . • . . . . • • • . • • • . . . . . . • Bureau o! Entomology ................... Biological Survey ..............•• ,....... ~grlcultural Economics .•••..••• , •.••• , •• orne Economics........................ Insecticide Board........................ 2,890,568 2,569,080 9,.77,763 495,09~ 8,908,055 8,285,507 1,491,606 588,480 2,625,168 987,36G 4, 7<!6,397 127,2U 200,795 Ana there arc a lot of miscellaneous activities of henefit to agriculture here and there in one way and another that cost large sums. Here arc several: Enfot·cement of plant quarantine act, $-12G,OOO; eradication of pink bollwonn in cotton, $300,000; co-operative forest-fire protection, $710,000; experiments in live stock production, $85,000; packers and stockyards act ~.>nfot·cemcnt $440 000 ,· grain futures net enforcement, $121,530. Next to the Post Office department the treasury has the most employees of any, having some(hlng like 52,000 people on the payroll. . . I Internal Revenue Service costs •........ $35,170,000 National prohibition enforcement. ...•.. 10,635,685 Cu~toms Service ........................ 17 248 000 Federal Farm Loan Bureau ......... ,... '453:ooo Bureau ol Engraving and Printing...... 7,767,400 Coast Guard ............................ 24,313,14C Secret Service........................ 485,18( Publlo Health Service.................. 9,315,00• Mint and Assay Oftlce................... 1,684,76e Public buildings ........•..•. •.••..•.•• ,. 13,514,391 The prohi!Jitlon unit has to do with enforcemen of national prohibition nne\ narcutlc nets. In tht service are about 3,800 men. The coast guard has much to do with the prevention of smug~llng-and much attempted smug \\'ling is in violullon of the prohibition nets. Quit€ a fleet is maintained by the coast guard. It Includes 74 vessels for regular activities and 35~ ships and boats for use in the nntismuggllng serv ll'e. In adtlltlon some new boats and fh"e airpl:m~t ore beln~ built for this actlvlt:v. HUSBAND DID Afiiettcan THE WASHING e ,- letHon ~ V Department Supplied His \Vife Confined to Her Bed by Ill Health Because of his wife's frequent 111 health, .Mr. J. F. Gage was obliged to do the washing an<l I JOHNSON BILL WILL cooking for the , family, AID MANY VETERANS one day when Mrs. Gage was con· fined to her bed, he Thirty-five thousand dbai>led men brought her the and women, veterans of the \Vorld newspaper to read. war aud thclr dependents, nre expectAmong the adver· ' ed to benefit di1·ectly to the extent or tlsements she no$Hi,OOO,OOO this year, ., 1!!,000.000 next ticed a letter from another sick woman yenr and $10,000,000 annually theretelling of the help lifter from the ,J ohu~on hlll passed, ~:!.:.;;.;,;~;;.;;~:;,;;.tsh e had received with the support of the American Lydia Vegetable Legion, at the recent se:>sion of con- Compound. gt·es~. "I'll try It," she decided. Under the new leglslatlon, a flat Her husband brought home a bottle payment of $50 !l mouth for life wlll and only a few days after she had be· be made to veterans with unested gun to take it she felt well enough to be up around the bouse. Gradually cases of tuberculosis. her general health Improved until she Veterans with disabilities resulting is now able to do her own work. from war ~enit.:e are allowed to reIn a letter which Mrs. Gage recently Instate war risk insurance through wrote, she said, "I have taken twelve rharglng the unpaid back preml um:~ bottles and feel like a new woman." a.galust the face value of the reinstat- She has told many women about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and ed policy where they are not nble one of her friends is now taking it. financially to pay the>'e premiums. Her address Is Mrs. J. F. Gage, Route 5, Time for filing claims for war dis- Brownwood, Texas. abilities and for submitting proof that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coma disability re~;ulted from the war is pound has been taken by women for more than half a. century wlth very extended to July 2, 1!)27. satisfactory results. ·· Placement training for disnhled veterans is exteuded to January 1 next, In order to penult them to complete Add to Agricultural their voca lonal rdtabilltatlon course::>. Products of America A two-year extension is given for eduentlonal trulnlug in s<>llools and colAvocado, cha~·ote, unshcen, vej1ba:;e leges where the- trainee are now in and tclfacrla are words th:1t Jllean process of training. nothing to most of tl e people in tLo iuf<urunce of men wl.!o died aftm• Unitt'd Stutes, says the Hudson Star. discharge may lie reyi ved i>y the di,.;- J They are, ltO\\ ever, worth !mowing chnr.~e i>ouus of $130 if the I\Jen had about and ma~ become fnm!llnr ones not receh·ed that !>onus. ·1 in the ml'lrr..et pl::.ce. They are np'\v American wom<'n who were disabled fruit>; anti \egetahles t!Hit haye be~n through serving in bn~e hospitals , lntrouuced into the United States by 0\"Cl'~Cas are made eligible for com- · U group Of agricultural explOrers empen~atlon. plo~·eu by the government to ~earc'h Director Frank T. Hines, of the the world over fot· new farm and garDnitetl States vetern:J.s' hut·eau, has clen products for Ameri(la, -Among expressed the OIJiHion that bureau . other advantages po~ses,.;ed hy the regulations can be exteudeu under 1 United States is the J"t>markahle one the new bill to grant ~ervice connec- I that somewhere within its borders are tion for chronic con~titutloual dis- j condition;; of climate and soiJ·in \vhlch eases, ·such us tllsorders of heart, kid- any plant may be grown. In the last ne~·s and digestive system, where it twenty-fh e years they (the agrlculis not possii>le to trace a detlnite med- tural explorer:-:) fmve lntrod~ICC<l into leal history of such connection with the Uniteu State~ more than 51,4)()() the service. new grains, fruits, fomge crovs, ··;-~geThis bill is one in the series o:l' tables and other fJiants. ·.· great measures which have beeu supLively ported by the American Legion for the core and cure and relief of dis"How is everytllin; goin::; he"re)iowabled veterans and their dei>Cndents. a days'!" nsked a recently arrived ' Mu~;t uf the provisions contained in guest. it were based on recommendations "Live!~·. sir~ Li\·Ny !" pritlefully re1 made by the Legion's national com·en- plied the l:mri!Or<l of the Prunb;fown ' tlon at Omaha in 19:25. tavern. ''\\'hy, yesterday a st"i·nnget broke the spider web that has been lr~~%'~~~J.~~Jli'..l{)J ncro,;s the doorwa~· of the Pay-andPack grocery for quite a f\pell. 'fhat, iQ , ~~ NO BASKET PATIENTS I'll sa~·. is an iiHlieation that things are looking up, good and propet· ! " ,t • 1 ' liEHg are no "basket paKansas City Star. ·.1 tients" In Pny of the gov' ~ emment ho:::pitals. Vacant Prairie Lands ~ "Basltet patients" Is the term It is e:<tilllut Pd that there m·e still ~ useu In "!>Caking of men who in the three prairie provlnc~s some ~ are ~upposed to have lost in .• 30,000,000 aeres of cultivable land, ~ \Vorl<l war !<crvice both arms w!tliln 1 :-; miles of existing IA'lllwap;, ~~ and hoth legs, thus being made whleh i~ as yet unsettled. In l\fnnl~ so lll'lpl<'sf' that no loeomotlon toha olll)' about 11.~ of the . cuhlvnble "-~ is pos:-;ible. ncn:agP 1,.; now under field crop;.. In ii9 l\Innv l'U 11 1 hn\·e hePn In Ml~ ci rculu • ·t ion ors Alberta on!~· 17.fi of the m·allable concerning such aretl i~ heing farmed, while in :-{as~ cases, uecorc!lug to the naa· ~ tiuual relial>illtatlou committee ~ katchewan the percenta~~.> ~ :l-!.7. ~ of the Am!'rican Legion. America's favorite early ,;ettlers ~. lm'P><ti;::ation by thE' Legion are tho!<e who pny up promvtly the ""' anti by the L'"nlteu States vetl first of each month. ~ eranf\' hnreau, however, shows ~ that tlwre is uo record. in either ~: the American • or the British ~~ armies of any men who lost hoth arms and both legs. I~ There are several cases of i American soldiers who lost ~ both eyes and both arms or i>oth hands. ill1 (Copy for This by the American Legion News Service.) I T •I i Il "l i ~ fi(~~~~~.;r~~J!!~Il' One Year to Reinstate and Con vert InsurancE ·world war ,-eterans have until July Color S c h ente Important 2, 192i, to reinstate and convert their \Yhen we decide on a color scheme, we face a problem that seems to get larger the longer we look at lt. It has so many phases and conslderati~n~, it is dependent on so m'lny tlungs, that it may be that the owner does well to make an arbitrary selectlo.n and to take a chance on resuits. The safest and surest selections will be those that are expecterl; the colors that _long e":pericnce and habit have associated wt~h certain forms and o~tlines anrl ma. ses. Being a con"en atlve peOille, we hate to )Je startle~; we do not like to do things that wtll a~tract attention and advertise critiClf<lll; unle~s we have an absolutely sure color Judgment, we will be hap· plest when we nre conventional. war-time insurance. The time was , extended one yea 1• by legislation en- l acteu ut the JU:!O winter ~;e~:sion of congress in re"ponse to representn· 1 ) tlons made by the American Legion., : A five-yem· level-premium policy has also i>een provlueu to which vet· . eruns may com·ert from the yearly re11ew: hie wut· risk term in!<urance. 1 The hve-~·enr poli"Y may then ut nn~· later u me he converted Into any one of s<~~-l·ml perm,ment forms of gov- I ) ernnwut insurance at a higher pre- 1 1 rnium cost. l• urther extension of time heyund July :2, l!J~7, :n~y be matle for men , wlw on tllllt date are mentally lncompet em or men who have disappeared to ha ,-e their in urance emwerted. Competition Worth While lndorse Memorial in . Honor of Mathewson I In one minute your misery from corns Ia ended. That's what Dr. Scholl'• Zlnopads do safefr by removlntr the e.ouaepressln~t or rubbln~tofahoes. You rlok no Infection from amateur cuttinsr,nodancer {rom "drops" (acid). Zlno-pada are thin, medicated, antlsepttc. protective, heal· lntr. Get a box at your dru~:g;lat'a or ohoo dealer's today-35c. focF,..,e Sample write The Scltoll Mfs. Co., Cbica8t ! Clear Yoar Skin With I Cuticura Soap to Cle~nse Ointment to Heal Absolutely Nothinlt Better OVER I zo YEARS FO Fr~;quently a philanthropic and pub· IndorsemPnt to a project for a nalie-minded citizen of means will lilm-. tiona! menwrial at 8aranac Lake, I self provitle nil the requlrP<l prizes New York, In honor of the late Christy for such a campaign as a "home-beauhaarlem oil has been a world~ :Mathewson, llaseball's be:st loved hero, tiful competition." wide remedy for kidney ,liver &nd has i>een ~lven by the national execuCon~i<IE>r what such n competition 1 bladder disordf rs, rheum~ti~m, wlll do for a town, even If cotHiuctPd tive comHtittee of the Ameri<"all Le- ! th<:l I lumbago and uri.: acid conditions. hut fnr a "ingle !'ien,;on ; it will leave glon. The project coutewolatl'S • it' lmpres" on the community for years. estaiJII>;hment of a fund to be used 1 But onr::e !'tn~etl and cnrrlf>tl to a to aid the sick and needy \\_ho come »> ~uccessful conclu..:ion. it l» more than to Suranac Lake for treatment from ~ HAARLEM~ lil•ely tl]e inte1·est will pro,·e !':O great 1 all the stntt•s lu the Guio11 aurl the that It '?till cle\'elop Into a permanent erection of a Mathewson l\lt moria! nunual feature of the community life, clubhouse for the u,e of \Yurlcl war . correct internal troubles, stimulate vi'.:al gaining momentum nnfl incrPaslng ln vetenws wilh the ulm of lmprovinll organs. Three sizes. All druggists. Insist size, ~;~s cllws u snowball rolling down their ph~·sical, intellectual, ethiP·tl and on the original genuine GoLD MEDAL. I hill. · l'hilw~<'lphla Le<lgt>t·. I social natures. ~Otll ME~lrlM1 I 1 I . . |