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Show THE UTE SENTINEL, MIDVALE, UTAH Friday, March 17. 1939 . " An "Unseen Emu1re Power "Nerve Center'' WEST JORDAN School Notes _.... ,.............................. ,_,,, ..._,.,,,,,.......__ ......................... ........................................................................................ -THE- ~ PHILOSOPHY ! ~:;, _ ~= ByCORNER DOROTHY. OLIVER TO SPONSOR POSTER CONTEST The election of W. Stuart Booth, C.S.B., a trustee of The Christ...ia.D. RULES FOR HAPPINESS: Science PubF hing Societv, to be Something to do; someone to I a director of The Mother Church. The First Church of Christ, Scilove; something to hope for. Make one person happy each entist, in Bo,ton, Mass., was anday and in forty year~ you have nounced today by Mrs. Della M. made ~4,600 ~uman bemgs happy May, Assistant Christian Science Committee on Publications for fOI' a httle while at least. A laugh is worth a hundred Midvale. groans in any market. Mr. Booth succeeds Mr. William Blessed are they who are pleas- R. Rathvon, deceased, and will b ant to live with. nominated for the other positions If a man is unhappy, this must heretofore occupied by Mr. Rathbe his own fault; for God made all von. Mr. Booth has resigned as a. men to be happy. trustee of the Publishing society. ... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~::::::::::::J The clean school committee is sponsoring a poster contest. It opened March 13 and wilt· close on March 31. The posters must be made at school on uniform size paper. First p1ize will be $1.00 and second prize will be 50c. The contest is open to all members of the school and I may be done in art class. Dorothy Young. :·: I I LAST BASKETBALL GA:\IE OF SEASON SET P.-T.A. TO MEET Plans are all set for a P.-T.A. meeting to be held at West Jordan on Friday, March 24. Dr. Dalgleish, dental director for the Utah state board of health, will give an illustrated lecture in the junior high auditorium at 1:30 p.m. He has asked that older members of the junior high attend this lecture as well as parents. After the film a discussion will be had of the various individual health problems of chilt1ren in the school and plans made to correct them.-LaVerla Jones. The modern electric substation shown in the illustration speaks of progress In the electrical and min· ing fields. It is the "nerve center" for the supply and distribution of electric power furnished by the Utah Power & Light Company for the operation of the Utah Copper Company. Just as Utahns depend on mining to a great extent as a means of livelihood, so the mines themselves depend on electricity for develop· ment and operation. In fact, so important is electricity that many mines are today operating at a profitable basis that other· wise would be inactive. Several factors give electricity its mining importance. Electricity, by its own nature, makes mining safe. It also must be dependable and economical. An example of dependability is seen in the ex· tenslve interconnected system ot tl~e Utah Power & Light Company, where 47 generatin~ plants are tied together to insure steady service. It is interesting to note that Utah's coal mines, where fuel is cheap and plentiful, devend on Utah Power & Light for economical service. Utah's mines are nearly 100 per cent electrified. Bingham used electric power back in 1898, when the Salt Lalte Water and Electric Power Com· pany contracted to furnish service to light 1,000 · 16 candle power lamps. Utah mIn e s in 1937 used 491,379,208 kwh, supplied by Utah Pov:er & Light. In fact, industrial power represents 63 per cent of all electricity the utility sells. The power company, in turn, employes 1500 peOIJle and consumed 175,300 tons of Utah coal in the :process of making electricity. More Silver Kings Needed STUDENTS WRITE POEl\18 Under the direction of Marie Stapley. the fourth grade students have written poems about the month of March and other interesting subjects. The teacher printed the poems and the children made illustrations for the ones they had written. Bernice Atwood. GIRLS BEAT BOYS IN BASKETBALL The eighth grade girls beat the 7th grade boys in a ga e of basketball played at noon Monday. The score was 11 to 4. Three quarters the teams played girls basketball and one quarter, boys'. The boys didn't score during the quarter they were playing their regular game. The girls scored in every period. Wanda Pearson. SIXTH GRADE WINS OVER EIGHTH The sixth grade boys won a basketball game from the eighth grade boys by a score of 20 to 8. It was played last Thursday after school. Another game is scheduled by the sixth grade with the seventh grade boys. It is being played after school this Thursday.-Spencer Bateman. GIRLS SOHEDULE SPRING ATHLETICS Two major activities will be on the program for athletics this spring for girls, according to Miss Wheeler. The girls will participate in both baseball and track events. No district softball schedule has as yet been announced but practice is expected to get under way soon.-Charles Furse. Prompt Service Priced Right l .. When the Silver King Coalitiou. Mines Company was forced to close its property early in 1ns and re· main closed thruup;hout the remain· de. of th· y<'!~tr, it was keenly felt through~nt lll'siness and indnRtrial channels In Ctah. The miue. plC'tured above i" one of the great sJlver-leaJ.zinc mines o~ thP. world and a mighty contrlb· utor to the b~Isiness, industrial and com;:lunio· life of the state. Up until l:.tst year the mine and Its predece~sors had been under constant del'elopment and produc· tion since 1882, a rec ll'd equalled by only a few mines. In a sense, th!s record was not broken as development was continued in the western end of the property where the compan~ is sinking a new shaft at a cost of more than a half mil· lion dollars. Since 1882. Silver King Coalition and Its predecessors have produced !.I!"~Hr'! of $90,000,000 in gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc. Channels of industry have received approxi· mately $60,000,000 of this in the form of wages, supplies, materials, taxes, freight, ~reatment and other eharges. It is interesting to note a five· year period of Silver King's results, from 1923 to 1927: Dry tons shipped (crude and concentrates) 286,443; gross yield from mine, $19,459,539. Freight, smelting and treatment charges, $2,864,430. Taxes (County, state, federal), $1,401,933. Payrolls, $4,936,434. Materials and supplies purchased, $2,678,992. Total dividends paid, $5,595,364. Of the dividends paid, 66 per cent went to Utah stockholders. Normally Silver King Coalition employs 650 men, which means that approximately 2500 persons are dependent directly upon the mine's operations. This Is an impressive array of facts, and it Is evident that the state needs more such producers. There are other mines like the Silver King yet to be developed as the state's resources have only been scratched. Seeking New Ore "Crop", th There ill no new crop of ore each ings in order to provide ventilation is mined It is gone forever and the miner must spend a large part of the revenue from one ore body in order to t!iid an: other. Every successful miner knows this. And that is why the Silver King Coalition mine at Park City has been a successful mine tor over 65 years. Out of every pound of ore mined, It is necessary to set aside a certain part of the returns from it to find another pound. The successful mine such as we have In Utah does not just gouge out the ore and disappear with the money. Our mines are operated on a sci· entific basis, and are the necleus for the state's Industrial life. Pictured here is the new half million dollar expenditure the Silver King Is making In order to perpetuate the life of its property. It is the new Thaynes canyon sha!t, which is being sunk on the extreme western end of the company's hold- underground workings and to make for cheaper extraction of waste mater!!\), Vast area of undeveloped ground. The shaft Is now down approxi· mately 1,300 feet and wlll be sunk to a depth of 1,700 feet. In addition to serving the Silver King, the shaft will also be connected with the eight mile Spiro tunnel, which will provide better working con· ditions for the Silver King and property lying north and west of Silver King. It is anticipated that work will be resumed in this prom· Ising area when the shaft Is com· pleted. Mining men are watching with much interest the progress of this new shaft. It is regarded as a key to a vast undeveloped area lying adjacent to the Silver King's new shaft. This virgin area will yield another mine tor the Park City re~ion, it is hoped. Qi • Starting Fri. Morning at 9 .m. Unmatched for Quality at This LOW Price! LADIES' SLIPS 37e each AN ANNIVERSARY BARGAIN! Purchased Special for T is Event! 800 Yards of SILK HOSIERY Fancy MARQUIS:~TTES 55e pair WELL TAILORED GENUINE CREPE ••• TWIST SILK WASH FROCKS BARGAINS Fe>R THRIFTY PEOPLE! A WONDERF.UL V.i".. UE! Only 5C per };·ard BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME WITH .•. BATH TOWELS NET PANELS 2 for $1oo 2 for 37e· 37e each year. When a year's supply ot ore for the company's 200 odd miles of Wri Penney's FAST COLOR SOUNDS TOO No. 46 Quart No. 47 Pint No. 48 Half Pint No. 57 Glillon l west Jordan Milling Co. the California World's Fair will enable buyers to watch their own ship put together and then fly it l;\ome from the Port of Trade Winds, 1f they wish. That you can get a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskeyquality- made since 188Q-that's richer, smoother, mellower. Ask for CRAB ORCHARD by name. 90 Proof. A native of Iowa, Mr. Booth re-o The real test of character is joy. moved to Denver, Colo., in eafiy For what you rejoice in, that you boyhood. He was educated in the 1 love, and what you love, that you public schools of Denver, aftet" The Park Utah Consolidated finding ore bodies and for the pur· are. which he eng 1ged in business fo-r. Mines company could rightfully be pose of making their extraction a number of years. He became Incalled "an unseen empire". Pic- profitable. The company has spent UTAH CITY, LAKE SALT terested in Christian Science about tured above is the eastern end of millions of dollars in C1is work and Salt Lake Is called the "Center 44 years ago. Since 1911 he has the company's extensive properties much ~ore will ~e spent in the . , . S f holdings. Its developmg m future given all his time to Christian SciIn the Park City mining region, o cemc AmeriCa . . . Up to the present t1me contnb· showing the portal of the Ontario ence work. He served for nine The population is 140,284. drainage and transportation tun- ution of the properties of the Park years as committee on publica· The area is 53 square miles. Utah Consolidated Mines company nel. The city is laid out in square tion for the state of Colorado, anc! From this eight mile tunnel has to industry of the state has been dollars million hundred two nearly became a teacher of Christian Scimetals come millions of dollars in blocks of 10 acres each. of new wealth. 'and millions of tons of waste rna· The principal streets are 132 ence in 1919. The property · embraces 4,400 terial. It connects with a vast In June, 1925, he was elected a. labyrinth of underground workings, acres and emb;·aces such old pro· feet wide. Min· Silver Ontario the as ducers aggregating more than 250 miles, ing company. Park City !\lining & Salt Lake was founded July 24, member of The Christian Science mostly In the western end ·of the Smelting company, Judge ;'\.lining & 1847, by Brigham Young and a Board of Lectureship of The Mothproperty. Smelting compnny, Daly West 1\lin- party of 148 Mormon Pioneers, in- er Church, which position he reThis is the reason Park Utah ing com!]any, Daly ~lining company Consolidated might be called an and the Park Utah Mining com· eluding 143 men, 3 women, and 2 signed in June, 1932, to join th editorial staff of the religious per"unseen empire" as all that is pany. Production dates back over children. on plant concentrating is visible iodicals of the Christian Science 60 years. In the past the mine the western end of the property, has supported more than 1,000 Are you like the man that the organization as an associate editor. four shafts and a surface plant on famllies through direct employthe eastern end of the properties. only time he got any "headwork" Mr. Booth became a trustee of The ment. Few people realize the vP.se In addition to mining, the Parlt was when he wrinkled his fore- Christian Sc;ence Publishing Soamount of unseen work In such a Utah has b~Pn in s trument:~] in head????? ciety in 1935, and in the same year mine as the Park Utah. The 200 agricultura! development. Water also became a member of the ' odd miles that were driven beneath developed in the Ontario tannel trustees for gifts and endowments. the earth's crust at this property has been of great benefit to fertile "BITS OF FILOSOPHY" were driven with the object of Heber valley. Mr. Booth is known in Utah He who hesitates is lost . . . through the lecture engagements Don't start anything you can't he has made in different parts of finish. . . . the state. ORDER Do well the job on hand .•..• I Don't cry over spilt milk . . . . It's not so much the thin~ Don't count your chickens until folks don't know that makes them they are hatched . . . . . it's the things they know ignorant, FROMDon't cross the bridge until you so. aren't that come to it. . . . . You never miss the water until A working model of the giant the well runs dry . . . . . • People in glass houses shouldn't :!ltom smashing machine w1ll be throw stones. (or undress ·V~rith the shown by the University of CaUfornia in its exhibit at the Cali· lights on.) PHONE Your Orders - Midvale 108 Even the wood-pecker owes his fornia ·world's Fair. KING COAL An airplane assembly line at lOBE TRUE ••• CHRISTiAN SCIENCE TRUSTEE W. STUART BOOTH IS NAI\IED ' CO~IMITTEE The last basketball games of the season at West Jordan will be played Friday, March 24, at 7:30 p. m. The eighth grade and ninth grade boys will play two teams from Bingham. Following the games a dance will be held. Everyone is invited. Admission will be a dime. - La Verla Jones. success to the fact that he uses hi head. A watched pot never bails. . . ~ MEr>. 'S STU DY 0 9 • patr Outstanding Dresses for SO LITTLE MONEYI SOFT - FLUFFY ... IN FANCY PLAIDS EXTRAORDINARY VALUE! HEAVY COTTON PRINT TWILL MARVELOUS Bargains In SINGLE DON'T MISS THIS VALUE! BLEACHED STANDARD SIZE SUPER BARGAINS IN MEN'S GAUNTLET BLANKETS PLAIN COLOR SHEETS • 37e each PASTEL PLAIDS BROADCLOTH Be yard 2 for $1oo Buy Several at this LOW PRICE! • patr HORSE-HIDE PALM I MIDVALE, UTAH |