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Show • MIDVALE P. 0. NEARS SECONDCLASS RATING Ree~marks •By the Editor MIDVALE, UTAH • Mel Lind hopes to push the Midvale postoffice "over-the-top" this year to get a second-class rating. The goal is in sight, and it is the duty of every citizen to spend every penny's w~rth ~f pos-1 tal business right here m M1dvale. A nice new federal building in this city would look mighty pretty. --o- • Utah's population is 549,254, which is a gain of 41,407 persons over the 1930 census. Salt Lake City's total is 150,021. The net bonded indebtedness of Utah is cnly $4.45 per capita, compared with $18.90, the average of the nation.-Exchange. -o-- --o- * * * * * * * A Publication DeJoted to the Welfare and Progress of the Jordan Valley Where Does Ore Go? I * * Friday, October 4, 1940 That the Midvale postoffice may attain a second class rating this year, is contained in information issued this week by Postmaster Melvin Lind, who stated that the volume of business here has been steadily increasing throughout the present year. In order to secure a second-class rating, it is necessary that a postJordan-Granite Game One of the largest crowds of office attain an annual volume ot Today Holds Spotlight patrons ever to visit the Midvale business of $8,888 .88. For the first • schools attended "Visitors' Day" . In Football L1ne-Ups 1 Tuesday. The affair was sponsorthree quarters of 1940, the Mid· vale volume was $6,781.48. Witb ed by the Midvale Parent-Teacher The Jordan a~d Granite high ! association. three months to go, and with the schools, leaders m ReglOn Two · Principal E. E. Greenwood was usual heavy Christmas stamp football league and traditional en- the principal speaker at a short sales in prospect, there is no ques• emies, will battle for grid honors program in the afternoon and he tion but that the local postoffice ( Friday afternoon <today) on the also showed a motion ' picture will greatly exceed the required Granite field, with the kick-off "The Making of the Constitution.': minimum volume. slated for 3:30 p. m. A large Tea was served by the home econVolume of business consists of crowd of fans is expected to be omics classes, under the direction stamp sales and box rentals, Mr. present. . of Miss Emily Rose, and the visLind said. Money-order sales are Last Fr1day Jordan showed iting public spent some time in the kept as a separate item. plenty of strength against Tooele various classrooms during the day. The $6,781.48 total for the fu-.t when they romped. away with an Newly elected officers of the three quarters is an increase over easy win, 26·0. Midvale Parent-Teacher associathe same period of 1939 by $1,On the same day Granite tied tion were announced as follows: 315.56, the total last year being Bingham, Class B champions, 7 Mrs. Harry s. Wright, president; $5,465.92. to 7, in a hotly-contested game, in Mrs. Joseph Millerberg, first vice Second-class rating entitles a which Granite showed surprising president; Mr. Greenwood, second postoffice to higher rates of pay, Lieut. Everett Ostler power. vice president; Mrs. Kenneth more carriers, and a United States Dunn, secretary; Mrs. F. C. Cook, postoffice building. Midvale iS treasurer; Mrs. J . M. Despain, hisnow in the third-class group of torian, and Cannon Thompson, posto:ffices. chorister. The gain in volume of postal Committees were also anbusiness locally is accounted for by loyal support of the business I nounced as follows: Program: Mrs. Leon Rasmussen, men and citizens of Midvale and . Students of Jordan high have chairman, Golden Tempest, Kenvicinity. Another cause of the in• . neth Dunn Mrs. Ella Richardson 1 Funeral services for Second crease is the fact that the Utah agam earned for tHemselves an ' ' . Miss Hulda Crossgrove E. }!;. Lieutenant Everett Thomas Ostler Power & Light company is nOW' ' . env1able record m takmg place- 1 . 'ty f Greenwood and Mrs. Harry s. are set tentatively far Sunday mailing out all local statements U ment tests at the mvers1 o Wright. at 1 : 30 p. m. at Sandy L. D. s. from this city, instead of from Salt 1 Utah. . . h Hospitality: Mrs. Leslie Lind, First ward chapel, with Bishop J. Lake City. This one item repreOf the thirty-seven ~emor~ w o chairman Mrs. Melba Deming C. Crapo officiating. sents a considerable amount of took the tests last sprmg, nme or ' ' . . 'bl f Mrs Clarence Cushing. Lieutenant Ostler, 23, U . .s. postage each month, Mr. Lind 24?1!% were rated as e11g1 e or · . . . . h' h fr h Membership: Mrs. A. E. Allgood, army air flymg mstructor, met a said. Enghsh Eleven or 1g es man . h ' h · . . eros deat Tuesday m a plane 70 u f"d chairman Mrs. Deming Wnght, EngliSh. Twenty-SIX or Ers 7 0 Mrs Cla~ence Milne Mrs Peter crash near Montgomery, Ala. He placed in regular freshman ng· ' · ' . . Schmidt, Mrs. Charles Cary, Mrs. crashed w1th the plane after frrst . . l1Sh ' English One. · th e sa f e t Y o f h'lS s tud ent v f"d ed C. E. Matthews, Mrs. Lance Tur- assurmg Only two students, 5 73 7 0, P1ac pilot. in Engli~~ hA, or college prepara- ne~udgel-Finance: Mrs. F. C. Ostler stuck with the ship, hopetory Eng IS • Cook, chairman, Mrs Foster lessly out of control until he was According to the report made to · certain his student 'R. M. Smith nd the Greenwood, Mrs. Randolph Sharp, , P · · 1 L w N' ls rmcipa · · Ie en a t Mrs. David Searle, Mrs. Ivor of Stanford, Conn., had cleared Jordan High school was well depar_tment, this is a very ou - Isackson, Mrs. Albert Black. away safely, but he leaped too late represented by freshnien reg• standmg record. Refreshments·. Mrs. Wt'lll'am to save himself. tering at the University last FriGriffin, chairman, Mrs. George The body of Lieutenant Ostler, day on the special freshman reAircraft Workers Barlon, Mrs. J. W. Nibley, Mrs. accompan~ed ~Y. his widow, the gistration day. The following stuLa Vern Dickson, Mrs. Kelvin H. former MISs Lillian Clark a: Ban- dents, listed by high school and Sought Locally By Mrs. Kelvin Aylett. dera, Texas, who~ he married on 1 city, registered with the out-of• Western Air School Hunter, P.-T.A. Fathers: Kenneth Dunn, January 7, 1940, 15 expected to ar- · town students bureau: Parent-Teacher Association Names Officers, Committees MOURNED ------------------------------· I I I re- • • No further clues have been <:eived concerning the whereabouts of the lost Harvest Days banner. The :first two clues were tracked down, and found to be only the wild vagaries of a lucid imagination. * Volume 7-No. 40 I I I • The people of this section were shocked and grieved to learn of the untimely death Tuesday of Lieut. Everett Ostler, a local boy who "made good" in Uncle Sam's air corps. Everett died a hero's death, and sacrificed his own life J to save a comrade. He is fully as much a martyred soldier, as those who gave their lives in combat, ! for he perished in the line of duty in the service of his country. I United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company Concentrating Mill and Smelter, M ldvale, Utah The Midvale Plant of the United where the zinc mineral floats In the States Smelting Refining and Min- froth and is skimmed off to make Ing Company annually treats thou- zinc concentrate. Other concen· sands of tons of lead-zinc milling trates of lesser importance may be ores, lead, silver and gold ores and made if circumstances warrant. concentrates in the modern and Though it is never possible to fully equipped flotation mill and recover all of the metals in an ore. smelter. A substantial proportion The excess water is removed of this tonnage comes from small from the concentrates by large independent mining companies and filters, after which the lead con· the balance from the Company's centrate is loaded into cars for -o-shipment to a lead smelter and the • This is National Newspaper mines. The average person does not zinc concentrate for shipment to a Week. The press of the nation is realize the complexity of the mill· zinc plant. rededicating itself to the prin- lng, smelting and refining opera· At the lead smelter the concan· ciple of a "free and unbiased" in- t!ons necessary to produce refined trates and the dlre(}t smelting ores metals for marketing. Low-grade terpretation of the news, and ores usually are first concentrated are roasted and sintered to produce truthful editorial comment, and for elimination of waste material. a porous product for smelting In the blast furnace. This sinter is to guard against encroachment of High-grade ores usually go direct charged into the blast furnace with our democratic privileges. Presi- to the smelter, though In some coke and fluxes and the entire cases they are concentrated. Leaddent Roosevelt, in commenting zinc sulphide ore, the major pro- charge liquefied by the intense heat in the furnace. The tluxes upon Newspaper Week, said, "I duct, is concentrated both to produced must be in proper amounts to give trust that our newspapers every- eliminate waste material and to good liquefaction. The lead is reseparate the lead and zinc minerals. where, great and small, will arise The concentration Is done by the duced to metalllc form and trickles to the bottom of the furnace, col· anew to the tremendous responsi- flota tlon process, the principal lecting the gold and silver and most bilities which are theirs." The products produced being lead and of the other metals in the charge. zinc concentrates. The waste materials and fluxes American press will prove itself The weight of ore received Is form a slag which floats on top of equal to the task. determined by weighing the rail· the lead. -oroad cars before and after unload· The metallic lead Is drawn oft • E. R. Madsen of South Sandy, tng. The ore first goes to the from the bottom of the furnace, sampling department, where an achas hung up an enviable record curate and representative small given a preUminary refining treat· during the past two years with his sample Is automatically taken. The ment to eliminate some of the lm· fine breed of minks. During the sample thus taken Is ground to very purities, and cast Into slabs. These slabs of lead, known as lead bul· past 24 month<> he has been award- fine powder and divided into parts, lion due to its content of gold and one part going to the shlpver for ed 18 ribbons for excellence at var- assay, another being assayed at the sliver, are shipped to the lead ious mink shows throughout the smelter. The assay Information as refinery, where the bullion is reto metal content and value deter· fined electrolytically for productfm:a country. This is considered a remines whether the ore Ia to go to of high grade lead, gold and sUver. cord unequalled by any mink the flotation mlll or direct to the This electrolytic refining Is similar to the electroplating process wtth breeder in the United States. A. B. Bordley will be in Mid-j chairman, Norval Hbarry and parents Midvale - Dorothy smelter. 1 er erg, Irene Mickelsen, Edith Jens~ A trip to Madsen's Quality The ore to be concentrated Is w4!J:.Il we are all famma:r-. Tlle ztnc vale October 7, 8 and 9, re- S. Wright, Leonar 1round wet at the flotation mill concentrates are treated in an elec- presenting Western Air, for the I Kennet~ Brady, Charles Cary, Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Ostler, Margaret Hogan Alma Richard-Mink Farm is an experience .one until approxlm4\tely 65% will pasa trolytic zinc plant, produclni sine purpose of selecting men who Don Milne and Charles Cockayne. he is survived by his grandpar- son. ' will remember :for a long t1me. I through a wire mesh screen having of extremely high purity. ents, Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph S. H. West Jordan-Eugene Pe~ He has approximately 500 of the , 40.000 openings to the square Inch. The last and a Yery importan\ can qualify :for aircraft factory st.ep is the sale of the refined work. About 75 men have qualBodell of Herrlffian; two brothers, Fern Richradson. To thll nne ground material a.r~ little animals, the majority of metals by the Salfl8 Department. added certain chemicals which wl11 itied from Utah recently and are Joseph Lowell Ostler of Salt Lake Draper-Russel Beck. which are of the highest breeds, cause the lead mineral particles to From the money derived trom theM now holding down jobs in Los City and James Bodell Ostler of Sandy-Florence Webb Janiceand all are housed and fed in sanfloat In the froth produced ln the sales must be deducted the costa Angeles :factories. Sandy, and three sisters, Mrs. Staker, Loretta Brow~, Betty itary, efficient manner. notation machines, while. the other or all ot these operations - taxes mlnerala sink. This lead mineral and plant maintenance, no small Western Air wants only AmerPearl Pollick of Bingham and Bradley, Gwen Clark, Everetf --oThe ican citizens, white, ages from 18 froth, or concentrate, II.S It Is part of which Is tor wages. Herbert B. Maw, democratic Verla and Faye Ostler of Sandy. Dahl, James Brown. • Two things we wish could be known, Is aklmmed oft the surface shipper receives his pay from what to 38, in good health and not ad- nominee for governor, spoke be- l Lieutenant ~verett ~homas OstRiverton..:._Donald Page, Dexter done away with in elections are: of the flot&tlon cells. The residue Is left. From this it is obvious dieted to drink. This is a governfore a large audience of ladies at j ler ~as born m Herr1man, Utah, Towe Page. from the lead notation cells, after that unduly high costs and high (1) the so-called political polls, taxes work to the disadvantage of s.dditlon of other chemicals. goes ment accredited institution. the Midvale Community club April 23, 1917. He was a gradu--------which often mislead the public, to the zinc tlotatlon ~Qachlntls. the shipper. Inexperienced but mechanimeeting Wednesday in the city ate of Jordan high school and atand are of no practical use whatArt Convention Planned cally minded men with a real hall. Mr. Maw discussed "charac- tended the University of Utah in soever except to :feather the nest By Four L. D. S. Stakes desire to engage in aircraft f ter education." 1936, 19.37 and 1938. . of the "pollers", and <2> facsimile rements 1 Mrs. J. 0. Jones, president of Entermg the U. S. Army arr ballots in which certain candiwor k , w h o pass requi • . . 1 • • M I.A . b t d f training in the club, was in charge of the corps m March, 1939, he rece1ved 1 Under d1rect10n of . . ~endates' names are marked with will . e accep et ort 1 work in I meeting and Mrs. Ellis Wilcox · h'1s pre1'1mmary · d b as1c · tr am· 1 b oard o ff'1cers, a f our- s take , h an era crosses. We believe that this Miss Katherine Christensen of Miss Lucille Tuttle, English in- alum~num .s ~e tme a mecha~ics I was in charge of the program. ing at Randolph Field, Texas, and 1 culture art convention, composin& method of advertising is unethical, 1 give a dra- structor at the Jordan high school, draftmg,. mftact oryhn. ·ans Ac~ ~ A highlight of the afternoon's concluded his course at Kelly field j of East and West Jordan, Cotton.· and should be abolished by law. Salt . Laked" City,t will · a t th e mee t'mg o! or as arrcra ec · T exas. · h s takes, will rna t 1c rea mg a th e next meet'J.tlg was guest artiSt t f' ICl e · them- meeting was an art exhibit of old m wood and 0 qurrr the Midvale Junior Commun-' the American L~gion Auxiliary at cepted men ~~~ ;n;n~eeks of valued antiques which had been After being commissioned a se- be held Monday evening, Oct. 7 at West Jordan Relief Society of ity club, to be held Friday even- I the Midvale civic auditorium Wed- sel:e~ throug e t e able them in the stokes and Phelps families cond lieutenant, he was assigned I 730 p. m. at the Midvale second Honors , Retiring Officers ing <tonight) at the city hall. Miss ; nesday evening. She delighted her trammg necess~ry 0d ~~ 1 1 from 50 to 100 years. Mrs. How- 1 as instructor at Randolph field. On ward. Music, speech, art and dra1 with her clever imper- to go to wordk lffid mef a ~llYl_-ons of ard Phelps graciously loaned the September 1, 1940, Lieutenant Ost- rna will be the subjects treated. At First Social Tuesday Anita Hyke will be in charge of,. audience . . With hun re s o m1 the program. sonat10ns when she read from a . 11 bl 0 rdcrs for 1 antiques to the club for the aft- ler was ordered to duty at Max- I Stake and ward off1cers are urged Th e opening social of the West H os t esses f or the evenmg · m uncance Alt a M'll · · · 1 t o b e present . w ill I b ook o f negro sermons, "G o d' s dollars , . fta . e d stry of- ernoon. It is the wish of the fme well f1eld at Montgomery, Ala., h1s 1 er and Jordan Relief Society was held on include Mrs. Sterling Swenson, Trombone," and "G a- Down, planes, the arrctrad m ul ent arts committee to have an art dis- death coming on the anniversary Gerald Smith will be in charge. d h 0 u e Irene · · E W fers not only s ea Y emp oym . . . 1 · th T ues d ay m 1 e war s · M1ss R~th Greenwood, .MISs :e- Death," by James eldon, negro but affords unlimited opportunity play of some kind at each meet- of h1s frrst month of service at the • Olson and Edith Steadman, re- lyn Mrckelsen and M1ss Elame poet. t f th who ing. southern air corps post. Local Methodist Church . · ff' d the visiting . · · for advancemen or ose , . t rrmg o 1cers, an Strom. Durmg the ~vemng, committee their ca ability, said Mr. Following the afternoons achvPI "R 11 D ., 0 t 8 teachers were honored. reports were g1ven by Mrs. Mel- ~ prove p ities, refreshments were served by THOMAS SMITH FAMil,. Y ans a y ay C • An interesting program was giv- FUR BREEDERS HOLD MEET ba Bills, Mrs. Hazel Bird, Mrs. Bordley. f th t hortage of ! the hostesses: Mrs. Bennett Cash, REUNION TO BE OCT. 11 ·cal num . . L 1 Because o e acu e s . h · d d en w h 1c me 1u e mus1 - 1 AND SOCIAL AT W. JORDAN Lillie Beckstead and Mrs. Ye . k b't' us em- j Mrs. Marx Blackett, Mrs. A. E. f The Midvale community Metho· . f s ·ety chorus· . . skilled wor men, am 1 10 . . dist church has set aside Sunday, 1 b ers b Y th e R ere oc1 • Miller. Mrs. Nora Mickelsen, pre.11 b . t'tude tests Buckley, Mrs. J. 0 . Jones, Mrs. Th Th s th f 1 duet Mrs. Francis May and Mrs. j Members of the Utah Fur BreedA T . ployes w1 e g1ven ap 1 e omas mi amr Y an- October 6th as Rally Day in all ' C t· . t' g th dent of the uxl.Iary, was In to fm' d l·n whi'ch . fi'eld each is apt Neil Olson,. M. rs. Wilbur Walker, nual reunion will be held at the departments. A most hearty wel· Goldie Pearson; accordian solo, ers oopera 1ve assocm 1on a erf th eet 0 d t p 100 · ee Hall in West Jordan charge e m e m.g. . t h' the greatest degree of Mrs. Ellis Wilcox and Mrs. Harry Granger ward house Friday ev- come is e x tended to all members Clara Hogan; tribute to Iren 01- e a r Following the busmess sess10n ac Ieve 1 Wr1'ght. th · h t ted . ening, October 11, it has been an- and cons t 1't uen t s t o a tt end serv1ce · s · f son by Josephine Bateman; tribute W e d nes d~Y evemng. or err m?n- and program, refreshments were success, e sa . to Edith Steadman by Annie thly busmess meetmg and soc1al. d . th t' 't room to These employes then w1ll be ---------nounced by Mannaseh Smith of on this da y, as well as every other • . serve 1n e ac 1v1 Y · t d West Jordan P-TA to M u r ray, p r e SI·den t f the family Sunday. Leak· response by Mrs Steadman· B. A. Hartman, president of the , . d A .1. b permitted to attend mght ra e • • • • • • • • • an ux1 1ary mem ers . . . t H ld I .. l M . · t' A program w·n 1 Leg10n 1 be 1 The regular schedule of services tribute to visiting teachers by Es- 1 assocrat.lOn, presided, and talks I by Mrs. Melba Bills, Mrs. Helen trammg classes, w1t~10ut cos , so o n1t1a eetlng org amza lOn. ther Leak· response Emily Drake· were g1ven by C. A. Hefferman, d M F W'll" d that, through self-rmprovement, given, followed by dancing. Elec- is as follows: Sunday School meets • • ' . ' Howar , rs. ay 1 tams an t' t· f 0 ff" 'll b th p · talks by Mrs. Wilford Egbert, Mrs. vice-president of the Cooperative M J 't B kl they will be rea:dy for promo 10n The Parent-Teacher association ~on leers w~ e e rm- ' at 10:45 a. m. and a program in· s. w. Bateman, Mrs. s. Cundick, Bank of Berkeley, Calif., and Ep.. rs. uam a uc ey. to higher positions. The night of West Jordan will hold their [ Clp_al order of. busme~s at the re- eluding musical numbers by some and Mrs. Robert Paxton; one-act Winder, executive of the Farm "C • . I I Sl t d trade training classes cover the first meeting Wednesday, October unlOn, Mr. Slmth Sald. of the children has been planned. play, "Her Husband's Religion," Production Credit corporation of! ommun1ty 1ng a e field fro?l mechanical pre~arat?ry 1 9 at the West Jordan school at 8 Descendants of Thomas Smith Young people will meet at 6:45 by Mrs. Leland Richardson, Mrs. Salt Lake City. By Second Ward M.J.J\.. work to advanced engmeermg J>. m. A fine musical program has ~umber several hundred per~ons [ p. m. Clinton Gardner and Mrs. Laura Following the business session, subjects. I been arranged, which consists of m Utah. Evening service at 7:30 p. m. Jensen. dancing was enjoyed and a midA "community sing" :will be feaPersonal interviews will be giv- numbers from Glen Lee of the There will be congregational Autumn garden flowers were i night supper served. tured at the Midvale Second ward en those sincerely interested, Mr. K.S.L. staff and' a scho~ chorus. SANDY REPUBLICAN WOMEN singing and a gospel message by used as decorations. Luncheon was I The association is composed of M.I.A. meeting Tuesday evening. Bordley may be contacted by writThe new movie machine recentWILL MEET THIS EVENING Rev. Albert Steiner. served to 85 ladies. The committee mink and fox fur farmers of the Mrs. Vern Lester and Peter Ras- ing to this paper. ly purchased by the .s chool will , . in charge included: Mrs. Charles state, who have banded themselv-j mussen will also entertain with j also be on exhibition and will Members of the Sandy Women's PLAY FOOTBALL IN 'FRISCO Beckstead, Mrs. s. w. Bateman, es together for cooperative mar-~ several duet numbers, and will BIRTH ANNOUNCED show pictures. Republican club, recently organThree Midvale boys were repreand Mrs. Charles Webber. · keting and purchasin~. Organized direct the assembly · in singing Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Aspden, , Following .the meetin~ and pro- ized, will meet Friday( tonight) at sented on the University of Utah only one year ago, 1t has made the national anthem. The program 479 East Center street, announce gram, a soc1al hour w1ll be en- 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Glenn football team, which played the The first issue this season of tl'le outstanding progress in its objec- is in charge of Mrs. Ray Hughes. the birth of a baby daughter, 1 joyed and refreshments served. All W. Richards, president. The meet- San Francisco University last SatBroadcaster, J.H.S. student , publi· t tives in a comparatively short perborn to them September 28 at the parents are cordially invited to at- ,ing was originally scheduled for urday. They are Dale Sorenson, cation, will appear next week. iod of time. . Subscribe to The Sentinel now. L. D. S. hospital. ! tend. 2 p. m. Bill Aspden and Carlos Soffe. I Local Flyer Dies in Army Plane Crash; Saves Pilot's Life Jordan Students 'Make Good' in U. [ Entrance Exams I I . . . Many Jordanifes Register For Fall Term At U. of U. VdincM~tl,l ri~!~=-~~·widow I ~ 'I Maw Addresses Community Club Junior Club Slates Legion Auxiliary Salt Lake A r l i s I Hears Miss Tullle I I I I I° ° ° s· I Spra~ |
