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Show Page Six- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - THE THE MIDVALE SENTINEL lOOKING AHEAD Published Every Fr.iday Entered u Seeand C1us Matter at the Postoffice at Midvale, Utab, under t!le Act of March 9, 1878. BeRrey. .ArkiiJtSRI One Year (in advance) ............ $2.00 TO CORRECT POLITICAL APATHY With the United States approaching what could be the m o s t important presidential election in its history the matter of public apathy toward the nomination and election of om officials is causing grave concern. A glaring indication of how this apathy can work to the disadvantage of the public was seen within the last year when a candidate for high judicial office in New York was electedvirtually by default-after it had been shown that his nominat!on was due to underworld influences. A speedy way in which this apathy could be dispelled and the American public rapidly aducated to its 1·esponsibilities is suggested in the August issue of Cosmopolitan magazine by George Sokolsky who proposes that the custom of New England town meetings be adopted informally in every community in the nation. Suggesting that women take the lead in holding these informal meetings in their homes a t which the neighbors would be invited to discuss functions of government that affect all of us, Sokolsky says: "Imagine what would happen in the United States if every night in every part of the country thousands of meetings were held in homes, addressed by competent citizens on par ticular subjects." Dechuing that such a series of informal to w n meetings would encourage our citizens to actually work at citizenship, Sokolsky believes such activities would completely confuse ward bosses as to the nature of the vote that could be expected aud wouJd restore our government to the people of the nation by encouraging them to register and vote. J ASSURANCE 'EEDED In order to set up funds for reconversion and the postwar expansions that mean maximum employment, business n e e d s prompt assurance against future competition from go,·ernmentowned war plants. The government is said to l1ave a controlling interest in three-fourths of the country ·s new indusb·ial plants. Built with public funds , these projects for the most part have been operated by private management in our almost mixaculous production for victory. Government o p e r a tion of these plants after the wax would Inean, in effect) that private industry was being taxed to subsidize tax-free, publicly-owned competitors. Facing such unfair and Tu.inous conditions, manufacturers would get a cold reception from the investing public. Venture capital demands the possibility of a fair profit to offset the possibility of loss. If unfair <.'Ompetitiou renders profit unlikely and loss almost certain, wise men will not risk their savings. To clear the road so that business and industry can ' create a better postwar economy, congress should give assurance now that a II government - owned p1mts not needed for national defense shall be leased or sold to private owners. V ictory Material The United States is winning a war for humanity in 1944 as a direct resu,lt of what our pioneer ancestors did in '1.176. This nation has had 168 years of freedom. Its citizens <its fighters abroad and its workers at home> have to their distinct advantage 168 years of experience at minding their own business and taking care of themselves under a system of free competitive enterprise. It's a great asset. I wish every C'hild in America, at about the sixth grade, where serious study of synonyms and antonyms begins, could be impressed that lib· erty is the direct opposite of slavery -impressed so clearly they couldn't forget. I am afraid words that mean freedom have grown poetical and abstract to all of us. To our colonial forebears, don't forget, liberty meant escape from something decidedly a w!ul. Pardonable Pride B ragging about ancestors never was a habit of mine but this year. along with millions of other citizens of the United States. I am glad my grandfather's great·grandfather was a free man. Do you wonder what he ever did for m<e that did me any good? Just this: He taught my grandfather's grandfather to love liberty and to understand the responsibilities ot freedom. These ideas seemed to gain strength until I picked them up from my dad. Ot course tWs freedom would ba ve very little value il it were exclusive to the Bensons, but it's not. There were 16 young men, back in 1776, who could qualify as my grandfather's great-grand!ather and they have a lot of posterity by now. Besides, they all had liberty-loving triends that year, comrades in arms perhaps, who laid the foundation of the world's greatest nation. Our Way Is Best Getting accustomed to civil Uberty takes time, perhaps as much time as getting used to slavery. Usually it takes a liberated nation longer than one man's llle·span to become adjusted to freedom. But our freedom came six generations ago and it's being unmistakably use.tul now. The U. S., currently making half the world's war material, has won its war of production, has done more in three years than our enemies managed to do in 23 years. Raising, training and equipping a huge army for a fast-moving war bas been Germany's everyday task since World War I officially ended. The Japs have been prowling around civilized countries marking the soft spots even longer than that. Meanwhile America all but forgot the other war and went ahead learning and building, buying and selling with malice toward none. On Being Prepared Hiller figured the Germans , a sturdy and warlike people, could conquer the world i1 they all had his objective. As a ruler he disciplined them to obey him, but he is making them faiL Obedience is important but Hitler knows now that it's no substitute for wits. This is a war of iron-rod discipline against personal liberty and the personal ability that grows out of liberty. Who·s winning? Free enterprise is military prepar· edness. In the "dictator countries'' people forget how to think because their centralized governments think .tor them. Thinkers get scarce while the masses grow torpid from being bullied. In America, keen minds whetted daily in lree competition get brighter and more competent. The ~erican system qualifies people to live in peace and plenty; in safety too, because alert people can meet emergencies. Furniture Men Plan To Sell Whole Rooms Furniture men are planning to expand opportunities , jobs and profi ts in their field by gi v ing cus to merS a complete-room service . Nine prominent manufacturers of Grand Rapids, Mich, have No. I A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 10 OF ARTICLE VII, AND TD SECTIONS 2, 3, o, 6 and 12 OF ARTICLE Vlll OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH RELATING TO THE SUPREME AND DISTRICT COURTS, HOW CONSTITUTED, TERMS OF OFFICE, ~UALIFI CATIONS OF JUDGES, JURISDICTION, JUDGES PRO TEMPORE, CHANGE OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS BY THE LEGISLATURE, SELECTION OF JUDICIARY AND EFFECT ON INCUMBENT JUDGES. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members eJected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to amend Section 10 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Utah, as follows: Sec. 10. The governor shall nominate, and by and with the consent of the senate. appoint all state and district officers whose offices are established by this constitution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointment or election is not otherwise provided for. It, during the recess of the senate. a vacancy occurs io any state or district office, the governor shall appoint some fit person to discharge the duties thereof until the next meeting ol the senate, when he shall nominate some person to fill such office. If the office of secretary o! state, state auditor, state treasurer. attorney-general, or superintendent of public in· struction be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall be elected and qualified as may be by law pro· vided. Section 2. That it is proposed to amend sections 2, 3, 5, 6 and 12 of article VIII o.f the constitution of the state of Utah, as follows: Sec. 2. The supreme court shall consist of five judges, which number may be increased or decreased by the legislature, but no aJteration or increase shall have the effect of removing a judge from of· fice. A majority of the judges constituting the court shall be necessary to form a quorum or reudt>r a decision. It a justice of the supreme court shall be disqualified from sitting in a cause before said court, the remaining judges shall call a district judge to sit with them on the hearing ol such cause. Every judge of the supreme court shall be at least thirty years of age, an active member of the bar, in good standing, learned in the law, and a resident of the state of Utah for the five years next pre· ceding his selection The judge having the shortest term to serve, not holding his office by selection to !ill a vacancy before expiration of a regular term, shall be the chief justice, and shall preside at all terms of the supreme court, and in case of his absence, the judge, having in like manner, the next shortest term, shall preside in his stead. Sec. 3. Judges of the supreme court and district courts shall be selected tor such terms and in such manner as shall be provided by law, provided, however, that selection shall be based solely upon consideration of fitness for office without regard to any partisan poJjtical considerations and free from influence of any person whomsoever, anC: provided further that the method of electing such judges in effect when this amendment is adopted shall be followed until changed by law. Sec. 5. The state shall be divided into seven judicial districts, for each of which, at least one judge shall be seJecte<: as hereinbefore provided. Until otherwise provided by law, a district court at the county seat of each county shall be held at least four times a year. All civil and criminal business arising in any county, must be tried in such county, unless a change of venue be. taken, in such cases as may be provided by law. I'res tfleJtt;JIRrifiKI Colle~e Editor lltld Pubfi.Jhet IVA E. BARROWS, Associate Editor CONSTITU fiONAL AMENDMENT IVGE ORGE S. BENS O N HOWARD C. BARROWS SENTINEL, MIDVALE, U T A H - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F r i d a y , Sept. 15, 1944 worked out detailed plans, through the Grand Rapids Furniture Make rs Guild. for teaming with decorators and house furnishers to offe r dealers a fuU line of com- as it Shampoos Tintz Color Shampoo washes out dirt., loose d:mdn1ff, grease. Gives hair a natur~l, •colorful tint, glowing with life and lustre. Don't ha\·e faded, burnt, off'-color hair. Tint% works gradual· ly; each shampoo leaves hair more colorful. lovelier, easier to manage. '":"" ~~~~~ SOc CO LOR SHA MPO O SOAP Contoured Acres Grow More No.2 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND SECTION 9. ARTICLE VI, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF UTAH RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF MEM· BERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting i favor thereof: Section 1. That it is proposed to amend Section 9, Article VI, Constitution ot the State of Utah, to reati.. Section 9. The members of the Legislature shall receive such compensation and mileage as the Legislature may provide, not exceeding $300.00 per year, c:nd ten cents per mile for the dista n ce necessarily traveled going to and returning from the place of meeting on the most usual route, and they shall receive no other pay or perquisite. Section 2. T h e secretary of state is hereby directed to s ubmit this proposed amendment to the electors of the State of Utah at the next general election in the manner as provided for by Article 23, Section 1, Constitution of Utah. Section 3. If adopted by the electors of .the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of January, 1945. I, E. E. Monson, Secretary of State of the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy cf the constitutional amendment proposed by the firs t special session of the 25th Legislature of 1944, as the same appears of record in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seat o.f the State ol Utah, this lOth day o! August, 1944 E. E. MONSON, Seely. of State. Each judge of a district court shall be at least twenty-five years of age, an active member of the bar in good standing, learned in the law, a resident of the state of Utah three years next preceding his se· lection, and shall reside in the district for which he shall be selected. Any district judge :nny hold a district court in any county at the request of the judge of the district, and, upon a request of the governor it shall be his duty to do so. Any cause in the district court may be tried by a judge pro tempore, who must be a member of the bar, sworn to try the cause, and agreed upon by the parties, Or their attorneys of record. Sec. 6. T h e legislature may change the limits of any judicial district, or increase or decrease the number of districts, or the judges thereol. No alteration or ~ncrease shall have the effect of removing a judge from office. In every additional district establish· ed, a judge or judges shall be selected as provided in section 3 of this article. Sec. 12. The judges of the supreme and district courts shall receive at stated times compensation for their services. which shall not be increased or diminished during the time for which they are selected. Section 3. The secretary of state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors o.f the state of Utah at the next genera] election· in the manner as provided f.'r by arti c le 23, section I, Cons tit ution of Utah . Section 4. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect the f irst day of January next succeeding a determination by the board of state canvassers of the res ult of the election designated in Section 3 hereof. I, E. E. Monson, S ecretary o! <:ontour ~ultivation .is basi~ comervatlon f_armln!f enential to mereased producbon for war today and the preservation of Anterica'• soil lor the fanners of tomorrow, says the War Food Administration. Contouring cuts down erosion by preventins water from carrying off the •oil: I! incr~ses acr&-yields of crops, mamtains thetr quality by holding the fertile topsoil in place, and increaaes the moisture content of tho land. Combined with other practicea, it adda to their effectiveness. Contour farming means plowing. harrowins, planting, cullivalin!f and harveBling on lhe level rather than_ up and down the slope-around the hill ralher than ever it. The (urrowed ridges dow down the movement of water off the fiel~ allowing more moisture to soak into the ground. and stopping the aoil from being wuhed down to lower levels. When contour. ing cub the speed of tlte water runeoff in hall, for ex:Hnpl~ jts capacity for: carrying aoil 't\;j.~s about 75 percent, A reports. In con· according to trolled testa covering a 7-year period, land cultivated up and down hill lost almost two and a half times 88 much soil per acre as land fanned on the c:;ontour. ... bas . . C ontounng. !J!any vanations such u .contoun:d mterttlled crops, ~ontow: :tp-eroppmg, contour seedJ.og of wa all gr81U cro~s, and contourrng for QU ter conservaho'!B'!t ~A points t that th.e baste pnnc1ple ta t)le ::;ne-wor~ ~cro~s the ~lope 1 ?ad. of P• eling 1t. Asustance rn carry~g ?ut ~e.ee and other contour practices 1.1 available to fanners under the conaervation program adm,inla.' 1 tered by the~ Agricultural Adjustment Agency. Type of soil and steepness of slope both influence the retaining capacitJ: of contour furrows, says WFA. Con.' touring may be all that is required to control erosion on land with open, p~rous ..soil, easy slopes, or where ram! all 11 gentle. Under less advao.. tage~ conditions, additional praotices such as terracing, cover crops1 and sod waterways may be required to achieve the best results. Conse"'!'tion o( moisture.. eo!]. and plant nutne~t.s through conto~ng hu had a notable effect on atr:e·yleld of 1 crop~ sara WFA. In specific area• startling mcreases were teporte~ such aa 23 bus~ela more com an acre iu. Iowa, an mcrease. of 6;2 ~uehel.a per acre of soybeans m llhnou,. ~ more bushels ~( potatoes an aere m New York, an 1!1crea.se of 4 buah~la of wheat per acre m the Great Plama, and 29 poun~s more cotton per contoured acre m Texas. ~ost of the f'aanera who have b~en US 1 ?K the contour method .of handhng then crops report that 1t ealla for less fue~. less power, and less work than 'omg up and down the slope. Expenence has shown that on an 8percent slope a farmer ~an plow 10 percent more land on the contour in a given period, and that he will u 88 10 percent less ttac.tor fuel. acre for acre. In Dlinoia it wits reported that costs had been reduced as much aa 95 cents an acre for man labor, 25 cents an acre for horse and machitaery ex· pense, and 72 cents an acre for total farm expense~J, compared with costs oo uncontoured fanna. THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE As a nation, you know, we are hard to beat for overdoing things. I am not upset too much about it, because tomorrow we will be overdoing something else versus whatever it is we are hipped on today. Today it is "Security. ' There is nothing wrong with security-never was-but the new kind is a sort o! synthetic type. And like other substitutes, n o t so hot, like maybe imitation cow butter or imitation maple syrup, etc. Folks who don't earn security via sweat, but have it showered upon them gratis, except fo r their v o te, will never be ve ry h a ppy. Folks coming over on the Mayflower got off the boat and went t o w o rk-a nd found happiness. The pilgrims didn' t expect abundance fore\·ermore via any sitting down. They didn't expect the Indians or somebody to meet the boat and hand them abundance on a gold tray. Today it is not easy to find anybody that is happy or sure . about anything, including security. That is a good omen. We are not a 100 per cent s ucker all the time, like we are part o f the time. Ele ctrlclty can relieve y ou of the "hard grind" In FEED GRINDING State of the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of the constitutional amendment proposed by the regular session of the 25th Legislature of 1943, as th e same appears of record in my of· fice. In w itness w hereof, 1 h :n ·e here unto SLt my hand and afiiAed the great seal of the State or Utah, this lOth day o! August, 1944. E. E. MONSON, Secty. of State. I pletely decorated rooms. "We are rea dy to go into production as soon as w a r conditic n s permit," s a id E a rl Guild president. M J o hnson , ----- _......,. . . ,. . . .--_ ~~ ~ One of many uses of electri(ily on farms in the area we serve Freshly ground feed helps assure healthier livestock. And that means extra profits to the f armer. But grinding feed by hand is hard work and takes a lot of time. 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